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THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1979 Page 3 President requests Congress double wilderness acreage United Press International WASHINGTON — President Carter has asked Congress to add 15.4 million acres to the nation’s wilderness system, almost doubling the acreage preserved from roads or settlement. The president also has ordered more than 36 million acres of un trampled U.S. countryside opened up for logging, oil, gas and mineral exploration. Carter said in a White House statement that release of the lands will help meet the nation’s “urgent need for energy, wood products, livestock forage, minerals” and will provide for a “broad array of recre ational opportunities.” “While we plan to proceed with other uses on these lands, this does not automatically mean that all of these areas will be intensively or immediately developed,” said Assis tant Agriculture Secretary M. Rupert Cutler. Wilderness areas, which must be approved individually by Congress, are intended to offer solitude, with access only by foot, mule, horse or, in Alaska, by dog sled. About 9.9 million acres of wilder ness would be in the lower 48 states and about 5.5 million in Alaska. Carter also asked Agriculture Sec retary Bob Bergland to study another 10.6 million acres of the land with a view to energy exploration and possibly logging. Those areas include parts of the Overthrust geological formation running through Montana, Idaho, Utah and Wyoming and are believed rich in energy resources. Another Agriculture Department official said it could be 20 to 30 years before activities begin on some non-wilderness areas. The lands involved are in 38 states from coast to coast and Puerto Rico. The largest chunks of wilderness are proposed for Idaho with 2.2 mil lion and Colorado with 2 million acres. Almost 1 million acres have been proposed in California and about 700,000 in Wyoming. onnee- wencc Mtsol sion of swile, I > wile, sted it lupij nostol Auston Kerley, an associate professor of edu cational psychology here, retired Jan. 31 after 27 years of service. Throughout his career, Prof recalls easier times Kerley tried to make life easier for the stu dents. Battalion photo by Lynn Blanco I ’39 Ag made life simpler I paTnri vitmtrue r TT'rv Of! x 7 y- o /'JQ C C1 r 7l'\ vr o f in c^lrrrc I tv inoiis neks ndtlic . Steel e. The iia and anton, meat, lilitant , want freight :d last )rd of the ity as retarv Ken' was a ; first i per- Ken- itably efore By PATTI SHOQUIST Battalion Reporter roughout a 27-year career at Texas A&M University, Auston Ker ley, retired associate professor of educational psychology, has seen a lot of changes. Mi remember what A&M was like during the Depression,” said Ker ley, an Aggie graduate in 1939. He retired from Texas A&M on Jan. 31, although he still teaches senior level educational psychology part-time. Things were much simpler when I began teaching at A&M in 1952,” he said, the College of Education was only a tiny department back then.” Despite the rapid growth of the University, Kerley centered his career around making life at A&M simpler for students. In the early 1950s Kerley became director of guidence, and for 10 years he headed a counseling pro gram for freshmen. The program was a basic college division, like any other academic college, and had its own dean. All freshmen were enrolled in the pro gram. : 'i- : ■■ “The purpose of the basic college division was to supervise all fresh men before they transferred to a degree program,” Kerley said. However, he said, “By 1960, those of us who were a part of the basic college felt that there were too many entering freshmen to continue such a program.” The basic college program evolved into what is now the Academic Counseling and Test ing Center, which aids all students selling help in academic matters. [ Helping entering freshmen was [aBodK-r of Kerley’s projects. He said one of his most gratifying positions was serving as director of the A&M ddjxmcf, a summer camp in func- For 20 years (1951-71) Texas A&M conducted two six-week summer sessions at the camp. Ker ley said 250 students attended each session and received credit for two regular courses and one group guid ance course. “The benefits of such a program were that students could really con centrate on their studies, and they got off to a good start in college,” he said. However, the summer camp program was not the only means of exposing students to Texas A&M, Kerley said. “Our University has a long heritage of concern with enter ing freshmen.” “When I entered A&M as a freshman in 1934, I came here a week early to take placement tests and adjust to the campus.” He said that it was very progressive for a school to have such a program 45 years ago. In the 1950s, Kerley coordinated two-day summer conferences for entering freshmen. There are now 13 to 15 two-day summer conferences for entering freshmen each year. At each confer ence students are given an opportu nity to meet with their academic deans to plan their programs, take placement tests and see the campus. A&M also brings 300 high school counselors to the University each summer to acquaint them with the school’s offerings. More than 4,000 parents come to Texas A&M for summer conferences as well. Kerley said the parent con ference program has improved pub lic relations and communications between students, parents and the school. Kerley said the expanding guid ance program has helped entering freshmen adjust to college life with ease. However, he said more work should be done for transfer students to make their transition to college THE BATT DOES IT DAILY Monday through Friday Icelandic announces the best deal to Europe: »334* foundtrip. ( $ 16C r onexvny) No restrictions. to Every seat at the same price. Confirmed reservations. Free wine, meals, cognac. 4 flights weekfy Stay 1 to365days. Purchase tickets in the LIS. A See your travel agent. Or write Dept. #_ t Mo Icelandic Airlines, 6 East Monroe St., Chicago, Illinois 60603. Or call toll free 800-223-5390. Please send me: □ A timetable of Icelandic’s flights from Chicago, New York and Baltimore/Washington. Q Your brochure on European Fly/Drive and Fly/Rail Tours. 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