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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1963
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American Trip
Dr. Dilford C. Carter, instructor in the Department of
Midlife Management, and two student assistants returned
Saturday from a four-month stay in Central America where
ttiey collected bats in conjunction with a department project.
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Dr. D. C. Carter examines some of the specimens he and
assistants collected during a four-month stay in Central
America.
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Central
Gall, wildlife management major
bra McAllen, rounded out the
ilree-man team that visited Pan
ina, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and
Honduras.
The trip represented one seg-
Bent of a three-year project fi
nanced by the National Institute
d Health, a granting agency of
tlie U. S. Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare, Carder ex
plained.
DR. W. B. DAVIS, head of the
Department of Wildlife manage
ment and director of the project,
burned from Central America
last winter. During the first year
if the study, teams had worked in
Hexico. A graduate student and
Ho assistants left two weeks ago
for areas of Central America not
fisited previously.
Next year, the final year of the
Project, calls for collectors to enter
northern South America, Carter
aid.
According to Carter the study
Seals mainly with a group of free-
failed bats, many of which are
migratory over a wide area of the
Western Hemisphere. The A&M
scientists have been trying to leam
if the relationships of the bats
® Central America and where
fliose from the U. S. go in the
Winter.
CARTER SAID the highlight of
Hie trip was returning with 20-25
new North American records of
fat species. The trio brought back
1.200 specimens of bats and about
more assorted vertebrates.
2ome of the bats, said Carter, are
ftty rare—a few previously known
b single specimens.
There were also, he pointed out,
some “lowlights” of the trip. Dur-
Hsgmuch of the latter paid of the
% Carter wor-e a cast on a
hoken hand.
The collectors had their guns and
^munition confiscated by the
after they were suspected
5 f participating in a minor surge
^violence in the banana fields of
Astern Panama. The following
officials radioed Panama City
found out who the Americans
*ere,
during president Ken
ny’s visit to Costa Rica, the
% trio was not allowed to re-
a ter that country because of a
^Hored assasination plot by
^stro backers in either Panama
^ Nicaragua. They had to obtain
>s Peeial permit from Panama City.
The group fell victim to dis-
“^est boatmen on one trip down
* iungle river and the collectors
to pole themselves back out
•• an isolated area. Carter said
% were surprised to learn later
:; a t in doing so they set a record—
’s days for a supposed five-day
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Dr. William J. Graff, dean of
instruction at A&M, is the new
president of the Board of Directors
of the College Station United Chest.
He succeeds Dr. G. M. Watkins,
director of agricultural instruction.
Other new officers elected Tues
day afternoon in a meeting on the
A&M campus include R. L. Hunt,
Jr., first vice president; Jim Lind
sey, second vice president, and
Pieter Groot, treasurer.
All officers were elected by ac
clamation to serve until May 31,
1964.
Dean Graff appointed Mrs. Nelda
Rowell as board secretary. He also
named a committee to set up guide
lines for handling local charity
case%. It includes Hunt, chair
man; Dr. R. M. Stevenson, Horace
Schaffer and Watkins.
Barney DeAtley, the 19-year-old
freshman who fell from his fourth
floor window in Dorm 14 May 27
was released from Bryan’s St. Jo
seph’s Hospital Saturday and went
home with his parents to Karnes
City.
The Company C-3 student suf
fered a damaged spleen, a punct
ured lung, broken ribs, and other
injuries in the fall. The accident
occured about 7 p.m. and the pre
dental major underwent surgery
later that night for internal in
juries.
Morris A. Maddox of Campus
Security told The Battalion on the
night of the fall that it was be
lieved DeAtley was sitting on his
bed leaning against the screen
when it gave way.
Witnesses said bushes at the side
of the dormitory partially blocked
the student’s fall.
DeAtley remained on the critical
list St. Joseph’s through May 28.
Several Aggies remained in the
hospital lobby that night in case
blood transfusions were needed.
Mr. and Mrs. B. P. DeAtley ar
rived in Bryan shortly before mid
night on the night of the accident
but the student, after he had been
conscious until the ambulance ar
rived after the fall, did not awaken
again until the following noon.
DeAtley plans to return to A&M
in the fall.
Aggie To Visit Spain
Noe R. Marmolejo, an architectural student at A&M, has
been named an official delegate to an international con
ference of architectural students in Barcelona, Spain, Mon
day through June 30. President Earl Rudder presents
Marmolejo an American flag to take to the conference.
Pest Control Men
Open Annual Meet
Subjects will range from wasp
control to termite pretreatment
during A&M’s 17th annual Pest
Control Operators Short Course
here Thursday and Friday.
Dr. J. C. Gaines, head of the De-
Poultrymen Begin
Meeting In MSC
A&M’s annual Poultry Confer
ence began yesterday with sessions
in the Memorial Student Center to
continue through Thursday.
More than 100 hatcherymen,
breeders, hatchery and feed serv
icemen, commercial egg and broil
er producers are on hand for the
Maritime Cadets Get 1st Taste
Of Atlantic Voyage This Week
Twenty Texas Maritime Aca
demy cadets serving aboard the
training ship Empire State IV this
week get their first taste of deep
water sailing.
The cadets who left the A&M
campus three weeks ago will visit
major European ports before re
turning to New York Aug. 24.
They have deck and engine room
duties aboard the Empire State IV
training ship of the New York
Maritime College.
The ship is due to dock at Dublin,
Ireland, on July 1. She was to
sail down the Hudson River from
Albany and then begin the Atlantic
crossing.
The Texas Maritime Academy
Cadets are working well with the
New York cadets, Capt. Bennett
M. Dobson, TMA superintendent
reported.
The TMA “skipper” expressed
pleasure with the standing of his
cadets after a week of sea trails
in preparing for the Atlanic cross
ing.
Capt. Alfred F. Olivet of the New
York Maritime College and master
of the Empire State IV described
the TMA cadets as “fitting i*ight
in and comparing favorably with
the New York cadets.”
The Empire State IV will dock
at Dublin, Hamburg, Antwerp,
Naples and Palma in the Balearic
Islands before she returns to New
York in August.
Next year the TMA cadets will
make a cruise to a different part
of the world.
The summer cruises are an inte-
gi’al part of preparing the young
men for careers in the maritime
industry, Capt. Dodson said.
93 High School
Graduates Receive
A&M Scholarships
More than $100,000 worth or
foui’-year scholarships have been
awarded 93 high school graduates
who plan to .'enter A&M this fall.
The announcement was made
Thursday by Dr. William J. Graff,
dean of instruction and chairman
of the Faculty Committee on Scho
larships.
Eight additional students have
been named to receive special one-
year scholarships, Dr. Graff point
ed out.
Winners were chosen by the fa
culty scholarship committee, fol
lowing statewide competitive ex
aminations given to more than 500
candidates.
The opportunity awards, valued
from $1,000 to $1,200, were first
given 17 years ago. The program
is supported by the Association of
Former Students of the college,
clubs, business corporations, found
ations and individuals.
meeting. Dr. W. F. Krueger of
the Department of Poultry Sci
ence said the conference is held
each year to inform poultrymen
of the latest development in their
industry.
Dr. J. H. Quisenberry, head of
the A&M Department of Poultry
Science told visitors delayed sexual
maturity in birds helps avoid a
period of laying small eggs. He
described two main light restric
tion systems whereby poultrymen
could regulate light and thus delay
maturation in the birds.
W. S. ALLEN of the Depart
ment of Agricultural Engineering
discussed poulty house tempera
tures and said an evaporative cool
ing system can often be helpful
in reducing stresses on birds.
He told visitors that there are
no figures available showing pro
duction gains resulting from eva
porative cooling, but that side ef
fects could be greater than many
poultrymen realize.
Lowell Lankford of the Arkansas
Extension Service described en
vironmental studies under way at
the University of Arkansas to de
termine optimum conditions for
layers and broilers. Trails include
house insulation, evaporative cool
ing and even air conditioning.
OTHER PROGRAM speakers
were Dr. A. B. Watts, Poultry De
partment Head at Louisiana State
University; Dr. A. I. Flowers, Dr.
Charles Hall, Dr. Paul Jungerman
and Dr. C. F. Meinecke of the A&M
School of Veterinary Medicine;
Monroe Fuchs, Ideal Poultry Breed
ing Farm, Cameron; Ben Wormeli,
Dr. F. A. Gardner, F. Z. Beanblos-
sum and Dr. Clarence Creger, A&M
Department of Poultry Science.
Also, Bob Stone, A&M Depart
ment of Agricultural Economics
and Sociology, Dr. H. O. Kundel,
associate director of the Texas
Agricultural Experiment Station;
and Dane Kimmell of Peterson
Farms, Inc., Decatur, Ai-k.
partment of Enotomology, said the
session is held each year to keep
commercial operators abreast of
the latest developments in insect
and rodent control.
Activities began with registra
tion at 8:15 a.m. the first day
in the Memorial Student Center
followed by an address of welcome
by Dr. H. O. Kundel, associate di
rector of the Texxas Ag’ricultural
Experiment Station.
Subjects and speakers the first
day are “Lawn Chinch Bug Con
trol and Movies on Earwigs” by
Dr. William Spinks of Lousiana
State University; “Ticks and
Mites,” Manning Price, Department
of Entomology; “Habits and Con
trol of Wasps,” Weldon Newton,
A&M Extension Service entomo
logist; “Rat and Mice Control,”
Milton Caroline, Fish and Wildlife
Seiwice in San Antonio, and Virgil
Parsons, Rodent and Predatory
Animal Control, A&M; “How to
Sell Termite Pretreatment.” Billy
Gillespie of the Velsicol Chemical
Corporation in Chicago, 111.
A banquet is scheduled for 7
Thursday evening, with Dr. Lee C.
Truman, president of Pest Control
Service, Indianapolis, Ind., as main
speaker. His topic will be “Pest
Control and Business.”
An insect identification session
is set for 10:30 a.m. in the Biolo
gical Sciences Building.
New Plan Would
Save $60,000
A&M President Earl Rudder will submit his proposal for
streamlinine: the operation of the Corps of Cadets at Satur
day’s Board of Directors meeting - .
The suggested reorganization, which calls for consoli
dation of the commandant’s duties with a senior military
officer assigned to A&M by the Department of Defense, was
unanimously endorsed Monday by the Executive Committee.
The committee, composed of deans and directors, acts
as a clearing house for the Academic Council which has
jurisdiction over academic policy and procedure at A&M.
The proposal was officially announced hv Rudder Friday
after it had come to light five days earlier in a story printed
in the Bryan Daily Eagle. Up-*- — -
explained the suggested re
organization and said he
would ask a board decision on
it.
Under the present set up the
Corps of Cadets is administered by
a cadet commandant, Col. Joe E.
Davis, and his staff, all reservists
or National Guardsmen employed
by the college. Members of the
commandant’s staff presently oc
cupy counseling positions with a
status similar to instructors but
they do no classi’oom teaching.
Rudder said he proposes re
organization of the Corps along
Air Force lines with elimination
of the commandant’s and other
staff positions. He suggested that
a member of the 33-man force of
active duty personnel now respon
sible for Army and Air Force
ROTC training be assigned the
commandant’s duties.
ALTHOUGH IT has been specu
lated that either the Professor of
Military Science or the Professor
of Air Science may receive the
added responsibility, the decision
will be left to the Board of Di
rectors.
Dr. William J. Graff, Dean of
Instruction, said the Executive
Committee examined Rudder’s pro
posal and found it “a streamlined
operation which would improve the
Corps efficiency, offer adequate
counseling for the students and
conserve state funds.”
Rudder told reporters Friday
that elimination of the positions
of the commandant and the bulk
of his staff would save $60,000
annually.
THE BRYAN Daily Eagle’s early
release of the story touched off a
local controversy. Officials of
A&M’s College Information Office
said the Eagle had released in
formation given them on the
understanding that a story would
not be printed until the official
announcement was made.
The Eagle maintained that the
proposed reorganization was com
mon knowledge in the Bryan-Col-
lege Station area and that its
story was compiled from numerous
1963-64 Town Hall Series
Attractions Outlined By Boone
The Brothers Four, Benny Good
man and Norman Luboff Choir are
among the topnotch entertainment
in stoi’e for A&M students during
1963-64 as part of the Town Hall
series.
The shows, also available for the
public, are perhaps the most am
bitious in the history of the Memo
rial Student Center program, ac
cording to Bob Boone, Town Hall
director.
Boone said the MSC.made a “spe
cial effort to produce one of our
finest series next yeai’—definitely
our most expensive.”
Five shows have been scheduled,
and Boone feels one additional—
Peter, Paul and Mary, folk sing
ers—will be booked later.
‘The variety of music ranges
from classical to pops,” Boone com
mented.
The 1963-64 series includes:
Oct. 11—The Brothers Four
Nov. 27—The Worlds of Benny
Goodman
Dec. 6—Norman Luboff Choir
Feb. 3—San Antonio Sym
phony
March 20—Leon Bibb, a folk
concert singer
Benny Goodman will present his
concert following the bonfire which
burns the night before the annual
Aggie-Texas University football
game.
The San Antonio Symphony will
play at a special concert for public
school children, in-addition to the
regular performance in G. Rollie
White Coliseum.
Leon Bibb will return to the cam
pus next spring after “a highly
successful” singing engagement
here in the last Town Hall series.
Tickets will be sold to the public
in September. Students with ac
tivity cards will be admitted to the
programs without additional fees.
President Rudder
Is One Of Eight
School Planners
President Earl Rudder was
named Wednesday as one of eight
Texans to serve on the planning
and coordinating group of the
Governor’s Committee on Educa
tion Beyond the High School.
Committee Chairman H. B.
Zachary of San Antonio, a for
mer A&M Board member, made
the appointment.
Rudder was named to the 25-
man education committee by Gov.
John Connally May 18.
Hensarling Names
New Assistant Prof
From U. Of Florida
Dr. William Woods Stokes will
become an assistant professor in
the A&M Department of Education
and Psychology, Dr. Paul R. Hen
sarling, department head, announc
ed Wednesday.
Stokes is due here July 15 to
teach curriculum and instruction
courses. He also will direct the
student teachers.
The new faculty member recently
received the Doctor of Philosophy
degree from the University of
Florida, Gainesville. Earlier he
completed undergraduate studies in
English and history and then the
master’s degree, all at the univer
sity, and taught in the Florida pub
lic schools.
Stokes has been an assistant to
Dr. Kimball Wiles, president of
the Association for Supervision and
Curriculum Development.
“Dr. Stokes comes highly recom
mended from his university and es
pecially Wiles, who predicts that
he will make a major contribution
to education,” Hensarling said.
Stokes lists membership in Phi
Delta Kappa and Kappa Delta Pi,
professional honorary fraternities.
A native of Panama City, Flori
da, he is a member of the Presby
terian Church.
He will fill the vacancy created
when Assistant Professor Pat Sulli
van goes to West Texas State Col
lege as director of the Department
of Student Teaching.
/. S. Hubert
Funeral Held
Funeral services for Dr. J. S. Hu
bert, father of Dean Frank W. R.
Hubert of A&M’s School of Ai’ts
and Sciences, were held Wednesday
morning in the Marek-Burns Cha
pel at Cameron. The Rev. J. B.
Dobbins and the Rev. A. F. Russell
officiated.
The 84-year-old physician died
Monday night in a Cameron hos
pital after a two-week illness. He
had practiced in Cameron for many
years.
Interment was in the Minerv^
Cemetery near Cameron.