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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1973)
Page 4 College Station, Texas Wednesday, August 22, 1973 THE BATTALION Retiring Secretary Finds Life At A&M ‘Exciting’ A&M Begins Safety Program “Texas A&M has more to offer than any school I know of, and life is always exciting here,” said Mrs. Ora May Warren, admini strative secretary to A&M’s vice president for business affairs, Tom D. Cherry. Mrs. Warren, who has been em ployed at A&M since September, 1960, is retiring Aug. 31. She will be honored at a reception Friday from 3-5 p.m. on the first floor of the University Center Confer ence Tower. Mrs. Warren has had several varied careers — she owned a dancing school, was a member of a piano and musical comedy group, operated a business col lege and was General Earl Rud der’s secretary when he was state land commissioner. When Rudder left Austin for A&M, Mrs. Warren worked for his successor. After her husband died, she came to A&M and was President Rudder’s secretary un til Cherry arrived in 1962. “There have only been two employes in the office of vice president for business affairs — Tom Cherry, and me,” Mrs. War ren points out. She said at times it appeared they would need extra help, but always made deadlines, and “the realization of saving a little more money for other oper ations always made it worth while.” She also commended the other directors and their staffs who re port to Cherry, saying, “although some may say I am prejudiced, I still say they are the greatest.” Mrs. Warren said the high lights in her career at A&M have been contact with the students, for whom she types theses, term papers and dissertations, and be ing associated with Tom Cherry and the late President Rudder. She also explained that the things accomplished during her tenure at A&M have been so great, she “can’t begin to single Car Club Sees Racing Film A motor racing film on “The Champions” will highlight the final summer meeting Wednesday of the Texas A&M Sports Car Club. The last of a six-movie series on the history of auto racing, “The Champions” shows as a public-free presentation. The club meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Mimosa Room of the old College Station City Hall, 101 S. Church, an nounced James Forte. He emphasized viewers need not be club members to see the film. They are provided by the Shell Oil Co. “The Champions” covers rac ing highlights during 1949-51. Ferrari cars have made their ap pearance, with Alberto Ascari driving them with brilliance. The 1950 Silvertone Grand Prix be comes the first race ever to count toward an official drivers world championship. In 1951 Ferraris provide the first real challenge to Alfa Ro meos, king of post-war racing. Farina, Fangio and Ascari stage a great battle for the world title. COLLEGE GIRL there is Shop for you! THE CLOTHES HORSE 3801 E. 29th Just off University Dr. 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 ALLEN Oldsmobile Cadillac SALES - SERVICE “Where satisfaction is standard equipment” 2401 Texas Ave. 823-8002 one out.” Mrs. Warren said she felt like she “was in a dream world or fantasy land seeing all the won derful things,” on a recent tour of the new buildings on campus. She plans to stay in College Station after she retires, exclaim ing “I just couldn’t stay off cam pus!” She expressed a desire to view the new fountain to be com pleted at the University Center Complex, “if the energy crisis al lows us the fuel for a lighted fountain.” The entertainer-turned-secre tary said, “Yes, out of some va ried careers, I would still choose as the most exciting and reward ing one, that at Texas A&M.” University safety educators be gan a ten-day training program of motorcycle safety Monday morning at A&M. Participants representing uni versities from California to Flo rida enrolled Sunday afternoon for the workshop sponsored by the Motorcycle Industry Council Safety and Education Foundation, Inc. (MICSEF). The course at A&M represents a series of courses offered by MICSEF throughout the country, which is the first attempt on a national scale to train teachers in motorcycle education. On hand for the kick-off ban quet Sunday evening at the Ra- mada Inn was Dr. Charles Hart man, MICSEF director. Hartman has served as deputy administra tor of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and was recently honored by Wis consin traffic safety educators for leadership in the traffic safe ty field. Dr. Jack Weaver, associate pro fessor of industrial education at A&M, is director of the Aug. 19-29 workshop. He noted the program will be divided into three phases —basic instruction on motorcycle riding, traffic mix of two-wheeled and four-wheeled vehicles and a look at administrative details and curriculum development. The program, according to Dr. Weaver, will be held in both class room and laboratory conditions. He said three hours each day would be devoted to lecture and three hours to actual riding. The participants will use Hon da and Kawasaki machines rang ing in size from lOOcc to 250cc in both street and trail bike configu rations. 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