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THE BATTALION
Tuesday, July 27, 1954
Cadet Slouch ... by James Earle
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News
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World
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK—Lt. Genevieve de
Galard-Terraube — “the angel of
Dien Bien Phu”—was welcomed to
New York Monday as “the heroine
of the entire world.” The petite,
29-year-old French nurse rode up
Broadway in an open car as 250,000
persons lined the sidewalks and I
cheered.
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AUSTIN—Two roaring brush
and forest fires burst out of
control near here Monday and
the Red Cross designated one of
them as a major disaster sit
uation.
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SAN DIEGO, Texas—George B.
Parr’s candidate for district judge
Avon but his candidates for district
attorney and State Representative i
lost, a complete but unofficial count |
Monday night showed.
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WASHINGTON — President
Syngman Rhee of South Korea
flew to Washington Monday, |
with an outspoken complaint that
the Communists were not driven
out of Korea because “some
people had a little cold feet.”
Marino Laboratory Set
An on-the-coast laboratory for
A&M’s oceanography department is
now a reality. It is located in one
of the buildings of the University
of Texas Medical Branch at Gal
veston, the facilities having been
made available through the co
operation of the University of Tex
as and the A&M System.
Dr. J. G. Mackin, director of
A&M’s Marine Laboratory, says it
will fill a long-standing need for
a place to conduct experiments
where ready access to seawater is
needed.
The laboratory will folloAv the
pattern of the oceanography de
partment, in that it will be de
voted to both research and study.
It Avill fill out the teaching pro
gram of the department, by being
The following list of appoint
ments confirmed recently by the
A&M system board of directors Is
continued from Thursday’s Bat
talion.
Agricultural Extension Service
Paula BreAver, Edna E. Cawyer,
Claudine Cromer, Patsey E. Foster,
Venita Jo Gibbs, Mary Jane Gro-
zier, assistant county home demon
stration agents; Glenda L. Brown,
secretary; Bonnie Cox, organiza
tion specialist; Mrs. Shirley G.
Dodd, Max^y Inez Holland, Mary
Lee Merck, Mrs. Doris M. Myers,
Mrs. Eula D. Valentine, county
home demonstration agents; Wel
don B. Morris, county agricultural
agent; Mrs. Lou Ann Perryman
and Mrs. Margaret Lawrence, ste
nographers; Ernest Cecil Sargent,
negro county agricultural agent;
Mrs. Gladys Taylor, vari-type oper
ator; Mrs. Mary L. Thomas, negro
county home demonstration agent;
Mrs. Evelyn Thuem, acting county
home demonstration agent; Mrs.
available to students who are
training in oceanographic research.
The head of the new laboratory
received his master’s and PhD de
grees in zoology from the Univer
sity of Illinois. He has been asso
ciated with the College of William
and Mary, Virginia, and the fisher
ies laboratory of the University of
Oklahoma.
Mackin also heads the A&M Re
search Foundation Marine Labo
ratory at Grand Isle, La. It is
here that he supervises a team of
scientists studying the oyster in
dustry in the Gulf Coast area. He
has made similar investigations for
the oyster industries of Holland
and Australia. Mackin has been
a professor on the staff of the
oceanography department since
Virginia Tomme, clerk, all replace
ments.
Engineering Experiment Station
All new positions: Edward E.
Vezey and Elmer G. Smith, re
search physicists; Gale K. Vetter,
assistant research architect; C.
Kinney Hancock, research chem
ist; William L. Tidwell, assistant
research bacteriologist; Truma R.
Jones jr., assistant research engi
neer; Dan R. Davis, and W. B.
Flowers, assistant research econo
mist; Clinton S. Walker and E. S.
Holdredge, associate research en
gineer.
Engineering Extension Service
All replacements: Marshall G.
Jackson, editorial assistant; Shir
ley B. O’Connell, stenographer and
K. A. Jackson, field instructor, ru
ral electric training.
Forest Service
Fire Control dept., Lufkin, Bar
bara Cryer and Joyce L. Havard,
stenographers; District No. 6, Con
roe, Richard C. Roye, crewman, all
replacements.
1950, soon after its formation.
“It is hoped,” Mackin says, “that;
the laboratory’s program will ben
efit the Texas oyster industry
which has decreased almost 97 per
cent in the approximately 50 years
for which there are records. In
1902 production was 200,000 bar
rels while in 1952 it was between
3,000 and 4,000 barrels.”
Mackin believes the decrease is
due to disease, as it was in Louis
iana, but has no evidence as yet
from this area. Jerome Stein,
graduate student in the oceanog
raphy department, will assist him
in studying the tissue structure of
the oysters in this area. A side
light to the problem which Avill
come up for consideration is the
effect of oil and seismographic op
erations on the industry.
Problems of another of the Gulf’s
industries, shrimp, will be investi
gated by the laboratory. A 're
cent development which will be
studied is that the shallow-water
white shrim, on which the entire
industry used to be based, have
become scarce. Brown shrimp,
Avhich live in deeper waters, have
replaced the white variety as the
number one product of the area.
The laboratory’s operations also
may aid coastal communities where
seaweed piles up on the beaches.
One of the problems is to try to
find a way to turn the seaweed
into fertilizer. Mackin will be aid
ed in this investigation by Dr. Don
ald Hood Of the department, who
is currently investigating the
merits of the seaweed for various
uses.
The location of the laboratory is
desirable from another aspect, as
Galveston is the home port of the
A. A. Jakkula, research vessel usee 1
by the Department. Since much
of the research of the department
is done on the ship, the labor
atory will be handy to process and
record data secured tboard.
LETTERS
Dear Editor:
It is believed that many of your
readers will be interested in know
ing that the Civil Service Com
mission announces job opportuni
ties in the Federal Service.
Your coopei’ation in inserting the
following, or a similar news item
in your next edition will be appre
ciated.
“The U. S. Civil Service Com
mission announces an examination
for filling vacancies in the position
of Medical Laboratory Technician
salaries ranging from $2750 to
$4205 per annum, for employment
at the Veterans Administration
Hospitals in Temple, Waco, and
Marlin, Texas, and the Department
of the Army, Fort Hood, Texas.
Additional information and appli
cation forms may be obtained from
the post office, or from the Execu
tive Secretary, Board of U. S. Ciwl
Service Examiners, Veterans Ad
ministration Center, Temple, Tex
as.”
Very truly yours,
Millard D. Binns
Executive Secretary
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