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

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The School of Agriculture marked a year filled with new courses, research proiects, and plans. This year the school had a total head count of 401 under- graduate students and 32 graduates. During the 1971-72 year 36 received de- grees. New faculty members ioining the School were Dr. Gary L. Jelliff, a crop scientist who also taught two courses in Spanish as part of the bilingual program. Dr. Jolliff spent two years in Colombia on assignment with the University of Ne- braska before coming to A8tl. Dr. Robert Wolff returned from a leave-of-absence. This year he was instrumental in design- ing the Materials Handling Center, which grinds and ,prepares food for livestock. At the citrus center in Weslaco Dr. Arlen Klosterboer, whose field is weed control physiology, ioined the staff. Research by faculty members was started in the fields of chemical weed control of golden weed and other peren- nial shrubs and trees, utilization of sor- gham stubble for silage, evaluation of important species of range grasses for South Texas lirrigated and non-irrigatedl, stabilization of Padre Island sand dunes by revegetation, evaluation of odor-sup- School of Agriculture offers new courses, 36 receive Ag degrees IT1C1l'lUI'e. pressant materials for livestock . The School is actively involved in the lete research cen- development of a comp ter on the University farm. This will in- volve the construction and development of a livestock production facility, live- stock slaughtering and processing facility, d construction facil- machinery repair an ity, and the already completed Materials Handling Center. In addition the School is working on the development of irriga- tion wells, water storage facilities, and irrigation systems that will be economical and practical for use in South Texas crop production. A new irrigated ornamental and horti- cultural facility for plants and vegetables is being established on the farm. This is expected to supply a research facility in this field of study and will produce plants, shrubs, and trees for use in cam- pus landscaping. The graduate program matured during the year, particularly in range science and agricultural economics which re- ceived various research funds and fellow- ships. Progress is now being made in the graduate fields of animal science and plant science. 'ff . .e Top: Dr. John W. Howe became the first to receive the Professor of the Year award. Sponsored by Alpha Tau Alpha, the selection was made by the votes of all Ag and Ag-Ed students having 30 0, more hours. The award was presented by Allan Ju- mison. Bottom: Dr. Leo Bailey checks the roots ofa plant for students Will C. Bates and Sharon Ply. Students in plant science 211 study propqgqfion techniques and utilize the University greenhouse. .,z . .1 5 .s. x L K A ny.. - . . . 2, A..m s . ., ,X N Xs X N X .- . X . ' .Q S..'iN-EQ. Sy -Ss -' f , :1 X www . ...sei Tap: Marr SNP weeks, Bottom some classes ma 'W i ,.,,-,,v i , 3 l ' 2 lx in -

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1 5 5 5 5 ? tl 33 3 is li :E 3 -vt :',' X Top: David Boothby and John E. Pennington, Business Managers. Left: Dr. William J. Hall, Registrar and Direc tor of Admissions. Center: Manuel Salinas Jr., Assistant to the President. Right: J. E. Turner, Dean of Men.

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New developments found during year in arf department One of the new developments in the art department was the teaching of non-visual art and self-concept art to the beginning art education students. With this new concept, the art depart- ment hopes to give the future art teacher an idea of what kind of art he will en- counter when he begins to teach children who directly express their egos. In these two programs, the students worked only with crayola, and their only subiect was themselves. They tried to show feelings they experienced without regard to pro- portion, perspective, and emotional reali- ties. U The Art Department also had a dem- onstration of bronze casting for the first time, and a graduate student ran a metal casting foundry for the first time. Retiring at the end of the 1972 sum- mer session was Ben P. Bailey Jr. Bailey ioined the University faculty in 1936 and served as chairman of the Art Depart- ment from 1958 until 1968. ln the early years he was a one-man art division in the Fine Arts Department, which included art, music, and speech-drama.