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Battalion Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1961 Number 8 ome A&M Students Face Active Duty wards, Grants t Fete Total Over $20,000 The importance of initiating a life long 1 program of pro fessional development while in college was stressed by M. S<jott Kraemer of the Pan American Petroleum Corp., Hous ton in addressing the Petroleum Engineering Club here Tues- % ^ jO-aemer was the scholarship 3; y : ,rds banquet speaker of the De portment of Petroleum Engineer- Awards and special grants totalling over $20,000 from the petroleum industry were presented to [students and the department at banquet, at which J. C. Kaney ^■Colle^e Station presided. Raney is president of the student chapter Society of Petroleum Engi- nefci'S. ^■Scholarship awards were pre- f^Kted to the following seniors: HLhristian A. Galindo, of Cocha- kL,,!,:!, Poll via, $'>00 from Standard Oil Company of Texas; Axel V. Been of Holing, $500 from Mobil Oil Company; Doyle NV. Read. Jr., Gladewater, $100 plus fees to *-00 from Socony-Mobil Oil Com- HLy ; Charles K. Reeves of College Mai ion. $750 from the R. C. Baker Foundation, an( j Conley R. Wil- of Mineola, $800 from Mis- gjon Manufacturing Company of Houston. ^Kpecial grants to the department ;^K]uded $100 from the R. C. Baker I Texas and $400 from Mission Manufacturing Company. Graduate students receiving fel lowships included James W. Givens of Brookshire, $2,100 plus fees from Shell Oil Company; Arthur E. Pinson Jr. of Houston, $1,800 from Humble Oil and Refining Company; Richard A. Startzman of Point Pleasant, W. Va., $1,500 from Pan American Petroleum Com pany; Robert E. Carlile of Ard more, Okla., $2,000 from Conti nental Oil Company; Jack E. Little of Dallas, $2,000 from Gulf Re search and Development Company; Edward P. Miesch of Clarksville, $1,800 from Cities Service Oil Com pany, and D. M. Bass, Jr., of Bryan, $1,500 from “The Fund for Improvement of Teaching.” Graduate research assistantships were presented to Marion 1). Arnold of Corsicana, Morris H. McWil liams of College Station, Leonard J. Porter of Houston, Robert C. Schlaudt of Fredericksburg and A. W- Talash of College. Station. The Mission Manufacturing Coin- Foundation, $G00 from Cities Ser- pany awards were presented by vice Oil Company, $500 from Conti- Bass Hoyler; Alan Gibson pre- Sital Oil Company, $500 from sented the Mobil Oil Company Cillf Re* e arch and Development awards and Frank Wise presented Company, $1,000 from Humble Oil the Standard Oil Company of an<i Re f > nin K Company, $400 from Texas awards. R. L. Whiting, g h ,.ll Oil Company, $400 from head of the Department of Pe- Mcony-Mobil Oil Company, $5001 troleum Engineering, presented the frpm Standard Oil Company of' other awards. Richard Startzman Wins Fellowship ■m A h m 1 Advanced ROTC Pupils Exempt By ALAN PAYNE Battalion News Editor Only a portion of A&M students in the 49th Armored Division, Texas National Guard, will be exempt from the Oct. 15 call to active duty issued Sept. 19 by the United States Defense Department. Dean of Students James P. Hannigan disclosed today juniors and seniors in the advanced ROTC program and stu dents who have completed the advanced ROTC program but have not graduated will be the only college pupils exempt from the call. He added, however, certain other students may he exempt if they can get special waivers from their respective commanding officers, A&M students who are* - forced to withdraw from _ T ^ , school will be able to collect New Home For Aggie Guardsmen fee refunds except for a pro- A&M students in the 49th Armored Division Oct. 15 for active duty maneuvers necessi- rata charge to cover actual will join their fellow guardsmen here at Fort tated by the worsening of the Berlin crisis, use of rooms ami meals, Hannigan Polk, La., to replace the cows. The 49th Armored Division will move into the post (AP Wirephoto) Aggies Sweating Out Service As Aictive Duty Time Nears ■The College has announced the appointment of Richard Albert Rtartzman of Point Pleasant, W. Va., as the Pan American Petro leum Foundation fellow in petro leum engineering for the 1961-62 academic year. H Startzman, w’ho will study for an MS degree in petroleum engi neering, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Startzman, also of Point Pleasant. He is a graduate of Point Pleasant High School and holds a BS degree in petroleum engineering from Marietta College at Marietta, Ohio. ■ The fellowship awarded Start z- man at A&M is one of 16 offered at 15 US colleges and universities for the 1961-62 academic year by Pan American Petroleum Founda tion, Inc. K The foundation was created and is supported by Pan American Pe troleum Corp., which is in turn the exploration-production affili ate of Standard Oil Company (In diana). I Startzman, who will study at |1»&M under the guidance of Pro- ■essor Robert L. Whiting, was the recipient of a four-year scholar ship while at Marietta College, and was listed on the dean’s honor roll for 4 consecutive years. ■ College memberships included Beta Beta Chi, Pi Epsilon Tau and Kappa Mu Epsilon. He is al so a student member of the So ciety of Petroleum Engineers of the American Institute of Mining, ; Metallurgical and Petroleum Engi neers. I Startzman has obtained practi cal experience in the oil industry by working as an oilfield rousta bout and well pumper for various oil firms throughout West Vir ginia, Louisiana and Texas during summer months. • The fellowship at A&M carries a stipend of $1,500 for the aca demic year and covers costs of tui tion and fees. Fellows are select ed by the institutions where the fellowships are offered and the fellow is not obligated to the foun dation or its sponsor in any way, either during his tenure as the fellow or at any time thereafter. By TOMMY HOLBEIN Battalion Managing Editor Calling up all members of the 49th Armored Division has been the main subject of conversation for many downhearted Aggies dur ing the past week. The following is an 'account of situations in which three Aggies ! find them selves at -present: Jack McNeely, graduating sen ior from Bryan living in Walton E-10, said that until yesterday, he had hopes of graduating in Janu ary with a degree in Agricultural Economics. “Now, I’ve almost lost all inter est in school, although I still have some weak hope of getting de ferred from service until I re ceive my degree,” said McNeely. The sergeant is a member of Headquarters and HQ Company, 386 Engineer Battalion of the 49th Armored Division. “If I were to go in on Oct. 15, it would make me lose 17 hom-s this semester, and would probably set me back in graduating for at least two years. All my required courses are Fall courses, and even if I were released in a year, the semester would be well underway,” he added. McNeely said his situation was bad, but not half as bad as many Tatum Named To Information Staff W. R. Tatum, assistant director 'l* * of information at Texas Tech for ^ ' f the past four years, will join the Department of College Informa- : tion and Publications Oct. 16. The position Tatum fills is part of an expansion program in the department. “The increased de- | mands for informational services necessitate this additional infer- ; mational representative,” Lee D u e w a 1 1, information director, said. “Tatum will have primary re- | =.>; sponsibility for information about programs in engineering and the sciences, along with his general informational duties.” A native of Kansas, Tatum is a graduate of the William Allen White School of Journalism at the University of Kansas. In addition to the BA degree, he has complet ed academic work toward a MA degree in government and jour nalism at Texas Tech. Following graduation from Kan sas in 1951, Tatum enlisted in the United States Ah’ Force. He served in informational services and edited the base newspaper for nearly four years at Gary Air Force Base in San Marcos. He was news editor of the Se- guin Enterprise and director of public relations for an aviation W. R. Tatum . . . joins information staff training school prior to his associ ation with Texas Tech in Septem ber, 1957. The new informational repre sentative is a member of the American College Public Relations Association, Sigma Delta Chi, Ma sonic Lodge and Protestant Epis copal Church, as well as other civic and fraternal organizations. He is author of “Guidelines to Texas Press Law,” and for four years has edited the South Plains Parade of Progress yearbook. of the men in the unit, who were selling their homes and businesses, making plans for their expecting wives and small children, and try ing to figure out answers to the myriad problems presented. “I would estimate that over half of the 200 men in the unit are Aggies; at least 75 are, and these include at least 30 seniors and graduate students. Many have al ready dropped out of school,” said McNeely. C. S. Council Names New City Attorney College Station City Council Monday night named John L. Sandstedt, assistant professor in the Division of Business Adminis tration, new city attorney. He re places C. E. Dillon who died Sept. 8 in a plane crash. The council passed a resolution of respect for Dillon and specified that a copy of the resolution, signed by all council members, be sent to the Dillon family. An ordinance creating a Munici pal Defense and Disaster Relief Committee with the mayor to serve as chairman was passed. Mayor Ernest Langford will be known as the municipal defense coordinator. City Manager Ron Boswell was named assistant de fense coordinator. Other members, not to exceed 20, are expected to be named Oct. 23 at the next council meeting. Contractor W. D. Fitch submit ted for final approval the plat of the subdivision, The Glade, second installment. Read Wipprecht was present to raise objection to the paving on* Moss and Foster streets, say ing it was in violation of the deed restrictions. Frank Winkler, senior from Taylor planning to graduate in May of 1962 with a degree in agronomy, said he had already hired a lawyer to defend his case and keep him out of service. “We were told in last Sunday’s meeting that if this calling up presented too many problems, to get a lawyer to work on it, so I did. How much good he can do, I don’t know yet. It is still too early to tell,” said Winkler. The corporal who has been in the Army Reserves for three years, said his own unit was the 3rd Medium Tank Battalion, 112th Armor, but he had been attending drills with the Bryan unit. “If I do have to go in, it will delay me at least a year in gradu ating, and knock me out of 19 hours this semester. However, I have made no plans to check out of school yet,” said Winkler. Robert Longwell, senior from Raymondville originally planning to graduate in May of 1962 with a degree in math, said he would probably check out of school to day. “I am expecting a letter oi’der- ing me to report for my physical in Raymondville tomoi’row, and I don’t have any hope for defer ment,” said Longwell. In the reserves for five and a half years, Longwell holds the rank of sergeant in Company B, 4th Armored Rifle Battalion, 144th Infantry. said. The exact number of Aggies affected by the call has not been definitely determined. Many are members of Bryan’s Headquarters Company, 386th Engineer Bat talion, and others belong to units in their home towns. Several other units, of which Aggies are also members, were alerted with the 49th Division to report for active duty Oct. 15. These were 122nd Transportation Co., medium helicopter, Houston; 277th Engineer Co. and 349th Mili tary Intelligence Co., Dallas; 490th Civil Affairs Detachment, Abilene; 347th Military Intelligence Platoon, Fort Worth; 980th Engineer Bat talion, Wichita Falls, and 974th Quartermaster Co., Galveston. 49th Division Commander Maj. Gen. Harley B. West of Dallas said the division largely will be beefed up to combat strength of 14,000 men and officers by a call-up of ready reserve men. He said 800 men will probably be inducted early to prepare Fort Polk for the troop arrival. On length of time the division will remain on active duty, Gen. West said, “Anything about that is speculation.” He said division personnel will report to their home stations Oct. 15 and start moving to Fort Polk about 10 days later. Answering a question about wives and children and whether they can go to Fort Polk, he said, “I do not know the answer to that. My guess is that they will stay at home. Certainly there is no hous ing there for them.” The general said the division is equipped with two weapons capable of using atomic warheads. These are the eight-inch howitzer and the Honest John Rocket. He indi cated the division has no such war heads at this time. Oceanography Prof Named For Bader Dr. Louis S. Kornicker, special ist in geological oceanography, has been appointed associate professor on the staff of the Department of Oceanography and Meteorology. He replaces Dr. Richard G. Ba der, who has accepted a post with the National Science Foundation in Washington D. C. Kornicker received his PhD de gree in geology from Columbia University in 1957, where he had received his MA degree in 1954. H i s undergraduate background consists of a BS degree in chem istry in 1941, from the University of Alabama School of Chemistry, Metallurgy and Ceramics and a BS degree in chemical engineering in 1942, University of Alabama School of Engineering. He was engaged in industrial work from 1942 until 1954 with the Hercules Powder Company, Cities Service Refining Company, Inc. and the Uncle Sam Chemical Company. In the last position he was plant superintendent and treasurer. In 1957, he was appointed pro gram director of Marine Geology at the Institute of Marine Scien ces, University of Texas, Port Aransas. In 1960-61 he took a po sition as geologist with the Office of Naval Reseai’ch, Department of the Navy, Chicago, 111. He left that position to assume his new post. Fund Requests Slated Tonight By United Chest Sixteen civic agencies of the local area will meet with the bud get and admissions committee of the College Station United Chest tonight to present requests for 1962 funds. The meeting will be held in the All-Purpose Room of the A&M Consolidated School at 7 p.m. Dr. John C. Calhoun, general chairman of the United Chest, said today that additional agencies who have not submitted prepared re quests are invited to attend the session and outline their needs. Fish Yell-Leader Tryouts Junior yell-leaders Bill Brashears, left, and Rogers, Company B-l from Amarillo; Mike Tom Nelson offer assistance to three of the Ogden, Squadron 6 from Colmesneil, and approximately 40 freshmen who tried for Roger Bierbaum, Company F-2 from Hous- freshmen yell-leader positions Tuesday, ton. (Photo by Bob Sloan) These three applicants are, from left, Clint