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College Station, Texas
Tuesday, May 23, 1967
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TOP AWARD WINNERS
Senior achievement award winners in the College of Engineering for 1966-67 are (from
left) FrankBemgenofChillicothe, Thomas Edgar of Lake Jackson, Walter Haisler Jr. or
Temple, and Robert Beene of Big Spring. Dean Fred Benson presented plaques to winners
in ceremonies in the School of Architecture Auditorium.
$41,859 Research Project
For Physics Begins July 1
By JOHN PLATZER
Special Battalion Writer
A $41,859 research project on
the “Design and Production of
Supplementary Materials For
Teachers of High School Phys
ics” will be undertaken by Texas
A&M July 1 at the request of
the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
The project, which will con
tinue for 12 months, will receive
$39,866 from NASA and $1,993
from Texas A&M.
Dr. Frank W. R. Hubert, dean
of the College of Liberal Arts,
will act as the project coordi
nator while Helen N. Monroe,
who Dr. Hubert calls “the finest
high school physics teacher in
America,” will be the principal
investigator.
Dr. Hubert said that NASA’s
concern over the tiine lapse that
occurs between the initial ap
pearance of new information and
techniques from the national
space program to its availability
to physics teachers led to the
program.
“An abundance of new data
concerning the application of this
science to the national space ef
fort is prevalent, but following
a normal time schedule it will
be several years before these
space-related findings are avail
able in usable form to high
school physics teachers,” Dr. Hu
bert said.
During the period of project
research, Mrs. Monroe will have
all of the resources of Texas
A&M and NASA available to
her. Working under Mrs. Mon
roe on the research will be Harry
E. Whitmore, senior technical ad
visor, and a graduate student yet
to be named.
Whitmore’s job will be largely
in an advisory capacity on the
design and development of the
supplementary teaching mate
rials.
At the end of the research
Mrs. Monroe will submit twenty
copies of a manuscript of her
work to NASA.
“This manuscript will contain
twelve units of supplementary
teaching materials which relate
to basic concepts and principles
commonly found in physics cur
ricula,” Dr. Hubert said.
According to Dr. Hubert, the
units will be designed with the
teachers in mind and will be ac
companied by appropriate visual
aids and drawings.
After the supplementary ma
terials have been sufficiently de
signed for field testing, four
field test teachers will be select
ed to use each of the twelve units
of study in the actual classroom.
These teachers will then evaluate
its effectiveness in relation to
its relevance to the principles of
physics being studied.
After reviewing the responses
of the field test teachers, Mrs.
Monroe will design a refined
copy of the supplementary unit
for review by the Technical Ad
visory Group and selected NASA
personnel. Mrs. Monroe will then
consider the responses of these
sources in preparing the final
Cisneros Announces Drive
A six-man delegation for a
summer finance drive in Mexico
to help support the 13th Student
Conference on National Affairs
at Texas A&M has been announc
ed by finance chairman Henry
Cisneros of San Antonio.
Cisneros said students will visit
former students, friends of Ag
gies, businesses and industries to
seek financial assistance for the
international meeting.
Named as participants for the
Mexico jaunt are Paul Lockey
of Laredo, Roger Engelke of Se-
guin, John Daly of Corpus Christi,
Bill Fuller of Poteet, and Mike
Faubion of Houston.
Visits are planned to Monterey,
Saltillo and Mexico City from
Aug. 6 to 15.
“We expect not only to raise
funds,” Cisneros commented, “but
also to give students international
experience.”
SCONA XIII, set Dec. 6-9 at
A&M, will attract delegates from
universities and colleges in the
United States, Mexico and Can
ada to hear speakers and discuss
the conference there: “The Price
of Peace in Southeast Asia.”
manuscript.
Dr. Hubert emphasized that it
was an extreme honor for A&M
to be selected by NASA to super
vise the project.
One of the qualifications of
A&M, that NASA listed as a rea
son for its selection, was the fact
that one-third of its student body
is comprised of graduate stu
dents. They said that this signi
fies extensive research programs
supported not only with institu
tional funds but also with a high
level of research support from
all the principal research fund
ing agencies and organizations.
Also listed by NASA as rea
sons for the selection were the
expanding library accommoda
tions on A&M’s campus and the
fact that over the years A&M has
maintained its strongest pro
grams in the fields of science
and technology. The easy access
of the University to the Manned
Spacecraft Center in Houston
was also listed as a reason.
NASA also listed the fact that
A&M offers graduate degrees at
the master’s level in science edu
cation and at the Ph.D. level in
curriculum and instruction as
reasons for the selection of A&M.
Mrs. Monroe, who is married
and the mother of two children,
received her B.A. degree in phys
ics from the University of Ro
chester in 1942. She received her
M.A. degree in 1947 from the
University of Buffalo.
A physics and mathematics
teacher at Lutcher Stark High
School in Orange from 1956-1966,
Mrs. Monroe received the Teach
er of the Year Award from the
Orange Independent School Dis
trict in 1964.
In 1959 Mrs. Monroe had an
article, “High School Science: An
Example,” published in The Con
denser, the official publication of
the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Section
of the American Chemical So
ciety. She wrote “A Manual for
High School Physics” in 1963.
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Former Students
Cash, Certificate
Announce
Winners
Carl Sanders Droste of San
Antonio and Thomas Roger Avant
of Jayton are winners of cash
awards and certificates from the
Texas A&M Association of Form
er Students.
Droste, a doctoral candidate in
mechanical engineering at A&M,
and Avant, a Mastor of Arts
candidate in English, were honor
ed Tuesday in ceremonies conduct
ed in Graduate College Dean
Wayne C. Hall’s Office.
Jack Crichton of Dallas, pres
ident of the Association of Form
er Students, presented a $200
check to Droste and a $100 check
to Avant.
Dean Hall noted the awards are
for scholarly achievement.
Droste, an August candidate
for the Ph.D.,, has a 2.96 grade
point ratio on a 3.0 scale. He is
a member of Sigma Tau, Pi Tau
Sigma and Phi Kappa Phi. Dros
te earned the M.S. degree last
year at A&M. He has B.S. and
B.A. degree in mechanical engi
neering from Rice University.
A native of Clayton, Mo.,
Droste is a lieutenant on active
ready reserve in the U. S. Navy.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward P. Droste, 800 College
Blvd., San Antonio.
Avant has a 3.0 GPR in gradu
ate school and is the recipient of
a $4,000 teaching assistantship for
doctoral work in English begin
ning this fall at the University
of Wisconsin.
Currently, he is a teaching as
sistant in English at A&M. He
will teach English this summer to
students participating in a sum
mer cruise of the Texas Mari
time Academy’s training ship,
“Texas Clipper.”
Avant has worked on special
research projects in American
Literature and social ethics. He
is a member of Phi Theta Kappa,
Sigma Tau Delta and Phi Kappa
Phi.
As an undergraduate, Avant
posted a 2.68 GPR, was a distin
guished student and honor gradu
ate. He won Fasken Foundation
and Dodge Jones scholarships. He
also was winner of a $2,000 scho
larship at Schrener Institute,
Kerrville, before transferring to
A&M.
Avent was a member of the
Aggie Players as an undergrad
uate. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Roger E. Avant of Jayton.
Grant Of $17,^
Given To Physics
A $17,460 research grant to D,
Joe S. Ham of the Physics ft.
partment has been announced'-
the Department of Health, Educ
tion and Welfare.
The grant, effective June 1,
for the third year of a three-j®
study of some aspects of phys; :
and chemistry involved in inte
action of large molecules, ft
Ham said.
“Results have implications ,
practical problems that deal H
analysis and separation of ft
logical and synthetic polymers
the professor adde.
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