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COLT..EGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1957
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HOISTING THE LAST BEAM IN PLACE marks the near completion of the unusual
bridge recently erected on FM Road 2038. The bridge is made of pre-stressed concrete
beams which may revolutionize the entire bridge building field in the future.
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is the time to plan your adver
tisements for the freshman edi
tion of The Battalion. The ad
vertising- deadline is Aug. 15.
Remember, the edition is sent
to every new student who is ex
pected on the campus in Septem
ber. If the Batt’s ad salesman
has not yet been to see you why
not call the business office at
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(irants-in-aid, Gifts
By Ag Experiment
Given
Station
Eight grants-in-aid, an extension
»f a grant, two gifts and two loans
have been made recently to the
Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station. According to Station Di
rector R. D. Lewis, each will be
used to further I'esearch studies in
several different fields.
The extension was made by the
Bi'ewers Yeast Council of Chicago
and is being used to support studies
on the value of dried brewers yeast
in feeds for growing turkeys.
Work under the extension and
two of the grants is being direct
ed by Dr. J. R. Couch in the De
partments of Poultry Science ,and
Biochemistry and Nutrition. The
grants were made by the National
Cottonseed Products Association,
Inc. of Memphis, Tenn., and the
Sterling-Wirithrop Research Insti
tute, Rensselaer, N. Y. They are
for $3,000 and $1,500 respectively
and will be used to support re
search on “A Study of the Histo-
pathological Effects of Various
Levels of Gossypol in the Diets of
Chickens” and studies on poultry
diseases.
Merck and Company, Inc., Rah
way, N. J.,. has made available
$5,000 to support studies on the
chemical control of plant growth
as related to cotton. These studies
are being directed by Dr. J. L.
Liverman, Department of Biochem-
istry and Nutrition arrd Dr. S. P.
Johnson, Department of Plant Phy
siology and Pathology. The same
company made a second grant for
$2,000 to study plant gi-owth as
related to ornamental plants. Drs.
Liverman and Johnson will direct
the studies in cooperation with the
Department of Floriculture and
Landscape Architecture.
The Stauffer Chemical Company,
Chauncey, N.Y., has made available
a grant for $500 to support existing
research on the control of crop dis
eases by means of fungicides. Dr.
G. M. Watkins, head, Department
of Plant Physiology and Pathology
is supervising the work.
The Texas Random Sample Tests
Committee has made available
$1,700 for the purchase of equip
ment for the Texas Random Sam
ple Tests.
Burke Brothers of Corsicana
have loaned a registered Brahman
bull to the Department of Animal
Husbandry for six months use in
the Department’s herd. This ani
mal is valued at $5,000.
The Tri-Pak Machinery Service
of Harlingen has loaned to the De
partment of Horticulture a Tri
Wax applicator which will be used
for applying waxes and other ma
terials to fresh fruits and vege
tables to extend their storage life.
Value of the machine is $890.
One of the two gifts was made
by the same concern, a roller grad
ing table complete with dump hop
per, drain pan, motor and variable
speed reduction unit. It will be
used in the Department of Horti
culture for post harvest handling
and storage studies with fresh
fruits and vegetables. It is valued
at $020.
G e i g y Chemical Corporation,
Yonkers, N.Y., has donated a mite
brushing machine and attachments
to the Station for use on the Wes
laco substation in connection with
studies on inserts attadking cirus.
It is valued at $250.
The Hercules Powder Company,
Wilmington, Del., has made avail
able a grant for $600 which supple
ments their present agreement cov
ering test work to determine the
toxicity upon beneficial insects of
toxaphene. It will be used to-eval
uate toxaphene dust and spray for
residue determination on vegetables
and the studies will be conducted
at the Weslaco substation under
the direction of Supt. W. R. Cow
ley.
Hess and Clark, Inc., Ashland
O., has made available a grant for
$100 which will be used at Substa
tion 18 to support research on the
study of nitrofurazone in garbage
fed pigs. Supt. J. (£. Williams of
the- Prairie View Substation will
supervise the work.
Construction Method
Pres i ressed
Concrete Test
By JIM NEIGHBORS
Under the sponsorship of the Texas Transportation
Institute located on the A&M campus, the State Highway
Department has erected a pre-cast, pre-stressed, light weight
concrete bridge.
The first bridge of its kind, the unique structure was
designed by members of the TTI and the method of con
struction will save taxpayers in Texas several million dollars
a year.
Besides being extremely economical, the 7iew structure
is a very rapid method of bridge construction. The two span
bridge was erected in four or five days as opposed to the 20
to 25 days needed to erect a bridge of the old type.
It is possible under the new
Carl Zietlow
Tooth Decay Topic
Of Kiwanis Talk
Dr. Herbert Hooper was the
speaker at the Tuesday meeting
of the College Station Kiwanis
Club. He spoke to the group on
the subject of “Tooth Carpentry.”
A member of' the local club,
he told the club some of the back
ground of the research being done
on tooth decay. Hooper is a den
tist and has his office here in
College Station.
Hooper explained why teeth be
came decayed and what could be
done to help pi’event frequent trips
to the dentist.
He was introduced to the gath
ering by John Longley, first vice
president of the club. It was an-
nouced that the percentage of at
tendance at last week’s meeting
was 81.6.'
Minnesota IV! an
Named YMCA
Associate Head
Carl Zietlow of Rochester,
Minn., has been named asso
ciate secretary of the YMCA
of A&M.
Zietlow and J. Gordon Gay,
co-ordinator of Religious Life and
General Seci’etary, will devote
their time to the development of
the YMCA program. Zietlow with
his wife and baby wall move to
College Station this fall upon be- ‘Y’ Associate Secretary
trig reToased from military service.4—
Zietlow holds two degrees from
the University o f Minnesota.
While in college he belonged to
Silver Spurs and Gi’ay Friars, hon-
oray organizations and the Sigma
Alpha Epsilon social fraternity.
He was also active in the pro
gram of the YMCA serving as
chairman of the Freshman Camp
Committee and as a counselor for
the camp. Zietlow attended sev
eral student conferences of the
YMCA on sectional, state and nat
ional levels. During the summer
of 1953 he participated in the New
York Leadership Training School
for YMCA presidents.
He received the King. Gustav
award for his work with the In
ternational Students at the Uni
versity of Minnesota. In addition
to his work with the YMCA he
was active in other campus activ
ities, serving as chairman of the
Campus Political Party, Campus
Chest Committee and the Inter
national Relations Committee.
Lions Hear Talk
On Guided Missiles
Wayne Stark, director of the
Memorial Student Center, present
ed a program on guided missiles
to the Monday noon meeting of the
College Station Lions Club.
He spoke to the members of the
civic club about the progress being
made by the army in their missile
research program. Stark recent
ly spent two weeks active duty at
the Pentagon working in the
Army’s missile program.
He showed a film recently re
leased by the army which gives
a rundown of all the missiles cur
rently being used by the aimy.
Stark announced to the group
that Gen. Alvin R. Luedecke,
head of the nuclear warhead pro
gram for the Department of De
fense and a former aggie, would
be a great issues speaker on the
campus this fall.
Two Local (}irls Perform
In MSC Duo Piano Recital
method, according to Steve
Bryant, research assistant at
the TTI and construction su
perintendent for the new
bridge, to construct the entire
bridge in ,15 woidcing days.
The new bridge is located on
FM 2038, six miles south of High
way 21 and fifteen miles from
Bryan. The bridge spans Bow
man Creek.
Thei’e are nine beams in each
span. They are 45 feet long and
3 feet wide, making the bridge
90 feet long and 25 feet wide from
curb to curb.
Another innovation is that
the curbs are built-in and were
cast as a part of the side beams.
One span is made of light weight
concrete and the other is of con
ventional material. Weight of the
light weight concrete is six and
a half tons per beam as compared
to ten tons for the regular weight
concrete.
The structure will he used for
testing and research. For this
purpose both types of concrete
were used in construction. As an
aid in testing the bridge, electric
strain gauges were attached to
the beams.
Pre-stressed concrete has only
been used in this country to any
extent in the past four or five
years. The principle is the same
as a wooden barrel with the staves
representing the stressed concrete
and held together and compressed
by a metal band which makes the
barrel water-tight.
With pre-stressing, the con
crete can be made virtually
weightless as pi’e - stressing
counteracts the weight of the
material.
The idea for the bridge was
born three years ago at the TTI
H. K. Stephenson is head of the
Structural Research Division of
TTI.
Japanese Hoy
Wants Oilman
To Correspond
The A&M Information Of
fice has become accustomed to
handling many unusual in
quiries, such as “where do I
pick up my meal ticket?” or
"my niece is coming to town - , and
is it all right for her to date
Aggies?”
This week, however, the office
received an air mail letter from
Japan which offers a real chal
lenge, since the young man hope
fully awaits an answer. Hei’e is
the letter.
Dear sir:
I am a 21-year-old Japanese boy
who now resides in Western Japan,
and please forgive me for writing
to you suddenly, sir.
I was working until recently as
a clerk on the U. S. Air Force
Base in Japan, but at present I
am unemployed, sir.
I know you are very busy, so I
hesitate to ask you this matter,
but if you don’t mind, I would like
to ask you a favor, sir.
I recently heard that there is,
in almost every oil city in Texas,
at least one example of the Holly
wood idea of an oilman, sir. I feel
I would like to correspond with
some of them, so would you mind
letting me know the names and
addresses of them, sir? If you
would even feel like helping me
in this matter, I would be very
happy and grateful, sir.
I hope everything is all right
with you and in your college, sir.
Cordially yours
Seiro Makidono,
No. 1993, Gaza Hano,
Tabuse Town,
Kamuge County,
Yamaguchi Prefecture,
Japan
Any Hollywood-type Texas oil
man seeking a pen pal can corres
pond directly with Seiro.
Actual casting of the spans was
done at the District 17 Mainten
ance Yard in Bryan.
Food Paper Given
G. T. King, professor in the
Animal Husbandry Department
will present a paper to the Texas
Independent Meat Packers As
sociation on Food Technology in
Dallas on August 15.
Wea th or Today
PARTLY CLOUDY
The temperature at 10:30 this
morning was 81 degrees. Yester
day’s high and low mercury read
ings were 91 and 72 degrees.
HANDLING (H/ 2 TONS OF CONCRETE is not an easy
job even for two cranes. The Texas Highway Depart
ment, under the direction of the Texas Transportation
Institute used spans such as this one in building a unique
bridge.
Claire Rogers and Martha
Fletcher are the featured per
formers at a recital being held
Sunday, Aug. 11, in the Me
morial Student Center.
Another in the series of MSC
Summer Recital Series, the two
girls will play duo piano in the
Lobby. Both are former students
of Mrs. A. B. Medlen.
Miss Fletcher, of 749 N. Rose
mary, Bryan, is a freshman at
Texas University. While attending
Stephen F. Austin High School,
she sang in the a capella choir,
was a member of the Panamerican
Club, the girls forum, National
Honor Society and is an accom
panist at the First Baptist Church
in Bryan.
Miss Rogers, of College Station,
is a sophomore music major at
North Texas State College. She is
a member of the Grand Chorus
there. While attending CHS she
won the Avion Award as the out
standing instrumentalist of her
class and received a Lions Club
award for making the highest
grade in music her senior year
She has also accompanied at two
summer operettas in The Grove.
Some of the selections they will
play include Dance in G Minor by
Gluck, Brazielei’a by Milhaud,
Rainbow Concerto by K i m e s,
Rhapsody Mignonne by Koehling,
Rhapsody by Brahms, songs of
Victor Herbert, Stardust by Hoagy
Carmichael, Tea for Two by Vin
cent Youmans and Stormy
Weather. Each girl will also play
one solo piece.
Martha Fletcher and Claire Rogers
DRAWING LAYOUTS FOR THE FRESHMAN EDITION
is Dudley Stewart, advertising salesman for The Batt. The
deadline for advertising in the special edition ‘which will
be mailed out soon’ is August 15.