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vere examples of unusual appli-
:ations demonstrated by Dr. E. E.
a religifi David Jr., in an address to the
, ne gc |,. funior Engineering Technical
Society Friday.
His speech, titled “Unusual
Applications of Computers,” was
students, teachers and
leard by more than 500 high
counselors during the opening
session of the one-day meeting.
David, director of the Comput-
jf ing and Information Research
Center of Bell Telephone Labora-
ories Inc., said computers will
jecome increasingly important to
iociety, defense and the economy,
articularly in the field of re-
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computer singing “A Bicycle
Built for Two” with a nasal tone.
It sounded like someone singing
in a barrel, but the rhythm was
certainly there. The speaker in
dicated it would be some time
before a computer could be pro
grammed for opera singing.
David said computers may be
used in the future for editing
tapes of music and replacing
imperfect portions of the tape.
In another demonstration, he
showed an animated movie pro
duced by a computer on a tele
vision tube. He said computers
are creating a new field of en
deavor in teaching and demons
tration work.
“Many more surprises are in
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Researchers at A&M University
attempting to discover what
ippens to bacteria in foods that
ve undergone the relatively new
eeze-drying process.
‘In certain foods these experi-
ents may prove valuable for
alth purposes and help determine
e shelf life of freeze-dried foods,”
id Dr. Carl Vanderzant, profes-
in the Department of Dairy
ience.
“Instead of experimenting with
tual foods, sponges are inoculated
ith bacteria commonly found in
ods. This is called the ‘model
stem,’ ” said Vanderzant. “We
e it in order to know the number
id kinds of micro - organisms
ed.”
The inoculated sponges are then
ozen and placed in the vacuum
amber of the new $20,000 freeze-
ier. The temperature is raised
id the vacuum draws the mois-
re from the sponges as is done
ith foods.
The types and number of living
teteria in the sponges are deter-
ined after freezing and again
ter freeze-dying. The conditions
drying are varied to study the
langes in bacterial population
ider varying conditions of freeze-
ying operations.
Most of the work is done with
icteria that can influence the
lality' of a product by rendering
it undesirable in flavor, odor, ap-
arance, etc.
Polygraph
Session Set
For May 10
The second polygraph school of
1965 has been scheduled for May
10 through June 18 under the di
rection of Ira E. Scott, school
supervisor.
Enrollment is limited to small
groups of municipal and state
police, county peace officers, in
dustrial and retail security, and
persons responsible for personnel
investigation.
Sponsored by the Engineering
Extension Service in cooperation
with the Texas Education Agency,
the course gives a basic under
standing of polygraph examination
and qualifies those who take it to
conduct examinations.
The Polygraph Examiner’s School
is part of the Police Training Di
vision headed by Wallace Beasley.
Landscape Artist
Schedules Visit
Garrett Eckbo, a landscape artist
from Los Angeles and San Francis
co, is scheduled to visit the School
of Architecture Friday.
Robert F. White, professor of
architecture who announced the
visit, said Eckbo will meet in
formally throughout the afternoon
with landscape architecture stu
dents and other interested persons.
Eckbo’s work has won many
honors in the United States and
abroad, White commented. He said
Eckbo is the author of three out
standing books dealing with land
scape architecture.
store for the future in reference
to the coalition between man and
machine,” he emphasized.
In an address prepared for de
livery Friday afternoon to high
school teachers and counselors,
David discussed “Engineering
Concepts for the High School
Program.”
Feedback control, logic and
memory of computers were
stressed in his coverage of basic
principles of computers and com
munications.
“High school students ought to
know about computers by con
tact, the same as they know about
automobiles,” David said.
David said the Commission on
Engineering Education is not try
ing to attract more people to
engineering or have professional
ly oriented courses in high school,
but is seeking to give students
a basic understanding of engi
neering which they will be called
on as mature citizens to evaluate,
pay for, and live with.
THE BATTALION
Tuesday, March 9, 1965
College Station, Texas
Page 3
Texas Weather Seems
Cold To 2 Researchers
Texas weather really isn’t cold
er than that of Antarctica. It just
seems that way to two A&M Uni
versity researchers back from the
polar region.
Professors S. Z. El-Sayed and
Guy A. Franceschini returned to
A&M this week after spending
most of February aboard the
Argentine icebreaker General San
Martin. Research information
gained concerning biological pro
ductivity, Dr. El-Sayed’s field,
and air-sea interaction, a special
interest of Dr. Franceschini’s, is
believed to be the first for a
considerable area of Antarctica.
It’s the end of summer in Ant
arctica and the season has been
marked by exceptionally less ice
than usual, so the icebreaker had
easy
time.
Saved By Goggles
John Robison holds the pair of safety goggles that pre
vented serious injury while he broke concrete on the
campus with an air hammer. A chunk of concrete flew up,
striking the goggles and breaking one lens. It is rare to
have the lens broken. Robison has worked for A&M 14
years and is a helper in the construction division of the
Buildings and Utilities Department.
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sailing for much of the
But there was one violent
two-day storm in the Belling
shausen Sea when the ship rolled
so violently no one was allowed
on deck and some of Franceschi
ni’s equipment was tom loose.
Temperatures were below freez
ing but the air was dry generally,
so the scientist did not mind.
Sea temperatures usually were
just below the freezing mark.
“One of the exceedingly rich
areas of the world ocean, from the
standpoint of biological productiv
ity, is the Gerlache Straits,” El-
Sayed said. Microscopic biologi
cal organisms were found in such
quantities as to discolor the sea
which “teems with life.”
“We didn’t find anything start
ling from my viewpoint, condi
tions were as antcipated,” France
schini said of his studies. He
measured the sunlight as ab
sorbed and reflected by the sea
and sea ice.
“Light is the limiting factor
for biological productivity in that
area,” El-Sayed sad of the Bel
lingshausen Sea and Gerlache
Straits.
The biological oceanographer
was surprised to find phytoplank-
Bryan Opens
Adult Class
Registration
Registration for adult education
classes at Stephen F. Austin High
School for the spring semester
began Monday, according to John
Lucas, evening school director.
Any person 16 years or older
who does not attend high school
during the day may register for
the evening courses.
English, American literature,
English literature, world history,
American history, government, ap
plied science, algebra geometry,
business arithmetic, bookkeeping,
typing, shorthand, and art will
be offered. Other courses will be
available if as many as 15 regis
ter, Lucas said.
Art classes will meet for three
hours, one night a week. Academic
and commercial classes will meet
one hour on Monday, Tuesday and
Thursday nights. Three courses
may be taken during the 10-week
semester.
Students may receive high school
credit for the courses. Tuition for
courses is $15 per course.
ton in enormous quantities on the
underside of sea ice.
“This great abundance of the
plankton under ice is puzzling,”
El-Sayed said. “For a long time
people have thought plankton
could not live under the ice due
to the lack of sunlight.”
Apparently these particular
creatures are “shade-adapted,”
able to thrive in the partial light
filtered through the ice.
The Argentine icebreaker with
the A&M scientists aboard almost
made history with a landing on
Peter I Island. The rocky island
usually surrounded by ice last
was visited in 1928 although sev
eral expeditions since have at
tempted to put landing parties
ashore. The General San Martin
crew got within one-fourth of a
mile of the shore before rough
seas and winds prevented landing
either by launch or by helicopter.
The scientists, both veterans of
Antarctica cruises, have high
praise for the Argentinians ef
forts in the polar region. A&M
and the Argentine Hydrographic
Office with National Science
Foundation assistance are co
operating closely in an extensive
survey of biological productivity
of the oceans beyond South
America. Oin this latest cruise
biological observation or “sta
tions” were made at nearly 350
points. Franceschini’s observa
tions were made continuously for
12 days before the storm ruined
his equipment.
Morse Code
Course Slated
The Memorial Student Center
Radio Committee will begin con
ducting Morse Code classes Wed
nesday night for anyone interested
in learning the code.
There will be two sessions each
week on Wednesday and Friday
evenings in the language lab on
the first floor of the Academic
Building from 7 to 7:45.
The instruction will be presented
through the use of special tapes
that begin with an introduction
to the code and carry the student
up through 20 words per minute.
Though primarily designed for
fulfilling requirements peculiar to
amateur radio licenses, anyone in
terested is urged to attend. The
classes will be continued until
each student’s desired level of
proficiency is attained.
Students Given
Inside Track
On Income Tax
Working students got word to
day on how to fulfill their tax
obligations to Uncle Sam from
Clarence E. Carlson, administra
tive officer, Internal Revenue Serv
ice in Bryan.
1. Students earning $600 or
more during 1964 must file an in
come tax return, even if the stu
dent is claimed as a dependent
by his parents.
2. Students with incomes of
less than $600 during ’64, and who
have had income tax withheld,
should file a return to get these
taxes refunded. Usually, a Form
1040A will do the trick.
3. Single students filling a re
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for himself, even if he is also
claimed as a dependent by his
parents.
4. In a community propertjy
state, such as Texas, the total
combined income of husband and
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sons, including students, may elect
to file a joint return by combining
their total incomes; or separate
returns with each reporting exactly
one-half of the combined income.
5. Married students filing joint
returns and who are furnished
their chief support by their parents
cannot be claimed as dependents by
their parents.
Usually, a telephone call to IRS
will get answers to many tax ques
tions.
Marines Send
Selection Team
The United States Marine Corps
Officer Selection Team is visiting
the campus through Wednesday
to explain the various officer train
ing programs.
The team, commanded by Capt.
John H. Gray, will be located in
the Memorial Student Center from
8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. daily.
Programs of interest to A&M
students are the Officer Candidate
Course, open to eligible graduates
and seniors, and the Platoon Lead
ers Class, open to eligible under
graduates.
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