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The Battalion .... College Station (Brazos County), Texas ! PAGE 2 Thursday, August 30, 1956 ! IT’S A PLANE?—Willie Zboril, works at Easterwood Air port works on the wing of the plane that will be used to train A&M cadets enrolled in Air Science. A&M is one of 38 educational institution to begin this program which became a law Aug. 1. Demand Grows Heavy For Skilled Worker The demand for skilled industrial •workers, public service employees, supervisory personnel, engineers and technicians, was cited here this week by H. D. Bearden, vice direc tor of the Engineering Extension Service. Bearden spoke at the an nual meeting of the EES staff. “The future progress and wel fare of Texas depends upon a conscientious concern with o u r skilled manpower,” Bearden de clared. “The majority of our popu lation does not complete an edu- cationel program that properly pro vides them with the knowledge and skills requided in their specific jobs. To increase employment se- r/urity, job efficiency, and job ad- ancement opportunities for these people, it is essential that needed training services be made avail able.”. Bearden pointed out the services as rendered by the EES. “The training services as carried on by the Engineering Extension Service are designed to serve these needs and the further expansion and de velopment of these services is nec essary in order to meet the’ in creasing responsibility of the Texas A&M College System to the people of Texas,” he said. “Our organization,” Bearden de clared, “must step up its growth if it is to meet the increasing training needs of Texas’ booming A&M Students In California Debate Two A. & M. Agricultural Eco nomics students representing A. & M. at the annual meeting of the AmcricanFarm Economic Associa tion now underway in California. The students, Tommy Smith of Lawn and Thomas Livingston of Plattsmouth, Neb., have this as their subject: Resolved that the federal gavern- fnent should make long-range plans to discontinue all price supports for agidcultural products. industrial force, which already in cludes the majority of working Texans—and is still growing by leaps and bounds.” The expansion of Texas indus try and the rapid giowth of con centrated urban areas (67 per cent of the total state population now live in towns and cities), Bearden said, “has created an increased need for skilled industrial workers, public service employees, super visory personnel, engineers and technicians. “In addition,” Bearden said, “ad vances in science annd technology have made new demands on certain skilled occupations and also have created new occupational fields re quiring new skills. On an even greater scope than before, we must continue to range over the state, carrying job know-how to the men who need it and who can not afford to leave their jobs to learn it.” A&M Professors Attend Workshop Four members from the Agri cultural Education Department of A&M served as consultants at the State Workshop for teachers of vocational agriculture, held in San Antonio on August 13-15. E. V. Waulton, Bob Craig and Jarrell Gray assisted with a panel discussion dealing with methods, techniques and procedures of teaching farm mechanics to high school students of vocational agri culture. O. M. Holt assisted at a sectional meeting in which methods of organ izing and conducting adult and young farmer classes were dis cussed. The State Workshop was at tended by approximately 1,000 teachers of vocational agriculture in Texas. The Battalion The Editorial Policy of The Battalion Represents the Views of the Student Editors The Battalion, daily newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station, is published by students in the Office of Student Publications as a non-profit educational service. The Director of Student Publications is Ross Strader. The governing body of all student publications of the A.&M. College of Texas is the Student Publications Board. Faculty members are Karl E. Elmquist, Chairman; Donald D. Burchard, Tom Leland and Bennie Zinn. Student members are Derrell H. Guiles. Paul Holladay, and Wayne Moore. Ex-officio members are Charles Roeber, and Ross Strader, Secretary. The Battalion is published four times a week during the regular school year and once a week during the summer and vacation and examination periods. Days of publication are Tuesday through Friday for the regular school year and on Thursday during tl e summer tex-ms and during examination and vacation periods. The Battalion is not published on the Wednesday immediately preceding Easter or Thanksgiving. Subscription rates are $3.50 per semester, $6.00 per school year, $6.50 per full year, or $1.00 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. Entered as second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas, under the Act of Con gress of March 3, 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by j 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 the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. News contributions may be made by telephone (VI 6-6618 or VI- 6-4910) or at the editorial office room, on the ground floor of the YMCA. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (VI 6-6415) or a* the Student Publications Office, ground floor of the YMCA. JIM BOWER Editor j Dave McReynolds Managing Editor | Barry Hart Sports Editor j Bob Stansberry Staff Photographer 1 Maurice Olian CHS Sports Correspondent i Barney Welch, Director Of* A&M Intramural Program Once the leader of A&M foot ball teams, Barney Welch now di rects one of the largest intramural athletic programs in the world. “We took a survey last fall that indicated 78 per cent of the stu dents enter into at least one sport,” said Welch. “Pm sure we have the largest percentage of students competing in our pro gram of any school in the world.” Welch, former co-captain of the Aggie team, holds the distinction of being the first Cadet ever to scoi'e on the ground against the University of Texas in Memorial Stadium. As a sophomore, Barney scored A&M’s only touchdown on Thanksgiving day, 1942, as the Ags fell before Texas, 13-6. World War II put a slight de lay in Barney’s college football career, however, with 20 months in the European action, including the Battle of the Bulge and ttiree battle stars. Oddly enough,. Welch never par ticipated’ in intramural sports as an under graduate at A&M. “Playing football never gave me much of a chance to enter into the intramural program,” said Barney, “and even after the sea son was over I devoted my spare time to my wife and young son.” Welch and his wife, Jane, were married in 1943 while Barney was a sophomore and now have two children, Russell, 12, and Lynda, 8. Barney just happened onto the job he now holds. In the summer of 1947, with one semester re maining toward his degree in agri cultural economics, Welch met Spike White, then director of in tramurals, and worked as an um pire for him. White was about to become di rector of student activities and, with his old job soon to be va cant, offered the position to Bar ney. Welch accepted and took over the day after graduation in January, 1948. Semester Schedule The fall semester begins Friday, Sept. 7, the opening day of New Student Week. The last day of the semester examinations is January 26, Saturday, 1957. The fall program follows: Sept. 7, Friday, opening day of New Student Week. Sept. 14, Friday, registration of New Basic Division Students who have had no college work, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 15, Saturday, registration of all other students, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 17, ,Monday, beginning of classes, 8 a.m., Sept. 22, Saturday, last day for enrolling in the col lege for the fall semester or for adding new courses. Sept. 29, Saturday, last day for dropping courses with no grades. Nov. 10, Saturday, official corps trip. Nov. 12, Monday, mid-semester grade reports. Nov. 29—Dec. 2, Thursday—Sun day inclusive, Thanksgiving holi days. Dec. 19, Wednesday, beginning of Christmas recess, 5 p.m. Jan. 3, 1957, Thursday, end of Christmas recess, 8 a.m. Jan. 21, Monday, first day of semester examinations. Jan. 26, Saturday, last day of semester examinations. “It was strictly fate that I got this job,” comments Barney. “I was only a semester away from graduation with absolutely no idea what I was going to do when Spike offered me the job.” A&M’s intramural director didn’t need fate to carry him up the military ladder. Welch started as a private in 1942 and came out of the war a T/Sgt. Since then Bar ney has held every possible rank to the captain’s . bars he now wears as Company Commander of Headquarters Company, 1st Bat talion, 143rd Infantry Regiment, 36th Division, of the National Guard. Barney played some service football in Europe, receiving all- European Theater of Operations honors before returning to his halfback spot under Coach Homer Norton in 1946. A Texas boy who played his Industrial Board Coni. Advisors Members of the Board of Advisors of the Industrial De velopment Conference, to be held here today and tomor row, include Gordon H. Tur- rentine, assistant general manager, Houston C. of C., as chairman. Members are R. H. Burchfield, realtor, Ed C. Burris, executive vice president, Texas Manufactur ers Association, John R. Fraker, industrial manager, C. of C., A. Rogers Mielly, industrial commis sioner SP Lines, Houston; Ed Pool, general manager, East Texas C. of C.; Fred H. Husbands, executive vice president and general manager, West Texas C. of C.; John T. Lons dale, director, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas; H. Nix, executive vice president, South Texas C. of C.,Arthur Bierd, president, Texas Real Estate As sociation; Jack Springer, manager, Bryan C. of C.; Jack H. Drake, general mana ger, Lower Rio Grande Valley C. of C.; Fred A. Elliston, manager, area development, Texas Electric Service, Y, E. Luge, assistant freight traffic manager, Ft. Worth and Denver Ry., Ft. Worth; Char les D. Goforth, director of indus trial development, Southwestern Electric Service Co., Lynn Bowerfind, assistant to the president of the Texas Bank and Trust Co., Dallas; A. R. Burgess, head, Industrial Engineering De partment, Lee S. Paine, industrial Economic research section, Engi neering Experiment Station, A. and M. high school athletics at Stephen- ville, Barney has developed A&M’s intramural program into one of the top five in the world. AF Reservist Gets Commendation Frank W. Jordan, sophomore aeronautical engineering major, received a commendation and let ter of appreciation for his work while on a short tour of active duty with the Air Force at Elling ton AFB in June, according to Lt. Col. W. S. McCulley, commander of 9807th Air Reserve Squadron in Bryan. An Airman First Class in the local unit, the 24-year-old Jordan had special duties while at Elling ton AFB which consisted of help ing in the revision of the 446th Troop Carrier Wing Regulations. Turmoil of waters, the Carib bean was the beginning of eleven hurricanes in 1955. A little Learning CORRY, Pa. (AP) — Borough officials were a bit perturbed when their sewage treatment plant went on the blink for the second time within two months. An abnormal j sludge deposit and extensive rain fall were given at two reasons for the breakdown. The sewage plant operator could not be reached. He was attending a course on how to i operate sewage plants! 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