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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1961)
1 IIBRART r» is copus 1 moden 'd a UK*!, ed ontt>| plant 1 by els movefc complet! st cotta ist. is for tl; twice tsi 5aid A. lore roc- e gin a:, it and el iding, "?! e supplie ■vith fett- .iding w_ with Is The Battalion COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1961 Number 131 Joe Swan Joins College Information, Publication Staff McKay Texas 4 I A research grant of $10,000 has been made to E. P. Segner Jr., as sistant professor, Civil Engineer ing Department, Texas A&M. The grant is from the American Institute of Steel Construction, Inc., the national service organ ization representing the structural steel fabricating industry, with national headquarters in New York [ City. The grant was made to develop a practical procedure for designing the necessary reinforcement around Book Display These winning - books, 27 in all, are on dis- south in 1960. They will be on display in play in the Cushing Memorial Library at the Library throughout the month of Texas A&M. They were issued by southern August. At the right is Robert D. Barnes publishers and printers as outstanding ex- of Dallas, a graduate student in entomology, ambles of design and typography in the Civil Engineering Awarded $10,000 Professor Grant large rectangular openings in the webs of wide-flange steel members. The project is expected to require from 12 to 18 months to complete. “The AISC has been particularly interested in the problem assign ed to professor Segner for many years,” Dr. S. R. Wright, head of the College’s Civil Engineering Department, said today. “The re sults of the research will provide valuable additional information ap plicable to the structural design procedure for providing openings ‘Face-Lifting’ Given To Campus Grounds Building walks and reworking the grounds in the old dorm area is now in full swing- by the Build ing & Utilities Department. This I work is the beginning- of overall improvements of campus grounds. The ground areas between Wal ton Hall and the college hospital, between the East and West wings Coin Collecting Hay Develop Into k Valuable Hobby If you are looking for a hobby which actually increases in value throughout the years, then look no further. Try coin collecting. Although numismatics or coin collecting is one of the world’s old est hobbies, dating back several centuries, a remarkable new in terest has arisen in recent years— end the Bryan-College Station area is no exception. In fact, one au thority on coin collecting esti mates that eight out of 10 persons m and around Bryan-College Sta tion collects coins either as an emateur or an advanced collector. Interest varies from tokens to Sold coins with the ages of col lectors ranging from five to sev enty years. One avid eight-year- °ld of this area is so interested m a certain set of coins that he m making payments out of his al- Wnce to acquire it. So far, he tas paid 90 cents of the $5.70 price Cn this set. The reasons for collecting coins v ary from merely a luxurious hob- ^ to a unique method of investing 1,1 the future. Many parents use “Uying and selling coins as a ^cans of preparing for their chil- ken’s future education. The growing interest of this frofitable hobby has prompted the Or ?anization of the Bi-City Coin ^Ub, which meets the second and fourth Thursday of each month, &I1 d the recent opening of a coin stamp shop in downtown Bry- k Becoming a “numismatist” can ^Sin as simply as merely check- even your most common poc- change—and it can be very frofitable. of Walton Hall and north of Dorm itory 16 are being completely re done. Dirt and gravel from these areas are being taken out to an average depth of 18 inches. The depth depends on the amount of gravel and type of soil below the surface. Sandy loam top soil is then be ing used as a backgill. The dirt is then rough graded to two inches below the walks to allow for one and one-half inches of organic matter. The organic matter is spread evenly over the area with 18 to 20 pounds of complete starter fertilizer per 1000 square feet. The final grade is then established by light rolling and hand raking. Grounds are then being seeded with Common Bermudagress and watered in. Water will be pro vided by an automatic sprinkler system to be installed. Later it will become part of a main system that will cover the entire campus. For the next few weeks after seeding, the lawn is watered just enough to keep the surface moist. An application of six pounds of ammonium nitrate is applied every four weeks. Mowing is started when the grass reaches a height of one and one- quarter inches to encourage lat eral growth. When these areas are finished they will serve as rec reational areas for students living in the area. ' New walks being built are for students to march to chow on. The walks will be blocked off to traf fic by removable iron posts. Stu dents may drive on these walks only to load and unload their cars. Service vehicles will not be per mitted on the walks. in the webs of steel beams and girders so as to permit the run ning of utility ducts within the depths of the beams, rather than be suspended below the beams. This method of construction,” Dr. Wright says, “reduces the floor- to-floor height of steel buildings and therefore may materially re duce the cost of the structure.” The research will be done at A&M in the Department of Civil Engineering in cooperation with the Engineering Experiment Sta tion. Professor Segner will be pro ject supervisor. The project will be monitored by T. R. Higgins of N'ew York, di rector of engineering and research of the AISC; Fred S. Adams, sen ior regional engineer in Dallas and Dale Lane, regional engineer in Houston, of the AISC. Professor Segner joined the C. E. Dept, in 1954. He holds the BS and MS degrees in civil engineer ing from the University of Texas and will soon complete his Ph.D. degree at A&M. He is currently executive secretary of the Texas Section, American Society of Civil Engineers. He is a former cap tain in the Air Force, having serv ed as an engineering officer. A member and officer in many pro fessional organizations and hon orary societies, he also is the au thor of several scientific and tech nical publications. Information Released For Fall Rooms The Department of Student Af fairs has released the information concerning room reservations for the fall semestei-. This procedure should be followed to insure a place to stay. All students pay fees and re serve rooms according to the fol lowing procedure: a. Veterans report to Veterans Advisor’s Office, on ground floor YMCA. b. Pay fees at the Fiscal Office (either $6 room reservation fee, first installment, or en tire semester). c. Reserve rooms at the Hous ing Office according to the following procedure: 1. Students who will be in the Corps of Cadets in the fall may reserve rooms beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, August 21. 2. Civilian rooms which have not been reserved by $6 room reser vation, in accordance with proced ure established at the end of the Spring Semester, may be reserved by students now in school, on a first come, first served basis be ginning at 8 a.m. Monday, August 21. 3. Civilian students now in school who have already sent in the $6 room reservation for the fall, should come by the Housing Office and verifiy their reserva tions before 5 p.m. Friday, Au gust 25. i All students with their belong ings must be moved to their new rooms by 7 p.m. Friday, August 25. Dormitories now closed will be unlocked from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. bn August 24 and 25 to accommo date students who must move. In order to protect student property, all dormitories except Ramps C and D of Hart Hall and Milner Hall will be locked at 7 p.m. Fri day, August 25. Students who wish to remain on the campus be tween terms may register for C and D Ramps of Hart Hall or Mil ner Hall for this period by paying (See Information Page 3) College Station Bank Plans New Building College Station State Bank is in the process of building a new plant two blocks east of the old bank on Sulphur Springs Road. The new bank is designed to fit the needs and desires of its customers. The new bank, which is expec ted to open on December 1, has been designed around the ideas pro posed by bank customers, accord ing to bank President Harold Sulli van. Cards were sent out to all the bank’s customers requesting them to make known what they would desire in a new bank. Eighty per cent of the customers completed and returned the cards. Making use of this information as well as information obtained from 50 other banks of similar cus tomer size, and data concerning the projected growth and banking needs of fhis area, the bank offi cials were able to obtain a clear picture of the basic requirements the new bank should meet. This careful study revealed a definite need for certain specific conveniences. These will be: a fully air conditioned building, a 265 square foot lobby, two cano pied drive up windows and a large parking lot. Most important, the new bank will be the only bank in this area to have an outside walk up window. This window will make it possible for the bank to serve its customers before and after hours without opening the doors. The old bank building has been purchased by the Presbyterian Church of College Station for use as a probable student center. Archery Is Old, But Fast Growing Sport “Archery is an old art but a fast growing sport,” states a Bry an sports dealer. He said people in the Bryan-College Station area know of the facilities available to them in this sport. The City of College Station makes available each year a class for beginning archers. The city furnishes the bows and arrows and the instructor. The class meets twice a week and last for six golf course fashion and a separate weeks. The cost for such instruc tion is about 25 cents a meeting. Field archery facilities are also available. The Brazos Valley Bow men, a school affiliated club, has a range on state property just be yond the Easterwood Airport cut off on Farm Road 2513. This range has 14 targets arranged in practice area. Brazos Valley Bowmen spon sor several tournaments each year and inter club activities including an annual bar-b-que. Persons interested should call the College Station City Hall or Dr. D. A. Lindquist, 1022 E. Wal ton, president of the Brazos Valley Bowmen. Joe Swan Post Office Getting Into Shape After Church StreetMove Moving of the College Station post office to temporary quarters at 311 Church Street has been completed. Ernest Gregg, acting postmas ter, reports that things are shap ing up very well and an efficient service can again be expected by customers. Gregg also reports that the incoming and out-going mail can be handled even better than in the old post office. In the post office Gregg states that ther will be a complete re modeling and total replacement of all old equipment. New equip ment will include a modern heat ing and, air conditioning unit, new boxes, more box space, fluoresent lighting and banker type counters. The offices will be rearranged to provide more space and add to the efficiency of operation. The equipment now being used is 24- years-old and is ready for replace ment. The expected date of open ing of the new post office will be either April or May of 1962. Take TCtJ Position Bob Carrell Will Joe Swan, former director of public information at Howard Payne and at Wisconsin State at Superior, will join Texas A&M College’s Department of College Information and Publications on September 1. He replaces Bob Carrell, Jr. who has accepted a position in the Journalism Department at Texas Christian University. He, who holds the masters degree in education from Howard Payne College, has done post-graduate work in jour nalism at Southern Methodist University. In addition to his work in public information, he has taught journalism at Howard Payne and Wisconsin State, and supervised the col- . lege newspaper and vearbook at both institutions. * “At Texas A&M Swan will^ have responsibility primarily for the College’s informational publications,” Lee Duewall, director of Information and Publications, said. Duewall paid tribute to Bob Carrell for his out standing service to the College dur ing the past two years. “We re gret losing Carrell,” the director said, “but we are fortunate to have found an outstanding young man like Joe Swan to succeed him.” Swan, a native of Gorman in Eastland county, has professional newspaper experience on the Hous ton Post and the Brownwood Bul letin. During the Korean conflict he edited two army newspapers and served as a combat corres pondent. At Howard Payne he was editor 6,996 Visit Campus During June and July A total of 6,996 visitors were on the campus of Texas A&M during the months of June and July, P. L. Downs, Jr., official greeter of the College announced today. They were attending short courses, conferences, class reunions and other scheduled meetings. The College had 723,512 visitors on the campus for scheduled meetings and activities during the twelve years and two month period from June 1, 1949, to August 1, 1961. of the student newspaper. As a freelance writer and photographer the Joe Swan bi-line has appeared in many publications. He is a regular contributor to Texas Pa rade magazine. His experience also includes radio continuity writing. At both How ard Payne and at Wisconsin State, Swan was responsible for infor mational publications in his job as director of public information. For the past two years he has been employed by John A. Scott and Co., Dallas typographers. Swan, 32, is married to the for mer Laura Mae Jones of Dallas. They have a son, Dick, 8, and a daughter, Debbie, 5. The family are members of the Baptist church. Meat Judging Team To Go To Ft. Worth A two-day workout at Fort Worth is scheduled for members of the Senior Meat Judging Team of Texas A&M. Team members will meet at the Westbrook Hotel in Fort Worth, September 12. The workout will begin early the next morning at both the Swift and Armour plants. The team members will return to A&M the night of September 14, in order for them to register on the following morning, according to Frank A. Orts, coach of the senior and junior meat judging teams. Orts says, “Workouts are plan ned as early as possible in prep aration for coming meat judging contests early in the fall. The contests will have stiff competi tion and we want to be ready for them.” many hours of study, training and practice,” says Orts. “Students must have a love for meats and a desire to know more about them and be willing to invest much time and money to survive the competi tion and become a member of the Texas A&M Meats Team.” “Also, a meat judge must have a basic understanding of consumer desires of type of meat used on the table. In addition, a meat judge must have adequate knowl edge of the English language in order to construct an acceptable set of reasons. This is only achi eved through long hours of prac tice both judging of various car casses and cuts as well as writing reasons.” “Primary aim of meat judging, of course, is from competitive standpoint, but equally important is that individuals have adequate “The art of judging and evalu- appreciation of the quality of beef, ation of meats is acquired through lamb and pork,” says Orts. ‘‘Skip To My Lou” Dancers from all over the nation gathered were in charge of the affair. Smith is the in the Memorial Student Center this week dance instructor for the MSC during the for the Annual Dance Institute for Recrea- regular school year, tion Leaders. Mr. and Mrs. Manning Smith