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A&M prof Costa is co-writer
Paper surveys
literary activities
Richard Hauer Costa, Executive
Secretary of the South Central
Modern Language Association and
Editor of Quartet, is one of the
scholars and writers in the state col
laborating to present Texas Books in
Review, a new major interdisipli-
nary publication surveying Texas
literary activities and reviewing
books published by Texas presses.
In a special newspaper format,
Texas Books in Review will feature
interesting and informative articles
on a variety of activities of literary
and academic importance in the
state. For example, Peter Garvie,
Dean of Fine Arts at the University
of Texas at Austin, will write on Pre
ston Jones, Texas’ nationally known
playwright whose work has been
presented at the Kennedy Center in
Washington, D.C. An article re
viewing books on the history of sev
eral Texas universities — Southern
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Methodist University, Trinity Uni
versity, Texas Tech University,
Texas Christian University, and
Texas A&M University — will pro
vide valuable information to those
interested in higher education in
the state. Texas’ wealth of Chicano
writers will be considered in a piece
by Tomas Rivera, and an awareness
of contemporary Texas novelists will
be fostered and expanded by an ar
ticle written by Walter Isle, Chair
man of English at Rice University.
A survey of European historical
sources in Texas will be indispensi-
ble to scholars and individuals in
terested in that field. State support
of the arts, and other topics, will
also be covered.
Texas Books in Review will in
clude in-depth and shorter reviews
of books released by Texas presses,
plus will list all books published in
the state. Reports on various liter
ary conventions, such as the annual
meeting of the Texas Association of
Creative Writing Teachers, Texas
Library Association, Texas Poetry
Association, and Austin Festival of
Poets, will also be featured.
Outstanding scholars and writers
from throughout the state are col
laborating to present Texas Books in
Review. They include: Walter Isle,
English Chairman, Rice University;
Robert G. Collmer, English Chair
man, Baylor University; James L.
Colwell, Dean of Arts and Educa
tion, University of Texas of the
Permian Basin; T. K. Meier, En
glish Faculty, Farleigh Dickinson
University; James Rushing, Direc
tor of Undergraduate Studies, Texas
Tech University; Joe Frantz, Pro
fessor of History, University of
Texas at Austin; William Martin,
English Chairman, Tarleton State
University; Lee Gaillard, English
Chairman, The Hockaday School;
L. G. Kennamer, Dean of Educa
tion, UT Austin; Charles
Stubblefield, Associate Professor of
English, University of Nebraska;
Millicent Huff, Editor, Texas Lib
raries; Peter Garvie, Dean of Fine
Arts, UT Austin; Bradley Carter,
Associate Professor of Political Sci
ence, Southern Methodist Univer
sity; Donald Worcester, Professor of
History, Texas Christian University;
Rainer Schulte, Professor of Com
parative Literature, University of
Texas at Dallas; Roger Olien, His
tory Chairman, UT Permian Basin;
Richard Hauer Costa, Executive
Secretary, South Central Modern
Language Association, professor at
Texas A&M University; Tomas Riv
era, Vice-President for Administra
tion, University of Texas at San An
tonio; Margaret Neussendorfer, As
sociate Professor of English, UT
Permian Basin; Edwin S. Harwood,
Reviewer, Wall Street Journal;
Duncan Wimpress, President of
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Janice L. White. Michael Am |J| E ^ S
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published annually, thefirstii ^ M ’)
he released early in 1977, f#
spread distribution to facitj ® 21,1£
awareness and appreciation . EE fi ', s '
books published by Texasp jKSNo
and literary activities in tke fels, £
The edition will be valuable iA’svs.I
individuals and institution ,0TC ’ A
terested in the rapidly exp; sSKETB;
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tion can be pre-ordered fori iNames
publication price of $1.00 h “Torfei
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Texas A&M’s Air Force ROTC
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It is one of five given nationally
by Air University at Maxwell AFB,
Ala. AFROTC Commandant Maj.
Gen. James R. Briekel announced
the awards.
A&M’s Detachment 805, com-
manded by Col. Robert Elkins, was
cited for top officer production. The
university ranked at the top of all
AFROTC detachments with 135
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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — A 1976
Texas A&M graduate, Jeffrey
Dunn, has been awarded a $1,500
State Farm Companies Foundation
Exceptional Student Fellowship
award, the Foundation announced
today.
The fellowship is one of 10
awarded annually by the Founda
tion since 1964 to aid outstanding
young people in preparing for lead
ership roles in industry and society.
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Steven A. Yates has been ap
pointed assistant dean in the Col
lege of Engineering at Texas A&M
University according to Dean Fred
J. Benson.
Yates’ primary responsibilities
will involve coordination of the Col
lege of Engineering’s expanding
cooperative education program,
Benson said.
Yates was cooperative education
coordinator at Alvin Community
College for more than two years. He
previously taught business educa
tion at the College of the Mainland
at Texas City.
“His primary function here will
be to administer the daily operation
of the engineering co-op program
and to develop agreements with
junior colleges for the transfer of
their co-op students to Texas A&M’s
College of Engineering,” explained
Dean Benson.
At Alvin Community College,
Yates initiated and developed its
campus-wide co-op program. He
also was chairman of a consortium of
eight junior colleges formed to de
velop federal funding and follow-up
plans for funding from the Coor
dinating Board, Texas College and
University System. Dean Benson
said Yates’ duties here will include
developing state funding for Texas
A&M co-op students.
Yates is the presidento(
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of Texas and is a membei
Texas Junior College Teach
sociation and the Texas
Education Association.
He holds degrees from ill
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high school journalismwods
will he conducted July
student yearbook-newspapsi
fers, photographers and ada
Seven workshop facufefl
struct beginning, intermiw
advanced sections. Earlys
ment is encouraged.
Participants will behousd ngsof;
campus dormitories ambi!
across campus in the newesl
mitory complex facilities.
Among this year’s fact
hers are Judy Sanders,
Memorial High adviser: Fill ta. (
Gath right, San Antonio Jay
adviser; Kathleen Leabo, (« wing
magazine editor and consul
Martha Kahler, Temple Hid ®nts ;
viser; William L. Ellison,
Louisville Courier-Journalassi -arter
managing editor; Judie Gusli
Austin Anderson High adviser:
Howard Filers, Texas A&M
taut professor of journalism.
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