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College Station, Texas
Tuesday, January 16, 1968
THE BATTALION
‘Northern Lights’ Gain World-Wide Attention
By R. C. ARNDT
BALTIMORE, Md. CP)_Scien-
tists will begin using rockets, a
jet plane, a satellite and ground
stations this week to try to solve
the mystery of the “Northern
Lights,” which have awed men
since Biblical times.
The operation, which is spon
sored by the National Space
Agency, got under way Monday
as a team of 250 men began mov
ing to Fort Churchill, Canada,
for the first of two expeditions
this winter.
WILLIAM G. FASTIE, a prime
mover in the project, said the
studies at the Hudson Bay site
in Manitoba would run from Jan.
18-Feb. 8 and Feb. 21-March 12.
Fastie ,a physicist and experi
mental projects planner at Johns
Hopkins University, and T. M.
Donahue, a University of Pitts
burgh physicist, are leading the
expeditions.
Experiments will be conducted
with optical, spectrographic and
electromagnetic instruments.
FASTIE, WHO has been going
to Fort Churchill annually since
1964, has specialized in spectro
graphic analysis of the aurora.
In 1960, he was the first person
to document the existence of
ultra-violet radiation in the bril
liant nocturnal displays.
He is particularly enthusiastic
about having the plane for the
first time this year. Fastie said
the advantages of having an air
borne laboratory became obvious
in 1966, when clouds hid a blazing
aurora “that knocked our ground
instruments off the scale.”
“The plane will give us a
chance to observe peak aurora
activity for hours as it moves
westward,” he explained. Mid
night is the best time for dis
plays, and about 12 chase flights
are planned from Fort Churchill
to Fairbanks, Alaska.
The Saturn 5 rocket made its
debut Nov. 9 on a flight designed
to test the various systems that
will be used when the craft makes
its first journey to the moon with
Americans aboard the Apollo
capsule.
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POLICE USE MACE TO DISPERSE DEMONSTRATORS
A San Francisco policeman shoots Mace, a so-called harmless but blinding- substance, on
the crowd of antiwar demonstrators who hurled bottles and bags of red paint at them
during a demonstration at the Fairmont Hotel. Secretary of State Dean Rusk was speak
ing inside. Some 500 demonstrators were dispersed. (AP Wirephoto)
Students in applied industrij
electricity get a charge out 4
a laboratory project at Tem|
A&M.
They make battery chargers,
“This project captures their J
terest,” commented Dr. James J
Boone, associate professor of J
dustrial education. “Students ij
interested in finishing it quielJ
so they can put the battej
charger to use.”
NOT ONLY is the projectjJ
teresting to students,” he addfl
“but it has a lot of learning unij
including principles of rectifier!
transformers, circuit-breaker eJ
eration and switching."
The bread-loaf sized triclJ
charger is assembled by studetj
in about nine hours as O
nidividually wind transfonuej
usually salvaged from old teJ
6-Flags Talent Search Begins Next Month
vision sets.
Beginning in mid-February, tal
ent scouts from Six Flags Over
Texas and Six Flags Over Geor
gia will be conducting their an
nual audition tour and talent
search for outstanding collegiate
performers who will be show r -
cased this summer at the two
popular multi-million dollar en
tertainment centers.
The audition tour will cover
some 250 colleges and universi-
Graduate College Lectures
Include Cattle, Chemistry
Beef cattle and chemistry will
be subjects for separate Graduate
College lectures Wednesday and
Thursday at Texas A&M.
Dr. Jan C. Bonsma, Animal
Science Department head at the
University of Pretoria, Republic
of South Africa, will speak at 4
p.m. Wednesday, discussing “Cri
teria for Appraising Functional
Efficiency of Beef Cattle and Re
lated Matters.”
Bonsma, whose talk is set in
the Animal Industries Building
lecture room, is internationally
Timm To Attend
Mexican Seminar
Dr. Tyrus R. Timm, head of the
Texas A&M University Agricul
tural Economics and Sociology
Department, has been invited to
speak during the International
Seminar on Agriculture Feb. 24-
March 2 in Mexico City.
The economist will present two
papers, “The Basis for Agricul
tural Policy Formulation” and
“Increasing Rural Credit in Rural
Areas.”
Timm is one of three delegates
from the United States to be
invited to the seminar. The others
are Dr. Karl Brandt, emeritus of
the Food Research Institute at
Stanford University, and Dr. Nor
man Efferson, dean of the Louisi
ana State University College of
Agriculture.
Among economists from other
countries to speak at the confer
ence are Dr. Rene Dumont of the
National Agronomical Institute in
Paris, France, and Dr. Max My
ers, advisor to the Brazilian Gov-
emment on economic develop
ment.
renown for original and inno
vative research with beef cattle.
Dr. Herbert A. Roeller, associ
ate professor of zoology at the
University of Wisconsin, will
speak at 4 p.m. Thursday on
“Chemistry and Biology of the
Juvenile Hormone.” The address
is scheduled in Room 107 of the
old Biology Building.
Roeller concentrated attention
on insect development physiology
in his doctoral research at Got
tingen University. Since joining
Wisconsin in 1962, his research
has centered on the role of juve
nile hormones in mating behavior
of insects.
Bonsma, a visiting professor
at A&M in 1964-65, developed the
principles for breeding livestock
adaptable to tropical and sub
tropical environments. A new
breed of beef cattle developed
through his efforts is called
“Bonsmara” in his honor.
'61 Grad Solymosy
Given Air Medal
The Air Medal has been pre
sented to Army Capt. Edmond S.
Solymosy, instructor in the Mili
tary Science Department at Texas
A&M.
The presentation was made by
Col. Jim H. McCoy, commandant.
Captain Solymosy participated
in more than 25 aerial flights
over hostile Vietnam territory
while assigned as an artillery
battery commander and liaison
officer.
A 1961 A&M graduate, the of
ficer also wears the Bronze Star
with Oak Leaf Cluster. He is a
1956 graduate of Lamar High
School in Houston and son of Dr.
and Mrs. S. L. Solymosy, Lafay
ette, La. He is married and has
two children.
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the little store with the big savings
ties in Texas, Oklahoma, Tenne-
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da, Georgia, and South Carolina.
Arrangements are currently be
ing made to conduct the auditions
in ten centrally located sites with
in the primary eight-state South
western and Southeastern states.
As in prior years, student bodies
from numerous colleges outside
the primary area will be notified
of the dates, times, and locations
of the auditions so that they may
try out at the regional and sec
tional audition site nearest their
schools.
All types of talent are being
sought. From singers and dancers
to musicians and specialty acts.
Last year, more than 1,200 per
formers auditioned, and about 230
were later selected for one of the
many live and lively shows fea
tured at each entertainment cen
ter.
Six Flags Over Texas, located
midway between Dallas and Fort
Worth, opened in 1961 and has
been the most popular single tour
ist attraction in the state since
1964. Over 2,000,000 visitors at
tended last season.
Six Flags Over Georgia, lo
cated in Atlanta, began its first
operating season in 1967 and at
tracted over 1,100,000 visitors.
“We developed a chassis fJ
the unit about ten years ago wU
the project was instituted," BoJ
explained. “And we have chanM
the design slightly for housii}|
radios or other equipment.
BOONE SAID the chart,]
works for either six or 12-vi
batteries. A flick of a swittj|
channels the proper power
failing batteries.
“Many students leave theiriu|
setting up most of the »
which weakens batteries," Boot]
explained. “An overnight chai
puts batteries back in good
dition.”
“OLD BATTERIES and deitj
batteries can be rejuvenated t
up to a year,” he continued. “Yr,|
just have to keep them connecta]
to the charger for a week
two."
Boone said students can kilt]
the two-pound chargers foraboi
$6.50 each, slightly less tk
models offered by discouii]
houses.
“Some of the students mail
chargers for their room mates,1
Boone commented. “But the dt
partment has none to sell, lit
are interested in challenging ai:
motivating students. Experiment]
often get dull, but this projer
gives them something useful lt|
take home.”
Boone estimated students hat
built 700 of the battery chap
since the project started in 1!
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