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VOLUME 45
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 25, 1946
NUMBER 74
Dr. Rainey For Governor In Local Batt Poll
Research by Chem Engineering Dept. Your Right and Privilege . . '.
Leads to New Method of Desalting Oil
A method of desalting crude
oil far more economical than pro
cesses now in use has been de
veloped through research here, it
has been revealed by Dr. J. D.
Lindsay, head of the chemical en
gineering department.
The new method removes prac
tically all the salt that is pumped
from a well along with the crude
oil by emulsifying the crude with
hot water, pumping it through a
fiberglas bed into a settling tank
and then drawing off the oil
while the salt and water are re
circulated. Passage through the
fiberglas changes the nature of
the emulsion in such a way that
the salt particles will settle out
in the tank, Dr. Lindsay said.
Results so far are striking
enough to have caused the Stand
ard Oil company of Indiana to
build a pilot plant at Whiting,
Ind., where four months of tests
with the fiberglas method have
caused that corporation to go
ahead with designs for a full-
scale refinery using a carload
of crude oil to Texas A. & M. Col
lege for tests and sent a group
of technicians along as observers.
Work on the project, which
started in February 1945 at the
behest of and with funds provid
ed by the Owens-Corning Fiber
glas corporation of Newark, Ohio,
has been directed by Chalmer G.
Kirkbride, distinguished professoi 1
of chemical engineering now on
leave to observe Operations Cross
roads at Bikini atoll. T. A. Bur-
tis, a graduate student fram Car
negie Tech, did the first year’s
work and developed the method
now being tested, while J. A. Fes-
perman, A. & M. graduate who
took over last February, has been
making exhaustive tests to see if
the fiberglas desalts various types
of crude oil equally well—and
tests so far indicate that it does,
Dow Chemical Co.
Fellowship Made
Known by Jones
The Dow Chemical Company of
Freeport has established a Re
search Fellowship in the Texas. A.
& M. College department of agron
omy, it was announced by Dr.
Luther Jones, head of the de
partment. Research will be con
ducted with the herbicide 2-4-D
in its effect on nut grass. Har
vey Joe Walker, graduate stu
dent in agronomy, has been se
lected as the recipient of the
$720 award.
Walker was a member of the
class of 1943 at Texas A. & M.
College and recently returned
from military service. He is now
preparing field plots on the ag
ricultural farm for the develop
ment of methods of spraying with
different concentrations of the
herbicide.
This fellowship was presented
to Walker on the basis of his
outstanding academic achievement.
His home is in Shamrock, Texas.
Details of the fellowship were
worked out by Dr. Jones and Dr.
W. W. Allen, research adminis
trator of the Dow Chemical Com
pany.
Col. Dees, '32 With
Army of Occupation
Lt..Col. Allen D. Dees, 32, son
of Mr. Allen W. Dees and hus
band of Mrs. Sadie S. Dees, Kauf
man, is now serving with the
Army of Occupation as Deputy
Communications Officer in
USAFE, the organization that is
policing the American zone of
Germany from the air.
Col. Dees entered the Armed
Forces in March 1941 and since
then has served as Communica
tions Officer with the 4th Bomber
Command and Asst. Comm. Offi
cer of Headquarters 4th Air
Force.
Prior to his call to active duty,
Dees was employed by the Hum
ble Oil and Refining Co., Hous
ton.
Qulifications
For Voting
Many veteran students will
have their first opportunity to
vote as civilians this Saturday
but there is some confusion as
to who is eligible to vote in
Brazos County. Here are the
qualifications in brief.
You must be 21 years of age,
a citizen of the United States,
resided in the state of Texas one
year, preceeding the election
date, and maintaining a residence
in this county for the past six
months. If you have been dis
charged within the last 18
months you do not have to pay
a poll tax to vote this year.
according to Dr. Lindsay.
Crude oil pumped from deep
wells may contain up to 200 pounds
of ordinary salt per 1000 barrels.
The salt has a corrosive effect
on metals with which it makes
contact and in addition “poisons”
or makes less effective catalytic
agents used in modern refinery
practice to “crack” the crude
down to gasoline.
Due to these actions of the
salt, Lindsay says, refineries have
used a number of methods of de
salting, including distillation,
chemical and electrolytic process
es to remove the salt before
crackling. The fiberglas process
is a new and probably far less
expensive means of desalting.
Three Committees
Looking Around
At Bluebonnet
Federal and College
Officials Discuss A&M
Bid for War Plant
Three committees met in Waco
this morning and from there are
scheduled to go to the Bluebonnet
Ordinance Plant in McGregor,
Texas, in order to look over and
discuss A. & M.’s application for
use of the property on the actual
grounds of the ordinance plant.
These committees are from A.
& M. College, Surplus Property
Office in Dallas and War Assets
Administration Office in Wash
ington.
The committee from A. & M.
consists of President Gilchrist, Dr.
R. D. Lewis, Dr. Ide P. Trotter,
C. H. McDaw, D. W. Williams, J.
T. L. McNew, and E. L. Angell.
From The Surplus Property Of
fice in Dallas; Morgan R. Lewis,
Robert Harris, Col. Haynen.
From the War Assets Adminis
tration Office in Washington;
Robert Alford, Mr. Forney, and
Fred Horn from the U. S. Dept of
Education.
E. L. Angell, assistant to the
president of the College, stated
Tuesday that it looks quite likely
A. & M. College will eventually
have the use of the Bluebonnet
acreage. The plant includes ap
proximately 18,000 acres of land
for various uses in the agricul
tural field, and also many facili
ties in the engineering field.
During the six-day conference,
the committees will decide what
parts of the $15,000,000 installa
tion, now appraised at $5,300,000,
can be utilized by the college.
Saturday, thousands of Texans will ' go to the polls,
the first peace time poll in years, and voice their opinion
as to whether it’s “time for a change” or that the men who
have served at home, in the state capitol, and court houses
should carry on rather than “change horses in mid-stream.”
Don’t loose your vote!
The Battalion by this doesn’t mean for anyone to be
sure and know the winner before voting, but be sure and use
your right and privilege to vote. If you haven’t voted absen
tee through your own county clerk and feel that you might
be eliminated from the polls here in Brazos County, plan
now to hit the road. Two years under the wrong administra
tion can lower a community in commercial and educational
as political standing.
The majority of us have been handicapped during the
past four years, either by age or absence from the state or
country, and have been unable to exercise this right. It
has been shown that many of our counties and local of
ficials are selected by less than ten per cent of the voting
power of that county or community.
Vote your own choice. Carefully select the man you
leave on the ballot. If you are not acquainted with any of the
candidates of a certain race, scratch all of them. This will
in no way disqualify your other selections. Isn’t it far bet
ter to let those who know select the right man rather than
to choose by “guesstimation” ?
Join Texans who are interested in the welfare of their
state, their county and their community. Vote Saturday!
The Senator’s Advice
Last Sunday the Post Office floor looked far worse
than the Administration Building floor after a day of reg
istration under the old system. That must have been the
day for the mail siege of College Station by candidates for
state office.
One of the publications was “The W. Lee O’Daniel
News”. Extracts from this Washington paper were made,
including the front page of the July 16 issue and a lengthy
article titled “Here is Answer to Who is Dr. Homer P.
Rainey”. Someone went to a lot of time extracting from var
ious publications and speeches to define or describe Dr.
Rainey.
On the front page in the column titled “The Senator’s
Column” written by Senator O’Daniel which more than sup
ports The Battalion’s above editorial.
From the senator’s column:
“So it is all important that the people be most care
ful in their selection of the men and women they send to
Washington to represent them in the Congress. In years
past it appears that the people have not been too careful
in the placement of their confidence. Men and women wig-
(See SENATOR’S page 2)
Wisconsin U. Student-Union Expert
Here to Advise on Proposed Building
Beat the Heat Just
As the ‘Tommies” Do
One Aggie on the campus has
the solution for hot weather well
in hand. If women can wear mid
rift attire, why can’t men wear
shorts to keep cool? This is the
conclusion that one Aggie came
to Monday when he attended
classes wearing a pair of khaki
shorts with a short sleeve khaki
sport shirt.
If in the future, you see men
on the campus wearing khaki
shorts, don’t think that the Brit
ish “Tommies” have invaded the
campus, but that it is just an Ag
gie trying to beat the heat.
Mr. Porter Butts of the Univer
sity of Wisconsin in Student Union,
Madison, Wisconsin, arrived on
the campus yesterday to attend
a series of conferences with col
lege officials pertaining to the
eventual erection of a Student
Union Building here.
Mr. Butts is an outstanding au
thority on Student Union affairs
and has been a member of the
Association of College Student
Unions for many years.
He has been invited to A&M to
inspect the present campus set
up and to advise the interested
officials as to how such \ student
establishment can be created.
Yesterday Mr. Butts was shown
over the campus to familiarize
himself with the present physical
plant and student activities be
fore attempting to make any rec
ommendations. Today and tomor
row he is to confer with the sev
eral interested parties. He will
leave the campus tomorrow even
ing.
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Owen Garrigan (second from left) as college received gift horses.
Owen Garrigan, horse herdsman
for the Animal husbandry depart
ment of Texas A&M College is re
ported to be showing considerable
improvement from injuries receiv
ed when he was kicked in the head
by a horse on Friday, July 19.
On last report, he was reported
to be able to take nourishment and
may be able to receive visitors
within a week.
Garrigan, who has been connect
ed with the college for about thirty
years, is one of A&M’s staunchest
supporters and one of the foremost
authorities on Aggie life. He is
directly responsible for the excel
lent condition of the college horse
herd.
The points which Mr. Butts is
expected to stress are the organi
zation and the financing of the
Union.
Most Student Unions are fi
nanced and operated by the stu
dents and ex-students. Accord
ing to Mr. E. L. Angell the type
of union which th A&M leaders
want is “one that is built and
operated by the college for the
benefit of the student body.”
Dr. V. A. Young
Heads Range
Management Dept.
Will Come to A&M Sept. 1
From U. of Idaho, Has
Outstanding Record
Dr. Vernon A. Young, head of
the department of range manage
ment at the University of Idaho
will become head of the recently
organized department of range
management at Texas A. & M. Col
lege, effective September 1, ac
cording to an announcement by
Dean C. N. Shepardson of the A.
& M. School of Agriculture.
“The range management de
partment at Idaho, under Dr.
Young’s direction, has been turn
ing out top men, and we feel for
tunate in having him continue his
work at A. & M.,” Dean Shepard
son said.
For some time there has been a
growing realization of the need
for more trained in the field of
range management. With the es
tablishment of the new department
of range management the work
in fish and game formerly offered
as a major option in the course
in general agriculture has been
transferred to form a new course
in range and wildlife management.
This course, designed to give a
thorough technical training in the
conservation and improvement of
range and wildlife resources, will
have a common program the first
two years. The junior and senior
years will provide major options
in range mangement and in wild
life management.
Advancement Required
“If agriculture would have par
ity with other industry, it must
keep abreast with other industry
in the technological development
and adoption of new methods and
new uses for its products. This in
turn calls for men who are thor
oughly trained in the several fields
of scientific as well as practical
agriculture and these changes in
courses have all been designed
with this purpose in mind.”
Dr. Young, a native of Utah,
received a B.S. from Utah State
College in 1922; an M.S. from
Iowa State College in 1924; and
his Ph. D. from the University of
Minnesota in 1929. He served on
the teaching staff of the Univ. of
Minn., Texas A&M, and Cornell
University prior to his be
coming head of the range manage
ment dept, at the University of
Idaho.
He has done extensive research
in range management, and in 1943
was on a two-years leave of ab
sence to do research for the U. S.
Soil Conservation Service in Cali
fornia. He is a member of various
professional organizations, has
published numerous articles and
bulletins, and is listed in “Ameri
can Men of Science”.
Vote of Appredation Given
Zinn; O’Daniel Voted Out
27.5% of Students Plan to Vote Here;
Many Suggestions for Improvement Given
Despite the continued hot weath
er and the warm political disturb
ances—both statewide and local—
it is Rainey at College Station as
far as the students are concerend.
In The Battalion poll conducted
Tuesday, the last day of filing ab
sentee ballots, Dr. Homer P.
Rainey received favorable consid
eration for governor by 67.4 per
cent of those polled.
Binnie Zinn, the veterans’ friend,
was given a vote of confidence
and appreciation by over 90 per
Dr. F. M. Nelson
Sent to Korea
By State Dept.
Dr. Frederick M. Nelson, as
sistant professor of history at A.
& M. on leave, has terminated
three years duty with the Navy
and is now being sent by the State
Department to Korea.
Dr. Nelson has been doing re
search work for the Navy in the
congressional library at Washing
ton and at Columbia University in
New York. He studied the lang
uages of the South Pacific Is
lands, preparing to take over the
Military Governments after the
occupation, but had not received
his assignment when the war end
ed.
He was expecting to return to
the history department this fall,
when he received his assignment
from the State Department. He
will be gone for a minimum of one
year.
Dr. Nelson is a native of Coun
cil Bluff, Iowa, and earned his
way through college playing in an
orchestra. He received his B. A.
Degree from Mississippi State
College, his M. A. from Omaha,
Nebraska, and his Ph. D from
Duke University in 1939, at which
time he joined the A. & M. Staff.
Dr. Nelson has made a complete
study of the people of Korea from
barbarism to the present time. This
study involves the relation be
tween Korea and the other pow
ers of the world. He wrote a
book entitled “Korea and the Old
Orders in Eastern Asia,” on his
study which was published in 1945.
Mrs. Nelson and two children
will live in Starkville, Mississippi
while Dr. Nelson is away.
Drapper and Jurack Attend
Baby Chick Association
George H. Draper, state chick
en inspector, and Louis Jurcak,
state turkey inspector, are at
tending the annual convention of
the International Baby Chick As
sociation, organization of chick
en and turkey hatchers, in St.
Louis. They will return to Col
lege Station later in the week, E.
D. Parnell, of the Texas A. & M.
College poultry husbandry depart
ment, said. ®
Dr. Humbert Goes
On Modified Duty
In September
Dr. E. P. Humbert, head of the
•Texas A. & M. College department
of genetics since 1921, and a
member of the college staff since
1916, will go on modified service
September 1, relinquishing his du
ties as head of the department
but continuing to serve as a pro
fessor, Dean C. N. Shepardson, of
the A. & M. School of Agricul
ture, announced yesterday. Dr.
Humbert will be succeeded by
Professor Chauncy B. Godbey.
Dr. Humbert came to A. & M.
in 1916 as chief of the division
of plant breeding, and was ap
pointed professor and head of the
genetics department in 1921. He
is a graduate of Iowa State Col
lege and received both master and
doctor’s degrees from Cornel Uni
versity. He taught at Iowa
State College, New Mexico Agri
cultural College, and at A. & M.
He was assistant in plant breed
ing at Cornell, a plant physiolo
gist for the Department of Agri
culture, and an associate biolo
gist, agricultural experiment sta
tion, in Maine. He is a member
of the American Society of Na
turalists, fellow in A.A.A.S.,
American Genetics Association,
Sigma XI, Phi Kappa Phi, and
has published various articles and
technical bulletins.
Professor Godbey is a gradu
ate of the University of Kentucky
and Texas A. & M., and has been
in the genetics department since
1926. He was appointed profes
sor in 1936, and is recognized for
his work in genetics and biometry,
the statistics of biology. “Among
research workers throughout the
state, he is recognized for his
work in genetics and biometry,
and is considered by students and
staff one of the outstanding teach
ers on the campus,” Dean Shep
ardson said.
Professor Godbey was an In
fantry captain in World War I,
and is a member of various pro
fessional organizations, including:
Poultry Society, Association for
the Advancement of Science,
American Society of Agronomists,
Texas Cattle Society, Alpha Eta,
and Alpha Gamma Rho. He is
active in civic and church affairs,
and is married and has one daugh
ter.
August 10 Deadline for Julia Ball
Lee Scholarship Applications
New and popular books may be
found in special bookcases on the
second floor of the A. & M. Li
brary, near the loan desk.
Outstanding students in the
field of biological science will be
the recipients of a fellowship
which will enable them to study
at Texas A. & M. College for one
year, made possible through the
generosity of the late Dr. and
Mrs. Oscar M. Ball. Dr. Ball was
head of the A. & M. Biology De
partment for almost 35 years
prior to his death in 1942.
Known as the Julia Ball Lee
Fellowship, it was created by a
joint will of Dr. and Mrs. Ball in
honor of their daughter, Julia
Tom Roof ’43 to Train
For Extension Radio
On completion of the Fourth Re
fresher Course for county agricul
tural agents, Tom Roof of Cle
burne was assigned to the Exten
sion editorial department for spe
cial training in radio under C. W.
Jackson and Sybil (Claire) Banis
ter, according to an announcement
by Director Ide P. Trotter.
A graduate of A. and M. Col
lege in 1943 with a B. S. degree in
agronomy, Mr. Roof spent the
following three years in the Ar
my. He served sixteen months in
the European theater of opera
tions.
Ball Lee, who preceded them in
death. The Fellowship consists of
the Ball estate remaining after
several bequests were fulfilled.
Administrators of the trust are
Dean T. D. Brooks, of the Texas
A. & M. School of Arts and
Sciences, Dr. C. C. Doak, head of
the biology department, and Dr.
G. E. Potter, professor of zoo
logy.
Total value of the trust is over
$32,000, but only the earnings
from this sum are available for
the Fellowship. To date, an
amount over $2000 is available,’
according to Dr. Doak. Since the
award was established, only one
student, James C. Thompson of
Hebbronville who graduated this
spring from A. & M., has been
chosen for the Fellowship.
August 10 has been set by the
committee as deadline for this
fall’s applications, and anyone in
terested in the fellowship should
write or call on the Biology De
partment or Dean Brooks regard
ing the application forms, Dr.
Doak said.
Although the Fellowship is us
ually awarded for two semesters,
it can be cancelled after one se
mester if the student fails to main
tain a grade-point average of 2.25
—the same as required for the
list of Distinguished Students at
the College.
cent of those polled.
In other state races Senator
Tom Conally, Boyce House,
George H. Shepardson, Jessie
James, Pat M. Neff Jr., J. E. Mc
Donald and Olin Culberson led
the field in their respective races.
O’Daniel Out
To the question “If Senator
O’Daniel were a candidate for re-
election this year would you fa
vor his re-election?” 93.2 per
cent answered “no.”
Approximately 27.5 per cent of
the veterans elligible to vote plan
to do so here at College Station.
Of the remainder approximately
28.8 per cent had already filed ab
sentee ballots.
On the questions concerning ed
ucation, 68.9 per cent of the stu
dents polled desired a specialized
training for education, 1.8 per cent
desired a happy medium and the
remaining 29.3 per cent desired
a general education. Some 10.9
per cent of the students felt that
their education was becomming too
specialized.
Many Suggestions
Students polled were given an
opportunity to suggest recommen
dations for the betterment of the
college or any of its organizations
or activities. The establishment
or re-establishment of some form
of student government was ad
vocated by a large number. Also
mentioned frequently was an ad
ditional pay raise for instructors
to meet the national standard.
In regard to student government
requests were made to make the
Student Council active and a board
with some power. Others were
made that the corps discipline be
charged once more to the Profes
sor of Military Science and Tac
tics. One voiced his suggestions
of returning the corps to the sta
tus of ’39-’40.
Those interested in the better
ment of the scholastic standing
of the school suggested that an
other pay raise be studied and
voted if possible, that a study be
made of all curriculas with sub
stitution of general educational
subjects and lengthening of all
engineering courses to five years
to permit research and general
subjects to be added. One student
recommended that in regard to
(See BATT POLL, Page 4)
Saturday’s Children
In Groove at Grove
For Campus Dance
Aggies were really in the
Groove Saturday night dancing
to the melodious music of the
Aggieleand band. This was the
first of a schedule of Saturday
night dances at the Groove, spon
sored by the A.&M. Student Ac
tivities, for the benefit of all Ag
gies, either dancers or listeners.
The Aggieland band, under the
leadership of Bill Turner, with vo
cals by pretty Nell Arapulos of
Bryan, attracted a crowd of about
150 dancers from their “holes”
around the campus and once
again awakened Texas A. & M.’s
outdoor concrete dance slap prop
erly named the Grove. The danc
ing began with a timid few at
nine o’clock and built up to a
very pleasant crowd when the
sweet notes reached many enter
tainment hungry summer school
students.
The stag line was present but
its members have thinned out con
siderably since'the -regular term
and most of them were merely
listening and wishing.
What’s Cooking
Friday, July 26
6:30 P. M. The Newman Club
will meet in the new area “Y”.
7:30 P. M. The Ex-Servicemens
club will meet in the assembly
hall.
Saturday, July 27
ELECTION DAY, BE SURE
AND VOTE.
8:00 P. M. The Newman Club
dance at the K. C. Hall in Bryan.
Monday, July 29
6:30 P. M. The Student Chap
ter of the American Chemical So
ciety dinner honoring Dr. F. W.
Jensen.
Tuesday, July 30
7:00 P. M. The Architectural
Society will meet.
Wednesday, July 30
7:30 P. M. The Camera Club
will meet in the basement of
Guion Hall.