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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.
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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.
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