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The Battalion IL 72 No. 187 Wednesday, August 29, 1979 DSPS 045 360 La p a q es College Station, Texas Phone 845-2611 Weather Partly cloudy with widely scattered showers. High in the mid 90’s and low tonight mid 70's. Winds will be South Southeast at 5-10 m.p.h. 30% chance of rain today and 20% for tonight. )ilslick remains stable ropical storm has no effect United Press International CORPUS CHRISTI — Coast Guard offi- Tuesday said a stalled tropical depres- idid not bring huge quantities of oil re on Texas beaches as feared but a D-square mile blob of crude approaching sth Padre Island was threatening to cut farther on the area’s profitable tourist Nancy Maynard, a researcher for the Na sal Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis- idon, said the oil glob — about 15 miles lie and at least 30 miles long — was lo- tedabout 25 miles south of Brownsville, she said a reconnaissance plane sent to sped the tropical depression, which had reatened to bring more oil to Texas beaches on Monday, had spotted the huge concentration of oil. Maynard said bad weather forced the plane to return before the crew had deter mined the length of the patch. She said the oil was expected to reach Texas beaches in “a few days.” “It would be hard to tell (when oil would hit the shores),” she said. “It will just de pend on the weather.” The patch is part of the 1.96 million bar rels spewed from Mexico’s blown-out Ixtoc I well in the Bay of Campeche. A spokes man for Petroleo Mexicanos, the monopoly that owns the well said engineers have or dered construction of a giant steel “som brero to suck up oil at the well. The spokesman said the “sombrero” — 12 yards in diameter and 6 yards tall — was being built in the United States and would divert the spewing oil to storage tanks. When the tropical depression turned toward Mexico and stalled Monday, Coast Guard Lt. Jake O’Neill said government officials had received "a reprieve.” “We got good news from the weather. The tropical depression did us a favor and went ashore 60 miles into Mexico, ’ he said. O’Neill said strong winds at Brownsville and Padre Island had broke some of the booms stretched across inlets to keep out oil but no serious damage had resulted. “Some booms broke loose but they were second defense containment,” he said. bM Consolidated offers 'em Fake extracurricular courses make student life easier By DOUG GRAHAM Battalion Reporter Hie A&M Consolidated Independent School District is offer- ig community education courses that may benefit university dents. Among the courses offered are cooking for bachelors, powder- uf mechanics for women, shorthand, and typing. Registration for the courses will be Tuesday, September 11, at le A&M Consolidated High School Cafeteria located at 701 fat Loop South. It will be conducted from 7-8 p.m. for College ton residents, and from 8-9 p.m. for non-residents. Late tistration is from Sept. 12-14 at the Community Education lice at 1300 Jersey St. from 9.00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tuition will vary from class to class, but may be paid during ifistration. Fees may run anywhere from $25 for welding, to 25 BtsforCardiopulmonary Resuscitation. The average runs from 5410. The tuition helps pay the $5.50 per hour wage of the instruc- rs. said Paul Cox, the new director of Community Education. Money also helps defray some of the program’s cost. The itire budget for the previous year was $91,995, roughly 14,000 of which came from school district funds, he said. This tar’s budget should run $106,000. Roughly 7-8,000 people attended classes last year, he said. Class times vary, but usually are at night. Instructors come from different backgrounds, including those to are Texas A&M University students. Doris Wilding, for ample, who will teach tumbling to youngsters, is currently tending Texas A&M, Cox said. Hie aim of the program, said the director, Cox, is to promote a David spares other islands o help sense of community identity, and to make better use of school facilities. He said he is glad to be working with one of the larger community education programs in the state. “Per capita, it’s probably the largest in the state,” he added. Cox, who recently worked for Texas A&M as a consultant on Community Education programs, has taken over a program that began in 1975. It was in existence before that, Cox said, but never did much. Cox said wants to expand the program and work closely with the Parks and Recreation Department of the City of College Station and with various service clubs, such as the Lions Club. Cox said he does not consider the Consol education program to be in competition with Texas A&M’s Free University. Free University features courses that are similar to those given by Community Education. They start later in the year, however. “Even in a town with a university with continuing education programs, there are enough people out there |pr the both of us. Some people who would not feel at ease going to the university for courses feel more comfortable in their high school or neighh» .hood school,” Cox said. It is His goal to reach as many citizens and students in College Station as possible, Cox said. He keeps a file of possible instruc tors and applicants for courses, and tries to find teachers for any subject in demand. Though recently some school board members have questioned spending the district’s funds on community education, Cox said he feels he can count on administration support. “I think that Dr. Anderson, the new superintendent, is very supportive of the concept and accepts the concept as part of his philosophy of education and community involvement.” Barbados; threatened -ASTRIES, St. Lucia — Hurricane *id, one of the mightiest storms of the •tary, thundered past Barbados Tues- s knocking out communications and fag air traffic but sparing the island re fit the full force of its 140-mile-an-hour forecaster John Hope at the National ■ricane^Center said late Tuesday night tstorms center was expected to pass W 40 miles north of the island, raking it igales and probably” gusts of 75 miles ^tour. e cannot verify what is happening '•because they have been out of radio •let for two hours,” he said. No severe j ere expected, he said, since the is- • was south of David’s eye. Hurricane force winds were expected to L Lucia Wednesday, he said, when storm passes north of that mountain- island nation. te l e grapb links with communications for the r*ii ^T***^’ were broken late Tues- ; All mtematio™, flights to and from feafaid were halted, anids winds dropped from 150 to 140 p® "° ur Tu esday night, according to force reconnassance planes, but forecasters said it was still “an intense and extremely dangerous hurricane,” the worst to threaten the resort islands that rim the southeast comer of the Carribbean this century. At 9 p.m., the San Juan Weather Bureau centered the hurricane about 90 miles east northeast of Barbados, near Latitude 13.7 North and Longitude 58.2 West. It was moving on a west northwest path at about 15 mph, a course it was ex pected to hold for the next 24 hours. The double red and black hurricane warning flags already posted on Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Martinique and the Grenadines were extended to the islands of Guadelopue and Dominica. At nightfall, the tempest was aimed di rectly at St. Lucia, a volcanic island 27 miles long and about 14 miles wide, which has a French heritage but is British in character. Its population is about 150,000. Larger Martinique, the “queen of the Antilles”, lies just to the north, also in the path of the hurricane’s fury. The crew of the “hurricane hunter plane measured barometric pressure in the eye center of David at a low 27.52 inches of mercury at midday Tuesday, but it had climbed to 28.17 by nightfall. “This central pressure indicates that David is probably the most intense hur ricane to threaten the Windward Islands in this century,” the midday advisory said. “Hurricane David at this moment is comparable to the great hurricanes in the history of the Antilles — like the 1831 hur ricane of Barbados and the 1891 hurricane of Martinique. “There were no major breaks in our de fenses.” However O’Neill said the depression was strong enough to send tar balls ashore at Port Isabel and tarballs and sheen also were reported in the south jetties of Port Aransas. At midday Tuesday rain had ceased and clear skies were reported. However, the NWS also reported waves were two feet above normal at South Padre Island and winds gusting to 40 mph were forecasted for the Gulf Coast. O’Neill said a crew of 40 had returned to help clean Port Isabel’s beaches. The crew had been called off while the depression approached. Coast Guard Lt. Ed Thompson said a crew of 90 continued clean up efforts on Mustang Island. O’Neill said the beaches of South Texas would be cleaned as much as possible in anticipation of the Labor Day weekend, the last summer holiday where beach mer chants rely on big profit. “We’ve got a signflcant amount of equipment to handle whatever goes on shore,” he said. "We will make the beaches as clean as possible for the Labor Day weekend.” Laurie Peters, a representative of the South Padre Tourist Bureau in Port Isabel, said motel operators probably would have a 50 percent to 60 percent drop in occu pancy. “Things are very slow and should con tinue that way,” she said. “I think it has more to do with the fact that people are reacting to the adverse publicity. “The people that are here are having a good time.” Hotels were running at a record occu pancy rate before oil started washing ashore. Clements will visit A£rM for state briefings Texas A&M University on Thursday will brief Gov. William Clements on major re search programs at the University, particu larly those designed to help solve problems facing the state. A&M President Jarvis E. Miller said - Clements and 10 assistants will spend the day on campus, and hear presentations from the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas Agricultural Extension Serv ice, Texas Engineering Experiment Sta tion, Texas Engineering Extension Serv ice, Texas Transportation Institute, Texas Real Estate Research Center and the Texas Water Resources Institute. “Texas A&M has a unique mission — broad-based research and extension ac tivities, in addition to its academic functions,” Miller said. "Most of our programs are being con ducted in response to expressed needs or to alleviate problems anticipated in the state, and we want the governor have a good working knowledge of the scope of our ac tivities and capabilities.” Texas A&M University President Jarvis Miller addressed the Brazos County A&M Club Wednesday night in Memorial Student Center. Miller said the past year was the most suc cessful in Texas A&M’s history. Miller will join Gov. William P. Clements on a tour of five Eastern European nations be ginning Saturday. Battalion photo by Keith Taylor Miller tells group A&M on the move. By KEITH TAYLOR Battalion Staff Last year at Texas A&M was the most successful in its history. President Jarvis Miller told members of the Brazos County A&M Club Wednesday night. "Any way you look at it this University is on the move. During the past year we had our first faculty member elected to the Natinal Academy of Sciences, Dr. Perry Adkinson. He is the first person to do all his research and build his reputation at Texas A&M. We take that as a challenge. We think that he is the first of many.” Miller also said the University is continuing its rapid growth. Enrollment may approach 32,000 this year, but will be tapering off with a peak of 34-35,000 in 1983, he said. The Corps will have at least the numl>er of members it had last year and will possibly be larger, he said. The University will stress new dimensions with the student body. Miller said. “We are going to try to groom the students to be scholars. We are starting a new system of counseling, particularly for bright students. Counselors spend an inordi nate amount of time with problem students while our bright good student slip through here with a minimum of input from the counselors.” He said Texas A&M will try to train talented students to be competitive for prestigous awards. “We believe we have the caliber of student that can excell in any kind of competi tion,” he said. The club was also reassured that home football games would be played in Kyle Field. The planning and facilities department told the Board of Regents Sunday that the first supports for the third deck of Kyle Field will be placed Sept. 15, and the University of Houston game can be played there Oct. 13, Miller said. By Nov. 17, for the University of Arkansas game, the stadium is expected to be essentially complete,” he said. Other construction will also continue, with work beginning on another modular dormitory this fall, he said. Miller talked about a new public relations program the University has started. He said Texas A&M had a contract with a New York public relations firm to promote the image of the University nationwide. “This is leading us into all kinds of new dimensions. You’re seeing a new dimension in the national media. You 11 being seeing a good deal more of this (national exposure about University programs) in the future.” Miller said Texas Governor William P. Clements will visit the Texas A&M campus to see how programs at the University can help in the administration of the state. “We are trying to impress upon him the sources that are available at this institu tion.” Miller will accompany Clements on a five-nation tour of Eastern European coun tries Saturday. The purpose of the trip is to build good will and promote Texas agricultural products in the countries. Miller said. Miller and Clements will visit the Soviet Union, Hungary', Czechoslovakia, Poland and Yugoslavia. Regents approve budget; 18 percent increase OK’d lie Texas A&M UniversiU Board of Re- te approved Monday a $24,787,853 in- jje in the operating budget of Texas University fo r t h e 1979.80 school Tfa new budget totals $206,186,034 for toWrsjty. The Texas A&M University budget was increased 18 percent nrhst > ear to 5379,823,523. This budget •rail parts of the university system in- toed in teaching, research, and public fiber j f i RegentS Chairman Clyde H -ji said the increase w as due to a combi- «*» of inflation, increases enrollment nore research and extension pro- irie View A&M University received ill.028,364 increase bringing its Brt up to $39,214,079. Tarleton State renity received a $1,121,469 budget increase to $10,090,070. Texas A&M Uni versity at Galveston (formerly Moody Col lege) will have a 86,315,153 budget, an in crease of $2,785,260. The Texas Forest Service received a $730,510 increase bringing its budget to $7,601,961. The budget for system offices and departments will be $5,353,907, up $92,688. The new budgets take effect Sept. 1. Two construction contracts were awarded by the regents. A $1,318,500 con tract was awarded to Thurmond and Stuart of Bryan to renovate the animal industries building at Prairie View A&M. NuneZ Construction of Texas City received * $1,126,100 contract to build small boat berthing facilities at the Galveston campus The board also approved the establish ment of a coal and lignite research labora tory at Texas A&M. New Corps members CharKe Jumper, a junior in engineering technology at left, and Ray Midlriff, a junior in agricultural engineering, escort a group of incoming freshmen corps members hack to the quad sifter a jaunt about campus. The new members wear T-shirts and blue jeans until they receive their uniforms next week. This is Freshman Orientation Week for the corps, a time when freshmen are shown about campus and taught the proper way to shine brass and leather.