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Campus Names
UT Press room
amed for Wardlaw
Frank Wardlaw, director of the
Texas A&M University Press, will
have a room named in his honor at
the University of Texas Press’ new
building. Wardlaw founded the UT
Press in 1950 and served as its direc
tor until 1974, when he came to
A&M. Ceremonies formally naming
the Frank H. Wardlaw Room are set
for 4 p.m. Friday at the UT Press in
Austin.
Hiler is Ohio State
distinguished alumnus
Dr. Edward Hiler, chairman of
the Texas A&M University De
partment of Agricultural Engineer-
g, has been named a distinguished
lumnus of the Ohio State Univer
sity College of Engineering. Hiler’s
ard recognition came during the
university’s Annual Conference for
ngineers and Architects in the
ihio Union.
Raisor named manager
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glass near Marmaris, Turkey.
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Turner to manage
San Antonio center
Patricia Rae Turner has been
named manager of the South Cen
tral Texas Regional Training Center
in San Antonio, a division of Texas
A&M University’s Texas Engineer
ing Extension Service. Mrs.
Turner’s appointment is effective
June 1. She also will continue as
head of the TEEX Special Programs
Training Division and will adminis
ter all training conducted by the San
Antonio center.
Economics award
recipients named
Dr. Robert E. McCormack and
Donald R. Deere are the first recip
ients of the Alfred F. Chalk eco
nomics award at Texas A&M Uni
versity. The $500 awards will be
presented annually to the outstand
ing graduate and undergraduate
economics students at Texas A&M .
of Easterwood Airport
■ Harry E. Raisor has been ap
pointed manager of Easterwood
Airport, announced Howard L.
Vestal, vice president for business
affairs at Texas A&M University.
Raisor, formerly an employee rela
tions representative in the Texas
A&M Personnel Department, will
manage the community airport
( i which is owned and operated by the
university. He also will direct uni-
I veisity aircraft scheduling.
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Research by Texas A&M Univer
sity underwater archeologist
George Bass is highlighted in the
June issue of National Geographic
magazine. The 25-page piece, com
plete with color illustrations, de-
ibes excavation of a 1,000-year-
Telephone industry
honors Kerlick
Ed W. Kerlick of the Texas Engi
neering Extension Service at Texas
A&M University has been recog
nized for his role in the success of
the telephone industry in Texas.
Kerlick received a plaque and was
cited for “Supervising the Texas
Telephone Technicians program,
upgrading it to its present position
of national prominence, achieve
ment and success, and setting new
standards for excellence in the tele
phone industry.”
San Antonian gets
Grote scholarship
James Peter Kast of San Antonio,
agricultural education major at
Texas A&M University, is the first
recipient of the newly established
$200 M.E. Grote Memorial Schol
arship. The scholarship was started
earlier this year by Glen Grote of
Bryan in honor of his grandfather,
the late M.E. Grote of Mason. The
Grote scholarship goes to sopho
mores in agricultural education on
the basis of need, participation in
student activities and academic
standing.
A&M sophomore wins
album design contest
Michelle Greider, a 20-year-old
sophomore engineering design
graphics major at Texas A&M, has
mixed her music and drawing inter
ests to win first place for the best
album jacket design in the down
beat magazine student recording
contest. Her winning entry is a
cover design for a Maynard Fergu
son album.
Ibbotson receives
Hughes Trophy
Army 2nd Lt. William H. Ibbot
son of Mission has been named the
nation’s outstanding ROTC
graduate of 1977. Lt. Ibbotson be
comes the third Texas A&M
graduate selected for the Hughes
Trophy, a first in the 13-year history
of the award. Selection for th
award is based on academic and
leadership accomplishments.
Schaible receives
achievement award
James M. Schaible, a graduate
student in real estate economics at
Texas A&M University, has been
chosen by the Texas Real Estate Re
search Center to receive the first
annual James C. and Tucker Smith
Achievement Award. The award
honors superior academic and lead
ership achievements and includes a
$500 cash prize. y
Surplus of apartments for future
THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1978
Page 5
Housing shortage thing of past
The tide has turned and predic
tions made two years ago are now a
fact. There is no longer a housing
shortage for students attending
Texas A&M University.
A Department of Student Affairs
spokesman reported that local hous
ing could have accommodated more
than 1,500 additional students this
spring.
In March of 1976, however, local
newspaper reports noted a severe
housing shortage. That same year,
university officials said there were
no plans to build more on-campus
housing and that housing needs
would have to be provided by pri
vate builders.
These statements came right after
the university’s Housing Office
notified 2,500 accepted students
that there would be no housing
available for them on campus.
But area developers seem to have
no intention of letting another
shortage occur.
Bill Koehler, building official for
the city of College Station, said that
380 apartment units are currently
under construction and that they
should on the average provide living
quarters for two people per apart
ment. He also said that some com
plexes completed earlier this year
have many vacancies.
Forty duplexes also under con
struction will average three bed
rooms per unit. One hundred single
family houses are also being built,
but Koehler said these will probably
not be utilized by students because
of the cost.
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Soviet scientists have accepted
theory that Bigfoot exists,
hey say the first purported film
he creature, made in 1967 by an
ateur photographer in Northern
ifornia, is real.
he Soviets made this observa-
jn in a 150-page paper at the First
ternational Conference on Sas-
latch and Similar Phenomena held
Vancouver. Also attending the
K^r-day session were 30 noted sci-
|||ntists including Dr. Vaughn Bryant
‘ ofTexas A&M University.
The Russians looked at this film
ica s fciifrom a scientific standpoint when no
o eastfone else would,” said Bryant, head
morniiM Texas A&M’s anthropology pro-
ze of H'gram.
led toi f ,“They examined the film in great
nost. detail by blowing up photos of its
970 individual frames. And they also
weekd* .used computer enrichment of the
hoursfRints and special photographic
nut cas® paper to bring out minute details
jd he ei and check for fakery. ”
Is to
wf’;'After viewing this film for over a
year, Bryant said, the Soviets are
convinced of three things: First, the
film is not a fake. Second, there is
no use of special effects. And third,
the being in the film is a large crea
ture of unknown origin.
| Over 750 sightings of the creature
in Siberia have prompted Soviet
interest in the subject. They were so
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intent on correctly examining the
film that the head of bioengineering
at the Moscow School of Medicine
chaired their film examination
committee, Bryant said.
“Even though their paper was
presented in absentia, their report
was still one of the highlights of the
conference. These men are noted
scientists in their fields and it is hard
to deny their results.”
The Russians weren’t the only
ones at the conference answering
questions about the creature. The
scientists compiled all of their find
ings and results will be published in
a book later this year.
“Based on the reports done by the
various scientists, we’ve come to a
few conclusions,” Bryant observed.
“If the creature exists, it is a solit
ary animal, probably mates in May,
ranges from seven to 14 feet in
height, weighs 350 to 650 pounds,
has feet anywhere from 14 to 26
inches long, walks upright with bent
knees to carry his immense weight,
is primarily a vegetarian, is fairly
benevolent but doesn’t like humans,
is nocturnal and has no natural
enemy other than man.”
Man, however, may prove to be
the creature’s eventual undoing.
Scientists at the conference, if not
unanimous on anything else, agreed
the only way to prove the creature’s
existence was through the capture of
a specimen.
“There’s been a great deal of dis
cussion on whether to kill or not to
kill a Bigfoot,” Bryant continued.
“Though some people may be
against capture as being inhumane,
they agree it’s probably the only
way to convince the world.
“On the other hand, how do
you capture a creature that large
without running the risk of getting it
mad?
“I’m just a scientist who’d like to
see this mystery solved one way or
the other,” Bryant added. “My own
projection is someone will present
physical proof the creature exists or
doesn’t exist within the next seven
years.
“Until we have the physical proof
it’s anybody’s guess.”
Beer and
wine are
complimentary
during your meal?
Salad
is served
at your table
in a bucket.
Daily Derailment, 4 to 6 p.m.
Oysters on the half shell and shrimp for 100 each.
Tuesday, 4 to 6 p.m. three drinks for the price of one.
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