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n P !/s ational you ii ^ paii :ine have to; a New] Is lirector chosen for Free Enterprise Center THE BATTALION Page 11 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1979 esnt subwi y operas ten H ' the Iii! "g By KIPP SHACKELFORD Battalion Reporter be Texas A&M University Cen- for Education and Research in Enterprise has recently ap- jnted financial economist Dr. jeC. Uselton as its new director, tive June 1. [he Center is an organization in programs designed to ease citizen understanding of 1 urniic concepts. nt(l 11 (selton said his main objective is ontinue the programs currently 11114 igconducted by John Allen, act- director of the Center. He said Center’s goal is to educate bers and students all over the - state about of the free enterprise system. ‘THE PROBLEM IS that most students just don’t understand how markets operate and allocate re sources,” Uselton said. He said that the Center’s programs will help clearly explain how the market sys tems work. Uselton said the Center will con duct research on all different types of markets. “I hope we can promote and publish research findings not only in technical language, but also in simpler terms, so it can be under stood by anyone,” Uselton said. Uselton, who will join the de partment of finance at Texas A&M, is currently a professor of industrial management at Clemson Univer sity. He has taught at Texas Tech University and holds an under graduate degree from Southern Methodist University and a doctor ate in economics from the Univer sity of Texas. He also conducted post doctoral studies at the Sloan School of Management, at the Mas sachusetts Institute of Technology. BEFORE ENTERING THE teaching profession, Uselton was manager of the worldwide sales or ganization responsible for marketing Hughes Tool Co. earth-boring machinery. Uselton is the author of a book, is goinj heavily t of the n Authoi on Face! tide willj anniversii r> theuii Cerf wh; mer Mi, d the \l is dewn •ns are I* ^ress day be held March By CATHY KIRKHAM Battalion Reporter ie Texas Agricultural Extension ice will hold its twelfth annual s day on March 29 and 30 at is A&M University, hades el» le P r0 8 ram is designed to in media in the state on a variety Ixtension activities. The topics with agriculture, business and inanity development, home in flation, public affairs and public lions: aiilij eehnut, lit Auth t his dm >n on painting umbers, ■ush m nd of the * motorm hat a wni i a matte ?rs clear and hi i gp y ill Braden, communications lialist for the extension service the program was designed with * objectives in mind: fobuild closer working relations feen the extension service and media; and to give the state ia information to use that is Worthy. ” raden said BO media representa- > B 5 usually accept an invitation 81 (attend the programs. esaid 'Press Day is scheduled to ide with one of the service’s headquarters conference meet- hat is held three times a year. |this time, subject matter Jalists are in from the 14 exten- lservices in the state. Igistration for Press Day will fi'iaLlOa.m. Thursday, March J>n the second floor of Rudder l er ' lat afternoon, media represen- Ics will have a chance to inter- | extension service personnel, jiday, an extension overview take place. There will be 10 -to-four minute presentations. A&M UnBerviews will continue through- LanguajBthe afternoon and Gov. Bill lents may come in to speak that a financii ing, Bradlen said. India "h ay paihfe i artist's ■ ceiling ur years, aounceii or eompl Speed limit hike killed in Wyoming United Press International CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming House, heeding pleas for intensified energy conservation because of the Iranian revolution, has effectively killed the 65 mph speed limit for the 1979 legislative session. Representatives Monday soundly defeated a compromise proposal calling for decreased fines for speeders instead of an increase in the speed limit. The compromise was offered as a solution to federal threats to withdraw nearly $52 million in highway trust fund money. The federal money would be cut off if the speed limit were increased, and the measure faced a cold shoulder in the House. So a compromise bill modeled after a Montana statute was intro duced. It would have decreased speeding fines to $5 for motorists traveling between 55 and 64 mph but stiffened penalties to $30 for those driving between 65 and 74. But the bill died Monday after a decisively adverse vote— which drew only 20 supporters — and House Majority Leader Russ Donley said the 65 mph speed limit issue had effectively been killed for the session. The bill’s chief opponent was Speaker Warren Morton, who said the need to conserve energy has intensified because of the advent of the revolution in Iran. He said the turmoil has cost the nation 6 million barrels of oil daily and he predicted mandatory oil allocations and coupon rationing by the summer. “We are a part of these United States,” he said. “We are subject to the U.S. Constitition. We cannot withdraw from the world and create some peculiar energy world of our own. “If you think the federal government will tolerate a local practice that will not encourage the conservation of energy you are fooling yourselves, he added. The House action was glumly observed by Sen. Cal Taggart, chief sponsor of the 65 mph bill in the Senate. He said some form of change in the law still was necessary because of current flagrant violations that are demoralizing to highway patrolmen. But he admitted there was little chance of reviving the issue before the Feb. 23 end of the session, “unless they open their damn heads. They’re either hypocrites or they haven t got their heads on straight. tematiom ission, sai ooh. 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College 822-4096 ;e student ustitute said, s a suniffj he progn ! | iquist “Lags in the Effects of Monetary Policy,” and co-author of “The Eco nomics of Federal Disaster Relief.” He is editor of “The Review of In dustrial Management and Textile Science” and co-editor of the “The Dekker Series in Business, Eco nomics, and Finance.” One division of the Center is the Teacher Training Extension pro gram, designed to improve teacher understanding of economics in gen eral and the American economic system. The Center’s on-campus training program, the American Economy Institute, is taught each summer at Texas A&M. It involves a group of career teachers, instructional lead ers and other key personalities across the state gathering for several weeks of training on topics crucial to the understanding of the free enterprise system. Participants earn five-credit hours at the graduate level for successful com pletion of the course. THE SIXTH ANNUAL program is scheduled for June 4-29, and enrollment will be limited to 50 par ticipants. Because the American Economy Institute can reach only a limited number of teachers, another pro gram has been created in which Center personnel present programs on economics to teachers at indi vidual schools throughout the state. Dr. Lawrence C. Wolken, a staff economist, said the Center found that many teachers around the state had no formal training in economics, and that this was the reason for es tablishment of the training pro grams. “WE TRY TO DETERMINE the individual school district’s needs and then plan a program to fit those needs,” Wolken said. Teachers from seven districts and the Houston area have participated in the workshops so far. In addition to on-site visits by Center personnel, the extension program develops and sends out critiques of instructional materials to educators. They attempt to com ment critically on the content of ma terials and their actual usability in the classroom. At the district levels, the staff works with curriculum planners in developing economic education programs. TEXAS TEACHERS WILL be invited to the Second Annual Lead ership Conference on Free Enterprise Education, April 6-7 at Texas A&M in which two programs will be featured. The first, for public school administrators will deal with managerial issues associated with the free enterprise system. The other will be primarily for teachers, demonstrating free enterprise ideas and models to be used in the class room. The Center has been asked to present workshops to the Distribu tive Education Clubs of America at its annual national meeting in May, and some 7,500 students and teachers are expected to attend. THE NATIONAL SECRE TARIES ASSOCIATION has cho sen the American Free Enterprise system as its 1980 project, and has asked the Center to prepare the necessary programs and materials. The Free Enterprise Center, which was founded in January 1977, is self-supported and receives no appropriations from the govern ment. It was given an initial fund of $250,000 by some 70,000 members of the Alumni Association of Texas A&M for start-up costs. Now con tributions to the Center are ap proaching $2 million, 75 percent from endorsements. FOSTER STAINED GLASS STUDIO Largest Selection of Stained Glass Supplies Etching Workshop Saturday 9-12 (Call to reserve your place) 2801 S. College 779-5864 M-Sat. 9:30-5:30 GINGERBREAD PRODUCTIONS LTD PRESENTS SALLY ANN HOWES EARL LOIS WRIGHTSON & HUNT IN music by RICHARD RODGERS LYWCS BY OSCAR HAMMERSTE1N II BOOK BY HOWARD LINDSAY and RUSSEL CROUSE “Where Everybody 813 Wellborn Rd Bryan-College Station*s Big City Disco 846-1100 PRESENTS THE (ST. 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