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THE BATTALION Thursday, October 13, I960 College Station, Texas
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An organizational meeting this
afternoon will begin proceedings
for the offering of a faculty
use the
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health and recreation program
through the sponsorship of the
Department of Health and Phys
ical Education.
This afternoon’s meeting is
slated at 5:15 in Room 262 of the
new addition to G. Rollie White
Coliseum.
All interested persons are
vited to attend the organizational
meeting for the one-semester
course.
The offering of the course, a
relatively new idea at A&M, was
tried during the spring semester
last year and proved to be what
observers called “a booming sue-
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Bomb Explosion
Rocks Subway
By The Associated Press
NEW YORK—A holiday explo
sion in New York’s busiest sub
way terminal, beneath Times
Square, injured at least 27 per
sons Wednesday. It was caused
by a homemade bomb, the third
planted within a two-block mid
town radius in 11 days.
Police Commissioner Stephen P.
Kennedy withheld for several
hours an official explanation of
the blast, although his experts
from the beginning termed it a
bomb. He finally announced an
explosive force apparently had
Van Hook, ’48,
Named Salesman
Mobil Chemical Co. has ap
pointed William H. Van Hook, ’48,
as southwestern sales representa
tive of its Basic Chemicals Divi
sion.
Van Hook joined the company
in 1949, soon after his graduation
from A&M. He became district
gas engineer in 1955, and field
representative in 1958. He was
promoted to senior process pro
duction engineer in January, 1960.
His headquarters for the new
job will be in Houston.
been hidden behind a do-it-your
self photo snapshot machine in
the subway station.
Ordered Investigation
Even as the pungent, pervading
odor of the explosive still hung in
the labyrinth of underground sub- !
way arcades, Kennedy ordered a !
force of special plainclothesmen
into key areas that might be fu
ture bomb targets.
A gush of black smoke and a
wave of momentary panic rolled
across the subway terminal to
gether as the explosion went off
at 3:25 p.m.—a merciful margin
of two hours in advance of the
evening rush. Women screamed
as they were knocked down by the ,
blast.
One Serious Injury
Of the injured, one was reported
in serious condition. He was the
conductor of a Times Square shut
tle train that was unloading near
the blast center. Its passengers
bore the brunt of the explosive
shock.
Transit Authority Inspecter Pat
rick J. Coughlin, 49, told police
he saw two young men with black
ened faces running from the scene
and overheard one of them say:
“We got too close. I lost my hat.”
Coughlin said the other replied:
! “I lost my hat, too.”
Dr. Thomas E. Comfort
... relaxing in office
Language Professor Returns
After Serving In Morocco
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“Serving Texas Aggies”
By TOMMY HOLBEIN
Battalion Feature Editor
Dr. Thomas E. Comfort, profes
sor in the Department of Modern
Languages, has returned from Mo
rocco where he worked for the
United States Information Agency
during two years’ leave of absence
from the college.
While in Morocco, Comfort was
director of American Language
Center activities, with headquar
ters in the city of Rabat.
His chief duty was supervision
of English schools in the country.
The program grew from two
schools with a total of 250 students
to five schools with over 1,700 stu
dents and 40 teachers during the
two years Comfort was serving as
director.
“We taught English to three
different types of groups,” said
Comfort.
“The highest level group was
the government functionaries,
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which included members of the
royal army, heads of government,
and the royal court.
“We also taught languaage to
students selected by the United
States and Moroccan governments
for study in the United States.
These students were prepared for
study in the U. S. in Moroccan
schools and we taught them the
English language.”
“A very large response was
achieved for our general public
evening class, where we opened
classes in English for anyone who
wanted to attend,” said Comfort.
The five schools were estab
lished in the cities of Rabat, Casa
blanca, Tangier, Marrakech and
Fez. Comfort also acted as con
sultant for the development of
English language in other African
countries such as Guinea and the
Cameroons, based on the Moroc
can plan, besides supervising these
schools.
The English schools are sup
ported partly by government
funds, and partially by local tui-
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tion charged to students.
While in Morocco, Comfort
wrote a seminar on the American
civilization which was adopted for
world-wide distribution by the
United States Information Agency.
This seminar discussed all aspects
of the American civilization, and
was given to students at the Uni-
versity of Rabat. It was then
adapted by the USIA for world
wide use.
Comfort and his wife and two
children, Tommy, age 13, and Ju
dith Ann, age 10, lived luxuriously
in the capital city of Rabat while
in Morocco. Ten months before
leaving the country, the family
had a new arrival, Patrick. The
family now lives at 600 Thompson
St. in College Station.-
Comfort was educated at North
western University, where he re
ceived a BA degree in foreign
languages, followed by an MA and
PhD degree obtained at the Uni
versity of Illinois.
The professor joined the staff of
A&M in 1954, and served in this
capacity for four years before en
tering the service of the USIA.
Comfort is presently professor
of French and Spanish in the DeL
partment of Foreigin Languages.
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Corps Freshmen
Portrait Dates Set
Freshmen in the Corps will
have their portrait made for the
Aggieland ’61 at the Aggieland
Studio, one block north of the
Post Office at North gate be
tween the hours of 8:00 A. M.
and 5:00 P. M. on the days
scheduled.
Uniform for portraits will be
winter blouse. Blouses and Brass
will be furnished at the studio.
Each man should bring his own
shirt and tie.
Oct. 13-14 Maroon Band
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