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THE BATTALION MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1977 Page 3 Wants given lo community education center he regional Center for Commu- ity Education at Texas A&M Uni- rsity has received grants totaling |l79,749 from the Charles Stewart ott Foundation and the Texas ucation Agency to continue ef forts expanding the community ucation concept. Community education is a pro- Jss which establishes structures for community members to identify rainint [heir own needs and problems. It is ioftk- an effort aimed at the total use of existing resources, both human and terial, for the purpose of opening the community and allowing indi- [duals and communities to reach fullest potential. hhe latest funding supports the seventh year of the center, notes Dr. Robert I. Berridge, director. The current $129,169 Mott Founda tion contribution is to provide serv- yseek ices to school districts in Texas, Ar kansas and Louisiana. The Texas A&M regional center is one of 15 partially supported by the Michigan-based foundation. fA grant has also been received rom the Texas Education Agency KA) for $50,580. With this fund- ng, the center will add a full-time taff member in the Dallas-Fort Mirth area to provide technical as- Itance and training to school dis- rict personnel. ling Those r items nee the ms m Police guard shut-off as city fights gas cost United Press International CRYSTAL CITY, Tex. — In 1975 the city refused to accept a Railroad Commission order raising its con tracted natural gas cost from 36 cents to $2.05 per thousand cubic feet. Today police guard the gas suppliers’ facilities to prevent a promised cutoff of fuel. Last week Lo-Vaca Gathering Co. President Bill Greehey said his firm would cut off Crystal City’s gas un less it pays $720,000 in delinquent bills by Aug. 26. The Texas Su preme Court has upheld the firm’s right to perform the cut-off. “If we don’t discontinue service to Crystal City, we are not going to get the revenue to pay for gas purchases Firemen suffer Four firefighters were injured during drills at the Firemen’s Train ing School which concluded Friday. Bullard Fireman David McCugh was treated and released Friday from St. Joseph’s Hospital for heat prostration. He was drilling on the use of breathing apparatus in the Brayton Field smoke room facility, a Firemen’s Training School spoke- and all our customers are going to suffer.” Mayor Francisco Benavides an grily declared, “We will not permit anybody, not even Gov. Dolph Briscoe’s gendarmes to come and shut us off’ and persuaded city council to unanimously pass a reso lution Friday ordering Police Chief Ramon Garza to post the guards. Benavides later said the guards were posted also to keep any prank ster from shutting off the gas. In approving the resolution, though, the council members modified the mayor’s wishes some what by agreeing to negotiate with Lo-Vaca officials for payment of at least part of the back bills. “Gas is a natural resource. The same as food, we must have it to live,” the mayor said. minor injuries man said. Two other firefighters also suffered from heat exhaustion but were not taken to the hospital. A Giddings firefighter was injured last Tuesday. A Firemen’s Training School spokesman said that John McWhorter suffered torn knee li gaments after becoming tangled in a fire hose. McWhorter was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital. te in- imay $112 od S the rgesl set ward legal tant, le is state ‘Apple Tree” was delicious Play offers light comedy will 'ag ed) By JULIE SPEIGHTS The MSG Dinner Theater presentation, “The Apple pee is a perfect accompaniment to a full stomach; the pt comedy as refreshing as peppermint candy. The musical progresses in three parts from the time [Adam and Eve to the present — each act being [entially a separate play. iach act portrays an aspect of male-female relation- ps. A twist of modern humor makes the old tales :w again. By far the best of the three parts is the first, “The [iry of Adam and Eve.” The opening induces chuck- because of the clever costumes worn by Adam lalt Meissner) and Eve (Randa Downs). Aleissner and Downs, the leading characters, are ex- jitionally good in this act. In this version of the original couple, Eve doesn’t get Imed for eating the forbidden fruit as traditional psyncracies of males and females are satirized. "The Lady or the Tiger?” follows perhaps too closely the traditional tale and the play becomes somewhat : humorous. Theballadeer (Steve Jacobs) deserves recognition for i attempt at singing which lightens the entire second It is evident that the actors are actors and not sin gers. However, this doesn’t make the performance any less enjoyable. “Passionella,” the third part, takes place in modern times but bears a striking resemblance to “Cinderella. It is the story of Ella, a chimney sweeper, who dreams of becoming a movie star, gets her wish, and falls in love with her rock-singing prince. The prince is also the product of a dream-come-true and eventually they discover the truth about their identities. They live happily-ever-after when they realize love can exist even between the most common people. The quick-change artistry in “Passionella” is handled smoothly and does not interrupt the flow of the play. The vital piano accompaniment is good and the production technical crew should be complimented on a professional job. “The Apple Tree” is a fine, yet inexpensive one- night vacation. August 2 and 3 are the final days of the performance with dinner at 6:45 p.m. and curtain is at 8:00 p.m. The production is presented by the Hospitality Committee, MSG Summer Directorate, and the Aggie Players. irado i the fed- peri- ryol craft the the 'ormer head economics lies at home Floyd Barzilia Clark, 90, er head of the Department of momics at Texas A&M Univer- , died Thursday in his home at Dexter in College Station, rivate services for Dr. Clark re held Thursday afternoon in an City Cemetery with ar- gements by Callaway-Jones Fu- al Home. r. Clark was professor and head jhe department from 1916 to 1947 ept for a year off in 1919 to lec- ! e at the University of Texas and ther year spent as exchange pro- or at New York Community Col in 1940. e was born Sept. 11, 1886, at interpock, Va. Clark received an from Richmond College in 1907 idaPh.D. from Johns Hopkins in 914. Before coming to Texas A&M taught at Georgia Tech and Penn Jte. 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James Moore, Chaplain Aggies exchange vows Wayne Mueller and Mary Munson, two students at Texas A&M were married on the Quad in front of the Corps of Cadets barracks last Saturday night. The Aggie War Hymn was played during the recessional as the couple passed under the crossed saber arch. Battalion adviser takes Indiana job Gael L. Cooper, Texas A&M University Director of Student Pub lications and an assistant professor of journalism, has been appointed publisher of the Indiana Daily Stu dent at Indiana University in Bloomington. Cooper, who came to A&M in 1975, reports to Indiana today. While at A&M, Cooper was ad viser to The Battalion, the Aggie- land yearbook, and The Campus Directory. As publisher of the Indiana Daily Student, a student-operated com munity newspaper owned by In diana University, Cooper will direct all business operations and act as adviser to student reporters, editors and photographers. He also will be an assistant professor in the jour nalism department. 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