°y, the i, rot is rri' now tal' ■ailed th ieets th e all ' ‘Short Courses Are M&M’s Discovery the It got to be something like a r edt le-armed policeman trying to di- rightjctitraffic in Times Square. So 3 mist&M get up a Short Course Of- go ntce. That was two decades ago and 3 functions still are growing. So extensive has become the Al-rvice that when you say “short —Hertiurse” any Texan will think only ngtoif A&M. ant i The short courses are for re- i'0 thresher sessions — or advanced ne simraching — largely for persons al- re afcady established in their jobs or •ofessions. ;i x Attendance at the sessions last (j a teiy3ar varied from 1,657 for the ■■qj.Jj j remen’s training course to 7 for short course on turkeys. e c j tv Records, says F. W. Hensel, as- ' stant director of placement and estri )ecial services, indicate the first ™ a hch session was the farmers short loves >w. r four! Surse which started in the eax-ly )00s. Still, the shoif course office rnn^es; not handle all the courses, , lid Hensel. .enter The Engineering Extension Of ervice conducts its own confer- geot ices and the Agricultural Exten on Service handles many of its C»n vn. Serrit, A majority of the courses are reign Tganized by the schools within TA J.&M and are staffed by faculty embers. — Thc^ functions of the short ■™)urse office are multitude. I It conducts registration, makes /ame tags, collects fees, writes rl eceipts, sells tickets to dinners, ^t