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om in Texas in 1964 will have
erious birth 'defects.
Those defects will claim as
any as 1,200 lives before the
ear is over.
These figures— “educated esti-
nates” based on official reports
f live births in the state—were
evealed by Byron Tunnell, Texas
tate March of Dimes Chairman.
,atest studies indicate that about
even per cent of the infants born
the United States each year
lave serious birth defects and
bout 244,000 infants will be bom
n Texas next year, he pointed out.
“Imagine the sense of disaster
people of Texas would feel
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Four members of the A&M Uni-
cersity Department of Poultry
science are participating in the
National Turkey Federation meet
ing this week in Louisville, Ky.
They are Dr. J. H. Quisenberry,
lead of the department, and
George Draper, Dr. R. L. Atkin
son and Dr. J. R. Couch.
Quisenberry will discuss future
turkey breeding research and
problems.
Draper, supervisor of the Na
tional Turkey Improvement Plan
Texas and a member of the
NTF’s Advisory Committee on
Randon Sample Testing will take
part in the committee’s formula
tion of a more uniform random
sample testing program, PPLO
and Typhimurium testing pro
grams.
Draper, also a member of a
special committee appointed by
Poultry Improvement Staff
the USDA’s Agricultural Re
search Service, will report on the
findings of that committee.
While at the meeting, Atkin
son will talk with representatives
the Commercial Solvents
Corporation in regard to possible
grant-in-aid support of research
planned for this year. He also
will consult with Dr. F. L. Cherms
of the University of Wisconsin on
collaborative research being
planned in the area of reproduc
tive physiology, particularly on
control of turkey hen broodiness.
Dr. Couch will report on re
search progress under a memo
randum of agreement between the
Federation and the Texas Agricul
tural Experiment Station. The
experiment concerns Vitamin-A
requirements of feeding and grow
ing turkeys.
if these deaths and disabilities
were to result from some epidemic
disease or other catastrophe,”
Tunnell said.
“Even polio in its peak year at
tacked only 4,000 residents of Tex
as. Yet the people of this state
and the nation were so outraged
by the pain and the waste of
human lives caused by polio that,
through the March of Dimes, they
helped speed the development of
vaccines to prevent polio.
“Only the same kind of public
action and support can bring
about an effective attack on birth
defects,” he added.
Despite the greater problems
presented by hundreds of differ
ent types of defects, experienced
medical and scientific authorities
believe that a concerted effort, as
persistent as the program that
triumphed over polio, can achieve
similar success in treatment and,
eventually, prevention of birth de
fects.
The National Foundation-March
of Dimes entered this field in
1958. Today the voluntary health
organization supports more than
44 birth defects treatment and
study centers throughout the na
tion.
The March of Dimes Birth De
fects Center at Galveston and the
Arthritis Center in Houston right
here in Texas, supported by Tex
as County Chapters of The Na
tional Foundation, is an example.
In addition to the human trage
dies caused by many defective
conditions, a single victim who
must be institutionalized, yet who
lives a normal life span — as
many do — may cost his family
or the state as much as a million
dollars over the years, the spokes
man pointed out.
Tunnell also noted that past
support of the March of Dimes
has returned health benefits
worth 12 times the total amount
contributed to the voluntary
health organization by Texas resi
dents since 1938.
The National Wool
F. R. Marshall plaque for the high team in
Exposition’s intercollegiate meat judging
contest west this year to Texas A&M Uni
versity. The presentation was made by Roy
E. Richards, right, Secy-Mgr., Wisconsin
Coop. Wool Growers Assn., Milwaukee.
Lamb Judgers Get Award
Growers Association Others in the picture, left to right, Gail
Wood, Spicewood, Texas; Franklin Reagor,
Llano, Texas; Clifford Spaeth, Fredericks
burg, Texas, and Zerle Carpenter, coach.
The contest is sponsored by the National
Live Stock and Meat Board.
AMONG THE PROFS
South Dakota Prof
Soil, Crop Sciences
Joins
Staff
A&M University’s Department, as an assistant professor of flori-
of Soil and Crop Sciences has a
new professor of soil physics—Dr.
J. R. Runkles, a native of San
Angelo.
The agronomist came to A&M
from South Dakota State College,
where he had taught and conduct
ed research in soil physics since
getting the doctoral degree in
1956 at Iowa State University.
Runkles replaces Dr. Morris
Bloodworth, a widely known phy
sicist who recently was appointed
head of the A&M Soil and Crop
Sciences Department.
★ ★ ★
E. E. Janne, formerly of Con
solidated Nurseries at Tyler, has
joined the A&M University De
partment of Soil and Crop Sciences
Dairy Conference
To Be Held Here
Beginning Monday
u S. Photographer
To Present Films
Of Russian People
Raphael Green, an American
photographer, will be on campus
Jan. 15 to present a program en
titled, “Russia and Its People.”
His appearance here is part of
the “World Around Us” series of
the Memorial Student Center
Great Issues Committee. The film-
talk presentation will be given at
8 p.m. in the MSC.
Green, a former Maine school
teacher, concentrated on the Rus
sian people in his photographic ex
pedition. Traveling thousands of
miles alone, he photographed the
people during everyday life. He
filmed the Kremlin leaders at a
state funeral in Red Square.
The film is billed as an “un
censored non-political” motion pic
ture, according to Hal C. Brown,
Great Issues chairman.
While on the White House staff,
Green went to the Far East with
Ambassador Pauley, head of the
U. S. Reparations Mission. Green
also was one of 11 men sent to
North Korea on the reparations
survey.
His other travels include Man
churia, China, Japan and Afghan
istan.
The Russian program is one of
several planned by the MSC group
as part of the “World Around Us”
series. Tickets are available in
the MSC.
A cryoscopy workshop is a new
feature of the annual Dairy Manu
facturer’s Conference to be held
next Monday through Wednesday
at A&M University.
The workshop, set for the last
day of the meeting, will teach use
of the cryoscope, an instrument
which determines freezing points
of liquids. It is widely utilized
in the dairy manufacturing indus
try for quality control, particular
ly detection of adulteration.
The workshop is headed by B.
C. Wiggins of Advanced Instru
ments, Inc., at Newton Highlands,
Mass., and Dr. I. I. Peters, A&M
dairy science professor.
Dr. A. V. Moore, A&M profes
sor of dairy science, said about
100 persons will attend the over
all conference.
The session will be held in the
Memorial Student Center and
starts at 1:30 p.m. Monday with
an address of welcome by Dr.
R. E. Patterson, dean of agricul
ture.
Subjects and speakers the open
ing day include “A Final Report
on Volume-Weight Relationships
in Dairy Products” by C. Vander-
zant, A&M Department of Dairy
Science; “Marketing Milk By-
Products,” W. C. Stanley, Ramsey
Laboratories, Cleveland, Ohio, and
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“Protecting Milk Flavor,” V. H.
Neilsen, head of Dairy and Food
Industry, Iowa State University.
On the second day are “Cur
rent Status of Leptospirosis and
Q-Fever in Texas Herds,” Dr. H.
E. Redmond, A&M College of
Veterinary Medicine; “Industry’s
Adjustment to Milk Composition
Changes,” S. T. Coulter, head of
the Department of Dairy Indus
tries, University of Minnesota;
“Processing Sour Cream and
Dips,” Stanley, and “Protecting
Quality o f Cottage Cheese,”
Nielsen.
Others are “Pumps: A Vital
Link in Mechanized Production,”
C. E. Schick, Creamery Package
Manufacturing Co., Chicago, 111.;
“The Choice of Frozen Dessert
Sweetners,” L. G. Drusendahl, the
Hubinger Co., Keokuk, Iowa;
“Standardizing Colors of Frozen
Desserts,” George Hies, A. E.
Illes Co., Dallas, and “An Ice
Cream Quality Control Program,”
Nielsen.
The conference will hold a ban
quet Tuesday night at 6:30, and
Coulter will discuss the European
dairy industry. Dr. I. W. Rupel,
head of the Department of Dairy
Science Department, is master of
ceremonies.
culture.
The floriculturist was associated
with Consolidated Nurseries for
more than 11 years and was that
firm’s director of research.
★ ★ ★
Two A&M University faculty
members left Wednesday for Dal
las and the annual meeting of the
National College Physical Educa
tion Association.
Attending are associate profes
sors Emil Mamaliga, who has
served at Texas publicity chair
man for the association, and
Nicholas A. Ponthieux, who has
served as national publicity chair
man and also is secretary of the
basic instruction section.
The meeting ends Saturday aft
ernoon.
★ ★ ★
Frank J. Konecny of A&M Uni
versity has been named vice-presi
dent of one national organization
and nominated for the presidency
of another.
Konecny, assistant director of
the Engineering Extension Ser
vice, was elected vice president
of the National Association of In
dustrial Teacher Educators at a
recent meeting in Atlantic City
and is one of two candidates
selected to run for the top office
of the 30,000-member American
Vocational Association.
THE
Wednesday, January 8, 1964
NSF To Select
90 Teachers
For Study Here
About 90 junior high school and
college teachers will be chosen
during the next two months to
attend science programs at A&M
University under National Scence
Foundation sponsorship.
The four programs, varied in
content and length, are planned
to help science teacher’s broaden
their knowledge and sharpen their
teaching skills.
Longest of the programs is the
nine-month Academic Year Insti
tute for junior high school science
teachers, starting Aug. 24. Teach
ers from throughout the nation
will apply for the 30 openings.
The other programs, planned
for the summer, are for college
teachers.
The Institute in computer pro
gramming is scheduled July 13-
Aug. 23 with 30 openinigs.
C. M. Loyd, National Science
Foundation coordinator at A&M,
said there are six openings in
the College Teacher Research
Participation Program in physics
scheduled June-August.
The Summer Institute in Phy
sics program will begin June 1
and close Aug. 21. This is the
second in a proposed three-sum
mer sequential institute which can
be supplemented by other work to
culminate in the master of science
Latest Innovations Outlined
At Fertilizer Conference
The latest progress in fertiliza
tion of farm crops was outlined at
the annual Fertilizer Conference
held on campus this week.
Among the topics covered by
speakers were research programs
in Texas, the Build East Texas
Program, Tennessee Valley Au
thority’s fertilizer program, ferti
lization of vegetables, fertilizer
dealer training, stubble cropping
of grain sorghums, fertilizer con
trol reports and the performance
of compound, blended and liquid
fertilizers.
Dr. R. E. Patterson, dean of ag
riculture at Texas A&M, delivered
an address of welcome at the open
ing session. Dr. Morris Blood-
worth, head of the A&M Depart
ment of Soils and Crops Sciences,
was master of ceremonies at the
conference banquet Tuesday.
The meetings were held in the
Memorial Student Center.
Conference sponsors included the
Texas Agricultural Limestone As
sociation, Texas Plant Food Edu
cational Society and A&M.
in physics degree.
In addition to these programs,
The National Science Foundation
has announced three grants total
ing $30,935 to A&M University
to support summer training pro
grams for. exceptional ability high
school students.
Administrators
Conclave Set
For 4 Profs
Four faculty members of the
A&M University Department of
Education and Psychology will at
tend the annual School Adminis
trators Advisory Conference and
other meetings in Austin Wed
nesday through Friday.
They are Dr. Grady P. Parker,
Dr. Charles A. Lindsey, Dr. Wil
liam W. Stokes and Dr. Paul
R. Hensarling.
The three-day conference spon
sored by the Texas Education
Agency is expected to attract
1,000 persons.
Wednesday the four professors
will meet with the planning com
mittee for the annual school ad-
mistrators and supervisors con
ference scheduled here June 8-10.
Stokes, Parker and Lindsey will
serve as advisors to the Texas
Association of Instructional Su
pervisors, Texas Association of
County Superintendents and Texas
School Administrators Associa
tion respectively.
Parker also is a member of a
five-man committee to write a
legislative bill which would com
bine county school units into larg
er intermediate units.
Hensarling will preside at the
planning session and attend sev
eral meetings including the ses
sion of the Advisory Board of
“Texas School Business.”
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