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College Station, Texas
March 21, 1961
THE BATTALION OBSERVATION OF A&M EDUCATION OFFICER
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by Jim Earip, Houston Just 30 Minutes From Moscow
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‘Evil to him... ’
(Editor’s note: the following
letter refers to recent campus
art exhibits in which nude paint
ings hare been censored).
protected the student body from . y-ik /• mi
another lewd and obscene display ^4. Note Of ThcmtCS
of indecency. Certainly we can
Editor,
The Battalion:
I notice that another nude
painting has mysteriously disap
peared from the hallowed walls
of this great institution of high
er learning. It is comforting to
be reassured that in this 20th
Century democracy, there is still
one last refuge where it’s still
the good old days and where Vic
torian prudery and Machiavellian
politics still run rampant.
Our good ostrich administra
tion, bowing to the wails of out
raged piety, has again saved and
be proud of the progress we are
making here, and we can look
forwai’d to new achievements in
the field of censorship with eager
anticipation. (Perhaps even a
book-burning with torchlight pa
rades ?)
Evil to him who evil thinks!
Dan R. Brents, ’61
(Editor’s note: the following
note was written by Barney
Welch, former Intramural Direc
tor here at Texas A&M. Welch
made a special request to The
Battalion to have this letter of
thanks printed, since he has now
taken a position with an insur
ance firm).
Editor,
The Battalion:
I wish to take this opportunity
of thanking each of you for the
beautiful watch presented to me
at the banquet on March 16, 1961.
I hope that I may have the op
portunity of thanking each of you
personally before the semester is
out, but if not, then I will simply
say “Thank You” through this
letter.
REVIVAL
March 19 Thru 23
7:30 p. m. Each Evening
Music Under Direction of
ROBERT L. BOONE
DR. CHAS. L. ALLEN
1st. Methodist Church, Houston
Gi:eat Preacher—Noted Author and Distinguished
Newspaper Columnist
A&M Methodist Church
College Station, Texas
It was not only the watch and
the banquet, but the thoughtful
ness that I appreciated so much.
I had the most pleasant associa
tion with the most wonderful
group of men for 14 years here
on the campus and my greatest
regret in leaving the Intramural
Department was the realization
that I would lose the close con
tact with so many fine young
men.
I especially wish to thank Ray
Whitmire and Berry Cash for
their interest and thoughtfulness
and also the Athletic Officers and
their assistants for their fine
fellowship which made that par
ticular evening the most impres
sive evening of my life.
Barney Welch
(Editor’s Note: the following
article was written by Lt. Col.
Kenneth W. Gruber, Education
and Plans Officer for Detach
ment 805 at Texas A&M. It is
believed that the article contains
timely and informative observa
tions concerning the efforts of
the Department of Defense to
counter progress of possible ene
my nations).
By Lt. Col. Kenneth Gruber
Release of previously frozen
funds of $155,000,000 plus 875,-
000,000, from the 1961 budget
has provided the United States
Air Force with enough money to
proceed with production on the
B-70 aircraft, which may be our
last manned bomber. First flight
for the B-70 is scheduled for
sometimes in 1962 and the proto
type, including all the proposed
weapons delivery and navigation
equipment, is expected to take to
the air in 1963. Some of the
early models, as they prove them
selves, could also be converted
into operational bombers.
The B-70 is a mach 3 manned
bomber designed to fly 15 miles
above the surface of the earth at
about 2,000 mph. (Mach 1 is the
speed of sound). Now, just what
does this 2,000 mph speed mean
in terms of time and distance?
In a recent pamphlet, “Aerospace
Talk I,” an Air Force project
officer in the B-70 program ex
plained it this way.
He assumed that a B-70 bomb
er and crew were on a tem
porary duty mission in Eng
land. So he prepared a flight
plan for their return trip to
their home base in California
—specifically, March Air Force
Base near Los Angeles. The
flight plan called for a take
off from Greenham Common
Air Base outside of London at
7:30 in the morning. At that
hour, the sun would be about
20 degrees above the horizon.
After takeoff, the bomber
climbed up to cruising altitude,
which changes the sky picture.
The horizon drops away and
the sun appears to climb rapid
ly almost to the zenith. But,
here a strange thing happens.
Relative to the aircraft, the
sun stands still, and then be
gins to set. If the bomber crew
chose to look backward as they
flew their great circle route,
they could witness the amaz
ing spectacle of the sun setting
in the east. Four hours after
takeoff their bomber touches
down at March Air Force Base.
The crew is debriefed, the men
have a leisurely breakfast in
the mess hall, and each man
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The following organizations
will meet on campus:
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Mar. 22-23
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Tonight
The Associated General Con
tractors will meet in the Me
morial Student Center at 7:30
p.m.
The P.E. Wives Club will meet
in the P.E. Library in G. Rollie
White Coliseum at 8 p.m. Tues
day.
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goes home in ample time to en
joy the second sunrise of that
day with his family. The time
of the flight would be four
hours; the time of the sun’s
transit would be eight . .
It will be years before all of
the planned capabilities for the
B-70 become accomplished facts.
However, since the days in the
early fifties when the F-80, F-84,
and F-86 jet fighters were streak
ing across Korea at speeds of
500-670 mph, there have been
many major achievements. Here
are only a few of the major ac
complishments that stand as a
tribute to the planning of ten
years ago.
1. The recent closed course*
1,216 mph speed record estab
lished by the F-105 Thunderchief.
2. The straight course 1,525
mph speed record recently estab
lished by the F-106 Delta Dart.
3. The speed record exceeding
2,100 mph by the late Capt. Mil-
burn Apt in the X-2.
4. On 15 November 1960, Scott
Crossfield with the X-15 held to
half throttle, flew to nearly 80,-
000 feet and close to 2,000 mph.
5. The altitude record of 103,-
395 feet established by the F-104
Starfighter. (Man’s blood will
boil at altitudes above 63,000 feet
unless he is in a pressurized cab
in or specially designed pressure
suit.)
6. The altitude record of 126,-
200 feet established by the late
Capt. Iven Kincheloe in the X-2.
7. The altitude record of 136,-
500 feet recently set by Maj. Rob
ert M. White in the X-15. (Nine
ty-nine percent of the earth’s at
mosphere is below 100,000 feet.)
8. On 19 September 1960, the
Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic
Missile (ICBM) traveled 9,000
miles from Cape Canaveral and
hit within two miles of a de
signed target point.
9. This past September the
satellites Discoverer XIV and
Discoverer XIII ejected their cap
sules after orbiting the earth. So
accurate was the timing of the
ejections that both capsules were
recovered—one in mid-air.
Alaska and a capsule was eject
ed from Discoverer XVII. The
capsule was recovered in mid-air
near Hawaii. (On 11 December
1960 the capsule from the Dis
coverer XVIII was caught in mid
air.)
The inventory of our weapon
systems will include manned
bombers for several more years.
There will be years when we have
a “blend” of bombers and mis
siles. Compared to the Titan
ICBM (see below), the B-70 may
seem exceedingly low and slow.
However, during this period the
bombers and missiles will comple
ment rather than compete with
one another.
On a recent flight the Titan
reached an altitude of over 190
miles and speeds of about 17,000
mph. On re-entry into the atmos
phere, it was traveling over 15,-
000 mph. The heat generated
raised the temperature of the
nose cone to 12,000 degrees. The
hose cone has a recently devel
oped material to protect it. It is
an ablation type nose cone. A
thin layer of the surface melts
and gradually vaporizes. This
absorbs heat energy and makes
it possible for the nose cone to
stay intact. The nose cone of this
Titan was recovered 6,000 miles
or more from the launching point.
Time for the distance was about
32 minutes. Yet, in terms of fu
ture missiles, the Titan may soon
be obsolete.
10. The Air Force has placed a
Midas test sateillite in orbit with
a payload of 3,600 pounds. The
almost circular orbit varies less
than 30 miles in altitude from
322 miles at apogee to 292.5 miles
at perigee.
11. On 14 November 1960, Dis
coverer XVII had been in orbit
nearly two days. On the 31st or
bital pass, signals were sent from
If one were to think in terms
of World War II bomber speeds
(approximately 200 mph) and re
member the strategic location of
Italy and the buffer (warning)
zone the peninsula helped pro
vide, it is incredible how wea
pons systems such as the Titan
have changed the strategic and
tactical importance of every lo
cation on this earth. For instance,
Italy is approximately 700 miles
in length. At speeds of 200 mph,
Italy provided a three and one-
half hour buffer zone, running
from the Alps to the tip of the
boot. This was important in
World War II. But, now let us
see what missiles with the capa
bility of the Titan have done to
Italy as a strategic location in
terms of time and distance. The
Titan begins its entry into the
atmosphere approximately 500
miles from the point of impact.
At this phase of flight it is trav
eling over 15,000 mph, and would
cover Italy’s 700 miles in the in
credibly short time of three min
utes. When considering speeds
of 15,000 mph, Italy would have
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made for the man who wants a deodorant he knows will get through
to the skin .. . where perspiration starts.
Mennen Spray Deodorant does just that. It gets through to the
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other deodorant. Have you tried it yet? 640 and $1.00 plus tax
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to be over 52,000 miles in length,
or more than two times the dis
tance around the earth at the
equator, to provide the three and
one-half hour buffer zone. (Dis
tance around the earth at the
equator is 24,902 miles.)
Throughout recorded history,
man’s rate of progress has varied
with the speed at which he could
travel or communicate. In terms
of time, the size of the earth is
relative to speed at which man
made vehicles or communication
signals travel. In terms of time,
the speed of the missile has
shrunk Kansas from a 1 by 2
hour (WW II) state to a less
than a 1 by 2 minute state today,
(Two hundred mph as compared
to 15,000 mph or 1-75.) In terms
of WW II speed, “missile speed"
shrinks the earth from a sphere
with a polar diameter of 7,900
miles to one with a diameter of
about 105 miles. How can one
visualize the “missile speed” size
of today’s earth? Here is one
way. Think of today’s earth as a
sphere located within a space
represented by the distance from
Houston to Hearne—inhabited by
Texans one inch tall.
Moscow is less than 6,000 miles
from Houston. Houston — 30
minutes from Moscow.
OnCampt!!
with
Maxfihulinan
(Author of “I Was a Teen-age Dwarf”, ‘‘The Many
Loves of Dobie Gillis”, etc.)
HAPPINESS CAN’T BUY MONEY
With tuitjon costs spiralling ever upward, more and more under*
graduates are investigating the student loan plan. If you are
one who is considering the “Learn Now, Pay Later” system,you
would do well first to study the case of Leonid Sigafoos.
Leonid, the son of an upholsterer in Straitened Circum*
stances, Idaho, had his heart set on going to college, but his
father, alas, could not afford to send him. Leonid applied for
a Regents Scholarship, but his reading speed, alas, was not
very rapid—two words an hour—and before he could finish the
first page of his test the Regents had closed their brief cases
crossly and gone home. Leonid then applied for an athletic
scholarship, but he had, alas, only a single athletic skill-
balancing a stick on his chin—and this, alas, aroused only
passing enthusiasm among the coaches., - ^ Y
And then, huzzah, Leonid learned of the studeat loaa plan;
he could borrow money for his tuition and repay it in easy
monthly installments after he left school!
Happily Leonid enrolled in the Southeastern Idaho College
of Woodpulp and Restoration Drama and happily began a
college career that grew more happy year by year. Indeed, it
became altogether ecstatic in his senior year because Leonid met
a coed named Salina T. Nem with hair like beaten gold and
eyes like two squirts of Lake Louise. Love gripped them in its
big moist palm and they were betrothed on the Eve of St. Agnes.
Happily they made plans to be married the day after com*
mencement—plans, alas, that never were to come to fruition
because Leonid, alas, learned that Salina, like himself, was in
college on a student loan, which meant that he had not only
to repay his own loan when he left school but also Salina’s, and
the job, alas, that was waiting for Leonid after graduation at
the Boise Raccoon Works simply did not pay enough, alas, to
cover both their loans, plus rent and food and clothing.
Sick at heart, Leonid and Salina sat down and lit Marlboro
Cigarettes and tried to find an answer to their problem—and,
sure enough, they did! I do not know whether or not Marlboro
Cigarettes helped them find an answer; all I know is that
Marlboros taste good and look good, and when things close in
and a feller needs a friend and the -world is black as the pit from
pole to pole, it is a heap of comfort and satisfaction to be sure
that Marlboros will always provide the same unflagging pleas
ure, the same unstinting quality, in all times and climes and
conditions. That’s all I know.
Leonid and Salina, I say, did find an answer—a very simple
one. If their student loans did not come due until they left
school, why, then they just wouldn’t leave school! So after
receiving their bachelor degrees, they re-enrolled and took
masters degrees. After that they took doctors degrees, loads and
loads of them, until today Leonid and Salina, both aged 78, both
still in school, hold doctorates in Philosophy, Humane Letters,
Jurisprudence, Veterinary Medicine, Civil Engineering, Op
tometry, and Dewey Decimals. Their student loans, as of last
January 1, amounted to a combined total of eighteen million
dollars, a sum which they probably would have found great
difficulty in repaying had not the Department of the Interior
recently declared them a National Park.
© 1961 Max Shulmaa
You don’t need a student loan—-just a little loose change—
to grab yourself a new kind of smoking pleasure fra:'
makers of Marlboro—the unaltered king-size Philip Morris
Commander. Welcome aboard!
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