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Commandant’s Reception
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UNIVERSITY, CORPS BRASS HOST COMMANDERS
Unit commanders were honored with a Commandant’s Professor of Aerospace Studies; Corps Commander Ralph
Reception Monday night in the Memorial Student Center Filburn; President Earl Rudder; Deputy Corps Com-
to close out the annual Commander’s Conference, Shown mander John Gay, and Col. D. L. Baker, Professor of
at the reception are, from left, Col. Raymond C. Lee, Military Science and Corps Commandant.
tium deposits in body tissue,
bones in particular. In addition,
ample Vitamim-D is thought to
aid the action.
Poultry Scientists Studying
Strontium-90 In Chickens
Texas A&M poultry-scientists
are studying if and how much of
strontium-90, a nuclear fallout
product, is passed on from one
generation of chickens to another.
The amount of the radioactive
material has increased in recent
years in the atmosphere. As it
settles to the ground, it some
times ends up on farm crops and
in feeds which are then eaten
by livestock and poultry. From
there it can find its way into such
human foods as meat, milk and
eggs.
Dr. C. R. Creger, associate pro
fessor in the Poultry Science De
partment, emphasized that stron-
tium-90 is not at dangerous levels
in the atmosphere and on the
ground as present, but contamina
tion could become a problem in a
nuclear war or through wide
spread bomb testing.
He said nuclear explosions pro
duce many radioactive by-prod
ucts, most of which rapidly decay
and become harmless. Strontium-
90, however, is long-lived and can
linger thousands of years.
The idea behind Creger’s proj
ect is to determine the extent that
strontium is passed on in the
bones of one generation of chick
ens to another, with the hope of
preventing or lowering that con
tamination. In other words, if
trouble starts, he and other re
searchers want to know how to
head it off.
The Department of Health,
Education and Welfare thinks
enough of the program to pro
vide Creger with a $65,000 grant
over a three-year period.
That strontium-90 is passed
from the hen to the first genera
tion of chicks is already known.
How far beyond that stage and
how to get it out is the big
question.
Recent tests on rats have shown
that high levels of calcium and
phosphorus in their feed may in
hibit the amount of strontium de
posited in their bodies. Creger
says tests on chicks indicate that
large amounts of calcium and
phosphorus fed in rations to very
young chicks also will cut stron-
Twenty - three students who
completed premedical and pre
dental studies at Texas A&M
have been accepted for admis
sion this fall to medical and den
tal colleges in the state and else
where.
The list was released Tuesday
by Dr. Howard L. Gravett, pro
fessor of biology and chairman of
the seven - member Premedical
Predental Committee at A&M.
The University of Texas Den
tal Branch at Galveston will take
six Aggies, with four entering
the UT Medical Branch at Gal
veston. Three Aggies will start
studies at UT’s Southwestern
Medical School at Dallas with
the same number due at the Cali
fornia Podiatry College in San
Francisco. Six widely scattered
institutions claim the seven oth
er A&M students.
The students, listed by profes
sional schools:
—University of Texas Medical
Branch in Galveston: Robert C.
Herman, William M. Davis, John
C. Steffek, Wallace Berry Nor
ton.
—University of Texas South
western Medical School in Dallas:
Danny M. Dansby, Allan R. De-
Villeneuve, John S. Ballard III.
Tulane University School of
Medicine in New Orleans: Ter
rence A. Oddson, Michael P. Stev
ens.
—W ashington University
School of Medicine in St. Louis,
Mo.: James Andy Sullivan.
—University of Nuevo Leon
Medical School in Monterrey,
Mex.: Manual R. Trevino.
—Indiana University School of
Dentistry in Indianapolis, Ind.:
Glenn R. Swindell Jr.
—Temple University School of
Dentistry in Philadelphia, Pa.:
Thomas J. Forgeng.
—University of Texas Dental
Branch in Houston: Roger P.
Byrne, Andras E. Csagoly, James
K. Simmons, Gaylon E. Hughes,
James Fred Graham, Robert W.
Henslee Jr.
—B a y 1 o r University Dental
College in Dallas: Jerry Godkin.
—California Podiatry College
in San Francisco: Joshua Ger-
bert, Jacob B. Beal Jr., Charles
E. Hammonds.
History Department
Adds Night Courses
Two night school graduate of
ferings this fall have been an
nounced by Dr. J. M. Nance, head
of the history and government
department.
The Revolutionary Era, 1750-
1789, is scheduled from 7-8:30 on
Mondays and Wednesdays. Amer
ican Historical Writing is slated
from 7-8:30 on Tuesdays and
Thursdays.
Two other graduate courses
not listed in the schedule of
classes include Politics and Ad
ministration, from 2-3:30 on
Tuesdays and Thursdays), \and
International Law from 1-2 p.m.
on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Thursdays.
All courses carry three sem
ester hours of credit.
Bowling Tourney
Three hundred students are ex
pected to compete in the All-
School Bowling Tournament
scheduled to begin at 3 p.m.
Thursday at the Memorial Stu
dent Center.
Richard Rasmussen, MSC rec
reation chairman, said the tourr
ney will last three weeks, during
which time each competitor will
bowl 10 games.
Awards will go to the top
three keglers in upperclass and
freshman divisions.
Rasmussen said averages es
tablished in the tournament will
be used to form teams for fall
and winter leagues. Proceeds will
help finance the university bowl
ing team.
JEAN OZMENT
Former Coed
Begins Career
As Stewardess
Miss Jean Ozment, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. P, Ozment of
511 Kyle Drive in College Station,
has started her career as an East
ern Airlines stewardess.
She graduated from Eastern’s
In-Flight Training Center
Miami, Fla., where her schooling
included grooming, makeup anil
the gracious presentation of din
ing services in addition to other
flight crew duties. Eastern plans
to employ and train more than
1,000 new stewardesses this year.
Miss Ozment graduatel from
A&M Consolidated High School
in College Station and attendei
Texas A&M and Sam Houston
State College in Huntsville,
Upon completion of the train
ing course in Miami, Miss Oz-
ment reported to Atlanta, where
she will be based. From there
she will fly to many of the 10!
cities Eastern serves in 26 states,
the District of Columbia, Canada
Mexico, Puerto Rico and Bermu
da.
Abraham Lincoln and a busi
ness partner named William
Barry applied for and received
a license to keep a tavern in
New Salem, 111., in 1833.
Charles E. Thomas
’64
College Master
Representative
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