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Lawmakers Tour Alaminos
HOUSTON—National and state
lawmakers headed dignitaries who
participated in a familiarization
cruise Friday on A&M's oceano
graphic research ship, the R/V
Alaminos.
Congressmen Olin E. Teague
of College Station and Bob Casey
of Houston and State Rep. Ray
Lemmon, also of Houston, were
in the group riding the 180-foot
sister ship to the USS Pueblo
from Galveston to Houston.
“People of the state are just
now becoming aware of this valu
able oceanographic program at
A&M,” Casey said. “The work
done in conjunction with training
oceanographers is not only bene
ficial from a scientific stand
point but now is being translated
into economic benefits as well.”
“Texas A&M has an excellent
oceanographic program,” Teague
added. “Away from the State of
Texas, I have heard more about
the program than any other part
of the University.”
State Rep. Lemmon called for
more support from Texas to aid
the A&M efforts.
“If it weren’t for our good
friends in Congress, we wouldn’t
be getting along as well as we
are,” he contended.
Joining in the six-hour cruise
up the channel was Bob Alder-
dice, member of the Texas House
of Representatives Interim Com
mittee on Oceanography headed
by Lemmon.
Other guests included Dr.
James M. Sharp, president of
Gulf Universities Research Corp.,
and Capt. Henry Rowe, head of
the Marine Science Department
at Galveston Community College.
Texas A&M officials included
Clyde H. Wells, president of the
board of directors of the Texas
A&M University System; Texas
A&M President Earl Rudder; Dr.
John C. Calhoun, vice president
for programs; Dr. Richard A.
Geyer, Oceanography Department
head, and Dr. Sammy M. Ray,
head of the Marine Laboratory
at Galveston.
The ship just returned from
its first cruise of the 1970-71
season, a five-day geological ex
pedition under the direction of
Dr. Arnold H. Bouma, chief
scientist.
EXAMINING CORE SAMPLE
A&M President Earl Rudder, Congressman Olin Teague,
A&M Board President Clyde Wells and Congressman Bob
Casey look over the shoulders of Texas A&M oceanograph
ers examining core sample taken during familiarization
cruise Friday aboard A&M’s research ship, the R/V Ala
minos.
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Of Former Students 9 Rings
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James Bedford Sterns of Cor
pus Christi celebrated his 92nd
birthday here by presenting a
priceless collection of former stu
dents’ rings to the university.
Accompanied by his wife of 65
years, one of the school’s oldest
living alumni gave the Texas
A&M College rings to the Asso
ciation of Former Students in
memory of all former students
who attend A&M before it was
officially named a university.
Classes of 1899 through 1964
will be represented in the 14 by
24 inch display, with 54 of the
66 rings already mounted on
purple velvet and white satin.
Twelve class rings are missing
but expected to be added shortly.
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after being convicted for failing
to declare $21,000 of his 1961-62
income. The conviction was be
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Sterns, a member of the class
of 1899, first got the idea for the
project in September, 1963, when
he learned the name college would
be changed to university.
Over the past three years
Sterns has written more than
4,000 ‘ring letters” to collect the
54 rings. Missing class rings in
clude 1901, 1902, 1904, 1906, 1920,
1940, 1948, 1953, 1954, 1959, 1960
and 1961.
“Most Aggies would rather give
you their left leg than their ring,”
Sterns quipped. However, includ
ed in the collection are rings
from distinguished businessmen,
military heroes and 10 from
widows.
Sterns was born in Harris
County “way out in the country
about five miles from the court
house.” '
“I never went to high school.
But, I didn’t care. I just wanted
to play football at A&M,” he
recounted.
The school’s oldest living letter-
man was captain of the 1897 foot
ball team. He broke his ankle
in the Thanksgiving game with
Texas that year and returned to
Houston.
When the class of 1899 gradu
ated Sterns left with them,
dropped from the college for
being what he called “a hell
raiser.”
He worked for railroads for
a couple of years and returned
to A&M in 1902 to play on the
first Aggie team to beat Texas.
He graduated in 1903 with a
degree in civil engineering.
“I’m probably the first Aggie
to receive seven letters,” he
maintains. “Three in football, one
in baseball, one in track, one in
hell raising and one in faculty
destruction.”
THE BATTALION
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