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Battalion Editorials Page 2 , .4?’ ‘ftb : fc|l THE BATTALION .1 . tr Dream mtitst ' mm # a '*■? ^^^SfTHrRSDAY/jrLV 7/1955 Lome rWi Irue Although the finishing of the new quar ters for the A&M Press is a dream come true for several of the top men concerned in the realization of the building, nobody could be happier about the situation than the guys who work there. Here, at The Battalion, a strong bond of affection is felt toward the A&M Press and the various persons connected with it. Very natural, one would guess, since they are re sponsible for getting our words out to our readers. We only write the copy; they get our words out in black and white, so that our readers can enjoy them or curse them, and us, as they feel inclined. But, the A&M Press is responsible for ever so much more than getting out The Battalion. In fact, it was not until the early 1930’s that this paper was printed by the Press. One cannot be at this school for any length of time and fail to have some connec tion with the work of the A&M Press. Just think about a few of the jobs that are done. The Battalion, the Commentator, the En gineer, the Agriculturist, the Southwest Vet erinarian, The Texas Aggie, football pro grams, tickets of various types, meal cards, Extension and other system news, and prop aganda sheets (or, rather, A&M catalogues). A myriad of other printing jobs is also done that involve the dissemination of news and facts, services, and, if you like the stories and jokes in our various magazines, enjoy ment. The basement of Goodwin Hall was not the most scenic spot on earth, nor was it a tangible manifestation of what proper work ing conditions should be. It was hot, dirty, crowded and poorly lighted. So, on this day of farewell, when the last “Goodwin Hall Printed Edition” of The Battalion is coming out, we stopped awhile to mark tribute to the coming glory of the A&M Press. And, besides, everybody and everything needs a home of their own—and 35 years is a long time for anything, even a superorgan- ic organization such as a printing shop, to be without proper lodging. Press (Continued from Page 1) (Arpr^blef before the ; needed equip- hbt. NtiiitoiMi.;^ ^ ‘i’ -k® At wo ! small offset pr< sHr - wife added to j the s r e<iuipml$iq and present plans are for J a larger offset sometime in the next few years, Shuffler said. “No major equipment changes are planned in the pext four or five years,” he said. “The present equip ment is being put into first-class shape by factory men as it is dis mantled for moving.” Revenue Bonds The financing of the new quar ters was done by selling 20-year revenue bonds. The Press will have to pay for the building itself, since it receives no appropriations in the budget, Shuffler said. The improv ed facilities of the Press are ex pected to meet the demand for this payment. To improve production, you must have the right combination of peo ple and equipment and the proper working conditions, Shuffler said. For the first time in the history of the A&M Press, the working conditions are right, he added. The new quarters provide air condition ing, humidity control, proper light ing, and plenty of space—both for working and for future expansion. “It is the newest and most mod ern shop of its type in the South west,” Shuffler said. An Indication The brilliant flow of lights wresting the darkness from the green grass of Little League Park in College Station should shine no more brightly than the imaginary halo of humanity and social accord which hangs above the head of those who have worked for and with the youth of our city. The lights at the park, the dedication of which will be tonight, are more than just a means to increase the leisure hours of people. These lights are a symbol of the hard work and high faith carried unfalter ingly by unselfish people. Juvenile delinquency is a hard fact in this unstable world we face today. It has been said that the place to combat this social disease is in the home. And yet, in a world such as ours where materialistic progress has brought countries together as physical neighbors, the ideal of home has expanded beyond the sheltering walls of one’s imme diate family. Our home is the city, and in our partic ular case. College Station. If we are to defeat corroding influences leading to a path of crime and violence, we must be ready to do so on a much more expanded scale. The success of the Little League pro gram in our city is more than just a recrea tional function. It is an indication of the how and the why that brings people together to peacefully discuss and reason out social problems. A good athlete stays alert, mentally prepared for any change that calls for a revising of plans. As on the athletic field, people must stay alert, seeking and seeing the forces behind situations, recognizing and welcoming socially beneficial changes. ‘Our world has sedft'W&fiy changes in the past—changes which have brought us material benefits and left us void of the social changes which these tangible objects necessitate. We have now reached a stum bling block in our material development. The thermonuclear age has forced upon us the need to bring up from a very poor second what little knowledge of humanity we pos sess. We are in a dynamic society, a fast moving, changing social structure. We will need truly liberal minds to keep up with our society and to meet the coming changes honestly and directly. Experimen tSta tion Gets Grants, Gifts Four grants-in aid and two gifts to the Texas Agricultural Experi ment Station have been announced by Station Director R. D. Lewis. One renewal and one grant have been made to support research studies on cotton defoliation. The renewal, for $1,000, was made by the American Cyanamid Co. of New York, and the grant for $2,000, by the Pittsburgh Coke and Chemical Co. of Pittsburgh, Penn. The Chipman Chemical Co. of New Jersey has granted $500 to support research on insecticides. The Devil’s River Soil Conser vation District has made an addi tional grant of $500 to support studies on guajillo. Dr. Carl M. Lyman, head of the Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, is di recting the studies. The two gifts include 300 feet of four-inch poly-ethylene flexible tubing ' given by Click Twins of Pharr, Texas. This will be used on the Plant Disease Laboratory at Yoakum for irrigation purposes. The California Spray-Chemical Corporation of Shreveport, La., has donated 12,000 Earlyport sweet potato plants, 50 pounds of Orthocide 406 and necessary noz zles for spray applications. The value of the gift is placed at $100. It will be used at the Sweet Potato Investigations Laboratory at Gil mer for conducting a controlled replicated experiment testing the growth properties of Orthocide 406. The Battalion The Editorial Policy of The Battalion Represents the Views of the Student Editors The Battalion, newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical 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 examination and vacation periods, once a week. Days of publication are Tuesday through Friday for the regular school year, Thursday during the summer terms, and Thursday during examination and va cation periods. The Battalion is not published on the Wednesday im mediately preceding Easter or Thanksgiving. Subscription rates are semester, $6.00 per school year, $6.50 per full year, or $1.00 per month, per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. Aggie Wives Bridge Winners Mesdames Mary Dannenburg, Catherine Harms, Gladys Webb and Kathy Neinast were winners at duplicate bridge at the last meeting of the Aggie Wives Bridge Club. Mrs. Libby Graham and Mrs. Virginia Fereday were hostesses for the evening. The group will hold their next meeting tonight at 7:30 in the Me morial Student Center. The A&M Press'has 26 regular employees and usually about 10 student part-time employees, ac cording to J. Fi-ank Tucker, man ager of the Press. Sometime in the future, after the moving has been completed and things are straightened out, an open house is planned at the new location, he said. This will give people a chance to look over what we’ve got there, he explained. Deivey Speaks To CS Kiwanians B. H. Dewey, representative to the State Legislature from Bryan, discussed the actions taken up by the Legislature during its session which recently ended at the Tues day meeting of the College Sta tion Kiwanis Club. Dewey, while commenting on most of the activities, explained more fully the ones of direct con cern to the city and the College. These included the appropriations bill, social security for college pro fessors, Texas Commission on Higher Education, and the per diem basis for state authorized travel- a report on all of which Dewey presented in the June 16 Battalion. Next Tuesday will be Sport Shirt Day at the Kiwanis Club, with the shirt chosen the “loudest” to get a prize for its wearer. Potts To Conduct Pasture Course Dr. R. C. Potts of the Agronomy Department will conduct a short course on pastures at Clarksville in Red River County July 11-15. H. R. Lynch, Red River County Agent, is in charge of arrange ments there. Classes will meet from 7 to 10:30 p.m. daily. Entered an second-class matter at Post Office at Col lege Station, Texas, tinder the Act of Con gress of March 3, 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by National Advertising Services. Inc., a t New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Fran cisco. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republi cation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved, the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444 or 4-7604) or at the editorial office room, 202 Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Publication Office, Room 207 Goodwin Hall. Bill Fullerton Editor Kerstin Ekfelt Woman’s Editor Stanley Holcumb Advertising Salesman JULY TIRE SALE Buy A Set And Save . . • Buy Four For the Price of THREE Extra Safe ATLAS CUSHI0NAIRE TUBELESS & CONVENTIONALS All Trade-Ins Must Be Recapable Have Your Tii •es Balanced By THE BEAR SYSTEM The only name in tire balancing McCALL’S SERVICE STATION EAST Gate “Where Service Is First’ Hy. 6 Ph. 4-8884 ‘Community Feeling 9 “College Station is growing all the time,” said Mrs. E. C. Klipple, chairman of the community picnic held last week, “but we haven’t out-grown our community feeling.” This statement was proved be yond doubt by the huge crowd that turned out last Friday night for the picnic and the fireworks display afterwards. More than fifty families attended the picnic, and almost 3,000 people came to witness the fireworks, according to City Manager Ran Boswell. into a park area for community recreation. The fireworks were set off at the new high school stadium. Spectators, including children from Bryan and a large number of colored people, packed both bleachers. The display included practically every kind of fireworks, ranging from the more simple effects to elaborate set pieces. The cost of the fireworks was partly defrayed by the profits of the concession stand. The picnic was held in the pas ture east of the stadium. School and city officials hope to turn this Prairie View Slates Special TB Training Special training in problems of tuberculosis will be made possible soon for Negro stu dent nurses of Prairie View A&M College, only center for trqjning professional Negro nurses in the state. The Board of Directors of the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College System recently authorized Dr. E. B. Evans, president of Prai rie View, to enter into agreement for the college with the Veterans Administration Hospital of Hous ton, for an eight-weeks special training for advanced student nurses. Under terms of the, agreement, student nurses from Prairie View with more than half of their clin ical work already done will be eli gible to receive special training in handling problems of tubercular patients through use of facilities and instruction at the VA hospital. Trainees from Prairie View al ready have affiliation for special work at John Sealy Hospital and Jefferson Davis Hospital, and graduate nurses are accepted by the Armed Services and U. S. Pub lic Health Service. Adding to the gaiety of the oc casion was the band, led by Robert Boone, which played a pi’ogram of marches and patriotic music. Besides the student members, sev eral adult instrumentalists, includ ing A. V. Moore, George Heubner, J. J. Skrivanek, Jr., George Rey nolds and Lawrence Spangler, played with the group. The evening was begun with a flag ceremony in front of the new high school. This was staged by Girl Scouts of Troop 5. Nancy Gay’s Son Gets Fulbright Award Lloyd W. Gay, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Gordon Gay of College Station, has been awarded a Ful bright scholarship to the Austra lian School of Forestry, University of Canberi’a, Canberra, Australia. He plans to continue his duties with the United States Forest Service at Springerville, Ariz., un til eax*ly Fall, when he will leave for Australia with his wife. The scholarship is for one year of grad uate study from Oct. 10, 1955 to Oct. 5, 1956, and is accompanied by deferment from active service in the Air Force during that period. Gay had been assigned to report to Lackland Air Force Base. A gaduate of A&M Consolida ted High School, Gay received his degree in range and forestry last December from Colorado A&M, Fort Collins, Colo. His father is secretary of the YMCA at the campus. Rogers was flag-bearer, and Bicci Luther, Dee Morgan, Katheryn Gould, and Sara Phyllis Goode made up the color guard. Six Dairies Get Milk Sale Permits Six dairies have been issued per mits to sell milk and milk products in Bryan and College Station, ac cording to the County Health Unit. Permits to sell Grade “A” pas teurized milk and milk products were issued to the following: A&M Creamery; Borden Co., Houston; Carnation Co., Houston; Lucerne Milk Co., Fort Worth; Sanitary Farm Dairies, Bryan; and Sanitary Farm Dailies, Inc., Houston. The sale of all other milk in Bryan and College Station is pro hibited. Always easy credit at ' Sankey Park JEWELERS 111 N. Main Bryan X STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION of the COLLEGE STATION STATE BANK College Station, Texas at the close of business June 30, 1955, a State banking institution organ ized and operating under the banking laws of this State and a member of the Federal Reserve System. Published in accordance with a call made by the State Banking Authorities and by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District. ASSETS Cash, balances with other banks including reserve balance, and cash items in process of collection $ 642,485.78 United States Government obligations, direct and guaranteed.... 920,443.75 Obligations of States and political subdivisions 51,440.11 Corporate stocks (including $4500.00 stock of Federal Reserve bank) 4,500.00 Loans and discounts (including $12,496.95 overdrafts) 976,715.00 Bank premises owned $28,500.00, furniture and fixtures $12,000.00 - 40,500.00 Real estate owned other than bank premises 1.00 Other assets 1 2,700.00 9 TOTAL ASSETS $2,638,785.64 LIABILITIES Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations $1,547,021.50 Time deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations—. 62,016.65 Deposits of United States Government (including postal savings) 135,348.61 Deposits of States and political subdivisions 692,955.56 Other deposits (certified and officers’ checks, etc.) 10,052.83 TOTAL DEPOSITS $2,447,395.15 Other liabilities 2,633.35 TOTAL LIABILITIES (not including subordinated obligations shown below) $2,450,02$.50 CAPITAL ACCOUNTS Capital* $ 100,000.00 Surplus 5s 50,000.00 Undivided profits 38,757.14 TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS $ 188,757.14 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS $2,638,785.64 •This bank’s capital consists of: Common stock with total par value of—$100,000.00 MEMORANDA Assets pledged or assigned to secure liabilities and for other purposes $ 956,733.86 I, T. E. Whitley, Cashier of the above-named bank, hereby certify that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. T. E. WHITLEY CORRECT—ATTEST: T. W. LELAND H. E. BURGESS R. B. BUTLER, Directors STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF BRAZOS Sworn to and subscribed before me this 5th » day of July, 1955 LOIS BETHEA Notary Public