Cushing Archives Gets
OldHebrewManuscript
A&M has received a scholarly
link to ancient Biblical times with
the presentation of a rare and val
uable Hebrew manuscrpit to the
Cushing- Memorial Library Arch
ives.
Handwritten entirely on an esti
mated GO feet of goat skin scroll,
the writings are a copy of the
Torah, or the Pentateuch of the
first five Books of Moses in the
Old Testament.
The gift was made by the Rev.
Stansel T. Brogdon through his
sister, Miss Lucy Brogdon of Bry-
on. The Rev. Mr. Brogdon was
graduated from A&M in 1898 with
a degree in mechanical engineer
ing.
While making a survey of the
Jordan River outlet in the Holy
Land in 1930, he obtained the man-
Tour Ends Sunday
Grad Students
Take Field Trip
Eight A&M farm and ranch
management graduate students are
on a four-day field trip that lasts
until Sunday, to study economics
problems and developments.
They are led by Dr. Vance Ed
mondson, assistant professor in
the Department of Agricultural
Economics and Sociology.
The students are James E. Kirby
of Hereford. Arlon M. Scott, De-
vine; Howard R. Yeargan, Kings
ville; William D. Shupe of Colonia
Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico; Wayne
E. Burton of Bingham, Neb.; Al
fred D. L. Byrd, Broken Bow,
Okla.; Tien En Li, Kansu, China;
and James I. Mallett of Clayton,
Okla.
Edmondson said the purpose of
the trip is to study practical prob
lems and decision making which
operators often face in their bus
iness. They also are inspecting
Citizens Hear
Talk Thursday
“The Growing Edge of Brother
hood” was the title of a talk given
by Bill Lawson in the Adult Bible
Classroom of the A&M Presbyter
ian Church Thursday night.
Lawson, who is directir of the
Baptist Student Union and teacher
of Bible at Texas Southern Uni
versity, presented a brief history
of racial tensions since slavery, a
few factors in their alternating re
lief and irritation, and some sug
gested areas of possible solution.
Lawson, who is director of the
gree in sociology from Tennessee
State University in Nashville. He
later attended Central Baptist
Theological Seminary in Kansas
City, receiving two additional de
grees, B.D. in 1953 and M.T. in
1955.
During the past summer, Law-
son served as evangelist with a
missionary team traveling in In
donesia, Thailand, and the Philli-
pines. His trip was a part of the
summer missions program sup
ported by the Southern Baptist
Convention. He has also had ex
perience as a pastor, having served
the Mt. Hebron Baptist Church in
Pittsburg, Kansas from 1952 to
1955.
businesses which sell to farmers
and those that buy farm products.
The group visited the McGor-
ham Farm near Waco before
traveling to Lubbock to see the
Lgwter feedlots and packing plant
and grain elevators and an egg
grading and packing plant. They
also took part in an agricultural
economics seminar class at Texas
Tech.
In Cochran County, they will
tour a cotton farm, livestock
ranch, Quarter Horse farm and a
dairy.
Bird Addresses
Cotton Meeting
Dr. L. S. Bird, assistant profes
sor in the Department of Plant
Physiology and Pathology, was
speaker at a cotton disease meet
ing held Tuesday at Greenwood.
Bird discussed ways and means
for reducing losses due to bacter
ial blight of cotton. The disease
was responsible for much damage
in the Greenwood area cotton crop
this year.
CHEST
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counted on when asked to support
a worthy cause.”
A College Station United Chest
Committee will meet soon to de
termine the disposition of the
monies collected which exceeds
the $13,150 budget figure.
Participating in the budget this
year are the following agencies:
Brazos County Hospital Fund;
Brazos County Crippled Childi-en’s
Therapy Center; Brazos County
Youth Counseling Service; Bryan-
College Station Girl Scouts Area
Council; Texas United Fund,
American Red Cross; Gonzales Re
habilitation Center; Salvation
Army; Boy Scouts of America;
College Station Community House
Incorporated; College Station
Youth Facilities Committee; Col
lege Station Recreation Council;
College Station YMCA; and the
College Station Local Chest Chari
ty Fund.
The drive began on Nov. 1 and
the goal reached on Nov. 13. Final
tabulations were completed this
morning which included a few late
contributions.
uscript through a professor at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Library Director Robert A.
Houze and Ernest Langford, col
lege archivist, praised the gift as
a treasure for A&M.
Houze said the scroll eventually
will be displayed in a glass-en
closed case in the library.
When the manuscript was re
ceived, the library director called
on Mrs. Esther Taubenhaus, re
tired director of the Hillel Foun
dation of College Station, to read
and examine it.
Mrs. Taubenhaus is an avid stu
dent of Hebrew literature.
“There is no doubt that manus-
script is a very valuable docu
ment,” she said after persuing the
strange Hebrew lettering.
The scroll is made up of goat
skin sections, each about 24 to 20
inches, and sewed together to a
length of approximately 60 feet.
All the sections are still pliable
and in good condition.
Mrs. Taubenhaus estimated its
age at from 300 to 500 years, her
reasoning being that nearly all
later copies of the Torah have
been written on parchment.
She said the manuscript, with
the exception of age, is similar to
the famed Dead Sea Scrolls, which
also were written in the same
fashion and on goat skin.
The words read from right to
left, she said, and contain no punc
tuation.
Houze said the Rev. Mr. Brog
don also presented the college
archives with a number of books,
interesting old pictures, maps and
other material.
Calcium Cyan amide
Safety under Study
Dr. Charles S. Miller, assistant
professor in the Department of
Plant Physiology and Pathology,
is studying the safety factor of
calcium cyanamide as a cotton de
foliant spray.
His experiments will determine
whether or not the chemical leaves
harmful amounts of cyanide in the
seed of treated cotton plants. Cy
anide is an extremely poisonous
substance.
The research is a vital part of
the program for developing safe
agricultural chemicals.
THE BATTALION
Friday, November 20,1959
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Two Yet Profs Attend Meet
Two A&M veterinary professors
attended the Ornithosis Callabora-
tors Conference and Workshop
Monday and Tuesday at Oregon
State College.
They are Dr. L. C. Grumbles,
professor and head of the Depart
ment of Veterinary Microbiology,
and Dr. John R. Watkins, assistant
professor in the same department.
The veterinarians will present a
report of research accomplishments
on ornithosis for the past year.
Designed to compare, evaluate
and standardize serologic tests for
detecting ornithosis in turkeys, the
workshop is sponsored by the ani
mal disease and parasite research
division of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture Research Service.
St. Augustine, Fla., founded in
1565, is the oldest surviving city
in the United States.
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A&M Given Rare Biblical Manuscript
A&M has been given a rare and valuable Hebrew Biblical
manuscript, which will be displayed by the Department of
Archives} of Cushing Memorial Library. The ,Rev. Stansel
T. Brogdon made the gift through his sister, Miss Lucy
Borgdon of Bryan. The Rev. Mr. Brogdon obtained
the manuscript in 1930 when he was in the Holy Land.
Estimated to be 300 to 500 years old the writings are on
about 60 feet of goatskin and are a copy of the Torah, or
the first five Books of Moses. Left to right are Ernest
Langford, college archivist; Mrs. Esther Taubenhaus,
Hebrew literature student and retired director of the Hil
lel Foundation of College Station; and Robert A. Houze,
library director.
The United States produces half
the copper in the world today. Chile
and Canada produce most of the
I’est. Russia produces very little
copper.
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