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Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1961
Number 123
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(left to right) Rose, Knight and Cobb
Research Physicist Delivers
Graduate Lecture Tuesday
Dr. Joseph A. Becker, researchand chemistry of surfaces. The
physicist, Bell Telephone Labora
tories, Murray Hill, N. J., deliv-
red a graduate lecture at Texas
l&M Tuesday, in the Lecture
Room of the Biological Sciences
Building.
The subject of his lecture was
‘Seeing Individual Molecules of
in a Field Emission Micro
scope.”
Dr. Becker was born (1897) in
Ifailerfangen, Germany, and came
to this country as a small boy.
Be received the degrees of B.A.
lad Ph.D. (1922) in Physics at,
Cornell University. After two
fears as a National Research Bel
ow and instructor at California
Institute of Technology, he em-
larked (1924) on his long career
is a Research Physicist at the
Bell Telephone Laboratories with
ihort interruptions to serve as
felting professor at California
Institute of Technology, Cornell
University, Stanford University,
University of Notre Dame and the
University of Virginia and with
the Office of Scientific Research
tod Development with the U.S.
Kavy. Dr. Becker has been As-
iociate Editor of the Review of
Scientific Instruments since 1932
tod is a winner of the Mendel
Medal. He is a member of the
Scientific Research Society and the
berican Academy of Sciences
tod is a fellow of the American
Physical Society and the Amer-
( an Institute of Electrical Engi-
fedrs; -
He has long been an interna-
fonal authority in solid state
ihysics. He is known for his re-
feirch achievements in thermionic
®d field emission of electrons, in
■tognetism, semiconductors and
fa ristors, transistors, thermistors,
^tifiers, x-rays, high vacuum
Unique, catalysis, absorption
tod in other phases of the physics
results of his studies _ have been
presented in 40 scientific publica
tions in this country and Great
Britain.
According to Dr. Becker, “we
know much less about surface
states than we do about gases,
liquids and solids. New tools such
as the field emission microscope,
the flash filament, the mass an
alyzer, the infrared spectrometer,
the spin resonances are rapidly
enlarging our understanding of
atomic forces which exist on sur
faces.” Dr. Becker is presently
especially interested in “the ef
fects of applying electric fields of
100 millon volts per centimeter
to atoms and molecules absorbed
on surfaces. Such fields decom
pose molecules, form free radicals,
and pull off positive ions of the
parent molecule and a great vari
ety of intermediate products.” A
new high-field chemistry is emerg
ing from Dr. Becker’s present
studies.
Subsidizing Schools
Will Change History
Special
WASHINGTON—In the forth
coming vote on whether or not to
subsidize public schools, Congress
actually will be deciding whether
to change the course of American
history, according to the Chamber
of Commerce of the United States.
“Once this kind of a step is
taken, there is virtually no hope of
ever turning back,” the Chamber
said. “The consequences are borne
by all future Americans.
“Once teachers go onto the fed
eral payroll—and that, in effect,
is what would happen—how could
they possibly view the world around
them otherwise than in terms of
central government solutions to all
economic and social problems ? And
how could they help but indoctri
nate their students with this same
philosophy?
“Then what? Who except a few
non-conformists would be left to
promote conservatism in the next
generation ?”
The Chamber’s weekly newslet
ter, Washington Report, in discus-
Dr. E, G. Smith, Physics Prof,
Dies in Home Tuesday Morning
Hi'. Elmer Gillam Smith, 64, of
Physics Department, Texas
died at his home at 505
^xter St., College Station, Tues-
k? morning, after a short illness.
He came to Texas A&M in 1924
from Purdue University.
Hr. Smith was born in Mt. Ver-
H N. Y., in 1897. He held the
AB degree from Amherst, BS, MS
‘ a d ME degrees from A&M and
Ph.D. degree from the Uni-
t{ rsity pf Texas.
He was the author of many sci-
totific papers and publications. He
^'d membership in the American
Hiysical Society, Texas Academy
^ Science and many other organ-
dotions.
Dr. Smith, who was a member
•f the Physics Department for 37
Itoirs, has been repeatedly ac
claimed by his students for his
careful, understanding teaching.
As a result of his patience and
persistence as a teacher many stu
dents who might otherwise have
forsaken technical careers, devel
oped into successful scientists or
engineers.
He specialized in mechanics,
heat and thermodynamics and their
application in heating and venti
lation. His studies made scien
tific contributions to the body of
knowledge of physical constants
important in the technology of
heat transfer. The unusual care
with which he scrutinized funda
mental concepts gave his teaching
a clarity and rigor seldom equalled.
He took special interest in the
scholastic climate of the College
outside as well as inside the class
room.
sing the the school subsidy legis
lation which has been passed by
the Senate and is awaiting final
action in the House, said: “The
decision is at hand in an 80-year
drive to clamp the repressive arm
of federal bureaucracy around our
public schools. The threat has
never been as real as now.”
The issue, the Chamber said, is
not so much over how the schools
shall be financed. Rather, it’s a
matter of “abandoning our children
to the centralist idea and leaving
the historians among them to won
der what we ever found so attrac
tive all these years about local
pride, individual effort and com
munity ingenuity and responsibili
ty, on which our schools now rely.”
“The pity of it all is that federal
subsidy is not needed,” the Cham
ber said. “There is nothing wrong
with the school system that local
effort is not overcoming. Without
questioning the motives of those
pressing the issue, it is a remark
able fact that the subject of fed
eral aid for elementary and secon
dary schools first came up for
action in the 47th Congress, in
1881, and the effoi’t has persisted
since, in war and peace, good times
and bad. The age of missiles and
satellites has added nothing to the
arguments for subsidies except just
one more excuse.”
In alerting its members, the
Chamber said that when the in
doctrination of school children in
the big central government idea
begins, the question will be how
much longer a businessman will
be left free to manage his own
business.
From the businessman’s stand
point, it’s a question of protecting
himself—and the successors in his
business — from controls over
prices, wages and business pro
cedures, from endless bureaucratic
red tape, and from unfair tax and
labor laws, the Chamber said.
Chamber members were urged
to let their Congressmen know how
they feel about this issue, and
they were warned: “It’s now—or
maybe never.”
Rev. C.H.Rose Named
Minister of the Year
Annual Church
Conference Held
The Rev. C. H. Rose, pastor of
the St. James Lutheran Churches
at Harper and Junction, has been
named Rural Minister of the Year
at the 16th annual Town and Coun
try Church Conference June 19-21
at Texas A&M
The minister was named to the
honor by the conference and the
Progressive Farmer magazine.
Second place went to the Rev.
Louis R. Knight of the Dainger-
field Circuit, which includes Jenk
ins and Bradfield Chapel Methodist
Churches.
The Rev. Gerald R. Cobb, pastor
of the United Church of Christ
Church at Ben Arnold and the Sa
lem Church at Birch, received third
place honors.
Saint James Lutheran Churches
at Junction and Harper have made
marked progress under Rev. Rose’s
leadership. At Harper, the build
ing has been completely remodeled
on the inside, a new roof added,
the church painted, a curb and
walks added, and the grounds grad
ed and sodded. The parsonage also
was painted and the education
building enlarged.
The minister’s leadership made
possible the construction of a long-
desired sanctuary at Junction.
He consistently promotes im
proved agricultural methods among
his congregation and is active in
Future Farmers of America and
4-H Club work. He also is active
in community improvement proj
ects, such as erection of street
lights, a Red Cross First Aid
course, youth rodeos, stock shows,
Civil Defense and safety projects.
Under Rev. Knight’s leadership,
church schools have doubled their
enrollment. Bradfield Chapel has
a new education building.
The minister also promotes bet
ter agricultural practices and en
gages in Boy Scout work. He is
active in working to solve juvenile
and other moral problems in the
area, and participates in Civil De
fense work.
Known as “the flying preacher,”
Rev. Cobb carries on much of his
church and community work by
traveling in, his airplane. He flies
to Birch to preach in that commun
ity’s Salem Church.
The minister also preaches good
agricultural methods and then
practices them by doing aerial
crop dusting for local farmers. He
helps select breeding stock for
Heifer Project, and in 1958 ac
companied a shipment of livestock
to Katmandu, Nepal.
Rev. Cobb is active in Roy Scout
and P-TA work in his area He
makes full use of radio and press
in conducting his chui’ch activi
ties.
Dan Russell, professor in the
A&M Agricultural Economics and
Sociology Department, said the
conference is held each year to dis
cuss trends, problems and progress
in rural and urban churches. The
event is successor to the Rural
Church Conference.
The conference theme this year
is “The Enduring Values of Town
and Country Life.”
One of the main conference
speakers, Dr. C. H. Hamilton, pro
fessor of rural sociology at North
Carolina State College, said he
does not believe that American
family farming is on the way out
of the national agricultural pic
ture.
It is true that many farm peo
ple have disappeared statistically,
he said, but most of the farms by
far are still the family type and
they are likely to stay that way.
The only real change has been the
enlargement of family farms to
boost efficiency, a situation
brought on by technical progress.
“The family farm has a strong
capacity to survive. In fact, if
we have another serious depression,
family farmers are more likely to
pull through than are the corpor
ation-type farms which have big
capital investments,” Dr. Hamilton
said.
Neither will the rural church
disappear, the sociologist predic
ted, even though it has not con
solidated as have businesses,
schools, etc.
The rural church can be a “cat
alytic agent” to better serve con
gregations and the community, the
speaker explained. That is, it can
help keep the rural community
alive by setting up such services
as soil conservation demonstra
tions, credit unions, recreation,
and help young couples secure
farms.
Assistant
Goes To
Michael (Mike) V. Krenitsky,
assistant librarian, Cushing Li
brary, Texas A&M, has been nam
ed library director and professor
of liberal science at the Michigan
State College of Mining and Tech
nology, Houghton, Michigan.
He came to A&M in June of
1949 and is a widely known li
brarian. He holds a BS degree
from Washington and Jefferson
Dr. W. B. Davis
Appointed To ASM
Board of Trustees
Dr. W. B. Davis, head, Depart
ment of Wildlife Management,
Texas A&M, is the new chairman
of the board of trustees of the
American Sociey of Mammalogists.
He was elected to the post at
the 41st annual meeting of the
society held at the University of
Illinois. Prof. Stephen D. Durant,
zoology department, University of
Utah, was re-elected president of
the Society.
Librarian
Michigan
College, BS in library science from
Carnegie Institute of Technology,
MA from Southern Methodist Uni
versity and has completed his
course work for the Ph.D. at A&M.
Krenitsky is a U. S. member of
the Education and Professional
Problems Committee, International
Association of Agricultural Li
brarians and Documentalists. He
is chairman of the legislative com
mittee, secretary-treasurer. Col
lege Division and chairman of the
Constitution committee of the Tex
as Library Association. In 1959
he served as an ICA consultant in
Indonesia, evaluating university
libraries and has served as a con
sultant on library buildings for
a number of architect firms
throughout the United States.
Active in community work, he
has served as treasurer of the Col
lege Station Chest, president of
the Mothers and Dads club (PTA),
treasurer, Kiwanis Club and has
also served as president of the Col
lege Station Youth Facilities Coun
cil.
He will take up his new post
sometime in July.
‘Drive Lighted
And Live!’
“Drive Lighted and Live!”
Those four little words will be
heard thousands upon thousands
of times by hundreds of thousands
of Texas automobile drivers and
millions of Texas citizens when
member^stations of the Texas As
sociation of Broadcasters get their
first big holiday traffic safety
project under way between July
1 and 4.
Governor Price Daniel has been
advised by President Jim Hair-
grove of Freeport, head of the
Texas Association of Broadcasters,
that the simple act of turning on
car headlights during daytime
hours will be suggested to Texas
motorists once more as a signal
that the motorist is driving legally
and safely.
The idea was first tried during
the Labor Day holiday in 1959 by
a group of radio stations in the
Victoria area, and by stations in
the Corpus Christi area during the
Christmas-New Y'ear’s holiday
that same year. It proved so suc
cessful—not a single serious crash,
no serious injuries and deaths were
reported in either area—that TAB
adopted it for statewide use
through 1960.
The first Statewide survey on
success of the plan was attempted
by a group of observers during the
Christmas-New Year’s holiday of
1960. Estimates of motorists’ par
ticipation ranged from 15 per cent
in some areas to as high as 40
per cent in other areas, depending
on the attention given it by local
stations. The general average in
areas where the idea, was adopted
by radio stations was from 25 to
28 per cent. No survey was made,
of course, in sections where sta
tions were not publicizing the
idea.
A Victoi’ia businessman, R. B.
Roos, originated the idea and suc
ceeded in obtaining the active help
and assistance of Victoria radio
stations, newspapers, industrial
fleet operators and others. That
trial run for Labor Day, 1959,
could hardly be improved—no
deaths and not a single serious
traffic injury over that weekend.
When this record was repeated
in the Corpus Christi area over
the Christmas holiday in 1959, of
ficials of TAB adopted it for use
during their three promotions in
behalf of traffic safety through
1960.
Over the Fourth of July, 1960,
traffic deaths were four less than
expected, only the third time in
nine years that this had been
achieved. On the 1960 Labor Day
weekend, 29 deaths were predicted
and 30 were reported, but not a
single traffic death occurred in
the major metropolitan areas of
Dallas, Ft. Worth, Houston or San
Antonio. During the Christmas-
New Year’s holiday in 1960, 90
deaths were expected and 85 were
recorded.
The Victoria project was carried
out, at Mr. Roos’ suggestion, by
James R. Garrison, Victoria bank
er and member of the Goverftor'’s
Highway Safety Commission from
Victoria County. He reported to
the Governor, after the Victoi’ia
trial-run, as follows: “Admittedly,
this was an idea devised to attract
attention to safe and legal driving
right out on the highway at the
very time the driver was in the
act of driving. It may not work
every time it is tried. It may not
work more than once a year. But
it is the kind of thing any Texan
can do anywhere as his own little
safety project, and the simple act
of turning on his headlights in
the daytime is something every
driver can do to attract attention
to safe and legal driving. That’s
all we had in mind.”
The Texas trucking, industry’s
Council of Safety Supervisors an
nounced this week that its! mem
bers, safety directors for the
State’s big truck fleets, would en
courage their truck drivers to join
the “Drive Lighted ^md Live!”
campaign oyer the .Fourth of July
weekend, thereby bringing art esti
mated 700,000 commercial vehicle's
into the program.
TAB President Hairgrove said
he was urging every Texas radio
station to lend its support to the
project. He told the Governor:
“We are going to try to advertise
traffic safety on every highway
in Texas.”