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itfincl 1 Col. Logan Weston, recently retired YMCA Coordinator of
Noven R e ]jgj 0 us Life at Texas A&M University, now has time to
work on and enjoy his five acres. First on the agenda is prun
ing his trees and fixing the fences, he says.
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By LEIGH McLEROY
Battalion Reporter
A Texas A&M University em
ployee retired Jan. 18 after serving
more than 10 years in what he calls
his “second vocation” — a job with
duties ranging from performing
marriage ceremonies to frying steak.
Logan Weston, YMCA Coor
dinator of Religious Life since 1968,
came to Texas A&M as an ordained
minister with 28 years of service in
the U.S. Army. Weston attained the
rank of colonel before retiring from
his first vocation, the military, in
August 1968 . He began his military
career as an enlisted man in World
War II.
Weston learned of the job open
ing at Texas A&M while he was
stationed at Fort Sam Houston in
San Antonio. He arranged an inter
view with President Earl Rudder
and began work here the day after
his retirement from the army.
Weston is probably best known
for the many wedding ceremonies
he officiated at while at Texas A&M.
In his career as a minister he has
performed over 2,700 marriages,
and a good number took place in All
Faiths Chapel. A father of four,
Weston includes among the wed
dings he had performed those of his
son Merrill and daughter Susan. In
addition to the ceremonies them
selves, Weston conducted rehear
sals and scheduled counseling ses
sions for the couples in his “spare
time.”
Fish Camp was another special
interest of Weston’s, and in his 10
years as Coordinator of Religious
Life he saw camp grow from 125
students to 1,500. YMCA-sponsored
steak fries in Hensel Park also took
up his free time, and he says his
second year here he remembers
cooking 19,000 plates of steak.
Weston said he will miss his
job, especially “the fellowship with
students, and the activities of stu
dents in general.” He says he still
holds the philosophy he shared with
President Rudder in 1968. “My
purpose in coming here was not
what I could get out of the job, but
what I could put into it.”
Asked what he enjoyed most
about his work, Weston said, “One
of the most satisfying experiences of
this job has been working with
young people. Working with stu
dents has kept me young, but trying
to keep up with them has made me
old,” he added.
Weston has no definite plans for
the future, but will be in the
Bryan-College Station area for at
least another year. He says now he
will finally have time to do some
much needed work on the fences
and buildings on his five acres that
all those weddings and picnics made
him put off.
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By LEIGH McLEROY
Battalion Reporter
idents heading for the Remote
imputing Center for the first time
M Hsemester have a surprise in
■ when they reach the second
iof the library. The RCC has
of a liectj ve( ]
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ist 50 bitp™ completion of the new
,j: •.reeli'M v addition, the Data Process-
costs off Center was asked to vacate the
to keeptm previously occupied by the
bond issJp-
of Me»®j|] e m 0ve , which was completed
appropdfour days, took place over the
gt tobef-jnstmas holidays.
jj)e RCC is now located in the
Bnent area of the old Cushing
lilding, directly under the space it
merly occupied. This was the
lltspace made available by the li-
TO to accomodate the RCC. Con-
Kors have renovated the area,
ffih appears smaller than it is he
re of a lower ceiling and a series
'til P illars spaced periodically
roughout the room.
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ter, there is one chief advantage to
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brary hours. The RCC currently
remains open until 2 a.m., and
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time could change in the future, de
pending on students’ needs.
Although, as Simmons said, “the
other facility was inadequate and
this is even smaller, he does see
some relief for the congestion prob
lem in the future. Three rooms in
the new Academic and Agency
Building will be dovoted to data
processing, and Texas A&M is fol
lowing a computing trend which
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minals as a means of running pro
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A person using a CRT can type his
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located under the main stairs in the
middle of the building. Zachry
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midnight with the RCC staying
open until 2 a.m. It will not be open
on weekends as before.
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