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ACTivm . M - & rade student ;ary School,! i visit to i re for op said, “they* with Agriculturist ilasts Foreign ““Aid Programs inest panes; primitive farming in certain countries is a balanced and steaks, shr;i| ara tie system and does not always need “improvement,’’ an oods. Idahoma State University agriculture professor said here londay. hants hind Dr. Jack R. Harlan, plant research geneticist and a speak- Uthe annual Agricultural Convocation, said that just be- p ' ' nise a system is primitive does not mean that it is bad or nproductive. “Just because it is primitive and our farming is advanced >es not mean that it will be easy for us (through assistance •ograms) to improve the primitive system,” he said. “On le contrary, the very stability and durability of the system suggests that beneficial changes will be difficult to in troduce without serious risk of upsetting the balance and courting disaster.” Harlan spent three months tour ing certain areas in Africa, the Near East and southern Asia in 1960. His convocation subject was ‘Agricultural Perspectives.” The convocation is an event spon sored by the Student Agricultural Council in which a guest speaker discusses some phase of agricultux-e with the faculty, students and guests. Harlan said the famous Ameri can “know-how” is largely con fined to mechanization, marketing and services. “AMERICAN experience is gen- DR. JACK R. HARLAN erall y inadequate and too irrele- -fvant to cope with the problems of subsistence agriculture,” he said. The scientist suggested that ag ricultural colleges can do a better job of preparing foreign service personnel by emphasizing such bas ic sciences as botany and zoology. Languages are important. The humanities also need more emphasis, he said. “IN FACT, A liberal arts major could probably learn agriculture as readily as an agriculture major could learn the liberal arts neces sary to do a good job on a foreign assignment,” the speaker pointed out. Harlan said a weakness of Amer ican college training is that land grant institutions have never taught agriculture from a world point of view. “They have taught our own spe cialized, limited and sophisticated agriculture, but most of our grad uates have never heard how most of the people of the world do their farming,” he said. ' as observer dog Spot- area of our Do we, for ins’ Ear, or ra’s maneu* )ve Tintern •.lists. How irizons-be" y our curri- classes, let e as a rigid sbord, with Let’s start vel' l ' in Hittite id spend a ir pores by journalism lical school economics ittes. This, adening of : fully and ros are an se of com* ccos, from !! Through avor with- •e derides, lacconist’s be lighted y rubbing -or, more red as all ay, “What >ey, hey?” will reply i, Shelley, y year for , both of ir chagrin rat Oliver ■ented the including so upset b went to m blindly les above ibing and i him. He so moved bid that, les above i gentle* ivailable &M To Have ven Attend library Meet T&M. will have' seven partici- iiits at the 50th annual confer- ite of the Texas Library Associ- ion. The golden anniversary eeting Thursday through Satur- ly at Dallas has the theme, “Tex- Libraries, 1980—The Challenge the Future.” Plans for the Cushing Memorial iirary expansion program here ill be part of a display of li- aries under construction or being larged. Director Robert A. Houze and iss Mayme Evans, documents li- irian, will chair meetings. As airman of the association’s leg- iative committee, Houze will pre- le at a joint meeting of the com- iitee and the development group, f also is chairman of the 19- smber Council of Texas State Aege Librarians. Hiss Evans will preside at a aeting of documents librarians. Also attending from A&M will i ilrs, Lynne Phillips, Mrs. Nan irdwell, Mrs. Donna Stuart, Miss hra May McFrancis and Mrs. toothy Andrew. Recently Selected Edward J. Romieniec of Columbia University has been named head of the Division of Architecture. He will assume the position this summer. Romieniec, who taught here from 1956- 60, will replace T. R. Holle- man. Lecture Series Slates German Mathematician One of the leading mathemati cians in Gennany is on campus Tuesday and will lecture on “Par titions into Unequal Parts.” In terested persons have been invited to attend the Graduate Lecture at 8 p.m. in Room 146, Physics Build ing. Dr. Hans-Egon Richert of the Mathematics Institute of the Uni versity of Gottingen is visiting un- cierfJshe auspices of the National Se&nfe Foundation and as a guest of the National Science Founda tion’s Academic Year Institute for Junior High School Teachers. He is a native of Hamburg and received degrees from the Univer sity of Hamburg. His special interest is number theory, including such subjects as prime numbers, evaluation of num ber-theoretical functions and the concept of density in the additive theory of numbers. Richert is a member of the Deutsche Mathematiker - Vereinig- ung and the American Mathemati cal Society. 11 A&M Profs Discuss Field Of Agriculture Eleven A&M faculty members will be in Houston Wednesday to outline the field of agriculture to about 120 junior and high school counselors. The team will be made up of three groups headed by Dr. A. B. Wooten, associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Eco nomics and Sociology; Dr. Ruble Langston, professor, Department of Plant Sciences; and Dr. Ben Camp, associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition. Wooten will lead a discussion on “What Is Modern Agriculture?;” Langston, “What Are the Facili ties Necessary for Preparing Young Men and Women for Ca reers in Agriculture?;” and Camp, “What Are the Career Opportuni ties in Agriculture?” Other members of the group are: Dr. Tyrus Timm, head of the Department of Agricultural Eco nomics and Sociology. Dr. G. M. Watkins, director of Agricultural Instruction. . Dr. R. C. Potts, assistant direc tor of Agricultural Instruction. Dr. Richard Baldauf, associate professor, Department of Wildlife Management. Dr. Page Morgan and Dr. R. S. Halliwell, assistant professors, De partment of Plant Sciences. Dr. R. L. Skrabanek, professor of rural sociology. Dr. Ernest Smerdon, professor of agricultural engineering. Talks will be illustrated with slides, charts, movies and demon stration equipment. The session is set for 8:30 a.m. noon in the Testing Center Audi torium, 1500 Louisiana, next to the YMCA Building. Reiser To Speak At Lecture Series “The Jewish Faith in Relation to Scientific Discoveries” will be discussed at 7 a.m. Wednesday in another of the Faculty Christ ian Fellowship programs in the All Faiths Chapel. Dr. Raymond Reiser of the Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition will be the speaker. Coffee and doughnuts will be served at the YMCA Building following the program. Tuesday, March 26, 1963 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Page 3 Highway Engineers Use Aerial Maps The use of aerial maps as an aid to geologists working with highway engineers was cited here Friday by a Texas Highway De partment engineer Hubert A. Hen ry of Austin was speaking to the fourteenth annual Highway Geolo- A&M Entomologist To Assist In Study Of Biological Clocks Fish frozen about 1,100 years ago have been found in Antarc tica’s Ross Ice Shelf. The spec imens were in a remarkable state of preservation. An A&M entomologist, a Prince ton University biology professor and a University of Texas zoolo gist are teaming up to tinker with biological “clocks” in insects and other animals. They are A&M’s Dr. Perry Ad- kisson, Princeton’s Dr. C. S. Pit- tendrigh and the University of Texas’ Dr. Michael Menaker. A biological clock is a mysterious mechanism in an insect that mea sures length of day. It tells them to come out in the spring when days are getting longer and to begin winter hibernation . when days shorten at summer’s end. THE CLOCKS set up time-de- pendent rhythms. There are 24- hour rhythms and 28-day lunar rhythms, the latter influenced by moon movements. Any plant or animal sensitive to changes in day length is said to be “photoperiodic.” Pittendrigh says the clocks are probably the same mechanisms that enable birds and bees to navigate and migrate. His research has shown that a fruit fly, an insect much used in genetics studies, can tell the time of day. By doing so, the fly emerges from the pupal stage at the most opportune time. THE PRINCETON professor has studied time measuring ability of many animals, from one-cell or ganisms to mice. Adkisson is interested more in the practical application of biolog ical clocks in order to control such crop-bothering insects as the pink cotton bollworm. Menaker, whose primary interest lies in photoperiodism and dia pause (hibernation), is conducting research with the oriental fruit moth. Funeral Held For Former TABS Agent Funeral services for George W. Johnson, 77, were held Tuesday morning at Hillier Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. W. Morris House, First Methodist Church, of ficiating. He died Sunday night. Johnson was born Jan. 13, 1886 in Panola County and was one' of the first county agents in the Tex as Agricultural Extension Service. He resided at 2204 S. College Ave nue in Bryan. gy Symposium national confer ence. Approximately 75 highway engi neers and geologists attended the one-day meeting on campus. They exchanged ideas on highway con struction and maintenance. ‘ONE OF THE fastest growing operations in the department” was the description given by Henry to the joint operation of the geology and photogrammetry sections of the hig-hway design office of the Texas Highway Department. Field work in geology remains as important as ever despite the increasing use of aerial photos, Henry reported. “We are only trying to elimi nate some of the detail in field work,” he said. Another speaker warned that paying insufficient attention to geological factors in highway con struction can lead to “engineering disasters.” The warning came from Adrian Pelzner of the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, Washing ton, D. C. THE SYMPOSIUM attracted men from 14 states. S. A. Lynch, head of the De partment of Geology and Geo physics, served as diairman of the meeting.; , Visitors were welcbmed by Dean of Engineering Fred J. Benson and Henry, who spoke for the state highway department. The s/mposium was sponsored by the Texas Transportation Insti tute, the Depaftmer*t of Civil En gineering and 1 -thfef^Department of Geology and Geophysics, all of A&M, the Texas Highway Depart ment and the Texas Bureau of Eco nomic Geology. Assignment: build the'grense gun” inte our cms BESIDES MEXICAN FOOD ZARAPE RESTAURANT Serves Mrs. Andert’s Wiener Schnitzel, Chicken Fried Steaks and Austrian Style Fried Chicken. Telephone VI 6-5235 SHJIVIMAKEBS y es M. Sch^ V. STRIPED OXFORD For when it sizzles—a half sleeve Gant shirt in classic batiste oxford stripings. Meticulously tailored in the typical Gant tradition . . . with softly flared button down collar. We have them in newest stripes for spring olive, blue, and red. This Gant classic can also be used as a sport shirt. 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