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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1962
Number 57
Former Students Approve
Six Development Projects
TENTATIVE VOTE EXPECTED TODAY
Voting Delayed After Day
Of Small Loan Discussion
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Economy Sized Bullfrogs
Dr. R. J. Baldauf, associate professor of Wildlife Manage
ment at Texas A. and M. College, examines one of 50 six
legged bullfrogs recently found in a pond near Franklin.
Just how much larger the “freak” frogs will grow remains
to be seen. See story on Page 4.
Analysis Important
For Soil Evaluation
Soil analysis remains the most
important and effective tool in
determining just what a farm crop
needs in the way of plant food or
soil improvement.
Approximately 150 persons at
tending the annual Texas Fertiliz
er and Limestone Conference end
ing yesterday heard Extension Soil
Chemist Bill Bennett say that the
starting place for tracing down
plant nutrition ills is with an
ordinary soil test in a laboratory.
An analysis report, he said, can
give the farmer an accurate idea
of the fertilizer needs for parti
cular crops. And a report can save
him money by advising against
applying unneeded fertilizer.
“Soil testing is the most high
ly developed of several diagnostic
tools, since it can predict fertilizer
requirements in about 90 per cent
of the cases,” Bennett said.
Other diagnostic methods, ac
cording to the soil chemist, are de
ficiency symptoms in plants, plant
tissue tests, and plant analysis.
The conference is a get-together
each year of farmers, agronomists
and fertilizer and limestone indus
try personnel to discuss the latest
developments in their field. Spons
ors are the A&M College System
in co-operation with the Texas
Agricultural Limestone Association
and the Texas Plant Food Educa
tion Society.
Another speaker, Dale Mayeaux,
of the soil testing laboratory at
Wharton Junior College, listed six
outstanding benefits of applying
lime on Gulf Coast area farms.
He said grass is made more
palatable for livestock; yields of
corn, cotton and sorghum can be
boosted; better peanut crops are
Aggie Marksmen
Down Air Force
The A&M Rifle Team defeated
the U.S. Air Force Academy team
•n a recent match, 1,438 to 1,406
nut of a possible 1,500 points.
High point individual on the
A&M team was M. B. Hodges of
Arlington, Va., fith 292 points
nut a possible 300.
Other A&M team members were
J M. Wilkerson of De Leon, Frank
Loudermilk of Commanche, C. S.
Abbott of San Antonio and G. L.
Byrd of Dallas.
Team coaches were Capt. W. D.
Old and Sgt. Coy McCollum of
the School of Military Sciences.
made; enables clover to be grown
on sandy soils; increases response
from fertilizer; and the physical
condition of soil is improved.
Lime applications, he said, are
usually more profitable on the
sandier soils, such as Hockley
sandy loam and Enda fine sandy
loam.
Dr. R. C. Potts, assistant di
rector of agricultural instruction
at A&M and widely known author
ity on pastures, said that farm
ers and ranchers should not ex
pect immediate results from lime
applications to pastures. Lime
takes a while to act and the re
sponse is not always spectacular
like that of nitrogen on plants.
He said acid soils often need
lime applications to make phos
phorous more available to plants.
A. G. Caldwell, A&M College
agronomist, also said lime has a
lasting effect and that immediate
results can be disappointing. A
corn test near Waller showed only
one additional bushel the first
year. But the second and third year
after lime application, production
jumped by 10 and 6 bushels.
Woman Announces
For Senate Post
CONCORD, N. H. (AP) — Mrs.
Styles Bridges, who for 17 years
shared the spotlight with her po
litically powerful late husband,
yesterday announced her candi
dacy for the last four years of
his U. S. Senate term.
Her announcement set the stage
in this traditionally Republican
state for what could be a bitter
intraparty fight in the September
GOP primary.
The attractive 46-year-old-wid
ow, considered politically conser
vative as was her husband, said
she felt her years at his side gave
her the qualifications to carry on
his objectives and philosophy.
Rep. Perkins Bass, R-N.H., an
nounced Tuesday he would seek
the nomination and, perhaps look
ing ahead to Mrs. Bridges’ an
nouncement, described himself as
“a moderate and not an extrem
ist.”
Almost a sure bet to join Mrs.
Bridges and Bass in the Septem-
ebr contest- is Sen. Maurice J.
Murphy, Jr., sworn in Wednesday
as Congress convened.
By The Associated Press
AUSTIN — House members
debated loud and long on small
loan regulation yesterday, but
quit for the night without taking
a vote on a bill aimed at halting
so-called loan shark practices.
A recess until 10 a.m. today
was called after more than three
hours of discussion during an aft
ernoon session. A vote on tenta
tive approval probably will come
today, but it may be delayed
by a large stack of amendments.
Three attempts to choke off fur
ther debate and take an imme
diate vote were defeated.
An amendment adopted late
yesterday would Refuse lending
licenses to companies owned by
non-residents or to corporations
whose stock is owned less than
51 per cent by Texas residents.
Another would prohibit assign
ment of wages to pay off loans.
The Senate met briefly then quit
until 10:30 a.m. today.
The rate section, proposed by
a House committee, with rates
ranging from 33 per cent oi\ small
loans to 22 per cent on a $1,500
loan was replaced.
The new rate section allow’s in
terest of up to 36 per cent a year
on loans under $100, with decreas
ing rates on larger loans, down
to about 18 per cent on a $1,500
loan.
This is the most controversial
section of the bill.
College Station Lions Club
To Sponsor Sunday Meeting
The College Station Lions Club
will again sponsor the eighth an
nual mid-winter conference of Dis
trict II Lions Clubs, scheduled
Sunday in the Memorial Student
Center.
Members of Lions Clubs in over
20 countries are expected for the
all-day session. Proceedings will
South Plains Water
To Be Gone In 60
Years, Expert Says
LUBBOCK, Tex. (AP) — A Los
Angeles, Calif., consulting engi
neer testified here yesterday that
water for irrigation farming under
the Southern High Plains of Texas
will be gone in 60 years.
C. E. Jacob, wso specializes in
ground water, said he reached his
conclusion after being furnished
data by the High Plains Water
Conservation District.
Jacob was testifying in the wa
ter depletion income tax test case
being heard by Federal Dist.
Judge Joseph B. Dooley. He is a
lecturer at California Institute of
Technology. He was given a se
ries of questions some time ago
by water district officials and
asked to provide the answers.
The Californian was one of four
expert witnesses who took the
stand as attorneys for the plaintiff
in the suit against the government
continued to try to prove that wa
ter is p mineral and is being
depleted.
Others to testify included Dr.
Peter T. Flawn, head of the bu
reau of economic geology, Univer
sity of Texas; Ed Reed, Midland
hydrologist; and Frank Hughes of
Bryan, agricutural economist for
the U. S. Department of Agri
culture.
Attorney J. Chrys Daugherty of
Austin, one of the lawyers to ar
gue the Texas tidelands case suc
cessfully before the U.S. Supreme
Court, questioned. Jacob.
begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 5
p.m.
Dr. H. B. Medlen of the Depart
ment of Biology is chairman of
the program.
The meeting is designed primari
ly to assist the smaller clubs in
the development of their programs.
Delegates will register in Room
2A of the MSC Sunday morning
from 9 until noon. A travelogue
and a movie on the Lions Club
Crippled Children’s Camp in Kerr-
ville will be shown in Rooms 2C
and 2D from 10 a.m. until noon.
Clinic meetings are on tap for
the afternoon, with a ladies’ pro
gram to follow. At the ladies’
session, members of the Depart
ment of Floriculture will demon
strate methods of making corsages
and floral arrangements.
Members of the district cabinet
have scheduled a meeting at 8:30
to last until a noon smorgasbord.
The Singing Cadets will present a
concert at the smorgasbord.
Robert Cosper, business mana
ger of the- MSC, is in charge of
the program.
Yesterday morning, Rep. Bob
Eckhardt made a personal priv
ilege speech attacking “poison
pen” letters representatives have
received dealing with prominent
figures in the small loan legisla
tive battle.
Two have arrived so far. They
hint that certain members are
connected with interstate loan
companies. The letters are signed
only “a member.”
“We’re dealing with a bunch of
rattlesnakes trying to find a knot
hole in their box,” Eckhardt said.
Tuesday, Rep. Alenzo Jamison
called the letters “a crude at
tempt to attack three able and
respected members of this
House.”
The range of topics for the ses-
mittee and said liquor by the
Gov. Price Daniel submitted re
organization of the Board of Wa
ter Engineers as a fifth topic for
the session.
Rep. Jim Gotten of Weather
ford, chairman of the House Ap
propriations Committee, intro
duced a bill calling for $400,000
to operate the special session of
the legislature and to finance in
terim operations through Sept. 1.
In the Senate, Franklin Spears,
San Antonio’s new member, in
troduced a bill SB25 permitting
people moving from one precinct
to another, in counties of over
10,000, to vote in their new pre
cinct.
The House Appropriations Com
mittee heard a request by Rep.
Joe Ratcliff of Dallas for an appro
priation of $300,000 to advertise
for tourists to come to Texas.
The bill HB4 also provides
$150,000 for repair’ to the San
Jacinto Monument, but the com
mittee recessed before it came to
that portion of the bill.
“Rep. V. E. “Red” Berry of San
Antonio appeared before the com
mittee and asid liquor by the
drink and legalized horse racing
would be better attractions for
getting tourists than advertising
dollars.
Corporation Aid
Is Being Sought
The Association of Former Students has approved six
projects for the 1962 A&M Development Fund and simulta
neously launched an all-out effort to enlist local, state and na
tional business and industrial corporations into the fund.
The six approved projects are underwriting the cost of
the Century Study in its second year, finanfcing the 1962
Directory of Former Students, Opportunity Award Scholar
ships, seven Faculty Achievement awards, funds for the
President’s Emergency Fund and association operations dur
ing 1962.
A Corporate Annual Gifts Program, which seeks gifts
to the Development Fund, has begun operations on the solici-
Samuel Asbury
Dies Wednesday
Samuel E. Asbury, 89, assis
tant state chemist at A&M from
1904 to 1945, died last night at
8:45 at a local hospital.
Funeral services are pending
at Hilliar Funeral Home.
He was a state known authori
ty on Texas history and music.
Jack Frost Stays,,
Schools Dismissed
Brazos County schools joined schools across the state
in closing their doors today as a new mass of cold air and
more snow shouldered into Texas.
Public schools in the Bryan-College Station area, were
closed both yesterday and today because of the cold weather.
Schools as far south as Laredo joined suit. A&M, however,
maintained regular class schedules.
No moisture was recorded in College Station yesterday,
however the temperature hovered well below the freezing
mark and the north wind kept a steady vigil of around 20
miles per hour.
Across the state, additional snow was in forecasts for
all of the state’s northern half and was expected to continue
in Northeast Texas through tonight.
Road conditions remained unchanged—difficult and
hazardous—in most parts of the state except in the far
western areas, where they worsened.
The Texas Highway Department said ice began forming
late yesterday on bridges and roads in its Odessa district.
Travel was reported dangerous in the mountain areas around
El Paso as light snow fell in temperatures down to below
zero.
Thermometer readings near zero were expected in north
east and north central portions of the state and as low as
eight below in Northwest Texas. Predictions called for lows
of 10-20 in South Central and Southeast Texas.
At least 13 persons perished in the cold from weather-
related causes, some because they stood too close to over
heated stoves to keep warm.
Gas companies were hard pressed to maintain pressure
as both Lone Star Gas Co. and Southern Union Gas Co. re
ported the heaviest drains on their facilities in history. Use
of electric power, too, surged upward.
Debaters Reset
Jan. 21 Match
For Television
A previously scheduled debate
between A&M and Abilene Christ
ian College on Jan. 21 has been
cancelled and instead the Aggie
debaters will meet North Texas
State on a state-wide network.
Cancellation of the origional
tournament resulted from a con
flicting mid-semester break.
Robert Denney and Dick Sten
gel will speak for the discontinu
ation of direct foreign aid in favor
of giving other countries techni
cal aid, according to Denney, who
is president of the Debate Club.
Denney is a sophomore civil en
gineering student from San An
tonio.
Stengel is a sophomore from
Garden City, Kansas, and is study
ing pre-law.
The debate tournament, sponsor
ed by Sinclair Oil Co., will began
Jan. 21, and for ,15 weeks will be
aired over 11-station Texas tele
vision network. In addition, each
week Sinclair will contribute $1,000
to the scholarship fund of the
winning school and $500 to the
scholarship fund of the losing
school.
Each winning team during the
regular season will be eligible to
return for a post-season tourna
ment to determine a champion.
Connally Starts
Race Jan. 19
AUSTIN (AP) — Demoratic
candidate for governor John Con
nally said Wednesday a dinner
and statewide television appear
ance will kickoff his statewide
campaign in Houston Jan. 19.
Connally said the Rice Hotel
dinner would be “a $3-a-plate
hamburger and catfish affair,” to
be followed by a 30-minute tele
vision appearance on 20 to 24
Texas television stations.
Connally was asked about his
relation with Vice President Lyn
don Johnson and what effect
Johnson would play in his cam
paign. Connally said “I have not
asked him (Johnson) to associate
himself with it the campaign
not to dissociate himself from it.”
Atty. Gen. Will Wilson, also a
Democratic candidate for gover
nor in the May 5 primate election
sent a telegram to Johnson Tues
day asking the vice president to
disassociate himself from the gov
ernor’s race to preserve Demo
cratic Party unity in Texas.
Connally refused to speculate
on whether Gov. Price Daniel
would enter the race and seek a
fourth term. Asked if he cared
whether Daniel ran again, Con
nally remarked:
“Sure I care. I don’t want any
body in the race but myself if I
can have it that way.”.
tation of corporation funds
for the projects.
Initial eoal of the Corporate
Annual Gifts Prog-ram is a
gift from every corporation
or other business with A&M grad
uates in high executive positions.
Both large and small corporations
are being urged to participate.
James W. Aston, ’33, head of the
Corporate Annual Gifts Program,
said the group will welcome gifts
earmarked for specific campus
projects.
He listed some of these projects
as scholarships, graduate fellow
ships, faculty salaries, student
aid, endowed chairs or appropria
tions for special college depart
ments.
Association leaders have set a
goal of $200,000 for the Corporate
Annual Gifts Program during the
year. Last year contributions
totaled $80,000.
A seventh project earmarked for
this year has already been provid
ed by the fund. This was chromi
um-plated rifles for the Ross Vol
unteers, Honor Guards and other
special Corps units.
With figures incomplete as of
Jan. 1, total fund contribution
totals are well over $200,000 for
the financing of the new projects.
As of Nov. 14, $228,699 has been
collected by the development fund,
of which $115,946 was in unre
stricted gifts. In 1960 $159,092
was collected by the former stu
dents.
Even higher goals have been set
for 1962 by Development Fund
Director Richard Weirus, ’42.
These goals include 75 per cent
former student pax-ticipation in
the money-raising program, $160,-
000 unrestricted annual giving,
$100,000 unx-estricted cox-porate
giving, $100,000 resti’icted giving
and active participation in the As
sociation of Former Students by
at least 3,000 exes.
Fee Refunds
Available
For Grads
Applications ax*e now being ac
cepted at the Housing Office fx’om
graduating seniors for refunds of
spring pox-tions of fees they paid
this fall, Assistant Housing Mana
ger Allan M. Madeley announced
today.
Students other than graduates
who will not be in school this
spring may also make ai-range-
ment for fee refunds, Madeley
said. This can be done before
cleax’ances are tux-ned in before
leaving campus.
Students must present their Me
morial Student Center card and
athletic card in order to be eligi
ble for refunds, Madeley added.
Dormitory students will also have
to turn in mattress covers before
being eligible for refunds.