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Pa "1 vr< div Page 2 THE BATTALION sc ti' he ys he 6- N n< fs 21 T: Kl p: 5 Wednesday, March 28, 1956 Hwy. Short Course Set Here April 4-6 More than 500 Texas highway engineers, city and state officials and private citizens interested in Texas roads problems will attend the 30th Annual Short Course ii Highway Engineering at A&M Col lege April 4-6. The meeting Is a cooperative ef fort of the college’s Department of Civil Engineering and the State Highway Department. It will be centered around problems in the broad fields of planning, design, fi nancing, construction, traffic flow and control and maintenance of Texas highways. The State Highway Department Texas A&M College and the Texas Transportation Institute, located on the campus and part of the A&M College System are jointly engaged in a number of projects ranginp from studies of road surfacing ma terials to customer requirements in transportation. Registrants at the annual short course will hear outstanding roads ngineers from Texas and other tates, and will conduct panel ses- uons on a number of topics. Officials presiding over sections >f the study meeting will be D. C. Greer, State Highway Engineer, Austin; W. E. Simmons, district highway engineer, Beaumont; Os ar L. Crain, assistant district ugh way engineer, Bryan; Paul Holeman, assistant district engi neer, Pecos; John E. Hoff, head, Civil Engineering Department, Un- versity of Houston; E. A. Jelinek, enior designing engineer, State Highway Department, Austin; M. 0. Shelby, research engineer, State Highway Department, Austin; vVendell H. Nedderman, associate nrofessor of civil engineering, V&M; L. S. Coy, principal high- vay engineer, U.S. Bureau of Pub ic Roads, Austin; Dale Marvel, listrict ' traffic engineer, State Highway Department, Houston; md C. J. Keese, associate profes sor of civil engineering, A&M. Why the Prime Minister of Japan reads The Reader’s Digest Letters to the Editor "In this age of stresses, the work of The Reader's Digest, of which I am an avid reader, is of great significance. The Digest publishes the same articles simultaneously in all parts of the civilized world, and, by so doing, it deepens the muliud feelings of concern and good will among different peoples. I earnestly wish for its further development in this difficult world." Ichiro Hatoyama, Prime Minister of Japan In April Reader’s Digest don’t miss: CONDENSATION FROM $3.50 BOOK: “DELIVER US FROM EVIL.” Fleeing the Reds, the Vietnamese came: old women with collarbones shattered by rifle butts, children with sticks driven into their ears. Courageous exploits of a young Navy doc tor who won the love and admiration of people who j expected only death at the hands of an American. WHAT ABOUT THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS? How the dis covery of these now-famous documents (fragments of the earliest-known version of the Bible) throws new light on the origins of Christianity. AN EASTER SERMON. Here, in a condensation from Peter Marshall’s sermon “Because He Rose,” is Easter’s stirring message of hope, as interpreted by the beloved chaplain. APPROVED KILLING IN MISSISSIPPI. A Negro boy, Emmett Till, was abducted by two white men and shot—yet the jury found them not guilty. Facts the jury never heard in the “Wolf-Whistle Murder.” Get April Reader’s Digest at your newsstand today—o/z/y 25# 40 articles of lasting interest, including the best from leading magazines and current books, condensed to save your time. The Battalion The Editorial Policy of The Battalion Represents the Views of the Student Editors Editor, The Battalion Year after year, Aggies hear that Old Army has gone to hell. Well, Saturday it really went! We’ve always believed _ that a man was put on the Bull Ring to march. This marching was supposed to be “. . . .” so that the offender would realize that he was being punished. The purpose of this punishment was directed at maintaining mili tary discipline in the Corps of Cadets. It is our belief that watching a baseball game is a priviledge and a pleasure and could not in any way be construed as contributing to the enforcement of discipline in the Corps. Every Aggie should want to at tend all A&M games as a matter of school pride. Why should a man get Bull Ring credit hours for do ing what every good Aggie does voluntarily ? We do not object to letting men out of Corps functions to see the Aggies beat the hell out of SMU, but why should they get credit for it? We hope whoever is responsible for this situation realizes that he has not acted in the best interests of the Corps and in the future will act more wisely. Kirby Meyer ’57 Tom Norton ’57 Lynn Pixley ’57 Billy Williams ’57 Edjtor, The Battalion I have always been proud of the Corps of Cadets at the A&M Col lege of Texas, but never more so than the past weekend when my husband and I were guests of the College for the annual Spring Mil- Abbott Elected Association Head John P. Abbott, dean of the Col lege, was elected president of the Association of Texas Colleges at the annual meeting held last week end in Abilene. He served the group as first vice president dur ing the past year. Walter A. Varvel, of the A&M Education and Psychology Depart ment, participated in the program with a short talk on School-Col lege Coordination with the Funca- tions of the Association as the general theme for discussion. James E. Adams, dean of Ag riculture at A. and M., presented a talk on Agricultural Curricula as part of the general theme. What the Association Can Do in Pre- Professional and Professional Ed ucation. newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of ege Station, is publish publications as a non-profit educational service. The Battalion, daily Texas and the City of Coll eg* Itude ge Station, is published by students in the Office of Student The Director of Student Publications is Ross Strader. The governing body of all student publications of the A.&M. College of Texas is the Student Publications Board. Faculty members are Karl E. Elmquist. Chairman; Donald D. Burchard. Tom Leland and Bennie Zinn. Student members are Derrell H. Guiles. Paul Holladay. and Wayne Moore. Ex-officio members are Charles Roeber, and Robs Strader. Secretary. The Battalion is published four times a week during the regular school year and once a week during the summer and vacation and examination periods. Days of publication are Tuesday through Friday for the during the summer terms and during examination The Battalion is not published on the Wednesday immediately Easter or Thanksgiving. Subscription rates are $3.30 regular school year and on Thursday dui and vacation periods. The Battalion is ster or Thanksgiving. preceding Easter or Thanksgiving. Subscription rates are $3.50 per semester. $6.00 per school year, $6.50 per full year, or $1.00 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. Entered as second-class _ , , matter at Post Office at Member OI College Station, Texas. The Associated Press College ^ under the Act of Con gress of March 3, 1870. Represented nationally by National Advertising 1 Services. Inc., a t New York City, Chicago. Los Angeles, and San Fran cisco. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republi cation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. News contributions may be made by telephone (VI 6-6618 or VI 6-4910) or at the editorial office room, 202 Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (VI 6-6415) or at the Student Publica tion Office, Room 207 Goodwin Hall. BILL~FULLERTON Editor Ralph Cole Ronnie Greathouse Managing Editor I Sports Editor Jim Bower, Dave McReynolds News Editors I 0*00+ DOUGLAS itary Day activities. I’m sure that all the visitors will agree with me that the Review was outstanding, and the exhibition of the Freshman Drill Team impressive as usual. The whole weekend was a glor ious, memorable experience that we shall never forget. We are deep ly appreciative of the many cour tesies that were extended us. May God bless and keep you all. Mrs. F. C. Olds, President Federation of Texas A&M Mothers’ Clubs • • StJrnoj JANET LEIGH JACK LEMMON v wn mmm TECHNICOLOR - fc'l OnemaScoPE: A COLUMBIA PICTURE WaWT fosse • KURT KASZNAR • RICHARD YORK • LUCY MARLOW Screw PUT by BLAKE EDWARDS jntf RiCHARO OUiWE • Bated upoa the pity. “My Sitter EdeeiT. by Joseph Fields md Jerome Chodorw Produced bv FRED KOHIMAR - Directed by UCHARO QUINE THEATER CLOSED March 29th to March 31st for Easter Recess WE RE-OPEN SUNDAY APRIL 1ST SUNDAY & MONDAY ALAN __ JUNE Ladd * Allyson me McConnell Story'" rw-warmer Bros - CINemaScop£ WARNERCQLOR sunomeicc fOf«o JAMES*WHITMORE • n MSC Holiday Schedule All facilities of the Memorial Student Center except the Western Union office will close during the Easter holidays, today through Sunday, April 2. Western Union will be open as usual from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. Several MSC facilities will begin closing this afternoon. Browsing library will close at 1 p.m. today, fountain room at 4, gift shop and bowling alleys at 5, and the guest rooms at 6 that evening. Beginning at 3 p.m. Monday, April 2, the fountain room and guest rooms will re-open for stu dents returning to the campus. The dining room will be open from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday. Tuesday the MSC will be on its regular schedule. Guion Hall movies will be shown through Wednesday, March 28. The theater will be closed Thursday through Saturday. Sunday’s mov ies will begin at 12:15. The Circle and Campus Theaters will remain open throughout the holidays. All dormitories will remain open during the recess. Sbisa Hall will serve lunch at 12:15 and supper at 5:30 every day except Easter Sun day. Duncan Hall will be closed during the vacation period. Pete Burke, winner of the PGA seniors’ golf title at Dunedin, Fla., is assistant pro at the Cold Spring Country Club, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. He is a brother of Billie Burke, ex-National Open champion. THERE WAS NO STRIKE ON OUR BRAIN POWER! Here are just a few of the scientific and engineering developments awaiting you at Westinghouse Breaking the Steam-Pressure Barrier . . . the first steam turbine to operate at 5000 pounds pressure has just been designed. This is doublfe of that previously built. Further Advances in Steam . . . include completion of a $6 million ultramodern research and development laboratory and the design of a 325,000-kw turbine generator, the world’s largest and most efficient. Nuclear Power . . . now in design is the first homogeneous or liquid-fuel reactor for a 150,000-kw nuclear power plant. Instrumentation research is also progressing rapiu_y for nuclear power plants. Bomarc ... in the works is seeker head and ground control for "Bomarc”, a long- range guided missile. Metals Improvement ... a new $6 million metals development plant with complete facilities for developing new metals and alloys and improving metalh—gical techniques has been opened. Revolutionary Decision Devices . . . Cypak* has been developed, which is a switching circuit device with no moving parts for industrial applications capable of performing millions of operations with virtually no wear. Semiconductors . . . nearing completion is a multimillion-dollar plant for the develop ment and production of sub-miniature solid-state devices in the semiconductor field which promise to revolutionize the electronic tube and rectifier industry. Silicon semi conductors have already been applied to aircraft control and power equipment. Automation ... a manufacturing laboratory for developing new production^techniques and equipment has been opened that will advance and extend automation. Aircraft Alternator ... a brushless alternator for high altitude and high temperatures using rotating silicon rectifiers ... a Westinghouse first. Aircraft Control new Magamp* and transistor controls for aircraft power. Doesn’t This Prove That We Are Ready To Go? 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