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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 28, 1959)
Weather Partly cloudy and warm through Friday with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. THE BATTALION Summer School Begins June 8 Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus Number 121: Volume 58 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1959 Price Five Cents For Research Physics Head Receives Leave To W ashington Dr. Janies G. Potter, head of consider new ideas on education the Department . of Physics, has received a leave of absence from the college to work for the Na tional Science Foundation in Washington, D. C. Potter said he will begin work on June 10 and his leave of ab sence will extend for 15 months. He said he plans to resume his teaching here in September, 1960. Potter will be in charge of the College Program and Teacher Im provement Program of the Special Projects Department. This depart ment is a part of the Science Edu cation Section of the National Science Foundation. In the College Program and Teacher Improvement, Potter will Three Graduates Selected For Top 4g School Awards Distinguished Honor Awards .lave been presented to three grad uates in the School of Agriculture. The award winners are Hogan Lippke of Yorktown, Curtis Wayne Boyd of Athens and Rich ard Harvey Richardson of Mexia They were selected for the awards in recognition of their out standing records of scholarship and leadership in the School of Agriculture. Dr. G. M. Watkins, dean of agriculture, presented the certifi cate awards during commencement exercises Saturday. Lippke, a dairy science major, plans to enter the dairy business. Boyd, who received a degree in animal science, will enter the Southwestern Medical School of the University of Texas and upon graduation he plans to do grad uate work, teaching and research. Richardson, a graduate in plant and soil science, has been award ed a National Science Foundation Cooperative Fellowship at North Carolina State College where he plans to earn a master’s degree in forage crop breeding. After re ceiving his master’s degree he plans to begin work for a Ph. D. in the fame field. and scientific manpower which in cludes improved scientific college programs and teachers for the programs. Potter will also make recom mendations to the director of the National Science Foundation as to how much financial support will be given to each government spon sored scientific project. One of these projects is the Visiting Scientists Program. In his program, scientists from dif- r erent phases of industry and from the larger universities and col- 'eges will visit the smaller col- 'eges and junior colleges, giving l :hem ideas of a better scientific program. A&M had the opportunity to have a man affiliated with the Visiting Scientists Program this vear when Dr. Helmut Abt from he University of Chicago lectured m some different phases of as- ronomy, said Potter. During Potter’s leave of ab- ;ence, he will do most of his work n Washington, but he said that he would travel to various col leges, giving them new ideas and methods of scientific education. Dormitories Close Saturday at 6 p. m. All students are urged to clear their dormitories by 6 p.m. Sat urday since all dormitories except those to be used during the sum mer session will be closed and ’ocked at that time, Harry L. Boyer, housing manager, annou- ced today. All dormitory students now in school who intend to go to sum mer school are reminded that they must be moved by 6 p.m. Sat urday. Military students who move early are reminded that they must still clear with their dormitory Tactical Officer before checking out of their old rooms. Students who desire to turn in their room key must present their key and the yellow receipt show ing their key deposit at the Hous ing Office on the ground floor of the YMCA during office hours. Corps Reorganization Plan Released to Units Monday Commandant Lists Move Advantages mm*- Patience and More Patience This is only a part of the long line of Aggies estimates yesterday, only about half of the waiting to turn in th^ir uniform issue at the uniforms have been turned in. military clothing warehouse. According to Ten Upperclassmen College Scientists in To Join Summer Ten selected juniors and seniors of A&M will join college research scientists in a special program of biological, physical and engineer ing research beginning June 1. They have been selected from among outstanding students of the college to participate in the nationwide Undergraduate Re search Participation Program sponsored by the National Science Foundation to encourage bright and capable undergraduates to learn the meaning of science through research. Students selected for the pro- Honor for Achievement Dr. A. A. Price left, dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine is pictured with stu dents of veterinary medicine who have re ceived awards for achievement. The first four received Faculty Awards of Merit as the outstanding student in their respective class. They are, left to right, Robert Lee Schwebel, first class; William Gerald Wink ler, second year class; Sammie Edward Glass, third year class; and Joe David Ross, fourth year class. Tommie A. Hen- nard received the American Veterinary Medical Association Award for outstanding participation in student activities, and Edgar Joseph Baronne (right) received the Louisiana Veterinary Medical Assn. gram here are Harley H. Mc Adams of Liberty, Chandler J. Whitten of Eldorado, Joseph E. Smith of Justin, Thomas L. Mc Laughlin and Sam W. Fort Jr. of Bryan, Wilbur K. Ream Jr. of Longview, Alfred R. Pate of Ty ler; Fred A. Pendleton of Dallas; Jack C. Parker of Clute and Wil liam C. Clary of Henderson. A committee of research and teaching personnel chose 10 re search projects from among 31 projects submitted for considera tion for this program. Each of the 10 undergraduates has been as signed to one project and will con duct research under the supervi sion of a research scientist. Some of the projects will be initiated on June 1 on a full time basis during the summer va cation months. Others will begin next fall and continue throughout the 1959-60 academic year on a part-time basis. Each participat ing student will receive a $700 grant from the National Science Foundation. The committee that chose the projects for the program also se lected the student participants. The group restricted its conside- i - ation to those who will be third or fourth year students at the time of their research participation. To be chosen, each student had to Summer Session Scheduled June 8 First term of the 1959 summer session will begin on Monday, June 8, with registration from 8 a.m. until 12 noon. Classes will begin the following day at 7 a.m. Thursday, June 11, is designat ed as the last day for enrolling in the college for the first term, and Friday, June 12, is the last day for making changes in regis tration. Registration for the second term of the summer session will be held from 8 a.m. until 12 noon on Monday, July 20. Classes for the second term will begin on Tuesday, July 21. have an overall college grade aver age of not less than “B” and course grade of not less than “B” in his major and minor subjects. Hancock Elected To Chemist Group Dr. C. Kinney Hancock was elected a fellow of the American Institute of Chemists at the re cent meeting of the National Council. Hancock is professor of chemistry and a research chem ist in the Texas Engineering Ex periment Station. Larger units, more command positions, more leadership oppor tunities and a better selectivity of leaders are the advantages of the Corps reorganization for 1959-60 school year, Col. Joe E; Davis told members of the Class of ’60 Mon day. Speaking to a group that was made up primarily of men who 249 Graduates Commissioned Two hundred and forty-nine cadets, at commissioning cere monies Saturday were welcomed in to the reserve and regular services of the Army, Air Force and Ma rine Corps, making a total of 469 appointments to the services for the 1958-59 school year at A&M. Gen. O. P. Weyland delivered the commissioning address and presented the commissions. Gen. Weyland, ’23, is commander, Tacti cal Air Command, Langley AFB, Va. Of the 249 graduates Saturday, 129 received reserve commissions as second lieutenants in the Army and 23 received regular commis sions. In the Air Force, 78 re ceived reserve commissions. One cadet received a regular commis sion in the Marine Corps and two received reserve commissions. The invocation was given by Cadet Lt. Col. John H. Partridge, Jr., Coi’pus Christi. The audience joined in singing The Spirit of Aggieland. President M. T. Harrington, gave a short talk and Gen. Weyland then delivered the commissioning address. The administration of the oath of office was given by Capt. Joseph M. Bennet Jr. of the De partment of Air Science and Gen. Weyland presented the commis sions. The benediction was given by Cadet Lt. Col. Partridge, followed by the Star Spangled Banner. Miss Dorothy Berry was at the organ. have been interviewed for staff and command positions next year, Col. Davis told the group that the size of units would be in creased to approximately 100 while the number of units would be cut from the present 53 units to 38 under the new plan. Basically, three outfits will be consolidated into two next year ■♦■with the exception of day student, athletic, pre-vet, pre-med, pre dent and Civil Air Patrol units. The band will also be changed. Under the new plan each of the units will be divided into three platoons or flights which will in turn be composed of three squads or elements, Col. Davis told the future Corps officers. “This will give more opportun ity for leadership as each flight or platoon leader will command as many men as are in some of our present units,” Col. Davis said. Freshmen will be grouped ac cording to the school of the col lege they have indicated a desire to study in and will be assigned to units designated for freshmen in that school, Col. Davis said. A freshman who later changes his major course of study will not have to transfer to another unit. The new plan will also allow better utilization of dormitories in that some outfits will not have to be divided between two dorms as has been done in the past, Col. Davis explained. A better working arrangement for faculty advisers will be pos sible because of the concentration of majors in units, Col. Davis said. This year’s freshman class was also assigned to units on the basis of academic major so that next year both the freshman and sopho more classes in a unit will be com posed of men of the same major field, said Col. Davis. A group composed of the pres ent Squadrons 7, 10 and 12 will be the only dormitory-housed units with freshmen from two major fields, arts and sciences and agi'i- culture. A Veterinary and A Medical Companies will not be consolidat ed with any other units as they (SEE NEW UNITS PAGE 6) For Early Detection Important Cancer Made By Zoology Findings Professor Earlier detection of cancer may be brought about through the find ings of a scientist on the research staff here. The cancer research of Dr. Fred erick H. Kasten, assistant pro fessor of zoology, has attracted the interest of the International Society of Cell Biology and he has been invited to prepare a re view article for the society’s an nual publication, the “Interna tional Review of Cytology.” Kasten, a former member of the staff of New York State’s cancer research institute (Roswell Park Memorial Institute), will review the progress made in staining al dehydes in body tissue sections. This staining process can be ap plied to a number of problems. Through this research program, which is supported by grants from the Atomic Energy Commission and tlie National Cancer Institute, Kasten has discovered new meth ods of staining a certain chemical found within the nucleus of a body cell without staining the rest of the cell by using fluorescent re agents. It is in the nucleus of the cell where many of the chem ical changes in cancer cells orig inate. The stained nucleus is then ir radiated by ultra-violet light which cause the dye used in the staining process to emit a vis ible light of a particular color and brilliance. By studying this light, Kasten hopes to be able to detect the very lowest concentra tions of cancerous cells better than any existing methods. He is now in the process of studying the chemical changes in cancer cells to determine if there are any differences in how these changes occur. Quoting from material publish ed by the American Cancer So ciety, Kasten stated that of the 10,000 cancer deaths each year in Texas, 3,000 or more could have been saved by early diagnosis and treatment. “About 60,000 could be saved each year in the nation,” he said. “Until a cure for this dread dis ease can be discovered, then the best approach to reducing the high mortality rate appears to be early diagnosis,” he said. ' A native of New York City, Kasten received his B.A. degree in biology at the University of Houston and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in zoology from the Uni versity of Texas. After two years at the Roswell Park Memorial Institute, he join ed the Department of Biology in the fall of 1956. He spent one summer taking a radioisotopes techniques course at the Oak Ridge Institute of Nu clear Studies and was on the re search staff of the Department of Zoology at Columbia Universty last summer. Kasten is a member of the His- tochemical Society, which has a membership limited to scientists publishing in the field of tissue and cell chemistry. He also has membership in Sigma Xi, Phi Kap pa Phi, the American Society of Zoologists, the American Assn, of University Professors and the American Assn, for the Advance ment of Science.