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Vol. 65 No. 39
College Station, Texas
Wednesday, November 19, 1969
Telephone 845-2226
“ Man On Moon
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ntrepid Makes
For Second Time;
Bull’s-eye Landing
TIONS
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Howard Benedict
J Aerospace Writer
SPACE CENTER, Houston <^>
Apollo 12 astronauts Charles
•ete” Conrad and Alan L. Bean
ade a bull’s-eye landing on the
oon today and stepped outside
conduct the first detailed scien-
ic exploration of the lunar sur-
ce.
ervice
The first color television from
e moon’s surface showed them
ghostly white figures shuffling
rough an alien world, collect-
j rocks and acclimating them-
iling Closes
hursday for
ish, BAs
I
Filing for freshman class offi-
s and senators closes Thurs-
y, announced Mike Wiebe, Elec-
n Commission vice president
• publicity.
Filing for junior Senate repre-
itative for the College of Bus-
ss Administration will also
se, he said.
'Elections are scheduled for
c, 10 and a runoff, if needed,
Dec. 17,” he said.
Applications for president, vice
ssident, secretary-treasurer, so-
I secretary and the six senate
iitions can be picked up in the
idents Programs Office from 8
m. - 5 p. m. through Thursday,
ebe said.
3 olling places in the freshman
ction, he said, will be the base-
nt of the Memorial Student
titer, the newstand by Sbisa
II and the guard room of dorm
The Business Administration
resentative election will be
d in Francis Hall, room 152.
selves to the weird one-sixth lu
nar gravity.
But earthlings’ view of the
moonwalk may have been limit
ed. When the two astronauts
tried to move the camera to a
new position about 45 minutes
after the walk began, they sud
denly lost the picture.
They and ground experts tried
to figure out what went wrong
and how to correct it.
They steered their lunar ferry
Intrepid to a perfect touchdown
at 1:54:29 a.m. EST only 20 feet
from the edge Of a crater that
harbors an unmanned Surveyor
spacecraft that landed there 2%
years ago.
Nearly five hours later, Con
rad opened the hatch and pon
derously backed down a nine-
rung ladder to touch the dark,
dusty surface at 6:44 a.m.
Robert H. Schleider (left) of College Station, assistant district engineer for the Texas
Highway Department’s Bryan District, accepts the $1,000 Dewitt Greer Award for out
standing service. The award was made by John S. Redditt, former chairman of the
Texas Highway Commission, at the 43rd annual Highway Short Course here. A simi
lar award honoring Gibb Gilchrist was presented to W. F. (Frank) Frey of Austin, en
gineer of urban planning for THD. Greer, recipient of A&M’s Distinguished Alumni
Award, and Gilchrist, A&M chancellor emeritus, are former state highway engineers.
See related story, page 4.
^enterpole Up Today; Work
)elayed by Rainy Weather
Hayden Whitsett
ttalion Staff Writer
Raising of the Bonfire center-
e was postponed from Monday
this morning because of the
n, said head yell leader Sam
m Tuesday night as he stood
the mud at the stacking area.
‘We are splicing it now,” he
d, “and since the 20 foot hole
already dug we expect to have
s centerpole in this morning.
'The rain will make things
Pam Troboy
ittalion Staff Writer
“Man is coming to accept the
ftcept of a unitary civilization.
1 the civilizations that we have
lown seem to be connected in
me manner. Now it is up to us
find the time, the extent and
e degree of that connection.”
Dr. George F. Carter, named
is year’s “Faculty Lecturer of
exas A&M University,” spoke to
near capacity crowd Tuesday
ght on the “Problems in Pre-
olumbian Cultural Exchanges
etween the New World and the
Id World.”
He said that the evidence of a
Hilary civilization had been
hunting from all the different
elds.
"These discoveries will test the
leas of the nature of man,” he
aid, “and help us to predict what
mn will do on another world
uch as the moon.”
“At one time, the Anthropolog-
:al Monroe Doctrine, that a few
ndians crossed the Siberian
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
more difficult,” he said, “but that
only means that there will have
to be more effort and coopera
tion.”
Torn said that the 105-foot cen
terpole, located behind Duncan
Dining Hall, would be set in the
hole by company D-l. He added
that it was hoped that the core
logs, 150 of which are already at
the stacking area, would be in
place by Friday evening.
Torn also asked that anyone
straits and then no more people
came until Columbus, was accept
ed by everyone,” he noted. “But
that is slowly changlhg.
“There is a surprising array of
art and technology,” Carter said,
“that has undoubtedly profound
ly influenced the development of
America.”
Beginning with the existence of
ancient Chinese art in both South
America and the Pacific, Carter
explained the similarities occur
ring in both areas which lead to
a unitary theory.
“The old Pacific art style is the
typical style of Peru, Mexico and
northwest America,” he said.
“Dragons and tigers are fre
quently portrayed in early Ameri
can art, and totem poles are strik
ingly influenced by Chinese
style.”
Pottery found in Japan and
Ecuador, he said, are very simi
lar in style and have been Car-
bon-14 dated to 3,000 B.C.
“In comparing people biologi
cally from both areas, we also
find several similarities,” Carter
said. “By comparing blood groups
we discover that the Polynesians
were possibly derived from the
having trucks, tractors, cranes,
pick-ups, and any other usable
equipment to get in contact with
him. What is really needed, he
said, are tractors. He asked that
anyone having a tractor capable
of hauling logs out of the cutting
area to let him know.
This year’s cutting area is lo
cated on land located seven miles
south of College Station. The
timber on it was donated by Leo
B. Margolian, Texas International
American Indian and after com
paring the palm prints of the
Mayas and the Chinese, biologists
have concluded that they are of
the same race. Palm prints are
to race what fingerprints are to
people.”
Carter said that these factors
pointed out that these were not
“drift voyages” casually made by
people who had been shipwrecked.
In the Pacific there were repeat
ed comings as early as 3,000 B.C.
by the upper levels of the society,
kings, priests and nobles.
The Atlantic Ocean was also
bridged quite early, Carter said.
“Pictures of pineapples were
found on the walls of Pompeii,
destroyed by an eruption of
Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79,” Car
ter said. “Pineapples cannot
grow in that climate, so the Rom
ans must have been very familiar
with the fruit.”
He said that there had been a
great Greek influence on South
America too. Peruvians wear
sandals and dress that is similar
to the Greeks and many classical
oil lamps have been found in the
area. Architectural style has also
been greatly influenced, as trefoil
arches have been found in Mexico.
Speedway general manager. Torn
said that because of the closeness
of the land to A&M there is a
strong possibility that this year’s
bonfire will be the largest ever.
According to Ed Donnell, presi
dent of the YMCA cabinet, there
will be a truck at the stack with
refreshments for those working
directly on the stack and the
guards around it. Coffee, water,
and cookies will be distributed.
Cooperating with the YMCA is
the Department of Food Services
and the University Women’s As
sociation.
The truck will be in service
from 8 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m.
Tuesday.
A non-denominational church
service will be held in the cutting
area Sunday. The service will
consist of two hymns, a respon
sive reading, meditation, and a
closing prayer followed by a few
moments of silence, Donnell said.
Participating in the service
will be Gerry Geistweidt, student
body president, and Harry Snow-
dy and Donnell, student chap
lains.
City Mission
Is Collecting
Broomsticks
The Bryan City Mission is col
lecting broom sticks to be used
in the manufactoring of stick
horses for needy children in the
area.
According to John Fredrick, a
Mission representative, a collec
tion barrel will be placed in front
of the Ellison Pharmacy, located
at the North Gate.
Fredrick said that the barrel
will be there until Saturday and
that approximately 40 broomstics
are needed. He also said that it
would be greatly appreciated if
anyone having old broomsticks
would stop by and leave them.
Ian Coming to Accept Idea
)f ‘Unitary Civilization’
“That may have been a small
one for Neil, but that’s a long
one for me,” Conrad joked as he
placed his 13-inch boot into the
black dust of the moon.
He referred to Neil A. Arm
strong’s first words last July
when he became the first man
to step on the moon: “That’s
one small step for a man, one
giant leap for mankind.”
Also, Conrad, at 5 feet 6, is
the smallest of the astronauts.
Thirty-one minutes after Con
rad was on the surface, Bean,
after initial difficulty with his
water-cooled undergarment, join
ed Conrad on the surface and the
two of them began their explo
ration.
Both reported initial difficulty
in walking.
“I’ve got to take it easy and
watch what I’m doing,” Conrad
reported. “You get on a little
slope and you tend to keep go
ing.”
“If you don’t pick up your feet
you really kick a load of dirt
ahead of you,” Bean commented.
Noting the powdery black dust,
Conrad said:
“I tell you one thing, we’re
going to be a couple dirty boo-
gers.”
Later, Conrad said “It helps
you move if you hop a little. I’m
beginning to feel like Bugs Bun
ny.”
Conrad’s first job was to col
lect a contingency sample of rocks
in case the astronauts had to
make a quick return to earth. It
ensured they would not come back
empty-handed.
He described one rock as “about
a quarter of an inch in size.”
While Conrad began removing
scientific instruments from a
compartment in the lunar mod
ule, or LM, Bean raised an alu
minum-foil window shade-like
device attached to a staff. Scien
tists expect it to capture atomic
particles streaming from the sun.
They planned to leave it on
the moon until their second out
side excursion on Thursday, and
then roll it up to bring home.
Then Bean drove a pointed core
tube about a foot into the soil to
collect a core sample from be
neath the surface.
Ground control, noting that the
Apollo 11 astronauts had trouble
driving a similar tube in more
than five inches, asked how Bean
did it.
“I hit it on the top with my
hammer,” he replied with a
laugh.
Following the lead of the Apol
lo 11 astronauts, they unfurled
an American flag. It stood in the
airless, atmosphere of the moon,
held taunt by a wire rod along
the top.
“We have the flag up,” Con
rad said. “I hope everybody down
there is as proud of it as we are
to put it up.”
“Everybody down here is proud
of you,” Mission Control report
ed.
The third man in the expedi
tion, Richard F. Gordon Jr., or
bited some 65 miles overhead in
the command ship Yankee Clip
per, waiting the return of his
companions on Thursday.
Emphasizing just how perfect
the landing was, Conrad remark
ed: “If I’d landed 20 feet behind
where I did, we’d have landed
right smack in that crater.”
Within minutes after stepping
on the surface, the third man to
walk on the moon strolled to the
edge of the crater and sighted
the unmanned Surveyor space
craft that soft-landed there 2^
years ago.
Surveyor had been their tar
get and they had zeroed in on it
during their daring approach.
“Boy, you’d never believe it,”
he said. “Guess what I see sit
ting on the side of the crater.
The old Surveyor . . . good old
Surveyor. It can’t be more than
600 feet away.”
Their landing carried man’s
quest for knowledge to this new
world for the second time.
Bean waited inside Intrepid’s
cabin to watch and photograph
Conrad’s progress before ventur
ing down himself.
He initially reported trouble
with his water-cooled undergar
ment. The ground said it might
be a false instrument reading.
Within minutes Bean determin
ed that the problem was created
when the hatch closed shut after
Conrad’s exit, and that some air
had been shut in the cabin, af
fecting the suit radiator.
He opened the hatch again, and
the escape of the air into the
moon’s vacuum eliminated the
trouble.
Conrad’s exit was 31 minutes
behind the original schedule. The
astronauts said they required
more time than anticipated to
don their life-sustaining back
packs, helmet and gloves in the
crowded cabin.
“We have trouble turning
around in here at the same time,”
Conrad said.
Intrepid’s hatch was opened at
6:30 a.m. and Conrad, clad in
his bulky white space suit, gin
gerly backed down the nine-rung
ladder attached to a landing leg.
He stepped into a 37-inch foot
pad at the base of the ladder,
and then planted the 13-inch boot
of his left foot onto the powdery
soil.
“That may have been a small
one for Neil, but that’s a long
one for me,” he joked. He re
ferred to Neil A. Armstrong’s
words last July when he became
the first man to step on the
moon: “That’s one small step for
a man, one giant leap for man
kind.”
Bean, at 5-foot-6, is the small
est of the astronauts.
As Conrad climbed down the
ladder, he opened a compart
ment that exposed a television
camera, which gave earthlings
a quarter million miles away their
first living color closeup look at
the surface.
“II can walk pretty well,” the
commander reported. “But I’ve
got to take it easy and watch
what I’m doing. You want to
walk real careful, Al.
“When I lean forward, I feel
like I’m going to fall over in any
direction.”
The third man in the expedi
tion, Richard F. Gordon Jr., or
bited some 65 miles overhead in
the command ship Yankee Clip
per, waiting the return of his
companions on Thursday.
Using a 28-power telescope,
Gordon helped ground control
lers locate Intrepid’s position.
The jubilant spacemen landed
at 1:54.29 a.m. EST and spent
the hours after touchdown pre
paring for the first of two scien
tific excursions on the boulder-
strewn surface.
Finally, Conrad, wearing a
bulky space suit that gave him
the life-sustaining environment of
his home planet a quarter million
miles away opened the hatch and
climbed slowly down Intrepid’s
ladder.
They touched down on the
desolate landscape near an un
named crater that had served as
their quidepost during the daring
descent.
“I think I see my crater . . .
Ther^ it is! There it is! Son of a
gun, right down the middle of
the road,” Conrad shouted as
Intrepid approached the target.
“I can’t believe it.”
Seconds later, Intrepid was on
the surface, touching down 4%
days after they blazed away
from their home planet in the
stormiest weather of any manned
U.S. launching.
Analyzing the touchdown point
while the astronauts prepared for
their first moonwalk, NASA con
trollers laid claim to a bullseye,
saying the last-second maneuvers
and the final landing spot added
up to a pinpoint landing.
“Outstanding,” Conrad exclaim
ed when they were safely down.
“I can’t wait to get outside,”
chimed in Bean, describing the
terrain outside as “beautiful, a
slightly undulating plain,”
Gordon radioed congratulations
from its lonely outpost, orbiting
the moon in the Yankee Clipper
command ship some 65 miles over
head.
“Have a ball,” Gordon said.
“Thanks, see you in 32 hours,”
replied Conrad, referring to the
time they plan to spend on the
surface.
Two hours after they settled
on the moon, Conrad glanced up
(See Man on Moon, page 5)
1,900 Forms Passed Out
In Voter
Over 1,900 prospective voters
were reached during a voter reg
istration drive last Thursday and
Friday, according to Bill Maskal,
organizer of the drive.
Saturday’s drive was cancelled
because of a lack of registration
■ applications, Maskal said, adding
that he had been assured by the
Brazos County Tax Office that
sufficient forms would be avail
able for a similar drive to be con
ducted in December.
The drive in December will
coincide with the December Mora
torium, Maskal said.
Maskal said that, while many
students were reached and made
aware of their rights and obliga
tions, he was somewhat disap
pointed at the number of workers
that turned out.
While he had expected 250 peo
ple to help in the drive, he said
only 25 students considered vot
ing important enough to forsake
the weekend’s football game.
In Texas, voter registration is
on an annual basis. 1968-69 reg
istration expires Feb. 1, 1970, and
Sign-Up
must be renewed before that date.
Although 1970 is considered by
many to be an “off” year, many
Ballots for election of five rep
resentatives to the 1969-70 Grad
uate Student Council are being
mailed to the university’s 2,700
graduate students, according to
Bob Fried, council member.
Fried said ballots must be
filled out completely and returned
to the Graduate College office by
Nov. 26. Ballot sheets, he said,
may be folded and placed in the
campus mail, addressed to the
Graduate College, campus, or
brought to the Graduate College
office.
Graduates who do not receive
ballots by Thursday, Fried said,
should check with their depart
ments for them.
Drive
important offices come up for re
newal, including a U.S. Senate
Candidates in the election are
John M. Brewer and Patricia
Caporina for Architecture Repre
sentative; Wayne Brungard,
Thomas V. Alvis, Jo Ann Starr,
Carl Lahser, and Henry Williams,
for Education; John C. Thomas
and John G. Rankin, for Geo
science; and Dennis Clark, Pa
tricia Caporina, John M. Brewer,
Henry Kammlah and James D.
Gleason, for two first-year rep
resentative posts.
Bryan Building & Loan
Association. Your Sav
ing Center, since 1919.
B B & L, —Adv.
seat.
Grad Council ’69-70 Election
Being Held Through Nov, 26