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Page 8 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, MARCH 23. 1978 POLITICAL FORUM PRESENTS t i AUSTIN TRIP” Meet with representatives, senators, and other administrators. Thursday, March 30 Applications Available Thru Friday March 24 at the Student Programs Office Apply Early if Possible .IettucE ENTERTAIN, YOU Weathermen use ancient facts More than 1,000 years ago an- quired. Word descriptions are not aspects of climatology," says Grif- next 900 years, there was nola| Radio VILLA 1<M> MO*t-,*Aj«. We Pick Up & Deliver BUD WARD VOLKSWAGEN INC. 693-3311 / ^HAVE A DEGREE IN SCIENCE OR ENGINEERING? cient weathermen reported ice cov ered the Nile River. When scien tists today know something like this has happened, it puts a great perspective on similar climatic changes occurring in the world. “Hisotry puts everything in the right context,” says state climatologist John Griffiths, a meteorology professor at Texas A&M University. “We are getting information about weather changes from far back as 8,000 years ago. Sometimes it’s not much, but it’s better than we had before, which was nothing.’ Griffiths said it was not until the age of instruments, about 200 years ago, that the study of weather be came a scientific process. “You have to have numbers to re port your observations,” he ex plains. “It wasn’t until we had the instruments that we could take on the day-to-day sort of readings re- 70 lie* If so, put that degree to work in the United States Air Force. The Air Force has job openings for science and engineering officers in many professional areas. Find out if one of them is yours. 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With numbers there is no guessing.” All through the ages people have been interested in the weather and man’s effect on it. In 61 A.D. a Roman playwright called Seneca complained of the air pollution in Rome. Before that in 1066 B.C., the Chou Dynasty in China began to keep the first known weather rec ords. Following their early lead, thousands of observations and in ventions by men of science continue to aid in the present understanding of the weather. “I don’t think most people are suf ficiently introduced to the historical fiths. “It’s a shame. From a look at the past, meteorologists today are finding a new perspective.” When we look at the history of the meteorology it makes us aware that so much of the development has come from different countries, he said. The world has had a hand in developing meteorological sciences. “We are finding that many of the philosophies expressed 100 years ago concerning man’s effect on the environment are exactly what we are coming up with today. Basically, we are rediscovering what we have lived to forget,” he notes. Griffiths says more than 2,100 years ago the definition of climate was based on day length. For the ward step taken in the World to improve that ( Griffiths contends it was a case “we’ve always done it this way use anything else.” Even trees aid in understaaJi weather conditions hundred; years ago, Griffiths explains. Slal ing the tree rings to determinej growth period is an example. Ifj ring is narrow, then there wassu stress on the tree that year. Aj ring means a good growth year, You have to take into ac« growth factors, he says, but on j whole scientists can get some ides what the weather was spring and summer months l) efreds of years ago. ‘Plowdown’ to continue United Press International Striking farmers, in the pro cess of turning their crops under, said Wednesday they would con tinue a national “plowdown” until Congress acted to increase agricultural prices. The plowdown began Tuesday in southeastern Colorado’s Baca County, where the American Agriculture movement was formed seven months ago and a nationwide farm strike started in December. The farmers are demanding a break-even price on their prod ucts. They said the price of wheat, now about $2.50 per bushel, would have to double in order for them to make a small profit. Gene Schroder, a strike leader in Springfield, Colo., said the plowdown was underway in Col orado, Georgia, Texas and Kan sas. He said farmers in other states would join the protest when the weather warmed. 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