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THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Friday, May 6, 1960 BATTALION EDITORIALS . . . Journalism Which Succeeds Best —and Best Deserves Success— Fears God and Honors Man; Is Stoutly Independent, Unmoved by Pride of Opinion or Creed of Power • . . Walter Williams Guesses Re-Elect Raymond A. Nolan Candidate for COMMISSIONER Precinct No. 1 Courteous, Efficient, Experi enced, and Honest Pd. Pol. Adv. COURT’S SHOES SHOE REPAIR North Gate HAVE CASH WILL BUY ATI. BOOKS Of Current Edition Shaffer's North Gate (J3ook St ore College Station Open Until 5:30 Every Day THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu- ient 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 ; Dr. A. L. Bennett, School of Arts and Sciences ; Dr. 1C. J. Koenig, School of Engineering; Otto R. Kunze, School of Agriculture; and Dr. B D. McMurry School of Veterinary Medicine. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A.&M. is published in College Station, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, Eeptember through May, and once a week during summer school. Entered as second-cla__ alter at the Post Office College Station, Texas, nnder the Act of Con- *ress of March 8, 1870. tna In l MEMBER: The Associated Press Texas Press Assn. Represented nationally by N a t i o n a 1 Advertising Inc., New York icago, Los An- and San Francisco. Services, City, Ch geles Thi dispat on tan. are ipontaneou In are alsc so reserved. republication of all news per and local news of all other matter here- Adve Collei Mail subscriptions are $3.60 per semester, $6 per school year, $6.60 per full year. request. Address: The Battalion Room 4. YMCA, :ge Station, Texas. News contributions may be made by telephoning VI 6-S618 or VI 6-4910 or at the • flitoria! office. Room 4, YMCA. For advertising or delivery call VI 6-6415 BILL HICKLIN EDITOR Robbie Godwin Managing Editor Joe Callicoatte Sports Editor Bob Sloan, Alan Payne News Editors Tommy Holbein Feature Editor Ben Trial, Lewis Reddell, Nelson Antosh and A1 Vela Staff writers Joe Jackson and Ken Coppage Photographers CADET SLOUCH ___ / ,\ by Jim Earle JOB INTERVIEWS U.\ f #f : . „ Tomorrow voting will commence in precincts all across Texas, College Station and the Brazos Valley area included. The nearing election is the first primary v/ith another docket ed next month for necessary runoffs. The elections this year in Texas have displayed a lack of voter interest when compared with those in the past. Most citizens maintain they have a sturdy interest in the elections. But it is the exception, more than the rule, that these inte rests are actually carried to the polls. Take note of the infinite man-power and hours devoted by the candidates to obtain the desired positions in govern ment. Candidates wage expensive campaigns, lash at op ponents and proclaim why they should be the successor ol- be elected again to office. Yet through ail the political controversy rage by the respective candidates, the citizens—those who do vote—take to the polls with an air of guesses. Citizens in the local area, as all across Texas and the nation, have an obligation to vote in the important elections this year. To vote is not enough if the vote is not a prudent selection of candidates for positions in government. It is important that an interest be taken, by the citizens. But elections should not be a game, rather an intricate part of government. Local citizens will be afforded their first, and maybe final, opportunity to boost their selections into office at the primaries tomorrow. It is an obligation to vote in the impor tant elections. And to vote prudently . . . ★ ★ ★ Honored Guests One of the more colorful events of the year on the Texas A&M campus will unofficially get under way tomorrow. Visi tors from throughout the state—and even out of Texas— will" begin arriving for the annual Parent’s Day ceremonies Sunday morning. At this affair, the College goes out of its way to throw the entire campus on display for the visitors. Various schools and departments across the campus will be featuring exhibits; facilities which are part of the Texas A&M College System will also be shown; the Corps of Cadets will review for the visitors, particularly Mother; the Federation of Texas A&M Mothers’ Clubs will meet Saturday morning; the newly named Honor Mother of the Year will be honored. The ceremonies in front of the cadet dormitories will officially open the Sunday activity, followed by the Corps review, worship services in Guion Hall and the noon meal in the two huge dining halls. Students at Texas A&M are again expected to cooperate with the faculty and staff to aid in the successful promotion of this outstanding event. After all, it’s for the parents . . The following organizations on the third floor of the YMCA chanical and petroleum engineer- will interview graduating seniors Building. j n g £ 0l , j 0 ^ s j n ex p or ^ sa i es 0 f oil Owen-Itco, Inc., will inter- Monday in the Placement Office view civilian graduates in me- tools. “ . . . it’s a surprise for mom—think she’ll like it?” A&M Plans Cultivation Of ‘Out of Place Weeds Weeds, according to agricultur ists, are plants out of place. A&M however, is cultivating a weed patch which stands a chance of climbing a little higher on the botanical social register. The. overall aim of the pro ject is to study and develop new cash crops for Texas farmers, a type of service long practiced by the College, the Agricultural Ex periment Station and the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. Dr. R. G. Reeves, A&M genetics professor and the teacher-re searcher in charge of the pro gram, said study is pointed, to ward oil and paper pulp producing plants. Most of these plants, which come in all shapes and sizes, are brought in from far corners of the world. The others can be found in vacant lots, past ures and woodlands here in Texas. More specifically, the three main objectives of the program are to test certain species of plants recently found to contain industrial commodities now in market demand, as to their adap tation to Texas conditions to identify the critical problems to be solved in converting such spec ies into field crops and to in crease the seed supply of these species for more detailed field ex perimentation and chemical anal ysis. Reeves emphasized the oil plants under scrutiny are not in tended to compete with such edi ble oil crops as cottonseed, pea nuts and soybeans, which are in ample supply. Instead, the search is for technical oils to be used in paints, plastics, medicines and similar fields. The project is now in its third growing season. Approximately .17 different species of plants.are being tried, several of which show considerable promise. Among the oil bearing plants familiar to Texans are the black- eyed Susan and the Mexican fire plant, the latter a close relative to the popular poinsetta. The fire plant has the strange characteristic of shooting its seed. Ralph E. Miller, agronomy farm foreman who is assisting Reeves, said popping sounds can be heard in a plot of mature fire plants as the seeds are shot 15-20 feet away from the parent plants. Another native plant in the project is the Maximilian sun- . flower. Exotic candidates for future cash crops include the cape mari gold from South Africa, balsam apple (melon family) from India and the globe artichoke from Southern Europe. Of all the oil-type plants, Reeves said the balsam apple and the capte marigold have made the best showing so far. In the paper pulp category are such natives as sesban, crotalaria and a certain kind of sorghum, which Reeves describes as neither a grain nor syrup sorghum. Farmers in the southern United States are familiar with crotal aria as a green manure crop, while sesban is a widely distribut ed pasture weed in Texas. * One of the top pulp producers has been kenaf, plant found in Central America, India and Pak istan. It is kin to cotton and okra. Reeves said the search among the pulp plants is to find a fiber for making very fine, high qual ity paper. He stated the three major ob stacles in finding acceptable and practical oil and pulp plants is difficulty in getting stands, har vesting and disease problems. A&M and the Texas Agricul tural Experiment Station are co operating with the U. S. Depart- , ment of Agriculture on the pro ject. ’COUC" ISA KCQimftCO T C - MARK. corrAiOHT t«M INC COCA-COLA COM'AWr. Ivy League Is it ever Ivy! Why, Coke is the most correct beverage you can possibly order on campus. Just look around you. What are the college social leaders going for? Coca-Cola! So take a leaf out of their Ivy League book and do the same! Enjoy the good taste of Coke! BE REALLY REFRESHED Bottled under authority of The Coca-Cola Company by BRYAN COCA COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OLIN E. TEAGUE- MAN and CONGRESSMAN... Sometimes one quiet voice, independent of the issues and shout ing of a political campaign, can cut through the turmoil and become as personal as a member of your own family. This is that kind of letter. April 26, 1960 To Voters of the Sixth District: My motive for writing this unsolicited letter in behalf of Congressman Olin Teague is to help him if I can, and to reaffirm my deep appreciation for. his help to my family during the time we needed help the most. The death last year of my husband, Freeman Fuller, entomologist, was preceeded by a long illness. Because his death resulted from a wound sustained in World War II combat, my husband’s case was involved with a governmental agency. At a time when every hour was precious, our urgent communications availed nothing but a stalemate in the vast complexities of governmental procedures. We called upon Congressman Teague for help. Although we had never met him until that time, he responded with friendly, sympathetic understanding. He went to work immediately. With considerable time and effort on his part, Mr. Teague was able to trace, recover and carry through our case. His help to my husband, to me and our baby daughter Cynthia typifies Teague, the man, and Teague the Congressman. I hope most earnestly that you will support Congressman Teague on May 7 in his candidacy for re-election. Sincerely, Marie Fuller (Mrs. Freeman Fuller, Jr.) Thousands of people in the Sixth Congressional District have first hand knowledge of Congressman Teague’s value to the people he serves. Vote for OLIN E. TEAGUE ( Paid Political Adv. by Friends of Olin Teague) Air Conditioning-temperatures made to order-tor all-weather comfort See The Dinah Shore Chevy Show in color Sundays, NBC-TV—the Pat Boone Chevy Showroom weekly, ABC-TV. I -■el $ Why shouldn’t you be driving America’s first-choice car right now? You couldn’t do better by your family— or your family budget—than to pick out one of Chevy’s 18 FRESH-MINTED MODELS, load up its VACA TION-SIZED TRUNK and take off on one of those springtime trips Chevy so dearly loves. 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