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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1974
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■ President Williams agreed with
Kunkel. “I don’t believe in the idea
of wasting state money to build ex-
Bnsive facilities on every campus
(that would possibly lead to each in
stitution trying to outdo the other.
Dr. A. R. Bertrand, dean of the
pllege of Agriculture at Texas Tech
piiversity, said people must he
me more familiar with sources ot
“I think we re entering a new era
in agricultural education. More
people must understand where the
food on the table is coming from,”
he said.
But Bertrand pointed out that re
search is not only necessary to ag
riculture but must be continued to
maintain credibility with the tax
payers.
“Were spending taxpayers’
money and they expect productive
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Science advisor to lecture
A science advisor to the federal government will be on campus Wed
nesday.
j Dr. Walter Hahn is sponsored by the College of Engineering and will
lie speaking on “Trends in Technological Assessment” in room 102 of the
iachry Engineering Center at 1:30 p.m.
Hahn currently holds two titles: Science Policy Analyst in the Congres-
|onal Reference Service of the Library of Congress and President of the
International Society of Technology Assessment.
Spokesman Dr. Richard E. Thomas said, “This is extremely timely
Snce Congress has set up the Office of Technological Assessment to advise
Re Congress on the total societal impact of technological developments. ”
Rep. Olin Teague is a member of the overseeing congressional commit-
|e
j “This program involves environmental, productivity and transportation
Concerns, among others, across the entire spectrum of technological
change,” concluded Thomas.
Symposium gets underway
I One of the world’s two largest symposiums on turbomachinery gets
Aiderway Tuesday morning at the Rudder Center.
I Symposium chairman. Dr. Meherwan Boyce, said, “Students have an
Rcellent opportunity to see machinery and also interview companies.
I “Turbines are used by all large corporations,” he explained. “The
Iggest users being the process and pipeline industries. All the major oil
rporations are represented here.
“We are expecting 650 engineers and technicians from all around the
irld, noted Boyce. “The symposium covers a wide range of topics includ-
thgnew designs and maintenance techniques.
I “The show has 50 exhibitors from vibrations instruments manufacturers
to large gas turbine manufacturers," he continued. “This Third Tur-
lomachinery and Products Show is sponsored by the Gas Turbine
laboratories of the Mechanical Engineering Department at TAMU.
I “The object is to provide interested persons with the opportunity to
iarn the applications and principles of various types of turbomachinery, to
able them to keep abreast of the latest developments, and to provide a
um for exchange of ideas,” declared Boyce.
German film will be shown
The Modern Language Department of TAMU will sponsor another
erman film Wednesday (Oct. 16).
Dr. Verne Rudebusch said the film will be shown at 8 p. m. in Room 209
ol the Harrington Center’s second phase.
I The dialogue is in German, without English subtitles, and the movie is
i in black-and-white. No admission is charged.
I The movie is called “Film Ohne Titel, or “Film Without a Title,”
pudebusch said.
Chemistry events mark calendar
ie reisom™ Three special events mark the Chemistry Department calendar this
Reek.
I Tuesday, an organic chemistry seminar features Ildefonso DeLeon
■leaking on “Ynamines in Heterocyclic Syntheses at 5 p. m. in room 231 of
the chemistry building.
At 5:15 p.m. Dr. Francis Narcowich of the Math Department will
Iresent “Fade Approximants for Pedestrians” in room 200 of the Harrington
Renter.
Dean of the College of Science and Mathematics at the University of
louth Carolina, James R. Durig will hold a chemistry departmental collo-
|uium Thursday.
He will discuss molecular symmetries at 4 p.m. in room 231 of the
emistry building with a coffee at 3:30 p.m.
results, particularly the people in
West Texas,” he said.
Bertrand said funds are limited,
however. In 1960, according to Ber
trand, Texas Tech was conducting
40 active projects in agricultural
fields with only $60,000 in funds.
Bertrand said there is also a prob
lem with agricultural employment
conflicts at Tech.
“We have four people employed
at Texas Tech that work for the uni
versity in agriculturally-related
fields for nine months of the year
and then work for the Texas Agricul
tural Experiment Station for the
Number
of joble ss
increases
Unemployment in September in
Bryan-College Station was up 35
per cent over the same month last
year.
There were 590 new applications
for unemployment compensation
made to the Texas Employment
Commission, compared to 446 a
year ago. The commission attri
buted the increase in applications
and the high jobseeker count to the
annual influx of students.
There was little change in the
area non-farm job total. Farm emp
loyment increased slightly as cotton
harvest activities continued.
Placement of 436 in nonfarm jobs
topped those of the prior month by
17 per cent and the previous year by
12 per cent.
other three months. They are not
allowed to work for both at the same
time,” Bertrand said.
Bertrand said he believes the
personnel could conduct more re
search if they were allowed to work
concurrently with the university
and the state agency.
“But, as I understand it, there is a
state law currently prohibiting
this,” he said.
He pointed out that A&M is the
only school in the state allowed to
conduct concurrent research with
the research station.
“I would recommend that the
House Agriculture Committee ap
prove joint employment for those
working with the experiment sta
tion and other state agencies,” he
said. This could be done through an
inter-agency contract agreement,
but this has not been successful, he
said.
Dr. J. E. Miller, director of the
Texas Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion, said the research agency was
established under state and federal
law.
Among those testifying Friday af
ternoon was Dr. George C. Shel
ton, dean of A&M’s College of Vet
erinary Medicine. He told the sub
committee a recent presidential
veto killed important legislation for
animal health research.
He said support for this kind of
research “has been woefully low on
all levels of government. ” There is a
shortage of research facilities, he
said, and, “comparatively speaking,
it is like working out of chicken
coops. ”
Shelton said part of the problem
within the veterinary medicine col-i
lege could be an over-emphasis
placed on the training of young vet
erinarians for private practices over
animal research.
“We now have the ability to re
spond to need. One example is the
boll weevil control program,” Mil
ler said.
Others testifying during the af
ternoon hearings were Dr. O. D.
Butler, head of the College of Ani
mal Sciences; Dr. Joe Sluster, h6ad
of the Department of Range Sci
ence; Fred Miller, resident as
sociate professor of soil and crop sci
ences; and Dr. Lloyd Rooney, as
sociate professor of soil and crop sci
ences.
First board
meeting set
for tonight
The newly established College
Station Board of Adjustments will
hold its first meeting tonight.
The board was appointed at the
last meeting of the City Council and
will meet to organize and consider
its first case.
The case before the board is a
request from B.B. Scasta for a var
iance allowing him to construct a
building closer than the minimum
distance from the property line.
The board has power granted it
by the city council to grant variances
of the zoning ordinance.
The board will set meeting dates
for its regular meetings and receive
a briefing from the city staff.
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Vet counseling program opens
The Veterans Administration regional office in Waco is opening a new
ousing counseling program for veterans in the Waco area and at TAMU.
Counseling is offered from 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays by
jppointment only. Sessions are held in Bledsoe-Miller Community Center
|nd New Hope Baptist Church in Waco.
Trained advisors answer questions concerning selection of a home,
pplying for mortgage and family budgeting for home ownership.
Appointments may be made through the Waco office. Phone number is
756-6511, Ext. 710.
Two positions available
Two student senate positions are available.
Representatives are needed for graduate engineering and Hotard-
jValton-Milner living area.
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