THE BATTALION
Page 4 College Station, Texas Thursday, February 4, 1965
Consolidated Now Offering
Computer Science Course
A few years ago junior and sen
ior high school students were slav
ing to master the slide rule so
they could solve math assignments
at a quicker rate.
Now they are working just as
hard, learning Fortran language
and the basic steps needed, to feed
their problems into giant com
puters which will solve the equa
tions within seconds.
This spring, 15 junior and sen
ior students at A&M Consolidated
High School in College Station
have enrolled for a course in basic
computer science. This is the first
time a course of this type has been
G. Rollie White...
(Continued from page 1)
Stock Yards Loan Co., of Kansas
City and the National Finance
Credit Corp.
White recalled that one of his
greatest honors came a number of
years ago when the Brady Cham
ber of Commerce bestowed upon
him the “Outstanding Citizen’s
Award.” And in 1956 he was
presented a 50-year pin by the
Brady Masonic Lodge.
White recalled years ago that
he “literally crawled into the
Brady country in 1876,” since he
wasn’t quite a year old when he
came from Lockhart with his late
parents, W. B. and Laura Thomp
son White, to McCulloch County by
covered wagon.
His father was a Missourian
who rode to Texas horseback after
the Civil War. His mother was a
native of Lockhart. White himself
was born on the Plum Creek Ranch
near Lubbock Aug. 22, 1875.
Radio Committee
Cited By Council
The Amateur Radio Committee
has received commendation from
the Memorial Student Center Coun
cil for meritorious service.
The council cited the committee
for its constant public service to
the A&M student body, faculty
members and the community, and
for operating during emergencies,
such as the Alaskan earthquake
and the Wichita Falls tornado.
A resolution by the council went
on to congratulate the committee
for receiving the American Radio
Relay League Communication De
partment’s Public Service Award.
Summer Program
Receives $2,500
A $25,000 grant has been re
ceived by the Texas Transportation
Institute to defray costs and pro
vide scholarships for a six-week
summer graduate program in As
phalt Paving Technology and Con
struction. The announcement was
made by Bob M. Gallaway, director
of the study program.
Eighteen scholarships of $1000
each will be awarded to college
teachers from Canada and the
South and Southwest United States
selected for the program. Lec
turers in addition to Gallaway will
include Fred J. Benson, dean of
the College of Engineering; Dr.
R. A. Jimenez and Dr. Ralph N.
Trazler, Texas Transportation In
stitute staff members, and Charles
R. Foster, executive director of the
Bituminous Concrete Association.
Supplementary lectures will be
provided by six specialists of in
ternational reputation who willj
each conduct a seminar during the
six-week period.
The summer program will be
held June 7-July 16.
offered to high school students in
this area although college and
graduate students have been stu
dying it for years.
George W. Burcham, mathema
tics and physics instructor at Con
solidated, will teach the course.
The 12 boys and three girls en
rolled in computer science will
spend five hours weekly until
school recesses learning the For
tran language and programming
their problems so they can be
solved on the computer.
Burcham received his instruction
in computer science at A&M. He
said his students will have access
to the university Data Processing
Center for one hour per week in
which they will use card punch
equipment to write their programs.
The other four hours each week
will be spent working in class
rooms.
Junior and seniors students at
tending the high school who have
completed at least a half-year
of advanced math were allowed
to enroll in the computer course.
“The course is designed to pro
vide an inductive approach to learn
ing and to help students establish
order and organization to their
work,” Burcham said.
Livestock Team
Wins Second Spot
In Meat Judging
The Junior Meats Judging Team
won second place in the South
western Exposition and Fat Stock
Show at Fort Worth this week.
Eight teams representing major
agricultural colleges and universi
ties competed in the meats contest.
Oklahoma State University took
first and Kansas State University
was third.
Aggie team members are Gordon
Sauer of Doss, Lester Osbourn of
Valley Springs, Dexter Sagebiel of
Llano, Stanley Miller of Lexington
and Findley Brewster of Temple.
Team coach is Dr. Zerle Carpenter
of the Animal Science Department.
Sauer was second high point
individual in the overall contest
and was presented a Hereford as
sociation beef trophy special award.
Fifth place high point honors went
tQ*.Osbourn and 12th to Sagebiel.
Sauer and Osbourn were high
point individuals in lamb judging
and beef grading. The team was
first in beef grading.
Research Grant
Awarded To fTTI
The Texas Transportation In
stitute has received, a grant for
$4,200 from Aluminum Company
of America and the Texas Power
and Light Company for continua
tion of a study of possible uses of
Rockdale slag aggregate and fly
ash.
Contact men for the project will
be R. H. Breckenridge, research
analyst, Texas Power and Light
Company, and R. D. Hornbeck,
chief metallurgist for Alcoa. The
research this year will involve hot-
mix, cold laid designs of pavement
mixtures. The research also will
be concerned with roofing granules
for shingles on a problem involving
separation of elongated from
rounded particles.
More than $50,000 has now been
received to date for the slag and
fly ash research.
The project, now in its 10th year,
is conducted through the A&M Re
search Foundation.
°f
Security
..for
Cd-oddeae
m
en
The Top Combination of Protection and Security
For Complete Information Call
BILL F. CATES
3801 College Road VI 6-4986
You Owe It To Yourself!
American General
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Houston * Texas
Gus S. Wortham — Chairman
Benjamin N. Woodson, CLU, President
COMPUTER EXPLAINED
. . A&M Consolidated students receive briefing.
Noted Scholar To Speak
At Renaissance Conference
we i
Plans for the 14th annual
South-Central Renaissance Confer
ence to be held here March 26-27
with an internationally - known
scholar as a speaker have been an
nounced by Assistant Professor T.
J. Mattern, conference director.
Featured as a banquet speaker
will be the Rev. Walter J. Ong,
S. J., an internationally - known
scholar on medieval and Renais
sance civilization as well as modem
culture. Dr. Ong is professor of
English at St. Louis University.
The South-Central Conference in
earlier years has attracted several
hundred humanities scholars of the
Renaissance period. The region in
clude Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma
and Louisiana.
Professors from various colleges
and universities will present lec
tures during the two-day confer
ence.
Dr. Ong will speak March 26
on “Commonplaces, Typography,
and the Transformation of Renais
sance Culture.”
The Jesuit professor has studied
in almost every European nation
as well as several universities in
the United States.
He has written numerous articles
and books, the most recent being
“The Barbarian Within.” This is
a collection on such diverse topics
as medieval hymnody and educa
tional television. The book has
been widely acclaimed as readable
and learned. Its central theme
is the uniqueness of the human
personality and man’s need for in-
terpensonal involvement.
One reviewer said that Dr. Ong
was “for all his fantastic learn
ing . . . tough-minded but likable,
and dicidely optimistic.” He is
more hopeful about the technologi
cal revolution than many modem
Christian thinkers, the reviewer al|
so said.
Dr. Ong will speak at a bandl
in the Ramada Inn, where the delti
gates will meet for lectures til
day Friday. The conference nil
continue Saturday morning in tljl
Architecture Building Auditorium. [
Working with Mattern in lot
arrangements are several ofe|
faculty members. They are
Stanley Archer, registration; Lotisl
Hauer, exhibits; C. K. Esten, i
tertainment; Dr. A. L. Bennettl
catering; Dr. Peter A. Ford, fadl
lities and tours; Terry Long, puHl
city, and Dr. Melvin Rotsch,
and programs.
Favorite Ukranian foods aii|
borsch, fruit soups, holuH
(cabbage leaves stuffed with meatl
rice and buckwheat grits) ttif
nalysnyky (cheese or fruit-filli
dessert crepes).
GIBSON'S
PRICES
GOOD
WHERE YOU BUY THE BEST FOR LESS'
Thurs. thru Sat.
at
Redmond Terrace
Hwy. 6, South
9 A. M.
to
7 P. M.
MELROSE HAND LOTION, 1.00 Size 21?
SUAVE HAND LOTION, King Size, 1.50
Value 57^
BEAUT-TEASE STYLING COMB
1.00 Value, 57^
STEPHEN’S AFTER SHAVE & COLOGNE
89^ Value, 570
MICRIN ORAL ANTISEPTIC, 1.29 Size, ... 830
Hospital Brand EPSON SALTS, 5-Lb. Bag
690 Value, 330
LIQUIPRIN CHILDREN’S PAIN RELIEVER
790 Value, 530
TOOTSIE ROLL
CANDY BARS, 10-Oz.
PRINCE ALBERT SMOKING
Size 39c Seller, 31c
TOBACCO
° ne pound
Cannister, 1.95 Value KF _ 1
Chocolate Covered
1.48
PEANUT CLUSTERS,
1-lb. bag, compare at 650, 430
Valentine’s Day February 14
Personna
STAINLESS STEEL 79tf Value,
DOUBLE-EDGED BLADES, Pkg. of 5,
SEE OUR
COLLECTION OF
VALENTINE CARDS
FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHER
.... ALL
DISCOUNT
PRICED
KODAK INSTAMATIC “100” CAMERA KITS
Includes camera, film, flash bulbs and
batteries. 17.95 Value
Valentine Wrapped
KING EDWARD IMPERIAL
CIGARS!
Box of 50 ||f
3.50 Value, 'i
009
ifyll
W J per
v
box
HEART SHAPED
BOXES FINE
CHOCOLATE
CANDIES
FOR
VALENTINE
12.66
Leather Trimmed
SHOULDER CASE FOR INSTMATIC
CAMERAS
5.95 I
Value -l<
Hot Forged “Action” Tools!
10 Pc. y s " SOCKET WRENCH SET
With Metal Case. If purchased separately
would cost 13.46!
9.95 Sellers
Set
METAL REELS & CANS,
200 ft. for 8mm movie,
1.40 Value
4.88
38c
Set
fe:- »
Kodak VERICHROME FILM,
Black and White in sizes 120-127-620,
8mm ANSCO COLOR MOVIECHROME FILM
Daylight type, process included, 1 AT|
2.99 Value roll
Da-Lite SLIDE SHOW PLANNER
Illuminated sorter for 35mm slide "1
editing, 4.95 Value •
Champlin’s Quality
C.M.O. MOTOR OIL
20 & 30 Weights
Compare at 350
C.M.O.
wk'#'/ 5 '
TURTLE OIL TUNE-UP or CARBON
REMOVER
Both 1.50 Values, Choice 570 each
Body
Guard
AIWA POCKET-SIZED
TAPE RECORDERS
Fully transistorized com
plete with both tie-clip
and hand mike. Batteries
and carrying case.
39.95 Value, only
NYLON SEAT BELTS, MM11
Metal-to-Metal Buckles . ..
. . . assorted new car colors.
3.95 Values each
17
All Purpose PEAT MOSS
Makes the good earth better! ^
Less moisture, more peat!
2 Cu. Ft. Bag, 2.00 Value ....
129 j
Kleentouch CHARCOAL BRIQUETS 11
Select southern hardwoods P*
With Hickory Added. rY
10 Pound Bag, 790 Value ....
& 1
Swingaway WALL CAN OPENERS
Swingaway’s 3.98 Seller With £
Magnet, 5-yr. Warranty. i
White and Colors. 3.98 Value, ... 4
ni \
DISCOUNTS
EVERY DAY AT GIBSON’S
Men’s SWEAT SHIRTS & PANTS
Grey-Mix, fleece lining
1.95 Values,
per garment
Men’s QUILTED INSULATED
UNDERWEAR
Acetate outer-shell and
linging, Acrilic inner-
linning. Knit collar and
wrists. Small, medium,
large and extra-large.
Compare at 12.95
97
Suit