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THE BATTALION
Friday, January 4, 1963
College Station, Texag
Page 3
NEW CHAPTER LOOMS AHEAD
Science Hall Looks Back
SCIENCE HALL
campus relic to see another change
Rate Change To Hit Wallets
Uf Post Office Casanovas
JURE
By GERRY BROWN
Battalion News Editor
Campus Casanovas who do the
ijority of their romancing- via
i United States mail may lose
iittle of their lightheadedness in
eference to a lighter wallet as
new set of postal rates goes into
feet Monday.
Although the rate increases will
jlude boosts in the second and
trd class mail rates, the average
^isumer and Joe College will feel
e bite of the new rate in the
ui-m of a penny increase in all
irst class postage.
gels”
l&I Singing Group
o Appear Monday
The Texas A&I College Singers,
mixed chorus representing the
Cingsville school, will perform
ilondhy night in Guion Hall.
Sponsoring the appearance is the
ilemorial Student Center Music
fcommittee. The show is scheduled
riME t'‘ 7:30 t p - m t - n , M
rv .„ ) Dn-ected by Dr. Lowrence Mc-
Ruerry, the group specializes in
’) lolk songs, operetta excerpts and
other musical selections.
lTROL' During 1960 the Texas A&I
'"Singers were chosen by the De-
LiWlnWI ar t men t Q f Army for a six
• weeks tour of Army posts in
’—France and Germany.
JNG
ture
FOR THOSE dense students
who are in doubt as to what con
stitutes first class mail, the new
rate change will mean that as of
Monday the student must put out
five and four cents respectively
for all regular letters and cards
and eight and six cents respective
ly for all airmail letters and cards.
Letter writing romeos who feel
that the new postal rates are ex
cessive should take note that the
new nickel rate recently enacted
into law is the same postage rate
Americans paid for letters when
the United States issued its first
postage stamps 115 years ago, ac
cording to College Station Post
master Ernest Gregg.
“A NICKEL was a lot harder to
come by in those days,” the post
master added.
Frugal - minded students who
have laid up a large stock of pre
stamped envelopes and postcards
within the dark recesses pf their
desks may still use them follow
ing the change with the addition
of a one cent stamp.
For the defiant students who are
determined to do a lot of writing
this weekend to get in under the
rate increase deadline, they may
still use their four cent stamps on
letters as long as the correspond
ence is postmarked before mid
night Sunday.
A POSTAGE due charge will
be assessed on all cards and let
ters which are inadvertently sent
with less than the required post
age, Gregg stated.
“The new five cent stamp will
bear the picture of George Wash
ington and will be printed in blue,”
he said.
A new chapter is about to be
written in the history of an old-
timer among Aggies, Science Hall.
Erected in 1899-1900 as the Agri
cultural and Horticultural Build
ing, the structure gained a new
purpose and name after extensive
remodeling in the mid-1920s.
The building took on a different
atmosphere when the Biological
Sciences Building was occupied in
1950. And now the $2,300,000
Plant Sciences Building has been
built less than 100 yards away
from the ancient structure.
THE TWO-STORY brick build
ing in the midst of the campus
i-emains in the memories of thou
sands of Aggies. Several hundred
medical doctors and dentists re
ceived an important part of their
education in the old building.
Courses required of students maj
oring in agriculture and about ev
erything else except engineering
were taught there for years.
“That building has paid for it
self thousands of times,” a veteran
professor said. “Lots of good men
were trained over there.”
The structure of semiclassical
architecture is remarkable for sev
eral reasons, Ernest Langford,
college archivist and professor
emei'itus of architecture, pointed
out.
. THE HALL IS the last princi
pal building remaining of those
built on campus in the nineteenth
century,” Langford said. A&M
was less than 25 years old and
had only 400 students when con
struction was started on the Agri
cultural-Horticultural Building.
March Of Dimes
Now Underway
The 1963 March of Dimes cam
paign is currently underway in
Bryan and College Station, C. E.
Sandstedt, general chairman, an
nounced Friday.
The fund drive will continue
throughout January. Highlight
of the 1963 campaign will be the
Mother’s March Jan. 31.
Sandstedt said the 1963 funds
will be used largely for research
purposes, seeking cures for such
diseases as polio, ax-thritis and
birth defects.
Among the local fund-raising
activities, in addition to the Mo
ther’s March, will be campaigns
conducted by teenagers in the com
munity, Sandstedt pointed out.
Contributions will be accepted
at basketball, games and down
town traffic centers by teenagers
later this month.
Sandstedt also announced the
names of various campaign com
mittee chairmen.
They include Robert McCorquo-
dale, treasm'er; Mrs. Florence Hall,
secretary; Judge W. C. Davis, edu
cation and speaker’s bureau; M. E.
Adams and Mrs. Florence Neeley,
mailers; Tom Sweeney, special
gifts; Jack Ashworth, teenagers;
Leon Hayes, schools and colleges;
Mrs. Helen Perry, special events.
Knox Walker and Bill Sykes,
coin collectors; C. D. Yancy and
W. S. Tarrow, Negro division; and
Dr. Horace Bass, advisor.
Mrs. L. L. (Faye) Stuart and
Mrs. J. A. (Pat) Oit will be in
charge of the Mother’s March.
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The building also is notable as
the first on the campus to make
use of classic columns, a style fol
lowed in campus architecture until
about 1930.
Financial records including a
register of vouchers showing that
the .building cost $30,172.77 are on
file in the college archives.
Etched into the glass of the
Annual Pecan
Show Starts
Here Today
The annual Texas State Pecan
Show started here Friday to se
lect the grand champion entry and
sweepstakes winner for the 1962
season.
Despite the extremely short pe
can crop last fall, show officials
expect more than 500 entries to be
judged. Entries numbered about
425 for the 1960 and 1961 shows
when pecan production was closer
to normal.
J. Benton Storey, secretary-
treasurer of the Texas Pecan
Growers Association, associate
A&M horticulture professor and
show superintendent, said special
features of the event will be se
lection of the 1963 Texas Pecan
Queen and awarding of the Col. P.
L. Downs Sweepstakes Award.
Storey said the Downs Award is
a pecan wood plaque and will be
presented to the show’s outstand
ing exhibitor by Bell County pecan
growers. The award memorializes
the late Col. P. L. Downs of Tem
ple, who encouraged the planting
and development of better pecans.
He said pecan entry winners and
the queen will Be announced just
before noon Saturday when the
show ends.
The conference is being held in
the Memorial Student Center.
Sponsors are the Texas Pecan
Growers Association, A&M and
the A&M Collegiate Chapter of the
American Society for Horticultural
Science.
main doors of the building are the
words “Agriculture” and “Horti
culture.” The college catalogue
for 1899-1900 relates in glowing
terms the plans for the building.
“THE LIVESTOCK room will
permit the introduction of animal
subjects for the purpose of class
instruction,” it reads. “The butter
and cheese room will contain the
best dairy machinery. The canning
and evaporating rooms will be
equipped for the practical instruc
tion of students in these lines of
work.”
Ice cream was made and sold at
one end of the building, and brine
left deposits of salt in the bricks.
Birds pecking at salt through the
years caused replacement of many
bricks. Only one hitching ring re
mains in place.
The brick was handmade in a
kiln near Hearne, Dr. C. C. Doak
said. He attended classes in the
building before World War I, and
returned to teach in the Depart
ment of Biology, a post he held
until retirement in 1960.
COMPLETION of the Agricul
tural Building in the 1920s led to
a new purpose for the old building.
But before remodeling, the Texas
Agricultural Extension Service
temporarily headquartered there
in 1924, Dr. Van A. Little recalled.
He joined the entomology faculty
in 1923 and officed in the building
for 25 years.
The biology, entomology and
geology departments moved into
the building in 1925, but the geolo
gists did not remain long.
Voc Ag Teachers
From 20 Countries
To Gather Here
Area 3 vocational agriculture
teachers will meet here Jan. 11-12
for their annual Mid-Winter Con
ference.
Area 3 takes in 20 counties from
Harris north to Robertson, west to
Fayette and southwest to Jackson.
Lester Buford of Houston is area
supervisor.
The Department of Oceanogra
phy and Meteorology was housed
in the building for several years
early in the 1950s. Since their
departure, plant pathologists and
physiologists have been the only
occupants. Laboratory work in
three courses continues until trans
fer to the new Plant Sciences
Building is completed.
Short Courses
In Many Fields
Slated Here
Texans interested in diverse sub
jects such as public school admin
istration, ag’riculture, polygraph
machines (lie detectors) and trans
portation will attend conferences
here between now and the end of
June. A total of 48 conferences
scheduled tentatively assures a
short course or conference for al
most anyone.
The tentative schedule was re
leased by Frederick W. Hensel, as
sistant director of the Placement
Office and head df the Short
Course Office.
A&M departments serve as spon
sors of many conferences. Others
are sponsored by the Texas Agri
cultural Extension Service or the
Engineering Extension Service.
The Texas State Pecan Show
now underway is the first of 15
events scheduled during January,
busiest month of the first half of
the year. The tentative schedule
lists four short courses planned in
February, eight during March,
nine in April, five in May and
seven in June.
The conferences or short courses
attract all the way from a dozen or
so persons to the approximately
2,000 4-H Club members who at
tend the annual 4-H Roundup each
June. Many conferences last for
only two or three days, but some
such as the Executive Development
Course will be in progress for two
weeks or longer.
«8rf), toic tfebon toags tott Slmertfeaner frier frafren unb mit ifrnen jusammeti arbeiten.” •
JOBS WORLD WIDE
“There are thousands of indi
vidual opportunities for jobs,
study and travel abroad, summer
(1-3 months) or longer,” accord
ing to M. Galtier, Princeton Re
search Corporation. PRC has
recently completed a SPECIAL
report which describes more
than 30 organizations offering
opportunities to work, study or
travel world-wide.
ISTC—THE INTERNATION
AL STUDENT TRAVEL CEN
TER, Incorporated, was one of
the organizations reviewed.
“The ISTC — together with
SITA (founded in 1933 as the
STUDENTS INTERNATIONAL
TRAVEL ASSOCIATION), and
ISIS (The International Stu
dent Information Service —
Switzerland) appears to have the
most complete and reasonably-
priced American educational job,
study and travel program cur
rently offered,” M. Galtier said.
“The goal of the INTERNA
TIONAL STUDENT TRAVEL
CENTER is to provide stimulat
ing work and travel experience
programs abroad.
“ISTC is the U. S. Representa
tive for ISIS. ISIS guarantees
employment for students (age
16-35) and teachers (no age lim
it) desiring to work abroad ttvo
weeks or longer. ISIS also coor
dinates transportation for ISTC
members. ISTC has selected
SITA to make all land arrange
ments for its 1963 JOB SEMI
NAR Programs in Paris and
London. All programs include
paying jobs, orientation seminar
and tour. A typical seminar
ranges in cost from $130 (with
out transportation) to $789 (in
cluding round-trip jet transpor
tation from NYC to Paris or
London). Only $20 is required for
ISTC membership. Travel grants
to $500 are available for ISTC
members.
“SITA, except for two large
travel-banking establishments
(Cook’s and American Express),
is by far the largest, most exten
sive. and the most experienced
travel organization in the world.
More than 25,000 persons from 50
states and 46 foreign lands have
participated on SITA trips . . .
90% of them on the recommen
dation of previous tour members.
“Available jobs include sales,
farm, resort-hotel (life guards,
waiters, etc.), factory, construc
tion, hospital, child care, model
ing, camp counseling and others.
They pay the standard wage of
the country in which they are lo
cated. Wages range from board
and room only in a Spanish work
camp to $190 a month in a West
German factory.
“While most of the positions
available in 1963 for unskilled
work with minimal or no lan
guage qualifications are in Eu
rope, ISIS will endeavor to place
requests for work world-wide
(more than 50 countries in Asia,
Africa, The Middle East, Latin
America, etc.).”
As an example, M. Galtier
mentioned the recent experience
of Thomas W. Houghton, Math
ematics Major, Princeton Uni
versity ’65, who worked in a Ger
man factory this summer. Mr.
Houghton is one of many stu
dents ISTC has arranged pro
grams for. Tom said, “The op
portunity to meet and know
people, and their invariable spir
it of cooperation, was wonderful.
With the money I earned in six
weeks I was able to support my
self eight weeks. I made contacts
that I will enjoy the rest of my
life. The whole program cost me
less than most people pay for
round-trip transportation to
Paris. It was a rewarding experi
ence for me, and I only hope
that others will have the same
opportunity.”
The new 1963 ISTC JOB SEM
INAR brochure can be obtained
by sending 200 to: The INTER
NATIONAL STUDENT TRAV
EL center, 39 Cortlandt St,
NY 7, NY.