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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1948)
> ! WfeA?, '(,! f. '! N| r! il| I ! ri'j hi T.»p • i i: ! r K 1 zjm-* I 1' i t n i. ^ AtlOH Atomic Energy Display Shown By Architects J I [ “Atomfc Energy,!’ an exhibition prepared by Life Magazine, will be displayed in the architecture departnuint through Saturday, Joe Meador, irchitectune instructor, an- nounced yesterday. The exhibit was prepared in { consultation with the Tnited States Atomic Energy Commis sion which has urged nation-wide education on the subject. The thesis of the exhibition. is that seicince is truly international and that! atomic energy is not an exclnsivqly scientific matter but will inevitably involve social and j political Iquestions. More concern- j ed with the practical use of atomic ! energy to date than with nuclear: physics, I the photographs empha-1 ( size the ijmportancc of the layman’s j j understanding the social am] po litical aspects of this great new' ! source (if energy. ‘•Atomic Energy" opens with the r seven scientists whose peacetime j | research! led to wartime develop- I nient. Then follow panels of Hiro- j shima, $’agasakl K Bikini, experi- n • ! !' 4 -i in , 1 ‘ L Sm. I i ' I I > I NATIONAL CHAMPS—The A&M 10-man Dairy Judging Team placed first in the 18th annual Hoard’s Dairyman Judging Contest. The Aggie team competed against 206 teams from 44 U.S. colleges. (Left to right, thev are: I). E. EDWARDS, W. D. KEELE, H. I). WALKER, ROBERT P. SWANN, MC N El MEYER, JAMES M. HART, H. L. SELF. J. H. CLIFTON. DALE ALLEN, and Professor A. L. DARNELL, coach. J. W. LINDSEY is not shown. Agricultural Departments Get $4,000 in Fellowships, Gifts gers Win i! ry Ji >f the Ihy e, J Quick, WATSON* 1 WatsoiK the Needle. » . . " 1* f- — ■ bfl \ the development of atomic power I ments and branches by Texas organizations, ami eontmuing research. , A research fellowship “in some phase of cotton produc- thjbpr&r or n atomic V Energy i tion f under the supervision of the agronomy department, has | control] ’ i been granted A&M. *♦* The t(txt of “Atomic Energy" is I ,„ Th f 1'vllowship, from Anderson, in part.l quotations from the Re-^ Llayton and Coippany of Houston, j port onjtho International Control j caini ‘ s a $^-.000: fund. I ol Atomic Knengy prepared for! A Sargent Cijopmaker has been Contest Dairy Natio Tjli A&M’s 10-man ij Senior College divtsioj ('attle .fudging Contei,,, si bio 500. Hij Notice of the jj nat&ih received this week fiMtHi offk‘ialj!i ; of the con|est. A & M ’ s Igiiig Team placed first in the IStfiannual Hoard’s Dairyman rni^jg'14() pointjs out of a pos- if ithnmpionshi the Secijetary of State. ChenM Prof ICatalyst^^ Like Watkm in Sherlock Holmes industry in Texas t ■ j ■ • • r j i By Hni BILKKER The new flee!around thp c istry depart inept the^e dnys longs to Goo [tye; Mariot Waksoii, fk. S., M. S., Ph.b.j 'l ' Ex-factory manager, and in boxer, Div \V man with h >-' jhisi job, Ur. jWatson whippedi to gether a! vljell-drilling business in Saltitlp, {’Mexico. Managing drilling operations by remote corttrol, tyayhing chemistry, and bringing >up his son and two (iatshn is riistocjky djt4e^ daughters keep him hopping, t own eyk?^ darW iaJiVl , l M Febrhary of this year, Dr. o. jug letectiye stories. He has a i compete set of Sir Arthur Conan Doyl ds works and just eats up tho Sher ock Holmes stories. Ques- tioiiei ^tbout Doyle’s character namdd Dr. Watson, he replied, : . . ‘‘Watson Scted as a catalyst to Watson com.*s of ap’iWlitje iaili- Aggicland.|;Although a T. C. grad- stimpate Holmes’ thinking. I try or iis a; ittirefiflaicm- wheni asked what he thought to (lb a j John Hendrix, noted (stockman they are all likeable fellows." j and historian of early days-in the Re muse of lack ' of time. Dr. j a'l^sed the Sad- WaTf on has only one hobby—read-1 . 0 aiu l ^ • u ‘ ) Tuesday even ing. granted the Texas Agricultural Expdriment Suition ‘‘for experi mental work with green manuring I cropH.’’ Use of the machinery was { madtj by the. Sajrgent Manufactur- ; ing Co., Fort Worth. It will b ! placdd on the iBrazos river fief laboijajtiory. A loan of five Maytag Horn Freeper Units from the Maytar : Southwestern Company. Dallas, ha been made the {Texas Agricultura Exp( riment Station. Seed Crons Boosted The' Texas Agricultural i Exper Agricultural Experiment Station, Rio Pjeihas, Puerto Rico. Prairie View A&M has been giv* en $75 by the Prairie View-W-ash- ington, i). C., Alumni (Tub. The money will be used to purchase books for the library. j score is one of the bigh| over tallied by a team, I I nninieation said. 206 Teams Comptfli The A&M team won teams from thirty-three ?(|if relenting forty-four col ij universities to be the f team evt-r to receive as an honorable mention. According to fliephe 'dll' qv 20 e$ |r|c| |es |:jiS) A&A ucra I Dainell, coach p lojim wiis the team, A&M Al Tj Station iSutistation 1 No. $eaumont has been given Fairbanks beam scale, valued ..and an air of ipinwjnk> 'vil^itk-.J ^'aTsoir accepted a position as As- \ Born in M >xi(io OijtyHn . Ilr. ^ci»te Professor of chemistry at $75. ply. His fath. tect and his notthef to|ch; ijFr|n|h pit [the University pf iltexijrl). He worlt>’d his owAv tihroiigM St. JosenlrP iHigh {ScHpol j iijt Brownsville bp turning uFu bl>x er, > most of his ho ups f'Ting; i{, the Rio Grs nde Vtille!| clul)s. JVf ter his touj of high (tohobl dht; he hung tipi hisf glovcA anti palfk| . ed off to r Ml] ;h j I In 10i8, iafter rtjfeiv'ing ; Bachelor’s (egree, ^ prom| j married .art Austin gsid niid- stt :{ e.d to work' ■m his 3.t|pter’k' Qu<T- || tioned as tojhjis aittiftude; to\fa|'di marriage, Dr. jWatspt sapl been married fin- U.u0yeaif<s ajull T I recommend it to eveidf map.’’ j. When he received l|js M. S. felt the nee 1 of stiillumore educ tion. and. t ikitur atdtitntiijge 0f|o research toO nvdhip. b(jgnn work j|i p his Doctorate. ; . ;{ [• (> He receiv.d Ids PUD.- in Ip!''’ and ioined ip witli ^enviral tT p and Rubber Co.-\vhiict|i sent hi * Jio Mexico is i enertd Mttn' i jiiteniltfP of a guayul * ri'bhelr •T.u tqry. !Tr“ 1 pressing ne “d .for symihlitic r 1 !’- her after the .'fipnltotji of it he p-tjalt McCoy wen-cut <jfi<’byijJam ti- . vasioh of the-,!ln(lito|watohntj'iFt > and thgf «o|> i rnnji(|)t Meixirn igincrHl siipjr- til July df PjiilT. J a' leive of lahsenci? frbih -j'-r ■*~S\ ■ •! t i-H- -i ■ ^ of Aggies, ilk> replied, -tuiients afre above • t «- Most of nty but average and .r«so. the sutpe for my students, | hope that they don’t have to ft to cocUipe as Holmes did. Introduced by Tad Moses, chief of publications of the Experiment Station and past editor of “The Cattleman," Hendrix spoke hum orously of the early day cattleman and cattle industry. Amejrican Follotving Hendrix’s talk, plans tion.j were n|ade for the club’s annual l A L vant . in:il |j, of “for tl purdose of initiating supplemer tary studies on the adaptations ai The gift was made by tl Rico Growers Associa Agronomy Society To Honor War Dead barbecup to be held May 24. The affair kill take place at 4:'!0 p. m. at $hiloh Hall. Ed Talk was ( appointed chairman of the; food and drink cdirinmtee. Highlight ol ttie barbecue will be a baseball j gaim? betv.qen clqb seniors and| I animal husbandry prof j. The tnatched roping contest at j the Little Southwestern Livestock ; Show will be between (’ado Wright I ex-Aggie and champion Aopet , and Piiime { Woods, present Aggie champ. The The (Agronomy Society^CiU pijepent the college a bronze entertainment at to ' S danque in honor of agronothy majojr.s killed in World Wars I md’ II. The presentation ceremotnt will be held Saturday at liilJO p. n|i. provided e meeting. i- $ President Gibb Gnlchrikt will jreceive the plaque on be-; jSj||Pj«| ♦ half! of the college from Neal C. at that time j kept Trim in ! intending ui i : T 1 1 1 W !■ -to y- f-J ! j !• i. - r ftitt - I Patti* rson, president of the Agro- j nomlr Society; ” h Twenty qgronomy majors lost'l tlu-ii lives in World Wars I and II.! *j{ The: were: Charles HaupsSr .’16, g (IJecige F. Weltagu Tt>, James 0. Bern ley 'd2, Bailey G. Carnahan ’J7. fames E. Rountree ’.‘it, Wood-1 =-row It. Allen '.TH, John B. Naujgh- | ton Mil. T. P. Avcock ’40. Percy B. jBemett ’40. lolahd E. Ddtton ’40, Ralpn B. Hartgijaves ’41,1 Howard] H. Hrians ’42, Eugene I). Wilmoth I’42, Charles K. Butler ’40. Dun-, ! war(j I). Morrison ’42, William W. I Partjbw ’4:5, and Richard A. Strom- | | bergj’ 44. , i A!|<> killed during World War i II vvire Raymond L. Gregg, ’39. | Harryl F.‘ Gopdloe ’39, and Edgai j | B. Burgess ’38. - Relatives Invited An? invitation has been extended to tile close relatives, of the de- •ceasejl to attend the ceremony in W prodjuetion of ail seed croi>s oth than cotton, sqy beans’, flax at peatmts," lias been given the E v periinent Station. Ttie gtant-in-a was .made by the Education Se* vice (if Hie National Cottonso* Prbc nets Asso(|iation. Inc. Initir worl will be done at the station’ . ’.fcstation w Clhillicothe. A cbuti'ilHitioin of I $200 has bef madh the Exntojimont Station I” Thomas R. Cojx, agriculturist o the Apuricau (jyanamid Compar of New York, ft is “in support ' rice fortilizatiop experiments th' are being carried on at the Boa’ mont station." A :r Epploy pyrh^liometer and Leeds and Nopthrup “Mieroma - record potentioiineter to bo used i coin Oct ion with the soilr-weath' ! project vyhich is bi'ing condudte undyr funds appronriated uud ReseanT. and Marketing Ac been given the Experimet ion. The gift was made by t! art nient of Plant Patholog; i entered a large percent of the i Itojjnd’s Dairynijnn contests, but | thi^, is tX(! fir.lit team that has evllto scored hilh enough to 'be | Ineiitioncd in' th'lj results. , fjfhe winning- tiam'this year was miitl'-' Up of agrikiiPnral education .iniafors in* thg {DHiry Husbandry .j I2ji|class and onip.dXiry husbandry rmi|i|or. Vic NcMmeyeiV f-vom Kren- J ’it’ll. The air ed linn ioi-s\were D. E. tolltjvanls Ste’ih'Mivil.li'; Ttotsert B. ^wjinn. Tvler:.- W I). KcVle, En- ASteii H p. Wal|ker.' BtennV.nville; '•'lies M. Hart.il Rvd Oak; TL L. y d|. Stl‘t'honvil|o; J. H. Clifton, ‘toe|)h : e,nvi]lle: Uaije Allem 'Brecken- ,l : jbi|e; and J. Wi t indsey, Abilene .( ITjjds notional jlontest is, condnc- -i'irl | by the us'S of photo era nha. .vL|i of the five major dairy ’itsMi* are retirqiented hV nicturoS ]■ fiirttr• cows jJrom esp-h breed. rjH-fv row i:-, pjl|''tocriiebed from 'he |siide. ton and rear. This ebvos ' {to-jj epot'/stantd three- prineioal •i-vys that tho: filacings of each j 'pljiial is delieijhiilHill. % 'I jT'|ns cm.test isjjtm'oue in that'ten ri|oi|ih(i>'s art' ireouired for each { jaifg jTHi -e mrjiph'-rs a id, one al- j jrilii’i! js the lusiia! I'lunbet- al- ’ i\' i 1 ifoi' dniry|tattle j’jidging. • hhtca're Firm / framed r> *‘M:lSS H ARRIET T’' SAUNDERS, I one of the 12 ‘ shove girls to be seen at Saturday night’s Follies, is sb(||v v imitating t’F.l.F.STE HOLM in his version of "1 Can’t qjli i ■ • / ARNOLD W.VLKOW/ above, will {direct the "pit’ orchestra at the Follies tomoytow night Brahman Heifers Prove Valuable To AH Department ^ryan-ColIege Artists Dis Libil in (i(lion Hall. 7 { A. ‘A. JOHNSTON, an A&M ktadtnt, will he ordained at the itopti-st ( purch Sunday evening lit 7:15. ■; -ft*- -1 • •• i (Jift, of a foundation Biahman heifl of six heifers from one of the nation's - utstanding Brahniaii (’atitle Breedei's, ttie J. D. Hudgins ruijeh, Hungerfoyd. Texas, is pros vinb Valuable to the teaching and respareli facilities of the animal Paintings in Cushing Modified Service hu.4han<lry department, according , on ({is))lav to Professor .1. K. Riggs. - * 'The heifers wore given » > EXP£RJ c j repair whidi the plaque will be, present- _ - j e x *\-|/ i\» J\. I ed fd the pollege. Several of the r’Tto((»Afl I fill r<‘lat»'js have written J. E. Endriz- “-kdl, 1 lo V/ll zj, chjkirmjin of the Bronze; Memo rial TljaqUe Committee, stating they fintend to be present if pos sible,i,for tho presentation. Stuart H. Harris of ton. A^ri- thel first bull calves dropned would 1 to ' culturjil Experinieiit Station went to' to turned to the Hudgins ranch. i n modified Service - last.week after iSudgins also furnishes the best nearly! 13 wars as custodian of tho of jh'.s torlD in notation on a loan f . h. . * : Station’s' Killctin .and mailingX to build up the Brahman heid foundation,I as well as for Pp a four- crop-breeding experiments' now the modified to^|ig conducted by the college in | By WICK VAN KOt'EMlOWEN Artists in the Rryaii-Colk'.ve Station area have i fintih m the Cushinp LiLraity lobby this wti* ;. Fr Bryan-Col! 1 re ' t\l >is one of two current di.-.plays by the , ... . th f Club, the other on** being in Brvari at Elaswell’s Ro|! coHegi under the condition that i to , to >. > , Dutstanutng painting m the Cushing Linraivp r' No Dr. Ashburn Opens | A1E Students Plan Teachers’ Agency Aaried 'Exhihitsi room. ' I 1 H e I \v a s placed ■ j ! monihi layoff undyr Dr.| Karl Ashhurm former pro- service program fessoif of ieconomic^ at A&M, and a portrait by Poitja Barnes (M-s. A. (i. Barnes 1 of a man with a' Hereford cow. Painted in the , h u bright colors of the Southwest, it has a quality not naeto’d l>\ othei | exhibits. 1. W. KermxUe's watt-r-color ‘‘At | r V Hargis, wh(» way 65 years old in bh IisiToo j t .rr> tougto j| 4 • ** I.J 11 Ml When trouble litas deep jir the' motoi* of yoiijf auto y<n can dejfdnd: upoti our ebc igrohnrtiirs 4 Mechanicjal engineering students will present a varied program fpr visitor^ to the cdlh ge on ,A11- College Day May 8. Demonstfaiionk will include the j,f the Examining antoPlace- fpllowimg/, December he erasing , Brahmans with grade the Park” also posmbsses luminous I Urntforils and other breeds. ; ! coloring and an appealing design. 1 ■to "to / i„iv 11047 wac nlm-erl m. The heifijrs Were given to the 1 Quite a few competent still- | Ashbdrn TeacJiers’AgTncy, uttate- 'ment {on SeptemLr 1. 1936 after T /‘tL :V I? r to S ' (> ’ r , han ?P!?» ^ ,i,V (l1 h: ,tive floors {Teacher Placement ’ Service. > ^ yvars with The Southern Pacific 1 ^! < i L 4<{ -Houston hat htoe.. Show, are on display. headquarters in Fort Worth! Railnjail at Bryan as ticktt agent, Ashburn, former lygional telegmpb (yperatoiy and clerk. The Texni Tech, has wide with Dr. peiliefrcetf mechanics to gje to the bottom of it I! Drivi cqmpl , gardleg[s. jof model A i f today for itj check-up. make , Ml t TEE CO. NasTi 4 Sales f, g" , Ghge Laboratory, a German Jumo : Jet engine] air conditioning ami heating systems, kihemahe and metallurgical displays, a mb a vibra tion and frjetion display reports. j ,jj , - -j- . . | Before World War II, opiy the > United States and Russia 'had more nailway mileage than Canada. ’ T, ' i WE HAVE WHAT YOU NE1 ment v ice over admin Thi agepqy, is tp minis tual bisnefit of both. - SCHOOL SUPPLIES | BOOKS '.Service Phopje 2-6195 { Bryan at 27th I! North Gate 'iL S®- IN . . . EQUIPMENT COLLEGE BOOK STORE College Station Th ‘ bult was then returned to the | Water-color, oil and pastel are vai ch. x .. 7. | among the mediums used in this j became According to Proffe^or B'ggs. i group, and contributing artists in- ‘ j,j s ■ “tl is Brahman herd will tie used | elude M. P.oyett, Myrtle M. Peters ' in connectjoit with youvses in h'eef j Mrs.,,I. H. Beard, Mrs. G. W. Smith cattle production, livestock man- and Mis. Bar no. agpment and livestock judging of- One striking printing, by Marie feied by the animal husbandry de- Alexander, shows a cactus which pnrtment. Also the herd will be actuatly grew tflVng Highway ( used to produce cattle for experi- between Bryan aqd College but ; m(total breeding, feeding, and which bps been tiiansferred “fur- .mjiiagemept putTioses including ther west” by the artist. Students currently enrolled who I erbs^breeding and progeny test- j The paintings wijll be on display j wall Have satisfied all requirements j work.” j, \ through Saturday, for adniissioin to the school of vet- / ’ ! \ 7 erinatry medicine by the close of/“ this semester may now make ajr- Division of the US/Givil Bor- «‘miutoti*! with the Station in 1 1’omnliCsion in Dallas, s.]H‘nt ; Preseijit-capacity. 5 years] as a teacher, and j istrator, primart- purjiose of the { accoixfing to Dr. Ashburn, | ring the teacher and the ad-; a-ator together for the mu-i Applications Open !n {Vet Med School .{plication to that school for ,ad- missijon in September* 1948. H.i L. Heaton, registray, said yestejrday that entrance require-1 ments are Set forth on Page 9, Bullejtin of the School of Veteri nary; Medicine. He believes that the entire quota wHf\be filled with resident student^. Application forms may be ob- tainetl at thg Information Desk, Registrar’s OfficeJ They must be / I . . ‘ it, ,, ti .| ' ' j!.- . : / properly yitjed out and returned to that office by noon, Saturday,' May : 15. | , ! ; \ ' Vi i *-J I:;' \ I MOTHER’S DAY — SPECIAL OFFER • $5.00 for $2.45 • $5.00 for $2.45 AGGIELAND STUDIO College Station. Texas OFFERS ONE 8x30 BEAUTIFUL SILVERTONE PORTRAIT for onlv 82.45 "ALL PORTRAITS COME MOUNTED IN A NICE FOLDER" Proofs to Select From — V Satisfaction {Guaranteed Not good for copywork. “Serving Aggies for 2® Years" utifulp Ike I William C Vi |i A ;■ : -al ,n l|> I;il¥UT:iM-t iilli ti tiiii - ito n rev. iii <i ; l-Pl't s Ml i'l'i-linti' rhsirt-T p 'rii|-'d ‘ i. i- pj : I'l'xj fliv. 'illlV f I |T|,-. A c }'{ii|;Au ( o 5 ! aidpciif'' f I'i i'iji , ' i ?i bj, thjj :*j-i tot Tex i;1. ! ullppi! K-,.' Fharter imir, oVganix! , i- of W- rk- rs Mutbal |'ni’irianv. has ob- ir»'-r ;,"d the coni- ciei-;i‘ imm who Ij^lcd applications to ipenibors. wdl he iljciec wi.t'iiu th( I fi" Workers^ ^tu- (Vmpany is a 'fatiA'i. owned arlq i^rlieolturo’l ‘work -n rev. I 1 _ \ B : JL Jones Pharmacy 1.01 U, Main, tot Brya an 'Til “He's (,-ot toinu lt you can lovp 'ei tasted that ijwe!l| you’re sold fold keep teeth (khiri Dentyne Gl 1.U, iim ;vo(t o Y life Po!" — hewing Giun1! , ’ j ij VMieniit com** to girl* 'Tm, but once you’ve ertlynt' Clirwiing Gum, roither]; Dentyne h«lp» I”' ' | Only By Ad«m» . • t / to. I l . -j .-a ! i'l