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BATTALION Friday, April 16, 1971 College Station, Texas Page 3 i usual ice, as st that, ied and ch and It's easy on the profs Studying molecules over TV n as a ut the justi- Scientist and his associates ave been watching a lot of tele- sion lately on company time. What they are staring at so ntently isn’t likely to win any iimy Awards, but the images hey see represent another val- able tool in the basic study of natter. Dr. Edgar Meyer and some of Ms colleagues in the Biochemistry (ind Biophysics Department have poked up a special kind of tele- pision set to a computer. The esult is a diagrammatic, 3-D picture of one of the smallest nits in inner space — the mole cule. Meyer calls the apparatus a J'three - dimensional computer aphics display.” No matter what the name, the instrument al lows the viewer to see through tnd examine nooks and crannies the molecule picture. The project has been helped lonsiderably with a recent Na- lional Science Foundations grant if $51,000 to develop routines to help understand the structure of molecules. Meyer says the TV-computer combo can enlarge a certain part of a molecule for examination, or focus on certain atom within the molecule. When a molecule’s diagram is first flashed on the screen, the viewer sees an eye-teasing double image. This is corrected by look ing through red and green colored lenses similar to those issued to 3-D movie fans in the early 1950’s. Aside from the three-dimen sional effect, the apparatus also serves other purposes. It can give a quick survey of scientific litera ture on molecular structure. For example, information can be retrieved from the library of the Crystallographic Data Center at Cambridge, England. Meyer says the apparatus is a handy teaching aid. Students can see a 3-D display without having to build complex and bulky molecular models. Still another purpose is to pro vide a method of drawing 3-D electron density maps. Why study molecules? These units are the building blocks of matter. Different ar rangements of atoms within mole cules are what determine the na ture of substances. To know how a molecule is put together is to know its chemical behavior. “We are trying to devise tech niques for solving molecular structures of biologically impor tant materials,” Meyer pointed out. The scientist cited the discovery of Vitamin B-12 in sewage sludge, a revelation made possible through study of molecular struc tures. Computer programming contest begins Saturday Teams representing 15 Texas colleges and universities will compete here Saturday in the 2nd Annual Texas Computer Pro gramming Championships. The event, which originated Position ABE YOU MOVING SOON? Moving furniture and household effects is a tricky business — Let professionals do it and save! We have the “know how" and equipment to do the job. BEARD TRANSFER & STORAGE CO. 707 S. Tabor Bryan, Texas 77801 Ph. 713-822-2114 AGENTS FOR United Van Lines Over 800 affiliated agents Our “Sanitized Vans” go anywhere with care Bassett Orr ’25 & ’33 Sales Sales Manager (Continued from page 1) sets the “legion of former stu dents, whose fierce loyalty to this university is no less material than it is vocal. This being a for mal way of saying that Aggie alumni put their dollars where their mouths are.” He added that these days alum ni have an enlarged perspective of the universities’ problems and are able to act as “invaluable al lies.” Williams also commented that a major point in today’s educa tion is that no university can be politized and remain free. He said that the idea that a university should determine right and wrong, become action ori ented, and divine and solve orob- lems is incorrect as far as activ ism goes. last year here, is believed to be the only competition of its type in the nation. Eight schools which competed in the first tournament, includ ing the University of Houston, the defending champions, and second place Baylor, will be repre sented in the contest. Other re turning schools are the Univer sity of Texas-Austin, East Texas State, Southwest Texas State, LeTourneau, Wharton County College and A&M. Participating in the competi tion for the first time will be Rice, Sam Houston State, Steph en F. Austin, Tarleton State, West Texas State, Texas Lu theran and San Antonio College. Dr. Roger Elliott, A&M indus trial engineering professor who is coordinating the event, said the schools will field a total of 20 teams consisting of as many as four students per team. The teams will battle each other and the clock to find solu tion to three problems using the university’s big IBM 360/65 com puter. Contest judging will be based on the elapsed time re quired for successful completion of all three assignments. An A&M researcher studies molecules with a new 3-dimensional TV set. White, black youths see military in same manner BATTALION CLASSIFIED Who is more receptive to mili tary service — a lower class youth who wants to get some where in life, or a youth of high er class status who wants to get somewhere ? If the question appears too easy, try this one: Who would have a more positive attitude toward the service — a rural Negro youth who lives in the traditional South, or a rural white youth who lives in the same community? Most readers will probably go along with the first part of each question because they assume that the lower class youth would view the military as a way out of his predicament or a means to get training or a career. 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N. 99tfn OFFICIAL NOTICE THE GRADUATE COLLEGE Final Examination for the Doctoral Degree Name: Falconer, Robert Thomas Degree: Ph.D. in Economics Dissertation : CAPITAL INTENSITY AND THE REAL WAGE: A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THE RICHARDS EFFECTS. Time: April 21, 1971 at 10:00 a. m. Place: Room 3-A in the Memorial Student Center George W. Kunze Dean of the Graduate College THE GRADUATE COLLEGE Final Examination for the Doctoral Degree Name: Lyons, Carter George Degree: Ph.D. in Mathematics Dissertation: ENDOMORPHISM NEAR RINGS. Time: April 23, 1971 at 8:00 a. m. Place: Room 433 in the Library Bldg. George W. Kunze Dean of the Graduate College THE GRADUATE COLLEGE Final Examination for the Doctoral Degree Name: Berngen, Frank Edmund Degree: Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering Dissertation: PERIPHERAL AND FO- VEAL INFORMATION DECODING CA PACITY OF THE HUMAN EYE UNDER INTERMITTENT PHOTIC STIMULI. Time: April 22, 1971 at 1:00 p. m. Place: Room 201-H in the Engineering Bldg. George W. Kunze Dean of the Graduate College To be eligible to purchase the Texas A&M University ring, an undergraduate student must have at least one academic ear in residence'and credit for ninety-five semester hours. The hours passed at A panel discussion on “Earth Day One Year Later” is the topic for the Monday evening meeting of che Bryan-College Station Branch of the American Associa tion of University Women. Mrs. W. Kennedy Upham, in formation officer, said members are urged to bring guests and the public is invited to the 7:45 p.m. Hillel Building meeting. The program is an appraisal of earth day progress on the stu dent, local, national and interna tional levels. Speakers are A&M graduate student Jonathan Young, Dr. Cornelius H. M. van Bavel and Dr. Rezneat M. Darnell. Mrs. David Mellor, active in the AAUW “This Beleaguered Earth” study group and the En vironmental Action Council, will serve as moderator. would be wrong, according to a study reported by Dr. William Kuvlesky and Jane Dameron in the January issue of the “Journal of Vocational Behavior.” The research team from the Agricultural Economics and Ru ral Sociology Department found that Negro and white boys were “more alike than different in their orientations and projec tions for military service.” In their study of 218 high school sophomores in three all-rural, nonmetropolitan counties of East Texas, they also could not find support for the assumption that lower class youth are more posi tively oriented toward military service than youth of higher class status. Kuvlesky and Dameron evalu ated the students’ attitudes to ward military service by measur ing their agreement and dis agreement to such statements as “Every American male should want to serve in the military”; “One should not complain if he is drafted”; and “Anyone who enlists in the service is foolish.” They found that both Negro and white rural boys similarly desired military service, had strong positive attitudes about it, and “almost expected to be involved in some type of military status,” although a majority were uncertain about their expected involvement. The major difference between Negroes and whites is in their expectations of how they’re go ing to be involved. Many more whites think in terms of either no military involvement or part- time commitment in the Reserves than did Negroes. Also, more Negroes than whites expected to either enlist or to enter officer’s training in college. Lower class youth with high aspirations to get somewhere are not necessarily more positively oriented toward military service than others, the team learned. They, as well as other respond ents, are equally positive in their orientation toward the military, although other studies indicate very few youth view the military as an occupational goal. It is possible, Kuvlesky and Dameron conclude in the article, that “projection of participation in military service and a positive orientation toward it approxi mates a cultural universal among boys in their middle teens.” The researchers point out that more extensive study is needed because of the limitations of their sam ple before any definite conclu sions can be drawn. HUGE & WILD DISCOUNTS / STEREO RECORDS & TAPES SPEEDY SERVICE - SEND FOR YOUR FREE LIST- THE STUDENT STORE P.O. BOX 64 REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA 90277 NAME ADDRESS MOVE SAFER AND CHEAPER WITH U-HAUL. For information contact Andy Anderson, 2010 S. 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