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Space, time exhibit Turrhoff displayed at msc Speller to teach THE BATTALION Page 3 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1975 A series of twelve “Sky Paintings” is currently on display in the Memo rial Student Center Art Gallery. The canvases, in oil, acrylic and pencil, were created by Joseph M. Hutchinson, associate professor of Environmental Design at Texas A&M. “All of these paintings deal in some way or other with an attempt THE BED im 3606 COLLEGE AVE. DANCING BEST PIZZA IN AGGIELAND NO COVER CHARGE BEER & SET-UPS GAME ROOM THURSDAY SPECIAL: DRINK AT V? PRICE (12-6) Welcome back AGGIES! Smile Washateria Clean and Cool 1 block behind Pepe Taco to explain space and time, Hutch inson said. “All have sections in which different times may be rep resented in one painting. They show the past, the present, and the future in one relationship. Since coming to Texas two years ago, Hutchinson said that he lias been “enthralled with the skies in this area. “There are high billowing clouds and the sky has distance, clarity, and openness,” he said. Included in the exhibit are paint ings from several series that Hutch inson has dealt with. “Brazos Wind and “Gulf Wind” are representative of his Plains series, but are only a portion of the 22 paintings ol that era. Altogether, there are six series on display at the exhibit. Hutchinson said that the Barbi- zon series is his latest and the most successful, the one that holds its own. The force of the environment here in Texas moved me from abstraction to realism. Of the twelve paintings on exhibit, all but two are for sale. Prices range from $2(X) for the 24x24 inch acrylic "New World to $1200 for the 84x84 inch oil painting “Brazos Wind. The exhibit will continue until September 30. Associated Press AUSTIN — Norma Gabler of Longview, perennial critic of textbooks that fail to say evolution is a theory, shifted her attack Wed nesday to grade school spellers. “Our parents are sick and tired of seeing the results, Mrs. Gabler told the State Textbook Committee. “Too much emphasis is placed on having a good time, on turning them on. Well, let’s turn them off a little and turn them on to basics. We see too many kids who can’t read or write or spell. She said a 1971 Louis Harris sur vey showed nearly 19 million per sons over the age of 16 in this coun try could not read and write well enough to fill out a job application form. Mrs. Gabler attacked all six books in the grade school speller series that will be published by Merrill Publishing Co. next year. The series “violates a basic prin ciple of learning, she said. “Instead of going from the simple-individual sounds — to the complex- combinations of letter sounds, the student will be hindered in his learning how to spell or read. "It has students write sentences before the letter sounds are learned. The child will be limited to what he memorizes. Can this type of teaching fail to increase the problem of illiteracy?” In the third-grade book, she cited a page where students are asked to write something about the words spooky, silly and crash. “Couldn’t more encouraging words be used?” she asked. On another page students are to do these things natural phenomena and don’t understand it. Write a myth to explain it. Make up your own names for gods.” Mrs. Gabler exclaimed, “This is humanistic!” In the grade 4 book, she said, nine of the 17 famous figures listed “are Negro, while only 2 per cent of the population is “Negro. The publisher responded, “All of the 17 persons are black. As stated in the second column, the purpose of this activity is to enlighten stu dents about the contributions of black Americans to our country/ Mrs. Gabler noted a reference to witches and Halloween, while “other, more significant holidays aren’t mentioned in the book. Em phasis to the occult is given. This is religion. In the fifth-grade book, she found Benches stop vehicles to preserve walkways R,. WCICIV TMnrc AM K1 n^w Rut since the By PEGGY INGRAM Staff Writer Only at Texas A&M do they give you benches to climb oxer rather than to sit on. Observe the new concrete slabs to the west and south of the Har rington complex. Blocked by these recent additions, bikers and pedest rians often turn into a hopeless jum ble squeezing through already con gested malls. THE PANTRY NATURAL VITAMINS & HEALTH FOODS PROTEINS* WHOLE GRAIN BREADS ORGANIC COSMETICS •DIETETIC FOODS 3525 TEXAS AVE. 846-6897 Ridgecrest Shopping Center "SERVING AGGIELAND SINCE 1947” Curiously, a few of the 81 new 1000-pound benches are obvioush plunked in the way of otherwise reasonable thoroughfares. University landscapers didn’t make an "Aggie mistake, though. Charles Brunt, director of sys tems construction here, said the benches were purposely put at vari ous points of the North Plaza Mall to obstruct vehicular traffic. Delivery trucks and other large motor vehi cles live been driving on the new, somewhat fragile pebbled sidewalks. These were not en gineered to handle such heavy loads, he said. Architect Kent Beasley of Dallas-based Schrickel, Rollins, and Associates Inc. said the $1000-a- piece sandblasted seats were not in tended for use as roadblocks. His plan is to have them in the shade and out of the way. But since the unanticipated motor traffic problem developed, Beasley has recommended to Brunt that perhaps upright posts could be installed instead, or maybe even planters. “You can t very well put a chain up or no one could get by, he ad ded. Brunt, however, is not yet reads to decide if the benches will go or stay. “They solve the immediate prob lem which is prevention, he said in reference to the vehicles. He as serted that upright posts would probably be a less desirable solution to the benches — particularly for unsuspecting bikers. Brunt said the issue will face a final decision within six months. They could stay where they are, he said. Texas Instruments New SR-51 SuperSlide-Rule Calculator SR-51A $132.95 SR-50A . SR-16 . SR-11 . TI-5050 85.95 52.95 33.95 127.95 Plus $2.00 Shipping By Air Mail And 5% Sales Tax SEND MONEY ORDER OR CASHIERS CHECK FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY ALL MODELS AVAILABLE WRITE FOR DISCOUNT PRICE LIST m m rn * m A am *[-] in n> DISCOUNT CALCULATOR SALES P. O. BOX 30392 DALLAS, TEXAS 75230 PHONE 214-691-0215 This seldom helps. Meetings scheduled The Sociology Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Room 127, Bolton Hall. The American Meteorological Society (TAMSCAMS) wall meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in room 112 of the Oceanography & Meteorol ogy Building. The meeting will includeelections of representatives to the College of Geosciences’ Student Council. Upcomingvents and a film on tornadoes will be discussed. The 4-H Chapter will hold an organizational meeting at 7:00 p.m. Thursday in room 301 of the Rudder Tower. The Organization of Arab Students will meet at 9 p.m. Friday in room 404 of the Rudder Tower. Elections will he held and all arab students are invited. The Agricultural Economics Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. lues- day in the Plant Sciencebldg., Room 112. The AmericanSociety for Mechanical Engineers will meet at 7 ()0 p.m. Tuesday at Thomas Park, located two blocks east of tbe College Station Fire Substation. 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