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COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1953
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Bougliton To Leave
Dean’s Position
Prol!
Washing-
i in the Di’. I. B. Boughton, dean of vet-
rinaiy medicine, will be relieved
>nt main-f this executive duties, at his own
ue pitch-equest, effective September 1, it
0 record-^as announced here today by D.
hurlersV.. Williams, vice chancellor for
nthout agi'iculture of the A&M System.
r ooper of Dr. Doughton, v r ho has been in
1 White;barge of combined teaching, re-
Yankeeseaich and extension work of the
ngton. System in the field of Veterinary
dedicine since September of 1948,
vill divide his time, on modified
service, between teaching and re
tire agrlearch.
ment ha Retirement from the heavy du-
? profesjes of his executive position was
ulture hjnade necessary by a stroke which
hapter. )r. Boughton suffered about a
■haractenear ago.
eirts, sik H °P < ? for Recovery
a resident “While we regret the loss of Dr.
ted aqoughton’s vahrable services in this
A Meiimportant post, we hope that the
lent-Pwless strenuous duties of modified
MSC Aierjvice will speed his recovery,”
Tice-Chancellor Williams said.
Dr. Boughton is a well known
igure in veterinary circles, a force-
ull colorful and able administrator
nth a wide reputation in research
nd teaching.
A native of Defiance, Ohio, he
eecived his degree in Veterinary
ledicine from Ohio State Univer-
ity-
After serving as a member of
le Ohio State faculty, with duties
deluding that of line coach for the
ootball team, he entered the U. S.
.rmy in 1917 and served as an of-
cer in the Veterinary Corps.
Joined Staff
returning from service in France
i f)919. Dr. Boughton joined the
taft of the University of Illinois,
here he rose from assistant pro-
jsfmr to full professor.
In 1925 Dr. Boughton went to
'aiti as chief of vetei’inary science
m the Service Technique d’ Agri-
dture and in 1931 became direc-
>r of the Experiment Station of
tel Service.
During this period he acquired a
■potation as teacher and research-
’ and became the author of four
xts used in the training of Hai-
3n students of agriculture.
In 1932 Dr. Boughton came to
;xas as veterinarian of the Sono-
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YES Gets New
Yuck and Trailer
The new, specially built truck
id trailer for the Rural Electric
lining Program was delivered to
e Texas Engineerincr Extension
■ivice (TEES) May 28.
Iwhe truck was purchased by the
EES for use in Hot Stick Train-
g programs over the state. Be-
luse of the added weight of the
ailer, which was necessary to
my a more complete set of tools,
ie truck had to be specially made.
Some of the features include an
itomatic transmission, tinted
indshield and window glasses,
iam rubber seats and deluxe cab
ir the comfort and convenience of
ie driver.
The trailer of the unit is a larger
ie than usual and also has sev-
•al features, among which is elec-
ic brakes and an inside mounted
ectric heater for the purpose of
jeping hot sticks dry and ready
a* use at all times.
The truck and trailer was turned
^er to Russell E. Dew, and with
he will conduct a hot stick train-
g program at the Limestone Co-
), Mart, Texas.
ra substation of the Texas Agi'i-
cultural Experiment Station.
Here his knowledge of livestock
and successful research into prob
lems of the sheep and goat indus
tries made his name a West Texas
household word.
Particularly well known was his
development of a vaccine for the
immunization of sheep and goats
against sporemouth, one of the
most costly of range diseases of
that region.
His studies of the poisoning of
range animals by bitterweed, mes-
calbeam and shin oak were other
major contributions to the im
provement of West Texas livestock
industries.
Torrid Heat
Grips Area
Blistering heat is again the
order for the day as the tem
perature holds in the mid nine
ties. Gusty winds up to 20
mph from the south hold the
only prospects for cooler
weather.
Forecasts for College Sta
tion and vicinity call for part
ly cloudy weather with no re
lief in the form of rain in
prospect. Maximum tempera
ture expected today and Fri
day is around 95 degrees. Min
imum for tonight about 70.
The normal maximum for
this area is 90 during early
June. This year has been well
above average. June 1st and
2nd recorded a torrid 96 with
Wednesday only one degree
cooler.
Lauden Welcomes
Texas Nurserymen
James Lauden of Tyler, presi
dent of the Texas Association of
Nurserymen, welcomed Monday,
more than 100 for the annual short
course for Commercial Nursery
men held in the MSC.
A. F. DeWerth, head of the flor
iculture and landscape architecture
department, chaired the opening
session Monday. The course lasted
through Wednesday.
A panel discussion on soil main
tenance problems, with Raymond
Hill of Victoria, John Van Valken-
burg of Dalas and Mrs. Armstrong
Price of College Station, was con
ducted Monday morning.
The Monday afternoon session
was chaired by Alton Grimm of
San Antonio and the discussion
leaders included Dr. Robert Reich,
LSU; Mancil Allen, Houston; Paul
Gregg, Bryan; Fred Brison, De
Werth and Robert F. White, all of
A&M.
Raymond Hill was chairman of
the dinner meeting Monday night.
Experimentors
Gets Loan of Cattle
oans of livestock valued at
$1,500 have been made to the Tex
as Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion. The loans include three Here
ford bulls, one each from S. M.
Mitchell of Sanderson: Bluford
Thornton of Pyote and Wade Reed
and Roy Reed of Fort Davis.
The bulls will be located at Sub
station No. 14, Sonora for specific
research in connection with the
project “Improvement of eef
Cattle Through Selection of Per
formance-Tested and Progeny-
Tested Sires.”
Nobles Chosen
Co. Honorman
John C. Nobles, electronics
technician seaman apprentice,
USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dur-
wood L. Nobles of 2627 West Tenth
St., Dallas, has been chosen honor-
man of his recruit training com
pany at the U. S. Naval Training
Center at San Diego, Calif.
Honormen ai'e chosen by vote of
the company, membership on the
basis of leadership, sportsmanship,
military bearing, initiative, re
sponse to orders, qualifications of
a good shipmate, and application
to Recruit Training.
Before entering the Navy, No
bles was graduated from Sunset
High School, and attended A&M.
^irst Baptist Church
Begins Vacation School
Pastor Robert D. Longshore an-
jlinced the Vacation Bible School
the College Station Baptist
hurch will begin Monday morn-
'Jr, June 8th, at 8:30 and will con-
nue through Wednesday, June 17.
Commencement exercises will be
i the night of the last day of
ie school.
All boys and girls are urged to
tend “Preparation Day,” Friday,
me 5th at 8:30 a.m., said Pastor
jngshore. Following registration
id refreshments, all will partici-
ite in a parade at 10:00 a.m.
Bus Will Come
A bus will come by to pick up
>ys and girls each day and re-
m them to their homes after the
hool adjourns. Leaving the
lurch at 7:45 a.m., the Bible
•-hool bus will first go through
e College iVew housing area,
then down Highway 6 and turning
on Walton Drive.
The bus will follow Walton Drive
and Kyle back to Highway 6.
Crossing Highway 6, the bus will
follow Jersey St. to Dexter Drive
where it will turn left and follow
Dexter to Parkplace.
Following Parkplace, the bus
will turn right on Highland and
continue back to Jersey. The bus
will then return to the church via
Old Highway 6.
Children and workers may flag
the bus anywhere along the route.
A corps of forty workers will be
on hand with Mrs. Alvin W. Hous
ton serving as Nursery Superin
tendent, Mrs. Roy W. Ha'gler Be
ginner Superintendent, Mrs. L. P.
Dulaney Primary Superintendent,
Mi’s. Russel E. Dew Junior Super
intendent, and R. D. Longshore,
prinicpal of the school.
An illustrated symposium on Texas
Landscape Developments was had
with Durwood Thompson of Cor
pus Christi, as moderator.
Gene Howard of Austin was
chairman of the Tuesday morning
session. A panel discussion on
Present Day Methods of Ornamen
tal Plant Production, was led by
James Fitzpatrick of Sherman,
Ray Breedlove of Tyler, Dr. How
ard Hanchey, L U, and DeWerth.
Roses in Texas, a panel discus
sion, was chaired by Cy Heaton,
secretary of the Texas Rose Grow
ers Association of Tyler.
Discussion by Barney Grimm of
San Antonio on New Materials for
Nursery and Landscape Use and a
tour of the nurseries trial grounds,
greenhouses, lathhouses, screen-
house and demonstrations of nur
sery and landscape operations and
equipment, was had in the after
noon, with Durwood Thompson as
chairman.
A general get-together was held
from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the
MSC.
A discussion on “Is There An
Easier Way” by L. J. Tolle of A&
M, opened the Wesdnesday morn
ing session. A panel discussion,
Retail Management Practices, with
Frank Cornelius of Houston, as
moderator, followed. The panel
members were Jack Jones of Dal
las, Jesse' Breedlove Jr., of Hous
ton.
A round table discussion on cur
rent nursery problems and plans
for the 1954 short course closed the
sessions.
Eisenhower Promises
‘’No New Munich’
Modern War
Too Horrible
Professors
Prepare
Trade Course
Paul Van Tassel, M. D. Darrow
and H. D. Bearden will all teach
six weeks courses in summer school.
Van Tassel will instruct a class
in Methods of Teaching Vocational
Courses, while Darrow teaches the
use of visual aids and also prepa
ration and use of instruction mate
rial.
The title of the course that Bear
den will teach will be Aims and Ob
jectives of Vocational Education.
These courses will constitute
regular summer school work for
60 . trade and industrial teachers
from over the state. The courses
will also carry regular college
credit for all those who complete
them.
Here to help with the teaching
will be instructors from the Uni
versity of Texas, Joe L. Reed,
Charles Cyrus, C. M. Allen, of the
Texas Education Agency, and Le-
land B. Luchsinger.
Luchsinger will teach Vocational
Industrial Club Work, including
how to organize the club and op
erate it.
This series of courses is a co
operative affair, working in con
junction with the University of
Texas. Courses are taught alter
nately between the two schools.
Williams, Jonas
Instruct Course
E. L. Williams, vice-director, En
gineering Extension Service and
Kirk Jonas, chief of supervisory
training, will conduct one-day ac
cident prevention conferences in 18
Texas communities. The course,
for butane dealers and operators,
will extend through the month of
June.
Through these conferences it is
hoped that a permanent accident
prevention program can be put
into effect at each dealer’s loca
tion.
Two Ag Journalism
Scholarships Given
A&M will offer two agricultural
journalism scholarships, beginning
with the opening of the fall term
in September, Dr. David H. Mor
gan, dean of the college, announced
today.
The awrds, $500 each for the
school year, are to be paid for by
the Clayton Fund, established by
W. L. Clayton, former chairman of
the board of Anderson, Clayton &
Co.
Candidates for the awards must
have completed at least two years
of college work. The scholarship
may be given to assist a student
in either undergraduate or grad
uate work, Dean Morgan explain
ed.
“Basis of selection will be schol
astic record of candidates, sincer
ity of purpose, outstanding poten
tialities in the field of agricul
tural journalism, and financial
need,” Morgan concluded.
Opportunities in the field of ag
ricultural journalism were stressed
by Donald D. Burchard, head of the
department of journalism.
Ashley Reports
For Naval Air Duty
Alan J. Ashley, aviation machin
ist’s mate airman, USN, son of
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Ashley of
3920 Pershing St., Fort Worth, has
reported for duty to the U. S.
Naval Auxiliary Air Station at
Sanford, Fla., where he has been
assigned to the Operations Depart
ment.
Ashley, entered the U. S. Naval
Reserve on Jan. 17, 1951, and vol
unteered for active duty Aug. 18,
1952. He received his recruit train
ing at the U. S. Naval Ti’aining
Center, Great Lakes, 111.
Before entering the Navy, he
attended A&M.
“Agriculture, and business and
industry serving agriculture, need
trained men to interpret the field
and carry news of developments
and improved practices to agricul
tural workers,” Burchard said.
“Job opportunities in agricultural
journalism exceed the supply of
trained men by a ratio of eight to
WASHINGTON, June 4 — (H 3 ) — President Eisenhower
promised the people Wednesday night “there is going to be
no new Munich”—no settlement with the Communists on a
basis of appeasement—and “no risk of a general war.”
Eisenhower laid down that pledge in his first presidential
report to the nation by television.
Speaking from the White House, flanked by four mem
bers of his Cabinet, the President said a modern war would
be too horrible to contemplate, and:
“We are going to keep our temper; we are going to build
our strength.”
Then near the end of the half-hour program, a sort of
"♦■official family circle affair with
millions looking in by TV, Eisen
hower laid down another promise:
“We are not going to cripple this
nation and we are going special
ly to keep up its air power.”
That was his answer to the cur
rent uproar over the administra
tion’s trimming of defense spend
ing, with a proposed five-billion-
doPar cut for the Air orce.
And it appeared to be more di
rectly a reply to the outgoing Chief
of Staff of the Air Force, Gen.
Hoyt S. Vanderberg. The general
told inquiring Senators the slash
ing of air funds wiuld “increase
the risk to national security beyond
the dictates of national prudence.”
uhat people saw Wednesday was
their President sitting at a desk in
a White House conference room,
chatting in informal, friendly style,
in everday language, trying to
explain with the help of some of
his Cabinet some of the problems
the government is up against and
what is being done about them.
They used charts and maps and
samples of the incoming mail.
Close by, on a leather divan,
Avere Mrs. veta Culp Hobby,
Secretary of Health, -Education
and Welfare, and Secretary of the
Treasury George Humphrey and
Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Ben
son. n another chair, behind a
Fire Control
School Planned
On the 12th of July instructors
will begin securing equipment for
one of the largest fire control
schools in the country.
Under the supervision of Col.
H. R. Brayton, the material and
equipment will be readied for the
I, 000 expected firemen who will
meet here for the five day course
in firefighting methods and prob
lems. There will be around 100 in
structors taking part.
Two frame houses have been
moved to the fire training ground,
where they will be burned to simu
late the actual experience of fire
control. Other types of fires to be
combated are airplane crashes, re
finery and chemical.
Local field men who will assist
Col. Brayton are James R. Dobson,
L. O. Bynum, and A. J. Fogaley.
Last year the attendance includ
ed men from 25 states, 319 Texas
towns, 56 armed forces bases, 18
military stations, 37 out-of-state
military stations, the Canal Zone,
India and Chile. A larger attend
ance is expected this year, and
many new demonstrations will be
given.
Miss Hill Returns
From Duty Tour
Kate Adele Hill, studies and
training leader for the Texas Ag
ricultural Extension Service, re
turned to College Station Wednes
day from a four-months tour of
duty with the Office of Foreign
Agricultural Relations for the
United States Department of Agri
culture.
As leader for the Latin Ameri
can Institute of 24 women from 14
countries, Miss Hill spent the last
month at the University of Puerto
Rico. The Institute members eval
uated their four-months of train
ing in Extension Service methods
before departing for duty in their
own countries.
table, was Atty. Gen. Herbert
Brownell.
It was all a carefully rehearsed
affair, wnth high powered advertis
ing experts hovering in the back
ground.
Along the way, Eisenhower said
that:
The mail is running 8-to-l in fa
vor of his tax program — which
Avould nut off any reduction in tax
es for individuals and business un
til next Jan. 1.
“We are going to have stability
in farm income” without regiment
ing farmers. He said the farmer
must be got out of the squeeze be
tween falling prices of the things
he sells and rising prices of the
things he buys.
Humphrey tossed in the idea
that it is possible the federal bud
get can be balanced by the middle
of next year—unless Russia does
something to upset plans.
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(See EISENHOWER, Page 2)
Fiarm Radio Tra in ing
Program Gets Underway
The session looked and listened
like a United Nations in miniature.
One small group with head phones
heard an interpretation in French,
and another listened to a German
translation. A third group sat
with small dictionaries and often
referred to them.
This was the first official ses
sion of the Farm Radio Training
Course June 2, in the MSC.
A cooperative exchange of in
formation and instruction among
farm radio broadcasters from Au
stria, Denmark and Yugoslavia,
sponsored by the United States
Department of Agriculture and the
Land-Grant Colleges with the Na
tional Association of Radio Farm
Directors.
According to D. A. (Andy)
Adam, technical consultant for the
Mutual Security Agency, on leave
from the Texas Agricultural Ex
tension Service, the 11 broadcast
ers and two interpretors are on an
eight week’s program and itiner
ary.
They are observing the aims,
techniques and accomplishments in
American farm radio broadcasting
which might be' useful to them as
they work in their countries to in
crease efficient agricultural pro
duction and better rural living.
After an orientation in U. S.
Agriculture at Washington, D.C.,
the group separated to observe ra
dio farm directors at Avork in To
peka, Kansas; Omaha, Nebraska;
Yankton, South Dakota, Kansas
City, Missouri; St. Joseph, Mis
souri, and Cedar Rapids, loiva.
They spent a week at Chicago,
observing farm broadcasting on a
national network, before coming
to Texas Avhere they are observing
the Land-Grant College’s part in
farm radio and taking part in the
convention of the national associa
tion at Houston.
In the Tuesday morning session
where headphones and language
interpretations were in evidence,
the broadcasters heard a discussion
of the land-grant college organiza
tion. C. N. Shepardson, dean of
agriculture, explained the training
of agricultural workers; J. D.
Prewit, assistant director, explain
ed by use of the flannelgraph, hoAv
county Extension work is conduct
ed; T. R. Johnston, assistant direc
tor, discussed the research in Ava-
ter currently being done.
The afternoon was spent visiting
college and experiment station
facilities. Wednesday morning, R.
B. Hickerson, radio editor, discuss
ed Extension use of radio, before
they depart for San Marcos to
study county Extension agents’ ra
dio programs.
Friday the sessions will continue
at Prairie View A&M College, and
then the broadcasters go to Hous
ton to be on the program for the
National Association of Radio
Farm Directors.
The group includes Erwin Lan-
danssky, Austria; Paul Andreasen
and Halfdan Jrgenson, Denmark;
Dragoljub Budinovski, Branislav
Dadie, Ratimir Cajic, Miss Bosiljka
Jovanovic, Ljobomir Milatovio, Ni
kola Vitorevic, and Anton Zorko,
Yugoslavia. Interpreters are Miss
Inegebert Ibenstein (German) and
Andrew Tchihatchef (French).
Phipps Makes
Three Meetings
With Committee
D. Bart Phipps, Texas Engineer
ing Extension Service, recently
completed a series of three meet
ings with the Local Joint Appren
ticeship Committee of Houston (for
pipefitters and apprentices).
This committee, on Ai'hich Phipps
served as consultant, is responsi
ble for co-ordinating six appren
ticeship schools in the Gulf Coast
area.
At these conferences plans were
made to standardize the related
training as much as possible in or
der to give each of the six schools
an equal amount of training and
opportunities.
Schools were represented from
Houston, BaytoAvn, Pasadena, Free
port and Texas City.
Phipps also prepared instruction
material for the committee.
“It is hoped that these confer
ences will result in a more stan-
dardized program for the appren
ticeship schools next year, and I
think it Avill,” Phipps said.
Other conferences Phipps attend
ed include the Local Joint Appren
ticeship Committee meeting for
plumbers and pipefitting, and an
other on co-ordination of Appren
ticeship Training, both held in San
Antonio.
The first of the two conferences
in San Antonio was held for in
structors and school representa
tives, and the purpose was to or
ganize related instruction material^
so that it can be handled moailKiiaaih
progressively next year.
Approximately 15 persons at
tended the one-day conference in
San Antonio.
Food Handling
Short Course Set
A short course in food handling
safety will be conducted June 15-19
in Nacogdoches by Dallas elcher,
Texas Engineering Extension Serv
ice.
The program, to be held at Ste
phen F. Austin State Teacher’s
College, will primarily consist of
the methods of preparing school
lunches efficiently and safely.
The personnel Avho attend this
four-day training period will be
from the Eastern part of the state,
and will be school lunch program
supervisors.
Another program similar to the
one at Nocogdoches will be held at
Texas Tech in Lubbock, beginning
June 27.
A1 Kramer will supervise, and it
also will be a four day course for
the school lunch program super
visors in the Western part of the
State.
The same methods of safety and
efficiency will be taught to the
personnel.
58,600 Persons
Visit A&M in Year
A total of 58,600 persons were
on the A&M campus from June
1, 1952 to June 1, 1953. The vis
itors represented those attending
short courses and conferences and
visitors in general.
A grand total of 232,452 such
visitors were on the campus for the
four-year period from June 1, 1949
to June 1, 1953.
The breakdoAvn shows that for
the June period of 1949, 1950, there
were 57,760 visitors; for the 1950-
51 period, 54,896; for the 1951-52
period, 61,196 and for 1952-53 per
iod, 58,600.
Kidd Completes
Carrier Training
Completing carrier pilot quali
fications on board the small air
craft carrier USS Monterey in the
Gulf of Mexico recently was Naval
Ariation Cadet James H. Kidd, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Kidd of
1002 East Filmore, Harlingen.
Cadet Kidd attended A&M prior
to entering the Naval Aviation Ca
det Program through the U. S.
Naval Air Station, Dallas.