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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1966
Number 359
THE COLOR AND SPIRIT OF IT ALL
Page proofs of Bonfire Bonanza are exam- go on sale Friday afternoon, is a project of
ined by (1. to r.) David Wiggins, Kelly Park- Alpha Delta Sigma, national professional
er, and John Menger. The publication, to advertising fraternity.
Four Grad Lectures Offered
Science For The General And Scientific Public
Bonfire
Booklet
Colorful
A complete history of “Bonfire”
both in words and pictures goes
on sale Friday.
Kelly Parker, president of
Alpha Delta Sigma, advertising
fraternity, announced that a 24-
page brochure called “Bonfire
Bonanza” will go on sale at the
Journalism Dept, and at all dorm
itories.
“We have spared no effort or
expense to capture the mood and
excitement of this great Aggie
tradition,” said Parker. ADS has
worked closely with the A&M
Press in the production of this
magazine.
“It is hoped this will become an
annual campus periodical,” Park
er added, as they completed prep
aration for the publication.
It will include stories ranging
from the beginning of bonfire to
the present.
Included will be the unsuccess
ful attempt of the “Teasips” to
ignite the woodpile prematurely
and the tragic story of the un
timely death of an Aggie while
working on bonfire.
There will be several past bon
fire pictures, including a classic
1942 picture. There will also be
several Aggie songs to thoroughly
acquaint the reader with a com
plete knowledge of this annual
event.
The publication will be done up
in a “wild wild west” motif to
enhance, the “outdoor” quality of
the event.
“Since we are an advertising
fraternity, we need a top notch
publication to represent us well,
and we feel we have this in the
Bonanza,” Parker summed up.
Karate Club
Wins 3 Places
The Texas A&M Karate Club
placed first and third position
winners this past weekend in a
meet with five other teams in
San Antonio.
A&M, entered contestants in
the yellow and green belt di
visions.
Irvin Morris and Jeff Nieland
eleminated all competitors in the
green belt division and divided
first place honors.
Don Earnst placed third out of
a field of twenty in the yellow
belt division.
The five San Antonio teams
combined a total of 150 members,
while the Aggies were represent
ed by seven combatants.
The Aggie team is instructed
by Wilburn Mohrmann, a black
belt graduate student in Chem
istry.
A&M will host several meets
in the near future.
First Bank & Trust now pays
5% per annum on savings cer
tificates. —Adv.
Dr. Paul Weiss, visiting dis
tinguished professor of Biology,
will give a series of graduate
lectures on science during the
first two weeks of November,
announced Dr. Clarence Zener,
dean of the College of Science.
“The general public, not only
from the campus, but the sur
rounding community, is invited
to attend all of these lectures,”
Dr. Zener said.
The series will consist of four
lectures. Two of these are in
tended for the general public
and should be of interest to every
one.
The remaining two lectures are
for the scientific public and will
be more specialized in nature,
but will not exclude those out
side the sciences. Dr. Weiss joined
the faculty on September 1, 1966.
Weiss is a National Academy
of Sciences executive committee
man, and before assuming this
position of leadership, he headed
the laboratory of developmental
biology at the Rockefeller In
stitute in New York City for
10 years.
Dr. Weiss has a doctorate from
the University of Vienna, and
has long been respected through
out the world for his research
leadership o n developmental,
cellular, neural, and theoretical
biology.
He is a member of the National
Research Council and consultant
to the U. S. Office of Science
and Technology. He is also an
associate in the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology’s Neuro
sciences Research Program and
president of the International
Society for cell Biology.
Among the many awards which
Dr. Weiss has received are certi-
cates from the U. S. Office of
Scientific Research and Develop
ment and the U. S. State De-
★ ★ ★
Arizona Prof Gives
Graduate Lecture
Dr. Robert F. Wagle, associate
professor of forestry at the Uni
versity of Arizona, will present
a graduate lecture Thursday at
Texas A&M University.
“The Silviculture of Certain
Arizona Forests” is the topic of
his 7:30 p.m. free public lec
ture in Room 112 of the Plant
Sciences Building.
Dr. Wagle is researching the
effect of micro and macro en
vironmental factors of the growth
of trees and the silviculture of
forest stands from a total re
source approach.
A native of Minnesota, Wagle
earned a B.S. degree in forest
management at the University of
Minnesota and the master of for
estry degree in logging engineer
ing from the University of Wash
ington. His Ph.D. in botany is
from the University of Califor
nia.
Dr. Wagle served in the U. S.
Navy during World War II and
the Korean War, rising to the
rank of lieutenant commander.
The speaker has experience
with timber and plywood com
panies, and has done research
for the Pacific Southwest Forest
and Range Experiment Station.
partment. His honorary degrees
include a Sc.D from the Universi
ty of Giessen and M.D. from the
University of Frankfort.
He is editor of five scieintific
journals, has edited numerous ad
ditional scientific publications,
and is consultant for a number
of other medical and biological
publications.
The schedule for the lectures
is: For the general public:
November 9, ‘Science, Aesthe
tics and Art”, 7:30 p.m., Biology
lecture room
November 16, “The Spirit of
Science”, 7:30 p.m. Biology lec
ture room.
For the scientific public:
November 10, “A Scientist
Looks at the Whole and Its Parts.
When l+l does not equal 2” 4
p.m. Biology lecture room.
November 17, “Education in
Science, by Science, and for Sci
ence,” 4 p.m. Biology lecture
room.
Lubbock Street
Closed This Week
Lubbock St. will be closed at
Coke St. through Friday, accord
ing to Campus Security officials.
Chill water lines are being
laid underground across Lubbock
in connection with the air-con
ditioning system construction in
the Duncan Area, the officials
explained.
In order to go across the cam
pus from east to west, traffic
will have to go north to Ross St.
or south to Lewis., the announce
ment added.
Volcano Show Tonight
Singing Cadets
Love Dallas Dates
The mailman in College Sta
tion, Tex., can look for business
to pick up next month. The Sing
ing Cadets of Texas A&M Uni
versity are appearing again this
year on the CBS national telecast
of the Miss Tennage America
Pagent in Dallas, Nov. 5.
As a normal result of the
Cadet’s performance at the Pag
eant — and the acquaintanceships
they strike up with the lovely
contestants — “Correspondence,”
says Robert L. Boone, the group’s
director, “is always heavy from
College Station to all parts of the
country after the Pageant ends.”
This is the fourth year for the
Singing Cadets to be invited to
the Pageant. The event is al
ways a highlight of the Cadets’
performing season, and the Cadets
are always a hit at the Pageant
and with the national television
audience.
Until recently Texas A&M was
an all-male school, and it still has
few women students. Consequ
ently no Texas Aggie is going to
pass up a chance like the Miss
Teenage America Pageant.
But the Dallas appearance has
other importance to the singing
group. The fee paid by the
Pageant is used to help pay ex
penses for the Cadets’ annual
spring tour.
“The boys feel,” says Boone,
“that being on the nationwide
telecast is a wonderful opportun
ity to do some public relations
for A&M.”
Members of the Singing Cadets
are selected by audition. Be
cause the university has no music
school, the Cadets list more agri
culture, science and engineering
students than any other singing
group.
“The boys join the group be
cause they have a love of sing
ing,” says Boone.
Neither are they discouraged by
the prospect of an appearance in
the midst of 64 of America’s
loveliest girls.
Cockrell Heads
Finance Club
Melvin Cockrell, a senior cadet
and second battalion commander
has been elected president of the
Finance Club.
Other new officers are Albert
Nauck, vice president; Harry
Stengele, secretary, and Dave
Harvell, treasurer. The elections
were conducted by Dr. Robert M.
Stevenson, outgoing advisor to
the club. J. G. Mitchell, assistant
professor of finance, is the new
advisor.
Mitchell received his BBA de
gree from Southern ^Methodist
University and a BS and his MBA
degree from North Texas State.
“The average age of the boys
in the Singing Cadets,” says
Boone, “is 20, maybe 19. The
average age of the girls is usual
ly 16 or 17 and the girls are
usually a very mature group. The
two groups get along very well.”
Thus the increased correspond
ence when the Cadets return to
school.
Who knows, some year a Miss
Teenage America may decide to
use her biggest prize — a $10,000
four-year college scholarship —
at Texas A&M.
Trick Or Treat’
To Feed Needy
Children of local Methodist
churches will trick or treat for
loose change Monday night for
the non-sectarian Meals for Mil
lions Foundation.
The program, sponsored by the
cooperative Methodist churches
in the area, will provide multi
purpose food for the World’s un
derfed children.
Since many children will be out
Monday nighty citizens have been
cautioned to recognize the “Meals
for Millions” tag on the chil
dren’s costumes and on their col
lection containers before donat
ing, according to Dr. David Pope,
chairman of the effort.
Color Film Shows
Birth In Cornfield
Dr. Fred M. Bullard, an au
thority on volcanoes, will present
color movies and slides on “The
Birth of a Volcano” Thursday at
Texas A&M University.
The Great Issues Series film-
lecture is scheduled for 8 p.m. in
the Memorial Student Center
Ballroom.
Dr. Bullard’s accompanying
lecture concerns a relatively new
volcano, Paricutin, which was
born in a Mexico cornfield in
1943. It has since grown to 1,700
feet in height.
Many scenes in the movies were
shot at the volcano site 200 miles
west of Mexico City and 75 miles
from the Pacific Ocean. Professor
Bullard was teaching a course at
the National University of Mexico
when the volcano came into ex
istence.
“I used the volcano as a labora
tory for my students for the next
seven years,” Bullard explained.
‘At night, the volcano presents a
magnificent spectacle. Each ex
plosion throws thousands of red-
hot bombs 2,000 to 3,000 feet
above the crater rim, showering
the cone like a giant skyrocket,
leaving a trail of fire as they
cascade down the side.”
Bullard now teaches geology
and a graduate course in vol
canology at the University of
Texas. He has studied volcanoes
all over the world.
Tickets for the program are
available at the MSC Student
Program Office and at the door.
Research Vessel
Returns To Gulf
BY JAMES PLAKE
Batt Staff Writer
The Texas A&M research vessel
‘Alaminos” will leave its berth in
Galveston tomorrow for such
ports of call as Panama City,
Cuba and Key West, Florida.
Under the direction of Dr. Dale
F. Leipper, chief scientist until
the vessel reaches Key West, the
cruise will be investigating the
current characteristics of the
Yucatan Loop.
This current hooks to the tip
of the Gulf Stream and influences
the flow of water in the Florida
Straits.
“We have already sailed over
this area in the spring, summer
and winter months, and are now
going in the fall so that a com
parison can be made of the effects
of the different seasons on the
currents.”
“We will be measuring the
temperature of the water at many
different depths,” he explained.
“First, we will use a bathy
thermograph, which shows the
temperature of the water at any
depth up to 300 meters.
“From 300 to 1200 meters we
use a different kind of instru
ment, linked with hydrographic
stations at various depths.”
Dr. Leipper said the compo
nents of currents in the Gulf were
going to be calculated from the
density of the water found at the
stopping points.
“We want to get a year round
picture of how the Gulf of Mexico
changes in relation to its cur
rents, and how the temperature
of the water affects the currents,”
Leipper said.
A knowledge of the tempera
tures of the waters at certain
times in the season can be used
in predicting weather over the en
tire eastern United States, he
said.
Secondly, a change in the cur
rent movements in the Gulf can
mean millions of dollars lost or
gained by commercial fisheries.
If the current movements could
be predicted accurately, the U. S.
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
would know where the shrimp or
fish would be running, and fisher
men could be there at the right
time.
The Aggie Players open their senson with three one-act
plays at 8 p. m. tonight. Two of the plays to be presented
are student-directed. Sandra Rose looks away as Chick
Rose belts Randy Teifel in a new comedy called “The Plot.”
The play is directed by Francis Flynn.
After a successful reception this past sum- Ted Boriskie bends over shot as “ghosts”
mer, Director Frederick Rich, is bringing David Roberts and Peggy Spillane walk on.
back a mystery called “The Return.” Here
DINNER IS SERVED
Shirley Whatley, Marie Crook, and Steve Thurmond re
hearse for “The Unseen,” a farce directed by Randy Davis.
The plays will be presented in the. Fallout Theater Work
shop at the rear of Guion Hall. Admission is 50 cents.
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