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Page 4 THE BATTALION Tuesday, August 25, 1953 Picking the Winner 'Tough Job In SWC FORT WORTH, Aug. 25—Com pared to the tricky business of pre dicting the probable winner of the Southwest Conference football championship, doping horse races or presidential elections is a breeze. Now with the Sept. 1 starting date approaching, the experts of the press, radio and corner drug store are at it again. There is every indication that the 1953 han dicap will be one of the toughest yet. For 19 seasons, starting in 1934, the TCU Sports News Service has been taking an annual pre-season poll. A compilation of the results for two decades indicates some thing of the problem the experts face each fall. For instance, only four times in 19 tries has the consensus predic tion been on the nose. On another occasion, in 1940, the guessers were half right as their “champion” came in for a tie. In 14 of the 19 seasons isn’t anything to write home about. A study indicates that the Uni versity of Texas Longhorns have been the guessers’ best friend. Three times the Steers have won Teacher Training Program Improves Texas Instructors An organization of teacher train ers has been set up in Texas to im prove quality of training with em phasis on development of individ ual teachers. It is primarily set up for agri culture teachers. Its by-laws call for a Texas Council of Teacher Ed ucation in Vocational Agriculture. Present officers are S. V. Burks head of the agriculture department Texas A & I College, chairmen; Dr. Webb Jones, head of the agricul ture department at East Texas State Teachers College, vice chair man; and E. V. Walton, head of the A&M agricultural education de partment, secretary. Cockroaches may be killed by putting out scraps of food sur rounded by sodium flouride. It is recommended that scraps of greasy food, surrounded by a ring of so dium fluoride, be put •on pieces of cardboard. These bait-carrying cardboards can be placed about the house in the most likely secluded places. Cockroaches come in con tact with the poison when they try to reach the food. when they were supposd to—in 1943, 1945 and 1950. The only other bullseye was in 1938 when almost everybody “had” TCU’s great team led by David O’Brien that won the National title. The other best effort was in 1940 when SMU was picked and ended up in a tie with the Texas Aggies. The worst predictions came in 1937 when Rice was tabbed for sixth but won and in 1946 when Arkansas (4th) and Rice (6th) tied for the title. In 1939, the Aggies were tabbed 5th—but won. No. 2 spot in the predictions looks best. Five teams given the runnerup nod have won the title: 1935, 1942, 1948. 1949 and 1952. At the same time, the team fing ered by the experts as probable champs has done very well. None has ever finished below 5th (TCU in 1939, A&M in 1942, SMU in 1949) and usually they are 1-2-3. Heres the chart through the Picked to Actual Picked to Year Win Finish Winner Flnsh 1934 SMU 3rd Rice 4th 1935 Rice 3rd SMU 2nd 1936 A&M 3rd Ark. 3rd 1937 Ark.- 3rd Rice 6th (T) A&M 5th 1938 TCU 1st TCU 1st 1939 TCU 5th A&M 5th 1940 SMU lst(T) SMU(T) 1st (T)A&M 2nd 1941 Texas 2nd A&M 4th 1942 A&M 5th Texas 2nd 1943 Texas 1st Texas 1st 1944 Texas 2nd TCU 4th 1945 Texas 1st Texas 1st 1946 Texas 3rd Ark. 4 th Rice (T) 6th 1947 Rice 3rd SMU 3rd 1948 Texas 2nd SMU 2nd 1949 SMU 5th Rice 2nd 1950 Texas 1st Texas 1st 1951 Baylor 2nd TCU 4th 1952 TCU 4th Texas 2nd Golf Classes Have 25 Students Slicing Joe Fagan, golf instructor of A&M, has about twenty-five stu dents attending his afternoon class es. Classes are open at 5 p.m. Mon day and Wednesday, and every one is invited to attend. The greens are in good shape for this time of year. They have been greatly aid ed by the summer rains. The new road now being built near the golf course will make it much more convenient for students. PITT, SELL, RENT OK TRADE. Ratet* .... 3c a word per Insertion with a t5e minimum. Space rate in classified lection .... 60c per column-inch. Send 111 classified to STUDENT ACTIVITIES OFFICE. All ads must be received In fitudent Activities office by 10 a.m. on the lay before publication. FOR SALE ’51 KENMORE wringer type washer equip ped with pump. Good condition. $50.00. Inquire John Martin, A-6-B, College View. iOOD USED BICYCLES—cheap. See after fieri' 5 p.m., 214-216 N. Munnerlyn Drive, turn left at Humdinger. FOR SALE: by owner—New two bedroom house, tile bath, screened porch. FHA approved. 100 Gilchrist St. Ph. 6-6152. FOUR (4) 1950 Chevrolet Four-Door Se dans and one (1) 1950 Chevrolet Two- Door Sedan. Sealed bids will be re ceived in the Office of the Comptroller until 10 a.m. Tusday, August 25, 1953. The right is reserved to reject any and all technicalities. Address: Comptroll Texas A. and M. College System, O Address: Compl College System lege Station, Texas for further informa- ler, lol- tion. (1) 1950 CHEVROLET tudor sedan. Sealed bids will be received in the office of the Auditor, College Administration Building 10 A.M.. Monday August 31, 1953. until rig all bids and to waive any and iny ill tech- A.M., Monday August 31, 195 t re to \dd is. ther informatio lay The right is reserved to reject any and ny nicalities. Address: Auditor. A&M Col lege of Texas. College Stat or. Lion Directory of Business Services INSURANCE of all kinds. Homer Adams. IN i SPECIAL NOTICE • JUL ROSS LODGE NO. 1300 A.F. & A.M. Called meeting for August 20th at 7 p.m. Work in E. A. Degree. Ed Madeley, W. M. N. M. McGinnis, Sec’y K&B DRIVING RANGE NOW OPEN On Fin Feather Road Bryan, Texas NOTICES All persons to be commissioned in the rm; repoi 0800 on 28 August. per Army at the end of the summer session lort to the Military Science Building at • WANTED • WEE AGGIELAND Kindergarten has a few vacancies. For registration. Phone Mrs. R. R. Lyle, 4-8414. STUDENTS to type during off hours in the Fall semester. Preferably Veteran Junior or Sophomore student. Inquire at Student Labor Office, Goodwin Hall. MUSIC TEACHER for Guitar lessons. Call 6-3134 between 9 and 11 a.m. • FOR RENT • COLLEGE HILLS, redecorated one bed room nicely furnished upstairs apart ment. Textone walls, adults only, no pets, $65.00. Inquire at “The Parkers”, 103 Francis Drive. APARTMENT with private bath and gar age. Available Sept. 1st. Phone 4-4364. PRIVATE ROOM with private entrance and bath near campus. Phone 4-7099. APARTMENT and bedroom available Sept. 1st. Private bath and garage. Phone 4-4364. SEWING machines. Pruitt’s Fabric Shop. • HELP WANTED • NEED ONE teacher qualified to teach English and Business in High School; also a Vocational Homemaking teacher interested in a % time department. See: W. E. Dalchau, Snook High School, Snook, Texas. ZARAPE Air Conditioned ... Restaurant Open every day—5 to 12 Closed Sunday Dr. Carlton R. Lee OPTOMETRIST 303A East 26th Call 2-1662 for Appointment (Across from Court House) Public Reaction Important For Sanitary Eating Places AUSTIN, Texas—(Spl.)—“Tex as health officials are making every effort to improve the sanitary con ditions of public eating places, and in addition schools are conducted to instruct foodhandlers. Moreover there are laws, rules and regula tions requiring the uses of approv ed equipment and methods in such establishments. Nevertheless, one of the most forceful influences for sanitation is not being used and this is the public’s unfavorable re action toward dirty and insanitary places,” states Dr. Geo. W. Cox, State Health Officer. “The public cannot do the job en tirely, nor can health departments bring about desirable and essential practices without the help of the public. As for hygienic practices, persons serving food and drink should be clean; should not cough and sneeze over the utensils and material served; should keep their hands away from their mouth and nose, hair and face; should handle all utensils by the outside instead of putting their fingers on the in side of service utensils. These are conditions a person can see, and unless these safeguards are prac ticed, disease may result.” Also, milk served can be apprais ed by the patron. Texas law re quires a milk bottle cap state grade of milk and whether it is raw or pasteurized. However, if milk is brought to a patron in a glass, he cannot know whether it is from a graded supply or whether it is raw or pasteurized, but if served prop erly in its original container, with covered cap and legal label, the patron can secure from the label the information he should have be fore ever being willing to drink strange milk. The patron should note sanita tions in food establishments. Are the floors, walls, ceiling clean? Are tables and counters clean ? Are flies prevelant ? “Be assured that what can be seen as a patron at the table or counter usually will be many times better, cleaner, and safer than con ditions in the kitchen and other places out of sight of the patron,” Dr. Cox warns. LUBBOCK, Tex.,—Jake Trussed, who doubles as leader of a dance band and as sports editor of the Kingsville Record, has composed a song about his fellow townsman, Texas Tech footballer Bobby Cava zos. Tech’s All-American halfback candidate is the subject of “The Red Raider Ramble.” New Chemical Will Stop Potato Sprout NEW YORK, N. Y., —Spl.) —A chemical compound which effective ly inhibits potatoes from sprout ing in winter storage for as long as six months has been introduced by Sterwin Chemicals Inc., N. Y. a subsidiary of Sterling Diug Inc. Called Fusarex, the compound is expected to be a boon to U.S. farm ers and potato dealers who annu ally experience considerable finan cial loss due to the sprouting of potatoes. The 1952 potato crop amounted to 347,504,000 bushels, according to the U. S. Department of Agriculture, of which it is esti mated that one-fourth was placed in storage for varying periods. Nation-wide introduction of Fus arex follows completion of a ‘fully’ successful test campaign conducted last winter by a group of Long Is land fanners, according to P. Val Kolb, president of Sterwin. The compound was “dusted” on 200,000 bushels of newly-dug potatoes that were then placed in storage bins. At the conclusion of the stoi-age period, which extended to six months in many instances, the en tire lot was found to be relatively free of sprouts, “showed no loss of weight or shriveling,” Mr. Kolb reports. In rare cases where potatoes still in the ground have begun to sprout, treatment with Fusarex has halted the growth, he adds. Treatment is unnecessary for potatoes marketed immediately, or those held for seed. Another feature of the compound is its value to manufacturers of potato chips, dehydrated potatoes and other processors, who are un able to use potatoes where exces sive sprouting has taken place. Fusarex had been under study for several years at the Sterling-Win- throp Research Institute, Rennse- lear, N. Y. It is applied at any time while the potato is in a dor mant state, a period ranging from tw’o weeks to three months after being dug and stored, depending upon storage temperature. Recommended rate is one pound of Fusarex to ten bushels of po tatoes, applied either manually or with standard mechanical dusting equipment. Each potato need not be thoroughly dusted since the chemical penetrates downward, ac cording to Sterwin. The company is marketing Fusa rex through distributors located in the nation’s potato-growing reg ions. 3ircul C. O.S^ ^ ! Loc; Reese REESE r ■ s-SDU-f 194 : les 0. Sniil Willard D.$ Orange, is USAF Bl I Engine) at: Lieutenar ^ of Stark > ^ ange, and: before het: He eaten ^ gust, 19’h y, Ellington ,l ! entered Pik tfXJN.K Reese from and S' as, where L, . marv pha> ^ imp] course. At-g Nor fly the Nor the faousliSrd da and next Dfierican ful complets. receive the'irst tv Force pilot Marine The licii'.oeing s< presently nr the 1 Y Force Base, Dorothy P( U. aS. Mrs. R. 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