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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1966
Number 297
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By Glenn Dromgoole
Opposition to the war in Viet
Nam has resulted in a threat of
economic boycott to the federal
government by 360 persons, in
cluding folk singer Joan Baez,
Yale history professor Staughton
Lynd and Nobel Prize-winning
biochemist Albert Szent-Gyorgyi.
In a statement which they is
sued this week, the group agreed
to refuse voluntary payment of
their income taxes because of
United States involvement in
Viet Nam.
According to Section 7203 of
the Internal Revenue Code, will
ful refusal to pay taxes may be
punished by jail sentences of up
to one year and fines as high as
$10,000.
The group’s statement, which
the withholders have proposed to
run as an ad in the New York
Times, says:
“The spectacle of the United
J States—with its jet bombers, heli-
| copters, fragmentation and na
palm bombs and disabling gas—
carrying on an endless war
against the hungry, scantily
I? armed Vietnamese guerrillas and
■ civilians . . . will go down in his-
I tory alongside the unforgivable
I atrocities of Italy in Ethiopia.
“The spectacle of the United
I States invasion of the Dominican
K Republic—again pitting our ter-
1 rifying weaponry mainly against
I civilians armed with rifles—will
1 go down in history alongside Rus-
i sia’s criminal intervention in
I Hungary.
“But the spectacle of the indif-
| ference of so many Americans to
I the crimes being committed in
I their names, by their brothers and
I with their tax money . . . reminds
I us more and more of the indiffer-
1 ence of the majority of the Ger-
1 man people to the killing of six
1 million Jews.
“The United States government
I has not reacted constructively to
i legitimate criticisms, protests and
I appeals by world leaders includ-
1 ing the Pope, U Thant and Presi-
I dent DeGaulle; by United States
I leaders including Senators Morse,
1 Gruening, Church, Fulbright,
| Robert Kennedy, Eugene McCar-
I thy and Stephen Young; by hun-
| dreds of thousands of citizens in-
1 eluding 2,500 clergymen and
1 countless professors who placed
I protest advertisements in leading
I newspapers; by innumerable stu
dents, many tens of thousands of
whom have taken their protest
| to Washington on several occa-
I sions; by celebrated individuals
I such as the Rev. Martin Luther
' King, Robert Lowell, Arthur Mil-
I ler and Dr. Benjamin Spock, and
j? by leading newspapers, including
I the New York Times.
“We believe that the ordinary
I channels of protest have been ex-
I hausted and that the time has
I come for Americans of conscience
I to take more radical action in the
I hope of averting nuclear war.
“Therefore, (we) declare that
I at least as long as U. S. forces
I are clearly being used in viola-
| tion of the U. S. Constitution, In-
I ternational Law and the United
I Nations Charter, WE WILL RE-
I FUSE TO PAY OUR FEDERAL
I INCOME TAXES VOLUNTARI-
i LY -”
“Some of us will leave the
I money we owe the government in
I our bank accounts, where the In-
I ternal Revenue Service may seize
I it if they wish. Others will con-
I tribute the money to CARE,
I UNICEF or similar organizations.
I Some of us will continue to pay
I that percentage of our taxes
I Which is not used for military
I purposes.
“We recognize the gravity of
I this step. However, we prefer to
I risk violating the Internal Reve-
I nue Code, rather than to partici-
I pate, by voluntarily paying our
I taxes, in the serious crimes
I against Humanity being commit-
I ted by our government.”
First Bank & Trust now pays
p4y 2 % per annum on savings cer-
(tificates. —Adv.
Room Registration
Changes Outlined
INVENTIVE AGGIE
. . . Mims demonstrates seeing-aid device.
By ROBERT SOLOYEY
Battalion Staff Writer
A student who overlooks ap
plying for a room now risks
finding no bed available on regis
tration day next fall, Dean of
Students James P. Hannigan
warned Wednesday.
Hannigan referred to an ex
pected increase in enrollment
next fall which has caused Hous
ing Manager Allan M. Madeley
to announce several changes in
the procedure for room regis
tration.
“Cadets cannot count on their
outfits saving them a bunk —
they must reserve one them
selves,” Hannigan added.
He advised any student pres
ently here, especially Corps mem
bers, not to assume a room will
be waiting for their return.
In a note to Hannigan and the
Mims To Demonstrate
Seeing-Eye Project
By DANI PRESSWOOD
Battalion News Editor
If it can’t be done, you can
count on Forrest Mims to try
it. And don’t ever bet against
him.
With his electronic wizardry
and initiative the Aggie senior is
slowly but surely pushing Thomas
Edison out of the science books.
Mims is in Austin today pres
enting an exhibition of his mini
ature radar-like object detector
to the Texas Medical Convention.
Designed and hand-manufac-
turned entirely by Mims, the de
tector possesses tremendous po
tential as a mechanical seeing
eye dog for the blind.
Housed in a plastic case about
twice the size of a pack of gum,
the device consists of a trans
mitter, which sends out an in
frared light beam, and a receiv
er, which picks up the beam after
it bounces off an obstacle and
converts it to an audible tone
received through an earphone.
The intensity of tone is deter
mined by nearness of the object
in the path.
“I’ve submitted requests to 11
corporations and one foundation
for backing,” he said. “What I
need most is nation-wide atten
tion.”
The present model is carried
by hand, but Mims has already
planned and begun work on a
more practical unit contained in
a pair of eyeglasses.
This detector will send beams
in all directions with varying
Folklore Concert
Scheduled Sunday
Spring concert of the John
Avery Lomax Folklore Society
will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday in
the Guion Hall Fallout Theater.
Dr. John Q. Anderson, faculty
sponsor and originator of the
group, will emcee the two-hour
program featuring 40 folk songs,
including ballads, play-party and
banjo tunes, cowboy and western,
blues, and love songs.
Singers and instrumentalists
include Dr. and Mrs. Grant Thom
as, Dr. Alan McDonald, Carl
Sprague and students Clarence
Franks, Jim Newett, Bob Curlee
and Ken Curry.
“The Wayfarers”, composed of
George Clarke, Dick Gustafson
and Louis Wommer, will perform.
Anne Ballinger, a local high
school student, also sings with
the group.
Anderson said the performers
will present a 7:30 p.m. Monday
concert in Sam Houston State
College’s Lowman Student Cen
ter.
frequencies, making it possible
to determine the height of and di
rection of an obstacle.
Another project Mims is study
ing is a detecting unit built into
a ring.
“This will be the best thing
I’ve ever made,” he declared.
“However at the present time the
only work I’ve done on this has
been feasibility testing.”
The eight-transistor unit would
pick up objects within a range
of about eight inches, causing a
vibration on the wearer’s finger.
Practical uses for the ring would
include aid in eating or using
tools.
Mims, surprisingly enough, will
not be receiving an engineering
degree, but will possess a degree
in government when the May
commencement rolls around.
His “hobby” has led to the con
struction of a four-transistor
radio which fits into an ear, a
smaller one — transistor radio,
several computers and now his
“seeing eye” projects.
Since deciding to put his ideas
into realization, Mims has at
tracted interest from several in
dividuals and organizations which
have helped further his chances
of success.
“Texas Instruments Corpora
tion (Dallas) was very interest
ed and has supplied several ‘light-
emitting diodes,’ some of which
cost more than ?400,” he pointed
out.
“I also owe a great deal to
Dean Zener and Dr. A. D. Suttle
here at A&M,” he added. “They
and several others have given ad
vice and listened to what I have
to say.”
Mims has recently been asked
and gladly consented to speak
to local groups, most of which
have been school classes.
And the best information he can
supply is the key to his own in
evitable success.
“You don’t do anything un
less you try. A person that really
sets out to do something will ac
complish it. It may take a long
time, but success will come.”
With all his electronic knowl
edge and wizardry, Mims seeks
something far moire valuable than
monetary awards for his accom
plishments.
“My ultimate goal is to estab
lish a complete scientific research
laboratory operating on a non
profit basis,” he explained. “It
will be pure research, developing
things completely new, things
people said couldn’t be done.”
And don’t bet against him.
student body, Madeley noted the
expected 11,000 students in the
fall will make room space criti
cal, forcing every room and bed
to be utilized.
Students who are now regis
tered must reserve rooms before
the end of the semester.
Room reservation cards will
not be mailed with grade re
ports this year. A student who
does not sign up this spring
will have to write for a card and
compete with all other appli
cants.
Any cancellation of room reser
vation after August 15 will cause
forfeiture of the $20 room de
posit.
Madeley said if the need for
space arises, reservations will
not be held beyond the student’s
scheduled hour to register.
The biggest change may come
for Corps juniors and seniors
who have usually had individual
rooms. Hannigan said there would
be no guarantee of any single
rooms if enrollment increases.
Short on facilities for both
single and married students,
Hannigan said he was counting
on the College Station-Bryan
community to provide adequate
housing.
He noted a marked increase
in the number of apartment proj
ects being built, and mentioned a
tentative plan calling for re
building some sections of College
View Apartments.
Hannigan said master plans
indicate construction of six new
dormitories in the Duncan area
by 1969. Planned as eight-story
structures, these new dorms
would provide only enough faci
lities to house the enrollment in
1969.
The reconditioning of dormi
tories 1-12 has been delayed un
til next summer due to other
massive construction projects on
the campus.
He said other construction
would have to be finished first,
including an addition to the
Memorial Student Center and a
new auditorium in place of Guion
Hall.
All of the Duncan area dormi
tories except 10 and 12 will be
reserved for the Corps and
dormitories 17, 18 and 20 in the
Sbisa area. All other dorms will
be for civilians.
Civilian students will fill out
reservation cards at the housing
office according to the following
schedule:
April 18-27 — all civilian stu
dents who wish to reserve their
present room only.
April 28-May 13 — all civilian
students who did not sign up by
April 27 will register on a first-
come, first-served basis with pre
ference given to graduate, for
eign and veterinary medicine stu
dents.
Any request for off-campus
living must be approved by the
Office of Student Affairs or
Hannigan.
Cochran To Serve
On Reactor Project
Dr. Robert G. Cochran, head
of the Department of Nuclear
Engineering, will serve as con
sultant for initial startup of the
University of Missouri’s $4.5 mil
lion nuclear reactor.
The reactor will begin opera
tions this summer at the power
of five megawatts. In the near
future, Dr. Cochran revealed,
power will be increased to 10
megawatts, making it the most
Science Group Awards
Secondary School Grants
Two National Science Founda
tion grants totaling $38,390, to
train secondary school teachers,
have been awarded to Texas
A&M for 1966-67.
The grants were announced
Wednesday by President Earl
Rudder.
Largest program, $21,300, for
geology and oceanography, will
be directed by Dr. M. C. Schroe-
der. It provides for oceanogra
phy training in the fall and a
geology section in the spring at
A&M’s Marine Laboratory in Gal
veston, and a geology course in
the fall at Temple High School.
The remaining $17,090 is for
astronomy, oceanography and
meteorology courses directed by
Dr. Dale F. Leipper. Astronomy
will be taught during the fall
term and meteorology in the
spring at Galena Park’s North
Shore High School, and meteor
ology in the fall and oceanogra
phy in the spring at Tyler’s Lee
High School.
Coleman M. Loyd, coordinator
of NSF programs, said 25 science
teachers for grades 7-12 will re
ceive travel allowances, tuition
and books for each course, all of
which carry three hours of col
lege credit. Applications are
available from Loyd.
Meeting dates and class hours
will be determined during the
first meeting of each class, Loyd
noted.
Schroeder and Loyd will at
tend a national directors’ meeting
of in-service institutes for sec
ondary school teachers April 25-
26 in New Orleans. Loyd, repre
senting Leipper, will discuss in-
service institutes at off-campus
locations during the April 25
sessions.
powerful university research re
actor in the United States.
Cochran has been a technical
consultant for startups of eight
research reactor facilities in the
U. S. during recent years.
Dr. A. H. Emmons, director
of the research reactor facility
at Missouri, extended the invita
tion to Cochran, who will make
calculations during actual load
ing experiments and advise Mis
souri officials about the reactor’s
behavior.
The uniquely designed reactor
—which includes a central sec
tion in which the neutron flux
peaks — has not been mocked up
and tested in a critical facility.
Dr. Glenn Seaborg, Atomic
Energy Commission chairman,
will speak at dedication cere
monies for the facility May 28.
Dr. Cochran said University
of Missouri officials are hopeful
the initial test can be made in
early June.
The scientist joined A&M in
1959 after five years as director
of Pennsylvannia State Univer
sity’s research reactor facility.
Previously, Cochran was a nu
clear physicist at Oak Ridge Na
tional Laboratory for four years.
He had charge of the swimming
pool reactor facility at Oak Ridge
and conducted research in neu
tron detection devices, neutron
and gamma ray spectroscopy, nu
clear reactions induced by neu
trons, reactor shielding and re
actor design.
The Indianapolis, Ind., native
earned a Ph.D. degree in physics
at Penn State. He is a member
of the National Research Coun
cil’s sub-committee on research
reactors.
Thumbing Champ
Travels To Japan
PAN AMERICAN EXHIBITS
College Station coed Isabel Gramatges tural aspects will remain on display in
views Pan American exhibits on display in MSC showcases for the remainder of the
the Memorial Student Center. The exhibits week,
of Latin American costumes and other cul-
Texas A&M’s world-champion today,
hitchhiker traveled half around
the world to present the largest
turkey ever grown to the Prime
Minister of Japan.
Keyes Carson, a 1940 ex,
thumbed his way to the Far East
to give the 56-pound gobbler to
Prime Minister Eisaku Sato dur
ing Easter.
The bird, largest shown at the
Houston Fat Stock Show in
March, was purchased by the
turkey rancher from Miss Janice
Leonard of Johnson City.
“Since the beginning of this
great country, the turkey has
been the symbol of friendship,”
the native of Texas’ turkey capi
tal notes. “This gift is in thanks
to Japan for offering us peace
in 1945. I was in Manila await
ing orders for the invasion of
Japan when the treaty was
signed. “I feel I owe Japan a
bird of thanks because I have life
“Hanoi and the rest of the
world should look back at history
and see the way America helps
her enemies after a peace treaty,”
Carson said, nothing the prosper
ity of Japan since occupation.
Carson, who has traveled 251,-
000 miles as a hitchhiker, gives
a bird to some famous person
annually as a token of Texas
friendship. The jaunt to Japan
is his longest trip.
The lanky, six-foot-tall Aggie
began thumbing rides while a
student. During four years, he
racked up 200,000 miles in 6,000
vehicles and averaged 37 m.p.h.
on his trips.
Crossing the United States
several times east-west and north-
south, he once journeyed from
DeWitt County to the New York
Fair and then to the San Fran
cisco Exposition in 14 days—
wtih only $5 in his pocket.