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The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas I 5 ' Page 2 Thursday, July 25, 1957 I Most Steel Caslings Not Produced Here pi % Fi 15?: le le si In spite of steel castings being- bulky and expensive to ship long- distances, 35 to 40 per cent of the Texas market is being supplied by producers from other states. This was discovered by James R. Bradley, a specialist in industrial economics research at the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (a part of the A&M System). He finds that nine jobbing steel foundries are presently producing castings in Texas and providing a total annual output of 33,135 tons, mostly in the carbon steel cate gory, and that there is also pro duction of castings by so-called “captive” foundries that produce solely for their parent concerns. All of the jobbing foundries have facilities for at least 25 per cent more production. Eight of the nine steel jobbing- foundries in Texas are located in the eastern portion of the state near the casting using customers, many of which are chemical or pe troleum industries. The ninth job bing foundry is located in El Paso. Harris county has three foundries with Bexar, Tarrant, Gregg, El Paso, Harrison and Angelina coun ties having one each. All of the nine foundries use carbon steel and low alloy steel in making castings and three present ly are using high alloy steel, to meet the demands of Texas cus tomers. Only one produces mal leable steel castings. The size or weight of castings made by the foundries in Texas vax-ies from % of a pound to 20,000 pounds. Very few of the castings produced in Texas weigh more than 5000 pounds, but the fa cilities are available should a cus tomer have need of them. Both the electric melting process and 73 Foreign-born Students At A&M Seventy-three foreign students, representing 22 countries, are en rolled for the second term of sum mer school, according to the Reg istrar’s Office. Heading the list with most stu dents enrolled is Mexico with 15, closely followed by Pakistan with 11 students enrolled. Other coun tries represented and the number of students from each are India, G; Venezuela, Guatemala, El Sal vador and Brazil, 4 each; Argen tina, Bolivia and Cuba, 3 each; Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama and Paraguay, 2 each; Canada, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Greece, Honduras, Peru and the Philippine Islands, 1 each. the open-hearth furnace method are used by the Texas concerns. Industries which presently pur chase steel castings from jobbing- foundries in Texas manufacture in the following categories: Ordnance and accessories, agricultural ma chinery and tractors, construction and mining machinery and equip ment, special industrial machinery, general industrial machinery and equipment, office and store ma chines and devices, valves and fit tings, electrical generating trans mission, distribution and industrial apparatus, motor vehicle parts and accessories, truck trailers, railroad equipment, furniture and fixtures and miscellaneous fabricated metal products. In Texas it is common practice for a foundry to ship castings as many as 200 or more miles to a using .industry. Most castings move by truck and in many cases the foundries own the trucks that transport the finished castings. With the growth of various in dustry in Texas, the steel castings production will play a more im portant role, Bradley believes. As more users of steel castings locate in the state, the demand will be greater and Texas concerns should get a higher percentage of the market. Sophomores Vital To Ag’s Thin Line NO, THERE AREN’T ENOUGH girls to go around at the weekly MSC dance. The usual Aggie stag line is very much in evidence. Believe it or not, there is a girl in the pic ture. Look in the right background. Make-believe Forest Fire Practice Undertaken Here Ag Prof President Of Pecan Growers F. R. Brison of the Department of Horticulture at A&M has been elected president of the Federated Pecan Growers Association of the United States. In the same election, which oc curred during the federation’s re cent meeting in Biloxi, Miss., J. Benton Storey, assistant professor in the Horticulture Department, was named secretary. The Federated Pecan Growers Association of the U. S., repre senting the bulk of all domestic pecan production in this country, is made up of the Southeastern Pecan Growers Association (which includes associations from Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Missis sippi and Alabama), the Louisiana Pecan Growers Association, the Oklahoma Pecan Growers Associa tion and the Texas association. In addition to being a nationally- known authority on the academic side of the pecan industry, Brison also owns and operates a good- producing grove in Bell County. He has been closely associated with pecans and pecan production, as well as other horticultural pro ducts, throughout his 30 years , with A&M. A “mock” forest fire drill with practice conditions that would like ly exist on a large blaze, was un dertaken on Monday and Tuesday, July 22 and 23, by the Fire Control Department of the Texas Forest Service in the vicinity of Bon Wier, Newton County, Tex. Purpose of the “dry run” was to test the effectiveness of fire fighting plans developed to cope with large fires and locate the weak spots. The present drill was directed toward having an effec tive organization on fires over 2,000 a«res, representing a situa tion under blow-up conditions. It is an exercise similar to that car- ried out by the U. S. Army to check combat effectiveness. The area of the mock fire had previously been marked out on the ground and signs were posted throughout the area giving inform ation as to conditions theoretically present,; such as wind velocity and direction, humidity and other per tinent factors. To coordinate work on the project fire , and prevent loss of time a permanent camp was established. Bedding, food and water were provided. The camp was also headquarters for radio communications and provis ion was made to care for mechan ical breakdowns at this point. Under normal forest fire con ditions Texas Forest Service per sonnel with local landowners’ as sistance can handle the job. How ever, under explosive weather' con ditions wildfires can become large and more difficult to handle, re quiring additionar' equipment and manpower. SPORT SHIRTS J2.95 lo IMS Wide Array of Styles and Colors A&M Men's Shop Dick Rubin, ’59 103 North Main North Gate 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 ot 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 Publication? Is Ross Strader. The governing body of all student publications of the A.&M. Coilegf of Texas is the Student Publications Board. Faculty members are Dr. Carroll D Uaverty. Chairman; Prof. Donald D. Burchard, Prof. Tom Leland and Mr. Bennie Zmn. Student members are W. T. Williams, Murray Milner, Jr., and Leighlus E Sheppard, Jr., Ex-officio members are Mr. Charles Roeber, and Ross Strader. Sec retary. 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 the summer terms and during examination and vacation periods. Subscription rates arc $3.50 per semester, $6.00 per school year, $6.50 per full year or $1.00 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. Kntered »s second-ciasw ■natter at Post Office at Ooliesre Station. Texas, •nriar the Act of Con- rr*»9 of March 8, 1870. Member of: The Associated Press Texas Press Association Represented nationally b> National Advertisint!. Service*. Inc... a t York City, Chicago, Co* Angeles, and San Fr*n 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 ttu YMCA. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (VI 6-6413) or a< the Student Publications Office, ground floor of the YMCA. JIM NEIGHBORS Editor Joy Roper Society Editor Maurice Olian Sports Correspondent Don Collins Staff Cartoonist Ed Thorpe Circulation Manager By ROGER COSLETT Sophomores will be counted on to fill the blanks in the ’57 Aggie football ranks as the Maroon and White field what may possibly be the thinnest and most inexperien ced squad in the Southwest Con ference race. This rather grim outlook is the picture painted in the 1957 A&M football brochure prospects for 1957. “Chief cause of the lack of depth and experience is the thin junior class players, who were freshmen back in 1955.” Only three players of that group are on the first two teams now. Loss of 12 departing lettermen will show up more seriously in the middle of the line. The top four guards, top two centers and right tackle are missing from this years line-up. The loss of work horse performers fullback Jack Pardee and center Lloyd Hale as defen sive line-backers will be sorely felt. The brochure continues by say ing, “there is no depth in any po sition except tackle and quarter back.” Because of a lack of ade quate substitutes at halfback any injury to star halfbacks Crow ,oi Taylor might well prove “disas trous”. On the brighter side of the pic ture there are six returning reg ulars that played a lot of good football last year. Freshman full back Gordon LeBoeuf will team with returning fullback Richard Gay in an effort to fill the shoes of the fabulous Jack Pardee. A task that will prove difficult if not impossible. LeBoeuf has proven a consistent performer in his fresh man duties and in spring prac tice. The defending champions lack ed team speed in spring drills; an important factor in the unbeaten 1956 club. This was due in part to the many injuries in the spring practice that prevented their work ing as a unit. This speed will have to be developed early in the fall, further states the brochure, if the Aggies are to successfully defend their title. Also on the brighter side is the statement that the kicking game is in capable hands. Numerous shifts may be made at the beginning of the season be fore a clocklike combination is produced hut this writer feels that if the winning combination is there our capable coaching staff will find it. FFA DELEGATES—Representing A&M Consolidated FFA Chapter at the annual State Convention in Fort Worth last week were Kanneth Cooner (left), president, and Edgar Feldman, vice president. WHAT A DIFFERENCE IT MAKES TO BE CERTAIN ABOUT YOUR EYES! HI* FINEST QUALITY AT REASONABLE COST Wear while you pay $1 WEEKLY PRECISION VISION i SINCE 1935 _ * . r . Texas Stfite Opnai When you have glasses fitted, it's comforting to know that your eyes have been thoroughly and scientifi cally examined for possible disease or defect as well as for visual abnor malities ... to know that your eyes were fitted in glasses because they needed the exact corrections provided in them. Texas State Optical offers you a 21 year reputation founded on finest quality eyewear and eyecare at sensi ble cost. Visit your nearby TSO office soon! ONLY EXPERIENCED DOCTORS OF OPTOMETRY EXAMINE YOUR EYES AT TSO. Directed by Dr. S. J. Rogers, Dr. N. Jay Rogers, Optometrists ScdU^acito*t Qua/tanieed! 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