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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1961
Number 131
Joe Swan Joins College
Information, Publication Staff
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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