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THE BATTALION
Tuesday, December 16, 3952
Ag School
Sponsors
AH Contest
An essay contest for undergrad
uates in the School of Agriculture
has been announced by the animal
husbandry depart ments in cooper
ation with the English and jour
nalism departments.
Subject of the essays will be
“The Importance of Feed Reserves
In A Texas Livestock Program.”
Entries must be in the hands of
John G. Moffitt, animal husbandry
instructor, by April 15.
Entries will be judged by a com
mittee of the college staff, and
three prizes totaling $50 will be
awarded by Sayers Farmer of
Junction, at the annual agricul
ture awards and honors day.
Farmer, who received a BS de
gree in anhnnl husbandry in 1912,
is sponsor Of this year’s contest,
since the usual national saddle and
sirloin essay contest has been dis
continued.
Essays should be typewritten on
one side of the paper, and should
be about 2,000 words in length.
Minimum length is 1,500 words.
Golden A n niversary
Birthday for Extension Service
By BOR HENDRY
Battalion News Editor
The blowing of horns and ring
ing of bells New Year’s Day not
only will mark the beginning of
1953 but also the celebration of
the Agricultural Extension Ser
vice’s golden anniversary.
A one man beginning in 1903,
the Agricultural Extension Ser
vice in Texas now employs 729
people. The great majority are
county personnel who are support
ed jointly by the counties, state,
and federal governments.
Started in 1903
In February of 1903 Dr. Sherman
A. Knapp, representing the United
States Department of Agriculture,
established the first farm demon
stration in the nation on the farm
of Walter Porter near Terrell in
Kaufman County.
That first farm demonstration
was established to combat an in
sect invader from Mexico, the cot
ton boll weevil, which was threat
ening to ruin the most important
crop in Texas. Through the use of
Community Choruses
Present Yule Show
“The Song of Christmas,” a
story of the Nativity, will be
presented at 7:39 tomomvw night
by the Men’s Community Chorus
and the Harmony Club in the
First Baptist Church of College
Station.
Basketball
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threatened and the game ended
with A&M in front by 20 points.
Bill Griggs, of the losers, took
high scoring honors with 20 points.
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The canata, arranged by Roy
Ringwald, is taken from 20 Christ
mas songs and enrols, with nerrn-
tmn from the Bible. W. M. (Billi
Turner, dircetor of music at A&M
and of the Men’s Chorus, will con
duct the combined groups. Narra-
tien wiB he done by Dr. T. F.
Mavo of the Endish denartment.
SoloP+q for the cantata are
Frank Knapp. Victor Weinine-, the
Rev. Nolan Vance. Mrs. Marvin
^ut'er, Mrs. Alan Alter, and Mrs.
P. W. Barker. Mrs. J. B. Baty is
accomnanist for the group.
Members of the Men’s Chorus
who will participate in the pro
gram are Arch Baker, Jim B.
Baty. C. M. Brunson. H. W. Good
ing, Robert Jacobs, Luther Jones,
Frank Knapp, Martz Kressly, Jack
Lawler, Charles Mitchell, Frank
Robinson. Herbert Shaffer. R. E.
Snuggs, Larry Sherman, Thomas
J. Varley, Walter Varvel. Theo R.
Hollemon, E. D. Bullard, Victor
Weining, Larry Hayes, and Nolan
Vance.
Harmony Club members and
others in the Program are Mes-
dames Marvin Butler, George Bar
ton Adams, Alan Alter, J. B.
Baty, Edward E. Brush, Richard
Downward, Wendell Horsley, Wen
dell Nederman, W. M. Turner,
Nolan Vance, J. H. Bass, Theo R.
Hollemon, Luther Jones.
Mesdames T. W. Leland, J. D.
Oden, Raymond Rogers, J. W. Sor
enson, Ruby Schiller, Frank C.
Whitmore, Ralph J. Salisbury, P.
W. Barker, W. D. Caudill, j. B.
Coon, George A. Roth, Walter A.
Varvel, Fred E. Weick, and Don
Young.
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Student Activities office by 10 a.m. on the
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• HELP WANTED •
TECHNICIAN for office work. Call 4-9882.
FOR SALE •
OH! BROTHER, if it’s for little brother,
it would be a holster and gun set from
HOLICK’S, North Gate.
AT YOUR own price—choose from the
wide variety of gifts at HOLICK’S,
North Gate.
CUSHMAN Motor Scooter in good con-
Elr
dition. May be seen at 201
Bryan.
;lm Ave.,
fortable
tlcally
arding facilities (thermosta-
s-heated quarters for house
GIVE A puppy for Christmas! Clean, com
bo
y gas-heated qtu
dogs). Trimming, battling, nail clip
ping, whelping, stud dogs. Dog food,
supplies, crate rental. Open Sundays.
Friendly economical. THE BAYARD
KENNELS, Ou Highway 6 south of
College.
• FOR RENT •
NICELY FURNISHED room convenient to
business district for gentleman or couple
or two girls. See at 501 E. 24th St.
or phone 3-6575, Bryan.
LOST
STRAYED: Churckles, a female, 9 months
old, 3 quarter Cocker, all black. Red
collar, tail short. Lower left cuspid
tooth is double. Reward. Phone 6-3787.
Dr. Carlton R. Le«
OPTOMETRIST
B03A East 26th
(Across from Court House)
Call 2-1662 for Appointment
Directory of
Business Services
INSURANCE of all kinds. Homer Adams,
North Gate. Call 4-1217.
• WORK WANTED •
TYPING-—reasonable rates. Phone 3-1776
after 5.
Official Notice
A&M RINGS
On the basis of fall semester grades
some students will become eligible to order
an A&M ring. Such students may now
leave their names with the ring clerk in
the Registrar’s Office. Their records will
be checked and eligibility for the ring will
be determined by Feb. 3, 1953. Orders for
the rings will be taken between February
3 and 10, 1953 for March 10 delivery.
The ring clerk is on duty from 8:00 A.M.
to 12:00 noon each week day.
H. L. Heaton,
Registrar
Dr. M. W. Deason
Optometrist
NORTH GATE
313 COLLEGE MAIN
8:00 to 5:00
Phone 4-1106
improved methods of farming 1 and work exclusively in one county
management, Dr. Knapp showed
that the boll weevil could be con
trolled.
^Demonstration Work Organized
The successful destruction of the
insect on a Texas farm set the
pattern on which the Agricultural
Extension work throughout the na
tion was developed.
In 1904, Farmer’s Cooperative
Demonstration Work was organiz
ed in the Bureau of Plant Indus
try, USD A, with Dr. Knapp in
charge and with headquarters in
Houston. Headquarters were later
moved to Lake Charles, La., and
still later to Washington, D. C.,
when the work became national in
scope.
The first agricultural agent to
Rec Council Sets
Christmas Party
Childen of College Station will
have a chance to see Santa before
he begins his rounds,, at the Rec
reation Council’s Christmas Party
at 7 p. m. Christmas Eve in Con
solidated High School’s lunchroom.
The party is for College Station
people and anyone else who wants
to come, said Mrs. Carroll D. Lav-
erty, chairman of the planning
committee.
A similar party for local Neg
roes will be held Friday afternoon
at Lincoln High School. Both par
ties are sponsored by the Recrea
tion Council.
Definite plans for the two par
ties have not been made, except
that they will be short, according
to Mrs. Laverty.
Beta Pi
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Inc., Houston; K. A. J. Monier ’35,
San Antonio; J. Montgomery ’41,
Ted Weiner Oil Properties, Fort
Worth; R. W.. Reynolds ’28, E. I.
dePont de Nemours, Wilmington,
Del.; J. L. Sewell ’27, McAllen; E.
M. Shook ’25, Magnolia Petroleum
Co., Dallas; W. T. Slaton ’40, Delta
Steel Co., Dallas; T. -R. Spence ’13,
Manager A&M System physical
plants, College Station.
was appointed in November 1906.
lie was W. C. Stallings, and the
appointment was made in Smith
County.
Jack County Agricultural Agent
Tom Marks, in 1908. organized the
first boys’ coni club in Texas.
This was the beginning of the
youth phase of extension—4-H
clubs. Just two years later, 1,500
boys attended the first rally at
the State Fair in Dallas.
The Texas Legislature in 1911
passed the first law authorizing
county commissioners courts to ap
propriate money for agents’ sal
aries. Work also started in that
year with the Negro farm families
of the state.
A&M became a part of the rap
idly expanding demonstration work
program in 1912 when a coopera
tive agreement was signed with
the USD A. C. M. Evans, now of
Dallas, was named superintendent
of the Extension Division, at A&M
on Mar. 16, 1912.
From the beginning, the service
has attempted to help farm fam
ilies help themselves, and their
classrooms have been the farms,
ranches, and homes of the state.
Wines Bridge Club
Holds Yule Party
The Aggie Wives Bridge Club
will have a Christmas bridg-o par
ty in the MSC at 7:30 p. m. Thurs
day, said Mrs. Ann Crosson, re
porter.
Following the bridg-o party, two
tables of bridge will be played
and gifts will be presented to the
teachers.
ZARAPE
Restaurant
“Delicious Food”
Lunch ... 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Dinner, 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
4 Blocks Off Hiway 6
Sulphur Springs Rd.
The Extension Service for 50
years has carried to the people of
Texas the latest research informa
tion and, through demonstrations,
has shown the practical application
of its findings on the farms,
ranches, and homes.
Many Achievements
Better livestock, crops, cultural
methods, increased production,
home life, insect control, 4-H club
work, soil and water conservation,
soil improvement • and training
rural leaders to assume responsib
ilities in their home communities,
county, and state are but a few of
the extension’s achievements.
The complex problems of mod
ern living and agriculture have in
creased the usefulness of the ser
vice, and at the same time chal
lenged its workers to even greater
achievements in the future.
Three Aggies I flirt
In LaGrangc Crash
Three A&M students were in
jured last weekend, two seriously,
in an automobile accident near La
Grange.
John B. Dixon, senior geology
major from San Antonio, received
head injuries, and Belton A. Klink-
sick, senior industrial education
major from Fredericksburg, re
ceived undetermined hip injuries.
Don Deis, senior, business admin
istration major from DeBerry, re
ceived a broken nose and minor
cuts.
All three men are hospitalized in
La Grange.
Saturday is Iho most danger
ous day of the week in traffic.
Episcopal Women Meet
In St. Thomas’ Chapel
Mrs. M. V. Krenitsky and Mrs.
J. B. Baty were hostesses today
at a meeting of the Associated
Women of St. Thomas Chapel.
The meeting was held at 9:30
a. m. in the Parish Hall.
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There’s fun-filled confusion
when the campus empties
into cars, trains and planes
as Christmas holidays
begin. Heading for good
times? Pause fora Coke
and go refreshed.
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