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Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20,1960
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To March With Band
Reveille II, the Aggie mascot, yesterday was officially for
bidden to run loose during halftime shows at Southwest
Conference football games. Here she is pictured with Paul
Martin, 2nd Brigade Adjutant, who will march with Reveil
le in the front row of the band in future half-time shows.
SWC RULES
Reveille No Longer
To Run At Halftime
A restriction handed down by the Southwest Confer
ence will prevent the Aggie mascot, Reveille II, from run
ning loose on the football field during future performances
of the Aggie band.
Dean of Students James P. Han-4
nig'an presented the ruling to the
: yell leaders committee, several
representatives of the band, Cadet
I Col. of the Corps Syd Heaton,
deputy corps commander Brantley
Aggie Rifle Team
Rolls Past TCU
The A&M .22 caliber rifle team
defeated the Texas Christian Uni-
rersity team last weekend by a
| )core of 1414 to 1343 out of a pos-
.sihle 1500 points.
McCloud B. Hodges, of 3389 S.
: Stafford, Arlington, Va., freshman
in physics, was high with a 295
out of a possible 300.
Other members of the winning
team were Jay M. Wilkerson of
De Leon, senior in agronomy:
James H. Elder of College Station,
sophomore in architecture; Gary
L. Byrd of Dallas, freshman in
electrical engineering and Frank
Loudermilk of Comanche, a senior
in agronomy.
The next rifle match will be
with Baylor in Waco, Saturday.
Laycock and three representatives
of Co. E-2 in a meeting yesterday
afternoon.
Hannigan said the group agreed
to try marching Reveille with the
band on a leash in the future. The
dean added she would be marched
on the front row.
The Southwest Conference ruling
says no dogs will be alowed to run
loose on football fields without
wearing a muzzle.
A muzzle has been tried with
Reveille, but she will not wear it.
The ruling originated from two
reported incidents when Reveille
bit a game official and a rival
mentor several years ago.
In the only other business
brought before the committee, it
was decided to hold the midnight
yell-practice preceeding the Ark
ansas game Oct. 29 in Kyle Field,
instead of The Grove.
Hannigan explained the yell-
practice held in Kyle Field Monday
night revealed that would be a
much better location for the un
ruly, crowded midnight yell-prac
tices.
College Gaining
Worldwide Fame
A&M is gaining an international reputation as a source
of consultants to foreign coupgHes with agricultural prob
lems. ^
In addition to its statewide public service in teaching,
research and extension, A&M is4
finding itself called on more and
more to send economists and plant,
soil and animal scientists as tem
porary advisors to other lands.
Dr. 0. B. Butler, head of the
Department of Animal Husbandry,
said the trips usually last from
few weeks to one or two years.
Dr. Butler himself recently re
turned from Argentina, where he
spent two weeks providing infor
mation on beef cattle production
and establishing a meat technology
laboratory.
He said A&M’s representatives
usually work through the govern
ment and university officials of
a country. Most of the trips are
made possible through the Point 4
Program’s International Co-Opera
tion Administration and the For
eign Agriculture Service.
Advice in Many Fields
'hie consultants advise on a
wide variety of agricultural phas
es, from pasture improvement and
cattle breeding to producing be-
ter vegetables and field crops.
Dr. G. W. Adriance, former head
of the Department of Horticulture
and now retired, has done consul
tant work in Honduras, Italy, and
Ceylon. John Riggs, professor of
animal husbandry, spent six weeks
of the past summer in Argentina
giving information on beef cattle
nutrition and production. Geneti
cist T. G. Cartwright also was in
Argentina recently.
J. C. Smith, superintendent of
the experiment station near Angle-
ton, is in Argentina as present con
ducting work on pastures, forage
crops and brush control.
Another A&M educator now in
Argentina is Dr. John McNeely,
professor in the Agricultural Eco
nomics and Sociology Department.
He is helping with livestock mar
keting problems. Dr.. Jarvis Miller
of the same department also plans
livestock marketing studies there.
Roy Snyder, Extension Service
meat specialist, has conducted
meat processing education work at
various times during the past five
years in Paraguay, Peru, Guate
mala, Honduras and Panama. Fred
Hale of the Department of Animal
Husbandry is just back from Mex
ico where he dealt with swine
problems.
Credit to School
Dr. Butler said almost every de
partment in the school of agricul
ture hafe provided agricultural con
sultants for foreign countries seek
ing to improve farming and
ranching conditions.
“The demand for A&M personnel
reflects great credit on the school.
It means we have world-wide pres
tige. It will widen our teaching
perspective because as time passes,
the world situation will have much
to do' with production and market
ing here in the United States,”
he said.
Southwestern
Stock Show
Lists Changes
Several important changes are
contained in the premium list for
the 19G1 Southwestern Exposition
and Fat Stock Show, just off the
presses, reports President-Man
ager W. R. Watt.
• Entry closing dates for the com
ing show are: Cattle, sheep and
swine, Dec. 20; horses, Jan. 5, and
poultry, rabbits, turkeys, pigeons,
ducks, geese, and game and exotic
birds, Jan. 15. Watt noted that an
important new category, decided on
too late to be included in the pre
mium list, will be Hereford and
Angus competition in herds of 10.
The exhibitor may enter his 10
best animals in the particular
breed, regardless of grouping. That
is, his herd may be made up of
steers, bulls or females in any
proportion.
Rodeo Attraction
Judging of the herds will be a
special rodeo attraction. Only the
top herd in each breed will be cho
sen, and the winning exhibitor will
receive a trophy.
New competition in the bull di
vision, reported in the premium
list, will find Herefoi’ds competing
in classes for pens of five yearl
ing bulls, senior bull calves and
junior calves. There will be the
same classes for pens of three
bulls. There will be no Carlot
Hereford competition in 1961.
These classes also will apply to
Aberdeen-Angus. New also are the
pens of five and peps of three
classes for Angus senior yearling
bulls. Only the Angus will have
these last two classes. Shorthorns
will show yearling bulls and bull
calves in both pens of five and pens
of three. Santa Gertrudis bulls will
have classes for senior bulls and
junior bulls in pens of three.
“Must Sell” Policy
Angus bulls entered in the pens
of five and pens of three compe
titions must be sold at auction
Monday afternoon, Jan. 30. Here
ford bulls in these classes must be
sold at auction or priced for sale
at private treaty. Watt said the
“must sell” policy was adopted by
the American Hereford Association
and the American Angus Associa
tion, in conjunction with the Stock
Show staff.
The premium list includes junior
yearling steer classes for the last
time; there will be no such compe
tition in 1962. Returning to the list
for 1961 is the class for Parade
Horses.
In the poultry division, the Na
tional Bantam Meet will be held
Janury 27 to 31.
BULLETIN
An advertisement appearing in a
local newspaper announcing a poli
tical meeting at the YMCA tonight
was published in error and the
meeting has been cancelled, James
P. Hannigan, Dean of Students,
announced at press time.
“The College encourages stu
dents to actively participate in
politics off campus and to support
candidates of their choice but does
not sponsor political meetings on
the campus,” Dean Hannigan stat
ed.
Shuman Hits Government
Dictation Of Agriculture
i Quicksand’ Used
To Define Results
A government dictated supply control program for agri
culture would prove to be “economic quicksand” for farmers,
a national farm leader said here today.
Charles B. Shuman, American Farm Bureau Federation
president, spoke on “What Should the Nation’s Future Agri
cultural Policy Be?” on the Great Issues program.
Supply control is one of several proposals in the “welfare
kit” of those who favor a government-planned agriculture,
Mr. Shuman said.
Under a comprehensive supply control program, all
farmers would be licensed and assigned certificates for the
quantity of each farm product they would be permitted to
♦produce, he said. No farmer,
no product would be exempt
ed. Certificates could be,
bought and sold—and, of
course, reduced by the com
modity planning boards.
Economic Quicksand
“It would be economic quick
sand for farmers—a treacherous
and engulfing trap. It would of
fer the lure of higher- income but
would actually shrink farm pro
duction down to the domestic mar
ket level—in effect, cutting off
farmers’ foreign markets and re
ducing their income.
“Certainly that 'type of program
is no substitute for a market price
system under which production is
geared to the wants of consumers
at home and abroad,” Shuman said.
/ Surplus Shows Failure
He pointed out that farmers
have had to put up with govern
ment supply control programs in
one form or another for the last
25 years. The mountainous sur
pluses with their fantastic storage
costs are ample evidence of the
failure of unwise government
farm programs that have caused
farmers to postpone or avoid
needed changes in production.
“The failure of controls in agri
culture is related to the fact that
they are not politically palatable,”
Shuman said.
“Congress never has voted real
ly strict farm controls because
they would be unpopular with
farmers.
“If given the chance, the mar
ket system will work for the 24
percent of farm production that
has been under some type of price
fixing control program as well as
for the 76 percent of production
which has not.
“It is still a pertinent point that,
in general, those farmers who have
not been subjected to such pro
grams have fared better than their
price-fixed, controlled neighbors.”
Economic Answers
Galling for economic, not polit
ical, answers to farm problems,
Shuman said national agricultural
policy should embody these prin
ciples:
1. Farm production cannot be
balanced with effective demand by
(See SHUMAN on Page 3)
Pat Henry Sub
Scores Four
Straight Hits
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Reversing re
cent failures, the submarine Pat
rick Henry has scored four suc
cesses in four trial firings of the
Polaris missile. This brings close
the nuclear sub’s combat readi
ness.
The Navy announced Wednes
day tljat the Patrick Henry had
put to) sea from Cape Canaveral,
Fla., and completed a successful
series of four missile firings from
a position about 500 miles east of
Florida. The series extended be
tween Saturday and Tuesday.
Battle Ready Soon
The Patrick Henry is expected
to load up with hydrogen warhead
weapons and sail in combat-ready
condition within the next several
weeks. •
It will be the second such craft
to go into full operation. The
George Washington is completing
routine overhaul prior to loading
16 Polaris missiles.
The four successes out of a
planned program of four firings
contrasted’ with the first efforts
of the Patrick Henry last month
when there were three failures out
of four shots.
Launches Submerged
The Patrick Henry made its
latest trials under near-operation
al conditions. It launched its weap
ons while submerged.
The four rockets wei’e identical
to the tactical missiles to be car
ried by fleet ballistic missile sub
marines except for warheads and
a small number of test instru
ments, the Navy said.
All shots went the full pro
grammed range and landed where
aimed, the Navy announced. The
full range for the present series
of Polaris missiles is 1,200 miles.
However, it was possible that some
or perhaps all of the four might
have been fired at distances less
than the maximum range.
Charles B. Shuman
.. Raps Government Controls
Japanese
Professor
Visiting A&M
Dr. Koji Hidaka, director, the
Geophysical Institute, Tokyo Uni
versity, Japan, is visiting A&M’s
Department of Oceanography and
Meteorology.
The visit is in connection with
the “Distinguished International
Geophysical Year Visitor program
of the Carnegie Institution:
Under sponsorship of a National
Science Foundation grant, a num
ber of active research scientists of
senior status from various coun
tries have been invited to visit
the United States by the Carnegie
Institution.
Can Go Anywhere
The scientists selected are free
to visit institutions of their choice
to discuss activities conducted by
the institution during the Interna
tional Geophysical Year as well as
research which might be under
taken using data collected during
the IGY
Besides A&M, Dr. Hidaka has
included the Scripps Institution of
Oceanography and the Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution on the
list of laboratories that he plans
to visit. He will devote approxi
mately four weeks to discussions
with oceanography and meteorolo
gy staff members at A&M.
One of the Best
Dr. Hidaka is considered ; to be
one of the world’s foremost physi
cal oceanographers. He is an active
participant in a number of inter
national oceanographic organiza
tions. He first visited the A&M
campus in 1951. In 1952, he re
turned to spend an entire- year
studying the physical oceanogra
phy of the Gulf of Mexico under
the sponsorship of the Office of
Naval Research. He has made two
brief visits to .the campus since
that time.
World Wrap-Up
By The Associated Press
Teenagers Harrass School Busses
AUSTIN—Fredericksburg school officials and officers are de
manding that Austin officials take action against a band of teen-agers
who harassed four Fredericksburg school buses recently.
Austin detectives have traced and identified 22 youths involved
in the pursuit and efforts to drive the Fredericksburg school buses
off U.S. 290 as they passed through and near Austin.
The buses were carrying 140 high school students, mostly girl
members of the band and pep squad.
Once as the buses paused in Austin before driving west on high
way 290 the pursuing teenagers attempted to board them. The bus
drivers said that on several occasions the pursuing cars drove four
abreast in front of them in an effort to run them off the road.
★ ★ ★
West Germany Asks Summit Conference
LONDON—West Germany Wednesday night suggested an early
European summit meeting and British officials speculated it might
lead to an Atlantic Alliance chiefs of government session in December.
The West German Embassy said talks are under way to arrange
a continental summit of West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, the
Netherlands and Luxembourg to align their policies on the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization. A statement said it was logical Britain
should join in the meeting as a NATO partner.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of West Germany is reported anxious
to offset pressure from France for NATO reform. President Charles
de Gaulle of France feels NATO has let down France on the Algerian
rebellion. He wants NATO unity on Algeria and other fronts outside
Europe.
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Londoners Claim Plymouth Rock Unanthentic
LONDON—A London dock area put in a bid Wednesday to dis
place Plymouth in American history. If it’s successful, Plymouth Rock
could become Rotherhithe Rock.
The claim was laid by the Rev. R. A. Shute, rector of St. Mary’s
church, in the London district of Rotherhithe.
He said the Mayflower sailed from there—not Plymouth—in 1620.
Moreover, he said, parish records show the captain Was Christopher
Jones of Rotherhithe, and not Thomas Jones, who was aboard the Fal
con at the time the Mayflower sailed. The ship’s first mate was John
Clark of Rotherhithe.
★ ★ ★
Supreme Court To Reopen Urban Renewal Talks
AUSTIN—The Supreme Court agreed today to reopen arguments
on the legality of Texas’ controversial urban renewal act.
The court recently upheld the constitutionality of most of the act
allowing rebuilding of blighted areas in a case arising in Lubbock.
The court agreed today to hear Nov. 23 arguments in a case from
Laredo which questions the constitutionality of part of the law.
The Laredo case was reopened on arguments that the San Antonio
Court of Civil Appeals erred in striking out a part of the statute
which laid down the qualifications for voters in an urban renewal elec
tion.
The San Antonio decision resulted in urban renewal programs
being brought to a halt in Waco, Port Arthur, Austin, Lubbock and
other Texas cities.
★ ★ ★
Four Unhurt in Treetop Landing
CARTHAGE, Tex.—A Houston family made a treetop landing in
their family automobile Tuesday night and escaped unscathed.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Soape arid their two small children were travel
ing on a rain-slick road 10 miles south of Mt. Enterprise when their
car skidded over a bluff and landed upside down in a tree top.
Soape climbed out of a window. His wife handed the children
down to him and then climbed out herself.
The family was treated for shock at a Carthage hospital but
physicians found no injuries.
TOWN HALL SERIES
Herb Shriner Here for Show
“Pops Americana” starring Herb
Shriner, will open the 1960-61
Town Hall season tonight at 8 in
G. Rollie White Coliseum.
The ptoduction is a new idea in
concert type shows, featuring the
fun and music, the exciting new
orchestral arrangements of some
of America’s favorite folk songs.
The entire show is mounted with
in the setting of a 35-piece concert
orchestra and sparked with the wit
and humor of “Hoosier Humorist”
Shriner.
Appearing with Shriner are folk
balladeer George Alexander, con
ductor - composer Gustave Haen-
schen, The New World Singers and
the Concert Orchestra Americana.
Shriner, “a humorist in the tra
dition of Will Rogers,” has left a
trail of laughter from World War
II battle fields to Broadway stages.
He has appeared on the stage, .in
radio and television, in motion pic
tures, and in a host of record al
bums.
A favorite in Washington circles,
Shriner was the comedian who in
spired Ike’s famous “belly laugh”
pictures in Life Magazine.
Alexander is an artist with “a
rich exciting baritone voice and a
melodic guitar.” He has appeared
in motion pictures and musical and
dramatic productions and has
signed for a series of television
network shows as a singer and
actor.
Born in Oregon of a musical
family, George’s interest in music
manifested itself at an early age.
His first introduction to the world
of folk-music was as a youngster
on a ranch where he was fascinated
with the plaintive songs of the
cowboys and ranch hands. He soon
learned to join in the song fests
with his youthful voice and mail
order guitar.
Haenschen has been musical con
sultant for several TV spectaculars
and has directed or conducted oth
er well-known musicals.
From the first, a love of folk
music and our American musical
heritage has grown with Haen
schen and now with Shriner this
deep rooted knowledge has result
ed in a concert of American humor
and music that provides one of the
world’s great evenings of enter
tainment.
With a symphony orchestra con
ducted by Haenschen, folk music
sung by Alexander, and Shriner as
narrator and humorist, the audi
ence is kept enthralled and laugh
ing.
Costs for the first Town Hall
production will be $2.50 for adult
admission, $3.00 for adult reserved
seats, and $1 for high school stu
dents. A&M students who have
paid their student activity fee will
be admitted upon presentation of
their student activity cards.
Student wives and students who
did not pay the activity fee may
purchase general admission season
tickets for $4.50.
Herb Shriner
.. Town Hall Guest Star