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T on SECTION II COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1955 Executive Course To Open Sunday Top executives of Texas and southwestern business and indus trial firms will meet at A&M Jan. 30-Feb. 19, for the third annual Executive Development course sponsored by the college. Rome of the executives will be “visiting professors,” others will come as students. Originally set up for only 25 students, demand this year caused an expansion to a class of 33. Visiting faculty members will conduct coui’ses of study divided into four major categories — ad- ministx-ative practices, accounting* and finance, max-keting and man agement and employee selection and development. Students in the coux*se will be executives from a selected group of Texas and southwestern firms, who have been nomiixated by their organizations to attexxd the thi*ee- weeks course. The course was designed at the request of business and industinal leaders of the Southwest to meet the need for developing broad views of the rapidly expanding and changing southwestern economy. It is aimed at encouxuging men al ready holding key positions to see the problems of their firms as pax*t of the entire economic pictui'e and to stimulate them in engaging on a continuing progx*am of self-im provement. This year’s faculty includes Ralph Delahaye Jr., publisher of Foi’tune magazine and vice-presi dent of Time Inc., Larx*y L. Ellis, partner, Booz, Allen and Hamil ton, Chicago, Dr. Watxous Irons, px'esident of the Fedei’al Reserve bank of Dallas, Ben Wooten, pres ident of the Fii'st National bank »f Dallas, J. B. Thomas, president of the Texas Electric Service Co., Fort Woilh and H. E. Pex-ry, pres ident of Mosher Steel Co., Hous ton. Dr. F. C. Bolton, px*esidont- emexutus of A&M, serves as dii’ec tor for the Executive Development course, Air Force Cadets To Attend Meeting Ten air fox*ce cadets fx*om A&M will attend'Air Foi'ce ROTC Lead- ei’ship conference at the Univer sity of Oklahoma Feb. 18 and 19. The students, two seniors and eight juniors, are F. E. (Sonny) Tutt, Dale J. Fishex*, Hai*old Sel ler's, Wayne Lee, James Axmold, Bud Whitney, Doug Von Gonten, Glen Buell, Glen Rice and Vic Moseley. The purpose of the conference is to bring together students enroll ed in AFROTC from schools in the Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas area for an exchange of ideas on pax*ticular problems ex perienced by the diffex*ent schools in their programs and fuxnish a medium for round table discussion on how these pi’oblems should be met. Whiteside Elected The Industrial Education club recently elected Rex Whiteside president for the spx-ing tex*m; Jeff Lilley, vice-pi*esident; Bill Powell, secretai'y; Glen Pfeil, treasui’er; Sam Kiker, recorder; Bob McCaxm, social chairman; Jim Witte, financial chairman; and Bui*l Pux-vis, paxdiamentarian. A&M Department Holds Top Rating In Oceanography The department of oceanography at A&M, established just five years ago this month, is recognized today as one of the top three programs of its kind in the United States. It is the only school in the South offering graduate degrees in oceanography and meteorology. Fx*om a modest start on an an VARIED RESEARCH—This composite photograph shows research done by A & M oceanographers. Above, two engineering students are converting a radar screen for tor- They are Patrick McDuffie, left, of Houston, and Wayne Strichler of George Austin, left, and Kenneth Drummond, both staff members, the “floating laboratories” aboard the department’s research ship, the based at Galveston. The inset picture is Dr. Dale F. Leipper, head of nado detection. Bryan. Below, work in one of A. A. Jakkula, the department. nual maintenance budget of $5,000, the depai’tment has expanded swiftly in staff personnel, facili ties and number of courses and degrees offex*ed an ever-inci’easing nuxxxber of students. The annual budget now is $700,- 000, with 32 full-tirne professional employees, of whom 14 have doc tor’s degrees and 18 have the mas ter’s. In addition there ax*e 73 seci’etainal and pai’t-time techni cians. Dx*. Dale F. Leipper has headed the department since its establish ment, coming here from the Scripps Institution of Oceanog- x-aphy, La Jolla, Calif. A native of Ohio, he holds degi’ees from Ohio State university, Wittenburg college and the University of Cal ifornia. Facilities of the depai'tment now include a 120-foot, three-masted schoonex* for oceanographic re- seai'ch and marine laboi'atories at Grand Isle and Morgan city, La., and at Caplen and Port Ai'ansas. Available also ai*e a mobile labox*- atoi’y and a house trailer with col lapsible weather tower, together valued at about $80,000. A ma chine shop has been set up recent ly- At present approximately 29 different coux*ses are offered. The normal teaching pi*ogi*am, says Leippex*, calls for delivei’y of 1,600 nne-hour lectures in oceanography and meteoi-ology. Dr. John G. Mackin, specialist in biological oceanography, directs the max-ine lab at Galeston. Ray mond McAllister, marine geolo gist, and Jerome E. Stein, PhD student, woi'k with him thei*e. Other key personnel on the staff are Dr. John C. Freeman jr., me teorological expex*t in study of jet stx*eams; Dr. Axmold H. Grlaser, specialist in long-range forecast ing; Dr. Donald W. Hood in chemi cal oceanogx-aphy; Di\ Walter J. Saucier, weather analysis; I>h. M. G. H. Ligda, radar expext; Dr. Ba sil W. Wilson in stoimx tides; and Dr. Maui’ice Halstead in agricul tural meteorology and microme teorology. Dr. John P. Bai’low is anothei’ top aide in biological oceanogra phy, Chax-les L. Bretschneider in. offshore platform engineering, William P. Elliott in meteoi-ology, Di\ Kenneth E. Harwell in chemi- try, and Dr. L. M. J. U. van Straat- en, visiting mai'ine geologist from Holland. Two staff membei's are on leave: Glenn H. Jung in Europe on a Fulbright award until July, and Robert O. Reid at the Scripps in stitution. Gx-aduate assistantsrtiips are al ways available, according* to Leip per, as a result of generous grants from the oil and chemical indus- ti'ies. Graduate students also have the oppoi'tunity to engage in re- c seai’ch on various government pro jects. Persons fi*om all over the world have visited the depai’tment, most of them pai’ticularly interested in the x’esearch vessel, the A. A. Jak kula. It is the only seagoing ship owned by a school in the South. Some of the major reseai’ch work of the depai’tment has been the study of oyster moi’tality along the Gulf coast, investigation of radar as a tool for describing weather, a study of ocean waves and their damaging effect on offshore oil (See OCEANOGRAPHY, Page 2) READ and USE BATTALION ADVERTISING Complete Coverage of College Station Four Times Weekly FOR INFORMATION AND RATES CALL 4-5444 Galen R. Fisher University of California FRONT OF STORE SELLING ELEVATED SHOES Robert E. Collum II Adelphi ALL NEW! LUCKY DROODLES! WHAT’S THIS? For solution see paragraph below. A STUDENT’S BEST FRIEND is Lucky Strike. At any rate, the greatest, up-to-datest college survey shows that college smokers prefer Luckies to all other brands—and by a wide margin. 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