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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1961)
Page 4 College Station, Texas Thursday, August 24, 1961 THE BATTALION Graduate Student Finds New Strain of Garlic Mack C. Fuqua, graduate assist ant in the Department of Horti culture of Texas A&M College, has recently found a strain of seed-producing garlic growing near Waco. This type of garlic was also found at an old Indian camp- | | site near Boerne, Texas. (Histor-i ical records tell of the Indians p ^ | using garlic when they were vis- Ip*® ited by Spanish explorers.) Sometime before the Hebrew wanderings in the desert, garlic that was sterile, unable to produce seed, was selected for cultivation. It was propagated by planting! parts of the bulb called cloves. Now that the commercial vege table industry has replaced the garden for most people it has | : become important to grow garlic j on a larger scale. The cost of planting one acre using cloves is about $100 plus the expense of hiring workers to plant it by hand. True seed would be cheaper and could be planted with mechanical planters. Before the discovery of this new seed variety of garlic plant sci entists were unable to crossbreed garlic. Now crossbreeding will be done in an attempt to improve garlic as other seed vegetables have been improved by this meth od. Professor T.W. Leland Named Professor Emeritus Professor Leland ... will retire Aug. 31 Typical Aggie Day; Anything But Dull Many things have been said dliout! the life of a Treshlman 'at A&M, but one thing has never been said, that it is dull and un eventful. The Aggie week day starts at 6:30 in the morning, breakfast at 6:50. This 20 minutes is devoted to, first of all getting out of bed. If an individual has trouble waking up and getting up at the same time, he will overcome his diff iculty here. It is advisable to leave the room dusted and swept, and the bed made, before going to formation. This, added to the fact one has to dress and shave, makes those first 20 minutes very well spent. At 6:50 you will fall out and march to breakfast. After breakfast there are classes, which begin at 8 a.m. and are conducted until the lunch for mation at 12 noon. Classes begin promptly at 1 p.m. in the after noon and are conducted until 5 ginning at 7:30 p.m., the dormitory is quieted 1 , &nd so- begihs 'O. 'QHof- study time. The freshmen and sophomores are required to be in their rooms, at their desks, study ing. An individual may be excused from C. Q. only by a valid reason for his absence, such as society meetings, hometown club meetings or any other reasonable excuse. Lights out is sounded at 10:40 p.m. and taps at 10:45 p.m. The “typical day” just described did not mean every day. One does not attend class eight hours every day, the average is about five hours per day. The hours an in dividual has no class are his own p.m. Then comes the time to play. A&M sponsors one the the finest intramural programs in the South west. The variety of sports of- fere,d is numerous. To mention a few, there are football, softball, wrestling, basketball, handball, horseshoes, rifle, gymnastics, golf and soccer. Equipment may be checked out for any of these sports at any time of the day, also there are ample facilities for each. Next on the agenda is the even ing meal at 6 p.m. after which one is free until Call to Quarters. Be- Be well groomed for success That “like new” look we give your clothes is sure to make the right impressions whether you’re on the job or on the town. CAMPUS CLEANERS and he may do as he' wishes Aggieland is not a pilace of all work and no play. During the footbal season the Corps of Cadets takes two corps trips. These con sist of going to an out of town football season the Corps of Cadets that “Fighting” Texas Aggie foot ball team “Beat the Hell Out of T. U.,” or whoever they are play ing. This coupled with the unit par ties, Christmas parties and the annual Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving dinners, and numer ous other events tend to break the routine of obtaining an education the Aggie w T ay. Transpiration-Water Conducting Research Being Done By Graduate The relationship between trans piration rates and the cross-sec tional, water conducting area of stems is being researched by James Mulkey Jr. of Mercedes, a graduate student in soil physics at Texas A&M. Cotton plants, grown in nutrient solution, are transferred to a growth chamber where the trans piration rates are measured, Mul key said. He then cuts small sections of the stem from the plant and meas ures the cross-sectional area. This information is then compared to the transpiration rate. Transpiration is the loss of moisture through a plant’s leaves. Mulkey said that although his research so far is inconclusive, knowledge of transpiration rates is important in boosting crop irri gation efficiency. FISH AGGIES A&M MEN S SHOP North Gate has ALL YOUR ACCESSORIES. We g-uarantee a refund on any unused item we sell. This means savings to you because at A&M MEN’S SHOP you know you won’t buy more than you need .... * All cotton socks % doz. $3.00 * White gloves (unconditionally guaranteed) * Brass * Belts Prof. T. W. Leland, head, Divi sion of Business Administration, Texas A&M, has been named pro fessor emeritus, Pres. Earl Rudder of the College, announced today. Professor Leland, after 39 years with the College, will retire Au gust 31. One of the most widely known teachers and administrators in his field, Professor Leland, a native of Wisconsin, came to A&M in 1921 and except for two years leave of absence, he has been with the Col lege since. The leaves were taken for graduate study and teaching economics at the University of Pennsylvania and in 1944-45 he was educational director of the American Institution of Certified Public Accountants. In recognition of the contribu tion of Professor Leland to pro fessional accounting his friends have established a Tom W. Leland scholarship fund, the income of which will be used for scholarships to outstanding accounting students at A&M. Professor Leland is a graduate of the School of Commerce at the University of Wisconsin, where he received his BA and MA degrees. Active in the work of the Texas Society of Certified Public Ac countants, he served as president, two terms, 1933-35. From 1938-54 he was secretary-treasurer of the Society and editor of The Texas Accountant, the monthly bulletin of the Society. Professor Leland is a member of the Controllers Institute of Ameri ca, life member of the American Accounting Association and presi dent in 1948. 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