A&M Leads In Production THE - B -— N -
Of Agricultural Graduates
Tuesday, May 3, 1966
College Station, Texas
Page 3
Texas A&M is the state’s lead
ing producer of agricultural
graduates, according to records
by the Coordinating Board, Texas
College and University System.
Yet, each graduating senior in
the College of Agriculture can
choose from two or more job of
fers, says Dr. R. E. Patterson,
dean of agriculture, in an article
released last week in “Texas
Agricultural Progress.”
Job opportunities for agri
cultural graduates continue to in
crease, he added, even though the
number of graduating seniors
has jumped more than 40 per
cent in the past five years.
Coordinating Board r e cords
show that A&M’s leadership in
numbers of agricultural gradu
ates is steadily climbing. During
the 1959-60 school year, Texas
A&M awarded 33 per cent of the
B.S. degrees in agriculture given
by Texas’ state-supported col
leges. In 1963-64, it granted 293
or 40 per cent.
By comparison, the institution
with the next largest undergrad
uate degree program in agricul
ture gave 22 per cent degrees in
the 1959-60 school year and 21
per cent in 1963-64.
Patterson pointed out that
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A&M has the state’s only doc
toral degree program in agricul
ture. The number of Ph.D. de
grees being granted also com
pares favorably with some of the
top Land-Grant universities in
the nation.
“In recent years there has been
a considerable increase in the
number of upper level under
graduate transfers from Texas
junior colleges to the A&M Col
lege of Agriculture,” Patterson
said. “This has resulted in a
high number of agricultural de
grees being granted in relation
ship to the total enrollment. The
increase in junior college trans
fers is expected to continue in
the years ahead.”
Total enrollment in the College
of Agriculture last October was
1,614 students. The total for the
same month in the years 1961
through 1964 was 1,286, 1,401,
1,350 and 1,424. Numbers of
graduate students rose more sig
nificantly than those of under
graduates.
Patterson said other institu
tions often include pre-veterin-
ary medicine students in their
agricultural enrollment figures.
“If we did the same, our total
enrollment would be well over
2,000,” he emphasized.
How does the total of 293 B.S.
degrees awarded in 1964 compare
with that of other major out-of-
state agricultural institutions ?
Very favorably, according to fig
ures provided by Patterson.
He said Iowa State University
gave 301 degrees that year; Pur
due University, 212; Kansas
State University, 109; Michigan
State University, 256; Universi
ty of Wisconsin, 133, and the
University of Nebraska, 120.
The dean also pointed to the
higher grades now being made
by agricultural students.
“We had 134 undergraduate
students in the College of Agri
culture who made 2.25 or higher
grade point ratio for the past fall
semester,” he said. Among these,
52 students made a 2.50 or high
er. Three freshmen students
made 3.0 or higher.”
ME Student
Wins Top Award
John S. Roberts, a senior, won
first place in the quadrangular
meet of the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers in Austin
this week.
His topic in the student speech
contest was “Alloying Effects on
Magnetic Properties.”
Eleven representatives from
A&M attended the meet, the larg
est delegation participating.
Other schools represented were
the University of Texas and the
University of Houston.
The A&M delegation will par
ticipate in the regional meet in
Lubbock Saturday.
Government Prof
To Speak Tuesday
Dr. Wilbourn E. Benton, pro
fessor of government, 1 will speak
at the annual meeting of the Bra
zos Civic League at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday in the county courtroom
of the Bryan courthouse.
His subject, “County Govern
ment,” will be taken in part from
his recent textbook, “Texas: Its
Government and Politics,” widely
used in Texas colleges and uni
versities.
English Profs
Publish Articles
Four English faculty members
are authors of articles accepted
for publication in literary jour
nals.
Carroll Laverty’s “One Method
of Studying a Poem” appeared
in a new publication, English in
Texas, by the Texas Council of
Teachers of English.
“The Moral Tone of Philip Mas
singer’s Dramas” by A. L. Ben
nett, will be published in Papers
in Language and Literature.
John Q. Anderson’s article,
“Emily Dickinson’s Butterflies
and Tigers,” will soon be pub
lished in the Emerson Society
Quarterly.
Meteorology Prof
To Present Paper
John F. Griffiths will present
one of four papers at the spring-
conference of the Building Re
search Institute in Washington,
D. C.
He will read “Man’s Reactions
to His Thermal Environment”
during the May 10-12 event. It
will be attended by several hun
dred construction specialists and
architects.
Dr. Ben Evans, formerly of
A&M’s School of Architecture, is
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Painter To Teach
Summer Course
In Architecture
Townspeople and students will
have an opportunity to work with
a non-architect painter in archi
tecture during the first summer
term.
Lecturer Joe Donaldson Jr.
will teach three visual arts
courses, ranging from one to
three hours’ credit.
Architecture 305 is available
to all interested persons, ranging
from those who want to draw to
experienced teachers. Drawing,
painting and sculpture are
stressed.
The class is scheduled from 1
to 5:30 p.m. Monday through
Thursday.
A survey of contemporary art,
Architecture 325, will include
lectures, slide and film presenta
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through the contemporary idioms.
A problems course, Architec
ture 585, features drawing,
painting, sculpture and related
fields. Students will choose prob
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credit.
conference chairman. Griffiths is
acting chairman of the national
conditions committee. This is the
first time a meteorologist has
been invited to participate in the
Institute conference.
Physics Colloquium
Slated Wednesday
Physics Colloquiums here this
week will deal with materials
structure analysis and satellites.
Dr. John H. Burns of the Oak
Ridge National Laboratory will
discuss “Crystal Structure Analy
sis Applied to Inorganic Fluor
ides” at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in
Room 146 of the Physics Build
ing.
A lecture at 4 p.m. Thursday in
the same room will be delivered
by Dr. T. W. Johnston, of the
RCA Victor Company in Mon
treal, Canada. “Plasma Sheath
Around Satellites and Their Lab
oratory Simulation” will be the
topic.
Ag Economics Head
Attends Conference
Dr. Tyrus R. Timm, head of the
Department of Agricultural Eco-
nomics and Sociology, is partici
pating in a Department of Agri
culture-sponsored meeting in
Washington, D. C.
The session is the second con
ference of the National Advisory
Committee established by the
USDA’s Farm Production Eco
nomics Division.
Purpose of the committee is to
review current studies on cost of
producing cotton throughout the
nation in connection with agricul
tural policy.
Drafting Course
Set This Summer
A 12-week structural drafting
program for high school gradu
ates is scheduled here June 6.
Forty-five young men and
women from all areas of Texas
will spend six hours daily in the
A&M Engineering Extension
Service sponsored school.
Instructors will be members of
the Engineering Graphics Depart
ment, program coordinator Dr.
James Earle, said.
Fundamentals of drafting and
practical problems will be
stressed, Earle explained. Steel
and concrete detailing, structural
handbooks, slide rule and special
ized drafting equipment will be
covered.
A 1965 survey of 100 U. S. in
dustries indicated a critical need
for structural draftsmen, Earle
continued. Average minimum an
nual salary for trained draftsmen
is $4,900. Chief draftsmen in su
pervisory positions earn up to
$15,000 a year.
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April visitors to Texas A&M
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Downs noted 50,848 visitors
have been on campus since June,
increasing the total to 1,042,861
for the past 16 years and 11
months.
He estimated that persons at
tending short courses, class re
unions, conferences and sched
uled meetings have spent $21,-
900,081 in the community.
Twenty groups comprised the
April total, Downs reported.
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5th District
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• Is one of five senators on the Free
Conference Committee on appro
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• Serves on the Legislative Budget
Board that is preparing the
Appropriations Bill.
• Supports higher education.
• Has played an important part in
seeing to it that the public gets
full value received for every tax
dollar.
• Saved the state $3 million through
legislation enabling the Depart
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land in Freestone and Anderson
counties.
• Favors responsible state policy and
Pol. Ad. Pd. for by:
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for Bill Moore
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water.
• Is a long-time advocate of equal
rights for women.
• Voted to create the Farm-to-Mar-
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been a consistent and outspoken
supporter of rural road main
tenance and construction as well
as for an expanded free, public
highway system.
• Supported increased state expendi
tures for timber, cotton, pecans,
and other agriculture research.
• Helped in providing cure for state
mental and tuberculosis patients.
• Has an outstanding record of
achievement in authoring and vot
ing for legislation to help Texas’
elderly and needy citizens.
• Supported programs to combat
illiteracy and to expand efforts to
meet the school dropout problem.
• Co-authored bills for teachers’ pay
and sick leave and favors increas
ing public school teachers salaries
to national average.
• Sponsored traffic safety legisla
tion.
• Sponsored bill enabling towns and
cities to obtain funds for airport
improvements and construction
through the Texas Aeronautics
Commission.
• Supported tourism program to
attract important extra income to
the state’s economy.
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Geo. Marshall
Gregg Bogard
Bobby Boyd
Gary Harrell
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