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THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1975
Sociologists study old dancers
Innovations in the care of the
aged and teaching about the care of
the aged are coming from the new
Institute of Gerontology founded
this month at Tarleton State Uni
versity.
The program, headed by Dr.
Mary Sue Staig, is trying to cope
with an increasing shortage of
trained staffers needed in nursing
homes, hospitals and social work
agencies, particularly in the West
Texas area, bordered by Abilene,
Ft. Worth, Midland, Odessa,
Wichita Falls and Waco.
Dr. Staig uses consultants from
the State Health Department and
Welfare Department and adminis
trators of state nursing homes to
complement the faculty of the TSU
Sociology Department.
Their task is to get potential emp
loyees in the gerontology field to
stop thinking of the people in their
care as “patients,” she noted.
“They’re residents and these re
sidents aren’t sick — they’re merely
infirm,” Staig stressed.
To prove this, she can field a Di
xieland Band, square dance club
and a chorus from the nearby
Stephenville Senior Citizen Center
whose youngest members are over
65 years of age.
“One of the square dancers is 86, ”
she added. “These residents de
monstrate their skills to our trainees
so they can go back and teach their
Thompson
receives
jet honor
A Texas A&M University profes
sor of mechanical engineering has
received a unique honor from the
aerospace industry.
Dr. J. George H. Thompson, an
instructor here for 37 years, was
named as a major contributor to the
success of the YF-16 jet fighter
program, yet the professor has had
absolutely no personal contact with
the program.
The surprise came this month
when the engineer in charge of the
F-16 project presented a hand built
scale model of the aircraft to
Thompson before a meeting of en
gineers from the southwest.
The model was presented as a
gesture of appreciation from Gen
eral Dynamics for Thompson’s con
tribution to the F-16 project.
“I was puzzled about this at the
time of the presentation because I
had not been aware of any personal
contact with the program,” Thomp
son mused.
The G. D. representative went
on to explain that Thompson had
had more than one-fifth of all the
engineers involved in the YF-16
project in his classes at some time.
In the opinion of those in G. D.,
Thompson had significantly influ
enced the skill of these engineers.
Thompson shook his head in
wonder at the award saying, “I don’t
know why they gave it to me. I was
awfully mean to those boys, particu
larly the guy that gave me the
award. ”
“What is significant about this
award is not that it went to me but
that the company made a gesture of
recognition of the importance of the
work that classroom teachers do in
preparing engineers for industry,”
he explained. “We don’t solve the
problems for industry, but we do do
something for the boys that allow
them to solve the problems.”
Thompson talked with pride of
the aircraft, noting that it can accel
erate past the speed of sound going
straight up.
Dr. George H. Thompson
Coal lands
susceptible
to erosion
Duane Garner, district conser
vationist with the U.S. Department
of Agriculture Soil Conservation
Service, said Monday that the
coal-bearing land in the Steephol-
low area of Brazos County is “highly
susceptible” to erosion.
After extensive study, Garner es
timated that the cost of revegetating
the land after strip-mining would be
$105-$ 110 an acre. Garner limited
his research to the same area that a
TAMU Environmental Studies
Workshop team made a study of
during the past few months.
residents. It also shows some of the
capabilities of the retired commun
ity.
“Our program, the Institute of
Gerontology, came out of the search
for job-oriented programs for social
scientists, Staig explained. “The
vocational aspects of sociology fit
the field of geriatrics since, for in
stance, the problems for the white
aged are far different from that of
the brown aged. And, the black
aged have problems that differ from
them both.”
“This need for the liberally
oriented social service designee is to
have someone, such as social service
workers, recreation directors in re
tirement communities and nursing
homes, directors of senior citizen
programs, and rehabilitation work
ers, who can enrich the lives of the
residents,” she pointed out.
“Through the institute we have
already started workshops on such
subjects as hearing impairments in
the aged — establishing and keep
ing communications with them —t
and medication administration
where nursing aides with no train
ing and no license can learn the
basic administration of medicine,”
Staig said.
“These workshops will teach
those involved with the aged how to
help them and how to keep them
leading happy meaningful lives,”
she noted.
“Gerontology, the science of
aging, is one of the fastest growing
sectors of the social work profes
sion,” Staig added. “It’s expanding
for two reasons: first, services are
expanding and, second, the aged
sector of the population is growing.
“Only recently has specialized
theory and practice been developed
in this important area of know
ledge,” she observed.
Tarleton offers a four-course
“track” of study in gerontology:
Sociology of Aging; Biology of
Senescence; Sociology of America’s
Multi-Culture; and Management of
Institutions for the Aging. These
tracks are optional within the
sociology degree plan, but comple
tion of the four-course track is suffi
cient for vocational certification and
entry into the field.
Luckenbach’s fair
in Fredericksburg
The Second Annual Luckenbach World’s Fair will be held
at the Gillespie County Fairgrounds in Fredericksburg this
weekend.
Scores of craftspeople will be in attendance, including
whittlers, weavers, leatherworkers, silversmiths, music-
makers, painters, sculptors, blacksmiths, beadworkers, quilt-
ers, and tail-tale tellers.
Folk art trophies will be awarded for following feats of
skill and cunning: Hot Air Balloon races, dominoes, checkers,
horse shoes, chicken flying contest, thoroughbred armadillo
races, buffalo chip toss, watermelon seed spitting and the
great laughing contest.
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