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Vol. 66 NO. 134
College Station, Texas
Wednesday, July 28, 1971
840-2226
A&M gets ok
for new college
Establishment of the College of
Marine Sciences and Maritime
Resources at Galveston as an edu
cational unit of Texas A&M was
approved Tuesday by the insti
tution’s board of directors.
A&M President Dr. Jack K.
Williams said implementation of
plans for the new college will be
under way by Sept. 1.
The College of Marine Sciences
and Maritime Resources will in
clude the Texas Maritime Acad
emy, Moody Marine Institute and
the Coastal Zone Laboratory.
The Moody Marine Institute
will consist of the Marine Labo
ratory and, later, teaching units
for such fields as marine life sci
ences and marine economics.
The majority of the new col
lege’s activities will be conducted
at Texas A&M’s 100-acre Mitchell
Campus on Pelican Island. The
Marine Laboratory, however, will
continue to be headquartered
across town at Ft. Crocket.
The first two buildings on the
Mitchell Campus are expected to
be ready for use by Sept. 1. Wil
liams said detailed plans are be
ing compiled for the campus’ first
residence hall, which will accom
modate nearly 200 students.
Master plans provide eventu
ally for approximately 20 build
ings on the Galveston campus.
Authority to create the new col
lege was made possible through
legislation introduced in the 62nd
Legislature by Sen. A. R.
Schwartz of Galveston and Rep.
Bill Presnal of Bryan.
University officials said any
new degrees or new courses of
fered through the new college will
require approval by the Coordi
nating Board, Texas College and
University System.
Williams said establishment of
the new educational unit is part
of the university’s continuing ef
fort to lead the nation in marine-
related activities.
University officials emphasized
creation of the new college is an
expansion of the institution’s ma
rine activities and will not reduce
the level of marine-related activ
ities here.
Earlier this year the university
formed the Center for Marine Re
sources here. The center includes
the institution’s Sea Grant Pro
gram and provides an administra
tive framework for developing va
rious marine-related programs.
Creation of the new college does
not directly affect the university’s
Oceanography Department, which
is part of the College of Geosci
ences, or the Coastal and Ocean
Engineering and Environmental
Engineering Divisions of the Civil
Engineering Department.
The Oceanography Depart
ment’s research vessels, however,
are berthed at the Mitchell Cam
pus.
A&M budget $73.5 million
GALVESTON—Texas A&M re
ceived approval Tuesday for a
1971-72 budget of $73,571,869, up
$2,904,640—or 251.7, 14.1 per cent
—over the 1970-71 budget.
The action came during a meet
ing here of the Texas A&M Uni
versity Systetm Board of Direc
tors. Overall the board approved
$144,971,411 in operating budgets
for the system’s parts.
That systems consists of Texas
A&M, Prairie View A&M, Tarle-
ton State, the Texas Veterinary
Medical Diagnostic Laboratory,
the Texas Forest Service, the
Texas Agricultural Extension
Service, the Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station, the Texas
^Engineering Extension Service,
the Texas Engineering Experi
ment Station, the Texas Trans
portation Institute and the Texas
Maritime Academy.
The board also authorized es
tablishment of the Occupational
Health and Safety Institute at
Texas A&M.
Prairie View A&M College re
ceived funds totaling $14,209,062,
up $2,904,640 for a 25.7 percent
gain.
Tarleton State College’s oper
ating budget next year was set
at $5,152,514, for an increase of
$421,081 or 8.9 percent.
The Texas Maritime Academy’s
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
budget was increased $30,179, to
$1,050,001, up three percent.
Operating budgets for other
parts of the Texas A&M system
are: Texas Agricultural Experi
ment Station, $16,775,915, up
$1,235,659 for an eight percent
increase; Texas Agricultural Ex
tension Service, $18,452,184, up
$3,345,333, an increase of 22.1 per
cent; Texas Engineering Experi
ment Station (including the Tex
as Transportation Institute), $7,-
911,334, up $331,768, a gain of 4.4
percent; Texas Engineering Ex
tension Service, $2,256,033, up
$724,013, an increase of 47.3 per
cent; Texas Forest Service, $2,-
966,593, up $209,500, a gain of 7.6
percent, and the Rodent and Pred
atory Animal Control Service,
$627,510, up $48,101 for an 8.3
percent increase.
The only category showing a
decrease was system offices and
departments. Funding for such
administrative activities was re
duced 10.4 percent, or $232,255,
to $1,998,396.
Additionally, the board formal
ly approved the budgets for two
state activities located on the
Texas A&M campus, the Texas
Petroleum Research Committee
and the Texas Veterinary Medical
Diagnostic Laboratory. The pe
troleum research committee will
operate next year on a $60,000
budget, while the diagnostic lab
oratory has been authorized
$277,419.
The Occupational Health and
The journalism workshop going on here this week has
many facets. Terry Lopez learns by doing during an after
noon newspaper laboratory session.
WELCOME RELIEF came Tuesday as thundershowers a dry, dusty spell even a few inconvenient puddles don’t
occurred in the area, fulfilling the promise (or threat) seem so bad. (Photo by Debi Blackmon)
clouds had been making for the last week or so. After
14 area youth attend
Journalists here for workshop
Safety Institute approved by the
board will be administered by the
Texas Engineering Experiment
Station.
“The institute should well serve
the interests of the people of
Texas, including employers, em
ployees and consumers,” said En
gineering Dean Fred J. Benson,
TEES director.
He said the institute will con
centrate on research, experiments
and demonstrations relating to
occupational health and safety,
as well as research involving con
sumer product safety for manu
facturers and consumers.
The institute also will be in
volved in continuing education
and special education programs
in the health and safety fields
for the benefit of personnel in
such fields as industry and gov
ernment.
Local man honored
at Austin meeting
Texas Gov. Preston Smith has
announced that the Rev. William
Oxley of College Station who is
among the chairmen of the 21
regional planning committees for
the Texas Commission on Alco
holism was honored at the
14th Annual Institute of Alcohol
Studies.
As chairman of one of the re
gional planning committees, Ox
ley helped to develop the Texas
State Plan for Prevention, Treat
ment and Control
Fourteen Bryan-College Station
high school students are among
350 students from throughout the
state attending the one-week
High School Journalism Confer
ence here.
Attending from B-CS are Kathy
Rodenberger, Beki Reeves, Nancy
Meuth, Carol Goehl, Kay Hanna,
Noel Durrant, Wayne Vermillion,
Steve Stanley, Richard Bay, Mary
T. Lopez, Marcy Roman, Jan
;Jones, Susan Eller and Philip
Costa.
The conference, sponsored by
the Journalism Department, in
cludes lectures and practical ex
perience in three divisions: news
paper, yearbook and photography.
The yearbook division, headed
by Kathleen Leabo, Divisional Di
rector of College Station, includes
the actual production of Summer
time, a student yearbook sponsor
ed by Diane Lang.
Lectures include new techniques
in layout, typography and styles
involved in production of a high
school yearbook. At the end of
the week, awards will be given
to each school showing outstand
ing achievement in specialized
work areas.
George Pearson of St. Paul,
Minn., heads the newspaper di
vision. High school students in
the division are exposed to the
routine of newspaper work, pro
ducing a newspaper daily the en
tire week.
A workshop newspaper, The
Workshopper, sponsored by Eliza
beth Hurley of Pampa, will be
published at the end of the week.
Students are presented new ideas
in typography, legal and ethical
issues involved in newspaper
work.
Directing photography are Dr.
C. William Horrel, from Southern
Illinois University, C. J. Leabo,
Journalism Department head, and
Dr. Otha C. Spencer of East Tex
as State University.
“Students of all levels are in
volved in this course,” Horrell
said. “So far, no diasters, just
one ‘almost’.”
Students in the photography
classes learn to handle their own
cameras, along with developing
procedures and printing processes
involved in photography.
Special speakers this year in
cluded Shel Hershorn, free-lance
photographer from Dallas, and
Sister Ann Christine Heintz of
Chicago.
An awards banquet is sched
uled Friday night and a Mr. and
Miss Workshopper contest is to
be held tonight at a dance in the
Memorial Student Center to se
lect the two most outstanding
members attending the confer
ence.
Heaton says new coed count
should be double last year’s
Enrollment of new coeds this
fall is expected to be nearly
double that of last year.
H. L. Heaton, dean of admis
sions and records, said 569 be
ginning freshman coeds and 278
women transfer students have
been accepted for enrollment as
of July 1.
This total of 847 corresponds
with a figure of 475 last year,
Heaton said.
He pointed out the tabulation
does not include the 1,411 wom
en, slightly more than 10 per
cent of the student body, who
were enrolled here last spring.
Heaton said the trend is ex
pected to continue as the uni
versity moves toward on-campus
housing for women. A new resi
dence hall, with one wing de
signed to accommodate 500 co
eds, is under construction and
scheduled to be ready for the
start of the 1972 fall semester.
But theory is important too. Newspaper division in- Yet it’s not all work. Sophie Mikus takes time out after moving into her dormitory
structor Bob Trager helps the high school writers learn 12 room to relax and practice that ever-popular A&M activity, bagging it. (Photos by Ed
through informal lecture and discussion. Dutch)