THE BATTALION
Page 6 College Station, Texas Thursday, August 6, 1964
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Texas Maritime Academ
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MARITIME ACADEMY TRAINING SHIP
. , . when handed over to TMA, will be renamed ‘Texas Clipper’
CADETS VIEW SHIP BRIDGE
. . . practical experience gained
CADET LIVING AREA
. . . while in A&M Corps of Cadets
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Available For A&M Students
Because of the physical size of
the university and the number of
students served, many communica-
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MADE BY TRADES
WHERE TRADES ARE MADE
tions and transportation facilities
are available at A&M.
In the Memorial Student Center
telephone operators are on duty
from 3 to 11 p. m. to place
Ipng distance calls for, students and
accept payment for them. Pay
phones are also located in many
of the dormitories.
Western Union maintains an of
fice in the MSC. Office hours are
from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. With mes
senger service for telegram de
livery to dorms as well as univer
sity departments.
TELEGRAPH officials said that
many parents sending wires to
students often give only the post
office box number. The officials
asked that the room number be also
included to save time. Without this
information, they explained, it is
necessary to check with the Hous-
Patients Get Free
Writing Materials
Students who are patients in
A&M’s campus hospital next
school year will write to re
latives and friends on special
stationery.
The Association of Former
Students again will furnish free
letter stationery and envelopes
to second-floor bed patients at
the hospital.
The stationery, designed by
Joe Russell, artist-typographer
with the A&M Press, is imprint
ed with a maroon-ink letterhead.
ing Office to locate telegram reci
pients.
PASSENGER TRAINS do not
operate out of either College Sta
tion or Bryan. The main bus termi
nal is in Bryan, at the corner of
Texas Ave..And Dodge. A flag stop
is located at the East Gate in Col
lege Station. Passengers for A&M
may leave buses at the East Gate
stop and certain departures during
the day may be made from there.
One airline serves the Bryan-
College Station area. Flights leave
Easterwood Field, the university-
owned airport, four times daily.
The Texas Maritime Academy
was established Feb. 24, 1962 by
the Board of Directors of the Tex
as A&M University System, by
authority of Acts of the 56th Legis
lature, Regular Session 1959.
The 57th Legislature of 1961,
appropriated funds for starting
operations and for the develop
ment of the Texas Maritime Acad
emy campus at, Galveston. An
agreement between the Goveimor
of the State of Texas and the Mari
time Administrator, Department
of Commerce, has been executed.
This agreement, pursuant to the
federal Maritime Academy Act of
1958, commits the federal govern
ment to provide a suitable train
ing ship, $75,000 annual funds
matching state appropriations, ade
quate funds for the annual over
haul of the training ship, and a
subsistence grant of $50 per month
to each student.
THE STATE on its own part
agrees to provide adequate facili
ties and faculty necessary to con
duct a course of training for
future officers of the United States
Merchant Marine.
The Texas Maritime Academy
offers young men the opportunity
to continue formal education and,
at the same time, to prepare to
become licensed ship’s officers in
the Merchant Marine.
Upon completion of the first
semester, the cadet selects one of
two areas of specialization: Ma
rine Engineering or Marine Trans
portation. Thereafter he’s known
as an Engineer Cadet or as a Deck
Cadet.
UPON SUCCESSFUL comple
tion of the course of study, three
ocean training cruises, and upon
passing the United States Coast
Guard license examination for a
Third Mate or Third Assistant En
gineer, a graduate receives a Bach
elor of Science Degree in Marine
Transportation or in Marine En
gineering.
Upon graduation the cadet who
tended to insure necessary optrlH^n
tional training periods and esj
ience for all cadets. IU3J
DURING the three requiu ■
operational training periods cis h/- \
pleted, the cadet progresses fji
the apprentice stage through; \ Many
artificer level to the junior offr imaU P
category. In addition to practh nen ’ ar<
experience in ship operations,si: I 135 inex
ty at sea is continously emphashP ^ ese
and boat drills are conducted I, A&M
preparation for the “lifeboatmpI irnlshe .'
examination. B2 furi
The operational training pei men * ;s £
includes visits to four to six I:
eign ports. Different ports ii|
selected each year to provideck
with a wide range of experier?
Ample liberty time is provided |
each port, affording cadets
opportunity to visit places of c
droom
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time importance. If
THE MARITIME Academy til To th ,
pus is located in Galveston, Ag j g
forms part of the A&M MirAjjjjng
Laboratory in spacious grounds
the former Fort Crocket in Ai n f orn
shores of the Gulf of Mexico. lj nK area
The Academy building, a ti available
story, concrete structure, provitAe.
messing and living spaces as There
as classrooms and administra::|rately <
offices. These accommodations jments
very modern and all spaces are Bryan a
conditioned. ~~
GALVESTON’S concrete pit te
and warehouses provide bertli ■-
accommodations for 40 modi 1'
ships. A large shipyard is neat: I
These shipyard facilities will
serve as a laboratory for then
dents. In addition, NS Savanti
the first atomic powered mercto
ship in the world, is to be regnlj
ly serviced in Galveston. Galvesl
promises to become an imp®
center for commercial nuclear ft
pulsion.
DURING their freshman yd
Cadets will participate intheCot
of Cadets at A&M University
College Station. While on the Al
campus the cadets will wear
has the required qualifications may Corps uniform, with a special^
apply for a commission as Ensign, : signed Maritime Academy pate.
United States Naval Reserve.
The first school year consists
of nine months and the remaining
three school years consist of
eleven months of instruction and
training. The year is divided into
two academic semesters and one
ocean training cruise. Each sea
training period is a required, staff
supervised, educational term in-
the shoulder.
Starting with their first train!
cruise, the cadets will turn in 1
Corps of Cadets uniforms ^"1
shift to midshipman type unfrf
of dress blues, whites, and khaki
The primary aim of the Acadf
is to prepare young men
ship at sea, eventually as mas
and chief engineers.
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