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Wednesday, June 6, 1951 "
Summer Swimming Begins
Chief Instructor Art Adamson instructs a low
beginner Group C class in the fundamentals of
swimming, as a part of the College Station Sum
mer Recreation Program.
‘Beefing up’ Combat Troops
Expected by Chief Collins
Washington, June 6 — The army
probably will beef up its combat
strength within a year by adding
two or three more National Guard
divisions and may form some new
regular army divisions and regi
mental combat teams.
The army’s chief, Gen. J. Lawton
Collins expects two or three more
of the state’s divisions to be fed-
earalized.
But, he told reporters who met
him on his retum yesterday from
a European inspection trip, the
size of the army won’t mount much
beyond the 1,552,000-man goal aim
ed at for the end of this month
and probably will be under 1,600,-
000.
Relative Strength
The army’s strength about a
month ago was approximately 1,-
400,000. Thus the increase to the
June 30 objective would mean
152,000 more men. These are vol
unteers and draftees, some of
whom will go into regular army
divisions now being brought up to
strength and some into federalized
National Guard Divisions which
were at about half their author
ized 18,000-man strength when
they came into federal service.
The structure of the army now
is adequate to take care of several
additional divisions without in
creasing substantially the overall
manpower strength, one expert
pointed out today. This means that
the numbers of maintenance and
supply troops are enough to sup
port several extra combat divisions
without recruiting more support
troops.
The 152,000 additional manpow
er put into the army between early
May and the end of June will be
suffiicent not only to fill out the
rolls of existing divisions but to
form new units. This will be true
especially if the army strength
mounts toward the 1,600,000 fig
ure mentioned by Collins. The
general commented that “now, for
the first time, we have a backlog
of trained men.”
At present, the army is com
posed of 12 regular army divisions,
six national guard divisions and
regimental combat teams (a sub-
divisional organization) to give the
army an overall strength equiva
lent to 24 divisions. This includes
a constabulary force in Europe
equal to a division in strength and
organization.
Collins said he thought the three
remaining divisions destined for
Europe would be on their way in
the next two or three months.
Previously, the general expecta
tion was that one of the divisions—
the 2nd Armored—would be en
route by then with the others to
follow late this year or early in
1952.
Ceramics, Handicrafts
Offered as Recreation
Classes in ceramics and handi
craft will be offered this summer
in the Consolidated High School
manual training room under the
sponsorship of the College Station
Recreation Council, f
Handicraft work will be done by
two groups this summer—one for
adults and one for children. Both
groups will do work in ceramics
the first six weeks and in handi
crafts the second ,six weeks of the
summer.
Work Begins
Work will get under way when
the adult group holds its first
meeting Thursday at 7:30. The
class for children will have its
first meeting Wednesday at 9 a. m.
the following week, in order to
avoid conflict with vacation Bible
Schools.
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Official Notice
All those interested in Craft Shop Ac-j
tivities for the summer will meet at 7:30
Wednesday, June 6 in M.S.C. Craft Shop,
located near Barber Shop.
Carl Moeller,
Director, Craft Shop.
A student assistant is needed for soph
omore physics laboratories Mondays, Wed
nesdays and Fridays 2:00 to 5:00 P.M.
Compensation is $.70 per hour. Men who
have completed sophomore physics courses
with superior records are invited to apply
immediately at the office of the Physics
Department.
J. G. Potter
Head, Dept, of Physics
For intellectual fun—Post Grad
uation Studies.
Regular meetings for the adult
group are scheduled for each Mon
day and Thursday at 7:30 p. m.
and the children’s group will meet
each Wednesday and Saturday at
9 a, m.
Class Instruction
Instruction will be provided for
the classes by Mrs. J. Wheeler
Barger who is a college graduate
in art. Mrs. Barger has also had
graduate work in ceramics at Texas
State College for Women and in
Michigan. She has had individual
instruction in sculpture and paint
ing from well known artists. Prior
to marriage Mrs. Barger was an
art teacher in a public school.
Each student will be required to
pay an enrollment fee of $3 per
semester, plus cost of materials.
Anyone wishing to take part in
handicraft group work this summer
may contact Mrs. Walter H. Dela-
plane, Art Group chairman, or Mrs.
Barger.
Summertime Aquatic Activities
Swimming, Diving and Water Safety
Kiwanis Club
Fetes Houston
Delegates
Ten representatives of the
Kiwanis Club in North Hous
ton attended the College Sta
tion Kiwanis Club meeting
yesterday in the MSC. The
group from Houston is visiting
clubs in various cities to promote
friendly relations between clubs
and within the organization.
Kiwanian Donald M. Vestal said
the ten men from Houston were
very favorably impressed with the
MSC, and they plan to visit Col
lege Station again whenever pos
sible.
Yesterdays program was given
by Mrs. Marvin H. Butler, Soprano,
who was accompanied by Mrs. J.
B. Baty. Mrs. Butler sang “L’Am-
oui’-Toujours — L’Amour,” “The
World Is Waiting For The Sun
rise,” and “Neopolitan Nights.”
Club Secretary, John Sperry,
urged all members who are leav
ing for all or part of the summer
to inform him of their forwarding
address. He reminded them that
club dues for the second half of
1951 are now acceptable.
Wednesday June 13, a group
of members of the College Station
club will visit the Kiwanians of
Navasota to present the “Traveling
Token.” The program at this meet
ing wll hie presented by the Col
lege Station group. A talk will be
given on Traffic Safety by Pro
fessor Fred J. Benson and Mr. C.
J. Keese of the Civil Engineering
Department.
Next week P. V. Popat will ad
dress the club on “The Fundamen
tals of the Hindu Religion.”
By BILL AABERG
Battalion City Editor
College Station’s Recreation Pro-
g r a m swimming activities this
Summer will feature instruction in
swimming and diving, team com
petition and lessons in all-around
water safety.
Art Adamson, chief swimming
instructor, said, “I think we have
the best swimming program in the
United States. Each student is
instructed in all the safety ele
ments of swimming. The first
thought in the minds of everyone
connected with the program is the
safety of the students in the water,
and a course of instruction that
will make the students capable of
taking care of themselves in the
water, as much as is humanly pos
sible.”
Swimming classes include those
for low beginners, with “C”, “B”
and “A” advancement groups, low
intermediates, with “B” and “A”
advancement groups, high interme
diates, advanced swimmers, diving
and senior and junior life saving
courses.
Beginners Learn
The group C low beginners are
those students who have had no
previous instruction in swimming.
Under Adamson’s guidance the
novice swimmers are first taught
to place their face in the water
with their eyes open. Next they
learn to do the prone float, then
the flutter kick, which they must
do for a distance of 24 feet. Last
ly, the goup C beginners are
taught the crawl stroke. They
learn to do the stroke for 24 feet,
without breathing.
Group B low beginners carry on
after group C is completed. In
this class the student receives in
struction in the dog paddle, jelly
fish float, back glide float, sculling,
bobbing, and further instruction in
the flutter kick and crawl stroke.
Each student learns.every lesson
under the watchful eye of instruc
tor Adamson, who is coach of the
A&M Swimming and Water Polo
teams.
Breathing and Kicking
Low beginners in group A begin
breathing instructions and kicking
and breathing while holding to the
bank. They also learn the chang
ing of position and direction, in-
certed crawl, and improve their dog
paddle, crawl stroke, sculling and
flutter kick.
As high beginners the program
offers students lessons in diving
and instruction in the breast and
back strokes and rough water
swimming. They also learn to
fashion water floats out of cloth
ing.
Surpasses Red Cross
Most Red Cross swimming cour
ses are complete at a stage com
parable to the high beginners
class, but, being more thorough,
the College Station program incor
porates three more classes.
Passing to the low intermediate
group B, the student learns the
side stroke, improves the breast
stroke, practices under water
swimming, does simple dives and
the trudgeon crawl.
Students practice above water
turns, diving, racing starts and
take part in actual races while in
the low intermediate group A.
By the time a student has reach
ed the high intermediate or the
advanced stage as set up in the
recreational swimming program, he
is ready for flip turns, water polo,
the butterfly breast stroke, life
saving instruction and a general
sharpening up of all phases of the
program.
During the course of the pro
gram, which is designed to be ad
ministered over a period of years,
the student may earn several
swimming badges for his accom
plishments.
“The purpose of the badges are
to encourage the students to be
come more efficient and polished
swimmers. Because of the small
area of most pools, in order for a
person to become a strong and safe
swimmer, he must be given a goal
at which to shoot. The badges are
material evidence that the goal has
been reached.
Accomplishment Awards
“The chief objective of most pool
swimmers is the ability to swim
the width or length of the pool.
The badges are an incentive for
the swimmer to expand this dis
tance to several lengths, and are
in this way an additional insur
ance for the safety of the swim
mer,” Adamson said.
There are five badges which a
student may earn. They are, in
the order that they are received,
the Turtle Badge, Pelican Badge,
Alligator Badge, Sailfish Badge
and the Shark or Varsity Award.
A standard set of requirements has
been worked out for each of the
awards.
Everyone Eligible
The summertime swimming pro
gram includes all age groups as
grammar school, high school and
college students and all College
Station residents eligible to benefit
from planned instruction.
There are two private instruc
tion classes, for which a fee is set
by the number taking part in each
class. A Ladies Class is sched
uled with its first meeting this af
ternoon at 1 p.m.
The class of business girls will
hold its first session this after
noon at 5:30 p.m.
The fee for classes under the
sponsorship of the Recreation
Council is $3 per six weeks.
Houston ASAE
Meet Scheduled
Several A&M College scientists
will take part in the 44th annual
meeting of the American Society
of Agricultural Engineers to be
held in Houston June 18-20.
A&M men include H. F. Miller,
J. W. Sorenson Jr., M. Davenport,
P. T. Monfort, J. P. Hollingsworth,
W. D. Scoates, Fred E. Weick, M.
E. Bloodworth, F. R. Jones and W.
R. Horsley. .
Horsley, director of the Place- ’
ment office, will deliver an address
at the meeting on June 20.
Fred C. Fenton of Kansas State
College, is president of the society. jL
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