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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1959)
Tuesday, October 13, 1959 THE BATTALION pi — Moonwatch Leader Jack Kent, mathematics and space science professor here and director of the A&M Moonwatch Team, sits in front of a display featuring three award certificates recently presented to the team. The display is in the library on the college campus. Awards were made for diligence in tracking and reporting artificial satellites'. Graduate and Postdoctoral Science Academy to Aid Selection of Fellowships, The National Academy of Sci- ences-National Research Council has again been called upon to ad vise the National Science Founda tion in the selection of candidates for the Foundation’s program of graduate and postdoctoral fellow ships. The foundation plans to award approximately 1,100 graduate and 125 postdoctoral fellowships in these two programs during the 1960-61 academic year. Committees of outstanding sci entists appointed by the Academy- Research Council will evaluate ap plications of all candidiates; final selection will be made by the Foun dation and awards announced on March 15, 1960. Open only to citizens of the United States and awarded solely on the basis of ability, the fellow ships may be applied to advanced study in the mathematical, physi cal, medical, biological, and engi neering sciences, including anthro pology, psychology (excluding clin ical psychology), and the following social sciences: geography, mathe matical economics, econometrics, demography, information and com munication theory, experimental and quantative sociology and the history and philosophy of science. They are open to college seniors, graduate and postdoctoral stu dents, and other individuals with equivalent training and experi ence. All applicants for graduate (pre- doctoral) awards will be required to take an examination designed to test scientific aptitude and achievement. This examination ad ministered by the Educational Testing Service, will be given on Jan. 16, 1960, at designated centers throughout the United States and certain foreign countries. The annual stipends for gradu ate fellows are as follows: $1,800 for the first year; $2,000 for the intermediate year; and $2,200 for the terminal year. The annual sti pend for postdoctoral Fellows is $4,500. Limited allowances will al so be provided to apply tuition, laboratory fees, and travel. Further information and appli cation materials may be obtained from the Fellowship Office, Nati onal Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, 2101 Constitu tion Ave., N. W., Washington 25, D.C. The deadline for the receipt of applications for regular post doctoral fellowships is December 22, 1959, and for graduate fellow ships, January 1, 1960. .. . As an RCA Engineer Receive your MS in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Physics at RCA’s expense, through the RCA Graduate Study Program. At the same time, you’re beginning your RCA career as an engineer on a fully professional level, getting a head start in the field you prefer. RCA pays the full cost of your tuition, fees and approved texts while you take graduate study part-time at the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, Rutgers University or the University of California at Los Angeles. Or, you may prefer a different path ahead . . . RCA Design and Development Specialized Training. Here is another of RCA’s pro grams for careers, in which you begin by working full-time on planned technical assign ments. Experienced engineers and interested management guide your progress. You may receive assignments in design and development of radar, airborne electronics, computers, missile electronics, television, radio and other equipment fields, as well as in electron tubes, semiconductor materials and devices, and space electronics. Your experience or advanced education may point your way to direct assignment. Dozens of RCA engineering fields lie open to the man who’s thoroughly acquainted with the direc tion he wants to take and whose qualifications open this path to him. There’s a lot more that’s extremely interesting about an RCA engineering career. You should have these facts to make a wise decision about your future. Get them in person very soon when an RCA engineering management repre sentative arrives on campus— f OCTOBER 20 Right now, see your placement officer. Get squared aivay on a specific time for your interview. And get your copies of the brochures that also help to fill you in on the RCA picture. If you’re tied up when RCA’s representative is here, send a resume to the address shown at right: Tomorrow is here today at RCA Mr. Robert Haklisch, Manager College Relations, Dept. CR-5 Radio Corporation of America Camden 2, N. J. RADIO CORPORATION of AMERICA Former Aggie All American To Attend Dance Festival Manning Smith, a native of College Station and former all- American gridiron star for A&M, will be one of the featured mem bers of the star-studded staff of nationally known personalities at the First Quadricentennial Square and Folk Dance Festival to be held in Pensacola, Fla., Oct. 30-31. Prior to entering the dancing field, Smith received degrees in physics and physical chemistry and coached collegiate football and basketball. He is now, recognized as one of the nation’s foremost round dance experts. Manning and his wife Nita have been on the staffs of the leading square and round dance institutes in this country and Canada. They have conducted national as well as state festivals and conventions. This past summer they were chos en by the U. S. Air Force to spend five weeks in Europe giving in structions to recreation leaders and personnel from service clubs at American bases in England, Ger many, France and Turkey. They also conducted the square and round dance work shops at the An- Two Ags Receive Research Grants Two undergraduate A&M stu dents in wildlife management, Charles W. Ramsey of Memphis, Tenn. and Fred A. Murray of San Antonio, have been awarded grants from the Texas Academy of Sci ence. They will conduct research under the direction of Dr. Richard J. Baldauf, associate professor in the Department of Wildlife Man agement. Ramsey’s research will be on “A Comparative Study of the Pec toral Girdle of the Hylidae of Tex as” and Murray’s research will be on “A Study of the Efferent Bran- chiel Arteries and Their Associa tion With the Dorsal Aorta in Se lected Centrarchids.” nual Roundup sponsored by the European Association of American Square Dance Clubs. In addition to these activities, the Smiths also find time to travel some 50,000 miles each year and conduct classes for more than 500 children and adults each week. Their own two teenagers dance with the Smiths’ exhibition groups. Manning obtained his degree in physics from Centenary College in Shreveport, La. and his degree in physical chemistry from A&M. Nita holds a degree in physical education from the University of Texas in Austin. It was while play ing football here that Manning made the All-American team. Not only do the' Smiths teach and dance established dances and patterns but they write their own. Among the many hit dances which the Smiths have written are “White Silver Sands”, “Tammy”, “Susie Mixer”, “Mr. Guitar”, and “Manita Waltz”. Manning and Nita Smith, Ed Gilmore, Bruce Johnson and Don and Marie Armstrong compose the feature staff who will be teaching, calling and directing the twenty- nine hours of dancing. The Festival will also include a two hour pageant which will be given each night and will feature Club Aid Meeting Slated Tomorrow There will be a meeting of all technical and departmental club sponsors and treasurers in the Social Room of the Memorial Stu dent Center Wednesday at 5 p.m. according to W. L. (Pete) Har desty, student organizations ad viser. Hardesty said this is an annual meeting designed to acquaint the sponsors and treasurers with bene fits they may gain from the club aid program. He said only technical and de partmental clubs ax-e eligible for participation in the program. dancers from Canada, Texas, Florida, Georgia and Kentucky. 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