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Page 4 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, APR. 29, 1976 chaplf CHARLl'S BOUTIQUE Thomas, theater arts professor, resign PRE-WASHED DENIM Jeans, Skirts & Vests 707 TEXAS 846-9626 By LILLIAN FOREMAN Room 304 of Bizzell Hall will be empty July 7, 1976. The smooth pine bookcases filled with books on di recting, theater arts, plays, and fam ily pictures will leave only outlines of dust on the shelves because Dr. James Thomas, assistant professor of theater arts, is resigning after teach ing at A&M for only one year. He cites the lack of proper facilities, low pay, excess teaching of non-theater courses and little coop eration from the administration as his reasons for leaving. Dr. John Joy, former assistant pro fessor of theater arts, also left last year after one year of teaching for the same reasons, Thomas said. The theater arts classes and the Aggie Players have no facilities of VILLA MARIA One-hour Cleaners 710 Villa Maria 822-3937 FREE SUMMER STORAGE Mon.-Fri. 7:30 - 6:00 Sat. 8:00 - 2:00 their own for rehearsals so they must share the MSC auditoriums with Aggie Cinema and various other groups. Thomas said that he and Bob Wenck, assistant professor of En glish and theater arts, spent approx imately 40 hours one week reserving various spaces for rehearsals of the. musical “Celebration” that was pre sented April 12-17. “The administration doesn’t see any pressure for theater lab facilities because the theater arts degree program is not bona fide,” said Thomas, shaking his head. “We even asked for a tin building but the administration said that it didn’t want any temporary buildings erected on campus,” said Thomas. 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Dr. David Stewart, head of the English department, said that Thomas was hired to teach theater arts courses; but it was assumed that since he taught theater arts courses he was capable of teaching speech as well. According to Thomas, the ad ministration has also said that the theater arts department must func tion as a club. One-half of the funds for the theater arts program are de rived from box oflice profits, one- fourth bookstore profits that are dis tributed to clubs, and one-fourth from university sources that are allo cated through the college of liberal arts. These funds must be used wisely because they are allocated for specific things. “For example, some funds are specifically allocated to buy the lumber that is used to build the sets. Because of this type of arrangement, bookkeeping gets very messy,” he said. Thomas said that the theater arts department lost approximately $2,000 on “Celebration” because live theater doesn’t appeal to all of the residents of the community. “Bryan-College Station is a rural community. The people work hard and there is no time to get dressed up to go to see plays after an 18-hour day,” said Thomas. “The live theater requires people to listen for two to three hours and keep abreast of events and ideas that are happening and have a wide toler ance for eccentric behavior that is different than their own,” he said. “These qualities aren’t present in a rural community. Thomas loves his plays, the audi ence, and the applause. He said he feels great admiration for the stu dents that participate in making the productions successful . “A play has to be something that is close to you,” he said. “This is the philosophy of directing.” Even though he enjoys working with students, Thomas said that the long hours of directing without extra compensation has created hard ships. With a $12,500 salary, Thomas said he finds it difficult and economically “trying.” “Money isn’t the major thing, but it helps,” he said. “I was promised $13,150 if I stayed but the raise wouldn’t even cover my rent increase.” The coordinating board report currently lists the following base- level faculty salaries. This it puted on a nine month basis*: reference to tenure, said)) Lasell, assistant director loij y MARY ; ning. Professor Associate Professor . Assistant professor.. Instructor “An instructor without adoj 1511,1 enro degree (Ph.D) is usuallyIj $ 10,995 hut Thomas was wort edicine (E his Ph.D when he was instructor at $12,500,” Stewaiti Thomas received his November from The Univeri ograms mo] M One out iry school )mes from Located t ea on Fam ho will i iree-year ] terinary si ily two of After pass ams, grad limal pracl actice, la id in zoos ary offic Texas. His rank was then in;- to assistant professor but Iie has remained the same. “I hate to see Dr. Thomasi A& M. He’s a man of great tale: promise,” said Stewart. Thomas said that he would!) j>st-doctora see the administration mak t r g er y> P 1 provements in the theater*, pd other fi partment by hiring a full-timeB M° re o( ter arts instructor andbypmjW 0 small-! laboratory facilities. ■!. George “Theater arts has beenatAi®^ 1 ^ nin 25-30 years and it won’t ditW e menla ' impulse will always be here’B eo P* e W1 ^ Thomas. 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