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. < local /state Battalion/Page 6 February 22,198; Polish group to perform traditional songs, dances by Rebeca Zimmermann Battalion Staff Polish polkas, waltzes, folk and festival songs and dances will be performed by the Mazowsze Polish Song and Dance Company tonight in Rud der Auditorium. The performance, sponsored by the MSC Opera and Perform ing Arts Society, begins at 8 p.m. The company, famous for its joyous dancing and spectacular costumes, consists of 115 dan cers, singers and musicians. The company members perform dances and songs from wed dings, balls, matchmaking events and other festivals. sent many regions of Poland also will be performed. vSongs and dances that repre- The troupe takes its name from one of these regions — Mazowsze is the central region of Poland. Warsaw, the Polish capital, is in this region. The company lives and rehearses at a country estate 20 miles from Warsaw. A Polish musician and his wife formed the group in 1948 be cause of their interest in Po land’s traditional songs and dances. The founders chose company members from more than 5,000 applicants. At the same time, they chose the most typical and suitable dances and songs from every region in Poland. E-Systems continues the tradition of the world’s great problem solvers. Unquestionably, Leonardo da Vinci possessed one of the world’s great minds. Not only re nowned as a painter and sculp tor, da Vinci also applied his exceptional talents to the me chanics of flight, to cartography for planning military campaigns, and even astronomy. Today, scientists and engi neers at E-Systems continue the tradition by expanding the practi cal application of advanced tech nology. 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An equal opportunity employer, M/R H, V Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519 Our Garland Division will be on campus interviewing February 23 & 24. Circuit invention puts prof in Hall of Fame j,',’ 1 \ by Tanya Yanta Battalion Reporter The inventor of the inte grated circuit and the hand held calculator — a Texas A&M distinguished professor of electrical engineering — has been chosen for induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Jack S. Kilby of Dallas will join Thomas Edison, Alexan der Graham Bell, the Wright Brothers and other legendary inventors already named to the distinguished group. Kil by is one of five inventors named for the award this year, given by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Members of 30 scientific and engineering societies selected the five winners from among 100 nominees. Kilby was elected for his invention of the integrated circuit, which he created in 1958 while he was an engineer at Texas Instruments. The in tegrated circuit was a revolu tionary advance in solid-state electronics and led to new products such as the pocket calculator. Kilby left TI in 1970. semiconductor thermalrf ters and other electronic!, jf he is active in! search. Kilby won theNaiij al Medal of Science in 1|L ;• .United Press A native of JeffersonAN I Or Mo., he has a bachelon nt * on center The inventor joined the Texas A&M faculty in 1978. He divides his time between University programs and other research activities. gree from the Univenii)N ama S es Illinois and a master's no °^i ect i? from the University offfij s . ta . r consin. re f d hours rtforunnatm The four other mennciM^^’^‘ elected to the National Irjfc Fri tors Hall of Fame are Her Ford, for the invention cl th „ . type of automobile t Jjependen sion system; Lrnest U. L , rec j ^ at j ts Kilby has patents for the since-expanded integrated circuit, and the calculator, the hand-held device that revolu- lionized mathematical com- ence, for his method^. emove putation. He holds 50 patents. Kilby presented the first hand-held calculator to the Smithsonian Institution in 1977. His work includes re ducing titanate capacitors, accelerating atomic paruMj n0 . aler, Ottmar Mergenthafe He was rele U- , w T e jnon $40 bo t machine; and Max '®Hfc u t cr ovvd < who developed a system |jL ns t urne synthesizing riboflavin. |L ; mash€ ■ws outside tl Brown & Root Inc. for recertificatio hop es United Press International DALLAS — The owners of the $3.44 billion Comanche Peak nuclear power plant have ordered Brown & Root Inc. to continue construction of the plant —r-. gambling that the American Society of Mechanical Engineers will renew the firm’s nuclear certification. ASME, which provides build ing certification required by the government, let the firm’s nuc lear stamp of approval expire last month. An inspection in October found problems with the com pany’s quality-control measures, including unauthorized parts modifications and incomplete jiivention Cei K^ne of then Hce of me ffi hoie, t: piing thin; iter events jffiipney sai< ing to get in Brous. Bu record-keeping at the pla | lE in T^' n 8’ cated 80 miles southwestofi las near Glen Rose. Recommendations fra second inspection in Januan to be made next montl Brown & Root’s request fa newal of the nudear starry ASME must decide wh# the construction firm has i United Pres graded its records to a levelffl^WNEE, ■llllllllimillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllimillllllllllllimillllllllQ ficient to show design chJ§H is a tru = and equipment alterations kids who ATTENTION CLASS OF 1982 If you are interested in running for 1982 Class Agent, please come by the Association of Former Students Office, visit with Pam Behling and pick up an application. The formal election will be held during the Senior Induc tion Banquet, April 14 & 15, but applications must be picked up before Wednesday February 24, 1982. iNiimiimiimiimmmimmiimimiiimiimmmmmiiiimiimiiimmimmmiiimmiimimi >00000000ooooooooooooooooooooog msc RLL-niTE FfUR Relive Hollywood GAMES! Friday, Feb. ! the be traced through an adecita Fe Ex = quality-control program, ne arcade. | Officials of the U.S. felled extrate S Regulatory Commission :.f won, scor S predicted ASME will rtLpon points i Brown & Root’s n-stamp. lapparentl ll jor the ‘ 5 Neither ASME or Bro*:^ §§ Root officials would con;: j t ma( q e fj on the matter, instead refe;>j g 0t p tt i e S questions to the plant's nj aUt0 g ra py- | owners — Dallas Power^id Satu “ Co., Texas Power & Lijlil| U p f rom and Texas Electric Serviceih t^t’s all Plant Construction Maiti (i own the Bobby Murray said alien:]Crowell, a made to thousands of ham Universi restraints and supports vil:L 0 i ll i U) en reduce their ability to pi45p. m .Fric the plant’s pipes. |be forgot ^‘They’re y The October inspection® on the r criticized Brown & Root fj tering the equipment *tp first pettinff certification ft ‘ first getting certification L manufacturers that theck Era met code requirements. PRIZES MSC admission Robert D. Pollard, a mec, of the U nion of Concerned: enlists, said the system: ployed by the NRCandAS to watch over buildersofnto plants is not adequate. Pollard said he feels the': should decide whether all: struction safety codes have^ met, rather than allowing owners and ASME to responsibility. However, the deputy i- nistrator of the NRC’s ref office in Arlington saidP spectors can overrule approval of a plant’s i tion procedures. Al W< At Gene a solid c million < (i.e. new modem dollars Hons av JUtss Oexas A&M Untiersitif Schoi md For the ] -rovem elephe ■th the a Tea establis our sen Saturby, cfebrmry 2] 7 ; 00 ym JZudier Aubtorm * % loca complete student; *3.50 non-student: *5.50 tickets available at MSC Box Oik % dire< mated 1c distance P'eted oi y out-oi. ' * Ouble c dthin 8 Ntos© rest Hectronic presented by JM82 cUspi