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Page 2 College Station, Texas Friday, May 6, 1960
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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 . . .
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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.
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Sometimes one quiet voice, independent of the issues and shout
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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.
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