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THE BATTALION Page 4 College Station, Texas Thursday, July 11, 1968 Fish’s Life Not Bad Compared To ‘Make-up’ Camp Texas A&M students in a six- week ROTC camp at Fort Pen ning are prepared to convince freshmen they should stay in the Corps of Cadets. Civilian students during their first two years, the students are taking the special camp as sub stitute for freshman and sopho more years of on-campus ROTC training. They will return to college as ROTC juniors this fall. Upon graduatio the students will re ceive Army officer commissions. Col. Jim H. McCoy visited Den ning last week and talked with most of the 18 A&M students in the camp. “The reaction I got was they wished they had gone into the Corps and ROTC program as freshmen,” the A&M commandant remarked. “One student who grad uated in May will enroll at Texas Tech as a graduate student in the ROTC program in September. He said he realized he made a mis take by not staying in the corps.” McCoy, who will visit Aggies in camp at Fort Sill this week, noted the Denning training was tough, especially in the area of physical conditioning. The colonel will be at Fort Sill six days and will be joined Thursday by Liberal Arts Dean Frank Hubert and W. E. Eckles, management professor in the Col lege of Dusiness. Colonel McCoy will tour train ing sites Wednesday and “talk to as many cadets as possible.” Of 2,300 cadets in training at Camp Eagle near Fort Sill, 281 are A&M students. They con clude the summer encampment July 19. McCoy will attend a Sunday barbecue given by the Fort Sill A&M club for Aggies at the camp. PICHIC i DANCE AT HENSEL PARK J / The crow devours immense quantities of grasshoppers, beetles and their grubs, and moths. 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't EARLY PLANNING Ross Skillman and John Bendele take a look at some of the advance publicity for the July 25th picnic and dance at Hensel Park. The “Chrome Elephant” will entertain at the dance following- the barbeque. Bendele is chairman of the Memorial Student Center’s recreation committee and Skill- mai^ is a member of the committee. Tickets will soon go on sale at the Student Program Office. Bendele said. (Batt Staff Photo) Warmer Weather Usually July Rult The summer warming tret/, continues through July, will higher temepratures and moistml in the air placing air-conditioniii|| and shade at a premium. The average daily temperaturl will be three degrees higher kjl the end of the month, according! to Texas A&M climatologist Joln| F. Griffiths. The Meteorology Department! professor indicated average high and low temperatures are 9i| and 73 degrees. Extremes fro®| July weather records have beet;| 59 degrees and 107 degrees. “There have been some rartl days when the thermometer didn’tl register below 80 degrees,” y added. “Allied to this heat is J mean monthly relative humidity| of 65 per cent.” Rainfall during the month a\ | erages 2.8 inches. Showers usuallj I occur between 3 and 6 p.m. during! 23 hours on six days. The highest! monthly total is 13.3 inches. Oaf! July had only a tenth of an inch I Six to seven mph winds cornel from the south to southeast better| than half of the time during July. Cloudless skies can be expecteil about 25 per cent of the daylight | hours. Sunrise and sunset on July 311 are at 6:41 and 8:19. Byers Named Academic YP And Acting Science Dean Dr. Horace R. Byers, Texas A&M geosciences dean, has been appointed academic vice president and acting dean of science, an nounced A&M President Earl Rud der. The College of Science appoint ment was effective July 1 and the academic vice presidency ap pointment, Sept. 1. Dean Byers succeeds Dr. Wayne C. Hall as academic vice presi dent. Hall has been granted a leave of absence to accept a posi tion as director of fellowships and advisor for new programs in the National Research Council’s Office of Scientific Personnel in Washington. Dr. Clarence Zener retired July 1 as dean of science but will con tinue his association with the university as science adviser. “We are extremely fortunate at A&M to have such a capable individual as Dean Byers who can assume these important responsi bilities and continue to provide leadership for our College of Geo sciences,” Rudder said. Byers, internationally known meteorologist and member of the National Academy of Sciences, joined Texas A&M in 1965 as the first dean of the College of Geosciences, a position he will retain until at least Sept. 1. He previously had been associ ated with the University of Chi cago 25 years, serving almost half that time as chairman of the institution’s Department of Meteorology. The 62-year-old educator and scientist received his undergrad uate degree in geography at the University of California and mas ter’s and doctorate in meteorology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Byers was elected chairman of the National Academy of Scien ces’ Geophysics Section in 1966 and last year was appointed chairman of the Texas Water Development Board’s Weather Modification Advisory Commit tee. He also was elected chairman of the board last year for Gulf Universities Research Corpora tion, an educational research ganization concerned with effec l tive use and exploration of the| Gulf of Mexico. The dean is a member and of | ficer of numerous professional I organizations and has served a:I a consultant to Department of| Defense and Atomic Energy Coni-I mission laboratories, the U. $, Weather Bureau and Encyclope j dia Britannica. He is the author of two mete-1 orological books and a host of| scientific articles and serves ir.| editorial positions for several U.j S. and foreign scientific journals, | The position of academic vice I president was established in 19ii| in view of the university’s di-| versifying curriculum and grow-| ing enrollment, Rudder noted. Col. Head Leads AF Field Camp BYERS Col. Vernon L. Head of Texas A&M will command a four-week fielding training encampment for Air Force ROTC cadets at Hamil ton AFB, Calif., July 21-Aug. 17. Col. Head is professor of aero space studies and A&M’s ranking Air Force officer. The encampment for cadets in the four-year AFROTC program provides training in Air Force customs, courtesies and practices, leadership and a curriculum in cluding aircraft and aircrew in doctrination, survival orientation, first aid, small arms marksman ship, physical and junior officer training. Head’s duties include directing training, supervising and inspect ing classes and commissioning ca dets who have completed the AF ROTC program and academic de gree work. Cadets to attend the Hamilton encampment include Jack R. Thompson Jr. of Houston, A&M student. The colonel, a veteran of 27 years service, flew fighter air craft at Hamilton on his first active duty assignment in 1911 and later served there with the Air Defense Command. He fle« in Australia, New Caledonia. Guadalcanal, New Guinea and the | Philippines. Colonel Head volunteered fori recall to active duty in 1951 and served in Tokyo, the Pacific and | Vietnam. The Cleburne native was pro-1 fessor of aerospace studies at San Jose State College before he [ came to A&M in 1966. CASA CHAPULTEPEC OPEN 11:00 A. M. CLOSE 10:00 P. M. 1315 COLLEGE AVENUE — PHONE 822-9872 Specials good: Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Fiesta Dinner Guacamole Salad, Beef Taco, Three Enchiladas, Beans, Rice, Tortillas and Hot Sauce, Candy. K Zo’ $1.09 TACO DINNER Two Beef Tacos, One Chili Con Queso, Guacamole Salad, Tortillas and Hot Sauce, Dessert. R Z'r 99c Billiards Cue Sticks Pin Ball Magazines Party Records Decals Pocket Books Bumper Stickers Comic Signs Other Games Open 7 Days A Week Aggie Den (Next To Loupot’s) MSC Positions Open For Workers Texas A&M students interested in working with the MSC Summer Directorate are asked to contact directorate officers through the Student Program Office. President Ron Hinds of Mid land, Programs Vice President Harry Snowdy of Port Lavaca, and Operations Vice President Kathleen Cotropia of Hearne in vited applicants to help in plan ning new programs, a civilian weekend-type barbecue, and a host of additional activities. “We can use just about all types of assistance,” Hinds said. “But I’ll tell applicants in ad vance this is no picnic. It’s work. Working members will be admit ted free to directorate projects.” “Committee chairmen are com piling member lists of workers,” he pointed out. “Others will be dropped.” Architect Named For CS Buildings C. R. Watson of Bryan has been selected by the Council as Architect for the new City Hall- Police Headquarters and Fire Sta tion, Mayor D. A. “Andy” Ander son has reported. In making the announcement, the Mayor reported that Watson would immediately undertake ini tial plans for these facilities, with final plans to be available in a- bout five months. Mayor Anderson said that the building program would be ex pedited in every way possible. Money for the construction of the buildings was earlier approved by the public in a bond issue.