Vs
THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1978
Page 3
stru c |(
>uched
• Burl
'chool
'■I to a
dsohit
edeia)
bounty
i over,
sntila.
ons of
de.
i) Dal.
irring
ddden
Dallas,
lation,
uelest
those
lar.
Cowboy's job no longer
romanticized by public
I "Mama, don’t let your babies
grow up to be cowboys' —
Wayhn Jennings, 1977.
I “He’s right, ’ — Dr. Arthur
osby, 1978.
Cosby, a Texas A&M Univer-
iity sociologist, has completed a
Itudy on prestige occupations in
Igriculture and found the cow-
loy, as romantic an occupation as
it once was, is no longer revered
as a prime job.
1 With the help of graduate as-
'istant Lianne Frank, the rural
iologist surveyed some 2,392
igricultural majors from 14
luthern colleges for his study.
“We found occupations requir-
g the most education were the
ost admired,” Coshy said. "The
bs that didn’t need any educa-
lon at all were ranked at the bot-
“Throughout the study we
ere faced with the same ans-
ver,” he said. “Veterinarians
vere consistently ranked at the
op of the list and occupations
ike migrant farm worker were
hosen as least favorable."
prac-
•brass
-*rs fm
t mis-
arosf
fillips named acting dean
Pearson resigns 10-year post
legit-
mpoiti
nciln
imittf
as U.S.
foreip
Cosby’s top ten agricultural
occupations read like this:
(1) Veterinarian
(2) U.S. Secretary of Agricul
ture
(3) Dean of Agriculture
(4) Agriculture Professor
(5) Landscape Architect
(6) U.S. Department of Ag
riculture Researcher
(7) Wildlife Refuge Manager
(8) Farm Manager
(9) Biologist
(10) Government Scientist
The occupations in the bottom
ten, however, reflect a different
type of job requiring a different
education, Cosby said.
“The ten least favorable occu
pations had to do with manual
labor jobs,” he said. “In fact, the
jobs which are usually classified
as ‘hired hand’ occupations were
among the very lowest on the
scale.”
The Texas A&M researcher
found through his study the 10
least favorable agriculture jobs
are: (51) Pest Exterminator; (52)
Incubator Man; (53) Tenant
Farmer; (57) Groundskeeper;
(58) Sharecropper; (59) Killfloor
Worker and (60) Migrant Farm
Worker.
The jobs making the middle of
the occupation scale required
some manual labor, but were not
exclusively blue collar.
Cattle raisers’ jobs are still
being regarded as favorable. The
occupation placed 15 out of 60,
just below plant nursery owner
and just above ecologist.
High school vocational agricul
ture teachers made the number
25 slot on the scale, just below
horse trainers and above cotton
growers. Swine raisers ranked a
little above poultry raisers and
soybean growers a little above
cotton growers, but they were all
ranked in the top half of the sur
vey.
Newspaper agriculture editors
ranked 20th, below agriculture
loan officers and above soybean
growers.
Where did rural sociologists
like Cosby wind up on the list?
“We came in 34th, between
housewives and fruit inspectors,”
Cosby said. “I didn’t quite know
how to take that one.“
Prine’s latest album ‘Bruised Orange’
good music lacking his usual lyrical punch
By MARK WILUS
Battalion City Editor
John Prine’s new album, “Bruised
Orange”, is pleasant listening, but
that is all.
His songs on this album lack the
lyrical punch his fans have come to
expect. Prine seems to have spent
most of his energy here on the
music and arrangement. Unfortu
nately, he sacrifices his lyrics in the
process.
This is not to say that the clever
wordings Prine is famous for are not
evident. It’s just the clever lyrics
Review
without thought behind them seem
rather trite.
The music on the album is much
improved over his previous efforts.
His band, really studio players and
other artists on the Asylum label, is
outstanding. Prine has moved out of
the sparse instrumentation that
characterized his earlier work and
adopted a fuller sound.
Surprisingly, the full sound works
with his voice, which resembles a
dog’s growl and the voice of a 60-
year-old alcoholic. Excellent vocal
backup, including Jackson Browne,
helps of course, but Prine has
learned to blend with the music
rather than shout through it.
For those who have never lis
tened to Prine before, this album
may provide a good introduction.
Those who have followed his career
may find the album disappointing.
Yet the fact that he has become
better musically can only raise ex
pectations. Next time he may finally
realize his potential as a songwriter.
If he does manage to maintain the
musical level of this work and adds
to it the lyrical excellence of his pre
vious albums, he may move beyond
the cult following he now enjoys.
By DOUG GRAHAM
Battalion Staff
A changing of the guard is in progress in the
College of Business Administration at Texas
A&M University.
Dr. Clinton Phillips, a Department of Fi
nance professor, will serve as acting dean of the
College of Business Administration until a
permanent replacement can be found for the
resigning dean, Dr. John Pearson.
Phillips will assume the acting dean’s post on
Sept. 1 when Pearson steps down. Phillips said
the search for a permanent dean will probably
take about nine months. A new dean could be
chosen as early as January 1978 but, Phillips
said the search may extend to June of next year.
The 53-year-old Phillips received a
bachelor’s degree from Baldwin-Wallace Col
lege in Berea, Ohio in 1949. He bypassed a
master’s degree, earning his doctorate from
Vanderbilt University, Tenn. in 1956.
Prior to coming to Texas A&M, Phillips
served as associate dean of the business school
atTulane University. He has been on the Texas
A&M faculty for the past 11 years and served as
'exas Tech
r ents complex
i lint | *
to eat ft 7
b dorm space
junesB *
"^11 United Press International
stom- LUBBOCK — An anticipated re-
1 enrollment of 23,(XX) students
pxasTech University this fall has
led school officials to lease a wing
a private apartment complex to
ieS( | leet the demand for dormitory
head of the Finance Department from 1969 to
1977.
Phillips said he has no desire to become the
permanent dean of the business college at
Texas A&M. “I am not a candidate for the job,”
he said.
Pearson’s resignation follows 15 years of
teaching and administrative experience at
Texas A&M. After joining the Texas A&M fa
culty in 1963, Pearson helped develop and ex
pand many programs in the College of Business
Administration. He served as director of the
old Department of Business, and was ap
pointed dean in 1968 when the department
changed designations to become the College of
Business Administration.
Phillips said that there is not much that he,
as acting dean, will be able to change or im
plement during his short tenure. However, he
said he will try to keep the College of Business
Administration as student- oriented as Pearson
did before him.
“It will be my policy to continue the forward
progress initiated and carried on by Dr. Pear
son,” he said.
CRAFT
euoF
inf .
The MSC Craft Shop, located in the MSC basement, is currently looking
tor instructors who would possibly consider teaching fall workshops in
the craft areas listed below or any other craft field. If interested, and you
feel you have a craft you would like to share with others, let us know
by calling 845-1631, or better yet, come down and see us.
Christmas ornaments
leather belts
wooden toys
terrariums
sand art
chair caning
decoupage
lapidary
weaving
knitting
quilting
Interior decorating
jewelry
drawing
candles
silkscreen
painting
bread dough
dip and drape
tote painting
Ukranian egg painting
punched rugs
hooked rugs
woven rugs
bargello
tatting
crewel
watercolor
quilling
SUMMER
CLEARANCE
On Girls’ Tops
1
846-5580
111 BOYETT \
Haynes, assistant director of
ing, said 7,200 dormitory appli-
ns were accepted by April 10,
500 applicants assigned to wait-
ists.
An additional 300 women will be
Red in a wing of a privately-
Bed student housing building ac-
I the street from the university
Ttonpus.
>f t lit Baynes said despite a rule change
jyear allowing students to live off
us after their freshman year,
asing numbers of sophomores,
rs and seniors are applying to
in university housing.
"More and more students dis-
r it is less expensive and more
enient to live on campus, so
decide to stay in the dorms
after their freshman year,” he
CE!
,l,yf
vid
Isvi)'
»tOl
f,V
TEST PREPARATION
SPECIALISTS SINCE 1938
Visit Our Centers
And See For Yourself
Why We Make The Difference
Call Days, Eves & Weekends
707 Texas Avs.
Suite 221 D
College SUtion, Tx. 77840
713-846-1322
713-848-3196
Outside NY State ONLY
CALL TOLL FREE
— 800-223-1782 _
Greyhound gives you
three ways
to ship.
FAST.
Greyhound Regular Package Express Service, in many
cases, can send your packages up to 500 miles in less
than 24 hours. Best of all. Greyhound Package Express
costs a lot less than many other shipping services.
FASTER.
If you've got a rush shipment that needs priority
handling, Greyhound's Next Bus Out® Service can
handle it. Greyhound guarantees it goes on the Next
Bus Out or your special handling charge will be
refunded For speedy pick-up or delivery, call Leo’s
at 779-FAST.
College Station
112 Nagle
846-1774
/liRBORNE
Greyhound and Airborne have teamed up to bring Air
Express to hundreds of smaller U.S. cities. Now, if
you've got Greyhound, you've got Air Express. Just ask
for Airborne’/Greyhound Air Express. For further
information call 779-8071.
SHIP GREYHOUND
Bryan
405 E. 29th
779-8071
Battalion Classified Call 845-2611
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION'S
LEADING AUDIO DEALER
CUSTOM
1?$
SojvstlL
G3000
AM/FM STEREO RECEIVER
$290.00
SUGGESTED
RETAIL
I 26 WATTS PER CHANNEL WITH NO MORE THAN 0.15% TOTAL
HARMONIC DISTORTION.
$
00
SansruL.
SC3110
STEREO CASSETTE DECK
REG. $500.00
$
37995
WOW & FLUTTER WITHIN 0.06% (WRMS). SIGNAL TO NOISE
RATIO 67dB (WITH DOLBY).
SCUISIlL
7070
60 WATTS PER CHANNEL WITH NO MORE THAN
0.3% TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION.
AM/FM STEREO RECEIVER
REG. $560.00
$ 379 95
WOOFER SAYS:f “ S-DJHDI GIVES STRICTLY HI-FI PER
FORMANCE AND CUSTOM SOUNDS ADDS AN IRRE-
SISTABLE PRICE!”
CUSTOM
SOUNDS
HOURS:
MON.-SAT.
10-6
3806-A OLD COLLEGE RP. (NEXT TO TRIANGLE BOWLING ALLEY) 846-5803