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College Station, Texas
Wednesday, October 30, 1963
THE BATTALION
Purchasing, Stores Practice
Modern Inventory Method
Bills to be distributed within the
next few days by the A&M Uni
versity Department of Purchasing
and Stores will reflect a new, elec
tronic operation described “as
modern and as forward thinking
as you can find anywhere.”
University Director of Business
Affairs Tom D. Cherry was de
scribing the new system estab
lished under the supervision of
Wesley E. Donaldson, Jr., who
came to A&M earlier this year as
director of purchasing and stores.
THE NEW SYSTEM makes use
of the highly sophisticated elec
tronic equipment of the Data Proc
essing Center. Charles Seagraves
of the Center prepared the pro
grams for the machines under the
supervision of R. L. Smith, Jr.,
who heads the Center.!
The data supplied by the system
will provide up to date informa
tion on the usage and remaining
balance on each of the 13,000 dif
ferent types of items stocked. This
will make it possible to order each
item on time and in the most eco
nomical quantity, Cherry said.
“This will allow the stores de
partment to reduce and control the
dollar value of the inventory on
hand and maintain a ready supply
of each of the thousands of varied
items required in the daily opera
tion of a great university such as
Texas A&M,” he continued.
THE INVENTORY, as of Aug.
31, was valued at $320,000.
Assigning the identifying num
ber to each of the more than 13,-
000 different items was a major
part of inaugurating the new op
eration.
Items stocked range from pipe
An Engineering
CAREER
With
FISHER
GOVERNOR COMPANY
Interviews will be held
on November 5, 1963
on the campus. See your
placement office now
for an appointment
FISHER GOVERNOR COMPANY
Marshalltown, Iowa
Manufacturers of
Automatic Control Equipment
fitting adapters to Zoille first aid
spray. Donaldson and. his staff
have broken them down into ten
broad categories.
Five benefits including economi
cal purchasing and the best serv
ice in filling orders are listed by
Donaldson. Other benefits, such
as machine billing each month, will
be immediately apparent, Cherry
added.
USAGE RECORDS to be accu
mulated. through the new system
will allow substantial economics,
Donaldson said. For example, ob
solete items will be removed from
the inventory.
Donaldson came to A&M from
industry where he gained experi
ence as manager of purchasing and
production control in industry.
The A&M purchasing and stores
operation is planned as a self-sus
taining program. Supplies and
equipment are purchased in accord
with state policies and sold to de
partments at costs plus a small
markup to cover overhead. The
billing will be accomplished in the
Data Processing Center.
Wheat Trade
Topic Of Talk
By Jay Naman
State Farmers Union President
Jay Naman told Denton County
Farmers Union members that “the
President’s decision to sell our sur
plus wheat to Russia for cold cash
was a wise decision and will prove
beneficial to our farmers as well
as the general economy.”
“This trade will create new jobs,
reduce public spending on the stor
age of the huge surpluses of wheat
and help remedy the deficit in our
balance of payments. The drain of
our precious gold supply can be
somewhat relieved by the sale of
the wheat for gold.”
NAMAN WENT on to say that
“the sale of wheat might well open
up new markets that are sorely
needed as the European Economic
Community levies increased trade
restrictions.
“There is no longer any need
for us to stand around with our
hands in our pockets while our
allies expand their trade and de
prive us of future markets.
Air Conditioned Grass
Air Conditioner used in experimenting- with grass.
Grass Experiment
Underway At A&M
By MIKE JACKSON
Battalion Special Writer
The Department of Soil and
Crop Sciences has been doing ex
perimental research on different
varieties of grasses for use under
limited light. This research is be
ing performed at the request of
the Houston architectural firm
that designed the domed sports
stadium in Houston.
This domed stadium is going to
be completely air conditioned and
will be used mainly for baseball
and football games. One of the
chief problems with the stadium
is trying to get grass to grow
under artificial conditions.
THE GRASSES that have been
tested are Tifway Bermudagrass,
Meyer Zoysia, Red Fescue, Mer-
ion Bluegrass and Tall Fescue. The
Taped Lecture Set
Of Late Dr. Dooley
A taped lecture by the late Dr.
Tom Dooley will be presented at
St. Mary’s Chapel Wednesday.
Every Monday and Tuesday night
St. Mary’s holds night classes re
lating to philosophy, church his
tory and Introduction to the Cath
olic Faith. Father Charles Elmer
conducts the classes.
UNIVERSITY
NATIONAL BANK
FORMERLY COLLEGE STATION STATE BANK
A HOME OWNED BANK, SERVING
THE COLLEGE STATION AREA
Complete Banking Facilities
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
DRIVE-IN WINDOWS
FREE PARKING
BANK BY MAIL
CHECKING ACCOUNTS
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
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grasses are being studied at the
Agronomy Field Lab, which is
west-northwest of the campus.
Dr. E. C. Holt of the Depart
ment of Soil and Crop Sciences
said the grasses are being grown
under conditions similar to those
of the domed stadium. The tem
perature is maintained at 70 to 80
degrees Fahrenheit inside a long
air conditioned greenhouse. Dif
ferent sunlight exposures are
maintained in the greenhouse
ranging from 19 to 38 percent.
THE HEIGHTS of the grasses
are regulated from % of an inch
to IVz inches. The grasses are
maintained at two fertility levels
at each of the clipping heights
Dr. Holt said the Meyer Zoysia
and Tifway Bermudagrass have
looked best thus far in the study.
He said turfs have been main
tained for four and one half
months and have satisfied most
of the specified conditions. Work
this year is being conducted to
determine the exact amount of
light necessary for growth.
Food Processing Discussed
At Health Group Meeting
Freeze drying of foods, a new
process commanding wide atten
tion in the foods industry, will be
one of the main discussion sub
jects during the Texas Public
Health Association’s Gulf Coast
regional meeting here Friday.
Guest speaker will be Dr. Her
bert A. Hollender of Chicago, di
rector of the food division of the
Armed Forces Food and Container
Institute.
Dr. F. P. Jaggi, Jr., regional
chairman and head of the Depart
ment of Veterinary Public Health
at A&M University, said the pro
gram starts at 8 a.m. with regis
tration in the Memorial Student
Center.
A&M PRESIDENT Earl Rudder
will deliver an address of welcome,
followed by a response by B. G.
Loveless, health educator for the
Dallas County Tuberculosis Associ
ation and president of the Texas
Public Health Association.
The first talk will be made by
Dr. Raymond Reiser of the A&M
Department of Biochemistry and
Nutrition. His subject is current
research and opinions on relation
of dietary fat to health.
Other subjects and speakers
scheduled for Friday morning are
“Chemical Residue in Foods” by
Dr. E. E. Burns, horticulturist, and
“Foods—-Feast or Famine,” John
McHaney, economist, both of
A&M.
A LUNCHEON MEETING fea-
tures Dr. James E. Peavy of Aus
tin, commissioner of health for the
Texas State Department of Health,
who will talk on health programs
in the coming biennium.
Dr. C. A. Pigford, director of
public health in Houston, will pre
side at the luncheon.
AFTERNOON SUBJECTS and
speakers are “Fish Cleaning
Through Chemistry” by Dr. W. W.
Meinke, Department of Chemical
Engineering, followed by Hollen-
der’s discussion of freeze drying
of foods.
The meeting will end with a
business session in which regional
officers will be elected.
College Station Lad
Pledges Sigma Nu
Included Among the new pledges
in social fraternities at Texas Tech
is Russell Lee Welch of College
Station. The local youth has been
accepted into the Sigma Nu organ
ization at the Lubbock school.
Ferreri’s Triangle Restaurant
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Accomodations From 10 to 200 Persons
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Then you’ll know what’s new in folk songs. And what’s best.
Look for—ask for—the Journeymen in concert on your campus.
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