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Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1964
Number 59
Lt. Gov., Legislators
Visit Firemen’s School,
Witness Rescue Drills
involves i
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FIREMEN TACKLE GASOLINE BLAZE
. . . practicing how to handle gasoline truck fires is only
one of many drills taught at Texas Firemen’s Training
School at A&M.
PRESIDENT RUDDER, LT. GOV. SMITH
. . . The Lt. Governor watched fire fighting demonstra
tions Wednesday night.
Football Yells
In Early Years
Could Be Latin
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The earliest Texas Ag-gies could
fhave given their football yells in
[jLatin—if football had been played
jin the 1870s. Actually, it was ear
ly in this century when football
pmade its appearance at Aggieland
and by then agricultural and engi-
l-BrywV peering studies occupied the Ag-
f gies.
The Department of Ancient Lan
guages is one of scores cited by
^ University Archivist Ernest Lang-
, j . ford in a newly-compiled listing of
fall the instructional departments
rat A&M since the first classes met
In 1876.
I “Departmental changes through
the years reflect the development
vot Texas and of man’s increased
’knowledge,” Langford said.
Agricultural engineering, for ex
ample, became a department in
[1914 as agriculture began mecha
nization. And in 1962 the Depart
ment of Aeronautical Engineering
became the Department of Aero
space Engineering.
A&M had seven departments
when its first classes met in 1876
the only state college. Now
there are 50 departments.
“Agricultural and Scientific”
as the first department listed in
he 1876-77 catalog. The others:
jAncient Languages, Applied Math-
matics, Commercial, Mental and
iMoral Philosophy and Belles-Let-
res, Modern Languages and Eng
lish and Pure Mathematics.
Military science was first listed
the 1879-80 catalog.
Agricultural departments domi
nated the listing for the first 40
ears or more while the only engi-
eering departments were civil and
mechanical engineering, Langford
aid. More departments added re-
,fl9* ten Uy reflect increased emphasis
I |r Bupon the sciences.
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Reserve To Use
Data Processing
The nation’s first Army Reserve
detachment oriented to the use of
data processing equipment in army
intelligence came into being at
A&M University Tuesday.
An agreement, signed by A&M’s
Chancellor M. T. Harrington, Brig.
Gen. Robert L. Ashworth, Director
of Army Security, Mapping and
Combat Intelligence, and Lt. Col.
B. W. Carroll representing the 4th
Army, established the 837th Mili
tary Intelligence Detachment
(Strategic). It will be commanded
at A&M University by Lt. Col. W.
C. Freeman, A&M’s Vice Chancel
lor for Fiscal Affairs.
The agreement is, in effect, a
contract between the A&M System
and the U. S. Army whereby the
unit at A&M will undertake to
train personnel in computer opera
tions involving military intelli
gence. The A&M System is spon
soring the unit and will provide
training space.
The functions of the new unit
are described as follows:
To set up a training program,
principally for reserve officers, to
orient them in the processing and
dissemination of military intelli
gence ;
To provide technical support of
Army intelligence installations
outside the U.S.;
To provide a standby cadre unit
to be available in emergency situa
tions, and
To develop specific programs in
volving intelligence practices ap
plied to computer techniques.
The basic unit at A&M will in
clude three officers and four en
listed men with Col. Freeman in
command.
Gen. Ashworth said: “The acti
vation of the 837th Military Intel-
JEducation, Psychology Name
[Sr Assistantship Recipients
The names of eight graduate as
sistants to serve in the A&M Uni
versity Department of Education
and Psychology have been an
nounced by Dr. Paul Hensarling,
department head. A ninth appoint
ment is effective early next year.
Graduate assistants assume a va-
waV'l^^ Iriety of responsibilities in the de-
silyang*^. partment in addition to their stud
ies for the master’s or doctoral de
grees.
Five of the eight assistants
named for 1964-65 held assistant-
ships earlier.
_ The eight are Gene Stuessy of
;U FR® j Brodhead, Wis. His special field
c h ( T3 1 |°f study is industrial education
and he seeks the Doctor of Educa
tion degree. Mrs. Maryann Blum
| of Bryan-College Station, who has
been with the Bryan schools. Mrs.
Blum will seek the master’s degree
with guidance and counseling as
her special field.
Also Mrs. Nancy Lee Fitzhugh
who has taught at Mumford. Her
special field for master’s degree
studies is guidance and counseling.
Norvell Northcutt of Camp
Wood, A&M graduate, seeking a
master’s degree with administra-
^ live education as his specialty.
I Paul L. Stevens of Hereford who
■ ^ I until recently was superintendent
m of the Hereford schools. He will
be working at A&M on the Doctor
of Philosophy degree in adminis
trative education.
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Jim Tom Parks of Navasota, who
seeks the master’s degree with
guidance and counseling as his
special field.
Jack E. Singley and Edwin Sing-
ley of Stillwater, Okla., twin bro
thers. Both are specializing in ad
ministrative education in their
master’s degree programs.
The ninth appointment, effective
at midterm is Donald Neuman of
Chilton, who graduated from A&M
this spring. He will be in a mas
ter’s degree program with science
education as the special field.
July 31 Deadline
To Reserve Rooms
Students who signed up for a
civilian dormitory for Fall at the
Housing Office at the end of the
Spring Semester, and Cadets who
wish to be assigned space in their
old organizations for Fall, are re
minded that July 31st is the dead
line for having room reservation
cards in to the Housing Office con
firming their requests.
This includes Summer School stu
dents. Room Reservation Cards are
available at the Housing Office.
Students who make a room res
ervation for Fall must cancel same
by August 15, in order to receive
a refund of the $20.00 deposit.
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ligence Detachment at A&M will
significantly contribute to the geo
graphical distribution of reserve
detachments participating in the
Army Intelligence Affiliation Pro
gram. Also, the organization and
activation of this detachment, the
first Army Intelligence Reserve
Unit involved in automatic data
processing systems, represents a
significant milestone in the devel
opment of the Army Reserve pro
gram.”
Aspiring Aggie
Purchases Junk;
Sails For Texas
MUSKEGON, Mich. — <A>> _ A
Laramie, Wyo. family of four, who
never have sailed before, was un
derway Friday on a journey to the
Gulf of Mexico on a Chinese junk
purchased here.
Tom Bright and his wife, Car
ole, with their daughters Christine,
2, and 9-months-old Catherine, plus
the family dog, Geronimo, shoved
off Thursday.
They’re being accompanied as
far as Chicago by Bright’s brother,
Jack. From there they move via
the Mississippi River to the Gulf
and on to Bryan, Texas.
Bright switched his interest from
zoology and geology to oceanogra
phy a few years ago and now has
a three-year fellowship for grad
uate study at A&M University. He
thought having access to a boat
would help his work.
Scanning a sailing magazine last
year Bright spotted an item noting
that overseas traders of Muskegon
specialized in Chinese junks im
ported from Hong Kong. It
brought him to this Lake Michigan
port to inspect and immediately
purchase the “Sea Flower.”
Bright had the importing firm
care for the vessel here until he
finished his senior year at Wyom
ing and came to pick it up.
Local Talent
In Songfest
Ed Lamb, Chairman of the Me
morial Student Center Summer Di
rectorate, in cooperation with Jim
Pye, Chairman of the John Avery
Lomax Folklore Society, announced
today that a “Folk Songfest” will
be held in the Grove Sunday at
8:00 p.m.
Pye said that the program would
include such local talent as Dr.
John Q. Anderson, Head of the
Department of Engilsh and spon
sor of the John Avery Lomax So
ciety Chapter located on the A&M
campus; Susie and Gordon Matter,
a husband and wife team who have
performed at Houston’s “Balla-
deer”; Bill Koock and Mr. and
Mrs. Grant Thomas who play a
western type folk music as well.
Thomas is a faculty member of the
Department of Soil and Crop
Sciences.
Admission to the Sunday evening
songfest is free.
“The songfest,” Lamb said, “will
be a good opportunity for the peo
ple in the surrounding area to hear
truly authentic folk music.”
Hybrid Bermudas
To Top Program
At Short Course
Hybrid Bermudas for beef pro
duction will be a major discussion
area during the 14th annual Beef
Cattle Short Course July 27-28 at
A&M University.
Dr. O. D. Butler, head of the
A&M Department of Animal Hus
bandry, said topics to be covered
in the Bermudagrass session are
establishment and production,
grass composition, production in
the southeastern U. S., and grazing
steers and wintering weaned bulls
and heifers on Coastal Bermuda.
A panel discussion of producer
experiences with hybrid Bermudas
will climax the talks. C. G. Scruggs
of Dallas, editor of The Progres
sive Farmer magazine, will pre
side.
Bermuda speakers are E. C. Holt
and H. W. Franke, K. C. Eng, W.
C. McCormick, and A. A. Melton.
Butler said another high interest
subject to be explored at the con
ference is “Beef Importation and
the American Cattleman.” The
speaker is Cushman S. Radebaugh
of Orlando, Fla., past president of
the American National Cattlemen’s
Association.
Texas Lt. Gov. Preston Smith, legislators and other state*
officials- were among visitors at the Texas Firemen’s Train
ing School at A&M University.
They attended a banquet in Sbisa Dining Hall at 5:30
p. m., and later watched fire-fighting demonstrations.
The group was introduced at the banquet by Dr. M. T.
Harrington, A&M System chancellor.
Senators Bill Moore, Bryan; Culp Krueger, El Campo
and J. P. Word, Meridian, and Representatives David Haines,
Bryan, and David Crews, Conroe, were among the distin
guished visitors.
Approximately 2,000 firemen from 400 Texas towns and
“^several other states arrived Sunday
Graduate Student
Ready For Year
Of Norwegian Life
The William Dean (Bill) Let-
betters are rushing in the July heat
to prepare for a year of cool tem
peratures at the University of Oslo
in the Norwegian capital.
Letbetter, A&M University grad
uate, is one of eight Americans
named as Fulbright Fellows to
Norway for 1964-65.
He and his wife have done grad
uate work at A&M this past year
and completion of the thesis for
the Master of Science in Physics
degree is one reason the Letbetters
are going at a fast pace now.
The young couple, whose parents
are longtime residents here, plan
to leave College Station Aug. 2 and
sail Aug. 8 from New York City
aboard the Norwegian ship Ber-
gensfjord.
Bill will study biophysics, the
application of physical methods in
the study of biological sciences, at
the Anatomical Institute of the
University of Oslo. He is especial
ly happy at prospects of working
at Oslo which has been described
to Bill as “one of the outstanding
centers for nuerological studies.”
Anne, who has been studying to
ward the Master of Education de
gree at A&M, hopes she will be
able to find a teaching post.
for the annual school, conducted
by A&M University’s Engineering
Extension Service.
Most of the delegates are Tex
ans, although more than 20 states
and some foreign countries are
represented, H. D. Smith, chief of
firemen training, reported.
Actual practice in fire fighting
is being conducted at the Brayton
Training Field, near Easterwood
Airport, and other classes are con
ducted on the main campus.
Fire marshals, chiefs and inspec
tors listen to tips on fire investi
gations, courtroom procedures and
similar subjects.
Rookies participate in fire con
trol drills and listen to classroom
lectures throughout the week.
All delegates are shown latest
chemicals and equipment during
demonstrations.
Class instruction covers a wide
variety of subjects, ranging from
public relations, first aid, equip
ment repair to ladder rescue train
ing.
Since 1930, almost 30,000 fire
men from practically every state
have participated in the school.
The training program was original
ly designed for volunteers, but
veterans and rookies attend the
later sessions.
Texas towns sending firemen to
the school receive key rate credit.
Traffic Men
Set To Hear
Future Trend
Delegates attending A&M Uni
versity’s summer institute in traf
fic engineering will hear an evalu
ation of future urban transporta
tion problems Friday.
The speaker will be J. Douglas
Carroll, Jr., director of the Tri-
State Transportation Study of New
York.
An authority on transportation
planning, Carroll has served as di
rector and consultant for six major
metropolitan area studies conduct
ed during the last 11 years, includ
ing such cities as Detroit, Chicago,
St. Louis, Pittsburgh and New
York.
Carroll also has served on num
erous national committees investi
gating urban transportation prob
lems. A member of several pro
fessional societies, Carroll is au
thor of numerous publications.
He received his Ph.D. from Har
vard University in city and region
al planning, his master’s from Har
vard and his bachelor’s from Dart
mouth.
Record Confirmed
Final enrollment for the sec
ond summer term at A&M Uni
versity is up 12 per cent over
last year.
Registrar H. L. Heaton report
ed Saturday that 3,048 students
enrolled on the main campus,
compared with 2,715 in 1963.
Students at the Junction, Tex
as adjunct decreased from 200
to 144 this term, Heaton noted.
9412th Recovery Squadron Simulate/s
Aircraft Recovery At Easterwood
“Easterwood tower, this is Air
Force n'iner-five zero requesting
clearance for emergency landing
with wounded aboard—over.
“Air Force niner-five zero, this
is Easterwood tower. You are
cleared for straight in approach
on runway 16. Recovery team
standing by.”
No-this is not an actual situation.
It is in fact, part of a simulated
emergency drill held by the 9412th
Air Force Recovery Squadron Wed
nesday morning at Easterwood
Field.
The reserve unit, one of 200
training at civilian airports,
meets monthly at Easterwood
Airport in addition to this annual
summer tour. Easterwood is de
signated a pre-strike dispersal
area and a post-attack recovery
point for Air Force tactical planes.
Several practice “recoveries,”
held with civilian aircraft, simu
lated the unit’s ability to cope with
disaster in event of emergency.
Maj. G. O. Hoffman, Unit Opera
tions Officer, described the re
covery procedure:
“First the pilot of the stricken
aircraft makes contact with the
tower and declares his emergency
situation, sending the recovery
squadron into action.
“On the aircraft that was re
covered this morning, there were
simulated a fire, smoke in the
cockpit, damaged landing gear,
jammed rudder and also two
wounded crew abroad.
“One of these men was carrying
classified material, while the oth
er was seriously injured and near
death. As soon as the tower re
ceived these conditions, the 9412th
communications sections were noti
fied and the control officer as
sembled the squadron personnel
and equipment.
“As the plane touched down, the
recovery teams moved into action.
The fire team extinguished the
fire and the decontamination team
removed all traces of exterior
radioactive decontamination. The
medical team then moved in and
found that the previously reported
injured man had died, while the
other needed oxygen.
“As soon as the body and the
other wounded crew member was
removed, the security team secured
the classified information and ma
terial abroad, and put it under
custody.
“The decontaminated aircraft
was then removed to a dispersal
area by a maintenance crew to be
restored to flying status. In the
meantime, the wounded crew mem
ber was debriefed following treat
ment, and any pertinent informa
tion was forwarded to headquart
ers.
“Following debriefing it is then
ascertained whether the aircraft
commander is able to fly the re
paired aircraft to another base.
If he is, he is briefed by opera
tions and weather personnel, as
well as any other information that
might be necessary to complete
his flight to another base.
As Hoffman explained, “It is
true that these simulated recover
ies leave much to be desired in the
form of equipment to be utilized,
but of course in event of war or
emergency conditions we would be
furnished with complete equipment.
In the meantime, we train with
what we have, and hope that we
shall be ready, if that emergency
occurs.”
Organized in 1961, the 9412th
is commanded, by Lt. Col. Ralph
E. Miller, a veteran of 23 years
of military service. Miller, super
intendent of research for A&M
University’s Farm Service Depart
ment in civilian life, termed his
unit’s active duty tour “realistic
and valuable training.”
Members of the unit, all former
servicemen, come from Huntsville,
West, Centerville, Waco, Cameron,
Navasota, Brenham, Mart, San
Antonio, Temple, Belton, Hearne,
Fort Worth, Rockdale, Hempstead,
Houston, Caldwell as well as
Bryan-College Station.
. . . Maj. Richard Quattrough, center standing, gives proce
dure.
INJURED REMOVED FROM AIRCRAFT
. . . exercise simulated removal of wounded from aircraft
following emergency landing.