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* , 45456 • DALLAS, TCX. 75235 Vol. 67 No. 137 attalion Wet and wild College Station, Texas Wednesday, August 23, 1972 Tharaday — Cloady to partly ctoady. AfUraoaa thaadcrsliow- ora, eaatorly winds *-!• mph Hipti M°. Ion 71°. Friday — Partly eloady, sooth- orly winds l»-ll mpk. High 92°. low 74*. 845-2226 Sea Grant activities given federal funds o • ^ AdM will roeoiro $1.5 millioi. from tko U. S. Department of. Commerce for the continuation of its Sea Grant College activities. Senator John Tower announced. ( The award, made by the Na tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, will provide par tial funding for the university's diverse marine projects during the 1972-73 academic year. Addi tional support for the program comes from the state and private industi^'. “The state’s vast marine re- * sources are critically important to all Texans.'* President Jack K. Williams said in receiving the new grant. “Continuation of fed eral funding for Sea Grant is evi- donee of the national concern for wise use of our marine and coast al resources and a recognition of the university's leadership ht these areas.** The AAM program supports a wide variety of projects in ma rine education, research and ad visory services to tl4 state. In addition to the work conducted at the university, the funds also will support work at the University of Houston, Lamar University, BYexoeport College, Baylor Col lege of Medicine, the Region II Education Service Canter in Cor pus Christ! and Southwest Re search Institute. According to Dr. John C. Cal houn Jr., vice president for aca demic affairs and director of the Sea Grant College program, re search efforts to be undertaken include work on shrimp markul- ture ip man-made ponds in Bra zoria and Nueces counties, inves tigation into the economic and environmental impact of an off shore port facility, environmental quality analyses of the Houston Ship Chapnel and bay waters and assessment of the underutilized fishery resources of t h e state. Lamar University and the Moody College of Marine Sciences and Maritime Resources at Galveston will continue to receive support for coastal zone laboratory work. Under the university' -ogram the nation's first commercial har vesting of shrimp reefed in man made ponds has been accom plished and this research-demon stration project will continue under the renewal grant. The $1.5 million grant must be matched by $750,000 in ndp-fed- eral funds by dhe university. The state has appropriated $200,000 for this purpose with the remain der coming from the university and private sources, bringing the total Sea Grant College effort to $2.25 million for the coming year. In September 1971 A AM was Academic Council revises Ph.D. language requirement AAM's Academic Council re vised the Fh.tl. degree foreign language requirement last Wed nesday, making the doctoral pro gram requirement a department al option. The Academic Council revision becomes effective Sept. 1. Each department will be re sponsible for deciding tbe foreign language requirement for Ph.D. degrees authorised the. depart ment, and for jk!ministering and monitoring the requirement. The Academic Council re vision stipulates that each department will list its option—including the possible option of no language requirement — in Che 1973 • 74 Graduate College catalogue. Strongly supported by the Graduate Student Council, the re- viskA culminates four years of study by the GSC, Graduate Council, Graduate College dean and graduate faculty members. A wide diversity in foreign lan guage requirements for doctoral degrees at the nation’s leading colleges and universities were found in studies by the Graduate Council's Subcommittee on For eign Language Requirements and independent surveys made by Dr. George W. Kunze, Graduate Col lege dean. Provisions of 'the policy make it mandatory for each department authorized to offer the Ph.D. de gree to decide exactly what the foretfcn language requirement, if any, will be for its doctoral stu- Registration delayed by program failure A failure in the program used for registration Monday night caused a delay in processing class schedules and fee assess ments Tuesday, but this problem was to be cleared up by this morning, Robert Lacey, regis trar, announced. “It's a thing that happens sometimes, “he explained. “We've been using the same program since 1968, end it’s the first failure we’ve had. “This inconvenienced the stu dent who registered Monday,” Lacey continued. "Those who were told to come back Tues day could not pay their fees at that time. This may be done until Sept. 1” He added that add-drop re visions were delay^i also. Sept. 1 in the deadline for adding courses, and the twelfth class day (Sept. 12) is the last data for dropping courses. • “We’re sorry this happened, and we regret inconveniencing anyone,” Lacey said. “It’s just one of those things. This will happen with a system this big.” dents. . e Departments may require one or more foreign languages. The individual department also is re sponsible for determining how the esndidate will he expected to demonstrate required proficiency in the language. Each department will establish deadlines for completion of for eign language requirements and determine that its requirements were met satisfactorily before the I'h.D. degree is awarded, un der terms of the revision. Dean Kunza emphasized that after Sept. I, the Office of the Graduate College will no longer monitor sections of Ph.D. degree programs listing. language re quirements. He said revisions adopted by the Academic Council will pro vide maximum flexibility in for eign language requirements. “It will also provide depart mental autonomy insofar as the foreign language requirement for Ph.D. candidates is concerned.” Dean Kunze indicated. “Each de partment will now be able to de termine exactly what foreign language requirements, if any, will contribute most fully to the intellectual and professional de velopment of its Ph.D. .candi dates. and the department will have full control over adminis tration of its requirements.” lie said the revision is in keep ing with a national trend. Dean Kunae noted that the Doctor of Education and Doctor of Environ mental Design now awarded by TAMl' have no specific foreign language requirements. designated one of four Sea Grant Colleges in the nation in recogni tion of the institution’s “sus tained excellence in research, education, conservation and de velopment of America's marine resources.” Other Sea Grant Col leges named by the Secretary of Commerce at that time are Ore gon State University, the Uni versity of Rho<jc Island and the University of Washington. » During the coming year ma rine advisory services will receive accelerated support. Marine spe cialists will be located in Harris, Calhoun and Brazoria counties and a marine education specialist will be placed in Corpus Christ! to work with 43 school districts in South Texas. An environmen tal quality advisory team will op erate from the College Station campaa, serving on an on-call basis to tackle environmental problems in coastal communities. A new project with Baylor Col lege of Medinue will investigate the potential public health haz ards In Texas coastal waters. At the University of Houston work in coastal and marine resources law will be continued. Technician training work at (Seo Sea Grant, page 3) [\ ' 'V- „ if - ^ .*■ h Workmen on top of the oceanography-meteorology building maneuver a 16-foot wide load onto the radar pedestal. Two five-foot-wide antenna were mounted on stauts next to the main diah. A 240-foot crane with a 140-ton capacity was assembled by the Westhei- m«6 Co. of Houston for the installation. i Radar antennae Equipment added to building A flying saucer landed Monday on the JA-sUry o^agpograph) - meteorology building St A AM. The Ift-foot dish was the main antenna of the Meteorology De partment’s new radar system. It was fOne of six loads raised to the tolp deck of the building by a 240-foot crane assembled Friday and Saturday for the mounting job. Radar engineer Jake Cange lose of the Meteorology Deportment maid the antennae—easily visible from approaches to the TAMC campus—will remain in a stowed position ‘(pointing straight up) until the system transmitter and auxiliary equipment is installed in the building. Building completion is expect ed during the spring semester. The radar unit, in stowed posi tion. stands 12 feet high. With the antennae pointed toward the horizon, it will add 19H feet to the height of the building. It will be 27 feet wide. The 4 ‘A-ton radar system built by Scientific Atlanta Inc. will have three side-by-side antennae, including five-foot-diameter dish es mounted on struts. They will enable the system to operate at 3.2, 10.3 and 1.25 centimeter wavelengths. The shorter wavelengths pro- por- tant to study of cloud physics. Installation of the pedestal, struts and the antennae was co ordinated with Jack Campbell, superintendent for Manhattan Construction Co. which is the main contractor on the building. Assembly was supervised by Dr. Vance E. Moyer, meteorology head; Cangelose; Joe Jsnac, his assistant, and Dr. George Hueb- ner, in meteorological instrumen tation. The base of the radar unit was installed earlier for alignment on true north, using the North Star as reference. Dr. Moyer said the installation was designed to withstand winds up to 100 m.p.h. The height of the unit—216 feet above ground level—will not increase the ra dar’s range of essentially 400 miles but reduces obstruction by other campus buildings. The department's former radar system was blocked out to the northeast by the Academic Build ing dome. Components of the former sys tem employed at the depart ment’s Goodwin Hail site will be incorporated into the new system by Cangelose and Jsnac. The antenna, pedestal and drive of the oki system were tranafeoqd to a federal agency project at San Angelo last June. “The new system will be a vast ly *■ improved arrangement, the only one of its kind in the world.'' Moyer said. They hope to have it in opera tion by the 1973 tornado season. Political Forum speakers announced for fall programs Political Forum presentations this fall at AAM will feature H. Ross Perot on the POW/MIA is sue, Dr. George Beto on inmate release policy reform and other major speakers. Also on the Memorial Student Center committee agenda are CoL Wilson Speir, Texas Depart ment. of Public Safety director, and Daniel J. Mahoney, who will discuss “Conservatives as a Po litical Minority” as chairman of the New York State Conservative Party. Political Forum Chairman Mike Lindsey said the first major pro gram is scheduled Sept. 13, with Perot speaking. “This program may be changed,” Lindsey added, “as Vice 1’resident Spiro Agnew’s schedule may permit him to par ticipate as a major program speaker later in the month.” ‘ Dr. Beto. Texas Department of Corrections director, and Col. Speir will be noon series speakers Sept. 20 and Oct. 4, respectively. The DPS head will speak on “The Texas Rangers in the “TOs." Mahoney will appear as a ma jor program speaker Oct. 18. Other noon series and major pro gram presentations are being sought, Lindsey indicated, in cluding a strong possibility of Political Forum scheduling Unit ed Nations Ambassador George Bush. One of 16 MSC committees providing TAMU students a va riety of activities and axperi- enres, Political Forum brings to the campus community prominent state and federal spokesmen on a broad range of topics. And the heat goes on as A&M gridders participate in two-a-day football workouts The Texaa Aggie* have taken to the practice field for fall drills, and the weatherman m’t been as kind to the football team as many of the 100 athletes would have liked. At kaan’ left, Pat McDermott touches up his soccer>8tyle kicking technique with the assistance of senior yell leader Hank Paine. Below, Lex James gets set to run the offensive backfiekl through one of Emory Bellard’s Wishbone plays. At right, the entire operation is under the scrutiny of trainer-equipment manager Billy Pickard. See related story, page 7. (Pho to by John Curylo) j'ki 30 3