The Battalion
Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1960
Number 113
“It’s No
The Baptist Student Union has attracted
some 40 girls to the campus this weekend
and dates are a necessity for a Saturday
night picnic. In an effort to fill the quota,
vrm
Bull”
The Union obtained a heifer and placed it in'
front of Duncan Dining Hall and the sign on
the animal proclaimed, “It’s No Bull,” with
reference to the dates available.
TWO PROFS, THREE STUDENTS
Chemists Receive Grant
Of $18,000 From AEC
Two professors and three gradu
ate students in the Department of
Chemistry have been allotted an
$18,000 grant for research in
molecular complex formations by
the Atomic Energy Commission.
The five men who will be work
ing together in this research are
Dr. Ralph Zingaro, Dr. Arthur F.
jsbell, Constantinas Screttas, Ray
mond E. McGlothlin and Aspet
Merijanian.
In the research, Zingaro will be
working on the molecular com
positions and Isbell will be develop
ing the synthesis of the compounds.
Experimental techniques of the re
search will employ thermo-chem
ical studies, infra-red spectroscopy,
ultraviolet spectroscopy and chem
ical studies, according to Zingaro.
The funds granted will be used
to pay the salaries of the five men
as well as purchase chemicals and
equipment, Zingaro said.
CCNY, U of K Degrees
Zingaro received a BS degree in
chemistry from City College of
New York in 1946 and in 1949 he
received an MS in chemistry from
the University of Kansas; the fol
lowing year he received a PhD
from the same university.
In the professional field, Zingaro
worked as a senior research chem
ist for Eastman Kodak Co. from
1950-52. Following this work, he
served as an assistant professor
at the University of Arkansas for
one year, then worked as senior
investigator for the American Cya-
namid Co. from 1953-54.
From 1954-59, Zingaro served as
assistant professor in the Depart
ment of Chemistry at A&M and
during the summers of 1955, 1957
and 1958 he was a summer research
participant at the Oak Ridge
National Laboratory. During the
summer of 1956 he was a summer
research employee for Pratt and
Whitney Aircraft, and in 1959, he
served as visiting summer pro
fessor at Texas Technological
Institute.
Special Training
Zingaro has had special train
ing in techniques and uses of infra
red spectroscopy at the Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology
in August, 1952 and in uses and
handling of radioisotopes at the
Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear
Studies in January, 1959.
Zingaro is a member of the
American Chemical Society, Sigma
Xi and Phi Lambda Upsilon, and
has published numerous papers in
chemical research as well as ap
plied for patents with the Eastman
Kodak Co.
Isbell received a B.A. from
Baylor University in 1937, and in
1941 he was awarded the M.A.
degree from the University of
Texas, following this with a Ph.D.
from the University in 1943.
Analytical Chemist
Isbell has had considerable pro
fessional experience in the field of
chemistry, including work as an
analytical chemist for the First
Texas Chemical Manufacturing Co.
of Dallas from 1937-39; research
chemist, General Mills Research
Laboratory in Minneapolis, Minn.,
1943-50 and chief chemist for
Buckman Laboratories, Inc., in
Memphis, Tenn., during 1950-51.
From 1951-53 Isbell was senior
research chemist for the Monsanto
Chemical Co. in Austin and in
1953 he joined the A&M faculty as
assistant professor in the Depart
ment of Chemistry, in which
capacity he served until 1956, when
he became associate professor, a
position he still retains.
Isbell has published seven papers
dealing with chemical studies and
has several patents, also.
Some of his publications have
included “A Study of the Reaction
of Hydrocarbons With Phosphorus
Trichloride and Oxygen,” “Utiliza
tion of Isoamyl,” “Detergent Mix
tures Containing Amiopropunates”
and “Aminopropinates.”
“What we are actually trying to
do in this research is to uncover
basic information on a relatively
new type of chemical bonding and
the composition lies between halo
gens and phosphine oxides,” said
Zingaro. “This bonding is existant
between molecules instead of
atoms,” he added.
Groups Working
On New Program
Two committees are working now to revise and improve
the plans for freshman orientation by unit commanders dur
ing New Student Week next year.
The committees are made up of juniors and are headed
by Percy Mims, commander of the4 *
2nd Wing, and Frank (Buck) Buch
anan, commander of the 2nd Bri
gade. They are working out a
schedule which will be followed by
all commanders in giving incom
ing freshmen their first instruc
tion on various parts of their life
on campus.
The points under consideration
include room regulations, unit or
ganization, military courtesy and
general conduct. They are broken
down into instruction periods to
be conducted by the unit command
ing officer and first sergeant.
Special Points
Under the main headings, spe
cific points of interest are cover
ed. In room regulations, the in
structors are encouraged to point
out such items as the arrange
ment of furniture in the rooms,
the correct placement of personal
items in the rooms and the proper
procedure for making beds, cover
ing dressers and arranging clothes.
The commander is also asked to
show the complete breakdown of
the unit into its parts, platoons or
flights, and squads or elements.
Then he should introduce himself
and the first sergeant, telling of
their job. One of the committees
has strongly recommended empha
sis be placed on the Commanding
(See PROGRAM on Page 3)
Ring Dance, Banquet Take
Senior Activity Spotlight
Brock Orchestra
To Furnish Music
A big weekend is in store for seniors as two long awaited
events take the spotlight.
The annual Senior Ring Dance and Banquet will be held
in Sbisa Dining Hall Saturday at 6 p.m. George Nigh, lieu
tenant governor of Oklahoma, will deliver the main talk at
the banquet.
The Ring Dance will follow the Banquet in Sbisa be
ginning at 8 p.m. Music for the dance will be provided By
the Buddy Brock Orchestra of Houston.
The annual Student Publications Banquet with its Van
ity Fair selection will attract many to the Memorial Student
Center Ballroom Friday at 7 p.m. All members of the staffs
of the six student publica-^
tions are slated to attend
are
along with invited guests and
Vanity Fair escorts.
Young Sooner Official
Nigh, 32, is the youngest lieu
tenant governor ever to be elec
ted in Oklahoma. At 22 he was
elected to the Oklahoma State Leg
islature, the youngest member of
that body at that time.
He completed his fourth term in
the House just prior to being elec
ted lieutenant governor.
Born in McAlester, Okla., Nigh
served in the Navy before grad
uating from Eastern A&M College
at Wilburton and East Central
State College in Ada.
State Secretary, Director
A teacher by profession, he has
taught history and government at
McAlester High School. He has
served as state secretary and state
director of the Oklahoma Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
Nigh is presently a director of
the McAlester Jaycees and has re
ceived the Distinguished Service
Award from McAlester three
times.
He is a Rotarian, 32nd Degree
Mason, Shriner, a member of the
American Legion, Amvets and the
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The Buddy Brock Orchestra fea
tures the music of 15 accomplished
musicians and a girl vocalist, Betty
Cole.
Music of ’20’s
The band plays music of the
1920’s and ’30s but is also famous
for its ability to pace its music to
fit the audience. The orchestra
will accept requests and is capable
of playing special music required.
The band presents unusual nov
elty instrumental and singing
specialties and features, besides
Miss Cole, a Dixieland group is
known as “The South Rampart
Seven.” The band also features a
glee club style on some arrange
ments.
Reservations
Open Monday
For Summer
Room reservations and fee pay
ments begin Monday, May 23, for
the first semester of summer
school, due to begin with regis
tration June 6.
Dormitories to be used over the
summer include Law, Puryear,
Mitchell, Milner and Legett. Stu
dents currently living in these
dormitories may reserve the room
they now occupy from 8 a.m. May
23 to 5 p.m. Thursday, May 26.
Students who wish to reserve
a room other than the one they
now occupy may do so during this
period by presenting a signed
room change slip from the house
master of the new dormitory con
cerned.
All other students will register
for rooms on a first come, first
serve basis from 8 a.m. Friday,
May 27, until 12 noon Saturday,
June 4.
Students now living in the
dormitories which will be used for
summer school will have priority
on rooms in these dormitories for
the fall semester provided they
sign up with the housemaster on
his fall roster by June 4 and send
in room reservation with $6 de
posit by July 31.
All students, including those
living in College Apartments, who
do not plan to live in dormitories
during the summer session, must
secure day student permits from
the housing office before paying
fees. These students are urged
to do so before registration,
June 6.
All Korean veterans planning
to attend a summer session must
report to the Veteran’s Advisor’s
Office and sign enrollment
papers.
AT ANNUAL BANQUET
Architect Awards Presented
Jack Hester, an architecture
major from Ft. Worth, was pre
sented the Otis A. Felger and Lynn
Allison Porter Memorial Awards
first prize of $500 at last night’s
Division of Architecture Awards
Banquet at the Triangle Dining
Room in Bryan.
Twenty-six other architecture
students received prizes and awards
at the annual banquet. Second
place in the Felger and Porter
Awards contest went to Frederic F.
Ludwig of College Station, while
John F. Wood won third place.
The outstanding freshman award,
a year’s subscription to Arts and
Architecture, went to James L.
Sartain of Groves. Letters of com
mendation went to Howard A. Kurc
of Port Arthur and Edward R.
Brooks-of Abilene in the freshman
contest.
Outstanding Sophomore
Buddy Luther of Bryan won the
Outstanding Sophomore Award, a
year’s subscription to Interiors.
Tile Council of America awards
went to F. L. Wallace, first place,
and David L. Voelter of Marlin
and Donald L. McMasters of Bryan,
honorable mention.
The Tile Council of America De
sign Option Scholarship of $250
went to David L. Voelter of Marlin.
The Tile Council of America Con
struction Option Scholarship of
$250 went to W. W. Nash, Jr., of
Dallas.
Outstanding Junior
The Outstanding Junior Award,
a year’s subscription to Graphis,
went to John R. Hampton of
Dallas. The Fox and Jacobs Design
Option Competition went to E. D.
Davidson of Bryan, first prize of
$60, while Ed Marshal of San
Antonio won the second prize of
$40.
Fox and Jacobs Construction
Option Competition was won by
W. L. Frasier of Dallas. First
prize was $100.
Outstanding Senior
The Outstanding Senior Award,
The J. Rodney Tabor Award of
$200, went to Duncan D. Robb III
of Houston.
The Texas Concrete Masonry
Assn. Competition was won by Paul
Pate of Bryan. First prize was
$100.
Gowtown Hosts SWC Track — Page 3
The design team of Bill Cox of
Bryan and Nicholas Settanni of
Camden, N. J., won the M. N.
Davidson Fellowship Award of
$500.
The Davidson Construction Fel
lowship Award of $500 went to
L. D. Cloud of San Antonio.
Robinson Memorial
The K. Frank Robinson Memorial
was presented to R. J. Underwood
of Fort Worth. The Associated
General Contractors Medal and
$50 went to John R. Huebinger,
Jr., of Bryan. The Ernest Lang
ford award for Design went to
Settanni and the Langford Con
struction award went to Lee A.
Griggs of San Antonio.
The Alpha Rho Chi Medal went
to J. H. Hinojosa of Edcouch. The
American Institute of Architects
Medal went to Carroll M. Sinclair
of Bryan, while William Ray Olds
of Abilene was awarded the AIA
Runner-up Medal.
McGaughy Named
Aggieland Editor;
Johnson Gets Batt
Johnny Johnson, junior journalism major from New
Boston, has been named summer editor of The Battalion
and Dick McGaughy, junior architectural construction ma
jor from Houston, has been named editor of The Aggieland
Johnny Johnson
Battalion Summer Editor
Richard McGaughy
. . . Edits Aggieland ’61
Switzerland Expels
Two Red Diplomats
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BERN, Switzerland — Neutral
Switzerland expelled two Soviet
diplomats Wednesday as spies.
The two were seized in Zurich
as they went to rendezvous with
a double agent from whom they
expected to buy top-secret infor
mation on Swiss defense plans and
on missile launching bases in West
Germany. The Soviets thought
the agent was spying for the So
viets.
Announcement of the two ap
pointments came from the office
of President Earl Rudder yester
day afternoon.
Succeeds McCree
McGaughy will succeed Alan Mc
Cree, senior journalism major from
Midland, while Johnson will'be as
suming the summer editorship post
for the second time since coming
to A&M.
McGaughy has served on the Ag
gieland for three years, working
on the staff for two years and was
the Military Section editor this
year. He is a member of Co. A-2
and was also the 1959-60 chairman
of the Radio Club and served on
the Election Commission this past
year.
Third for Johnson
This term as editor of The Bat
talion marks the third for John
son. The August ’60 graduate was
summer editor during summer of
1958 and was the 1959-60 editor
of The Battalion. In addition,
Johnson was president of the A&M
Chapter of Sigma Delta Chi this
past year and is the Corps Public
Information Sergeant. He is also
a member of the A&M Society of
Journalists and president of the
A&M Press Club.
Starts Next Year
McGaughy will assume the top
post of The Aggieland ’61 at the
beginning of next year, while
Johnson will take the summer is-
29-Pound Cat
E. E. Heinke, employe in Sbisa Dining Hall, shows his 29-
pound catfish landed on the Brazos River Tuesday evening.
The catch almost equaled half the weight of the 56-pound
catfish he landed in 1945 on the Brazos River.
sues of The Battalion the week
following final examinations.
Nominations for the editorships
were made by the Student Publi
cations Board, following the rec
ommendation of Director of Stu
dent Publications L. A. Duewall.
Members of the Student Publica
tions Board are Dr. A. L. Bennett,
associate professor in the Depart
ment of English; O. R. Kunze, as
sociate professor in the Depart
ment of Agronomy; Dr. E. D. Mc-
Murray, associate professor in the
Department of Veterinary Physi
ology and Pharmacology; and Dr.
K. J. Koenig, associate professor
in the Department of Geology and
Geophysics.
Calendar Filled
By Committee
For Next Year
The 1960-61 All College Calen
dar was filled at the annual meet
ing recently in the Memorial Stu
dent Center.
Some 20 students, representing
military organizations, clubs, so
cieties, and social organizations
were present to complete the cal
endar. The All-College Social,
Recreational Calendar is still open
to revision with a May 26 deadline
for necessary events. If no revi
sions are received by May 26, the
All-College Calendar will be print
ed as is now complete.
Miss Ann Keel, social and rec
reational director of the Memorial
Student Center, asked that those
who have scheduled events in the
MSC for the coming year should
call and make reservations. The
fact an event was slated on the
All-College Calendar does not re
serve space in the MSC for the
occasion.
As the All-College Calendar now
stands, the schedule of events for
the coming year opens Sept. 8,
1960 and closes with the schedule
of semester examinations which
will conclude June 3, 1961.
Secretaries Plan
Officerlnstallation
The Bryan-College. Station Chap
ter of the National Secretaries
Association International will hold
installation of the officers for
1960-61 at their monthly dinner
meeting next Wednesday at the
Triangle Restaurant.
Members of the Houston Chapter
of NSA will install the following
officers: Alma Kasner, president;
Mrs. Mary Beth Gandy, vice presi
dent; Mrs. Lily Watson, recording
secretary; Mrs. Ruby Dishman,
corresponding secretary and Mrs.
Patsy Wilson, treasurer.
The Houston Chapter has been
requested to do the installation
ceremonies as they chartered the
Bryan-College Station Chapter five
years ago this month. Mrs. Gladys
Jurchak, president, will officiate.
Mrs. Georgia Jones, a new mem
ber, will be initiated at this meet
ing. Mrs. Jones is employed at
Alenco and has already taken an
active part in the chapter activities,