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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
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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.