Army May Give Graduate Deferments
The Battalion
Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1962
Number 104
Rice Prexy
IVo' Address
May Grads
The president of Rice Univer- torate from the University of Cal-
sity in Houston, Dr. Kenneth S.
Pitzer, will be commencement
speaker during graduation exer
cises May 26.
Approximately 900 graduating
seniors will hear the internation
ally known chemist’s address in
G. Rollie White Coliseum.
Pitzer became the third pi*esi-
'ient of Rice University in 1961.
He was formerly dean of the Col
lege of Chemistry at the Univer
sity of California at Berkeley.
A native Californian, the sci
entist received his B.S. degree
from the California Institute of
Technology in 19.35 and his doc-
Ross Volunteer
Company Sets
Annual Fete
The Ross Volunteer Company
Vill hold its R.V. Banquet and Ball
here Saturday night.
The banquet will be held in the
banquet room of the Triangle Res
taurant at 6 p.m.
Guest speaker will be Reagan
V. Brown, extension rural sociol
ogist, Texas Agricultural Exten
sion Service. Brown, a native of
Henderson, received both a B.S.
and M.S. at A&M. He has done
graduate work at Colorado and
Cornell Universities.
Wounded in the Battle of the
Bulge, he was discharged from the
69th Infantry with the rank of
captain.
He is a member of Epsilon Sig-
hia Chi, honorary extension serv
ice fraternity, and teaches the
Men’s Bible Class at the First
Methodist Church in Bryan.
Invited to the festivities as hon
or guests are Chancellor and Mrs.
M. T. Harrington, President and
Mrs. Earl Rudder, Dean and Mrs.
James P. Hannigan, Mr. and Mrs.
Pinky L. Downs Jr. and numerous
other friends of the company.
Ross Volunteer sponsors and
their wives will also attend as
honor guests of the company.
They are Col. and Mrs. Joe E. Da
vis, Lt. Col. and Mrs. T. A. Hotch
kiss, Capt. and Mrs. W. C. Swindle,
Capt. and Mrs. J. B. Killebrew and
Capt. Charles Hornstein.
The ball will be held at 9 p.m.
in the ballroom of the Memorial
Student Center. The well-known
Aggieland Combo will play for the
dance. The MSC patio will also
be open for dancing.
The famed cadets, honor guard
for the state governor, recently
returned from Austin, where they
took part in Gov. Daniel’s public
dedication of the new Texas State
Library and Archives Building.
They are best known, however,
for their participation in the an
nual ReX Parade and Ball during
the Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
They traditionally lead the parade
as personal honor guard of King
Rex, “Lord of Misrule,” and re
ceive invitations to the ball held
in his h<mor.
Library Schedule
Library Director Robert A.
Houze has announced the fol
lowing schedule for Cushing
Memorial Library during the
Easter Holiday:
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Closed
8 a.m. to 12 Noon
Closed
Closed
Resume Regular
Schedule
ifornia in 1937. He then joined
the faculty of the College of
Chemistry, in which he advanced
to full professorship and later to
dean.
Pitzer has been by presidential
appointment since 1958 a member
of the General Advisory Commit
tee of the Atomic Energy Com
mission and has served as its
chairman since 1960. In addition
to holding membership in many
national professional and honor
ary societies, he has served as a
member of the Board of Trustees
of Mills College and Harvey Mudd
College.
In 1950 he was given the U.S.
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Award as “one of the ten out
standing young men in the na
tion.”
$150,000 SOUGHT
Run - Off
Candidates
‘Clam Up’
All 25 candidates in Tuesday’s
run-off of the annual spring
class election Thursday night
declined to make campaign
speeches, John R. Authis, chair
man of the election commission,
announced after a special called
meeting of the group.
The election commission had
already rented the Chemistry
Building lecture room for pos
sible speeches before the candi
dates expressed their desires.
DR. KENNETH S. PITZER
. . . commencement speaker
Smorgasbord
Set Tonight
Original foods will be featured
tonight at the third annual Latin
American smorgasbord, to be held
in the Memorial Student Center
Dining Room from 5:30 to 8, with
over 200 people expected for the
event. Tickets went off sale yes
terday at 6 p.m.
Following the smorgasbord, Dr.
C. M. Tiller, dean, of engineering
at the University of Houston, will
present the main address of the
week in the MSC Assembly Room,
at 8 p.m.
Tiller has been very active in
Latin American affairs, and is
presently engineering advisor to
the Organization of American
States. He was a founder of the
University of Guayaquil in. Equa-
dor, and also assisted in founding
the Universidad Central de Equa-
dor.
Tomorrow, Pan American Week
will feature the third Southwest
ern Intei-collegiate Soccer Tourna
ment, on the soccer field starting
at 1:30 p.m.
Conclusive event of the week
will be “Cafe Tropical” in the
Lower Level of the Memorial Stu
dent Center starting" at 8 tomor
row night.
| Wire Wrap - Up
By The Associated Press
World News
GENEVA — The United States and Britain rejected
Thursday a Soviet demand for an unpoliced moratorium on
nuclear weapons tests, despite mounting pressure from small
nations in favor of such a step.
The two western powers told the 17-nation disarmament
conference they had been fooled once by Russian promises
on the subject of testing and did not intend to tall into the
same trap again.
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MOSCOW—Soviet leaders splurged on an observance
Thursday of the anniversary of the first manned orbit in
space and the hero of the flight, Maj. Yuri Gagarin, told
them there soon will be more achievements to celebrate.
Premier Khrushchev, looking chipper, was vigorously
applauded as he marched onto the stage with Gagaim and
the Soviet Union’s other cosmonaut, Maj. Gheiman Titov,
before 6,000 persons in the Kremlin’s Congress Hall. Khrush
chev’s speechmaking was confined to two inteiruptions.
U. S. News
WASHINGTON—New U. S. Soviet talks on Berlin will
start Monday and Gen. Lucius D. Clay said Thursday a peace
ful settlement of the long-festing dispute may be possible.
State Department press officer Lincoln White announced
that Secretary of State Dean Rusk has called m the new
Soviet ambassador. Anatoly F. Dobrynin, Monday afternoon
for another U. S.-Soviet discussion on ways to solve the Ler-
many-Berlin issue.
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WASHINGTON—The Shah of Iran gently cautioned
Congress Thursday to continue U. S. foreign aid. But he
coupled this with a pledge that his nation will not surrender
to communism, regardless of America’s action.
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi departed from the prepared
text of his address to a joint session of House and Senate to
say of the aid program: ‘T recognize that it is a burden, and
I sympathize with the desire to lay it down. But the need tor
it is not yet finished. The threat has not ended*
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NEW YORK—A teachers union reluctantly bowed to a
court order Thursday, and ended a one-day strike that
crippled the New York public school system. Picket lines
vanished and classrooms almost instantly returned to noimal
in the city’s 900 schools. ,
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller announced that he was step
ping into the school deadlock, which revolves around money
available to the city for teachers’ pay increased.
Development Fond
Aims At New Goal
A program to aid A&M with its
most pressing needs has been an
nounced by the Former Students
Association, in which they hope
to pour $150,000 into the economy
of the college.
The Executive Board of the As
sociation has approved the new
goal, which more than doubles the
amount sought for 1962 Develop
ment Fund objectives.
The action was taken because
of the tremendous early response
to the 1962 Development Fund, the
new issue of “The Texas Aggie,”
the Association newspaper’, re
ports. The association’s goal for
academic excellence now totals
$268,500 in unrestricted gifts dur
ing 1962.
The association board asked
President Earl Rudder and the
deans to outline the most urgent
and timely needs of the college.
As a result, the board adopted the
“revolutionary and far-reaching
program which will make avail
able to the college an unrestricted
$150,000” above the original allo
cations, which also included pro
visions for sponsoring some facul
ty research projects, faculty
achievement awards and similar
programs.
Largest single item in the pro
gram is $50,000 in unrestricted
funds for faculty and staff salary
supplementation.
The college fund for academic
excellence, listed to receive $36,-
000, and faculty research projects,
listed at $30,000 are other major
goals dollar-wise.
The $36,000 allocation is for fel
lowships for advanced study by
the faculty, attendance at technical
and scientific conferences, and
similar purposes. The research
fund will finance projects and sup
port faculty lectures and publica
tions.
The increased goal also means
that $15,000 should become avail-
Easter Egg
Hunt Sunday
A free Easter Egg Hunt for all
children of day students and resi
dents of college apartments will
be held in Hensel Park at 3 p.m.
Sunday, according to Tomy Thom
as, co-vice president of the Apart
ment Council.
Prizes will be given in several
age groups. About 2,000 candy
eggs will be hidden by members
of the Apartment Council.
Students, need not have pur
chased activity cards for either
the fall or spring semester.
able for graduate fellowships and
advanced scholarships. This is in
addition to .the $10,000 listed for
the famous Opportunity Award
Scholarships under the origina
goal.
A $1,000 increase in the Faculty
Achievement Awards funds also
was approved. The additional
money raise# the total in this cate
gory to $8,000 and will allow es
tablishment of an additional award
for research.
The executive board of the as
sociation also allocated $15,000 of
the anticipated funds to finance
the A&M convocation scheduled
Nov. 16. The convocation, which
promises to be among the most
important ever held on the campus,
will include the college’s Board of
Directors announcement of the
new program and goals looking to
A&M’s 100th birthday in 1976.
The expanded Development Fund
alsio makes provision for an addi
tional for the President’s and
Dean’s Emergency Fund. This
fund is used in areas not covered
by state or other appropriations,
such matters as enabling faculty
and staff members to travel and
speak to various groups, and for
supporting q visiting scholar pro
gram.
The board also adopted a plan
for personal solicitation during
1962 of Aggies in more than 400
cities.
MSC Council And
Directorate Set
Awards Banquet
The Awards Banquet for out
going members of the MSC Coun
cil and Student Directorate is
scheduled for the Thursday after
return from Easter Holidays, Apr.
26, announced Kirk Blackard, Pub
lic Relations Chairman for the
Council.
Awai’ds to be given at the af
fair ai’e the “Distinguished Serv
ice Award” and “MSC Apprecia
tion Award.” Officers for the
coming year are to be installed
also.
“We are planning to use a Ro
man theme for the banquet, and
we intend to invite student lead
ers, members of the Board of Di
rectors of the College, College of
ficials, and top state officials,”
said Blackard.
All MSC committee members
are invited, and tickets are avail
able at the office of the MSC
Cashier. Tickets for committee
members will be $1.50 and for non-
members the cost will be $3.
Applications NoW'
Being Accepted-'
Applications for delay in call to active duty to pursue
graduate studies in any field are now available to May grad
uates and those in graduate school, according to Dean of
Graduate Studies Wayne C. Hall.
Under the revised order from the Department of the
Army, reserve officers now in graduate or professional
schools and those applying for admission in September of
this year are eligible for postponement of active duty on a
year to year basis. This postponement is not to exceed four
years.
AH students who previously applied and whose request
was denied, or those who have not applied, but would like
to take graduate courses must 4
submit applications which wdl!
reach Army headquarters by
May 1.
Interested students present
ly enrolled in Military Science IV
classes, or those students who have
completed their Military Science
courses, and who will graduate and
receive their commissions during
the period of May 1962, through
January 1963 are eligible.
Interested students should con
tact Sgt. Kenneth H. Truitt in
Room 207 of the Military Science
Building.
Hall said that the Council of
Graduate Schools in Washington,
D. C., was instrumental in getting
the Army to agree to this.
“The president of the council
wrote to all the graduate schools
in the country to ask for sugges
tions and support for this issue.
This report was then sent to the
Department of Defense, which re
sponded to the suggestions,” he
remarked.
Lt. Col. T. A. Hotchkiss, opera
tions officer in the Department of
Military Science, said that a num
ber of students had applied for
deferment before, but only a few
cases had been approved. “Now,”
he added, “the ones who had their
applications disapproved are eli
gible to resubmit them.”
Col. Hotchkiss reminded students
that the delays ai’e dependent
upon the student’s being accepted
by a graduate school and his con
tinued creditable performance in
the school.
Dorm 3 To Hold
Chapel Services
Ray Adams, ’62 plant and soil
science major from Winters, will
present the devotional at the cha
pel devotional service Sunday. The
services will begin at 8:30 and
will end at 9'a. m.
The opening prayer will be giv
en by John Jackson, ’65 from Win
gate. Ham McQueen, ’65 from
Longview, will read the Bible pas
sages.
Song leader for the service will
be Tommy Roberts, ’64 from Luf
kin. Tom Freeland, ’65 from
Crowley, La., will lead in the clos
ing prayer.
Students living in Dormitory 3
are in charge of the services this
Sunday. Because of the Easter
holidays, no service will be held
next week. Students in Leggett
Hall will conduct the chapel serv
ices on Apr. 29.
IBM ‘604’ REPLACED
Data Processing Center
Expecting New Machine
Replacement of the IBM 604 with
an IBM 1401 tape-system computer
is expected soon at the Data Proc
essing Center.
The new computer is expected
to arrive June 8, according to
Robert L. Smith Jr., head of the
Center.
The $300,000 compact center,
built in 1958, is now packed with
the IBM 709, worth $3 million, a
$250,000 DYSTAG analog com
puter and other i-elated equipment
with a total value of more than
$4 million.
About 40 full-time employees are
required for operation of the
Center. The largest number of
these are operators who punch the
cards used in programming the
work of the computers. ..The rest
are programmers, tabulating
equipment operators, computer
specialists and supervisory per
sonnel.
Smith, a 34-year-old associate
professor of industrial engineering,
was cited this winter by the Texas
Jaycees for the establishment of
a mathematical technique for com
puting radiation patterns pro
duced by radium needles used by
doctors in the cure of cancer.
Smith has also developed a pro
gram for the IBM 709 Digital
Computer using a mathematical
function called a “double cosine in
tegral,” in which he feeds the
computer data on the pattern
made by the radium needles.
The computer will print an
exact pattern of the radiation that
enables doctors to determine
whether treatment is being con
centrated in the right place.
Smith has worked with all of the
A&M computers since the first
IBM 604 was brought to the
campus in 1952.
The 604 was supplemented by
the IBM 650 in 1956 and by the
IBM 704 in 1959. The 704 was re
placed in 960 by the IBM 709.
During the next five years,
Smith expects to see the Data
Processing Center double in size
and increase its computational
capability tenfold. This will be
accomplished in part by the addi
tion of an IBM 7090 computer and
another 1401 in addition to the one
now being installed.
Computer education will also
double at A&M. A master of
science in computer science is ex
pected to be offered soon, subject
to the approval of the Texas Com
mission on Higher Education.
DR. EDWARD E. BURNS
views fruits, vegetables
Eat, Relation
With Disease,
Studied Here
Food fat and its relation to heart
disease was discussed here Tuesday
by Dr. Morris Siperstein, associate
professor of internal medicine at
the University of Houston South
western Medical School, Dallas.
Speaking at the Human Nutri
tion Workshop for Texas home
demonstration agents, Siperstein
dealt primarily with the disease
atherosclerosis—a type of arterio
sclerosis in which fibrous thicken
ing of- the intermost coat of blood
vessels is accompanied by athero
matous degeneration.
He discussed the properties of
Lipids—a group of substances com
prising the fats and other esters
that possess analogous properties
and are characterized by solubility
in fat solvents and by insolubility
in water and spoke of studies made
on the relation between blood
cholesterol and atherosclerosis.
Raymond Reiser, professor in
the Department of Biochemistry
and Nutrition, set the stage for
Siperstein’s talk by delivering a
lecture entitled “The Fat Story.”
He defined terms and discussed the
chemistry involved in the fats and
oils produced by plants and ani
mals.
Fats and oils constitute one
species of a large group of com
pounds known as lipids, Reiser ex
plained, adding that the substances
have a greasy feel and are soluble
in solvents such as ether and
chloroform. Oils are for the most
part unsaturated, while the fats
are more highly saturated.
New methods of preserving and
processing foods were discussed by
Dr. Edward E. Burns, associate
professor in the Department of
Horticulture, who has worked in
the fields of vegetable and fruit
processing and storage.
Freeze-dried, dehydro-frozen and
dehydro-canned foods are now be
ing processed, he said. He pre
dicted that antibiotics will be used
to extent the shelf-life of fresh
meats, since fish and poultry al
ready are being treated in this
manner—-and said the use of
atomic energy to presei-ve foods
also is being explored on an ex
perimental basis.
“Radiation and Nutrition” was
discussed by Dr. Sidney O. Brown,
A&M biology professor, who de
scribed research work now being
done with regard to irradiation and
food preservation at A&M and else
where.
Dr. Robert E. Branson, professor
of agricultural economics and soci
ology, discussed motivating fac
tors in consumer purchases of
food products.