Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1964)
| Physics, Music Lecture Subject A university professor from Norway, interested in populariz- ig physics will lecture on the "Physics of Music” Thursday. I Dr. Helmut Ormestad from the ^University of Oslo speaks at 8 p.m. in the Biological Science Lecture Author of such articles as “Sau- Jsages, Physics and Potato Salad,” Jhmestad’s research interests in- iclude acoustics of building's, musi- instruments, speech and hear- Ormestad also will present a echnical lecture on “Sound,” in- fjcluding descriptions of what man Blears and what animals hear. The alk will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in Room 146 of the Physics Build- pg. FRIDAY The Data Processing Center is presenting a series of lectures on ^applications of digital computers jn conjunction with the National Science Foundation Institute. Dr. H. 0. Hartley, director of the graduate Institute of Statistics at A&M will speak Friday at 2 p.m. on the “Design of Experi ments” in room 231 of the Chem istry Building. SATURDAY Dr. Vivian Stannett of the Ca mille Dreyfus Laboratory, Durham, N. C., will present a Graduate Col lege Lecture at 10 a.m. Saturday in Room 231, Chemistry Building. He will speak on some aspects of his current research on polymers. MONDAY Dr. Mark Zemansky, professor of Physics at The City College of New York in New York City, will speak at 1:15 Monday in room 146 of the Physics Building on “In troduction Courses in Physics.” He will speak on “Thermondynamics at Negative Kelvin Temperatures” at 8 p.m. in room 113 of the Bio logical Science Building. TUESDAY Professor Takehiko Shimanouchi, outstanding chemist in Japan, will Godfrey’s Restaurant ‘Good Food *For Aggies—that’s all!” * Including Coffee • MEAL CARDS AVAILABLE Jean & Bob Godfrey ’55 North Gate VI 6-5612 Former Student Now Teaches Lab A lot of physics has been taught by Mrs. Josephine Samuel of Irving since she attended the first sum mer institute for high school phys ics teachers at A&M University seven years ago. She had begun teaching science courses at Irving High School in 1956 after devoting years to her family. Now Mrs. Samuel is something of a veteran teacher of the “new” or PSSC (Physical Science Study Committee) physics and serves as laboratory instructor for the nine- week summer institute. Associate Professor Nelson M. Duller directs the program in which 30 teachers from four states are participating through July. The National Science Foundation sponsors the institute. “Mrs. Samuel with her enthusi asm for PSSC physics and experi ence has made an invaluable con tribution,” Dr. Duller said. present a Graduate College Lecture at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Room 231, Chemistry Building. “Force Constants of Small Mole cules” is his subject for the public lecture. Shimanouchi, who is on the Uni versity of Tokyo faculty won the 1964 Prize of the Chemical Society of Japan. He has an international reputation based upon 150 journal articles. CLEARWATER, Fla. UP) — John Rowe, 14, won a $20 bet by completing a 50-mile hike. Asked what he would do with the money, he said he would save it—“I’d like to get a motor scooter.” A modest person, Mrs. Duller quickly grows enthusiastic as she discusses the PSSC physics. “We attempt to teach,” she said, “from the standpoint of an ob served phenomenon, frequently an experiment, and then go into theory. This gives students a real insight into how the minds of phy sicists work. Also, the PSSC ap proach has a continuity lacking in conventional physics.” The PSSC physics textbook pub lished four years ago and being used in more and more high schools is an outgrowth of discussions be gun in 1956 as Americans reacted to the Soviet’s Sputnik. Hundreds of physicists and teachers partici pated in creation of the new ap proach to teaching high school physics. “We aren’t teaching the physics to the teachers. We give them a chance to go over the textbooks and the experiments,” Mrs. Sam uel said of the summer institute. Mrs. Samuel attended a conven tional physics institute at A&M in 1957. She majored in bacteriology at the University of Kansas and was not especially knowledgable in physics. She claims n o special knowledge, just “some” knowledge and a great liking for physics and teaching it to high school students. Simple things such as a brick to represent mass, a small car made of a piece of lumber, roller skate wheels and a doorbell buzzer are used in experiments. “I think students get a better understanding of physics through the PSSC physics than through the conventional approach,” Mrs. Sam uel said. GIANT TIDE SUNFARM EGGS With $2.50 Purchase or More Behind Grocery Turnstiles. Net U.S.D.A. Grade “A” Large Doz. 39 43 Cokes & Sprite's'll-—49 SPAM Lunch Meat 12-Oz. Can 39 Y|-|£ BATTALION Thursday, July 16, 1964 College Station, Texas Page 5 G THE PR OFS ?: •S 1 X Article By Prof, Photo Featured An article by Assistant Profes sor of English Sidney S. Cox and a photo of A&M University Presi dent Earl Rudder presenting a na tional award to Exchange Store Manager Carl Birdwell appear in the latest issue of “The College Store Journal.” The National As sociation of College Stores publish es the magazine. Cox, a veteran English teacher, is author of an article entitled “Professor . . . Give Your Students A Guided Tour of the Bookstore.” “Today a first class bookstore,” Cox writes, “is an educational fa cility that is almost as important as teachers, classrooms, labora tories, libraries and a University Press, for in conjunction with the paperback book industry the cam pus bookstore is providing univer sity students an educational advan tage they never have had before.” Birdwell won a $25 award in a contest sponsored by “The College Store Journal.” He is a past presi dent of the National Association of College Stores. ★★★ Dr. C. F. Meinecke, assistant professor in the Department of Veterinary Microbiology, will at tend the annual American Poultry and Hatchery Federation Conven tion July 21-24 in Dallas. The veterinarian will participate in open discussions on poultry dis eases and control. He also will consult with Dr. James Williams of the Federal Disease Laboratory at Athens, Ga., on control of Sal- monellas in poultry. ★★★ Dr. John Q. Anderson, head of the Department of English, is au thor of “Scholarship in Southwest ern Humor—Past and Present,” the lead article in the new issue of “Mississippi Quarterly.” The article is based upon Ander son’s paper delivered last October as the main address of the Ameri can Studies Association of the Lower Mississippi, southern reg ional branch of the American Studies Association. He is presi dent of the Texas branch. The new issue of “Mississippi Quarterly” is devoted to papers presented at the annual meeting. ★★★ A&M University will have two speakers at the 40th annual Inter national Shade Tree Conference Aug. 16-21 in Houston. Professor A. F. DeWerth, head of the Floriculture Section, will talk on planting of trees to suit landscape and environment. Dr. Robert S. Halliwell, assist ant professor in the Department of Plant Sciences, will discuss a wide spread tree disease condition known as liveoak decline. O. J. Anderson of Houston, gen eral chairman, said the conference also will have exhibits of fertiliz ers, spray materials and equip ment. The meetings will be held in the Shamrock Hilton Hotel. ★★★ Dr. T. R. Timm, head of the De partment of Agricultural Econom ics and Sociology, will be a pro gram leader during Southwestern Graduate School of Banking to be held in Dallas. The school is set for the week of July 27 and is sponsored by South ern Methodist University. Timm will organize farm credit discussions and supervise farm credit phases of the overall pro gram. The department head also will consult with bankers, county agents, farm magazine editors and farm radio directors who are in terested in Extension Service pro grams in agricultural economics. Dr. Ernest E. Angino of the De partment of Metorology and Oceanography has been selected as one of 40 persons to attend a month-long summer institute in isotope technology at Oak Ridge, Tenn. Angino is an assistant professor of oceanography who has worked in the Antarctic. Melvin Johnson ’64 Charles Johnson ’62 Charles Thomas ’64 College Master Specialist BRAKE ADJUSTMENT ALL FOR jr w ' la Z -i EFRESHING Prices Good Through Sat. 16-18. In Bryan Only. We Reserve The Right To Limit. ATERMELONS EACH 25c Farmer Brown 2 Lb. Thick Sliced .... 97^ AC0N URKEY RANKS ANNED HAM Hens or Toms Farmer Brown or Rath Agar if. 49 c „ 33 c 35 c 3 \99 FIRESTONE NEW TREADS APPLIED ON SOUND TIRE BODIES OR ON YOUR OWN TIRES TUBELESS WHITEWALLS (Narrow or wide) ANY SIZE, 49 49 Plut tax and 4 trade-in tlree 13" - 14" Our New Treadt, identified by Medallion and thop mark art GUARANTEED 1. Against defects in workmanship and materials during life of trestd. 2. Against normal road hazards (except repairable punctures) encoun tered in everyday passenger car use for 12 months. Replacements prorated on tread wear and based on list prices current nt time of adjustment. |\lev»/ STORE HOURS Open Every Day till 6:00 p. m. Mon. thru Sat. GEO SHELTON INC. COLLEGE AVE. AT 33rd. FREE PARKING TA 2-0139 - TA 2-0130