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THE BATTALION
, Tuesday, March 9, 1954
The Battalion
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
“Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman”
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechan
ical College of Texas, is published by students four times a week, during
the regular school year. During the summer terms, and examination
and vacation periods, The Battalion is published twice a week. Days of
publications are Tuesday through Friday for the regular school year,
and Tuesday and Thursday during examination and vacation periods
and the summer terms. Subscription rates $9.00 per year or $.75 pel
month. Advertising rates furnished on request.
Hntered aa second-class
matter at Post Office at
College Station, Texas
under the Act of Con
gress of March 3, 1870.
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cisco.
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cation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in
the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights
of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved.
News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444 or 4-7604) oi
at the editorial office room, 202 Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be
placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities Office, Room
209 Goodwin Hall.
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Engineers Doing Research
For Better Asphalt Paving
Several findings involving mater
ials and the conditions of their ap
plication in construction have been
made by the Texas Engineering
Experiment Station in a recent
phase of research aimed at provid
ing information for better asphalt
pavements.
“The experiments verified that
the proper quantity of a given ag
gregate for a one-course surface
treatment can be determined from
the quantity required to cover a
square yard one stone thick plus
an allowance of 10 per cent for
spreading inaccuracy,” Fred J.
Benson, research engineer and Bob
M. Galloway, assistant research en
gineer, announced. The experi
ments also revealed the importance
of uniform grading, dry conditions
and lack of dust.
The work, conducted by Benson
and Galloway and reported in a
bulletin, “Retention of Cover Stone
by Asphalt Surface Treatments,”
Board Authorizes
Phone Rate Raise
The Chancellor was authorized to
execute an amendment to the
Southwestern States Telephone
Company franchise to provide for
a telephone rate increase at the
February meeting of the Board of
Directors at College Station Sat
urday.
The proposed new rates, which
will increase costs at College Sta
tion by $425,00 a month, will be
come effective only when similar
increases are accepted by the City
Commission of Bryan and the City
Council of College Station. (
The rate increase was accepted
only for the effective period of the
telephone franchise with the Sys
tem, which expires January 1, 1955.
Save Your Money!
Save Your Clothes!
CAMPUS
CLEANERS
showed that “if two aggregates are
much the same in price and quali
ty, the aggregate having the closer
grading is the better.
“Wet aggregate,” the engineers
report in the bulletin, “depends up
on constraction conditions. These
control success or failure of its
use. If the aggregate is rolled
wet and the surface turned over
to traffic while the aggregate is
still wet, then excessive loss of
aggregate due to whip off under
traffic would be expected. On the
other hand if wet aggregates are
used during hot, breezy weather
and are rolled after being thor
oughly dry, then the retention
should be nearly as guod as if dry
aggregates are used.
“Dusty aggregate causes poor
retention,” the report shows “even
with the dust quantity small. Wet
ting the dusty aggregate aids re
tention provided that the aggregate
is dried before rolling. When as
phalt cements are used as binders
for surface treatments, the stone
must be placed as soon as possible
after the asphalt is applied.
“The harder asphalt cements
hold the cover stone more tightly,
but it is more difficult to' get ini
tial retention of the stone. How
ever, adhesion of stone to asphalt
cements is improved by heating
the stone to 150 degrees to 200
degrees fahrenheit.”'
Two Agriculturists
Head Committees
Two A&M staff members were
elected to committee chairmanships
at the recent Dallas meeting of the
Association of Southern Agricul
tural Workers.
Dr. Guy W. Adriance, head of
the horticulture department, was
elected chairman of the Southern
region of the American Society of
Horticultural Science, and Dr.
Robert L. Skrabanek of the agri
cultural economics and sociology
department was named chairman of
the association.
DR, WILLIAM
GOTTLIEB
Chiropodist
Foot Specialist
of 4824 S. Main
Houston
Will Be In Bryan
This Wednesday
MARCH 10
at the
LA SALLE HOTEL
Ground Floor Office
for the Treatment of
Foot Conditions
OFFICE HOURS
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
/. E. Vance Named
As Assistan t Editor
Recent appointment of James E
Vance to the new position of as
sistant editor in the Agricultural
Information Center has been ap
proved by the board of directors,
Texas A. and M. College System.
Appointments in the Texas Agri
cultural Experiment Station con
firmed include:
Lester J. McCullough, assistant
voucher clerk in Administration
Department; Bob Stone, junior
economist in Agricultural Eco
nomics and Sociology; James W.
Mann, instructor, and William S.
Blair jr., research assistant, in Ag
ricultural Engineering;
Doris Ann Brents, clerk; Edgar
R. Lemon, associate professor, and
Thelma F. Zak, stenographer, in
Agronomy Department; Kathleen
L. Burkett, technical assistant in
office of State Chemist; Berna
dette S. Urbanosky, clerk-typist in
Animal Husbandry Department;
CHS Seniors
Score Hit
In Comedy Play
By JERRY HOLMES
A&M Consolidated Correspondent
The opening performance of
the comedy, “For Beauty’s
Sake,” was a gigantic success.
The play was produced by ten
girls of the senior class of
A&M Consolidated high school.
Another performance will be
given this evening at 7:30 p.m. in
the school gym. It has been held
over by popular demand. ■ Admis
sion is 50 cents for adults and 25
cents for students.
Carolyn Landiss played the part
of Rosebud, a jovial maid, with the
precision and forcefulness of a vet
eran actress. Equally well por
trayed by Jane Daniels was the
part of Patricia Parker, the exotic
Hollywood actress.
Sandra Couch and Marian Gad
dis played the parts of Coraline
and Honorine Davis, co-owners of
a beauty ranch. Other parts were
as follow’s: Bess, a reporter,
played by Penny Laverty; Mrs.
Chrysler, an eccentric old lady,
played by Janice Latimer; Alice,
Mrs. Chrysler’s nervouse daughter,
played by Pat Owen; Mabel Chip,
the sole owner of a marvelous new
beauty clay, played by Mary L.
Lloyd.
Wanda, a beautiful psycho, play
ed by Marilyn Fleock; Ann, Wan
da’s twin sister, played by Dor
othy Huff.
The story is a fast moving com
ical production in three acts.
Kappa Alpha Mu
Ho Ids Con ven lion
Kappa Alpha Mu, national photo
journalism fraternity, will* hold a
national convention at the Univer-
sityof Houston April 15-17. A&M
students interested in, photograhhy
can attend.
Photographers who wish to enter
KAM’s annual photography con
test should enter their prints be
fore April 1. Categories for com
petition include news, sports, feat
ures, picture stories or sequence.
Individuals may enter as many
as ten prints, but not more than
five in any one category.
McCombs Appointed
New Field Instructor
The appointment of Don W. Mc
Combs to the new r position of field
instructor of supervisor training in
the Texas Engineering Extension
Service was confirmed by the
board of directors.
Appointment of A. L. Cart
wright/a replacement, as field in
structor of firemen’s training also
was confirmed.
Now Open For Business
MEAD'S STEAK HOUSE
Grand Open House — March 14—1 to5P.M.
COFFEE ON THE HOUSE
COME O U T A N D M E E T L r S
MEAD’S STEAK HOUSE -
701 Hwy. 0
College Station
Phone 6-491G
DeLois L. Bryant, technical, and
James G. Hamilton, post-doctorate
and research fellow in Biochemis
try and Nutrition Department;
Frederick G. Harland, research as
sistant in Dairy Husbandry; Billie
Gene Hightower and James R.
Brazzel, research assistants in En
tomology Department;
Marcia K Woody, secretary in
Extension Service; Minnie G. Vil
larreal, stenographer in Feed Con
trol Department; Charley J. Kam-
merdiener, poultry supervisor; Ola
J Hander, technician; Mary E.
Conklin and Catherine Hansen,
technical assistants, and Ammon
B. Medlen, assistant professor in
Poultry Husbandry;
Jessie O. Whitacre, professor in
Rural Home Research (two-third
time modified service); Alta M.
Vick, department secretary in Vet
erinary Medicine; James F. Lan
drum, junior parasitologist at Sub
station No. 3, Angleton; Dorothy
A. Meyer, secretary-bookkeeper at
Substation No. 6, Denton;
Cornelia F. Sowell, secretary-
bookkeeper at Substation No. 8,
Lubbock; Mattie Jean Crank, sten
ographer at Substation No. 11,
Nacagdoches; Joe K. Foster, tech
nical assistant, and Virginia T Da
vis, secretary-bookkeeper, at Sub
station No. 17, Ysleta;
Maivin T. Goff, associate poultry
pathologist in Poultry Disease In
vestigations Department; Edwin
William Ehlers jr., agricultural
aide in Blacklands Experimental
Watershed Project.
New positions were filled by
Stone, Lemon, Medlen, Whitacre
and Ehlers. All others were re
placements.
Armor To Receive
Three New
armor section will get
new tanks for instruction
A'&M’s
three
purposes soon.
The tanks, the M 47 type, will re
place the three M4A3 and one
M4AE8 tanks now being used.
The M 47 has a 90 mm gun and
an air-cooled, 810 horsepower V-12
gasoline engine. It weighs 47%
tons and has a cruising speed of
35 mph.
Senior, junior and sophomore
armor students will receive in
struction in the tanks, according
to Maj. Charles H. Brown of the
armor section.
LI’L ABNER
THAR'S-s0& r -
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HEARTBREAK IN'
THINGS 'BOUT
ME, AH HARDLY
KNOWS WHAR
5 i h a l 8* Cook ing
TUESDAY
5:30 p. m.—El Paso A&M club
meeting, front of MSG (main en
trance). Picture for Aggieland to
be taken. Number 1 uniform.
7:15 p. m.—Society of American
Military Engineers meeting, lec
ture room, C. E. building, Lt. col.
Sory will be the special speaker
and will ^ive an illustrative lecture
of the work and functions of the
Ft. Worth District.
Short Course For
Managers in MSC
About 50 managers of agricul
tural cooperatives in Texas ’ will
meet at Texas A&M College March
22-25 for the Cooperative Manag
ers’ Short Course to be held in the
Memorial Student Center on the
campus.
M. C. Jaynes, organization and
cooperative marketing specialist
with the Texas Agricultural Ex
tension Service, will serve as
chairman of the course.
Instructors for the short course
will be J. K. Stern, president of
the American Institute of Coop
eration, Washington, D. C.;
J. H. Heckman, Farmers Coop
erative Service, U. S. Department
of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.;
M. A. Abrahamsen, Farmers
Cooperative Service;
W. N. Stokes, president, Hous
ton Bank for Cooperatives, Hous
ton;
And J. D. Hines, analyst for the
Houston Bank for Cooperatives.
The short course is sponsored by
the Texas A&M College System,
the Houston Bank for Cooperatives
and the Texas Federation of Co
operatives.
Physical Education meeting,
gym. Plan barbecue, delegates for
New York trip, representative for
Cotton Ball.
American Chemical Society (stu
dent affiliation), room 106, Chemi
stry building.
Agronomy society meeting, room
107, Agronomy building. Important
business, election of boys for Cot
ton Court.
7:30 p. m.—Accounting society
meeting, MSC. Mr. Truman, col
lege comptroller, will speak on
municipal accounting.
Pre-law society, assembly room,
Y'MCA. Mr. Browning Dewey,
state representative from the 44tli
district, will be guest speaker.
Texas A&M Czech club meeting,
room 3D, MSC. Speaker, Dr. J. A,
Dabbs and refreshments will be
served.
Pre-Med, Pre-Den Society meet
ing, room 107, Biological Science
building.
8 p. m.-—Table Tennis club meet
ing, ping pong room, MSC. All
members are urged to attend to
discuss trip to San Antonio and
tournament to be held this month,
WEDNESDAY
7:30 p. m.—Knights of Colum
bus, basement, St. Mary’s Chapd
GOOD BUYS
Whole or Half—10-20 Lbs.
SMOKED TURKEY .... lb. $1.00
Frozen Cry O-Val Wrapped
A&M MEAT LINE FRYERS
7-15 Lb.
TURKEY HENS
Large
EGGS . . .
Medium
EGGS . . .
lb. 5()u
lb. 56c
doz. 60c
doz. 50c
A&M College Poultry Plant
Airport Road
Ph. 4-9044
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