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Veteran’s Day Ceremony The Corps Staff comes to present arms while a wreath of white mums is placed on the South Gate Memorial. This is an annual ceremony honoring the Aggie war dead. The wreath was furnished by the Department of Floriculture on the campus. Houston -Bou n d Volume 59 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1959 Number 31 Atomic Energy Conference Attracts Leading Scientists ^ Alvin J. Luedecke Heads MSC Meet Grid Clash, Parade Top Rice Weekend By BOB SAILE Battalion Staff Writer The A&M-Rice football game at 2 p.m. Saturday in Houston and a Corps parade down Main Street at 9:30 a.m. highlights Corps Trip ac tivities for the coming weekend. Aggies will begin leaving the campus for Houston after their last classes JCriday to reach “Big H.” in time to set up weekend head quarters. The Corps Trip parade will start at 9:30 Saturday morning at Clay and Main Streets in downtown Houston and will move north on Main to Tetfas Street. Marching units will turn right at Texas Street and continue to Fannin Street, where they will again turn right. They will continue down Fannin to Clay Street, the original stai’ting point. The various commanders and guidon bearers will meet at 8:30 Air Force Juniors Visit Air Base Air Force ROTC Juniors Chal- mcT Wren, Norman K. Dyson, Aub rey C. Elkins, Glenn A. Jones, Ger ald J. Walla and David G. Webb accompanied Capt. Gene A. Wil liams, Air Science III Instructor, to Bergstrom A.F.B. at Austin on Friday on a familiarization tour of the base. The Aggies were shown points of interest about the base such as the flight line, base operations, and the officers club. High point of the tour was inspecting a B-52 Stratofortress and the KC-135, the all-jet tanker used to refuel the B-52’s. On Wednesday, Nov. 4, Capt. Wil liams took Air Foi’ce ROTC Junior Richard Vander Stucken to James Connally A.F.B. at Waco, where they flew a navigational training mission in a T-29 aircraft to Tu- cumcari, N. Mex., and returned. a.m. in the four-block area con tained by the intersections of Clay and Bell Streets with Main Street. Other unit members will form at 9 a.m. Units will begin moving out at 9:30. Order of march for the parade will be' as follows: The Band, 1st Wing, 2nd Wing, 1st Brigade and 2nd Brigade. The official reviewing, stand for the parade will be located at Main and Rusk Streets in front of the Rice Hotel. Corps headquarters will be lo cated in the Rice Hotel. Bonfire Tops CSC Discussion Tonight In Senate Chamber The nearing Bonfire Week will headline the discussion at the Ci vilian Student Council \peeting to night at 7:15 in the Senate Cham ber of the Memorial Student Cen ter. Other business includes dormi tory presidents’ meeting, the Stu dent. Senate meeting, projects for Thanksgiving and the Campus Chest. The recently named standing committees will also be outlined at the meeting. There are five standing committees— the Execu tive Committee made up of Charles Graham, Roland Dommert, Mike Carlo, Ben Havard and Jim Hall, the Traditions and Public Informa tion Committee made up of Lee Griggs, James Hall and James Tucker; the Civilian Weekend Com mittee made up of Larry Clark, Carlo and James Croucji; the New Student Week Committee made up of James Manley, John Garner, James Lively, Ken Dorris and John Heber; and the Outstanding Coun cil Award Committee made up of Griggs, Tucker, Crouch, Paul Cor- der and Charles McLaren. Thirty of the nation’s top scientists converged on the campus today to open the second annual Texas Conference on the Utilization of Atomiq Energy in the Memorial Stu dent Center. Alvin J. Luedecke, ’32, general manager of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, is serving as general chairman of the two-day conference and will speak on aspects of atomic power and training at a banquet for the delegates tonight. The conference is concerned with a number of problems relating to the uses of atomic energy in connection with the physical life and sciences. Varied Topics + Topics include such sub jects as the effect on residual natural gas if radioactive waste materials are stored in abandoned gas reservoirs, types of reactors for propulsion of man ned aircraft and missiles, uses of radiobiological techniques in agri cultural research and problems of economical production of atomic power. Design considerations for the construction of the new $3,000,- 000 regional science facility to be built here are*also being discussed. Three members of the staff of the A&M System will serve with Luedecke in operating the confer ence. Dr. George M. Kidse of the Radiation Biological Division of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station, is the local chairman. Vice chairmen are R. G. Bader and Dr. R. E. Wainerdi. The conference is open to repre sentatives of educational, govern- ntdntal and industrial organizations throughout Texas. Physical Sciences Today’s sessions were concerned with the use of atomic energy in relation to the physical sciences. Papers on the agenda today were: “The Determination of Trace Elements by Activation Analysis,” by Dr. George W. Leddicotte, Oak Ridge National - Laboratpry; “Chemistry of Fission Products in Circulating Fuel Reactor Sys tems,” by Dr. George Watson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; “The Effect on the Residual Natural Gas If Radioactive Waste Matei'ials were to be Stored in a Suitable Abandoned Gas Reservoir,” by Dr. George Crawford, University of Texas; “Nuclear Power — How, When, and If,” by W. Dickinson, Bechtel Corporation; “Reactors for the Propulsion of Manned Air craft and Missiles,” by Lt. Col. (See Atomic Energy Page 3) Junior College Press Meet Opens Sunday The seventh annual conference of the Texas Junior College Press Assn., featuring a wide variety of discussions by prominent Texas journalists, will be held Sunday through Tuesday in the Memorial Student Center. Discussions are scheduled to be gin at 8:3.0 a.m. on Monday. Hal Lewis, managing editor of the Dallas Times Herald, will dis cuss “The Reporter at Work” and “Build a Better Newspaper.” Thomas E. Turner of the Central Texas news staff of the Dallas Morning News will give pointers on spotlighting news features. A yearbook workshop section will be under the direction of Dr. Otha C. Spencei’, professor of journal ism at East Texas State College. Other talks will include “The Voice of The Newspaper” by Bob Sellers, public services director of the Fort Worth Press, and Terry Walsh, Sunday editor of the Dallas Morning News will discuss “Mak ing tjie Newspaper Speak.” Bill Van Fleet of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram will talk on “Sports Come Alive In Print,” and Ann Badolati of the Waco News-Tri bune will discuss “News For Wo men.” Featured speaker for the awards banquet at 7 p.m. Monday will be Ellie Hopkins, editor-in-chief of the Estes Publications of Long view. The conference will conclude Tuesday at noon following a meet ing of sponsors and a general busi ness session. The First Log Four members of the Aggie Band stand by the first log the Band by Mr. O. L. Finley of Lufkin. Left to right are: of the 1959 bonfire. The log, which is 69 feet long and Jim Ellison, Raymond Mayfield, Larry Christian and Jim weigh about 32,000 pounds, was cut in a timber area near Finley. Lufkin and transported to A&M. The log was donated to A&M Debate Team Members of the A&M debate team—Andy 20-21. This group placed 9th and 10th in Schouvaloff, Don Williamson, Dennis the recent Fort Worth meet in an array of Schepps and Jay Hirsch—pause to discuss 140 schools, the coming Debate Tournament here Nov. Up For Vote Tuesday Committee Explains Plans For Bond Issue Revenue (Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles explaining the provisions of the $350,000 bond for the A&M Consolidated School Dis trict to be voted on Tuesday.) By ROBBIE GODWIN Battalion News Editor One of the topics covered at the public meeting of the voters in the A&M Consolidated School District last Tuesday night was that of exactly where the money from the $350,000 proposed bond issue would go. J. B. (Dick) Hervey, chairman of a committee to study the sub ject, reported the findings to the group, using charts to show the breakdown. New Elementary School First on Hervey’s list was the proposed new elementary school. Hervey reported that the school building would consist of 10 class rooms, a cafeteria, and adminis trative offices. He said the esti mated size of the building was lfi,000 square feet. The estimated cost of the build ing is $145,009. This is about $9.50 per square foot of floor space. He said furnishings for the build ing would run $10,000, and that the land and its development would cost $30,000. “Whatever is pro vided in the building, it will be de signed for expansion,” said Hervey. High School Additions The second chart showed the es timated expense of the proposed additions to the high school facili ties. A total of four classrooms and two homemaking units are planned, at a cost of $55,000. The current homemaking unit would be con verted into a science unit, contain ing a laboratory, at a cost of $7,000.. Furnishings for the new classrooms would run $5,000 ac cording to the committee’s figures. This is a total of $07,000 for the high school. Lincoln School Improvements The committee also studied the additions needed at Lincoln School. The plans call for two new class rooms, two new sets of restrooms and one all-purpose room. Con struction of these units would cost $35,000. In addition, needed repair and renovation would cost $20,000, and furnishings and equipment for the new buildings would run $5,000. Local Reserve Unit Ordered to Expand To Full Strength The local United States Army Reserve Unit, the 358th Inf 1st Battle Group, commanded by Col. Joe E. Davis, has received word from Division Headquarters to re cruit to full strength. Many veterans are now eligible to enlist in grades Up to M.Sgt. Grade determinations are made on prior service and current civilian training and experience. Another enlistment program al lows young men to enlist now and take six months active duty after they complete.high school. Under this special program young men complete their active duty in six months and their active training obligation in three years. An all-day conference on com munications in business and indus try, designed to improve news and advertising dissemination, will be held Friday, Nov. 13, in the ball- i'oom of the Memorial Student Cen ter. Sponsored by the Journalism Ad visory Council, the communications conference is open to all faculty, staff and students in all depart ments of the college, according to Don Burchard, professor and head of the Department of Journalism here. Frank Fields of the Humble Oil and Refining Co. employee rela tions department will be confer ence chairman. Beginning at 9 a.m., the program will include J. Harve Washington, director of employee communica- Bus Shod and Warehouse Hervey’s committee, also request ed a bus shed and warehouse for the school’s equipment. This could be built at a cost of $10,000, ac cording to Hervey. Architect’s and other profes sional fees would run $14,000 ac cording to the study. Bond fees, which are standard for a bond is sue, would run $3,000 and a con tingency fund of $11,000 would bring the total of this expenditure group to $38,000. In way of a summary, Hervey presented a chart showing the gen eral breakdown of the $350,000 to tal. Elementary School ....$185,000 High School Additions 67,000 Lincoln School Additions 60,000 Bus Shed & Warehouse 10,000 Architect Fees 14,000 Bond Fees 3,000 Contingency Fund 11,000 tions of Continental Oil Co., who will talk on communications in in dustry, and H. D. Ward, manager of Humble Oil and Refining Co.’s traffic department, whose subject is “Communicating on the Job.” “Communicating Through Com pany Publications” is the title of a talk by C. M. Schauerte, employ ee communications editor of Con tinental Oil Co., and Val Jean Mc Coy, public relations manager for Shell Oil Co., will explain commun ications with the public. Other speakers- and their sub jects are Robert Fitzpatrick, pub lic relations director of Texas Eas tern Transmission Corp., “Com municating with Stockholders,” and Dolores Williams, chief copywriter for McCann Erickson, Inc., “Com municating with Consumers.” Total $350,000 Journalism Council Slates Conference