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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1981
niversity Press soon to publish 100th book
|Th(' Texas A&M University
which published its first
^book six years ago, celebrates the
^Rting of its 10()th book June 18
Witli the presentation of a volume
Ijjjthc lost architectural treasures
S of the state.
■Written by Lubbock author
Willard B. Robinson, “Gone
■m Texas: Our Lost Architectu-
’f ■Heritage” is also the ninth
lolume published in the Centen-
' ■Series sponsored by the Texas
■M Association of Former Stu
dents.
fixtures® The Significance of the 100th
nd of|[ ^ <)r ^ ie P ress ’ s ^ comes
j |) ,i soloon, ’ said Lloyd Lyman, dire-
I ' ftor “There are few university
era Wsses that have progressed so
alternaii rap’dly ■’
wouldklfckinson’s l 500 ^ fulfills two ma-
Bobjectives of the press, Lyman
f .^B, emphasizing material with
^ scholarly interest, which
Wwdiir- woll |d Be useful to the academic
he midlHimunity, while holding region-
linterest for citizens throughout
tion dial ^ as anc ^ Southwest,
ed L u ' * K)() ' < examines both private
. .■public architecture from the
1 S ’ Ji^Biest Indian dwellings and His-
1 i* panic structures into the twen-
I taken pth century and outlines the so-
experim c 'al economic and aesthetic
Ill : ]ru trends that gave rise to architec-
onatai^B ' n ^ le state - l n more lh a n 250
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historical photographs and draw
ings, it preserves the history of
Texas architecture from a perspec
tive that might otherwise have dis
appeared with the buildings.
Robinson’s emphasis on the sig
nificance of lost architecture pre
sents a powerful appeal for preser
vation of important works that re
main.
A public reception and auto
graph party to mark the milestone
of the 100th book will be held June
18 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in the For
mer Students Association Lobby
of the Memorial Student Center
on the Texas A&M campus.
“The University Press was
established in 1974 and support
for it has been both strong and
diversified,” said Gayla Christian
sen, marketing director, “it’s only
appropriate that the 100th book be
in honor of the Centennial Series
of the Association of Former Stu
dents.”
Christiansen said that although
outside support for the press has
been strong, one key to its success
is the leadership directors have
provided in attracting fine work
from scholars and writers. Both
she and Lyman also attribute the
organization’s accomplishments to
its first director, Frank Wardlaw,
who prior to coming to Texas
A&M in 1974 had been director of
the University of Texas Press for
almost to his native South Caro
lina.
“We constantly stay in touch
with the market to see how our
books are moving,” Christiansen
continued. “Some books do well
because of widespread interest
and others aren’t expected to be
big sellers because they are pub
lished for limited audiences.”
One of the press’ more popular
books, “Early Texas Oil: A Photo
graphic History,” is in its fourth
printing, which takes it up to
17,000 copies, she added. The
book was initially published in
1977 and a sequel to it, a photo
graphic history of early Oklahoma
oil published this spring, is also
expected to do well.
Other books published this
spring include “H.W. Caylor,
Frontier Artist,” a book with in
troduction by Joe Pickle which re
discovers Caylor’s place as a pain
ter of western America and two
books on Mexico, “Alvaro Obre-
gon, Power and Revolution in
Mexico, 1911-1920,” by Linda B.
Hall and “Reveltosos, Mexico’s
Rebels in the United States, 1903-
1923,” by W. Dirk Raat.
&M scientists will conduct
cloning experiments on cattle
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COLLEGE STATION — Cat
tle breeders long have sought
methods that would help them
Iproduce bigger and healthier spe
cimens and also reduce the long
delays associated with normal
selective breeding.
■ Two Texas A&M University
scientists think they may have
found the answer — cloning.
■Geneticist James Womack, and
Duane Kraemer, a pioneer in
embryo transfer studies, will
make exploratory tests on cattle,
inserting genetic material from
one strain of cattle to the embryo
of another.
■“This study will concentrate on
adapting microinjection and cell
nuclei fusion techniques already
de\ eloped in mice to cattle ova,
said Kraemer.
Womack already is “mapping”
cattle genes which include 60 fair
ly small chromosomes, that part of
the cell nucleus containing DNA,
the basic genetic code. Resear
chers must develop a good gene
map before they can begin to re
move pieces of genetic material
and implant them in the genes of
other cells.
Mapping is the location of speci
fic genes, the basic units of hered
ity, at the spots they occupy along
specific chromosomes.
“Gene mapping is necessary to
permit transmission of only the
desirable traits — resistance to
disease, for example, or a larger
size — from one species or strain
to another,” he said.
Womack said mapping entails
joining genetic material from one
animal to tissue culture lines with
which scientists are familiar.
As the hybrid cell grows, scien
tists are able to trace and study
changes in genetic material
through enzyme analysis.
One of the current limitations
on selective breeding of livestock
has been the time needed —
usually several generations — to
fix one or more desirable genetic
trains within a herd or breed of
cattle.
Since the amount of genetic
variation within a particular spe
cies is already limited by nature,
there also are limits to the change
that can be accomplished through
normal breeding, they said.
But if recombinant DNA is
proven adaptable in large farm
animals, the process could drama
tically increase the efficiency of
food and fiber production from
hardier stock, the scientists said.
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If you write fiction or poetry, the Texas
A&M University Press is not interested in
publishing your work.
But the University Press is looking for a
variety of manuscripts on subjects ranging
from western and Latin American history to
Texas art.
Noel Parsons, University Press editor,
spends much of his time reading manuscripts
that might make good books. He also is active
in the recruitment of prospective authors.
“We hear about manuscripts being pre
pared, we seek out writers from articles in
scholarly publications mentioning research,
and we also get quite a few volunteers,” Par
sons said.
A native of Oklahoma, Parsons, 39, had
been associate editor of the press since 1975
and was promoted to editor last month. Much
of his early experience in publishing came
from his work at the University of Oklahoma
Press and the University of Illinois Press.
One of his prime duties at the press is to
decide whether a book will fit the institution’s
lists of special emphases.
“A manuscript may be wonderful, but not
for us,” he explained. “We publish no fiction or
poetry.”
The Texas A&M press’s main emphasis, he
said, is on such subjects as western and Latin
American history, natural history, environ
mental history, economics, petroleum history,
Texas art and the Texas environment.
But not all its books are “heavy” reading.
The new oil series, for instance, depicts
through old photographs the early booms of
Oklahoma and Texas. A new book in the series
is being prepared on early Louisiana and
Arkansas oil booms.
Parsons would like to expand the list to in
clude Texas medical history, Texas and west
ern women’s studies, twentieth-century milit
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dies, and environmental books with an inter
national perspective.
The days are past, he said, when a scholarly
press can publish without taking into account
the cost of the book. Publishers must consider
saleability.
“We have a number of books — like ‘Texas
Wildlife’ and ‘Landscapes of Texas’ — that do
very well and allow us to make up for some
books that don’t sell as well,” Parsons said.
“Some of our books are for limited audiences
and we know they won’t be big sellers.”
The press stall tries to stay in touch with
bookstore owners to see how the press’s pro
ducts are moving.
“We gain experience with each book,” Par
sons said.
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