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THE BATTALION
Page 2
College Station, Texas
Friday, May 13, I960
CADET SLOUCH
Heritability, Test,
Records Top Sixth
Angus Conference:
Heritability of carcass traits,
production testing and record
keeping were among the top sub
jects of discussion at the sixth
annual American Angus Confer
ence concluded here today.
Dr. 0. B. Butler, head of the
Department of Animal Husban
dry, said recent work by the U.
S. Department of Agriculture and
the Texas Agricultural Experi
ment Station shows that beef
tenderness is about a 50 per cent
heritable characteristic when
measured with laboratory appa
ratus.
However, the method of cook
ing, carving and serving probably
has the most influence on tender
ness.
“Any cut can be spoiled by
poor preparation and serving, and
expert^handling can assure sat
isfaction for nearly any cut of
beef,” Butler said.
Muscling also is a heritable
trait in beef animals, the ribeye
area in particular, he said. Re
search has shown the ribeye to
have a heritability of about 70
per cent.
He said selection of bulls and
heifers with 3 square inches of
ribeye above average would re
sult in an improvement of about
2 square inches in the next gen
eration.
Dressing pei'centage is another
highly heritable trait, Butler told
the group, but an extremely high
percentage usually is caused by
excessive fatness, which is of
doubtful importance. A high
yield of retail cuts from the live
wright is a more meaningful
measure.
The conference attracted ap
proximately 450 cattlemen from
20 states. Sponsors of the meet
ing were the American and Tex
as Angus Assn, in co-operation
with A&M.
Lyle V. Springer, executive
assistant of the American Angus
Assn, at St. Joseph, Mo., gave
the following list of heritability
percentages: fertility, 10 per
cent; weaning weight, 25-30 per
cent; weaning scor, 26-33 per
cecnt; birth weight, 41 per cent;
post weaning feedlot gain, 36-45
per cent; efficiency in feedlot
gain, 39 per cent; dressing per
cent, 71 per cent; carcass grade,
34-47 per cent; ribeye area, 69
per cent, and tenderness, 61 per
cent.
He said that where heritability
is 25 per cent or more for any
one trait, almost immediate gains
can be accomplished by selection.
But as the improvement in
creases, further improvement be
comes more difficult to achieve.
Springer emphasized that when
cattle improvement is approached
through genetic make-up, con
formation and performance
should not be divorced.
“Production testing is a means
of complementing type selection
and in no way replaces it,” he
said.
The Angus official said it is a
mistake for purebred breeders to
build their commercial or range
herd from animals rejected for
registry purposes. Commercial
cattlemen are demanding pro
duction figures on the bulls they
buy and will continue to do so in
the future.
In a talk, “Dry Cows Are for
the Rich,” Dr. A. M. Sorensen
of the Department of Animal
Husbandry listed the advantages
of pregnancy testing of cows.
He said the system offers an
opportunity to cull open cows;
pregnant cows can be separated
according to approximate calv
ing dates; when a cow is sold as
a pregnant animal, or when re
placements are bought as preg
nant animals, pregnancy diagno
sis will give a measure of that
cow’s reproducing ability at the
particular time of buying or sell
ing and the approximate time to
expect the calf; during the time
that cows are held for pregnancy
tests, they may be observed for
any abnormalities.
Production records, according
to Dale Engler, manager of the
Ramsey Ranch at Burns,. Kan.,
are the measuring and recording
of production traits of cattle and
using these records as a basis
for selecting cattle' with the
greatest production potential
through their genetic make-up.
Such records may be weaning
weights, scores on conformation
and quality, or feedlot gains.
He said the Ramsey Ranch likes
to use brand numbers on cows,
with cori’esponding ear tag num
bers on calves.
Te manager said records should
be used only to compare produc
tion of cows or bulls “within your
own hei’d” and not between herds
because of differences in feed
and environment.
He said the easiest way he has
has found to keep records on a
large number of cows is through
the use of IBM facilities.
L. E. Kunkle, professor in
charge of the meats laboratory
at Ohio State University, advis
ed the cattlemen to avoid big
ness or littleness in working to
ward top carcass yields.
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Profs Present Wide Opinions
On Presidential Election'
Missionary
To Address
First Baptist
Dr. E. Milford Howell, South
ern Baptist Missionary to Nig
eria, West Africa, Will be the
guest minister for the Sunday
worship services at the First Bap
tist Church in College Station.
Howell, appointed for service
in Nigeria in 1943 by the Foreign
Mission Board of the Southern
Baptist Convention, will be re
turning to that country with his
family within a few weeks. He
serves as acting secretary of
evangelism for the Baptist mis
sion in Nigeria and Ghana.
Missionary Howell is a grad
uate of Hardin-Simmons Univer
sity in Abilene and holds the
bachelor of divinity and doctor
of theology degrees from South
western Baptist Theological Sem
inary in Fort Worth. Before go
ing to Africa, he was pastor of
churches in Texas and Oklahoma
for five years.
By TOMMY HOLBEIN
' Battalion Feature Editor
As political winds blow across
the nation, many ideas and opin
ions concerning the presidential
election have become highlights
of conversation. Various pro
fessors in the Department of His
tory and Government and the
Department of. Economics ex
pressed varied opinions concern
ing who might .be the next Presi
dent of the United States.
Dr. R. L. Harris
Dr. Robert L. Harris, assistant
professor in the Department of
History and Government picked
Adlai Stevenson as the most like
ly person to get the Democratic
nomination for the presidency.
“Stevenson is from ,a neutral
state and has an advantage over
Kennedy in that Kennedy is too
young in my opinion. Politic
ians like a man who is older and
more mature, like Stevenson is,”
said Harris:
Continuing, on how he felt
Stevenson’s chances compared
with those of Lyndon B. John
son’s for getting the nomination,
Harris said, “Johnson is a good
man, but being from Texas can
be a handicap for many areas
might tend to tag him a “big
rich Texan;” but Johnson has
been tending to identify himself
with the West instead of simply
the South, because the Western
area of the United States is re
ceiving a recognized shift in po
litical power.”
Harris said Stevenson did have
some definite barriers against
him, the main one being that
“the American people worship at
the shrine of victory,” and that
Stevenson had been defeated. But
even with this in mind, Harris
felt Stevenson would have a very
good chance of being the next
president.
Dr. James H. Bass
When asked who he felt would
be the next president, Dr. James
H. Bass, professor in the Depart
ment of History and Government
said, “It’s actually a hard thing
to tell; naturally, being a Texan,
I would support Lyndon John
son, although my favorite man
is Stevenson, who if he should
get the nomination would prob
ably defeat Nixon.”
“But looking at the possibili
ties, it looks like Sen. Kennedy
has quite a few delegates won
over already, and just needs a
few more. This was illustrated
in the West Virginia primary,”
added Bass.
Dr. A. B. Nelson
Dr. A1 B. Nelson, professor in
the Department of History and
Government, felt that discussing
who might be the next president
was a matter of an educated
guess but that some basic facts
did stand out.
“I woiJld say that judging by
things going on behind the scene,
Lyndon Johnson was a very good
chance of getting the Democratic
nomination for the presidency
through his power in the South,
for his opponents are pretty
weak. On the face qf the situa
tion, Johnson is the only person
who has a chance of defeating
Nixon, who I am sure will be the
Republican candidate, unless
something unpredicted happens,”
said Nelson.
Dr. E. E. Liebhafsky
Dr. Erwin E. Liebhafsky, asso
ciate professor in the Department
of Economics, voiced a contrary
opinion concerning the president
ial election. He felt Lyndon
Johnson would not have the sup
port necessary to receive the nom
ination of the Democratic party,
because the heavily populated
areas would not carry him.
“My estimation is that Stev
enson has the greatest possibility
of obtaining the Democratic nom
ination. And even though he
has been defeated, he shouldn’t
have too much trouble running
against Nixon. I believe it can
be said that virtually any Demo
crat running against Nixon will
win the election,” said Liebhaf
sky.
Dr. P. J. Woods
Dr. Paul J. Woods, associate
professor in the Department of
History and Government, selec
ted Sen. Kennedy as the most
likely candidate for the presi
dency. When asked how he felt
Kennedy’s chances stacked up
against Johnson’s for the Demo
cratic nomination, Woods said,
“As of right now, his chances
are excellent because his appeal
is more nation-wide, where John
son’s. is sectional.”
Commenting on the fact that
Sen. Kennedy is wealthy, Woods
said, “Being rich is not a barrier,
and only one poor man, Grant,
was ever elected to the presi
dency.” “Continuing, after be
ing asked how Kennedy’s chances
for winnifig the election might
compare to Nixon’s, Woods said,
“I think he stacks up beautifully
against Nixon, and I agree with
the saying that who-ever gets the
Denioncratic nomination will be
our next president.”
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The University of Illinois will
approve no privately operated
student rooming house unless the
owner agrees to make its facili
ties available to all students
without discrimination with re
spect to race or religion, Provost
Gordon N. Ray announced here
recently.
In 1958, the University issued
a “Code of Fair Educational
Practice.” It is now also adopt
ing the following addition to Sec
tion IX of the Code as an earnest
of its willingness to accept due
responsibility in this crucial area
of public concern.
The University will approve no
new privately operated student
rooming house unless the owner
agrees to make its facilities avail
able to all students without dis
crimination with respect to race
or religion. When ownership of
presently approved housing
changes, University approval will
be continued only if the new
owner agrees to make its facili
ties available to all students
without discrimination with re
spect to race or religion. These
provisions do not apply to a house
which is the private home of the
owner and in which no more than
three rooms are rented.
★ ★ ★
New students at Eastern Mich
igan University this year scored
higher than national norms on
the American Council on Educa
tion Psychological Examination,
Social Whirl
The Mechanical Engineering
Wives Club will meet at 7:30 p.m.
Monday in the Cashion Room of
the YMCA. Tickets to the PHT
dinner-dance may be purchased
by calling Pat Griffith at TA 2-
2041 after 5 p.m. or at this meet
ing.
The Industrial Education Wives
Club will meet Monday at 7:30
p.m. in the home of Mrs. Linda
Lindsay at 208 East Duncan in
Bryan.
The Aeronautical Engineering
Wives Club will have an infor
mal Bon Voyage party for sen
iors that are leaving. The social
function will, be held at the home
of Mrs. Ben Hamner at 111
Kyle St. Games and cards will
be available for those desiring
to play.
The Industrial Engineering
Wives Club will meet Monday at
7:30 p.m. in the YMCA. Guest
speaker will be Pete Clary of the
Conlee Brothers Storage Co.
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both when the results of the test
were compared to norms estab
lished by students entering all
types of colleges and when com
pared to scores of students en
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parable programs.
Eastern’s students matched the
top 25 pei'cent of the national
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students placed in the top quar
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with individual units for under
graduates, graduates and faculty
has been recommended in a ma
ture and novel approach to the
problem of providing adequate
housing at Cornell University. A
report submitted by the Faculty
Committee on Student Affairs
proposed that the main type of
new housing construction at Cor
nell be apartment units available
to “a very diverse cross-section
of the University community.”
All available evidence indicates
that students find apartment liv
ing more attractive than dormi
tory living, the committee said,
adding it believes that apartment
living ideally can make a greater
contribution to the academic life
of the University than dormitory
living.
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Superior freshman college stu
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have difficulty focusing on a
goal, horior students and faculty
members from colleges and uni
versities throughout the Midwest
agreed here recently. They at
tended a conference on the aca
demic work of superior freshmen
on the campus of the State Uni
versity of Iowa.
According to a published re
port of the conference, sponsored
by the Woodrow Wilson Founda
tion, the college students and
faculty pointed out that these in
tellectually superior students
have superior ability in such a
wide range of subjects that they
have difficulty choosing one to
which they can channel their ef
forts.
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