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Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1962
Number 108
si4ir Base Annexation Is Now Official
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f v. OK of TeM The Board of Directors of the
■&M System announced plans for
a| joint meeting with the Board of
R( gents of the University of Texas
Jpne 29 for sale of bonds to fin-
a’ " building programs of the
state's two largest systems of
higher education at their meeting
at Stephenville last Saturday.
I At that time the A&M System
Bill offer $5 million in bonds a-
& V Munst income from the University
nplify the gene:; Available F unc i and $1,425,000 in
>ax - revnue bonds from Arlington
rrect the auto State College. The Available Fund
nee merit plon. bonds will supply funds for build-
Ip Texas grow ; f our colleges of the
rasper.
K&M System within the next few
i • i i' fears,
ven egisaive revenU e bonds will finance
n of six years i» , , i . „ „ ■ , ,
I '• rarly construction of a 270 bed
•use ona six yMt ^,
a(e dormitory for men, and a 195 bed
'dormitory for women at Arlington.
0 Democratic PrilHifl other major items approved at
MY 5,1962 the meeting were budgets for the
■962-63 fiscal year and awards
o: ! contracts for construction and
nprovement on the A&M campus.
S ' Budgets for the statewide system
- were set at $51,914,548 up $1,855,-
| B62 from the current year.
I Increases were largely for teach-
h g salaries at the four colleges of
the System, as provided in the last
rv appropriation bill.
^ I The largest increase, $573,000,
.went to Arlington State College,
h. TA 3-50 a&M next, with an increase
Bryan, Texas U $567,000. P rairie View A&M
irant
[College was up $460,000 and Tarle-
<on State increased $154,000. In
creases were based primarily on in
dicated enrollment growth.
| Budget for the new Texas Mari
time Academy in Galveston oper-
Wire
Review
By The Associated Press
WORLD NEWS
r LONDON—Seven youthful dem-
ionstrators, some Americans,
[staged a sit-down in the U.S. Em
bassy Monday night to protest re
sumption of nuclear weapons test
ing.
[ Other pickets paraded outside
with banners. After the demon
strators had sat for three hours,
British police arrived and carried
them outside.
U:S. NEWS
WASHINGTON — The United
| States told Japan Monday it
would stop its Pacific atomic
: tests immediately if the Soviet
; Union would conclude a test-ban
l treaty.
In a note replying to Tokyo
protests against the U.S. re-
| sumption of nuclear explosions
in the atmosphere, the United
States also told Japan:
1. The United States is not
wedded strictly to the U.S.-
British proposed atomic test-ban
treaty but will “examine all sug-
I gestions which appear to provide
the basis for establishing an ef
fective control system.”
2. “The United States cannot,
however, unilaterally refrain
from defense preparations. The
arms race cannot be stopped un
less and until all major powers
agree to stop it.”
it it it
WHITESANDS MISSILE
[RANGE, N.M.—a Nike-Zeus anti
missile missile scored an electronic
bit Monday in a successful test
high above this desert missile test
center.
. It was launched from an under
ground cell, controlled in flight and
steered to its target in a com
pletely automatic firing test.
ated by A&M, was set at $221,750
for the coming year.
A contract was awarded to R. B.
Butler, Inc., Bryan, for the air-
conditioning and reflooring of lec
ture rooms and refinishing the
interior of the Physics Building at
A&M on a bid of $312,332. Har-
Con Engineering, Inc., Houston,
was awarded a contract for air-
conditioning six classroom and lab
oratory buildings on the A&M
campus, at $1,005,351. Included
were the Business Administration,
Chemistry, Agricultural, Animal
Industries, Biological Sciences and
Engineering buildings. R. B. Bul-
ter, Bryan, was awarded contract
for extensions to utility tunnels
and piping on a bid of $184,570.
An apppropriation of $2,500 was
made for engineering studies to
determine need for expansion of
power plant facilities at A&M
and $4,000 was appropriated for
purchase of a mobile laboratory for
the Texas Transportation Insti
tute.
In other action, the board au
thorized the adaption of a non
forfeitable annuity contract plan
for all employees of the A&M Sys
tem, approved a unit agreement for
water flood of oil-producing pro
perties of the Agricultural Experi
ment Station, near Iowa Park, and
authorized the issuance of Civil
Defense Fallout licenses, to make
buildings and agencies available
for public shelters in 'time of
emergency.
An agreement was approved for
the seeking of a patent by the
A&M Research Foundation on a
discovery by Dr. A. F. Isbell and
Dr. Raymond Reiser of A&M on
a new means of producing mono
glycerides.
The discovery, which produces a
commercially valuable product
without the necessity of distilla
tion has attracted the interest of
several major concerns. Monogly-
cerides, at present produced
(See BOARD on Page 3)
Exes To Host
Class Of’62
At Banquet
The Association of Former Stu
dents will host all members of the
Class of ’62 at a banquet to be held
in the dining room of Sbisa Hall
next Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., accord
ing to J. B. Hervey, executive sec
retary of the association.
Those invited to attend the sec
ond annual affair are members of
the Class of ’62 who will graduate
in May, August or February, Her
vey stated.
Presiding at the dinner will be
Frank Harvey, president of the as
sociation and an oilman from Wich
ita Falls. Principal address will
be given by an outstanding alum
nus whose name will be announced.
Dress for the affair will be
Class A uniforms or coats and ties,
according to the arrangements
committee.
Tickets may be picked up at the
association offices in the west end
of the Memorial Student Center
before noon next Monday.
Graduating seniors are requested
to fill out directory forms which
will enable the association to place
the students in active membership.
“It is hoped that each member
of the class will attend this spe
cial dinner to be given for them
in order that they can be officially
welcomed as members of, and bet
ter informed about our associa
tion,” said Hervey.
Board of Directors President Eugene
Darby turns to hand the official deed to
Bryan Air Force Base to President Earl
Rudder in annexation ceremonies at the base
Monday afternoon. Pictured are (from left)
Chancellor M. T. Harrington, Jim Winsor,
chief of Real Properties Section, General
Services Administration; Darby, Sam Wynn
of the Department of Health, Education and
Welfare, Rudder and Col. Curtis L. Frisbie,
commander of the 2851st Air Base Wing.
(Photo by Robbie Godwin)
College Receives Deed To Air Base
B.
NASA Grants Researchers
$52,120 To Study Winds
The Department of Oceanogra
phy and Meteorology has been
granted $52,120 by the National
Aeronautics and Space Administra
tion to study low-level turbulent
winds, which sometime threaten
rockets on launching pads.
Dr. William H. Clayton, associ
ate professor and director of mi
cro-meteorological research in the
Department of Oceanography and
Meteorology, will conduct the re
search for the George C. Mar
shall Space Flight Center, Hunts
ville, Ala.
Scientists concerned with this
particular project for NASA know
the lower level winds can act
somewhat like a snarling river,
with eddies, swift streams, swirls
and up-and-down drafts like un-
dertowis.
The researchers will seek to de
velop new theories to explain why
these conditions occur as low-level
turbulence poses a worse threat
to rockets sitting on the pad than
in flight.
Locked on their launch pads and
loaded with tons of fuel, rockets
have little “give” such as may be
found on aircraft structures. A
large jet airplane, for example,
has 12 or 14 feet of flexibility built
into the wings to soften effects of
turbulence. However, a rocket can
“bend” only a fraction of an inch
when locked on the pad and unable
to move with the wind.
At present the routine meteoro
logical data available are not ade
quate to develop theoretical con-
Singing Cadets Set
Annual Spring Fest
At 8 In Guion Hall
The Singing Cadets, back from
a highly successful tour of North
and Northwest Texas, will pre
sent their annual spring concert
at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Guion Hall.
The public is invited, and there
is no admission charge.
Director Robert L. Boone and
the 49-voice vocal organization pro
mise a program of music to satis
fy all tastes. There are show tunes,
and folk tunes, spiritual music and
western music, plus other varieties.
The basic theme of the concert cen
ters upon the thoughts and activi
ties at A&M through the year.
Mrs. June Biering is the piano
accompanist for the Singing Ca
dets.
Critic E. Clyde Whitlock of the
Fort Worth Star-Telegram wrote
a lengthy, complimentary column
after the Singing Cadets appeared
in concert in Fort Worth during
their tour.
cepts to describe turbulence. Thus
the basic objective of Clayton’s re
search group will be to define the
turbulent wind (or gust) profile
based on mean-flow measurements
within a minimum elevation of 200
feet and a minimum time consid
eration of two hours.
They will utilize existing equip
ment installed at two meteorolog
ical stations at Cedar Hill between
Dallas and Fort Worth, and a com
plex of other equipment installed
in a square eight miles on each
side.
Outstanding student projects in
such industrial arts fields as ce
ramics, electrical machine shop,
mechanical drawing and woods are
expected to fill G. Rollie White
Coliseum Friday and Saturday at
the Texas Industrial Arts Student
Fair.
A record attendance of approxi
mately 800 students and high
school faculty from all sections
of the state is forecast.
A&M College will be the host
for the fair, which is a part of
the program of the Texas Industri
al Arts Student Association spon
sored by the Texas Industrial Arts
Association.
Serving as general chairman of
the Fair Committee is, James L.
Boone, Jr., an assistant professor
of industrial education. The co-
chairman is W. A. Mayfield of
Snyder, state sponsor of the stu
dents’ association.
Student registration will be
handled by John Ballard of South
west Texas State College and ex
ecutive secretary of the Texas
Industrial Arts Association. This
association is composed of approx
imately 1,100 faculty members of
schools throughout Texas.
Facilities of the Memorial Stu
dent Center as well as the coli-
Invitations Ready
At MSC May 7
Seniors who ordered gradua
tion invitations for May com
mencement may pick up orders
at the Memorial Student Center
Craft Room, lower level, across
from the barber shop, beginning
Tuesday and ending May 7.
Anyone who failed to place a
regular order may purchase the
extra invitations beginning May
8, at 9 a.m. at the cashier’s win
dow in the MSC. These invita
tions will be sold on a first-
come, first-serve basis only.
At two automatic recorders, the
data is electronically punched on
tape which ultimately is fed to
either A&M’s new analog com
puter or to its several digital com
puters. Eight other stations in the
complex will record data on script
recorders.
Once the data on the variables
of wind turbulence is collected, it
will be possible for Clayton to
create a mathematical model that
will be useful in developing valid
theories needed by NASA in its
rocket research.
seum will be used for the fair, and
the two-day program includes a
variety of business and recrea
tional activities in addition to the
display of prized products of in
dustrial arts classes.
Attendance last year totaled 500
students from about 40 schools,
Boone said.
The election of a state sweet
heart is scheduled as a highlight
of the business meeting of the
students’ association. This session
is planned for Friday afternoon.
A banquet is planned for that
evening as the final event of the
busy, two-day schedule. The gen
eral public will have an opportun
ity to see the projects on the after
noon of May 5.
Students may enter projects in
any of 14 fields or divisions. These
include architecture, ceramics, elec
trical, jewelry, plastics, upholstery,
woods, wrought metal, and the
open division.
All Faiths Chapel
Sets Final Speaker
Dr. Gustave Ferre of Texas
.Christian University will speak
here Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. on
the topic, “Man’s Purpose in Life
— A Philosopher Speaks.”
The All Faiths Chapel will pre
sent Ferre, who will be the final
visiting speaker in a series ad
dressing the question of “Man’s
Purpose in Life.”
A reception will be held at the
YMCA Building following Ferre’s
talk.
The public is invited to. hear
Ferre, who has a rich background
as a minister of the Christian
Church (Disciples) and in the field
of education. He has been a mem
ber of the Department of Philoso
phy at TCU since 1959 and is the
department chairman.
Industrial Arts Student Fair
To Be Held In White Coliseum
College Receives
Deed To Property
Bryan Air Force Base officially became the A&M Re
search and Development Annex in ceremonies Monday after
noon at the deactivated base west of Bryan on Highway 21.
Sam Wynn of Dallas, regional representative of the
Division of Surplus Property, Department of Health, Educa
tion and Welfare, officially conveyed the 1,991 acre plot to
A&M by presenting a deed to Eugene B. Darby of Pharr,
president of the Board of Directors.
Darby in turn presented the deed to President Earl Rud
der, who introduced the annex’s director, A. L. Kramer, with
the Texas Engineering Extension Service.
A maroon and white sign designating the base’s name-
change was also unveiled at 4 "
the ceremonies, attend by
approximately 50 persons.
Darby, in accepting the
deed, pledged himself and the
Board of Directors to proper use
of the new facilities and their fa
ther development.
Rudder added that his accept
ance was “with a great deal of
pride. We will do our utmost to
use this facility to the best of our
ability and urge the community to
make full use of the annex.”
Involved in the transfer were
1,991 acres and about 181 build
ings to be used for educational re
search pui’poses aceox’ding to pro
visions of the Federal Property
and Administrative Services Act.
The property is valued at $3.5
million, exclusive of buildings
which were auctioned as surplus
last February.
In addition to Rudder, Darby,
Wynn and Kramer, officials who
participated in the ceremony wei’e
Dr. M. T. Harrington, A&M Sys
tem Chancellor; State Representa
tive B. H. Dewey Jr. of Bryan;
Jim Winsor of Dallas, chief of Real
Properties Section, General Serv-
vies Administration; and Bryan
Mayor John Naylor.
Others were Russ Hillier, presid
ent of the Bryan Industrial Found
ation; Travis Bryan, president of
Bryan’s First National Bank; Col.
Curtis L. Frisbie, commander of
the 2851st Air Base Wing, Kel
ley AFB, San Antonio; Jimmy Dil-
lion, manager, Bryan-College Sta
tion Chamber of Commerce; Arch
ie Kahan, executive director, A&M
Research Foundation; R. C. Cloud,
Bryan AFB manager; members of
the College Executive Committee;
members of the Bryan-College Sta
tion Chamber of Commerce Board
of Directors; and members of the
A&M Development Committee of
the chamber of commerce.
28 File For
Student Senate,
Yell Leader
Candidates for Student Senate
positions and civilian yell leader
filed applications for office Mon
day for the general elections to be
held Thursday.
There were 27 students filing for
positions in the Student Senate for
eight offices, and one student filing
for civilian yell leadeer.
The following students are seek
ing positions in the Student Sen
ate:
Student body president: William
T. Barnhart Jr., Fred Krikland
Blackard, Shelton J. Best, James
Hugh Magers.
Vice-president: Robert Patrick
Green, Gregory H. Laughlin, Shel
burne Jay Veselka, Byrom Thorge-
son Wehner, Louis W. Zaeske.
Recording secretary: Thomas Ro
bert Arnold, Cecil M. Bourne, Mich
ael Louis P’eighny, Terry Fink-
biner, Donald Robert Warren.
Student welfare committee chair
man: Gary L. Balser, Robert M.
Denney, William Kenneth Stan
ton.
Parliamentarian: Jimmie L.
Bratton, James W. Carter.
Student issues chairman: Doug
las Grahm Hotchkiss, George Jor
dan Stengel.
Public relations chairman: Thom
as Eugene Land, Michael L. Lu-
tich, Joel Burton Terrill.
Student life chairman: Minor
Peeples III, Raimundo Riojas,
Jerry Ellsworth Vion.
Robert E. Anderson was the
only candidate to file for civilian
yell leader.
Wildlife Display Winner
Two students in the Department of Wildlife Management
jokingly show a bullsnake, the first place certificate won
in the Texas Herpetology Society contest at Caddo State
Park near Marshall recently. The exhibit includes turtles,
lizards, frogs, salamanders and snakes. Another showing
will be made for the public May 12-13 in the Department
of Wildlife Management. Pictured are Francis Fisher of
Muenster and John Meyer of Indianapolis, Ind. (College
Information Photo)