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SIFISI rTTrr ^ )USE :c steab, Beat The Hell Out Of Arkansas 11' / Band To Hold Annual Dance; Choose Queen The Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band will hold their annual dance Saturday night in the Ballroom of the Memorial Stu dent Center. The affair will get under way at 9 and will last until midnight. Entertainment will include dancing to the music of the ^■Aggieland Combo and the selection of Grant Supports Physics Research The A&M Research Founda tion has received a $23,800 Na tional Science Foundation grant to support physics research. ' The research, titled “Electri- ca Conduction in Iodine and Iodine Complexes,” is under di rection of Dr. Joe S. Ham, pro fessor in the Department of Uni versity Physics. i Ham said the work on iodine complexes is a study of funda mental processes of electrical conduction in molecular crystals, y “These materials are inter mediate between insulators and semi-conductors in their electri cal conduction properties. Hence, they show some of the proper ties of both,” the physicist point ed out. He said the project is a con tribution of work over the past three years under a previous NSF grant. n Professional Group Awards Best Engineer Dionel E. Aviles was given the ‘Engineer of the Year” award at Thursday night’s meeting of the Texas Society of Professional En- rineers for outstanding service in he promotion of engineering as a areer. The award followed a banquet nd an address titled “Natural Re- ources and Technology” given by )r. Alfred F. Chalk of the Depart- nent of Economics. Aviles, who is presently em- 'loyed by Spencer J. Buchanan and Lssociates of Bryan, is a graduate f A&M with a Bachelor of Science )egree in Civil Engineering. He also holds a Master of Engi- eering Degree from A&M and is resently engaged in post graduate rork toward a Doctor of Philos- phy Degree in Civil Engineering. Aviles is a Captain in the Corps f Engineers, U. S. Army Reserve, bate director of the Texas Society f Professional Engineers, past resident of the Bryan-College Sta- on Exchange Club, a member of le By-City Service Clubs Council nd a registered professional Engi- eer in both Texas and Puerto ,ico. the Band Sweetheart. Band members and their dates also will have available the services of a professional photographer. Five finalists for sweetheart have been chosen by the sweet heart committee. This committee is made up of one member from each class from both the Maroon and White Bands. The finalists are Susan Jane Hinnant of Pear sall, escorted by Steve G. Beever; Sarah Crouch of Everman, escort ed by Rick Graham; Cyntra Dodds of Wichita Falls, escorted by Jack Helmcamp; Marsha Hagan of Yoakum, escorted by Cecil Winsor; and Maureen McVey of College Station, escorted by Stan McVey. The dress is formal; the uni form is Class A winter with white shirt and black bow tie. The ball is under the supervision of five committees. These are pro gram and invitations, headed by David S. Jones; dance and decora tions, Stanley H. Ballard; finance, Daniel L. Galvin; sweetheart, Ro bert L. Burgoon; and the coordina tor is James M. Morgan. Decora tions for the ball are being handled by the sophomore class. The Sweetheart will be selected by band members and their dates who will each place the number of the finalist of their choice on a ballot slip. Each finalist will be assigned a number so that identifi cation may be readily made. Upon completion of the poll the announcement will be made and the Sweetheart be crowned and presented to the Band members and their dates. Robert L. Bur goon, sweetheart committee mem ber will crown the new Sweetheart. SARA CROUCH Escort Rick Graham MARSHA HAGAN Escort Cecil Winsor CYNTRA DODDS Escort Jack Helmcamp MAUREEN McVEY Escort Stan McVey SUSAN JANE HINNANT Escort Steve G. Beever Che Battalion Volume 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1964 Number 4 Student Senate Suggests New Ring For Females Chaplains Present Series On Ethics The first of a series of three lectures on the topic “Ethics — By God or Man” is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. Monday in All Faiths Chapel on the A&M University campus under sponsorship of the cadet and civilian student chap lains. The Rev. Michael Murphy, O.P., chaplain to the Catholic students Interest Increases In Vocational Ed 2S2& i of 9 9 9 2 ^oung Republicans Host Bob Morris The A&M Young Republicans ill have their next meeting Mon- ay at 8 p.m. in the Triangle estaurant. The featured speaker ill be Robert Morris, Republican mdidate for U. S. Senator. Morris is the president of Dallas niversity and served as Chief ounsul to the Senate Internal Se- irity Subcommittee. He is the athor of “No Wonder We Are osing.” Texans show increasing interest in vocational education, a state education official told area school superintendents meeting on campus: Industry now is Texas’ largest employing occupation and this is among the facts spurring the in terest, M. A. Browning, assistant commissioner of education for vocational education in the Texas Education Agency, said. The multimillion dollar programs to be established under the federal Vocational Education Act of 1963 and the school dropout problem also were cited. Browning spoke to school super intendents Thursday at an area meeting of the Texas Association of School Administrators. Giddings School Supt. Don B. Slocomb presided as president of the association and Dr. Paul Hensarling as head of the Depart ment of Education and Psychology hosted the monthly meeting. “This is a hard-nose vocational education act ... it is to train people for jobs that do exist,” Browning said. S I ^ggie-Big Bad Wolf Team nvade Hog-Land Saturday The big- bad wolf went up to the house of the three little igs. “Let me in, let me in, or I’ll blow your house down!” ‘ And the little pigs answered, “Not by the hair on my linny-chin-chin.” So the big, bad wolf huffed and puffed and blew the ouse down. x , The big, bad Aggies are going to Fayetteville Saturday ) re-create the fairy tale and blow down the Arkansas azorbacks The distance to the Ozarks prohibits many Cadets from taking the trip but it shouldn’t dampen the spirit and sup- art shown to A&M’s Southwest Conference leading cagers. • Students can start by listening to the game over KORA ;arting at 2 p. m. Saturday afternoon. Then they can go out > Easterwood Airport about 8 p. m. to welcome the team Eick Arkansas is tough. They came close to upsetting the [aroon here. And Tuesday night Texas Tech comes to town )r the game of the year. A big welcome for the Aggies aturday can do a lot to boost their chances against the Red aiders. FEDERAL GRANTS rising from $60,000,000 in fiscal 1964 to $225,- 000,000 annually in 1967 and after ward are provided in one section of the act. This includes more than $12,000,000 annually for Texas in 1967 and afterward. More than $25,000,000 was spent last year in Texas for vocational education programs and only 8.2 percent of this was federal funds. Browning said. A second portion of the new federal act authorizes $150,000,000 for a four-year program to create work-study programs and residen tial schools. Browning expressed considerable hope that one of five demonstra tion schools to be established in the country will be located at San of the University of Houston, will discuss “What Is the Basis for Ethics.” A Jewish rabbi will speak in April on “Why Shouud I Be Ethi cal” and a Pro-Jgj testant leader" will talk in May on “Are Ethics Absolute or Re- la tive?” The speakers and their dates will be announced lat er. All faculty and staff members, MURPHY personnel of religious organiza tions and the public are invited to join students in this lecture series. The first speaker, the Rev. Murphy, is a native of Wisconsin who enrolled at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa in 1948. He entered the Order of Preach ers in August, 1950, at Winona, Minn., and studied philosophy at St. Thomas College in River For est, 111., from 1951 to 1954. He then studied theology at St. Rose Priory in Dubuque and was ordain ed a priest in the Dominican Or der in 1957. He was assigned to Newman Club work at the University of Houston last September after as signments to parish work, teach ing and Newman Club work in Louisiana and Minnesota. A&M Surgical Techniques Make Major Breakthrough By BILL POWERS Special Writer Surgical techniques to correct heart failures in humans were tested Thurs day on a horse at A&M University’s School of Vet erinary Medicine. This is the first time in his tory that researchers have suc cessfully produced auricular fi brillation in an animal. Fibrillation of the auricles is the most frequent pathological rhythm seen in heart disease, particularly noted in heart fail ure. Fibrillation is a quivering or tremor of muscle fibers. Performing the experiment were Dr. H. E. Hoff, professor of physiology and chairman of the physiology department at Baylor Medical School; Dr. L. A. Geddes, associate professor of physiology at Baylor Medical School; Arnold Moore, chief me chanic and laboratory technician at Baylor Medical School; and Dr. James D. McCrady, assistant professor of physiology and pharmacology at A&M, who os presently doing work on his PhD in physiology at Baylor Medical School. It is not known exactly what starts and keeps the fibrillation going, but the theory of circus motion is considered the best explanation. The theory is that waves of excitation travel round and round through the auricle. The horse was chosen as the experimental animal because the heart is capable of carrying on the self activating wave loop as opposed to the smaller animals such as the dog. The only known cure for auri cular fibrillation is to stop the arrhthymia or abnormal heart beat and slow the heart. Fibrillation may be caused by mitral stenosis or thyrotoxicosis. Mitral stenosis causes the heart to fail because a smaller than normal opening between the auri cle and ventricle causes the auri cle to be overworked. Thyrotoxi cosis is excessive activity of the By GLENN DROMGOOLE Battalion News Editor Two one-sided votes by the Student Senate sent proposals concerning Silver Taps and Senior Rings for co-eds on their way to the proper authorities Thursday night. Although the Senate has no power to make final decisions concerning these matters, their recommendations are ex pected to carry much weight when the Executive Committee takes action on the issues. An overwhelming majority of the Senators voted yes to the proposal that a new ring be adopted for women students, keeping the present ring for male students only. With a 27-1 count, the group agreed to file their recom mendation with the Ring Committee. This group, consisting of the four class presidents'* — and Dean of Students James T 1 ¥¥ 1 Johnson Heads For Talks With Mexican Chief WASHINGTON <A>) _ Presi dent Johnson flew west Thurs day night for friendly talks with President Adolfo Lopez Mateos of Mexico. This is one summit session with a minimum of problems and a maximum of amity. Even though Mexico maintains diplomatic ties with Cuba and is the only Latin-American nation permitting scheduled airline flights to Havana, U. S. relations with Mexico are better and stronger than with any other Latin-Ameri can country- Mexico is concerned with the quantity of salt the Colorado Riv er picks up on American irriga tion projects and carries to farm land in the Mezicali Valley of Lower California. But there are no burning, towering issues be tween the neighbor nations which haven’t always been on such good terms. In keeping with the current air of good will, the two chief execu tives are going calling Friday night on a former chief executive, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, at his winter home beside a Palm De sert, Calif., golf course. Like Johnson, Eisenhower has ex changed visits with Lopez Mateos. Johnson invited a Spanish-Ameri- can congressman from his own state of Texas, Democrat Henry B. Gonzales, to make the trip to California with him. For Johnson and Lopez Mateos, this will be a varied get together. They will flit back and forth be tween Los Angeles and Palm Springs, with their fonnal con ferences at the latter desert spa. P. Hannigan, will act on the measures and send their deci sion to the Executive Com mittee. The other matter discussed in an open debate Thursday night— Silver Taps for women students— also ended with the Senators taking decisive action. After much discussion, the mem bers approved a motion limiting the observance of Silver Taps for male students, 22-4. The two measures were batted to and fro by Senators and visiting students alike, as the debate lasted over an hour. Besides the extraordinary attend ance of Senators, the crowd con sisted of 44 students—41 cadets, two civilians and one co-ed. After limiting the first part of the period to Senate members, Stu dent Body President Harlan Rob erts opened the discussion to the other Aggies present. With few exceptions, the visitors expressed the same feelings as the student solons. thyroid gland, causing the heart to pump too much. Signs of auricular fibrillation, which does occur naturally in senile horses, are identical to those that exist in man. The heart rate is too fast with total irregularity of beats. Also there is no pattern of strength and all the beats are not productive. Thursday’s experiment grows out of a long association between A&M’s School of Veterinary Medicine and the Baylor Medi cal School. Seven years ago Dr. E. E. McMurray, presently as sistant dean of veterinary medi cine, invited the Baylor Medical School to spend one day each year at the veterinary school to study physiology of the horse. Horses have long been used in medical experiments, especial ly in those that are closely re lated to man. Measurement of blood pressure and cardie ca theterization were first initiated on the horse, both of which are routine steps prior to all heart surgery today. Fish Leave For Purdue The Freshman Drill Team left the campus at 2 p.m. Friday to visit Bunker Hill Air Force Base and participate in Purdue University’s major competition for drill teams. The team will return Sunday afternoon, Capt. Calvin Reese team advisor said Thursday afternoon after con firming transportation plans. The 446th Troop Carrier (San Jacinto) Wing, an Air Force Re serve unit of Houston, will pro vide the transportation. The Aggies earlier this month participated in the fourth annual Aerospace and Arizona Days celebration at Davis - Monthan Air Force Base near Tuscon. Junior Banquet, Ball Plans Made Plans for a Junior Banquet and Ball were decided at a Junior Class meeting in Guion Hall Thursday. The ball, to be held on March 21, will begin with a banquet in Sbisa Dining Hall at 6:30 p.m. The selection of the sweetheart will be between the banquet and ball, which features top entertainment by the “Nightcaps.” The ball will end at the magic hour of mid night. Mental Health Doctor Speaks To Counselors Dr. Bernice Milburn Moore, widely-traveled lecturer and author on the ever changing problem of youth and family relations to the community, shaped her ideas Thurs day night with a group of parents attending the eighth annual meet ing of the Directors of the Brazos County Youth Counseling Service at the Ramada Inn. Moore, who has given 20 years of service to the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, expresses the belief that “in the United States, we feel that there is a spark of hope in even the most desperately ill. It matters not whether he is an adult or child, black or white, rich or poor.” Families of today are encounter ing many varied problems, said Moore, because of such things as the rapidity of change, population explosions, intricate relationships within the family, early marriages and the increasing number of drop outs from school. “But,” said Moore, “the person with few problems is either dead or ought to be. The essence of American life is the capacity to deal with such problems and be come concerned with all troubled individuals.” The service, which has provided the Bryan-College Station area with a new outlook on community problems, was established in 1955. At present they are working with 118 cases, providing counseling and psychiatric and psychological treat ment to those individuals and fami lies whom they deem necessary. “Our endeavor is to help parents to become better parents which will consequently inspire in our youth the importance of parenthood,” said Robert Toland, originator of the Brazos County Counseling Service.