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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1958)
The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas ’AGE 4 , Thursday, July 17, 1958 >0 Spring Branch Students Visit Campus Sixty students from the Spring- iranch Independent School Dis- rict, Houston, toured nuclear facili- ies at Texas A. and M.' College londay. The junior high school students re participating in a summer cience program of the Spring Branch district. Dr. R. E. Wainerdi, cooi’dinator I of the A&M reactor program, was | in chai'ge of the tour. The visiting students were taken | to the veterinary hospital to see an j example of animals being treated I by x'adiation therapy. The demon stration was conducted by Dr. W. C. Baxxks, professor of radiology in the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgei’y. Afterwards, they wei'e taken to view the nuclear reactor and toui'ed the activation analysis laboratory. Journalism Group Members Named An advisory council has been ap pointed by Pres. M. T. Hai'i'ington to woi'k with and to impi'ove the work and the service of the De partment of Journalism. l libigB : ; ' S® 1 -/ l| fcl j S 'J 'i ■ 811 U. S. NO. I FAIR BEAUTY ARKANSAS SWfET JUICY Bushel ....$2.39 STRAWBERRIES 29c TIDE Mill TUNA GIANT DETERGENT LIGHT CRUST STARKIST CHUNK 59c 29c 25c SALE OF TENDER TEXAS VEALI CROWN ROAST Young, tender, table-trimmed Texas raised veal with excess fat and bone re moved before weighing and pricing. 49c VEAL BRISKET Ideal For Roasting Or Stewing 35c iJ&s'l HUNKS ARMOUR STAR 12-oz. 43c IMPORTED HAND WOVEN UTILITY BASKETS • FOR LAUNDRY • REG. 77c PRICE Made from split bamboo. Hand woven by Mexican Indians. Perfect for alt your carrying purposes. 7 W * Plans for additional scholarships, the securing of needed laboratory equipment and other means of sup porting the department were dis cussed at a meeting recently when council members were guests of Hari’ington. Council members include: Sid Abernathy, Abernathy Co., Nacog doches; Bill Barnai’d, Associated Press bui’eau chief, Dallas; W. R. Beaumiei*, general manager, The Lufkin Daily News; Buck Buch anan, farm importer, KPRC, Hous ton; W. B. Ci’ossley, publisher, The Madisonville Meteor; A. Pat Daniels, Alvin State Bank publicity director; L. A. Duewall, publisher, The LaGrange Journal; James A. Knight Jr., public re lations manager, Aluminum Com pany of Amei’ica, Rockdale; Bee Landrum, farm editor, Fort Woi’th Star Telegram; Roger B. Letz, as sociate editor, The Cattleman, Fort Woi'th; Douglas Meadoi’, editor, Matador Tribune; John H. Murphy, executive directox 1 , Texas Daily Newspaper Association; Jim Park, president - editor. International Brahman Review, Houston; Silas B. Ragsdale, editor-direc- tox-, Peti’oleum Refiner, Houston; Ed Ray, executive editor, Expi’ess Publishing Company, San Antonio; George Roesnex’, farm director, KPRC, Houston; C. G. Scruggs, as sociate editox', Progressive Farmer; W. M. Shannon, president. The Herald-Coastex-, Rosenberg; Pat Taggax-t, publishex’, Waco News Tx-ibune; L. O. Tiedt, faxmx x-epox'ter, KTRH, Houston; Johnny Watkins, farm director, KWTX, Waco; John E. Whitmore, assistant bureau manager, Business Week, Houston; Gene Robbins, agricultural director, Houston Chaxpber of Commerce; Charles E. Ball, regional editor, Farm Journal, Dallas; Dewey Compton, farm director, KTRH, Houston; Fx-ank Field, editorial de partment, Humble Oil and Refining Co; Doyle Gougler, farm editor, The Houston Post; Gordon Jones, division manager, McGraw-Hill (See JOURNALISM, Page G) ■ '.if* r " ■ 1 S^Un****'- ■ ' ■ I? f ' f:-' ■ ■ - -R; ■ ';f ; 'm Aggie on Duty Raul G. Villaronga, C In fantry senior, is working at mine-laying as part of his ROTC summer camp train ing at Ft. Benning, Ga. Corn Growers Hold Annual Meeting The Texas Hybrid Seed Cox-n Growers Association held its an- ixual summer meeting Monday in the Meixxoxial Student Centex’. Approxiixxately 25 to 30 persons attended, according to Dx\ Lee C. Coffey, professor of agx-onomy and progx’am chairman. The program included a field tour to parts of the campus, sched uled speeches by membex’s and a business nxeeting at the end of the session. Best Way to Cool Enchanting Northern New Mexico V ifi yT-A ■Dii Is summer heat beginning to get you down? Now’s the time for a refreshing change of climate for you and your family. Reservations for any one of the beautiful vacation spots in New Mexico are only a phone call away. To help you select just the right spot for 0 you and your family, call Continental at VI 6-4789. CONTINENTAL AI RUNES Prof, Students Construct New Computer An analog computer a training aid in nuclear engi neering, has been constructed by Dr. E. S. Holdredge and senior students in the special px-oblems class of the Depai’tmerxt. of Mechanical Engineering. The computing device was built with approximately $10,000 of the funds made available by the Atomic Energy Commission for the A&M miclear science px-ogram. Begixxning next fall, the com- putor will be made available to graduate students and will give them the tools to solve heat tx’ans- mission problems related to nu clear reactors. Solving of such px’oblems are also vital for success ful experimentatioxx in the missile and satellite field. Uses Electrical Elements Through electrical elements that x’epresent physical bodies, an engi neer can detex-mine with this com- putor how hot cextain body pax-ts of a reactor become under certain operating conditions. Holdredge says the same meth ods can be used to determine the tempex-ature reached at various points in missiles and satellites after they reach the earth’s at- mosphere. When metals become heated to tempex-ature their stx-ength is re duced so the importance of testing these metals for missiles and satellites can readily be seen. Determined Missile Shape Also by use of computors of this type, scientists have determined the shape or design of missile that will withstand the most heat-causing friction. A number of other complex engx- neex-ing problems can be solved with the aid of electrical models which bear no obvious resemblance to the prototype when an intricate machine such as the analog com- putor is available. Body Heat Transmission For instance, in using the analog computer to solve px-oblems in heat transmission the body would be represented by a net-work of x-esistors and capacitox’S. The tem perature would be represented by voltage and the amount of heat flow would be represented by the cux-rent. A computer consisting of an electx-ical network is advantageous because of the ease of connecting circuits which represent a mathe matical px’oblem and the fact that rapid solutions are obtained. Gambling is not permitted in St. Louis. But, you can cross the Mississippi River into Illinois and there lay down a buck or two on which nag might not coixxe in. Trip is 20 minutes. Will Sandra get to be a nurse ? ih:* A You can tell—just by watching her take care of baby brother —that Sandra has a sure and gentle touch, much patience, and a tender concern for any*j one who needs help. “She’ll make a wonderful nurse,” you’d say. Yet, she’ll probably never get the chance. Sandra, you see, is not get ting the education she de« serves. She lives in a commu nity where there is a serious shortage of classrooms, teach ers, up-to-date textbooks. Re sult? Inadequate schooling for! many of our nation’s children.! Let’s be sure this doesn’t happen to the children in our schools. Join with other good citizens to back up our School Board, attend PTA meetings and school conferences. For a free booklet telling you more about what you can do, write to: Better Schools, 1 9 East 40th Street, New York 16, N, Y. We must have 1 first-rate seboote