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Thursday, January 25, 1968 College Station, Texas Page 3 THE BATTALION -ATION ^derso", Te) j Car] . ecoi '% - business 13 - Prankii, CAMPUS BRIEFS °ft! ‘oonomist atl ° n ftstilij aeakers, Summer Travel Summer travel candidates are being sought by Programa de Educacion Interamericana at Texas A&M. Five graduate students will be employed as educational attaches for intercultural survey tour work next summer. Research teams will tour Bar bados, Jamaica, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela and Paraguay in 1968, announced Dr. Earl Jones, director. Programa, part of A&M’s Col lege of Liberal Arts, is designed to improve knowledge and under standing of Latin American cul tures in Texas’ educational sys tem. Attache duties include assist ance on materials research work and preparation during the school year. During travel in one of five areas during the summer, the graduate student provides team teacher-members background in formation on the country and its education system and handles travel arrangements. “One requirement is that the student be free to travel between June 22 and July 20,” Jones added. Interested graduate students should contact Mrs. Frances Dean, assistant director. Graduate Grant Texas A&M University has been awarded a $64,710 National Sci ence Foundation grant for its graduate program in econome trics, announced Graduate Dean Wayne C. Hall. Dean Hall said Texas A&M offers the only econometrics grad uate program in the Southwest. Econometric courses, which in clude economics, mathematics and statistics, are administered by the Department of Economics and jointly sponsored by the univer sity’s Institute of Statistics. The funds are specifically de signated for support of “A New Program of Study in Econo metrics.” Dr. M. L. Greenhut, head of the Economics Depart ment, was named principal in vestigator. Dean Hall said the funds will be used for faculty development, graduate traineeships and com puter expenses. Vitek Elected Raymond Vitek Jr. has been elected president of the Czech Club at Texas A&M University. The senior finance major from Fayetteville will head the student organization during 1968. Serving with Vitek will be Tommy Kallus of Victoria, vice president; Arnold C. Dubcak Jr. of Temple, secretary; Robert H. Slovak of Beaumont, treasurer; Willie Milberger Jr. of Bryan, program chairman; Pat Tomber- lain of Naples, membership chair man, and Anthony C. Hlavinka of East Bernard, social chairman. The club, first organized in 1940, promotes interest in study of Czech language, literature and culture. Many of its members are of Czech lineage and others study Slavonic language in A&M’s Mod ern Languages Department, head ed by Dr. Jack A. Dabbs. Faculty advisor is Dr. John M. Skrivanek, mdern languages pro fessor who instructs Czech courses. St. Nicholas was a 4th Century bishop of Myra in Turkey. I 3 C J X . 69 )N FOR : ips . Rath ts 1968. 31. Schut ms Z) ! \PTER UR IT! ,4 £ v [i Piggly Wiggly Red Light Bargains E-Z In! E-Z Out & Use Red Light Located On Texas at Rosemary St 1. Low Low Prices 2. Gold Bond Stamps 3. Easy Parking Any Day of the Week MSTfr Moz- EXTRA fine granulated Everyday Low Prices! 89vf$o« 654, ifiOr 58 i’Smww# 15 i l\<S&SO ficy. steo ® 274 “Discount Prices’ ON HEALTH & BEAUTY AIDS! L AL£T£?< 0KF -kiHF# &ooq Trtup*- FPI-5AT VfoNUAPY nZ-'ie-'Ll Ouriiop- TKPKEY£ Av&tf Fresh Lean GROUND BEEF 3 * *1 47 DEODORANT ssws? entcmeom wml iMqppte plCE 'Peuoous Tempum© vopr-mz * 6^ vv/e 6tv^ POUEH-E Tufemv 6f*odEf?rpup6VN^ HOMOMItF Oak Farm JT C" Low Fat r Gal. Ctn. \J vmiD Bonnie Baker JSm Loaves C French, Black PEPPER 4-oz. Can 29 c IB/ * ISffTOWB.S'Z '$ i&i Stftbwe ms&t WWPOOM PAINED BAWFTOD B j/V Limit 4 Please ^ f 1 Ji.gOUTH MOST \ '.v.v. WISEi- .'vVV-.v;