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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1961
Number 121
$597,000 Contract
Awarded Texas A&M
Will Replace Old
Research Program
A $597,000 contract for oceanographic research has been
awarded the Department of Oceanography and Meteorology
at Texas A&M by the Office of Naval Research of the De
partment of Navy, it was announced by Dr. Archie M. Kahan,
director of the A&M Research Foundation.
The research contract was essentially a replacement of
another Naval research program which has been in con
tinuous effect since 1950, but with newer and much broader
goals.
The contract also provides for more than seven graduate
research assistantships, and extensive facilities which will be
available for use of the teaching staff and students of oceano-
RGgistration
is would be an unusual sight to see at as frustrated as most the Aggies are dur-
gistration during the regular semester— ing registration day last Saturday,
rls! And this young lady seems to be just
Counseling and Testing Sets
Schedule for Placement Aids
lexas A&M’s Counseling and
Iting Center has scheduled a
Jes of two-day placement test-
clinics designed to help new
ents to plan proper courses
[study.
he summer testing clinics, one
uany services offered to A&M
Jege students by the Counseling
} Testing Center are part of a
program of career planning.
juston Kerley, director of the
iter, said other colleges and
fersities also offer testing pro
ms, but A&M is carrying the
J nee beyond the usual.
icing a step further, the col-
is individualizing and pen
alizing the tests by providing
h student the opportunity to
e his scores interpreted by pro
fessors espeeially trained in this
field.
The clinics are held in the sum
mer to allow new students plenty
of time to consult with academic
advisors and to make a study plan
for the coming fall semester.
“In this way, the advisor can
give each student ample consulta
tion time after the tests have been
completed. These private discus
sions are carried on in an informal,
relaxed atmosphere,” Kerley said.
The two-day testing clinics have
been scheduled to begin on the fol
lowing dates: June 9, June 16,
June 23, June 30, July 21, July 28,
Aug. 11, Aug. 18, and Aug. 25. All
testing sessions will be held in
Room 228 of the Chemistry Build
ing.
The June 9 session is already
ichool
egins
Program
Next Week
exas A&M will present “A Mul-
sciplinary Institute on County
I Rural Area School Programs,”
ie 14-16 at the College,
hitstanding educators of the
te and nation are due to take
active part in the Institute,
teh will get under way Wednes-
afternpon, June 14, in the As-
•bly room of the Memorial Stu-
t Center.
Hie Institute is sponsored by the
partment of Education and Psy-
'logy of the College, American
sociation of School Administra-
\ Department of Rural Educa-
Texas Association of County
«rintendents, Texas Small
mols Association and the Texas
•al School Committee.
Grady P. Parker, head, De-
dment of Education and Psy-
A&M and coordinator of
Texas Association of County
rintendents Project, is dii’ec-
of the Institute.
INS
»< Indents Must
7/e for Degree
y June 15
Students who expect to grad-
tote at the end of the first ses-
! 'on of summer school are re
minded by the Registrar’s Office
•hat they must make their de-
hee applications by June 15.
Applications are to be made
in the Registrar’s Office located
the Richard Coke Building.
This applies to both graduate
>nd undergraduate candidates.
Speakers, consultants and dis
cussion leaders include Dr. William
J. Ellena, assistant executive sec
retary, American Association of
School Administrators, National
Education Association, Washing
ton, D. C.; Dr. Robert M. Isenberg,
associate director, Department of
Rural Education, NEA; J. W. Hag-
ler, superintendent, Gregg county
schools and president of the Texas
Association of County Superin
tendents and chairman of the Tex
as Rural School Committee, Long
view; Horace Francis, superin
tendent, Gai’rison public schools
and president of the Texas Small
Schools Association; Charles Bit
ters, coordinator, Texas Small
Schools Project, Texas Education
Agency; Dwain M. Estes, Depart
ment of Education and Psycholo
gy, assistant director of the Insti
tute and Dr. Parker.
Chairmen for the general assem
bly sessions include Dr. Estes, Dr.
Parker, L. E. Sheppard Sr., super
intendent, Houston county schools,
Crockett; Harley H. Black, super
intendent, Brown county schools,
Brownwood; J. E. Wakeland, su
perintendent, Ellis county schools,
filled with students, but the other
dates are still open, the director
said.
The Counseling and Testing Cen
ter’s new program of career plan
ning gives the student the oppor
tunity to determine his capacity to
learn, his strength of background
to study in a certain field, and to
compare his “interest profile” with
that of successful persons in his
chosen vocation, Kerley said.
“A student’s first year in col
lege is one of the most important
and crucial in his college career,”
the director said.
“A&M realizes this and several
services are being made available
to assist freshmen to bridge the
gap between high school and col
lege.”
Placement testing, Kerley said,
provides an accurate understand
ing of the beginning student’s
background in areas of English,
mathematics, chemistry and read
ing. It also gives a measure of his
ability to learn in college.
“This planning will help the stu
dent work more effectively wheth
er it applies to background courses,
number of courses taken, or recom
mendation for testing to secure de
gree credit by examination,” he
explained.
For example, if a student dem
onstrates a strong aptitude and
background in mathematics, he
would be encouraged to apply for
degree credit by taking examina
tions in freshman math. If he
shows weakness in reading, he
would be urged to take a course
designed to remedy the trouble.
graphy and meteorology.
Dr. Dale F. Leipper, head
of the Department of Oceano
graphy and Meteorology, is
principal investigator for the
new program and Dr. Hugh J. Mc-
Lellan is chief scientist.
Emphasis on the studies of phe
nomena occurring in the shallow
waters of the Gulf of Mexico will
be significantly increased. Special
observational and data handling
equipment will be installed on two
offshore platforms of the U. S.
Navy Mine Defense Laboratory of
the- Bureau of Ships at Panama
City, Fla. When completed, it is
anticipated these facilities will be
used by oceanographic departments
of other colleges involved in this
program. Work in this area is to
be under the direction of Mr. Roy
Gaul, research scientist.
The new contract calls for ad
ditional studies, one in chemical
oceanography directed by Dr. Don
ald W. Hood, and one in geological
oceanography under Drs. Richard
G. Bader and Brian Logan.
Funds were also provided for
the purchase of a ship-borne gravi
ty meter, and to finance studies
based upon the meter’s use. This
work will be directed by Dr. Peter
Dehlinger of the Department of
Geology and Geophysics in coopera
tion with the Texas Engineering
Experiment Station. Dr. Sulhi H.
Yungul will be the geophysicist
for this project.
Studies centered around sea-air
interaction in the deep waters of
the Gulf of Mexico will be con
tinued and expanded under the
direction of Dr. Guy Franceschini.
A participant in this program is
Dr. Chen Wu Chien.
Basic work in physical oceano
graphy will involve Professor
Robert O. Reid and Mr. John
Cochrane.
Seismic studies are being out
lined by Mr. John Antoine, and
general instrumentation is prodid-
ed by Mr. Jack Hill.
Work basic to geological oceano
graphy is to be continued under
the supervision of Dr. U. Grant
(See Contract on Page 3)
10 Ag Students
Start Annual
Tour of Mexico
The Texas A&M School of Agri
culture has named 10 outstanding
students to make the annual Sears-
Roebuck Foundation Agricultural
Tour of Mexico.
Students are selected for the
honor on the basis of top records
in scholarship and leadership. This
year’s group will leave College Sta
tion today and return on June 18.
Making the trip will be Herman
R. Adams of Winters; Nelson T.
Antosh, Schulenburg; Walter G.
Dahlberg, Bryan; George Heder-
horst, Baytown; Clinton F. Miller,
Huntsville; Harry M. Ohlendorf
and Melvin C. Young, Lockhart;
Richard S. Runge, Christoval; Ar-
land D. Schneidei’, Weimar; and
Robert E. Steger of Mertzon.
Accompanying the students will
be Dr. R. C. Potts, assistant direc
tor of agricultui’al instruction, and
Dr. V. A. Little, professor in the
Department of Entomology and
scholarship committee chairman in
the School of Agricultui’e.
The purpose of the trip, accord
ing to Dr. Potts, is to give the
group first hand, visual knowledge
of tropical agriculture and re-
seai'ch. It also fosters better rela
tions between the United States
and Mexico.
Places to be visited include a
coffee experimental station at Ja-
lapa; rubber experimental station
near Cosamaloapan; the Institute
Tecnologico Veracurzano, the San
Cristobal Sugar Cane Mill, the
Chacaltianguis mango plantations,
and tobacco and pineapple planta
tions in the Veracruz area; and
idee and sorghum fields near Pied-
ras Negras.
The group also will meet with
the minister of the Department of
Agriculture.
To Be a Lawyer or Not!
He wants to be a lawyer, but
show business has captured his
heart.
Though he’s plugging away at
his pre-law studies prior to enter
ing law school at the University
of Texas next September, he’s also
busy prepazdng comedy monologues
for guest appearances along the
Texas Gulf Coast this summer.
Right now Charlie Marshall of
Kingsville is a junior at Texas
A&M. He’s Might of build, with
dark, close-cropped hair, flashing
Waxahachie; Hagler, H. D. Bear- brown eyes, square jawed, and a
den, director, Texas Engineering
Extension Service, Vernon C.
Young, and Robert G. Cherry, Tex
as Agricultural Extension Service,
Texas A&M College; Dr. Ben M.
Harris, professor of education,
University of Texas.
Pilot projacts organization meet
ings include those for Houston,
Brown and Mills, Ellis, Brazos,
Buideson, Grimes, Madison, Robert
son counties.
resonant voice that sparkles with
subtle humor of the Shelley Ber-
man-Bob Newhart variety.
You see, Charlie is a natui’al for
making people laugh. He had never
given serious thought to appear
ing as an entertainer until last fall
when his dorm buddies urged him
to enter the Aggie Talent Show.
He did — and won it by a land
slide. Then one appearance led to
another.
He appeared in the “College Cap
ers” at Sam Houston State College
and in the “Texas Round-Up” at
the University, plus numerous per
formances before small groups
during the past few months.
Still Charlie wasn’t serious about
show business, until a few weeks
ago when Dame Fortune tapped
him on the shoulder. It happened
like this:
Alan Neuman, producer of such
shows as “Wide, Wide World” and
“Person to Person”, Peter Palmer,
star of “Lil’ Abner” on Broadway,
and Lou Salamon, writer for the
Sid Caesar show for two seasons,
are putting together a 13-week en
tertainment series called “Campus
USA” to be seen next fall over one
of the television networks.
They visited Texas A&M recent
ly looking for material. They liked
what they saw, especially Charlie
Marshall. In fact, the group liked
Charlie’s satire on the Alamo so
well they cut back some scenes to
Famous Aggie
Conductor Dies
Lt. Col. Richard J. Dunn, famed
as the conductor of the Aggie Band
from 1924 to 1946, died at the age
of 80 last Saturday in Brooke Gen
eral Hospital.
Col. Dunn was buried Monday in
the College Station Cemetery.
Col. Dunn’s musical career start
ed when, at the age of six, he
began to study music on the piano.
At nine he changed to the violin,
studying the instrument at the
Frank T. Benjamin School of Mu
sic at Philadelphia. He studied
there four years, and later studied
under Prof. James Brophy of the
“City of Brotherly Love.”
His entrance into the army at
the time of the Spanish-American
War also marked his turn to band
music. He entered the army as
bugler, bijt soon was transferred to
the band to play cymbals (not
knowing anything about band in
struments), and to perform as
kitchen police. While in Cuba in
the Army, he took up the study
of clarinet under the assistant
bandmaster, Carl Colombo, a Nor
wegian and the study of harmony
C. H. Bates
To Instruct
At Prairie View
C. H. Bates, farm management
specialist with the Texas A&M
Department of Agricultural Eco
nomics and Sociology, is serving
as instructor in the Regional
School for Extension Workers
through June 23 at Prairie View
A&M.
Negro extension workers from
Texas and several other southern
states will be represented.
Bates will conduct courses con
cerning family financial manage
ment. Emphasis will be placed on
assisting families with such mat-
tei's as insurance, use of credit,
social security, income tax report
ing and the handling of property
transfers, as well as far m and
home planning in county extension
programs.
and instrumentation under Pio
Garrido Ottermin, a bandmaster of
the Spanish Army who chose to
remain in Cuba when the Spanish
army withdrew.
Having served two years in Cuba
and two in the Philippines, Col.
Dunn was stationed in New York
City. There he studied violincello
under Carl Rockwell, and harmony
at the Grand Conservatory with
Dr. Eberhardt.
The talented young musician was
promoted to assistant bandmaster
at 20, and was offered a position
in the Marine Band at Washington.
Hoping to receive a promotion to
the rank of bandmaster in the
Army, he refused the Marine Band
offer. His hopes were justified,
and at only 28 he was bandmaster.
In an exammation of Army band
masters for a commission at Paris,
in 1918, two hundred and ten re
ported and but ten passed. He
passed second.
Col. Dunn was on the retired
list as first lieutenant, U. S. Army,
and honorary lieutenant colonel on
the Governor’s Staff of Texas, and
had many , experiences as a
musician and as a student of music
over the world. At one time he
played first cello with the In
dianapolis Peoples Symphony
under Dr. Paulson. Having stud
ied under several in New York
and also having taken quite some
extension work from different
musical colleges, he was head of
the music department in the Edu
cational and Vocational Schools of
the U. S. Army at Camp Gordon,
Ga.
Coming to A&M as bandmaster
in September, 1924, he quickly won
a place in the state and this sec
tion. In addition to making the
Aggie Band one of the best and
largest in the South, he became a
member of the Texas Music Teach
ers’ Assn, and helped build the
Texas Band Teachers’ Assn., Inc.
He edited the association maga
zine, Texas Music Educator.
One of his greatest honors was
his election to the American Band
masters Assn., being one of only
two members from the South for
several years.
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give him enough time to run
through the entire monologue.
This was Charlie’s “big break”
—a spot on a national television
program, an opportunity that many
aspiring young actors never get.
But wait, there’s more.
Other people have recognized
Charlie’s talent too. Negotiations
are now in progress with the Music
Corporation of America to do night
club appearances throughout the
United States.
And Charlie has other plans, al
so. After he gets some night club
appearances behind him this sum
mer, he plans to do an album based
on his original monologues, and al
so to make a college tour during
the coming fall, plus any guest
television appearances which might
come his way.
What about the study of law?
Well, he’s still serious about it.
The way things look now, though,
show business has the upper hand.
Charlie Marshall
. A&M’s Shelley Berman