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' • . • ■ - • ■ ::: - H5?i2' ; rW? Sale ’62 ks should it! 3 A&M Al ?Jime home il igainst power Jston on 0::; ?tober 2G, SH 1 id Texas inti y Day Clast tickets are e: for home « announced. .tifcust 1, mail •e accepted it 1 ic. ilVE-B teir Basket des i. iV-l cets. :CTION OF :gers. 950. UVE-H Che Battalion Ag Coaches To Lecture., See Page 6 Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1963 Number 124 OIL PIT FIRE . instructor keeps eye on trainees BLAZING GAS TRUCK firemen practice dousing all types of fires AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM . . the fire-preventive device is explained 300 Cowmen Expected For Short Course About 300 cowmen are expected to gather at A&M Mon day through Wednesday for their 13th annual Beef Cattle Short Course. Discussion topice will run the gamut from beef cattle trends to use of electronic com-* puters in balancing rations. J. K. Riggs, A&M professor of animal husbandry and short course official, said one of the main speakers will he I. A. Dyer, pro fessor of animal science, at Wash ington State University. Dyer will talk on recent cattle nutrition develonments, enzymes in rations for fattening cattle, nutri tional implications in bloat, and figuring balanced rations by elec- konic computer. THE FIRST day’s session will start in the Memorial Student Cen ter with an address of welcome by G. M. Watkins, A&M’s director of agricultural instruction. Next are “Trends Developing in the Beef Cattle Business” by Charles Ball of Farm Journal mag azine; “Work Results at the Texas Experimental Ranch,” W. J. Wal- dvip of Throckmorton: “The Pres ent Situation on Identifying Quali ty and Cut-out Yield of Beef Car casses,” Zerle Carpenter, and “Judging Market Steers,” L. D. Wythe, both of the A&M Depart ment of Animal Husbandry. Other subjects and speakers the first day are “How To Get the Most Out of Grazing” and “Influ ence of Feeding on Efficiency of Production” by M. E. Riewe and K. S. Eng of the Angleton Experi ment Station; “Effect of Compo sition and Intake of Milk on Calf Growth” and “Milk Production Data from Beef Gows,” Tim Mas on, A&M Department of Animal Husbandry; “Disease Prevention and Parasite Control in Beef Cat tle Operations,” Dr. C. M. Patter son, Extension Service veterina rian. THAT EVENING at 7, a buffet dinner will be held, with Ace Reid of Kerrville, originator of Cow pokes cartoon, as speaker. F. A. Wolters of Bryan’s City National Bank will be master of ceremonies. The short course is sponsored by the Department of Animal Hus bandry. New Firemen’s Equipment Slated For Showing Tonite ONE OF GREAT ISSUES PROGRAMS Wernher Yon Braun Named A&M Space Meet Speaker Wernher von Braun is among speakers ssheduled to appear at A&M student-sponsored activities during the 1963-64 year. Others include prominent persons associated with space and earth exploitations, world politics and education, Harold C. Brown of San. Antonio said. The programs are sponsored by the Great Issues Com mittee of the Memorial Student Center Directorate. Von Braun has agreed to talk during the A&M Space Fiesta, Jan. 31 to Feb. 14. Exact date for his appearance will be an nounced later, Brown added. WILLY LEY, a co-author with von Braun on “The Exploration of Mars,” is another speaker for the Space Fiesta. An American citizens since 1944, Ley has eaimed ‘Cowpokes’ Artist Displays Speaking Talent Here Soon na 010& Ace Reid of Kerrville, creator of the famed “Cowpokes” cartoons, "ill demonstrate a relatively new facet of his career here soon. Not too long ago, he and his oiany friends throughout the state discovered he had talent as a humorous after-dinner speaker. The artist’s bag of anecdotes "bout rural life, colored by a West Texas drawl, will be heard at A&M’s 43th annual Beef Cattle Coui-se 'Wednesday. His talk on “no sub ject in particular” is set for 7 p.m. the first day at a buffet dinner "i the Memorial Student Center. ■ Freddie Wolters, Bryan banker, "ill be master of ceremonies. Reid first scrawled out the scrag gy figures of Jake and Zeb in Cowpokes during a time when farmers, ranchers and their anxious “inkers were not in a hilarious "'ood. The period was the seven Joars drouth of the 1950’s and Ace Bealls that he was just as broke as ^Pecially in the cartooning field, ® ls potential readers, i Things were tough all over, * business noted for resistance to nev '' talent. But Reid kept ham- away at yawning editors publishers until he finally °und a few takers. It wasn’t long ^fore his style and situations in -^Tokes evoked laughter from * People who needed to laugh for * change. Die drouth is gone now for ' e >d and his customers. Today his Kerrville studio stays busy producings cartoons for several hundred newspapers and maga zines. Ace is one of the nation’s largest self-syndicated artists. On the side, he privately printed a book of Cowpokes cartoons in 1958. More than 100,000 copies have been sold. A second book, “More Cowpokes,” came two years later, and then “Cowpokes Want ed,” and the latest, “Them Cow pokes.’ It was about this time he began laying down his pens long enough to paint oral pictures of the West as an after-dinner speaker. He travels more than 35,000 miles a year for speaking engagements and to visit the customers. world-wide reputation for his publi cations on conquest of space. A third speaker will be named later. Von Braun is currently director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center of the National Aero nautics and Space Administration. The Huntsville,H Ala., group is working on a Saturn space vehicle. The Space Fiesta is only one of four student activities due to at tract top speakers to the campus. Another Great Issues’ program is the Student Conference on Nat ional Affairs, now in its ninth year. Five major speakers will appear at this December meeting of 150 students from colleges and universities throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. Public Is Invited To 7:30 Exhibit Graduate Lectures In Math Scheduled Graduate lectures by two promi nent men in mathematics will be presented in Room 113 of the Bio logical Sciences building at 8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday. Dr. K. A. Bush of Washington State University and Gerardo Ram os of Peru will address students, faculty and others from the Bryan- College Station area. Bush, mathematics professor at WSU, will speak Monday. His subject is “Operations Research— Practice and Malpractice.” Tuesday’s speaker, Professor Ramos, is assistant to the director of the Institute of Pure and Ap plied Mathematics at the National Engineering University in Peru. He will discuss “Education in Peru.” sultant on several governent proj ects. He formerly taught at the U. S. Naval Academy, Mohawk Col lege and University of Illinois. Professor Ramos previously taught math at the University of San Marcos. He became interested in the upgrading of math teaching- in Peru. He has organized and taught in two secondary school mathematics teacher summer in stitutes. Info On Marshall The Washington State profes sor received Tiis master’s in econo- ! mics from Columbia University and his Ph.D. in mathematical statis- : tics from the University of North ! Carolina. His research has been in analy sis, combinatorial problems, mathe matical statistics and matrix the- i ory. Bush has served as a con- Scholarships In England Available Detailed information about Mar shall Scholarships in Britain for 1964-66 now is available at the of fice of Graduate Dean Wayne C. Hall. Applications should be sub mitted to the British Consulate General at New Orleans before Oct. Modern tools for firemen will be demonstrated publicly Thursday night at 7:30 at Brayton Training Field, beyond Easterwood Airport, as part of the 34th annual Texas Fire man’s Training School. Wednesday night spectators saw a similar presentation which included a chemical powder that converts ordinary water into a gelled material used to coat building walls and roofs to prevent fire’s spread. Also seen were underwater rescue operations in a glass tank atop a special truck, fire trucks, special clothing and foam makers. Thursday’s presentation will include an airplane rescue operation, a special saw cap- 4 " able of cutting through brick a portable winch, a and various walls, smoke ejector chemicals. Firemen from over 400 Texas towns are participating in the one- week program. Also included in the more than 1,500 persons at tending are others from about 20 states, Mexico, . Venezuela and Netherlands Antilles. Military per sonnel are also participating. The schooling is varied. Some climb ladders to learn res cue operations, then move to the 35-acre lot near Easterwood Air port to fight all types of fires. OTHERS LEARN to repair equipment, offer first aid, and use latest fire-fighting gear, including foam makers, fire-resistant ma terials and chemicals that disperse flamable materials. Still others listen to tips on fire investigation, learn to handle arson cases and receive instruction on courtroom procedures and public relations. Classes are held all over the campus, in the air-conditioned Me- I _ , . TT _ mortal Student Center, in t h e 1 . Ed *? n „ H - P « n,,er - f ° , ' mer I J ' ° f shadows of Kyle Field Stadium hc ® hel l 0,1 Company m Hous- and on the hot'training field near ton - M ° nday assumed th,! ne ' v P" 8 '- EDWIN H. FENNER Former Shell Oil Employee Assumes TEES Post Here 22. the aii-port. Ladder rescue opera tions are taught outside multi storied dormitories. THE FIRE FIGHTERS battle tion of executive assistant in the Texas Engineering Experiment Station on the A&M campus. Fenner has had wide experience Room Reservations Must Be Confirmed ACE REID AT WORK Students who signed up for a civilian dorm for fall and Cadets who wish to be assigned space in their old outfits for fall, are reminded by the Housing Office that Wednesday is the deadline for having room reservation cards in confirming their re quests. Room reservation cards are available at the Registrar’s Of fice. A reservation made for September must be cancelled by Aug. 15 in order to receive a refund of the $20 deposit. The Marshall Scholarship pro gram was established in 1953 by the Lnited Kingdom Government as an expression of gratitude for Marshall Plan aid. Purpose of the program is to enable graduates of United States colleges and universities to study for a degree of a university in the United Kingdom for at least two years. Twenty-four awards are offered annually to American graduates. The scholarships are tenable in a wide range of subjects including the sciences and the humanities. The stipend of a Marshall Schol arship in 800 British pounds a year, including fares to and from Britain, tuition fees, book allow ance and living allowance of 550 pounds a year. In certain cir cumstances, an additional allow ance is paid if a scholarship holder is married. every type of fire instructors can in industrial relations in the petro- dream up. This year’s collection * eurn i nf i ustr y- He also is an at- includes house, airplane, oil pit, toine '- automobile, butane tank and over- i i"’ 5 ne " post on the A&M head pipe fires. campus, he has various responsi- Wednesdav was official visitor’s bilities including administrative dav at the school, and guests in- supervision of fiscal and purchasing eluded state legislative officials, operations, contract negotiations, firemen from other states and an d staff supervision of classified others. ! employes. Visiting firemen at the school 1 Several projects for the National include three directors of state Aeronautics and Space Administra- firemen training programs—Sher- tion and the Atomic Energy Corn- man Pickard of North Carolina, I mission, are among the research Neal Ratcliff of Georgia and R. K. . administered by the Texas Engi- Newton of Illinois. Participants in the program are housed in A&M dorms, motels and hotels. Most of the men eat in Sbisa Dining Hall. HENRY D. SMITH IS director neering Experiment Station. Fenner received the BBA degrees | with honors from the University i of Texas following World War II | service as a fighter pilot in Europe. Joining a petroleum company, he of the program which is sponsored served in the field of industrial by the Engineering Extension i relations before returning to the Service. Two-hundred-ninety vet- | Air Force in the Korean conflict, eran firemen and manufacturers j A captain, he holds the Air Medal are serving as instructors. ] with two clusters.