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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1961
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A state-wide search is underway for out
standing citizens to comprise a Century
Council for A&M College. The 100-member
Council, together with faculty and staff,
will study and evaluate how A&M can best
meet the ever-increasing needs of the people
Century Study
of Texas during the next 15 years. Shown
looking at the official emblem for the Cen
tury Study is (left to right) Chancellor M.
T. Harrington; Eugene Darby, Chairman
of the Board of Directors; and President
Earl Rudder. (See story on page 3)
Birth of a Volcano Lecture
To Be Given Next Monday
“The Birth of a Volcano” will
be discussed June 5 at 7:30 p.m.
in the Lecture Room of the Bio
logical Sciences Building ‘by Dr.
Fred M. Bullard, pi’ofessor of geol
ogy, University of Texas.
The public is invited.
In 1929, Dr. Bullard was a mem
ber of the U.S. Geological Survey
Expedition to Alaska, at which
time be became interested in vol
canoes. In 1939 he was an as
sistant in the Hawaiian Volcano
Laboratory at Kilauea, working
under Dr. T. A. dagger. During
the summer of 1943-46, he taught
at the National University of Mex
ico under cooperative agreement
between the State Department and
the University of Texas. During
this period he taught courses, on
volcanoes of Mexico in collabora
tion with Dr. Ezequiel Ordonex,
distinguished Mexican geologist.
Dr. Bullard has done research
studies on volcanoes at Pariciitin,
Mexico, under a grant from the
Geological Society of America and
the University Research Institute;
made a survey of the active vol
canoes of Guatamala, El Salvador
and Nicaragua. In 1944 he was
named one of the original mem
bers of the National Research
Council Committee, known as the
U. S. Committee for the study of
Paricutin Volcano. In 1952 he
w r as named “Research Scholar^
under the Fulbright program to
make a study of volcanoes in
Italy. With headquarters at the
University of Naples and the Ve-
suvian Volcano Laboratory, he
spent a full year in the study of
Italian Volcanies; also studies
were made at the recently
extinct craters in the Phlegrean
Fields, Roccamonfina, and the
crater lake areas in the vicinity
of Rome.
As secretary of the “Committee
on Volcanology” of the Pan Amer
ican Institute of Geography and
History, he has had a • program
for the study of the volcanoes of
Central America in progress,
which has permitted him to super
vise graduate-student thesis proj
ects in Central America. Dr. Bull
ard has made lecture tours for the
Distinguished Lecture Committee
of the) American Association of
Petroleum Geologists and Ful
bright Lecturer, Peru, 1959, in
addition to presenting a paper and
presiding _at the session of the
International Geologic Congress in
Mexico.
Dr. Bullard will illustrate by
means of colored slides and col
ored movies.
Some Do’s and Do Not’s
Before You Leave School
The Department of Student Af
fairs has issued a list of things
that students should do before they
change rooms for the summer or
leave school.
All dormitory students now in
school and intend to attend sum
mer school must be nioved into their
new rooms by 6 p. m. Saturday.
Students who must change their
rooms but wish to leave before the
semester is completed may make
arangements with the present oc
cupants of the new rooms about
storage of possessions.
Anyone who wants to turn their
room key must present the key
and receipt showing key deposit
at the Housing Office.
Military students who move
early are reminded that they still
must clear with their dormitory
Tactical Officer before checking
out of their old rooms.
Holt Tells Graduates
To Be Cobalt Bombs
208 Seniors
Commissioned
Gen. Fx-ederic IT. Smith Jr., com-
mander-in-chief of the United
States Air Force in Europe, de-
livered the commissioning address
to 83 Air Force and 125 Army,
ROTC graduates held in the G.
Rollie White Coliseum Saturday.
“Although this anxiety has been
mitigated by the recent flight of
mercury astronaut Alan B. Shep
hard—which bolstered our faith in
the technical capability of the Uni
ted States—the underlying causes
for our concexm remain,” General
Smith declared.
“We know—as Pi’esident Ken
nedy emphasized in his state of
the union message in January that
‘our first gi'eat obstacle is still
our relations with the Soviet Un
ion and Communist China.’ We
must never,” said President Ken
nedy, “be lulled into believing that
either power has yielded its ambi
tions for world domination.”
General Smith said that “we
know, that the Communists have a
large and modern war machine—
which is not only designed to meet
the I’equirements of our nuclear
age—but which maintains large
conventional forces. The Soviets
have a modern aerospace force
made up of offensive missiles—
bombers and fighters and a mod
ern air defense system.
“They have the largest subma-
idne force in the world,” General
Smith said.
“Their large ground armies are
equipped with nuclear weapons.
What is more—this military ma
chine is supported by a growing
economy, which is sti’ictly con
trolled by the state.
“In addition Soviet Russia is
allied with Communist China.
Though the Chinese are not as ad
vanced technically, they have tre
mendous ground armies, a rapidly
increasing population and vast un
touched natural resources.
“Under such circumstances,” the
general said, “the mission of our
nation’s military establishment is
clear. It must be prepared to de
fend our nation and to assist the
free nations of the world—if an
attack on our country or its Al
lies occurs.
“Your four years at Texas A&M
will ali’eady have taught you to
recognize the problems to which
I have referred —and it will be
in a position to make policy de
cisions on such matters.
“But I urge you to continue to
practice the habits of study and
thinking that you have learned
here.
“Our military seiwice needs offi
cers—and our country needs citi
zens—who are informed about the
great issues that face our civili
zation.”
Maj. ChaxTes B. Wells, assistant
professor of air science at the Col
lege, said it was the largest num
ber of air force ROTC gi’aduates
in the nation this year.
CSC Holds Last
Meeting of Year;
Officers Elected
This year’s Civilian Student
Council met for the last time last
Thursday night as its members
turned the x’eins of office over to
the incoming 1961-62 council mem
bers.
, The primary business taken up
at the meeting was the election of
officers for the 1961-62 council
and the adjournment of the old
council.
Slated to head next yeax-’s coun
cil are Doug Schwenk, president;
Lelve Gayle, vice-president; David
Beaucamp, recording secretary;
David Johnson, Corresponding sec
retary; Christian Galindo, treas-
ui’er, and Steve Van Winkle, par-
limentarian.
6 Or Develop Power
Twice Ms Potent^
Pres. Andrew D. Holt of the University of Tennessee
told the Texas A&M graduating students Saturday how they
can become “cobalt bombs”—tremendously potent forces in
the service of mankind.
In the cobalt bomb, hydrogen provides the explosive
substance, uranium is the fuse and cobalt gives the bomb
a spread that will cover 100,000 square miles, President Holt
declared.
Substance knowledge for^
the hydrogen and “spizzer-
inctum” for the uranium and
an overwhelming desire to
serve others for the cobalt,
and “you become a cobalt bomb,’
the commencement speaker said.
Twice As Powerful
“You can develop a power which
is twice as potent as the cobalt
bomb—a power that will be felt
by everyone with whom you come
in contact—a power that will be
felt by people you will never see—
a power that will continue to be
felt long after you are dead and
gone.”
President Holt urged the gi’ad-
uates to continue in the pursuit
of knowledge.
“A college degree may be a
deadly thing. The recipient may
regard his diploma as a certifi
cate which says ‘my mind is now
filled to capacity.’
Degree—Hunting License
“Your degi’ee should, be a hunt
ing license which will enable you
to hunt additional knowledge
wherever you may find it.
“Your education thus far has
doxxe little more than stimulate
your interests in various fields of
knowledge and has taught you
how to learn. Now you should
spend the rest of your lives learn
ing what you have learned how
to learn.”
Spizzeririctum is “a perfectly
good dictionary word which means
energy, ambition, the will to suc
ceed,” President Holt declared.
“Your degree imposes upon you
the obligation to translate the
knowledge you have acquired into
action.”
President Earl Rudder of the
College introduced the speaker.
The program was held in the G.
Rollie White Coliseum. The final
review of the Cadet Corps was
held Saturday afternoon.
James Martin
Named 1961
Valedictorian
Russell James Martin of College
Station has been named valedict
orian of the 1961 gi'aduating class
at A&M, President Earl Rudder
announced.
He is a graduate of the A&M
Consolidated High School, class
of 1957.
The 22-year-old student was se
lected to the honor for his out
standing scholastic achievement.
Martin received a bachelor of
science degree in animal science
Saturday during commencement
ceremonies. At the same time,
his brother, John, also of College
Station, was graduated with a doc-
tor of veterinary medicine degree.
They are the sons of Dr. Reuben
S. Max-tin and late Mrs. Martin.
Dr. Martin is a practicing veteri
narian at Kirbyville and a mem
ber of the class of 1937 at A&M.
Russell plans to study two more
years in the School of Veterinary
Medicine and get a DVM degx-ee.
He has been voted “Outstanding
Sophomore” in the School of Vet-
ex-inary Medicine and is a member
of Phi Eta Sigma, axx honox-ax-y
scholastic society.
The student works part time to
help pay his college expenses. His
favorite academic subjects are the
biological sciences.
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