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irately, tb as e the limiti L dditional liability » ts the mob ■esulting fro. °Ple’s proper. affected tj ar pool liras angers woulj ribute to tli damage do® ident. WE GIVE Battalion Vol. 67 No. 264 College Station, Texas niversity Now Able To Apply or YA Med Education Study or«*n| •TAMP* I ALPINE—A&M was designat- i Friday as the state institution othorized to apply for a new ledical education program spon- jred by the Veterans Adminis- ■ation. The Coordinating Board, Texas ollege and University System, eeting at Sul Ross State Uni- ersity, officially endorsed the TAMU proposal upon the recom mendation of the board’s program development committee. TAMU will now submit a pro posal to the VA to administer one of the eight new state medical education programs to be oper ated in conjunction with VA med ical facilities. Provisions for establishing the Extensive Damage Saved By Officials state programs are included in the Veterans Administration Med ical School Assistance and Health Manpower Training Act of 1972. Congress has appropriated $20 million for the program’s imple mentation. Overall purpose of the act is to provide a seven-year pilot pro gram to utilize the VA medical system in training medical man power, both physicians and allied health personnel, to help relieve the acute shortage of such person nel in general and particularly within the VA system. Coordinating Board members endorsed the program develop ment committee’s recommendation that TAMU report back to the board on the progress of nego tiations with VA for the “estab lishment, operation and mainte nance” of the new program so the board can consider approval of the contract, as authorized by the Legislature. If selected, TAMU would con duct the program in cooperation with Baylor College of Medicine. Earlier this year the Coordinating Board approved a plan under which TAMU would enroll 1G stu dents per year for the pre-clinical phase of their medical education before transferring them to Bay lor Medical for the final portion of their formal training. IT’S GOING UP SLOWLY BUT SURELY—A&M’s $20 million Memorial Student Cen ter Complex revamping continues to keep on-foot classroom travel in turmoil, but things look better in the future. Just think, by 1975 it will all be completed with everything from bowling alleys to motel rooms. (Photo by Peter Leabo) School Administrators Must Be Good Managers As Well Not enough school administra tors are good managers, a national education leader believes. “Times are changing, for which we need a new breed of manager, including the superintendent,” commented Dr. Norman B. Schar- m Texas A&M University has sen getting quite a taste of old weather during the last eek, and last Tuesday’s episode as almost enough for indiges- KBi Rain, hail and blustering winds it the area at around 5 p.m. and aught a number of campus com- mters in the middle of end of fey rush. [Henry Kendrick, air traffic antrol specialist with the Fed- ral Aviation Administration’s light Service Station at Easter- ood Airport, reported wind lists to 52 m.p.h. and scattered ail combined with 1.78 inches of lin greeted those who tried to rave the storm. Isolated buildings on campus aught minor wind and water amage and Moses Hall was :ruck by lightning, knocking off bout 30 square feet of brick, everal plate glass windows were roken and the rain came in ich sudden amounts that storm iwers could not handle the de- ige, causing water damage in me building basements. Tom Cherry, vice president for usiness affairs, felt the damage )uld have been more extensive it had not been for efforts of TAMU physical plant personnel. “For example, Carol Autry, an operator in the communications center, volunteered to stay on duty six extra hours to assist in directing workmen to critical areas and to coordinate incom ing calls from various depart ments,” Cherry said. According to Cherry, this was only one example of the effort to contain the potential damage of the storm. “Water in several campus buildings threatened disaster and costly damage to electrical switchgear and electronic equip ment,” Cherry continued, “but workmen stayed on campus until the situation was returned to normal.” Quick cleanup by grounds main tenance prevented any personal injuries from broken glass or debris. Cherry cited several other physical plant personnel who stayed on the job to insure the damage was limited and univer sity operations continued unin terrupted. They included: Gor don Dean, O. O. Haugen, Frank Smith, George Carroll, Bennie Bilbo, Ed Hlavaty, Coy McCol lum and Kie Grocholski. er, president-elect of the Ameri can Association of School Admin istrators. Scharer said here Monday 110 businessmen recently visited with California schoolmen. They found some highly motivated, alert and progressive administrators, he re ported, but “most educators do not know how to manage.” “We’ve got to remember that most school administrators are classroom teachers on temporary administrative assignment,” the Santa Barbara, Calif., schools superintendent commented. Scharer was the keynote speak er of the School Administrators and Supervisors Conference. It opened here Monday and will con tinue through Wednesday. The school officials are the first group to meet fn TAMU’s new Continuing Education Tower in the University Center. More than 300 persons are registered. They will also hear Dr. Glenys Unruh, president-elect of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development; Dr. L. D. Haskew, UT-Austin educa tional administration, professor; Dr. J. W. Edgar, Texas commis sioner of education, and L. P. Sturgeon, Texas State Teachers Association executive secretary. Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby To Speak At Stiles Foundation Field Day nstitute Set Here This Summer W Teacher-Minority Study jAn institute to equip junior nd community college teachers ith skills for teaching Mexican- Mericans and blacks will be snducted this summer at A&M. The junior college instructors istitute will involve 25 teachers. I will coincide with TAMU’s econd summer session July 9- lug. 17. The U. S. Office of Education, lepartment of Health, Education nd Welfare, awarded a $45,000 [rant to TAMU for the project. Cong. Olin E. Teague an- punced the award. It will provide stipends to the ffiachers and on-site evaluation hd assistance when participants teturn to their classrooms. The six-week institute, direct- id by Dr. Glenn R. Johnson, will Kquaint junior and community allege instructors with tech niques to improve their teaching. It will consist of two graduate courses offered by the Educa tional Curriculum and Instruction Department that Johnson heads. He will instruct institute courses. “While the needs of increasing numbei-s of Mexican-Americans and blacks seeking higher educa tion require more skillful teach ing,” Dr. Johnson said, “the teaching skills of many junior and community college instruc tors who will teach them are left largely to chance.” He noted that many teachers and their students recognize their lack of training and want help. More junior and community colleges have opened, increasing opportunities of minority group members to get higher education. Johnson observed that many in structors in the new colleges never studied teaching strategies. NEW TAMU VESSEL—The R/V GYRE, shown here in the final stages of completion at Halter Marine Services in New Orleans, is being built for the Navy and will be used by Texas A&M’s Oceanography Department. Navy Oceanographic Vessel Christened For A&M Usage NEW ORLEANS — “Anchors Aweigh” and then the “Aggie War Hymn” blared as cham pagne dripped down the portside of the R/V GYRE in chistening ceremonies Saturday for the Navy’s new oceanographic re search vessel which will be oper ated by Texas A&M University. The GYRE, a 174-foot $1.8 mil lion ship, is being built by Hal ter Marine Services and sched uled for delivery to TAMU in Galveston about Oct. 1. Christening honors went to Mrs. John Duhe, daughter of U. S. Representative and Mrs. F. Edward Hebert. Congressman Hebert (D.-La.), chairman of the House Armed Services Commit tee, was among the guests of honor. Rear Adm. J. Edward Snyder Jr. and TAMU President Jack K. Williams shared the speaking honors, each emphasizing the benefits to the nation of coopera tive research efforts between the Navy and academic institutions. Admiral Snyder, oceanogra pher of the Navy, noted the Navy’s requirements for oceano graphic knowledge closely corre sponds to those of the nation in general. “The assignment of the R/V GYRE to Texas A&M University will provide the Navy and the nation valuable information and a greater understanding of the sea,” he said. “Harnessing the powers of the sea will give new meaning to the term ‘sea power’,” the admiral added. “We accept custody of this ship for the benefit of not only the Navy, but also for all the people we represent,” Dr. Wil liams observed. “It’s a beautiful ship christened by a beautiful lady, and a great university is proud to have it.” The GYRE, first of a new class of oceanographic research vessels conceived by the Navy, will ac commodate a 10-member scien tific party and a 11-man crew. The twin-screw steelrhull craft will cruise at 12 knots and has a range of approximately 8,000 miles. A sister ship, the MOANA WAVE, will be christened at Hal ter Marine later this month. It will be presented to the Univer sity of Hawaii after being out fitted by TAMU personnel at the university’s new oceanographic facilities at Galveston. Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby will be the featured speaker for the 11th An nul Stiles Farm Foundation Field Day June 19. The farm is located one mile east of Thrall in William-r son County on U.S. Highway 79. Field day activities begin at 2 p.m. Hobby, a native of Houston, is president and executive editor of the Houston Post Co. He is the son of the late William P. Hobby, who served as Governor of Texas from 1917 to 1921. The lieutenant governor will headline a 5 p.m. program and will be introduced by Dr. John E. Hutchison, director of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. Dr. Jarvis E. Miller, director of the Texas Agricultural Experi ment Station, will serve as mas ter of ceremonies. Bill Schlecht, president of the Taylor Chamber of Commerce, will welcome field day visitors. Comments will be made by Clyde H. Wells, president of the Texas A&M University System Board of Directors and a trustee of the Stiles Farm Foundation. A&M Dean of Agriculture Dr. H. O. Kunkel will introduce the Stiles Scholarship winners. The invo cation will be by Rev. David L. Bulgerian, pastor of the St. Paul Lutheran Church, Taylor. Tours of crop and livestock en terprises beginning at 2 p.m. will feature narrow-row cotton, twin seed grain sorghum, beef cattle production, crossbred cattle, large hay bales, preparing cotton for the gin and establishing forage grasses. Field day visitors will also have an opportunity to visit informa tion booths located at the farm headquarters. The booths will be manned by Extension Service spe cialists and Experiment Station researchers. Visitors are urged to bring their questions regarding any phase of crop and livestock production to these experts. A barbecue sponsored by the Taylor Chamber of Commerce and the businessmen of Williamson County will conclude field day ac tivities. The Stiles Farm has been in operation since 1961 as a dem onstration farm for the Central Texas Blackland area. Bill Hobby Weather WEDNESDAY — Considerable cloudiness with scattered show ers & thundershowers. High 91, low 73. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” Adv. A&M Gets Schiwetz Sculpture SCHIWETZ SCULPTURE—Texas A&M’s Fine Arts Survey Committee chairman, Alan Stacell, and MSC Director Wayne Stark view “Insect in Tree.” The sculpture by Berthold Schiwetz was presented to TAMU by his brothers. It is on the second floor of MSC, near the director’s office. Sculpture by the late Berthold “Tex” Schiwetz (1909-1971) has been given to A&M. A native Texan who studied briefly at TAMU in the 1920s, Schiwetz was born in Cuero and studied and worked in the U. S. and Italy. His works are found in public and private collections in both this country and Europe. The sculptor populated his world with creatures and people fashioned in his own personal way, with whimsical humor and reflecting his Texas background. “Insect in Tree” was selected for Texas A&M by his brothers, E. M. “Buck” Schiwetz of Hunt; Ted Schiwetz, Houston, and David Schiwetz, Charlotte, N. C. The four-foot high bronze cast ing is on exhibit in the Memorial Student Center, where works by Buck Schiwetz are also shown. A 1921 A&M graduate and artist, Buck Schiwetz is known for his historical art of Texas. David graduated here in 1925. A garden site in the University Center is being considered for the Schiwetz sculpture. Buck Schiwetz told MSC Direc tor J. Wayne Stark that his brother always considered Texas A&M “his school,” though he was only here one or two semesters. After graduation from Cureo High School, Pete (as he was known to Buck) was sent by his father to Texas A&M to study business administration. But Schiwetz discovered he would rather draw and paint. The interest led him to William McVey and the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, and eventually the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan where he studied furth er with Carl Milles. After World War II and five years working in Milles’ studio, Schiwetz accompanied him to Sweden and Italy in 1949. In 1950, he became Milles’ assistant. They went to Rome and there Schiwetz took charge of Milles’ studio at the American Academy, when Milles was in poor health. The Texan saw to completion many of Milles’ last important works. Schiwetz returned to Cranbrook in 1956 to head the sculpture de partment. During six years at the Art Academy, he produced his own work in sculpture and had several major one-man exhibi tions. The New York Times reviewed his one-man show at the Sculpture Center in February, 1958: “Near est tradition of the current show ings are the bronzes by Tex Schiwetz . . . Dispersed about a most amiable hippopotamus foun tain are a charging bull and boar and a climbing praying mantis; Neptune playing on a fish skele ton harp; a little group called ‘Hell’s Little Helpers’ who might be about their mischief in a ra vine in Inferno . . . and an in formal host of beasties and crea tures seen with an observant eye and translated with a mellow hu mor ...”