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r 89 : Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1953
Price Five Cents
~^ies Attend
j ing ROTC
1
4
2
2,1
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ling the Fort Benning
iti-y ROTC Camp are
pper, Bobby J. Rankin,
[well, and Philbei - t W.
|TC Camp at Fort Ben-
Via.iopened June 22, for
and universities in the
th, and Fifth Ai'my Ar-
University of Puerto
Aullof 2,187 cadets, ju-
jsenior college students,
n dance.
ctive of camp training is
lent the ROTC instruc-
2d by the student at the
1 by additional applica-
|ng Ito qualify him for
nt in the Army reserves,
jiing is essentially of the
and unit type, with the
:eiyfng experience in the
■e of tactical, technical,
istrbtive duties in the
sram of instruction is a
•ogjram including 288
pheduled military activi-
program is made up of
ibjects common to all
f the army and typically
objects. The character-
juses of infantry individ-
ew served weapons, both
I delense will be studied.
II week of camp will be
a 3b hour field problem,
will go from their bar-
into a field bivouac and,
conditions, the previous
letailed instruction will
Ihe test of practical ap-
2 f. h P
aw Desk
es It Easy
lefty Pupil
a
uled students are receiv-
ition, at last, since three
:>f jnew seats to be in-
the Academic Building
‘signed to accommodate
|s,”| according to W. H.
manager of physical
t appropriation by the
Directors allocated $20,-
e hew seats. Bids will
1 within the next two
d Badgett.
•et arm chairs of wrought
Ijardwood construction
•manently installed. The
^pop-adjustable, and pe-
\es -will be bolted to the
* "seating arrangement al-
• maximum use of light
Pllfooards has been design
ation may be completed
itember 1.
f the seats now in the
,pi Building have been in
9 nine years, having been
re in 1914, Badgett said.
alms Remain
# mimer Series
;ains Came,” starring
y, Tyrone Power and
^^ent, will be shown by
Film Society July 13.
Century Fox film con-
iegeneration and regen-
a group of English peo-
immunity of India who
pe with, among other
unleashed forces of na
vies remain after the
13th. Season tickets,
a dollar, may be pur-
the Office of Student
ml at the MSC.
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AT METHODIST CONVENTION — Conferring: during a lull in the World Methodist Con
vocation in Philadelphia’s Convention Hall are, left: the Rev. G. W. French, Fort
Worth, Tex.; the Rev. John Wesley Ford, Corsicana, Tex.; the Rev. Leslie Seymour,
Cisco, Tex.; Bishop William C. Martin, resident Bishop of the Fort Worth-Dallas area,
and the Rev. J. W. Sprinkle, Fort Worth.
Research
V itamin’s
Thomas M. Ferguson of the
A&M research staff will seek the
answer to vitamin B12 problems
of egg fertility during the next
two years.
Ferguson, who will receive the
Ph.D. degree in zoology from the
Department of Biology and Bio
chemistry and Nutrition, has just
received a two-year post-doctoral
research fellowship from the Na
tional Cancer Institute of the U.
S. Public Health Service, Depart
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare.
The grant, which will cover sal
ary and expenses, becomes effec
tive September 1, immediately
after Ferguson completes re
quirements for his doctor’s degree.
Staffer
f'JTects
To
On
Study
Eggs
Already Ferguson is deep into
the problems for which the grant
was set up, because his doctoral
research was along the same lines.
During this recent research,
Ferguson learned that lack of the
much-talked-about Vitamin B12
causes some very marked effects
in incubating chicks.
He found that organs through
out their bodies are smaller and
weaker. Some change in the life-
process which occurs on the 17th
day of incubation throws this weak
ness into critical focus and the
egg fails to hatch.
Ferguson’s research will be done
entirely on incubating eggs, since
the egg is the largest, most readi-
Former Aggies Make
Military News Items
Seven former students of A&M
now in military service received
decorations, jkt)motions or rtnas-
fers recently.
Second Lt. Kenneth E. Hill, son
of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Hill of San
Benito, received the Combat In
fantryman Badge for excellent per
formance of duty with the 7th In
fantry Division in Korea. Lieu
tenant Hill received the bachelor of
science degree in range and fores
try from A&M in 1952, entered the
army in July of the same year and
arrived in Korea in April of 1953.
Maj. Francis H. Wilson Jr. of
2511 Woodmont, Austin, son of Col.
F. H. Wilson of Montgomery, Ala.,
has been named assistant ordnance
officer of the 2nd Infantry Divis
ion in Korea. Major Wilson re
ceived the bachelor of arts degree
in liberal arts from the college in
1941, is a veteran of 12 years’ serv-
ie, and wears six theater ribbons.
Second Lt. John R. Knox of 215
Park Lane Drive, San Antonio, has
been promoted to first lieutenant
while serving with the 1st Cavah-y
Division in Japan. Lieutenant
Knox received the BS degree in
geological engineering in 1951, en
tered the army in October of the
same year, and is assistant sup-
mdo Committee Meets
jb.Jef Up Warning System
, five-man Texas Torna-
? [Committee will meet
p t aly 9 to discuss further
|0l tting up a tornado and
’m-warning network in
mittee was chosen last
-fnl’ 1 all - da y conference by
j, 1U* legists and radarmen at
|i of the committee are
l[),y, regional director, L T .
* :• iBureau; Joe S. Flet-
ant director of the Tex-
nent of Public Safety;
ll idiew Paton, command-
IlJ* Bather Squadron, Air
srvice; Jeff Davis, pub-
n he Crockett Democrat,
2 lOl in Freeman Jr. of the
irtment of Oceanogra-
*ns will center around
radar lookout for storm
centers, and organization of an ef
ficient warning system for cities
within the tornadic path.
During its first meeting after
appointment, the committee drew
up the following statement con
cerning its function:
“A more reliable local warning
system for tornadoes and other
severe storms can be established
in Texas using existing forecast
ing, communication and radar fa
cilities.
“Radar gives us more local in
formation than any other means
of observation and an effectual ra
dar network will lead to more ac
curate tornado and severe storm
forecasts. Immediate first-hand re
ports by responsible individuals of
tornadoes or tornado damage to
police or Weather Bui'eau offices
are to be encouraged.
ply officer in Pleadquarters and
Service"! Company, 8th Engineer
Combat Battalion. He wears two
theater service ribbons.
Second Lt. Corder S. Reynolds,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Corder S.
Reynolds of 716 Columbia, Shreve
port, La., was promoted to first
lieutenant while serving with the
1st Cavalry Division in Japan.
Lieutenant Reynolds received the
BS degree in mechanical engineer
ing in* 1950, entered the army in
November of 1951, and now is mess
supply and transportation officer
in Headquarters and Service Com
pany of the 8th Engineer Combat
Battalion. He wars two theater
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ly available form of fundamental
life-tissue.
For practical purposes, the egg
represents a single cell, and the
hatching pi’oeess closely, parallels
embryonic development of any
cell-form.
Ferguson will conduct his re
search in the Poultry Husbandry
Department, unders supervision of
Dr. J. R. Couch of the Depart
ments of Poultry Husbandry and
Biochemistry and Nutrition.
The fellowship was made pos
sible through a research grant
which has financed studies carried
out by Dr. Couch and his co-work
ers since 1949.
Dr. Couch and his group first
reported the deficiency symptoms
in a scientific article in the Jour
nal of Nutrition in July of 1950.
Ferguson picked up the problem
in June of 1952 and has carried
the study further into cellular de
velopment and organ differentia
tion.
Born at Bumet November 8,
191.3, Ferguson served as a civilian
instructor in aircraft instruments
and as a naval reserve officer for
three years during World War II.
He received the B.A. degree
from Southwestem University at
Georgetown in 1936 and the M.S.
degree in zoology from A&M 10
years later. He also attended the
University of Texas.
He has taught at A&M Consoli
dated high school, Corpus Christi
high school, and in the A&M Biol
ogy Department. During the past
year he has been on study leave
from the Biology Department while
working on his Ph.H. degree.
He is married and is the father
,of four children.
House O K’s Credit Bill,
Seek $118 Million More
Addition Made
On Parking Lot
For Law Hall
The addition to the parking lot
west and north of Law Hall is ex
pected to be completed by Wednes
day, and this addition will increase
the holdmg capacity of this park
ing az-ea by about 100 cars, said J.
E. Hurt, job crew foreman.
The area will be covered with
native gravel similar to that now
in the old parking lot. One and
maybe two partitions will be placed
in the new addition to regulate ve
hicle parking and provide a
thoroughfare through the area. A
north side entrance to Jones Sti’eet
will be provided for those using
this parking lot, Hurt said.
Shrubbery will be planted in an
area 20 feet wide between the lot
and Jones Street, added Hurt. With
the exception of the entrance space,
this shrubbery will extend from the
east to the west side of the parking
lot.
A bottleneck area in the old lot
that exists immediately north of
Law’s west wing will be partitioned
off.
This parking lot is for those
students living in Puryear, Law,
Leggett, Bizzell and Mitchell Halls,
Hurt said.
Wildlife Grad
Snares Moth
A rare moth was caught in
the Engineering Building last
Friday, said Perry Glick, En
tomologist.
Known as the Old Witch
Moths, these specimens breed in
South and Central America and
fly north to die, according to
Glick. These moths fly like
bats and at a terrific rate of
speed, usually making the jour
ney in four or five days. Some
have been caught as far north
as the Northern part of Canada
and Ontario.
The moth was found by John
Scroggin, graduate student of
Wildlife Management, from San
Antonio.
* WASHINGTON—UP)—The House Agriculture Commit
tee approved Monday a bill to provide emergency credit to
farmers and cattlemen in the drouth-stricken Southwest.
At the same time Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, (D-Texas),
called on Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Benson to launch a
$118 million cattle program to help relieve the “economic ca
tastrophe” caused by the drouth.
Johnson, the Senate minority leader, also urged Benson
in a floor speech to use price-support authority within his
jurisdiction to try to stabilize the market for cattle.
While Johnson took this track, Benson, in a statement,
urged the nation’s cattlemen to go slow in selling off beef-
producing herds in a “mistaken belief” that the price outlook
is hopeless.
“Unfortunate farmers and livestock men in the drouth
■♦■areas are being forced to sell
cattle—especially where water
is no longer available,” the
secretary said.
“This does not apply to
farmers with good pastures
and lots of hay and feed. Such
fortunate farmers should
study the situation carefully
before sacrificing cattle on the
present distressed market.
Rains and winter pastures
may bring a reverse in the
present situation.”
The emergency credit bill,
sponsored by Chairman Clifford
R. Hope, (R.Kan.), of the House
Agriculture Committee, would
authorize federal loans to farmers
in disaster areas and special live
stock areas and special livestock
loans to established ranchers and
stockmen if their credit needs are
not met elsewhere.
It would also let the Agriculture
Department use disaster loan funds
to furnish feed or seed to farmers
in the bone-dry areas of six states.
Money for this purpose now must
come from the President’s Emer
gency Fund or other sources.
The bill is expected to go to the
House floor soon for action.
Johnson told the Senate that
farmers and stockmen in the South
west already have gone so deeply
into debt that only “a miracle” can
save them.
“There is little left other than
liquidation of their remaining as
sets,” he said. “This is the great
est farm trgedy since the Dust
Bowl. Unless it is checked it will
be an even greater tragedy. The
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Contribution Made
To 12lh Man Fund
A $20.00 contribution to the
“Twelfth Man Scholarship Fund”
has been received from Lt. H. A.
“Al” Sexton, ’52, a former oppor
tunity award holder, of 1300 New
ton, Dothan, Alabama.
“I would like to give this check
to be used to help give some boy
the same break I had,” said Sex
ton in making this contribution.
Vet Medicine
To Move Aug.l
To New Home
New quarters of the Veterinary
Medicine and Surgery Clinic will
be ready for occupancy August 1,
according to H. E. Redmond, pro
fessor of veterinary surgery and
medicine.
This is the first to be completed
of several buildings planned for the
Veterinary School. Others to be
completed during the next two
years will house the remaining six
departments of the school.
The new, functional design build
ing is as modern as any in the
country, said Redmond. It is be
ing constructed at a cost of approx
imately $800,000 by Andrews and
Parker, Inc. of Bryan.
The clinic is located northwest of
the campus, beyond the railroad,
where other buildings of the Vet
erinary School will be built. This
location was chosen because of the
need to get all animals off the cam
pus.
Junior and senior agriculture
students who have completed pre-
vet requirements are eligible for
enrollment in the School of Veter
inary Medicine, but must be ap
proved for admission. Enrollment
is limited to 64 new students each
year. This year 47 were graduated
from the school.
The Veterinary School has occu
pied its present quarters since 1934.
Seedsmen To Attend
Short Course July 13
More than 40 seedsmen repre
senting the wholesale and retail
seed trade in Texas are expected to
attend the Seedsmen’s Short
Course to be held at A&M July
13-16. The course is sponsored by
A&M, the Texas Seedsmen’s Asso
ciation and the Texas Department
of Agriculture.
Purpose of the course, according
to Associate Prof. R. C. Potts of
the Department of Agronomy, is
“to present first hand information
regarding seed laws, identification
of crop and weed seed and proce
dures for making purity analysis
“Pirates Of Penzance”
Summer Operetta Presents A Cast
With Much Experience In Musicals
The cast of “Pirates of Pen
zance,” summer operetta to be pre
sented at The Grove on July 14 and
15, has members who have had con
siderable experience in this type of
entertainment.
Mrs. Lenora Silby who plays Ma-
ble, the soprano lead, has recently
come from New York. She is a
graduate of Juilliard School of Mu
sic and has had extensive exper
ience in many musical fields. Out
standing was her tour with “Show-
boat” through Canada as Julie a
three month contract on BBC with
a concert series representative at
the National Symposium of Music,
and a $1500 scholarship with Met
Opera School won as second-place
“Miss Alabama”. Also, television
including colored TV, are among
Lenora’s many accomplishments.
Lamar McNew, as Frederic, is
apprentice to the “Pirates of Pen
zance” around whom the story un
folds. Lamar is a recent graduate
of A&M in Civil Engineering. This
past year as a senior, he was a
member of the Student Senate, a
Cadet Captain, President of MSC,
and was mentioned in Who’s Who
in American Universities and Col
leges. He has studied music pri- i Locally she has taken an active
vately, has been soloist for church
es and organizations. Singing Ca
dets, and took part in Rio Rita.
Mabel’s father, the Major Gen
eral, is eloquently portrayed by Bill
Guthrie. From the A Capella
Choir, the Singing Cadets, and a
Liberal Arts Degree at A&M, Bill
has become an accomplished musi
cian. This past year he was Dir
ector of Music at Bordertown Mili
tary Institute and Minister of Mu
sic for the Trinity Methodist
Church in Bordentown, New Jersey.
He is at present on vacation from
the Westminster Choir College in
Princeton, N.J. where he is a sen
ior.
Gilbert & Sullivan gives the fem
inine “character role” to a con
tralto, in “Pirates of Penzance,” it
is Ruth, played by Iris Bullard as
Katisha in the “Mikado”. Iris is
a graduate of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity and Peabody Conservatory
of Music in Baltimore Maryland,
and a member of the Baltimore
Civic Opera Co. She has had ex
perience in grand opera, light op
era, oratorio, concert and radio.
part in civic campaigns, in radio,
and Aggie Players.
Billy M. Philp, the pirate king,
is best known in this community as
Uncle Remus, a radio program cre
ated, written, and produced by Bil
ly. In past years he has sung
with the a capella choir, at Tarlton
State College and took part in pro
ductions of “The Student Prince”,
“Chocolate Soldier,” and “Blossom
Time”.
Mrs. Helen Crook, as Edith, is
one of Gilbert & Sullivan’s young
girls, a ward of the Major General.
Helen was soloist with the A Ca
pella Choir at Stephen F. Austin
and had the distinction of perform
ing a solo in Morman Tabernacle
with the choir. She studied at
Baylor and has taken part in “The
Chocolate Soldier” and “Blossom
Time”.
Kate, another ward, is Mrs.
Shirley Smith. Shirley comes from
New York where she was a mem
ber of the Tri-City Light Opera
Co., and Branch Chorus of the Met
Opera Co. Both in Texas and New
York, she has won first place in
Music Festivals. For the past two
years, she has been soloist for the
Eastern Star, other organizations
and churches.
Sergeant of Police will be played
by Buddy Vance, another Bryan
boy who started his singing career
in the A Capella Choir at SFA in
Bryan. He has, studied music pri
vately, . is a member • of a mixed
quartette and mixed octet, and is
also an experienced radio announ
cer. At present he is a student in
Animal Husbandry and on the staff
of radio station WTAW.
Miss Carolyn Thurman, Isabel, is
a senior at SFA and a member of
the A Capella Choir. She has sung
on the Paul Whiteman ‘Teen Club”
show in New York, she won first
place in the State Solo Contest in
Houston this year and appeared on
KPRC TV. Caralyn sang in the
“Mikado” last year and is a pop
ular soloist for clubs and churches.
Singing Cadet, Roland Bahl-
mann, senior in architecture, plays
Samuel, a Pirate Lieutenant. Ro
land, who hails from San Antonio,
is Associate Editor of “The Engi
neer”, member of Phi Eta Sigma,
and a Distinglished Student.
and germination tests. Varietal
adaption, fertilizer recommenda
tions and insect control for high
production will be given.”
Scientists of the Department of
Agronomy will give talks includ
ing Dr. Potts, L. C. Coffey, George
Rivers, Ben R. Spears, E. M. TreW,
C. E. Watson, M. K. Thornton, J.
S. Rodgers, W. B. Coke and Maur
ice Futrell, plant pathologist, US-
DA, J. C. Gaines, Department of
Entomology, Cliff Deaton, chief
Seed Divisions, State Department
of Agriculture, Ellis Taylor, chief
inspector, State Seed Laboratory,
State Department of Agriculture,
John R. Hutchison, extension horti
culturist.
Sessions will be held in the Me
morial Student Center. Dr. Potts
will be in charge of the short
course.
The short course committee of
the Association includes Tony Bar-
tos, Ruhman Grain and Seed Co.,
Waco; A. J. Biggio, Robert Nich
olson Seed Co., Dallas; Ervil S.
Fry, Asgrow Texas Co., San An
tonio; William H. Hogge, The
States Seed Co., Garland; Marshall
Manley, Southern Seed Co., Brown-
wood; W. C. O’Neal, Brown-O’Neal
Seeds Corsicana; Z. P. Pilgreen,
Martin-Lane Co., Vernon; W. H.
Raymond, Archer Grain Co., Inc.,
Houston; Grady Clark, Eastern
Seed Co., Taft; Ted Tipps, Hunt
and Tipps Grain and Seed Co.,
Lubbock and Mensing West, Term
inal Grain Co., Fort Worth.
Guion To Show
3-Dimension Films
Guion Hall will have Three Di
mension movies next September
since many good quality pictures
should be available by then, man
ager Tom Puddy has announced.
A little additional equipment is
necessary for showing them in
Guion Hall, but it will be installed
in August.
Hollywood has not yet adopted a
standard 3-D method, Plddy said,
but the current method uses two
projectors simultaneously with
spectators wearing polarized glas
ses. They also have 3-D movies
that use a wide rectangular screen.