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Battalion
Number 152: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1956
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VISITING DIGNITARIES—Pictured left to right are John Potter, finance examiner,
Texas Commission of Higher Education; D •. W. W. Armistead, Dean of Veterinary
Medicine; Dr. David H. Morgan, president of A&M; John Hovenga, executive budget
officer, Austin; Senator Neveille H. Colson of Navasota; Guy C. West, legislative budget
office, Austin; Dr. Ralph Green, Director of Texas Commission of Higher Education.
Budget Board Examiners
'Visit Campus This Week
Plans Made for
Million
Shopping Center Near Circle
At MSC Tuesday, Wednesday
X-Ray Survey at CS
Members of the state Legislative
Budget Boat'd and four members
of the legislature attended hearings
on the campus Monday and Tues
day involving budget requests for
the A&M System for the next two
years.
Examining the budget were Guy
West, member of the legislative
budget board from Austin; John
Hovenga, member of the executive
budget board; Dr. Ralph Greene,
executive director of the Texas
Commission for Higher Education
and Johnny Potter, finance ex
aminer for Texas Commission for
Higher Education.
Colson from Navasota and Repre
sentatives Hershel C. Sherrill from
McDade; Walter C. Schwartz from
Brenham and B. H. Dewey, Jr. from
Bryan, the members of the budget
examining board sat in on hearings
involving the proposed budget and
were taken for a tour of the A&M
System at College Station.
Tuesday the group was taken
for a tour of the College and its
facilities with Dr. David H. Mor
gan, president, and Dr. W. W.
Armistead, dean of the School of
Veterinary Medicine, conducting
the morning tour which included:
Veterinary Hospital, Oceanography
Together with Senator Neville Department; YMCA; Petroleum-
Kiwanians Hear Appeal
For Children’s Clinic
A stirring appeal for “moral and
financial” help was made to Col-
, lege Station Kiwanians at their
Tuesday meeting at the MSC.
J. O. Alexander and Dan Chad-
bourne appealed to the members
of the club for help in an under
taking to see a Crippled Children’s
Clinic built in the College Station-
Bryan area.
Speaking from experience, Alex
ander told Kiwanians that “both
he and Chadbourne had afflicted
children and it would only take
about 15 minutes of time being
around a child in that situation
to wring your heart.”
Outlining a program for action
Alexander told Kiwanians the
clinic his group is trying to get
placed here “will admit all chil
dren with all types of crippling
diseases instead of trying to spe
cialize. The treatment would be
' free to those who could not afford
to pay.”
When asked what response the
doctors in this area had given
Geology Building and Forestry
Laboratory.
Lunch was served in the Board
of Directors’ Room in the Boards’
Home.
Tuesday afternoon John C. Cal
houn, dean of engineering, and Fred
Benson, head of the Engineering
Experiment Station, conducted the
group on a tour of the facilities of
the EES. They were met later by
R. D. Lewis, director of the Agl i-
cultural Experiment Station and
R. E. Patterson, vice-director of
the AES who conducted the group
on a tour of the farms and research
centers.
Citizens of College Station and
students at A&M are reminded to
keep the days of Tuesday and
Wednesday, Aug. 21 and 22 in mind
as the days the X-Ray Survey will
be made in this area urged Ran
Boswell, city Survey chairman.
The units will be available only
a day and a half at the MSC. Tues
day the units will be in operation
from noon until 5:30 p. m. and
Wednesday from 8:30 a. m. until
5:30 p. m.
All persons 15 years of age and
older are eligible to get this X-Ray,
tree of char-ge, and protect them
selves from the threat of tubei'cu-
losis, Boswell said.
People over 55 are especially
urged to get their chest X-Ray, said
Boswell. “This age group is more
susceptible than others according
to tests.”
Part of a long-range program to
rid our country of the threat of TB
the X-Ray is furnished by the
State Department of Health with
local expenses paid by the Brazos
County TB Association out of
Christmas Seal Sale funds.
“Twice the number of men have
TB as compared with } women”,
Boswell pointed out, “and even
though a person had an X-Ray last
year, he should get another this
year. TB can be caught and develop
in the lungs in less than a year’s
time.”
CHS Annuals Here
The A&M Consolidated High
School annuals will be dis
tributed at 7:30 p. m. Friday
on the High School slab.
Students are asked to bring
their pens for the affair after
which cokes will be served.
Hedge Fires
Add to Heat;
Several Burn
Last week two burned in front of
Stephen F. Austin High School in
Bryan and yesterday volunteer
firemen in College Station lost 10
minutes out of their dinner hour
rushing to the scene of a fire which
destroyed a triangle of hedges in
front of the Cushing Memorial
Library.
The fire was self-contained be
tween the sidewalks and soon burn
ed itself out.
A ci’owd of curious students
quickly gathered to watch as fire
men with fire extinguisher units
quenched the blaze, apparently
started from a match or cigarette.
Room Reservations
For Fall Open Monday
Alexander answered that “the doc
tors are behind us 100 per cent.”
An initial outlay of at least $7,-
500 would be the bare minimum
which would include only one phy
sical therapist. A board of di
rectors would be selected from
leading doctors, ministers and lay
men from this area.
Regarding finances Alexander
related the Easter Seal campaign
would be a big asset. Eighty-five
per cent of this money stays in
the county and the remaining 15
per cent goes to the state.
“We need your help to make
this venture a success,” Alexan
der said, “and with your help we
can make this effort to help our
children and the areas surround
ing Bryan and Brazos County.”
Other business of the meeting
Joe Sorrels was unaniomusly se
lected as the College Station’s can
didate for vice-president of Dis
trict 9 of Kiwansis International.
The election will take place at
Corpus Chx-isti in October.
Students may reserve rooms for
the fall semester beginning Monday
at 8 a. m. in the Housing Office,
according to Harry Boyer, chief of
housing.
All students with their belong
ings must be moved to their new
rooms by 6 p. m. Friday, Aug. 24,
Boyer said. Dormitories now closed
will be unlocked between the hours
of 1 p. m. and 5 p. m. Friday in
order students may make this
move.
All dormitories, except Bizzell
Hall, will be locked at 6 p. m. Fri
day, August 24, to protect student
property.
Civilian students will occupy the
following dormitories during the
fall semester: Milner, Leggett,
Mitchell, Law, Puryear, Dormitory
16, Bizzell, Walton (ramps F, G,
H, I, J, K) and Hart Hall (ramp
A, B, C, D, E,).
Corps of Cadets will occupy
Dormitories 1 throught 12 and -4,
15, and 17.
Football and basketball athletes
will live in Walton, ramps A
Keep Children Away
through E. Spring sport athletes
will live in Hart, ramps F through
J.
Students may reserve rooms and
pay fees by the following schedule:
Those students now living in
Law, Puryear, Walton, 16 and Biz
zell who wish to occupy the room
they have now must reserve their
rooms between 8 a. m. Monday and
5 p. m. Tuesday. If you wish to re
serve a room other than in these
five dormitories you may do so
at the same time, but must present
a room change slip from the house
master conceraed. After 8 a. m
Wednesday these rooms will go on
a first-come, first served basis
Students desiring to reserve a
room in a dormitory now closed
must do so on a first-come, first
served basis beginning Monday at
8 a. m. (this includes those students
planning to be in the Corps of
Cadets)
Day students, including those in
College - owned apai'tments, are
urged to secure Day Student Slips
and pay fees early to avoid the
rush, according to Boyer.
223 to Graduate;
No Services Set
The Registrar’s Office has an
nounced 223 students are candi
dates for degi^ees on Aug. 24. There
are no formal commencement serv
ices scheduled.
Of the total candidates, 88 have
applied for advanced degrees and
135 are eligible for baccalaureate
degrees.
Fifteen are candidates for doctor
-ȣ philosophy, 26 for master o*
education, 43 for master of science,
and one each in master of agri
culture, master of business admin
istration, and master of engineer
ing.
\\ TAW Silenced;
Blame Transmitter
If you have had trouble tuning
in radio station WTAW since last
Thursday it is because they have
been off the air to replace a burn
ed out transmitter.
“Installation of a remote-control
system six week ago was pro
bably the reason for the trouble”,
said Mrs. Elsie Patranella, acting
manager. “The old transmitter was
not equipped for remote-control
and the overload caused it to burn
out.”
Three Former Students
On Board of Directors
Plans for a million-dollar shopping - center to be con
structed in the near future near the Circle have been an
nounced by H. E. Burgess, ’39, local real estate and insurance
agent.
Still in the drawing board stage, the new development
will be located on The Circle at the intersections of Sulphur
Springs Road and College Avenue.
Land for the new center will be purchased from Cecil
Culpepper of Bryan and these transactions are still underway.
Burgess, only local member of the board of directors of
the firm to construct the center, said that two more former
students are members of the board. They are R. W. (Bob)
TM a r t i n , ’49 and Lincoln
Hinsch, ’49. both from Dallas.
Several other men comprise
the board.
Texas Shopping Centers,
Inc., of Dallas, is the firm that will
construct the new center. They
have developed similar units of
this type throughout the state.
Plans for the building will be
drawn by Caudill, Rowlett & Scott,
architects from Bryan. They, to
gether with Burgess, will travel to
Dallas Sept. 8 for a meeting of
the board to complete final plans
for the unit.
Included in the plans is space
for about 18 to 20 business units
which will have a supermarket,
drug store and filling stations.
Several national concerns have
shown an interest in the develop
ment,” said Burgess," and two
filling stations have applied for
contracts for space.”
Actual construction date on the
14-acre tract of land has not
been completed but will be set
at the September meeting.
Lions Urge All
To Get Series
Of Polio Shots
Importance of securing Salk
Polio Vaccine shots was
stressed at the regular meet
ing of the College Station
Lions Club Monday in the
MSC.
Dr. E. E. Holt, MD, informed
members of the medical aspects of
the vaccine, describing its growth
and cultivation.
“A person who has been vacci
nated with Salk vaccine is immune
for at least three years and per
haps longer”, Dr. Holt said.
“No one knows if the immunity
will last longer or not. Shots are
reccommended for anyone above
six months of age”, he added.
“The vaccine is completely safe”.
Jack T. Kent, chairman of the
Brazos County Chapter of the Na
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, told the club. “No per
son who has taken all three of the
required series of shots has ever
been affected by the disease”, he
added.
Polio germs fall into three cata-
gories and the Salk vaccine pre
vents all three forms, the speakers
said.
All persons are eligible for the
shots, which cost 810 for the se
ries. Those not able to pay for the
shots may contact the County
Health Department and get them
free.
Announcements In
Graduation announcements
for the summer grads have
arrived and may he picked up
at the Office of Student
Activities, according to C. G.
(Spike) White.
Extras are available in all
three types — paper — card
board and leather—and may be
purchased on a first-corn e-first
served basis.
Active Duty Calls
Local Reservists
Lt. Col. William S. McCulley,
Commander of the 9807th Air Re
serve Squadron, reported for ac
tive duty at the Air Force Special
Weapons Center at Kirkland Air
Force Base, New Mexico. His tour
of duty which began Aug. 13 will
last 15 days.
Two members of the same squad
ron, S/Sgt. Richai'd L. Bentley,
Jr. and S/Sgt. James D. McMas-
ter, began a 15-day active duty
period with the 3530th Pilot
Training Wing, Bryan Air Force
Base. Both are students at A&M
and reside in College Station.
Lt. Col. Noel R. Strader spoke
on “The Strategic Bombers of the
United States Air Force” at Mon
day’s general training meeting. A
color movie of the Strategic Bomb
ers was shown during the pro
gram.
Gone Six Years
Bats May Carry Rabies
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By JOHN OSBORN
Battalion Staff Writer
Rabies could be the cause of the
large numbers of dead bats noticed
recently in the College Station-
Bryan area and all parents are
urged to keep their children away
from sick or dead bats, announced
Dr. E. S. Freeman of the County
Health Unit recently.
John P. Delaplane, head of De
partment of Veterinary Microbiol
ogy, has discussed the problem at
length with Richrd P. Eads of the
State Public Health Service. Dur
ing these discussions Delaplane
found this incident is not the first
time bats have been found dying
in the same manner.
“One Texas community experi
enced the same trouble we are hav
ing only last year”, Delaplane
said, “At that time rabies was de
termined to be the causative agent.
Delaplane added the live bats he
has obseiwed around the campus
have not been acting normally —
they seem to have lost their sense
of orientation.
When asked whether these, dead
bats should be considered danger
ous, he said “Contact with these
animals should be avoided. Sick
birds should be avoided also as
they are hosts to psittacosis (par
rot fever) and encephalitis (sleep
ing sickness) organisms which can
Date Tickets On
Sale Sept. 14
Date tickets to all home football
games will be sold at the reduced
price of $2.50 each between Sept.
14th and Sept. 21st.
After Sept. 21 all date tickets
will be sold at the regular price
which is $3.50, according to Pat
Dial of the athletic office.
In order to buy date tickets at
$2.50 it is necessary that a student
activity card be purchased. Tickets
will be sold at regular prices to
those who do not purchase the stu
dent activity card. There will not
be a special rate for date tickets
for games that are played away
from home.
be transmitted to man from dis
eased birds.
It will be recalled by many Ag
gies that George Menzies, ’39, died
earlier this year of rabies. Men
zies had been working in bat caves
near Austin trying to isolate para
sites fi*o mthese animls. He was
employed by the State Public
Health Service at the time of his
death. Most authorities believe
he contracted rabies from bats,
however, the cause of his sickness
is still unknown.
Manning A. Price, of A&M’s En
tomology Department, says “Bats
are considered a natural reservoir
of the rabies virus. They may
carry the virus up to 90 days be
fore it eventually kills them.”
Price said that entomologists are
conducting reseai*ch to determine
whether bat parasites can transfer
the disease from one bat to anoth
er or from a bat to another species
of animal. The answers to these
questions could have far-reaching
results.
GFs Must Report
All veterans currently enroll
ed in school and planning to
enroll i n September should
contact the Veteran’s Advisor
before leaving in August, an
nounced Bennie A Zinn, vet
eran advisor. Pay forms may
be signed at this time.
Returns to India With PhD
Flight Training
Planned for A&M
Plans for flight training for
those cadets enrolled in Air Force
ROTC will be ready by the time
the fall semester begins, an
nounced Col. Henry Dittman,
professor of air science.
The announcement came from
the Military Science Department
after a message from Maxwell
AFB, Ala., sent to the local PAS
which stated “A&M has been se
lected as one of 38 institutions to
implement the program which
became law Aug. 1.”
Further information regard
ing this program will be released
in time for the fall semester.
It has been six years since P. J.
Gazder has seen his family. He
came to A&M in 1950 from his
home, in Calcutta, India, to study
animal breeding, and will leave this
week with an M. S. in genetics and
a Ph. D. in animal husbandry.
Gazder plans to stop over in
London, Paris and Cairo on his
homeward trek and is looking for
ward to seeing two of his brothers
while in London.
His older brother, A. J. Gazder,
is doing post-graduate work in
pediatrics in London and, a younger
brother R. J. Gazder, is finishing
up his work for an Arts and Science
degree in composition there.
The slim 29-year old “doctor
soon-to-be” came to the United
States and Texas A&M after being
employed by one of the largest
dairies in Calcutta, the Express
Dairy, to raise the standards of
their milking herd.
The quiet, unassuming Gazder
doesn’t describe himself as a book
worm, for in addition to doing all
the research necessary for his
doctors’ degree, he has found time
to “bum around the country.”
While “bumming” around he has
written a book on the History of
the Brahman Cattle, become a re-
P. J. GAZDER
corded judge for the American
Horse Shows Association and is
considered an authority on Arabian
and Quarter Horses.
In addition he found time to
judge two horse shows in Houston,
one in Chicago and recently turned
down an offer to judge a show in
Colorado because of his plans to
return to India.
When asked if he had had any
one experience while in the states
that stood out from the rest he
grinned and said that “one might
compare me with a radio receiver,
I’ve been tuned in to receive and
(See GAZDER, Page 5)
Weather Today
Partly Cloudy
Partly cloudy is the forcast for
College Station. Yesterday’s high
of 104 degrees dropped to 76 de
grees early this morning. Tempera
ture at 10:30 this morning was 93
degrees.