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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1975
Air lab studies pollution
By DON MIDDLETON
Battalion Staff Writer
Winnebago’s are good for several pur
poses. Some persons load them with Texas
A&M former students and drive them to
football games. Others load them up and let
them sit in the driveway because they can’t
afford to put gas in them.
Dr. Andrew R. McFarland, of the Texas
Engineering Experiment Station, has
found a use which may have a more lasting
value. McFarland has converted the recre
ational vehicle into a mobile air quality lab.
The purpose of the mobile lab is to travel
to areas where air pollution is particularly
severe, such as major metropolitan and in
dustrial regions, to take samples of the at
mosphere, McFarland said Monday.
The samples are then brought back to the
A&M campus for analysis.
“Since air pollution is not severe in
Bryan-College Station, we have to go
elsewhere to hx>k at significant pollution
problems, McFarland said.
McFarland is currently engaged in an
Environmental Protection Agency project
to determine the size distribution of parti
cles in the atmosphere, and the chemical
composition of those particles.
The apparatus which McFarland uses to
take atmosphere samples is called a Low
Pressure Impaetor, and separates air pollu
tion particles by size.
The average size of naturally occuring
particles, such as dust and pollen, is about
three and one-half microns. There are
roughly 25,000 microns in one inch.
The impaetor works on the same princi
ple as driving a car too fast around a corner,
McFarland said.
Air is drawn in through the top of the
impaetor and forced through several jet
nozzles. The jet stream then strikes a plate
which is covered with filter paper to catch
the particles.
When the stream of air is forced to go
around the barrier, the largest particles are
flung against the paper just as the car would
skid off the road into a wall, due to the
centrifugal force.
The stream continues through a series of
barriers, being drawn through smaller jet
nozzles each time. This increases the veloc
ity of the air and separates all particles
down to one micron in size.
“Equipment of this type has been in use
for thirty years,' McFarland said, “but it
doesn’t get the particles which are smaller
than one micron. Those are the particles we
are most interested in because when a per
son takes a breath, particles larger than that
are filtered out by the nose, while small
ones end up in the lowest parts of the
lungs.
To solve the problem, McFarland has
developed an addition to the impaetor
which can separate even the smallest parti
cles for chemical analysis.
After the air stream passes the one-
micron filter, the chamber increases to
thirty times its previous volume. This
creates a partial vacuum of one-thirtieth
atmospheric pressure.
At this reduced pressure, the air stream
can be accelerated even more and the smal
lest particles deposited on the filter paper.
The mobile lab has recently returned
from Ft. Collins, Colo., where samples
were taken to determine the concentration
of lead particles in the atmosphere. At that
time, McFarland was on the staff of Notre
Dame University.
Since Sept. 1, McFarland has been work
ing for Texas A&M, utilizing the $40,000
E.P.A. grant.
Within the next two months, the lab will
be traveling to Houston to determine the
sizes and types of metallic pollutants.
The information gathered by McFarland
and his staff will be useful in formulating
standards for regulation of pollutants such'
as freon, which has been shown to damage
the Earth’s ozone layer and increase ul
traviolet radiation reaching the surface of
the Earth.
Also of concern to McFarland is the con
centration of vinyl chloride which has been
shown to produce cancer. Both freon and
vinyl chloride are used as propellants in
high-pressure aerosols.
SlalT I'liolo In l)a\id McCarroIl
Particle sorter
Low Pressure Impaetor devel
oped by Dr. Andrew R. McFar
land of the Texas Engineering
Experiment Station. The Impact-
or separates pollutants from
atmosphere samples enabling
scientists to identify the particles
responsible for respiratory dis-
Baez’ “Diamonds
folk music beauty,
a different style
One hundredth birthday
Centennial plans made
By STEVE REIS
Battalion Staff Writer
Calendar year 1976 is officially proc
laimed the centennial year. Throughout
the year, Texas A&M University will celeb
rate its one hundredth birthday on campus
as well as off.
There will be four major dates of obser-
vance for the centennial said Roger Miller,
the Co-ordinator of Centennial Activities.
The first of these will be the Feb. 2 Proc
lamation ceremony. Gov. Dolph Briscoe
has been im ited to attend the ceremony in
the Rudder Center area.
One of two pieces of donated sculpture
will be unveiled at this ceremony. It will be
a dedication to the students of A&M sculp
ted by Pat Foley.
The second piece is the centennial
sculpture that is being donated by the class
wfi.TfPn'It, is also being, sculpted by iFoley.
The second major date is April 21, Aggie
Muster. This muster will be different be
cause of the planned statewide release of a
documentary film about A&M.
May 8 is the third date of importance. It
is the day of commencement of the spring
class of 1976.
The final major date of importance is the
October 4 Convocation. That is the one
hundredth anniversary of the opening of
A&M.
There are main peripheral activities that
will accompany the major dates. These will
be publicized as the date approaches.
Other centennial programs include the
UN/i^
The official Centennial symbol for Texas A&M.
Bicentennial-Centennial Cruise of the
Texas Clipper next summer. The ship will
visit historic eastern seaports rather than
foreign ports, said Miller.
Miller also explained that one goal of the
centennial programming is to attract as
many visitors to the campus through con
ferences and conventions. “The best way to
explain A&M to a person is to show it to him
first-hand,” said Miller.
The centennial is being celebrated
through the release of medallions, limited
editions of pewter plates and the publish
ing of histories of A&M by the A&M Press.
Another commemorative release is the
Buck Schiwetz portfolio of campus scenes.
These will be prints of new and old build
ings on the A&M campus.
Centennial scholarships will also be av
ailable to high school graduates, said Mil
ler. They will be based solely on merit
rather than financial need. The funds for
the scholarships will come from industries
and businesses that benefit from A&M
graduates.
A member of the A&M faculty is also
helping celebrate the centennial. Rodney
Hill of the Environmental Design Depart
ment and his wife Susan have can ed six
walnut panels depicting the history of
A&M. The panels are ten feet long and
three feet high. They will be unveiled on
October 4, 1976 in the Memorial Student
Center.
Throughout the next year, most of the
campus organizations will be celebrating
the centennial in their own way, said Mil
ler.
The Aggie Players will present plays that
have historic themes and OPAS has named
its program the Centennial Series.
Miller also said that the November 1975
issue of the Texas Aggie will be the centen
nial issue. It will be composed of histories
and articles with centennial themes.
One goal of the centennial programming
is that it be a successful celebration without
taking funds from other worthwhile ac
tivities, said Miller.
He also expressed the desire that stu
dents will take an active role in the forth
coming celebrations.
By JOHN VANORE
Reviewer
With the printing of this article, any re
maining vestige of the old “Rock Notes
column dies. The exquisite beauty of Joan
Baez’s “Diamonds and Rust LP finds me,
quite readily, broadening my writing field
to include folk music, and this is only the
beginning. I’ve been under much pressure
for quite some time now to review an album
by a group that someone else has heard of.
Well, that’s life
First, a little background. Joan Baez
made a name for herself in music by being
extremely political, in both her public and
private lives. Well, after quite a few years
of singing what came from her heart, rather
than the kind of stuff that sold like Top 40
product, the bucks began to run dry.
Just prior to the release of "Diamonds
and Rust, Baez announced that she was
near bankruptcy, as a result of too much
politics and too many benefit concerts. This
album, then is by her own admission, her
first commercially oriented LP. It is just
plain beautiful music, with little, if any ,
political content.
Personally, I’m glad. Immensely glad.
Joan s overtly political nature in all her pre
vious music alienated quite a large number
of people, and, until the release of “The
Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, she
was basically regarded as an underground
type hippie-commie-folk singer. This de
mented line of reasoning shut many listen
ers off from one of the most beautiful female
voices in any musical style.
Actually , “Diamonds and Rust is better
described as post-folk. Baez is far beyond
the pure folk/acoustic guitar bit — there
are horn and string arrangements here,
along with occasional synthesizer embel
lishments by Joan herself.
Four of the eleven numbers presented
here are Baez originals; the rest are attri
buted to, among others, Bob Dylan, John
Prine, and Richard (Dicky) Betts.
"Diamonds and Rust, the title track, is
probably his best cut on the album. Baez s
delivery of this response to an old flame on
the telephone is the emotional high point of
the album. An acute sense of sorrow per
vades the ly ries when she sings about "that
crummy hotel over Washington Square,
with its reference to a gone-but-not-
forgotten affair.
Jackson Browne’s "Fountain of Sorrow
follows in the vein of love songs, again with
a touch of heartbreak. There is nowhere
near as much tragedy here as in “Never
Dreamed You d Leave in Summer, an old
Stevie Wonder tune. The prominent piano
accompaniment accents the intense emo
tions in Joan s voice, with a little lielpfi®
the Moog and synthesized strings.
“Children and All That Jazz isavtn
touching and human song written by Big
done up with some fast jazz pianoliM
Hampton Hawes.
Baez borrowed more than words ii
music from Bob Dylan on 'SimpleTwistj
Fate. In her “first ever rock-and-nl
song, " as acknowledged in the liner nolo
Joan s ever-emotional vocal styletakeson
distinctly Dylan-ish nasal quality thatisj
once refreshing and absorbing. Lan
Carlton on lead guitar does an especial
good job of propelling the song. The oil
word to describe this song is “outstanding
as it defines the high-water markofjoani
interpretive abilities.
Dicky Betts’ "Bine Sky, whichhitlh
charts when he recorded it, kicks offSii
Two. Only af ter hearing the version byIki
Allman Brothers guitarist does one life
the only deficiency here. Betts guilt
playing on the original is far more rictil
textured, but, as can be expected, Baei
fine vocal rendition more than madeupfu
any complaints in the guitar work.
On “Hello in There, Baez once mof!
adopts the male persona of singer/storytei
ler, just as she did in “The Night Iki
Drove Old Dixie Down. It’s anotherven
human song, all about the loneliness ami |
insecurity of growing old.
By virtue of its guitar intro, Janislam
"Jesse is strongly reminiscent of Jin
Croce’s “Time in a Bottle.’’ However, de
spite the fact that Jam's Ian and Roberti
Flack have already recorded the song,i
develops into something imiquely-Baezu
it moves on.
According to the liner notes, "Windsd
the Old Days" was written in responsetoJ
the expected questions alxnit Boh Dylan
return to touring. Quite simply, it’s aver
moving and beautiful song.
There isn’t much to say about "Dick
except that Baez, shares the vocals with Joe
Mitchell. It’s a pity, because a vocal combi
nation like that on a stronger songwoulil
base been outstanding.
Only a singer with the strength and»
tional [lower of Joan Baez could pull odi
f inale like she does here. In a musical hi
bute to the late Sam Cooke, Joan does)
medley of “I Dream of Jeannie auJ
“Danny Boy Larry Knechtel s solopiai#
accompaniment highlights Joan’s voice!)
make for a deeply men ing ballad.
Nnff said.
★ ★★
ns
Many thanks to Ernie at Musiclandfor
providing the album used here.
God no longer masculine
Bible being rewritten
nonsexism end result
Married woman has boy
husband approves, has
friend;
girl friend
Associated Press
NEW YORK — "Sex is only one percent
of my life. Why is that all that any body s
interested in? the beautiful countess com
plained.
Christina Paolozzi Beilin has raised
money for hospitals in Cambodia and Ga-
ben, orphanages in Afghanistan, sponsored
a Vietnamese family, and supports 18 foster
children. But it seems that these days the
only thing people ask her about is her in
teresting, unconventional married life.
The 35-y ear-old mother of two young
sons, Christina is married to Howard T.
Beilin, a prominent New York plastic sur
geon and for the last five years has been
happily involved with Claude Dolgicer.
“Just the way life is today, one man is
simply not enough,” said Christina.
"This life-style suits us,” said Beilin, who
has a special girl friend as well. “We’d have
an awful lot of tensions in our life other
wise.
With her enormous green eyes, blond
hair, tawny skin and aristocratic profile,
Christina, the daughter of an American
heiress (United Fruit) and an Italian count,
was a successful model when in 1962
Richard Avedon photographed her svelte
nude torso for Harper’s Bazaar. That
launched her career as the ultimate free
spirit, the jet set’s answer to Lady Godiva,
as she was hailed.
More headlines were made when she
married Beilin 10 years ago in a mixed mar
riage of an Episcopalian and a Jew.
“But now getting married across religi
ous barriers is accepted,” said Christina.
“And I’m sure our life-style will be ac
cepted one day, too.”
The Beilins live in a rambling 18-room
apartment filled with a constant explosion
of children, dogs, half a dozen servants,
jangling telephones and walls papered with
photographs and newspaper clippings of
their adventures. Claude, a 33-year-old
French-Israeli airline purser who always
makes a point of bringing gifts back for the
Beilin boys, is a frequent visitor.
Occasionally the trio, plus children and
dogs, board one of Beilin’s several planes
he pilots himself and take off for the
weekend.
Their wide circle of friends (the Beilins
entertain up to 60 at least once a week and
the door of their apartment is alway s open
for midnight out-of-town visitors) have ad
justed to this open marriage with amusing
diplomacy.
“If it’s a black tie event, they 7 invite me
and Howard because they know Claude
hates formal dinners. If it’s for the ballet,
they invite Claude because they know he
used to be a dancer, explained Christina,
fluttering her long fingers with dagger red
nails.
“I adore Howard. He’s brilliant,
talented, exciting and imaginative. But
Claude is wonderful, too. If I had to com
pare them I would say Howard has the
drive for life, and Claude has the art of
living.”
Associated Press
DURHAM, VC. — Some Christians
are taking the "Him out of the hymnals.
They say if humans were "in the image and
likeness of Cod, then God must be both
masculine and feminine.
“Unfortunately , some folks are attempt
ing to see this as "nenterizing God, said
the Rev. Robert Young, chaplain at Duke
University. '"It’s more positiv e than that.
Under the Rev . Mr. Young s guidance, a
group of male and female Duke students
are rewriting not only hymns and prayers
but passages of Scripture. Ultimately, an
entire "nonsexist Bible may develop.
For instance, in a standard translation,
John 15:13 reads: “Greater love hath no
man than this that a man should lay down
his life for his friends.
The Duke group has converted that pas
sage to: “Greater lov e has no one than this
that one should lay down one s life for a
friend.
The Rev. Mr. Young said there Inis been
no major opposition.
“We aren t making total breaks, anylimv
We still use the "Glory be to the Fatlienind
to the Son and to the Holy Ghost, and,of
course, the Lord s Prayer, starting, "Om
Father, who art in heav en . . ., lie said
In the main, he said, the Duke group lias
been substituting “God for the pronoun
"'Him whenever possible and, in some in
stances, pray ing, "Oh God, our Father-
Mother.
So far, the group has left intact the mas
culine pronouns referring to Jesus Christ.
"Jesus was more than a man. He was tire
fulf illment of "personhood, for all persons,
both men and women, the Rev. Mr,
Young said.
However, he said: “There are students
and some faculty who in their own private
prayers are referring to God as "She or
"Her . But that kind of thing is still ven
personal, not public.
Nielsen ratings out
First-week shows hit, bomb
By JAY SHARBUTT
Associated Press
AP Television Writer
NEW YORK — Last week, 18 new
shows began their fall season runs. Now,
the national Nielsens are in, bringing the
new folks the traditional good and bad news
of “premiere week on the networks.
Only four newcomers — CBS’ “Phyllis
and “Switch and ABC s “Starsky and
Hutch and “When Things Were Rotten
— wound up among the 20 top-rated shows
in the week ending Sept. 14.
“Phyllis ’ got off to a nice third-place
start, while “Switch” copped seventh
place, “Starsky and Hutch took 10th place
and “When Things Were Rotten” was rated
20th in viewer popularity.
Four other new shows — NBC’s “Joe
Forrester, ABC s “On the Rocks,” CBS
“Joe and Sons ’ and ABC’s “Welcome Back,
Kotter” — got good, fairly good and passing
marks in the Nielsen audience samples.
They were ranked 23rd, 28th, 36th and
37th, respectively, in viewer popularity out
of 66 network shows rated last week.
But 10 other new shows got sub-marginal
to disaster grades in the ratings, most nota
bly CBS “Three for the Road on Sunday.
It was the lowest-rated of all network
prime-time shows last week.
The nine other slow-starting newcom
ers, in order of their descending ratings,
were NBC’s “Invisible Man, “Ellery
Queen and “Doctor’s Hospital,” CBS
"Doc, ABCs “Swiss Family Robinson,”
CBS’ “Kate McShane,” NBC’s “Medical
Story” and ABC’s “Barbary Coast” and
“Mobile One.
Keep in mind that the estimated “pre^
miere week” ratings for new and returning
shows —- and more importantly, how they
did against the competition in their time
periods— may change markedly in coming
weeks.
Viewers now only are sampling the
new-season wares, and it may be a month
until any real viewing patterns emerge.
Consider CBS highly-publicized
“Beacon Hill. It premiered on a Monday
three weeks ago against a “Lizzie Borden”
rerun on ABC and baseball on NBC. It won
its time period and was the week’s top-
rated show.
The next week, it again won its time
period, starting in its regular Tuesday time
period against TV movie renins on ABC
and NBC.
Last Tuesday, facing its first real test
against NBC’s new “Joe Forrester” and
ABC’s returning “Marcus Welby, it was
third in its time period, getting a 27 per
cent share of the estimated national audi
ence aainst the winning 36 per cent share
copped by NBC’s entry.
Whether this will continue probably
won’t be known until mid-October. But
even if such is the case, CBS may stick with
it to see what happens, as it did with “The
Waltons, ” which now is in its fourth season.
For the record, CBS’“All in the Family,”
an instant hit when it premiered, is back at
it again, despite its shift from Saturday to
Monday nights this season.
It reopened last week as the nation’s
top-rated show.
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