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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, MAY 10. 1963
Number 110
Class Election
Run-Offs Set
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For May 14
Runoff elections for the 28 survivors of last Wednesday’s
ireliminary polling will be held May 14.
During the prelims 1552 voters turned out to elect only
ix out of the 86 students running for class positions.
Included among the candidates 4 "
>r office on May 14th will be
lose vieing for the position of
lass agent for the Class of ’63.
THE DEADLINE for filing for
mior agent will be noon Monday,
ccording to A1 Wheeler, election
mmrssioh chairman.
Runoff candidates for the posi-
on of senior class president will
David Anderson and Pat Payne.
o-ed Hearing
W Be Open
To Students
A resolution which expresses
iissatisfaction with the recent
decision of the Board of Direc
tors and asks that A&M be
maintained for men only will be
keard Monday night at 7:30 in
the State House of Representa
tives Chamber Room in Austin.
The House State Affairs Com
mittee will hear the discussion
at an open meeting. Students
have been invited to sit in the
jallery to observe the hearing.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla GSP) —
Jtronaut Gordon Cooper’s sche-
uled 34-hour journey through
)ace next week should reap a
irvest of medical data on man’s
hility to perform during extended
eightless flight.
Officials said a major objective
f the flight will be “verification
hat man can function in space
a primary system aboard the
tacraft for an extended period
ftime.” The medical checks also
I evaluate the adequacy of the
^support system.
As Cooper’s “Faith 7” space-
ft ft goes round and round the
lebe, medical monitors at 23
found and ship-based tracking
Nations will keep close watch for
signs of stress. They will col-
^ mountains of data on blood
Assure, temperature, respiration,
'oartbeat, etc.
The astronaut will tote four
^ueras into space. One of them
a television camera to relay
^ pictures of Cooper in action.
The space agency set next Tues-
a?as the earliest possible launch-
^ date. The Atlas booster roc-
at is scheduled to blaze skyward
a^een 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Wn Standard Time.
Bill Monier and Charlie Powell
will compete for the office of
vice president of the class of ’64,
and Tom Collins and Bill Hernman
will be pitted in the race for senior
class secretary-treasurer.
Also in the class of ’64, Stan
Wylie and Ellis Smith will be in
the I’ace for class historian while
Larry McGlothlin and Larry Gar
rett will compete for the position
of student entertainment chairman.
CANDIDATES for senior yell
leader are Mike Maidow, Jim
Schnabel and Harry Haggard. Pit
ted against each other for the
position of Memorial Student Cen
ter Council’s senior representative
will be Roy Netz and Charles
Brandt.
Jim Burns and Butch Triesch
will vie for next year’s junior
class vice president.
Candidates for junior representa
tive on the MSC council will be
Ernest Chancy and Rob Rowland,
while candidates for junior yell
leader will be Ted Hopgood, Tom
my Harrison and Frank Cox.
SIX FRESHMEN were forced
into the run-offs for three sopho
more class positions as a result
of Wednesdays elections: Robert
Q. Donnellan and Michael O. Beck,
vice president; Mike Raybourne
and Sim Lake, secretary-treasurer,
and Early Denison and Travis Wil
liams, social secretary.
The six students who won posi
tions during the prelims were:
Richard Dooley and Frank Mul
ler, sophomore and junior presi
dents respectively; Rick Railston,
social secretary of the class of ’64;
Charles Wallace and Gary Tisdale,
secretary-treasurer and social sec
retary respectively, of the class of
’65; Johnny Rodgers was selected
freshman representative to the
MSC council.
5,000 Visitors Expected
Parents’ Day Will
Highlight W eekend
A full slate of activities is planned for the 5,000 guests
expected to visit the campus this weekend for the annual
Parents’ Day celebration.
Headlining the festivities will be Sunday’s Parents’ Day
program, an annual event honoring parents of Aggies and
linking the students with the people responsible for their
educations.
The Federation of A&M Mothers’ Clubs will hold a
board meeting at 3 p. m. Friday in the Memorial Student
Center to open the weekend.
Saturday morning the Mothers’ clubs will have a coffee
in the MSC before conducting their annual Federation meet
ing at 9:30. Registration foi-*-
Nuclear Lawnmower?
Don Schroeter (left), Arthur Franch and used to measure piston wear with a radia-
Lon Pardue work on the engine they’ve tion detector.
Students Employ Radiation
To Measure Engine Wear
BY DAN LOUIS JR.
Battalion Editor
Three A&M undergraduate stu
dents have stepped into a nuclear
science first; at least on the A&M
campus. The mechanical engineer
ing majors have successfully meas
ured the rate of piston ring wear
in a gasoline engine through the
use of a radiation detector.
Lon H. Pardue, Arthur L.
French and Don R. Schroeter de
veloped the project for an elective
course under Robert H. Fletcher,
associate professor in the Depart
ment of Mechanical Engineering*.
DRAFTS RESOLUTION
CSC Votes Against
Compulsory Meals
A resolution voicing disapproval
of a possible requirement that all
dormitory students will have to
buy dining hall meal tickets effec
tive next September was addressed
to college officials by the Civilian
Student Council in its meeting
Thursday night.
The resolution was an outgrowth
of a meeting of civilian leaders
called Tuesday by Bennie A. Zinn,
director of student affairs.
IN THE MEETING attended by
Civilian Student Council members
and dormitory presidents, Zinn
asked the student leaders to vote
on the compulsory meal ticket mat
ter as representatives of the civi
lian student body.
The group of about 25 students
voted unanimously against a com
pulsory meal ticket policy.
Fiscal Department officials met
with President Earl Rudder May 3
to discuss rumors of possible de
cisions by the Board of Directors
regarding dining hall policies. Zinn
added:
“WE’VE BEEN getting a num
ber of conflicting rumors recently
about required meal tickets, and
we wanted to find out the feelings
of the students.”
He also said the meal ticket
question has been discussed more
this semester by college officials
than in several years.
Zinn confirmed that Business
Manager C. A. Roeber is gather
ing information on next year’s fees
and dining hall policies for publi-
The course is designed to deal with
specific interest problems.
THE PROJECT was arranged
by the Departments of Mechani
cal Engineering and Nuclear Engi
neering. John D. Randall, an as
sistant professor on leave for study
in nuclear engineering, acted as
advisor to the trio.
In preparation for the test the
researchers obtained permission to
have Donald E. Feltz, nuclear re
actor supervisor, activate the pis
ton rings from a lawnmower en
gine. While the rings were being
prepared, the three boys were in
corporating a radiation detector
into the oil system of the small
engine.
THIS WAS the first time the
A&M nuclear reactor had been
employed to activate mechanical
parts for the purpose of measuring
engineering variables, Randall
said.
The project is designed so that
it can measure engine wear during
start-ups, engine runs at variable
speeds and with different load ca
pacities, he pointed out. He said
that the project has also been used
to test the effect of various fric
tion reducing additives. The de
tection system is sensitive enough
to register the wear from just one
start-up of the engine, Randall
added.
“The project owes its success to
the ease of detecting- the radiation
emitted from the minute particles
that are worn from the piston ring
surfaces,” Randall stated.
HE EXPLAINED that as parti
cles break from the rings, they
are caught up in the oil system
flow and canned through the de
tector. As the oil passes through
the detector the radiation count is
registered. The oil flows back into
the engine. The wear is calculated
from the amount of radiation in
the oil.
“This process of measuring en
gineering valuables will enable stu
dents to conduct test that would
normally take a month in just a
Somebody Pick Me Up!
Uare-back bronc rider hangs on for dear life after the
%er in the opening performance of the 14th annual
Rational Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Aggie Rodeo
Ibrsday night.
cation next week.
few
hours,” Randall said.
Final Exam
Schedule
May 27
8-11 a.
m.
MWF8
May 27
1- 4 p.
m.
TTH8F1
May 28
8-11 a.
m.
MWF9
May 28
1- 4 p.
m.
MWThl
May 29
8-11 a.
m.
MWF10
May 29
1- 4 p.
m.
TF1
Mav 30
8-11 a.
m.
M3TTH10
Mav 30
1- 4 p.
m.
MWTH2
May 31
8-11 a.
m.
MWF11
May 31
1- 4 p.
m.
M4TThl 1
June 1
8-11 a.
m.
TTh9F2
June 1
1- 4 p.
m.
TF2, TWF3.TThF3
STUDY WITH the system will
be continued by students under
Randall’s direction. He revealed
plans to adapt the system to gears
and beai’ings in the future for wear
tests similar to the ring wear test.
the Federation will begin at 8
a. m. Saturday in the Serpen
tine Lounge of the MSC.
Mrs. Lena Partridge of
Corpus Christ! will be honored as
Aggie Mother of the Year during
the weekend in which all mothers
are recognized.
MRS. PARTRIDGE is mother of
two Aggies and three other child
ren. The guest of honor was
unanimously selected by a student
committee. She will be given red
roses and the Aggie Honor Mo
ther Award during Sunday’s pro
gram.
One of her sons is Jerry L. Part
ridge, a junior mechanical engi
neering student, while her other
Aggie son, John Partridge Jr., is
a graduate member of the Class of
’59. ,
The Parents’ Day celebration is
traditionally held in accordance
with the national observance of
Mother's Day.
Sunday’s program begins with
breakfast in the campus dining-
halls at 7 a.m., followed by the
flower pinning ceremony, during;,
which commanding officers’ mo-
NOBLE LA UREA TE
English Physicist
To Lecture Here
Sir George Thomson, 1937 Noble
Laureate and physicist of Little
Howe, Mount Pleasant, Oxford,
England, will lecture Monday and
Tuesday in the Physics Building.
Thomson will visit under the
auspices of the American Associa
tion of Physics Teachers and the
Amei-ican Institute of physics as
part of a nationwide program to
stimulate interest in physics. The
program of visiting scientists in
Physics is being conducted with
the support of the National Science
Foundation.
THE SCIENTIST will conduct
three lectures on campus. Monday
at 8 p.m. he will speak on “Early
Days on Electron Diffraction” in
Room 146 of the Physics Build
ing. Tuesday morning at 11, the
physicist will speak on the “Dis
covery of the Electron” in Room
321 of the Physics Building.
Tuesday night at 8, Thomson
will speak on “Some Thoughts on
Scientific Methods” in Room 146
of the Physics Building.
Thomson was born in England
and educated at Perse School,
Cambridge and Cambridge Univer
sity.
SIR GEORGE THOMSON
J. G. Potter, head of the Depart
ment of Physics is in charge of
the arrangements for Thomson’s
visit. Lectures, informal discus
sion, assistance to faculty mem
bers concerning curriculum and
research in physics, and talks with
students will be included in Thom
son’s visit.
THOMSON IS the author of a
number of books including “Ap
plied Aerodynamics and Wave Me
chanics of the Free Electron.”
He helped J. J. Thomson with the
third edition of “Conduction of
Electricity through Gases.” He
has also written books of popular
appeal: “The Atom”, “The Fore
seeable Future”, and “The Inspira
tion of Science”. At this time, “J.
J. Thomson and the Cavendish
Laboratory in His Day” is on the
press.
thers pin flowers on the cadets’
shirts.
INDIVIDUAL and unit awards
will be presented to outstanding-
cadets and outfits, including- the
best drilled freshman and sopho-
more students in each Cadet Corps
unit. Presentation of these awards
is scheduled to begin at 8:25 a.m.
The Corps of Cadets review hon
oring parents will be followed by
a demonstration by the freshman
drill team, a marching group that
has taken top honors over other
college drill units in competition
at San Antonio and New Orleans.
Sheldon Best, student body presi
dent, will direct a program spon
sored by the Student Senate in
honor of the visiting parents.
Cadet dormitories will be open
for inspection by the guests from
noon until 4 p.m.
THE ROSS Volunteer Company
will present a special drill at 2
p.m, to close the weekend.
Other activities include the
“Aggie Follies,” featuring the Ag
gie players, Friday and Saturday
nights at 7:30.
Three performances of the Ag
gie Rodeo will be held during the
three-day celebation, beginning at
8 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. and 8
p.m. Saturday.
Another attraction of the week
end is the Mother-Sweetheart
Dance, scheduled to begin at 9
p.m. Saturday in the MSC.
A SMORGASBORD will be held
in the MSC from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, while the Baptist Stu
dent Union will hold its annual Par
ents’ Day buffet supper at 5:30
p.m. Saturday.
Two other programs scheduled
for Saturday include the Little
Southwestern Livestock Show at
7:30 a.m. in the various livestock
centers and the Ham Show and
Auction at 1 p.m. in the Animal
Husbandry Pavilion.
The Range and Forestry Club
will hold its annual Mothers’ Day
barbecue Saturday in accordance
with the campus observance, and
the Saddle and Sirloin Club has
scheduled its Annual Awards Ban
quet and Cattlemen’s Ball Friday
at 6:30 p.m. in the Ballroom of
the MSC.
Also scheduled this weekend is
the Twelfth Man Bowl basketball
game at 7 a.m. in DeWare Field
House.
Wire Review
By The Associated Press
WORLD NEWS
DAMASCUS, Syria — Gunfire
in the north and noisy stone-throw
ing demonstrations in Damascus
widened the cracks Thursday in
Syria’s plans to merge w-ith Iraq
and the United Arab Republic.
The flaring demonstrations —
accompanied by antigovernment
chants in support of U.A.R. Presi
dent Carnal Abdel Nasser—were
in protest against the mass dis
missal of pro-Nasser army officers
and last week’s walkout of pro-
Nasser members of the govern
ment and revolutionary command.
★★★
NEW YORK — Striving to
keep peace in the Caribbean, the
Organization of American States
obtained new assurances Thurs
day from Haiti that the sanctu
ary of Haitian refugees in Port
au Prince embassies will be re
spected.
Gonzalo Facio of Costa Rica,
head of the OAS council, re
ported on his talks with Haitians
in New York before returning to
Washington with the organiza
tion’s investigation committee.
U. S. NEWS
WASHINGTON — The House
voted Thursday to let the secre
tary of defense fire employes of
the supersecret National Security
Agency without explanation or ap
peal if he decides they are securi
ty risks.
TEXAS NEWS
DENTON — Thirteen Negroes
marched from the North Texas
State University campus today to
downtowm Denton carrying plac
ards expressing sympathy for Bir
mingham Negroes.
Twelve were students of the
school. They were with Clarence
Laws, field secretary for the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People.
Police Chief Andy Anderson said
there was no incident and that the
demonstration was peaceful.