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Number 176: Volume 52
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1952
Price Five Cents
Marketing Research Workshop
Holding National Session Here
Leland to Serve
At Accountants
£
Meet in Houston
T. W. Leland, head of the
% business administration de-
partnrbnt, has been named a
rpethber of the Commission on
Standards of Education and
Experience for Certified Public Ac
countants.
The first meeting’ of the full
commission will be held in Houston
on October 3-4.
The commission is sponsored by
the executive committee of the
American Institute of Accountants,
Dr. Leland said today. “It will
undertake a comprehensive study
of what standards are desh-able and
of the means of achieving the
standards agreed to be desirable
(i»in the practice of public account-
| ing as a certified public account-
• ant.”
A number of outstanding and
' . interested accounting practitioners,
'teachers, examiners and education
al administrators have been in
vited to serve on the commission,
Dr. Leland said.
Jackson to Join
Ag Ed Department
J. R. Jackson, vocational agri
cultural teacher at LaGrange, has
been named to succeed R. Lano
Barron as assistant professor of
agricultural education, according
to E. R. Alexander, head of the
department.
Jackson will serve in the absence
of W. W. Mcllroy who is in India
on leave of absence.
A graduate of ’38, Jackson be
gan his teaching career in Septem
ber 1938 at Franklin High School
as teacher of vocational agricul
ture. Leaving Franklin in Decem
ber of the same year, he moved to
Schulenburg to teach in the voca
tional agricultural field there. In
February, 1939, Jackson moved to
LaGrange long enough to finish
out the year as teacher. In July
of that year he moved to Alvin.
The Army called him to active
duty in March, 1942, as an officer
in the infantry. Since his dis
charge in December, 1945, he has
been back in LaGrange as teach
er of vocational agriculture.
+ A&M and the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station,
are playing host to the Fourth National Workshop on Agri
cultural Marketing Research, now being held at the MSC.
Sponsored by the American Association of Land Grant
Colleges and Universities, and the Agricultural Research
Administration of the United States Department of Agri
culture, the program topic is, “Pricing and Trade.”
The Workshop is represented by agricultural leaders
from thirty five states and Puerto Rico. Texas members
♦include men from the TAES, A&M,
other state schools and many state
and federal agricultural agencies.
Attention is being given to re
search problems dealing with pric
ing and distribution of agricultur
al products over space and time.
This includes related subjects such
as, storage, transportation and
market information.
The program is divided into gen
eral sessions and seven work group
meetings. The general sessions
begin each morning, and afternoon
program, and feature one or more
agricultural specialists who pre
sent talks related to the program
theme.
Delegates From All Over Nation
The work groups are composed
of men from agricultural schools
and governmental agencies
throughout the nation. A specific
topic related to improving the
effectiveness of research, is dis
cussed in each group meeting.
The work groups are headed by
a chairman, secretary and consul
tants who are specialists in agri
cultural economics, marketing and
research. These work groups will
make a report of their activities
when the program closes Satur
day morning.
There will also be a report of the
committee on resolutions, and a
summary of the Workshop at the
closing session.
At the general session, a talk
on “Transportation Rates and Pol
icies,” was given by C. B. Bowl
ing. Transportation and W a r e-
housing Branch of the Production
and Marketing Association of the
USDA. The program also includes
a panel discussiona of “Transpor
tation Rates and Policies.”
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PE Dept. Offers
First Aid Course
A course in first aid is being
i offered as an elective to all ma-
jpes, C. E. Tishler, head of the
rluf'sical Education Department,
> uikaounced.
_/The course _caj»4es—©tie hour
' credit and is listed as P.FN21G.
r Successful completion of- t Fhe
cotirse qualifies the student for the
Red Cross Instruction Certificate.
Cadet Uniform Same
The A&M Cadet uniform for
the 1952-53 school year will be
the same as last year’s, Presi
dent M. T. Harrington announc
ed today.
Weather Today
Small Showers
WEATHER TODAY: Scattered
clouds with occasional rain show
ers this afternoon. The low this
morning was 72 and the high yes
terday was 99.
Dr. Page Asked
To Attend Meet
In California
Dr. J. B. Page, of the agron
omy department has been in
vited to give a paper on the
role of physical properties of
clay in soil science at a con
ference on clays and clay
technology which will be held on
the University of California cam
pus July 21 to 25.
The conference is a cooperative
meeting of all agencies and organ
izations interested in the structure,
fundamental properties, and meth
ods of identification and investi
gation of the clay minerals, and
their uses in various fields of prac
tical interest, Dr. Page said.
The purpose of the meeting is
to provide an opportunity for those
engaged in some phase of funda
mental studies of the clay and clay
technology to gather and share
scientific and technological knowl
edge, and engineering experience.
The group expects the meeting to
be mutually beneficial.
Invited papers, one of which will
be given by Dr. Page, will be pre
sented each morning, and informal
panel discussions will follow in
the afternoons.
Many of the prominent clay min
eralogists of this country, and
representatives from abroad, will
attend he conference, Dr. Page said.
Fort Eustis Aggies
Survive Heat Wave
By JOE BLANCHETTE
Transportation Camp Correspondent
Ft. Eustis, Va., (Delayed)—On the twenty-first day of
June 45 Aggies arrived at Ft. Eustis to begin what is now
known as an endurance contest.
We were told this fact on the first day by our platoon
leader, Capt. Virgil Warner. We laughed, until four days
later, when the temperature hovered at 114 and 129 men
were in the hospital suffering from the heat.
Fortunately, no Aggies fell before the sun’s onslaught.
■♦■The sun was not solely responsible
Morris Uninjured
In Traffic Mishap
Donald S. Morris, senior busi
ness student from Bay City, Texas,
narrowly escaped injury in a near
tragic accident July 3.
. Morris, returning from Houston
at 3 a.m. Thursday morning, be
came sleepy as he approached the
underpass on Washington Avenue
in Houston. Suddenly he came up
on, three horses standing idly in
the road.
./ “It was too late to do anything
but plow right into them,” Mor
ris said. One of the horses hit
the left front fender causing con
siderable damage to the fender and
left front door of his 1952 Pon
tiac. Another horse mashed in the
right front door. “The third horse
got away,” Morris stated.
Total damage amounted to
$53.65 and a deteriorated nervous
system according to Morris.
Reid Donates Birds
To PH Department
Professor Emeritus D. H. Reid,
of the poultry husbandry depart
ment, has presented his collection
of miniature birds to the poultry
department.
The collection was started in
1930 and includes specimens from
Honolulu, England, France, Switz
erland and Italy. About twenty
of the birds came from Mexico
City.
The collection, which was ar
ranged by Mrs. R. M. Sherwood, is
is on display in the new poultry
building.
since close order drill was pre
scribed for the first week.
The first weekend brought men
such as Harold Scaief, Leo Kah-
anek, and Mike Neibbur coming
from Virginia beach with those
glorious blistei-ed bodies.
Aggie Spirit
Many laugh at the spirit of Ag
gies, but it is no joke. On June
25 before a speech by General
Duffey, the commander of the post,
the Aggies came through with
“gig-em” which was joined in by
Aggies, TCU, and Texas men and
spirits among the Texas boys
soared.
The United States of Texas
They soai-ed not from the yell
itself but because this small group
yelled louder than Washington, Or
egon, California and Nevada com
bined. This in itself brought the
feeling of Texas as the world,
which in reality is the truth at
Ft. Eustis.
June 28 brought the first for
mal inspection of company F. All
Friday night the boys of the first
three platoons scrubbed and clean
ed while the Aggies “fiddled while
home burned.” On June 28, the
Aggies arose at 4:45 a.m. met
physical training and breakfast for
mation and swept and dusted for
30 minutes. This was considered
a thorough cleaning.
Won Inspection
The Aggies evidentally hit the
right spots, from long practice of
experiences at hitting the right
spots, and won the company in
spection. This surprised all and
I mean all, including the inspect
ing officer, Capt. Randles, Aggie-
ex.
Yes, thus far summer camp is
an experience we will not long for
get .
Puerto Rican
Men Attending
Work Session
Three agricultural leaders
from Puerto Rico, are here at
A&M attending the Fourth
National Workshop on Ag
ricultural Marketing Re
search.
Graduates from the College
of Agricultural and Mechanical
Artsi Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, the
men are: B. M. Morrell, who is
with the Department of Agricul
ture, Rio Piedres, Puei’to Rico;
Guillermo Irizarry, from San Juan,
Puerto Rico, also with the Depart
ment of Agriculture; and Edmun-
to Silva, of the Agricultural Ex
periment Station, San Juan, Puer
to Rico.
The men are participating in
the Work Groups of which the
Workshop is divided. Silva and
Irizarry are members of the group
which is discussing Transportation,
Storage and Interregional Trade.
Morell is with the group on Mar
ket Reporting and Statistics.
Formerly a Vocational Agricul
ture Teacher, Silva received his
M.S. degree from Cornell. He
spent two years in the army, and
then did his graduate work before
joining the Experiment Station.
His home town is in Cabo Rojo,
Puerto Rico.
Morrell, whose Home town is
Utuado, Puerto Rico, received his
M.S. degree from the University
of Wisconsin, and spent two years
fh the army. He was with the Ex
periment Station of San Juan from
1945-1949, and has been with the
Department of Agriculture since.
Irazarry, from Hato Rey orig
inally, is with the Marketing Ad
ministration of the Department of
Agriculture, in San Juan. He spent
thi;ee years in the army, worked
over a year with the Veterans Ad
ministration in Puerto Rico, and
received his M.S. degree from
LSU.
The men flew from Puerto Rico
last Wednesday morning, stopping
in Miami, Atlanta, and Houston.
They took a bus from Houston,
and arrived in College Station
Thursday morning.
Ross To Attend
Teachers Meet
Henry Ross, professor of Agri
cultural Education, will attend the
annual Area 7 teacher’s conference
at San Antonio, August 4 through
7.
At the conference, professor
Ross will act as consultant for
committees that have special as
signments in preparing guides to
build annual teaching plans for
Vocational Agriculture.
Books and classrooms are left far behind as Ag
gies and their dates swing and sway to the
pleasing music of Bill Turner’s Aggieland Combo
at The Grove. Dancing is a weekly feature on
the summer recreation program at the slab.
Wednesday night will be the last appearance of
the Combo at The Grove.
Air Force Campers Adjusted
To Air Routine Operations
E. R. Alexander
To Lead Panels
At Ag Meetings
E. R. Alexander, head of the
agricultural education depart
ment, will lead two panel dis
cussions for the vocational agr
ricultural staff conference to
be held at the MSC July 22.
The first panel will discuss “the
needs of Texas agriculture today”.
Members of the panel are: Dr.
R. D. Lewis, director of the exper
iment station, B. F. Vance, state
administrator for the production
marketing association, Lewis P.
Merrill, Fort Wm’th district soil
conservationist, Paul Walser, state
conservationist of the soil conseiw-
ation service, and V. C. Marshall,
secretary of the state board of the
soil conservation service.
Panel two will consist of G. G.
Gibson, director of the extension
service, Frank A. Briggs, editor-
in-chief of the Farm and Ranch
magazine, M. A. Browning, assist
ant commissioner of vocational
service, C. G. Scruggs, editor of
the Progressive Farmer magazine,
and C. N. Shepardson, dean of the
school of agriculture.
The second panel topic will be
“assisting Texas agriculture pro
ducers to meet changing and in
creasing demands.”
Aggies’ Texas Flag
Refused in Alabama
By BERT WELLER
CC ROTC Camp Correspondent
Twenty-eight A&M students are
vacationing this summer in the
wilds of Alabama as guests of
Uncle Sam at his luxurious sum
mer resort known as Fort McClel
lan, Ala.
All of the students are members
of the Chemical Corps ROTC unit
and they are participating in the
summer camps which normally oc
curs between the junior and senior
years in college.
All resemblances between the
ROTC camp and a summer resort
vanished soon after the Aggies ar
rived and discovered that there
would only be one flag flown on
the post and that it must be the
United States flag. After being
told and finally threatened, the
loyal Texans stowed their Lone
Star banner for future use in some
more hospitable location.
Mortar Training
Training has occupied most of
the time thus far with particular
emphasis being placed upon mor
tar gunnery. The cadets have also
been allowed to fire the flame
thrower and to see demonstrations
of many of the Chemical Corps
munitions.
On the flame thrower range,
Kim McCreary was burned slightly
about the face and hands when a
needle valve jammed on his weap
on and he was forced to discharge
the entire load without using the
normal short bursts.
In preparation for any future
gas warfare which any enemy
might begin, intensive classes have
been held in protection against
these chemical weapons. As part
of this trtiining, the Aggies have
been through the gas chambers
several times and have been able
to see at close hand just what their
gas masks will do.
First Aid
First aid for some of the more
deadly agents, known as the G
agents, involves immediate injec
tions of atropine sulphate. To si
mulate this treatment the whole
camp was given ampines of saline
solution and told to inject them
selves. Naturally this brought
great discomfort, mostly mental,
to many, but most managed to
pull through without too much dif
ficulty.
On Sunday, June 6, the first
field problems will be run by the
cadets. For the first day of the
bivouac, Aggie Jimmie Curtis will
be serving as company commander
of Company B.
' By JAMES THOMAS
AFROTC Camp Correspondent
Nellis AFB, Las Vegas, Nev., (Delayed—Most of us,
during our second week of camp, have gotten over our blis
ters, sore muscles, etc., and are beginning to settle down in
the routine of air base operation.
The events of this week were similar to those of last
week in that they were a continuation of classes in different
phases of air base operation. Some of the sections visited
by the cadets included all sections of Base Supply, A. F.
Headquarters, the stockade, all
maintenance and repair shops, the
hangers, and the flight line.
Orientation Flights
Orientation flights over the area
were continued, and all cadets will
eventually spend sometime in the
air during camp.
The officers of the first week
relinquished their positions to a
new group at the beginning of the
week. The following is a list of
Aggies serving as officers:
Group Staff: H. E. Richardson,
Lt. Col., Div. OgT; Thomas Kelly,
Maj., Adjutant.
Squadron I: R. D. Brown, Capt.,
Flightleader.
Squadron II: L. Fuentas, Lt.
Col., Commanding Officer; J. E.
Earl, Maj., Executive; Dick Faulk
ner, Flight Sergeant.
Other Squadrons
Squadron III: J. H. Killough,
Lt. Col., CO; C. A. Mahler, Maj.,
Adjutant; W. E. Kimball, Capt.,
Fit. Leader; T. K. Niland, Capt.,
Fit. Leader; R. E. Huffman, First
Sergeant.
/• Squadron IV: J. G. Royalty,
Lt. Col., CO; S. O. Stine, Capt.,
Fit. Leader; Marion Wooden, Capt.
Fit. Leader; C. R. Walters, Fit.
Sergeant; F. L. Vinz, Sgt., Ele
ment Leader; John Whitman,
Flight Guide.
As you can see the Aggies are
Well represented among the
“brass.”
Silver Taps Ceremony
The A&M men here participated
in Silver Taps Ceremony in honor
of Sterling Schmitt at taps last
Wednesday night. Arrangements
were made for the ceremony as
soon as we read of the death in
The Battalion.
The Nevada heat became quite a
problem for the cadets here this
week.' The temperature along the
flight line soared to 140 degrees in
the sun. The temperature on the
wing metal of an F-86 jet was
recorded as 190 degrees one day
this week.. ...
Praise the Lord for the swim
ming pools and the air coolers!!
Even though it’s hot here, we
wouldn’t trade places with the
“pebble pounders” or the “tin can
jockeys” for a million dollars.
Foreign Aggie
Injured While
Riding Bicycle
Ahmad Bari Fetooh, a graduate
student from Cairo, Egypt, was
seriously injured Friday night
when he was struck by a car
while riding a bicycle at the intei'-
section of Farm Highway 00 and
Old Highway 6.
He received leg and collar bone
fractures and multiple head and
neck lacerations, according to the
attending physician. He was taken
to the Bryan Hospital by ambu
lance following the accident.
Fetooh was riding east on- a
bicycle down an incline from the
railroad tracks. The automobile
was traveling north on Old High
way 0. The accident occurred
about 8 p.m.
How Fetooh responds to surgery
he underwent last night will de
termine the length of time he will
be in the hospital, the attending
physician stated. He may be in
bed for two months. He can have
company during visiting hours.
Abbott Appointed
Member of CC
J. P. Abbott, Dean of the School
of Arts and Sciences, was appoint
ed in the College Station Chamber
of Commerce meeting Monday by
chairman M. C. Pugh to fill in the
expired term of C. C. French, for
mer dean of the College.
James A. Shields, a representa
tive of the Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen, asked that College
Station back a proposal which
would delay the hearing on wheth
er the ‘Hustler” train, which runs
from Houston to Dallas, should be
discontinued.
“Until the present political elec
tions and confusion has died down,
it is impossible to deal with this
important question adequately,”
said Shields, “and, therefore, I
think this heax-ing should be post
poned.”
President Tom Harrington made
the motion that the Chamber of
Commerce ask that the hearing be
postponed until after January 1,
1953. The .motion was seconded
and approved. The budget was
voted to be discussed in the next
meeting.
Oscar Wells who is with the
Horticulture Department at the
University of Wisconsin was a
visitor at the meeting.
DeWerth Attends
Florist Conference
A. F. DeWerth, head of the
floriculture and landscape architec
ture department, left 1’ecently to
attend a national sales and man
agement rally for florists, at Mi
chigan State College,' East Lan
sing, Mich.
The program will be held July
13-18, and will present new ideas
in showmanship, displays, lighting,
advertising, selling and business
management and planning.