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Vegetation History
“A History of the Vegetation tion.
saying ^ thg jj io Grande Plain,” a book
emen t y jack Inglis, instructor in Wild-
fe Management, has been released
the publisher, the Texas Parks
n d Wildlife Department.
The 122-page book with illustra-
ons by Charles Shaw is the result
a project by Inglis to determine
j effects of brush on the deer
opulation in South Texas.
Inglis said there has been a great
eal of controversy since about
920 as to whether the mesquite
rush had always been in the area,
it had invaded from Mexico, or
ad simply increased through the
ears.
Using diaries of travelers from
s far back as 1675, Inglis plot-
id their routes on large scale
iaps and recorded their comments
bout day to day travel. His re-
earch shows mesquite trees were
resent in scattered stands gen-
tally, but often so thick along the
reek and river bottoms that the
painards used cutlasses to clear
trail.
Inglis in his next research used
set of diaries from 1820 to 1860,
gain plotting routes and determi-
ing brush had not increased much,
ut giving more detail to distribu-
Working out another set of
routes used about the turn of the
century, Inglis found immense
growth of brush. Diaries of trav
elers told of “chapparal jungles.
In reference to deer, early trav
elers wrote of seeing thousands
of deer a day in the open country.
They also told of an abundance
of antelopes, seldom seen in South
Texas today.
Inglis makes no fine conclusions
in his book about why the brush
made such big gains between about
1860 and 1900.
The Rio Grande plain, or Bal-
cones escarpment as it is some
times called, covers approximately
38 million acres. It is bordered on
the north by a line between San
Antonio and Del Rio, on the north
east by the Guadalupe River, and
on the south and west by the Rio
Grande River.
Inglis’ book includes several
color maps of the terrain. He
worked two summers, one with
the aid of a graduate student, in
compiling information, which came
largely from the A&M Library,
archives at the University of Tex
as, and several diaries from the
Library of Congress.
THE BATTALION
Friday, February 26, 1965
College Station, Texas
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Warmth, Wind, Rainfall
Forecast Here For March
Ear Bending For A Picket
Fred Moore, 23, of Fillmore, Calif., had his ear twisted by
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shopping center as Moore and Craig Young, 19, left, of
Belmont, Calif., picketed Army display in opposition to the
draft. (AP Wirephoto)
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Warmer temperatures, lots of
wind and about three inches of
rainfall is the weather promise for
March based upon averages from
more than 50 years of local rec
ords.
“Temperatures are almost as
variable in March as they are in
January, the most variable of all
months, but there is a definite
warming trend,” assistant profes
sor John F. Griffiths said. He is
a climatologist in the Department
of Oceanography and Meteorology.
“IXiring March we should ex
pect a warming of temperatures by
about 9 degrees,” Griffiths said.
The average low at the first of
the month is 46 degrees and 55
degrees at the end.
“On the average we should get
one frost during the month, the
probability becoming very rare aft
er the fifteenth, although on March
31, 1937, we did get a low of 29
degrees,” the scientist said.
The coldest March day ever rec
orded locally was in 1922 when the
mercury never rose above 28 de
grees on March 1. The coldest
period ever in March was in 1932
when for five days the tempera-
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By Legislature
AUSTIN <A>) — Gov. Connally
said Thursday his legislation re
grouping the 22 state colleges in
to three systems is ready for in
troduction.
Connally said there are no
changes from his original pro
posal calling for a University of
Texas System, a Texas A&M-Tex-
as Tech System and a senior col
lege system.
The proposal would place all
colleges under one of three gov
erning boards. There are now 11
governing boards.
Connally proposed the legisla
ture in his Jan. 27 address, em
phasizing the need for a broad
geographic and population base
for the systems.
The systems lineup:
University of Texas - Austin
campus, Texas Western, Arlington,
North Texas, Texas Woman’s, Uni
versity of Houston, Texas South
ern, and medical and dental units.
Texas State University System-
A&M, Tech, Prairie View, Tarleton,
Lamar, A&I, agricultural and en
gineering services and a new San
Antonio Technical College.
State senior college system-Mid-
western, Pan American, East Tex
as, Sam Houston, Southwest Texas,
West Texas, Stephen F. Austin,
Sul Ross and Angelo.
ture never topped 40 degrees.
Temperatures of 90 degrees and
higher have been recorded a few
time during the month, especially
after the twentieth. On March 30,
1946, the temperature rose to 96
degrees, highest reading for the
month.
Griffiths said records show that
in 1911 the temperature was in the
90s for three consecutive days.
He cited two temperatures from
the 1955 records as typifying the
variableness of March weather. On
March 26 the mercury rose to 85
degrees, but the next day the tem
perature was 40.
Rainfall varies almost as much
although the average for the month
is 3 inches. Through the years
from .5 of an inch to 8 inches
have fallen during the month. In
1934, four inches fell in one day.
“On the average we get seven
rainy days during the month and
one day with more than 1-inch
of rainfall. But it’s seven years
since we last had an inch of rain
fall on one day in March,” Grif
fiths said.
Brooks Is
Engineer
Russell D. Brooks was named
1964 Engineer of the Year at Texas
Society of Professional Engineers’
Brazos Chapter banquet at Briar-
crest Country Club last night.
Brooks is presently vice presi-
sident and General Superintendent
of Industrial Generating Co, a
member of the state advisory board
for Junior Engineering Technical
Society and president of the Brazos
Chapter of TSPE.
He was graduated from John
Tarleton College and A&M Uni
versity with a degree in electrical
engineering.
He served 5 years in the army
during World War II. He spent
2% years in the South Pacific
and attained the rank of Lt. Col
onel.
In his capacity of superintendent
at Industrial Generating Co., he
is responsible for the operation of
the only solid fueled power plant
in Texas at Rockdale and the
operation of the largest lignite
mine in the state.
Because this in the only solid
fuel power plant in the region, the
successful operation requires f
Foreign Student
Enrollment Jumps
The foreign student enrollment
this semester comes from 50 na
tions. This information is con
tained in a newly-released analy
sis issued by Robert L. Melcher,
foreign student advisor.
The total of 427 foreign students
registered this semester tops the
previous spring semester enroll
ment high of 364 set a year ago
and nearly equals the all-time rec
ord of 433 foreign students en
rolled last fall.
Slightly more than half of the
students seek advanced degrees.
Thirteen nations list 10 or more
students. India and Pakistan are
each represented by 60 students.
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Industrial Conclave
Eight students and one faculty
member from the A&M University
industrial engineering department
will attend the sixth annual Stu
dent Industrial Engineering Con
ference at the University of Ark
ansas Friday and Saturday.
A&M senior Thomas E. M.
Smith of Dallas will present a
paper entitled “Computer Simu
lation: An Effective Industrial
Engineering Tool.”
Unitarians Host
Allen Instructor
Thomas K. Shotwell, biology in
structor and counselor at Allen
Academy in Bryan, will present
a discussion of “Religious Sup
port and Opposition To Early Sci
entific Schools in America” before
the Unitarian Fellowship in Col
lege Station, 305 Old Highway 6,
South, at 8 p.m. Sunday.
The topic is a part of research
done by Shotwell for the degree
of Doctor of Philosophy in Voca
tional Education which is to be
awarded by Louisiana State Uni
versity in August.
A graduate of Tarleton State
College in 1953, Shotwell received
the Bachelor’s and Master’s degree
from A&M University in 1955
and 1959 respectively. Except for
a year of full-time study in 1962,
he has taught general biology at
both high school and college levels
at the Academy since 1958.
International Night
On Tap March 13
An “International Night” fea
turing native music, songs, dances
and an exhibit of handicraft is
scheduled for 8 p.m. March 13
in the Memorial Student Center
Ballroom.
Kamal El-Zik of the United Arab
Republic, president of the Inter
national Student Association at
A&M, said the night is being spon
sored by the Arab Club, Chinese
Association, Indian Association,
Pan American Club, Pakistainian
Association, the Phillipines As
sociation.
Students and their wives will
play musical instruments, dance
and sing songs of their countries.
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