Smokestacks, Plant
Important To Campus
One of the first things a person
!tes upon approaching the A&M
(ampus is a pair of towering
smokestacks which stand side by
side against the horizon.
Some people have said that
tlese stacks make the campus look
like a prison. Others say it gives
(lie campus an industrial atmos
phere. Regardless, however, of the
effect on individuals, the smoke
stacks of the campus power- plant
play an important part in campus
activity.
The oldest smokestack, erected
in 1918, rose 202V2 feet into the
air before being shortened 12 feet
in 1958. Its somewhat younger
partner was erected in 1P42 and
stands at 210 feet high.
These smokestacks are used for
releasing some of the air which is
brought into boilers by large fans.
The plant’s boilers, which are re
sponsible for heat to various build
ings on the campus, require a cer
tain amount of gas and air and
too much air would smother the
[lame.
The power plant has been in
ejistence since 1913, with the first
building being located approxi
mately where Bagley Hall is to-
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day. The present building across
from the A&M Press was con
structed in 1917.
The first generators of the plant
were driven by reciprocating en
gines, which were followed by a
375 kilowatt Westinghouse steam
turbine unit. The oldest unit in
the present plant was installed in
1930 and rated at 750 kw. Units
of 1,000 kw., 3,000 kw. and 5,000
kw. bring the total generating
capacity of the plant to 9,750 kw.
According to J. C. Redman, chief
operating engineer of the plant,
the oldest three boilers constructed
in 1924 each produced 20,000
pounds of steam per hour. Since
1924 three other units have been
added, two of which produce
100.000 pounds of steam per hour.
Originally, the boilers burned
lignite coal which was brought
from Rockdale, but these boilers
were converted to burn natural gas
in 1939.
John R. Lyon, accounting assist
ant for the plant, said the plant
had operated its own water system
until 1940, when it was disbanded
because of an undesirable sulphur
content in the water from wells
located on the campus.
From 1940 until 1951 the plant
purchased water from the city of
Bryan before returning to the use
of its own water from new wells
located near Bryan Air Force Base.
An additional well, added just this
year, contributes 1,400 gallons per
minute without the aid of a pump.
Water from the wells is pumped
to nearby reservoirs of 50,000 and
500.000 gallons capacity. From
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there the water goes to a 2,000,000-
gallon reservoir located across the
railroad track from campus.
The 2,000,000-gallon tank sup
plies the 155-foot water tower with
its capacity of 154,000 gallons of
water.
Utilities are furnished for vari
ous buildings on the campus in
cluding domestic hot water and
heat for all the dormitories.
The heat system used by the
power plant is hot water radiation,
a method in which the temperature
of the water is increased as the
outside temperature decreases.
When the temperature drops be
low 63 degrees, workmen at the
plant turn on the heat system,
which radiates hot water to all the
dormitorjes then returns it for re
heating.
Steam used at the plant serves
a dual purpose—that of power to
run the generators and that of
heating dormitories.
Besides all this, the power plant
provides an intriguing playground
for those Aggies who like to seek
adventure in the many steam tun
nels around the campus.
Reduced Draft Call
Out For December
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
Defense Department has issued a
reduced draft call for December.
The number of men to be in
ducted for Army service next
month was set at 16,000. This com
pares with 20,000 called in October
and 20,000 in November. In Sep
tember the call was for 25,000.
One-half of next month’s quota
are to report to induction sta
tions by Dec. 8 and the remain
ing half by Dec. 15, well in ad
vance of the Christmas holidays.
Asked why the draft call had
been reduced, the Pentagon said
earlier levies were based on re
placing men whose terms of serv
ice had been involuntarily extend
ed for an average of about four
months and whose terms are now
expiring.
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Army Plans
Indoctrination
For Personnel
WASHINGEON (AP) — Penta
gon officials hope to have ready
in a few weeks a new three-year
program for indoctrinating U. S.
troops on such matters as democ
racy, communism and citizenship.
It is expected to be in shape
for hearings by a Senate Armed
Services subcommittee on De
fense Department policies in this
field and related issues raised by
critics such as Sen. Strom Thur
mond, (D-S.C.) The hearings,
which could be lengthy, are sche
duled to begin Nov. 27.
From all indications, the new
plan will not be a radical depar
ture from the present armed forc
es information and education pro
gram.
Mainly, it will aim at a more
coordinated use of films, pamph
lets, military post and unit news
papers, and armed forces radio
and television to get ideas across.
Planners said another important
feature is that for the first time
the information and education
program will operate on more than
a year-to-year basis, giving field
commanders more lead time to
draft their own local programs.
Officials acknowledged that lo
cal commanders will not be re
quired to stay within the limits
of the Pentagon-supplied material.
Thus, the new program will not
of itself prevent repetition of the
incident which recently led to Maj.
Gen. Edward A. Walker resigning
from the Army.
Walker had been relieved as com
mander of the 24th Infantry Divi
sion in Germany and handed an
official rebuke. The Army said
among other things, that Walker
had tried to influence voting by
his troops and their families in
last year’s congressional elections.
Defense officials said they
hoped the new information pro
gram will provide firmer guide
lines for local commanders. They
noted there are other directives
and regulations intended to bar
officers from partisan political
activity or from taking public po
sitions against national policy.
The new program covering three
fiscal years starting last July 1
is being fashioned under an order
issued by Secretary of Defense
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The new handball unit, now being planned partitions between courts acting as passage-
for the “second floor” of DeWare Field ways for the air ducts. A walkway will
House will have 14 regulation courts, laid allow easy access to any of the courts,
out in the manner shown above. Each court Stairs will lead from the bottom floor to
will be ventilated mechanically, with the the court floor.
Seminars Prove Successful
For Yet Medicine Students
PERFECT DISGUISE
WILMINGTON, N. C. <A>)_Gov.
Terry Sanford arrived for the
permanent berthing of the battle
ship U S S North Carolina as a
war memorial here wearing a Navy
foul weather jacket and white
sailor’s hat.
“Get the blazes out of the way
the governor’s coming aboard this
ship,” an officer ordered, before
he realized to whom he was speak
ing.
Each week, in the amphitheater
of the Veterinary Hospital, semi
nars are being held on animal di
seases and other important aspects
of veterinary medicine for the ben
efit of junior and senior students
of the school.
The large animal clinic seminar,
held at 11 a. m. each Thursday,
is under the direction of Dr. B. M.
Cooley. On each Friday at 11 a. m.
a similar program, under the di
rection of Dr. G. M. Gowing, is
held for the small animal division.
Cooley explained that all juniors
and seniors in the school have the
11 a.m. hour free each day and
that the seminars are provided as
a supplement to the Tuesday and
Wednesday closed-circuit television
programs on veterinary surgery
available to the students at their
free hour.
“What we are trying to do,” he
said, “is present as many diseases
and conditions as possible to the
junior and senior students.”
A different program is provided
at each seminar. Two to four men
sit on the panel. One presents the
clinical observations of the case,
another may present the associat
ed virology of the case and others
discuss the aspects of pathology
and treatment.
According to Cooley, the most
important portion of each seminar
is the question-and-answer session
that follows the discussion of the
problem by the doctors. Often it
is necessary to set aside one whole
seminar period for a question-and-
answer session involving the cases
of two or three previous seminars.
In addition to cases common t6
Texas and the Southwest, discus
sions of other pertinent aspects
of the profession are often treat
ed. There may be a program in
volving a common disease or con
dition found in another area or
some unusual case being experienc
ed currently in the hospital. There
are also seminars given on the
business and ethical aspects of
veterinary medicine.
Although seminars of this type
have been held occasionally in the
past, this is the first year that
the school has gone extensively
into the programs. They have met
with such enthusiasm and success,
Cooley said, that there is no doubt
that they will be continued in the
future. He added that the school
is seriously considering making the
seminars part of the veterinary
curriculum.
“The students have already cov
ered the diseases in their formal
classes. However, by having three
or four individuals present their
views on these particular diseases,
the student is able to actually get
a better idea of the importance of
the diseases to Texas, the methods
used in diagnosis, causes and trans
mission of the diseases, along with
the views of a pathologist,” he ex
plained.
“By wrapping up a disease or
condition in this manner we feel
that the student is able to get a
better overall picture.”
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