tckles
dusti
S METRONOME TICKS
Adjunct Frestimeii. Step Up,
Then. Down. In Fitness Test
escapes huntersBA metronome ticks steadily into
sidered “old." ,Ja microphone as A&M freshmen
ierd productioniiBep up to a 20-inch bench and
over 7% years;, down. Sweating- in the heat,
continue the pace for five
■nutes. ' Then pulse rates are
Recked.
Ilhis is the scene to be enacted
surplus deer is i a rajn Monday at the A&M Ad-
herd manage® jnct near Junction. The students
“and common s In take what is known as the
mbers of the
cent never read
harvesting both a
nd and pracfc;
ONLY bulls, ©
rerds of domestit
RTrvard Step Test.
■PAST RESULTS tell the A&M
■ysical education staff the fresh-
len should do well, but the staff
Iso will be gaining more informa-
.lion for its extensive comparative
rac ica managaMjy 0 f p},y S j ca ] testing proced-
jss both sexes oi
larketed, ourpail s t a ff’ s attention is
ntered upon the American Asso-
lecome so ovi
erst
that the range: for Health, Physical Edu-
mough forage tii
jrm
)pm
objective of enft
cure substantial J
the speed law hi
Jtio and Recreation (AAHPER
ftr short) Test. This test recom-
| lended by the President’s Council
li Physical Fitness has the draw'-
Itck of requiring two or three
lass periods for a groups of
youngsters to be tested, staff
lembers point out.
]“We hope,” Dr. Carl W. Landiss
plained, “to find a short battery
tests that can be given to a
Jrge group of students in one
fcriod and that contains the same
ital information. In this way, a
rural highways. | Ah er wou i c ] no t be so hesitant
speed limits fiidj
re or estal
•ity will be consn
naximun permisi
• normal condi
excess of such lit
ered illegal.
test a class two or three times
srihg the year.”
LANDISS AND Associate Pro-
issors Paul M. Andrews and
licholas A. Ponthieux are con-
uding the study. Dr. John D.
(illiams is programming the re-
ORCEMENT pel ^ j or tabulation at the Data
and mi late aff roeessinR . Center
sment action agffl
'Served by them It
lear-cut and s#
i of the speed ls :
:ged motorists b
autious in assaii
ight speed limit
hour. He Said
e U. S. Unreal
shows thatincreas
from 55 MPHti
the accident invsli
id that the seven
increases raj
) MPH.
The Aggie Physical Fitness Test,
developed from the armed services’
tests, also figures in the compara
tive studies.
Results from tests given 300
freshmen will be evaluated.
The testing program also pro
vides evidence of the physical edu
cation course value. It is a part
of the A&M Adjunct program for
beginning freshmen.
“I haven’t seen a report any
where of a group of youngsters in
such good condition as those tested
after the first six-week session,”
Landiss said.
“THE AVERAGE for students
ending the first session was above
the national average, the average
for entering freshmen at Texas
A&M or those entering the service
academies,” he said.
At the Adjunct, the average
student did 11 pullups. The na
tional average is 6.4.
Ponthieux said strenuous work
outs under a broiling sun draws
less than enthusiastic response.
“But when the six weeks is over,
students come around to thank
you,” he continued, “for they know
the course is for their own good.”
Results of comparative study
the fitness tests should be avail
able early this fall.
Prof Will Spend
Year In Honolulu
Dr. William H. Clayton of the
Department of Oceanography and
Meteorology will be a visiting pro
fessor at the University of Hawaii
this next academic year. He and
Mrs. Clayton plan to leave Sunday.
Clayton’s special field of interest
is micrometeorology, a study of
the weather within a limited geo
graphical area.
Among his research projects has
been a study of the low-level tur
bulent winds which sometime
threaten large rockts on launching
pads.
At the University of Hawaii in
Plonolulu he will do some teaching
and also assist in establishing a
program of study in air and sea
interaction.
Clayton emphasized that the
micrometeorological section of the
Department of Oceanography and
Meteorology will continue to func
tion in all respects.
B. Jesse Ecklekamp will head
the section during Clayton’s ab
sence.
The micrometeorological section
office secretary, Mrs. Thomas
Brady, and her husband also will
go to the University of Hawaii for
the year and she will continue to
serve as Clayton’s secretary.
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THE BATTALION
Thursday, August 15, 1963 College Station, Texas Page 5
Research Program
Grows, Kills Grass
AUSTIN—A research program
is helping the Texas Highway De
partment solve two contradictory
problems: How to make grass
grow better, and how to keep it
from growing at all.
Plant scientists from the Texas
Agricultural Experiment Station
and the Texas Transportation In
stitute at A&M are working with
the department’s engineers and
landscape architects on such prob
lems.
They are studying improved
planting materials and techniques
to establish vegetation. Permanent
vegetation is needed along highway
roadsides to keep soil from wash
ing on deep cuts, high fills and
ditches. It also curbs wind erosion,
while serving a safety function in
delineating the edge of the high
way.
AT THE SAME time, research
ers are seeking better ways to pre
vent growth of grass and weeds
on paved shoulders. Unchecked
growth of Bermuda grass and
other plants can cut the life ex
pectancy of paved shoulders from
20 down to three years.
Varied soil and climates of
Texas require a wide variety of
plants for roadside erosion control.
Range and pasture grasses like
green sprangletop and buffelgrass
are being tested for use as high
way plantings instead of slower-
germinating Bermuda grass, which
to now has been commonly em
ployed alongside Texas highways.
As better grasses are developed
by agricultural scientists, espe
cially for' drier regions, they will
continue to be tested for planting
under highway conditions.
The cooperative research effort
on grasses doesn’t foreshadow re
placement of colorful x’oadside wild
flowers now enjoyed by travelers
in Texas. To the contrary, the
trend is toward even greater use
of many kinds of landscaping
plants for safety—they reduce
driver fatigue—as well as beauty.
NEVERTHELESS, plants which
invade and grow within paved
areas of highways are a costly
nuisance for engineers and main
tenance personnel. Cooperative re
search has pointed the Highway
Department to use of several agri
cultural herbicides to prevent
growth of grass and weeds through
pavements.
Viewed either way, the two-
sided problem of plants along
highways is a grassroots one.
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