Youth’s art on display this week
Repairs, painting caused closing
By CAROLYN BARNES
Battalion Reporter
The ninth annual Youth Art Show,
sponsored by the Arts Council of
Brazos Valley, the Art League and
the Eagle, is holding an exhibit of art
work from junior and senior high
schools in the Brazos Valley area
through Sunday at the Brazos
Center.
Three local judges — Helen Per
ry, Gail Todd Fitch and Graham
Horsley — considered 351 entries in
10 different categories and awarded
points and ribbons on Saturday.
Horsley, a professor of environmen
tal design at Texas A&M University,
said, “I felt the work of the junior
high school students was particularly
strong.”
The points were tallied after judg
ing, and the schools with the highest
points received trophies. The win
ning schools were Washington Jr.
High School, of Conroe, for the
junior division and A&M Consoli
dated Sr. High School, of College
Station, for the senior division.
The “Best of Show” ribbons went
to Angela Conway, of Washington Jr.
High School in Conroe, and Cheryl
Burke, of Bryan High School.
The People’s Choice ribbon was
awarded to Kathy Anderson, of
Madisonville High School.
The exhibit of 10 categories in
cluding acrylics and oils; pencil and
charcoals; prints on fabric or paper;
sculpture; textile design; water color
and tempera; mixed media and
photography will be on display to the
public from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.
through Thursday at the Brazos
Center.
Piano rooms to reopen soon
By DAVID CALVERT
Battalion Reporter
The four piano rooms for student use in the basement
of the Memorial Student Center should reopen this
week. The rooms, closed since Jan. 22 for painting and
repairs, are sponsored by the Student Programs Office.
To use the rooms, students must present a current
Texas A&M I. D. and sign a log. This log is maintained to
keep track of the rooms and users to guard against
damages. The Bowling and Games Department handles
the keys to the rooms as a service to the Student Prog
rams Office.
Jean Gray, a clerk at the bowling and games counter,
said the rooms are used continously. They are open from
8a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 1
p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Sunday. The rooms remain open
until 1 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. There is a one hour
limit on checkout.
Steven Hodge, a manager of the theater complex and
in charge of the pianos, tuning and repair, said the
pianos were last tuned on September 11, 1980.
Hodge said damage due to vandalism was repaired i
October. He said a cut string, a broken hinge on
cabinet, and a broken pedal had all occurred since th
pianos were tuned in September. Hodge said the piano
should be tuned again in February.
Between Jan. 14 and Jan. 18, an average of 21 peopl.
used the rooms daily. After Jan. 19, with the start o
classes, the average increased to 36 people. Gray saw
this number would increase as the semester progresses
There are other pianos on campus which are available
to Texas A&M students. There are two practice rooms ii
the Browsing Library on the second floor of the MSC
plus two in the Commons, and one in the lounge on the
main floor of the MSC.
Women’s lounge opening
Helen Perry and Graham Horfley, judges of the 9th Annual
Youth Art Show, look over entries at the Brazos Center the day
before the show opened on Jan. 25. It will be opened 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. until Jan. 30.
By CATHERINE J. THOMAS
Battalion Reporter
Women athletes living in the base
ment of Mosher Hall will have to
wait another four to six weeks before
they can use the lounge that was
scheduled to be finished in January.
Kay Don, assistant athletic direc
tor of women, said the lounge won’t
be opened until all the furniture ar
rives.
“I’m assuming it’s (the furniture)
been ordered,” she said.
But Jean Donaho, who is ordering
the furniture, said it hasn’t been
ordered yet, but will be “in a week or
so.”
He said the delay in ordering the
furniture was due to several other
dorms whose needs had first
priority.
Also, he said, “It was a matter of
getting the money together.”
The lounge, which is costing
$70,000 to $80,000 to build, is being
funded by Don Morris, a former stu
dent of Texas A&M University.
Originally Morris planned for the
money to be used to build a separate
dorm for the 70 women athletes but
Don said a new dorm would be too
expensive.
The lounge, when completed, will
include a microwave oven, refriger
ator, dishwasher, sink, cabinets,
television, electric fireplace, a study
area with blackboard, and an
arrangement of tables, sofas and
chairs.
Reid named
as ocean
dep t head
By TED TREAT
Battalion Reporter
Robert O. Reid, a mainstay of the
oceanography department at Texas
A&M University for 30 years, was
named head of that department at
the beginning of 1981.
“He’s one of the finest physical
oceanographers in the world,” said
Dr. Earl Cook, dean of geosciences,
in explaining the selection of Reid.
“Whenever someone on the East or
West Coast thinks of oceanography,
they think of Bob Reid at Texas
A&M. We re very fortunate to have
him,” Cook said.
Reid, 59, a faculty member at
Texas A&M since 1951 succeeded
T.K. Treadwell Jr., who was interim
department head for 16 months.
Treadwell now fills the newly-
created position of assistant depart
ment head for marine operations.
Reid said that his new administra
tive role will be quite a change for
him.
As department head Reid has
already found he must tackle many
different jobs. He puts the accept
ance and recruitment of new stu
dents as his most important function.
Reid noted that oceanography de
partment management is “compli
cated by the fact that we operate an
ongoing ship program, and that we
have to coordinate our marine prog
ram with the other marine programs
on campus, such as those of the biol
ogy department.” Texas A&M also
works jointly with other universities
on some projects, he said.
Reid said that Treadwell will
handle all the operation and monet
ary aspects of the research vessels
while he and the other assistant de
partment head, Dr. William J. Mer-
rell Jr., work as a team to tackle the
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