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> i > ■< f ! »>ii i T' j t l Physics School Holds Teachers Summer Session Aggie-Ex 3 s Named ^Teacher of Year’ W. A. Mayfield, head of Indus trial Arts at Snyder high school, was named “Imdustrial Arts Teacher of the Year” in Texas at More Pay For Professors Is Outlook, Says Official TKe Battalion College Station {Brazos County}, Texas Tuesday, March 19, 1957 PAGE 3 Detroit Plant Fire Burns 21 Workers House Knocks Cox For Bad Conduct Thirty high school science teachers from all over Texas are expected for the second annual summer Institute for Physics to be held concurrent with the first summer-school ses sion, according to Dr. J. G. Pot ter, Physics Dept. head. Selection of the teacher-students will be on the basis of letters of recommendation and previous col lege work with at least six hours of college physics prerequisite for consideration. Scholarships of about $250 will be given to teach ers selected for the six-week phy sics seminar. Program for the physics teach ers’ seminar will be directed to ward improvement in the teaching of physics in Texas high schools. Classes, demonstrations and dis cussions on classical as well as the Ninth Annual Industrial Teacher conference held recently at A&M. Mayfield, a graduate of the In dustrial Education Deptartment at A&M, was selected from a field of 10 candidates representing the 10 area clubs in the state. The sej~ lection represents approximately 700 industrial arts teachers in Texas. modern physics will be .led by regular physics department in structors and by visiting scien tists. Approximately $6,500' of the scholarship fund has been raised. Industrial companies interested in Texas technical manpower are con tributing the scholarships. Potter said. Look better in I ^ for less than you’d guess! at THE EXCHANGE STORE Seen m The slim look that means style, hi famous-name wash able fabrics, tailored by DICKIES, they look like more money. Exclusive DICKIES no-sew Easy-Alter Outlet for your exact fit. See, get these today! m •?> WASHABLE CASUALS :J(, e (^xchctnae ~S>/< ciiKje ‘Serving Texas Aggies’ ore Greater appropriations and higher salaries for Texas tax sup ported colleges and universities arrj the outlook for the near future, according to Dr. Ralph T. Green, c’/ii’ector of the Texas Commission •on Higher Education, who spoke to the A&M chapter of the American Association of University Profes sors Friday night. He was speaking at the annual dinner of the AAUP which marked the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the chapter. “I wws told this morning that the bill passed today by the House calls for $95 million,” Green said. As director of the commission he is responsible for coordinating the work of 16 senior colleges and two junior colleges, including the A&M system. “That looks very good when you consider that only $95 million was requested.” Salary increases of 15 per cent for the school year beginning September 1, and 20 per cent for the following year have been re commended by the Commission. Green said he believed it is quite Voting Machine Planned for Use In Class Votes Aggies voting in the April 10 class elections will have something in store for them as they become the first A&M students to vote on a mechan ical voting machine in a campus election. Four voting machines were do nated to A&M as a gift of the class of ’56 and will be ready for use in the upcoming elections, ac cording to W. D. (Pete) Hardesty of the Student Activities Depart ment. Hardesty said that although other colleges rented machines, A&M was the only college he knew which owned its own. Voting on the new machines will be entirely secret. Voters make their choice of candidates by pressing a lever over the name they wish to vote for. No names are signed to the ballot. In fact, the voters never see their ballot. Hardesty said instructional vot ing machines will go on display in the Office of Student Activities this week and remain until the elections. He urged that students come by the office and view the machines and learn how they work. Grand Jury Indicts Two Union Veeps WASHINGTON, (^)—A federal grand jury yesterday indicated two Teamsters Union vice presidents and two lesser Teamsters officials on charges of contempt of Con gress. The vice presidents indicted were Einar O. Mohn of Washing ton, top administrator of the 1%- million member union under Pres ident Dave Beck, and Frank W. Brewster, Seattle, who is also chairman of the 11-state Western Conference of Teamsters. The indictments came during a recess in hearings of the Senate committee investigating alleged racketeering in labor and indus try. THE CARTER OIL COMPANY RESEARCH LARORATORY TULSA, OKLAHOMA Affiliate of Standard Oil Company (N.J.) Will Interview Students on March 21 and 22 We Have Positions For: Physicists, Chemists, Mathematicians, Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical, and Petroleum Engineers. Make an appointment through your placement office. reasonable that the Legislature will approve or possibly even raise these figures. Power Plant Increases Electric Load A new addition is being made to the A&M power plant where the 4,700 kilowatts ca pacity will be “effectively” doubled, according to T. R. Spence, manager of physical plants. This means that lights can be on in the mess halls and in various buildings around the campus at the same time. Previously lights had to be turned off in the dorms and other buildings when the mess hall was in use. The digging taking place beside the plant and across the street next to the “shacks” is just part of a million dollar improvement being done, Spence said. The exca vation work is taking place so all ground water can be channeled to storm sewers without flooding the basement of the power plant. The hew building is being made so that drainage is needed and the transportation for the water will be carried by 36 inch pipes. The road should be open for travel in about two weeks and the main part should be finished by October. “A&M’s electrical capacity has caught up with itself and the time for improvement is at hand,” Spence said. Swine Course Set Plans are now being made for the Annual Swine short course to be held here on May 6 and 7. The course, which is held through the co-operation of the A&M College System, Texas Agricultural Exper iment Station, Extension Service and the Texas Swine Breeders As sociation, fill feature T. D. Tanks- ley, Animal Husbandman with the Extension Service, as chairman. Established as a temporary group in 1954, the Commission was made a permanent group in 1955 with 15 members and was formaly organized less than a year ago. It operates with an annual budget of $74,000. A six-point program includes the three major factors for early action of the teaching program, finances and uniform reports. ( “One of our troubles is that no one really knows or has a clear picture of what is being done or what is offered by our schools,” Green said. “Our staff is working rapidly to get this information.” One representative from each of the schools and one from each multiple school system work with the commission in an advisory capacity. Chairman of the commis sion’s program* committee is Dr. John Paul Abbott, former dean of A&M on leave of absence. The Commission this year con centrated on salary studies since it was organized too late to effective ly prepare a complete program of recommendations for the Legisla ture. Every school under its pro gram reported salaries as the major pi'oblem. By every basis of comparison, each school was found to be near the bottom, or at best below the national average. Kan. Mother Wins 16 Tons of Pennies WICHITA, Kan. CP>—First prize of 16 tons of pennies, coming to $48,400 cash, and 16 tons in gro ceries was won yesterday by Mrs. Jimmie E. Willis in a national jingle contest. The 25-year-old mother of two children was notified of her win nings at the grocery store where she shops. Hei~ husband is a ma chine operator in a plane parts plant here. She will get the groceries over a five-year period, but the money comes in a lump sum in which Uncle Sam is expected to share liberally through taxes. DETROIT, UP)—A paint spray booth exploded last night at Ford Motor Co.’s Rough plant, the larg est industrial installation in the world. The blast and the brief fire that followed sent at least 21 persons to hospitals with burns, fractures and bruises. A company spokes man said he understood some were hurt seriously, and two were critical. Cause of the explosion was not known immediately. The explosion knocked out 500 feet of one wall of the building that housed the paint spray booth. About one-quarter of the building was damaged, the spokesman estimated, and the facility was put out of working order. About 2,000 persons were work ing in the building at the time of the explosion. CIRCLE TUESDAY 66 West ward Ho the Wagons” FESS PARKER — Also — “Stormy” LAST DAY “Flesh & the Spur” JOHN AGAR — Also — “Naked Paradise” RICHARD DENNING AUSTIN —The House yes terday censured James E. Cox af ter a special bribery investigation committee reported the former legislator was beyond the reach of possible expulsion or impeach ment action. By a voice vote—with a scat- ering of “noes”—the House ap proved the committee’s findings that Cox had been guilty of con duct “unbecoming a member” and “such conduct was unjustifiable up on any principle of sound, honor able and representative govern ment.” r 1 tlStlASM DRIVE IN * i hit blI N OWIHB I? VI AWS rKFt — TUESDAY — “BUNDLE OF JOY” with Eddie Fisher —Plus “MY SISTER EILEEN” with Janet Leigh TUBS. & WED. YOU’RE SO STRONG GEORGE . . . AND SO FINANCIALLY SECURE! Being 1 unfavorably disposed to work, she’s looking for A&M’s most promising young senior (YOU) who’ll give her that Security. An investment in one of NATIONAL COLLEGE LIFE’S special plans is one of the best ways there is to assure yourself of having money for all emergencies in the future. The time to act is right now. 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