The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas
Thursday, August 27, 1959
PAGE 7
Texas A&M scientists
dents use facilities at the new sub-sonic
wind tunnel put into operation this year at
College Station. In the left panel, a research
engineer checks the fairing (streamlining)
The A&M Wind Tunnel
and advanced stu- back of the propeller engine in the wind
tunnel. Upper right, a graduate student and
staff member check calibrations of wind
velocities and lower right is an exterior
view of the tunnel.
Oceanography and Meteorology Department
Scientists From Many Lands
Solve Mysteries Together
A global attack on nature’s mys
teries is being- made by scientists
of six continents, working together
at A&M.
They are striving to solve some
of the world’s great problems of
the oceans, atmosphere, climate
and how man’s life ties to nature’s
whims.
These scientists, coming fro m
every inhabited continent on earth,
are members of the research and
teaching staff of A&M’s Depart
ment of Oceanography and Meteor
ology.
Some are of international prom
inence. Several headed the marine
laboratoi’ies in their countries be
fore joining the team of scientists
on the campus.
Typical of these foreign-born
scientists is Dr. Basil Wilson, a
native of Cape Town South Africa.
^Educated at the University of
Capetown and at the University
. of Illinois, he hpSbftv.du^l job in
the department. He does graduate
teaching on the subject of ocean
waves and the engineering aspects
of oceanography, and is conduct
ing research on fox-ecasting of
ocean waves, deep water mooi-ing
of ships, harbor sui'ging and hux--
ricane wave statistics.
Another is Dr.. K. M. Rae who
hails from Edinburgh, Scotland.
Before coming to A.&M as director
of marine laboratories, he was
head of the Scottish Marine Bio
logical Laboratory at Edinburgh
and prior to that was head of the
Department of Oceanography at
the University College of Hull in
England.
Rae is supervising research proj
ects in the Mississippi Delta to de
termine the effects of man-made
structures on marine life.
The department’s scientific ac
tivities from aboax-d research ves
sels are coox-dinated by a Canadian,
Dr. John Hugh McLellan. Born at
Sydney, Nova Scotia, he is a for
mer member of the physics faculty
at Dalhousie University in Halifax,
and befox-e coming to A&M, he was
the oceanographer in charge, At
lantic Oceanographic Group, Fish
eries Research Board of Canada.
McLellan headed a research par
ty that just completed a month
long cruise on the reseai’ch vessel
Hidalgo in connection with a proj
ect for the U. S. Navy and the Na
tional Science Foundation. On this
project a survey was made to de
termine a good location to drill
through the earth’s crust.
An Englishman on the depart
ment' staff is Commander John
Rawson Lumby whose position is
that of director of International
Geophysical Year World Data Cen
ter A, one of two such world cen
ters. ^ He did oceanogi-aphic work
for the British government for
about 30 years and before coming
to A&M he was head of the Hydro-
graphic Section of the Lowestoft
Fisheries Laboratory. He is a lieu
tenant commander in the Biitish
Navy.
Working with McLellan and
Commandei- Lumby in analyzing
the oceanographic data from fox--
eign lands is Captain Luis Rene
Antonio Capurro of Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
Brian W. Logan of Perth, West-
Howdy, Aggies
Welcome to your home away from home
We are in the same location we have been for
34 years—North Gate
Completely remodeled for your comfort
Aggieland Barber Shop
College Station
Bill Moon, Proprietor
ern Australia, joined the depart
ment last spring and is now par
ticipating in a research project
dealing with certain aspects of ec
ology and depositional environ
ments of the Campeche Bank off
the Yucatan Peninsula. He formex--
ly served on the staff of the Uni
versity of Western Austx-alia as a
lecturer on paleontology and has
conducted extensive x'esearch on
sedimentation and mici’oorgan-
isms.
Rounding out the list of foreign-
born scientists ai’e three from Ja
pan, Dr. Yoshikazu Sasaki, Dr.
Mitsunobu Tatsumoto and Di\ Kin-
jiro Kajiura.
Heading the department which
includes about 50 research scien
tists, teachers and technicians is
Dr. Dale F. Leipper. He has been
head of the department since it
was established in 1949.
Library Offers Many Facilities
A building on the campus lo
cated directly east of the Academic
Building should be one of the most
used buildings on the campus, but
many students struggle through
four years at A&M without tak
ing advantage of the services of
Cushing Memorial Library.
Staffed by professional libra-
ians and headed by Robert A.
Houze, the library has over 250,-
000 books at the students’ dis
posal. Other facilities are includ
ed in the building which has be
come a popular studying place
since it is completely air-condi
tioned.
New furniture and tables have
been placed in the library for the
students’ convenience and new
lighting fixtures - have been in
stalled.
First Floor
As you enter the first floor of
the library you enter the newspa
per lounge where the library has
over fifty newspapers from over
the state and nation for your up-
to-date keeping of world events.
The periodical reading room is on
the left (Sorry the libray does not
subscribe to Playboy.) and almost
all the national magazines are
represented here.
On the right is the reserve and
required reading room. As all en-
tei'ing freshmen will soon discover,
a great many assignments ai’e giv
en that are refered to as required
x’eading. The professoi’s intend for
the students to do reading above
and beyond the text in order to
supplement and further their un
derstanding of the material being
studied. The required reading
room contains volumes which have
been placed on reserve so that they
can be easily obtained. This room
is full of grade points; all the
freshmen have to do is find them
and use them.
Second Floor
Going up the stairs to the sec
ond floor, on the left is the main
loan desk. This is where books
from the general collection are lo
cated. In the lobby on the floor
are located card catalogs to aid in
locating books. On the right at
the top of the stairs is Hie refer
ence room. Here are located peri
odical indexes, encyclopedias, dic
tionaries, atlases, bibliographies,
year books, and certain issues of
the New York Times and other
newspapers including The Battal
ion are on microfilm for your ref
erence.
Third Floor
The third floor houses the bind
ing facilities and catalog depart
ments and the Asbury Browsing-
Room. In this room are located
volumes of fiction to be used for
Good Note-Taking
Insures Success
Don’t drop your pencil while a
lecture is in process. This is one
of the first things you as a fresh
man will need to know at A&M.
Good note-taking is very im
portant if you expect your college
days to be successful ones. It is
a smart freshman who will listen
in class and take notes of “every
thing” the professor says.
College professors move their
lectures at a rapid pace and you
must be alert in order to keep up
with their pace.
Keep your notes where they are
easy to find and read them over
every chance you get. With a good
set of notes and a good interpre
tation of the text book, that first
quiz, one of your biggest moun
tains to climb, will seem easy.
The A&M campus at College
Station is headquarters location
for the Texas Forest Service, Tex
as Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion, Texas Engineering Extension
Service, Texas Transportation In
stitute, Texas Agricultural Exten
sion Service, Texas Engineering
Experiment Station, Rodent and
Predatory Control Service and
Feed Control Service.
For use by industry, in research,
and as a teaching aid for aeronau
tical engineering students, the
largest subsonic-speed wind tunnel
on any college campus in the
Southwest was completed this year
at A&M.
WELCOME
CLASS of '63
WTCH YOUR MAIL....
WE ARE SENDING YOU A
DISCOUNT CREDIT CARD
WHICH ALLOWS YOU
$ 6 •
20^0 ©rt' CIU
LAMPS LOOSE LEAF NOTEBOOKS
SHOWER SHOES WASTE BASKETS
TAYLOR'S
CAMPUS VARIETY
NORTH GATE
COLLEGE STATION
TEXAS
reading, studying, and reference.
Cushing Library is operated on
a “closed stack” program which
means that a check slip has to be
filled out and presented to the li
brarian at the main loan desk in
order to obtain a book from the
general collection.
Books are either returned to this
desk when finished or returned to
the book chute on the left of the
steps leading to the main entrance
on the outside of the library.
Library Hours
Library hours during the long
session are from 8 a.m. until 10
p.m. Monday through Friday. It
is open from 8 until 12 noon on
Saturday. On Sundays the library
opens at 2 p.m. and remains open
until 10 p.m. Books are checked
out for two weeks and are subject
to renewal for another two weeks.
Other libraries are located on the
campus under the supervision of
the various departments and di
visions of the college. The largest
of these is the Texas Engineers’
Library. This is located directly
east of the Cushing Library. It
was established in 1943 as a co
operative project between A&M
Our Specialty is
Footwear - Foot Care
COURT’S
North Gate
and the State Board of Registra
tion for Professional engineers.
The present building was complet
ed in 1953 and boasts possessor
of some 30,000 technical books and
periodicals.
The Veterinary Library is lo
cated in the Veterinary Building
west of the main campus across
the tracks. It is a specialized li
brary for the students of veteri
nary medicine.
The Architect’s Library is lo
cated on the fourth floor of the
Academic Building. It, being
another specialized library, is used
primarily by the students of arch
itecture.
KEYS
MADE
STUDENT
CO-OP
STORE
COLLEGE STATION STATE
BANK
|
A HOME OWNED BANK, SERVING THE
COLLEGE STATION AREA
It’s no trick at all to
Start A Checking Account
COMPLETE BANKING FACILITIES
3% Interest Paid on Savings
MEMBER—
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
North Gate
VI 6-5511
UPPERCLASSMEN KNOW WHERE TO GET THE BEST DEAL ON BOOKS
AND SUPPLIES — If You Are In Doubt Ask An Upperclassman
LOUPOT'S TRADING POST
■ M..........
« A l •