Tuesday, November 24, 1959
PAGE 5 THE BATTALION
Cadets—bteers at It Again ...
The Texas Aggies and the University of
Texas Longhorns again renew one of the
most ancient rivalries in grid annals Thurs
day afternoon on Kyle Field. The Cadets
will be seeking a healthy portion of prestige
for their Thanksgiving diet, while the Steers
will seek a Cotton Bowl berth against power
ful Syracuse, along with a full measure of
Turkey Day satisfaction. Game time is 2
p. m.
Oak Ridge Scientist Osborne
To Give Graduate Lecture
Dr. Thomas S. Osborne of the
Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
will deliver a graduate lecture here
Dec. 2 at 8 p.m. in the lecture room
of the Biological Sciences building.
He will talk on “Usage of Ion
izing Radiations in Plant Breed
ing.”
Most hereditary changes, “mu
tations,” produced by high-energy
radiations are harmful; the small
fraction that may be beneficial are
being eagerly explored by plant
geneticists today, the announce
ment of the lecture says. Some of
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disease resistance, plant size, ma
turity date and yield, it is pointed
out. To date however, only five
varieties containing radiation-in
duced changes have been adapted
to agricultural usage. The great
est opportunity for creating new
varieties seems to be in the. vege-
tatively-reproduced crops, such as
sweet potatoes, peaches and chrys
anthemums, the announcement
states.
Osborne received his Ph. D. de
gree from the University of Wash
ington. In 1953 he joined the staff
of the University of Tennessee, and
since 1956 he has been in charge
of studies on plant and seed ir
radiation at the University of
Tennessee—Atomic Energy Com
mission Laboratory at Oak Ridge.
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It’s even more economical too, if you
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'Impressive ’ Won t Describe It
Coed Lauds Yell Practice
(Editor’s Note: The following
article is from Sunday’s edition of
The Daily Texan, the campus news
paper of the University of Texas.
It was written by a staff member
of The Daily Texan who also is
the fiancee of an Aggie senior.
We are repainting to give Aggies
m idea of the impression a Yell
Practice makes on students from
other schools.)
By Jo Anne Poth—•
I attended an Aggie pep rally.
I have seen a place where spirit
is king. With some 7,000 boys and
their dates yelling at a midnight
yell practice, Aggieland is an im
pressive sight, even for a teasip.
Impressive is hardly an adequate
word to describe Aggies when they
fill the Grove, which is similar to
an outdoor theater. Just imagine
yourself caught in a cattle stam
pede. The Aggies become really
mad when the “fighting Aggie
band” comes booming to the Grove
in a torch-lighted parade. The
roar is deafening.
Sure I love UT. I’m really proud
to be a part of the University, but
I would like to see the students at
UT show some real spirit once in a
while.
The Spirit of Aggieland is over
whelming because it is a tradition.
Maybe the football team has had
some bad years, but the spirit nev
er varies.
I stood there and listened to
“beat the Hell out of Texas Uni
versity,” and really felt bad. Then
I heard the Aggie War Hymn and
felt a tingling sensation up and
down my spine.
Suddenly I found myself lost in
this thing called “spirit” and some
times during the singing of the
War Hymn I felt my partners on
both sides join arms and brace
feet. And then it came, “saw Var
sity’s horns off” combined with
a swaying motion from one side
to the other.
I did have certain misgivings
about participating with these ri
vals of the Longhorns, but then I
began to sing those words that
brand me as a traitor.
Ashamed? Yes, a little, but I
was lost in a new experience which
seemed to curdle the very blood
in my veins. I watched the “yell
leaders” walk back and forth on
the stage at the Grove in front of I of a dictator’s rally. I heard the
this yelling mass, shouting words Aggies give their coach a rousing
of encouragement and getting loud welcome that I knew I would never
reactions. I felt lost in the middle I forget.
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