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Weather Partly cloudy today and Fri day with scattered thunder showers. No important changes in temperatures. me BATTALION Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus STUDY NOW Number 130: Volume 58 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1959 Price Five Cents Wilkins Named To Allen Post Lt. Col. Taylor Wilkins, assist ant commandant of the School of Military Sciences since 1951, has been named commandant of cadets at Allen Military Academy, Bryan. Colonel Wilkins will take over his new post August 11. President Earl Rudder said to day, “We regret to lose the serv ices of Colonel Wilkins—but we are glad to know that he will be our neighbor and that he is join ing such a fine school at Allen Military Academy.” “All of us on the staff of Allen Military Academy are delighted that Col. Wilkins is joining us as commandant of cadets,” President Nat B. Allen of Allen Military Academy said today. “His long record of working with youth plus his personality and leadership qualities fit him admirably for the job of leading our students in their daily lives.” A native of Franklin and a graduate of A&M, Col. Wilkins holds a B.S. degree, 1936, educa- cation, and an M.S. degree is edu- citation and psychology, 1950. He was commissioned a second lieu tenant, USAR, in 1936. Col. Wilkins recently graduated from the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leaven worth. As a student at A&M he was a member of the cadet corps, a cadet first lieutenant and execu tive officer of A Infantry and earned a freshman and two var sity letters in football, basketball and track. He was co-captain of the 1935 football team. From 1936-41 he was comman- Ten Ags Receive Bars at Fort Sill Ten Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets from A&M were commissioned this morning as sec ond lieutenants in the artillery branch of the United States Army Reserve during final ceremonies of the 1959 ROTC summer camp at the US Army Artillery and Mis sile Center, Fort Sill, Okla. The men had completed their academic work for the commissions prior to coming to the camp. dant of high school ROTC cadets and assistant football coach and head basketball coach, El Paso public schools. Col. Wilkins entered the armed | services in 1941. He spent two and a half years in Europe, par ticipated in five campaigns and re ceived the Bronze Star. He commanded the First Battal ion, 143rd infantry, 36th infantry ; division, Texas National Guard f from 1947 to 1959. At present he is deputy commander, First Bat tle Group, 143rd infantry, 36th division, Texas National Guard. He has been with A&M since 1946, first as a civilian Counselor and then as a veterans advisor. He was appointed to his present post in 1951. Colonel and Mrs. Wilkins are the parents of three children, Robert, who is due to receive a commis sion in the regular army at Fort Hood this week and two daughters, Patsy and Ruth Ann. Lt. Col. Taylor Wilkins . named Allen Commandant Mezzo Soprano, Pianist Crim, Sperry to Perform At Music Series Sunday Femininity and youth are two outstanding characteristics of the musicians to be presented by the Memorial Student Center Summer Music Series Sunday at 4 p.m. in the Main Lounge when Dorothy Crim, mezzo soprano, and Pamela Sperry, pianist, will give recitals. Accompanying pianist for Miss Crim will be Carl Moehlman, and host and hostess from the MSC Summer Directorate will be Ed Maldonado and Joanne Harris. A program of religious, classical and semi-classical selections, in cluding Bach’s “Come Praise the Lord”, “O Lord, Our God” by Mo zart, “Der Schmied” and “Wiegen- lied” by Brahms, and the Scotch air “Loch Lomond”, have been chosen by Miss Crim for her pre sentation. “Fantasia I in D Minor” by Mo zart, Chopin’s “Waltz in C Sharp Minor” and “Golliwogg’s Cake Walk” by Debussy will be included in Miss Sperry’s recital. Miss Crim is the daughter of H. R. Crim, 1408 Hoppess, Bry an. Studying music education and specializing in voice, she is a jun ior at North Texas State College in Denton, where she has partici pated in North Texas Grand Chorus performances with the Dallas and North Texas symphonies, a mem ber of the A Capella Choir, Wo- Dr. Leipper Picked For AMS Position men’s Chorus and Chapel Choir and the national music sorority, Mu Phi Epsilon. The daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John J. Sperry, 703 Thomas St., College Station, Miss Sperry is a senior at A&M Consolidated High School. A piano student of Mrs. H. A. Luther, she won a superior rating in the Bryan-College Sta tion Music Teachers Assn, audi tions this year. She has played clarinet with the A&M Consoli dated High School Band, and this summer participated 'in A&M’s Summer Science Enrichment Pro gram for High-Ability Secondary School Students. Featured on the Summer Music Series presentation for August 9 will be Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hos tetler and Joan-ne Hertzler, re corder artistjs, and Sarah Watts, pianist. Concluding the Sunday af ternoon recitals for the 1959 sea son will be Carolyn Wilson, so prano, and Charles Mitchell, bari- Those receiving commissions this morning were Cadets Dale C. Cantrell, son of . Mrs. Allie B. Cantrell, 2209 Yale, Wichita Falls, Texas; Gaynael R. Grigsby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Grigsby, 202 E. 11th, Mt. Pleasant, Tex.; Edward W. Hill, Son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy M. Harrell, 717 Poindex ter, Cleburn, Tex; Ronald W. Holder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd D. Holder, 4010 Pickett St., Green- vill, Tex. Others were Cadets Dennis C. Holle, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Holle, Rt. 1, Washington, Tex.; Clarence E. Jamail, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence N. Jamail, 6105 Fairdale, Houston; Albert N. Klopfenstein, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer L. Klopfenstein, 3302 Mar salis, Dallas. More cadets from A&M included Cadets Tommie E. Lehman, son of Mr. Zeke Lohman Jr., Box 565, Quiaman, Tex.; John M. Ratcliff, gon of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Rat cliff, 1132 Heights Blvd., Houston, Tex.; and Roderick D. Stepp, son of Mr. M. M. Stepp, 2409 White Settlement Rd., Fort Worth, Tex., and Mrs. M. M. Stepp, 3011 Ave. Q, Wichita Falls, Tex. Loyd Keel Speaks At Kiwanis Meeting Loyd Keel, professor in the De partment of English, presented a short talk on “The English Lan guage” at the weekly meeting of the College Station Kiwanis Club, Tuesday in the Memorial Student Center. Keel, program chairman of the Kiwanis Club, briefly discussed various phases of the language in cluding the diversity,of pronuncia tion in various areas of the United States. The Council of the American Meteorological Society has chosen Dr. Hale F. Leipper of A&M to di rect its efforts to stimulate re search and teaching in the science area that involves effects of the oceans on meteorological phenom ena. Leipper, head of the Department of Oceanography and Meteorology, has been appointed chairman of the Society’s Committee on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere. Serving with Leipper on this committee will be four outstanding physical scientists. They are Dr. John Lyman, chief of the Division Location Changed For Dance Tonight A new location and a “new look” are the latest plans for the Thurs day night “Den Dances” sponsor ed by the Memorial Student Cen ter Summer Directorate. The jungle-theme dance, prev iously staged in the Fountain Room, will be as 8 in the Dining Room tonight — initiating the change for the remainder of the semester. Billie Jean Blazek, “Den Dance” chairman reports that the decora tions for the dance will also un dergo change and blend with the decor of the Dining Room. “The dance area will be larger, yet the Dining Room presents a more secluded atmosphere,” says Miss Blazek. Music for the dance will be provided by the juke box and informal wear will be in or der. Monday night’s dance contains an underwater theme (bring your aqualung) and will include a floor show with Bill Turner’s Aggieland Combo providing the music from 8:30 to 11 in the Ballroom. of Oceanography, Navy Hydro- graphic Office, Washington, D. C.; Gerhard Neumann, professor of oceanography and meteorology, New York University; Dr. Walter Munk, professor of oceanography at the Scripps Institution of Ocean ography, La Jolla, Calif., and Dr. William von Arx of the W r oods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology. The area covered by this com mittee is one in which the Depart ment of Oceanography and Meteor ology at A&M has specialized for a number of years. Projects now being carried out in this area by A&M staff mem bers include a study of weather information obtained from bouys which report automatically from anchored positions in the central Gulf of Mexico, a study of the ex change of gases and heat between the oceans and the atmosphere and predictions of hurricane tides, ocean waves and swell. Lions Chib Plans Future Projects The College Station Lions Club held a monthly business meeting Monday in the Memorial Student Center. Past programs were discussed and future projects including a turkey sale and a light bulb sale were discussed. Plans were made to erect new city limit signs in the city Monday afternoon. Guide Posts Be careful also to avoid with great diligence to those things in thyself, which do commonly dis please thee in others.—a Kempis. tone. These presentations are open to the public. Dorothy Crim 2,188Attending Second Sessidn Number Includes Eighty-eight Coeds A total of 2,188 students are now enrolled for the second semester of summer school, H. L. Heaton, director of admis sions and registrar at A&M, announced this week. The mark exceeds the total number of students enrolled for the same period last year. Last year’s enrollment at the same time was 2,180. Included in the 2,188 are 88 women students on the main campus and 15G students at Junction. Seventy-five women students were enrolled at the same time last year with 175 students at Junction. Students residing on the campus are being housed in Hart Hall, Dormitory 16, Walton Hall, Dormitory 14 and ■Dormitory 15. Large Grant Given College By Foundation The National Science Foundation has recently granted A&M $80,800 for the support of a summer insti tute of high school teachers of science and mathematics, Dr. M. T. Harrington, Chancellor, said this week. This period will be approximate ly 12 weeks, beginning on or about June 8, 1960. It will be adminis tered under Coleman M. Loyd of the physics department. The bulk of the grant, $61,900, will be received by A&M on or about May 15, 1960, but the rest of the grant will be paid earlier on Nov. 15, 1959. Stipulations of the grant are that the money be used specifically for scientific research. The objectives of the summer in stitute will be to improve the sub ject-matter competence of the par ticipating teachers and to bring these teachers into personal con tact with prominent scientists for the stimulation of teacher inter ests. Last Thursday was the deadline for enrolling in the college for the second summer term. There were 2,596 students en rolled for the first semester, an all-time record for first semester summer enrollment. Vai’ious activities are offered on the campus in order to make the summer a most enjoyable one. Most of the events are sponsored by the Department of Student Activities and the Memorial Stu dent Center. Dances, movies, in tramural sports, music series and etc. are offered throughout the second summer session. The second term will end Friday, Aug. 22 Graduation Notice Ordering Date Set Graduation announcements may be ordered beginning to morrow in the Office of Stu dent Activities, Room 210, YMCA, W. L. Penberthy, di rector of Student Activities, announced this week. Top Plant Scientist Joins Faculty Here Dr. D. V. Sweet, an outstanding plant scientist, has joined the teaching and research staff here Murray Receives $50 TAS Grant Fi’ed A. Murray, an A&M sen ior from 339 Teakwood, San An tonio, has received a grant of $50 from the Texas Academy of Sci ence for support of a research pro ject. A fisheries student in the De partment of Wildlife Management, Murray is conducting a study that involves a careful examination of the gill arteries of a fish to der- temine the connection of these ar teries with the main vessel which carries blood to all parts of the body. His research program is being carried out under the supervision of Dr Richard J. Baldauf, assist ant professor in the Department of Wildlife Management. Murray will appear at a meeting of the Collegiate Division of the Texas Academy of Science in De cember to pi’esent the results of his research. The study by Murray is one of numerous research projects being conducted by undergraduates of A&M under the supervision of re search scientists. Baldauf says this fundamental research not only trains the stu dent to observe, do careful work and to describe his observations, but contributes to a better under standing of the meaning of sci ence through research. as an associate professor in the Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Dr. A. F. DeWerth, head of the department, has announced. His research at A&M will deal principally with ornamental crops and plant propagation. For the past three years, Sweet has been on the staff of the De partment of Horticulture and the College Experiment Station of the University of Georgia where he did research in floriculture. Sweet was born in Michigan and as a youth he worked with his father in landscape gardening. He attended Bethany College, Western Michigan College and received his B.S. degree' from Michigan State University in 1951. He was primarily interested in propagation of ornamentals and deciduous fruit-tree rootstocks. He helped pioneer the work with plastic films in horticulture, re ceiving an M.S. degree in propa gation from Michigan State Uni versity in 1953. He published one of the first papers in the uses of plastic film in the propagation and culture of horticulture plants. This article appeared in the quai’terly bulletin of the Michigan Agricultural Ex periment Station in 1952. Sweet received recognition for his application of plastic film to horticulture in articles that ap peared in the American Home magazine in May, 195.3, Popular Gardening in June, 1953, and the Country Gentleman in August, 1953. Dr. J. P. Abbott Higher Education Commission Elects Abbott President Dr. John Paul Abbott, distin guished professor of English at A&M, has been elected to a three- year term as president of the Com mission on Coopei’ation in Higher Education. ; The commission is a newly form ed body of the Association of Tex as Colleges of which Abbott is a former president. Purpose of the commission is to identify and solve problems in ed ucation to enhance th| coopera tion and mutual assistance among all levels of education in Texas. Abbott joined the A&M faculty in 1926 as an instructor in Eng lish. He was dean of the School of Arts and Sciences from Sept. 1, 1950, to Sept. 1, 1953, and was dean of the College from Sept. 1, 1953, to Sept. 1, 1956, when he was named distinguished pi’ofessor of English. A&M May Assist In Peaceful Use Of Atomic Energy Peaceful use of nuclear explo sions and possible research in this field were discussed here last week. Three visiting scientists, Dr. Harlan Zodtner, Dr. Frank Adel- man and Dr. Gary Higgins of the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory of the University of California at Berkeley, conferred with A&M staff member's, concerning the aquifier phase of the Atomic En ergy Commission’s Operation “PLOWSHARE,” and possible participation by A&M in the pro gram. They met with Fred J. Benson, dean of engineering; S. A. Lynch, head of the Department of Geology and Geophysics; Robert L. Whit ing, head of the Department of Petroleum Engineering and other members of the two departments. Others included in the confer ences were Dr. Aaron Rose, direc tor of the Texas Engineering Ex periment Station, and Paul B. Crawford, assistant director of the A&M Division of the Texas Pe troleum Research Committee. The aquifier phase of Operation “PLOWSHARE” in concerned with the development of water resources through the use of nuclear ex plosions. The word aquifier means a water-bearing bed or stratum of earth, gravel or porous stone. Professor Lynch and Paul Wea ver, distinguished professor of geology and geophysics at A&M, attended the first conference on the aquifier program last March at the Lawrence Radiation Lab oratory. The proposed research at A&M would be conducted by staff mem bers of the Department of Geology and Geophysics and the Depart ment of Petroleum Engineering and would concern basic problems in the aquifier program.