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SKY SNOOPING Texas A&M sophomore Dave Swann of Dallas lines up his telescope for a sunless session. The amateur astronomer has reported 1,600 sightings to the American Meteor Soci ety, of which he is a member. Aerospace Engineering Gets $21,000 Research Grant A $21,000 Sandia Corporation grant to Texas A&M has been announced by Harry E. Whit more, Space Technology Division head. The one-year Sandia grant funds research work in the Gas Dynamics Lab 12-inch arc-driven shock tube at the Research Annex. Dr. Richard E. Thomas, pro fessor of aeropace engineering, heads the project. The research will employ graduate aerospace DON’T MIND 1 DON’T DON’T MIND MIND EITHER flTVTJirm, 1 o' JiT 4 meeting of the don't minds If you don’t mind having all the details of planning a banquet or convention taken care of for you, call Ramada Inn. We’ll make sure your meeting is trouble-free . . . no matter wnat size your group! Try our fast, friendly breakfast and luncheon service. RAMADA INN Bryan-College Station 846-8811 PALACE Bryan Z‘SS79 STARTS TODAY James Coburn (Our Man Flint) In “DEAD HEAT ON A MERRY GO ROUND^ NOW SHOWING Yul Brynner In “RETURN OF THE 7” lU'.iVi.i&h'fl ’ iig^+TUT ' * CHILDREN UNDER 12 YEARS' rKtfc LAST NITE At 6:30 p. m. Elvis Presley In “SPINOUT” & “ONE WAY MACHINE” CIRCLE LAST NITE At 6:30 p. m. 2 Liz Taylor Hits No. 1 “CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF” No. 2 “BUTTERFIELD 8” ATTENTION! FISH Return proofs for pictures for 1967 Aggieland by DECEMBER 1, 1966 to the University Studio % OPEN YOUR ACCOUNT NOW! 5 Per Annum Paid Quarterly on INSURED SAVINGS FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS and LOAN ASSOCIATION 2913 Texas Ave. w Swan Misses Sack Time For Astronomy Studies THE BATTALION Wednesday, November 30, 1966 College Station, Texas Page 3 Graduate Dean Joins OTS Board engineering students Gary Haw kins of El Paso, James Reed of Festus, Mo., and Alton Stephens of Beaumont, Thomas said. Under the grant, studies will be made to determine the effects of metal vapors on reaction charac teristics of gases like nitrogen and oxygen. “SPACECRAFT ENTERING planetary atmospheres cause a shock wave and high tempera tures,” Dr. Thomas explained. “Diatomic molecules thus heated fly apart. It is important to know the rate at which this happens and how the rate is affected by metal elements present.” The scientist said molecular changes affect lift and drag forces and heat transfer rate on the vehicle. Solid fuel rocket engine pro pellants utilize metal fragments to improve performance, Thomas added. “Through study of relatively simple mixtures in the Sandia re search, we will begin to learn how to describe the more complex processes occurring in the nozzle of a solid fuel rocket engine,” he went on. “WE WILL study principally the affect of aluminum vapors on nitrogen,” the project director noted. He said several basic chemical and physics problems must be solved in order to carry out ex periments. Other special equipment to be used includes a four-foot by 14- inch test chamber and spectro meter. Missing sleep is a way of life for David Swann, a Texas A&M sophomore from Dallas. The amateur astronomer has given up about 1,000 hours of sack time since he became inter ested in the celestial panorama four years ago. The 19-year-old student wants to make the night-time hours his regular working schedule after he receives his physics degree at A&M. He then plans graduate study at a school specializing in astronomy. “I’ve wanted to do serious astronomical work since I was in grade school,” the slender, brown haired student remarked. About 350 hours of his sunless sessions have been devoted to scientific meteor observation. Since he started tracking the brilliant flashes in 1962, Swann has logged more than 1,600 meteors. AMONG THE 700 charted this year was the recent brilliant Leonid display. Swann’s decision to attend A&M assured him a chance to see the Leonids, since the 1966 shower was observed only in the Southwest. He is a member of the Rhode Island Meteor Research Organiza tion and was the only person in that group who viewed the phe nomenon, because of overcast skies on the East Coast. The cadet joined the Rhode Island group while attending Keystone Oaks High in Pittsburgh. He also is a member of the American Meteor Society. Swann, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman L. Swann, 9305 Larch- wood Drive, Dallas, has viewed the stars from High Point, N. C.; Norfolk, Va.; Annapolis, Md.; Washington, D. C.; Lewes, Del.; Pittsburgh and the Canal Zone. HIS FATHER is with Conti nental Electronics of Dallas and was formerly a Navy technician. The elder Swan first interested David and his older brother, Her man, a veterinary medicine stu dent at A&M, in star-gazing when the family resided in Pittsburgh. While there, he studied stellar classes at the Allegheny Observa tory, which houses a 31-inch re fractor, fifth largest in the world. The blue-eyed Army ROTC cadet has his own three-inch re fractor which he uses for nebular, planetary, stellar and lunar view ing. The amateur astronomer lec tured on meteors and stellar classes in a course he took as a freshman at A&M. The class, Physics 314, is normally a junior course, but Swann was allowed to take it as a “fish” because of his background. “I THINK HIS educational plan is wise,” noted Dr. Nelson M. Duller, A&M physics professor who taught Swann in 314. “By getting a physics degree at A&M, he will have excellent ground work in physics and mathematics which will be required in his later astronomical studies.” “I haven’t really decided what branch of astronomy I want to study,” said the star-gazer who often recruits Company C-l cadets for midnight vigils. He will prob ably do graduate work in one of his present areas of interest— meteors or star classification. Swann’s training is well under way, though. And his early eve ning alarm clock bell doesn’t rouse his roommate, Mike Harvey of Fort Worth. “Mike’s a sound sleeper,” Dave grinned. Dr. Wayne C. Hall, academic vice president of Texas A&M University and dean of its grad uate college, has been elected to the board of directors of the Organization for Tropical Studies. OTS is composed of universi ties interested in the develop ment of instructional and re search programs pertaining to the tropics. The organization in the past has concentrated its efforts on tropical biology in Costa Rica, with graduate courses and re search offered under a grant from the National Science Foundation. A&M, which joined OTS last year, will assume leadership in formulating plans and programs in the area of tropical meteor ology. Dean Hall’s appointment to the three year-term on the OTS board was announced at a recent advis ory council and board of direc tors meeting in New Orleans. Minlci/lrt Supply 'picture ptoMue^- 923 SaColUg* Ave-BryoaJejCtts BAIFALION CLASSIFIED WANT AD RATES One day 4d per word 4d per w rd each additional day mum charge—50<- 3c per wo Minimum cnarge— Classified Display 90c Per column inch each insertion DEADLINE 4 p.m. day before publication FOR SALE Home baked goods by order only Contact Mrs. Tatum. TA 8-8721. ‘ 374t3 1962 Corvair Monza, 4 speed, new tires, bucket seats, excellent mechanical condi tion. Call 846-8362. 374t3 1 seven-year-old gentle mare. Call 822- 8980. TTI Official At Kansas Meeting Prof. Charles J. Keese, execu tive officer of the Texas Trans portation Institute at Texas A&M 1 University, is participating in the 52nd annual meeting of the American Association of State Highway Officials being held this week in Wichita, Kans. During the sessions involving de sign, Keese will address the dele gates on “The Break-Away Sign Support Project.” The project to provide safety in collisions with sign posts deals with break-away features and considers also windload effects for sign designs. It is being con ducted in cooperation with 12 state highway departments and the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads. M. D. Shelby, research coordina tor at TTI, will attend a number of the AASHO sessions also. CIVILIAN SENIORS and GRADUATE STUDENTS Will have their portrait made for the Ag-gieland ’67 November 16 - January 15 Portraits will be made at the University Studio (coat and tie). WHATABURGER 1101 S. College — Across From Weingarten “WORLD’S LARGEST PURE BEEF BURGER” • 14 Lb. Pure Beef In Every Whataburger • MADE WITH 100% PURE BEEF GROUND DAILY AT WHATABURGER PHONE 823—1864 — Your Order Will Be Ready [ GLASS COMPANY AUTO — HOME — COMMERCIAL “Our 20th Year” Downtown Bryan 28th & Main 822-1577 PIANOS ORGANS BAND INSTR. 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College (Highway 6, N) at 19th OFFICIAL NOTICE Official notices must arrive in the Offic icat 1 p. m. of the day preceding put ces must arrive In the Office of Student Publications before deadline of ublicatio All freshmen Arts are Decern be: in thi to meet in I, at 4:00 he College of Liberal Guion Hall, Thursday, p. m. 376tfn THE GRADUATE COLLEGE Final Examination for the Doctoral Degree Name: Summers, Wesley Kenton Degree: Ph.D. in Education Dissertation: Differential Prediction of Academic Achievement with Implicatii Academic Achievement with Implications for the Evaluation of the High School College-Preparatory Program. J — i December 1, 1966 at 4 :00 p. m. : Room 404 in Academic Building Wayne C. Hall Time: Decern be: Place Dean of Graduate Studies THE GRADUATE COLLEGE Final Examination for the Doctoral Degree Name: Baur^ Joseph Ralph ree: ' Uaur, Joseph Ralph Ph.D. in Plant Physiology ertai 5 ' " rr ' ' rus in Nie Time: November 30, 1966 at 3:00 p. m. Deg Dissertation Virus Inf i in Nicoi Effect of Tabacco Mosaic luc liana Tabacum L. var. Samsun Infection Glucose Metabo] osai olisr Wayne C. Hall Dean of Graduate Studies Those undergraduate students who have 96 hours of credit may purch rin pn ber 14, 1966, may be used in satisfying irei >urs of credit may purchase the ig. Th< of the prelimi semester A&M rin ic hours passed at the time preliminary grade report on Novem- 1966, may be used in satisfying the 96 hour requirement. Those students quali fying under this regulation may leave their names with the ring clerk in the Regis trar's Office in order that she may check their records to determine their eligibility to order the ring. Orders for the rings will be taken between November 28, 1966 1967. These rings will be very on or about February ing clerk is on duty from :00 noon, Monday through y of each week. H. L. Heaton, Director of Admissions and Registrar 365t20 and January 4, 1967. 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