Texas A and M University - El Rancho Yearbook (Kingsville, TX)

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Administrators keep academic machinery running smoothly Top: John E. Pennington, Business Manager. Bottom Uft: Ildefonso Q. Vidaurri, Stu- dent Aid Officer. Bottom right: Johnny L. Johnson, Director of Student Placement and Coordinator of Extension Teaching.

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Top: Dr. William J. Hall, Registrar and Director of Admissions. Top right: J. E. Turner, Dean of Men. Bottom right: Mrs. Carrie Lee Bishop, Dean of Women. Bottom left: Manuel Salinas Jr., Assistant to the President.

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Students in Ag study scientific, business fields The School of Agriculture continually emphasizes the business and scientific as peas of agriculture as well as in the pro- duction area. One of the scientific implications in the agriculture department deals with an exten sive research project studying meat process- ing and meat selection. Sponsored by the Houston Livestock Show animal science tests plan to study and evaluate the curability and quality of meat from three breeds of livestock: Bran- gus, Santa Gertrudis, and Charolais. Agricultural economists are studying the feasibility of producing a better grade of meat for South Texas markets. The Texas Brangus Breeders presented the school with a herd of registered Bran- gus heifers and enough money to buy a registered Brangus herd sire. The Brangus herd is the only registered herd on any uni- versity farm in the U.S. Texas A I Citrus Research Center in Weslaco released bud wood this past year to establish nearly 100,000 new Star Ruby grapefruit that should be in production four to five years from now. This new vari- ety was developed through irradiation of seeds on the old Hudson (seedy type) vari- ety. This year there were 10 coeds among the agriculture majors. Women in the agricul- tural field have more of an opportunity work in the public relations dealing with various agriculture associations and market- ing for commercial companies. The faculty in the department has dou- bled as a result of having nearly a 70 per cent increase in undergraduate enrollment and a 500 per cent increase in enrollment of graduate students during the last four years. There were 380 agricultural majors. New farm manager, Robert J. Spacek, was hired this year and the labor force for the university farm is made up of agricul- tural students who gain practical experi- ence there. Eleven courses were added during the 1970-71 years due to the increase in the en- rollment as well as research activities. The School of Agriculture now offers four fields of graduate level work: agricul- tural economics; agricultural mechaniza- tion; animal science and soil science. Top: James Mutz classify® soil samples in order to study the principies of soil fertility in PLS 526 class. Bottom: Hilario Chapa, Raymond Kosuk, Timothy Ferguson study varieties of range grasses in PLS 328 lab.