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College Station, Texas
Thursday, June 27, 1963
THE BATTALION
Architecture Pair
Plans London Trip
For Work, Study
Two A&M architecture students
will begin work in England this
summer to supplement training re
ceived here.
Lloyd E. Kleypas of Temple, who
will complete the five-year course
this summer, plans to leave around
August 1 and spend about a year in
London.
Charles Frith of Shreveport, La.,
will leave for London at the end
of the first summer session and
plans to return in the fall for his
last year of study.
The two men said arrangements
were made for their work by David
G. Woodcock, visiting Fulbright
professor in the Division of Archi
tecture. Wookcock, a resident of
Manchester, England, joined the
division faculty in September.
The two students will work for
separate firms of chartered archi
tects in London. Frith said they
will probably live with English
Kleypas said he will also go to
school during his stay and that he
plans to take a two-month tour
of Europe before returning to en
ter graduate school here.
Frith said that he plans only to
work while in England but added
that he was going to schedule
enough time to spend one week
in Paris before returning.
Both men look forward to be
ing able to “experience first-hand
all the European' architecture.
A Spot Of Tea
A&M architecture students Charles Frith, left, and Lloyd
Kleypas get used to teacups and umbrellas they expect to
use while working in London this summer.
BY THIS WEEKEND
Parking Lot Work
To Be Completed
Asphalt surfacing and other im
provements to four parking lots on
the A&M campus are scheduled for
completion by this weekend. The
parking areas handle 235 cars.
Bryan contractor R. B. Butler
is doing the work under a $28,270
contract.
Parking improvements at A&M
are financed from proceeds of auto
mobile registration fees paid by
students, faculty and staff. The
work nearing completion represents
the major project financially possi
ble this year.
To be improved under a separate,
new contract for $6,527 is the drive
and service area of the new Archi
tecture Building. The A&M Board
of Directors awarded this con
tract to Butler. This work is ex
pected to start in July with com
pletion scheduled in 30 working
days.
Largest of the four newly-sur
faced areas is located north of the
Agricultural Engineering Building
and west of the Architecture Build
ing. This lot with a capacity of
110 cars has 3,700 square yards of
asphalt surface, 230 square yards
of concrete paving, 630 linear feet
Grant Given
For Work On
Cotton Fiber
A&M has received a U. S. De
partment of Agriculture grant of
$83,138 to study effects of environ
mental conditions on cotton fiber
quality.
The grant contract is between the
USD A and the Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station.
Research on the project will be
conducted by the Department of
Plant Sciences, Dr. David Rosberg,
department head, said. Project
supervisor is Dr. Howard Joham.
Rosberg said such factors as
light, temperature, water and hu
midity will be studied in relation
to cotton fiber. Facilities in A&M’s
new Plant Sciences building will be
utilized in the experiments.
of curb and gutter, and 150 linear
feet of curb.
Other parking areas completed
or hearing completion and their an-
proximate capacities are: Soils
Testing Laboratory area, including
the Physiology of Reproduction,
Annaplasmosis and Wool and Mo
hair Laboratories, 50 cars; Chem-
istry-Francis flail area, 60 cars;
and M. E. Shop Drive, an exten
sion of Ireland Street, 15 cars.
The four newly-improved park
ing areas have nearly 10,000 square
yards of asphalt surfacing, 375
square yards of concrete paving,
850 linear feet of curb and gutter,
ajn 180 linear feet of curb.
Brazilians Leave
After 10-Day A&M
Livestock Program
Nineteen Brazilians ended a 10-
day livestock study visit to A&M
early this week.
Eleven of the visitors were beef
cattlemen and the others were in
terested in swine.
Bill Swindle of A&M’s Office
of International Programs said the
group was here to study breeding,
management, forage production,
feeding, marketing and other as
pects of beef and pork production.
The visitors were farmers, ranch
ers, veterinarians, government and
professional men.
The beef group left Tuesday for
the Texas Agricultural Experiment
Substation at McGregor before
moving on to cattle production
areas in Northwest Texas. The
swine group left Wednesday for
North Carolina State College.
A government animal scientist,
Marcello Mendes, is leader of the
swine group. Dr. M. F. Nunes, a
rancher, heads the cattlemen.
Swindle said the Brazilians’ trip
is being sponsored by the U. S.
Agency for International Develop
ment in cooperation with the U. S.
Department of Agriculture and
land grant college and university
systems.
Summer Fun
Dancers enjoy the music of a live band provided by the
Memorial Student Center Summer Directorate Mo:
night. The dance also featured a $5.00 door prize. The
MSC has scheduled similar Monday night parties for the trbf En
rest of summer school.
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regular Monday night dance will
feature music by stereo record
ing next week.
Paul Smith, summer dance com
mittee publicity chairman said
Wednesday that admission will be
50 cents, stag or drag, and that
stag girls will again be admitted
free.
Another $5.00 door prize has
been provided by Loupot’s Trading-
Post. The dance is scheduled i«
8-11 p.m. in the MSC Ballroom
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