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A&MHost ToNewZealanders
On World Wide Study Tour
DR. WILLIAM V. LUMB has
joined the staff of the depart-
ment of Veterinary Medicine and
Surgery.
Adriance to Check
fertilizer Needs
For Watermelons
Dr. Guy W. Adriance, head of
the A&M Horticulture Department
recently attended a meeting at
Trairie View A&M College where
plans were formulated to check
fertilizer requirements for water
melons.
■' Adriance will work with Dr. G.
L. Smith, director of Substation
No. 18, in setting up 135 plots for
experiments. These plots will have
the three major elements applied
in increments of 20 pounds each.
. All these plots will be checked
against the standard Black Dia
mond variety. Maturity and grad
ing will also be considered.
Watermelons are becoming more
and more important in Texas and
the information obtained by this
experiment should be of great in
terest to many Texas farmers, Dr.
Adriance said.
F. R. Brison and Ralph Mitchell
ran a similar experiment on sweet
potatoes last year at Gilmer, Tex
as. Their findings soon will be
printed in bulletin form.
Members to Attend
Masonic Banquet
A large number of Aggies who
jire members of the Masonic Lodge
plan to attend the George Wash
ington birthday Masonic banquet
Wednesday, February 23, at 7 p. m.
" in Sbisa Hall, according to Otis
Miller of the Journalism Depart
ment.
Principal speaker will be Justice
James W. McClendon, Chief Jus
tice of the Court of Civil Appeals,
Third Supreme Judicial District of
Texas.
~ Student Masons may purchase
tickets from the following: M. R.
McClure, Dorm 12, 'Room 117; L.
; D. McKenzie, 1-421; T. F. Black-
stone, 16-401; J. H. Cochrane, 17-
201; R. D. Huston, Walton G, 4;
IM1 ,C. J. Russell, Law, 1-K; L. D.
' Hobbs, C. V., A-12-C; V. R. Hud
dleston, Leggett, 101; and A. L.
Sikes, P. H., 9-B.
By MARVIN RICE
A bit of New Zealand passed
through the campus recently in
the form of Dave Ormond and
Garry Glazebrook, who hail from
the farming regions of one of the
lands down under.
With as refreshing a discourse
as can be found on New Zealand,
cattle and sheep production, farm
ing methods, and life in general,
these two men are making prac
tically a world wide sweep in quest
of knowledge to help in their ag
ricultural methods and range man
agement.
Beginning as an idea eight years
ago, their trip \tfas held up by the
war during which time Dave flew
Corsairs and Garry carrier-based
Spitfires with the Fleet Air Arm.
Now they are at about the half
way point in their extended tour.
Each started last June with a
shipload of sheep to be delivered
in Montevideo, Ux’uguay. As a
sidelight on the type of sheep
raised in New Zealand, one of the
Corriedale rams which Dave took
care of on board ship sold for
$8,000 in Montevideo.
After a reunion in Buenos
Aires, a study of the range lands
of the Argentine section of
South America followed. Not
overlooking the agricultural as
pects, they were most impressed
by the beauty of the country
(and the girls.)
Continuing up the coast of South
America with several stop-overs,
Garry and Dave docked in New
Orleans, bought a car, and started
out for LSU. After a few days
study there, they made a leisurely
trip to A&M.
Here they scheduled talks with
various professors in the Animal
Husbandry Department and men
Aptitude Exam For
Advertising Slated
The third annual AAAA Exami
nation for Advertising will be held
for the first time in the Southwest
at Dallas, on February 26 and 27,
Monty Mann, chairman of the
Southwest Chapter of the American
Association of Advertising Agen
cies, announced today.
Mann stated that the examina
tion will be given in two parts con
sisting of aptitude, psychological,
and practical tests.
The examination is held annual
ly by AAAA councils and chapters
throughout the country to attract
high-calibre young people to ad
vertising and to test them for
specific kinds of work in the in
dustry, Mann said.
Roeber Will Speak
To Accountants
C. A. Roeber, auditor of the col
lege will speak to members of the
Accounting Society tonight at
7:30 p.m.
His subject will be “College Ac
counting Procedures,” according to
J. E. Hogan, reporter for the so
ciety. This is a regular meeting of
the society and the speech will be
held in the Agricultural Engineer
ing Lecture Room.
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in the Extension Service, listened
to lectures, and learned all they
could about our sheep and cattle
production program.
No gentleman farmers, these
two worked hard over a period of
years to save enough money to
make this trip.
Garry, who spent some time in
Chicago during his flight train
ing, is twenty-five years old and
owns some 750 acres of pasture
land at Hastings, New Zealand.
Growing perennial rye grass and
wild white clover, he fattens for
market the lambs and old ewes
unfit for breeding.
His spare time, which is not
much, is taken up with hunting
and polo. Nearly everyone in New
Zealand participates in some
form of sport, and polo is hear
the top of the list. Farmers use
their riding horses for round
robin tournaments of one chuk-
ker each. In this way, all get a
chance to play without the need
of a string of six or seven
horses.
Dave owns 1,000 acres in Wai-
pul^urau, which is about fifty miles
from Hastings. Crossing South-
down and Romney sheep, he is
building up a strain to produce
long staple wool. Breeding Aber
deen Angus cattle is part of Dave’s
range program also.
Not content with such a mild
game as polo, Dave rides as an
amateur jockey when work per
mits. Flat races are his specialty,
but he occasionally takes a horse
over those neck-breaking hurdles
in a steeplechase.
Both men were impressed with
the size and vastness of the coun
try and the many pasture improve
ments here in the Southern states.
Moreover, they couldn’t quite get
over the “gadgets” that we have
for making our work easier. They
have ho rural electrical program
such as we do, and electrical appli
ances are scarce.
Food and clothing are terrifi
cally expensive in the U.S., they
thought, and gasoline and steel
relatively cheap. Gas costs sixty
cents per gallon in New Zea
land, but meat is so cheap that
American housewives might
make a mass exodus if they
found out the price.
Garry and Dave have a idgorous
schedule laid out for them. Their
itinerary includes a trip to the
King ranch, and then a wide sweep
through New Mexico, Arizona,
California, Utah, Idaho, Illinois,
Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
They hope to complete their tour
through the United States by the
end of May, work their way across
the Atlantic to England, and thence
home by the way of South Ameri
ca.
All in all, these boys are doing
what a lot of us dream about but
never take action on. They are
improving their minds, gaining
experience in their chosen profes
sion, seeing the world, and having
a good time doing it.
A-M Judging Team
To Finish Season
At Oklahoma Meet
A&M’s junior judging team will
make its final judging trip of the
year to Oklahoma City March 14,
according to W. M. Warren, team
coach. The team will compete with
12 to 15 Other colleges in the judg
ing of cattle, horses, sheep, and
hogs.
The team will make two week
end trips for extra practice in
judging cattle and horses. The
first is to San Antonio where they
will visit the Essar Ranch and
the Straus and Medina Ranch to
judge Hereford cattle. The second
trip will be to the Lester Gopdson
Ranch for the judging of Goodsoh’s
quarter horses.
En route to Oklahoma City the
team will stop at R. L. Under
wood’s ranch for final practice and
preparation for the judging of
quarter horses.
The team is competing for the
second portion of the American
Quarter Horses Association trophy
for quarterhorse judging, Warren
said.
The trophy must be won three
times before the team can have
permanent possession of it. Last
year the junior team won first
place.
Twenty men are working hard
to fill the six-places—five as judg
es and onb as alternate, Warren
concluded.
The Prairie View Quartet performed in Guion Hall Saturday. They are, from letf to riaht.
ROBERT DAVIS, WILLIAM GREEN WELL, DR. RUDOLPH VON CHARLTON, THOMAS AMEY
and ROLAND 4 FORD.
Plans For A&M Open House
Released During Week End
Accountants Plan
Second Annual
Conference Here
The second annual Accounts
Conference, which will be held
A&M, April 26-27, will have ;
impressive group of outstandii
speakers, according to T. W. I
land, head of the Business a:
Accounting Department.
The program outlined by the a
visory council under the chairma
ship of S. R. Harwell, of Dalk
includes Herman Miller, head
the Accounting Department
Ohio State University; T. Dwig
Williams, former president of t
American Institute of Accountan
and expert in the field of taxe
and Christian Jarochow, chairmi
of the board of the Controllej
Institute of America.
Also scheduled will be S.
Ruttenberg of the CIO Resear
Division, who will present a lab
representative view on accountii
reports and M. G. Eaton, San A
tonio, who will present an auditoi
report where no certificate is re
dered.
Following each talk a discussk
forum will be held to clear ai
questions, Leland added.
Members of the advisory coun<
include Robert N. Stevenson, ai
Lucian Morgan, of the Busine
and Accounting Department, ai
the Placement office, respective!
of A&M.
The first news concerning the
A&M Open House, to be held here
May 8, was released on the
press wires last week-end, Bob
Weynand, chairman of the publi
city committee, told members of
the A&M Open House Committee
at a meeting today.
Weynand stated that the day
will be publicized in every way
possible. Attempts will be made to
get the front page of the weekly
magazines published by several
statewide newspapers devoted to
the A&M Open House a week or
two prior to the occasion.
The committee discussed the
possibilities of having Corps sen
iors address high school groups in
their respective home towns dur
ing the Easter holidays. Sugges
tions were made to secure news
reels concerning the activities at
A&M which could be shown! to
Goal of Post Grad Studies Is
To Fill In The Blank Spaces
By TOM CARTER
The bachelor of philosophy stud
ies, a correspondence course offer
ed by A&M’s Post Graduate De
partment, is designed to fill in
the blank spaces in the educational
framework of the technical stu
dent after graduation. The courses
of the program deal solely with
the humanities and relationships
between various fields of intelli
gence.
History is of course one of the
primary studies. History teaches
its students about the past in or
der that they may understand the
present and act intelligently in the
future.
History is the record of what
man has thought and done and as
pired to do in the past. The future
is naturally based on this past.
Our dealings with other nations
will be of a more enlightened type
if our influential people under
stand the background of our in
ternational problems.
These considerations have guid
ed the choice of history courses to
be offered in the post graduate
program.
In the realm of sociology, which
deals with social pressures, rela
tions, and stresses and strains be
tween groups, the post graduate
studies has already prepared two
courses: Current Social Problems
and Marriage and the Family.
Industrial relations hinge to a
great extent on a knowledge of
sociology and the studies in this
field will be invaluable to grad
uates who are trying to educate
themselves.
The English Department’s con
tribution is to stimulate the think
ing processes and broaden the ap
preciation of the graduate student.
Courses now ready to be given
Ira C. Ware Buys
Aggie Realty Co.
The Aggie Realty company of
College Station has been purchas
ed by Ira C. Ware.
Ware has changed the name to
the Aggie Realty and Insui’ance
company, adding to the real estate
loans and a full line of general
and life insurance.
The company will represent old
line, general fire and casualty in
surance companies and also the
Reserve Life Insurance company of
Dallas, Ware said.
in this field are: Mark Twain and
After, Modern Drama, Five Great
Books, The. Development of the
American Spirit, Social Problems
and the Recent American Novel,
and Shakespeare. Being prepared
for presentation are: Modern A-
merican and British Poetry, the
Social Philosophers, the Founda
tions of Modern English Usage,
and American Literature of the
19th Century.
The Biology Department has a
contribution on the fire now which
will be a course in readings for
the layman on scientific subjects
but not requiirng a technical
knowledge of biology. The auth
ors include many big names and
are the men of achievement in
the field.
Also in the cards is a genetics
course which will do much toward
explaining to the student the whys
and wherefores of American traits.
To glean a hisorical background
of their profession, engineers and
scientists will have the opportun
ity to sign up for a course in the
Origins and Growth of Physical
Science.
The Architecture Department
has come forth with a course in'
the Intellectual and Cultural His
tory of the Western World. This
one comes in two parts, the first
being a prerequisite for the sec
ond.
Students whose questions have
not been answered in this series
may write Post Graduation Stud
ies, Campus, for more information.
Some Don’t Know
Aggies Asked Why
A&M Their Choice
Mrs. Patranella Is
Burial Plot Agent
The City of College Station has
appointed Mrs. Luke Patranella to
act as agent for the sale of ceme-
tary lots in the city cemetery. This
appointment was authorized at the
January council meeting, Mayor
Earnest Langford said today.
The cemetery is set apart for
the burial of the citizens of this
community, of whatever race, creed
or color, subject only to the ordi
nances of the city of College Sta- i tically all students attending any
tion, the appointment said in part. I educational institution is for an
By BUDDY LUCE
Do you remember why you first
came to A&M? You’re not alone
in your bewilderment, Aggie! That
question, fired at Aggies all over
the campUs Wednesday afternoon,
brought on several lapses of mem
ory.
A Battalion poll, conducted for
the purpose of determining why
men come to A&M and whether or
not they’re glad of it now, found
results both interesting and im
pressive. The fact that several
didn’t even remember why they
ever set foot on the campus was
the most startling result of the
queries.
Forty percent of the students
came to A&M for educational pur
poses. They investigated the dif
ferent schools as possibilities and
picked A&M for its reputation in
agriculture and engineering in re
spective importance according to
the poll.
Of the forty percent that came
to A&M for educational purposes,
the greater number had in mind
the importance of military train
ing at the same time.
Another forty percent came to
this college because of the school
spirit, intimate campus life, and
devotibn to the Aggie football
team. Surprisingly enough, many
present-day Aggies have follow
ed the sports trail of the Aggie
football team from early child
hood. Maybe this explains the
deep roots of the real old Aggie
spirit.
The remaining twenty percent
of the students make up the group
that came to A&M because their
fathers’ were A&M men or had
brothers’ footsteps to follow in,
and those who came for the pur
pose of getting commissions in the
Army Reserve Corps.
The underlying motive of prac-
education, although some get their
education just because it happens
to be a fad nowdays. This is sur
prisingly true.
Why did several of the students
loqk bewildered when asked why
they came to A&M? There are
several possible reasons. They
could be stretching a four-year
course into ten years. This would
involve losing track of many by
gone ambitions and intentions.
Maybe they never knew. One stu
dent tells how he was dumped on
the campus one hot day in June
1942 with instructions from some
one to go to college. He’s not yet
figured out who put him here.
The best reason for bewilder
ment is the genuine Aggie spirit.
A family of Aggies raised on
reveille and rout step needs no
reason for sending their boys to
A&M. It just happens. There is
no other solution to education.
This brings the poll to the most
revealing find of all. What is a
“two-percenter”? When the ques
tions was asked, “Now that you’re
here, are you glad you came to
A&M?”, TWO PERCENT of the
students replied in the negative!
It all pans out. If they aren’t glad
they came here in the first place,
how could they have the spirit?
It is indeed a small world.
Bell County Club
Outlines Program
The spring semester’s activities
of the Bell County A&M Club were
outlined at a recent meeting, ac
cording to Ben Oliver, the club
president.
A drive is to get under way to
solicit new members. Billie Bob
Mahler and Ralph Vernon were
appointed to head the drive and
they ask that anyone interested in
different student groups.
Forms to be filled out by all
the men participating in the Open
House events are now available in
the sociology office, Weynand said.
The information which these forms
will supply is necessary for the
articles which are to ^be written
for the individual’s home town
paper.
James L. Liverman, housing
chairman, informed the commit
tee that accommodations could
be made available for 946 fath
ers or prospective students if as
many as three persons were as
signed to a dormitory room. If
only two persons were assigned
to a room 744 visitors could be
accommodated.
According to a recent check with
the housing office, 132 rooms are
available in the new area dormi
tories and 70 more are open in the
other dormitories. Twenty double
beds could be set up in the band
room and, if necessary, 300 beds
are available in the hospital area
at Bryan Field. No charges will be
made for these rooms; however,
the occupants will have to furnish
their own sheets, Liverman stated.
James W. Andrew stressed that
all department heads are request
ed to turn in to the program com
mittee a sample of the depart
ment’s program for that day. In
cluded should be the type of ex
hibit—standing, or demonstration
—which will be put On. The de
sired time at which the depart
ment wishes to put on its show or
demonstration should be request
ed, Andrew said.
The committee decided that all
mail concerning the A&M Open
House should be addressed to the
Open House Committee in care of
the Office of the Dean of Engi
neering, College Station, Texas.
Andrew reported the prospects
Fayette A&M Club
Reactivated Here
Fayette County’s A&M Club has
been reactivated. It has been in
active since the beginning of the
last war.
Club officers for the spring se
mester were elected at a meeting
Thursday night. George C. Will-
man Jr., LA student, was elected
president.
Others elected include Herbert
A. Frede Jr., Business major, vice
president; Raymond Kunze, Agri
culture major, sec-treasurer; L. O.
Tiedt, Agricultural Education ma
jor, reporter, and R. V. Weber,
Mechanical Engineering major, so
cial chairman. ,
Weber appointed a committee to
make arrangements to obtain Fay
ette County newspapers to be
placed in the library at A&M.
Future meetings of the club will
be held in Room 227 of the Aca
demic Building. Regular meetings
will be held at 8 p. m. on the first
Thursday of each month.
Pioneer Air Lines
Announce Profit
Pioneer Air Lines made an over
all profit of $8,900 in its 41 month
of service, Gen. Robert J. Smith,
announced.
The system operates into 26
Texas and New Mexico cities and
covers some 2,200 miles. The com
pany inaugurated its first service
on August 1, 1945.
A total of 25,090,000 passenger
miles were flown in 1948 making
a total of 48,855,755 miles now
flown without a passenger or crew
fatality, the president declared.
Last year over 93,000 passengers
were carried.
Gen. Smith said that two more
DC-3’s were put in service to
bring the total to nine aircraft in
operation on the system.
TORQUAY, England—CP)—Mrs.
M. L. Andrews advertised a house
for rent.
A few minutes after the paper
hit the street the first (and suc
cessful) applicant arrived by taxi
—followed by 90 others, right up
to midnight. Two telegrams came,
becoming a member should attend [ Next day the mailman staggered
the next meeting. The date of the ! up with 300 letters,
next meeting will be announced 1 Said Mrs. Andrews, appalled:
soon. “I’m afraid to answer thfe door.”
of naming an, “A&M Mother” for
the A&M Open House. However,
since there would be no suitable
opportunity to present the Moth
er, the committee decided to re
fer all details concerning the
matter to the Student Senate
committee in charge of the
Mother’s Day activities.
The A&M Open House Commit
tee agreed to have its picture made
at the next meeting which will be
held in Dean Howard Barlow’s of
fice at 5 p. m. next Tuesday.
Williams Speaks
To Pure Oil Group
E. L. Williams, director Indus
trial Extension Service, spoke to
the supervisory personnel of the
Pure Oil Refinery at the Hotel
Beaumont in Beaumont Friday
night. Williams has conducted pro
grams in the past for many groups
of supervisors in refineries
throughout the country. He dis
cussed The Supervisor’s Place in
Management.
J. E. Williams, assistant train
ing director of the Pure Oil Re
finery and who arranged the pro-
gi’am is an A&M industrial educa
tion graduate of 1946.
Student Practice
Profs Go Afield
Second semester practice teac
ing for senior agricultural educ
tion majors has now been comple
ed according to Henry Ross, pr
fessor of agricultural education.
Since the beginning of this s
mester, seven men have done pra
tice teaching. This is approximat
ly one-tenth of the students th
will practice teaching this semest
Ross said.
Practice teacher’s duties are tl
same as those of a vocational a
riculture teacher in the hif
schools of these respective towr
The men returned to their stu
ies here on February 21, Hawki:
said.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. —(A 1 ) Whi
the Notre Dame basketball tea
on its western tour this season, fc
lowing a victory over Southe:
Methodist in Dallas, traveled
San Francisco via plane for a gan
with St. Mary’s, it was the fir
time any Irish athletic squad hi
made us of air travel.
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