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Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Friday, September 19, 1969 CADET SLOUCH 2 Architecture Seniors Help by jim Earie Texurkaim Drainage Problem Bulletin Board Two architecture seniors and their advisers have received praise from Texarkana, Ark., of ficials for a summer-long urban design project. Fifth year design students Ger ard Wall of Tyler and Garth Hodge of Ennis, both prospective January graduates, were selected by Assoc. Dean W. Cecil Steward of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design to work with Texarkana’s Model City Program. They were told to aim their skills at Nix Creek, a winding and infested creek that passes through 90 per cent of Texar kana’s slums. The Aggies had two objectives: solve a major drainage problem and contribute to the future en vironment of the city. It was not an easy project, Steward pointed out. Drainage was a major problem since Nix Creek provided the only arterial drainage system for ap proximately 8,000 acres, 58 per cent within Texarkana, Ark. Widespread dumping of gar- ga.be prevented adequate flood drainage and helped create a snake and rat problem. Wall and Hodge learned the Nix Creek area had the highest occurrences of tuberculosis, ve- neral disease, intestinal and oral viruses, staph infections and worms. They decided to design the creek for active recreation and made two major recommenda tions. First, build seven 12-acre lakes to control the water flows down Nix and Day Creeks. Second, serve the area with a combina tion of wet and dry creek beds. Wall and Hodge completed their project in August. It has been enthusiastically received by the Model Cities Program and Texarkana’s Department of Com munity Development. Community Development Di rector Thomas C. McRae said Wall, Hodge and Steward “dem onstrated graphically the out standing mutual benefits that can be derived from joint ven tures undertaken by the academic and governmental communities.” Steward said the purpose of this and similar projects is to “have students involved with problems that are real, that in volve concerns of people and their living environments and to give them opportunities to inter act and prepare design solutions that will be considered.” Steward noted members of the community—including represent atives from the poverty areas— worked in a design team situation with the Aggies on the project. Steward said Texarkana plans to use the Nix Creek Urban De sign Project as a planning base to develop detailed engineering studies necessary to proceed with the Model Cities Program. FRIDAY The A&M Rugby Club will meet in room 2-C in the MSC at 8 p.m. to elect officers and col lect money for letters. MONDAY & TUESDAY The forums for environmental studies will present Talbot Wil son, of Wilson, Morris, Crain and Anderson, AIA, Houston, at 8 p.m. in the achitecture auditorium. He will speak on architectural systems. AH new Army ROTC cadet wives are invited to a welcoming party, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the home of Colonel Jim McCoy, 2702 Burton, in Bryan. The Memorial Student Center Camera Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. in rooms 3B and 3C in the MSC. Semester membership cards will be passed out and lock er assignments will be made; a second meeting will be Sept. 29 for those who miss this one. Would You Believe? Fresh From The Gulf OYSTERS on the half-shell or fried to order Served Right Here on the Campus 5 to 7 each evening at the famous Oyster Room MSC Cafeteria efficient executive’s best friend “No, it’s not an outfit insignia—it’s my laundry mark!” Film Festival to Open Friday Fall Film Festival presenta tions start next Friday with the screening of “The Shop on Main Street.” Seven other film classics in cluding a W. C. Fields’ Western comedy are scheduled the rest of the semester, announced festival chairman Carlos Almaguer, arch itecture major from Eagle Pass. He noted that the series of award winning films ranges from comedy to brilliant commentaries on war. Admission is by season ticket only. They are $3.50 per Welcome To The AGGIE DEN “The Home of the Aggies” Open 7 Days Weekly 8 a. m. till Midnight We Cash Aggie Checks (Next to Loupot’s) student, with wife or date and $5.50, faculty and the general public. “Single admissions will not be available,” pointed out John F. Small, publicity manager of the Memorial Student Center Con- temporai’y Arts Committee. The film festival is part of CAC. “Last year, all season tickets were taken before the first show/’ Small added. Succeeding presentations in clude an Oct. 3 Spanish civil war documentary, “To Die in Ma drid;” Oct. 10, “Gate of Hell,” Academy Award winner on medi eval Japan; Oct. 31, “War of the Buttons,” a French satire on war. Also, Nov. 14, “The White Sheik,” a romantic satire; Nov. 21, “Ivan the Terrible;” Jan. 9, “Alphaville;” Jean-Luc Godard’s portrayal of a dehumanized so ciety, and Jan. 16, “My Little Chicadee,” Fields classic that also features Mae West. Festival presentations will be at 8 p.m. in the MSC Ballroom. HOME & CAR RADIO REPAIRS ZENITH RADIOS & PHONOS KEN’S RADIO & TV 303 W. 26th 822-2819 Art Prints Loaned Beginning Thursday Prints of renowned artists’ paintings will go on loan Thurs day at the university library for the 1969-70 fall semester. John B. Smith, acting director, said the lending print collection may be charged out one per stu dent beginning at 1 p.m. The 80 framed, ready-to-hang color prints will be due Jan. 16, 1970. Borrowers will be held responsible for lost or damaged prints. Replacement cost ranges from $25 to $40. The collection covers a broad range of artistic styles and rep resents the work of 80 artists, including Matisse, Picasso, Goya, Velaquez and Rembrandt. Loan policy is on a first-come, first-served basis to A&M stu dents only, Smith added. ★ ★ ★ Salt Companies Grant A&M $170,000 An international consortium of salt companies have signed a $170,000 agreement with the uni versity Research Foundation to support a three-year geophysics research program. Dr. Robert R. Unterberger, professor of geophysics, reported the grant is effective immedi ately. He originated the research proposal at the request of the Borton Salt Co. of Chicago. The research will be conducted on the “Propogation of Electro magnetic Waves in Salt.” Dr. Unterberger joined the fac ulty of Texas A&M a year ago and is presently engaged in re search in a new field of geo physics which he has pioneered. This research involves the di electric properties of earth ma terials and its relation to the underground propogation of elec tromagnetic waves. “The salt companies are inter ested in supporting this research because there is the possibility of utilizing high frequency radio waves to detect irregularities in salt ahead of the mining proc ess,” he noted. ★ ★ ★ Houston Post ME To Keynote Confab Houston Post managing editor Ed Hunter was announced Thurs day as keynote speaker of the 17th conference of the Texas Junior College Press Association. The conference, which also will feature “Newsweek” bureau chief Hugh Aynesworth of Houston and specialists on student news papers, yearbooks and maga zines, will be here Oct. 13 and 14, according to Dr. David R. Bowers, director. The A&M journalism professor said about 200 students from 30 junior colleges are expected for the two-day annual event. Student newspaper staffs will have sessions on depth reporting, editorial page developments, the woman’s role in journalism, ty pography and makeup. ★ ★ ★ Physician Appointed Biomedical Director AUSTIN—Stewart Wolf, MD, world renowned educator and scientist, has been named scien tific director of the Marine Bio medical Institute at Galveston. The announcement of the phy sician’s appointment was made at a press conference by Dr. Charles A. LeMaistre, deputy chancellor of The University of Texas System and Earl Rudder, Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax- supported, non-profit, self-supporting educational enter prise edited and operated by students as a university and community newspaper. 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Dr. Wolf, presently Regents Professor of Medicine, of Psy chiatry and Behavioral Sciences; professor of physiology of the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine and head of the neu rosciences section of the Okla homa Medical Research Founda tion, will assume his new posi tion Nov. 1. Nationally known for his re search in pain, gastrointestinal physiology and psychosomatic mechanisms, Dr. Wolf has au thored several books and mono graphs. Objectives of the institute in clude advancement of man’s knowledge of the marine environ ment and use of this knowledge to enhance the practice of medi cine in all environments. ★ ★ ★ Graduate Lecture Slated Here Oct. 1 Dr. J. C. Zadoks, phytopathol ogist at Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, will present a graduate lecture here Oct. 1. The 4 p.m. presentation, enti tled “Reflections on Resisl^anee in Plants,” will be conducted in Room 112-113 of the Plant Sci ences Building. A native of The Netherlands, Dr. Zadoks is a council member and founder of the European and Mediterranean Cereal Rust Con ference. He has held numerous short assignments in the tropics and was formerly associated with the Institute of Phytopathological Research in Wageningen. Automatic and Easy to Use Remote Controlled Reusable Magnetic Tape Easy Transcription the fJore/co 84 dictating machine The Norelco 84 is the modern efficient way to handle daily correspondence. Its simplicity of operation assures perfect dictating results every time. You’ll like the Norelco 84's low price and many features like the exclusive magnetic tape cassette that threads itself automat ically. Find out how the - Norelco 84 can be your best friend. Call today for a demonstration. OTIS MCDONALD’S 429 S. Main — Phone 822-1328 Bryan, Texas ATTENTION! All Freshmen! 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