THE BATTALION
Page, 4 College Station, Texas
Thursday, January 11, 1962
Pond Full Of ‘Critters’;
Six-Legged Ones, No Less!
The earliest child’s toy may
have been a miniature version
the caveman’s club.
Shirley Jones: sexpot
or sweet young thing?
For years Shirley Jones was typed
as “the girl next door." Yet she
won an Academy Award in the role
of a rough, tough trollop. In this
week’s Post, you’ll learn how
Shirley plays harlots and home
bodies with equal conviction. And
why many of her friends didn 't want
her to win an Oscar.
The Saturday Evening
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Ever hear of a six-legged bull
frog?
Richard J. Baldauf has.
In fact, the wildlife management
professor has found a pond near
Franklin literally “wiggling” with
the six-footed critters.
He estimated five per cent of
this pond’s frog population is ab
normal.
Although Baldauf regards these
“freaks of nature” with a great
deal of dignity, his coworkers have
jokingly hounded him to put the
unusual frogs into mass produc
tion.
Ask Dr. Baldauf about the meat
market value of the new frogs
with the two extra legs and he
only smiles.
He did admit, however, that the
six-limbed amphibians are not
likely to flood the market. Nature
has a way of eliminating the ab
normal, he pointed out.
Baldauf explained that the ac
cessory legs, in most cases, fail to
give the frog additional bounce.
For some, the additional append
ages are somewhat a “drag.”
He said that a budding student
scientist is keeping close watch on
the Franklin, Texas, pond with
hopes of gaining more information.
Just how unusual are the frogs?
Baldauf said that nature has
been playing tricks on animals for
centuries.
“There is no proof that the con
dition of these frogs is the result
of anything but the constant in
consistencies of nature,” Baldauf
commented.
To illustrate, Dr. Baldauf point
ed to jars of pickled specimens.
The list included twin-headed
snakes, Siamese turtles, a lizard
with two tails and other specimens
with supplementary legs, toes and
so forth. A salamander was once
found with a single eye.
“Even some human beings have
abnormal traits,” the professor
said. “Then, too, we have internal
as well as external abnormalities.”
Commenting on the tricks of
nature, Dr. Baldauf said the un
usualness of six-legged frogs is
hard to determine.
“In many cases, abnormalities
may have existed for years, but as
long as no one hunts for them,
they go unnoticed,” he added.
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Dr. H. L. Gravett
. . . unit’s “scholastic coach”
Aggie-Baylor
Group To Hear
UT Cliem Prof
The A&M-Baylor section of the
American Chemical Society will
hear Dr. Norman Hackerman, vice
president and provost of the Uni
versity of Texas, Jan. 17.
The meeting is scheduled for
7:45 p.m. in the A&M Chemistry
Building. Hackerman’s topic is
“Molecular Structure and Organic
Corrosion Inhibitors.”
A native of Baltimore, Md.,
Hackerman did both his under
graduate and graduate work at
Johns Hopkins University, receiv
ing his PhD in physical chemistry
in 1935. After periods of employ
ment at Loyola College and Vir
ginia Polytechnic Institute, as well
as in industry, he joined the chem
istry staff of the University of
Texas in 1945.
At the university he has served
as professor of chemistry, chair
man of the department, and dean
of sponsored research and spon
sored programs prior to his ap
pointment as vice president and
provost.
The new State of Malta con
sists of the main island, 9^9
square miles, plus the lesser known
islands of Gozo and Comino, and
two uninhabited rocks.
ACTIVE, SINCERE^
Biology Professor
Advises Company
At least one night each week, a
mild-mannered biology professor
strolls through the dormitory that
houses predental and premedical
students.
Through the well-lighted hall
ways, Dr. H. L. Gravett makes his
rounds, pausing at each doorway
for an exchange of greetings with
the students and checking their
progress. By tradition, the door to
each room is kept ajar.
Professor Gravett is not a spy.
He is known as the “scholastic
coach” for Cadet Company C-3,
the unit madeup of potential den
tists and physicians.
Gravett’s counseling with the
C-3 men has helped the unit win
the coveted “first in scholarship”
award given to the cadet corps
unit with the highest scholastic
average. Gravett’s unit has won
the award for the last three years.
The bespectacled professor, how
ever, refuses to take credit for the
company’s achievements. The stu
dents, on the other hand, have
plenty of praise for Gravett’s con
tributions.
One Aggie with dreams of be
coming a doctor said, “He has
been instrumental in proving the
faculty adviser plan really works.”
One of his fellow colleagues
said, “He is very active, dedicated
and sincere in his efforts. He has
a genuine interest in his students.”
Gravett’s counseling includes
such a wide assortment of prob
lems as personal family troubles
to financial difficulties, in addi
tion to scholastic headaches.
“I consider my work with the
students as my research,” Gravett
said in discussing his advisory
role.
A former U. S. Air Force offi
cer, Gravett became an Aggie pro
fessor in 1946 after military serv
ice in World War II. He pi’evious-
ly had been head of the zoology
department at Elon College in
North Carolina.
For some teachers, so-called
extracurricular activities consume
more time than teaching and
Gravett is a good example at Ag-
gieland.
At one time or another during
the year, more than 100 Aggies
have sipped and munched refresl.
merits at the Gravett home. Before
the pre-med students leave College
Station, Dr. H. L. Gravett knows
them well.
He is chairman of a pre-medial
committee of seven who offers a
final stamp of approval for gradi-
ates seeking entry in medicil
school. Some of the applicants ate
stricken from the advanced school,
ing list because of stiff academit
requirements.
Gravett admits that telling t
student to drop his dreams of be
coming a physician has added gray
to his straight-combed hair.
With a twinkle in his eye, Grav.
ett noted little change in the stn-
dent problem since he first entered
the teaching profession in 1931.
“Before World War II,” he sail
“they were concerned with Gen
many- Today it’s Russia.”
Regarding marriage, the profes
sor said he does not discourage
students from taking the nuptial
vows.
“A student marriage;” Gravett
commented, “is somewhat typical
of the life they will face in tie
pz-ofessional life. The hours of i
physician are quite unusual. Boti
will get a taste of what living to
gether will be like while in school. 1 '
Gravett pointed out that one
medical institution made a study
of its students and discovered over
50 per cent were married at the
time of graduation.
The biology professor volun
teered his duties as scholastic
coach in 1958. Since then, his ca
det corps unit has consistently
been at the top, academically
speaking.
Gravett’s appearance in the ca
det’s doorway is a signal for pro
fessional advice or an informal
chat. Few cadets fail to enlist his
advice.
His consuming ambition: to have
C-3 Company win the highest
scholastic achievement award for
the fourth consecutive time,
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