A&M fifth in forestry meet
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THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1978
Texas A&M University forestry
students placed fifth at the 21st An
nual conclave of Southeast Forestry
Schools last Friday and Saturday in
Clemson, S.C.
Thirteen southern forestry schools
competed in forest technical events
and forest practices. Twenty-one
students represented Texas A&M.
Jess Jarrett, junior, won first place
in the ax throw. Tommy Bell, junior,
placed third in the knife throw.
Seniors Gary Beacher and Donnie
Simpson placed third in wood chop-
ing and wildlife, respectively.
Other students representing
Texas A&M in the Conclave were:
Chris Eichman and Todd Cheves,
men’s cross-cut; Joyce Moore, de
ndrology; Fred Haas, pole felling;
Friends plan tour
The Friends of the Texas A&M
University Library plan their spring
meeting April 29 at Liendo Planta
tion near Prairie View.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Detering, re
storers of the historically significant
plantation, will open it for the meet
ing.
Friends president Mrs. M. F.
“Chan” Driscoll said the meeting
will include time to tour the house
and gounds. A charter air con
ditioned bus will be available to
Friends members at $7 per person.
Texas A&M gets
$16,000 in grants
Aluminum Company of America
(ALCOA) recendy presented $5,000
to Texas A&M University’s Aero
space Engineering Department.
The grant was presented by Lyle
W. Hovland, ALCOA laboratories
senior engineer and W. D. Essary,
Rockdale plant engineering man
ager.
“This is a first year award and can
be renewed for up to two years,”
Hovland told Vice President for
Engineering Fred Benson and other
department officials. It is one of 40
nationwide grants.
Texas Eastman Co. of Longview
has awarded Texas A&M Universi
ty’s Chemical Engineering Depart-
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and compass and pacing.
Also, Ronnie Hise, archery; Jar
rett, log burling; Barbara Taylor and
Joyce Moore, women’s cross-cut;
Tom Oliver, wood technology and
chain throw; Kent Colburn, bow
saw, pole classification and DBH es
timation; Haas and Colburn, log rol
ling, and Bob Morris, photogam-
metry.
Liendo is famous as the former
home of Elisabet Ney, well-known
Texas sculptor. During the Civil
War, the plantation was the site of
Camp Groce. In 1865, it was a camp
ing place for Gen. George
Armstrong Custer’s command.
The Friends meeting will feature
an address by Dr. Frank E. Van
diver, Rice University vice president
and provost, on the writing and illus
trating of books. Book collector Jeff
Dykes, Friends vice president
elect, will briefly discuss his occu
pation.
ment a $6,000 Eastman Kodak Fel
lowship.
Dr. Charles D. Holland, depart
ment head, said the fellowship will
support one graduate student during
the 1978-79 academic year.
Quaker Oats Foundation has
awarded $5,000 to the Texas A&M
University College of Veterinary
Medicine for radiology research,
said Dean George C. Shelton.
The money is a memorium to the
late Dr. W.C. Banks, head of veteri
nary radiology and professor of vet
erinary medicine and surgery. Banks
originated “Radiographic Aids,” a
publication distributed by
Quaker Oats to aid doctors in radio
logy diagnosis.
Students arrested for grave-robbing
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opening graves to steal teeth and open graves in the cemetery of the
gold fillings. nearby town of Holka, where citi-
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