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Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1965
Number 20®
Aggie Sweetheart Finalists Selected
SUZANNE GILBERT PAT BONE
... Oklahoma City .. . Dublin
A&M Team Plots
Hurricane Betsy
Ocean Movements
A Texas A&M oceanography
team has retraced the ocean foot
prints of Hurricane Betsy, the
costly killer that battered Louisi
ana three weeks ago.
Data gathered by the ocean
ographers may eventually lead to
better predictions of the paths of
hurricanes.
Dr. Dale Leipper, professor of
oceanography, said “It is pretty
obvious that there is some tie-in
between hurricane movements
and the temperature of the wa
ter. Hurricanes don’t form unless
the temperature is at least 86
degrees Fahrenheit.”
“Heat from the underlying
ocean provides energy, he add
ed,” and contributes to the inten
sity and speed of movement of
the storm.”
Leipper, six technicians and a
graduate student, spent 13 days
checking Betsy’s effects on 2,800
miles of the Gulf of Mexico.
“Fortunately, we had done re
search in the Gulf only two
weeks before Betsy,” Leipper re
marked. “Roy Gaul, one of
A&M’s researchers, made three
observations in the Gulf the day
before the hurricane.
“We repeated three lines of ob
servations, each 300 miles long,
and two new ones. Generally, we
found warmer water directly in
the path of the hurricane’s eye,
which was unusually large, about
50 miles wide.”
Leipper noted Betsy traveled
at a fast clip of about 20 miles
per hour and needed only about
10 hours to pass over any given
point in the Gulf.
“The hurricane did not have
much time to modify the ocean,”
he said. “However, from 20 to
40 miles to the right and left of
the eye, we found the water to
be three to four degrees cooler
than the center due to the mix
ing of the water by wind and to
upwelling of deeper water. We
took readings in columns of wa
ter to depths of 3000 feet and
measured the salinity and oxygen
to get clues as to where the wa
ter came from.”
Betsy caused water disturb
ances to 300 feet.
He said most of the cruise was
made at 10 to 12 knots in ordi
nary conditions, including only
three to five-foot waves.
“We got a lucky break on be
ing able to start our research the
day after Betsy moved inland,”
Leipper continued. “The Alami-
nos was already outfitted for an
other research trip which was
cancelled because of the hurri
cane.”
The scientists also caught
small drifting organisms called
plankton for study in the labora
tory.
Marine life was apparently af
fected little by Betsy. The ocean
ographers saw a 25-foot whale,
40 to 50 porpoises, numerous fly
ing fish, and landed several dol
phins for food.
Leipper is interested in all
kinds of unusual weather as re
lated to the ocean. His initial
interest in hurricane effect on the
ocean began with Hilda in 1964.
Several other scientific groups
have since become interested in
the influence of hurricanes on
ocean temperature distribution.
ROMELIA QUINTANILLA
... Harlingen
Air Force Captain
To Give Speech
On Viet Nam War
Capt. Lee V. Greer, USAF,
holder of the Distinguished Fly
ing Cross, three Air Medals and
the Combat Readiness Medal, will
speak at 8 p.m. Thursday in the
Memorial Student Center.
His talk will be the first of
four discussions sponsored by the
Great Issues Committee.
Greer will discuss his experi
ences and conditions that exist in
Viet Nam. He will also show
firsthand slides of Viet Nam
actions.
The latter part of the program
will be used for questions and
answers and audience discussion.
Greer is now attending A&M
as a student.
He received his DFC for “utter
disregard for his personal safety”
in an action against the Viet
Cong in which he continued to
press home the attack even after
his wingman had been forced to
retire from the conflict by heavy
ground fire. This action was
hailed as not only a “great credit
for himself, but for the entire
United States Air Force.”
The meeting is open to the
public and there will be no charge.
HARRY CONNECTS
Aggie Quarterback Harry Ledbetter
gets off one of his 13 completions despite a
hard rush by an unidentified Texas Tech
lineman. Ledbetter sparkled in the Aggies’
26-16, last-minute loss to the. Red Raiders
in Lubbock Saturday night. For more de
tails turn to page six.
SUZANNE HASTEDT
... Richardson
SUSAN KOEGL
. . , Dallas
DONNA SHULTS
... Houston
PAT HARRIS
... Alexandria, Va.
ESTHER HOLDER
. . . Mineral Wells
Tessie Candidates
Narrowed To 10
Ten lovely coeds from Texas
Woman’s University were chosen
Sunday as finalists for Aggie
Sweetheart.
Eight sophomores, a junior and
a senior remained in the running
after 23 semifinalists were inter
viewed by a team of Aggies in
Denton Saturday.
The girls will be on campus
this weekend for final competi
tion and will be presented to the
student body during Midnight
Yell Practice Friday.
One of them will be crowned
Aggie Sweetheart Sunday morn
ing.
The finalists are:
—Romelia Quintanilla, senior
psychology major from Harlin
gen.
—Susan Koegl, junior majoring
in child development from Dallas.
—Pat Bone, sophomore fashion
merchandising student from Dub
lin.
—Suzanne Gilbert, sophomore
illustration major from Okla
homa City.
—Suzanne Hastedt, sophomore
home economics education major
from Richardson.
—Dona Shults, sophomore art
student from Houston.
—Cheryl Anne Holland, soph
omore voice major from College
Station.
—Esther Molder, sophomore
studying occupational therapy
from Mineral Wells.
—Dee Ann Warf, sophomore
interior design major from Alice.
—Pat Harris, sophomore fash
ion merchandising student from
Alexandria, Va.
The girls will arive here Fri
day afternoon to face an action-
packed weekend including Town
Hall, Midnight Yell Practice,
A&M-UH football game, picnic,
dinners, socials and a tour of the
campus.
The new sweetheart, to succeed
Johanna Leister, will be pinned
Sunday morning in the Memorial
Student Center.
Finalists were chosen after two
separate groups of A&M students
participated in the selection.
Twenty-three semifinalists were
named last week by Alan Gray,
air division commander; Ralph
Filburn, Corps commander;, Ro
land Smith, Student Senate pres
ident; Mike Reynolds, issues com
mittee chairman, and Terry Nor
man, Civilian Student Council
president. Bob Boone, student
programs director, served as ad
visor for both selection teams.
Finalists were chosen by Ron
nie Coleman, sophomore presi
dent; Clint Ward, junior vice pres
ident, and Noris Cano, senior
class president.
TWU coeds assisting the com
mittees were Judy Jones, stu
dent council social chairman;
Paula Rich, campus government
president, and Johanna Leister,
reigning Aggie Sweetheart.
Work Beginning
On Highway 6
Left Turn Lanes
The Texas Highway Depart
ment is starting construction of
left turn lanes on State Highway
6 through College Station and
Bryan this week.
Bill Bockmon, Senior Traffic
Engineer, will be in charge of the
project. The first operation will
be the application of a slurry seal
over the entire pavement area in
order to seal the cracks and ob
literate the existing stripes.
“It will be imperative that all
vehicles stay off thfe slurry seal
for approximately one hour after
it is placed,” a highway depart
ment official said.
Flagmen will be strategically
placed and numerous barricades
and cones will be used to proper
ly direct traffic.
“It will be necessary to close
most streets for certain periods
of the day while the seal coat is
being placed. This will include
private and commercial entranc
es. Main cross streets will remain
open but the width of the inter
section will be restricted,” the
department said.
Former A&M System Chancellor
Harrington Dinner Set Friday
Former Texas A&M Universi
ty System chancellor Dr. M. T.
Harrington will be honored with
a testimonial dinner here Oct. 8.
The event, sponsored by com
munity friends and associates in
the A&M System, is set for 7
p.m. in Sbisa Hall.
Harrington was chancellor of
A&M from 1953-65, the first
A&M graduate to hold that of
fice.
He was born Sept. 8, 1901 in
Plano, where his grandparents
settled while Texas was a re
public. His father, E. O. Har
rington, was Plano’s oldest mer
chant at the time of his death
in 1940.
Upon graduation from Plano
High School in 1918 as top stu
dent in his class, he came to
Texas A&M to study the then-
new field of chemical engineer
ing. His record as A&M was
outstanding: Distinguished Stu
dent, captain in the Cadet Corps,
member of Tau Beta Pi Honor
Society and member of the
YMCA Cabinet. The 1922 Long
horn said of him: “Although
not a man in age, Tom is more
than a man in brains . . . He
had great success in college
drama and would be a scream
professionally, had not a higher
calling seized him ...”
After two years as an analyti
cal chemist in Port Arthur, he
returned to A&M in 1924 and
has been associated with the in
stitution since.
Harrington continued his edu
cation with a M.S. degree at
A&M in 1927 and a Ph.D. at Iowa
State University in 1941. He
also did graduate work at the
University of Michigan, the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Techno
logy and the University of South
ern California.
Harrington has held every
academic rank at Texas A&M
from instructor to chancellor. He
was named an assistant profes
sor in 1934, as associate profes
sor in 1939 and promoted to pro
fessor in 1942. In 1946 he was
Texas A&M President and Mrs.
Earl Rudder will be hosts for the
annual faculty-staff reception
Tuesday night in the Memorial
Student Center Ballroom.
New faculty and staff mem
bers will be honored at the event,
scheduled from 7-9 p.m.
The Rudders are inviting fac
ulty and staff members and their
wives and husbands as well as
retired faculty and staff mem
bers and their wives and hus
bands. Widows of faculty and
staff members also are invited.
Joining the Rudders in the re
ceiving line from 7 to 8 p.m. will
be Vice President and Mrs. John
C. Calhoun, Vice President and
Mrs. Wayne C. Hall, Vice Presi
dent A. D. Suttle, Dean and Mrs.
Fred J. Benson, Dean and Mrs.
named assistant to the Dean of
the College and in 1947 chosen
Dean of Arts and Sciences. Ap
pointed acting Dean of the Col
lege in 1948, he was named Dean
of the College in 1949. In 1950
he was selected to become the
12th President of Texas A&M
College, the first A&M graduate
to hold that office.
He was elected Chancellor of
the Texas A&M College System
in 1953, a post he held for 12
years. On Sept. 1, 1965, Dr. Har
rington was named Coordinator
of International Programs.
A. A. Price and Dean and Mrs.
R. E. Patterson.
In the receiving line the second
hour will be Vice President and
Mrs. W. C. Freeman, Vice Presi
dent and Mrs. Tom Cherry, Vice
President and Mrs. Roy Dugger,
Dean and Mrs. Frank Hubert,
Dean and Mrs. James P. Hanni-
gan, Dean and Mrs. Horace Byers
and Dean and Mrs. W. J. Graff.
The houseparty will include
other members of the Executive
Committee, their wives, associate
and assistant deans and their
wives.
The fall reception provides an
opportunity for the faculty and
staff to meet colleagues and
members of the university ad
ministration.
The former chancellor has re-$
ceived numerous honors and
awards. He has been president
of the National Association of
State Universities and Land-
Grant Colleges (1957); president
of the Southern Association of
Land-Grant Colleges and State
Universities (1956), and secre
tary-treasurer of the Southern
Regional Education Board (1958-
60).
He has participated in White
House educational conferences
held by Presidents Eisenhower,
Kennedy and Johnson and served
eight years as a member of the
Governor of Texas’ Advisory
Committee on Atomic Energy.
He is a trustee of the Texas
A&M Research Foundation and
for many years served as chair
man of the Cotton Research
Council and chairman of the
Petroleum Research Committee
of Texas.
He is a member of the Board
of Directors of the Graduate Re
search Center of the Southwest
and served as a Texas represen
tative on the Southern Regional
Education Board from 1948-1960.
He was honored in 1965 with
the Alumni Merit Award from
Iowa State for “outstanding
contribution to human welfare,
which transcends purely profes
sional accomplishments and
brings honor to the universi
ty ... ”
RUDDERS SLATED TO HOST
FACULTY-STAFF RECEPTION