Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1960
Number 93
JSext Fall
Plans Told
For YMCA
Fish Camp
The seventh annual Freshman
Camp, sponsored by the A&M
YMCA will be held Sept. 10-13 at
Camp Asbury and Camp Wesley,
which are adjoining- camps at the
Methodist Assembly near Pales
tine, according to J. Gordon Gay,
general secretary of the A&M
YMCA.
At least 200 outstanding fresh
men who will be entering A&M in
the fall of 1900 will be invited to
attend the camp on the basis of
leadership qualifications in high
school, said Gay.
Numerous program topics and
questions will be discussed, includ
ing such topics as ‘"What is an
Education?”; “What is my Reli
gion and How Does It Relate to
College?”; and “When do I Stand
as an Individual and When do I
Conform?”, said Gay.
Gay stated that at the sixth an
nual Freshman Camp, held Sep
tember 12-15, 1959, 144 entering
freshmen attended; the largest as
sembly in the history of the camp.
“This year, we are planning an
even more extensive program of
lasting importance and signifi
cance to all freshmen who attend
the Camp than was offered last
year,” said Gay.
“Our purpose in offering the
Freshman Camp is to give enter
ing freshmen an outstanding op
portunity to become better ac
quainted with outstanding upper
classmen, faculty members, and
Dther freshmen. There will be
much freedom in the program of
fered, and since freedom always
brings responsibility, we plan to
give the freshmen an opportunity
to share some of the responsibility
through their participation in the
activities,” said Gay.
Robert Compton, senior agricul
tural engineering major from El
ton, La., has been chosen chairman
of the Camp, and 40 men are need
ed to serve as counselors during
the three-day assembly, said Gay.
He said anyone interested in being
a counselor for the Camp should
contact him in his office, located
on the first floor of the YMCA
Building.
Ouch! ! !
Martin Garcia, Co. G-2 junior from Brownsville majoring
in pre-veterinary medicine, is shown receiving his pre-sum
mer camp shots from Marie Caswell, nurse at the college
hospital. All juniors in Army ROTC planning to attend
summer camp have been receiving a series of shots which
will prepare them for the six weeks at Ft. Hood.
MSC Guest Room
Bids Open in May
Requests for Memorial Student Center guest room reser
vations for the football weekends or any of the major evenl
weekends for the 1960-61 school year will be accepted frorr
students and former students during the month of May ac
cording to Mrs. Mozelle Holland,-*
MSC guest rooms manager. Only
one room per family can be re
served for each event. Since
reservations will not be transfer
able, guests must cancel their
reservations with the Memorial
Student Center if they cannot use
the rooms, said Mrs. Holland.
Following the May 31 deadline,
the drawing will be held to de
termine who will receive accommo
dations. After the drawing, notices
will be mailed to each person sub
mitting requests for guest room
reservations indicating whether or
not their names were drawn.
The requests not drawn will be
placed on the ‘waiting list” and
those persons making the requests
will be notified at least two weeks
before the event should a room be
come available due to a cancel
lation.
Mr. Holland added that a deposit
will be required of those persons
receiving a reservation. Unless
this deposit is received no later
than two weeks prior to the event,
an automatic cancellation will
Ag Experiment Station
Gets Grants, Gifts, Loan
Thirteen grants-in-aid, four re
newals of grants, two gifts and a
loan were made to the Texas Agri
cultural Experiment Station during
March.
Station Director R. D. Lewis, in
making the announcement, said re
search work in six different de
partments and on three field sta
tions would be supported by these
contributions.
The Texas Turfgrass Assn, re
newed their grant of $500 for turf
research and The California Spray-
Chemical Corp. made a grant of
$500 to support research with
various fungicides on turf. Dr.
E. C. Holt of the Department of
Agronomy will direct these studies.
Four Grants
The Department of Entomology
received four grants. They included
one for $5,500 from Hercules
Powder Co., Inc., Naval Stores De
partment, to support boll weevil
control studies. Dr. J. R. Brazzel
will direct this work. The Shell
Chemical Co., Agricultural Chem
icals Division, has renewed their
grant in the increased amount of
$3,500 for studies on the effective
ness of various toxicants against
insects attacking cotton and vege
tables. Dr. J. C. Gaines will direct
these studies.
The Heyden Newport Chemical
Corp. has provided a grant for
$3,000 to support research on the
responses of insects to insecticides.
Brazzel will direct the studies. The
fourth was made by Hercules
Powder Co. in the amount of $2,750
for studies on the control of cotton
insects. Dr. R. L. Hanna is direct
ing this work.
Dow Chemical Grants
Dr. E. E. Burns of the Depart
ment of Horticulture will direct
studies to be conducted under
grants provided by Dow Chemical
Co. for research on the use of post
harvest chemicals and wax formu
lations on fresh tomatoes and on
the use of sea salt as an anti
microbial agent. Both grants are
for $550 each.
Hercules Powder Co. has made
available a grant of $1,430 to sup
port research studies on cotton
seedling disease and Monsanto
Chemical Co. has renewed their
Army Tests
Set Saturday
The Army ROTC qualifica
tion tests will be administered
Saturday morning, April 2, in
the east wing of Duncan Din
ing Hall, according to Capt.
John W. Simmons, Army op
erations officer.
Capt. Simmons said all Army
and Air Force cadets who have
completed basic ROTC, or who
are now enrolled in the fourth
semester basic course are elig
ible to take the examination.
He added an ycadet who has
previously taken the examina
tion will not be eligible.
grant for $1,100 to continue studies
on the control of* plant diseases
with fungicides. Dr. L. C. Bird of
the Department of Plant Physi
ology and Pathology will direct
these studies.
$4,000 Feed Aid
The Monsaton Chemical Co. has
made a grant of $4,000 which will
be used in the Department of
Poultry Science to support re
search on feed formulas for chick
ens and turkeys. Dr. J. R. Couch
is directing these studies.
Merck Sharp & Dohme Research
Laboratories, a Division of Merck
& Co., Inc., has made available a
grant of $3,850 for supporting re-
seai’ch studies on the use of chem
icals and formulations as anthel
mintics in farm animals. Dr. R. D.
Turk of the Department of Veteri
nary Parasitology will direct the
research.
Rice Selection
The Jell-0 Division Laboratories,
General Foods Corp., has renewed
their grant for $3,000 for continued
support of research on the evalua
tion and development of rice selec
tion and varieties for milling and
processing industries. This work is
being supervised by Agronomist
H. M. Beachell at Substation 14,
Beaumont. A gift by Hydroflo Inc.
of Beaumont will also be used on
the substation to control irriga
tion water in rice nursery area.
Four $500 Grants
Four grants of $500 each were
made by The Hale County Weed
Control District; Taylor-Evans
(See STATION on Page 3)
A&M Students Awarded
Atomic Energy Fellowships
Walker, Reyna
Go to San Diego
Trigon To Get
NewClassWing
Plans are presently being drawn for $360,000 extension
to the Trigon for military and air science classrooms.
The wing, including three floors and a sub-basement,
was authorized for construction at the Feb. 26 meeting of the
A&M College System Board of* ——
Directors in Euless.
Zimmerman and Wisdom, Hous
ton architects, are designing plans
for the building. Conferences with
the architects have been held by
President Earl Rudder, Dean of
Students James P. Hannigan, Com
mandant Col. Joe E. Davis, Pro
fessor of Military Science and
Junior College
Day Scheduled
Next Monday
A&M’s annual Junior College
Day is scheduled Monday, accord
ing to Lee Duewall, director of the
Departments of College Informa
tion and Student Publications.
Junior college students from all
over the state who plan to enter
a senior college in the fall have
been invited to visit the campus
and get a look at A&M on that
day, Duewall said.
A short welcoming program will
be held in Guion Hall at 9 a.m.
Monday, he said.
“We have arranged an open
house in all departments in order
to give a comprehensive view of
the elaborate equipment and fa
cilities available,” said Duewall.
“There will also be an opportun
ity to discuss with faculty mem
bers the requirements of the vari
ous courses in the fields of agri
culture, engineering, veterinary
medicine and arts and sciences,”
he said.
Dormitory beds will be available
without charge to students arriv
ing Sunday, Duewall said. How
ever, these students are requested
to bring their own linens.
Meals will be available to the
visitors at cost in either of the
dining halls, he added.
Students who visit A&M are to
register at Junior College Day
headquarters in the Memorial Stu
dent Center. Campus maps and
directions will be available as
guides is desired, Duewall said.
A&M Pistol Team
Enters Austin Meet
Six members of the A&M Pistol
Team have been entered in the an
nual Spring Pistol Tournament
sponsored by the Austin Rifle Club
and will participate in all the in
dividual and team matches held
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Members of the team making
the trip are Henry A. Gill, Dallas,
(team captain) and entered in
Master Class; Charles A. Benson,
Sour Lake, in Expert Class; James
A. Wilson, Pasadena, in Expert
Class; Cyril S. Adams, Houston,
in Sharpshooter Class; S. Morgan
Ragan, Ranger, Texas in Marks
man Class; and Franklin H. Spra
gue, Weatherford, in Marksman
Class.
M/Sgt. William H. Card, team
coach, says the probable lineup for
the four man teams to be entered
in the team events will be Benson,
Adams, Ragan and Wilson which
will shoot as a Sharpshooter Class
Team. They will be trying to re
tain their hold on the .45-cal. and
aggregate team championships
that were won at last year’s tourn
ament.
Tactics Col. Frank L. Elder, Pro
fessor of Air Science Col. Charles
E. Gregory and Manager of Phys
ical Plants T. R. Spence.
Best Possible Features
Purpose of the conferences are
to insure that the wing will include
the best possible features for use
as military and air science class
rooms, Col. Gregory said Wednes
day.
The wing will be located east of
the Trigon and will be built on
part of the present parking lot.
It will face the Physics Building
and will be built onto the Trigon.
The entrance to the new wing will
face the Physics Building.
Occupancy in 1961
Present plans call for letting of
the contract in September and
occupancy of the new wing by
June, 1961.
Containing 18,000 square feet of
floor space in its three floors and
sub-basement, the building will be
completely air conditioned.
12 Classrooms
The wing will contain 12 class
rooms. The classrooms will be
available for use for courses other
than military and air science when
not in use for those classes, Col.
Gregory said.
The wing will be approximately
50 feet wide by 100 feet long.
Courtenay
Cancels Talk
Cancellation of the talk Satur
day morning to the Corps of Ca
dets by William Courtenay, re
nowned war and international re
lations correspondent and lecturer
of Sussex, England, was announ
ced Tuesday by Dean of Students
James P. Hannigan.
Dean Hannigan was advised
Tuesday morning Courtenay had
become seriously ill in Houston
Monday night and was flown back
to England for treatment.
“We have been looking forward
for some time to Mr. Courtenay’s
visit. We hope that when he re
sumes his Texas speaking tour
that we will be able to have him
on the campus then,” Dean Hanni
gan said.
Pre-Election Rally
Scheduled Tonight
At Consolidated
A community rally for the A&M
Consolidated School Trustee elec*
tion will be held tonight at 8 p.m.
in the A&M Consolidated High
School auditorium, according to
R. A. (Dick) Eads.
The rally will be presented by
the College Station Kiwanis Club.
Henry L. Allen and Charles G.
Carroll have completed their terms
and both are running for reelection.
John Longley, Herb Thompson and
Milton Ford have also filed for
the office.
The trustee election is scheduled
for Saturday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
in the A&M Consolidated High
School Music Room.
Two A&M graduate students have been awarded sum
mer research fellowships in atomic energy by the Texas
Atomic Energy Research Foundation and the General Atomic
Division of General Dynamics Corp.
Jack V. Walker and Eddie Reyna were among four Tex
as graduate students to receive such awards. The others
were Charles E. Ramer of the University of Houston and
Fred Fehsenfeld of the University of Texas.
The four will work under the direction of General Atomic
Division scientists on the controlled nuclear fusion research
program being jointly sponsored by the division of the Tex
as Atomic Energy Foundation at the John Jay Hopkins Lab
oratory for Pure and Applied'* -
Science in San Diego, Cal.
Walker First Graduate
Walker was the first grad
uate of the Department of Nu
clear Engineering at A&M and is
now serving as a graduate teach
ing assistant here. He received his
master of science degree in Feb-
^’ruary, 1960, in the, field of abso
lute neutron flux determination.
He is from San Antonio and grad
uated from Harlandale High
School.
Reyna is a research assistant in
the Department of Physics here.
He obtained his M.S. degree in
1959. He is currently doing re
search on high temperature gases
from vacuum arcs or ion beam
sources and* their, influence by
magnetic fields. He is a 1947 grad
uate of Huntsville High School.
Chosen by Committee
The four men were chosen by a
committee composed of representa
tives of Texas educational institu
tions, General Atomic and the Tex
as Atomic Energy Research Foun
dation. The scholarship winners
will assist in theoretical and ' ex-
(See ATOMIC on Page 5)
First Annual Event April 9
Aggie Rodeo Club To Host
Quarter Horse Show Here
Aggie Rodeo Club members were
working this week finalizing plans
for their first annual Quarter
Horse Show which should bring
quarter horses from all over Texas
to the Aggie Rodeo Arena Satur
day, April 9, to compete in halter
classes, performance classes, bar
rel racing, calf roping and cutting
horse events.
Starting at 9:30 a.m. exhibitors
will show their horses in 12 halter
classes with 11 performance events
scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. A
high-point trophy will be awarded
the All-Around Horse which has
competed in a minimum of one hal
ter and two performance classes.
Trophies and rosettes will be pre
sented the Grand Champion Stal
lion, Mare and Gelding and ro
settes will go to the Reserve Cham
pion Stallion, Mare and Gelding.
Individual trophies and ribbons
through six places will be pre
sented winners of the halter clas
ses. Performance event winners
will receive sterling belt buckles
and ribbons through six places.
Show Approved
The show has been approved by
the American Quarter Horse Assn,
and the National Cutting Horse
Assn. Horses appearing in the
AQHA Permanent, Tentative or
Appendix registry and the Nation
al Quarter Horse Breeder’s Assn,
registry are eligible for entry.
Under direct supervision of the
Aggie Rodeo Club, ground rules
for the show follow AQHA rules
and specify that proof of registra
tion must be shown to enter a
horse with exhibitor permitted to
enter as many horses in each class
as he desires; however, a rider may
ride only one horse per class.
Performance class horses must
enter and show in their respective
halter classes with exception for
stallions and mares three years of
age or older that are listed in the
Association Appendix and are not
eligible to show at halter under
AGHA rules. Foals, yearlings and
two year olds listed in the Appen
dix are eligible for halter classes.
Geldings need only Appendix reg
istry.
Co-Chairmen Named
Tommy Hastings of Dallas and
Willard Stuard of Aledo are co-
chairmen of the Aggie horse show
committee with William Redman
from Saint Jo, chairman of the
Trophies and Awards Committee.
Joe Neff, Rodeo Club president,
from Colorado City, said today
that Ralph Howe of Seymour will
judge halter classes and perform
ance classes will be judged by
Howe and Novis. Rodgers of Sny
der.
Rodgers was a performance and
cutting horse judge at the 1959
State Fair of Texas and also judg-
(See HORSE on Page 3)
Aggie Players
To Open With
‘Tender Trap’
“The Tender Trap,” a modern
New York comedy that has been
a hit on Broadway for the past
three years, will be presented by
tlrf Aggie Players under the direc
tion of Harry Gooding and C. K.
Esten in the lower level of the
Memorial Student Center beginning
Monday at 8 p.m.
Performances will last through
Saturday, April 9, with the ex
ception of next Friday night,
April 8.
The play concerns a New York
bachelor, Charlie, who is very suc
cessful with women. Other char
acters include Charlie’s married
friend, Joe, and four beautiful
women who make the story both
interesting and amusing.
The bachelor, Charlie, is played
by Travis Madole, with Joe being
played by Ray Simmons. Tappy is
played by Mrs. Betty Barbee;
Sylvia is played by Libby Alex
ander; Jessica is played by Mrs.
Dean Page; Julie is played by Mrs.
Marlene Rushing; Sal the beatnik
is played by Richard Reiser; and
Ed Linquist is played by Perry
Pope.
In charge of sets for the pro
duction is Grady Light and Don
Renolds in charge of lights and
Jim Pits is house man.
Admission is 75 cents. Tickets
can be purchased at the Memorial
Student Center Main Desk, from
any of the members of the Aggie
Players or at the door.
The Aggie Players, under the
direction of Viv Weining, will per
form “A Night With George
Bernard Shaw,” featuring two of
Shaw’s one-act plays, “The Man
of Destiny” and “How He Lied to
Her Husband,” on April 20.
Awards for Quarter Horse Show
These are only a few of the many trophies
and ribbons which will be awarded at the
first annual Quarter Horse Show which will
be held here Saturday, April 9, by the Aggie
Rodeo Club. Exhibitors will show horses in
12 halter classes and 11 performance events.
Tommy Hastings and Willard Stuard are
co-chairmen of the horse show committee.
The event is expected to attract horses and
owners from throughout Texas.