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udents at Texas A&M Univer- received more than $12.5 mil- during 1976-77 through 8,600 larships and loans. M. Logan, student financial aid ctor, said 5,600 of those awards »scholarships. e said that numerous schol- ip programs help all kinds of !ents on the campus, mong them are Valedictory olarships and Opportunity irds for entering freshmen; year President’s Scholar J jape j 'gCwaW' mancial aid, scholarships each $12 million for year THE BATTALION Page 5 TUESDAY. MAY 3, 1977 Awards and Academic Achievement Scholarships, Spring Award Schol arships given annually to up perclassmen; Junior College Merit Award Scholarships for transfer stu dents and special presentations such as the Duffy and ALCOA Awards for Texas A&M students help some of their classmates through school. Student money goes into the Texas Public Education Grant Fund, and 25 cents of every $4 is put into a special fund for assistance, Logan said. Texas A&M also participates in Texas’ Hinson-Hazlewood College Student Loan which is good for $1,500 a year or a maximum of $7,500 to be repaid after graduation; Federally Insured Loans; National Direct Student Loan Program, and Basic Educational Opportunity Grants. Texas A&M has traditionally enjoyed one of the highest repay ment rates on loans, Logan said. nmates seek better jail United Press International UBBOCK — Inmates seeking a netary judgment against the nty and improvements in the mty jail will get half of what they ted — better conditions but no ney. J.S. District Judge Halbert O. lodward yesterday ruled in favor he inmates in a class action suit, found the county had not acted )ad faith. The physical conditions of the and the manner of its operation have resulted in conditions that can only be classified as cruel and in human under any current standards concerning human decency,” Woodward said. Woodward said evidence indi cated the county jail had misman aged operations and prisoners had been allowed to control internal op erations. He issued a series of or ders to the sheriff and Commission ers Court designed to improve con ditions by Sept. 1. oard to pick director ^ree enterprise center ets consulting board lex B. Grey of LaGrange has m elected chairman of the board :onsultants for Texas A&M Uni- sity’s new center for Education Research in Free Enterprise. )r. W. David Maxwell, Texas M dean of liberal arts, was cted board secretary at the up’s first meeting, key’s first duties included nam- Maxwell and the four other as A&M academic dpdns on the rd as a search committee to rec- mend nominees for the post of erim associate director. The ■rim director would be responsi- for administering the center il a director is selected, he deans will recommend can- ates at the consultants’ next eting May 26. The university tem board of regents must ap prove the associate director and di rector. The deans include Maxwell, Dean of Business Administration John E. Pearson, Dean of Educa tion Frank W. R. Hubert, Dean of Agriculture, H. O. Kinkel and Dean of Engineering Fred J. Benson. The organization’s five off-campus members, all prominent Texans, were assigned staggered terms of service. James H. Galloway of Houston will serve one year; Nor man N. Moser of DeKalb, two years; Felix R. McKnight of Dallas, three years; chairman Grey, four years; and Robert B. Little III of Houston, five years. The center was authorized by the university system board of regents in response to concern for the future of the American economy. The ruling was a result of a nine- day trial on jail conditions. Among the key requirements ordered by Woodward were a new classification plan separating pretrial suspects from other prisoners; more liberal visitation and telephone privileges; improved medical care and more guards. Woodward said the failure of the county to provide sufficient num bers of guards “resulted in a serious mismanagement of the jail, and has in effect permitted the inmates to control the internal functions of the jail.” He said the conditions resulted in prisoner-controlled kangaroo courts and beatings, including some by guards. “These facts concerning physical abuse by jail personnel have gone unrebutted by any evidence from the defendants in this case, and the court can only accept them as being true,” Woodward said. He said conditions were known by county officials. He said County Judge Rod Shaw had been informed as early as 1971 by the state health department that the facility did not meet standards. Some improvements were made, Woodward said, but not enough and many of the improvements came only after the inmates filed a class action suit. The defense said large im provements would have been un wise until new state jail standards were issued in December 1976. Woodward agreed wholesale im provements might have been un wise, but said there was no excuse for not providing adequate guards, medical attention and sanitary con ditions. Announcing the opening of JflHEAlC CILAJfJf /uitt cutting men and teamen Veronica, Judy, Jerry and Elise will give your hair that extra touch. It’s an experience you won’t forget. 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