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THUSRDAY, AUGUST 14^ 1%0
Gattlemen
Short
Outability and ywlatability are designations t«:
"the new dual beef grading system now under study
U. S. Department of Agriculture.)
Davirt'M. Pettus. Kyeatock division director
T'SDA’d A(rrirultur«l MsrkHinjre •
SnIn- .. Wa.Wnfrt rt n» 0. C. d,. I
wrih^l Jhn projwt dupnf th. Idth ' C
up :|
the
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hown,
*avy
wn^y| b«
,piW<w..nn Tpll'
annual ^R*-t f Tattle Short Tu n <■ n uh fu
her. M< niy thmuyh WHne«day. ; ^l mmmmft, l|
He naid rutability Oiuuntity of "«y '
retail rut*) and; pulatahil|ty"Teat- AIM. I’etun Hind, hdt'ilfd the
infr.'iuality) would result in m<>ro •» T1o nR a(rrii ulttir$|| jfhoola
aerurate gradOTg of be«-f und tend in ■jre'tearrhiny dual gra^Mjia ro-
to enrouraae producer* to grow operation with the t SttW. He
the kind *f rattle in k4it:market f^e system is still study ,
demand. J
With t>e prevnt system, rut-
abiky is dot fully represented, lit*
stead, it lie conibined with quality
so that neither cutabHitf nor pal-
atability is urrurately reflerted, he
■aid. ■
Melani
Hawaiian sinter
stqre and is not yet a prbppsal.
jThe short roune, whirHidUrart- I
about •‘Mo rattlemiip! from' 'Aloha' Thome
•hrouj?hout thf I mted .‘'tkjtf*. was 1 ji T
held to brinpr b.-ef pnviltrbrs up a
«n the latest problems ahd devefH 7llillO^I#IOC(I
opments in the ever-rhangihg cat-
He said the dual jrrading method tie industry. Sponsorinr !Hh)r es-ent For MSC Dance
[Animal i
vis the Department
Husbandry. ' -4
r>r. R. D. Rndelefr; nf the
U$DA’s animal disease i»mi para-
si^ 1 research division at KrrrVille,
urpe<l the r.ittlemen to' bir extra
careful in using inser^rldes on
liuest.ick. fhemicabi^ («i| some
times build up residue*jin meat
tissue, maiding U. both! gnlawful
and harmful as human V‘f > d- In-
sertiride-treuted feed, f* jto rattle
top soon, also ran rauie: trouble.
He said improper use|if insecti
cides might result in fc(|mething
lions ia, the Southwoet for the jimijgr to the recent Irianberry
newly ftirmed Mobil Omiral ^ n( , | f that|;lg.ppened.
Ag Graduate
Gets Promotion
With Mobil Co.
Special ta The Battalion
BRAllpdONT—Kber H. Peters,
*40, ha* b.-en aarrn-d manager of
basic patrpleum rhemiral opera-
a division of Sorony Mobil Oil Co.,
Inc., at Iteaumont.
Peters, who rartived a B.S. in
petroleum production engineering
^rom A AM in HM<>, will be re*
1 sponsible for not onljl coordinat
ing contacts with customers' plants
in the Southwest but will also di
rect rhemicnl manufacturing op-
eration%
He bSgan work for MoW Sfter
graduation and except for mili
tary duty during World War II
has been with them since.
Prior to his promotion, Peters
was southwest manager 'for the
FetroleOm Chemicals Department
for Mobil Oil Co. in t.aumont
Much of his effort* in the last
five years have bejn connected
with Mobil's major venture into
petrochemicals at Beaumont and
attracting plants ’ to draw feed
stocks fmm the Mobil ethylene fit-
cility In Beaumont.
Peters is also active in Beau
mont cine affairs. He is chair
man <»f the building committee at
Sk Mark’s Episcopal Church, and
it a member of the United Ap
peal*, the Chamber of Commerce
and manages a West End Little
League team.
cattlemen Would have aflgird time
living it dewp in the ijuMW eye.
Armour Official Vdlk
Dr. H. Jt Hill of:'ftejh«C. Cplo..
difector of Armour an« (fo.'s beef
cattle impnovement reidreh, said
main research project - in the pro
gram . inrlqde accuracy! hf meas
uring area of the rib#ye muscle
with aHra.sound in lift; animals;
aorurate measurement [tf volumes
of areas of living animHU with the
science of photogrnmnr^p (stereo
photography); heritabllijy of car
cass characteristics; ^productive
activity of range cowii tmd effect
of rapi<L early gtotrtn ! on repro-
doctive ability of bulla.
He said the most pdt^iing prob
lem i# td find a method; of detect
ing cows ready for bleeding.
; Purpose, of. the pnfcitim, which
has just complete^ 'its third
breeding yea* is to produce a con*
stunt supply of unijf>rm quality
carcass beef throupk . artificial
breeding. ' •' W T
AfcCA Head ,Ttlk»
Oiie of the main ppfakers was
C. W. McMillan of Deliver, Colo.,
evecutive vice pre^lgnt of the
(See CATTLEMEN on Page S)
ttfr-"—
Douglas
Shows Pictures
in MSC
jit >|eil Thiuglas, explorer-adven- J
‘urfr, will shew films ana give u I
leewre on “Russia, fhe Nejw Faco M 9
| tonight at R 3n the Memoml Stu- )
i deijt Center Ballroom to conclude
I the MSC Sneeial Summer Enter-
i taniment Series.
The Memorial Student Center | ^ fiIm u 9 fulMenglh. unr^-
stacted colo» motion picture «if ri
Soiiet life. ' I
Douglas’ previous e^epeditions
have trtken pirn. from exploding 1
v.Jcanoe* to the top of the Alps, j I
Ifo get hi4 pictures of Russia, j
Dduglas rep<(rts he had ko refuse
fifns offered by tDiruscfev three j
times.
jA former AH-Americati foot ha if i
pkiyer at I^afa yette College and
the producer and narratin' of the
fijm, Douglas is also a notad
wp-iter and glaciftlist. ;He is B
cpntrihutor to the Enryclopediti
Americana and is listed In “Who's
\^ho of Science."
The color film shows such Jfi-
ifous landmarks as thf Kremlin
;«id the Rod Square, St. BasiTs
Cathedral fith its caijdy-strip^d
tpwers and the Universi:y of M>«-
qow. The everyday Hies of *fie
Soviet people—their Work |fid
t^»«ir reactions—are dppictad in
»hots of factories,. mlrkets. Re
torts, schools, movie theaters, fa
shion and vaude'ille showa with
jkmerirun jaiz and cigi
ll Reactor Building
Now Under Way}
January 1 has been set as the tentative comifletic
oh the estimated ^600.000 liiiildinj? to house the fin
^ of the Nuclear Science Center, beins constructed at 1
wood Field.
t'nder construction by Temple Associates of im
hid of $569,897. the huildinjr is the first phase of the
St'l-million Nuclear Science Center which was authoriz
Summer Directorate will «pon-1
«or its final dance of the year— ;
an Aloha Dance—Monday night
from ft‘.30 until 11:30 in the
MSC Ballroom and Starlight
Terrace.
Herh Remington and hi* fine-
piece Hawaiian orchestra. 4'
cludirg a female vocalist, from
HouHtoif. will furnish music for
the rianirO. ,
Free orchid corsages kill he
given ta the girls attending the
dance aad hoys attending the
dance kill receive free Hawiifen
lets, cotortesy of the MSC Sum
mer Directorate, according to
Gates Whiteley,' chairman of
the MSC Summer Directorate.
Special intermission enter
tainment will he provided by
Manning Smith and his dancers,
according to Whiteley.
Admission cost will he SI for
couples and :>• cents for stags.
Whitelry said.
rdate/
unit'
tHtet-
n j ■ |
on a 1
•posed I
last |
The
>yiear bv the A4M College System Board of DirfctoiK The
board has [already appropriated $1,025,000 tOwiiitd coMRtrud*
t|on of the center, which includes a $350,000 grant frDntlthe
Jtational Science Foundationj. /. j » (J | i . \
•T7
ion
'A
)r. C. L. lieinweher
reared nea( Kerrville
Announcements In:
Extras Go on Sale
Graduation announcements for
those students graduating in Aug
ust havg been received awl may
he picked up at the Caahier’s Win
dow on the Ground Floor of the
Memorial Student Centwr, accord
ing to Mrs. Wynelle Davis, MSC
cashier.
Extr* announcement* are also
available and may be bought be
ginning at 8 Monday morning.
Mrs. Davis said.
Coat of the announcement* is
50 cents for leather bound, 25
rents for cardboard and 10 cents
for French fold announcement?
ballet performances.
Price of admission will he 75
pants for adults, 25 certs for chil
dren and 25 ce*ts for; AAM shu*
dent* with student eqjtcrtainrrjpnt
nrds.
From [OSt/
in
Leinweber Named
Quisenberry Put
On AFMA Group
Dr. J. H. Quisenberry, head of ran H ari * |"™«try. j.
the Department of Poultry Science,! Leiuwejwf came h(4> from Okla-
ha* been appointed to the Feed h.>ma[ Suite Universjjy. where he
Survey Committee of the Amen-! bad been since 19l5iJ He was co
can Feed Manufacturers Assn] ordinatori <>f cotton research and
Quisenberry will work with a s(>e< i&lizdd in physiil<>gical stud-
subcommittee on poultry. | les. ! ^ *
^)r. fharlen IJLeinweber, a^i A&M jrraduate, is tlie new
I eadjof the Deparitnent of Raiye and Forestry.
He look over new dutiel Aug. 1.
The| scientist succeeds Dri Vernon Young. Young re-
tire«l’fro*: [duty as j head of theky — • - - ^ _
e ..i. i. io-« ; He was born at Bandera in 1922
department f in SeptHmher, 19 >9. | J
In the interim. Dr. Rdpert Darrow, r ** r
profefsor, was aetipjg head of
on a ranch in the Kerr;
4lle area in Ken County.
t The agriculturist's undergraduf
|te and graduate degrees word
§ecfivfd while at‘AAM. His B.fi
1952 and M.S. in 19M were ip
nge management. Plant phya-
{nlogy was the major study field
* (See LEIN WEBER on Page 4)
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/Memliers of the faculty and
1 staff of the Department Of
; Xucleaiv Engineering will 1>C-
l 1 gin installing the reactor tyr
the center sometime near the
gi •, I qompletion date of the building an<l
qxpect to have it operational py
February, according to Smith.
The board in its September, 19f9..
eting authorized up to $200,(110
for cost of the e<|uipment and jn*
►tallation for the reactor. /
Part of the reactor and cn/trid*
jfor it are presently tinder con-
ptrurtion in the Mffhanical Engi
neering Shops Building and almost
all of the $200,000 has hgen spent
^r committe<t, according to Smith.
Alreadyln
Some of the nuclear experimental
facilities have already been put in
to concrete in the building under
construction. Smith said.
Prior to the placement of the
final stages of the wmipment. ap
plication will be made to the Atom-1
ic Energy Commission this fall for
fuel for the reactor, Smith ex
plained.
The building is to be a modem
gastight three-story structure. It
will contain all facilities for'instal
lation of a wide range of equip
ment in the final stages of the
development of the center.
Most Versatile
The center is (designed for re
search in physics, chemistry, biolo
gy. agriculture, engineering and
medicine and is expected to l>e the
most versatile unit of Ha type in
the country, according to Dr. Ro
bert G. Cochran, head of th« De
partment of Nuclear Engineering.
(See NUCLEAR on Page 4)
Faturdn'v will
fof the College
Club's drive to
children in the el
of the AAM Con
The hook •driv
and will he rli|
when members ol
joined by local 1
Scout * in the collectioi
tyn big day
station Kiwanis"!
dlect books for
nentafV grades
delated School,
he-.-1 a Monday
axed; Satardnf
he c)|ih will he
Bov and Girl
M f
4r
Station looking ()nr the .books and
tlp'se having ho.(ks to {Innate are
aiked to leave th|rm on their front
porches whqre tl{<' scours can find
them.
v Anyone' wishinlf to dflwite hooks
this we«dc can call any [member of
the Kiwanis Club: Mrp. John T.
Duncan Jr., \JA-M Consolidated
Highr.S<’hool Library at Vl'fi-’>110;
qr the school cufeterii Saturday,
H~7119. Th “V may also take
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tihe bo
bmiks to tht
The books k
tablish a library
lary school,
Books needc<
from the first
grade* and wc
books, books on
und fiction 1
this :«e groul
needed.
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aBBart t
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Center Construction Under
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library.
II be psed to es-
for the elemen-
jl f|- l' ■'
are for children
through the fifth j
ild include picture
elementary scioaM
id noi*-fJct»on for
Biographies and
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bistort* and tt; vel bock.- are^alsre
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