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THE BATTALION Page 5 WEDNESDAY, MAR. 17, 1976 ‘ Of t() ilar ne»j ^ e nt rem develoj ^iteH, By HOLLY HUTCHISON lie average salaries of full essors at Texas A&M rank compared to public univer- of similar staff size in ’ a lue unlg I 'Herself States e official, ; are'Ven , he sak >’oice ai i Giddei. rkshoif tters. ited oul 'ts about iguagesj Hints to Professors’ salaries: A&M ranks third in comparison with Texas schools of similar size “ are don; s nation’ sects i ny sig he University of Houston and University of Texas have ler average salaries for their professors compared to Tex-, \&M, U of H paying $24,000, U.T. $26,000, compared to ’s $23,500. mce 1971, total teachers’ lies at Texas A&M have in- sed from $16, million to $26, ion. a recent interview, Dr. Has- Monroe, dean of faculties, “Salaries have gone up, but so have teaching loads.” niversity student enrollment increased 78 percent since and most students are full le. The full-time teachers have !6 percent increase in class en- Iment, so they are teaching vier loads, Monroe said. “We try and pay the faculty more as they teach heavier loads instead of hiring more faculty,” he said. The Texas Legislature appro priated the faculty salary money for fiscal 1975-1976 (Sept. 1-Aug. 31) from the teachers’ earnings of the summer session and fall semester of 1974 and the spring semester of 1975. The earnings are computed from formulas which are set by the State Co ordinating Board in Austnn. The formulas are based on how much it costs state schools to teach the courses. The Legislature appropriates 80-82 percent of the formula earnings to all the state colleges and universities. Earnings for teaching under graduates per semester hour are as follows: liberal arts—$18.67, engineering — $32.82, agriculture —$25.93, business—$19.92, sci ence— $19.97, education— $17.44, and medicine—$82.35 The form Com pa risons of Average Salaries Full Prof. Assoc. Prof. Asst. Prof. Texas A&M $23,419 $18,469 $15,174 University Texas $26,033 $18,872 $15,520 University Houston $24,109 $18,335 $15,537 Texas Tech $22,057 $15,517 $14,707 Figures in the chart rounded off. are exact. Those in the text have been ulas are uniform throughout state universities and colleges. A professor teaching a 3-hour $2.47 pr semester for each stu dent. The dollar earned under the formulas must be spent on teach ing salaries, but according to law, they do not have to be spent in the departments where they are earned. “Some departments will never be able to earn in salaries as much as they receive by the formular,” Monroe said. Because student enrollment is higher in the fall, the fall se mester comes closer to paying for itself than the spring semes ter or the summer session. Teachers’ salaries differ for reasons other than the formulas, Monroe said. Teachers can earn more money if they are “out standing” faculty members. This would include persons who have achieved recognition in research. Experience often increases salary. A teacher in a field of intense competition such as petroleum engineering or accounting may be paid more money, he said. Students can be a determining factor in teachers’ salaries through evaluation of the teach er’s performance to the depart ment head or dean, Monroe said. The rewarding program is part of the merit system. Monroe said, “We are most pleased with a merit salary system. If you do more than the average person, you are paid more—no penalties.” Often colleges are granted merit salary increases in which each college receives th same percent increase, Monroe Said. The way the money is distributed is decided by the individual col leges. Request heeded at floral test gardens By EDITH CHENAULT When visitors walk into the Floral Test Garden, they’re greeted by a sign that reads: “Take only pictures and leave only footprints.” In the seven years that the Garden has been in existence at Texas A&M, there have been virtually no thefts of flowers or plants . The garden, a cooperative effort between the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences and the maintenance department, was established in 1968 by General Rudder who was then president of the school. Before the garden was estab lished, the area was nothing but grass. It was cleared, and the lower part was excavated to a depth of about eighteen inches. Soil from the Brazos River bottom was brought in I to fill the hole. A French drainage system was in stalled, which consisted of trenches dug the length of the garden from both ends. Gravel was placed in the bottom of the trenches and covered up. The system diverts excess water D JW / FP ^SKAGGS X Y ALBERTSONS » ^ DRUGS & FOODS PRICIS IFFECTIVE WED., THURS., FRI., SAT., MARCH 17, 18, 19, 20, 1976 MISS SALLY'S, STUFFED FLOUNDER. . . . \ BOOTH'S i SHRIMP STICKS. TURAN, GULF TROUT FILLETS. . EAST POINT, FILLETS, 8-10 0Z. rkg RED SNAPPER. . FISHERBOY FISH STICKS. . . BONELESS FILLETS TURBOT B 99 c BOOTH'S BREADED SCALLOPS £ 1 78 EAST POINT CRAB MEAT. . . LOUISIANA, FRESH OYSTERS °v99 c RI is GELATIN JELL0 ALL VARIETIES JANET LEE, ASSORTED TOWELS 100 SQ. FT. ROLL PURE, COHAGE CHEESE LARGE OR SMALL CURD HEINZ, TOMATO KETCHUP 26 0Z. BOTT. ALBERTSONS BAR SOAP GOLD OR WHITE JANET LEE APPLESAUCE 16 0Z. TIN DEUCATESSEN-SNACK BAR CORNED BEEF .... 929 SUPER SHARP CHEESE = . ,2 25 PEPPER LOAF . rry.... . ,2 38 POTATO SALAD “ . . . . »58 c INSTORE BAKERY! WHITE / -^1 CAKES ASSORTED ICING /I SM LARGE 8" /f two ini rJJIUI LAYER « ^ EA. FUDGE BROWNIES . . ~ i 9 c HOT CROSS BUNS ."’7. .. . 79 c POTATO ROLLS . “TT.... 2 ™59 c CAKE DONUTS .. ~ r iA 12 c CHOCOLATE ECLAIRS . 7. .19', JANET LEE, LOWFAT MILK >/ 2 GAL. CTN. FROZEN JfNOS, PtPPIRONI CHIESI, SAUSAGE HAMBURGER 13 OZ. PKG ICE CREAM 88 c •ANET LEE AU FLAVORS <, GAL SO. ON (Ot JANET LEE S EAR PKG CORN 69 MACARONI 4 AND CHEESE <fc gM SWANSON ^ 7 02 PKG WHOLE TOMATOES “ ... .3 ", $ 1 MUSHROOMS : ™. 3/’l CLUB CRACKERS .T £63' APPLES WASHINGTON, EXTRA FANCY, RED OR GOLDEN DELICIOUS LBS. for u STRAWBERRIES 99 c grapefruit :: r: 5 $ i _ ^ i » IDAHO RUSSET. BAKING _ ^ _ POTATOES 4c $ 1 WHITE ONIONS r. c,o : c r: i r I9 c ARTICHOKES .. r 3 0 c $ l APPLE TREE TOP 6 0Z. TIN JUICE 27o STORE HOURS MONDAY-SATURDAY 8A.M.-12P.M. SUNDAY 9A.M. TO 10P.M. UNIVERSITY DR. AT COLLEGE AVE. from the plants and carries it off. In the summer and fall of 1968, the first crop was planted — bulbs which included tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, and irises. They bloomed around the .first of April in 1969. During the developmental stage of the garden, Vitopil and his as sociates wrote to about 14 or 15 seed suppliers and asked them to supply the garden with certain varieties of seed. “We got an excellent response from all suppliers,” Vitopil said. All the seed that is now used is donated. The seeds are planted in pots and raised in a greenhouse until they are old enough to be transplanted out side. One or two rows of each variety are planted and the plants are placed one foot apart in rows that are 18 feet long. There are approximately 800- 900 varieties of plants in the garden. There is one area in the garden designated the All-American selec tion garden. It is a pre-introductory testing and comparative rating area for new flower seed introductions, to 900 Varieties of (. its plants in the garden. Ag eats squiggly worms By VIR ANDERSON Eating squiggly brown worms is a fond memory of last summer for David Young, a junior majoring in biochemistry. Young and five other students worked this past summer for the en tomology department in the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Cotton Insect Research Lab here. He said that their job con sisted of doing field work on the Texas A&M University Farm, lo cated on FM 60 near Snook. The worm-eating began after Young and others heard of a fellow worker eating a whole handful of Heliothis moth pupae and decided to try the “tasty” animals them selves. “I chomped down and it just oozed in my mouth. The worst thing when you pop them in your mouth is that they’re turquoise inside,’’ said Young. He added that the pupae tasted like almonds and described eating them by saying they “crunched at first because they were hard on the outside and were gooey inside.” “They were really good! I couldn’t believe it,” said Young. He said he ate only 10 pupae but other workers ate more. “We felt kind of like Euell Gibbons as we chomped into them,” he said, but then advised not eating insects out in a field since they could have insec ticides on them. Young said all of those eaten were raised in a sterile environment in a lab. The pupae, which resemble brown-skinned peanuts, do have some nutritional value. “Insects are eaten in many parts of the world as a protein staple and as a regular part of the diet,” said Sam House, biological technician at the USDA’s Cotton Insect Research Laboratory. Young’s work consisted of count ing tobacco budworms and boll weevils in the cotton field test plots, then surveying and recording the damage they did. He also assisted in spraying the fields with viruses and pathogens to kill the insects. He said the purpose of the re search was to find ways to eco nomically control the tobacco bud- worm and boll weevil which “tear down cotton fields.” Young said he took the job be cause he wanted a new experience. “It beats lifeguarding which I’ve done for thre e summers. ” He added, “I wanted something different.” fuptnanrba 3® Eddie Dominguez ’66 Joe Arciniega ’74 Greg Price If you want the real thing, not frozen or canned . . . We call It “Maxlcan Food Supremo.” Dalles location: 3071 Northwest Hwy 352-8570