Page 4 College Station, Texas Thursday, June 8, 1967 THE BATTAIB Bryan Father ‘Is Pleased As Family Attends A&M SEEK SHELTER IN TEL AVIV AIR RAID ALARM People leave an auto and run for shelter when an air raid alarm was sounded in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Wirephoto via cable from Tel Aviv) TTI Tackles New Road Hazards Researchers at Texas A&M’s Texas Transportation Institute are determined to make the high way a less hazardous obstacle course. Fresh from victory over the dangerous highway sign, TTI is now ready to take on other dead ly obstacles, such as bridge piers and concrete abutments. Jack Keese, TTI executive of ficer, says his organization’s bas ic concept is simple: “If an out- of-control vehicle can’t crash through an obstacle safely, then make the obstacle as safe as pos sible to crash in to.” Neither of the alternatives is particularly attractive, but they both beat geting killed, he observes. THE A&M RESARCH group’s getting killed, he observes, sign was won on the basis of an ingeniously designed slip-joint base which breaks free when struck by a vehicle. Such “break-away” signs have been adopted by the Texas High way Department — and several other state highway departments —for all new construction and are rapidly replacing the embed ded signs on existing thorough fares. Little damage and no seri ous injuries have been reported in more than 60 known accidents involving the new signs. TTI is now applying - this same “break-away” principle to free way light posts in a project be ing conducted for the THD in cooperation with the U. S. De partment of Transportation’s Bu reau of Public Roads. The light post project was initiated by Dr. N. J. Rowan, TTI assistant re search engineer. WHAT TO DO about obstacles such as concrete abutments is an other matter. Keese believes the answer rests with impact attenu ation devices. In other words, padding. Impact attenuation, or energy absorption, devices range in con- True Addresses Contest Banquet Saturday Night Dr. Herb True, research psy chologist and a past president of the National Labor Management Foundation, will address the Tex as State Plumbing and Pipefit ting Apprentice Contest banquet Saturday night at the Ramada Inn. True’s talk will highlight four days of contests involving re gional winners of plumbing and pipefitting contests, announced Richard Pulaski, state plumbing and pipefitting apprenticeship co ordinator for Texas A&M’s En gineering Extension Service. Winners in plumbing and pipe fitting categories will be an nounced at the banquet, Pulaski noted. A senior partner in the True- Kemp Organization of South Bend, Ind., Kansas City, Mo., and New York, True is known for his unique knack of driving home “the meat and potatoes message of his speech,” Pulaski explained, yet keeping his audience smiling or applauding throughout by use of visual aids, music, drama and quips. True earned the Ph.D. at the University of Iowa, the Master of Science at Northwestern Uni versity, and the Bachelor of Arts at the University of Oklahoma. He was professor of marketing at the University of Notre Dame for six years before becoming president of the National Labor- Management Foundation. cept from sophisticated water- filled hydraulic systems to a sim ple series of medium-sized posts erected in front of a rigid object to slow down a vehicle before collision. Whatever the means, impact attenuation devices must be de signed to crush or give way with out rebounding, as rubber would. TTI is experimenting for the Bureau of Public Roads with foam plastic and foam glass. Ei ther of the materials can bring a 60-mph vehicle to a complete stop in 12 feet with an average “G” force, Keese notes. Such cir cumstances would create a “safe” crash, assuming occupants of the vehicle were wearing seat belts, he adds. KEESE SAYS placement of 15 to 20 feet of the foam plastic or glass in front of immovable ob jects should be adequate. TTI plans to test this concept soon at its Safety Proving Grounds at Texas A&M’s Research Annex State Board A&M Award Is $166,664 The State College Coordinat ing Board has awarded $166,664 to Texas A&M for continuation of its work in four community service and related progarms. A&M President Earl Rudder said $67,960 has been allocated for the university’s educational program in data processing and $48,010 for a community service program in transportation. Two additional grants of $25,- 347 each have been awarded for educational programs in local law enforcement and community serv ice seminars. A&M was one of six Texas in stitutions sharing in a $464,378 Coordinating Board allocation, which included $304,591 in feder al funds. near Bryan. The project is un der the director of I. J. Taylor, Safety Proving Grounds coordi nator. Impact attenuation devices would replace improperly used guard rails and supplement the ones which are being used prop erly. Guard rails, Keese points out, are designed to redirect out- of-control vehicles, while impact attenuation devices absorb shock once the collision has occurred. Cochran Elected To Society Post Dr. Robert G. Cochran, Nu clear Engineering Department head, has been elected vice chair man of the Education Division of the 6,000-member American Nuclear Society. Cochran, who served on the executive committee of the Edu cation Division last year, will be installed during the June 12-15 national ANS meeting in San Diego, Calif. The Education Division of ANS has registered more than 400 members from universities, colleges and industry since its inception two years ago, Coch ran noted. Prior to moving to A&M in 1959, Dr. Cochran was associate professor and director of the re search reactor at Pennsylvania State University. He is a former research physicisF and group leader at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Cochran, who earned his Ph.D. in nuclear physics at Pennsyl vania State University, has been a technical consultant for several industrial, educational and gov ernmental agencies, including the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission and the USAF. A member and former chair man of the Research Reactor Sub-Committee of the National Academy of Science, Dr. Cochran is a member of the American Physics Society and American Society for Engineering Educa tion. Why so much emphasis on making highway obstacles safer? Keese pointed out that of the four million persons injured and nearly 50,000 killed in the U. S. in 1965, approximately 50 per cent occurred in single-car acci dents—hitting signs, trees and other fixed objects. If only one-fifth of those acci dents had involved “break-away” signs or obstacles protected by impact attenuation devices, he observed, 5,000 lives could have been saved. What’s the outlook for a Latin American family with nine chil dren and parents who never went past the second grade ? Mike Hernandez Sr. of Bryan, who heads the family fitting this description, is not complaining. In fact, he’s rather pleased with the situation and optimistic about the future. When Texas A&M opens its doors this fall, three of the Her nandez sons will be among the registering students. Two other brothers have already graduated from A&M and still another plans to enroll just as soon as he com pletes high school. A sister also will be on the campus this fall, taking special courses and working as a secre tary. Another sister is now work ing as a secretary at the univer sity and has also taken special courses. THE OUTLOOK was not al ways so bright for the Hernandez family. The father, a former cot ton-field foreman and independ ent gravel truck driver, often had to take some of his children out of school to help in the cotton fields. This meant missing a por tion of their classes, but, with a lot of determination and help from cooperative Bryan teachers, they completed their studies. Throughout these difficult times, Hernandez was active in church work. He founded Bry an’s first Spanish Methodist church, now known as Oak Grove Methodist, in 1948 and served as its first minister. All members of the Hernandez family have been active in the church and have held or currently hold num erous offices in both it and the Rio Grande Conference. THE HERNANDEZ family also is making a name for itself at Texas A&M. Leo, 21, is a sophomore educa tion major who works part time for the Inter-American Education Program in the College of Lib eral Arts. Last year, he won first place in the Aggie Talent Show with an interpretive read ing of “God’s Creation.” He also is a member of the university’s Singing Cadets. Moses, 18, graduated from Bry an’s Stephen F. Austin High School this spring and will enter A&M in the fall. He recently won a $1,000 scholarship for sub mitting the winning essay in the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ state wide “Voice of Democracy” con test. He has been invited to at tend the American Academy of Achievement’s Salute to Excel lence next month in Dallas. When not in school, Moses works for the International Shoe Co. in Bryan. Two of the Hernandez daugh ters, Lita and Isabel, also have taken select courses at A&J! while working as secretaries in the Activation Analysis Labora tory and Oceanography Depart ment, respectively. Both gradu ated from business college. Isa bel’s husband, Benjamin P. Rob bins, teaches adult education at Anson Jones Junior High in Bry an and plans to enroll at A&M this fall. The two oldest sons, Mike Jr. and Andrew, graduated froir. A&M and both reside in Houston, Mike, 31, teaches in the Spring Branch school system and An drew, 30, is an accountant for a major oil company. THE THIRD daughter, Mary Lena, graduated from high school in California where she resides with her husband, Raymond But ler, and their three children. She, too, is active in church and com munity work. 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