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EvasJ siblp . 1 y th ( ] Battalion Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1961 Number 11 ARMING TREND FOLLOWS lercury Hits 58; ■ Front Triggers Rain fast-moving: cold front dumped .31 inches of rain and dropped the temperature helow 60 degrees at ' A A M Monday. ^■The front, which triggered down pours of up to five inches across thi state, dropped the temperatui'e tc| a low of 58. degrees here early lat night. ^■The high yesterday was 70. ■Officials at the local Federal A\ iation Administration station slid last night little more precipi tation was expected and the tem- i^wature should rise through the day today. ^■Rainfall of more than an inch wa widespread over North, East and South Texas. The heavy down- po jrs started Sunday. ■An area south of Big Spring m dented by marble-size hail as th* front skipped through that Houston Has ' L Aggie Street, Sw Wit / Kggie’ Movers ■Influence from Houston Aggies fs showing up in the naming of ^ ^■eets now; at least, one street na ned “Aggie”, running south off CaminOfRoad. 9% Ha ggie Street is one block long I last report, and can be found j|n the northern part of Houston in what is known as Alber Grove. You can find the street if you go o t Airline to Camino, turn east light, and follow the road until you come to Aggie. ■There is also an Aggie Trans- fc and Storage Company in Hous ton owned by George G. Harris, ^Pass of ’41, who caters to Aggies’ ■loving problems in the Gulf Coast Hrea. 6-Week Course In Ke<rinnin£ French Offered At Night ■ A six-week course in beginning i^Bench is now being planned by an A&M student native of France, ^■mphasis will be placed on con versation and pronunciation. ■ Classes are scheduled to meet ^^mesday and Thursday nights. j^Bours have not been set. ■ Anyone interested in more in formation concerning the '■course should call VI 6-6857 after 6 p.m. section of West Texas. Accom panying heavy rain sent w r ater over a highway, also near Big Spring.. Bowie, in North Central Texas, gauged three inches of rain, while Texarkana, in the northeast corner of the state, measured 2.50 inches. The rain continued yesterday over most of North Texas and began falling during the morning in areas of .South Texas. Cars were stalled at Ran Antonio as more than an inch of rain fell within a few minutes. The wind blew in gusts up to .30 miles an | hour and temperatures dropped ||| from 74 degrees at 6 a.m. to 61 at 10 a.m. The U. S. Weather Bureau re ported a waterspout off Corpus Christi. The bureau ordered small craft warnings up from Port Arthur to Pensacola, Fla. It warned of “variable winds 5 to 13 knots yes terday, shifting to northerly winds of 25 knots last night and con tinuing today.” All the state was not wet yester day, however. El Paso reported blowing dust, while other areas of West Texas had clear skies. The Weather Bureau said rain would continue over North, blast and South Texas last night, but skies would start clearing today. It also said it would be slightly warmer in most areas today. New Due Cooling System ’63 Completion History Group Sets Reception Tonight To Begin Activities An informal reception tonight will kick-off the second year of activities for the A&M History Society. Hugh McDaniel announced yes terday all interested students and faculty members will meet in the Social Room of the Memorial Stu dent Center at 7:30 tonight to for mally organize the society for the new school year. McDaniel said the group would operate much like last year’s first organization. Among the pro grams presented last year were several movies of Europe prior to World War II, a discussion of Russian Communism and the read ing of several student papers. The society is planning to have several guest speakers and send delegates to various historical con ventions this year, McDaniel said. Jack Frost Is Here Dave Mueller, ’62, prepares to make a dash for class Mon day afternoon as the thermometers began their plunge to the 58 degree mark. The cold front which hit the area yes terday was preceeded by .31 inches of rainfall. (Photo by Benny Gill is.) SCIENCE BUILDING DAMAGED Lightning Strikes TWU Class Rooms Texas Woman’s University fac ulty members and students were thrown into a state of mass con fusion late last week when mother nature played havoc with a class room facility. TWU’s Science Building was struck by lightning. A&M Reps Busy Hunting Cutie Three A&M representatives were at Texas Woman’s Univer sity in Denton last weekend making plans for the selection this coming weekend of the 1961- 62 Aggie Sweetheart. The three representatives, Stu dent Program Director W. D. Hardesty, Music Co-ordinator Robert Boone and Juan Mar tinez, interviewed the 31 sweet heart contestants and tentatively selected the finalists. These finalists will be announced later this week. The three lunched Friday with TWU officials and were guests at an all-college dance Saturday night. Impromtu Yell Practice About 300 cadets and their dates were on hand at 1:25 a. m. Sunday morning when the Aggie football team arrived home from Baton Rouge. Here Coach Jim Myers alights from the aircraft bringing the team to Easterwood Airport. Details of the game are on page 4. (Photo by Johnny Herrin.) “We heard this big blast and chunks started falling off the building,” a faculty member said after lightning struck the nox*th- east corner of the building. “It happened between 8:15 and 8:20 a.m. I was teaching in the Arts and Sciences Building when the current momentarily went off and we heard this big blast,” an other instructor said. When he returned to the build- ng he discovered that during the sudden rain storm, lightning had blasted off one of the comics stones in the roof. The stone was broken into three large chunks, each weighing about 20 pounds. The largest one dug a six-inch hole into the ground when it fell. Another professor theorized the comics was cracked and weathered before the accident. “We went up after it struck and couldn’t find any reason for it. That corner is just like any other corner on campus. It just hap pened that way in that particular place,” the plant foreman said. Jr. High Names 25 To Council For 1961-62 Twenty-five A&M Consolidated Junior High students have been elected by their classmates to the school’s student council. The council, composed of sixth, seventh and eighth grade students, will be headed during the school year by President Mike Stevenson. Other officers are Secretary Diana Sutphen, Vice President Paul Fagan, Reporter Duke But ler, Treasurer John Skrabnnek and Parliamentarian Joe White. Other delegates are: Sixth grade: Dede Wolters, Jim Stephenson, Mary Hooper, Charles Leinweber, Vickie Simmons, Chris Longley, Sallie Stark and Don Hutchinson. Seventh grade: Sandy Cathcart, David Alexander, Bill Price, Bar bee Hedges, David Reidel, Deborah Rchatte, Wallace Williams a n d Charmille Bridges. Eighth grade: Karlene Kuebel, Lynda Welch and Linda Isbell. TIT Releases Economic Study The Texas Transportation Insti tute has released another in a series of economic studies on ex pressways in or near Texas cities. The current bulletin, “Some Eco nomic Effects of the Suburban Portion of North Central Express way in Dallas,” is authored by Russell H. Thompson and William G. Adkins. The study is the third in the Dallas area and is a special report to the Bureau of Public Roads, U.S. Department of Commerce. The stretch of road under con sideration is an 8.1-mile section of U.S. Highway 75 extending from just north of Dallas’ central busi ness district to the Dallas County line. Donald Cunningham Given $500 Socony Mobil Award Donald J. Cunningham, ’62, civil engineering major, has been awarded a Socony Mobil Oil Co. scholarship for the 1961-62 school year. The scholarship, one of 85 awarded by the company this year, provides a cash award of $500 for the recipient. Carnival Scheduled Saturday By Lions, Band Boosters The A&M Consolidated Band Carnival, featuring games, hay- rides, spooks, food and other at tractions, is scheduled Saturday at 5:30 p.m. The annual fete, sponsored by the College Station Lions Club and Band Boosters Club, is held to provide funds to pui’chase band uniforms and instruments. Last fall’s carnival grossed over $800 and this year’s officials, headed by Chairman Mrs. Frank Brown, III, are hoping for a large profit this year. The Consolidated Band is com posed of the senior high band of 44 members, the junior high band of 42 members and the 65-member sixth grade band. Willard Johnson is beginning his second year as band director. In announcing the scholarship award, Mi’. E. V. Watts, vice pres ident of Mobil Oil Company’s Houston Exploration and Produc ing Division, stated that the pur pose of the award is to encourage, assist and recognize students in fields of study directly allied to the petroleum industry. Primary considerations in awarding the scholarships are academic stand ing, leadership, character and sin cerity of purpose. Cunningham, a native of Hous ton, graduated from Jefferson Davis High School before coming to A&M. He spent three years in the Army, including one year in Korea. He resides with his wife and three daughters at 518 Gain er in Bryan. Navy Recruiter!)ue In MSC Oct. 2-6 Lt. Cmdr. D. D. Rosenberg, na val recruiter, will be in the Me morial Student Center Oct. 2-6. He will be interviewing students as part of the Navy’s officer se lection program. Rosenberg is a veteran of both World War II and Korea. Here he will answer any questions con cerning naval officer selection. ♦ A college-wide air conditioning system that will “rival the academic excellence of A&M” will be a reality in two years. President Earl Rudder disclosed yesterday. Most main college buildings will be air conditioned two years from now. Rudder said. Only four years ago, he added, there were no air conditioned buildings on campus. Rudder cited pleasant working conditions as a prime factor in attracting and holding top-quality students, educa tors and researchers at A&M. He said the college already has modern teaching and research facilities and equipment to compare with any school in the nation. Howard Padgett, manager of the college’s physical plant, said the air conditioning pro- - ject has been divided into three phases. Total estimated cost of work now in progress and in planning stages is $1,- 917,000. The first of these phases is to air condition new buildings, such as the Plant Sciences structure, and new wings of buildings, such as the just-completed section of the Military Sciences Building. Next is the job of air condi tioning existing buildings. The final phase is to tie presently air conditioned buildings into the big, chilled water pipelines now r being laid on the campus. This will be done as these buildings’ self-con tained units wear out or become uneconomical to operate. Eventually, all buildings to be air conditioned will be served by the underground chilled water pipes. This will eliminate w’indow units and self-contained units with their companion wooden-slatted water cooling structures on the outside. The pipes lead to and from the college power plant, udiere they will be connected to the central chilled water plant soon to be constructed. Cold water will be sent through one pipe system to the buildings and the warmed wa ter will return to the central plant to be cooled and recirculated. Badgett said a $394,338 contract has been awarded by the board of directors to A. P. Kasch and Sons of Big Spring for construction of the central chilled water plant. Work will start in October and the bulling with its chilling equipment is expected to be finished by May 15, 1962. He said the chilling plant will have a cooling capacity of 2,000 tons. The Plant Sciences Build ing, Military Sciences addition and the Physics Building addition are to be connected to the central plant when the plant is completed. He also expects installation of air conditioning installation con tracts for 11 existing buildings to be aw r arded by next April. Some air conditioning will be in opera tion by the following fall. On Sept. 23, the college board provided an appropriation of $65,- 000 for plans, specifications and preliminary costs of cooling these older buildings Ahich are to be tied into the central system. The buildings and estimated costs are the following: Agriculture, $124,000; Frances Hall, $113,000; Biological Sciences, $178,000; Engineering, 178,000; Physics (old section with remodel ing) $119,000; Veterinary Sciences, $180,000; Animal Industries, $108,- 000; Veterinary Hospital, $80,000; Nagle Hall, $88,000; Chemistry (old section) $240,000; and Mili tary Sciences (old section), $59,- 000. The total is close to $1.5 mil lion. Rudder said the air conditioning program dovetails into the build ing construction activity which has been underway for the past three years. Corpus Mothers Start Ride Service Mrs. Claude L. McGregor of Corpus Christi announced that the Corpus Christi A&M Mothers’ Club has established a transporta tion committee. The chairman is Mrs. Sam N. Davidson and her telephone number is TE 50571 in Corpus Christi. Any student needing a ride from Corpus Christi to A&M or any one returning to A&M that has room for riders is asked to call Mrs. Davidson. FulbrightGrant Applications Due Nov. 1 The Institute of International Education has announced that the deadline for applications for over 700 Fulbright scholarships would be Nov. 1. Requests for applications must be made to the Institute of Inter national Education, 731 Texas Na tional Bank Bldg., Houston 2, Texas, before Oct. 15. Fulbright scholarships are avail able for graduate study or research in 31 countries in Europe, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific areas. Applications for Inter-American Cultural Convention awards for study in Latin America, and for awards for study in Ireland under the Scholarship Exchange Program between the United States and Ire land have the same filing deadline. Recipients of Fulbright awards will receive tuition, maintenance and round-trip travel. The terms of awards to Ireland are the same as those for the Fulbright grants. IACC scholarships cover transpor tation, tuition and partial main tenance costs. General eligibility requirements for these programs are: 1) United States citizenship; 2) a bachelor’s degree before the beginning date of the award; 3) knowledge of the language of the host country, and 4) good health. Preference is given to applicants under 35 years of age who have not previously lived or studied abroad. Applicants will be required to submit a plan of proposed study that can be carried out profitably within the year. Successful candi dates are required to be affiliated with approved institutions of higher learning while abroad. The Institute of International Education, founded in 1919, seeks to foster international understand ing through exchange of ideas and knowledge among all nations. It administers two-way scholarship programs for more than 5,000 per sons between the United States and over 80 foreign countries, and is an information center on all aspects of inteimational education. Missing Frosh Finally Found Henry Alburn Stroup, Jr., who enrolled as a freshman at A&M and had been missing since Sept. 12, has been located in Miami, Fla., it was announced yesterday. Information of his location was obtained through a letter from his mother addressed to the Regis trar’s Office requesting his tran script be sent to Alabama Poly technic Institute in Auburn, Ala. The letter was received Friday, and forwarded to Dean James P. Hannigan. It did not disclose the exact date of his discovery, and no future plans for Stroup were included. . The 18-year-old native of Abbe ville, Ala., arrived in Bryan on Sept. 11, during the peak of the Hurricane Carla crisis, an d checked into a dormitory room. When his room-mate awoke the next morning, Stroup and his be longings were gone; a note on his desk stated he had gone home. He became the object of a wide search when he didn’t arrive in Abbeville.