Data Processing Center Dedication Set Tomorrow
The Battalion
Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 19G0
Number 50
Army, Air Force Designate
A&M As Military College
Aggie land Joins
Elite Group Again
For the second consecutive year, A&M has been desig
nated a military college by both the U. S. Air Force and the
U. S. Army.
Dean of Students James P. Hannigan made the announce
ment Tuesday afternoon. He said confirmation of the des
ignation has been made m writing by the U. S. Air Force and
confirmation was made by a phone call to the U. S. Army
Tuesday morning.
The military college rating places A&M in an elite group
of seven colleges in the United States so designated. Other
schools in the group are The Citadel, Norwich University,
Virginia, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, North Georgia
“t'and Pennsylvania Military
College.
Pasis for the military col
lege rating is an inspection
held flO davs after the begin
ning of the fall semester. At that
time inspectors from both the IT. S.
Ai'my and the XT. S. Air Force visit
the school campuses to determine if
the school can be designted a mili
tary college.
The rating means members of
the Corps of Cadets who are living
in college dormitories will receive
double commutation for uniform
purchases by the college. Day stu
dents and football and basketball
athletes are not counted for double
commutation.
Money will have to be refunded
to the Army and Air Force on a
pro rata basis for any cadets who
drop out of the Corps or change
their status during the year.
“The money will be used to sup
plement and replace our present
stock of uniforms,” Dean Hannigan
said.
“We hope to be able next year
to issue an extra set of fatigues,
a pair of combat boots and an extra
short-sleeve khaki shirt,” Dean
Hannigan continued.
Pi^esident Earl Rudder comment
ed on the military designation,
“This rating is a tribiite to the
quality of the fine men who make
up our Corps of Cadets. T think
the men of the Corps of Cadets
can justly he proud of this rating
and the honor it brings to Texas
A&M.”
Dean Hannigan said, “I am ex
tremely grateful for the fine show
ing by the Corps of Cadets to the
members of the Army and Air
Force inspection teams which made
this rating possible.”
“The money is for their benefit
and the members of the Corps of
Cadets ai’e the ones who will bene
fit from the rating through the
additional money for clothing pur
chases,” Dean Hannigan said.
“The Corps of Cadets of Texas
A&M has again brought distinc-
(See Aggieland Joins, Page 3)
Special Gifts
Given Three
Student Groups
Three student groups at A&M
are the proud recipients of spec
ial gifts recently, President Earl
Rudder disclosed today. The Col
lege Band, the Corps of Cadets and
the Singing Cadets are the bene
ficiaries in the aggregate amount
of $9,000.
Two of the gifts were made by
a prominent, loyal former student
of Houston. The band was the re
cipient of one of the checks in the
amount of $1,000, following its
(appearance in the inaugural Blue
bonnet Bowl in Houston on Dec.
19. The other check by the same
donor was made to the Corps of
Cadets in the amount of $2,000. In
both instances the gifts were made
to aid the respective college or
ganizations without desire for
publicity on the part of the bene
factor.
Another equally prominent and
loyal foimner student gave to the
Association of Former Students
a restricted contribution in the
Amount of $0,000 to he used for
new uniforms for the Singing Ca
dets. He also, requested that his
name be withheld in connection
with any publicity resulting thei’e-
f rom.
“These organizations ai’e to be
commended for their performances
which merited the action of these
two former students. The college
is grateful for the financial help
made to these three student
groups,” President Rudder said.
A&M’s Data Processing Center
W. R. Fagley, IDM representative, left, and
Robert L. Smith Jr., head of A&M’s Data
Processing Center, stand before the new
building on the campus which houses $3,000-
000 worth of high speed electronic comput
ing machinery that will be used in regional
research for colleges, universities, science
research organizations and industries of the
South. The new center’s building houses
the most modern computing machinery on.
any college campus in the South. It con
tains, one of four of the giant IltM-704
computers now in use in colleges of the
nation, together with an IBM-650 high speed
computer and IBM-604 electronic calculator
and banks of accessory equipment. Open
house will be held Thursday afternoon at
the center.
To Aid Disease Diagnosis Procedures
Electron Microscopy Lab
Receives $55,349 Grant
A $55,349 research grant has
been awarded to the Electron Mi
croscopy Laboratories of A&M and
the A&M Research Foundation by
the National Institutes of Health
and the U. S. Public Health Ser
vice.
This grant will support the de
velopment of disease diagnosis
procedirres based upon the adsorp
tion of organic disease products by
clay minerals and will also sup
port investigations leading to the
prediction of any harmful psysiolo-
gical influences that may arise
from the 1 ever increasing use of
clay minerals as carriers in phar
maceuticals, cosmetics, dentrices,
vitamin tablets, animal feeds and
beverages.
The work, to be conducted over
a three-year period, will be under
the technical guidance of Dr. IT.
Grant Whitehouse, technical direc
tor of the laboratories and will be
administered through the A&M
Research Foundation. Whitehouse
describes the program as funda
mental or basic chemical research
that will lead to the prohibition
of future use of harmful materials
A n noun cem en ts
Ready Now in MSC
Graduating seniors may pick up
their graduation announcements
for the January commencement at
the Cashier's window in the Me
morial Student Center.
Extra announcements will go on
sale Thursday morning at 8.
in products prepared for human
and animal consumption, or for
medical treatment and that it
should also lead to many new diag
nostic procedures in medical prac
tice.
Previously unknown factors in
this regard have been revealed by
the A&M $30,000 electron micro
scope and will he extensively eval
uated under the new program by
Whitehouse and associates..
The use of clay minerals as
agents in detecting trichinosis and
rheumatoid arthritis has already
shown great promise, according to
Whitehouse.
“Our basic work will be closely
coordinated with the diagnostic
research of the National Institute
of Arthritis and Metabolical Di
seases,” he said.
Rudder to be Inaugurated in March
President Earl Rudder will be
inaugurated as the 14th president
of A&M Saturday, March 26. Pres
ident Rudder is a 1932 graduate of
A&M..
The inaugural ceremonies, which
will be attended by distinguished
educators, business, military and
civic leaders from throughout the
nation, will be held at 10:45 a. m.
in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
Dr. Troy Middleton, president,
of Louisiana State University, will
deliver the inaugural address. J.
J. Woolket, professor and head of
the Department of Modern Langu
ages, is chairman of the Inaugural
Committee.
The Corps of Cadets will pass
in review at 9 a. m. The inaugural
luncheon will be held at 12:30 p. m.
in Sbisa Hall and the president’s
reception, 2:30 to 4 p. m., will be
given in the Memorial Student Cen
ter.
President Rudder, a native Tex
an, (Eden in Concho County), was
named pi’esident on the college
July 1, 1959, after serving as vice
president from Feh. 1, 1958.
An outstanding public servant,
businessman and educator, he has
served as mayor of Brady, Com
missioner of the General Land
Office of Texas, chairman of the
Veterans’ Land Board, public
school teacher, State Board of
Public Welfare, vice president of
the Brady Aviation Corp., State
Highway Depai’tment and many
other posts.
President Rudder, while com
missioned of the General Land Of
fice, promoted the interest of the
two great educational funds, the
Permanent School Fund and Per
manent University Fund, which
Officer Test Slated Friday
The Air Force Officer Qualifying
Test (Sta-9) will be administered
Friday, in Room 229 of the Chem
istry Building starting at 6:30 a.
m., said Capt. E. J. Briggs, offi
cer
II.
in charge of Air Science I and
He said anyone desiring to take
the test should report to the
Chemistry Building at the sche
duled time.
form the foundation of the public
and higher educational system of
Texas.
He has a brilliant military rec
ord, (World War II, Europe). He
is commanding general, 90th In
fantry Division, U. S. Army Re
serve, with the rank of major
general and holds many military
decorations.
Since 1956, President Rudder
has been a member of the Depart
ment of the Army General Staff
Committee on National Guard and
Army Reserve Policy. He was ap
pointed by the secretary of de
fense to the Reserve Forces Policy
Board in November, 1959.
President Rudder is a Methodist,
a 32nd degree Scottosh Rite Mason
and a member of the Ben Hur
Shrine Temple, Austin. He is a
Luncheon To Kick-off
Ceremonies for Guests
Official dedication ceremonies for the new $3,250,000
Data Processing - Center on the A&M campus will be held to
morrow with Chancellor M. T. Harrington presiding.
An unofficial program was held today for the benefit
of the approximately 125 newspaper, radio and television
representatives present for the dedication. The men were
given a short preview of the background of the new center
and then were guests for lunch in the MSC before being
taken on a tour of the Data Processing Center.
A luncheon at 12:30 tomorrow will officially kick-off the
dedication ceremonies. Guests will include college and uni
versity representatives from throughout the Southwest, rep
resentatives' from state de-"* -
partments of Austin.
Chancellor Harrington will
make a few brief remarks con
cerning both the background
and future of the hugh new Center
before turning the program over to
A. M. Muldrow, chairman of the
Texas Commission for Higher Edu
cation. Muldrow will speak brief
ly on the center’s impact on educa
tion and research in Texas.
Muldrow will be followed by the
principal speaker, T. V. Learson,
vice president of the International
Business Machines (IBM) Corp. in
New York.
Following the luncheon, Chan
cellor Harrington will officially op
en the center with the cutting of
a magnetic tape, which wijl replace
the usual ribbon. The guests will
then be taken on an official tour
of the building.
Following the tour, the building
will he open to the public for a
special open house from 4 until 10
p.m. Guided tours, which will last
around 30 minutes, will he held at
this time.
The new center, which will be
used by all Southern colleges, uni
versities and science research
groups and by Southern industry,
has one of the four giant IBM-704
electronic computers found on col
lege campuses in the .nation. The
other three a-te at MIT, UCLA and
the University of California at
Berkley.
The center’s services will be
available, without cost, for non-
sponsored I’esearch by colleges or
universities. Standard fees will
be charged for sponsored research.
Dr. Aaron Rose, director of the
Engineering Experiment Station
here at A&M, will have supervision
over the new Data Processing
Center. He will work with a staff
of appi’oximately 30 in offering
courses in electronic computation
and data processing to approxi
mately 250 students.,
The new center is located north
of the Agricultural Information
Office.
President
Commends
Band, Cagers
Earl Rudder today expressed the
appreciation to the A&M Band and
to the Aggie Basketball Squad.
“Both groups took time from
their Christmas holidays to repre
sent the college in extra curricular
activities and. both organizations
did a creditable job,” President
Rudder stated.
The Band, under the direction
of Lt. Col. E. V. Adams, appeared
in the Bluebonnet Bowl’s pre-game
ceremonies in Houston on Dec. 19.
This public appearance on the
first day of the Christmas holidays
was viewed not only by the football
enthusiasts in Rice Stadium, but
by a nation-wide television audi
ence as well.
The Aggie basketball squad,
coached by Bob Rogers, participat
ed in the Southwest Conference
Basketball Tournament in Houston
last week during the Christmas
holiday pferiod. The team, doing
more than participating, won the
tournament for the second consecu
tive year bringing special recog
nition to the college.
“These two organizations, the
Band and the basketball squad,
are to be complimented on their
achievements which are in keeping
with the highest ti’aditions of Ag
gieland,” President Rudder said.
Faculty Fellowship
Cancelled in Jan.
The Faculty Christian Fellow
ship will not meet in January,
Vance Edmundson, president, an
nounced today.
Snow, Ice Cover
Oklahoma Area
OKLAHOMA CITY CP)—Okla
homa ws encased in snow and ice
today as harassed motorists moved
to work over slippery roads.
An overnight freeze left roads
a solid sheet of ice after snow had
piled up to 8 and 10 inches in some
sections of the state. Forecasters
said they expected the snow to end
in the east today but the cold wea
ther was likely to hold through
Thursday.
The snow started late Monday
night and continued steadily Tues
day. Only the Panhandle and some
extreme northern and eastern
portions escaped the snow.
Highways I’emained open but
Havel was extremely hazardous
and the Highway Patrol discour
aged all travel unless on an emer
gency basis. U. S. 66 west of El
Reno and U. S. 81 north to Enid
were the chief trouble spots.
Eleven persons were injured
when a Jordan Bus Co. bus ca
reened out of control near Tecum-
seh Tuesday during a snowstorm.
Driver Cleo Hughes, 45, of Okla
homa City was critically hurt. The
other passengers were not hurt
seriously.
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life member of the Texas Heritage
Foundation, the Philosophical So
ciety and is the recipient of Mc
Culloch County’s Distinguished
Service Award.
In June, 1958, he was awarded
the Silver Citizenship Award,
Veterans of Foreign Wars and is
a member of the board of direct
ors of the Texas Law Enforcement
Administration.
In 1956 he was named to Sports
Illustrated magazine’s 1956 Silver
Anniversary All-American football
team. He played on the A&M
football team and choached at John
Tarleton State College.
President and Mrs. Rudder are
the parents of five children,
James Earl Jr., 19; Margaret Anne,
17; Linda, 12; Jane, 11; and Rob
ert 5.
President Earl Rudder
... to be inaugurated March 26