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Page 6 College Station, Texas Thursday, June 30, 1966 THE BATTALION Water Research Project 5002 Rainfall Data Recorded In 3 Counties Country store chats, old fire arms and pioneer American homes dovetail with rainfall rec ords collected from the East Yegua Creek basin. Water Research Project 5002, under Texas A&M University me- THE YOUNGEST . . . OPEN YOUR ACCOUNT NOW! 4'/2* Annum Paid Quarterly on INSURED SAVINGS FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS aiuf LOAN ASSOCIATION 2913 Texas Ave. NOW OPEN ...the family store and 810 S. HIGHWAY 6 COLLEGE STATION Phone 846-3310 teorology professor Dr. Robert A. Clark, corelates rainfall data from 35 gauges over the 243 square- mile Lee, Milam and Bur leson County watershed with pictures made by A&M's radar systems. Data from the three-year pro gram co-sponsored by the Water Research Institute will be stu died to devise a means of record ing rainfall by radar. Jake Canglose, department re search engineer, and Clark have placed gauges with 32 volunteer observers in the area. Data is also gathered from two weather bureau stations and a geological survey stream gauge. Folk making monthly reports range from a 13-year-old daugh ter of a veterinarion to a pio neer couple whose entire lives have been spent in the sandstone- studded clay hills. Volunteer observers were screened through county judges and sheriff departments, and sev eral were located through Can- glose's and Clark’s visits at stores and homes. At Tanglewood, a chat at Phil lip’s general store “discovered” the S. E. Lynns, area residents since 1878. Shirley E. Lynn, 88- year- old retired farmer, has turned Lee County soil for a liv ing since 1907. His wife, Hallie, writes for Rockdale and Giddings news papers while she isn’t canning homegrown peas, and sweet pota toes or fishing. The energetic Mrs. Lynn is Tanglewood’s cor respondent and kept rainfall rec ords 10 years before A&M radar meteorologists installed record ing and Clear-Vu gauges outside her front gate. The reporter finds changing drum charts of the clock-operated gauge no problem. “I’m up at 5 o’clock every morning,” she remarked. House work is done by noon, and daily, at 1 p.m., she fishes a lake near by. Relics of the past interest her husband. He removed an old colonial-pillared home on their farm. “All the wood was hand-planed and mortise-jointed,” he discribed. “I still have some of the oak beams. There isn’t a worm hole in them.” Crops and weather are con versation staples with East Yegua basin folk. Jake arranged to pick up some 21 pea pods to show his A&M horticulture friends. Judith Parmelee took up rain charting at a Rockdale junior high science project. The eighth- grader skipped summer camp this year to take a speedreading course. She’s an “A” student and daughter of rancher-veterinarian Dr. John J. Parmelee. Canglose and Clark remain in contact with observers, to answer questions, iron out problems, maintain equipment and present each with a certificate. The framed sheet carries a back ground picture of 6 and 15-foot radar horns at Bizzell Hall. The service often pays off both ways. C. R. Jackson, a farmer near Chriesman, voiced a corn problem. “Coons are cleaning the patch out,” he remarked. ”If you know any hunters with good coon dogs, send them to see me.” Rain gauges in the East Yegua Creek watershed are operated by a cross section of Milam, Lee and Burleson County folk. Judy Parmelee, in picture at left, 13-year-old daughter of a rancher-veterinarian Dr. John J. Parmelee, charts precipitation at her home three miles south of Rock dale. Mr. and Mrs. Shirley E. Lynn record rainfall at Tanglewood, 10 miles north of Lexington. The retired farmer, 88, has worked the farm since 1907. Synthetic Rocks From Raw Clay? Texas A&M Researchers soon will be producing synthetic rocks from raw clay. Their studies will be stepped up through the addition of a $20,- 000 rotary kiln scheduled to go into operation in July at A&M’s Research Annex. Checkout trials are set next month, with full-scale research to roll in September. The research, explains Dr. Wil liam Ledbetter, is in cooperation with the Texas Highway Depart ment and U. S. Bureau of Public Roads. Now in its second year, the research is expected to draw $350,000 support by the end of the fifth year, Ledbetter said. Other researchers for the Texas Transportation Institute are Re search Engineer Bob M. Calla way, bituminous materials, and Dr. W. M. (Mike) Moore, base materials. Research Assistant Jim Hous ton supervised design and con struction of the kiln. The kiln is being built with funds from the Featherlite Cor poration of Austin, Gifford-Hill of Dallas, A. P. Greene of Hous ton, and Texas A&M. ‘The kiln is superior to any other research kiln in the coun try,” Ledbetter said. “It has more controls in addition to its larger size.” It is 25 feet long and has an outside diameter of three feet. It tilts for variation in angles and rotation speeds . . . these angles determine how fast material goes through it. The kiln can raise temperatures to 3,000 degrees. “In essence, the kiln trans forms clay into man-made rocks,” Ledbetter continued. “You can’t cut the aggregate with a knife. And with the proper type clay, you can produce aggregate which weighs about half as much as nature’s rock, but is just as strong.” Ledbetter noted aggregate is used for roadway base and in concrete pavement. “In my research, I’m trying to correlate fundamental aggregate properties with behavior and per formance of concrete structures made with these materials,” he pointed out. I am interested in the quality that can be obtained . . . the full range of variables. It will be industry’s problem to probe the economics of aggregate production.” Ledbetter expanded about re search goals. “One in 1,000 clays makes lightweight aggregate,” he said. “Trace elements cause the clay to bloat. These elements cause thousands of bubbles in the clay, and the clay becomes a poor but strong form of glass. “We will research many grades of clay. If lightweight is not needed, I think we will find in numerable sources for suitable synthetic aggregate.” Although economics are not a primary goal of aggregate stu dies, they are an end result. “Savings in weight result in less expensive structures,” Led better commented. “With this aggregate, you can use up to one third less concrete. This offsets higher cost of synthetic aggre gate.” Along the coast and eastern border of Texas, suitable sources of natural rock are almost non- existant, Ledbetter said. Natural gravel used in construction in Houston often comes from as far as New Braunfels. “The Texas Highway Depart ment is interested in this re search because of the hauling distance for road base materials,” Ledbetter explained. “If syn thetic aggregate could be econo mically produced on the job. long-distance hauling costs could be tremendously reduced.” ^KuKu CHICKEN With FRENCH FRIES 79 c QUALITY FOOD OPEN SUNDAY THRU THURSDAY - - 11:00 A. M. TILL MIDNIGHT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY - - 11:00 A. M. TILL 1:00 P. M. 2500 TEXAS AVENUE — BRYAN SPEEDY SERVICE An expert in special education, Dr. Edward J. Wiley will join the Department of Education and Psychology at Texas A&M July 16. The former business and social worker will replace Dr. Roger Harrell, who joins the U.S. Office of Education on a year’s leave of absence. intendent of schools at Relpj Kansas, and a district adjoinitj Wichita before it was absorb into the larger system. The University of Oklahoma- trained professor comes to A&M from Wichita, Kansas, and direc torship of a Special Education Service and Resource Center. He recently obtained funds for the $850,000 center under Title III arrangement. “Dr. Wiley’s work in the de partment will be in curriculum and instruction,” announced Dr. Paul Hensarling, education and psychology head. “We welcome him especially because one of the new areas of instruction we ex pect to develop within the next few years in special education. Dr. Wiley will be able to assist in preparation for this eventuality.” Wiley acquired master and doc tor of education degrees at Okla homa in 1957 and 1964, with background in school administra tion and secondary and elemen tary education. His business ad ministration BA was taken at Central State College of Okla homa City in 1954. Special in terests include special education and working with underprivileged children. Olson Named TTI Project Director As director of special education for Wichita public schools, he supervised 70 teachers. The new A&M assistant profes sor taught emotionally disturbed children at Central State Hos pital in Norman and was super- Dr. Robert M. Olson, assists research engineer for the T( Transporttaion Institute at T( A&M, has been named co-direflj of TTI’s highway sign reseaij project. Olson received his doctorate j civil engineering at A&M in Mi) He has a master of sciences gree from Rice and a bachelor! sciencein civil enginering fr« the University of Texas. Neilon J. Rowan of TTl’shiji way design and traffic engines ing department has directed!! project for almost a year. BATTALION CLASSIFIED WANT AD RATES On* d*y per w 1* p*r word each additional day Minimum charge—5G«> DEADLINE 4 p.m. day before publication Claaaified Display fO* per column inch each inaertion FOR SALE Car air-conditioner. Present installed in a 1959 Ford. In good condition. $56.00. 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THE GRADUATE COLLEGE Final Examination for the Doctoral Degree Name: Hefner, James, Jr. Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Pathology. ngs erature and Seed Quality. per Time: June Place: Room 203, Plant Wayne C. Hall Dean of Graduate Studies 29, 1966, at 1:30 p.m. i 203, Plant Sciences Br uilding. 325tl THE GRADUATE COLLEGE Final Examination for the Doctoral Degree Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Biochem istry and Nutrition. Dissertation: Chemical Characterization and Biosynthesis of the Gossypol Related Pigments of the Cotton Plant. Time: June 30, 1966, at 3:00 p.m. Place: Room 214, Herman Keep Building. Wayne C. Hall Dean of Graduate Studies 326tl THE GRADUATE COLLEGE Final Examination for the Doctoral Degree Ansari, Mohammed Nurul AH Name: Ansari, Mohammed Ni Degree: Doctor of Philosophy. Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Biochem istry and Nutrition. Dissertation: Radiostrontium: Analyses and Metabolism. Time: Juljh 1, 1966, at 8:00 a.m. Place: Room 214, Herman Keep Building. 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