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Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 22, 1959
Number
Ninth Annual
Industrial Meet
Slated Oct. 1-2
The ninth annual Texas Indus
trial Development Conference will
'he held here Oct. 1-2. Sessions
will be held in the Memorial Stu
dent Center with about 250 in at
tendance.
President Earl Rudder will give
the welcome address at 8:30 a.m.,
Oct. 1 and Chester Wine, district
manager of the Central Power and
Light Co. of Laredo, will chair the
first session.
Rep. George Hinson of Mileola,
will discuss “The Industrial Cli
mate of Texas as Viewed by the
State Administration.”
Ed Burris, executive vice presi-
„dent of the Texas Manufacturers,
will address the meeting on “The
^ Industrial Climate of Texas as
viewed by Texas Manufacturers
^Association.”
Plane Crash
Claims Life
Of Enderby
James C. Enderby, ’61, was
killed Saturday morning when his
light plane crashed near Waco
while Ye was enroute from Gaines-
'*ville t .7College Station to register
for thil fall semester.
1 The! McLennan County Sheriff’s
Departilient reported that the Ag-
*gie crashed in a field about 10
miles southeast of Waco during a
heavy fo|S-
The Sheriff’s Department said,
“It appeared that Enderby had
tried to llnake a landing in the
fog. The \plane overshot a 300-
jcre field, hit. two trees, plowed
through a stock tank and smashed
into a small embankment.”
Wreckage of the small silver and
*reen plane was scattered over a
30 yard area. Enderby held a
student pilot rating.
Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant
1 *f the Corps of Cadets, said that
Silver Taps were not held for the
Aggie because of a long standing
college rule. The rule states that
Silver Taps cannot be held for an
Aggie unless he is enrolled in the
college at the time of his death.
‘Bait’ New Look:
New Nameplate
The Battalion front page takes
>n a new look today.
In order to givte its readers a
more eye-catching newspaper, the
nameplate of The Battalion has
been re-designed to conform with
jpodern journalistics concepts.
*' In addition, changes have been
made in the inside page datelines.
These changes are for the bene
fit of our readers and are part of
i^our standing policy to serve our
readers first.
Please let us know if you have
any comment on the changes.
Harry Clark, industrial consul
tant for Texas Power and Light
Co. in Dallas, will deliver the final
talk at the morning session. He
will speak on “The Industrial Cli
mate of Texas as Viewed by an
Industrial Consultant.”
Tom Fimmey, assistant vice
pi-esident of the First National
Bank of Dallas, will chair the af
ternoon session. William A. Bar
ret Jr. of Ebasco Service Inc. of
New York, will deliver the after
noon address, “Reasons Why Those
Who Seek Sites for Industry Lose
Confidence in Dealing With Local
Representatives.”
W. A. Pounds of Tyler, presi
dent of the Tyler Bank and Trust
Co., will chair the Oct. 2 session,
and talks will be made by F. J.
Heiling, vice px-esident, Katy Rail
road, Dallas, on “Which Small
Towns are Getting Industry.”
Robert McWhirter, banker and
lawyer from Paris, will discuss
“Financing Small Industi’y-”
Ben Sloane, operations manager
for Aluminum Company of Amer
ica at Point Comfort, Tex., will
deliver the final address. He will
talk on “Taxes and Industrial Ex
pansion in Texas.”
W. W. Heck Joins
ExperimentStation
Dr. Walter W. Heck has joined
the research staff of the Texas
Agricultural Experiment Station
as an associate professor in the
Department of Plant Physiology
and Pathology.
Dr. Wayne C. Hall, head of the
department, announces that Heck
will devote full time to research
under a five-year National Insti
tutes of Health research grant for
$99,000 entitled, “Selected Air Pol
lutants Affecting Plants and
Health.”
After receiving his B.S. degree
from Ohio State University in
1947, Heck taught high school gen
eral science in Ohio. In 1950 he
received his M.S. in botany from
the University of Tennessee. His
Ph.D. was granted by the Univer
sity of Illinois in 1954. His grad
uate work was in botany, plant
physiology and chemistry. From
1954 to 1955 he served as a post
doctorate research fellow in the
University of Illinois Radiocarbon
Laboratory. From 1955 to 1959
he was employed in the Biology
Department at Ferris Institute,
Big Rapids, Mich., serving as
chairman of the department from
1956 to 1958.
Heck is a member of a number
of professional organizations, in
cluding Sigma Xi, A.A.A.S.,
A.I.B.S., Botanical Society of
America and the American Society
of Plant Physiologists. He is the
author of a number of research
papers involving the chelation of
trace metals and nitrogen metab
olism in plants.
Dr. M. T. Harrington
. . . College Night guest
Ags Greeted
At Traditional
College Night
The Aggies, attending the tra
ditional All-College Night in The
Grove, were greeted by Dr. M. T.
Harrington, chancellor of the A&M
College System, and President Earl
Rudder.
P. L. (Pinky) Downs, official
greeter for the college and member
of the Class of ’06, also welcomed
the Aggies.
Harrington greeted the new stu
dents. “I want to welcome you to
the finest school in the world,”
he said. He then congratulated
the upperclassmen upon their re
turn.
Rudder congratulated the upper
classmen for the fine spirit of
cooperation shown in the handling
of the Corps of Cadets so far this
year. He said, “The aim of the
ROTC program is to produce the
kind of men we know you want
to be.”
Downs told the freshmen that in
his 57 years of dealing with A&M,
he had never turned “the back of
his hand” on the school or on any
of its students.
The Ajggies were preparing for
the Cadet gridiron encounter with
the' Mdchigbn State University
Spartans in East Lansing, Mich,
this Saturday.
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Toward First Yell Practice
$90,000
Loans
Available to Students
Board Okays Move
In Saturday Meet
A total of $90,000 is now available for loans to students
for the 1959-60 school year as prescribed through action of
the A&M College System Board of Directors Saturday morn
ing.
The board changed the James Robert Astin Endowment
Fund of $29,000 to a loan fund to provide matching money
for an expanded National Defense Student Loan Program.
Under the National Defense Education Act the college is
required to supply one-ninth of funds to be used for loans
to students under this plan, the balance being supplied by
the federal government.
Also at the meeting Saturday, the board accepted funds
amounting to $165,349.65" t
from private sources in sup- f/i i i \j
Khrushchev Vows
Peace, Friendship
In San Francisco
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port of fellowships, scholar
ships, grants-in-aid to re
search and as special gifts to
parts of the system.
E. E. McQuillen, chairman of the
College Development Fund, said
demand for the loans has been
heavy. He added that all of the
first allocation of $15,730 has been
uspd and commitments have been
made on much of the $90,000 to be
available this year.
Loans are available both to new
and old students. New students
may apply through the office of
the registrar and old students
through their department heads or
deans. Individual loans are limit
ed to a maximum of $1,000 per
year or $5,000 for the entire school
career. Repayment starts a year-
after the student completes school
and may be made over a 10-year
period with interest at three per
cent.
Loans are available on the basis
of need, with priority given on the
basis of scholastic record. Eligi
bility requirements here include a
grade-point ratio of at least 1.25 on
all work taken during the previous
semester.
Of the funds from private sourc
es, A&M received $81,135.75 from
78 sources. Of this amount, $67,-
685.75 was in support of scholar
ships, $11,800 received in four spe
cial gifts and loan of equipment
valued at $1,650.
The Texas Agricultural Experi
ment Station received $57,524.90
in support of 21 research' projects
as funds for grants-in-aid. The
station also received an $l,800-a-
year fellowship, gifts of equipment
and supplies amounting to $2,-
934.90 and loans of equipment val
ued at $6,500.
The Texas Engineering Experi
ment Station received a gift of
mass spectrometer - and repair
parts valued at $21,500 for use in
teaching and research in chemistry
and engineering from the Phillips
Petroleum Co., Bartlesville, Okla.
Tarleton State College received
$150 in funds for scholarships, and
Prairie View A&M received $2,025
to support three scholarships.
The Texas Forest Service re
ceived $500 in support of research
on forest fertilization.
The Texas Transportation Insti
tute received $2,514, from 22 sourc
es, supporting establishment of the
memorial Thomas H. MacDonald
Chair of Transportation. Gifts to
support the memorial currently to
tal $85,044.47.
The Texas Aggie Band makes its way to last
night’s Yell Practice, the first of the 1959-
, 60 school year. Leading the band are, from
* left to right, Olin W. Brown, White Band
drum major; David H. Arnold, head drum
major and James F. Bailey, Maroon Band
drum major.
Applications
For R. V. ’s
Juniors who want to join the
Ross Volunteers and can meet the
qualifications may get applications
from Wade Dover, R. V. Comman
der and deputy Corps commander 1 ,
in Dorm 2-105 or Don Alexander,
Dorm 14-214.
Candidates must have a 1.5 over
all grade point ratio, a 1.5 in air
or military science and be classi
fied as a junior.
The R.V.’s are an honor guard
composed of juniors and seniors.
They serve as honor guard for
the Texas governor’s inauguration
as well as for King Rex who reigns
at the Mardi Gras in New Orleans
every year. The R.V. firing squad
serves at Silver Taps.
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SAN FRANCISCO OP) — A gay
and mellow Nikita Khrushchev
headed for Iowa’s tall corn fields
today after pleading for peace and
friendship in this city which gave
him his ■‘warmest welcome yet in
the United States.
The Soviet Premier professed
himself no longer mad at anyone
—not even Mayo Norris Poulson
of Los Angeles. He quarreled
roughly and publicly Saturday
night with Poulson in Los Angeles.
In his farewell to the West Coast
— where he spent three days —
Khushchev said he would like to
help build a society in whhjh all
men would be brothers. .He reit
erated a plea for total disarma
ment.
He said he seeks complete
equality and no enmity.
“You may not agree with us,
but we are guided by noble as
pirations in our struggle for com
munism, and we are going to wage
this struggle not by the force of
arms, but by our words,” he said..
Ahead in Iowa is an agricultural
schedule that should keep Khrush
chev, a former sheepherder, in the
same glowing mood he enjoyed
all day Monday.
Room Applications
To Be Filed Friday
Meeting room applications for
student organizations and clubs
will be accepted in the Social and
Educational Office of the Memo
rial Student Center beginning at
8 a.m. Friday, according to Mrs.
Ann Keel, MSC social director.
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—Battalion Staff Photo
At Open House
Upperclassmen turned out in big numbers Monday night
to attend the Memorial Student Center Open House. Here
a group of Aggies take advantage of the free coffee served
by two local high school girls.
1,200 Attend MSC
Open House, Dance
Approximately 1,200 upperclass-r with the 21 committees which corn-
men attended the Memorial Stu- pose the Memorial Student Center
dent Center Open House and dance Directorate by placing application
following yell practice last night.
Committees of the MSC gave
demonstrations and displayed ex
hibits of committee activities at
the Open House, with each of the
committees arranged in an approp
riate area within the MSC.
The evening highlight was the
special attraction of 25 hostesses
from the Bryan-College Station
area who added a great deal in
making the night a success.
As the Aggies poured into the
Center following All-College Night
in The Grove, coffee and ice cream
were served the cadets by the vis
iting hostesses. The Lilly Ice
Cream Company and Duncan Cof
fee Company furnished the refresh
ments.
Following the refreshment pe
riod, the Aggies and hostesses vis
ited the exhibits throughout the
MSC. Over 80 upperclassmen
voiced their interest in working
cards in committee boxes placed
in the ballroom.
Leaving the committee exhibits,
the Aggies and girls moved into
the ballroom to dance to the music
of Richard Smith’s Collegians.
The evening drew to a close
shortly before midnight.
Ronald Buford, directorate and
council president, was in charge
of the program.
Others who aided Buford in
planning the Open House were
Clyde Whrtwell, member -of the
student council; Hiram French,
vice president of the council and
chairman of the Evaluation com
mittee; David Hughes and Charles
Marshall, directorate assistants.
Serving as senior hostesses for
the night were Judy Rossmussen,
Dorothy Berry, Sharon Patterson,
Emily Crouch, Mary Francis Bad-
gett, Myrna McGuire, Jean Lynch
and Lynda Chalk.
At Board Meeting
Appropriation Made
For Nuclear Center
An appropriation of $900,000 in
additional funds for the first unit
of a $3,000,000 Nuclear Science
Center was made by the A&M
Board of Directors Saturday.
The board authorized its exec
utive committee to make further
study of bids submitted for con
struction and equipment and award
contracts within this amount at a
later date. The appropriation
brought a total of $1,076,816 funds
appropriated for the center to date.
Other appropriations, largely
for construction, made a total of
$1,001,474 appropriated at this
meeting, at which construction con-
tracts totalling $130,559 were
awarded. A series of agricultural
facility improvements, estimated
to cost $72,000, were approved for
early construction.
Saturday’s meeting was the first
regular meeting of the board since
confirmation and qualification of
its new members. In its organiza
tional session, H. B. Zachry, San
Antonio contractor, was elected
president and Herman F. Keep,
Austin oilman, was elected vice
president. E. L. Angell of College
Station was appointed board sec
retary.
An appropriation fgr work at
A&M included $71,500 for remod
eling and air conditioning the third
floor of the YMCA building to
eventually house the placement of
fice, short course office, develop
ment fund office and the college
information office.
Other appropriations for work
included $17,950 for a volatile sol
vents storage building for the De
partment of Biochemistry and state
chemist, $35,225 for a cottonseed
and volatile solvents storage build
ing for the Cottonseed Products
Research Laboratory of the Texas
Engineering Experiment Station
and $8,000 to pay half of the cost
of rehabilitating runway lights at
the college airport, matching a fed
eral grant.
Receiving constructions contracts
at the meeting were Vance and
Thurmond, Bryan, for remodeling
and air conditioning the third floor
of the YMCA, $67,627; to R. B.
Butler, Bryan, for the volatile sol
vents storage building for the De
partment of Biochemistry, $16,320;
to R. B. Butler, Bryan, for cotton
seed and volatile solvents storage
building for the Cottonseed Prod
ucts Research, $32,025.
Designated for construction at
an early date, using funds from
the $100,000 allocation for agri-
cultural improvements at A&M
were the following projects With
estimated cost: wing to the agron
omy field laboratory to provide
space for expanding soil and water
instruction and research on soil
and water salinity, $26,000; repair
and remodeling of existing Bio
chemical laboratory at the old F.&
B. Station, $8,000; greenhouse for
the Department of Entomology,
$25,000 and rehabilitation of old
Dairy Research barn at Veterinary
Research farm to provide facilities
for research on “A Method of
Raising Disease-Free Swine,” $13,-
500.