Registration Schedule!
The registration schedule, with time determined by the
itial letter of a student’s last name:
FRIDAY SATURDAY
, Q, R, S — 1 p. m. G, H, I, J, K — 8 a. m.
, D, E, F — 3 p. m. A, B — 10 a. m.
T, U, Y, W, X, Y, Z — 1 p. m.
L, M, N, O — 3 p. m.
Che Battalion
Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1966
Hydro-Space Fiesta ’66
Carpenter, Waters
Head Speakers List
PLANNING A&M VISIT
his porpoise, similar to “Tuffy” used in general manager of Sea-9rama in Galveston,
©cent Sea Lab experiments, is expected to is donating the porpoise. Sea-Arama curator
)e on hand for the Hydro-Space Fiesta ’66 Jim Kelly is expected to accompany him.
diich opens here Monday. Fred Eckhart,
5 Local Men
riven Awards
r
or Army Duty
Five officers and a non-com-
lissioned officer of the U. S.
rmy Reserve received awards
ft special ceremonies last week
t the System Building.
Lt. Col. James R. Bradley was
warded the Army Commenda-
ion Medal for meritorious serv-
ce as commanding officer of the
pt Battalion, 358th Infantry. Lt.
k»l. Howard F. Goldsmith Jr.,
enior adviser for the 420th En-
ineer Brigade, made the pres-
ntation.
Maj. Allen C. Ashchaft re-
eived the Army Commendation
ledal from Lt. Col. William C.
'reeman Jr., commanding officer
f the 837th Military Intelligence
mit Detachment, an A&M spon-
ored unit.
Other awards included a Certi-
icate of Achievement to Capt.
Msel G. Jones for meritorious
ervice from December 1963 to
)ecember 1965 as S4 officer to
he 4th Howitzer Battalion, 19th
irtillery, 90th Infantry Division.
Capt. George G. McBee was
iwarded a Certificate of Achieve-
nent for outstanding service to
the U. S. Army Reserve from
February 1964 to December 1965.
Chief Warrant Officer Bartley
E. Braden, unit supply technician
to the 90th Infantry Division, was
presented a Certificate of
Achievement for meritorious
ervice from December 1960 to
ecember 1965.
And Sgt. Garnet Craft Von
iff received a Certificate of
chievement for meritorious serv
ice from December 1963 to De
ember 1965 as platoon sergeant,
|0th Infantry Division.
Viet Nam Communications
Provided By Army ‘Hams’
American soldiers and civilians stationed in Viet Nam
and their families in the states now are able to exchange
personal radio messages via the joint service Military Affil
iate Radio System (MARS), according to Roland Belk,
Fourth Army MARS director at Headquarters Fourth Army,
Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio.
More than 2,500 messages were handled during the
holiday season on the seven MARS Army stations that
were installed in Viet Nam shortly before Christmas to
enable U. S. fighting men to send messages to their families.
Now all seven stations also will accept messages to Viet Nam
from any of the 50 states.
Messages may be sent from the Fourth Army area
(Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas)
by contacting any MARS Army member amateur station,
or by telephoning the MARS Army station at the following
military installations: Headquarters Fourth Army, Fort
Sam Houston; Fort Bliss, Tex.; Fort Hood, Tex.; Fort Polk,
La.; Fort Sill, Okla. and Fort Wolters, Tex.
Each message must be limited to 25 words or less, and
the recipient’s complete mailing address must be provided.
No official or commercial business messages will be handled
via this program designed specifically for the morale of U. S.
personnel in the Southeast Asia combat zone and their
families.
SINGING CADETS AUDITIONS
SCHEDULED MONDAY - FRIDAY
Auditions for the Singing Ca
dets are scheduled Monday
through Friday, director Robert
L. (Bob) Boone has announced.
All interested students are in
vited to audition from 2:30 to
4 p.m. daily in room 119 of G.
Rollie White Coliseum.
“We need at least 15 new
members,” Boone revealed. “We
have a busy spring lined up, in
cluding numerous appearances
for campus events, recording ses
sions, an exchange program with
Texas Woman’s University, a
performance in the Houston Mu
sic Hall and a spring tour.”
Boone expects the Singing Ca
dets to number 55 to 60 members
for the spring term.
Income Tax Aid For
Foreign Students Set
Representatives of the Internal
Revenue Service will be on cam
pus Feb. 16-17 to assist foreign
nationals in the preparation of
their income tax returns in Room
101 of the YMCA.
Astronaut-Aquanaut Scott Car
penter and USN Rear Admiral
Odale D. (Muddy) Waters Jr.
head the list of speakers for
Hydro-Space Fiesta ’66 Monday
through Thursday.
Another featured speaker is
Dr. Sam Ridgway, a 1958 A&M
doctor of veterinary medicine
graduate who trained “Tuffy,” a
porpoise, to aid in the Navy’s
Sealab II project last fall.
Commander Carpenter will give
the keynote address at 8 p.m.
Monday in Guion Hall on “Sea
Lab II and Other Manned Under
sea Projects.”
HSF Chairman Bill Gross said
Admiral Waters, oceanographer
of the Navy, will speak at 8
p.m. Tuesday on “The Big Picture
of the U. S. Involvement in Oce
anographic Field.”
Dr. Ridgway’s talk, “Porpoises
That Joined the Navy,” is set for
8 p.m. Wednesday.
Fifteen exhibitors will display
oceanographic equipment and
materials at the MSC throughout
the fiesta.
A number of color films on
various aspects of oceanography
will be shown daily at the MSC.
One of the films “Oceanography,
Science for Survival,” won a top
award at the recent Cannes Film
Festival.
Carpenter was awarded the
Navy Unit Commendation and
the Legion of Merit for his par
ticipation in the Sea Lab II pro
ject last year. He remained at a
depth of 205 feet for 30 days as
crew training officer and officer-
in-charge of the submerged div
ing teams.
CoinTelephone
System Change
Begins Here
“Pay now and dial later” will
be the new key to using public
coin telephone in Bryan and Col
lege Station. Rex Bailey, division
manager for Southwestern States
Telephone Company, announced
the convernsion from the present
coin telephone operation this
week.
The pre-pay arrangement has
become standard in metropolitan
areas throughout the United
States. Telephone customers in
Bryan and College Station should
find the service to be simple and
convenient, Bailey said.
When placing a call from a coin
telephone, no dial tone will be
heard until you have deposited
one dime or two nickles. Once
you receive a dial tone, the call
can be completed just as it would
from any telephone. On calls to
the operator, and service calls
for repair service or information,
the ten cents will be returned
automatically.
The conversion, which required
the installation of additional
switching equipment in the tele
phone central office, will take
several days to complete.
Carpenter won earlier fame for
his 1962 flight aboard the Aurora
7 Mercury-Atlas spacecraft. He
reached a maximum altitude of
164 miles and attained an orbital
velocity of 17,532 miles per hour.
The 40-year-old native of Boul
der, Colo., won NASA’s Distin
guished Service Medal, the Uni
versity of Colorados’ Recognition
Medal, and New York City’s Gold
Medal of Honor for the three-
orbit flight.
Waters lists among his medals
the Bronze Star, the American
Defense Service Medal with star,
the American Campaign Medal,
the European - African - Middle
Eastern Campaign Medal, and the
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal.
He became oceanographer of
the Navy last May after serving
as inspector general and assistant
chief of the Bureau of Naval
Weapons for Administration, and
commander of the Pacific Fleet
Mine Force. He has held numer
ous responsible posts since being
commissioned as Ensign in 1932.
Dr. Ridgway, in his work as
research veterinarian for the
Marine Sciences Division of the
U. S. Naval IMSssle Center, Point
Mugu, Calif., is concerned with
life in the sea as it relates to U. S.
naval operations. Some of the
projects involve the study of
marine mammals — principally
porpoises or dolphins—in order
to learn more about their sonal
system, diving physiology, hydro-
namics, and underwater commun
ications.
SCOTT CARPENTER
Otrera Nears Completion
Of Precedent-Setting PhDi
Texas A&M will soon be the
first university, land-grant or
otherwise, to award a doctorate
in agricultural economics to a
citizen of Argentina.
The citizen is Wylian R. Otrera
of Buenos Aires who has an
unusual list of firsts connected
j with his tenure as a graduate
student at A&M.
(1) He is the first person in
Argentina who will receive a doc
torate degree in agricultural eco
nomics.
(2) He is the first person
from his country to study agri
cultural economics under a U. S.
Agency for International De
velopment-sponsored program be
tween the Argentine government
and Texas A&M.
(3) “And my association with
A&M is the first time I’ve ever
spent five winters in three years,”
Otrera added.
The South American came to
A&M in January, 1963, and Item
Number 3 is the result of three
winters in Texas and two in the
home country. As soon as a
winter, or school year, was fin
ished at A&M, the student left
for Buenos Aires — where cool
weather was just starting in that
southern hemisphere.
Otrera, 30, has big activities
awaiting him in Argentina after
receiving his Ph.D. from A&M
this spring. He will be Chair
man of the Economic Advisory
Committee to the Secretary of
Agriculture, a position similar to
an assistant secretary of agri
culture in the U. S.
He also will direct a study
program to measure supply and
demand for Argentina-produced
agricultural commodities between
now and the year 1980. A $75,-
000 grant from the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture to his
givemment has been made to fi
nance the research.
The project fits the nature of
Otrera’s dissertation at A&M:
“Econometric Model for Analyz
ing Argentina Beef Export Po
tentials,” which means that he
studied and devised a system to
gauge future beef export possi
bilities from Argentina. Beef is
that country’s main agricultural
product and export.
A&M President Earl Rudder
personally congratulated Otrera.
“We are greatly honored at
Texas A&M that Mr. Otrera has
chosen to be with us as a grad
uate student. His being here is
leading to a large number of ad
ditional students from Argentina
this year. I feel that Texas
and Argentina, in both people
and resources, have a great deal
in common and can learn much
from exchange of ideas,’ Rudder
said.
The AID program between
A&M and Argentina involves
A&M Gets $91,837
From Foundation
For Graduate Aid
Texas A&M has been awarded
$91,837 in new and continuation
National Science Foundation
grants for 1966-67, Academic
Vice President Wayne C. Hall
announced.
Hall said $31,098 is for six
new graduate traineeships: one
each in plant sciences, chemistry
and physics, and three in any
science and engineering fields.
Seven second-year continuation
graduate traineships in science
and engineering are covered by
$39,343 of the grant, Hall noted.
Hall pointed out that $21,396
of the grant is for three third-
year traineeships in engineering,
mathematics and physical science.
Terms of the new grant call
for five traineeships to be award
ed to first-year graduate stu
dents. One award may go to
an intedmediate or terminal-year
student. Basic stipends range
from $2,400 to $2,800 with an
annual allowance of $500 for
wives and children.
$344,750 in funds and is one of
the largest contracts in agricul
tural economics negotiated by a
land-grant university and a for
eign government in this field.
Under the program, A&M is
helping Argentina develop the
discipline in agricultural econo
mics. The AID funds cover a
two-year period. Two A&M agri
cultural economists are now liv
ing in Buenos Aires and coopera
ting in establishing an Institute
of Agricultural Economics for
INTA, the agricultural research
and extension agency in Argen
tina.
The contract also calls for
selected graduate students from
that country to study agricultural
economics at A&M. Five are
here now, and Otrera says his
agency will send 11 more to do
graduate work this year.
At present, Otrera is anxious
for the end of the spring semes
ter so that he can return to his
wife and 8-month-old son, his
country and career.
“And you know, I’ll get to
Argentina just in time to start
my sixth winter in four years,”
he mused.
Seniors Must File
Graduation Plans
Graduating seniors planning to
receive a degree May 28 were in
structed this week in procedures
they must take to qualify for
graduation.
1. Report to the University
Fiscal Office and pay graduation
fee. (Graduate Record Examin
ation, $5; Diploma, $3.)
2. Report to Registrar’s Of
fice to file application for degree.
3. Report to Counseling and
Testing Center and register for
Graduate Record Examination.
Graduation fee slip must be pre
sented.
Deadline for all three pro
cedures is 5 p.m. March 1.
There Came A Decree That All Students Should Be Registered
By ALAN BARNES
Special Writer
During my college career,
nany little crises have popped up
without warning. Registration is
me of these crises. Insignificant
is registration may seem, it is
Jot given enough introduction to
jrepare the student body for the
haos. However, the university
ihould be commended for putting
he following emphasis on the
natter: Any student surviving
he two-day period of registra
tion receives a gold star, which
is equivalent to one semester
Jour, although it can not be
counted toward graduation.
! I received my first seven gold
tars relatively easily, not con
sidering the fact that I still walk
with a limp and have a steel plate
in my jaw from my sophomore
bout. In my last semester, I en
tered into the contest with a
great deal of confidence. I calcu
lated shrewdly that I would be
an expert at that sort of thing
by now.
My first step was to present
my I.D. card at the window
marked BA-BU. This was accom
plished after battering away fifty
or sixty students who had re
turned from a badly needed coffee
break and wanted their old place
in line again.
After completing twenty or
thirty “locator” cards, I was
issued a number and walked back
to the end of the line just in
front of Loupot’s. Three hours
later, as I approached the steps
to Sbisa Mess Hall, a fellow with
a leather jacket with a skull on
the back and a “Ringo haircut”
thrust a card into my hands and
grabbed mine. “It’s your number,
Stoopid,” he growled. I started
to protest but he quickly silenced
me with a Mexican whip.
Taking a wheezing breath and
gulping down three Alka-Seltzer
tablets, I casually looked down at
my new card. I couldn’t read the
number; it had too many digits
and I had taken no math since
Math 103.
I gathered up my bedroll and
prepared for the long wait. Then
I decided that if I waited the
night out for my turn, I wouldn’t
enter into the spirit of things
with the right attitude. Giving
up all intentions of being honest,
I crowded my way up to the en
trance. As I made my way
through the photographers, news
men, and TV cameras, I could
already hear the agonizing
screams of the students who had
signed up for physics by mistake.
Students were angrily pawing
the ground and snorting while
they waited for their turn to en
ter. I lunged at the door and
landed impatiently on some trans
fer student form Laos. Coolly
confiscating his registration num
ber, I skipped throught he door.
Once inside, I discarded my gas
mask and orygen tank as I
glanced at my watch—3 p.m. The
Jaycees and Red Cross were sup
plying each teacher with black
coffee and bottles of Stem-O-
Stam. It was going to be a long
afternoon.
Deciding to go about this affair
scientifically, I closed my eyes
and pushed the mass of shoving,
kicking students—ready to sign
for the first thing I came to.
Then I noticed I was cowering on
one of the tables in the chemistry
section. What an efficient de
partment! While one professor
threw a cumbersome burlap sack
over me with great agility, an
other handcuffed me, snatched
my registration card and signed
me up for Quantative Analysis.
I started to call to his attention
that I was an English major, but
my pitiful cries were ignored.
I decided to try English next.
The fact that I needed four Eng
lish courses to graduate did not
dishearten me. After waiting for
three or four hours, I came up to
the desk where an eager student
teacher took my card and signed
me up for six English courses
from nine o’clock until three. The
fact that he had left me no time
for lunch didn’t seem to bother
him in the least.
Mumbling a few words of pro
fanity incoherently, I made my
way toward the desk where I was
to get my dean’s approval. After
muttering a few words about my
attempts to “snow” somebody, he
scribbled his signature. After
paying my fees, I was just about
to turn in my registration card
packet when some transfer stu
dent from Laos, who looked
strangely familiar, ran up to me,
grabbed my card, and disap
peared into the throng.
Being of a gentle nature, I
did not scream nor fall on my
King Arthur sword nor run full
speed against the wall. I merely
smiled rather stiffly and headed
for the end of the line just be
hind Loupot’s.