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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1963
Number 89
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r EW AID TO TEACHING
Selected engineering students here will alternate semes
ters of study and work at the Manned Spacecraft Center in
Houston under a new urogram effective in September.
The program is the latest development in the growing ,
list of cooperative protects involving the college and the Na- ■'* :
tional Aeronautics and Snace Administration.
“It is believed that this new program can be of real bene
fit to the student who has the need to finance his education
through the alternate work-school coouerative student plan,”
Assistant Dean of Engineering J. C. McGuire said.
“In addition, there are other well recognized benefits to
the student not the least of which is a chance to associate
classroom theory with prac-*
lice on the job.”
THE IMMEDIATE need at
the Manned Spacecraft Center
is for 20 to 36 students to
alternate study and work semes
ters. The students are to be or
ganized into pairs with one in the
classroom while the other works
in Houston. At the end of the
semester they are to switch places.
The program may involve event
ually as many as 400 students, Mc
Guire said. He is the coordinator
of the program here.
The need at the Manned Space
craft Center in September is for
mechanical and electrical engineer
ing students.
“Later,” McGuire said, “there
likely will be a need for students
in aerospace engineering, mathe
matics and physics.”
Students entering the Manned
Spacecraft Center program must
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Biology Students View TV
For Demonstrations In Lab
By DAVID MORGAN
Battalion Staff Writer
Students in general biology this
Wester are studying under a new
Itn of laboratory demonstrations
'■ought about by the acquisition
1 a closed-circuit television setup.
Purchased with funds from a
tecial grant by the School of Arts
ad Sciences, the equipment con
uts of a monitor and camera with
laboratory microscope attached.
"We’re in sort of an embryonic
sage since we just acquired it,”
C. J. Klobukowski, graduate
distant in charge of the elemen-
ar; biology course.
He added that the television
;r d;-up is now heing used for
bionstrations of slides and speci-
ssus in the laboratory.
"IT WILL HAVE almost exclu-
E '6use in teaching and occasional
Win research,” said Dr. L. S.
fen, in the Department of Biolo-
“One problem in the past has
** that our students were look-
•f but didn’t know what they’re
at,” said Klobukowski. He
til that noticeable results were in
^ent attention and that appar-
students were learning- more
fegy under the new demonstra-
system.
Mlon added that “Students so
far have been very enthusiastic”
over the innovation.
“We feel they are getting much
more out of it,” he said.
THE TELEVISION equipment
is adaptable to different methods
of teaching and instruction. Not
only can the camera be used for
slides and specimens, it can be
focused on large objects and car
ried around the room or audito-
idum.
In the future Dillon said he plans
to have a camera installed in the
larg-e lecture room so speeches may
be monitored in the labs.
“One camera will take care of
any number of monitors,” he ex
plained.
AT THE PRESENT the camera
is not equipped for sound, but Dil
lon said he plans to ask for funds
to purchase microphones, ampli
fiers and speaker systems.
Although the department now
has only one monitor for the lab,
Dillon said he hopes to have all
the labs in general biology
equipped by next fall with three
extra monitors.
Klobukowski said the apparatus
is invaluable as a teaching aid,
but he added, the labs have not
been changed as far as the teach
er-student relationship.
“The set was never intended to
take the place of individual obser
vation.”
Cotton Sail Master of Ceremonies
To Be TV Farmer Johnny Watkins
Johnny Watkins, farm director
of KBTX-TV in Bryan and KWTX-
TV in Waco, has been named mas
ter of ceremonies for the 29th an-
nuall Cotton Pageant and Ball
April 6.
The Pageant and Ball, one of
the social highlights of the school
year, is sponsored by the Student
Agronomy Society in honor of
the states main cash crop, cotton.
This will be Watkins’ second
time to appear in the event.
Nathan R. Boles of Winters has
been named King Cotton for the
Pageant and Ball. During the
Pageant, a queen and eight mem
bers of her court will be selected
from more than 150 young women
representing colleges, universities,
clubs and other organizations.
Authorities in fashion and art
fields will make the selections.
pass a Civil Service Examination.
“STUDENTS WHO apply now
for the program will be able to
take the examination scheduled
April 20,” McGuire said.
Students in the cooperative pro
gram will complete about a semes-
ter-and-a-half of studies each 12
months. A student in the program
could complete his bachelor’s de
gree in five years, if he completes
his freshman year before entering
the NASA program.
The pay rate at the Manned
Spacecraft Center is $3,820 a year
for students who have completed
their freshman year, and $4,110 for
students with five semesters of
study behind them.
Prof Who Escaped
From FidePs Cuba:
Sees ’64 Return
Less than three years ago, a young Cuban architect re
ported to work at his downtown Havana office. He busied
himself with office routine, just as he had done the day be
fore.
Moments later, he cleared his-f —— ——
desk and turned to one of his co-
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GUILLERMO VIDAUD
... I must leave
28 Students File
For April 4 Race
A last minute rush on the Stu
dent Programs Office Wednesday
brought to 28 the number of candi
dates filed for student elections.
Over half the prospective office
holders placed their names on the
ballot Wednesday, Wayne Smith,
election commission advisor stated
Wednesday night. Filing for the
government positions closed at 5
p.m. Wednesday.
THE OFFICE attracting most
candidates was that of civilian
yell leader, for which six students
signed. Sixteen students filed for
candidacy in the four student-body
positions.
Only three nominees will appear
on the ballot for president, while
the list for vice-president and par
liamentarian will each include five
names. Three students have filed
for recording secretary.
Only six students signed up for
Student Senate chairmanships. The
Student Welfare Committee showed
one candidate for its chairmanship,
while the Student Life Committee
had two, the Public Relations Com
mittee two, and the Issues Com
mittee one.
Smith said it would be several
days before the candidates’ names
could be released, since each candi
date must be cleared through the
Registrar’s Office to check grades.
CANDIDATES F O R student
body positions were required to
have a 1.5 over-all grade point
ratio. Only seniors were eligible
for president and parliamentarian,
while juniors could seek the vice-
president position and sophomores
the recording secretary post.
Both juniors and seniors with a
1.5 grade point ratio were eligible
for the Student Senate chairman
ships. Civilian juniors and seniors
with a 1.25 grade point ratio were
allowed to file for civilian yell
leader.
Only eight students had filed for
the student government positions
by Tuesday morning - , Smith said.
Of the eight, four had signed for
student body positions, three for
civilian yell leader, and one for
Student Senate chairmanships.
Smith had claimed Monday that
unless a more definite - interest
was shown, the elections could not
possibly be successful.
The general election has been
set for April 4, with runoffs set
for April 24.
Brazos Traffic
Plan Attacked
BRENHAM, Tex. OP) — A Fort
Bend County representative and
a Texas Railroad Commission
spokesman voiced objections here
Wednesday to proposals to make
the Brazos River navigable for
barge traffic from Freeport to
W aco.
The objections were expressed
by Fort Bend County Judge Clyde
B. Kennelly of Richmond and
Gilbert Smith of Austin.
Judge Kennelly and Smith were
among 12 persons who testified in
a public hearing at Blinn College
called by the U.S. Army Corps
developing the Brazos River Basin.
workers.
“I must leave for awhile,”
Guillermo Vidaud said.
Outside the building, he met his
wife. They drove to the airport,
where Vidaud (pronounced Vee-do)
caught a flight to Miami.
LIKE MANY others, Vidaud be
came part of a wave of refugees
fleeing Communist Cuba, all with
out the vaguest notion of their
future. His only possession was a
suitcase with clothes. A month
later, the rest of the Vidaud family
arrived in Miami.
Why did they leave Cuba and
what has happened to them since ?
“If I had waited one more
month,” Vidaud, now an architec
ture professor here, said, “it would
have been impossible for me to
leave Cuba.”
Before his departure, Vidaud was
teaching at Havana University, in
addition to work in a department
called “School City” as a designer.
He was assigned to work on a lay
out of the city and plans for dif
ferent units within the metropoli
tan area, including a hospital
called “Sierra Maestra.”
FROM MIAMI, Vidaud began an
intensive search for a job.
“I think I saw every architect in
Miami,” the professor commented,
“but none needed help. All had
the same message—go north”
He finally landed a position with
the Highway Commission of North
Carolina as a highway engineer.
A short time later, he signed a
part-time teaching contract with
North Carolina State College, in
addition to his highway duties.
The contract called for four
months of teaching.
“We worried about those fii’st
four months,” Vidaud said with a
grin.
THE DEAN OF architecture at
North Carolina was impressed with
Vidaud’s work, but Vidaud wanted
a full-time teaching position, plus
the climate of the Southwest. He
found here what he was looking, for.
Commenting on life in Cuba, the
34-year-old architect pointed to a
match box on his desk.
“Living in Cuba,” he began, “is
like being told to sit in front of
that match box all your life but
warned to never open it.”
The new Texan actually attended
high schools in Atlanta, Ga., and
Florida before becoming a profes
sional architect.
WHAT ABOUT future plans?
His return to Cuba will depend
largely on what happens, if any
thing, to Castro and Cuba. Vidaud
was opposed to Fidel long before
his rise to power.
The professor is optimistic, how
ever. He predicts that Cubans will
be back in Cuba by the fall of 1964.
Exes Announce
State-Wide
Fund Campaign
Former students will conduct De
velopment Fund Campaigns April
15-June 1 in 275 Texas cities.
L. F. (Pete) Peterson of Fort
Worth, president of the A&M As
sociation of Former Students and
a member of the A&M system
Board of Directors, said the or
ganization’s 1963 goal is $500,000
for programs at the college.
“THIS FAR-REACHING goal is
in response to the Century Study
concluded last November which set
goals at A&M,” Peterson said.
“Over 49 per cent of all former
students of A&M made a contribu
tion to their Alma Mater in 1962,”
Richard (Buck) Weirus, director
of the A&M Development Fund,
said.
He said the contributions
amounted to 17,468 gifts for a
total of $316,696, of which $251,696
was for scholarships, graduate fel-
1 o w s h i p s, faculty achievement
awards and other programs in
support of academic progress.
...THE ASSOCIATION won the
$10,000 grand prize U.S. Steel
Foundation Alumni Incentive
Award in 1957, with nearly as
last year.
‘The future of Texas depends
on achievements of higher educa
tion,” President Earl Rudder said.
“Support from former students en
courages business and industrial
grants. Therefore, these city cam
paigns play a critical role in the
plan to achieve the ambitious ob
jectives we have.”
Solons Okay
School Study
AUSTIN OP) — Gov. John Con-
nally got legislative authority
Wednesday to name a special 25-
member committee to study high
er education in Texas.
Despite last minute arguments
by Sen. Andy Rogers of Childress
that the measure is “a farce and
a dodge,” the House-approved
measure passed the Senate 26-2
and went to the governor for sig
nature.
There was no immediate com
ment from the governor’s office.
Connally’s first successful legis
lative request, a supplemental ap
propriation bill, set aside $50,000
to get the study underway.
Candidates Slated To Compete For Civilian Sweetheart Crown
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A Sweetheart will be crowned
iturday at the Civilian Student
fence. Seven of the fifteen finalist
MISS HALL
are pictured above, the others will
appear in Friday,s Battalion.
Girls pictured above with their
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MISS ELLINGTON
escorts are:
Judy Burns of Abilene, escorted
by David W. Glover; Bobbye Fos-
MISS HULSEY
MISS FOSTER
ter from Waco, escorted by Don-1 Clark;
aid B. Neumann; Sandra Hulsey I Sarah Gibson of Kilgore, es-
of Fort Worth, escorted by Keith | corted by Juan G. Dominguez;
MISS GIBSON
Dolores Mullenix from Dallas, es
corted by Mike Spence; Jean El
lington of Huntsville, escorted by
MISS BURNS
Ronald Rell, and Pam Hall of
Corpus Christi, escorted by Joe
G. Symth.