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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1978)
A&M Press founder retires in September THE BATTALION TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1978 Page 5 Frank Wardlaw, who organized the Texas A&M University Press in 1974, will be retiring as director of the press in tod September. Battalion photo by Marguerite Braden r Lost something? jtheck MSC desk A nail . Jlfy° u nave lost something within , the last year, you might try looking UMi for it in the lost and found at the main desk of the Memorial Student □enter. This area is open from 8 aim. to 5 p.m. Monday through ^ajTnday. Mhost articles were originally kept !' in a lost and found operated by the University Police, but in July of edic»7jj> ^ j ost an( j f ounc l a t the MSC was opened. However, the lost and found still works closely with the ^ University Police on purses and wal- gj'f L Every item turned in is recorded :ss is in a book with its physical descrip- itwill.tion and where it was found. The lo at Mine of the person turning it in is 5 fori also recorded, both the book and ys. “1 the item are dated and tagged with a i ven number. ■ of # The item is then stored in a room warnsfbehind the lost and found area. Lost as. J( keys are kept in a box at the main iped desk. Any item, which has been in the lost and found for over six val ^months is moved to a storage room, a sail* “We do take students up there to r re,: try to identify their lost article,” said beginfVirginia Arnold, manager of guest igh s Too ms and the main desk, stageif- She said it is hard to identify cal culators unless the student knows the serial number. Dottie Reid, who also works at the main desk, stressed the importance of putting names on personal possessions so that when they do get lost, they can be traced to the owner much more quickly. “We kill ourselves trying to con tact people when an article is brought in with their names on it,” Reid said. She added that they even make long distance telephone calls trying to contact the people whose items have been found. Letters are sent to campus visitors who leave items. Items are not claimed in one year are auctioned off by Student Pro grams. Rebecca Taulman, director of operations elect, said that last year’s auction brought in about $2,000 which was used for the MSC Christmas decorations. One major problem cited by Reid is that students check with the lost and found on the day their item is lost and then don’t check back later. Then if the item is turned in they do not come to claim it. By MARGUERITE BRADEN What kind of man has the initia tive to set up three university presses? Frank Wardlaw classifies himself as a Type 22. Psychiatrists recognize this type of individual as a mental defective without psychosis,” and Wardlaw translates this into meaning “a plain damn fool.” Wardlaw founded presses at the University of South Carloina, Uni versity of Texas and Texas A&M University. Recently he was named a fellow of the Texas Institute of Let ters. Wardlaw will be retiring as di rector of the Texas A&M University Press in September. He orginally planned to work another year but decided to retire at the traditional time because of health problems which have resulted in heart surgery. Lloyd Lyman, the associate director of the press, will take over as director when Wardlaw leaves. Wardlaw will be returning to his ihome in Fripp Island, S.C- He will continue his affiliation with the Press as a consulting editor. Warldaw said he expects this affilia tion to bring him back to Texas. ‘Besides, he said, ‘TVe been con verted completely to Aggies — I even gave away my orange shirt.” Wardlaw lives on the Texas A&M campus in the white-framed house between Sbisa dining hall and Hogg Street. The press is also located in the same building. He said some times people will walk into his home, not realizing it is a private residence. Wardlaw described these intrusions as pleasant ways to meet people. Wardlaw expects to enjoy is re tirement and do a lot of writing — books on Texas and South Carloina. Wardlaw has written one book and edited another. He has also written several magazine articles. Wardlaw came to Texas A&M Press in 1974. He said he came to A&M because “I couldn’t resist the temptation to start all over again. You don’t often at the age of 60 get to do that.” The first book — “Storms Brewed in Other Men’s Worlds” —- was pub lished in September of 1975. This spring, the press will have pub lished 51 books under Wardlaw- The last book to be published under Wardlaw will be “Buck Schiwetz’ Memories.” The press has a backlist of more than 40 books and plans to publish about 20 per year. Wardlaw said one of the biggest problems of setting up a press was establishing an identity. “The imprint of the press should mean something specific,” he said. “It shoidd represent good books, and people count on them to be good.” Wardlaw said that getting the right kind of books to publish was a problem. “The first year we had to go out and look for them,” he said. Wardlaw said that every institu tion has a different focus or mission. The Texas A&M Press emphasizes Texas and the Southwest through natural history books and the natural Texas Art Series. Wardlaw said the idea was to “combine the university press’ traditional idea of scholarship to A&M’s obligation to Texas.” “My purpose was to establish a press with a firm footing,” he said. He believes he has accomplished that through his staff, facilities and the former students. CUSTOM EXHAUST SHOCK ABSORBERS AMERICAN OR FOREIGN CARS TRAILER HITCHES BRYAN MUFFLER SHOP 1309 S. COLLEGE 822-2612 CHARLES S. KINARD (OWNER) - CLASS OF 57 (SUPPORTING A&M) ASK ABOUT OUR CONDITIONAL LIFETIME GUARANTEE! , Mon.-Fri. 11 til 2 5 til 10 jtort Sat. & Sup. 11:30 til 2:30 5 til 10 The 8<*tiaii on SRiloH STEAKHOUSE SPECIAL OF THE MONTH Weekday Noon SALAD BAR $1.75 OR CHOPPED SIRLOIN $2.95 Includes Trip to Salad Bar ^ ‘Love that Paul Arnett’ Only in Battalion Sports 2508 TEXAS AVE. S. 693-1164 m t Campus Activities Tuesday Sigma Xi Banquet, speaker is Dr. Clarke Covington, “Solar Power from Satellites,” 6:30 p.m., Ramada Inn Med Tech Society, election of officers, 7:30 p.m., 201 Harrington Wednesday Young Americans for Freedom, Hank Grover, candidate for U.S. Senate, 7:30 p.m., 601 Rudder. Thursday Political Forum, Texas Sec. of State Steven Oaks, “Political Participation in the Electoral Process,” noon, 601 Rudder Great Issues, Dr. J. Allen Hynek, “The UFO Experience — A Scientific Inquiry," 8 p.m.. Rudder Auditorium SHOP 1 ss oA m CULPEPPER PLAZA MONDAY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHTS TIL 8:30 P.M. 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