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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.
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ege Station, is publish
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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
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News contributions may be made by telephone (VI 6-6618 or VI
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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
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THEATER CLOSED
March 29th to March 31st
for Easter Recess
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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? The list above shows just a few
of the exciting new developments under way at Westinghouse. There are new plants,
new research laboratories, new endeavors in many fields. There is room for you to grow
in many directions.
PHONE COLLECT . . . To get all the facts for your decision. Phone Collect
to C. H. Ebert at the Westinghouse Educational Center, EXpress 1-2800,
Extension 353, or write him at Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Educational
Center, Ardmore Boulevard at Brinton Road, Pittsburgh 20, Pennsylvania.
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you can be sure... if it's Westinghouse
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