THE BATTALION
Thursday, January 7,1960
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New IBM-704
R. L. Smith, head of the A&M College Sys
tem’s new Data Processing Center, shows
a group of students the steps necessary in
setting up a program for solving a problem
on the giant new IBM-704 high speed elec
tronic computer.
Phi Eta
In MSC
Sigma to
Assembly
Initiate Five Sophs
Room Friday
Five sophomores will be initiated [ completion of both semesters,
into the local chapter of Phi Eta I ceremonies for all freshman who
Sigma, national freshman scholas
tic honor society, Friday at 6:45
p. m. in the Assembly Room of the
Memorial Student Center.
The five students, who met re
quirements for elegibility after
completion of their freshman year,
are Thomas J. Blankenship, engi
neering major from Temple; Gar
old L. Loyd, business administra
tion major from St. Francis, Kan.;
Robert W. Timme, science major
from Victoria; Thomas F. Webb,
industrial engineering major from
Rusk; and Ronald J. Wolny, engi
neering major from Rochester, N;
Y.
In order to be eligible for mem
bership in the society, students
must have a 2.5 grade point ratio
at the end of the first semester
of their freshman year, or a 2.5
overall grade point ratio at the
Speakers Set for Secretary Meet
Five speakers have been secured
for “Destination Success,” a sem
inar for secretaries sponsored by
the Bryan-College Station Chapter
of the National Secretaries Assn.,
and a program has been planned
for the day-long event, Mrs. Mar
garet C. Coleman, chapter presi
dent, announced.
The seminar, scheduled for Jan.
9 at the Memorial Student Center,
will have as its speakers, Dr. Imo-
gene Bentley, dean of women at
North Texas State College in Den
ton; J. .Harold Dunn, president of
the Shamrock Oil Co. in Amarillo;
James H. Pipkin, vice president of
Texaco, Inc in Washington, D. C.;
Miss Helen Howard, chairman of
the Department of Office Admin
istration at Baylor University in
Waco; and Mrs. Illien Austin, CPS,
president of the Texas Louisiana
Division, NS A, fi’om Houston who
will deliver the closing speech.
Chancellor M. T. Harrington will
welcome the more than 100 dele
gates from over the state and Mrs.
Mary Beth Gandy will be the
mistress of ceremonies.
A highlight of the seminar will
be a business machine show pre
sented by business machine distri
butors from throughout the state.
Local businessmen are invited to
come and view the display. A
by Lester’s will highlight the mid-
by Lesters will highlight the mid
day respite during the seminar
program.
On this, their second seminar,
the Bryan-College Station Chapter
hopes to alert secretaries to the
fact continuing education is neces
sary and valuable so that they may
be more capable and qualified for
their position, Mrs. Coleman said.
Favors for the delegates to the
seminar are being contributed by
Bryan and College Station firms.
Creative Arts
Indonesian Craft
On Display in MSC
The Memorial Student Center
Creative Arts Committee now has
on display in the MSC Promenade
an exhibit of Indonesian arts and
crafts from the collection of Mr.
and Mrs. Michael V. Krenitsky of
College Station.
Krenitsky, assistant librainan at
Cushing Memorial Library, collect
ed the items shown in the exhibit
while he was on a three-month
grant program last year to Indo
nesia and other areas of that part
of the world.
On display are ceremonial
knives, sorongs, puppets, wood-
carvings, Balconese masks and pri
mitive sculpture.
The ornamented knives were
used for ceremonial purposes and
were worn as decoration by natives
of Indonesia.
Brilliantly colored sarongs in
cluded in the display were made by
a primitiye method of dying. A
special procedure of blocking out
color areas with wax and emerging
the cloth in dye was used. The
dye process originated in Asia over
1000 years ago.
The puppet show, “Punch and
Judy” has nothing on the people of
Indonesia. The people of the Far
East still use their own way of
telling folk lore in the villages
using puppets to characterize the
story.
However, the puppets on display
Three Profs Attend
Austin Meeting
Dr. Frank Hubert, dean of the
School of Arts and Sciences, Dr.
Grady P. Parker, professor and
head of the Department of Educa
tion and Psychology, and Dr. Paul
R. Hensarling, professor of Educa
tion at A&M are attending the 3-
day midwinter convention of pub
lic school administrators in Austin,
Jan. 6-8.
The conference is sponsored by
the Texas Education Agency.
Conferees are to discuss current
public school problems and teacher
education and certification.
are operated on a stage similar to
the American puppet shows with
only two exceptions. The puppeteer
words the movements of the dolls
with sticks from below the stage
instead of the American fashion
from strings above the stage.
The Balconese masks used in cer
emonial dances ai'e another oddity
of.the exhibit. The styalized faces
are of ancient origin, presumably
from Persia around 900 A.D.
The- exhibit will run through
Jan. 15.
CENTER
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installation of its kinds in the
South.”
Keynote Address
In the keynote address of the
luncheon IBM Vice President Lear-
son was high in his praise of the
college and its facilities in the
Data Processing Center.
“This center will form one of the
most powerful college or university
data processing centers in the
world. It stands as a monument
to the already great accomplish
ments of Texas A&M in the fields
of computer instruction to its stu
dents, computer usage for aca
demic research and data processing
research in industry,” Learson
said.
‘ ... in the Forefront 1 ’
“Texas A&M should be very
proud today for it is in the fore
front making this powerful tool
available to their, students and sci
entists. Equally proud, I am sure,
are the academic and business men
of the Southwest for Texas A&M
not only has available this power
ful computer but it has, over the
years, developed a great number
of students and researchers who
are well schooled in the use of this
new technique.
“If I may suggest a toast, I
would say, ‘To the Texas Aggies—
the stars whose brilliance will guide
business and science in the years
ahead,” The IBM vice president
said in conclusion.
Guided tours, each about 30
minutes long, started in the center
at 4 p. m. this afternoon and will
continue until 10 tonight.
Door prizes will also be contributed
by the county’s business and pro
fessional men and women.
Committees appointed to plan
and direct the seminar include:
Program—Mrs. Charley Gandy,
chairman, Miss Merle Buchanan,
Mrs. Bert Deauquier, Mrs. M. A.
Coleman, Miss Alma Kasner and
Mrs. Harvey Hall.
Publicity—'Mrs. Lloyd Shelley,
chairman, Mrs. Lois Groce, Mrs.
Alma Greathouse, Mrs. Pat New
ton,' Miss Mattye Pearl Henry and
Mrs. John Williams.
Finance—Mrs. Jim Beaty, chair
man, Mrs. LaJuan Joyer and Miss
Alma Kasner.
Registration—Mrs. Herbert Wil
son, chairman, Mrs. Beth Burnes,
Mrs. James J. Hefner, Mrs. Clyde
Bailey, Miss Alma Kasner, Mrs.
Leonai’d Watson and Mrs. Coleman.
Meal Committee—Mrs. Kelley
Francklow, chairman,,. Mrs. Jim
Beaty, Mrs. Coleman.
Exhibits Committee—Mrs. Ralph
Grange, chairman, Mrs. Ruby Dish-
man, Mrs. Harvey Hall, Mrs. La
Juan Joyer, Mrs. Clyde Bailey.
General Co-hairmen ai’e Miss
Kasner and Mrs. Harvey Hall.
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have a grade point ratio of 2.0 or
better. Officers invite anyone in
Officers of the society, who will
initiate the new members, include
the following:
Ramsey K. Melugin, chapter
president; James R. Sullivan, vice
president; James W. Cardwell,
secretary; Ralph D. Loyd, treas
urer; Robert K. Wright, historian;
Donald L. Day, junior advisor;
and James B. Barlow, senior ad
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