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V-IBRART n is copxss The Battalion Volume 69 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1960 Number 12$ Luncheon Friday Closes Journalism Workshop Journalism Workshop Registration This was the scene Sunday afternoon in the ment of Journalism. The workshop closes Serpentine Lounge of the Memorial Student Friday at noon. The students and teachers Center as more than 300 high school publica- attending represented more than 70 Texas tions staff members and sponsors registered high schools and four out-of-state high for the second annual High School Publica- schools, tics^s Workshop, sponsored by the Depart- Non-Profit Research Organization Concrete Firm To Locate Headquarters on Campus The National Bituminous Con- search institutes. In addition, some Crete Assn., a non-profit organiza tion of some 600 producers of bituminous concrete, has decided to locate its research headquarters on the A&M campus. The announcement was made by Dean of Engineering Fred J. Ben- eon and Bryan-College, Station Chamber of Commerce President Travis Bryan, Jr. Working to encom’age the or ganization’s location at the school were A&M, the cities of Bryan and College Station, the Bryan Indus trial Foundation, Inc. and the Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce. Primary objectives of the associ ation are to improve the specifica tions for, the materials used in and the construction procedures for bituminous concrete. Dean Benson said the association has adopted a research program which contemplates expanding ex penditures for research in various fields having to do with bituminous concrete. Initially, it is planned that the research will be carried on through support of university programs, co-operative projects with state highway departments or federal agencies and contracts with re funds will be available for scholar ships for graduate students inter ested in bituminous concrete. “The advantage to A&M of the location of the association’s re search activity and possible labora tory here lies in the fact that the association program will augment and support our existing research and teaching program in this area,” Benson said. The association plans to have two persons in its A&M office, which will tentatively be set up by Sept. 1. Microscopy Course Opens Monday at 8 The fourth annual Feed Microscopy Short Course is set Monday through Saturday in the Memorial Student Center. Activities get under way the first day at 8 a. m. with registration. E. E. Brown, research scientist and Texas Agri cultural Experiment Station micro- - ^ scopist in the State Chemist Labor atory here, will be chairman. The morning session of the first day is devoted to talks, the first one an address of welcome by Dr. G. M. Watkins, director of agricul tural instruction. Other speakers and their sub jects are Reed McDonald, director of the Texas Feed Control Service, “Role of Microscopy in the En forcement of Texas Feed Laws;” report on Feed Control Service’s technical advisory committee by Dr. L. R. Richardson, professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition and chairman of the committee; Dr. W. O. Trogdon, head of the Department of Agron omy, “Protein Variability In Cereal Grain Crops;” Dean L. Mingus, chief chemist, Burrus Feed Mills, Fort Worth, “Microscopy In An (See MICROSCOPY on Page 6) Parking Rules Get Revisions The new parking plan for faculty and staff members which went into effect during the spring semester of the 1959-60 school year will be discontinued and a modified plan will be used, according to Dean of Students James P. Hanni- gan. For the 1960-61 school year the College Executive Committee has approved the modified parking sys tem wherein the zone administra tors will make available a reason able, and it is hoped small, number of definitely reserved spaces for those individuals who are willing to pay a $10 per year fee, said Hannigan. Besides being willing to pay the $10 fee, those faculty and staff members who get specifically as signed parking places will get such places because of their jobs, physi cal condition or other good reasons, Hannigan said. Other faculty and staff mem bers will pay either a $7.50 or $1 per year parking fee. Persons pay ing the $7.50 fee for non-specific parking space may park in any lot or on-the-street parking space in their own zone which is not specifically reserved or marked for visitors, said Hannigan. When visiting .tones other than their own they may park in any visitor space or any unoccupied, unreserved space for the time necessary to transact their busi ness, explained Hannigan. The $1 parking fee payees will park in one of the two fringe areas, one at the northern and one at the southern ends of the campus. Additional parking lots, improve ments of existing parking lots and some increasement of on-street parking facilities is now under way and will continue through the re mainder of the summer and into the early fall to aid in fulfilling the parking needs, explained Han nigan. The plan used last year had State FFA Honors Dr. G. M. Watkins Dr. G. M. Watkins, director of agricultural instruction, has been named by the Texas Assn, of Fu ture Farmers of America to re ceive the Honorary Lone Star Farmer Degree. The award honors adults who have worked to promote FFA ac tivities and was made during the organization’s 32nd annual conven tion last weekend in Houston. If Lyndon Johnson Wins Picking Solon May Be Problem By TEX EASLEY WASHINGTON—(AP)—Should Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson win elec tion as vice president, Texans would be faced with an interesting political situation: The choosing of his Senate successor. Johnson, although he is the run ning mate of Democratic presi- ffjnial candidate John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts, also will stand for re-election to the Senate. Thus, should he also emerge as the next vice president, Johnson would necessarily resign from the Senate. Who would be his suc cessor in that post? A study dating back to the last century shows that many Texas senators—as well as those from other states—first served in the House. Johnson was one of these. He repi'esented the Austin district from 1937 to 1949 then succeeded, W. Lee O’Daniel in the Senate. Governors Have Inroad A governorship is the second most traveled route to the Senate. O’Daniel went that course. So did one other Texan, Charles A. Cul berson, who was governor from 1894 through 1898 and then served in the Senate from 1899 to 1923. Texas’ Gov. Price Daniel is one of the few who has taken the re verse route along his political career. He left the Senate before the end of his six-year term in order to take over as governor. With the exception of Culberson, all of those who have attained lengthy records of service in the Senate from Texas first served in the House. These, in addition to Johnson now in his 12th Senate year, were: Moms Sheppard, 1913 to 1941; Tom Connally, 1928 to 1953 and Joseph Weldon Bailey, Sr., 1901 to 1913. Succeeded by Blakely Daniel had about two years to go on his Senate term wj?en he was succeeded by William Blakely of Dallas. Blakely received an interim appointment from Gov. Allan Shivers shortly before Shiv ers turned over the governor’s office to Daniel. Ralph Yarborough then won the special election in 1957 to fill out Daniel’s unexpired term, and was re-elected in 1958 for a regular six-year term. Andrew Jackson Houston, son of Sam Houston, served a few weeks in 1941 when appointed by the then Gov. O’Daniel to fill a vacancy created by the death that spring of Sheppard. Houston died in office at 87, before the special election called by O’Daniel could be held. O’Daniel won the special election, and was re-elected for the full 1942-48 term. Earle B. Mayfield, a member of the Texas Railroad Commission from 1913 to 1923, served six years in the Senate. The one remaining individual who has served from Texas in the past 60 years was Horace Chilton, who had practiced law in Tyler and who was first appointed to the Senate to fill a vacancy. He then was elected to and served the six-year term be tween 1895 and 1901. Wright Possible Among the incumbent House Texans, Jim Wright of Fort Worth is often mentioned when specula tion turns to likely candidates for (See PICKING on Page 6) serious defects in that the number of visitor spaces was too limited, a large number of reserved spaces were frequently empty and mark ing and painting was too costly, Hannigan pointed out. “It is hoped that these new ar rangements will permit those who operate automobiles to park closer to the building in which they work, and will permit an expansion of parking facilities for visitors,” said Hannigan. The new regulations are for the school year beginning in Septem ber. Deadline Set For Ordering SeasonDucats Sunday at midnight is the dead line for ordering priority tickets for the three home football games this fall, according to Pat Dial, business manager for the Department of Athletics. The season books, good for the Texas Tech, Sept. 24, Texas Christian University, Oct. 15, and University of Arkansas, Oct. 29, games, sell for $12 each. Season books for faculty and staff members are good for ad mission to all sports held under the auspices of the Athletic Coun cil. Books for the general public are good for all events except basketball games, said Dial. MSC To Present \ Humorist Tuesday Marshall feen, pianist-humorist, will highlight next Week’s activities in the Memorial Student Center Summer entertainment Program with a concert Tuesday at 8 p. m. in the Ballroom. Other activities on tap for the"t week include Sunday’s “Afternoon of Free Films” and a dance with a “Mickey Mouse” theme with music by the Aggieland Combo Monday night. A versatile artist, Izen combines a thorough musical background with a satirical talent. Using the top of the piano as a stage for miniature settings, he manipulates puppet performers with his right hand and accompanies on the key board with his left hand—while singing all the voices of the pro duction he satirizegi Izen’s repertoire also includes some serious offerings, for which i lessons. by using a yellowed ivory key as a starting marker, he was able to play all of his kindergarten songs by ear. After making this discovery, Izen practiced his new found repertoire and, when ready, informed his school teacher he could accompany the class song session. As all the children gathered around the piano, Izen sat down in front of an immaculate white ivory keyboard and all was chaos without his yel low marker. When his parents heard of the dilemma, they de cided it was time to give their son he has been prepared through study for the Bachelor of Music degree he received from De Paul University and at the Juilliard School of Music. His unique and humorous talents, and his appear ance on television have included the Ed Sullivan and Steve Allen shows. Izen was born in Chicago, III. At the age of five, the old family up right piano fascinated him so that Heaton Forecasts 7,400 Enrollment For Fall Semester Approximately 7,400 students are expected to enroll at A&M for the Fall Semester, H. L. Heaton, direc tor of admissions and registrar, announced this week. “This estimate represents an in crease of over 300 students com pared to the 1959 fall enrollment,” he stated. About 2,000 new fresh men students are expected, based on present acceptances for admis sion, according to the Director of Admissions. The 7,400 students will be study ing agriculture (17 percent), arts and sciences (30 per cent), engi neering (45 per cent), veterinary medicine (6 per cent) and general curriculum (2 per cent). Heaton, in making the announce ment, stressed that A&M will con tinue processing applications for admission up to fall semester regis tration, Sept. 16 and 17. “A&M will have room this fall for the qualified student capable of doing college work,” Heaton said. Two years later, as the result of viewing a chilling horror movie, Izen was afraid to walk into the darkened living-room to practice the piano. At the suggestion of a (See HUMORIST on Page 6) Barbecue Planned Tonight for 300 More than 300 high school newspaper and yearbook staff members and sponsors will end their week-long stay here Friday at noon when Frank King, executive editor of The Houston Post, will give the closing talk at the awards lunch eon in Sbisa Dining Hall. The high school students and teachers have been here since Sunday afternoon for the second annual High School Publications Workshop, sponsored by the Department of Journalism. A barbecue, to be followed by dancing and entertainment, south of G. Rollie White Coliseum tonight beginning at 6 will be the final entertainment phase of the workshop. Friday ^morning will be devoted to Student Center Loses Staffers As Two Resign Two well-known Memorial Stu dent Center staff members have resigned, MSC Director Wayne Stark announced. They are John M. Geiger, man ager of the Bowling and Games Department, and Mrs. Rosalie Johnson, student program adviser. Geiger, whose resignation is ef fective about the middle of Au gust, will join the Texas Union in the new and renovated Student Union Building at the University of Texas. He was made manager of the bowling games area after his grad uation from A&M in 1952. His hometown is Branford, Fla. Mrs. Johnson, wife of Battalion Editor Johnny Johnson, joined the MSC staff in 1957 after gradua ting from Southern Methodist Un iversity with a degree in journal ism. She worked with the entire MSC program, including the MSC Coun cil. At SMU, she was president of the Mortar Board, a national honor society for college women, and was a student leader in other fields. Stark said no replacements have yet been selected for Geiger or Mrs. Johnson. Di\ William Turner, music co ordinator of the MSC, announced his resignation earlier to accept a position at Stephen F. Austin Col lege. Reeves To Take Position in Egypt Dr. R. G. Reeves, professor of agronomy and genetics, and since 1949 leader of research on new crops for the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, will go to Egypt the latter part of August to serve for nine months in the University of Alexandria as a Fulbright profes-f sor in genetics and plant breeding His primary responsibility in Egypt will be advising and direct ing the work of graduate students in the fields of genetics and plant breeding. Reeves is known nationally and internationally as a biologist for his work on the origin of corn, and the cytological and breeding studies he has conducted on corn and other plants. It was this back ground plus his teaching abilities that led to his selection as a Ful bright professor. The Mississippi native holds both bachelor and master degrees from Mississippi State University, and a doctorate from Iowa State Uni versity. He has also studied at Cornell University and the Univer sity of Chicago. He came to A&M in 1928 as an instructor in the Department of Biology. In 1944, he was transfer red as a professor to the Depart ments of Agronomy and Genetics with joint teaching and research responsibilities. He is the author or co-author of about 100 technical papers or publications, including a compre hensive publication with Dr. Paul Mangelsdorf, now of Harvard Uni versity, on the origin of corn. An other of his widely used works is a manual on the “Flora of South Central Texas” co-authored by a former student, D. C. Bain, Missi ssippi Experiment Station. This manual has gone through three printings and two editions includ ing a Spanish translation. The new plant introduction pro gram which he heads has been responsible for the establishment of at least 10 new plants to Texas including buffelgrass and Sunturf Bermudagrass from Africa, Israel sweetclover from Europe and Asia, and Gulf Ryegrass from Uruguay. Dr. and Mrs. Reeves will spend five days in Washington, D. C., be fore leaving for Paris and Rome for brief stops enroute to Egypt. They plan to do as much visiting and sight-seeing as possible before returning to A&M. panel discussions and other closing sessions. The groun was divided into newspaper and yearbook sections and held individual sessions throughout the week, except for general sessions each morning when outstanding newspaper per sonalities addressed them. The yearbook students worked on a yearbook on the workshop which will be sent to those attend ing sometime in August. The news paper students gathered stories, wrote headlines and took pictures for a newspaper on the workshop which is being pi’inted at the A&M Press. In addition several of the stu dents took part in a special pho tography section of the workshop conducted by Wesley D. Calvert, assistant professor in the Depart ment of Journalism, and Marvin Ellis, teacher at Irving High School. Burchard in Charge Donald D. Burchard, head of the Department of Journalism, was in over-all charge of the workshop and directed the newspaper section and Joseph E. Redden, assistant professor in the Department of Journalism, was workshop director and in charge of the yearbook section. The Texas Daily Newspaper Assn., the Texas Press Assn, and the Newspaper Fund, Inc., were co-sponsors of the workshop. The workshop attendees heard a talk Monday by Don Carter, execu tive director of the Newspaper Fund, Inc., a fund sponsored by The Wall Street Journal to further journalism; talk Tuesday by Bill Barnard, head of the Dallas office of The Associated Press; a talk Wednesday by J. Q. Mahaffey, editor of The Texarkana News- Gazette; and this morning heard talks by Dick Peebles, executive sports editor of The Houston Chronicle, and Mrs. Anne Roznov- sky, news staff of The Waco News- Tribune. In addition to more than 70 Texas high schools represented, groups are at the workshop from Broadus, Mont.; Ponca City, Okla.; Kansas City, Kan.; and Alexandria, La. Ex-T.A.E.S. Head’s Wife Dies Monday Mr. Bonney Youngblood, wife of a former director of the .Texas Agricultural Experiment Station from 1911-1928, died Monday at Charles Town, W. Va., according to word received by local friends. Funeral services were Wednes day afternoon at the Streiders’ Funeral Home in Charles Town. Mrs. Youngblood had lived alone on the family farm, Rion Hall, near Harpers Ferry, W. Va., since Dr. Youngblood’s death in Janu ary, 1959. Mrs. Youngblood was the former Lotus Shamburger of Mineola and the Youngbloods were married in 1907. The Youngbloods developed Borderbrook Farm, between Bryan and College Station. He retired in 1950 from the staff of the Office of Experiment Stations, U. S. De partment of Agriculture, Wash ington, D. C.