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ws will in- iors on ngineer. in ChE, 3. m and •jors in A. t Corp, ^E, EE, ■ass Co,, a jors in tar non will Texas t in the Thurs- lub pic- si! P ^YR a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. AND WAY gens i men 15 MONTHS RESEARCH Kasten Presented Senior Fellowship Dr. Frederick H. Kasten, an as sistant professor in the Department of Biology, has been awarded a Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship from the National Science Foun dation which will allow him 15 months of research in Germany and France. The biologist’s leave of absence tame effective Feb. 1. He plans to leave about Apr. 1 and will re turn July, 1962. Kasten will spend the first nine months of his leave in the Patholo gy Institute at the University of Frankfurt. He will work with W. Sandritter in the area of analyti- tal cytochemistry and biophysics of human cancer. The last six months of the Fel lowship will be spent at the Insti tute of Cancer Research at the University of Paris in collabora tion with Dr. Roger Vandrely, di rector of the Department of Bio- [lemistry. Enlarge Background While in Paris, the scientist plans to enlarge his background in Hochemistry and carry out stud ies on nucleoproteins of malignant tells, He also will continue work in fluorescence microscopy in con nection with his three-year grant from the U. S. Public Health Serv ice. The biologist said he plans to participate in the International Biophysics Congress in August in Stockholm. © © Pull front wheels, inspect brake Knings and .drums. Check grease seals, wheel cylinders for leakage. Clean, inspect, repack front hearings. Add brake fluid if necessary. Adjust brakes on all four wheels for “full pedal** braking; CAR SAFETY HEADQUARTERS Geo. Shelton, Inc FREE PARKING College Ave. at 33rd. TA 2-0139 TA 2-0130 This will be the second trip to Europe for the A&M scientist. In 1959 he participated in an interna tional symposium on nucleic acids at Liege, Belgium. He also lec tured at the University of London, University of Ghent, University of Bonn, University of Frankfurt and Oxford University. The 33-year-old scientist came to A&M as an instructor in 1956 aft er spending two years as a cancer research scientist at Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo, N.Y. In the past five years, he has been awarded research grants from the Public Health Service, Atomic Energy Commission, Biological Stain Commission and Sigma Xi. The grants total almost $100,000. Most of his grant research work has been in the field of cytochem istry applied to basic cancer re search. Kasten has had eight research papers published in international joumals since coming to A&M. In addition, he is the author of a chapter, “The Chemistry of Shiff’s Reagent,” just published in the Volume 10 of “International Re view of Cytology.” He also is working on a chapter for the Ger man “Handbook of Histochemis try.” Enroute to Europe, Kasten plans to give lectures in the Department of Pathology of the University of Alabama and in the Department of Anatomy of Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. He also will present a paper to the Histochemical Society at Atlantic City. Kasten’s wife and four sons will accompany him on his trip to Europe. A&M Praised For Blood Support Dr. David E. Soules, second from left, of the Wadley Re- Grone, chairman of the Student Welfare Committee, from search Institute, Dallas, presents a plaque to Roland Dom- Logansport, La.; Dr. Soules; Dommert and Norris R. Gil- mert, third-from left, president of the Student Senate from breath, vice president of the Student Senate from Cook- Crowley, La., in appreciation for donations of blood from ville, Tex. A&M students. Pictured, left to right, are Clayton La- Confused? No, Not Much! Ag-C< Dr. Smith Named -Convocation Principal Speaker The future of agriculture in the United States will be the theme of the annual Ag-Convocation to be held at 8 p.m., Mar. 6, in the MSC Ballroom. Dr. Mervin G. Smith, Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at Ohio State University, will be the guest speaker. He is repoi’tedly an outstanding authority in the areas of agricultural policy and agricul tural adjustment. The Ag-Convocation is sponsored by the Student Agricultural Coun cil for the purpose of bringing students, professors and other in dividuals who are interested in ag riculture together to hear an out standing speaker discuss an im portant phase of agriculture. By TOMMY HOLBEIN Texas A&M’s immortal system of listing and scheduling classes with the definite convenience of the student in mind has been the plague of registering scholars each semester since the school was founded. This semester, the system reach ed new heights of confusion, with a result of many students still bewildered about the location and time of their classes three weeks after school has once again started. The confusion begins at registra tion, when eager students attempt seeking out courses they desire in the white information booklet listing the time and title of each class. , This “info” is madly sought as the students stand in lines circling Sbisa Dining Hall twice, and the seekers are confronted with the following organization of subjects: To find courses in sociology, one must look under the As, with phys ical education and government courses listed under the Hs. Classes in oceanography, Spanish, German, and French are found under the Ms. And to top it all off, the one course in music appreciation can only be found under the Ls. Once the baffled and bewildered student has registered, and many resort at last to the “get in line and sign up for the course at the front of it” method, he Teels safe and secure, now that “everything will be all right.” However, the real trial begins when he starts trying to keep up with the times his classes are scheduled. For example, one stu dent has a class scheduled Monday at 8 a.m., Tuesday at 10 a.m., and Friday at 2 p.m.; and none of these three weekly meetings of the course are held in the same build ing! Other jewels of scheduling in clude courses, meeting Monday and Tuesday at 8 a.m., Friday at 4 p.m.; Monday, Tuesday, and Wed nesday at 11 a.m., and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at a time convenient for the students; this fluctuates. Besides the time of classes, there enters the problem of find ing them. Many students are tak ing Spanish in the Chemistry Building, Air Scidnce in the Pe troleum Engineering Building, and Sociology in the Agriculture Building. Then there are the engineering graphics classes taught in G. Rol- lie White Coliseum, while a large group of students take physical education in the Memorial Student Center. The Departments of History, Government, Economics, Journal ism and Geography are housed in the Old Civil Engineering Build ing, and many math courses are taught in the Old Textile School Building. Basic guidance courses meet in an old hotel on campus, The Ag- BAXTER HOUSE MOTOR HOTEL Dallas’ Most Luxurious Motor Hotel • Each room is sound proof for your conven ience and fire proof for your safety • Large and spacious bedrooms . . . 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Eventually, as the students en ter their fifth and sixth (and in some cases later years) on the campus, they acquire a built-in re sistance to this class-room chaos, and don’t let missing their first week of class, spent wandering, bother them. But for the beginners and many old hands at this game, a state of total disillusionment develops, and usually results in a student drop ping a course only because he found out too late that it con flicted with another one he was registered for at the same hour. Is the system confused? No, not much. THE BATTALION Wednesday, February 22, 1961 College Station, Texas Page 3 Katangans Mobilize Against UN Forces By The Associated Press ELISABETH VILLE, Katanga, the Congo — President Moise Tshombe Tuesday ordered all able-bodied' Katangans mobilized against the U. N. Congo Com mand’s newly won authority to use force to prevent civil war. Blacks and whites alike of this secessionist province got their orders by radio, as they did last August when Tshombe used the threat of bloodshed to stall the entry of a U. N. vanguard for a week. In bitter reaction to the Secur ity Council’s newest decision, the Negro leader called U. N. soldiers enemies and told a news confer ence that U. N. experts are men “whose incapacity has been demon strated.” He said he is prepared to close the border. But he avoided a question whether he would try to disarm U. N. detachments already garri soned within Katanga, saying: “I have not officially been informed of the council resolution.” The council authorized the U.N. Congo Command, headed by Irish Lt. Gen. Sean MacKeown, to use force if necessary to put down the threat of war among rival Con golese factions. Tshombe’s soldiers at the mo ment. are campaigning to drive rebel Baluba tribesmen from northern Katanga. Farther north, a collision threatens between Con go national and Lumumba armies. DR. FOOTE (Continued from Page 1) ing across from Sbisa Dining Hall, has been busy with services other than his daily messages in Guion Hall; each day from 4 to 6 p.m., he has been holding conferences, and speaking for various meetings and organizations each night. The speaker, who is pastor of the First Methodist Church, Fort Worth, Texas, opened the series of five talks with a message entitled, “What About God,” followed by a second entitled “What About Man,” with his third talk, “What About Truth” being delivered this morn ing. WANTED SUMMER COUNSELORS LEADING EASTERN BOYS RANCH Over 19 years of age, must have thorough knowledge of horse manship and be able to teach riding, care of horses, camping experience desirable but not essential. For applications contact: Sam Spence, T-3-F Hensel Apartments, College Station, Texas. THUNDER MT. 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