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THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Tuesday, December 5, 1967 Cars Are Deadly; Concrete’s Not? A motto to go along with traffic safety and control measures on the A&M campus might be “We won the battle but we lost the war.” You can sleep secure tonight, for although barbed wire hasn’t been strung around the perimeter of the campus yet, the tank traps are back. After a fortunately minor motorcycle-car tangle last week near the MSC at Houston and Lamar Streets, A&M’s secret service and concrete bunker builders were Johnny- on-the-Spot to put in a total of six pyramid-like concrete and stripped barriers. Lamar has become one-way going toward the MSC. You can no longer make a right turn from Lamar on to Houston going toward North Gate, and you can no longer make a right turn from Joe Routt Blvd. onto Houston Street either. Obviously, this will cut down on traffic accidents— obviously. The only obvious thing it has done is to create an ab normal flow of traffic around the MSC and create more dangerous intersections at other points surrounding the campus’ living room. Any car coming from or passing by the Military Science Building, Nagle Hall or Guion Hal and going west must now turn left and go all the way around the outside of the campus, past the rear of the MSC, along the railroad tracks and then make another right turn onto FM 60 just to get to North Gate. That only means turning on or passing four potentially dangerous intersections to make the maneuver. Fortunately football season is over, for heavy traffic under the present conditions would have been hopelessly snarled. Without elaborating, the inconvience to motorists is also obvious. North Gate residents are beginnig to worry for they see a lot of cars going into the campus area but few ever leaving. Maybe it’s their imagination ,or maybe it’s the mess of fish net-like deadends, one-way streets and barriers which are gobbling up the student, faculty and visiting drivers. Highway engineers generally improve safety on streets without causing increased hazards elsewhere or unnecessary inconviences to the already haggard motorist. Let’s keep America beautiful and safe—and remove the rubbish from Houston Street. CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle Sound Off EA/ilc pccc,7 “It’s confidential, but Tve framed a bunch of these for Christmas presents!” Singing Cadets To Appear On TV The Singing Cadets of Texas A&M will be flashed on television sets across the nation between Dec. 8 and Jan. 19. Channel 5 in Dallas and Fort Worth will televise the first Texas showing of the Singing Cadets as they appear in the Mike Douglas Show. Showing is set for Dec. 8. Robert L. Boone, director of the 62-member glee club, said interested persons should check local listings for exact times of the taped color telecast. First opportunity for Singing Cadets fans in the Bryan-College Station area to see the program will be Dec. 22, on Channel 39 from Houston. Other Texas showings include: By Celia Stark What's Happening At The MSC SCONA XIII and the Great Issues Committee presents “The Price of Peace in Southeast Asia” December 6-9, 1967, in the MSC Ballroom. Among the speakers are: 1. Dr. Roger Hilsman, Former Associate Secretary of State for Eastern Affairs. 2. The Honorable Wm. J. Driver, Administrator of Veter ans Affairs. 3. Dr. L. E. Dobriansky, Eco nomics Editor of American Secur ity Council, Washington Report. 4. His Excellency Anand Pan- yarachun, Ambassador of Thai land to the U. S. and Canada. 5. Tracy S. Park Jr., Direc tor of Research, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. 6. Dr. Fiank N. Trager. 7. Dr. Lucian W. Pye. The public is welcome and ad mission is free. ❖ * *:« Don’t forget the Directorate Christmas party December 16. We have booked a GREAT band, refreshments are free Cyclotron Gains Grant For A&M Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Glenn T. Seaborg Mon day announced a grant of $250,- 000 for a magnetic spectrograph to be used with Texas A&M’s new cyclotron. “With the addition of this de vice, an extensive program of high precision measurements in nuclear spectroscopy and nuclear reactions can be undertaken at the Cyclotron Institute,” said Dr. Seaborg in an address dedicating the $6 million cyclotron at A&M. “This is a tremendous thing they’ve done for us. Now we’ve got the complete system,” said Dr. John A. McIntyre, associate director for research at the Cy clotron Institute. The AEC al ready has contributed $3 million for the cyclotron. Dr. McIntyre explained a basic part of the new device will be a powerful magnet which will focus beams of nuclear particles at dif ferent points depending on their mass and velocity. This is simi lar to what a glass prism does with light—separating it into various rainbow colors depending on the wavelength of each color. The magnetic spectrograph will enable A&M scientists to make precise and delicate measure ments of what happens when beams of nuclear particles from the cyclotron bombard various materials. The scientists already have moved a big IBM 7094 computer into the Cyclotron Institute for use in simultaneous control and monitoring of cyclotron opera tions. “The computer and spectro graph can be used in all kinds of experiments,” said Dr. McIntyre. The new spectrograph’s mag net will be mounted on a railroad track inside the institute so it can be shifted for various experi ments. It will have a magnetic power of about 17,000 gauss in comparison to the earth’s mag netic field of about one-half gauss. The device will be placed in one of the “experiment caves” inside the main vault which shields the cyclotron. Shielding of from seven to eight feet of concrete is main tained all around the cyclotron because of the radiation created when running. The particles from the cyclo tron often create a glowing blue beam of light because of inter action with air molecules. Little danger is involved in cy clotron operations since it is ade quately shielded and can be stopped instantly with the push of a button. and a date will be requisitioned if a committee member should want one — all for $2 per couple. David Wilks is mak ing all arrangements. Because of an extremely crowd ed schedule the next two weeks, the next MSC directorate meet ing will be held December 5. Please make every attempt to be present, as there will be a great deal of important information to discuss. Scott Roberts reminds com mittees that their monthly pro gress report will be due at this meeting. All committees meeting in MSC conference rooms who wish to older refreshments for their scheduled meetings must notify the Social Office and Food Serv ice Dept, within 24 hours prior to their meetings. For more infor mation contact Social & Educa tion Office. >lc * H< Committee members are urged to check the bulletin boards in Students Programs Office. Students — there has been a suggestion box placed in the Stu dents Affairs Office. Do you have anything in mind? Want to joint a MSC Com mittee? ..Fill out a complete personnel card and deposit in the box provided in Student Programs Office. The Aggie Talent Show is scheduled for Dec. 18 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in G. Rollie White. * * * These shows are remaining in the 1st semester of Mrs. Fern Hamman's KBTX-TV Town Talk program shown every Weekday afternoon from 3:30 to 4:00. 1. Dec. 4—full show to discuss SCONA and Fred Waring. 2. Dec. 6—Rehmet for SCONA 3. Dec. 7—full show, SCONA, Rehmet. 4. Dec. 8—full show, SCONA, Rehmet. 5. Dec. 12—10 minutes for Houston Bach Society. THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student writers only. The Battalion is a non tax-supported non profit, self-supporting educational enter prise edited and operated by students as a university and community neivspaper. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republieation of all other matter herein are also reserved. Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. Members of the Student Publications Board Lindsey, chai irman ; Dr. ident Davi re: Jim Liberal News contributions may be made by telephoning 846-6618 or 846-4910 or at the editorial offioe. Room 4, YMCA Building. For advertising or delivery call 846-6415. vid Bowers, Arts; F. S. White, Titus, College of Veterinary Medicine; i itus, (jouege or lege of Agricultu ...., College College of Engineering; Dr. Robert S. d Hal Taylor, Col- The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M is published in College Station, Texas daily except Saturday. Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, September through May, and once a week during summer school. Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per semester; $6 per school year; $6.50 per full year. All subscriptions subject to 2% sales tax. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address: The Battalion, Room 4, YMCA Building, College Station, Texas Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Services, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association EDITOR CHARLES ROWTON Managing Editor John Fuller News Editor Jerry Grisham Sports Editor Gary Sherer Copy Editor Bob Palmer Editorial Columnist Robert Solovey Photographer Mike Wright San Antonio, Dec. 22, 8 a.m., Channel 12. Amarillo, Jan. 12, Channel 4. Beaumont, Jan. 12, Channel 6. El Paso, Jan. 5, Channel 13. Port Arthur, Jan. 12 on Chan nel 6. Weslaco, Jan. 19 on Channel 5. Altogether, the 90-minute pro gram will be televised by more than 150 stations across the na tion. Boone said the Singing Cadets are on camera for 35 minutes during the program which also features singer Anita Bryant and a rock and roll band includ ing Governor John Connally’s young son. Songs by the Cadets include “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” “Oh, Holy Night,” “Play a Sim ple Melody,” and “Jingle Bells.” The Singing Cadets, with Mrs. June Biering as pianist-accom panist, harmonize at 40 campus events a year*, sing for a concert in Houston’s Jones Hall and make an annual spring tour of six or more Texas cities. Editor, The Battalion: I think a hearty congratula tions, well done and 15 cheers are in order for a fine performance by the Aggie Team. They have shown the state and the nation the embodiement of the Aggie Spirit. They never- quit, they just tried harder after every setback. I have had the misfortune to have been able to see only one Aggie game this year, and that on television as we sailed for the Mediterranean Sea after the SMU game. Somehow when I went down to the Communications Office on November 24, I knew the Aggies had done it. When I read the score I knew that they must still be dancing in the streets of Col lege Station. The Aggies now have another tough battle and I will be able to see it, even only if on television again. I know, however, they will charge forth and succeed, for the Aggies ar e indeed back. I know that all of the Aggies on campus are extremely proud, and I hope someone was farsight ed enough to write down the formula of the bonfire for future use. Richard M. Green ’GS SCONA (Continued From Page 1) to the contents of delegates’ registration packets, begins in September. In the following weeks, student recorders must be selected to take notes on Round- Table sessions, state newsmen must be invited to cover the con ference, and conference guides and programs must be printed. “IT’S AMAZING how many little things you’ve got to cover to avoid catastrophes,” Rehmet remarked. “Most people never realize how much work goes into a conference until they get in volved with it.” SCONA’s committee system Powell Asks Move From Parking Lot Campus Security Chief Ed Powell has asked students whose cars are parked at the north end of the Navasota (sophomore) lot to move them so that the Grounds Department can put in a concrete curb along the edge. Powell said work will begin at 7 a.m. Wednesday and students may return cars to the north end Sunday. keeps the amount of work fro® being overpowering. Thirteen committees, each with a chair, man and vice-chairman, cover such fields as housing, arrange, ments, transportation and pi licity, and each group has filer from previous conferences to out. line its responsibilities. The Exec, utive Committee, made up o| Rehmet, Vice-Chairman BillHo*. ell and committee chairmen, meets weekly to exchange prog, ress reports and make sure n|| bases are covered. The tasks are exhausting an| time-consuming, but Rehmet feeli the SCONA workers’ efforts an “paid back with interest.” “I think we’re helping to malj this a generation of enlighten people,” he explained. “It’s o® of the greatest ways I know f® students to use their abilltl® toward really valuable goals. 1 TUXEDO RENTALS At jlun w mcn'0 uimr 822-3711 Blood Drive Begins Monday Texas A&M students will con duct a blood drive later this month for soliders in Vietnam. Sponsored by the university’s student senate, the three-day drive begins Dec. 11. “The senate felt that we should have an opportunity to show our support for our men in Vietnam,” explained drive chairman John Daly of Corpus Christi, “and what better way than with blood that might save someone’s life?” Blood Services of Houston will handle technical aspects of the drive and credit the contributions to to Defense Department ac count. The fresh blood will be flown to Vietnam when requested by the Defense Department, Daly noted. £ For all your insurance needs See U. M. Alexander, Jr. ’40 221 S. Main, Bryan 823-361C State Farm Insurance Companies - Home Offices Bloomington, 111, LET US ARRANGE YOUR TRAVEL... ANYWHERE IN THE U. S. A. ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD Reservations and Tickets For All Airlines and Steamships — Hotel and Rent Car Reservations Tickets Delivered —Call 822-3737- Robert Halsell Travel Service 1016 South College Avenue Bryan C' i-C <: V-f. ''j. % I; fHVi t : kc «•’ v... ...... 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