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m Vednes- ms. its will Ik ledicatioE lually ati Mitchell- of whicl Galveston ninetly it nge plan: st mariti which il ional Sd- for first- Academr atory arf s at Gal- v campus Jalveston. ineers of gineerinf ers ion authentii >nry wal will 8 1 Oct. 28 ie Trojai na on th m the i»' :n at tin or pl s ? : er gw 11 ! Womea Esten. directoi He soUJit publicitl iction ®‘ win hirf educatio'- by Mai- -vet met ly rewif ; for bet g-hting t manage iss. F 01 ' aiding or Greet !-stS ^ counts ar other >ickins°' and sb prod^ umes b’ r cast- 1 EMC To Host Open House Friday THE Thursday, October 10, 1968 BATTALION College Station, Texas Page 5 BBmm -1 ■ HIGH WATER Flood waters wash over College Station streets following the deluge that struck Wednes day afternoon. The downpour was accompanied by high winds that did considerable dam age. (Photo by Mike Wright) Calhoun Elected To UCAR, Appointed To Highest Post Dr. John C. Calhoun Jr., Texas A&M vice president for programs, Wednesday was elected chairman of the board for the University Corporation for Atmospheric Re search. UCAR is a non-profit organi zation composed of 23 U. S. uni versities which have graduate programs in the atmospheric sci ences and related fields. It oper ates the National Center for Atmospheric Research at Boulder, Colo., under sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. The board met at the- Boulder facility. Dr. Calhoun, who served the past year as vice chairman for the UCAR board of directors, succeeds Dr. A. Richard Kas- sander Jr., director of the Uni versity of Arizona’s Institute of Atmospheric Physics. Another Texas A&M vice president, Dr. Horace R. Byers, is a former board chairman. Election to the top position on the UCAR board is one of three national appointments awarded Dr. Calhoun in recent months. He was previously named chair man of the Committee on Ocean ography of the National Academy of Sciences and president of Gulf Universities Research Corpora tion. He also serves on the National WRECKTECH! Academy of Sciences-National Re search Council’s Committee on Minerals, Science and Technology and last year was named recipi ent of the Mineral Industry Edu cation Award of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers. The former science adviser and special assistant to Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall received B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. dgerees from Pennsylvania State University. He joined Texas A&M in 1955 as dean of engineering, became vice chancellor for engineering in 1957, vice chancellor for de velopment in 1960 and, after leave of absence for his Washington VISTA Shows Film On Work Volunteers In Service To Amer ica (VISTA) in conjunction with a recruiting drive at Texas A&M this week, will show a color documentary, “A Year Toward Tomorrow,” at 10 and 11 a.m. and 1 and 3 p.m. in the Memorial Student Center Art Room. The film deals with everyday life of VISTA workers and was filmed in an all-Negro slum in Atlanta, Georgia, and the desert country of a Navajo reservation in Lukachukai, Arizona. Members of VISTA will be on hand to answer questions at the end of the film’s showing. assignment, vice president for programs in 1965. While serving under Secretary Udall, Dr. Calhoun represented the Department of Interior on the Federal Council for Science and Technology. He also served as acting director of the Office of Water Resources Research, was a member of an exchange team on natural resources in Japan and headed a delegation to Russia to discuss seawater desalination. Open house for Texas A&M’s Electron Microscopy Center will be conducted from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday at its new facilities in the Biological Sciences Build ing, announced Dr. U. Grant Whitehouse, EMC director. Dr. Whitehouse described the new EMC laboratory as “one of the finest of its type in the na tion.” He said the facility is specially designed for utilization in dis ciplinary and interdisciplinary re search and instruction by any de partment or division of the Texas A&M University System. Electron microscopy, White- house explained, enables scien tists to “see” extremely small objects—sometimes as small as 50 billionths of an inch. He noted electron microscopy work is currently being performed in a number of areas at A&M, including biological investigations. It is helping scientists here, for instance, see tiny parts of a rat’s brain cells. Other biochemical, genetic and physical research is being aided by the ability of the electron mic roscope to see things not possible with conventional light micro scopes. An unusual feature of the new laboratory is a copper-shielded closed - circuit television control center used in the research and teaching functions. The electron microscopes, Dr. Whitehouse pointed out, rest on floating slabs atop felt and sand bases which damp out unwanted vibrations. Other instruments, such as bal ances which can measure within a millionth of a gram, rest on similar foundations. Since preparation of the ma terials to be studied represents a critical area of the center’s work, Whitehouse noted special consideration was given to this facet of the operation when plan ning the facility. “We have the finest distilled water that can be obtained,” he observed. The water is not only distilled in a roof operation, but it also goes through ion exchange columns, filters and is treated with ultraviolet light. The center includes four mic roscope roms clustered around a maze of well-equipped darkrooms where photographs taken by the microscopes are processed. One of the microscope rooms includes an apparatus for treat ing specimens in inert gases or special atmospheres and then transporting them directly into the microscope without exposure to air. Aggie, Class 71 Injured Critically A former student was criti cally injured in a petroleum barge accident Friday in Corpus Christi. Kerry Caudle of Corpus Christi, a member of the class of 1971, is in the intensive care unit of Corpus Christi Memorial Hospital suffering critical injuries to the face, arms, and legs. Friends of the former Aggie have asked that Aggies join together and send a “get well” telegram to Caudle, showing that the Aggies still remember Caudle. “It’s at this time a 12th man spirit by his fellow Aggies is needed to help Kerry recover,” remarked Doug Smith, friend and classmate of Caudle. Those interested in contribut ing to the telegram should con tact Smith in room 332, Dorm 16 or call 845-2498. ARCHITECTURE EXHIBIT School of Architecture staffers Lea Alston (left) and Michelle Bandele stop to take a closer look at the miniature brass-logging- locomotives. The locomotives are part of an exhibit scheduled for public showing from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Saturday. GEOTECH A TELEDYNE COMPANY Will Interview • Mechanical Engineers • Electrical Engineers October 16 for rewarding careers in research, design, development, and data handling related to the earth sciences. 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