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dnesday, July ntrt Welcome to Texas A&M University, Class of 1976 iternities, aj( 'in?, among ^ ilty selection f pressure fon •skew enl s affect peer 'acuity andJ Battalion Clear and hot College Station, Texas Wednesday, August 2, 1972 THURSDAY—Clear and warm er. Southerly winds, 8-10 m.p.h. High 96, low 78. WEEKEND—Partly cloudy and hot. High 95, low 76. 845-2226 Moody College formed from Galveston facilities A&M’s Galveston-based teach ing and research activities are being realigned to form the Moody College of Marine Sciences and Maritime Resources, an nounced TAMU President Jack K. Williams. The new designation was for mally recognized in the appro priations bill just signed by Gov. Preston Smith. Dr. Williams said the new designation is made in recognition of the valuable support which the Moody Foundation and individual members of the Moody family have provided for the maritime and marine-related programs of the university. “Without the generous finan cial assistance of the Moody Foundation, we could not be operating in Galveston at our current level, nor could we be involved in our present plans for expansion,” Dr. Williams empha sized. The Moody Foundation recent ly announced the award of $250,- 000 to TAMU to assist in con struction of the first dormitory on the universtiy’s new Pelican Island campus. The foundation had previously given the uni versity $1 million for construction of the campus’ first two build ings, which were formally dedi cated last spring. “We think it particularly ap propriate to honor Mrs. Mary Moody Northen, who easily quali fies as the ‘patron saint ’of the Texas Maritime Academy,” Dr. Williams said. “She has taken a Dr. Jack K. Williams Texas Clipper returns from Mediterranean cruise President Williams greets freshmen I am happy to have this opportunity to say welcome to each new j student entering Texas A&M University. You join a great group of -students who are already here. Together, you and the upperclassmen TTafe undergraduates in the remarkable Aggie fraternity of men and women who number 60,000 and are located in all parts of the world. JiThey are men and women working in leadership roles, engaged in compassionate service to others, and attached always to this university by strong bonds of loyalty and affection. You will soon catch the spirit of this campus—its friendliness, its /HlWbrmality, its dedication to scholarship and the rule of reason. Ill'll I would remind you that this is now your university; and its ^reputation and accomplishment are in your hands, for from this day Jkjyou are stamped with the unerasable mark of Texas A&M. From this ^Vday in August 1972, your works and accomplishments will reflect to or ^detract from the honor and image of your university. ^ When you are seniors in 1976, you will be graduating in the TllflOOth year of Texas A&M’s existence as a citadel of learning and of 3;loyal service to Texas and our nation. The primary purpose of this jljiiniversity when it began life in 1876 was to provide a foundation of r ^intellectual maturity on which young people might build their lives. Its iT^asic mission was to stimulate and promote within each student a iting spirit of intellectual curiosity, which is the one necessary oj^inpredient of progress. I welcome you warmly as members of the 96th shman class of students enrolled here in hopeful fulfillment of that pose and mission. May happiness and friendship and the satisfaction f growing in knowledge crowd your days. Jack K. Williams President Texas A&M University GALVESTON —The “Texas Clipper,” Texas Maritime Acad emy training ship carrying 128 students, returns Sunday from a two-month, 13,000-mile cruise to the Mediterranean. Dr. William H. Clayton, dean of A&M’s Moody College of Ma rine Sciences and Maritime Re sources, said the ship is currently in port at New Orleans and will make an overnight visit Saturday to Freeport before returning to Galveston about 1 p.m. TMA officials have invited nu merous legislators and other dig nitaries to board the ship for an orientation cruise on the jaunt from. Freeport to Galveston. Leg islators planning to make the trip include Senators Tom Creighton of Mineral Wells, W. T. (Bill) Moore of Bryan, A. R. Schwartz of Galveston and J. P. Wallace of Houston and Representatives Ed Harris of Galveston, Bill Presnal of Bryan and Bill Swanson of Houston. While in New Orleans, several of the TMA cadets are attending a radar school conducted by the U. S. Maritime Administration. Dr. Clayton, who also serves as acting TMA superintendent, noted the “Clipper’s” visit to Freeport is being co-hosted by the Brazos River Harbor Navi gation District and Brazosport College, with arrangements co ordinated by the Brazosport Chamber of Commerce. In addition to 63 TMA cadets, the “Texas Clipper” has aboard 65 recent high school graduates participating in TAMU’s “Sum mer School at Sea,” a program through which the students earn six hours of college credit while visiting foreign ports. This year’s cruise, which origi nated in Galveston June 7, includ ed visits to Spain, Yugoslavia and the Balearic and Canary Islands. very personal interest in the academy and its cadets, and they, in turn have made her an honor ary sea-going Aggie.” TMA is one of three divisions of the Moody College of Marine Sciences and Maritime Resources. The other divisions are the Insti tute of Marine Sciences and the Galveston Coastal Zone Labora tory. Dr. William H. Clayton, dean of the college, noted the institute was originally named the Moody Marine Institute in honor of the late William Lewis Moody Jr., Mrs. Northen’s father. “In the process of realigning portions of our Galveston pro grams, we felt it would be appro priate to have the Moody name more prominently identified with our total scope of activities,” Dean Clayton explained, “and to recognize the contributions of the entire Moody family, in addition to honoring the late Mr. Moody.” In addition to the funds pro vided for Pelican Island construc tion, the foundation has also made available annual scholar ships and fellowships for marine studies and provided financial support for several other proj ects, including purchase of ocean ographic instrumentation valued at $88,000 for one of the univer sity’s research vessels. Most of the Moody fellowships were awarded to students study ing at A&M’s Galveston Marine Laboratory, which has been in corporated into the Moody College of Marine Sciences and Mari time Resources. The teaching and basic re search activities of the original laboratory form the basis for the new Institute of Marine Sciences. The applied research functions have been shifted to the Galveston Coastal Zone Laboratory, which will provide readily available re search and advisory facilities for helping develop the nation’s vast marine resources—both in the sea and in the bay and estuarine areas. National veterinary official to speak at commencement Dr. Donald A. Price, executive director of the American Veter inary Medical Association, will be the commencement speaker for the A&M College of Veterinary Medicine graduation ceremonies Friday. Veterinary Medicine Dean A. A. Price, no relation to the speak er, said the 8 p.m. exercises in G. Rollie White Coliseum will be highlighted by award of 126 Doc tor of Veterinary Medicine de grees. The guest speaker, who earned his D.V.M. at Ohio State Univer sity in 1950, has been a member of the AVMA staff since 1958 and was named to his present position this year. From 1950 until 1955, he served as a researcher for A&M’s Texas Agricultural Experiment Station facilities at Sonora. He later was a partner for three years in a veterinary medicine practice at San Angelo. The Bridgeport, Ohio, native was presented the Distinguished Alumnus Award by Ohio State’s College of Veterinary Medicine in 1966. Two years earlier, he was elected a fellow in the American Medical Writers Association. Inside The Battalion’s Freshman Edition This annual Freshman Edition of The Battalion is designed to give the new student and his parents some insight into the background, size, traditions, facilities and extracurricular activi ties of Texas A&M. The new student might find it helpful to keep this issue of the “Batt” and bring it with him later this month to help him in the big job of getting acquainted with the university. The first section of today’s paper is the regular edition of campus news and features. During the summer The Battalion is published weekly, but during the school year it comes out four times a week, Tuesday through Friday. The second section is a look at Aggie sports. All the Southwest Conference sports are featured, and there is a list of football recruits, Aggies in the professional sports ranks and an explanation of Athletic Department administrators and per sonnel. All this should help familiarize the new student with A&M athletics. The third section of the paper explains a few of the basic aspects of student life. The history, traditions and activities of A&M are featured. This is a brief background to give the new student an idea of what life is like at Aggieland. At Spanish school Firemen work well together ■If ambassadors got together dm solve problems like the Latin /American officials attending the Jire training school for Spanish- [speaking firemen here, there /ijl'jprobably wouldn’t be any wars, Uuthe head of Mexico’s safety con- •ess contends. Jorge Suarez Peredo of Mexi- City, head of the Mexico As- :iation for Health and Safety, lid the training is very impor- ii'ftant — particularly since most IhLatin American countries are 'experiencing tremendous indus- >ial expansion — but equally iportant are the friendships indled during the one-week - »■ school. Kii Attending the program at '^"A&M are 210 industrial and mu nicipal Spanish firemen from North, Central and South Amer- a. Peredo coordinated bringing a barter flight with 74 Mexican overnment and private indus- ty safety engineers to TAMU (for the school. He first attended be municipal fire school 15 years ?o, assisted in organization of Ithe industrial school in 1962, Ind the Spanish school seven |ears ago. Peredo reported Mexican in- iustries and the government are nterested in increasing accident University National Bank Ai‘‘0n the side of Texas A&M.” f|| —Adv. prevention, thus decreasing loss of lives and property. Most of the personnel attending, he not ed, are graduate professional safety engineers who will re turn to their plants trained in proper fire prevention and con trol to train workers within their plants. Peredo said more and more hazardous materials are being invented and produced in Mexi can industry. The higher risk affects the industries, transpor tation systems and the people, he said, bringing greater de mands for improved fire preven tion and control. “Every fire activity in Latin America, including cooperative programs between industry and municipalities and between coun tries, is related to this school,” Peredo contends. “Chief Henry Smith (TAMU fire school head) and his staff have given us the finest training anywhere,” he added. “Henry is our brother from Texas and we thank you all for his friendship and hospitality.” Alfonso Esquer Sandez, chief of the Mexicali, Baja California, Fire Department is a Spanish school instructor and recently elected president of the Munici pal Fire Chiefs of Mexico Asso ciation. The association cospon sors the Spanish school with vari ous Latin American organiza tions. Chief Sandez, who has visited fire training facilities through out the world, said the Brayton Firemen Training Field here is the best in the world. But he quickly adds that the knowledge of Chief Smith and his staff is of particular interest to Mexi can community firemen. Participation at the school has provided mutual agreements be tween industry and municipal governments, Sandez said, and the friendships made at the school are very important. He reported Mexico President Luis Echeverria personally called Sandez to Mexico City to learn about fire service problems in the cities. Sandez said President Echeverria knows about the pro gram at A&M and probably will support national legislation re quiring municipal fire depart ments to send one or two men each year to the school here. Sandez will meet with the pres ident again later this year. Mike Perez, chief of the La redo, Texas, Fire Department, is one of the key organizers of the school. He suggested the training program’s greatest as set is the friendship extended by Texans to Mexico and Latin America. Chief Perez, whose father first came to the municipal school in the 1930s as Laredo fire chief, said the Latin American students have nothing but praise for the training and the friendly United States people. Dr. Adolfo Valbuena Bravo, di rector of the Venezuela Associ ation for Health and Safety, Caracus, said expanding oil pro duction, petro-chemical and steel industries have resulted in a need for better fire-fighting tech niques and new developments in fire prevention. Attending the school for the first time, Dr. Bravo said he finds the training “very positive, particularly because understand ing is the product of our learn ing.” He is serving as pump opera tions coordinator. Dr. Bravo has a Ph.D. in engineering and will host a six-nation South Ameri can fire-fighting congress Aug. 20-26 to understand national re lationships and improve profes sionalism through administra tive techniques and technical pro cedures. Among activities this week are a watermelon supper Wednesday night hosted by the Bryan Amigos Club. Pete L. Rodri guez of the TAMU Chemistry Department is coordinating the activity for the club. The school ends Friday, with 74 Mexican industry engineers leaving by charter flight for two days of sight-seeing in San An tonio before returning home. SOME KEATHLEY HALL COEDS enjoy one of A&M’s oldest sport, water fighting, in the true spirit of summer school Monday afternoon. The girls reportedly had quite an op eration going, and they received cooperation from several passers-by, who joined in the fun of getting their companions—and each other—wet. (Photo by Darrell Cobb)