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I PAGE 2 CADET SLOUCH Thursday, June 11, 1959 The Battalion Cnlfegp Station (Brazos County), Texas t)Y Jim ‘‘May I have your attention, please? Class your attention, please! Aw come on now class . . Three Speakers Discuss TB Here Three speakers were at the reg ular meeting of the Brazos County Tuberculosis Assn. Board which met in the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation building here Monday. Dr. James Lindsay, physician and board member, spoke on the role played by the family physi cian when tuberculosis strikes, and he stressed the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of pa tients until admission to a hos pital. Mrs. Mildred Turner, Brazos County nurse, gave an outline on the manner in which County Health Unit cooperates with the TB Assn. She said the Health Unit is active in casefinding through skin tests and X-rays for food handlers, school children and referral cases. Her report showed that Brazos County is currently caring for ap proximately 10 indigent patients. Jack L. Thurman, counselor for Vocational Rehabilitation Division of the Texas Education Agency, spoke on the problems encountered by TB patients in their rehabilita tion into society. Pie said that the biggest problem is that of encour aging the TB- patient to take his place in society after his discharge from the hospital. NOTICE TO OUR PATRONS Drive In Section of THE TRIANGLE is now open from 11 a. m. til 12 p. m. 7 days a week We Appreciate your Patronage Triangle Drive In 3608 S. College TA 2-1352 Science Event Launched Here Twenty-four talented high school students will get an introduction to college biology and other sci ences in a five-week program that started at A&M Monday. The five-week Summer Science Enrichment Program for High Ability Secondary School Students is jointly sponsored by the college and the National Science Founda tion. Dr. C. C. Doak, head of the Department of Biology, A&M, is di rector of the program which will continue through July 11 and in clude lectures, demonstrations and field trips. Purpose of this program is to accelerate the preparation of un usually talented students in sci ence by stimulating their interest in science and to demonstrate how biology is interrelated, with other sciences. Study of Ecology First two weeks of the program will be devoted mainly to a study of ecology and its relationship to geology. The students will hear lectures by geologists, ecologists, taxonomists, entomologists, radia tion biologists and forest geneti cists. As a conclusion to this phase of the program, the students will be aken on a field trip to Austin on June 19 for an ecological and geo logical study. The interrelation of medicine and biology will be covered dur ing the next two weeks with lec tures by doctors, veterinarians, biochemists, biologists and micro biologists. The students will con clude this phase with a visit to hospitals and research centers in Houston on July 3. During their last week at the college, the students will make a field trip to the Normangee Lake for a biological study. Noted Speakers Here Among the visiting speakers to be heard by the young biologists will be Calvin D. Hibler, coordina tor of the National Education De fense Act for the Texas Education Agency; Dr. Thurlo B. Thomas, professor of zoology, chairman of the Department of Biology and Chairman of the Division of Na tural Sciences, Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., and Dr. Gerard Peter Kuiper, director, Yerkes Ob servatory, University of Chicago, and McDonald Observatory, Uni versity of Texas. BE A MAGICIAN WRITE MEYER-BLOCH DIR.-CONJURORS’ CLUB 240 RIVINGTON ST. N. Y. C. 2 THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu dent writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax-supported, non profit, self-supporting educational enterprise edited and op erated by students as a community newspaper and is under the supervision of the director of Student Publications at Texas A&M College. Members of the Student Publications Board are L. A. Duewall, director of Student Publications, chairman ; J. W. Amyx, School of Engineering ; Harry Lee Kidd, School of Arts and Sciences; Otto R. Kunze, School of Agriculture; and Dr. E. D. McMurry, School of Veterinary Medicine. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A.&M., is published in College Sta tion, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, Septem ber through May, and once a week during summer school. Entered as second - class matter at the Post Office In College Station, Texas, under the Act of Con gress of March 8, 1870. MEMBER: The Associated Press Texas Press Ass’n. 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Uiuuris Sixty Teachers Here to Study Math, Science Sixty junior and senior high school teachers have arrived at A&M for advanced summer cours es designed to better prepare them in science and mathematics. , They were welcomed to the cam pus by Dr. John B. Page, dean of idle college, and to the Bryan-Col- ege Station area by John Naylor, president of the Bryan Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Bryan city commission. The teachers have received grants to attend the Fourth An nual Summer Institute sponsored by A&M with funds from the Na tional Science Foundation, the Schlumberger Foundation and in dustries operating in Texas. First term of the summer instP cute began Tuesday and will run to July 17, and the second term begins July 20 and ends Aug. 28. Around One Hundred Almost a hundred junior and senior high school teachers from Texas, Arkansas, West Virginia, Louisiana, New York, Colorado, Florida and Puerto Rico will at tend one or both terms of the in stitute for advanced preparation in such courses as chemistry, biol ogy, oceanography, meteorology, astronomy, mathematics, physics, geology and earth history. Page and Naylor spoke at the orientation session held Monday afternoon in the lecture room of the biological sciences building. Coleman M. Loyd, director of the summer institute, presided. Herman Beckman spoke for the College Station Recreation Coun cil and invited the visiting teach ers to participate in the recrea tional activities planned for the summer. Parker Outlines Dr. Grady P. Parker, professor and head of the Department of Education and Psychology, outlin ed the requirements for the Mas ter of Education, Science Option, degree, and explained how the summer program for the teacher fits into the degree program. Loyd introduced the teachers of the first term courses. They are Dr. Charles LaMotte, biology; Dr. K. B. Middleton, chemistry; Dr. Vance Moyer, meteorology; Dr. Richard Bader, oceanography, and J. T. Kent, astronomy. Staff members teaching the sec ond term courses will be P. W. Barker, physics; Roger McGee, mathematics, and J. T. Kent and Dr. Melvin Schroeder, earth sci ences. Weekly Lectures, Events The program will include week ly lectures by national leaders in various fields of science and math ematics, and other events, such as field trips in the biological and earth sciences, and visits to the nuclear reactor, isotope tracer lab oratories, electron microscopy lab oratories, • computer laboratories and other facilities on the campus. Each course will carry three semester hours of academic credit appliable on the degree, Master of Education, Science Option. Classing, Marketing Tops Cotton School Cotton classing and marketing will be the major fields covered in the 50th annual Summer Cotton School which opened here Monday. The six-weeks course, ending July 17, is being conducted by the A&M Department of Agricultural Economics and Sociology and will be supervised and taught by Prof. J. M. Ward. Be well groomed for success That ‘Tike new” look we give your clothes is sure to make the right impressions whether you’re on the job or on the .town. CAMPUS CLEANERS anew. crop or FOLGERS COFFEE 2 lb- can $*| PEPSI-COLA 12 Bottle Carton 49 Plus C Deposit Mayfields Grade A Medium EGGS .... Mayfields Good Ungraded EGGS .... GLADIOLA FLOUR 3 dozen 98c 3 dozen 88c 5 lb. bag 39 c Assorted Flavors GLADIOLA CAKE MIXES 5^$! Chicken, Turkey, Beef B ANQU ET ME AT PI ES 5-b« iv 98 SILVERDALE FROZEN VEGETABLES Chopped Broccoli, Cut Corn, Spinach, Green Peas 7 for 89 Lilly, Sanitary or Carnation MELLORINE Cut Rite Wax Paper . 125 ft. roll 25c Jet Quality Dog Food 9 cans 98c Pasco Frozen Orange Juice 5-6 oz. cans 89c Libby’s Garden Sweet Peas . 6-303 cans 98c Libby’s Cut Green Beans 6-303 cans 98c Libby’s Cut Beets 303 cans 10c . . . ^ Gal. Sq. Ctn. 39c New 1880 Carnation’s Quality Ice Cream . . *4 Gal. $1.39 1 PINT FREE WITH EACH Vi GALLON Rose Dale Peaches . . . 4-2^4 cans 98c Rose Dale Pears .... 3-2^4 cans 98c Skyway, Strawberry Preserves . 3-18 oz. jars 98c Del Monte Tomato Juice 46-oz. can 25c Uncle William’s Pork & Beans 3-303 cans 25c r» i ■ ■ ■ ■ y rifTM ■■ Brif ■ ■ ■ ■ i ■ i'i~i H"i ■ ■ r T i !■■■■■■■ n ■ ■■■in ■■■■■■ Lean WEEKEND Loin Steak 79c V3&*«** Tender T-BONE STEAK Lean, Meaty PORK ROAST lb. 89c »b. 3 Sc Tasty, Juicy Rump or Pikes Peak Baby Beef ROAST Lb. 79c ROUND STEAK Lb. 79c Hormel BACON Lb. 59c Fresh Ground Meat . 2 Lbs. 79c FRESH YELLOW SQUASH . . Lb. 5c VALLEY CUCUMBERS . . . . Lb. 5c FRESH PEACHES Lb. 9c Golden Ripe lb. SPECIALS GOOD FOR JUNE 11 ■ 12 - 13 MILLER'S 3800 TEXAS AVENUE SUPER MARKET VI 6-6613