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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1961
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187 Scientists
Due Here For
Analysis Meet
Research scientists from throuph-
iiit the world are arriving for the
)61 International Conference on
Mem Trends In Activation Ana-
|sis to be held here Friday and
Saturday.
More than 187 researchers from
pstry and university faculties
presenting 13 nations will dis-
[JT Regents
Ease Threat
[o Law Profs
AUSTIN (AP) — The Chair-
aan of the University of Texas
loard of Regents said Tuesday the
nard would not have banned UT
it professors from taking part in
suit by Negroes against the
rhool if the regents had known
te law faculty already had re
lived to stay out of the case.
Thornton Hardie of El Paso
dme the statement in a letter to
lean Page Keeton of the Univer-
itylaw School. Keeton said Hard-
ihad authorized his making pub-
: some correspondence between
e two men.
A letter from Keeton said mem-
ers of the law faculty had al-
eady decided they would not pro-
ide any legal assistance to the
kree Negro students suing the
niversity to gain racial desegre-
Ution of dormitories.
The regents on Dec. 2 issued a
itatement saying that any law
irofessor who provided direct or
idirect aid to the Negros was
» danger of losing his job or
far disciplinary action.
“Had we been advised of the
iction taken by your law faculty
iowing the commencement of
te lawsuit that it would be in-
ippropriate for a member of the
iw faculty to give legal assist-
uee to the plaintiffs, we would
lave deemed it unnecessary to
ass the directive. We are now
atisfied that no member of your
acuity has been involved in the
iwsuit since that time,” Hardie’s
alter said.
Keeton said the regent’s direc-
live “carried the possible implica
tion, damaging to the personal in
tegrity of some members of the
law faculty, that they had en
gaged or were likely, unless warn
ed, to engage in providing pro
fessional assistance to the plain
tiffs in the lawsuit ...”
cuss the latest trends in using
nuclear activation for chemical
analysis.
Registration will begin at 8 a.m.
Friday, and all sessions will be
held in the Memorial Student Cen
ter. Sponsoring the Conference is
the A&M Activation Analysis Re
search Laboratory, in cooperation
with the International Atomic
Energy Agency, and the U. S.
Atomic Energy Commission, Divi
sion of Isotopes Development.
Dr. Derek Gibbons, associate
head of the A&M facility, is chair
man of the conference.
Subjects of the 33 papers to be
presented range from use of acti
vation analysis in crime detection
to analytical studies of what may
be expected when space vehicles
are exposed to solar flare proton
radiation.
Other papers will detail trends
in activation techniques in labora
tories in Europe, Canada and the
United States.
Research in the field now fol
lows two main trends—radio-chem
ical separations methods and non
destructive instrumental methods,
according to Dr. Richard Wainerdi,
head of A&M Activation Analysis
Research Lab.
The science of activation analy
sis involves bombarding materials
with nuclear particles. This per
mits a fast and highly sensitive
method for making quantitative
and qualitative analysis of the
small sample materials when the
radiation they give off is measur
ed.
Nations represented at the con
ference will include Sweden, Aus
tria, Belgium, Canada, France,
Germany, Taiwan, Greece, Italy,
Argentina, Great Britain, Mexico,
the European Atomic Energy A-
gency (EURATOM) and the Unit
ed States.
The conference participants will
be honored Saturday morning at
a review by the Corps of Cadets.
Mayor Plans
Open House
College Station’s city hall will
observe its annual Christmas
open house Friday afternoon
from 2-5, it was announced to
day by the office of Mayor Ern
est Langford.
Coffee and other refreshments
will be served at the open house,
an annual fete observed for the
past 12 years.
“Everyone is invited to come
and see our facilities,” Langford
said in extending the invitation.
Talk Centers
On Reactor
Here Friday
Dr. James W. Easley of the
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque,
N. M., will speak on “The Five-
Megawatt Engineering Research
Reactor and the Unreflected Cri
tical Assembly of the Sandia
Corporation” Friday at 4 p.m.
in the Room 211 of the W. T.
Doherty Petroleum Engineering
Building.
Major emphasis will be on the
Sandia Corporation’s problems
and experiences encountred in the
operation of the unreflected criti
cal assembly and will include the
types of experiments which have
utilized this reactor.
Easley will go into unique
characteristics of the reactor and
some of the work done in adapt
ing the reactor to experimental
usage.
Easley entered the University
of California at Berkeley in 1939
and received his doctorate in
physics in 1954.
He joined the staff of Bell
Telephone Laboratories in 1954
and worked initially in the char
acterization of semi-conductor de
vices and their application in
advanced techniques of digital
computer circuitry.
Easley joined Sandia in 1960
and is currently manager of the
Department of Radiation Ef
fects, concerned with the opera
tion of the two reactors that are
the subject of the seminar.
Allen, Love, Wright
Barr Named Officers
First Peace Corps
FV Program Set
The first documentary television
Ipresentation of the Peace Corps
in the field will be shown here
Friday over all NBC stations, it
kas been announced by Dr. Daniel
Bussell, A&M’s Peace Corps liai
son.
Time of the presentation is 8:30
p.m. over either Channel 2 from
Houston or Channel 6 from Tem-
ple-Waco.
Russell said the report should
dear up any “misinformation” on
the new foreign aid program.
Highway Death
Shown In Film
Broken bodies spread out on a
hleak highway — crushed, torn
heath traps of twisted steel and
shattered glass — smoking cigar
ettes and flaming car interiors—
these were all scenes shown in the
film, “Death On The Highways,”
sponsored by the Insurance So
ciety in the Chemistry Lecture
Room last night.
Over 200 students and visitors
"’ere present for the movie, which
is designed for the sole purpose
of shocking all who see it into
(See HIGHWAYS On Page 3)
Improvements Told
At College Laundry
College Laundry Superintendent
Raymond L. Rogers disclosed to
day several changes in laundry
practices prompted to improve
service and quiet student com
plaints.
Rogers’ response followed an
inspection of laundry facilities by
Student Senate President Malcolm
Hall, Student Welfare Committee
Chairman John Anthis, Cadet Col.
of the Corps Bill Cardwell and
Civilan Student Council President
Doug Schwenk.
Initial complaints had been
voiced by members of the Student
Senate, thus leading to the visit
an a study by the student welfare
committee.
Rogers discussed student com
plaints as follows:
Complaint: laundry marks on
handkerchiefs.
Answer: “We have discontinued*
marking handkerchiefs. They now
are netted together and a separate
marking tag is attached to the
net.”
Complaint: discoloring of white
socks.
Answer: “White socks are
washed separately from colored
socks. Only white articles are in
the washes used for white socks,
and they should not become dis
colored during the laundry opera
tion. We will carefully watch the
washing to white socks to deter
mine and remove any procedure
which might be the basis of this
complaint.”
Complaint: sheets ripped down
the middle.
Answer: “We will be especially
careful in the handling of sheets.
Every effort is made to avoid
tearing any article processed in
the laundry.”
Rogers also outlined four points
for students that will facilitate the
operation of the laundry. He said:
“In order to continue the im
provement of the laundry service,
patrons could help us by consid
ering always including a complete
laundry ticket in the bundle, tying
bundles securely, not placing wet
articles in the bundles and not
depositing bundles in wet places.”
Freshmen Officers Congratulated
Election Commission President John Anthis (from left) election Commission Vice Pres-
(third from right) is the first to congrat- ident Charles Moreland, Secretary Thomas
ulate new freshman class Vice President Wright, President Joe J. Allen and Social
James Love after results of yesterday’s vot- Secretary Dennis Barr. (Photo by Johnny
ing were made present. Looking on are Herrin)
CONFERENCE ENDS TOD A Y
Turf grass Meet Delegates
Find Grass Traffic Problem
The nation’s streets and high
ways don’t have a monopoly on
traffic problems. Just plain grass
and soil have their troubles, too.
That’s the sum of opinion of ap
proximately 200 persons who at
tended 16th annual Texas Turf-
grass Conference, which ended
here today.
The group devoted almost the
entire session to problems and
possible solutions to the puzzle
of keeping grass alive under the
pounding of feet and wheels. They
consider the grassy areas of golf
courses, parks, cemetaries and
lawns one of the big money ‘crops”
in the United States.
Dr. J. R. Watson of the Toro
Manufacturing Company at Min
neapolis, Minn., said traffic dam
age to the soil also is hard on
grass. There is visible damage,
such as rutting, slipping and slid
ing, and there is invisible damage,
like packing or compaction.
Compaction, he said, causes in
creased density and less pore space.
Air space is decreased. Grass needs
Adolf Eichmann’s Prosecutors
To Reveal Punishment Soon
JERUSALEM ( AP) — Adolf
Eichmann’s Israeli judges Tuesday
accused him of lying, rejected all
his pleas of defense and miliga-
tion and found him guilty on every
one of 15 counts.
Facing death on the gallows for
the slaughter of millions of Jews,
the 55-year-old former Gestapo
colonel will be permitted the last
word before sentence is pronounc
ed Thursday or Friday. The pro
secution and defense make their
final addresses to the court Wed
nesday.
The court had pronounced him
guilty on four major counts Mon
day, then proceeded to read out
their 100,000-word judgement. This
took two days.
The judges concluded their ver
dict in the long, historic trail with
a blistering judgement of Eich-
mann as a “man who closed his
ears to his conscience and went
to every extreme to bring about
the speedy and complete destruc
tion of the Jews.’”
The one time chief of the Gesta
po’s Jewish Affairs Section in
Nazi Germany sat rigidly in his
bullet-proof prisoner’s dock, only
a facial twist betraying the strain
of listening to the verdict.
The judgement flatly rejected
Eichmann’s contention that he
was “powerless to act on his own,
an unwilling tool of more power
ful, evil men” in the extermina
tion of six-million Jews in Europe.
In rapid order the judges read
these other judgements:
“His evidence in this court was
not truthful evidence. He was
lying.
“His testimony was nothing but
an attempt to reduce his responsi
bility. He did not have the cour
age to tell the truth.
“The accused well knew that
the extermination was unlawful,
on an enormous scale.”
The court declared, “In a state
which believes in the rule of law,
no one can rid of his liability,
his personal responsibility. A de
fense based on superior orders
cannot lead to the acquittal of the
accused.”
air around its root zone. There
fore, the quality of turf is direct
ly related to the degree of soil
compaction.
The only answer developed so
far, the speaker said, is to use
mechanical cultivating equipment
to keep the soil fluffy. Also, addi
tion of organic matter and sand
may help.
The conference, which attracts
participants from throughout the
U. S., is sponsored each year by
the Department of Soil and Crop
Sciences, the Texas Turfgrass As
sociation and the U. S. Golf As
sociation Green Section.
Ethan C. Holt, professor in the
Department of Agronomy, is gen
eral program chairman.
Guest Singer-Dancer Arrives
Tomorrow For ‘Homecoming’
Appearing as guest feature on
the Aggie Talent Show tomorrow
will be Miss Ann Hite, a College
Station girl who is currently ap
pearing at the Adolphus Hotel in
Dallas, according to Robert L.
Boone, program advisor.
Boone said that the five-foot-
two blonde and her combo will
arrive here tomorrow afternoon
for rehearsal. A singer and dan
cer, she will do two or three num
bers during the show and will pre
sent a final number while judges
are deciding on the top three acts.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Hite, 1004 Winding
Road, and a graduate of A&M
Consolidated High School, Miss
12,561 Visit Here
Since Last June
A total of 12,561 visitors were
on campus during the months of
June, July, August, September,
October, and November 1961, P. L.
Downs, Jr., official greeter of the
college, announced today.
The visitors attended short
courses, conferences, class reunions
and other scheduled meetings.
Downs said the college had
729,077 visitors on the campus for
scheduled meetings and activities
during the 12-year period and six
months from June 1, 1949 to Dec.
1, 1961.
Each visitor spends an average
$21.00 per day; then the 729,077
visitors for the 12 year period and
six months from June 1, 1949 to
December 1, -1961, would spend
$15,310,617.00 in the community.
For the month of November
there were 1,294 visitors on the
campus.
Hite is a professional model and
does radio and television commer
cials in Dallas.
She recently played the leading
role in three musical reviews held
at the Adolphus Hotel and has
been doing promotion work for
various commercial interests.
According to Boone, Miss Hite
had the leading role in several
high school stage productions be
fore she became interested in a
singing and dancing career.
Show time is 8 p.m. at Guion
Hall. A 25 cent admission will
be charged at the door.
Vote
Totals
556
Joe J. Allen, James Love,
Thomas W. Wright and Den
nis Barr swept to convincing
victories in yesterday’s fresh
men run-offs in the Memorial
Student Center.
The four now head the Class of
‘65 as president, vice president,
secretary and social secretary, re
spectively.
Allen, an aeronautical engineer
ing major from Corsicana, defeated
William P. Matthews for the pre
sident position 316 votes to 223
votes. The new prexy is a member
of Squadron 7.
Love, who is also from Corsi
cana, defeated Bill K. Altman for
vice president 301 votes to 242.
Love is a pre-med student in the
maroon band.
Wright collected the day’s larg
est vote in defeating Tucker
Fuchs for the secretary position.
The Houston freshman, in the
white band, polled 365 votes. Fuchs
had 174.
Barr eummulated 315 votes in
defeating Louie F. Anderson for
social secretary. The winner, also
in the maroon band, is a physics
major from Bonham.
Only 556 freshmen cast ballots
in the run-off after 990 had voted
in the primaries when 80 fresh
men were on the ballot.
Also in the primaries, held Nov.
30, nine freshmen were named to
positions on the Student Senate
and Election Commission.
Named to the Student Senate
were Gordon G. Broussard, James
W. Blankenship, Martell Battle,
Roland Skaggs and Joseph K. Ar-
mintor.
New President Allen last night
said the only activity now being
considered for the class was a
spring dance after the Fish Ball.
He added that the dance is just
in the “idea stage,” but seemed
popular among the members of the
class.
“We’ll spend most of our time
between now and then probab
ly working on the dance,” he said.
“We’ll have our first executive
committee meeting sometime soon
and might come up with something
else then.
“As of right now, that’s the
only thing we’re even planning for
the remainder of the year,” he
added.
Dormitories Close Dec. 20
For Christmas Holidays
All dormitories except Milner
Hall and Ramps A, C, and D of
Hart Hall will be closed and
locked at 6 p.m., Dec. 20, accord
ing to Allan Madeley, assistant
housing manager.
Madeley said that students who
do or will have trouble meeting
this deadline should contact their
tactical officer or dormitory coun
selor for arrangements. Students
who will need accommodations at
any time during the holidays
should make arrangements with
students in the open dorms who
are not staying during the holi
days.
To secure a room a student must
get a note of permission from the
permanent occupant of the room
he wishes to use. This note must
be delivered to the Housing Of
fice by 5 p.m., Dec. 20.
Students are urged to close all
windows and make sure their
doors are locked. Any student
who needs to gain entrance to a
dorm after it has been closed will
check at the Housing Office in
the YMCA Building for clearance.
Madeley said the dorms will be
unlocked at noon, Monday, Jan. 1.
Dining Halls will be closed dur
ing the holidays. Students re
maining during the holidays
should make arrangements for
eating off campus. Bus service
will be available between the cam
pus and Bryan during the holi
days except Dec. 24-25 and Dec.
31-Jan. 1.
Room reservations for the
spring semester for students now
in school will start shortly after
students return from the Christ
mas vacation. Fees must be paid
in advance in order for students
to reserve the room they are now
living in.