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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1965)
ip m 7 is near >n previ’ ke fiscal - year be’ constitu. law pro- )f under ■ state ii ere. 100,000 ia ergrouni >xas side the Leg- ban pipe- he state it enforce- tting all till be in for the jeneral's rence. Waters the Dis- leys As- open the be Lou ie P. F, tty, Gen, the new lure and decisions the con- has rul- 3 can re- by cor- proced- be paid basis, rol may not felt cupants. •evisions Jackson 3 report of nurs- capitol ened to ater au- ■, Water munici* e Mon- Depart- 'or big is good •th Cen- ast and hapters Combat ■written ie Gov- ital Re- weekend -er an- dminis- , Cald- Hays, gomery nnson er ve Life ^r- nt- Ids A mong Th e. Profs Krise Gets Big Grant For Radiation Studies ARMY RESERVE BOOSTERS Bartley Braden, left, civilian technician for the Army reserve, and M/Sgt. Denzil Bohm, Regular Army adviser, will be in the Memorial Student Center on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays this fall to provide information about the Army Reserve. Sgt. Bohm said the Army Reserve Center, at 511 Carson in Bryan, is anxious to help obligated Reservists and transfers keep up with their military status. Armstrong Executive Speaks At State Industrial Conference THE BATTALION Thursday, September 16, 1965 Colleg'e Station, Texas Page 3 Bilhartz Awarded Scholarship By Petroleum Foundation Special To The Battalion Dr. George M. Krise, a staff member of the Texas A&M Radi ation Biology Laboratory, has received a $52,783 grant for gam ma radiation studies. Krise is also professor and as sociate zoologist in the Depart ment of Biology. His project involves testing of irradiated goats. The grant is an extension of a similar award given last year by the U. S. Public Health Serv ice for low level gamma radiation and physiological performance research. Assisting Krise in the study are Dr. Michael Szabuniewicz, assistant professor of veterinary medicine and pharmocology at A&M, Dr. Eugene W. Hupp, pro fessor of biology at Texas Wom an’s University, and two gradu ate students. Hierth Appointed Chairman Of Group Dr. Harrison E. Hierth, profes sor of English at Texas A&M, has been appointed to a three- year term as chairman of the Danforth Foundation’s regional associate selection committee for Texas-Louisiana. Hierth’s committee will review recommendations for new asso ciates, and make nominations for the E. Harris Harbison Award for distinguished teaching, given annually by the Danforth Foun dation. The foundation has 14 regions in the United States. It has as sociates on 37 university and col lege campuses in Texas and Lou isiana. Hierth said the associate pro gram is designed to improve stu dent-faculty relations and to pre serve personal dimension in high er education. Richard Mayer Joins Engineering Staff Richard R. Mayer has joined Texas A&M as assistant profes sor of civil engineering, Dr. Charles Samson, head of the de partment has announced. Mayer specializes in surveying and photogrammetry. He has a M.S. degree from Ohio State University and a B.A. from Ohio Wesleyan University. In addition, he did graduate work at the uni versities of Bonn, Zuerich and Wisconsin, and Wooster College. The professor is a registered professional engineer and land surveyor in Wisconsin and Ohio. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, American Society on Engineering Education, Texas Surveyors Association, and oth ers. Mayer has 10 years experience in surveying and engineering. 3 Instructors Added To Research Annex Three instructors have been added to the Institute of Elec tronic Science at Texas A&M’s Research Annex. Chief instructor L. K. Jonas announced the additions, includ ing: Onis Cogbum, basic elec tronic theory and related elec tronic laboratory; James McCol lum, electronic drafting and in dustrial relations, and Oscar Hin ojosa, practical electronics, in cluding test instruments and shop equipment. Cogbum, a 1964 physics grad uate of the University of Arkan sas, has been an electronics in structor at Arkansas. He is from Glenwood, Ark. McCollum, a graduate of Trin ity University, majored in mathe matics and physics. He did grad uate work in physics at St. Mary’s University. The San An tonio native taught at Alamo Heights and Northside high schools, for the Army at Fort Sam Houston and for the Air Force at Lackland AFB. McCol lum is married and has two chil dren. Hinojosa is an electrical engi neering graduate of the Universi ty of Texas. Earlier, he attended Texas Southmost Junior College in Brownsville. He has been a field engineer for Collins Radio in Dallas and worked as an en gineer for the Magic Valley Elec tric Cooperative in Mercedes. Coyle Joins A&M Faculty Dr. Harry M. Coyle has joined Texas A&M University’s faculty as assistant professor of civil en gineering and assistant research engineer of the Texas Transpor tation Institute. Coyle earned his Ph.D. in civil engineering at the University of Texas. He also has an M.S. de gree from MIT and a B.S. degree from the United States Military Academy. He has taught mechanics of materials and soils at Texas and West Point. His publications in clude six articles on foundation engineering. He is a registered professional engineer and an as sociate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The new staff member is a ma jor in the Army Reserve. Reynolds Added As Staff Member Dr. Tom D. Reynolds has join ed Texas A&M as assistant pro fessor of civil engineering and assistant research engineer for the Texas Engineering Experi ment Station. Reynolds has taught civil en gineering at the University of Texas where he earned a Ph.D. He has a M.S. in sanitary engi neering from UT, a B.S. in civil engineering from A&M, and has done post-doctoral work at Clem- son University. Reynolds is a member of the American Society of Civil Engi neers, American Water Works Association, and Water Pollu tion Control Federation. A reg istered professional engineer, he has published 12 articles on en vironmental engineering. Chemistry Profs Present Paper COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Ralph A. Zingaro and Dr. Kurt Irgolic of Texas A&M’s Depart ment of Chemistry presented a paper at the recent International symposium on organometallic chemistry at the University of Wisconsin. “Synthesis and Properties of Long-Chain Arsinic Acis” is the title of the paper. Irgolic, a post-doctoral re search associate from Graz, Aus tria, is working with Professor Zingaro on a research project concerning the chemistry of met alloids and the application of these synthesized compounds to the problem of separating fission products. Armstrong Cork Company’s general manager for real estate was to discuss “Industry’s View point on Change” as opening speaker for the 15th Texas In dustrial Development Conference Thursday at College Station’s Ra- mada Inn. Raymond Sydansk, also vice president of the Industrial De velopment Research Council, was to speak at 9:35 a.m. in the Ra- mada ballroom. He lives at Lan caster, Pa. His address will be the first of eight relating to the conference theme: “Challenge of Change.” Registration for the two-day conference began at 7:30 a.m. Thursday. Conference Director James R. Bradley estimated 275 industrial leaders from all areas of Texas would participate in the sessions co-sponsored by Texas A&M Uni versity and the Texas Industrial Council. Bradley is head of A&M’s Industrial Economics Re search Division. Other Thursday speakers in cluded Dr. Stephen Sutherland of the University of Oklahoma; F. J. Spencer, assistant to the pres ident of Houston Research Insti tute Inc.; and W. Randolph Bur gess, director of the Atlantic Council of the United States. James D. Eppright, assistant vice president of Texas Power and Light Company, was to mod erate a panel discussion, “'Man power Considerations in Plant Location” Thursday afternoon. Panel members include H. E. Chitsey, director of the Techni cal Education and Manpower De velopment Division of the Texas Education Agency; Dr. Roy Dug ger, A&M vice president and di rector of the James Connally Technical Institute in Waco; and Lawrence C. Krampert, person nel manager for Ethicon Inc., San Angelo. New officers of the Texas In dustrial Development Council were to be elected Thursday aft ernoon during a business meet ing. They will be presented at Friday’s opening session. Other Friday speakers include R. A. Goodson, president of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, John W. Barringer, president of the Missouri-Kan- sas-Texas Railroad, and Harry W. Clark, executive director of the Texas Industrial Commission. HOUSTON — Harrell L. Bil hartz Jr., a recent graduate of the Justin F. Kimball High School in Dallas, has been award ed the Pan American Petroleum Foundation scholarship in petro leum engineering at Texas A&M. The selection was announced jointly by Prof. R. L. Whiting, Head of the Department of Pe troleum Engineering at A&M and J. C. Johnston, Foundation vice president in Houston. Harrell, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Bilhartz, 3433 Silverwood, will receive $700 for his first year of study, $800 for his second year, $900 for his third year, and $1,000 for his fourth year. Re newal of the scholarship each year is contingent upon Harrell’s Registration Held For Electronic Science Institute Registration was held Monday for a two-year course in Texas A&M’s Institute of Electronic Science. Classes will be in the insti tute’s facilities at the A&M Re search Annex, 12 miles west of College Station at the old Bry an Air Force Base. Chief Instructor L. K. Jonas enrolled about 36 students for the course designed for students who want to become technicians in engineering, research, medi cine, sales, production and com puter science. Jonas said the course has par ticular appeal for high school graduates who do not expect to pursue a four-year college pro gram. The institute, a division of the Engineering Extension Service, features theory courses in elec tricity, radar and computer ap plications, and mathematics. Lab oratory work is also inclvided. “For the first time, we have a full complement of instruc tors,” Jonas noted. Six men com prise the staff. Jonas said the class will be di vided into two sections to insure individual attention. maintaining a B average or bet ter during each academic year. On Thursday, Sept. 9, Harrell, his parents, and W. P. Durrett, principal of Justin F. Kimball High School, were guests of M. S. Kraemer and J. G. Stepich, repre sentatives of Pan American Pe troleum Foundation, Inc., at a luncheon at Sammy’s West Cliff Restaurant in Dallas. Kraemer is division engineer for the Texas Gulf Coast Division of Pan American Petroleum Cor poration, the creator and sup porter of Pan American Petro leum Foundation, Inc. Stepich is a member of the In dustrial Relations Department of the Gulf Coast Division of Pan American Petroleum Corpora tion. Kraemer, on behalf of the Foundation, presented to Harrell a plaque and a wallet card sym bolizing his selection as the re cipient of this scholarship, and he conveyed to Harrell the Founda tion’s sincerest congratulations and best wishes for success in the college work and in his chosen professional career. Kraemer also presented to Durrett a plaque in recognition of Harrell’s achievement and a Foundation check, for $200, to be used by Justin F. Kimball High School for the purchase of scien tific equipment. { ^ PARDNER You’ll Always Win The Showdown When You Get Your Duds Done At CAMPUS CLEANERS