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The Battalion Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1961 Number 41 Century Council Ends Second General Meet Century Council members scat--* tered across the state yesterday and today after the group’s sec ond general session which ended on campus yesterday. During the local two-day session, subcommittees of the four main task forces met with faculty- staff members in across-the-table discussion. Questions asked by council members ranged from fu ture needs to anticipate needs of the college. Queries also involved the type of student the college should as pire to graduate by 1976, the mis sion of the college and its com ponent, the levels of academic ex cellence and the size and scope of the college by its 100th birthday. Also councilmen heard reports from a faculty-staff aspirations committee appointed to conduct an internal evaluation of the college. These reports were heard Monday during the meet’s first day. The just- completed session was the second of five fact-finding Meetings during the year-long itudy. The next group meeting will beheld next spring, March 1-2. At this meet subcommittee find ings will be integrated into task force reports. These task force reports will be prepared and sub mitted to the council, with the council to present its findings to the Board of Directors next sum- The board, in turn, will make its report to the public at a fall convocation in 1962. Information centers established for Century Council members are faculty-staff members from the schools of agriculture, arts and sci ences, engineering, veterinary med icine and business administration. UNIQUE DESIGN Nuclear Is Good BULLETIN A&M Coach Jim Myers was reported working for the Na tional Football League’s Dallas Cowboys Tuesday. The report, which originated in Dallas, said that Myers, whose contract as head football coach and athletic director at A&M was not renewed by the A&M Board of Directors last week, is helping the Cowboys prepare for the NFL draft next Monday, He is working on player records and scouting charts at the Cow boy office, the report read, “Myers is a good judge of talent and he’ll be a great help to us,” Ted Schramm said. A uniquely designed High Level Gamma Irradiation Facility is now in operation as part of the Nuclear Science Center which will be im portant to researchers in the sci ences and engineering. The facility will enable perform ance of a multitude of basic re search tasks by scientists in the Southwest. Dr. George M. Drise, associate research biologist for the Texas Engineering Experiment Station, said that the High-level Gamma Irradiation Facility is available at nominal cost for use by any qual ified scientist in this region with the need and desire to use it. Other gamma irradiation facil ities existing in Texas were de signed to meet specific needs for researchers in San Antonio and Austin. However, there is no sim ilar facility in this part of the United States that will permit the scope of irradiation experimenta tion that is possible here. Located near the Nuclear Sci ence Center, the facility houses a heavily shielded vertical tube into which 23 stainless steel “pencils” are loaded with a total of 1,250 curies of radioactive Cobalt. The pencils are arranged in a shape of a hollow cylinder and this con tainer may be raised or lowered a distance of 24 inches. This gamma irradiation source may be used three ways—simul taneously or separately—on mater ials out-of-doors, in a shielded tun nel or within the cylinder itself, according to Krise. For instance, high-dose irradia tion (within the cylinder) is pos sible for research in radio-chem istry, food sterilization or even insect irradiation. Medium-dose irradiation (within the tunnel at various distances from Cobalt source) may be given such varied items as small animals, radio components, transistorized circuits, and biological materials. Low-dose irradiation exposures may be made on objects in a field adjacent to the facility. This will permit research with animals, Device W orker crops, vegetation placed some dis tance from the Cobalt source to simulate chronic exposure. The radiation from the source may be beamed to all parts of the semi-circular field which is bound ed by a high banked slope at 150- foot radius. This bank limits the range of radiation to this field. The whole area is surrounded by two fences. This high-level facility is de signed so that several useful fu ture modifications can be made with little trouble. For example, the source can be changed from Cobalt 60 to any other existing gamma source, such as Cesium 137. Shielding is adequate to house up to 50,000 curies of Cesium 137. 31 Air Force ROTC Students Enrolled In Flight Program Some 31 A&M Air Force ROTC cadets are participating in the Air Force’s flight training program this fall. They are among the 1,500 senior AFROTC cadets who have taken to the air this fall for nearly 60,000 hours of flying. Students re ceiving training under this pro gram are from 160 colleges and universities throughout the coun try. The Aggie flyers are: John Betts, Joseph Ashy, Marcus Cov ington Jr., John Beakley, John Lockhart, J. R. Holley, Maurice Akin, Leonard Dobias, Teddies Mil ler, Wayne Bechler, Lowell Conder, William Jones and Davis King. Others include Clifford Ernst, Charles Bratton, Raymond Matula, Stewart Carpenter, Travis Jack- son, Gardner Krumrey, R. C. Smith, Donald Thompson, Robert Smith, Ted Hodges, William Bed- nar, Donald Dodgen, James Hill Jr., and Kenneth E. Jarosz. Also in the program are J. J. Closner III, Darral Dean, Elmer Goins and William H. Smith II. Fish Vote Tomorrow For Class Officers Primary Election Pulls 80 Hopefuls Thompson, Albert Tijerina Donald Robert Warren. and Architecture Exhibit Fruits of many long nights in the arch-labs on the fourth floor of the Academic Building can be seen this week in the Memorial Student Center display cases. Here Ron Miller, ’64, sociology major from Coronado, Calif, examines a model built by Fred Drollinger, ’65, from San Diego, Calif. Students Eligible For NATO Grants A&M students are eligible for 1962-63 North Atlantic Treaty Or ganization Advanced Research Fel lowships, Campus Fulbright Ad viser J. M. Nance announced yes terday. Nance, head of the Department of History and Government, said a limited number of fellowships are available to candidates from NATO nations, including the Unit ed States. The candidate must be a citizen of a member country and must conduct research in one or more member countries, he added. Nance said the air of the pro gram is ‘to promote study and re search leading to publication on SCONA CO-CHAIRMEN—2 Academy Profs On Program By TOMMY HOLBEIN Battalion Managing Editor Two outstanding professors from service academies who will be roundtable co-chairmen at the Seventh Annual Student Confer ence on National Affairs are Ma jor George P. Tilson, West Point, and Captain Jack E. Freeman of the Air Force Academy. Tilson is an assistant professor in the Department of Social Sci ences at the United States Mili tary Academy. He was born in Asheville, North Carolina, and was a cadet at West Point from 1946 through 1950, graduating with a B.S. degree. Tilson was tank platoon leader and tank company executive offi cer in the Korean War, 1950-51. He was tank company commander at Fort Hood, Tex., 1952-53, and in Germany from 1953-56. He at tended the Armor Officer’s Ad vanced Course, The Armor School, Fort Knox, Ky., 1956-57. From 1957-59, he was a student at the Harvard University Grad uate School of Public Administra tion, obtaining a Master’s Degree in public administration. Tilson became an instructor in the Department of Social Sciences at the United States Military Academy in 1959, and is presently assistant professor in the depart ment. Freeman is assistant professor of political science at the United States Air Force Academy. A native of Texas, Freeman attended Baylor University, where he re ceived the B.A. and M.A. degrees in political science. A counter-intelligence specialist, Freeman served with the Office of Special Investigations, USAF, in Chicago, 111., and in Germany. Prior to his assignment to the faculty of the Air Force Acad emy, Freeman was Middle East Area Analyst, Directorate of Spe cial Investigations, Headquarters, USAFE, Wiesbaden, Germany. Freeman was a lecturer in the European Division, University of Maryland, and prior to entering the Air Force, he was employed as secretary to Congressman W. R. Poage of Texas. Valenti Can’t Come A letter received yesterday in the SCONA VII office notified the executive committee than Jack Major George P. Tilson ... U. S. Military Academy Capt. Jack E. Freeman . . . Air Force Academy Valenti, Houston advertising exec utive scheduled to be a co-chair man, would not be able to attend the conference due to other ex tremely pressing responsibilities. Valenti’s vacancy has not yet been filled, according to David Spencer, SCONA VII chairman. Other roundtable co-chairmen still scheduled are the following men: Dr. Alvin A. Price, Dean of the School of Veterinary Medi cine, A&M; Dr. John P. Abbott, professor of English, A&M. and Dr. Rocco Paone, associate pro fessor of the, English, History and Government Department, United States Naval Academy. Also in the group are James B. Lipscomb, associate director of overseas relations, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University; Jeff Mont gomery, president of the Kirby Petroleum Co., Houston, and Dr. Radoslav A. Tsanoff, trustee dis tinguished professor of humanities at the Rice University, Houston. W. E. Eckles, director, Execu tive Development Course, A&M; Robert E. Cochran, Jr., associate editor, The Houston Chronicle, Houston, Tex.; Dr. Edmundo O’ Gorman, of the University of Mex ico, and Dr. William S. Livings ton, dean of the Graduate School, University of Texas, will be round table co-chairmen. various aspects of the common in terests, tradition and outlook of the countries of the North Atlantic Alliance, in order to throw light on the history, present status and future development of the concept of the Atlantic Community, and of the problems which confront it.” Grants are intended for scholars of established reputation, he said. Candidates will be selected on the basis of their special aptitude and experience in carrying through a major project of research. In mak ing selections, such factors as aca demic qualifications (generally, the doctoral degree or its equiva lent), professional experience and publications will be considered. Projects should concern histor ical, political, economic and social problems rather than scientific questions. Further details can be obtained from Nance in Room 203 of Nagle Hall. Engineer Teachers To Meet Saturday The first of two sessions of the Conference on Effective Teaching will open Saturday in the Civil En gineering Building lecture room with Dr. Otis Lancaster of Penn sylvania State University the prin cipal speaker. Lancaster, the George Westing- house professor of Engineering Education at Penn States, will also speak at the second session Dec. 9. Both meetings are being spon sored by the School of Engineering and the American Society for En gineering Education. Sessions will be held both days from 9-12 a. m. Also on Saturday’s program, Dean of Instruction William Graff will talk on “The Evaluation of In struction,” and L. K. Jones of the Engineering Extension Service will present “Communication—A Haz ard to Instruction.” The Dec. 9 portion of the con ference will be devoted to teaching devices and methods. Lee Wilburn of the Texas Education Agency will illustrate several scientific principles, while professors A. R. Burgess, D. F. Parry, W. B. Mans field and representatives from various engineering groups will give demonstrations. Lancaster, who Jias spearheaded the current national effort to im prove engineering instruction, will speak on “The Basis for Effective Teaching,” “Requirements for Learning” and “Research in En gineering Education.” He has received numerous ad vanced degrees in both math and engineering, authored both techni cal papers and two books on jet propulsion engines and is a mem ber of many engineering- societies. The conference on Effective Teaching is being coordinated by R. H. Fletcher of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, who was A&M’s delegate to last year’s Summer Institute for Young En gineering Teachers at Penn State. This institute was conducted by the American Society for Engi neering Education in cooperation with the Engineering Council for Professional Development and the Ford Foundation. Election Commission candidates are Joseph Kirk Armintor, Mar shall Lee Battle, James W. Blank enship, Gordon G. Broussard, Al lan R. deVilleneuve. Plus Gilbert E. Kretzschmar, Andrew Ortiz, Don C. Plattsmier, Ronald L. Skaggs, Eugene Triesch Jr., P. V. Yurgensen and Joseph Ernest Zotz. Freshmen will begin the selecting of 13 class representa tives tomorrow in the primary freshman election in the Me morial Student Center. Eighty freshmen have filed as candidates for the 13 openings. The positions are president, vice president, social secretary, secretary-treasurer, four Student Senate represen tatives and five Election Commission representatives. Voting will be conducted in the corridor between the MSC bowling alley and fountain room from 8 a. m.-5:30 p. m. The seven voting machines will be closed from noon to 1 p. m. Student Programs Advisor W. D. (Pete) Hardesty said yesterday the run-off will be held Dec. 12. The top two candidates for each post in 4- tomorrow's voting will vie in the run-off. Candidates for president are Joe J. Allen, Lee S. Boll inger, Gerald H. Buttrill, Hoppy J. P. Cassity, Bob M. Desmond, Larry J. Dowling, Mickey E. Dur bin, Lynn Evans. Also Mike J. Fourticq, Bob H. Hale, Tommy J. Harrison, Neil L. Keltner, William P. Matthews, Bookie T. Murski, Jim M. Roberts, J. T. Rose, John J. Servidio, Rich ard Smith and Wes M. Taylor. Vying for vice president are Lovell Aldrich, William Kean Alt man, Jonathan B. Chase III, Joe Ec6les, Joe N. Johnson, Harrison Paul Jones, James Collins Love, Lawrence York Moore, William M. Seawell, Jerry Donald Vick, Jer ome H. Victory, James Curtis Mark Willenborg and Michael Wuensche. Secretary-treasurer candidates are Leslie Thomas Fuchs, Clifford Albert Jacobs, Jay Jaynes, Thomas Theodore McConnell, Joe Daniel Mcllhaney, William W. Mason, Robert Maxey Nalley, Henry H. Norman, Frank S. Owens and Thomas W. Wright. Hopefuls for social secretary are Louis Frank Anderson, Den nis B. Barr, Bob Bell, Roger Eu- gent Carleton, Chester Owen Mar tin and Frank Michael Tovey. Trying for Student Senate posi tions are Joe Daniel Anderson, William Charles Bayer, Herman Bruce Darling, Barry Dean Echols, Terry Cowdrey Finkbiner, John Carter Frank, Donn L. German, Glenn A. Kleinert, William Law rence Malaise. Also Victor Zoe Martin, Nich olas Morrow, Kenneth Oberhoff, Terrence A. Oddson, Larry Allen Phillips, Paul Edward Riley, Thomas Russell Seely Jr., Ken neth O. Simmons, James William Beef Banquet At Triangle Starts Contest The Triangle Restaurant, named earlier this month as one of 18 contestants in the Texas Beef Council’s state-wide Beef Mer chandising Contest for Texas Res taurant operators, yesterday host ed Jack Kemp, Beef Council field representative, in a visit consti tuting preliminary judging in the contest. Joe Ferrari, owner and manager of The Triangle, said his restau rant had been nominated to repre sent Bryan by restaurant owners of the region. Winner of the con test will be announced and hon ored at the Council’s Eighth An nual Beef Supper in December. Purpose of the contest, accord ing to Kemp, is to “observe the most effective methods used to promote beef dishes by our top Texas restaurants and pass on valuable beef promotion ideas to restaurant operators in other Final judging in the contest will be performed by national leaders in food and marketing fields, he said. On hand for the noon “beef ban quet” held in the Club Room of The Triangle were representatives of the various newspapers, radio and television stations, the Cham ber of Commerce, and specialists from A&M College. A&M Horticulture Club’s Annual Sale To End Saturday The A&M Horticulture Club’s annual citrus sale will end Satur day, President Gene Arnold dis closed today. Sale of grapefruit and oi’anges began Monday through members of the club. Being offered are a 20-pound bag of grapefruit for $1.50, 20 pounds of oranges for $2 and a 20- pound bag of both oranges and grapefruit for $1.75. Persons interested can either see a club member or di’op by the horticulture office in Room 1 of the Agriculture Building.