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told Palmer couldn’t care less,
mt a growing number of Ameri-
ans are indicating deep interest
n a new British Open—the Brit-
sh Open University, that is.
'his unique, less than three-
year-old institution whose stud
ents range from young adults to
persons in their 80’s, “probably
the most important innovation in
higher education in the past 20
years—has pioneered imaginative
approaches to a lifelong learning
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Thanksgiving Observations
continum,” two Indiana Univer
sity professors report.
Say June Grant Shane and Har
old G. Shane, writing in the No-
vember-December issue of the Na
tional Education Association jour
nal: “More than a correspondence
school, more than an electronic
wonder, it is a tribute to human
ingenuity—an idea come of age
with important portent for teach
ing and learning not only in the
Old World and in the Third World
but in our country as well.”
The Today’s Education article
by the wife-husband team of ed
ucation professors features an in
terview with Walter James, dean
of the Faculty of Educational
Studies, on the campus near
Bletchley in Buckinghamshire.
The Open University was pro
posed by Harold Wilson, who later
became British prime minister.
Combining broadcast and corres
pondence instruction with some
face-to-face- instruction, it pro
vides “open access” to its pro
grams for persons over 21 (over
18, starting Jan. 1) regardless of
applicants’ formal schooling or
grades.
Two points were recognized in
setting up the university, James
told the visiting American pro
fessors: “First a lot of people
with the potential for higher edu
cation had not received it; second,
because of changes caused by gal
loping technology, more people
needed more opportunities for re
current education at various stag
es of their careers than we had
been providing.”
To say the Open University has
thrived would be a typically Brit
ish understatement. Having open
ed in 1971 with 25,000 students, it
now has nearly 40,000 in its un
dergraduate program, plus small
er numbers in its post experience
courses for persons who wish to
change occupations or update
their knowledge and in its post
graduate program for people
studying for a higher degree.
“Britian’s bold new open access
to a university education—like the
brave new ideas in our country—
has its problems and is flawed by
certain defects” the Shanes com
ment. “But,” they add glowingly,
“for an infant delivered into a
coldly skeptical world but three
years age, it already is a huge,
handsome, healthy, educational
baby!”
Bulletin Board
TONIGHT
MEXICAN AMERICAN STUDENT OR
GANIZATION will hear Dr. Clark
Knowlton from Utah University speak
on the raid of Tierra Amarilla and
Reyes Tijerina of New Mexico at 7:30
in Room 231 of the Memorial Student
Center.
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY SOCI
ETY will hear James Adams give a
presentation on the Oil Center Tool
Company from Houston at 7:30 in
Room 305 of Fermier Hall.
FREE U-HUMAN SEXUALITY COURSE
will hear Roland Searcy speak on Sex
and the Law at eight in Room 313 of
Nagle Hall.
THURSDAY
CHINESE STUDENT’S ASSOCIATION
will have Thanksgiving Chinese Din
ner at 7 p. m. at the Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall, 500 University Drive.
For ticket reservation contact: Liu at
845-3697. Tickets are §2 for members
and $3 for non-members. Limited
tickets are available.
Thanksgiving religious serv
ices will be held Tuesday by the
Student Y Association.
Everyone, but especially stu
dents, are invited, announced
Mike Pennick, Y president.
David Norcom will be guest
speaker for the 8 p.m. services
at the All Faiths Chapel. A 1972
graduate, Norcom is preparing
for the ministry at the Austin
Presbyterian Seminary.
Celanese Grants
Tom Easter, personnel super
visor with Celanese Corporation,
presented unrestricted grants to
taling $6,000 to TAMU Friday
in behalf of his company.
The Departments of Chemis
try, Chemical Engineering and
Mechanical Engineering each re
ceived $2,000 from Celanese for
use on special projects not cov
ered by state funds.
Transportation Evaluations
Transportation directors from
five Texas metropolitan areas
met Monday to discuss and eval
uate alternatives for fuel conser
vation and possible consequences
of conservation action.
Meeting with officials from the
Texas Highway Department and
Texas Transportation Institute,
directors of transportation from
San Antonio, Fort Worth, Dallas,
Austin and Houston discussed
their own problems related to
fuel and transportation and com
pared them with problems ir
other locations across the state.
THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1973
Page 5
Physics Colloquium
Prof. V. Szebehely of the Uni
versity of Texas at Austin will
speak at a physics colloquium
Wednesday.
Szebehely’s presentation, “The
Instability of Triple Systems,” is
scheduled for 4 p.m. in Room 146
of the Physics Building.
Szebehely, of the UT Depart
ment of Aerospace Engineering
the gravitational problem (
three bodies in view of recent ni
merical and analytical results.
All interested persons are in
vited to attend the program,
fee will be served at 3:4
Room 146 of the Physics I
ing.
New English Course
The Department of English is
offering a new course in medie
val English literature, announced
Dr. Harrison E. Hierth, depart
ment head.
English 609, Middle English,
will be available to students in
the spring semester.
Works discussed will include
Gower, Barbour, selected
The class will meet each Thurs-
Education Center.
Aircraft, Rocket Study
A research project here may
result in improved aircraft and
rocket fuel consumption and
power development characteris
tics, believes principal investiga
tor Dr. Minoru Tsutsui.
and additives
rocket fuel.
Mexico Industry Study
Efforts of industrial leaders of
Mexico to develop better systems
of industrial production, inven
tory control and planning within
their country were recently ob
served by a TAMU industrial
engineer.
Dr.
ing,
ning before the annual
ence on Industrial Eng
Publications Reader
Frank Peirce of the English
faculty will serve as a reader for
College English Association pub
lications.
Peirce will help select poetry
and articles on pedagogy, crea
tive writing and Shakespeare for
“The CEA Critic” and “The CEA
Forum.”
A 27-year member of the Eng
lish Department faculty, he
teaches creative writing (Eng
lish 325). Peirce recently studied
trends in contemporary fiction
Endowment for the Arts.
Magazine.”
He read his story, “The
Portrait,” and talked abou
conception and development be
fore the English Society, h
last week by the Peirces.
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