THE BATTALION
Thursday, January 21, 1971
College Station, Texas
Page 3
Campus briefs
Geosciences leads in ecology movement
Appointments of two faculty
members to ecology commissions
has placed A&M’s College of Geo
sciences in a lead position in the
ecology movement.
Dr. Earl Cook of the Geography
Department has been appointed
to the Commission on Human
Ecology of the International As
sociation for Ecology.
A&M also has been invited by
the president of the Ecological
Society of America to be one of
the founding institutions of the
National Institute of Ecology.
Dr. John C. Calhoun Jr., A&M’s
geosciences dean, was named del
egate to the founding commission,
which would conduct ecological
research and promote social ac
tion in the ecology movement.
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A.&M hosts symposium
on process industries
A&M will host 550 engineers,
plant managers and manufactur
ing representatives for the 26th
annual Symposium on Instrumen
tation for the Process Industries
through Friday.
Symposium director Dr. Ray
ford G. Anthony noted the meet
ing is the nation’s oldest for con
tinuous fluid flow process indus-
Eleven technical reports will
be read during the symposium.
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Clayton named advisor
at atmosphere lab
Dr. William H. Clayton, asso
ciate dean of A&M’s College of
Geosciences, has been appointed
to the advisory panel of the facili
ties laboratory for the National
Center of Atmospheric Research
at Boulder, Colo.
The three-year appointment
was announced by Daniel F. Rex,
director of facilities for NCAR.
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Honor group takes
nine A&M grads
Nine December graduates of
Texas A&M University have been
initiated into the Phi Kappa Phi
honor society in recognition of
outstanding academic accom
plishments.
The new members are Julian
Garcia, aerospace engineering
Hillsboro; Larry G. Morse, elec
trical engineering, Bedias; James
C. Mulder, zoology, Houston.
Also, David E. Ondrias, recrea
tion and parks, Wharton; Paul L.
Parker, curriculum and instruc
tion, Murchison; Ronald D. Perry,
finance, Spring; William D. Reed,
management, San Antonio, and
Morris M. Stroman, aerospace
engineering, Texarkana.
Each had 3.5 or higher grade
point ratios on a maximum 4.0
system.
The purpose of Phi Kappa Phi
is to recognize scholarship in all
fields of study and to invite to
membership the highest ranking
students from any branch of
learning.
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Camera committee
plans field trip
Arrangements for a Jan. 29
tour of Animal World near Mes
quite will be made Monday by
the Memorial Student Center
Camera Committee.
Members also will sign up for
the spring semester and draw
locker space at the 7:30 p.m.
meeting in Rooms 3B and C of
the MSC, announced chairman
Greg Gray of Houston.
He said 20 members accompa
nied by advisor C. M. Sykes, Ger
trude Adams and Dr. Richard J.
Baldauf, wildlife science profes
sor, will make the three-hour vis
it to Animal World. The photo
graphers will have picture-mak
ing opportunities on an auto
drive-through and a special walk
ing tour.
The committee, which signed
70 members last semester, has
facilities for color and black-and-
white film and print processing
available to members.
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Library staff
changes told
New duties will be assumed
Feb. 1 by Richard L. Puckett and
Mrs. Jane B. Davis of the Texas
A&M University library faculty,
Director John B. Smith an
nounced.
Puckett, circulation librarian
five years, has been appointed to
the newly-created position of
Smith said Puckett will coordi
nate the library’s several public
service departments and the Col
lege of Veterinary Medicine Li
brary.
Mrs. Davis will become circula
tion librarian, moving from re
serve room librarian where she
has served since September, 1969.
The important circulation libra
rian deals closely with visitors
and persons from across the
campus. Mrs. Davis also will
have responsibility for staffing
the Interlibrary Loan Office and
reserve reading room.
Smith said Mrs. Bernice Eth
eridge, now a junior librarian,
will be in charge of the reserve
room.
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Hourly wage of $1.60
begins on Feb. 1
A new minimum hourly wage
of $1.60 becomes effective Feb. 1
under provisions of the 1966
amendment to the Fair Labor
Standards Act.
The minimum wage increase
applies to most A&M System em
ployees, reminded H. Ray Smith,
acting director of personnel. Ag
ricultural employees who are par
tially exempt from the act are
not affected.
He pointed out that the rate
change applies to part-time stu
dent employees as well as those
employees not exempt from pro
visions of the act. Texas A&M
employees not exempt from over
time provisions of the Fair Labor
Standards Act will continue to
receive one and a half times the
regular rate of pay for all hours
worked over 40 hours during the
work week, Thursday through
Wednesday, Smith added.
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B-CS chamber banquet
becomes sellout
The Bryan-College Station
Chamber of Commerce Banquet is
a sellout, chamber executive vice
president Pat Mann announced
Tuesday afternoon.
The banquet is scheduled for
7 p.m. Thursday in the Ramada
Inn.
should contact the chamber office
in the event there are cancella
tions, he added.
Dr. Jack K. Williams, president
of the Texas A&M University
System, will be the featured
speaker.
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Astronaut Peterson
to speak in Bryan
Astronaut Donald H. Peterson
has accepted an invitation to
speak in the Civic Auditorium on
the evening of Jan. 29. Astronaut
Peterson’s appearance is being
sponsored by the Bryan Library
Board and details about the pro
gram will be announced later,
according to Mrs. John McIntyre,
program chairman.
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Secretaries group
to hold seminar
The Bryan - College Station
Chapter of The National Secre
taries Association will conduct its
13th annual seminar Feb. 13.
Mrs. Bettye J. Kahan, chapter
president, announced the pro-
Memorial Student Center on the
Meforial Student Center on the
campus.
Theme of the seminar is “How
Open Is the Door?” Dean Fred
J. Benson of the College of En
gineering is keynote speaker.
The registration fee is $7 and
includes a luncheon. Full-time
students pay $3.50 to register,
Mrs. Kahan noted.
Registration must be completed
by Friday, Feb. 5.
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Night bill depository
begun by College Station
A night depository for payment
of bills after working hours and
on weekends has been placed in
the College Station City Hall, ac
cording to an announcement by
Mayor D. A. (Andy) Anderson.
The depository is located near
the drive-in pay window.
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Twenty-one papers
being presented
Twenty-one technical papers
from many facets of research for
safe, effective, and enduring high
ways are being presented by Tex
as A&M University researchers
at the 50th Annual Meeting of
the Highway Research Board in
Washington, D. C., January 18-
22.
The presentations cover re
search of the Texas Transporta
tion Institute.
Denmark on
summer school
cruise route
Texas A&M University’s 1971
“Summer School at Sea” will in
clude visits to Denmark, The
Netherlands, Ireland, Portugal
and the Canary and Virgin
Islands.
The June 5-Aug. 12 program
is open to spring high school
graduates and is conducted in
conjunction with the training
cruise for the Texas Maritime
Academy.
Adm. James D. Craik, TMA
superintendent, said the cruise
will be aboard the “Texas Clip
per,” a 15,000-ton converted
oceanliner.
The cruise originates in Galves
ton and includes a stop enroute
at Philadelphia.
In addition to visiting foreign
ports and getting a taste of life
at sea, Craik said students have
the opportunity to earn six hours
of college credit.
Texas A&M’s College of Liberal
Arts coordinates academic in
struction, which this year will
include a choice of freshman
courses in English, American his
tory and algebra. Credit for the
courses can be applied to degree
requirements at TMA, Texas
A&M or any other college or uni
versity, the admiral said.
Costs for “Summer School at
Sea” participants total $625 for
Texas residents and $775 for out-
of-state students. The costs in
clude room, board, laundry and
tuition.
Additional information or ap
plications may be obtained by
contacting Enrolling Officer, Tex
as Maritime Academy, Texas
A&M University, College Station,
Texas 77843.
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