Volume 59
The Battalion
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1959
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Local County
Accidents Up
For September
Milam County’s 13 accidents
during September leads the month
ly Rural Traffic Accident Report
for Brazos, Burleson, Lee, Milam
and Robertson Counties according
to figures released by the Bryan
Division of the Texas Highway De
partment.
The Area Highway Patrol in
vestigated 55 accidents during the
month with property damages
prevalent in -37 accidents, personal
injury in 16 and two fatal acci
dents.
Sergeant O. L. Luther reported
property damage of $44,100 with
23 persons injured and 4 killed,
an increase of seven accidents and
four deaths from the same period
in September of 1958.
Brazos and Burleson Counties
each had 12 accidents during the
month while Robertson County re
corded 11 accidents and Lee Coun
ty only seven.
Lee County’s seven mishaps,
however, accounted for $13,970
worth of damage. Burleson Coun
ty, with damages amounting to
$9,550 ranked a distant second,
followed by Milam, Brazos and
Robertson Counties.
Burleson County accounted 'for
three of the total four fatalities.
The other fatal accident occurred
in Brazos County.
Sixteen personal injuries wmre
recorded during the month, with
Brazos County’s six heading the
list. Burleson recorded five in
juries while Milam and Robertson
Counties reported two and Lee
County only one.
Milam County reported 11 acci
dents involving property damage
while Robertson County had nine,
Brazos and Lee Counties six and
Burleson County five.
Walton to Address
Indiana Teachers
» E. V. Walton, head of the De
partment of Agricultural Educa
tion here, will address Indiana vo
cational agriculture teachers Oct.
23.
The Indiana State Teachei’S
Assn., meeting at Fort Wayne, has
invited Walton to discuss changes
needed in the vocational agricul
tural curriculum to meet modern
needs.
The entire program for voca
tional agriculture at Fort Wayne
is careers for agriculturally trained
persons and how to teach voca
tional career guidance in the class
room.
McGuire Off Cadet Roster
Jon Few
. no more football
Research Donations
Awarded Ag Station
Six grants-in-aid, two renewal of
grants, two extension of grants
and a single donation have been
made to the Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station during the
past month. According to Station
Director R. D. Lewis, all will be
used to support research studies in
several different agricultural
fields.
The Texas Poultry Improve
ment Assn., T. A. Hensarling, ex
ecutive secretary, Stephenville, has
renewed their grant for $7,800 to
support poultry improvement work
during the next fiscal year. To
gether with accumulated savings-
from the Association’s previous
grant this hmount makea possible
the continued employment and
traveling expenses of one of the
supervisors of the Poultry Im
provement* Service.
The Merck and Co., Inc. in Rah-
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* The Ag Sweetheart
Miss Rose Ann Annaratone, newly-crowned Aggie Sweet
heart, gleams in Amon Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, as
. she was officially presented as the sweetheart. Cadet
Colonel of the Corps Bill Heye presented her with a boquet
of roses.
way, N. J., has extended their
grant for $3,300 for support of
studies in the use of high levels
of antibiotics in the diets of grow
ing chicks and mature laying stock.
The Br-ewers Yeast Council, Inc.
in Chicago, has extended their
grant for $1,000 to support re
search on the value of dried brew
ers yeast in feeds. for growing
turkeys. Dr. J. R. Couch of the
Depai’tment of Poultry Science is
supervising the studies under both
extensions.
The Flavor Corporation of Amer
ica, Chicago, has made available a
grant for $3,300 to support studies
to determine the effect of feeding
flavors to chickens and turkeys.
Couch is also directing these stud
ies.
The King Ranch in Kingsville,
through President Robert J. Kle
berg, Jr., has made available a
grant-in-aid for $3,000 for research
on the carcass and meat character
istics of Santa Gertrudis steers.
This work is being conducted un
der the supervision of Dr. O. D.
Butler, head of the Department of
Animal Husbandry.
Imperial Chemical Industries
(New York) Ltd., Associates of
Plant Protection Ltd., in London,
England, has made a grant for
$1,100 to support work on cotton
defoliants. Dr. W. C. Hall, head
of the Department of Plant Phys
iology and Pathology is supervising
the studies.
The A. O. Smith Corp. in Kan
kakee, Ill., has donated to the Sta
tion one 20 x 50 Harvestore build
ing and one standard Harvestore
unloader -valued at $9,649. The
building and equipment will be
used at the Dairy Cattle Center in
connection with research on feed
ing and economic values of forage
crops as affected by preserving
and storing methods.
The Texas Rice Improvement
Assn, has renewed their grant of
$250 to be used for paying a por
tion of the agronomist’s salary at
Substation 4.
Three grants made by The Cen
tral Texas Fertilizer Co., Inc. in
Comanche, Tex., The Allied Chem
ical Corp. in New York City and
The Grand River Chemical Co. in
Pryor, Okla., for $398.25; $500 and
$352, respectively, will be used to
support the expanded fertilizer
research program on the South
Plains. The three were made
through the Goodpasture Grain and
Milling Co. in Brownfield, Tex.
The studies are being conducted at
the Lubbock substation under Su
perintendent C. E. Fisher’s super
vision.
Speedy Backs Fail
To Report Monday
By BOB WEEKLEY
Battalion Sports Editor
A&M football hopes were dealt a severe blow yesterday
with the announcement that the first two left halfbacks at
Aggieland, Jon Few and Jesse McGuire, had quit the team.
Both players had failed to show up for a squad meeting
and practice session on Monday. The two hoys, who played
in TCU’s 39-6 win over the Aggies at Fort Worth Saturday,
earlier had attend a Sunday meeting of the squad, hut no
thing had been said of their intention to resign.
Both players were believed to have packed and left some
time Monday morning. They had not conferred with either
one of the team’s co-captains, Charley Milstead and Gale
Oliver, about leaving.
Few, a junior from Midlo-
Three Aggies
Hurt Saturday
In Accident
Thi-ee Aggies and their dates
were injured Saturday night when
the car in which they wei’e riding
hit a concrete abutment on Fort
Worth’s Freeway.
The three Aggies are Craig
Trotman, senior from La Fera;
Raymond A. Murski, senior from
Brenham; and Robert D. Lane,
senior from Houston. They were
taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital in
Fort Worth. Murski’s condition is
listed as good. Lane and Trotman
are in fair condition.
Two of the girls that were with
them were also taken to the hos
pital. They a?’e Geanie -Teacher,
whose conditions is listed as criti
cal, and Ann Leech who is in fair
condition. The other girl, Mary
Jane Wagner, escaped serious in
jury.
According to Dave Brown, a re-
poi-ter for the Fort Worth Star
Telegram, Lane was driving north
on the Freeway. It was about 8:15
at night. They were almost to
downtown Fort Worth when they
came to a four-level overpass
called a mixmaster.
Lane tried to turn off the ex
pressway, but the exit was blocked
by a construction barrier. He
wasn’t able to get back onto the
freeway and ran into the concrete
abutment.
Police said the car skidded about
70 feet. It stopped just short of
a railing which prevented it from
going over a 40-foot embankment.
Ambulance attendants had to
pry Lane from under the steering
wheel Y^ere he was pinned.
Both Lane and Trotman are ex
pected to be in the hospital for
some time. Murski may be released
early this week.
A&M Instructors
Attend Prof Meet
Robert H. Fletcher, Department
of Mechanical Engineering, . and
William F. Adams, engineering in
structor, attended the annual con
ference of the American Assn, of
University Professors, Region
Five, held at the Biological Station
of the University of Oklahoma at
Lake Texoma last week.
Fletcher chaired the conference j
and Adams was secretary-treasurer \
of the group. Sixty-five delegates
from 18 colleges and universities
in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas |
attended. Region Five include
the states of Oklahoma,' Arkansa
New Mexico and Texas.
thian, was reached at his
home there by telephone.
“I have definitely quit,” he
said, “and I will not play foot
ball again, anywhere!”
The first string halfback added
that he would lay out of school
the remainder of the semester and
then enroll at another school. He
was asked for, but did not give a
reason for leaving.
McGuire was unable to be reach
ed at his home in Plainview.
Athletic Director and Head
Coach Jim Myers, when asked
about their departure, said: “I
did not major in child psychology,
but anytime one of my players
fails to attend a meeting of the
squad, he’s through!”
The departure of the two star
athletes left quite a hole in the
Aggie defense and offense. Be
tween the two of them they own
ed 318 yards of the Farmers’ 730
yards gained rushing. The fleet-
footed McGuire' topped the rush
ing list with 216 yards. He was
fifth in Southwest Conference
rushing, but a week earlier had
been second behind TCU’s Jack
Spikes.
Few, hampered by injuries the
past two seasons, had hoped to
shake off his jinx this year and
add strength to the Aggie attack,
taking some of the load off Quar
terback Milstead.
Besides his offensive ability Few
had turned in capable perform
ances at defensive halfback, some
thing McGuire could not add t<j
his list of accomplishments.
Altogether the two former Ag
gies held down six slots in the Ag
gies statistics, ipost of them by
McGuire. The agile sophomore was
the top rusher, second in passing,
scoring and punting, and first in
punt returns and kickoff returns.
Few was third in rushing behind
McGuire and Gordon LeBoeuf.
Myers announced that he was
making some backfield changes
to fill the gaps created by the de
parture of Few and McGuire.
Quarterback Powell Berry, junior
from Snyder, and right Halfback
Robert Sanders, Seadrift senior,
will move to left halfback. Pete
Angermiller of Hondo will shift
from fullback to right halfback.
Jesse McGuire
last appearance for speedster
Aggies Responsive
To Town Hall Show
Shep Fields and his band of Rip
pling Rhythm fame, along with
the Four Lads, got into full swing
last night in G. Rollie White Coli
seum.
The complete band led off with
“Hora Staccatto” and the guest
soloist Alicia followed with “Green
Eyes”. The ensemble then combin
ed on “Twelfth Street Rag”. Trum
peter-vocalist Bob Odell sang
“Basin Street Blues”, and was
joined by the sax and clarinet in
a jazz combo version.
Again the group teamed up on
a medley of songs from the past
35 years, playing Dixieland jazz,
Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”, a
Glenn Miller number, “Begin the
Begnine”, “Sentimental Over You”,
Perez Prado’s “Mombo-Jambo
“Rock Around the Clock” and
Lawrence Welk’s Champagne mu
sic.
Clarinetist Buck Thompson then
took the spotlight for “Tea for
Two”. Alicia then returned for a
Cha-cha number, and Bob Odell
returned for a medley of trumpet
tunes.
The orchestra wound up their
part of the program with “When
the Saints Go Marching In.”
After the intermission, The Four
Lads took the stage for “Standing
On the Corner” and “Getting to
Know You”. They slowed the pace
a little with “No, Not Much”, an
earlier hit.
They came back with “Down By
the Riverside”, “Constantinople”,
and “Mack the Knife”. They sang
their newest release, “Happy An
niversary”, and up went the tempo
again for “Look Down That Lone
some Road”.
Next was the old favorite,
“Moments to Remember”. The
group presented a medley of older
songs, including a barber shop
number, and then asked the crowd
to join in on “Me and My Gal”.
The Lads took a song from the
Broadway show “Carousel”, sing
ing “You’ll Never Walk Alone”.
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Guide Posts
“I still believe that standing up
for the truth of God is the great
est thing in the world. This is the
end of life. The end of life is not
to be happy. The end of life is
not to achieve pleasure and avoid
pain. The end of life is to do the
will , of God, come what may.”—
Martin Luther
Frank Busseri led the crowd, in
another number and the ensemble
closed the show with “Nobody Til
Somebody Loves You”.
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Town Hall Performers
the fabulous Four Lads