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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Thursday, June 20, 1968
CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle
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BACK FOR COURSES WE FLUNK—WE’D
BE RICH! "
Marine NSF Funds
May Make College
Texas A&M h^s been selected
by the National Science Founda
tion to develop a Gulf Coast
marine resources program com
parable to land programs estab
lished by agricultural colleges.
A&M President Earl Rudder
said NSF awarded the university
a $475,000 sea grant for first-
year operations.
The project, currently termed
sea grant institutional support,
could eventually lead to formal
designation of Texas A&M as a
sea-grant college.
Rudder said the institution’s
five-year plan provides for pos
sible program centers stretching
along the Gulf Coast from the
Mexican border to Louisiana. Sitep
under consideration include the
Corpus Christi, Beaumont-Port
Arthur-Orange and Brownsville-
Port Isabel areas.
Most of the sea grant activities
will be conducted initially on
A&M’s main campus at College
Station, with some phasep of the
program scheduled for the uni
versity’s Galveston facilities.
The A&M president said every
major division of the university
will be involved in the sea grant
work, including the Texas Mari
time Academy at Galveston and
James Connally Technical Insti
tute at Waco.
“We plan to develop a total
program which will do for marine
resources what the agricultural
colleges did for the development
of land resources,’’ Rudder em
phasized.
Objectives of the new sea grant
concept evolve around applied re
search, technical training and in
formation dissemination.
Projects proposed for A&M’s
sea grant program include train
ing in underwater technology and
mineral recovery, fishing tech
nology and development of courses
in costal and ocean engineering.
Research would include fishery
science, marine economics, pollu
tion, coastal engineering, aqua
culture and sea food technology.
The sea grant program, Rudder
noted, would complement that of
A&M’s Oceanography Depart^
ment, which specializes in pure
reisearch and graduate instruction.
A&M, a land grant institution,
began its oceanographic work in
1949 and has become to the Gulf
Coast what Scripps Institution of
Oceanography is to the West
Coast and Woods Hole Oceano
graphic Institution and Lament
Geological Observatory are to the
East Coast.
In addition to itp oceanographic
work, A&M already has marine
resources projects underway in
biology, meteorology, geology,
geophysics, civil engineering,
wildlife science and parks and
recreation.
Also engaged in related activi
ties are the Texas Maritime Acad
emy, James Connally Technical
Institute and the Texas Engineer
ing Experiment Station.
The university currently op
erates two ships which could be
used in the sea grant program.
One is the 180-foot R/V Alaminos,
a deep-sea research vessel operat
ed by the Oceanography Depart
ment, and the other the “Texas
Clipper,” a 15,000-ton converted
oceanliner operated by the Mari
time Academy.
A&M is the only university in
the South or Southwest designated
for sea grant institutional sup
port. Oregon State and the Uni
versity of Washington on the
West Coast and the University of
Rhode Island on the East Coast
have received similar grants.
NSF awarded the funds under
the National Sea Grant College
and Program Act of 1966, which
w^s initiated by Congress to en
courage development of the na
tion’s marine resources.
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Sound Off
Editor,
The Battalion:
I read with interest your re
flections concerning the renam
ing of S.H. 6 and the possible
passing of a phrase from the
Aggie scene. In common with
almost everyone who has had the
temerity to suggest that this is
not the best of all possible states
(sic) of affairs, I have heard the
phrase often and consider it ob
jectionable, as well as untrue in
the sense that Texas A&M offers
desirable features not found
elsewhere. Furthermore, you may
rest assured that the members
and ex-members of the Corps of
Cadets will either adapt the
phrase to be just as effective as
it is today, or invent something
totally new as well as equally
obnoxious. .
Perhaps one day no one will
bewail the present phrase’s pas
sage. In fact, it is possible,
though not probable, that one day
Texas A&M will grow from a
fine engineering, agricultural, and
technological college into the true
university it is now in the often-
painful process of becoming: that
one day the administration may
realize that it has nether (sic)
the need, the responsibility, nor
the ability to be father, mother,
guardian angel, and decider of
mores and customs to each and
every student! And even that
someday the members of the
Corps of Cadets may accept their
new position as a distinguished
minority, honoring themselves
and their school through service
to their country, instead of an
archaic, moribund gaggle of uni
formed “frat rats” scrabbling to
maintain their power by fair
means or foul. If that day
should come, the phrase “Highway
(sic) 6 runs both ways!” could
At The Grove
THURSDAY—“Fahrenheit 451°
starring Julie Christie and Ojskar
Werner.
FRIDAY—“Mr. Arkadin” starr
ing Orson Welles and Micheal
Redgrave.
SATURDAY—“A Ravishing Id
iot” starring Anthony Perkin's
and Brigitte Bardot, plus chapter
four of the serial “The Phantom
Creeps”.
SUNDAY—“The Killers” starring
Lee Marvin and Artgie Dickinson.
MONDAY—“The Private War of
Major Bergson” starring Charlton
Heston and Julie Adams.
TUESDAY—“The Incredible
Shrinking Man” starring Grant
Williams.
WEDNESDAY—“This Earth is
Mine” starring Rock Hudson, Jean
Simmons, Dorothy McGuire and
Claude Rains.
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The Student Directorate Rec
reation Committee has scheduled
a “Howdy” western picnic next
Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Hensel
Park, announced John Bendele,
committee chairman.
Bendelle said tickets for the
picnic may be purchased at the
Student Programs Office in the
Memorial Student Center, begin
ning Friday.
He noted a band will be on
hand to pi-ovide entertainment.
The catered meal will include
bar-b-que beef, the committee
chairman added.
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Editor,
The Battalion:
I thought you might like to
know that I sent Olin Teague
(Congressman) a copy of your
editorial (May 9) . accompanied
by a letter and here is the reply
I got, in reference to the hos
pital facilities.
I agree with you — I think they
(the facilities) are bad, from
the viewpoint of one who has
worked in hospitals. I’d hate to
be a patient in that bleak old
dungeon, but I guess it is better
than nothing.
Eleanore W. Holland
1019 Harrington Ave., C. S.
(Editor’s note: In Congressman
Teague’s letter to Mrs. Holland
he reaffirmed President Rudder’s
contention that the replacement
or extended repair of the present
hospital hinged on availability of
finances.
“In the meantime, we are ex
pending some funds on repairing
the most glaring deficiencies in
the existing building,” Rudder
stated.)
Editor,
The Battalion:
The Aggie joke in June 6th’s
“Sound Off” was the best ever
told. I’ve clipped it out and
mounted it on a card, so I can
present it for reading to every
person who tries to tell me an
Aggie joke.
Some enterprising young man
could make a bundle by publish
ing “An Aggie’s Aggie Joke Book”,
containing copies of clippings
such as that one, and clippings or
headlines such as the one on page
four of June 6th’s issue of The
Battalion, headlined “AGGIES
HELP — ONE WAY OR AN
OTHER” or the one on page one
of the same issue: “AGGIE
GRADUATE DIES IN VIET
NAM”.
Incidentally, I object to the
term “Aggie graduate”. A man
may graduate from Texas A&M,
but he never graduates from be-'
ing an Aggie.
John A. Dennis ’59
Mineral Wells
(Editor’s note: The term “Aggie
Graduate” was used in the same
manner as “Aggie Student” might
be used.)
MSC Wants Grove
‘Fun-Time’ Ideas
Summer Directorate personnel
of Texas A&M’s Memorial Stu
dent Center are trying to prove
that movies are better than ever
at the university’s Grove Theater.
Ron Hinds, Summer Directorate
president, asked that students,
faculty and staff members with
ideas for a two-hour pre-movie
program at least once a week,
contact him or members of his
staff.
“Students are looking for some
thing to do about that time of
day,” Hinds explained. “They
need something to help them re
lax after a full day in class, the
library and research laboratory.”
“We are talking to a local
group, “The Lickin’ River Sing
ers’ for at least one entertain
session,” Hinds continued. 1
we hope to set up two or
volleyball nets right outpide
theater. Also, there are
ball goals available inside
theater. It would be easy!
folks to bring badminton sets!
a bit of pre-movie fun.”
“In addition,” the Midland
ior said, “we will have some i
stereo music going and the |
bar will be open early.”
“If people don’t have time
come by the Student Pro-
Office to discuss their proposal:
Hindis declared, “they can
phone and leave their suggest!
with the Student Program set
taries.”
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