Hutchison, KODin
The Battalion
Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1959
Number 14
Staff Parking
Changes Made
A new system of faculty and
staff vehicle registration has been
announced by James P. Hannigan,
dean of students.
According to Hannigan, the reg
istration will become effective on
a date to be announced, tentative
ly Jan. 1. After that date, all
faculty and staff members will be
required to pay an annual vehicle
registration fee of $7.50, provided
they use regular parking areas.
This fee will entitle the regis
trant to a windshield sticker which
will authorize parking within his
area or zone and at “Reserved —
Visitor” places in all other zoned
areas, said Hannigan.
He added that. each of the six
zoned areas will be assigned to an
administrative staff officer who
may make specific assignments to
staff members in a parking lot or
to a specific place on the street.
Registrants may. register addi
tional vehicles at $1 each, said
Hannigan, and for the current year
the $7.50 registration fee will be
reduced in proportion to the num
ber of months in the fiscal year
which have already passed on the
effective date of the plan.
Hannigan stressed that student
wives who work on the campus
will continue to receive student
registration stickers as in the past.
This is the student permit with
special permit to park at the place
of work.
Persons who wish to park their
vehicles in the “fringe” parking
lots on the south side of the cam
pus in the lot southeast of Kyle
Field or on the north side in the
lot east of the B&CU Building, or
at places outside the designated
zoned areas, will pay a $1 fee per
year, said Hannigan. He added
that they may not park in any
^.oned areas on the campus from
7 a.in. until 5 p.m. daily Monday
through Friday, and from 7 a.m.
Two Former Ags
Given Assignments
2nd Lt. Emmett W. Muenker,
*59, has completed training in the
Air Force Officer Pre-Flight
School at Lackland Air Force Base.
He will be assigned to Moore AB,
Tex., for initial flying training as
a pilot.
1st Lt. William C. Bolmanski,
’54, has been assigned to James
Connally AFB to attend the pri
mary basic navigator training-
school.
until noon on Saturdays.
U. S. Department of Agriculture
and U. S. Post Office employees
who will park in the government-
owned lots will not have to get
the campus sticker, Hannigan said.
He added that if the cars wex-e to
be parked on campus, the sticker
would be necessary.
Graduate teaching assistants, if
they are enrolled in any courses,
will get the student parking per
mit plus a special permit for pax-k
ing at the place of their employ
ment.
Persons employed in janitorial
woi’k and whose cars will be park
ed on campus only after 5 p.m.
or before 7 a.m. will need only the
$1 pax-king permit, said Hannigan.
Hannigan urged all faculty and
staff members to register their ve
hicles in the Campus Security Of
fice as early as possible after the
effective date of the pew play has
been announced. He added that
faculty and staff regulations will
be issued at the time of registra
tion.
After Aug. 31, 19G0, the regis
tration of all vehicles of faculty
and staff members will be for the
fiscal year Sept. 1 Aug. 31.
Hannigan requested that each
dean, director and head of depart- ,
ment obtain from the offices under |
their supervision information con- i
cex-ning parking, pxesent and fu-
ture.
The survey asked whether the
$7.50 parking or the $1 fringe
parking would be desix-ed, the num
ber of additional vehicles x-egistex*-
ed by each person and information
was requested as to where auto
mobiles are nox-mally pax-ked now.
“This is strictly sux-vey and
not an actual registi-ation,” said
Hannigan. He requested that the
infox-mation be delivered to Bennie
A. Zinn, director of Student Af
fairs by 5 p.m. Friday. He said
the purpose of the sux-vey was to
find out where the faculty and
staffs ax-e parking now in order
to allocate them to equally desir
able areas.
ID Cards Ready
For Distribution
Identification cards which were
made in connection with registra
tion of Sept. 17-19, for the cux--'
rent sexnester are now ready fo
distribution in the Exchange Store.
They should be claimed in person
immediately.
Prying into Lives
* James Klingman, senior zoology major from Amarillo,
was invited to appear before the National Science Founda
tion Undergraduate Student Directors in Washington,
D. C., recently. He outlined training received at the Vir
ginia Fisheries Laboratory in Gloucester Point this past
summer under a grant by the National Science Foundation.
A&M Scientists to Install
New Nuclear Reactor Soon
Building to Begin
Within 30 Days
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Dr. Robert G. Cochran
... to build reactor
Dreyer Takes
MSC Position
As Art Adviser
Wallace Dreyer of Marlin, Tex.,
has replaced Mrs. Emalita Terx-y,
presently on a year’s leave of ab
sence, as art dix*ector and Crea
tive Arts adviser of the Memorial
Student Center.
Dreyer, who has been working
with the Creative Arts Committee
since the beginning of this semes
ter, studied architecture at the
University of Texas in 1942 and
46-47.
During Warld War II, Dreyer
served with the infantry of . the
Third Army in France, Germany
and Luxemburg. While in the
army he studied engineering at
Eastern Kentucky Teachers Col
lege.
Dx-eyer has studied art with San
Mieguel de Allende in Aspen Col
orado; Fetcher Martin in San An
tonio Art Institution; Alice Nay
lor in San Antonio and Mrs. Ema-
lita Terry at Freeport.
The new art dix-ector has won
prizes and awards for his work at
the annual Festival of Texas Fine
Arts at Austin, River Art Com
petition in San Antonio and the
Ax-t Forum Annual at Waco. He
has exhibited his work in the
Witte Museum of San Antonio,
Museum of Contemporary Art in
Dallas and the La Guna Gloria in
Austin.
Some of Dreyer’s paintings have
been bought by Dr. Ex-nest La Fev-
ere of Washington, D.C. and Rus
sel Garcia of Hollywood, Calif.
Recently he had two paintings ac
cepted to be published in the Fox-d
Times magazine.
Dreyer is a member of the Waco
Art Forum Board of Directors,
San Antonio Art League, San An
tonio River Art Group, Affiliated
American Federation of Arts and
a tnxstee of the Texas Fine Arts
Assn.
Scientists of the A&M College System will construct and
install the reactor and other nuclear apparatus for their new
Nuclear Science Center under a plan approved by the execu
tive committee of the A&M System Board of Directors Mon
day.
Appropriations of $1,025,000 have been made for the
first unit of the proposed $3,000,000 center and construction
of building and equipment are to start within 30 days. Funds
include a $350,000 grant from the National Science Founda
tion.
Contract for a three-story modern building with a pool
to house the reactors was let to Temple Associates of Diboll
on a bid of $569,897. The
building is designed to house
the completed nuclear reactor
and will have facilities for all
units proposed in the develop
ment plan.
Under authority gx-anted by the
board at its September meeting,
the executive committee x'ejected
all bids for construction of the
reactor and nuclear apparatus for
the first unit and authorized staff
members, under the leadership of
Dr. Robex-t G. Cochi'an, to select,
assemble and install the compon
ents for the new installation.
Much of the equipment will have
to be constimcted, in which case
the A&M scientists will check de
sign and supervise construction.
Cost of this equipment and instal
lation is not to exceed $200,000.
Cochran, who will direct this
“project, is the new head of the
Depai’tment of Nuclear Engineer
ing here- and will also direct the
operation of the Nuclear Science
Center for the Texas Engineering
Experiment Station. He has had
wide experience in x’eactor design
and construction, as well as op-
ei’ation. He has been a member
of the Cyclotron Group at the Uni
versity of Indiana, was four years
a member of the Physics Division
of Oak Ridge National Laboratory
and for the past five years has
been in the nuclear engineering
department of Pennsylvania State
University.
At Oak Ridge Cochran conducted
research in reactor design and
shielding - . At Penn State, he as
sisted in the design and construc
tion of a reseai’ch reactor of the
type to be built here and later
directed operation of the facility.
He recently served as consultant
in putting the five megawatt In
dustrial Reactor Lab, Inc., reac
tor, at Pi’inceton, N. J., into op
eration.
The building, on which work is
to start at an early date, is to be
a modern gastight three-story
structux - e, located on a six-acre
plot approximately three miles
southwest of the main campxxs. It
will contain all facilities for instal
lation of a wide range of equip
ment in the final stages of de
velopment of the center. The Cen
ter is designed for research in
chemistry, physics, biology, agri
culture, engineering and medicine
and is expected to be the most
versatile unit of its type in the
country. In its final stages the
reactor will be capable of opei>
ating at five megawatt power.
The first unit of equipment,
which shoxxld be in operation by
early 1961, is to be capable of
handling a wide range of research
projects, with power limited to 100
kilowatts. The facilities will be
used not only for teaching and
reseai'ch here, but will also be
available for work of all parts of
the A&M System, for other col
leges and universities throughout
the Southwest and fox - basic re
search sponsored by industry.
The Nuclear Center will belong
to A&M and will be opex - ated by
the Texas Engineerixxg Experiment
Station.
Experimental facilities will be
located about the reactor pool on
the basement and first floor. On
the basement floor, the two high
power reactor operating positions
(the tank end axxd the controlled
irradiation cell end) will be sur
rounded by vai’ious poi’ts provid
ing high level radiation fluxes for
experiments outside the shield.
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Nuclear Science Center
Contract has been awarded for construc
tion of a three-story gastight build
ing for the Nuclear Science Center at A&M.
Construction of the building, at a site three
miles southwest of the main campus, is
scheduled to start immediately. Scientists
Kiwanis Luncheon Tuesday
of the A&M System will also start im
mediately on construction of nuclear equip
ment which they will install in the building.
Thd first unit of the center is scheduled to
be in operation early in 1961.
Dr. Cochran Tells Of New
Reactor; Plans for Work
Dr. R. G. Cochran, chairman of
the Departmexxt of Nuclear Engi
neering, explained the operation
of the present A&M-owned x’eactor
and definite plans for beginning
woi - k on the A&M Nuclear Science
Center to members of the College
Statioxx Kiwanis Club Tuesday
noon in the Memorial Student Cen
ter Ballroom.
Cochi’an, who served qs a senior
scientist at Oak Ridge Laboratory
and worked with the Pennsylvania
State nuclear reactor, has been a
consultant to the Atomic Energy
Commission.
Second Installment
Payable til Oct. 20
First semester second install
ment fees are now payable in
the Fiscal Office. The $65.30
pays room, board and laundry
until Nov 20. Deadline to pay
the fee is Tuesday, Oct. 20.
Poll Results Show
Freshmen Satisfied
Results of the Evaluation of
New Student Week, a question
naire given all freshmen at the end
of their second week, have been
tabulated and reveal that mem
bers of the Class of ’63 are satis
fied with A&M.
The Battalion earlier carried a
stoi - y on the ci’oss-section of the
x'esults of this questionnaire.
Made up of 16 questions, the
questionnaire was answered by
1,469 freshmen. The questions
were answered as “excellent,”
“fair” or “poor.”
“It is most gratifying to note
that in no case did we find the
most check marks in the ‘poor’
column,” James P. Hamxigen, dean
of students, said. “Of the sixteen
items listed, twelve had the most
checks under the rating of ‘ex
cellent’ and four had a majority
checking the ‘fair’ column.”
The questioxx that received the
most number of “excellent” votes
was “Church Night on Wednesday
evening was designed to inform
you about the religious life of our
college This px-ogram was:”. To
this question 1,273 answex-ed “ex
cellent.”
“I believe that the plan to have
roommates X’egister for classes to
gether is:” was the question re
ceiving the second lai’gest number
of “excellent” votes. 1,128 fresh
men marked “excellent” for this
question.
The question receiving the high
est number of “fair” votes was
“The Friday aftexmoon assembly
was intended to give you inforxxxa-
tion about out-of-class opportuni
ties on the campus. This meeting
was” 834 answered “fair.”
Receiving the highest number of
“poor” votes was the question
“The amount of time available to
me for obtaining my uniform and
setting up my room for daily liv-
irxg was” 468 answered “poor.”
Harrington Speaks to R V s
The necessity of individualism
and society’s need for men who
can stand on their own feet was
the subject for Chancellor M. T.
Harx-ington’s congratulatory ad
dress to the assembled Corps jun
ior, senior members and
distinguished guests at last night’s
Ross Volunteer Initiation Banquet
in the MSC Ballroom.
Following speeches on the his
tory, customs and ti’aditions of the
Ross Volunteers presented by sev
eral senior mexxxbers, the 73 jun
iors donned the gold and white
citation cord and officially became
members of A&M’s honor guard.
Distinguished guest were Har
rington, chancellor of the A&M
College System; president Earl
Rudder; Col. Joe E. Davis, com
mandant of the college; James P.
Hanningan, dean of students;
Pinky Downs; Mrs. Elizabeth
Cook; Irene Claghorn; and A. M.
Conway. Military sponsorrs pres
ent were Capt. Phillip D. Weihs,
Capt. John A. Simmons axxd Lt.
Charles F. Hornstein Jr.
Using slides, Cochran explained
how a nuclear reactor works and
the power it can produce.
Speaking of the new center to
be built at A&M; he said it was
expected to produce five million
watts which will be used as the
college sees fit.
Commenting on the useful power
of the new reactor to be construc
ted, Cochran said, “What is done
with peaceful power produced by
the reactor is up to the ingenuity
of the nuclear engineering depart
ment and the school.”
Proceeding the talk by Cochi’an,
the announcement was made that
a telegram from Roy Wingx-en,
president of the College Station
Kiwanis Club now attending th©
district convention, assux - ed the
local club that Dr. Chai’les La-
Motte would be Lieutenant Gover
nor of this distxict.
Dr. Luther S. Bird was also wel
comed as a new member of the
club.
Guests at the regular Tuesday
luncheon were Ralph Durham of
the Lubbock Kiwanis Club, J. R.
Jackson, Bob Shubinski, James At
kinson, Bill Ford, Di\ Joe Redden
and Cochran.
Tony Sorenson and Murray
Brown conducted the song session.
Loyd Keel, second vice-px - esident,
presided at the meeting due to the
absence of Wingren.
Aggieland ’60
Freshman Pic
Schedule Slated
Freshman in the Corps will have
their portrait made for the “Ag
gieland ’60” accoi’ding to the fol
lowing schedule. . Portx’aits will be
made at the Aggieland Studio, at
North Gate, between the hour’s of
8 a. m. and 5 p. m. on the days
scheduled.
Winter blouses will be furnished
at the studio, but each man mxxst
bring his own shirt and tie.
Oct. 14-15, Squadrons 3-8.
Oct. 19-20, Squadrons 9-14.
Oct. 21-22, Squadrons 15-17 and
Maroon and White Bands.