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wm et )ver John Connally, left, of Fort Worth, former secretary of navy, and Don Yarborough, center, Houston attorney, top men in the Democratic gubernatorial primary face each other in a runoff election June 2. The win- Top Men In Texas Election ner will oppose Jack Cox, Breckenridge busi nessman, who received the Republican nomi nation in the November general election in Texas. (AP Wirephoto) A&M To Host 25th Annual Horticulturists Conference The 25th annual confei'ence for Texas Nurserymen and Landscape Horticulturists will be held Sunday through Tuesday at the Memorial Student Center, according to A. F. DeWerth, head of the Department of Floriculture. DeWerth added that from 100 to 125 nursei’ymen are expected to attend the conference, which is sponsored by the college in co operation with the research and education committee and the Texas Association of Nui’serymen. Registx^ation will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Serpentine Lounge. A tour of the research woi'k in prog- xess here at 3 p.m. and a barbecue later will be the pi’ogram for the first day. The barbecue will be COLLEGE MASTER VI 6-4988 SERVING BRYAN and COLLEGE STATION * SAM HOUSTON ZEPHYR Lv. N. Zulch 10:08 a.m. Ar. Dallas . . 12:47 p.m. Lv. N. Zulch • 7:31 p.m. Ar. Houston . 9:25 p.m. FORT WORTH AND DENVER RAILWAY N. L. CRY AR, Agent Phone 1,5 • NORTH 7ULCH held at the floricultui'e laboratory nursery area. Discussions stai’t at 9:30 a.m., with Bill Fullingim, executive sec- x’etary of the nurserymen’s associ ation, as chairman. Dr. G. M. Watkins, director of agricultxxral instx-uction, will deliver an address of welcome. Subjects and speaker's are “State and Federal Laws Affecting Nurs erymen and Landscape Hox’ticxxl- turists,” by Avis Vandygriff, Austin attorrjey; “Infoi'mation You Need to Beat Your Competitor and Satisfy Your Customers,” De- Werth; “Pest Control Problems of Gx'owers, Distributors and Con sumers of Nursery Products,” Paul Greeg, entomologist, Green Light Company, San Antonio, and Dr. Donald Ashdown, Texas Tech ento mologist; “Ingenuity and Effi ciency in Cutting Nursery Costs,” DeWerth. That evening, a smorgasbord will be held in the Ballroom of the Student Center and will feature a color movie on the production and use of perlite. Subject and speakers on the last day are “Garden Center Manage ment Practices,” by Fred Fisher, garden store manager of Burwell’s Inc., of Columbus, Ohio; “Garden Center Management Practices,” a group discussion; “Design of Bread and Butter Landscape De velopments,” Thomas E. Roberts, Oklahoxna City landscape ai’chi- itflli .chilli Mruxal WASH and WEAR short-sleeve dress shirt $295 You've- never seen better looking shirts at this low price! . . . Lustrous combed cotton skip dent that . washes easily, drips dry, no ironing needed unless you’re extra fussy! Craft tailored with permanent stay collar in your exact neck size; The Exchange Store “Serving Texas Aggies” tect; “Nursery Management Prac tices,” J. J. Pinney, Willis Nux-sery Company, Ottawa, Kan. In addition to Fullingim, discus sion chaix’men will be Harold Wood, Chiles-Wood Nursex - y of Devine; Ralph Gxiffing, Griffings Nurseries, Beaumont; Scott Mosty, Mosty Br’others Nui'sery of Center Point; and Tom Scax-borough of Tom’s Tree Farm at Lubbock. Ten Graduates Will Receive $1,000 Loans Ten outstanding engineei’ing’ graduate students have been named x'ecipients of “Forgivable Predoctoral Loans in Engineer ing,” made possible by the Fox’d Foundation, according to Dean Fx’ed J. Benson of the School of Engineering. The loans were made from a $50,000 grant to A&M from the Ford Foundation for use in en couraging top scholars to enter a career in engineexing teaching. The loan is forgiven at the x-ate of $1,000 for each year of teaching after the student has completed his work and received his Ph.D. degree. Students reeciving the loans were Charles J. Monier, Andrew J, Edmondson, Dan Lee Tayloi’, Daniel L. Hollis Jr. and Paul M. Beckham. Loans were also given to Rich- ai’d L. Bennett, Danny R. Tidwell, Donald L. Woods, Wayne W. Wil kins and Luis E. Mora. COLLEGE MASTER VI 6-4988 Wo/rfdtq Will Work: • To simplify the sales tax. • To correct the auto In surance merit plan. • To provide schools, roads and hospitals worthy of Texas. • To strengthen and maintain Democratic Party leadership in Texas. (PAID POL. APV.) Teen Journalists Due July 15 - 20 Dates for the fourth annual Texas High School Publications Workshop will be July 15-20, an nounced Delbex’t McGuire, head of the Department of Journalism and director of the workshop. Speakers will include Walter Humphrey, editor of The Fort Woi’th Px'ess; Dr. Max Haddick, director of journalism for the Interscholastic League in Austin; and Paul Swensson, newspaper fund dix-ector of the Wall Street Journal. Morning sessions will be devoted to speakers and panels on the techniques of publications work. Later in the day, the students will participate in woi'kshop on news Sigma Gamma Tau Initiates Seven Sigma Gamma Tau, aeronautical engineering honor fraternity, pre sented cei'tificates of membex’ship to seven new initiates at its annual awards banquet recently. • Johnny G. Lockhax’t, president of the fratexmity, recognized as new members Paul E. Campos, Melvin F. Chubb Jr., Manuel DeLeon, Jay T. Edwards, Donald T. Hunter, Patrick J. O’Connor and Larx-y E. Otto. wi'iting, editing, newspaper make up, yeiax'book planning, production, lay-out and photography. Deleigates will gather, write, edit and print a mimeogx'aphed news paper and an offset newspapex’, McGuire said. Yearbook students will compile and send to the printers a 64-page book, “Sum- mertir&e ’62.” Costs for the woi’kshop will be a $10 registration fee and $15 for 15 metals during the five days. A charge of $3 will be made for ad vanced students in photography classets. Aggie Players To Hold Banquet TIae Aggie Players, sponsored by C. IC. Esten, will hold their annual awards banquet Tuesday in Memo- x’ial Student Center Assembly Room. The players and their guests will have a smorgasbord type dinner and then the outstanding members of the groxxp will receive awards and certificates. Gold keys will be given to the players of outstanding merit and participation, while silver keys and certificates will be presented to other players. 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