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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1955
Enrollment Looks Good
The summer enrollment at A&M looks
good, with the sharp increase over last year.
Now, if the school can show the same in
crease next fall, things will be “looking up”
for A&M.
It’s hard to predict what causes an in
creased summer enrollment, and even hard
er to figure out what, if any, indications this
enrollment may have for the school during
the regular semesters of spring and fall.
Many factors influence summer enroll
ment. We have 102 coeds here this summer,
something that is notably lacking during the
Experiment Station
Gets New Grants
regular semesters.
Students might not have done so well
this past year, and the increased enrollment
can trace its origin to past lack of study or
ability.
Some may just like Aggieland, and stay
around just for the heck of it.
But, whatever the cause, the increased
numbers look good, and would look even bet
ter if the same percentage increase showed
up next September.
A good little school just can’t beat a good
big school.
A Happy Medium
The first week is about over, and a hard,
hot pull lies ahead for students here for surm
mer school.
Without doubt, because of the intensified
schedule the courses are presented under,
more study will be required by students.
And, also without doubt, the balmy, and
hot, summer days will not be the greatest in
ducement for study.
A happy medium exists somewhere be
tween these two opposite forces, a medium
which will allow students to relax a bit and
also to get all of their work done.
No formula exists for finding it, but stu
dents who can adjust themselves will find
things a lot easier this summer.
As the old Aggie saying goes, “Howdy.”
This issue of The Battalion is the first of
the regular summer issues. The paper will
appear once a week this summer. Publica
tion date will be Thursday, and any news
anyone may have should be turned in at the
office by at least 5 p.m. Wednesdays. Tele
phone number is 4-5444.
6 Howdy 9
The Battalion has a two-member editor
ial staff this summer, they being Bill Ful
lerton, editor, and Kerstin Ekfelt, society
editor.
With the coming of the fall semester, the
paper will return to its regular four-a-week
schedule.
End of an Era
Aggieland Inn Now Closed
The Aggieland Inn, which once
shared the campus spotlight with
the YMCA, has had its light dim
med, maybe to shine no more.
The end of an era of bygone
days came last week when Wayne
Stark, director of the Memorial
Student Center, had the Inn’s guest
rooms closed. Stark recommended
this move to the A&M Board of
Directors, because renovation of
the building would have cost more
than the building is worth.
“We have been having trouble
with the electrical system, the
plumbing system, and the plaster
walls,” Stark said.
Recently a 400 pound piece of
plaster fell from a ceiling in one
of the rooms. The faulty plumbing
■ system has leaked water on files
in the part occupied by the Basic
Division, on the bottom floor.
Built In 1925
The Inn had a long and glorious
history, well deserving of a niche
in A&M’s past. David B. Gofer,
college archivist, remembers that
former A&M President William B.
Bizzell had the building built in
1925 at a cost of $62,000 on the
site of the old Shirley Hotel, which
up to that time had housed most
6f the faculty, as well as visitors
to the college.
W. A. Duncan, who at that time
was dining hall supervisor, and
for whom Duncan hall was named,
took over the job of managing the
new Aggieland Inn.
For those days, the accomoda
tions were very good, and traveling
men on their way from Houston to
Dallas always looked forward to
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stopping at the Inn, Gofer said.
Although the college housed
most of its distinguished guests at
the home located just north of
Sbisa hall, the Inn had its share
of well-known persons. Included
in the guest register are the
names of two presidents, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and W. H. Taft;
two unsuccessful candidates for
president, Wiliiam Jennings Bryan
andl Norman Thomas; and a large
number of persons in the educa
tion and amusement world.
Elaborate Dinners
The area now occupied by the
Basic Division was once an open
terrace, and many elaborate din
ners were held there when the Inn
and the YMCA were the main cen
ters of the campus. Gofer remem
bers once in particular when one
was given in the late 1930’s for
foi’mer Coach Charlie Moran, who
coached many of the champion Ag
gie teams prior to 1915.
Although down, the Inn is still
not out, for a survey will be made
on the building this summer to de
termine if it can be used for any
thing—with only minor repairs, ac
cording to W. H. Badgett, manager
of physical plants.
Uses suggested so far include
storage space, office space, and
possibly a short course dormitory
he said.
The Battalion
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Represents the Views of the Student Editors
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College of Texas and the City of College Station, is published by stu
dents four times a week during the regular school year. During the
summer terms The Battalion is published once a week, and during
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The Texas Agricultural experi
ment station has recently received
several grants-in-aid and renewals
of previous grants, according to di
rector R. D. Lewis.
Three of these—$2,500 (renewal)
from the Commercial Solvents Cor
poration of Terre Haute, Ind.;
$3,550 from Eli Lilley and company
of Indianapolis, Ind.; and an ex
tension of a previous grant of
$3,500 by the Western Condensing
company of Appleton, Wis.—will be
used to support research dealing
with poultry feeds.
Dr. J. R. Couch of the depart
ments of poultry husbandry and
biochemistry and nutrition will su
pervise the studies.
The National Golf Fund, Inc., of
Chicago has granted $2,000, which
will support a research assistant-
ship for conducting investigations
on turf. The study will be con
ducted by the agronomy depart
ment under the direction of Dr. J.
B. Page, department head.
Six hundi’ed dollars, given by the
Niagara Chemical division of the
Food Machinery and Chemical cor
poration of Middleport, N.Y., will
be used for the support of research
studies on the control of spider
mite.
Studies conceming certain chem
icals used for control of cotton
insects will be supported by a grant
of $1,000 from the American Cy-
namid company.
The Parker-McCrory company of
Kansas City, Mo., has made the
station a gift of two battery-oper
ated electric fence chargers. These
will be used at the Tyler substation
in the dairy research program.
One M-21 till planter was loaned
to the station by the International
Harvester company of Chicago.
This will be used at the Temple
substation in experimental work
with cotton and grain sorghum.
Two hundred dollars from the
Thompson-Hayward Chemicals
company of Kansas City, Mo.;
$1,250 from the Agricultural Chem
icals section of the Monsanto
Chemical company of St. Louis,
Mo.; and $500 from the Chipman
Chemical company, inc., of Bound
Brook, N.J. (all renewals of pre
vious grants), will be used for
studies on cotton defoliation. Paint
company of Ambler, Pa., has given
$1,250 for a graduate research as
sistant to study cotton defoliants
and regrowth inhibitors. Dr. Wayne
C. Hall will direct these studies.
The Hail Insurance Adjustment
and Research association of Chi
cago has renewed their grant for
$10,000 for support of simulated
hail damage studies in 1955.
Ralph J. Harvey, assistant plant
pathologist at the Temple substa
tion will direct research on the con
trol of seedling diseases of cotton,
supported by a grant-in-aid of $350
from the Zonolite company of Chi
cago.
The Sauffer Chemical Co. of
New York has made available a
Geology Award Winners
Announced By Department
Four graduate fellowships and men in graduate study and re
grant for $500 which renews their
support for the 1955 season of cot
ton defoliation studies.
A grant-in-aid of $1,000 has been
made by the Shell Development
Co. through their Agricultural Re
search division of Denvei', Colo.,
to support investigations on cotton
defoliants, dessicants and related
problems.
Studies under these last two
grants are* being conducted in the
department of plant physiology and
pathology under the supervision of
Dr. Wayne C. Hall.
The Freeport Sulphur Co. of New
Orleans has renewed their grant of
$1,500 for cotton insect control
studies. These investigations are
being conducted in the department
of entomology under the supervi
sion of Dr. J. C. Gaines.
six awards to undergraduate stu
dents in geology, have been an
nounced by S. A. Lynch, head of
the Department of Geology.
R. Leon Foster of Tyler and
Donald E. Napp of Pasadena won
the two Michael T. Halbouty schol
arships on geology. These annual
awards of $500 each are made
available by Michael T. Halbouty
of Houston, to aid and encourage
worthy young men on the pursu
ance of graduate study in the field
of geology.
The two Leonard Gage Larsen
Memorial Fellowships in Geology
went, to Francis E. Bowen and R.
A. Noble, both of Houston. These
fellowships are derived from the
income of a fund established by the
parents of the late Leonard Gage
Larsen to aid outstanding young
search.
R. T. Miller of Bishop, valedic
torian for the spring class of 1955,
received the George P. Mitchell
award and the Houston Geological
Society award as the outstanding
senior student in geology. The
Mitchell award is an engraved
watch and the Houston Geological
Society award is membership in the
Society for one year plus a $50
cash prize.
Thes Magnolia Petroleum Com
pany award of $750 to the out
standing student to complete the
junior year in geological engineer
ing on geophysics, went to Gerald
B. Morris, Dallas. Morris, Robert
L. Fuller of Beaumont and Douglas
D. Mounce of Dallas, received the
three George P. Mitchell awards as
the outstanding junior students in
any branch of geology. The awards
are hand levels and books.
Morgan Speaks
A&M President David H. Morgan
spoke Wednesday to the graduat
ing class at Ellington Air Force
Base, near Houston. Tomorrow, he
will address the A&M Club in Har
lingen.
25 Register For
Reading Workshop
Twenty-five persons have regis
tered for the reading workshop
which began Monday and will con
tinue through June 24. Sponsored
by the Department of Education
and Psychology, the workshop is
designed to aid in the teaching of
reading at different grade levels.
The reading course, which begins
June 27 and continues through July
15, will consist of a study of the
methods of learning, the methods
of teaching and the techniques, the
devices and principles of reading
programs.
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