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Battalion Editorials Page 2 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1953 Eleven 4H Clubs In Land Judging Meet Near Benchley PARDON US IF WE SEEM PESSIMISTIC mm -Y'-'Y / / . Dark-Horse Morgan Wins by a Nose The Battalion extends sincere congratu lations to Dr. David H. (for Hitchens) Mor gan, who Saturday was named president of A&M. Dr. Morgan will take office on Sept. 1, when Dr. M. T. Harrington leaves the of fice of college president to take over duties as chancellor of the A&M System. Selected by the Battalion in the spring as one of the six outstanding members of the college faculty, Dr. Morgan’s appointment as president nevertheless came as somewhat of a surprise to the publication, since his name did not appear among the spring sketches of prospective candidates for the job. Although the eight applicants are prob ably disappointed in being overlooked, there can be no doubt that Dr. Morgan is far more qualified for the position than any among that list. The Battalion, always a poor loser, grudg ingly admits that, since one of its eight can didates was not chosen, Dr. Morgan was the next best choice. Therefore, we heartily commend the A&M Board of Directors for their selection of Dr. Morgan as the next president. Buddy Davis Finally Gets His Due Eleven 4H Club teams, all dis trict winners, participated in a state 4H Club and judging contest Thursday morning. The meet, sponsored by the Extension 4H Program, was held on the farm of C. Seale near Benchley, Brazos County. Paul G. Haines, state soil and water conservationist, of the Ex tension Service was in charge of the judging. Members of the winning team were Herman Phillips, Raymond Mittel, and Jimmy Whitton, all of Schlicher County. Teams placing were Schlicher County, first, with 343 points; Lampasas County, sec ond, with 342 points; Gray County, third, with 341 points; Runnels County, fourth with 340 points. Well, Buddy, you finally got credit for breaking the world high jump record. By all standards of sports competition the record should become your permanent possession, since sports trophies are frequently retired by a three-time winner. And Buddy, you fall right into that category. You had to break the world record three times to get official credit for doing it once. The first time was in the 1952 Southwest Conference meet in Dallas when you bested the world record, only to have a full inch subtracted from the height because of a faulty take-off apron. Then at this year’s National Intercollegiate track meet in Abi lene, you again bettered the record, but again the take-off apron was improperly prepared, and the officials once more took five-six^- teenths of an inch from your leap. High point man of the meet was Michael Price of Gray Coun ty, with an individual score of 125 points. Winners will be present ed with medals by the Extension Service. A&M Systn Budget Pas|/|j $29 Million 1 pe filif But Saturday in Dayton, Ohio, you had officials on the scene who realized that they were handling a champion. And Buddy, you did it again. You broke the world record for the third time. The judging consisted of two phases. First, contestants record ed information about the top soil, subsoil depth, slope, erosion, and 41 A&M Cadets Begin Budgets totalling a for the fiscal year; adopted for the colled cies of the Texas y ()j System by the Sys:- the rl92 8 directors, meeting fc This is an increase of- over the budget for wer( , Tots. Greater^* Phil - ld went to salaries. ^ Included in Saturc 11 ^ 1 ' . were budgets for th ^ v . el< ' . .. ,etics. On tive organization of , ,, , the A&M College .: d °^ ble J iea lington State Colit; State College, Prafri? College, Teotas Agr periment Station, T> | tural Extension and Predatory An Service, Texas EngiriippHI ?! li iment Station, Texa.* ^ Extension Service,. Training School Forest Service. Larj $749,012.70, went torv >ry 0 Training at Fort Bliss Forty-one A&M ROTC cadets Antiaircraft Artillery R O T C drainage. This was done to deter- arrived at Fort Bliss, Texas, June Summer Camp instructors are of mine how the land should be used. 20, to begin training at the Anti- ficers and men who were on duty The second phase was determin- a ircraft Artillery ROTC Summer at various school ROTC units be ing the treatment needed on the fore reporting to the camp. Ad it took a lot of proving to convince the officials that you were the world’s best high jumper, but with all your friends at Aggie- land and throughout the Southwest, Buddy, you’ve always been the champ. field for conserving the soil. Rec ommendations included such tech niques as terracing, farming fur- contour, diversion the and other conservation ,/practices. The analysis and recommendations were made on each of three fields, The A&M men will be among ditional instructors will be 1,600 cadets to train during the nished from Bliss personnel, six-week encampment at the West Actual training started June 22 terraces Texas Army Post. Sixty-three with instruction in carbine marks- colleges and universities in the manship. The training program continental United States and will stress field-type work. It will Puerto Rice are sending men to Two New Faculty Members Named to Athletic Council Two new A&M faculty members are named to the college’s Athletic Council and the five previous mem bers were renamed for the coming year by the college board of dir ectors at a meeting here. The board voted to increase faculty represen tation on the Council by two, giv ing the Council seven faculty mem bers, two former students and two students. Dean of Men W. L. Penberthy was renamed Council chairman. Faculty members named for anoth er year include G. W. Schlesselman, head of the Department of Geog raphy; H. C. Dillingham, profes sor of Electrical Engineering; E. D. Parnell, professor of Poultry Husbandry; and Dean J. P. Abbott of the School of Arts and Sciences. New faculty members of the Council are Dr. Tyrus R. Timm, head of the Department of Agri cultural Economics and Sociology; and Dr. W. W. Armistead, dean- elect of the School of Veterinary Medicine. Grants-in-aid Loans, Gifts Given Board allowing 30 minutes for each field. sumrner encampment. Cadet Writes Points were awarded for each decision made by a contestant. Possible maximum score was 150 points. Scores for individual team members were added to get the team total. Recent grants-in-aid, loans and Price Campbell of Abilene and gifts to the Texas Agricultural James P. (Jake) Hamblen of Hous ton are the former student mem bers and student members of the Council are E. W. (Bill) Brucks Jr. of Hondo and Dick Harris of San Angelo. Experiment Station, Texas A&M The purpose of the land judging contests is to teach fundamentals of soil conservation. 4H members learn conservation practices which can be applied on land they oper ate. At the same time they can Places Can Be Worse Than Here give the men an opportunity to practice the academic antiaircraft artillery subjects they studied dur ing the school year. High point of the program will come when the men fire light and medium AA guns on the million and half acre Fort Bliss ranges. Other training will include classes on the Army’s newest AA Cannon, the “Skysweeper.” Also scheduled is a brief orientation on the guided missile work carried on at Fort Bliss. , ^ dolpi lege with the second 783.47, to Prairie ViJay Stude Texas Agricultural inning v\ Station received th- rolling o crease among the st:ll score o 173.36. fer-pitchei Budgets include all only two from state, federal fn, hbweve funds, as well as id! ors behir student fees, operat: the wim tories and dining ha. three, the sale of far man: Hardin, ucts raised in exp> :her, was demonstration work. 8'ht [hits, appropriation to th JS rnade n this period was $9,U! an< f 1 om s for the A&M Prof l Professor Named To Extension Post Freeman M. Fuller, Jr., present- College and Prairie View A&M, enjoy friendly rivalry and compe- totaling $60,321.71, were accepted tition. Saturday by the board of direc- Land judging has been spon- tors of the Texas A&M College sored only recently in Texas, hav- System. j n g- been adopted about two years The Texas Agricultural Experi- a g Q from similar 4H events heldl ment Station received $27,875 in j n Oklahoma, according to J. F. grants-in-aid, $99.95 in gifts and Mills, Instructor of $3,940 in loans. Mills cooperates in the program, Texas A&M College received ail d this year the Agronomy 418 $27,826.76 in loans and $500 in Class taught by him participated S^Ts. unofficially in the competition. Prairie View A&M College re- By ED STERN Camp Correspondent Plans Made Law Lohi paw Loboe r in the al Confab in(ii”* H " O. D. Butler, ass ? P itche ‘: of Animal Husbandry 1 .^ r tended the 30th anr... ip . ' u . nt the National Livest ,alles Board and the sixth: 11 ” 111 rocal Meat Conferen, . NLMB members major organizations processors, and retail; ciprociil Meat Confers; lompton a v at bat ing of College and l ly employed as an assistant pro- ceived a $ 75 scholarship and a $5 fessor in the Department of En- Sift. tomology at A&M on July 1 will become assistant entomologist for the Texas Agricultural Extension The grants-in-aid to the TAES, TCU A lid A&M Sd were trom Abbott Laboratories, % Chicago; American Cyanamid Com- John Halbert Wins A&M Scholarship John Thomas Halbert, Attoyac, Texas, has been named winner of the Texas Farm Products Company of Nacogdoches Scholarship in An imal Science at Texas A. & M. Col lege. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Chester Halbert of At toyac and graduated in June from the Chireno high school. Halbert is one of the top leaders in 4-H Club activities in the state. He is recently returned from the 1953 National 4-H Club Camp at Washington, D. C., where he was one of four delegates named to represent Texas. He is chairman of the Nacogdoches County 4-H Council and has won many honors in all phases of 4-H activities. The Texas Farm Products Corn- Service with headquarters at Col- P an > 7 ’ Ne A w Yo . rk J American Dehy- lege Station. The announcement d J ators A Association, Kansas City, was made Wednesday by Extens- Mo - Cyanamid Corn- ion Director G. G. Gibson. P™’ New York; Armour and Co., . , i Chicago; Colloidal Products Corp., Fuller, a native ol Alabama, was g an Francisco; Consolidated Prod reared on a farm near Perryville, ucts Co . } Danville, 111.; Dow Chem- and is a graduate of Suttle High ical Co-> Midland, Mich.; Eaton School. He holds both B. S. and M. Laboratories, Norwich, N. Y.; S. degrees from Alabama Poly- Ethyl C orp., N. Y., (two); Free- technic Institute. In 1951 he com- port Sulphur Co., New Orleans; Joint Degree Plan There just ain’t no place like Texas! If all you think it’s rough going to summer school, I know about 50 Aggies up here in Aber deen, Md., who would gladly trade Agronomy, places with you tonight. We have been herp at the Ord nance Proving Grounds only three days and already it ;seems like a week, net, yet, anyways, as our yankee friends would say. There are about 1,800 men here from all over the United States—the larg est group ever to attend the Ord nance Summer Camp. And another thing. Your re porter certainly do<3»i appreciate the fact that we wear our uniform For F.F.A. Agency inum ~ j°i nt degree-awarding pro- e d The sl piest man on b our campus looks like a king com pared to some of the men here Plans are being made for the organization of a Texas Future Farmers of America Alumna As sociation when the State F. F. A. Convention opens its doors in Fort Worth on July 20-22. J. R. Jackson of the Agriculture Education Department stated that the state had been trying for the past five years to organize a F. F. A. Alumna Association, but war conditions had hindered organiza tion. Franklin Brant, past state presi dent of the F. F.' A. Chapter and tors. Butler, who is cl Meat Judging Manii;.. 114 Committee, said that nural act is preparing a mea: ?d do the ual for publication tr .f smaller The MLMB is try;: summer, the public of the tri is entered supply on hand at re.)r each of ces. The RMC plar: uirpner th television for tellir? for each story. sports ar d open In To Receive Winks, other Twenty-five cadets eT1 , ping p Class of Bryan Air Fe ting at tl receive their wings T uenc ux me r. emu Among the cadets former student of Jackson’s, will be dents from France, ’ * and Texas Christian University was appioved Saturday by the head of the Alumna Association. Netherlands, and Dei - Board of Directors for the Texas A&M College System. Under the program, students at TCU may*take special courses and from civilian colleges. We began processing menced work at A&M on a Ph.. D. Merck and Co., Inc., Rahway, New programs for three years, then degree in entomology and has now Jersey; Claude K. McCan, Victo- completed all course work leading ria; Food Machinery and Chemical to its presentation. Fuller, while in college, served as president of his Junior Class as editor of the college Ag magazine, represented his Senior Class on the student council, was listed in Who’s Corp., Middleport, N. Y.; Pennsyl vania Salt Manufactui'ing Co., Philadelphia; Philip R. Park Inc., San Pedro, Calif.; Julius Hyman transfer to the School of Engineer:- ing at A&M College for two years and a summer session. Those who successfully complete the program would receive the bachelor of arts degree from TCU immedi ately upon arrival here June 20. By the next day almost all of us had completed. This wonderful Aberdeen climate doesn’t help things either. College Station’s humidity is sheer bliss compared with it. Our day begins at 0505 eastern daylight time. Improve Comm unication in s. : Committee Chosen to Studf c ^ ^ hr first 1 Tornado Warning System cision on A five-man committee was pointment of the coir'hursday We’ve done a day’s named to study further steps and suggested thorough‘irates to< and Co., Denver, Colo.; Stauffer and bachelor of science degree Chemical Co., Richmond, Calif.; Who in American Colleges and Texas Rice Improvement Associa- Universities, and was a high rank- t i on> Beaumont; Traders Oil Mill in one A&M. of the eight fields from student scholastically. He served from May, 1943, to July, 1945, 3u the U. S. Army with four months of service overseas. He is single. The new specialist has been woi'king in the entomological field since 1948. He is a member of the pany Scholarship has been estab- American Entomological Society lished in recognition of the great need for trained personnel in the field of animal Science and in the belief that men trained in this f ield will be of tremendous value to the and for the present will do work in all phases of entomology. He will work with the county agri cultural agents of the state and give assistance in promoting and Co., Fort Worth; Velsicol Corp., Chicago. Gifts: Gaylor Container Corp., Dallas; Joseph Vanderstucken and George Brockman, Sonora. Loans: Tri-Pak Service Inc., Har lingen; H. M. Mitchell, Sanderson; Blueford Thornton, Pyote; Wade Reed and Roy Reed, Fort Davis; E. J. Byde, Be-Ge Manufacturing These fields include aelonautieal, chemical, civil, electrical, geologi cal, industrial, mechanical and pe troleum engineering. In announcing the joint pro gram, Dean H. W. Barlow, School of Engineering at A&M College, campaign to change lit inning of many persons whoarove M. h nado as an “act of God to think that nothingt’irates sc to protect themselves work by the time you guys are to take action in setting up a struggling out of the sack to make state-wide tornado warning system seven o’clock class. By 1100 we for Texas during a meeting of me- are plenty beat. But that’s what terorologists and radarmen at A & we are here for—to learn, and M Wednesday. we’re getting plenty of it. Memebrs of the committee are _ The Aggies had just hit Aber- Joe S. Fletcher of Austin, repre- nadoes have been mwl deen already, onct (those yankees seating the Texas State Departt this year than in thefl grow on you) and they got their ment of Public Safety; Erie L. son said “more have h| picture taken. A bus was bringing Hardy of Fort Worth, U.S. Weath- - -because we have a a group of us from the depot when e r Bureau; Lt. Col. A. Baton, 16th ough system of local With regard totheki o. rmg.neermg at awivi wouege, wg were stopped by a major who Weather Squadron, Waco; Jeff Da- watch for and report! ^ said, engineers are being chosen we ] come( j us to camp. He asked vis ^!f the Crockett Democrat, and Dr. Freeman, in out in increasing numbers to assume ^ 0 fexas °A&MGifts, California ^ AmeriCim Sally diTf! wmT a ogfapfy J aTm.' if any of the group had a college Dr. John C. Freemah, meteorolo- for the formation of a' jjr positions oi leadership in tine man- pennan t on their luggage. Nat- gist with the Department of Ocean- work, pointed out esTcll|)|> Corp., Richmond, development of the livestock and providing information which they poultry programs in East Teras. can use in the county programs. The Battalion Spray-Chemical , . .... t. Calif Desirable preparation for suen Loans: International Harvester a career includes education in the Co., Houston; John Deere Plow humanities and the liberal arts, as Co., Dallas; Allis-Chalmers Manu- Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions “Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” facturing Co., Dallas; New Holland Machine Co., New Holland, Penn sylvania; Marlow Sales Corp., De- Queen, Ark.; W. R. Ames Co., San well as in the technical and pro fessional aspects of engineering. “For those young men who con template such careers, and who flourish one of us got off the bus, The committee was formed af- shook the major’s hand, and had ter a day’s discussion by 32 spec- our pictures taken. ialists from Texas, Oklahoma, Until next time, I’ll sign “30” Louisiana, Washington, D.C., and with this—as the hired hand said Baltimore, Md. Davis and Ed to the farmer when awakened at 0505. “Man, you shore can spend the night fast here.” networks which coverhpj highest torn a die activif i Hill “though these facilitk must do something to i — ^ wish to secure this liberal educa- Francisco; Buckner Manufacturing tion prior to entering upon their The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechan ical College of Texas, is published by students four times a week, during the regular school year. During the summer terms, and examination and vacation periods. The Battalion is published twice a week. Days of publications are Tuesday through Friday for the regular school year, and Tuesday and Thursday during examination and vacation periods and the summer terms. Subscription rates $6.00 per year or $.50 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. Co., Fresno, Calif. Prairie View A&M, scholarship. Prairie View—Washington, D. C., club; gift, William M. Adkisson, Minneapolis. Entered as second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas under th,e Act of Con gress of March 3, 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by N a t i o n a 1 Advertising Services, Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los ac., at Chicago, Angeles, and San Fran- Craig Is Assistant In Shop Program professional study, the plan set forth in the joint program pre sents an ideal arrangement. “The Agricultural and Mechani cal College of Texas is pleased to join with the Texas Christian Uni versity in making such an arrange ment available.” Dougger Named To Full-Time Post Munden of the Crockett Chamber of Commerce were the only mem bers of the 34-man group who were not specialists in weather problems. Weather Bureau Interested R. H. Simpson of Washington, special assistant to the chief of the alysis and communicant x . . Morgan Welcomes -A * ) \ Roy W teacher in Dougger, part - time the Agriculture Edu- Archie M. Kahn of Oceanography Depart '-'**' * ded during the meetiit the College David M, ARTS F coined the group to th Others who attendedki. included L. F. Jones, < reau, Victoria; E. Leetfi NOS, Corpus Christi;! U.S. Weather Bureau, said in be- - - . half of his organization, “The Jehn, University of TeS cation DepartmenL^has'been^named Weather Bureau will glady receive Gerhardt, University d as full - time teacher effective an y recommendations from this J, Davis, weather bu:; Julv 1, according to information oommittee. m- n * T , ,° ! . ^ 1 iam ARHERBjli Representatives from Tinker Air Edwin M. Myers, n ;RA y The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republi cation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444 or 4-7604) or at the editorial office room, 202 Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities Office, Room 209 Goodwin Hall. JERRY BENNETT, ED HOLDER CO-EDITORS Bob Boriskie Managing Editor Frank Davis... Copy Reader John Camobsi! David Chambers. Buford Dobie, Marcus Hoelscher, William Klocsteek. bo . William Klopsteck. Rydell, Michael Sliman, C. S. Smith, Douglas Symmank, olph Mote Leon Rochen, Gene R. M. Van de Pas, Ray Walker Staff News Writers On special assignment to the Agriculture Education Depart ment for the summer is Robert N. Craig, assistant professor of agriculture engineering. Craig is assisting J. B. Payne, are super visor of area four, in setting up shop programs. These shops are to be set up in area four, in and around Stephen- ville, Texas. Payne and Craig are instructing high school vocational ..agriculture teachers how to set up and carry on shop programs of high school students. Warm-up Chores Curtis Boase, senior agriculture education major, woi'ks foru hours before attending classes every morning. Boase works at the wind tunnel at Easterwood Airport every day from 4:30 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. His job is measuring the effects of spray material applied by dusting aircraft and the amount of spray that is applied. This data is re corded so that the result of each application may be studied and to determine best application meth ods, said Boase. receivecl from Henry Ross, pro fessor of Agriculture Education. He plans to attend Oklahoma A&M during the 1954 Spring ses sion and do work on a Ph.D. in agriculture education. Dougger commanding general. Force Base, Oklahoma City, Squadron, Tinker Fit;™*;, brought a promise of cooperation Hughes, head of the Efe of all present and future radar in- gineering Department. stallations of the Air Weather jor J. M. Dickinson, Service from that organization’s Squadron, Bryan: JW was named as part time teacher at A&M in June, 1949 Jackson, 16th Weather Capt. H. T. Orville of the Ben- Waco; Lt. Col. A. W. dix Aviation Corp., formerly head ton, and C. E, Camp! weather man for the U.S. Na,vy the 24th Weather Squ- m a and past president of the Amei’i- Antonio. Aggie-Jbx H Olindea can Meteorological Society, also was present. He described meth ods by which the present hurricane LAS Walter J. Saucier, G«:' a . cesehini, George Reyy -'A I— Second Lt. Jack W. Birkner of _ Bay City was awarded the Pux-ple warning system along the east Heart for wounds received while coast was set up, and gave his en- serving as a platoon leader with couragement to the. group’s action the 7th Infantry Division in in naming the five-man committee. Korea. During discussions prior to ap- H. Jung, Carter R. S? . _ liam P. Elliott, H. A'; J} o nold H. Glaser of the - of Oceanography^ at j and Dr. Dale F. Leipp~ tlqe department.