THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1979
Page 3
possible Pandy Falbaum, right, instructor for the
that in. TAMU Flying Club, keeps a close watch on
b rabic things as Jay Norton practices flight maneu-
ls > Ne ' vers Norton is waring a visor that allows him
Battalion photo by Jeanne Graham
to view his controls, but NOT out the front
window of the plane. At the time of this flight,
Norton had completed three flying hours in
this particular plane, called a “mooney.”
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By J.TRIGG CRAWFORD
Battalion Reporter
"Easterwood Tower, this is
loony 6446Quebec requesting
raiglit-out departure from runway
6 for Matagorda Island.”
46Quebec, you’re clear
traight put for Matagorda Island on
unway 16. Have a nice day.”
Thi conversation may sound a bit
her- P 1 ? 0 t0 t ^ ie m aj° rit y °f students at
’ents of Hi A&M University, but to a
rrv was F n | )er °f t^ 16 Texas A&M Flying
i j lub, it translates: “Goodbye Col-
egeitation, hello beach!”
Althought the Flying Texas Ag-
jeshave been a recognized club on
ampus only since 1972, a predeces-
or, the Aero Club, was "active here
H||g the 1950s. The club started
vith the help of three interested
irofessors who purchased aircraft
p.ttased them to the club. Gradu-
to its w the Flying Club invested more
result- V its own money in the planes and
fective Bromt equipment. Today the club
s to its I
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owns six planes.
“THIS MAKES US financially
one of the biggest clubs on campus,”
former club president Randy Fal
baum said. “With six aircraft, the
training equipment and the other
investments we have, we hold more
liquid assets than any other club.”
And the Flying Aggies have
another thing that most other clubs
don’t — a waiting list. There are 100
members in the club, and at present
there are about 10 waiting for an
opening.
“To be a member of the Flying
Club, you must buy a share into the
club,” Falbaum said. These shares
are $125 and are resold when mem
berships change. There are
additional fees for plane usage and
flight instruction.
The Flying Club was not just or
ganized to draw pilots together, but
to provide an opportunity for those
who want to learn to fly. Each year
about 50 members earn their pri
vate licenses. Certified instructors,
both student and faculty members,
will help train members for both
private and commercial licenses.
The aircraft are available to those
club members who already have
their certification for their use.
FALBAUM SAID THAT al
though the hobby is a rather expen
sive one, many students use the
airplanes for pleasure travel.
During the fall, the out-of-town
football games are thf most popular
attraction. Snow-sbSing weather
brings on trips to Vail and Taos, and
the warm weather of spring invites
trips to the Texas beaches.
A yearly spring function is the
fly-in to Matagorda Beach. All of the
club planes and a few other private
planes fly to the coast for an all-day
party.
The Flying Club meets the first
Wednesday of each month. Anyone
wanting more information should
contact Mark Pohler at 845-2282 or
Dr. Howard Chamerberlain at
845-6914.
told the horse, cop
11s to deputy mayor Now you know
msters-
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N£\V YORK — New York City
CO j. Hty Mayor Philip Toia was leav-
ig lis office Monday when a
lounted police officer galloped up
) him, handed him the reins to his
orse, and ordered, “Hold these!”
Ms cop, his gun drawn, then ran
itojhe Prudential Savings Bank in
>e building where .a young man had
JSt held up a teller.
Jie first thing I did was to turn
'e horse around to put him be-
ween me and the bank,” Toia said
If
iles off
located
in the
iy, five
said a
g after
sed no
later. “Then I didn’t know whether
I’d be kicked by the horse or hit by a
bus.”
A few seconds later, the police
man emerged and ran down the
stairs of the nearest subway station
where, witnesses said, the robber
had fled.
Just then, a car with four police
officers screeched to a halt. Toia di
rected them toward the subway.
The bandit, however, escaped.
Toia then returned the horse to
the mounted patrolman.
United Press International
Tsunami — incorrectly called “ti
dal waves” — have been clocked at
the surface of water 30,000 feet
deep at 670 mph.
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By REGINA MOEHLMAN
Battalion Reporter
If you’ve always wanted to learn
Oriental dance, sign language, oil
painting, or cake decorating, then
Bryan Community Education has
something to offer you.
“The primary reason for the pro
gram is to meet the interest of the
people in the community,” said
Marvin Dixon, director of Commu
nity Education.
For the spring, Community Edu
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mechanics, bridge, crochet, guitar,
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begin the week of April 2, is limited
and early registration is encouraged.
Classes are held on week nights
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weeks.
The classes are taught by local
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Fees ranged form $4 to $12 and
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forms. Students must also pay for
any materials used in the classes.
Besides hobby and craft classes.
Community Education offers night
classes for high school credit in sub
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government, health, sociology nd
geography.
New classes do not begin until
September 1979 and will last 10
weeks. Tuition for credit classes is
$20 plus book fees.
Also, Community Education par
ticipates in the federally funded
adult basic education program
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citizenship. The classes are free and
open to anyone 16 years of age or
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tober 1979.
New department wont remedy
educations woes, official says
One might think problems facing
education across the nation could be
solved more Easily if a proposed de
partment for that field in the Presi
dent’s Cabinet becomes a reality.
But Dr. Jjj^mneth H. Ashworth,
Texas commissioner of higher edu
cation, contends this is not so, in his
new book, “American Higher Edu
cation is Decline.”
It would benefit education for
Health, Education and Welfare to
remain consolidated, Ashworth
said, predicting that, as a separate
department, education would not
get more attention from the White
House. And policies would not be
better coordinated with other gov
ernment programs, Ashworth said
in his book being published this
month by the Texas A&M Univer
sity Press.
“All of education across the nation
will merely face a stronger, more
autonomous administration without
anyone above the education secre
tary to appeal to,” he noted, adding
that the president would then be
the court of last appeal.
The chief administrative officer of
the Coordinating Board, Texas Col
lege and University System, said
there are many reasons to oppose
creation of a Department of Educa
tion, which, he warned, could be
come a “full-blown ministry.”
“The overriding one is to pre
clude the government from enlarg
ing its education-related bureau
cracy and from making that bureau
cracy more independent in applying
its policies over the private and state
education systems,” Ashworth said.
In addition to warning of con
tinued and heightened federal
intervention, Ashworth cited sev
eral areas of concern for higher edu
cation, many of them related to a
deterioration of quality and pur
pose.
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