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sEtge of 1,000 par: L O and 13 days afw f these three datel '■fcer calyx-split »nj Rangers. chemical, dia; . ,000 parts per mi ue 7, 10 and ISdaj, alit. Even thoiifl ex--thinned in evai .s no adverse eff# maining on the trs Since this compoc; 3r»xise it will beiissj nt rations in 1964. ilturist emphasffi; earch remains to bj lese or other chei pproved for uses: he does believe fe xod will become ach orchards, lemical thinning pple orchards ls| re for about 16 yes NNING of peaclufj re producer from 2re, Madden poinl treatment, when cut that cost cd y conference, wki: sday, was sponsoisl rtment of Soil OLD MAIN IN ALL HER GLORY The landmark was opened Oct. 4, 1876. ONLY THE WALLS REMAINED Fire destroyed the building in 1912. Id Main Repels Blaze, Artillery Shells GERS rgers LL TO GO Shop 6-9968 Artillery fire was the final tri bulation of the Old Main Building in co-operation vim cam p US< The building re- and Plum G:, cor( j e( j man y distinctions, but none pore startling than when artillery men sighted their cannon upon the thick brick walls. B Aggies gathered around the re- Hains of the building on a Satur- |»y afternoon in May, 1912 after a> fire a few nights earlier had Bitted the four-story building, leaving only towering remains. || “The situation proved embar rassing to the artillerymen, for lljeir shells would not topple the foot-thick walls of Old Main,” archivist Ernest Langford said. “The cannon fire made more noise n it did good.” Ropes and man- ITP° wer succeed in pulling down the l #C/// |walls - L I Langford recalled this, story *]while talking about his just-com- pleted, detailed history of the itorcycle, like new, ajPUdding. % OLD MAIN was occupied for Impaia, 2-door, bare, the first time on Oct. 4, 1876, as , i 8i 6- n 4659 di °’ heater, i|A&M formally opened for classes. ^ The university archivist arrived IAL NOTICE on the campus in 1909 as “a green 'college freshman,” to use his aa to arrive in the o:l : words, graduate in 1913, and re- biicationa (Ground ^turned a few years later to spend Friday) at or befoie; the rest of his professional career ir”‘to? f of h stud a Jnt l ’S as an architecture faculty mem- _ her. He also served as department ng deadline set Hi head before retiring in 1957 as a ’Ww'SSSl gJhfMeor emeritus. :e from all stud< iry and in Austin to trace the de Main never THE BURNING of Old from a fire whose origin was established complicated Lang ford’s search. The building housed all of the administrative offices, as well as many classrooms. Val uable records were lost in the blaze seen 20 miles away. graduating from A&M was in the office of architect A. O. Watson, a former partner of Larmour’s. Larmour had died in 1901. “He was undoubtedly one of the early successful architects in Tex as,” Langford said. Work on Old Main began in the fall of 1873, but was off to a false start. The foundation work was condemned and Larmour became the architect. THE NEW BUILDING was completed early in 1876 and with The first job for Langford after Gathright Hall stood ready for the Langford’s search of state ar chives in Austin gained greater personal interest when he learned the name of the architect, Jacob Larmour. opening of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Gathright Hall, which stood until 1933, served as the residence hall. The two buildings, plus several faculty residences, were the A&M College for a decade. The Main Building was des<?Hbed in these words in the 1883-84 cat alog: “The main building stands on the highest point of the grounds. It is four stories high, made of brick, with mansard roof and tow ers. The rooms are all of high pitch and well ventilated .... “There are broad halls running through each story at right angles to each other, and sets of broad stairways, one in the middle, the other two at the end of the build ing.” Langford, through his rich back ground in architecture, plus hours spent in studying faded, handwrit ten records and old photographs has succeeded in preparing a sketch of the likely arrangement of rooms at the time the building was completed. Thursday, October 3, 1963 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Page 5 Talking Mobster Reveals Death List WASHINGTON (^—Joseph Va- lachi, spilling the secrets of the crime brotherhood called La Cosa Nostra, told senators- Wednesday that a gangland doublecross back fired as overlords of the New York mobs turned on each other in a fierce battle for power. He told of a secret list that marked for doom such underworld big shots of 30 years ago as A1 Capone, Frank Costello, Charles “Lucky” Luciano, Vito Genovese, Vincent Mangano and Dutch Schultz. And he told of the slaying of Salvatore Maranzano, the man who drew up the list, killed by his rivals after a brief reign as Cosa Nostra’s “boss of all bosses.” Maranzano grabbed power, Va- lachi said, after lieutenants of rival boss Giuseppe Masseria gunned down their own chief in a Coney Island restaurant. “His own lieutenants wanted to do it themselves,” Valachi told in vestigating senators. That ended a 14-month gang war Valachi said cost Masseria’s outfit 40 to 60 dead. But five months later, Valachi said, the same men got Maran zano. Back for the third chapter of his tale of crime, Valachi told the Senate Investigations subcommit tee about a mass meeting of New York hoodlums at which Maran zano declared peace and installed himself as the head man. He described a five-night ban quet which honored Maranzano and his “soldiers” — and raised $115,000 for the coffers of the Cosa Nostra chief. COLD FRONT Due To Hit For A&M - Tech Game Black, Regulation, Leather Gloves and Winter Caps Now Available at: LOUPOTS North Gate VI 6-6312 mu*i Ufc of ought, flic Langford searched old records Dean’s Office. !| other major 1 ^'“jjijat A&M. This effort has occupied much of his attention in recent filing of Old Main and lice, other major buildings constructed appiicatioi lates may begin orieef invitations starting Ofjycars. 16 He hopes to complete this aca- Hijdemic year the final draft of his The e ci ter. in applying («jWstory of the A&M campus, 302 S c OU AcademL er B booklet will tell the stories of 100 ested ship 9, 1963. applying M id confer d i buildings including many gone for all Student OrgaDi ^ rom the Scene - Offir ; -’ " nee The or Official Recognita 1 _ inance Center, MeH enter, Men« ; DEADLINE; 'iVB average American walks -^about 65,000 miles during his lifetime, the American Podiatry Inspection Stickef Association estimates, mailable NOW !’S GARAGE aria Rd. 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