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1 HE BATTALION Page 3 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1979 Mining program gets under way Texas A&M student worker Phillip Coker gets into his work as he treats a wound on one of the many trees around the campus. Battalion photo by Sam Stroder By LAURA CORTEZ Battalion Reporter The petroleum engineering de partment at Texas A&M University is offering a new degree, in mining engineering, as a result of the in creasing demand for graduates in that field. Dr. Douglas Von Gonten, head of the department, said that the min ing engineering program, which began this fall, comes at a time when Texas is looking to its vast de posits of lignite and uranium to help meet energy demands. “We have an emerging mining industry within the state and we have no school turning out mining engineers,” he said. Texas A&M is the only university in the state to offer a degree in the field. The program will provide stu dents with training in surface and underground mining, Von Gonten said. Major emphasis will be placed on surface mining, however, because Von Gonten said he feels that the majority of the students will be going into this type of operation. He said that graduates with the new de- ocal music adds director, pianist in one \mcv S. Theeman of College 'ark. Md., has joined Texas A&M Iniversity’s vocal music program as i lirector of Century Singers, a 65- oice mixed chorus that performs icpular and classical music. Theeman will also be pianist- 1 ecompanist of the Singing Cadets, 170-voice all-male vocal group, and rill work full-time with Singing kidets Director Robert L. Boone. While a doctoral student at the diversity of Maryland, Theeman was assistant director of public rela tions for the music department and had teaching, coaching and direct ing duties. Her musical abilities include strings, vocal and piano skills. She studied at the University of Roches ter Eastman School of Music, the University of Manchester in En gland and Colorado College. She also sang in the National Cathedral Choir in Washington, D.C. and with vocal groups at Eastman and Manchester. A member of Phi Kappa Phi, she was a Scholarship Fellow at the Foundation Camargo in France for 11 years and a recitalist under au spices of the American embassy at Marseille. 9 OUT OF 10 PUPPICS PREFER THE BATTALION k e over leg cros! .er variati Tear, ittak accompli! Tcularly [-being, erminedl lersonisn ig than Iverest. t regular! nmon tennis el fiPUBET RUSSIAN CLUB ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING RUDDER 407-A WEDNESDAY SEPT. 12 7:30 P.M. EVERYONE INVITED |v; ays hopio;! buy the rj IS describe! n me. Hi yed andij iply caul 1 a Fish Cai for all * my dee!* lurphf n and s» ie a ■ Wvatt, I never rs are; ha® f i BALLROOM Snook, Texas The Finest New Dance Hall in Texas. Rusty Weir Thursday 13th Asleep at the Wheel Sunday 16th Advance ticket sales are available at Budget Records JL Tapes, Northgate and Court’s Western Wear & Saddlery in Culpepper Plaza JL Manor East Mall. Only 15-minutes from Bryan-College Station. 3 miles west of Snook on FM 60 (intersection FM 60 FM 3058). gree will be able to find well-paying jobs in various areas such as explora tion, mineral economics, mine health and safety, management and mine production. Dr. James Russell, one of the two mining engineering professors, said that the demand for graduates with a degree in mining engineering will increase as oil and gas reserves are depleted. He said lignite and uranium will be developed as sources of power. There are currently 20 students involved in the program, and Von Gonten, who is the program admin istrator, estimated that within four years about 100 students will be seeking degrees in this area. He said the program, which the petroleum engineering department began planning four years ago, has already cost approximately $20,000, and added that within the next five years, about $100,000 worth of equipment will be purchased. EASD& PIZZA LASAGNE SPAGHETTI TUESDAY NIGHT BUFFET SPECIAL Have ALL the Pizza, Fried Chicken and Salad you can eat for ONLY 2" 807 TEXAS AVE. 696-3380 Battalion Classifieds 845-2611 4 MOR€ BIG DBVS * i? j 119 SL-D2 Turntable 4 Technics 8 LEFT! Cartridges 50% Off! save *: ON THIS Technics SL-220 €? O O occ O SA-200 STEREO RECEIVER FM AM stereo receiver 25 watts per channel, minimum RMS into 8 ohms, from 20 20.000 Hz. with no more than 0.04°o total harmonic distortion. LIMIT TEN |5 ‘ - — * Technics M7 Stereo Cassette Deckl SfcPTCfTIBfcR Sni€-R-ftRRTlbn LIMITED QUANTITIES — BETTER HURRY! BANKAMERICARD, VISA, MASTER CHARGE, CHECK OR CASH ACCEPTED 3820 TEXAS AVE. 846-1735 ' (Next to Randy Sims BarBQue) Home of the Sound Professionals
