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Page 4 College Station, Texas Wednesday, January 31, 1973 THE: BATTA1JC WE A&M Cadets Find Excitement In Jumping Out Of Airplanes A&M students from the Corps of Cadets have found a substitute for the old game of “chicken.” They regularly jump out of air craft. Several went back for more to qualify to tell others when and where to jump. Representatives admit part of the reason is the sheer thrill. An other part is recognizing and con quering fear by forcing it out into the open. The third part, according to Gregory P. Walk of Houston and Bruce A. Brant of Stephenville, Political Science Specialist Joins A&M Faculty Currently Dr. Payne’s interests are psychology and teaching-re search methodology. He develop ed an incentive theory from his Latin American studies and is ap plying the theory to U. S. poli tics. The incentive studies deal with psychological satisfactions from being in politics. Dr. Payne has completed an article determining the incentives of Virginia City councilmen and he is now planning a large scale study of state legis lators in some state to be decided at a later time. Dr. Payne comes to TAMU from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Stud ies. He also has taught at the University of San Marcos in Lima, Peru, Wesleyan (Conn.) Univer sity and Yale University. o* G&insihiocittij%ji He received a B.A. degree from Oberlin (Ohio) College and the M.A. and Ph.D. from the Univer sity of California-Berkeley, the doctorate in 1967. Dr. Payne’s books are “Labor and Politics in Peru: The System of Political Bargaining,” Yale, 1965; “Patterns of Conflict in Colombia,” Yale, 1968; “The American Threat: The Fear of War as an Instrument of Foreign Policy,” Markham Press, 1970; “Incentive Theory and Political Process; Motivation and Leader ship in The Dominican Republic,” Heath, 1972, and “Foundations of Empirical Political Analysis,” to be released in April by Mark ham. Embrey’s Jewelry “The Friendly Store” Watch & Jewelry Repair Eng-raving Diamonds Set In Senior Rings Seiko & Bulova Watches North Gate 846-5816 PAWN LOANS Money Loaned On Anything Of Value. Quick Cash For Any Emergency. See Us For Ready Cash Today. Texas State Credit Pawn Shop 1014 Texas Ave., Bryan Weingarten Center Ponderosa Specials • Friday Evening Fish Fry — $2.00 • Sunday Noon Lunch $2.00 • Special Weekend Rates for Parents & Students Call 846-5794 Ponderosa Motor Inn is purely opportunistic. The Army ROTC cadets are preparing for better assignments when they re port for active duty after com missioning. The Corps of Cadets has 78 airborne qualified cadets, 13 who completed rugged Fort Penning training for Ranger tabs and eight jumpmaster-rated cadets. Walk, a senior history major of Houston, led the latter group through a crammed eight-day training program at Benning be tween semesters. Training includ ed 60 hours classroom work, six jumps and stringent tests. Walk scored 391 out of a possible 400 to become honor graduate of the 24-member class that included Maj. Jimmy R. Ellington, 1961 A&M graduate and Regular Army advisor to an Austin National Guard unit. “Airbone training physically and mentally motivates the cadet to go to regular summer camp and do a better job,” remarked Sgt. Maj. John McDonald. “It was proved last summer by A&M cadets sweeping the top awards in both phases at Fort Riley. Bet ter than half of the award-win ners were airborne-qualified.” Responsibility carried by the jumpmaster for other jumpers caused more pressure at jump- master than Ranger school, Brant believes. An early graduate, commission ed and now in a master’s degree program in educational admini stration, he was the oldest of eight Aggies at Benning between se mesters. There were four seniors and three juniors. They paid their own way. Brant said his reasons for par ticipating were “for military pro fessionalism, for the challenge— of a very personal nature—and to help my career out.” Another advantage he cited is the opportunity for a cadet to make acquaintances and find out more about the Army and post life. “Maybe it was to prove some thing to myself,” commented Walk, “but still it’s a thrill, like leaning into a strong wind from an approaching storm.” The ele ment of risk stands out, and rec ognizing it is part of the train ing, Walk and Brant agreed. “Everybody was scared to jump out at 1,200 feet, and everybody was scared to hang out of an air craft at 1,200 feet, as jumpmaster looking for the drop zone,” Brant Ji said. “But a person can coiKp his own natural fear to doaji His advice to potential airki trainees: “Prepare yourself control fear.” Doubt comes only about« ability, rather than in equip® or techniques, Walk added. “I don’t think anybody» jump unless he had confident his equipment,” he said. "1$ watch riggers at work lasts mer, and it gave nje a lot oft ml fidence.” WAS mer off re-elect vlcted 1 'clary a cratic ] Waterg ease. The. Dr. James L. Payne, specialist in Latin American and American politics, has joined the A&M fac ulty as full professor of political science, announced Dr. Paul P. Van Riper, department head. Dr. Payne, 33, is author of five books, three of them on Peru, Colombia and the Dominican Re public. His best known book is “The American Threat: The Fear of War as an Instrument of Foreign Policy,” published in 1970. It is sympathetic to U. S. foreign poli cy, including Vietnam, and has been criticized by opponents of the Vietnam war. More than 8,000 copies have been sold. SKAGGS ALBERTSONS k. 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