THE BATTALION
Wednesday, September 22, 1965
College-Station, Texas
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THEIR ROAD TO EDUCATION
Unable to reach schools in their home state
of Kentucky because there are no nearby
roads large enough to accomodate a school
bus, these students must walk a railroad
bridge spanning the Tug Fork of the Big
Sandy River from Lovely, Ky., to Nolan,
W. Va., to go to school. Some youngsters
have been trapped by trains and forced to
seek safety as best they can on the narrow
bridge. Sympathetic citizens have solicited
funds from individuals and businesses and
are giving their time to build an all-weather
road. (AP Wirephoto)
READ BATTALION CLASSIFIEDS
THREE WAYS
TO BUY BOOKS
There are only about three ways to buy text
books at A&M:
1. WALK INTO THE FIRST BOOKSTORE YOU SEE
AND BUY THE BOOKS YOU MUST HAVE AT WHAT
EVER PRICES ARE AVAILABLE—This is a fairly common
method which gets the job done, but obviously the most ex
pensive method.
2. SHOP AROUND, COMPARE PURCHASE PRICE
AND RESALE VALUES ALLOWED ON YOUR BOOKS AT
THE END OF THE SEMESTER, THEN BUY WHERE YOU
GET THE BEST DEAL—A far more practical, scientific
method which will save you money.
(Before we continue, we think it is only fair to tell you that methods num
ber 2 and number 3 are the same.)
3. WALK INTO LOUPOT’S, SAVE ON USED TEXT
BOOKS, AND GET TOP VALUE WHEN YOU SELL YOUR
BOOKS BACK TO LOU LATER!
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College Station
‘You Save the Most at Lou’s Trading Post”
Astro - Aquanaut Compares Living Conditions
Ocean Bottom Life Is ‘Very Tough’
EDITOR’S NOTE: In this
exclusive interview with Asso
ciated Press writer Bernard
Gavzer, astro - aquanaut M.
Scott Carpenter compares life
in outer space with conditions
in outer space with conditions
experiment in living on the
floor of the ocean.
By BERNARD GAVZER
Aboard Support Vessel Ber-
kone, La Jolla, Calif. (AP) —
Commander M. Scott Carpenter,
the first human to live in both
inner and outer space, says life
on the ocean bottom is “very
tough,” but “I think there is po
tential for far more danger in
space.”
Carpenter, the astronaut who
orbited the earth in May 1962,
has lived 205 feet beneath the
Pacific Ocean surface since Aug.
29 as part of the 45-day Navy
man-in-the-sea program.
He was interviewed late Mon
day from the control cabin of the
Navy’s support vessel more than
a half-mile off La Jolla, Calif.
Recalling his space flight and
the current beneath-the-sea ex
periences which he could compare
with it, Carpenter confessed that
there were outer space views that
were beyond any comparison.
“I’ve seen greater bliss, great
er beauty from space. I think the
beauty of a sunset is very hard
to match. It’s a very impressive
thing.
“But to see the lights, the life
at sea down here is very impres
sive too.
“I’ve been impressed in other
ways from what I’ve seen down
here as from what I’ve seen in
orbit,” he said.
There was no opportunity to
ask him about the reference to
lights. The possibility is that the
word was distorted. Because of
the high helium content of the
gases which the aquanauts
breathe, their voices have a high
pitch, and the sound is treated
electronically to lower it. The re
sult is that Carpenter sounds as
though he is holding his nose.
He was asked about the sensa
tion of weightlessness, sea va
riety and space variety. In space
terms, it’s called “gravity free
flight,” and in ocean environ
ment, it’s “neutral buoyancy.”
“They’re quite similar,” Car
penter said.
“But when it comes to doing
work, it is easier to work down
here because you have a little
purchase on hand.
“You know, you can use the
water to swim and propel your
self.
“Your agility is severely re
stricted by the water, where it is
not in space.”
The umbilical cord from the
support vessel Berkone to Sealab
2 contains a closed-circuit televi
sion link and Carpenter could be
seen sitting in front of one of the
11 portholes in the 12- by 57-
foot undersea chamber from
which he and nine other aqua
nauts are conducting exploration
and experiments.”
Deep sea fish attracted by
lights of Sealab 2 could be seen
swimming past the ports in busy
profusion. Once in a while a big
fish would gobble up a small
fish.
Carpenter wore an electrically
heated wet suit which was being
tested in hopes that it would per
mit aquanauts to leave the Sea
lab for periods as long as three
hours. There was some prior dif
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ficulties with the suits, but the
exact nature of any shortcomings
was never revealed.
As I watched Carpenter on the
television monitor Capt. George
Bond, who carries the title of
principal investigator in the Na
vy research program, relayed
questions. Carpenter would raise
his hands to his head at each
question, then say, “Well, let’s
see now,” then pause and sort of
rephrase the question before try
ing to answer it.
He was asked which he person
ally found more hospitable, outer
space or the inner space of the
sea.
“Inner space is hospitable,” he
replied.
But later in discussing what
oceanographers have described as
the “gentle environment of the
sea,” Carpenter commented that
“space is a very gentle place.
Everything is very gentle.
“I think the sea is very tough.
It is a very hard life. It is more
hostile in some ways.”
Still, in considering what could
happen to man in space or be
neath the ocean, Carpenter de
cided that space was possibly the
most hostile — presumably be
cause of such hazards as toxic
gases and the puncturing of
space suits by meteorites.
“I think there is a potential
for far more danger in space
than there is at sea,” he said
without elaborating.
Whether man attempts to
maintain life in space or in the
ocean, he is going to face some
basic problems that are much
the same, Carpenter indicated.
“I don’t think there would be
any real differences. You still
have to build your house. You
have to adapt to both environ
ments. You have to develop prop
er equipment,” he said.
Carpenter appeared quite fit
and self-contained.
Canada’s Peace Corps
Works Much Like U.S.
TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s
version of the Peace Corps, start
ed four years ago, has 318 vol
unteers in 22 countries of Asia,
Africa and South America.
Called the Canadian Universi
ty Service Overseas — CUSO —
the privately administered orga
nization hopes eventually to
have 1,000 young people working
in developing countries.
Until this year, CUSO has re
lied almost totally on private
Perryman Elected
Head Of Council
John Perryman Jr., director of
industrial development for Lone
Star Gas Company, Dallas, was
elected president of the Texas
Industrial Development Council.
Perryman replaces retiring
president John Schuelke of Hous
ton.
Other new officers include first
vice president W. C. Price, area
development director for Central
Power and Light Company, Cor
pus Christi; second vice presi
dent George R. McVay, indus
trial development director for
Hunt Properties, Dallas; and sec
retary-treasurer Rex Jennings,
executive vice president, Wichita
Falls Chamber of Commerce.
Officers were introduced dur
ing the closing session of the an
nual Texas Industrial Develop
ment Conference at Texas A&M.
sources for its finances. The Ca
nadian government gave $500,-
000 toward the project this year
to supplement $250,000 already
raised.
The government indicated it
will continue to contribute to
Cuso despite the fact that it is
planning a similar organization
of its own, called the Company
of Young Canadians.
“I’m sure we will be putting
500 workers a year into the field
within a year or two,” says Cu-
so’s secretary, William McWhin-
ney. “On a two-year asignment
basis, that will give us 1,000 be
fore very long.”
Interested candidates are
screened first by volunteer com
mittees at 33 Canadian universi
ties and then put through a final
examination by a national com
mittee at CUSO headquarters in
Ottawa.
Those accepted — 208 out of
more than 300 this year — un
dergo extensive training first in
Canada and then in the country
of designation. The stress is on
language, although this year’s
orientation program includes a
seminar in community developl
ment.
Recipient countries pay the
salaries of volunteers on a local-
equivalent basis and have the
final say in accepting a volunteer
for any specific assignment. The
failure rate is less than 5 per
cent.
CUSO pays the bill for orien
tation, transportation, insurance,
some allowances and central ad
ministration. McWhinney says it
works out to $2,500 to $3,000 per
volunteer, compared with the
$18,000-a-member cost of the U.
S. Pehce Corps.
CUSO volunteers include so
cial workers in Sarawak, me
chanical engineers in Kenya,
town planners in Tanzania, lab
technicians in Jamaica and geol
ogists in Ecuador.
Restaurant Group
To Meet Monday
The Bryan-College Station Res
taurant Association will hold its
regular meeting Monday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Meads will
host the meeting in the Country
Kitchen on Jones Bridge Road.
A panel of local residents, in
cluding Texas A&M students
will be the main feature of the
evening. They will discuss what
they do not like in the Bryan-
College Station restaurants.
The program is designed to
help the local restraurant owners
improve the weaknesses in their
food and serVice.
All members are urged to at
tend and to bring their wife,
guests and prospective members.
Gus Ellis, president, and Chris
Norton, program chairman, are
in charge of reservations.
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