Colombian Fireman Page 4 College Station, Texas Wednesday, August 15, 1973 THE BATTAil Recalls Large Fire G. R. White Scholarship Established A large high-rise building fire in Bogota, Colombia, three weeks ago sparked interest by several Latin American countries in the Spanish-speaking fire school at A&M. The 49-story Avianca Building in Bogota started burning on the 10th floor and flames went up ward to the top of the structure before local fire departments could map a plan of attack on the inferno. One of the men who fought the blaze which claimed 18 lives at tended the A&M-sponsored school which ended at noon Friday. Major Alonzo Arrubla Jara- millo, chief of the Fire Depart ment in Medellin, Colombia, a suburb of Bogota, said through an interpreter that he felt the blaze might have been more suc cessfully fought had the firemen battling the flames been trained with instruction equal to the courses offered at A&M. “Things were happening so fast,” he said, “nobody knew quite what to do. By the time the first alarm was sounded, the flames wei’e already engulfing the immediate floors above the tenth story where the fire started.” The “jefe de bomberos,” as fire chiefs are called in Colombia, said he felt better prepared for a blaze such as the one that ruined the high-rise structure. He plans to send several of his fire men to the Spanish-speaking seg ment of the Texas Firemen’s Trailing School next year. To further inform Spanish speaking countries of the school offered at A&M by the Texas Dollar Value Shows Increase Dollar value of research proj ects at A&M through 11 months of the current fiscal year reflect ed a one million dollar increase over the cumulative total for 1971-72. Dr. Robert R. Berg, director of university research, said new projects reported for July had a dollar value of $932,811, bringing the cumulative total since Sep tember, 1972, to $32,039,627. The total for 1971-72 was $30,950,432. The August 9 report of the Of- f i c e of University Research showed the College of Engineer ing had the month’s largest value for new research projects, $456,- 764; followed by the College of Science, $217,960; Agriculture, $196,008; Geosciences, $50,442, and Liberal Arts, $11,637. The cumulative totals are Col lege of Agriculture and Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, $14,319,575; Engineering (includ ing the Texas Engineering Ex periment Station and the Texas Transportation Institute), $9,050,192; Science, $2,999,665; Geosciences, $2,680,481; Veteri nary Medicine, $838,646; Educa tion, $335,871; Liberal Arts, $316,906; Moody College of Ma rine Sciences and Maritime Re sources, $310,316; Architecture, $146,584, and Business Adminis tration, $113,893, and other, $927,498. hinbincj Of J4.r" We’ll Send Flowers Anywhere THE FLORAL CENTER “The Full Service Florist” 823-5792 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 A Li Li E N Oldsmobile Cadillac SALES - SERVICE “Where satisfaction is standard equipment” 2401 Texas Ave. 823-8002 Engineering Extension Service, a film and taped radio interview with Maj. Arrubla was made by TAMU representatives at the request of U.S. Embassy per sonnel in South America. This year’s Spanish fire school registered 123 students from Texas, Arizona, Colorado and Ohio; from 21 states in Mexico, and from seven other South American countries and Spain. A President’s Endowed Schol arship in the name of the late George Rollie White has been established at A&M. President of the A&M Board of Directors the last 10 years of his 29 as a member, G. Rollie White was known as “Mr. Brady” and “Mr. Aggie” to a wide circle of acquaintances in Brady and West Texas. The 1895 A&M grad uate died in 1965, at age 89. At the time, two A&M buildings car ried his name. He was a banker, rancher, sportsman, philanthropist and civic leader. Endowment of the G. R. White President’s Scholarship was ar ranged through the G. R. White Trust of the Fort Worth Na tional Bank. A&M Development Director Robert L. Walker said invest ment of the $25,000 principal will enable the first White Schol ar to enroll at A&M in the Fall of 1974. President’s Endowed . Scholars receive $1,000 a year for up to five years of undergraduate study. “Mr. White has meant so much to Texas A&M,” Walker said. “This is a wonderful way to car ry on his continuing concern and interest in young people. The White President’s Endowed Schol arship is a permanent means of providing a scholarship in his name.” A&M’s soon to be expanded coliseum bears White’s name, as did a recently renamed dormi tory. He retired as a board member and board president in 1955. One of Brady’s greatest civic leaders, f0ccup£ White helped finance the citjl July Jubilee race plant, wast|| ^Vjjjni Commercial National Bank’s oiJJ at j president and an official of 5si® struc tc eral cattle and financial insti* se tions - 17 is fun White was co-organizer in l® t j ona i of Brady’s water and light pla* ona ] Si It was sold to the city a fter fiK e p artm years ownership and openiJ ■ ^Veli for $40,000, on credit and ntifl^g pr ing down. ilB| rp „ ted iTT"' JUMBO PORTA-FILE DECORATIVE METAL WITH ALPHABETICAL INDEX FOLDERS IOV2" HIGH X 12Vj WIDE X 9" DEEP $ Bankamericarh in ( 1 t'/iti fine WECARE : .