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re J Unique Center Set To Open Showing A&M y to dint, d increas* I ent over summer ed last A unique information center telling- the story of A&M is set for opening- in early fall, accord ing to Former Students Associa tion Executive Director Richard “Buck” Weirus. The center, to be located in the ground floor of the new confer ence complex, will be the only one of its kind in the country. “We checked with the American Alumni Council about the possibil ity of another such facility in the country,” Weirus said. “As far as they know there is none.” The center will feature a multi- media presentation on each of the academic colleges at TAMU, the Corps of Cadets, the history of the institution and a general pre sentation on the entire TAMU System. A combination of color slides, motion pictures and tape-recorded messages, channeled through a coordinating “computer” will tell the Aggie story to campus vis itors. “We have had a problem in the past when visitors came to the campus on weekends,” Weirus explained. “All the usual infor mation outlets are closed, and we had no real means of telling vis itors about Ourselves.” A special feature of the center will be a mini-theater, seating about 20 viewers. The program will be' a three-screen presenta tion of slides and movies, of 12 minutes duration, coupled with a recorded sound track, telling the visitor about campus life at TA MU. “The programs will be beamed at juniors in high school, but they will be enjoyed by everyone who sees them,” Weirus said. “We will present information not only about Texas A&M, but also about the many career fields students are able to train for here.” To see everything in the center would take about two hours, noted project director Randolph Wali- gura, assistant research architect at TAMU’s College of Architec ture and Environmental Design. “Many people will want to see only those programs relative to their particular interests,” he said. “Each program booth will accommodate three people, and each program lasts about seven minutes. “The entire center,” he con tinued, “will hold about 30 people at a time, but congestion should be avoidable, with visitors coming and going continuously.” The center, being constructed with funds provided by the For mer Students Association, is the idea of Leslie L. Appelt ’41, pres ident of the association in 1971. His dream of a “window for Texas A&M” will be realized when the center opens for football weekend crowds this fall. Che Battalion Vol. 67 No. 265 College Station, Texas Wednesday, June 20, 1973 Graduate Women’s Society To Establish Chapter At A&M A&M will become the first uni versity in Texas to have a chap ter of Phi Delta Gamma installed on its campus. The national fraternal organ ization for graduate women in all fields of study was founded in 1922 and is presently represent ed on 24 campuses. “We feel there is a need for this organization on campus,” said Mrs. Patricia Self, counselor for women. “This will complement the professional growth of our graduate female students and of fer opportunities for interaction and a common meeting place for all disciplines. “We hope to have a chapter es tablished here within two months. We presently have a dynamic committee working on it.” Serving on the committee with Mrs. Self are Dr. Carol Ander son, Dr. Bonnie Gustafson Bea ver, Mrs. Josephine Berg, Dr. Anne Marie Elmquist, Dr. Elea nor Fendler, Dr. Lela Jeffrey, Mrs. Grace Kieffer, Mrs. Toby Schreiber, Dr. Bonnie Stadelman and Dr. Ethel Tsutsui. “The committee is unanimously in favor of establishing a chap ter and the proposition has been endorsed by Dean (of the Gradu ate College G. W.) Kunze and A&M Begins New Research To Help High School Students Research to help students achieve a smoother transition from high school to college has begun at A&M. The project will consider prob lems posed by emergence of career education and vocational techni cal education to students wishing further education. Funded by a $60,000 U. S. Of fice of Education grant, it will assemble data from throughout the U. S. for analysis and devel opment of guidelines to help the student in transition. Prof. W. Roy Thomas of TA MU’s Educational Psychology De partment directs the research. The grant extends through June 15, 1974. Thomas’ research team expects to deal with problems which are systematically interrelated to the transition from secondary to post secondary schools. While prob lems will be identified through a variety of sources, the team, which includes two doctoral grad uate students, expects most to fall within certain broad areas. “These deal with counseling, college entrance testing, enroll ment, student development pro grams for under-prepared stu dents, adult education for new job skills, student recruitment and job placement,” Thomas said. Much of their information will come from USOE-funded cluster projects. A nation-wide group of consultants and literature surveys will turn up other problems for consideration. The national advisory council will include teachers, administra tors and counselors of public and private high schools, junior and community colleges, senior col leges and universities and repre sentatives from industry. Six TAMU education faculty members will serve as non-funded consul tants. Graduate students Beryl Mc- Kinnemey of Rising Star and Herman Todd of Rogersville, Ala., will help Thomas as research as sociate and research assistant, re spectively. They will conduct site visitation at Ohio State University, the Texas Education Agency, Cali fornia State Department of Edu cation and in New Jersey and Oregon. Programs in those clus ter areas deal with transporta tion, construction, public service, manufacturing and communica- tions-media, Thomas said. “The end product of this proj ect will be a set of articulative guidelines which will provide a smooth transition from secondary to post-secondary level educa tion,” Thomas indicated. I BRAZOS AGGIES AWARD SCHOLARSHIP—The Brazos County A&M Club added a new scholarship this year and awarded it to Glenn Devrow, 1973 Bryan High School graduate. Bill Hodge, Bryan High assistant principal and club officer, made the presentation. The club now has five area students on $2,000 scholarships. Dean (of Students James) Hanni- gan,” said Mrs. Self. Phi Delta Gamma is the only women’s organization which cuts across all academic disciplines. Graduate women of high schol arship and qualities of leadership who are pursuing a graduate or advanced professional course are eligible to join. Members may be taken in within one year following graduation. Upon completion of formal study, women retain mem bership as active members, as as sociate members or as members of an alumnae chapter. Women staff members in grad uate or advanced professional schools who have received their advanced degree or degrees from accredited universities are also eligible for membership. Charter members only may in clude women who have already completed their advanced work at the time a new chapter is being formed on campus. A new chapter may be estab lished by a minimum of eight women currently enrolled in a graduate school upon completing initial requirements. Phi Delta Gamma began in 1922 at the University of Mary land School of Commerce as an organization “to encourage a high standard of education for business women and to afford an opportunity for mutual help fulness.” By 1923 the group had broad ened the scope to include women in all graduate and advanced pro fessional fields and now has a membership of over 5,000. In addition to the regular chap ters, alumnae chapters have been formed in Washington, D. C.; Milwaukee, Wise.; Miami, Fla.; and Chicago, 111. Phi Delta Gamma presents a national achievement award at each biennial convention to a member in recognition of out standing achievement in her chos en field of work and presents a study grant of $500 to an active member who is pursuing work beyond the first 30 hours in graduate study in an accredited institution. YOU CAN EAT UP HERE—The new dining room in the Texas A&M’s Conference Tower opened Monday. Mrs. Betty Young, restaurant manager, said the eleventh-floor dining facility will open at 7 a. m. for breakfast and remain open until 1:30 p. m. for lunch. The dining room must close at 1:30 p. m. until the previously ordered drapes have arrived and been installed to keep out bright sunlight. Diners may sit down and order breakfast, or have it “cafeteria style.” Two buffet lines will be in operation during luncheon hours. Mrs. Young said the new restaurant is open to the public. (Photo by Peter Leabo) A&M Undergrads Getting Smarter? Over One-Third Achieve 3.0 GPR More than one-third of the uni versity’s undergraduates achieved “B” averages or higher for the 1973 spring semester, according to the latest grade point ratio study from the TAMU registrar’s office. The registrar’s figures reveal 39.51 per cent of the TAMU stu dents achieved GPR’s of 3.0 or above on TAMU’s 4.0 system. The report also shows that 6.32 per cent of TAMU’s undergradu ates achieved GPR’s of 4.0 or above. Almost one-third (33.19 per cent) earned GPR’s between 3.0 and 3.999. A study of the undergraduates’ overall grade point ratios through the spring semester 1973 lists 2.43 per cent of TAMU students with GPR’s of 4.0 or better, and 29.47 per cent have averages in the 3.0 to 3.999 bracket. For the spring semester 39.92 per cent posted GPR’s of 2.0 to 2.999. The comparable figure for overall GPR’s in the 2.0-2.999 range through the spring semes ter was 52.13 per cent. The 1973 figures on students posting 4.0 or above reflect a 1.06 per cent increase over last year’s Double Feature Scheduled At Grove Theater Tonight A mOvie known during World War II as “Texas to Tokyo” will show in a Grove Theater double feature tonight. “Texas to Tokyo” is the way Aggies serving overseas knew “We’ve Never Been Licked,” a 30-year-old movie made at Texas A&M. CS To Expand Sewer System Mayor J. B. Hervey has an nounced that the City of College Station plans to spend the ex pected $42,668.00 in general rev enue sharing funds allocated for the first six months of 1973 on South Texas Avenue sewer lateral extensions. Records documenting the plan are open to public inspection at the College Station City Hall. Publication of such a plan, in ad dition to a subsequent actual use of funds report, is required by the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972, which authorized rev enue sharing. General revenue sharing is a $30.2 billion, five-year program which returns a portion of federal taxes to state and local govern ments. It will show with a Vincent Price thriller, “House of Wax,” according to Rich McHenry, MSC Grove manager. The movies start at 8:30 p.m. Admission is by ID card for TA MU students, 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children under 12. “We’ve Never Been Licked” was filmed by Universal Produc tions in the early 1940s. Besides the student body, it features Rob ert Mitchum, Noah Beery Jr., Ann Gwynn and Martha O’Driscoll. The plot involves a foreign in telligence agent on campus. Cam pus scenes, clothing styles and dialogue emphasize change that has taken place in three decades. “House of Wax” will show first, McHenry said. He noted that in case of rain, Grove movies are cancelled for that day. If distri bution allows, a film is held over for double showing the following night. spring semester. Students who posted 3.0 to 3.999 made up 30.53 per cent of the student body dur ing the spring semester 1972. This year’s figures reflect a 2.66 per cent increase. TAMU students who posted above 3.0 during the spring se mester 1972 represented 35.79 per cent of the student body; this year’s figures reflect a 3.72 per cent increase in the number of students who maintained a “B” average or better for the last semester. The registrar’s report on under graduate grade point ratios based on grades through the spring se mester 1972 shows 28.72 per cent of TAMU students with GPR’s of 3.0 or above. The corresponding 1973 figures reflect a 3.18 per cent increase in the number of stu dents maintaining an overall “B” average. Enrollment High At Galveston GALVESTON—Record enroll ment has been reported for the marine biology and related courses offered here this summer by Tex as A&M’s Moody College of Ma rine Sciences and Maritime Re sources. Dr. William H. Clayton, Moody College dean, said first-semester summer enrollment totaled 71 stu dents, with more than half study ing on the graduate level. These students are in addition to the 157 participating in the Texas Maritime Academy’s sum mer cruise to the Mediterranean. “While this is the largest resi dent summer enrollment to date, we are confident this is just the prelude to an influx of students when additional facilities are available,” Dean Clayton noted. He pointed out the Legislature, acting on a bill introduced by Sen. A. R. (Babe) Schwartz of Galveston, has authorized TAMU to use tuition-backed bonds to fi nance construction of buildings to taling up to $7.5 million for its Mitchell Campus on Pelican Is land. Multi-Talented Bryan High Graduate Given $2,000 Scholarship By Club Glenn Devrow, 1973 Bryan High School graduate, has been award ed a Brazos County A&M Club scholarship. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Er nest Devrow, 1106 Military, plans to enroll at A&M this fall. He will study either accounting or architecture. Devrow is the fifth area stu dent to be selected for a Brazos County A&M Club scholarship. The group this fall will include two seniors, a junior, sophomore and freshman. Each award pays $2,000 for four years study. Banking is a pleasure at First Bank & Trust. Adv. The club funds the five schol arships primarily through mem berships. President Herb Gersbach said the club is proud to be able to offer the scholarship and pleased a student of Devrow’s qualities accepted it. Gersbach and William E. “Bill” Hodge, vice president for high school relations, made the presentation. Outstanding member of the 1972-73 Bryan High Band, Dev row was the Vikings’ basketball playmaker, ran track and earned an overall 3.49 grade average in Bryan High’s 4.0 system. He graduated in the top quar ter of Bryan High’s 550-member 1973 class and earned nine and a half credits more than are e- quired to enroll in a state college or university. Devrow played first chair trum pet in the Viking Band. He is an all-district, all-region and all area musician. The oldest of three Devrow children also played in the Bryan High Stage Band and with the “Neurotics,” community band. He was a representative on the B.H.S. band council. Devrow was a member of the National Honor Society, Future Teachers of America, elected to “Who’s Who” at Bryan High, senior class favorite, was a Ro tary Citizen of the Month and served as city planner on Youth Government Day. The Roland C. Dansby Athletic Award winner in basketball and track was playmaker on the Vik ing cage team. It was a district championship contender. He ran the 100 and 220-yard dashes and the second leg of Viking relays. He also received the Bethune Womens Club scholarship and is a member of the New Jerusalem Baptist Church. Devrow works this summer for the R. B. Butler Co. Glenn’s father is farm fore man for TAMU’s College of Vet erinary Medicine. Mrs. Devrow has degrees from Prairie View A&M and teaches at Henderson Elementary School. She works in the summer Head Start program at Sul Ross School. “We are happy Glenn is get ting the scholarship,” Mrs. Dev row said, “and so proud he chose Texas A&M.” Weather WEDNESDAY — Considerable cloudiness and cooler. Occas sional showers & thundershow ers. High 89, low 67. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” Adv.