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THE BATTALION Page 3 Friday, March 12, 1954 Track Team Goes To Meet Saturday Texas A&M will enter 27 varsity- track and field men in the Border Olympics at Laredo Saturday, Coach Frank Anderson announced this week. Defending champions but some what weaker this year, the Aggies will challenge the Texas Longhorns for the team title. The Longhorns, powerful in the dashes and middle distances are heavy favorites to go unbeaten this spring. Col. Andy will put in his bid for the Aggies via his great distance runners—James Blaine of Imperial and Dale DeRouen of Port Arthur ■—plus the 440 and weights men. Those running the quarter and making up the mile relay team are Carol Libby of Alvin, Gerald Stull of Beaumont, Frank Norris of Falfurrias and Terry Vetters of San Antonio. Bobby Gross of Big Springs and Tom Bonorden of Port Lavaca will be strong contenders for the shot put crown. Southwest conference javelin thrower Pete Mayeaux of New Orleans also will participate. Aggie entries who will leave by bus for Larado early Friday after noon: Sprints and sprint relay—Harley Hartung, Don Tedder, Charles Killough and Ken Fry. 440-yard dash and mile relay— Libby, Stull, Norris and Vetters. 880—Blaine and Wallace Kleb. Mile—DeRouen, Blaine and Bob Boles. Two - mile — DeRouen, Vcrlon Westmoreland and Billy Cocke. Hurdles — Glenn Blake, Tom Dollahite, Hartung and James Hollingsworth, highs, and Ken Fry, Hartung and Tedder, lows. High jump—Marvin Swink, John Mdlhenny and Bob Harben. Broad jump—Bobby Robinson. Pole Vault — James Earle and Edward Reeder. Weights—Gross, Bonorden and Harry Cox. Javelin—Mayeaux, Dollahite and Joe Wilson. SENIOR SWIMMERS—These swimmers will be swimming their last conference meet for A&M this weekend. They are (1 to r) Burt Koegl, Paul Wallin, Casey Snell, Jim Burns (captain), and John Cameron. Sewage Workers Ask For More Data COLLEG STATION, T e x a s, March—(Spl)—The Texas Water and ScAvage Works Association to day recommended that “all state and federal agencies dealing Avith water supply development make available to the Water Research and Information Center at Texas A&M College, all data of public interest which would be useful in Avater facilities on a community or regional basis.” The Association, meeting at Tex as A&M College, with more than 700 members attending, delegated four of its members to submit re commendations on the development of future water supplies. Submit ting the report which the As sociation adopted, were R. U. An drews, chairman, sewer engineer for the City of Fort Worth; R. J. Hennon, water superintendent, Port Neches; EdAvarcl Geeslin, water superintendent, Brady and W. L. P e t i t, superintendent, Weslaco. The recommendations include, “that the development of reservoirs, treatment plans and treated or raw water supply mains on a multi-city basis be encouraged, especially when financing of such projects by single municipalities would jeopardize their overall fi- nanci^ status; “That further consideration be given to legislative action establish ing a revolving fund for long term loans to municipalities for provid ing needed works, if bonds can not be sold by normal procedures. “That every regional association encourage all participating muni cipalities and water districts to maintain records of water pro duction, consumption and losses or ENDS TODAY with R08E8T STERLING RAY COLLINS end Introducing PALMER LEE A UNIVERSAL-INTERNAIIONAL PICTURE SATURDAY ONLY PREV. 10:30 P.M. SAT. Sunday and Monday £ce/J ffi fia H&Mta-SiSiaf waste. Also that vigilant control be exercised to keep fully aware of declining groundwater tables and diminishing raw surface water re serves. “That existing River Authority boundaries be expanded, of con ditions warrant such expansion and other authorities created to faci litate coordination of water and soil conservation programs — that the river tuthorities be given the specific power to establish rules and regulations covering stream pollution abatement and also em powered to initiate legal action to enforce them so that the quality of the water to be put to beneficial use will not be impared—also that perhaps closer coordination of water development projects for the area should be under taken by in dividuals, industries, municipalities and water districts in order that an integrated water plan of the area might be developed. “That projects covering the re charge of underground water strata and reservoirs without dan ger of contaminating the existing reserves also be undertaken* wherever applicabel, to secure tem porary relief and also to replenish these underground reserves for future use, especially should sur face sources be depleted during future periods of drouth. “That in areas where applicable, treated domestic and industrial wastes be put to beneficial use as a water conservation measure and also to reduce pollutional loads on our water courses. “That all state and federal agencies dealing with water supply development make available to the Water Research and Information Center, Texas A&M College, all data of public interest which Avould be useful in water facilities on a community or regional basis. “That the activities and view points of the Water Pollution Ad visory Council be coordinated with those of the Water Resources com mittee in formulating future state policies concerning control and abatement of stream pollution. Water quality controls and develop ment of projects for water quanity must be integrated to provide a practical plan of water supply de velopment.” Aggies Play Brooke Here at Kyle Field Undefeated after two games the Texas Aggje baseball team enter tains the Brooke Army Medics at Kyle field Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock. The Aggies collected 19 hits and 19 runs in their series with Sam Houston State, winning 5-0 in Huntsville and 14-8 at College Sta tion. Coach Beau Bell used four pitch ers in the series, Southwest con ference hurler Jerry Nelson, Beau mont junior, winning the first on a fine, 7-inning stint in which he gave up but two* hits, fanned five and walked four. Tex Yanzura of Austin finished out. Ed Hennig, Tyler righthander started the second game but had to give Avay to Lou Little, Schulenberg senior, after four frames and the latter allowed bnUone hit and one run to register the win. The Cadets are hitting a lusty .306 to date, far better than their Native African To Speak On Campus Julius Decau, a student from Kenya Africa, will visit the campus of Texas A&M from March 10 to 15. Gccau will endevor to bring to the students at A&M his Christian convictions and understandings of those problems which mutually af fect students in India, Africa and the U. S. A. Social security aspects of The Trade Movement, and the development of co - operative so cieties, will be his main topic of discussion. Decau has studied at E w i n g Christian College, and Holland Hall at the University of Allahabad, from which he graduated in 1953. His major studies were economics, political science and literature. Directors Approve Construction Grant The A&M board of directors has appropriated $15,000 for construct ion of a quonset building which will house all equipment used by the firemen training division of the Texas Engineering Extension ser vice. The building will be constructed on the firemen training grounds north of the college view apart ments. It will be forty by one- hundred feet, space enough to store pumpers and a rescue truck in ad dition to other equipment and a classroom. Equipment will be used on “di saster street”, scheduled for mid- March. The street will be a mock section of a city that has been devastated by a tornado or bomb ing. Training with the equipment will be plumbers, electricians, policemen and firemen, according to Col. H. R. Brayton, chief of firemen training. team average of last spring and with sophomores pacing the at tack things are looking up at A&M, diamond-wise. Bell has three sophs in his bat ting order at the moment. Out fielders Ben Hubbard pf Cuero and John Stockton of Bryan with Jim my Howell, first baseman from Stephenville collected five of the seven hits in the first Bearkat game and three more in the 12-hit attack Tuesday. Stockton has four for eight while Hubbard has three safeties in .six trips. Junior Letterman Les Byrd, benched in the opener, came back with a triple and two singles and three RBIs in the second contest. The Winners righthander adds power to the young outfield. Here’s the probable order for the Brooke-Aggie game Saturday: Jim Dishman, ss; Hubbard, rf; Howell, lb; Stockton, cf; Charles Leissner, 2b, Jim Parrish, 3b; Byrd, lb; Jim Williams, c. Qulsenfoeri •v Goes To Regional Meet Dr. John H. Quisenberry, head of the poultry department, will leave Monday t© hold meetings in Andrews, Sutton, Reagan, and Mid land counties. The meetings will be held to help County Agents, and poultry producers with their egg and broiler problems, Quisenberry said. Meetings of this type are held continously throughout the country by some member of the poultry de partment or a member of the Agri cultural Extension Service, he said. What’s Cooking FRIDAY 7:30 p. m.—Brazos Flyers Fly ing club meeting, projection room, New Engineering building. A film will be shown and all interested in flying or invited. 7:45 p. m.—South Louisiana club meeting, room 11, C. E. building. Discuss Aggieland picture and spring function. MONDAY 7:05 p. m. — Pre-Law society meeting, YMCA. Very important meeting, very short, all members urged to attend. Jury Will Receive Hoax Robbery Case HOUSTON, March 11 (TP)—A federal jury will receive tomorrow the case of three of the four men charged in the $57,721 faked rob bery of the Houston National Bank New Year’s Eve. Judge T. M. Kennerly will charge the jury before noon. The defense presented only two witnesses after Kennerly denied motions of instructed verdicts of innocence in favor of Johnny Na varro, James Mitchell and Nick Mitchell. What Should as a PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER Expect from Your lob? 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