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Battalion
Editorials
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1951
"flOiimUR COATS, GENTLEMEN t . Chancellor’s Annual Report
/Sea ling Problem
| WITH THE end of, the first home football game, the regu-
" lar problem again faces the incoming Student Senate.
Seating arrangements for the student body was again
seemingly unknown to many students as the different sec
tions were crowded with “outsiders.”
S l This problem which seems to come with every football
n season can be solved by the Senate in the time which remains
before the Aggies next home game.
F Almost three weeks remain before that game, yet con-
^ siderable "work must be done to clarify the matter,
e There is reason enough to believe that the students
themselves can get the problem solved in the remaining time
k by conferring with their dorm senator and conveying to him
g their wishes.
. In this way, all classes and divisions of personnel can
;i be satisfied.
Five A&MResearch Discoveries Used
During Year, Aid Texas and Nation
Five outstanding research dis- A like amount has been added Toward increasing efficiency and Service, the Agricultural Experi-
coveries of the A&M College Sys- to the income of Texas broiler cutting costs, the board directed ment Station and Agricultural Ex
tern were put into general use raisers by new-cost-high-efficiency the chancellor last February to tension Service, and a marked
during the year 1950-5X and were rations using antibotics, developed make a careful study of the opera- strengthening of the entire agricul-
proved valuable to Texas and the by the Agricultural Experiment tion of each part of the A&M turae teaching program at Prairie
nation, the A&M System board of Station, he added.
directors was told Friday night.
The board members received the
annual public report of Chancel
lor Gibb Gilchrist, in which he de
scribed the 12 months which end
ed Aug. 31 as “a year of results"
for the A&M College System. He
also told of positive steps taken
within the system toward increas
ing efficiency and cutting costs.
“A new process for solvent ex-
The board was told that more
than 500,000 Texas range acres
are being treated commercially
for eradication of mesquite by
the inexpensive and effective
2, 4, 5-A spray mthod developed
by the Spur substation of the
Agricultural Experiment Station.
The new approach to design of
public school buildings, developed
by the Engineering Experiment
Election
There are many young people going
to college this fall ivho do not know
why they are going.
This Is ‘Next Year'
THIS IS next year!”
For many football seasons, the Twelfth Man has backed
teams which were leading to the one and only “next year.”
(Continued from Page 1)
Freddy Adickes, were chosen from
Dorm 15 and 16 respectively. Bruce
Miller won in the Dorm 17 race
and James Stevenson, another un
opposed candidate won in Milner
Hall.
Non-Military Race
fort and waste of state funds.
In his report the chancellor
said, “This study, not yet com
plete, has resulted in a clearer
understanding on the part of all
administrative officers of the
proper sphere of operation of
each unit and has improved the
perspective of those concerned
with plans for the future.
“The character of the system
as a whole has been strengthened
by a more complete understanding
of the aims of its founders, and
each college and agency has been
given more clear-cut direction as
a result of a better understanding
yesterday to see if an article on endars to their respective organi- of its legal obligations,
the sale of the calendars could not zations during the 10-15 minutes “At the same time a critical
have been squeezed in some place between tatoo and taps, Monday analysis is being made of each
System to determine to what de- View A&M College through an ex-
gree each is filling the tasks set pansion of the agricultural research
for it by law, and how well each work its substation of the Agricul-
is staying within the bounds of its tural Experiment Station,
legal functions. Two new approaches to the prob-
The board also directed the chan- lem of helping boys make the
cellor to work with other state transition from high school to col-
schools to avoid duplication of ef- lege and reduce the loss of new
traction of cottonseed oil, develop- Station, has set an international
ed by the Texas Engineering Ex- trend, he said. And the first air-
periment Station under sponsor- plane designed specifically for ag-
ship of the Texas Cotton Research ricultural use was built and flown
Committee,” the chancellor said, in nationwide tests, drawing high
“has added a value to the Texas praise from commercial pilots and
cotton seed crop which may reach the CAA as a potential lifesaver
as much as $1,500,000 a year.” for agricultural pilots.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Aggie Calendars
On Sale, Today
I noticed
• A very large, front page
spread about the Battalion spon
sored, Battalion judged, and, of
course. Battalion publicized Bat-
Editor, The Battalion:
At the senior class- meeting a
In non-military dorm races Bud- few days ago, a committee was
dy Russell won the Mitchell Hall formed to sell some 1,700 Aggie
vote and Jim Martin took the sen- calendars for Student Activities.
T WTQ IQ nevt ,r OQ v.p> atorial position from Bizzell. Pur- Spike White offered the class of
rllo io IltlXL yeai . year Hall’s vote went to’ Oran ’52 an opportunity to sell these
tiYvy. TYionYr -f/Yrifi-voli c,fiao,-,nc, HTSiral-Ffti tvtav, tioc v.a/YL-«ri Lewcllen, while Doyle Lowrey is calendars and thereby make a sub-
the new senator from Law Hall. stantial profit for the senior class.
. ^ u< Iente chose Don ^jg venture proves as sue- tee so that we too can get some
With the mighty accomplishment ol the Aggie gndmen Young and Carroll C Jones as cess f u i. as the calendar committee publicity before calendar sales be-
Saturday night, it seems logical to conceive that this year went to^’R T'Wood whilfconege thel^t^e^sury increased byi siTe- ^ Monday night ’ 0ct - 8 in th °
may be that “next year.” View chose Lawrence Tanner as able amount<
its senator.
students were put into operation
during the year. Both showed con
siderable promise and are being-
improved.
The summer adjunct at Junc
tion offers six weeks of pre
college testing and training in
pleasant and healthful surround
ings. The Basis Division, on the
A&M College campus, follows
this with a year of testing, coun
seling and guidance to help stu
dents choose their proper courses
and prepare fully for their study
before entering one of the de
gree granting schools of the
college.
The first year of the Basic Divi
sion showed some promising re
suits in reduction of needless fail
ures. One of the outstanding bene
fits of the first year’s work was
through the courses in remedial
night, Oct. 8. A operation with a view of increasing
Last and most important of all, efficiency and cutting costs.”
20 to 25 seniors and several sopho- Some progress has been made, he
mores spent many hours preparing reported, and more is expected. . , . , - ,,
yjcyu the Aggie calendar for sale. Why The year covered by the report rea , in w , ^ , was
talion Pipe Smoking Contest which then can’t The Battalion, which is was the 75th anniversary year of p .°w' ble . l0 & Teatl y advance tne
is scheduled for Nov. 5, 1951. More supposedly printed for all the stu- A&M, and all parts of the system abll ity ot maiiy students tor elxec-
frlinn month awavHI dents. P'ivo thp spninv olnss r;ilpnd:ir ioinod in the nnnivovsnrv ohsor. tlVC Study by increasing tllOir leaflV
than a month away!!! dents, give the senior class calendar joined in the anniversary obser- . ^ ^ u •
Why then can’t the seniors get committee a little publicity? vance which served to re-empha- ln £ s l )ee<1 an(t comprenension
a little publicity on a project of
ultimate benefit to all Aggies?
Please can’t we induce some of
the Batt staff to join our commit-
freshman area.
Other fascinating
stories in
It seems as if the coaching staff which, to us and the
However, the calendar commit- Thursday s Batt included such news
Eleven senators-at-large were , , , „ , , ,
majority of the students, contains the finest coaches in. the also otHdslly chosen They are t^ASifferenK on fhc'part , k k
nation, and the team which contains one of the greatest ag- gmallwoixl, Baxter Honeycutt, 'w. » f The Pf.S 0 ?,’ "°" icial p T r of "TnofteiMmSalTstk u,
gregations of football material in the conference should win. E. Montgomery, Marshall Crouch, Texas A&M College, Ol so it says
as what is currently of interest
in the B&CU dept. It read like a Editox - , The Battalion:
Yet, it is still a long way, and as the coaches have said, Ted _ u ptmore, Ken Wiggins, Wai-
on your masthead.
I would like to take this oppor-
gem was an tunity to publicly compliment the
exciting story about the Naval members of the Aggie Sweetheart
Duane ‘Van’ Vandenberg ’52 size the historic background of the A gradual trimming down and
(Chairman, Senior Calendar institution and acquaint the people strengthening of the teaching
of Texas more fully with its accom- staffs was undertaken, with the
plishments and aims. ■ decline in enrollment offering an
Prairie View A&M College also opportunity for improving the
observed its 75th anniversary, the quality of instruction throughout
chancellor pointed out, reviewing the system. New facilities acquired
its past and setting its course anew during the year added to the op-
in the true land grant college pat- portunities for improvement,
tern.
Each of the colleges of the
system harvested the first fruits
of the system-wide building pro
gram which has brought about
marked improvements in the
Committee)
(Please check today’s issue—
The Editor.)
Job Well Done
ren M. Pierce, Harold T. Chandler,
“every game will be a game which we will play to win, yet George Germond, Frank Morris, declar
and Jack Mergele.
each game will be tough.”
There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that the Southwest
Conference contains three of the nation’s top teams, yet only
one of these can win the title.
The manner in which the Twelfth Man stayed with the
team Saturday night, and the ever increasing spirit, hustle
Three students in the non-mili
tary portion of the college were
elected to the Student Life Com
mittee. They were Jim Martin,
Max Word, and John Davis.
The Battalion will carry the of-
The rapid expansion of new work
in oceanography was most notice
able at A&M College, while at
Prairie View, a marked improve
ment was made in both agriculture
and engineering, Gilchrist report
ed. The most important dcvelop-
at Arlington and Tarlcton
Colleges were in the terminal
■P research and extension units of the training programs,
never convince me that this type Each member of the committee system were realized more fully. General conditions in the state
of news reporting is of vital inter- fully recognized his responsibility Typical of the results from this required greater work of the exten-
i. -i. ~ 1.1 j— J i. ~ a P_i\/r 1.1 ~ —. 1.1 -P.*.y 1 -I,, J i- ~—1- i-U ~ ^ ci rm anwipnc rvF fVin c vcf nrn TJlS
and I quote, “The Battalion, pub- GV -n- f v
lished in the interest of a greater Eryan Music Directors. You can easy task.
A&M College.”
It has been proposed that the es t ti le students of A&M or the and, in my opinion, the final judg- teamwork were the building and s ' on _ services of the system. T
profit the senior class receives res i(] en ts of College Station. ing was accomplished only after testing of the agricultural air- Agricultural Extension Servi
from selling the Aggie calendars Most of the people the Calendar serious deliberation and considera-
— be turned over to the gift com- Committee have asked, for help tion of the merits of each candi
ficial results from the Dorm 2 and m ittee to purchase a gift for the i iave t) een exceptionally helpful and date.
Dorm 14 elections as soon as the college upon graduation of the wiiijug to offer their advice and
and teamwork demonstrated by the Aggie football team it- election committee complete the class 0± 52 - time—time they could have used
Do you not consider this pro- to advantage or for their own re
ject to be in “the interest of a creation.
greater A&M College” and of bene- G. C- “Spike.” White helped our
fits to all the Aggies on our cam- committee many ways and advised
own.
self is proof enough that win or lose, A&M is coming into its rechec kmg process
Unusual Operation
Saves Man’s Life
Pete Hardesty
(Business Manager
Student Activities)
If there must he appeasement we
think the Soviet should appease the
United States.
Only One Delegate Present
TJODAY IN Fayetteville, Ark., the fall meeting of the South-
west Conference Sportsmanship Committee is being held.
From the school which founded the committee and is
responsible for the presentation of the sportsmanship trophy,
only one delegate is attending the meeting.
Last year, A&M had six delegates present at the meet
ing. Three of the six are still in school and could have at
tended the meeting yet did not. This year’s representative
was not present at the last meeting.
It seems that A&M, who has won the trophy once in the
four years it has been offered, could have another if not two
more delegates present. The eligible delegates did not make
plans to attend the meeting.
pus now as well as those Aggies U s that so that we would make as
who will attend A&M in future few mistakes as possible.
years? Bill McSpadden and Bibb Under-
El Monte, Calif., Oct. 5—OP)—A Surely, publicity on a cause such wood loaned the committee facil-
rare surgical feat and a dash of as this deserves a little attention— ities of the Aggieland office to pre
luck restored life yesterday to a even though many of your staff pare the calendars for sale Monday
navy veteran who doctors said members claim previous classes. night. Grady Smallwood met with
had been dead about 15 minutes. Yoy may answer that, “there was four members of the committee
One of the two surgeons said it no room in Thursday’s Batt for a and worked out a plan where by
is believed to be the longest period story on the coming sale of Aggie the C, O.’s of the fi’eshman units
Grants, Awards
(Continued from Page 1)
and milo gluten 1 feed received a
w nr * 300S *' N 001 Die Corn Pro
in medical history a person has Calendars, Monday night.” After would each help two members of Wallerich R B Georgc^American fn C *' S Company, Argo,
been without life and then revived, carefully reading your paper (?) the committee sell the Aggie Cal- Foundrymen’s Association (Texas 1 ’
Uninvited Ulie t chapter), Mike Harvey, American
plane, in which both engineering among other things, helped farm-
and agricultural research organiza- ers of the Rio Grande Valley re-
tions participated; development of coup some of their losses in citrus
a program for combatting forest from last winter’s freeze by pro-
insect and disease epidemics by duction of a bumper cotton crop,
joint action of the Texas Forest It also aided farmers of the
high plains to offset their loss ol
wheat to drouth and greenbugs
with cotton, grain sorphums and
such new cash crops as castor
beans.
The Engineering Extension Ser
vice placed new emphasis on its
work in petroleum and chemical
industries and in the entire field
of supervisory training to meet
new needs.
Research Grants
Old Man Weather Returns
As First Big Weekend Ends
Notes From
Grad School
Liberty Oil Company, T. I. Lar- Tim American Cynamid Company
sen, W. P. & Bulah Luse, Dallas contributed $1,600 for use in stud-
A&M Mothers’ Club, Standard Oil j es on defoliation of cotton as an
Company of Texas, Port Arthur aid to mechanical harvesting, and T . n r . T . f
A&M Club, E. Constantin, Jr., the Texas Cottonseed Crushers , Th ° ?f ad at m liih
Jesse H, Jones, Sam A. Shannon, Association cave $1 000 for use in , 1951-52 senes \nll deal with
Permian Basin A&M Club, Houston developing better quality cottons us ? tests to guide
Chamber of Commerce (Agricul- foTuTI mSnSl ifamsttS «T?h
tural Youth Committee), Dr. J. R. in the plains section of Texas. ” f L X , theu Vdlue dt the
Reagan of Wichita Falls, Montgom- 4 . * 4 r 7nn norvio j. „ .y,,, giaduate level,
ery County A&M Club, Joe L. Cul- T A g p 4 H’ 700 came ri , 01 4 the Tuesday at 8 p. m., Dr. Arthur
bertson Felix T Terry Association ^. exas Poultry Improvement Asso- g. Traxler, Executive Director of
oer.on, renx . ei y, Association C i a t lon for use m carrying on poul- tlm pHnratinnal records hureau for
By JOEL AUSTIN A dance in the MSC Ballroom of the Aggie Rodeo Saturday af- of Former Students Development try improvement work . Merck and N^ YoA Stam w ll deliver this
Battalion Managing Editor was center of activities on t h e ternoon which featured all-student Fund and Endowed Scholarship Co y m p any) Rahway, N. J., gave a lecture’on “The Use of
campus after the game and anoth- contestants. The first show was Fund. $4 000 grant to summit further nmYe t t \ ^ mr'.a +
With all the planning and ar- er capacity crowd of students as held Friday night. T , h ® Te ^ a ® Co ’ 1 . ipany gave .. a study on on unidentiHed factor im- Lerel of Study 8 ” The meeting will
rangements-makmg for the A&M- we ll as former students—many on - c . , , , . .. . graduate fellowship and Magnolia H + : hatchabilitv of noultrv gum-pi ^ meeting will
However unimportant it may seem, the sportemanship Oklahoma football game, someone leave from army camps and air . , ,, y ’ * Petroleum Company gave a senior ^ ‘ hfnlnlH,°^ ° f the
committed one fellow that would- force bases — danced to recorded ln ^ a r?g a ; p It r. e g award m petroleum engineering. g ' • biological sciences building.
las week-end’s activities. He
swarmed in and almost took com-
Beginning Friday night with
which the Aggies have displayed during the past three years nt > be denied a prominent place m music from the MSC juke-box.
has greatly added to the better qualities of A&M. We be
lieve active participation with other conference schools in
matters which concern the students and the colleges would
help out not only A&M, but the students # as well.
«•* of «» situation Saturday th J ! „
-in a cool, wet manner.
The Battalion
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
"Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman”
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of
Texas, is published by students five times a week during the regular school year.
During the summer terms. The Battalion is published four times a week, and during
examination and vacation periods, twice a week. Days of publication, are Monday
through Friday for the regular school year, Tuesday through Friday during the summer
terms, and Tuesday and Thursday during vacation and examination periods. Subscrip
tion rates $6.00 per year or $.60 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request.
night
Old man weather, who put Col
lege Station in the news many
times this summer with 107 and
108 degree temperatures insisted hgjj their
was the first big event of the
year for A&M students. A mid
night yeil practice in The Grove
climaxed Friday’s schedule.
The A&M Cadet Corps march- Grants-in-aid included 82 000 Pacific Coast Borax Company, Every graduate school has to
ed into Kyle field for the first ^ rom ^ g. industrial Chemicals Dos Angeles, contributed $700 for deal with the problem of deter-
time this year and as usual pande- ^ ' G York to aid inves- use 1° cotton defoliation and weed mining whether an applicant has
m .o mu TV. reig n e d gt portly ^b e fo r_e tigat ^ ons y ’ of vitamin B12 and anti- control .studies. A $1,500 grant to the ability and _ the ^ background
game time as students and their LffP” ‘ ^unnlements narticulariv support studies of dehydrated al- which will justify admitting him
dates tried to find one another in bacitl . ac jn Kedrin association with falfa leaf m eal came from the to his proposed graduate program,
the crowded Aggie section. vegetable’protein starting rations American Dehydrators Association, Many graduate schools require that
• A large number of OU stu- fof chicks P and poults Kansas City, Mo. applicants take the graduate rec-
The A&M System of Directors dents mad e the 600 mile trip to Thc Tcxas Federation of Coop- The Wildlife Management In- ord examination for this purpose;
-* e - Ltxat ’ reutuuwoii or woop , ° j No such requirement has been
the
on hpinp- recnp-niypfl Up slpnopd in , ""T ^ ^ ere ^ Colle ^ e Statioa ^ ^ to see quite eratives Dalla s made ‘ " $ Ye00 stitute, Washington, 'contributed suen requirement has been
on being lecogmzea. lie stepped in week-end and ended sessions Sat- a bit of their team Saturdav nierht 6 t-uL * a a • i $500 in novpr nnrl nf tbp onpraiimv? made by the graduate school here
with a slow drizzle, causing 40,000 ' urdav mornim? a bit oi ineir team Saturday mgnt. contribution toward the Agricul- to cover part ol the operatons - ®en t alfhntllrh u is
football fans to huddle under vain- Q y morning - Most of the playing was done di- tura i Experiment Station’s analy- of the Texas Cooperative Wild- U P 10 , tn ® Picsent, aitnougn it is
lootball tans to huddle under ram Rodeo fans saw the Saddle and rectly in front of the Sooner stu- sis 0 f LGicultural marketing coon- life Unit for the coming year. recognized that our system of ad-
Sirloin Club’s second presentation dent section (OU's end ot thc eitTveT 8 P Thc American liicc Growers Co- JT'SlSSi&.'S ,1
fleld) - A »00 grant came from Amer- operative Association and the Tex- f ha ‘ not always worked for
• Many Aggies and their dates ican Cynamid Company, New York, a » Rlc e Improvement Association either the a pp licant or the Grad .
were caught short when the third to assist turf research, and Cal- a® 11 ! Slants of $1,800 and $600 re- ua ^ e g cbQob
quarter downpour began. A single cium Carbonate Company, Chicago, spectiyely to support the Arthur pp, Traxler has had wide ex-
rain coat however, served most of gave $2,500 for evaluating special Howell Boyt Rice Memorial F®! -
the couples.
Entered as second-class
matter at Post Office at
College Staton, Texas,
under the Act of Con
gress of March 3, 1870.
Member of
The Associated Press
Represented nationally
by National Advertising
Service Inc., at New York
City, Chicago, Los An-
coats—they refused to leave
contest on Kyle Field.
Wi,th the rain, however, he
brought a cooling norther that
made many campus visitors wish
for heavier wearing apparel.
Even with the weather rather
disappointing at times during
the weekend, the largest foot
ball crowds of an opening home
gtme was registered here Sat
urday night.
Community Chest
Members to Meet
Even though students were all
Chairmen and representatives of huddled UIlde £ rain . coatS) yell le ad-
organizations which will partici- e had fine response for all time-
pate in the Community Chest drive nnt wlk The rain should have
xauhcu xYoyt TVfoo lutuuuMcu A perience and is considered an auth-
electro calcium carbonate as a lowship, and the two associations or itv in guidance and testing
diluent for insecticides. gave like amounts as ght-m-ajd assistant di-
Studics on use of aluminum in o° t . „ Agut ltuial ^ pei ment rec t or 0 f the national accounting
the poultry industry were aided by ^ , testing project sponsored by the
a grant of $1,200 from thc Alum- Tire boara of du-ectcms^also ac- American Institute of'Accountants.
From all narts of Oklahoma to Hav 0 ^ V^tO^n 10 ^ "b! 1 tbe^YMTA drivea any normal P erson to she1 ' jnum Company of America, New cepted a cash gift of $4,791.17 for H c 'is past president of the Amcri-
xwu. , ,, , A p. r , VdIIpv dd K- ' CJ f A ter - ^ We sometimes wonder if Kensington, Pr. Dairy phases of fho purchase of buffet and silver can Educational Research Associa-
olTeLfcxmefensto see thl Ag- SyTyU^a’iSreThatal S fans can be called normal.) research with mil, gluten meal (See BOAR DMEETING, Page 4) tion.
The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all cramp rm Kvlp Fiplrl +V,p
news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news ^ ^ ■ •' ' umc.
of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter The Memorial Student Center Chairman McGuire today stress.
Iherein are also reserved. gues t r0 oms were filled to capac- e d the importance of all organiza-
News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444) or at the editorial office. arl . ( I a ^ three eating places in tion expecting to participate to at-
Room 201, Goodwin Kail. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-6324) or at the building were overflowing from tend the meeting, at which time
the budget and breakdown on the
LI’L ABNER
Dinner Dance
By AI Capp
the Student Activities Office, Room 209, Goodwin Hall. Friday afternoon until Sunday
JOHN WHITMORE Editor mght
Joel Austin Managing Editor
Bill Streich News Editor
Frank Davis City Editor
Allen Pengelly Assistant News Editor
Bob Selleck Sports News Editor
William Dickens...... Feature Editor
T. H. Baker, E. R. Briggs, Al Bruton, Norman Campbell,
Mickey Cannon, Monte Curry, Dan Dawson, Bob Fagley,
Benny Holub, Howard Hough, Jon Kinslow, Bryan Spencer,
Ide Trotter, John Robards, Carol Vance, Edgar Watkins,
Berthold Weller. Jerry Wizig, Raymond York News and Feature Writers
Bob Cullen, Jack Brandt Cartoonists
Frank Scott... Quarterback Club Director
Jim Jenson 1 Photographer
Pat LeBlanc, Hugh Phillips, F. T. Scott, Chuck Neighbors,
Gus Becker, Joe Blanchette, Ed Holder " ....Sports News Writers
John Lancaster .Chief Photo Engraver
budget will be set.
What the requirements will be
this year is not known at present,
and at the meeting this will be de
cided. The meeting is open to all
agencies.
The Community Chest drive this
year is looked upon as one of the
There is a shortage of students most important in years and a
who have qualified as tutors, James systematic program will be outlin-
Alexandcr of the Registrar’s Of- ed at the meeting,
fice announced yesterday. Agencies expecting to participate
Already this year, Alexander must of necessity have a represent-
continued, there has been a great ative or '■representatives at the
Lack of Student
Tutors Prominent
at
demand for tutors. Students with meeting, McGuire said today. They
Manager g° od grades are especially wanted, are asked to be present and be
Robert Haynie Advertising Representative he added. prepared with their budget needs.