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CANTEBURY BELTS gftm Stnnico uniberstitp men’s toear 329 University Drive 713 / 846-3706 CoIleRe Station, Texas 77840 Astronauts hope to place reflec tors on the moon that will bounce Industrial Education Prof Lectures Page 4 College Station, Texas Thursday, February 6, 1969 THE BATTAL back pulsating laser beams. By timing the round trip of the sig nals, scientists could determine earth-moon distances to within six inches. At G>nfab On Curriculum Project UT/ilef/o r Prkritc>r‘ Sttinrla Am Dr. Donald L. Clark, associate project, using the new plan and TV *1 S'& l S3 S l U O materials in classroom situations. (EJnSuhjan&t For Complete Insurance Service Dial 823-8231 Ray Criswell, Sr.; Ray Criswell, Jr. “Insure Well With Criswell” 2201 S. College Ave., Bryan, Texas Representative TRAVELERS of The Umbrella. PIZZA INN FREE DORM DELIVERY Open 11 a. m. to 12 p. m. Sundays 1 p. m. to 12 p. m. Call 846-6164 or 846-9984 For Orders To Go Or Eat In 413 Hwy. 6, So. Across from the Ramada Inn Dr. Donald L. Clark, associate professor in the Industrial Edu cation Department was a guest lecturer at a symposium spon sored by the Frontiers of Science Foundation of Oklahoma held re cently in Oklahoma City, accord ing to Dr. Everett R. Glazener, department head. Theme of the meeting was “Perspectives in Education for Technology.” The courses are designed to give the student an overview of manufacturing and construction in addition to opportunities for performance of tasks, experimen tation, simulation of activities, role playing, and group partici pation. A&M students pour out of classrooms and traffic builds to a snarling crescendo as if a race track official had raised and fired a starting pistol. Such an impression is close to the truth. A practically indispensable fix ture here nearly 50 years, the campus power plant steam whistle cues the 8 a.m. start of classes, signals lunch, recalls stu dents, faculty and staff at 1 p.m. and forms a welcome indicator of Clark discussed the curriculum of the Industrial Arts Curriculum Project, which is being developed at Ohio State University and evaluated in six test centers throughout the country. He out lined the operation of the Austin field evaluation center, which is under his direction. “IT IS an activity-oriented pro gram,” Clark pointed out. “Stu dents are involved in a broad range of activities that reflect industrial production systems rather than selected single tasks.” A ONE-YEAR junior high school course in manufacturing and another in construction are being tested, according to Clark. Six teachers from three Austin schools are also engaged in the The objective is to prepare young people for more meaning ful participation and citizenship in our advancing and complex technological society,” he said. Clark was a research associate on the curriculum project at Ohio State where he received his doc torate in 1967. He joined the A&M faculty in 1967. ■■ What if you suddenly discovered that . . . YOU MAY HAVE BLOWN 15 YEARS OF YOUR LIFE What enables man to fight against all odds for something he believes in ? Even when he risks failure, or his efforts are ridiculed, or (worse) ignored by other men ? 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SAFEWAY ©Cepyright 1140, Jsfswsy Stersi, tMerpereted. 5 p.m. Manually operated, the K; I sounds when one of the plat;; ; sonnel pulls down a pipei® 1 bolted to a first floor ce I The short pipe is connecte ; cable to a lever that rela ' steam to the whistle. “IT’S A PRETTY harsh . at 8 a.m.,” commented oatj | dent, who also observed tit | paratus has the ability ofs; ji ing much mellower at 5 px j a cold morning, the tone chi i; probably due to condensafe | the device atop the power; | building. The raucous report is at | admitted but accurate partt! p daily routine of practicallyn; one within hearing distance! der the right atmospheric k • tions, the whistle can beli I a sho miles away. “It’s like our old grandfi clock,” remarked Ernest ford. “ Unnoticed until it ft signal the hour.” The university archivist i the whistle has been a trait sound here since the early ii It called volunteer firemti drill until last May. Pkir plant office accountant Sli Visoki recalls it was sigi class and meal time in when he joined the staff. “Sometime in the 1950s, sion was made to quit blown;! whistle,” noted Johnnie l; Two the / (AP ‘ M S< Sen of B chairr Comm Lt. G Mot chairr also a plant accountant P tee or wasn’t silent long. Core? as a we got were surprising.” on STICKLERS for punefe Amen formerly criticized the whir, ance; accuracy. An old Army Si’ Congi Corps BC-312-F receiver el tricts ! ated complaints. K ^ Chief operations engineer. _ ^ Redman said the radio is h to U. S. Bureau of Stanif State WWV time signals about (i ™ an other day to determine office plant clocks and whistle accra “The whistle starts blof right on the hour and the I * usually lasts 20 to 30 secoi 1 j -j • of thi Redman said. „ “Once in a while the wb „ en doesn’t sound, like at one o'ti one day last week. If the pc' ^ n plant apprentice is busy tai j n readings, he might forget it. 0 £ ^ someone on the shift is use a ^ 0 ready and watching the cloci ^ oi . pull the lever.” vo]uir Redman also pointed opt: | perfo] plant shifts check in at 7:30! v i n ^ r0{ ; and go off duty at 4:30 p.m. ferrec “The people who blow t eej whistle don’t go to work by discus he grinned. fore i the aj ice tc treme actior EG Freshme Slam ‘Servict At Gas Pumi A team of freshmen en| ing graphics students took at look at service stations ani cided they didn’t like whati found. “Primarily,” one student) “they don’t effectively ph services.” With this in mind, theysO answers to one of cosmopol® growing problems of automot highways and “service” sta® THEY PROBED “turfl stalls” and multi-story comp® Some students suggested rating the attendant fro® cashier duties; something ’ drive-in movie, but modifio: meet needs. They decided stations be “versatile and profitable Extra chores — mechanic) example — were eliminated. 1 the basic function of a stt J its service, was considered. They felt all stations $ | have easy entrance and exit j tures, which is often a pr^j on thoroughfares and in s»f ban centers. Students asked for “freed movement” for labor. The)' sought attractiveness. EVEN ACCESSIBILITY various apparatus was disci? including what type of enlf are best suited for certain tions. The eye-opener, however, ^ I from Fletcher Longley of ley, Mass. He didn’t like the bumps* a majority of stations su^ produced. With a centrifugal indicat'; engineered and presented to members, the aspiring enfj tested “jarring” and movement. He proposed the (i ination of bumps at the e# and exit of stations by le vi at a 10 per cent angle. Graduate teaching ass:) 5 Ronald D. McCage said Wl idea may never work, but th* was to be “praised for the lf ! he went to for his project® he is a freshman.” No bumps in the future! art interesting idea!