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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1963)
America sou Nsin and dl'a Of SOUttif, PPeneci for 00 years ago. ERS STILL hough winters der, Dillon ned to flora these times hers edged Jnited States! 5ry is that ait: wly retreated with that its that evideim has not been!® aper is cm onship of tenin rt the earth as , the incline or: irth. 1 on contempet ta show an ami iture change asi from the equate ifessor believes! and plant lift tes during the :re compressed i: :s or living ait zone lost was ;reme southt DAY Limit. ^ 4-()z. I ) Cans 1 Receives Commendation Medal Col. Frank L. Elder, left, receives the Army ed upon Col. Elder’s recent retirement. A Commendation Medal from Fourth U. S. 1933 graduate of the U. S. Military Acad- Army Commander Lt. Gen. Carl H. Jark. emy, the colonel left the Army after 30 The award for meditorious service as profes- years of active duty, sor of military science at A&M was present- Full Story About Statistics Explained By Institute Head Say “statistics” to the average Texan and he probably thinks of a cartoon showing 1 two men look ing at a sales graph. The full story though is that statistics touch the daily life of virtually every Texan, Dr. H. O. Hartley, director of the Graduate Institute of Statistics, said. The internationally-known statistician arrived this summer to assume directorship of the Institute. The Institute faculty does teach ing, research and consultation. The graduate program leads to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in statistics, the strong research program in statis tics is in part sponsored by federal agencies, and Institute members render a campus-wide consulting service in statistical methods. THE EXPRESSWAYS urban dwellers use, the crops or cattle raised in the country and count less manufactured products depend to a varying degree upon statistical studies. Hartley cites the space effort, biology and medicine, and eco nomics as other fields in which statisticians cooperate with subject matter area scientists. “The statistician today,” he said, “helps design experiments, inter prets the data, and sets forth the results so as to make it easier to reach reasonable decisions for actions.” The A&M professor offers as one definition of statistics: “It is the science of trying to make sense out of variable answers.” Researchers in virtually all fields face the problem of variables in their experiments. THE RESEARCHERS also have the problem of gaining the most information possible from available resources. An example, from con sulting work now being done by the Institute staff, concems proper- size and shape for agricultural test plots to yield *the most accurate and complete information possible at least cost. A&M long has offered statistics through various departments. Stu dents in the agricultural and bio logical sciences, business, educa- College Students Faculty Members College Libraries SUBSCRIBE NOW AT HALF PRICE Printed in BOSTON LOS ANGELES LONDON tion and engineering are among those who have studied statistics. The Institute, which is beginning the first year of complete opera tions, brings together these studies, offers new courses and also has launched the program of research. “This is the first in Texas inso far as a rounded, comprehensive group is concerned,” Hartley said of the Institute. Dr. R. J. Freund, associate direc tor of the Institute, is completing his first year on the campus. Other members of the faculty in clude Dr. R. R. Hocking*, Eugene Dayhoff and Dr. J. D. Williams, who holds a joint appointment. AT 1ST HORSE SHOW 3 County Youths Net Twelve Points THE BATTALION Thursday, August 29, 1963 College Station, Texas Page 3 Brazos County 4-H club mem bers amassed 12 points for their county during the first annual State 4-H Horse Show held here last week. First Doctorates 1 In I.Ed. Conferred By A&M Thursday Two young men Thursday be came the first persons to receive the Doctor of Education degree in industrial education at A&M. They are Wendell Lilburn Roy, a native of Millsap, Texas and Clif ford Eugent Strandberg, a native of Hutchinson, Kan. Roy taught at North Texas State University be fore coming to A&M to commence his doctoral program, and Strand berg taught industrial arts at the Turner, Kan., high school before coming here. The diplomas dated Thursday will in time be mailed, as A&M does not hold commencement exer cises in August. Approximately 430 candidates for degrees were listed earlier by the registrar’s office. The doctoral program in indus trial education was begun at A&M in September, 1961, following ap proval by the Texas Commission on Higher Education. “We are the only institution in the South to have this doctoral degree in industrial education and the second west of the Mississippi River,” Dr. Chris H. Groneman, head of the department, said Thursday. The points were earned by three young county horsemen in three of the show’s fifteen events. James Butler of College Station won first plane in the halter class for registered mares under three yeai-s old. His mare Chanza Linda, won over nine other horses in the class to earn six noints for Brazos County in the show. JAMES IS the son of Dr. O. D. Butler, head of the Department of Animal Husbandry. In the class for grade mares under 14 hands, Robert Olden of Rt. 3, Bryan, showed the third place mare. The effort was worth four points toward the country competition. Bob Franke of College Station took fifth place in the class for registered geldings under three yoars old. In the same class James Brown from nearby Washington County won first place with his mare Royal Sandy. In other competition Harkrock Candy, shown by George Chappell of Kaufman County, was named the champion horse of the show by winning 17 points in four classes. The champion showman in the show was Paul Horn of Fort Bend Country. THE SHOW HOSTED 212 con testants from 39 Texas counties. Officials said each horse entered an average of five classes. The 4-H competition was held at the same time as A&M’s third annual Horse Short Course, held Thursday through Saturday. The short course was sponsored by the Department of Animal Husbandry and the College of Vet. Medicine. Wins First Place James Butler, son of Dr. O. D. Butler, head of the Depart ment of Animal Husbandry, took first place in the class for registered mares under three years old at the last week 4-H hor$e show. The mare, Chanza Linda, was one of three Brazos County entries to earn points in the show. Physics To Offer History, Philosophy Course In Fall The Department of Physics will offer a course in History and Phi losophy of Physical Science for the first time this fall. According to a department spokesman the course compares the development of astronomy, physics, chemistry, technology and sc^pntific philosophy from Baby lon to the atomic age. The infor mation is to be presented through detailed biographical sketches wherever possible. The spokesman said the method of presentation was chosen as the best way to meet the three objec tives of the course: 1. To give the prospective scien tist a basis for deciding to enter the scientific profession. 2. To teach scientific method, not as a system of logic, but as the art which has given us such explosive progress. 3. To stimulate the interest, curiosity and determination of the student. 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