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THE BATTALION Page 11 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1979 campus Pyramid making in Egypt easier than believed? issistant reactor V ht to be'Is- ledical anj; ive improve linthewL , an he had; supervisor named j| Gregory Stasney of Bryan has been named assistant reactor super visor for the Texas A&M University Ruclear Science Center, which op erates a research reactor southwest of campus. I Stasney started work more than e years ago as an electronic techni- n and graduate of the Institute of ectronic Science, a division of the xas Engineering Extension Ser- CAMPUS NAMES ;r age Ann several oronary iateforajv every m genei vis 'How have? Ho» ; vessels are well does What the >e have In his new position, Stasney will ; act in the absence of the reactor su- rvisor, who has direct control over e atomic reactor. He will also be |sponsible for keeping the exacting cords on operation required by the IRC, said Dr. John Randall, center director. Students win prizes for book collections 4 m /tA/M Ten T exas A&M students won MS f prizes and two $25 honor- ^ ■ l®le mention prizes in the seventh St' dent Book Collectors Contest. , u HThe eight top winners are: —Larson B. Dunn Jr., a gradu- me brain.student in chemistry from Cin- -tnessjnnati, Ohio, for his collection, a specilia^herlock Holmes,” the Louis A. ay on acL Hartung award; —Randall A. Kok, graduate stu- Richard I :nt, chemistry, Fairfax, Va., ‘‘The jury that! cill the Phi testified >usly his i kill the Phillips 1978, Joe 1 commilte Writings of C. S. Lewis,” Library Binding Co. award; — Claude E. Mounce, graduate student, mechanized agriculture, College Station, “Illustrated Chil dren’s Classics,” English faculty- Thomas F. Mayo award; — Brian C. Mustain, graduate student, plant breeding, Bryan, “Old Testament Studies,” library fa culty award; — Kay A. Poth, graduate student, English, Raymondville, “Tarzan,” Edith Gott White award; — Stanton T. Ray, senior in En glish, Plano, “Calvinism: Commen taries and Theological Works,” Dick Pucket award; — Donald W. Watts, graduate student, urban planning. Mountain Home, Idaho, “The American Pris- oner-of-War Experience in South east Asia, ” W. Guy Shown Jr. award; — Carlson W. Yost, graduate stu dent, English, College Station, “Prize-Winning Westerns,” Fron tier America Corp. — Fred White Jr. award. Honorable mentions went to Sonya Cashdan, English graduate student from Cambria, Calif., for her collection on sex variance in women, and Dennis G. Fortassain, land scape architecture graduate student. College Station, for his collection on the city. CAST names Butler as new council head Dr. Ogbourne D. Butler, associ ate vice president for agriculture and renewable resources at Texas A&M, is the new head of the Council for Agricultural Science and Technolo gy (CAST), effective Feb. 1. Butler will serve one year as presi dent-elect and then will assume the presidency of CAST. He has served as a member of their board of dire ctors since the organization’s found ing in 1972, representing the Amer ican Society of Animal Science. CAST is a consortium of food and agricultural societies organized for the advancement of understanding and use of agricultural science and technology in the public interest. Campus head named for co-op students Steve Yates, 36, assistant dean for cooperative education in the College of Engineering, has been named campus-wide director of cooperative education at Texas A&M University. Yates came to Texas A&M in 1976 after serving in a similar position for more than two years at Alvin Com munity College. He graduated from Abilene Christian College in 1969 with a bachelor’s degree in business education, and received his master’s degree from the University of Houston. “We are looking forward to our biggest recruiting year, both in terms of the number of students par ticipating in the co-op program as well as the number of employers,” Yates said. This fall nearly 700 Texas A&M students are actively enrolled in co op programs where they alternate semesters in the classroom with on- the-job training in industry or gov ernment. McFarland will head student financial aid Dr. William E. McFarland will assume duties as director of student financial aid at Texas A&M Universi ty Dec. 1. McFarland previously served two years as assistant director and coor dinator and two years as assistant di rector of financial aids for federal programs at Oklahoma State Univer sity. McFarland, who is married and has two children, received his doc toral and master’s degree from OSU and his bachelor’s degree from the University of Arkansas. Free enterprise center selected for grant Texas A&M University has re ceived an endowment of $85,000 to the Center for Education and Re search in Free Enterprise from Frank Borman, chairman and presi dent of Eastern Airlines. The funds were raised from a din ner in New York honoring Borman with the “Flame of Truth” award presented by the Fund for Higher Education. Unterms of the award, Borman selected two educational in stitutions, one in Israel, as recipients of the funds. He selected Texas A&M’s free enterprise center and the Faculty for Aeronautics and En gineering at the Technion in Israel. “To me, Texas A&M seemed a particularly appropriate selection for this award,” Borman said. “The school is recognized worldwide for expertise in the technical sciences and I believe the betterment of man kind depends on advancement of technology. “Perhaps what we should really do is create an extension of the free en terprise center in Washington,” he said. Texas A&M President Jarvis Mil ler accepted the award for the Uni versity and said, “We are grateful for this gift and promise to be good ste wards of this money.” United Press International WASHINGTON — How many men does it take to move a 1-ton stone block by hand? The National Geographic Socie ty’s book “Ancient Egypt” reports that a French investigator sought an answer to that question in his efforts to solve how Egyptians managed to construct the huge pyramids before the days of labor-saving machines. He found that a 1-ton block of limes tone resting on a track made of moist mud from the Nile could easily be moved by ropes pulled by — one man. Schools advised o fix old buildings NOW OPEN IN WOODSTONE CENTER ALBERTS HAIR DESIGN Operated by Albert Martinez (formerly of Newby's in San Antonio) and has been joined by Annette Branecky (also of Newby's in San Antonio.) 9-6 Mon.-Friday 9-1 Saturdays Woodstone Center 696-3003 We use and recommend REDKEN so gave tk a of the 1b brother tol sc hool construction costs ping, a Texas A&M University ucation professor has developed a thnique for evaluating old build- igs which includes modest altera- ps instead of building new facili- : brother! lis lover- Linda Mi) in the Phi ring tel gunpoint, ommongr lot them he assessment technique created Dr. Harold Hawkins, head of the lucation Administration Depart- . , ®nt, has been used by Hawkins’s ‘inv'ried ■jjjgnts to evaluate the efficient use ior tlih . 0 f sc h 00 i buildings in Livingston, •it i or 'junction, San Saba, Yorktown and ■boll. & "In education, facilities are a big investment for which the commun- •S gl'O ^ ^ as to ou * a ^ mone y> ime Bd Nan Crowell, an interior desig- m and one of Hawkins’ students who has participated in the study. The decision to build has important ternab'onti implications both for the taxpayer — A sim and for the education of children, ites to bet she added. nonienom llhe student evaluation team in- d a minoi Beets a system’s existing facilities room, sa; tod analyzes them for the use of of Stanii |)ace, maintainability, esthetics, ; to the sii toergy conservation and accesibility es, a dn o the handicapped. The team goes i wastehi" through the structures looking for re can ; Pys to use light, space and color he agem which will improve the quality of the ie easily classroom. e the twoB We can shape and control chil NBS if he housf| ig the I ighbor’sj dren’s behavior through the use of color, light and the use of classroom space,” Crowell said. “We can no longer afford the luxury of making mistakes with our children or their school buildings.” All elements of building construc tion as well as those added after con struction can be useful, especially color, she pointed out. “Very little is known about color in the classroom. We just finished some research in which we set up six offices, all exactly the same, except the colors used. Participants were shown small swatches of color and asked their reactions,” she said. The researchers predicted the reactions would be the same to the small pieces of color as to the offices painted in the same colors. Findings showed the opposite to be true, Crowell said. In elementary schools, flexible space is best, along with traditional classrooms and rooms for small groups, she said. Also recommended are controlled lighting, which can be turned down when not needed and the use of double insulated windows or buildings with small areas of glass instead of walls of windows. Crowell said it is best to steer away from the institutional look and try to create an atmosphere made for people. Tin Barn Furniture Grand Opening Sale through Nov. 10 FINISHED BENTWOOD ROCKER 7995 (K.D.) 3218 Texas Ave. Between Wendy’s and Long John Silvers 779-6573 B&M BOOKSTORE has a wide variety of paperback books for all to enjo’ Games Fiction Mysteries Westerns Best Sellers Magazines Comic Books Northgate Beer Whiskey Open Daily at 3 p.m. — Sun. at 6 p.m. Collectors stamps and supplies Largest selection of science fiction in the area 3602 E. 29th St. Bryan HORTICULTURE CLUB PECAN SALE Nov. 5 thru Nov. 17 3 to 6 p.m. HORT. FARM SHOP HWY. 60 ru bromt mokefi service call: biy mazi£6E/im "m Bi/rzm sau/fC w’CHARTPAK DRV TRANSFER LETTERING ILfflll 1000 H CLEARPRlNT 10 sheet pckg. 2M%offj! & STUDIO LINE magic markers each! 1 . CO-STARRlKd MUCH M0RC/ cone AMDSEIf SALE BCo SAT.HoV.IOfe nmm-fmu aggieland £ 109-111 Boyett St. 846-8223 (Next Door To Campus Theater) Eastern Style Submarine Sandwiches Are Back In The Northgate Area! NOVEMBER SPECIALS: MONDAY - 10c BEER! Get a 12 oz. 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