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THURSDAY—Clear and warm
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High 96, low 78.
WEEKEND—Partly cloudy and
hot. High 95, low 76.
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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.
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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
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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)