Thursday, January 23, 1964 THE BATTALION Firemen’s School Employees To Be Honored For Service Seven Texas firemen will be honored in Austin Monday for years of service to the Texas Firemen’s Training School, held annually on the A&M University campus. H. D. Smith, the school’s chief, said the seven men have served as instructors from five to 29 years. They will be presented certifi cates during the Fire Marshall Instructors Workshop, a planning session for the 1964 school. The list includes Eugene Sand ers of Austin, state fire marshal who has been an instructor for 29 years^ and Paul B. Conley of Luling, a fire marshal with 22 years of teaching experience. Three others have 10 years of teaching experience—Gjuy Harb- ert, Dallas fire marshal; Hal H. Hood, Dallas County fire marshal, and John R. Rauch of College Station, a member of the train ing school staff. John Bement of Dallas, assist ant county fire marshal, and C. T. Davis, Waco fire marshal, will be awarded five-year certificates. The ceremony will take place in the fire marshal’s office at 716 E. Avenue, Austin. Faculty, Students To Represent A&M At Range Confab A&M University will be repre sented by five faculty members and eight students at the Ameri can Society of Range Management 17th annual meeting Feb. 11-14 in Wichita, Kan. The faculty members are Dr. Charles Lein weber, head; Omer E. Sperry, Dr. Don Huss, Dr. J. D. Dodd and Bob J. Ragsdale, all of the Department of Range and Forestry. Sperry and Ragsdale will pre sent papers on broomweed re search. The others will partici pate in discussions and committee meetings. Four of the students are A&M Plant Identification Team mem bers who will compete against other major agriculture schools in an intercollegiate contest. They are Floyd Waller of Ma son, Eugene Heinemann of Harper, Arthur Crocker of Cresson and Murry Billingsley Jr., of Abilene. “Instructors such as these seven men have contributed toward un told savings for insurance policy holders and property owners in Texas,” Smith said. In addition, these communities have received better fire protection as a result of training these men receive each year at the school.” The week-long school, now 34- years-old, attracts hundreds of firemen from Texas and the na tion. Last year’s attendance was 1,700. House Reviews Of Scandal Asked WASHINGTON ) _ A spe cial House investigation was pro posed Wednesday night in the wake of Senate testimony that Lyndon B. Johnson once received a free stereo set from an insurance man. “This scandal has so many ramifications that it would ap pear the House should set up a special committee to examine some of the tangents of the Ba ker probe,” Rep. H. R. Gross, R.Iowa said. Gross referred to the Senate Rules Committee investigation of the outside business activities of resigned Senate aide Robert G. Baker. He spoke out in the House aft er Sen. John J. Wiliams, R- Del., criticized government offi cials who accept free gifts. Wiliams said he sees “no dif ference in the aceptance of an expensive stereo than in the ac ceptance of a mink or vicuna coat, a Deep Freeze or an Ori ental rug.” “I condemned the Deep Freezes and the vicuna coats of the preceding administrations, and will not defend the stereo now,” Williams said. Judging Team The A&M University Junior Meats Judging Team will test its talents at the Southwestern Ex position and Fat Stock Show Jan. 24-Feb. 2 in Fort Worth. Dr. Zerle Carpenter, team coach Department of Animal Husbandry, said the Agies will leave College Station Sunday, practice judge the next day and compete in the contest on Jan. 28. Aggies, Residents May Pay Poll Tax In Student Center A&M University^ students and Brazos County residents may now pay their 1964 election year poll taxes in the Memorial Student Center. A special booth will be set up in the post office area for the con venience of those seeking voting rights, Howard Head, student president of the MSC Council, an nounced. Hours of operation will be 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1 to 4 p.m. Jan. 23-24 and Jan. 27-30. The booth will not be open Jan. 25, or Jan. 31, the last day to pay the tax. Head also mentioned that the MSC booth will not be authorized to issue exemptions. He issued a special appeal to eligible A&M students to become voters. Lie Detector School Slated A class for polygraph exami ners will begin Monday at A&M University’s Research and De velopment Anex, D. C. Betts, co ordinator of the six-week school, reported. The school is the only one in the Southwest to train persons to become qualified polygraph exami ners, Betts said. The program is one of several clases conducted by the Engineering Extension Serv ice’s police training school. Classes will be held at the an nex, and students will be housed in nearby dormitories. Faculty members will include veteran law enforcement officials, commercial examiners and A&M staff members, who -will lecture on the medical aspects of polygraphy. One of the instructors will be Leo E. Hatcher of Houston, presi dent of the Texas Association of Poloygraph Examiners. Scorpion Unpopular Even Here Cl Iv€ Statewide Meet Legionnaires and Auxiliary members will gather in Houston from all over Texas Feb. 1-2, at the Rice Hotel, for their annual Mid-Winter Conference of The American Legion, Department Commander John E. McKelvey of Electra has announced. If there is anything Texas isn’t famous for, it’s the absence of stinging and biting insects. That’s a backward way of say ing that the Lone Star State prob ably has its full share of unplea sant bugs. Close to the top of the unpopu larity list is the scorpion, although technically it is not an insect or bug. There are those who argue that its bad reputation lacks just ification; that the beastie really doesn’t cause much human sting ing trouble compared to the fre quent bullseyes scored by bees and wasps. Nevertheless, if you have never been caressed by a scorpion’s dag gered tail, this fellow can fairly well scare you half to death just by his looks. And if he does make a hit, you will experience a sudden burst of energy like never before. Mother Nature must have been feeling bad the day she designed the scorpion. The creature looks like a spider-crawfish cross, with a skinny, jointed tail thrown in as an afterthought. No one but an entomologist or another scorpion could find any thing interesting about scorpions. Most of the time, even scorpions can’t stand the sight of each other. A&M University entomo logists have found them “devoid of social instincts.” Some researchers believe that when two of the bugs are found under the same rock (or in one of your shoes), they are doing one of two things — romanc ing, or trying to eat each other. Scorpions belong to the arachnid family of arthropods and have eight legs. The arachnid family includes spiders, ticks and mites. They are old timers. Fossilized specimens have been found that are judged to be 400 million years old. These stingers also have long been popular in the mytical world and associated with practitioners of black magic. They fall into the same category as spiders, bats and black cats. No self-respecting sorcerer would be without a sup ply of scorpions in his lab. Scorpions are found throughout the world but are most numerous in arid and tropical regions. A&M entomologists say that nearly all specimens found in the United States just hurt like sin when they sting a person. However, certain people may be allergic or hyper sensitive to the venon, and the sting can be dangerous. Southern Arizona and Old Mexi co have types which are deadly. The Durango Scorpion (Mexico) was responsible for 1,608 deaths during a 36-year period. Central and South America also have death-dealing species. Over in North Africa, deaths from scorpion stings outnumber deaths from snake bites. Scorpions are more than a match for other predators, such as the tarantula and praying mantis. They do their dirty work by hold ing their enemy or prey with the crab-like pincers. Next, the long tail is brought up and over the scorpion’s back and the victim is gently but firmly pricked and par alyzed with the stinger. With a two-way attack like that, the tussle doesn’t last long. When it comes to humans, scorpions are not aggressive. They sting only in self defense. The unwelcome guests are sometimes found in bathtubs, bread boxes, shoes, bed clothes, damp rags,t: wandering serenely on the floor, They prefer brick or rock ho®i. Despite this scary information entomoligists classify scorpions o beneficial or helpful in keepit; other bugs in check. This is k cause they feed on such pests ii flies, cockroaches, crickets, anti, moths and beetles — even smsi: mice. But to the housewife, they an about as welcome as a big hair; spider. BATTALION CLASSIFIED WANT AD RATES One day 3d per word 2d per word each additional day Minimum char*re—40d l m u in chargre- DEADL.INE 4 p.m. day before publication Classified Display 80d par column inch each insertion PHONE VI 6-6415 ONLY FORD-BUILT CARS MEET THE CHALLENGE WITH TOTAL PERFORMANCE! Something wonderful’s happened to Ford Motor Company cars! 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