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PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1953
Published By
A&M Students
For 75 Years
Price Five Cents
Negotiators
1 Short Talk;
Taste Meet Saturday
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is
apply Co.
M, Thursday, July
!ommand and Com-
egotiators met less
our today and re-
iturday, July 18, at
. Friday CST).
15-minute delay in
ay’s meeting, sched-
.m. and which had
..possible showdown”
# ed at 11:39 a.m.
o word immediately
for the one-day re-
msual starting time
sion.
ve been held daily
ent string of talks
^e always begun at
ors were still in se-
id no announcement
ted.
imand delegates
y’s talks for a pos-
with the Reds, who
e been told that the
sement must be
' the talks called off.
legation apparently
e for the 15-minute
art of today’s talks,
*e to jreceive a mes-
by helicopter,
its noted that a heli-
to the Panmunjom
bout 11:10 a.m. and
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Collects
Donations
ary heifers for ship-
any has been keep-
| I Russell, head of the
Wy department, very
f whof sponsored the
’Conference that met
s June 30 through
charge of collecting
§ig farm animals and
SgJC iron curtain refu-
Iwny.
is sponsored by the
Ski Overseas Program
hill be; made this fall,
ft'ed, through private
^•53 heifers, a carload
of [sugar, one of
id two carloads of
|to of rice. Dr. Rus-
i\ with the/'ighi'pf to
[nanyl where he will
istribution of these
igh various church
a,
on of the supplies in
tes has been provid-
rge, by private ship-
the Mutual Secur-
n of the Point 4
pay for the overseas
brmer Ags
Masters
:r students of A&M
granted advanced
irvard University,
oks Martin of Tem-
ved the bachelor of
i j.i n^gree from A&M in
■oughtliePai the master of archi .
or yourself,!
•lent Station
that the pilot delivered a yellow
teletype message to the Allied
delegation waiting in its tent ad
joining the conference hut.
The U N delegates huddled
around a table, reading the mes
sage, for about five minutes and
then walked into the conference
hut. The Communist delegation
waited outside the hut until after
the UN delegation walked in:
North Korean Gen. Nam 11, top
Red negotiator, paced impatiently
outside the Red delegation’s tent,
gazing frequently at his wrist
watch, during the delay.
A well-informed source said Lt.
Gen. William K. Harrison, chief
UN truce delegate, laid it on the
line at yesterday’s 21-minute meet
ing.
WHAT’S THE DEAL, BOSS? Sah-faced Jake owned by
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Brown, Jr., of Beaumont, agrees
that an equally sad day has arrived for dogs in Beaumont.
The city’s rigid new dog ordinance went into effect July 1,
requiring all dogs to be penned or on a leash.
AgricuItural Information
Moves Into Horse Barns’
Future publications and radio
programs edited at the Agricul
tural Information Center may or
may not be tinged with a little
“good old horse sense”, according
to W. N. Williamson, assistant di
rector of the extension service.
New quarters for the Center are
located in the recently renovated
Old Horse Barn. Some traces of
equine wisdom lingering in the
structure might sneak into writ
ings of editorial staff members.
Three departments of the ex
tension service, the editorial staff,
mailing room, and visual aids, as
well as editorial functions of the
experiment station and school of
agriculture, will be housed in the
building and collectively designat
ed the Agricultural Information
Center. Williamson said.
Moving of all departments’ is
underway, but will not be complete
until about September 1. Officers
will occupy the west wing, while
the mailing room and work room
will be 1 v iff •"the'' .eas$ wing.
, v’j i,:... v ■—■ j
Second floor will be used for stor
age, he added.
Moses is Head
Heading the new ti’i-organiza-
tion. is Editor of Agricultural
Publications Tad Moses, formerly
editor in charge of the Agricul
tural experiment station. Besides
coordinating the activities of the
three departments, it is Moses’ job
to edit bulletins written by specia
lists. Extension bulletins are writ
ten'so that they are usable by the
average farmer.
The information center has three
off-set presses which are used in
supplying quick orders, but most
of the printing is let out on bids.
Functions of the editorial staff
are threefold: writing news articles
pertaining to home economics and
agriculture: writing for -agricul
tural magazines: writing daily
radio programs for Station TQM
(Texas Quality Network), and
radio script for county extension
agents who have local radio pro
grams. The radio editor provides
Seedsmen Wind Up
Four-Day Course Here
Roy Matchett of
nama Canal Zone,
t more stalls bachelor science
is Bonds. chanical engineering
engineering in 1941
was granted the
iness administration
rvard.
w ^ bonds mes Miller Jr. of
money for y 1, received the bach-
; degree in business
pay an eve® g ra Ht e( j the master
arning"feature-' ministration degree.
E Bond you s --' •
only G montte*ailtS CrlVeil
ianmially.
id you own W 1
,r 1( ’ ,n ( ore ’if s-in-aid have been
maturity date' to the Texas Agri _
r.ds automatic r j me nt station, Dr.
gher rate (» Ul * , 1S announced.
-•ally)- i Chemical Division,
lore savings® Y., has made avail-
Is through ti U pp or t 0 f studies on
ere you wor'p formulations of
tiloride-DDT for con-
insects. The studies
nder the direction of
i /r'Jies, head of the de-
^ctyiDjoS Entomology.
^ ant-in-aid in support
i the value of dried
•y breeding, has been
Western Condensing
pleton, Wis. The re-
? conducted under the
r. J. R. Couch of the
l poultry husbandry
try and nutrition, _
Wholesale and retail seedsmen
from Texas, Arkansas, and New
Mexico are attending the Seeds
men’s Short Course at the MSC.
Registration began at 11:00 a.m.
Monday.
R. C. Potts, professor of agron
omy, who is in charge of this
year’s short course, opened the
session Monday at 1:00 p.m. Fol
lowing lectures on Monday and
Tuesday, enrollees attended a work
meeting at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday to
prepare seed mounts for illustra
tive purposes.
Wednesday morning’s program
began at 7:00 a.m. with a field trip
to the Texas Agricultural Experi
ment Station. Recreation for the
group was a barbecue at 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday evening.
Exam Given
Thursday, at the close of the
intensive 4-day course for beginner
and experienced seedsmen, an ex
amination on all material covered
in the course will be given. The
Texas Seedsmen’s Association will
present a $15.00 cash award and
a framed plaque to the participant
making the highest grade on the
examination, said Potts.
College personnel taking part on
the prgoram are J. C. Gaines, pro
fessor of entomology, members of
the entomology staff, and John
R. Hutchison, extension horticul
turist. Prof. Potts, L. C. Coffey,
Arnold, Weeden
To Exchange Votvs
The engagement of Margaret
Ann Arnold to James Elmo
Weeden Jr., was announced Tues
day by her parents Mr. and Mrs.
H. F. Arnold of College Station.
Mr. and Mrs. James Elmo
Weeden Sr., are the parents of the
prospective bridegroom.
The wedding will be held July
31st at the Bethel Baptist church
at Harvey. The Rev. Tom Young - ,
pastor of the Rock Prairie Baptist
church will officiate.
George Rivers, Ben R. Spears, E.
M. Trew, C, E. Watson, M. K.
Thornton, J. S. Rogers, and W. B.
Coke, all of the agronomy depart
ment are instructing during the
4-day course.
Cliff Deaton, chief, seeds divis
ion, and Ellis Taylor, chief inspec
tor, state seed laboratory, both of
the State Department of Agricul
ture, Austin, Texas, are assisting
with the training program, USD A
plant pathologist, Maurice Fu-
trell, is also participating.
additional service to agents in the
form of tape ‘recordings for use
on local radio programs.
Bulletins to Cover Texas
The mailing room sends bul
letins to individuals anywhere in
the United States, or in foreign
countries, upon request, but pri
marily serves the people of Texas
through county extension offices.
Close to 1,000,000 bulletins are sent
out by this department each year,
said H. H. Broach, veteran fore
man of the department.
County agents are furnished
publications in quantity for dis
tribution, .in their home counties.
The mailing room also supplies
agents with letterhead stationary,
envelopes, and postal cards, and
monthly report forms.
Movie Films and Charts
The visual aids department sup
plies movie films, slides and charts
to county agents, to school of agri
culture, and to other groups re
questing them. An artist in the
department makes up special
charts as the need arise^.
Besides serving - the school of
agriculture, all three departments
perform one other special function
on the campus. Each year when
the 4-H Round-up is held here,
publications personnel handle all
“utilities” for the meet, such as
flying the 4-H flag with the state
flag, and furnishing ice water,
tables and chairs. They also
furnish transportation for a tour
of the campus.
Bringing the three departments
together under one roof should re
sult in a better coordinated and
more efficient program, said Wil
liamson. The Agricultural In
formation Center will be equipped
to give better and faster service,
he added.
Three ROK Divisions
Start Counterattack
45,000 Men Gain Back
One Mile From Reds
Coffee Gossip
Has Walls On
Way To LSU
It is rumored that Willie Walls
will not join the A&M coaching
staff this fall, but will accept a
position as assistant coach at
LSU.
Walls, former TCU end and
favorite receiver of Sammy
Baugh during Baugh’s sparkl
ing college career as a passing
star, was a recent addition to
the staff, and was to work with
Willie Zapalac in handling the
Aggie Fish. His other duties
were to include game scouting
for Head Coach Ray George, and
to help procure high school foot
ball stars for A&M.
The loss of Wells would leave
the Aggie coaching staff con
sisting of George, Zapalac, Dal
ton Faircloth, Gal Steinke, Mike
Michalske, and Bill Duncan.
If the rumor is factual, Walls
represents the 11th turn-over in
the A&M coaching staff since
the end of the 1950 season.
Cactus Display
Planted in MSC
An attractive new flower box ar
rangement has just been planted
around the windows of the MSC
fountain room.
This display contains about 250
different varieties of cacti and
succulent plants from all over the
world, said A. F. DeWerth, head
of the Floriculture and landscape
architecture department. The de
partment is responsible for the
floral decorations in and around
the MSC. The plants are set in
multi-colored sand which adds life
to the display.
Plants which were formerly in
the flower boxes were difficult to
maintain because people often
picked them while passing by, de
clared DeWerth. The cacti in the
display have therefore been placed
in the boxes on the corridor side of
the windows in order to discourage
picking, he continued.
Setees Expected
For College View
Setees for College View are ex
pected to be delivered within the
next two or three weeks, the man
ager of Student Apartments said
Monday.
Delivery of all setees is expect
ed to be completed within a week
from the time that the first ones
arrive.
Tenants of furnished apartments
in this housing area still have an
opportunity to get one of these set
tees, he added.
Registration Starts Sunday
$250,000 of Equipment
Awaits Firemen’s School
Roughly a quarter-million dol
lars’ worth of equipment will be
awaiting their use when firemen
begin registering Sunday, July 19,
for the 24th Annual Firemen’s
Training School at A&M.
Col. H. R. Brayton of the Texas
Engineering Extension Service,
which sponsors the school, esti-
Finals Begin,
Registration Set
Final examinations, for the first
semester of summer school, start
Friday, July 17.
Registration, for the second se
cond semester, will be Monday,
July 20.
The schedule for registration is;
• 8:00 to 9:00—All surnames
beginning with A, B, C, D, E, F,
and G.
m 9.00 to 10:00 — All sur
names beginning with P, Q, R, S,
T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z.
• 10:00 to 11:00 — All sur
names beginning with H, I, J, K,
L, M, N, and O. .
mated the total value of the equip
ment, and said that several new
ideas, will be included in this year’s
school.
For example, firemen will see
—and learn how to use fire-set
ting' equipment in addition to that
used for extinguishing fires.
They will use flame-throwers
and other incendiary methods in
the Brush and Grass Fires section
of the general basic course, Bray
ton said. This equipment is used
in fighting forest fires by the
back-fire method.
Four truck-mounted and three
portable pumps are valued at more
than $100,000. In addition, there
will be six pumps, both regular
and cut-a-way sections, used in
the pump maintenance course.
A completely new, gasoline-
turbine-driven pump, not avail
able for public use as yet, will be
shown.
At least two sets of all types
of extinguishers and an automatic
sprinkler lay-out will be on hand.
There will be 30 to 40 suits of
heat-and-water resistant clothing
for protection of the fire-fighters.
Chemicals for the extinguishers
will be available in large lots. For
example, at least 120 refills for
carbon dioxide extinguishers— at
30 pounds each—will be used, and
4,500 pounds of dry powder for
recharging another type of exting
uisher is already on hand.
Also received and stored is 1,750
pounds of dry-powder foam in
gredient and 1,500 gallons of
liquid foam, Brayton said.
FSuejls for demonstrations in
clude butane, crude oil, diesel oil,
kerosene, and gasoline. Tanks,
tank-trucks and drivers already
have been arranged.
Special fuels include 1,000
pounds of powdered sulphur for
chemical fires and 800 pounds of
magneisium for metal fires.
Small replicas of large oil-field
storage tanks will show firemep
how to fight tank-farm blazes, and
a special ci - ew from Bergstrom and
Randolph Air Force Bases will
demonstrate fire-fighting and re
scue technique on a real airplane
fuselage.
SEOUL, Thursday, July 16—GP)—Three South Korean
divisions rolled forward in a counterattack on the East-Cen
tral Front today and, at first reports, had gained one mile in
a push to retake ground lost to Reds early this week.
Squadrons of Fifth Air Force planes roared out, too,
for the first time in three days, blasting enemy positions
along the sector.
The South Korean counterattackers numbered about
45,000 men.
Tanks roared along the highways beside the columns of
ROK troops heading north. Allied heavy artillery pounded
roads ahead of the troops.
“I feel now that the battle has settled down to the point
where we can go ahead and attack and drive the Chinese
back,” he added.
The ROKs were hitting
northwest of the Pukhan Riv
er where the Chinese made
their greatest gains Monday
Rec Council
Registration
Starts Monday
Registration for the second six
weeks pi’ogram of the College Sta
tion recreation council will be held
Monday, July 20, according to C. E.
Tishler, head of the physical edu
cation department.
Activities included in the pro
gram will be swimming, tennis,
tumbling and softball. Tumbling
and softball require no fees.
Tennis registration for the ten
nis classes will be held Monday at
the college concrete courts from
5 to 6:30 p.m.
Tumbling entrants will register
at the A&M Consolidated gymna
sium Monday at 8 a.m. while those
interested in playing softball
should contact K. A. “Cubby” Man
ning at 4-1139 or 6-2344.
Registration for the Recreation
Council Swimming Program for
children between 10 and 12 also
will be held Monday, according to
Art Adamson, instructor.
No applications will be taken in
advance or over the telephone. The
schedule for the second six weeks
is as follows:
Low beginners class ® — Wed.
and Sat. at 9 a.m.
Low beginners class B — Wed-
and Sat. at 10 a.m.
Low beginners class A — Tues.
and Fri. at 9 a.m.
High beginner’s — Tues. and Frj.
at 10 a.m.
Low intermediate class B—Tues.
and Fri. at 11 a.m.
Low intermediate class A—Mon.
and Thurs. at 11 a.m.
Life saving—Mon. and Thurs. at
10 a.m.
Diving—Wed. and Sat. at 11 a.m.
To take Junior life saving the
student must be 12 or over, or 16 or
over to take Senior life saving.
Diving students must have com
pleted the high beginners course.
Registration for the business
girls and ladies classes, which are
not sponsored by the Recreation
Council, will be held during the
first class meeting. The class
schedule is:
Ladies class—Mon. and Wed. at
1 p.m.
Business girls advanced class—
Mon. and Wed. at 5:30 p.m.
Business girls beginners class—
Tues. and Thurs. at 5:30 p.m.
Strept Throat
Heads Diseases
The Bryan-Brazos County Health
Unit morbidity report for the week
ending July 11, shows strept throat
leading the disease list again with
10 cases reported in College Sta
tion and 5 reported in Bryan.
Second on the disease report was
dysenteiy with 6 cases. Other dis
eases reported were measles 3, in
fluenza 2, malaria 2, brucellosis,
pneumonia, and mumps with one
case each.
Wildlife Students
Back From Mexico
Wildlife students have returned
after a six weeks field trip in the
Sierra Madre Mountains of Mexi
co, said K. L. Dixon, Assistant
Professor of Wildlife Management.
The Wildlife group left on June
1 and returned July 8. During
their stay in Mexico, they made a
study of verterbrate animals, with
Dixon as instructor, and studied
the techniques of plant collection,
instructed by Chester Rowell of
the biology department .
night and Tuesday morning in
the onset of the Reds’ greatest of
fensive in two years.
The Red gains came along a 20-
mile wide front between Kumhwa
and the Pukham River on the Kum-
song bulge of the East-Central
Front. The Red smash had
knocked the South Korean back
several miles, just how many was
withheld by censorship.
Gen. Mark Clark, U. N. com
mander, arrived in Seoul as the
ROK counterattack got under way.
Clark told newsmen. “The front
situation appears to be in hand
from reports I have received.” But
he added he would go to the front
to see for himself.
He Will Confer
He said he also would confer
with 8th Army Commander Gen.
Maxwell D. Taylor during his two-
day stay in Korea.
Squadrons of thundering Allied
jet fighter - bombers flew against
the Reds trying feverishly to dig
in on their newly won positions on
the Kumsong Bulge.
The fighter-bombers opened their
attack at dawn by knocking out
the main bridge on the Kumsong
River just west of its junction with
the Pukhan.
The bridge had been mined but
ROK troops failed to blow it up
in their hurried withdrawal Tues
day.
From high above the early morn
ing cloud cover, 15 U.S. B29 Super
forts from Okiniwa unleashed 150
tons of bombs on Red troop con
centration areas along the East
Central Front. Returning crewmen
said they were unable to observe
results.
White Elected
RCC President
Officers elected by the Rural
Church Conference, held on the
campus June 30 through July 2,
were Rev. Charles M. White of
Caldwell, President; Rev. O. B.
Rogers of Winnsboro, Vice Presi
dent; and Mrs. Joe Mogford of
Bryan, Secretary, announced Dr.
Daniel Russell, head of the rural
sociology department and sponsor
of the conference.
Denominational Representatives
are: Rev. A. J. Mohr of Bellville,
Luthern; Rev. G. A. Jones of
Clarksville, Methodist; Rev. Ed
Kloppe of Kyle, Evangelical &
Reformed; Rev. R. R. Lloyed of
Austin; Baptist; and Father John
Geiser of West Catholic.
This years' attendance was the
best in the eight years of the con
ference, said Dr. Russell.
Price Returns
From Field Work
W. Armstrong Price, professor
of geological oceanography, has
returned after spending six weeks
in field work on the shorelines of
Cuba, Florida and Mississippi. The
work in Florida was in cooperation
with and sponsored by the Florida
Geological Survey, Price says.
This work is a continuation of
Price’s studies of the geomorphol
ogy and geological oceanography
of the shorelines and continental
shelf of the Gulf of Mexico, now
being carried on under a contract
with the Office of Naval Research.
“These studies,” thrice says,
“have contributed a chapter to the
forthcoming encyclopedia of the
marine science of the Gulf, entitled
‘The Gulf of Mexico, its origin,
waters and life,’ edited by Paul
S. Galstoff, marine biologist.” It
will be published this year by the
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.