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CADET SLOUCH by Tun Earle Pollution source pinpointed !>•«• S THE BATTALION Collar* Station, T«x»« . 23, 1972 “Next week it’s one cartoon a day, so today we’re doing nothin*!** Library employe retires after 30 years of service Th« A4M Library’s senior faculty-staff member, Mrs. Ethyl Cowan, retires this summer after 30 years of service. . Mrs. Cowan was honored by li brary personnel Thursday. The junior librarian received a silver serving tray and dish, inscribed to recognise her service from 1942 to 1972. “When I first started working in the library as a student in 1966, Mrs. Cowan eras a respected mem ber of the library faculty,” ob served TAMU Libraries Director John B. Smith. “And she still is." Bulletin Board Tonight Sports Car Clab meets at 7:30 in the old College Station City Hall to discuss the Sept. 9-10 sports car weekend and the Me morial Student Center orientation booth. Saturday Msc Open House wMJLbe held 6:16-10:0. Booths drtttfcg and major student activWHt will be set up and tours of the building will be given. ’ Tuesday A6M Wheelmen will form com mittees for the fall at 7:30 in the Art Room on the third floor of the MSC. — ■ • 1 Mrs. Cowan’s daughter, Mrs. Doris Ramsey of Wheelock, also works at the TAMU library in the serials department. “She has been here almost 20 years,” Mrs. Cowan proudly stated. The retiring librarian has su pervised sending library materials for bindling during her entire career. “All of the bound magatines, periodicals and newspapers in our collection and most of the rebound books have gone through her hands,” Smith remarked. Mrs. CoWan prepares materials for shipment to the Universal Bindery in San Antonio, keeps records and processes in bound volumes for shelving upon their nstum. “It requires about two months,” she said. When Mrs. Cowan h«»;an work ing at the library, she was one of ip to 20 library staff members and holdings totalled ; less than 100,000.. The staff today exceeds ISO and holdings number almost 700,000. A member of the Trinity Bap tist Church, Mrs. Cowan said her retirement will be devoted initial ly to her flowers sad home at 209 N. McCulloch, followed by travel. Oceanogra pin-pointed 'tMiMBi the Gulf of Mexico. The find indicates natural gas seepage from mors than a dosen areas, souse up to 100 miles apart, may contribute to pollution of Gulf Coast beaches, reported Dr. William E. Sweet Jr., TAMU re search oceanographer. Dr. Sweet said he found and photographed the natural seeps last week in approximately 120 feet of era ter on the continental shelf south of Cameron, La. He reported finding at least 12 different gas seeps, and specu lated there are two to three times that number. He also expects to find natural seepage of oil tars. “The rate of bubbling is high and continuous,” Dr. Sweet dis closed, indicating “significant” subsurface accumulations and a major hydrocarbon source in the gulf. He has video tape recordings of the bubbles and photographs of bobbles coming to the surface. ^ The project coordinator said the seepage “apparently doesn’t harm fish, as we have pictures of them swimming through bubbles.” Research into the golf natural hydrocarbons is sponsored by TAMU’s Sea Grant Program and 11 oil companies. Dr. Sweet pointed out offshore oil rigs have been blamed for much of the gulf water and beach pollution. His findings show the Parsons to speak it PMS meeting Col. Thomas R. Parsons, A4M commandant of cadets, will make presentations this month at a Department of the Army confer ence for new professors of mili tary science He will be at the Washington, D. C^ conference Aug. 28-31 on Continental Army Command (CONARC) invitation. Col. Par son's talks will be on recruiting and professional development of officers for ROTC Instruction Professor of military science at TAMU, he heads the Army ROTQ detachment here and is the ranking Army officer on the campus. is a major pel- in Dr.! FOR BEST RESULTS TRY BATTALION CLASSIFIED t baa insisted for years that most lumps of tar found floating in the northwest portion of the gulf are not refined prod ucts, but naturally occurring hy drocarbons seeping from faults. Faults, he explained, are cracks in the bottom sediment caused by rising salt. Tbs cracks allow the lighter-than-water hydrocarbons to migrate to the surface from natural pools below floor sedi- of tar have bean found Che Battalion Optniom eapretsed in The Battalion art ihott of tht Undent writer* only- The Battalion it a non tax iuppotted, non-profit, telf tupporting educational enter prise edited and operated by Undents at s btsuvertity and community newspaper. LETTERS POLICY Let ten to the editor m tut be typed, double-spaced, and no more than MM words in length. They muU be signed, although Ike writer’s name wilt be withheld by arrangement with the editor. Address correspondence to Listen Up, The Battalion, Roods 217, Services Bidldine. College Station, Texas 7781). piOlhhii la Coilaaa Slattaa. Trxaa, dally aespt Saturday. Sunday, Monday, aad holiday parioda, Sa»>—tur thro* May. and onca a waak during turn mar nhaal. MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association The Associated Collegiate Press Man •ubacripUona era t>.M par HIM tar: M par achool raar; f«.M par full yaar. AU •ubarrlptkwa subjact la •alaa la*. Adrrrtialag rata farefched an ragnaat. Addraas: Tfca Battalion. Room *17. Set-rteae Building. Cottaga Station. Taxaa T7M3. at tha Lladam, ehairauu. • H. P. Kllars. Cottaga of p. 8. Whttr, Coriaga at Kagiaoarlng; Dr. Aaa I Coliaga at Vatartaary Madlaina; Dr W. E. 1 of AgrtcuMura; aaS Layaa Kruaa. atudaat. ud era: Jim Literal Art* : B. ChUdar*. Jr.. Tadriek, Coliaga Tha Aaaociatad Prana h aotttlad axaluaianiy to tha aaa for rap rod net koa of all naws di. patch, eraditad to It or aot otharwlaa eraditad la tha pa par aad local aawa at — origin puMtahad harata. Right* of rapohliaatloa of all other matter harata arm alao raaarr»d. Saeond-Cloaa pootaga paid at Cottage Statloa. Taxaa. Bapraaanted nationally by National „ fetrUm. lac., Meta York Clip. Chicago. Educational AdtrcrtWHig EDITOR Staff Writers ^ JOHN CURYLO Sue Duvis and-Hayden Whitaett Kiddie Korner Day Care Nursery MS Mery Lake Now Open Accepting applications now. Ages 2-12. After school cure and drop-ins. State Licensed. “A Home Away From Home” ' ■ Owned and operated by Mr*. Harlan A. Kneiek 646-6322 ROBERT HALSELL TRAVEL SERVICE AIRLINE SCHEDULE INFORMATION FARES AND TICKETS BOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL ^ CALL 812-3737 1016 Tex** Avenue — Bryaa COLONY OAKS APTS. 200 Ifrberca St. /ItiAAfiLn 200 Rebecca St. See It ★ 1 or 2 Bedroom ★ Furnished or Unfurnished ★ Ample Parking ★ Close to A&M ★ Close to Shopping it Air Conditioned (1600 So. College) You’ll Like It ★ Pool ★ Game Room ★ Lots of Closets & Storage ★ 2 Laundry Rooms ★ Utilities Paid ★ Carpets & Drapes sediments mi many gulf sites. Dr. Sweet said the research effort Is to locate the source the eeepe. determine the nature and amount of seepage aad chemical composition of the es caping mats rial. Dr. Richard A. Gayer, Ocean ography Department head and project director, said the 11 oil companies supporting the second- year operations are Atlantic Richfield, Chevron, Cities Service, Conoco, Gulf, HpmMe, Mara thon, Mobil, Phillips, Sun and Tennsco. -.Read Classifieds Duly the St. Thomss Student Episcopal Chapel and ident Cent iter 9*6 Jersey Street (southern boundary of campus) Telephone:' 846-1726 a Summer Schedule: Sunday, 8 and 9:30 a. m. and 8:00 p. m. The Rev. James Moors, Chaplain. The Rev. W. R. Oxley, Rector r/* ■ this is Plantation Oaks Tennis, Swimming . all this amt more SAT. 16-6 SUN. 1-4 rale club ever looking pool’ recreation A lounge center play area for children all-electric kitchens paid utilities, Incl. cable PRICES GOOD AUGUST 24-30 1972 Pap WE ACCEPT T] FOOD STAMPS QOMTITY RIGHTS EF rsvd exhaaiE this coupon fob 50 EXTRA SSH OBBEN I lot•S.OOsrMefe <• AUGUST^ 1972 m khOli GOLDEN RIPE BANANAS BORDENS HI- MILK 59* * GAL. CTN LB. HY-TOP ASPIRINS 19* 4 GRAIN lit CT. 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