Texas A and M University - Aggieland Yearbook (College Station, TX)

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TWS MARiTI UE. ACADEMY CAPTAIN BENNETT AA. DODSON, U.S.N. Superintendent The Texas Maritime Academy offers an opportunity to qualify as an officer in the United States Merchant Marine, to earn a commission in the United States Naval Reserve (inactive), and to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in marine engineering or in marine transportation. To fulfill the opportunities the Texas Maritime Academy program begins with the freshman year on the A M campus at College Station. The remaining three years are spent on the newly developed Texas Maritime Academy campus in Galveston. To supplement classroom instruction the Texas Maritime Academy students spend three summers aboard the Academy training ship in training cruises to ports of European, Caribbean and South American countries. The Texas Maritime Academy, one of six such schools in the United States, is the only school dedicated to serve the maritime industry on the Gulf Coast. This industry, as a center of our foreign trade and travel, is a vital and dynamic part of Texas and the nation ' s economy, as well as an essential element of the United States defense program. The ne ed for highly trained men is evident as this career field enters the nuclear age, as represented by the world ' s first nuclear merchant ship, NS Savannah. In the two fields of instruction available, the marine transportation course is designed to familiarize cadets with ship operation and management and places particular emphasis on the economic and business aspects of the maritime in¬ dustry and foreign trade. The marine engineering course, which is closely related to mechanical engi¬ neering, emphasizes the design, operation, and maintenance of maritime power plants (including nuclear-powered marine plants) and associated equipment. The student also receives instruction in the arts and sciences to qualify for his bachelor ' s degree. Texas AAaritime Academy Cadets take three summer cruises on the Texas AAari¬ time Academy training ship to various parts of the world in order to gain practical experience and training. 21

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◄ Cadets relax with folk songs at day ' s end during European cruise. After spending the first year on the Texas A AA campus, Texas Maritime Academy Ca¬ dets move to Galveston for training.

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Model of a six million dol¬ lar cyclotron which is to be finished by 1966 is the fifth Atom Smasher of its kind to be located on a university campus and largest in the South. The Oceanography and Meteorology Dept. has two research platforms off the coast of Panama City, Florida. Stage I is 11 miles off shore and sets in 100 feet of water.