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Numbei’ 154: Volume 53
PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), Texas, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1953
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For '75 Years
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Extension Service
Agent Is Texas 9
Woman of the Year
Mrs. Grace M. Martin, assistant
district agent in the Agricultural
Extension service, has been named
“Texas Woman of the Year for
1953”.
The award is made by Progres
sive Fai’mer magazine to honor
service to the farm families of the
state.
Mrs. Martin is the widow of O.
B. Martin, who was at one time
director of the Extension service
of the Southern States.
She has always been interested
in rural progress and has made
helping farm families her life’s
work. She was a home demonstra
tion agent in Mississippi from 1917
until 1924.
Mi's. Martin served in Puerto
Rico two years, where she organiz
ed and trained home demonstration
woikers. From 1937 until the pre
sent she has worked with the Agri
cultural Extension service.
Mrs. Martin is a life board mem
ber in the Texas Federation of
Women’s Clubs.
She has also received a diamond
pin, designating 25 years service in
the Extension Service Club. She
was chosen by the Alpha Zeta
chapter, Epsilon Sigma Phi, to re
ceive the National Recognition
award.
She is a member of the National
Defense Advisory committee for
recruiting women in the armed
services.
When Texas celebrated its 50th
anniversary of extension service
News Briefs
Locker Plant
Processes 97
Slim Deer
NINTY-SEVEN deer have been
processed by the animal husbandry
iocker plant this year, according to
H. W. Cargill. “The deer this year
are not as fat as they were last
year,” he said.
ROTTED and half-dead trees be
hind Hart hall have been removed
to give more recreation space. The
trees were cut down during the
Thanksgiving holidays.
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C. H. BATES, farm management
specialist for the Agricultural Ex
tension service, will attend a
South-wide meeting of extension
farm management workers Friday
and Saturday in Alanta, Ga.
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THE FUTURE FARMERS of
America here will give a plaque at
the end of the semester to their
outstanding senior graduate. He
will be chosen oil leadership, FFA
activities and personality.
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ABOUT 30 agronomy 417 stu
dents will make a field trip to
South Texas Thursday and Friday.
They will visit the Ruling founda
tion, Pat Higgins grass seed farm
j:t Southerland and the Beeville
experiment station.
* * *
THE SOUTHSIDE Food Market
will be local headquarters for the
Mrs. America contest. Applications
for the contest can be turned in at
the grocery.
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A FIRST SOLO flight was made
recently by naval avaition cadet
Paul Boozman of Argyle. Boozman
attended A&M before entering the
naval aviation program.
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ONLY SPECIAL sizes of shoes
been received by the armory. No
new orders are expected to be fill
ed for sometime, said B. W.
Hearne, military property custo
dian.
Ag Fraternity Sets
Initiation Dec. 14
A&M’s chapter of Alpha Zeta,
national agricultural honor frater
nity, will initiate 38 new members
Dec. 14 in the assembly room of
the Memoi-ial Student Center.
A student must be within the
upper two-fifths of his class, par
ticipate in extra curricular school
activities and show exceptional
abilities in leadership to become a
member, said Roger Q. Landers,
fraternity chancellor.
Faculty members who are pre
sent fraternity members will initi
ate the agi'icultural students.
this year, Mrs. Martin was chair
man of the program committee.
On April 1, 1952, Governor
Shivers appointed Mi’s. Martin as
state coordinator of women’s
activities in civil defense and disas
ter i-elief.
Mi's. Martin heads the Advisory
Council of Cicil Defense for Wo
men’s Activities, representing more
than one million women.
These women work to insure
preparedness at home in event of
wartime of natural disaster.
Debate ream
To Meet
Baylor Here
The A&M debating team
will meet the Baylor Univer
sity debaters here at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday in the senate cham
ber of the Memorial Student
Center.
This is an exchange practice de
bate and the A&M team will go to
Baylor at a later date. Topic for
debate will be “Resolved United
States should adopt a free trade
policy”.'
Members of the varsity debating
team are Ken Scott and John
Samuels.
The discussion team from Baylor
will meet A&M discussion team at
3 p. m. the same day. The topic for
discussion will be “Methods of im
proving congressional investiga
tions.” Members of the discussion
team are John Chapman, Richard
Black and George Morris.
Dec. 11 is the date for the open
ing of the annual Texas A&M De
bating tournament. Twenty - one
colleges and universities will enter
teams in this event.
A&M will have four varsity de
bating teams entered in the com
petition.
The debating teams have no
activities scheduled for the Christ
mas holidays.
Mitchell Wins
In Seal Design
David L. Mitchell of Albuquer
que, N.M., won the architecture,
department’s contest to design a
seal for the city of College Station.
Willard C. Sholar of Shreveport,
La., designed the winning letter
head in the contest. Both winners
are fifth year architecture students.
The two designs will be combined
by Ernest Langford, head of the
architecture department and mayor
of College Station.
They will be submitted at the
next city council meeting for ap
proval.
All contest entries will be posted
on the bulletin board in Gushing
memorial library.
.....
Mrs. Grace M. Martin
Texas Woman of the Year
The A, A. Jakkula
Resea rch Yessel
Wilt Be Renamed
Store Thief Steals
Headache Medicine
PICKENS, S. C. CP) — A thief
who broke into Jess Christopher’s
store here recently plans to suffer
no headaches from his deed—his
loot included a carton of aspirin
tablets and two cases of headache
powders.
The A&M research foundation’s
ship, The Atlantic, will be re
christened The A.A. Jakkula at
ceremonies in Galveston at 11:30
a. m. Saturday. The ceremonies
will be at the 20th St. Piei\
Dr. Jakkula, for whom the ship
will be re-christened, was the exe
cutive director of the foundation
from 1946 to 1953. He died May
30. His widow, Mrs. Myrta Jakkula
of Bryan, will christen the ship.
Guests for the ceremonies will
be members of the Texas Academy
of Science, which meets in Galves
ton December 4-5. After the
christening members of the Acade
my will be taken on a short cruise.
Gibb Gilchrist, former chancellor,
and Dr. H. W. Barlow, dean of
engineering and director of the
Foundation, will give talks at the
ceremonies.
The ship was given to the re
search foundation by Milwaukee
industralists RobeiT A. and Erwin
C. Uihlein, to be used for research
purposes by the oceanography de
partment.
Galveston was selected as her
home port.
Originally a pleasure yacht on
the Great Lakes, the ship was call
ed the “Moby Dick.” In 1942 her
superstructure was altered, guns
were mounted on the deck and she
went into submarine detection duty
between New Orleans and Trinidad
under the name “Blanco.” Her
service chevrons are still display
ed.
In 1948 she was refitted and re
turned to the Uihlein brothers, who
again altered the superstructure
and some of her lines for yachting,
and her name was changed to
“Alantic”.
Now she has been converted for
scientific research, with additional
winches mounted, and her forward
superstructure converted into lab
oratories. An electronics laboratory
is being installed and other modi
fications are planned.
In her new capacity she will
bear the name of the man who was
a strong figure in helping to or
ganize the Research Foundation
along its present lines, and who
played a major role in setting up
the oceanography department here.
She will become the “R/V (Re
search Vessel) A. A. Jakkula.”
Fall Commissioning
To Be Held Jan. 16
Commissioning exercises for fall
semester graduates will be held
Jan. 16, at 10 a. m. in Guion Hall.
Col. Shelly P. Myers, PMS&T,
will present Army commissions.
Col. John A. Way, PAS&T will
A AAA. Compiling Book
On Company's Activities
Members of A anti-aircraft artil
lery are compiling a booklet con
taining the history and activities
of A&M’s anti-aircraft artillery
battalion.
The second of its type at A&M
the booklet contains the names of
past and present members and
their whereabouts and the achieve
ments of this year’s battery.
Facts about AAA instructors,
names of children born to AAA
families, scores of 1953 A&M foot
ball games and other information
are also in the book.
Maj. James W. Davis, senior
AAA instructor, is credited with
developing the publication at A&M,
said Ed Keeling, AAA commander.
Davis said it had been a custom
at every school with which he has
been associated to have a publi
cation of this type. He thought the
booklet was a good idea, and en
couraged its development.
The booklet is expected to be
in the mail before the Christmas
holidays, Keeling said. It will be
sent to past and present AAA
members throughout the world.
AF Seniors Must
Sign Applications
Graduating air force ROTC sen
iors who want to take flight train
ing must sign an application for
training or a statement of intent
before 5 p. m. Dec. 10.
The applications may be signed
in the office of Capt. Jack Hoff
man, air force adjutant.
The applications will be sent to
Air University headquarters so the
air force can make a tentative as
signment of classes, according to
Maj. H. O. Johnson.
award Airforce commissions.
David H. Morgan, president, will-
be the principal speaker at the
exercises.
Dr. Walter H. Delaplane, chair
man of the graduation commence
ment exercise committee, was not
available for comment as to
whether a graduating exercise
would be held.
H. L. Heaton, registrar, a mem
ber of this committee, did not
think that graduation exercises
would be held, because a lack of
interest shown by previous Janu
ary graduates.
If a majority of the graduating
students want to have an exercise,
it is possible to have one with the
approval of the commencement
committee.
Historic Hat Dumped;
Belonged to Pres. Taft
PROVINCETOWN, Mass. <A>) _
Anthony R. Francis left a batter
ed silk hat on a business office
ticket desk and a clerk consigned it
to the dump.
Francis retrieved it after much
dump-picking.
He says it one belonged to the
late President William Howard
Taft and he has worn it until it
has become known to Francis’
friends as his private trademark.
Clear in Area
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Ends
Night
Skies cleared over the tornado area this morning' in
southeast Texas and the danger of storms in the College
Station vicinity was eliminated.
Residents of College Station and Bryan were at their
radios last nig’ht expecting a warning of the storm in the
immediate area, but none came.
Radio station KORA in Bryan issued reports early Wed
nesday night that there was no danger, and about 10 p.m.
last night, the station announced the “all clear signal.”
At least six tornadoes dipped their churning tentacles
in South Central and East Texas Wednesday. Two persons
were killed.
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Dan ger Period
Late Wednesday
Center Plans
Decorations
Party Friday
The Memorial Student Cen
ter will have a decorations
party at 7:30 Friday night.
Anybody that wants to is
invited to come help decorate
the Center for Christmas, said
Rodney Heath, house commit
tee chairman.
The group will put up
Christmas trees, wreaths, win
dow ornaments, and other
kinds of decorations.
The Center will supply the
decorations, and refreshments
will be served.
Science Group
To Hear Aggies
Five A&M students will speak at
the 17th annual Collegiate Academy
of Science convention.
A joint meeting of the Texas
Academy of Science and the col
legiate academy, the convention
will be held Friday and Saturday
at the University of Texas medical
branch in Galveston.
Thirty colleges throughout Texas
will be represented at the meeting,
said Richard Hensz, collegiate
academy pi’esident.
A&M students speaking at the
convention will be Terrell Hamil
ton, Dial M. Dunkin, Arthur
Herzog, John E. Oliver and Hensz.
The convention’s theme is “Team
work in Science.”
Dr. Charles LaMotte, collegiate
cotnmittee member, and other staff
members will accompany the stu
dents, Hensz said.
A&M ranks seventh among the
22 land grant colleges in the num
ber of freshmen enrolling this
year.
Figures presented at the annual
meeting of the Land Grant Col
lege association show that 1,758
freshmen enrolled here in Septem
ber.
This is 211 more freshmen than
entered A&M at the same time last
year. Freshmen enrollment for
1952 totaled 1,547.
Land Grant
This year only six land grant
schools topped A&M’s number of
freshmen students. They were
Penn State, 3,623, Michigan State,
3,262, Purdue, 2,511, Oklahoma
A&M, 2,300, Iowa State, 2,041, and
Cornell 2,014.
However three of these colleges
had a drop in freshmen enrollment
under last year’s fall semester.
They were Purdue, 650, Iowa State,
373, Oklahoma A&M, 515.
New Mexico A&M had the low
est number of freshmen this year
with 489.
In total enrollment for 1953
A&M ranked eighth with 6,153
stvidents. This is a drop of 124
under last years fall enrollment
when the total was 6,277.
Land Grant Colleges whose to-
Corps to Drill
Extra Half Hour
The cadet corps will drill today
an extra half hour after the re
gular drill period.
The extra period is to make up
for the drill period missed Thurs
day, Nov. 19, because of the build
ing on the bonfire, according to
military officials.
The remaining half hour miss
ed then is expected to be made up
at some later date this year.
TV Antenna Plans Go
To Officials for Okay
Plans for the television antenna
to be placed on top the new physi
cal education building will be sub
mitted to college officials for ap
proval.
The antenna will serve the Col
lege Station area, said J. Wayne
Stark, MSC directorate. Final
count of money in the Memorial
Student Center television fund has
not been taken, he said.
Dairymen Discuss
Business Problems
All phases of the dairy business
will be tken up at the Dairyman’s
short course to be held here Thurs
day and Friday.
Dean C. N. Shepardson of the
School of Agriculture will give
the welcome address.
Speakers include J. L. Reeves,
Springfield, Mo.; B. E. Stallones,
Houston; H. L. Peterson, Austin;
S. E. Carpenter, Tyler; Karl Mus-
ser, Peterboro, N. H.; E. W. Hamil
ton, La Porte, Ind.; Ed Knolle,
Sandia; Sam E. von Rosenberg,
Austin.
Staff members who will give
talks are R. B. Halpin, F. R. Jones,
R. E. Leighton, N. M. Randolph,
Dr. H. Schmidt, Dr. I. W. Rupel, E.
M. Trew and R. E. Burleson.
The short course is sponsored by
the department of dairy husbandry,
with A. L. Darnell in charge of ar
rangements. Sessions will be held
in the Memorial Student Center
with an expected attendance of 135.
tal enrollment outnumbered A&M’s
are Michigan State, 14,779, Penn
State, 12,753, Purdue, 10,956, Cor
nell, 9,740, Oklahoma A&M, 8,617,
Iowa State, 7,780, and Alabama
Polytechnic, 6,750.
The enrollment of three of these
colleges had dropped below last
year’s. They were Cornell, 131,
Oklahoma A&M, 341, Penn. State,
62.
New Mexico A&M also had the
lowest total enrollment for 1953
with 1,772 students.
Students may hold any one of
four selective service classifications
while they are enrolled in school.
Three of these are deferments.
The Bryan Selective Service
board, local board 13, recently ex
plained the requirements for the
different draft classifications.
They are as follows:
The I-D classification covers
corps juniors and seniors who have
military contracts, as long as thei/
contracts are good.
Weather Today
CLEAR
Clear and cool today and tomor
row. High yesterday 75. Low this
morning 52.
All occurred before night
fall. The Weather Bureau
warned more tornadoes could
occur between 7 and 10 p.m.
Wednesday night but t h e
danger period expired with none
reported.
Heavy rain, vivid electrical
storms and high winds occurred,
however, as a cold front swept to
ward the Gulf. The tornadoes
formed ahead of the front.
At 10 p.m. heavy rain was fall
ing on a line from the Dallas-Fortv
Worth area all the way to Houston,
Points reporting more than an inch
of rain included Galveston, Lufkin
and Texarkana. Up to 5 inches
fell in Central Texas Tuesday night
and early Wednesday.
Woman, Grandson Die
A 65-year-old woman and her in
fant grandson were killed when a
tornado sucked up a four-room
farm tenant house near historic
Washington-on-the-Brazos, about
30 miles south of College Station.
The house, with seven members
of a Negro family inside, was car
ried 54 yards and dashed to the
ground. The five others inside
were hurt.
The other tornadoes were near
Hearne, Lufkin, Seguin, Tangle-
wood and Huntsville. There was
an unconfirmed report of a tornado
near North Zulch, a village west of
Madisonville.
Recital Series
Begin s Frid ay
Gaetano Molieri, first violist of'
the Houston symphony, and Al
bert Hirsh, Houston pianist and
educator, will present the first
program of the year for the Me
morial Student Center Recital
series Friday.
The program will be at 8 p. m.
in the MSC assembly room. It is
open to the public without charge.
The recital series is sponsored
by a group of local citizens.
The II-S deferment includes all
students enrolled in college, other
than those under the I-D classi
fication.
Graduate students not in the top
one-half of their class and who
did not make 75 on the selective
service test; seniors who are not
in the top three-fourths of their
class or made less than 70 on the
test; juniors not in the top two-
thirds of their class or who made
less than 70 on the test are not
eligible for the II-S classification.
Sophomores who are not in the
top one-half of their class or who
did not make 70 on the test are also
ineligible.
Students not covered by either
the I-D or II-S deferment hold
a I-A or IIS (C) classification. The
I-S(C) is a probationary defer
ment.
Freshmen who are classified I-A
will remain in this catagory until
they have completed their first
year. If at that time they meet
the qualifications then they will be
given a II-S deferment.
If a student has been classified
as II-S but falls below the quali
fications for this classification,
they will be given a II-S(C) pro
bationary deferment. They will
keep this classification until the
end of the academic year at which
time they will either become
eligible for class 11-8 or for induc
tion into the army.
The Bryan selective service
board is located in room 310 of the
Varisco building.
Wish' Enrollment
Numbers Seventh
Three Deferments
Open to Students