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Number 240: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1957
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AtomicReactor
Sought Here
AsTrainingAid
AEC Decision Expected
By End of the Month
Nuclear physics at A&M will leave the drawing board
and become a reality if the carefully laid plans of college of
ficials pan out and approval for a nuclear reactor is granted
by the Atomic Energy Commission.
According to Dr. R. C. Calhoun, dean of engineering, a
decision from the commission is expected around the end of
the month.
Work toward bringing a nuclear reactor here began in
September when the AEC announced they would give money
for assisting educational programs of nuclear training.
Dean Calhoun said the reactor would be used primarily
for graduate courses but would also be used for demonstration
♦'purpose in undergraduate
Off the Cuff-
What Goes
On Here
One senior in the corps literally
had to “eat his words” last night,
thanks to a famous visitor’s
generosity.
The senior, left at his supper
table in Duncan Hall with four
freshmen, told them to start “meal-
hounding” bottles of milk for him,
saying he would drink all they
found for him.
Sitting at a table behind the
senior was Alfred Eisenstaedt, Life
Magazine photographer, here for
the Journalism Department’s!
annual Mechanical Conference and
Texas Newspaper Clinic. After
finishing the meal, Eisenstaedt was
leaning back in his chair surveying
the vastness of Duncan Hall.
He noticed the freshmen behind
him scprrying around looking for
milk, and, feeling he should do a
good turn, Eisenstaedt passed them
three milks left on his table.
The senior looked at the six
“cows,” gulped, and, like the true
dairy husbandry major he is, drank
them down.
★ ★ ★
Doris Bahlman, cash register
banger in the Office of Student
Activities is curious as to just
“why they (Corps of Cadets) didn’t
have a practice review Thursday
Afternoon.
Not being “in the know” with the
Trigon officials as of press time no
reason is known.
But Doris, just to relieve your
mind there is a full scale review
scheduled for March 16-don’t miss
it!
Oh yes, what ever happened to
your bench that was slated to be
built in front of the YMCA?
in
work.
The auxiliary equipment we
asked for will be used in the
departments of physics, chem
istry and mechanical engineering
with special use for undergraduate
work in physics, Calhoun said.
“This will definitely help our
nuclear program,” he said. “The
reactor is a necessity for the de
velopment of a good program on
nuclear training.”
The application, which stated
A&M’s present engineering pro
gram and its plans for use of the
training reactor was drawn up by
Dean Calhoun.
President D. W. Williams, who
acted as spokesman for the college
in applying said that if “we are
successful, the reactor will enable
us to actively engage in a program
we should be getting into.”
Israelis Blast
Military Works
In Withdrawal
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FAMOUS LIFE PHOTOGRAPHER—Alfred Eisenstaedt
is shown as he leaves an airliner at Easterwood Airport
yesterday afternoon. Eisenstaedt was a speaker in the
photography sessions of the Mechanical Conference and
Texas Newspaper Clinic being held here today and tomor
row.
Science
At CHS
Progress
Saturday
UN Emergency
Force Moves In
TEL AVIV, Israel (/P)—Israeli troops blew up Egyptian
military works at the mouth of the Gulf of Aqaba yesterday
in preparation for wiithdrawal today.
Other Israeli forces completed their exit from the Gaza
Strip and handed United Nations forces the burden of admin
istering that hotly disputed area.
The company-strength unit at Sharm el Sheikh is expect
ed to take only a few hours to vacate and U. N. troops stand
ready to fill the vacuum. Demolition teams wrecked concrete
pillboxes, a munitions depot and two 6-inch gun positions
which formerly closed the Gulf to Israeli ships.
Israelis do not want the Egyptians to find the fortifica
tions intact in case U. N. oc- +
cupation proves to be only
★ ★ ★
Ralph H. Rogers and J. H. South
ern of the Department of Agricul
tural Economics and Rural So
ciology will go to Lincoln, Neb.,
Monday for USD A conference on
the coming “Great Plains Study.”
Finding out A&M’s role in the
(See OFF THE CUFF, Page 2)
Marriage Study
Speaker In 4 Y’
Monday Nile
“Who will wear the pants
in your family?”
Dr. Robert E. Ledbetter,
leader of the second-of-four
Marriage Forums sponsored
by the YMCA, will discuss this
and other problems in “Making
Marriage Meaningful” Monday
night at 7:30 in the YMCA.
Also to be discussed are signifi
cant emotional problems which de
velop during the earlier periods of
marriage, common conflicts, how
to handle tensions and immaturity
—the killer of romance.
This series of marriage forums
is the result of interest locators
circulated in the dorms. Questions
discussed will be those a majority
of students requested. Individual
problems students wish to discuss
will also be included in the pro
gram.
Dr. Ledbetter is a graduate of
the University of Texas, B.A. and
M.A. degrees and the Divinity
School of the University of Chi
cago, B.D. and Ph.D. degrees. He
is director of the Wesley Founda
tion at UT.
A&M Consolidated High School
Science Department will show its
version of progress in science Sat
urday at the department’s annual
Science Fair.
The exhibits will be in the sci
ence wing at the High School
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. K. C. Mor
gan is the sponsor, invites every
one to visit the Fair.
Among many exhibits will be
• Mineral and Rocks, by Christy
Kent.
• Indian Artifacts of Texas, by
Bob Fitts.
• An electrically operated ro
bot, by Dee Smith.
• A model of all stars within
five parsecs, by Bill Jones.
• Snake Pit by Ernest Tanzer.
• How to clean tissues of var
ious animals for study, by Tanzer.
Tanzer, last year’s winner, will
demonstrate how to “milk” a snake'
at 11 a.m. and at 1, 2, 3 and 4 p.m.
at his snake exhibit.
Physical and biological are the
divisions of the fair this year.
These two divisions will be judged
by men from the chemistry, phy
sics and biology departments of
A&M College. The Junior High
School has a separate division, but
will be judged like the High
School exhibits.
Winners of a first place will be
eligible to enter the district fair
in Beaumont later this month.
In addition to competitive c
hibits, the homemaking, vocational
agriculture and . geometry classes
are sponsoring exhibits.
USDA Reviewing
A&M’s Research
A three-man USDA team is here
this week reviewing federally sup
ported research projects in practi
cally every department in the
School of Agriculture and the Ex
periment Station.
The inspection will continue until
Monday here and then branch out
to sub-stations of the Ag Experi
ment Stations that are doing re
search with funds from the
federal pocketbook.
The review is an annual event,
says R. E. Patterson, vice director
of the station.
The team, composed this year of
Dr. Paul J. Jehlik, Dr. William E.
Shaklee and James Turnbull, is
checking up on how federal funds
are used, to assure productive
application. The men are from the
USDA’s State Experiment Station
division in Washington, D. C.
W i
7
Delegates Gather Here
For Ecumenical Talks
Approximately 200 students
from colleges in Texas, Oklahoma,
Arkansas and Louisiana are ex
pected to gather here this after
noon for the fifth annual Ecumen
ical Student Christian Conference.
Dr. R. H. Espy, main speaker
for the conference, will speak to
night at the A&M Methodist
Church on “How Big is Your
Church”? Dr. Franklin W. Young
from the Episcopal Theological
Seminary of the Southwest will
lead Bible study.
Referring to the conference,
Ag Council Meets
Student Agricultural Council
will meet Monday at 7:30 p.m. in
the Memorial Student Center, ac
cording to Woodrow Free, presi
dent.
Rev. Charles Workman of the
A&M Presbyterian Church said,
“The purpose of the conference is
to give students a better apprecia
tion of the whole family in Chidst
and also of their own denomina
tion.”
Rev. Bob Monk of the A&M
Wesley Foundation said, “Stu
dents will be able to converse with
students from other schools and
churches and come to a better un
derstanding of the church’s mis
sion on the modern campus.”
Konrad Losen is chairman of
the planning committee with Char
les Rice as vice chairman. David
Behlen is secretary. Committee
chairmen are Bill Wafer, arrange
ments; Dale Offield, housing; Kenn
Nunnelly, publicity and Merril
Adamcik, registration.
temporary. Similar destruc
tion of roads and installations
was carried out by the Israelis
in their long retreat out of the
Sinai Desert a few weeks ago.
Tanks, guns and vehicles—much
of it captured Egyptian equip-
ment-already had been loaded
aboard ships, and lighter materi
al was flown out by planes.
Finnish units of the United Na
tions Emergency Force were ready
to raise the U. N. flag overlook
ing the narrow coral-dotted strait
as soon as the Israelis pull out
Israel’s withdrawal from the 26-
by-6-mile Gaza Strip bn the Medi
terranean after 125 days of occu
pation was swiftly completed be
fore down, except from a tiny
working pai’ty which did not leave
until yesterday.
The departure of the victors in
the October-November invasion
against Egypt was without inci
dent except for a few unexplained
gunshots. The 300,000 residents,
including some 200,000 Israeli-
hating Aab refugees from Pales
tine, were under curfew. Only a
handful defied the orders to stay
indoors and greeted the change
over with shouts of “Long live
Nasser, long live Nehru, long live
Arab unity, down with the imper
ialists.”
Col. Matityahu Pulsa, 33-year-
old Israeli military governor, met
at midnight with Swedish Col.
Carl Lundquist of the U. N.
forces and handed over his head
quarters, a large police fort in
Gaza built by the British in the
days of their Palestine mandate.
Jose Greco
Op ens Monday
In Guion Hall
Jose Greco and his company
of Spanish dancers will “ig
nite the fuse” to their “ex
plosive” program in Guion
Hall Monday at 8 p. m.
Greco is fast becoming a famil
iar figure in all modes of enter
tainment since he has made ap
pearances on televisions “Toast of
the Town” and “Omnibus” plus the
movies, “Around the World in 80
Days” and “The Bullfighter and
the Lady”. He has also made night
club appearances in New York, Las
Vegas and other cities. He has re
cently returned from a highly suc
cessful European tour.
Before hitting the United States
with his show, he had been doing
a show of his own in Spain and
other European countries plus sev
eral countries in South America.
Greco had learned most of his
Spanish dances in Spain before
coming to the United States at the
age of 10.
He has danced with such stars
as Cyd Charisse and La Argen-
tinita, the Great Argentine who
was his partner before World War
II.
Greco’s performance is not a
Town Hall attraction and Town
Hall season tickets will not be
honored. Tickets for the show are
$3 and $2 for reserved seats and
$1 for general admission.
Senate Plugs
For Mass Polio
Inoculation
Student senators voted to
declare next week as Student
Polio Vaccination Week at
their regular meeting last
night in the Memorial Stu
dent Center.
Tom Upchurch, junior Corps
senator, made the recommendation
to the Senate who passed it unani
mously. The shots will be given
for $1.
Corps senators have been assign
ed to contact outfit commanders in
their dorms and have them an
nounce to their outfits that all stu
dents are encouraged to start tak
ing their shots next week if they
have not already done so.
Civilian legislators will work
with the Civilian Student Council
members in contacting civilian
students. Cooperating with the
Senate are the College Hospital
and The Battalion.
Other action by the Senate in
cluded choosing their nomination
for Former Students Association
Distinguished Achievement Award
in the field of individual student
relations, endorsing the “Singing
for Fun Program” and discussion
of the impending TISA convention
in Beaumont, March 28, 29 and
30.
Senate Passes Bill
For Nursery Land
Texas Senators passed Bill No.
93, an act enabling the Texas For
est Service to purchase land for
nursery purposes, according to Dr.
A. D. Folweiler, director of the
forest service.
If a companion bill which is now
before a committee in the House
is passed by the Legislature and
approved by Gov. Price Daniel,
money will be appropriated for the
purchase.
Work is already underway in
preparing the new nursery for an
estimated production of 20 million
seedlings this year, but this figure
is expected to jump up to 50 mil
lion if all goes according to plan.
Probers Hear
Cox
Being Offered Payoff
BACK TO SCHOOL—Mrs. J. L. Barrie, left, seems worried
as she concentrates on a hand-writing examination in one
of her daughter Janet’s classes. Mrs. Barrie was one of 600
parents who visited the A&M Consolidated Senior and
Junior High Schools last night for a “day” of 10 minute
classes in honor of Texas Public Schools Week. The classes
followed the annual Consolidated Mothers and Dad’s Club
Community Supper. Janet is in the center and the woman
at right is unidentified.
By GARTH JONES
AUSTIN, OP)_A House investi
gating committee that has
specialized in surprises pulled an
other one yesterday-a word-by-
word account of a state representa
tive being offered a $5,000 bribe.
The payoff proposal was made
in a tape recording of a hotel
room conversation that was re
played for the nine-mail special
committee in a crowded House
chamber yesterday.
“We’ve paid every time and
we’re still paying,” said a voice
apparently belonging to Dr. How
ard Harmon, president of Texas
naturopaths. “I don’t see why you
had to introduce that bill to wipe
us off the books.”
Cox, who has been indentified by
Harmon as the other voice in the
recording, is under indictment for
offering to take a $5,000 bribe and
withdraw a bill that would outlaw
naturopathy in Texas. He resigned
earlier this week.
Harmon is charged with offering
a $5,000 bribe oif a complaint sign
ed by Cox. Dist. Atty. Les Procter
said today the charge against Har
mon would be treated “just like
any other case,” and would be
presented to the grand jury
meeting April 1.
Rep. Wade Spilman said the
committee probably was through
for the week. It recessed after
hearing Dr. Robert Spears of Dal
las, former president of the Texas
Naturopathic Assn.
Spears said he wanted to testify
to stop rumors that the associa
tion had spent between $30,000 and
$56,000 during the last legislature.
Weather Today
Clear skies are forecast for the
College Station area. The ther
mometer dipped to a low of 31 de
grees this morning, and yesterday’s
high was 52. At 10:30 thiis morn
ing the reading was 44 degrees.
He said he handled the legisla
tive funds which totaled “little less
than $8,200. What you call the leg
islature funds, we called it an edu
cation fund and a lot of it went into
the regular treasury.”
Spears said he handled the
money from Feb. 1955, through
the end of the last Legislative
session.
“None of the public relations or
Legislative money went to any
member of the Legislature that
I know of,” Spears said.
Safety Supervisors
Slate Short Course
A safety supervisors short
course will be held here beginning
March 18, the Texas Engineering
Service has announced.
The course, which is organized to
train supervisors and newly ap
pointed safety supervisors in
organizing effective accident pre
vention programs, will last for five
days.