The Battalion
Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1960
Number 126
R. O. Berry
... to head Wortham Foundation research
To Speak on ‘Opportunities’
Foundation Head
Talks Here Tonight
Jacob Shapiro, director, Joe Berg Foundation, Chicago,
■will deliver a National Science Foundation lecture tonight
at 8 p. m. in the Chemistry Building Lectuie Room.
He will lecture on “Opportunities for the Brilliant Stu
dent.” The public is invited. -f 1 :
Shapiro, a native of Columbia,
Tenn., received his bachelor’s de
gree at the Vanderbilt University
and spent two years at the Univer
sity of Tennessee doing graduate
work. After serving as an army
medic during World War II, he re
turned to his home town to teach
chemistry and physics in high
school.
During his years of high school
teaching, he also taught at the
Middle Tennessee State Teachers
College, wrote and mimeographed
a textbook for other science teach
ers with ill-equipped labs, outlin
ing a course of experiments that
could be performed with only $5
worth of homemade equipment and
helped his brightest students with
science projects.
One of his students, Alice Dale,
won the Westinghouse Talent
Search Competition with a Carrell
artificial heart which she built.
Entered Industry
He entered industry to direct the
laboratories of a new nylon plant;
however, in 1955 he set up a spe
cial after-hours program for out
standing science students at the
Niles High School in Skokie, 111.,
donating his services free. Later
he was joined by 18 other scien
tists from nearby industrial-re-
search laboratories. They met
once a week with 37 high-ability
teen-agers for 3 2% hour discus
sion of phases of advanced science
and mathematics usually reserved
for university upperclassmen. As
a result of the success of this pro
gram, Joe Berg founded the Joe
Berg Foundation to sponsor such
programs over the country, nam
ing Shapiro director.
Traveled in 37 States
As director of the Joe Berg
Foundation, Shapiro has traveled
through 37 states and at the re
quest of the North Central Associ
ation of Colleges and Secondary
Schools has participated in work
shops at Northwestern, Minnesota
and Colorado Universities, and has
addressed teachers’ groups at Co
lumbia, Stanford, University of
Mississippi, Iowa State University,
University of Indiana and the Uni
versity of Chicago, and has spoken
before the State Education Associ
ations of Mississippi, Wyoming,
Arizona,. Wisconsin, and the South
east Regional Conference of the
National Science Teachers Associ
ation.
He has also carried his message
to such outstanding professional
groups as the American Chemical
Society, American Assn, for the
Advancement of Science and
branches of the American Society
of Civil Engineei-s.
Firemen’s School Opens
Here Monday; 1,600 Expected
Berry Resigns
Professorship
Dr. R. 0. Berry, one of the nation’s foremost authorities
on physiology of reproduction in animals, will resign his
professorship in the Department of Animal Husbandry, to
head a cattle fertility project with the Wortham Foundation
of Houston.
His resignation is effective Aug.
31.
Berry, working with B. L. War
wick, former animal geneticist
with the Texas Agricultural Ex
periment Station, was the first sci
entist to successfully transfer ova
in farm animals. In 1945, he made
transfers of fertilized eggs in
sheep and goats, which, so far as
is known, was the first time an
animal was produced by its host
mother without carrying any of
the genes from its host.
Present Work In Ova Field
At the present time, the scien
tist’s work is in the field of ova
maturation. This project has been
leading to a method of fertilization
and storage df bovine ova which
could have a tremendous impact
upon the cattle business if a suc
cessful system is developed.
To some extent, this same work
will be carried on for the founda
tion, although major emphasis will
be placed on methods of correct
ing fertility problems in cattle.
The work will be carried on in
cooperation with A&M.
Foundation Is Now
The Wortham Foundation was
recently established by Mr. and
Mrs. Gus S. Wortham of Houston,
the purpose being to carry on edu
cational, experimental, research, re
ligious and charitable activities.
Sterling C. Evans of Houston, a
member of the A&M College Sys
tem Board of Directors, is trustee
of the foundation.
The cattle fertility project is the
newest venture of the Foundation,
and Berry will conduct his work
on the Nine-Bar Ranch north of
Houston. The ranch is owned by
Wortham and Evans.
NTSC Graduate
Berry received his B.S. degree in
1929 at North Texas State College
and his M.S. degree here in 1932.
He obtained his doctorate in 1939
at John Hopkins University.
The scientist was professor of
science at Blinn Junior College
from 1929 to 1931 before joining
the Department of Biology in
1931.
He was associate geneticist with
the Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station from 193(i to 1945, and a
professor in the Department of
Animal Husbandry from 1945 until
the present.
Society Member
He is a member of the Ameri
can Society of Zoologists, Ameri
can Genetics Assn., American So
ciety of Animal Production, So
ciety of Experimental Biology and
Medicine, Phi Kappa Phi and Sig-1
ma Xi.
“We regret losing Dr. Berry,” j
Dr. R. E. Patterson, dean of the I
School of Agriculture, said today.
“We consider him one of the na
tion’s outstanding animal physiolo
gists. We are pleased, however,”
Patterson said, “that his work with
the foundation will be in coopera
tion with us. We wish him all suc
cess in his new position.”
Soil Workshop
Now Underway,
Closes Friday
The annual Soil Conservation
Workshop, sponsored by the col
lege and the Soil Conservation
Service, is being held today and
Friday in the Memorial Student
Center.
The session is held each year to
discuss the latest information and
developments in soil conservation
practices and programs.
Subjects to be emphasized are
chemical brush control, agronomy
practices, land capability and agri
cultural engineering practices. At
tending the meeting will be offi
cials of the SCS, the Texas Agri-
cultui’al Experiment Station, Tex
as Agricultural Extension Service
and the college.
Among the speakers will be H.
N. Smith, state conservationist
with the SCS at Temple, and Dr.
R. E. Patterson, dean of the School
of Agriculture.
Activities got underway this
morning at 9.
Program co-chairmen are Jack
Barton, soil and water conserva
tion specialist with the Extension
Service, and G. M. Morris, assist
ant state conservationist of the
SCS at Temple.
LB J Loses Outin Bid
Democrats Pick Kennedy
From The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Time to
'the predictions of almost all the
experts, Massachusetts Sen. John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, 43, grabbed
the Democratic Presidential Nomi
nation on the first ballot Wednes
day night at the Democratic Na
tional Nominating Convention in
session here.
The end came for Sen. Kenne
dy’s opponents at 11:55 Central
Standard Time when Wyoming
cast its 15 votes in favor of the
Massachusetts solon to put him at
the 765 mark, four more votes than
the needed 761. The Canal Zone
then cast four votes for Sen. Lyn
don B. Johnson of Texas and then
the District of Columbia gave Ken
nedy nine votes, Puerto Rico added
seven more, the Virgin Islands four
more and Kansas, which had not
voted in its regular place, added
its 21 votes to give Sen. Kennedy
806 votes at the end of the first
ballot.
Missouri quickly gained the
floor and withdrew the 23 votes it
had given Missouri Sen. Stuart Sy
mington and gave them to the win
ning Sen. Kennedy. The Missouri
delegation also moved that the vic
tor be nominated by the conven
tion by acclamation and Conven
tion Chairman LeRoy Collins, gov
ernor of Florida, called for a voice
vote and declared Sen. Kennedy
the winner by acclamation.
Shortly afterwards the Missis
sippi delegation, which had given
their votes to their favorite son
candidate, protested to newsmen,
claiming they had tried to gain
the chairman’s attention to shift
their votes to Sen. Johnson, but
had been unable to do so.
Several other complaints were
Second Session
Registration Set
Monday Morning
Registration for the second
session of Summer School will
be held Monday morning from 8
to 12 in Sbisa Dining Hall.
Classes will begin Tuesday
morning. Last day for enrolling
will be Thursday and Friday
will be the last day for dropping
courses.
voiced from various delegations,
protesting they too had wanted to
shift their votes before the nomi
nation by acclamation. Others pro
tested that they did not want to
change their votes to give Sen.
Kennedy the nomination by accla
mation.
Almost as soon as the race for
the nomination was over, rumors
began flying fast as to whom
would be chosen as Sen. Kennedy’s
running mate. The vice presiden
tial candidate will be nominated by
the convention Thursday afternoon.
Sen. Symington was generally
rated as the favorite to get the
nomination, but Sen. Kennedy’s
campaign managers refused to
make any official announcement as
to the nominee’s preference for a
running mate.
Democratic Presidential Hopeful
Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy prepares to address
the Democratic National Nominating Convention Wednes
day night after he won a first ballot victory as the party’s
nominee for president. Sen. Kennedy had almost twice as
many votes as his nearest competitor, Texas Sen. Lyndon
B. Johnson, at the conclusion of the first round of voting,
806 - 409. After the victory, the convention voted to nomi
nate the 43-year old senator by acclamation. (See Story
on This Page.)
Meteorology Starts
New Research Job
Radar investigation of subtropical precipitation, on a
broad scale, will get under way here Aug. 1.
The research will be under the direction of Dr. Vanc6
,E. Moyer of the college’s Department of Oceanography and
Meteorology.
A National Science Foundation-f
grant of $90,200 to the A&M Re
search Foundation, will make pos
sible the research, which will last
for about three years.
“It may take about six years of j
data collection in order to achieve j
a satisfactory knowledge of the
characteristics of the precipitation
that occurs in the vicinity of Col
lege Station,” Moyer says.
“Once such information has been
obtained,” Moyer declai’es, “the
way will be cleared for further re
search on the efficacy of cloud
modification techniques in increas
ing natural precipitation amounts,
suppressing the occurrence of dam
aging hail and perhaps controlling
the formation and dissipation of
clouds and thereby to some degree
the concurrent ground tempera
tures.”
Observation Within 200 Miles
The work will involve simulta
neous observation of precipitation i
within 200 miles of College Sta
tion by means of the presently op
erating radar and another of dif
ferent wave length to be installed
above the roof of one of the wings
of Bizzell Hall adjacent to the
present tower.
The two radars will be synchron
ized to permit the research work
ers to deduce the details of struc
ture and life cycle of the observed
precipitation with regard to dura
tion, rates of vertical growth and
subsidence of echo tops, rate of
areal growth, highest top heights,
intensity of echoes, radar reflec
tivity, and possible preference in
geographical location of initiation
of precipitation.
“The radar to be installed will
be remoted so that it may be op
erated from a position alongside
(See METEOROLOGY on Page 5)
Foreign Firemen
Enrolled in School
More than 1,600 Texas out-of-state and foreign firemen
are expected to begin arriving here Sunday for the 31st
annual Texas Firemen’s Training School which opens Mon
day and continues through the week until Friday, according
to Henry D. Smith, chief of firemen training for the Texas
Engineering Extension Service.
The school, sponsored by the State Firemen’s and Fire
Marshals’ Assn, of Texas and conducted by the Texas En
gineering Extension Service, will have more than 250 in
structors and administrative personnel who will take an
active part in conducting this year’s school.
More than 35,000 gallons of gasoline, oil, butane and
propane fuel, plus thousands^
of dollars worth of chemical
extinguishing agents and
equipment will be used dur
ing the week of training for
the student firemen in 10 different
courses.
Insurance Savings
The profit of the school is not
limited to more lives saved and
property conserved, according to
Smith.
“Community savings amounting
to three to five per cent key rate
insurance credit will bo earned by
Texas cities and towns which have
firemen attending the school.
Manufacturers provide modern
fire fighting equipment for the
school.
Attendance at the school has in
creased from the 196 who attended
the first school to the anticipated
1,600 who will participate this
year.
20 Other States
The 1,600 students, instructors,
administrative staff and visitors,
representing city, county, state, in
dustrial and armed services will
come from 20 states other than
Texas and registrations have been
received from four foreign coun
tries.
On New Site
The school will be conducted on
a new 26-acre training area, re
cently dedicated by A&M as “Bray-
ton Firemen Training Field” as a
memorial to the late Col. H. R.
Brayton who served as director
of the school from its inception
(See Firemen’s School on Page 4) j es.
Englishman
To Lecture
Friday Night
Dr. John Sheridan will deliver a
graduate lecture Friday July 15 at
8 p.m. in Room 231, Chemistry
Building.
Subject of the lecture is “Some
Microwave Spectroscopic Studies
of Molecular Structures.” The pub
lic is invited.
Sheridan is senior lecturer, De
partment of Chemistry, University
of Birmingham, England.
He was a student of Dr. N. V.
Sidgwick at Oxford from 1937-43k
where he received his Master of
Arts and Doctor of Philosophy de
grees. Since 1945,116 has been a
staff member of the Department
of Chemistry at Birmingham,
where he is now senior lecturer in
physical chemistry.
His early research involved work
in the kinetics of catalytic hydro
genation and exchange reactions
of acetylene and related hydro
carbons. In 1949-50 he was ot
leave as Research Associate with
Professor Walter Gordy at Duke
University.
Since that time he has contin
ued the work he started at Duke.
His main contribution has been de
termination of molecular structure
by microwave spectroscopy of gas-
“Oklahoma!” Presentation
Curly, played by Charles Mitchell, left, con- Mrs. Billie Jean Barron, the play was pro
soles Laurey, Barbara Gibbs, during the duced by Dr. William Turner. Memorial
presentation Tuesday and Wednesday nights Student Center musical coordinator,
of “Oklahoma!”. Under the direction of