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Shafer, is a senior in agricultural journalism. Hick is a freshman in agricultural economics and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hicks. The award goes annually to the university’s outstanding fresh man and senior in the College of Agriculture. The scholarship involves sev eral weeks at the American Youth Foundation Leadership Training Camp at Stony Lake, Mich. Shafer will attend from July 31 to Aug. 28, and Hicks from Aug 15-28. Ralston Purina Company of Saint Louis, Mo., is the sponsor. Hocking Presents Paper At Workshop Dr. Ronald R. Hocking of Texas A&M’s Institute of Statistics pre sented a paper at an IBM Re search Center workshop Tuesday in Yorktown Heights, N. Y. His paper, “Convex Programming,” was heard by a special interest group of the Computing Machin ery Association. Today and Friday Hocking is lecturing at a University of Con necticut short course on optimiza tion techniques. Vet School Adds Three To Staff Three new faculty members have joined the Texas A&M Col lege of Veterinary Medicine. They are Dr. W. A. Wolff, assistant professor, who received his DVM and MS degrees from Colorado State University; Dr. D. R. Howard, instructor, DVM from Michigan State University; and Dr. K, W. Knauer, instructor, with a DVM from Purdue Uni versity. The veterinarians will teach in the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery. House Attending Confab In Virginia Dr. William C. House of Texas A&M is attending a Conference on Management Information Sys tems in Arlington, Va. Sponsored by C-E-I-R, Inc., the conference covers soft and hard ware requirements for informa tion systems, systems analysis and design, data organization, in formation storage and retrieval and real time processing. C-E-I-R is a private organization per forming economic and develop ment research primarily for the government. House, assistant professor in the School of Business Manage ment Department, will attend with data processing managers and educators from throughout the country. Two Staff Members Teach In Colorado Two Texas A&M staff members are teaching in the National Summer School for Extension Workers at Colorado State Uni versity. Robert G. Cherry, assistant to A&M President Earl Rudder, is instructing “Principles in the Development of Agricultural Policy,” Extension Sociologist Reagan V. Brown teaches a course on "Principles of Human Behavior,” Extension workers from the U. S., Canada and foreign coun tries attend the school supported ky land grant colleges and private organizations. Personnel Meet For TOP Workshop Area student assistance per sonnel meet at Texas A&M today for a Texas Opportunity Plan Workshop. Personnel from Blinn Junior College, Sam Houston State, Allen Military Academy and others will closet with the Texas College and University Systems’ toordinating board, according to Hobert M. Logan, A&M director of student aid. The meeting started at 9 a.m. in the Faculty Room of the Coke Building. C. R. Gahagan, student financial aids, and coordinator Bay Fowler of the board are Principal speakers. $1,500 Grant Given To A&M A $1,500 Fisher Governor Com pany grant has been presented Texas A&M for scholarships in the chemical and mechanical en gineering departments. Scholarships for the 1966-67 school year of $500 each will be given a junior or senior in the upper third of his class. Addi tional money will be divided to the departments for equipment or to assist other deserving stu dents. “The Foundation wants to support universities which have educated new engineers in our company,” said company presi dent J. W. Fisher. “A&M alumni who are now employees of Fisher Governor are of the highest quality, and we are grateful to the faculty for educating these young men.” Stokes Surveys Morris Letters Dr. E. E. Stokes, assistant professor of English at Texas A&M, is surveying Morris letters in the University of Texas manu script collection. Stokes is doing the study for the William Morris Society of England. The June issue of “The Shaw Review” includes an article by Stokes: “Continuing Checklist of Shaviana.” English Head Named To Editorial Board Dr. John Q. Anderson, Depart ment of English head at Texas A&M, has been named to the edtorial board of an international publication. “Computer Studies in Verbal Behavior and the Humanities” is the title of the new quarterly to be published by the Mouton Com pany, The Hague, Netherlands, in January, 1967. Anderson will represent folk lore on the board. Other areas include arts, bibliography, class ics, linguistics, literature, music, philosophy, speech, sociology and theater. Sponsors are the Universities of Kansas, Colorado and North Carolina. Ag Industry Leaders To Meet Here June 27 More than 175 agricultural in dustry leaders will meet at Texas A&M June 27-28'to begin a com prehensive study of the state’s agriculture. University President Earl Rud der said the A&M Board of Direc tors requested the study, sched uled for completion late this year. He said the Board believes the project is necessary because of the continuing importance of agri culture to the Texas economy, its increasing complexity, and the state-wide responsibility of Texas A&M to the industry. “Staff members of the College of Agriculture will assist in the study in any way they are re quested,” Dr. R. E. Patterson, dean of the College, said. “A self- study of our own program is almost completed so that we can provide the best possible assist ance.” Designed as an “agricultural convocation,” the activities will begin at 10 a.m. June 27. On June 28, the leaders will organize themselves into study committees. Members of the project’s steer ing committee are Robert Cooper of Marlin; Roy B. Davis, Lub bock; O. D. Dawson, Houston; David G. Gault, Austin; B. J. Gist, Abilene; and O. P. Leonard of Fort Worth. Othes are John Mathews, Abi lene; Robert L. Melbern, Gates- ville; Ralph Petersen, Danevang; Frank Schuster, San Juan; John Wells, Plano; Leo Witkowski, Hereford; Fred Wulff, Jr., Brady; O, R. Crawford, Jasper; and David Winterman of Eagle Lake. A&M Awarded Water Grant Texas A&M has been awarded a $28,165 matching grant for water resources and irrigation. A&M Presdent Earl Rudder announced the U. S. Office of Water Resources Research award. Dr. Ernest T. Smerdon, direc tor of A&M’s Water Resources Institute, said the grant is to study resource use and economic effects of irrigation water avail able in Texas. Smerdon said the two-year project will begin July 1 under principal investigators Fred Schuier and Warren L. Trock. Schn\er is an agricultural engi neer in the Water Resources Institute. Trock is an assistant professor of agricultural eco nomics and sociology. Other personnel include two professional people and two grad uate assistants. The project will be adminis tered by the Water Resources Institute. Thursday, June 16, 1966 College Station, Texas Page 5 BKHHHHSB I PLUMS* 29* Supbr seuecr t/v CUCUM0g?S*lUy Swrioup 5£T totw/ UMONS&flfe HWfc&UV CRESMS A BEAUTIFUL CORAL TUMBLEP- 727 iSTAPTYCVR <SeT CF BGAUr/fl/l, P/fFFFSVr OZ0FFA 0CC//SC£--MIC. 77/£&H-C? 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