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The Battalion ».♦- College Station (Brazos County), Texas Thursday, 'April 16,1959 PAGE 3 Texas Navy to Demonstrate Rebirth with Review Tuesday Houston (Spl.)—The Texas Na vy will demonstrate its rebirth when 300 vessels pass in review be fore Governor Price Daniel and other State officials as part of the San Jacinto Day celebration Tues day. The Governor and his party will review the Texas Navy from the deck of the battleship Texas, berthed at the San Jacinto Battle ground. Boats participating in the review will move up the Houston Ship Channel past the battleship, which is the flagship of the Texas Navy. Daniel reorganized the T^xas Navy on San Jacinto Day last year, as a patriotic organization and arm of the civil defense for flood control and disaster relief. While membership in the active section of the Navy is open to all Texans with power-driven boats, vessels in the review will be limited to cabin type boats 22 feet or long er. This was decided by the United States Coast Guard and the Battle ship Texas Commission as a safety measure. Daniel said he is pleased with the enthusiasm the pi-oject has re ceived from boat owners through out Texas. The boats in the review, limited to 300, will fly Texas flags and bear special decals signifying them as a part of the Texas fleet. The comnianding officer of each boat will wear the gold Texas Navy la- Minnesota Ag Prof Discusses Balanced Program for Farms “We probably have reached that point in economic development where we should not visualize or expect each farmer to purchase a farm out-right in his lifetime,” Dr. William W.Cochrane said in a lecture here Tuesday night. Cochrane, Department of Agri cultural Economics, University of Minnesota, discussed “A Balanced Farm Program for Agriculture.” He said that we needed to devel op more acceptable and long-term stewardship arrangements for farmers. This would include “life time rental arangements and an access to loan capital in a lifetime basis.” The speaker pointed out the fact that a great number of people leave agriculture each year. “Tradition ally and currently many, if not most, of these people leaving agri culture have been poorly trained to take jobs in the nonfarm sec tor,” he said. “Hence they are forced to take the non-skilled jobs in the city, which means in turn the low pay ing jobs in the city,” Cochrane said. To approach this problem he said that we should de-emphasize vocational agricultural training in rural high schools and emphasize training in nonfarm job skills. We might also establish post high school training centers—probably in connection with junior colleges —in rural areas to facilitate the learning of nonfarm skills and trades, he said. Concluding his talk, Cochrane said we cannot turn the clock back by holding down the size of the fai'm or stopping the continual flow of people out of agriculture to the nonfarm sector. ‘This is a part of, and the price of, economic progress,” he said. “The are things that we can do to protect the incomes of those that remain on the farm, aid farm people to obtain more desirable sized farm'units and to ease the adjustment process of those farm people who want to or must make the jump.” Potts, Darling Receive $200 Scholarships Kent Potts, senior from Bryan, and Dale Darling, junior from Col lege Station, have been awarded undergraduate scholarships by the Trans-Mississippi Golf Assn., Dr. W. O. Trogdon, head of the De partment of Agronomy, announced today. Potts and Darling are majors in plant and soil science. Each scholarship is a cash award of $200. The awards are made each semester to a junior and sen ior in agronomy with a special in terest in turf and were presented at a recent meeting of the Student Chapter of the American Society of Agronomy. A committee appointed by Trog don, of which Dr. Marvin H. Fex’- guson, mid-continent director and national research cooi’dinator of the USGA Gi’een Section, located here, is chairman, selected the re cipients. Last year Potts and Carlton Gip son of College Station, now with the Shreveport Countxy Club, the undergraduate recipients of the Tx-ans-Mississippi Golf Assn, tui’f scholax’ships, conducted tests to study “Effects of Golf-Shoe Soles on Putting Gxeen Turf.” This re- seax’ch has received nation-wide attention, including comments in Sports Illustrated. MOTHERS DAY—MAY 10 She deserves the best. Make your appointment NOW! Si Im iiffl ..... . Studio j pel button which is a replica of those worn by officers in the or iginal Republic of Texas Navy. The buttons ax'e manufactured by the Scovill Manufacturing Co. of Watex-bury, Conn., from the origin al dies used for Texas Navy uxxi- form buttons in 183G. The Scovill Co., which was founded in 1802 and is still in operation, preserved the dyes and has made buttons avail able for the reorganized Texas Navy. Applications for participation in the review are still being accepted by Adm. Joseph B. Hutchison, Tex as Navy Headquarters, 3005 Louis iana St., Houston, or Adm. J. J. Pickle, the Governor’s Navy Chief of Staff, Austin. Rear Adm. W. G. Schindler, U.S.N., commandant of the Eighth Naval District, New Oxleans, has arranged for the U.S.S. Navajo, an ocean-going tug, to participate in the review as a representative of the United States Navy. Membex-ship in the active Texas Navy (power-boat owners) and the Texas Navy Reserve, is still open to all Texas citizens who are in terested in preserving the history, boundaries, water resources and defense of the State. The official Texas Navy Com mission, in red, white, blue and gold, contains pictures of the pres ent Texas Flag and the original Texas Navy Flag, and pictux-es of the Invincible, one of the early Texas Navy ships, and the battle ship Texas of World War I and Woi’ld War II fame. The commis sion charges the enlistee “with the duty of assisting in the preserva tion of the history, boxxndai’ies, wa ter resoux-ces and civil defense of the State.” Schulcnherg Wins District Play Meet “The Importance of Being Earn est”, presented by Schulenberg High School, won the District 21- AA One-Act Play contest in A&M Consolidated High School auditor ium Monday. The group also captured best actor and best actress spots, along with three honorable mentions in this category. Cecily, played by Sharon Owens, won top actress award, and Algernon Moncrief, portx*ayed by Wayne Winkelman, won best actor. A&M Consolidated’s “Last Flight Over” took alternate position. The part of Dave, played by David De laney, won second place best actor award, and the part of Jenny, played by Ann Williamson, won honorable mention. Cypress-Faix-banks’ “Glass Men agerie” was disqualified because of a two-minute overtime, putting them out of the running in both best play and best actor contests. Critic judge for the contest was Dr. Loren T. Winship, chairman of the Depai’tment of Drama at the University of Texas. He has judged over 400 play contests, and has been with the department since 1939. Library Distributes Notable Books List A leaflet entitled, “Notable Books of 1958,” is being distributed by the Cushing Libx-axy. It contains a list of “the most noteworthy books published in the United States during the past year,” Robert A. Houze, librax-y di- x'ector, said today. “This selected list was prepared by the Notable Books Council of the American Library Assn., in co- opei'ation with 33 participating li braries from all sections of the United States,” Houze says. 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