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> en Jiccideii ended \ ut todii he profs The Battalion receirj Volume 60 Nicholif-— COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1962 Number 126 Charter Application Notarized .eft to right, standing, Robert A. Houze, and Gibb Gilchrist vatch as Mrs. Edith Menafee notarizes the College Station Jnited Chest application for a corporate charter. (Photo >y Ronnie Fann) United Chest ^ow Incorporated The College Station United est completed its application for incorporation charter with the /fixing of six signatures Mon- )y- ^Signing the charter application ire Dr. Gibb Gilchrist, former mncellor of the College, Dr. J. H. illiff, head of the Department Veterinary Anatomy, Dr. R. A. mze, library director, Di\ John Calhoun, Jr., vice chancellor of ^elopment for the A&M Sys- n, J. B. Hervey, executive secre- •y of the Association of Form- Students and Dr. G. M. Wat- is, director of agricultural in action. Each of those who signed the plication is a past general linn an of the chest, with the jcption of Watkins, who is cur- itly serving in that capacity. tephenson ceepts Post t Alabama lenson K. Stephenson, who for past 19 years has been a re- rch engineer and professor of d engineering at A&M, has ac ted an appointement as a re- rch engineer and professor of 1 engineering at the University Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala., be- ning September 1, 1962. n addition to teaching structural .ineering at A&M, Stephenson made a number of studies per- n'ng to the sizes, weights, and juencies of heavy trucks in high- Z traffic, the stress producing Jets of such vehicles and how y are related to the load carry- capacity of simple span high- / bridges. le has also been engaged in re- rch relating to the physical perties of both conventional and it iweight structural conci’ete. ise researches have resulted in mg list of technical publications •SjS udi ng several Texas Engineer- f&!j Experiment Station bulletins, ether with a number of papers lished by the Highway Re- rch Board, American Society Civil Engineers, and the Engi- fej ring News-Record. vB? tephenson has been a member several technical committees of American Society of Civil ineers, including the Commit- on Bridge Loading and the 'nmittee on Factors of Safety, is currently a member of the umn Research Council. He has red the Texas ASCE section as ictor from the Brazos County »(inch, and is past president of t branch. The planning of the charter ap plication was the work of a three man committee. They are R. L. Hunt, Jr., chairman, Calhoun, and Dr. R. M. Stephenson, all of the Staff. Hunt is director of the A&M Century Study and Stephenson is head of the Division of Business Administration. The incorporation papers were drawn up by Phillip B. Goode, professor of business administra tion and attorney-at-law. The board of directors of this year’s chest is composed of the following: Dr. Gus M. Watkins, (general chairman), John C. Cal houn Jr., M. L. Cushion, John Den ison, J. M. Hendricks, Bill Hensel, R. L. Hunt, Jr., Dale F. Leipper, Delbert McGuire, Mrs. C. W. Pew- thers, A. A. Price, Mrs. Marion Pugh, W. T. Redel, R. M. Stephen son, W. E. Street, and Gene Sut- phen. Dr. Andrew Snttle Named Research Vice President REDUCTION SOUGHT Group Studies Pond Evaporation Methods of reducing evaporation from farm ponds and tanks have been the subject of a combined research project in the Texas En gineering Experiment Station and the Texas Agricultural Experi ment Station. According to Dr. W. W. Meinke, head of the Chemurgic Research Laboratory, Texas Engineering Ex periment Station, and ,Dr. M. E. Bloodworth, professor of soil phy sics, Texas Agricultural Experi ment Station, water losses from ponds may run as high as 75 per cent, leaving only 25 per cent of the water for farm or ranch use. The small earthen ponds or tanks aire of economic importance as collection spots for run-off rain water for use by livestock, poultry, and in many instances the house hold. Without them, the water supply for the farm and ranch would have to come from expen sive wells with pumping equip ment or from a central source by hauling. A chemical film technique has been developed by Drs. Meinke and Bloodworth in research spon sored by the Texas Water Com mission through the A&M Re search Foundation. This evapora tion control technique is based on the establishment of a physical barrier on the surface of the wa ter through the application of chemicals of low water solubility. Dr. Meinke explains that the molecules of the chemicals placed on the surface of the water ori ent themselves in an orderly fash ion to establish a continuous com pressed film. Such a condition, he points out, may be visualized as a sheet of very thin “plastic” on the surface of the water. The film bar rier so-formed reduces the rate at which water molecules escape from the surface of the pond water into Cottonseed May Solve Problems Cottonseed protein (cottonseed flour) may prove to be the solu tion to the problem of protein malnutrition in many underdevelop ed nations, according to results of studies now in progress in the Cot tonseed Products Research Labora tory of the Texas Engineering Ex periment Station and being report ed by A. Cecil Wamble, head. Particularly in South and Cen tral America, products high in protein are also high in price or are not readily available. Such protein-rich products are milk, eggs, beef, chicken, and fish. Of possible protein?rich supple ments, cottonseed flour appears to be the most successful from the standpoint of combined cost and quality, Wamble says. The Insti tute of Nutrition of Central Am erica and Panama (INCAP) has found the low-cost protein food to be palatable to young children and economically available to fam ilies of low income. Other potential formulas had to be ruled out in Central America because of problems which they presented. Milk was both expensive and in short supply; soybeans were not grown in quantity; sesame flour was too expensive; and the prospect of producing a suitable quality of fish flour was doubt ful Since cotton grows well in the tropical and subtropical regions where protein malnutrition is most common, the success of a vegetable mixture for human consumption containing cottonseed flour sug gests an important role for cotton seed protein in a relieving the cri tical protein shortage of Latin A- merica, according to Wamble. Foods developed in the Cotton seed Products Research Laboratory include a coffee cream substitute and an ice cream substitute, neither of which contains any dairy pro ducts Dairy-type products in which cottonseed protein and oil can be incorporated include milk, creams of varying fat content, whipping cream, toppings, sour cream, ice cream and frozen desserts, cream cheese, cottage cheese, cured chees es, margarine, spreads, flavored drinks, puddings, and dry powders. Meat-type products are also pos sible in the form of sausages, meat loaves, ground meats of various kinds, frankfurters, and baby meats. Baked and cooked products based on dough can be made by adding cottonseed protein to wheat and corn doughs in any desired pro portion to make breads and pastr ies. Cottonseed protein can also be incorporated by appropriate tech niques into cooked and dry cei’eals, macaroni-type • products, oriental- type foods, specialty foods like diet foods, beverages, survival rations, confections, and coatings. • Its economy, nutritional value, status of production technology, ccvlor, flavor, and ease of manipul ation into various food forms make Cottonseed protein a major vege table constituent of food stuffs for human consumption. the air. Experimental results indicate that approximately 0.05 pound of chemical evaporation retardant, such as hexadecanol and octade- canol, is needed, to form a com pressed monomolecular film on one acre of water surface. This fig ure does not reflect the quantity of chemical needed to maintain the film on the water over a period of time. Since the chemical film is sub ject to destruction by bacteria and sunlight and to removal from the water surface by wind, additional chemical must be applied to re r place the film that is lost. The studies were made in a “con trolled environment chamber” de signed and used by Dr. Bloodworth as well as in actual field tests. '62 Football Ticket Sale Is Underway Priority football ticket sales began at A&M July 1 and more than 50,000 order blanks and ticket information leaflets went into the mails this past week. Pat Didl, A&M athletic busi ness manager, said the blanks are being sent to former stu dents, students, faculty, members and employees of A&M, stadium option holders and the general public. “Anyone who wishes a prior-’ ity application may have one sent upon request,” Dial said. July 31 is the final day on which to exercise the priority rank. The Aggies will play three home games this fall, including Texas Tech at night on Octo ber 6, TCU in the afternoon on October 20, and Arkansas at night on November 3. Eli Whiteley Featured With Medal Winners A century ago, the bill creat ing the Congressional Medal of Honor was signed into law by Abraham Lincoln. This, the na tion’s highest award for valor, was first awarded to a group of Union soldiers who displayed re markable courage and ability in the behind-the-lines destruction of a segment of the Confederate rail way system. In observance of this 100th an niversary of the bill, and in com memoration of the July 4 week, “Parade Magazine,” a national Sun day newspaper supplement publi cation, in its July 1 edition, fea tured a story entitled “Courage.” Written by Luther Skaggs, ex- Marine, medal recipient and presi dent of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, the story fea tured ten of the living medal win ners, picked at random, and their stories. Second among those featured was Eli Whiteley, associate professor in the Department of Agronomy, who won the medal during World War II in France. Alongside his picture, the story read thus: “Texas born, Whiteley interrupt ed college to enter the Army in (See WHITELEY on Page 2) DR. A. D. SETTLE JR. ...new research vice president Directors Make Final Appointment Dr. Andrew D. Suttle Jr., director of the Mississippi Industrial and Technological Research Commission has been appointed Vice-President for Research at A&M, Ear] Rudder, A&M president, announced Sunday. Dr. Suttle’s appointment was officially confirmed Sat urday by the A&M System board of directors. He will also hold the position of professor of chemistry. “We look forward to having Dr. Suttle with us,” Rudder said. “His coming to A&M will greatly strengthen our pro grams in research and chemistry.” Suttle’s principal areas of research insterest include the application of the techniques of radio chemistry to refining "{problems and the initiation Grads Salaries Up To Averages The pattern of job placements and salaries for A&M graduating seniors who received their diplomas a few weeks ago closely followed the national averages just report ed nationally. This is the report of Wendell R. Horsley, director of the A&M Placement Office. He speaks au thoritatively, as he also is chair man of the Salary Survey Com mittee of the College Placement Council, the organization which issued the national report. The Placement Council’s report released to some 2,000 major em ployers and more than 1,000 col lege placement officers is recogniz ed as the barometer of the recruit ing field. The Council serves as national headquarters of the eight regional placement associations in the United States and Canada. A leading development during the 1961-62 year was that gradu ates who majored in the non-techni- cal disciplines averaged starting salary monthly $24 higher this year than a year ago. The increase more than doubled the $10 hike non-technicals experi enced from 1959-60 to 1960-61 and boosted the monthly dollar value of beginning offers from $452 to $476. Graduating seniors who majored in technical fields received the same gain dollarwise in 1961-62 as in the previous year. Their aver age monthly starting salary was $570. Horsley said that computation of the final results nationally aver age ($579) and volume of offers. Electronics firms, which had drop ped to third place in volume at mid-season, rebounded to second in volume and dollar value with an average offer for the year of $576. Aei’onautical engineering gradu ates barely edged out electrical en gineering graduates for the honor of receiving the highest starting salaries. The former received $584 monthly as average starting sala ry, electrical engineers received $583. The most dramatic employer in crease was made, however, by public accounting firms. Horsley said that nationally, after an early- season average of $471, the start ing salaries were jumped to $496. At A&M, as nationally, the bank ing and finance field ■ followed closely with an increase of 5.1 per cent, going from an early average of $412 to a final figure of $433 as the season progressed. Liberal arts graduates received an average starting salary of $464, up 4.5 percent over the pre vious year, and accounting majors graduating in 1962 found the a- verage starting salary to be $494, up 4.2 percent over the offers made a year earlier. and development of a broad program in radiation chem istry. He also has worked on the application of nuclear re actors for chemical processing. He is considered an authority on certain phases of underground nuclear detonations. Most recently his interest have been in the application of prompt nuclear de vices as sources of energy for various purposes. A native of West Point, Miss., the 36-year-old reseai’ch scientist was graduated with highest honors from Mississippi State Univei’sity in 1944. From 1949 to 1952 he studied at the Univei'sity of Chicago under an Atomic Energy Commission fel lowship. Dr. Suttle’s doctoral disserta tion was directed by Dr. W. F. Libby, Noble Prize winning physi cist and a member of the AEC, and Prof. Maria G. Mayer. His dissertation was titled “Rou tine Method of Beta Assay and Beta Decay Systematics of the Long-Lived Natural Beta Emiters.” The author of four scientific articles, Dr. Suttle is the inventor or co-inventor of approximately 22 patents or patent applications in the United States and Britain. After serving in the U. S. Naval Reserve in 1944-45, iSuttle was an assistant in the Mississippi State chemical laboratory. After receiv ing his doctorate at the University of Chicago. He was with Humble Oil prior to joining the Mississippi Industrial and Technological Research Com mission, an organization directed solely to research in many dis ciplines and its application to con- (See SUTTLE on Page 4) Rehearsal For Summer Musical The actors in the summer musical “Any thing Goes” are putting the finishing touches on their parts in preparation for next Thursday’s opening in Guion Hall. The play, written by Cole Porter, will be staged July 12 and 13 in Guion Hall at 8:15 p. m. Students with activity cards will be admit ted free. (Photo by Ronnie Fann)