The Battalion
2.‘7
Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1961
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Century Council. Schedules
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‘Bookends’ Bring House Down
Ray Anthony’s pert ‘Bookends,’ on campus last Thursday
fora Town Hall program in G. Rollie White Coliseum, really
brought the house down with their reindition of the Aggie
War Hymn. Their student assistant here is Mike Rieves,
’63 from Houston. (Photo by Johnny Herrin)
CHEST TOTAL CLIMBS
D-l, Three Staffs
Hit TOO Per Cent
Campus Chest coffers bepran to
[ill yesterday as the first 100 per-
lent unit and three 100 per cent
staffs added $138 to $148 collected
in tubs at the A&M-Baylor game
Saturday.
John Anthis, chairman of the
student welfare committee of the
Student Senate, announced that
Company D-l, 1st Battlegroup
Staff, 4th Battlegroup Staff and
Corps Staff were the first organ
isations to have each member con
tribute to the fund.
Dock Burke commands Company
D~l, Jan Ahart commands the 1st
Battlegroup and Anthis leads the
tth Battlegroup.
The drive's goal is $7,000 by
Friday.
“This year’s slogan is 'a dollar
from an Aggie for an Aggie,”’ An
te said.
He added that more 100 per cent
Inits and 100 per cent Civilian stu-
lent housing units were expected
to be reported tomorrow.
A large thermometer has been
flaeed in the Memorial Student
5th Petroleum
Course Ends
After 2 Weeks
Fourteen petroleum industry
hen have completed the fifth ses
sion off the Advanced Drilling En
gineering CoVirse.
Presented by the Department of
Petroleum Engineering in con-
juncti.on with the American Asso-
(iation of Oilwell Drilling Contrac
tors, the two-week course ended
Friday.
Next session of the advanced
drilling course for petroleum in
dustry personnel is tentatively
scheduled Feb 19-March 2, ■: said-
John R. Pedigo, Aassociate profes
sor of petroleum engineering.
The just-completed fifth session
of the course consisted of lectures
for eight hours a day during the
two week period by A&M faculty
members and outstanding men of
the oil industry.
The last week of the school was
devoted to a study of the drilling
rig, optimum conditions for rock
penetration, formation evaluation,
drilling economics, total well costs,
statistical information, hydraulics
and public-oil industry relations.
A panel discussion on ways to
teduce drilling costs, in which
viewpoints of drilling contractor,
supply company and engineering
researcher were presented, capped
the final meeting of this session.
A smorgasbord luncheon Friday
in the Memorial Student Center
honored the participants. A&M of
ficials, distinguished guests of the
oil industry and officials of the
American Association of Oilwell
Drilling Contractors attended with
petroleum engineering faculty
members.
Center showing each Corps organ
ization as well as Civilian dormi
tory units and each’s progress to
ward the 100 per cent mark.
The student welfare committee
will present certificates to all out
fits and dorms on the 100 per cent
list, and a special bronze plaque
will be given to the group with the
highest contributions per man.
In its nineth year, the Campus
Chest drive is designed to provide
emergency funds for Aggies in
need of help and also to keep other
drives and fund campaigns off
campus.
Anthis said 60 per cent of Chest
funds collected will be for student
use. He said 10 per cent will go
to the Brazos County Tuberculosis
Association, a second 10 per cent
to the College Station Community
Chest the third 10 percent to the
March of Dimes and a fourth 10
per cent to the World University
Service.
Halloween Party
Scheduled Tonight
Children of College View, Hen-
sel, and Project Housing resi
dents will have a Halloween
Party tonight from 7-9 p. nt.
in the vicinity of Y2 and Y3
Hensel.
Sponsored by the Apartment
Council, the affair offers ghosts,
goblins, candy and apple dunk
ing for the small fry.
Day Student
Group Formed,
Election Set
The Civilian Student Council re
cently completed its plans for the
organization of A&M day students.
The main items in the plan were
compiled into a list of recommen
dations which were drawn up by
the CSC day students committee
and presented at Thursday night’s
meeting of the CSC by Bob
Hughes, chairman of the commit
tee.
Heading the list of recommen
dations was the establishment of
a Day Student Council. This coun
cil will consist of two representa
tives to the CSC, a president, vice
president, secretary and treasurer.
After the election of these officials
the counil will draw up a consti
tution and add other officers as
the need for them became evident.
The Civilian Student Council also
announced that all persons wish
ing to become candidates for coun
cil officers or representatives may
file application at William G.
Breazeale’s office, 1-H Puryear.
The election is scheduled to be
held Nov. 15.
Other recommendations made by
the day student committee con-
erned the establishment of day
students bulletin boards at strate
gic spots around the campus in
order that the day students could
keep themselves informed of day
student activities.
Suggested locations for these
bulletin boards are in the Academic
Building, Business Administration
Building, Veterinary Medicine
Building and Memorial Student
Center.
Other topics taken up by the CSC
in its meeting included a report by
the CSC bonfire committee. Gene
Anderson, chairman of the commit
tee, said civilian dorm presidents
will be contacted and asked to put
up sign-up sheets in their individ
ual dorms in order that those civ
ilian students interested in working
on the bonfire may sign up. It will
then be the responsibility of the
dorm presidents to contact the in
dividual students personally.
Closing the meeting was an ap
peal by Hank Farrow asking coun-
cilmen to encourage students to file
their nomination for “Who’s Who.”
Baylor Professor
Sets Speech Here
Dr. James E. Wood Jr., profes- I
sor of religion at Baylor Univer
sity, will speak at 7:30 p. m. to
morrow at the All-Faiths Chapel.
Wood’s topic is “The Challenge
of Statism.”
A native of Virginia, Wood re
ceived his B. A. degree from Car-
son-Newman College; his M.A.'
from Columbia University; and his
B. D., Th.M, and Th.D. from South
ern Baptist Theological Seminary
in Louisville, Ky. He did further
study at the University of Ten
nessee and Yale University.
At Baylor, he has served as
president of the Baylor Chapter of
the American Association of Uni
versity Professors, chairman of the
Honors Program for academically
superior students, is a member of
the Faculty-Administrative Advis
ory Committee of the University
and director of the J. M. Dawson
Studies in Church and State, a
specially endowed research pro
gram.
He is also editor of “A Journal
of Church and State,” published
by the Dawson-endowed church-
state studies.
Wood has spoken in the Chapel
on other occasions and has appear
ed two different times as faculty
forum leader for Religious Em
phasis Week.
Dr. James E. Wood Jr.
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Wool Judgers Win 3rd Straight
A&M’s senior wool judg-ing team has re- left) Pete Jameson of Ranger, Barrie Ward
turned from Kansas City’s American Royal of Llano, Donald Beerwinkle of Belton and
Livestock Show with its third consecutive Scotty Menzies of Menard. (College Infor-
championship. Team members are (from mation Photo)
Processing Center Joins UT
Hospital To Combat Cancer
The Data Processing Center is
assisting the University of Texas
M. D. Andersan Hospital in Hous
ton with computing problems in
volved in radium treatment of can
cer patients.
Robert L. Smith Jr., director of
the processing center, labeled the
work a coopex^ative effort in treat
ment of one of the woi'ld’s most
di’eaded diseases.
Infoi’mation from the famous
cancer research hospital in Hous
ton is sent to campus in card form
to be computed. The center returns
a set of printed calculations show
ing the x-adiation pattern in the
treated area.
“The basic problem,” Smith said,
“is the calculation of the level of
radium dosage in the affected area
to give the radiologist a complete
picture of the current treatment.
On the basis of this information, he
will prescribe further treatment.”
Robert J. Shalek, a physicist
with M. D. Anderson, said several
years may be needed to evaluate
the usefulness of the added infor
mation made available by the cen
ter’s computer.
“One of the difficulties of the
profession,” Shalek said, “is that
a long evaluation time, sometimes
as long as five years, is required
to evaluate an innovation.”
The hospital staff rushes infor
mation on radium needle implants
to the computing center. The cen
ter then returns listings of radia
tion dosage for the affected area
as well as isodose plots of the dos
age levels.
The center’s role involves, among
other things, assisting the radiol
ogist, by full information about
treatment intensity, to provide
xnaxium radiation dosage for the
cancerous area and minimum dos
age for the healthy area surround
ing the cancer.
“The math associated with the
treatment,” Smith said, “gets high
ly technical.” The technique for
doing these calculations at com
puters speeds was developed at
the center.
The electronic computers solve
the problem, providing accurate
data to determine how far the
treatment is extending and to de
tect any possible overlap of treat
ment.
The A&M Data Processing Cen
ter has some $3 million worth of
machinery, including an IBM 709,
which is a lai’ge as any computer
currently used in any university
in the United States. Its system
has the ability to read, write and
compute simultaneously, speeding
up the computation process.
Each ease sent to the center re
quires from five minutes to two
hours of computer time worth $300
per houx*. These calculations are
done at no cost to M. D. Anderson,
Smith pointed out.
Session
Planned
Nov. 2nd
An executive committee of
the College Century Council
will meet in Dallas Thursday
to map plans for the second
genera] session of the council
in late November.
James W. Aston, council mem
ber and pxesident of the Republic
National Bank in Dallas, has made
facilities available in the bank for
the executive meeting.
J. Harold Dunn of Amarillo,
chairman of the study group, will
preside at the meeting, scheduled
to begin at 10 a. m.
The second general meeting of
the council will be held on campus
Nov. 27-28. The council’s organiza
tional meeting was held Sept.
21-22.
The council is a group of 100
outstanding Texans named to study
and make I’ecommendations on the
future role of the 85-year-old col
lege. The repoi*t, which will cover
a 15-year period, is expected to
bo completed by September, 1962.
Members of the executive com
mittee include Dunn, W. R. Beau-
mier of Lufkin, vice chairman;
Tryee Bell, Dallas; Don Morris,
Abilene; Hairy Moore, Navasota;
R. N. Conolly, Corpus Chidsti;
Geox-ge Smith, Houston; Wayland
P. Moody, San Antonio; Watson
Wise, Tyler, and Jack Cidchton,
Dallas.
108 Juniors To Join
Ross Volunteers Tonight
The Ross Volunteers will hold
their annual initiation ^banquet to
night at 7 p. m. in the Main Ball
room of the Memorial Student Cen
tex’. R. V. Commander Tilman J.
Reeves will preside and Executive
Officer R. H. Stevens will adminis
ter the oath to 108 new junior
members.
Main speaker for the banquet
will be Eli L. Whitely, professor
in the Department of Agronomy
and holder of the Congressional
Medal of Honor.
Membership in the Ross Volun
teer Company is bestowed on a
very selective basis and prospec
tive candidates are judged on char
acter traits, academic and military
standing, disciplinary records and
social gx’ace*. Applicants are care
fully screened by senior members
of the organization and the Com
mandant.
Tilmon J. Reeves
. commander plays host
The juniors initiated tonight will
become membex's of one of the old
est students organizations in the
state and the oldest student organ
ization on campus. Fix’st estab
lished in 1887, the company march
ed under four different names be
fore it was finally named the Ross
Volunteers.
At the time of organization the
membership was restx-ieted to 40
cadets chosen from the junior and
senior classes. Under the present
x’ules the company may number up
to 133 strong.
Thr-ough the years emphasis on
membership and functions of the
company has varied. Originally
membership was based solely on
outstanding militax-y perfox-mance.
At one time emphasis was on social
qualifications and dues and uni
form costs seriously limited parti
cipation in the group.
The Ross Volunteer Company of
today is intended to exemplify the
spirit and inherent principles and
nature of the largest military col
lege in the nation. It is the func
tion of the present company to
represent the college a distinctive
ceremonies and events.
One of these functions is acting
as the honor guard for the Gov-
ex*nor of Texas and a second is
marching as the official escox-t of
‘King Rex” at the Mardi Gx’as in
New Orleans.
Other activities of the volunteers
include meeting and escorting dis
tinguished guests of the college
and participating in parades and
ceremonies both in and out of the
state.
Whitely, banquet speaker for to
night, is one of six Aggies who
won the Congx-essional Medal of
Honor during World War II. To all
but two of these men Whitely
and William G. Harrel, the medal
was awarded posthumously.
The medal awarded Whitely was
based on an action which took place
during the Battle of the Bulge in
December of 1944. At that time
Whitely was a lieutenant in com
mand of a company of 96 men. His
mission was to take the city of
Srgalsheim, Fiance, a small but
important town defended by some
300 Germans.
By the time his company gained
a sound foot-hold in the city, thei’e
were only 26 men in fighting condi
tion. Continuing to lead his men in
the savage house-to-house fight
ing until he had killed at least
nine of the enemy and captured
over 20 others.
He returned to A&M in 1946 and
since has been on the staff of the
Department of Agronomy.
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