CADET SLOUCH
by jim Earie Xexas universities express
interest in ocean research
“ . . . Wouldn’t you think that a student going through
registration would bring at least a pencil?”
Bulletin Board
Thursday
Freshman Class Council will
meet in room 146 of the Physics
building at 7:30.
Sophomore Class will meet in
room 145 of the Physics building
at 7:30.
San Antonio HTC will meet in
room 321 of the Physics building
at 7:30.
Cepheid Variable will meet in
the physics building at 7:30.
Williamson HTC will meet at
the Memorial Student Center at
8. Pictures will be made.
Friday
Arab Student Organization will
meet in room 3D of the Memorial
Student Center at 7.
Twenty-six Texas colleges and
universities have expressed inter
est in participating in A&M’s new
program to share use of its seven
research vessels.
An organizational meeting for
the cooperative program, to be
known as Mini-NOLS, was held
Monday with representatives at
tending from most of the institu
tions planning to participate.
Mini-NOLS is patterned after
the new University-National
Oceanographic Laboratory
(UNOLS), of which TAMU is a
charter member, noted Dr. Rich
ard A. Geyer, head of the uni
versity’s Oceanography Depart
ment.
The statewide Mini-NOLS pro
gram is designed to serve insti
tutions which have qualified sci
entists engaged in oceanographi
cally related programs but have
no sea-going capabilities. TAMU
is the only institution in the state
with deep sea-going capabilities.
“All the participants seemed
pleased with the potential for the
concept,” Dr. Geyer said.
Most of the institutions were
interested in “getting time” on
TAMU’s smaller vessels, he add
ed.
Among the institutions express
ing interest in the program are
Angelo State, Austin College,
Baylor, Corpus Christi, Del Mar,
Houston, Lamar, Lee, North Tex
as State, Pan American, Rice,
Sam Houston State, SMU, South
western, Stephen F. Austin, St.
Thomas, Sul Ross, Texas A&I,
TCU, Texas Southern, Texas
Tech, Texas Wesleyan, Texas
Woman’s University, Trinity and
Marine PLC program gets
additional benefits, money
Stipends of $100 per month and
free civilian flight training are
now being offered to students en
rolled in the Marine Corps’ Pla
toon Leaders Class (PLC) Pro
gram for officer candidates.
These new aspects of the PLC
Program were explained to mem
bers of Texas A&M University’s
Semper Fidelis Society Tuesday
night by Captain W. E. Lucas,
who heads a Marine officer se-
Program includes two six-week
periods of summer training at
Quantico, Va.
Students accepting the funds
must agree to spend an additional
six months on active duty for
each college year they accept the
money. Captain Lucas emphasized
students participating in the PLC
Program are not required to ac
cept the funds, but rather may
continue in a non-pay status and
ground school and approximately
35 hours of dual and solo flight
instruction, upon completion of
which the student is eligible for
a private pilot’s certificate.
The captain pointed out the
flight program is currently lim
ited to students planning to be
Marine aviators on active duty,
but may soon be expanded to in
clude all PLC students. Addition
ally, students must have complet-
lection team bn caffiliJIlM&' i^fe week- have only the basic two-and-one- ed both periods of summer train-
The team will operate an infor
mation booth in the Memorial Stu
dent Center through Friday.
Captain Lucas also noted the
Marine Corps has altered its ba
sic service agreement to require
two and one-half years of active
duty instead of three years.
PLC students qualify for the
$100 monthly allotments, for a
nine-month scholastic year, upon
successful completion of one ses
sion of summer training. The PLC
half-year obligation for active du
ty.
In addition to now including
$100 monthly stipends, the PLC
Program retains its unique fea
ture of giving participants longe
vity and retirement advantages,
Captain Lucas pointed out.
Under the new flight training
program, the Marine Corps pays
all expenses for qualified students
at an approved civilian flight
school. The training includes
ing.
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Representatives of the institu
tions attending the Monday ses
sion agreed to meet semi-annually
to arrange additional scheduling
and analyze the program’s prog
ress.
The National Science Founda
tion’s annual grant to TAMU for
ship operations included limited
additional funds to provide ship
support for other institutions
meeting special criteria.
The TAMU Sea Grant Program
also is participating in the proj
ect. The Sea Grant Program in
cludes a variety of activities to
develop the nation's marine re
sources.
The Oceanography Department
operates four vessels, ranging
from the 186-foot R/V Alaminos
used in deep ocean programs to
the 36-foot La Mer II used for
closed-in operations. The Environ
mental Engineering Division of
the Civil Engineering Department
operates three craft suited for
studies in bays and estuaries and
on the Houston Ship Channel.
1971 wetter than average,
1972 to be around normal
The year 1971 closed with more
than average moisture, but not
enough to make up for the rela
tively dry January to July period.
December’s 4.49-inch average
of 38 observers in a Texas A&M
meteorology research program
ranked as the year’s third best.
May, with 5.17 inches, and Au
gust’s 4.61 surpassed it.
The area fell about 10 per
cent short of the annual rainfall
average.
An average start for 1972 is
expected, according to a 30-day
outlook issued by the Meteorol
ogy Department weather station.
Near normal rainfall of three
inches and below normal temper
atures are in the 30-day outlook.
Lower temperatures between
mid-January and mid-February
will be due primarily to lower
afternoon temperatures and near
normal morning lows, according
to meteorologist Jim Lightfoot of
the TAMU department. He said
the mean temperature will be 51
degrees, 1.5 below normal.
A higher than usual number
of cloudy days also can be ex
pected, he added.
December rain ranged from
5.99 inches in the Mobile Avenue
area to 3.7 south of College Sta
tion. Last month’s temperatures
peaked at 79 degrees on Dec. 27
and dropped to a 37 low on Dec.
6. The mean temperature was
56.9 degrees.
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