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November 12,1
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Arvey to speak at Scholar Series
Dr. Richard Arvey, one of the country’s leading authorities
on employee selection, will be on campus Nov. 16. Arvey,
professor of industrial psychology at the University of Hous
ton, will be participating in the College of Business Admi
nistration Visiting Scholar Series.
Arvey will speak on “Fairness in Employee Selection”
Nov. 16 at 11 a.m. in 153 Academic and Agency Building. At
5 p.m. the same day, he will speak on “Current Issues in
Employee Selection” in 161 Academic and Agency Building.
The local business community as well as the University
community are invited to the talks and admission is free. For
further information contact Dr. William H. Mobley, Associ
ate Dean of the College of Business Administration, at 845-
4713.
Teaching award nominations begin
If you are a student taking a liberal arts class and have a
professor whom you consider outstanding, now is your
chance to get him or her recognition. The Liberal Arts
Student Council will begin taking nominations for Teaching
Excellence Awards Monday.
Boxes will be set up on the First floor of both the Academic
Building and Academic and Agency Building to take nomi
nations Nov. 15 through Dec. 6.
You do not need to be a liberal arts major to nominate
your favorite liberal arts professsor.
Parks Department seeking volunteers
The College Station Parks and Recreation Department is
asking for volunteers to help with the planning and organi
zation of the Fifth Annual Spring Arts Festival. The festival
will be held on April 23 at Central Park.
If you or your organization al e interested in helping with
the Festival, an organizational meeting will be held Nov. 17
at 3 p.m. at the Community Center at 1300 Jersey Street.
For further info relation contact the College Station Parks
and Recreation Department at 696-4753.
Model train open house announced
The Brazos Valley Model Railroad Society’s 5th annual
open house will be held from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. on Nov. 30
at the Clubhouse on Roundtree Drive in Bryan.
In addition to the 250-foot mainline which was completed
in 1979, this year’s layout will include several partially com
pleted switching yards, an engine repair facility, a narrow
gauge section and greatly expanded scenery.
Several trains will operate continuously over the entire
layout for the duration of the open house.
Members of the Brazos Valley Model Railroad Society will
also be available to answer questions about the club layout
and club membership, as well as model railroading in gen
eral.
The event is open to the public and is free. Children are
welcome but must be supervised.
The clubhouse is located one block west of College Ave
nue on Roundtree Drive, which is just north of Country Club
Lake.
Bicycle club to sponsor ride Sat.
The Texas A&M Bicycle Club is sponsoring their annual
100-mile Fall Century Ride this Saturday. Maps will be
handed out at registration which begins at 7:30 a.m. Satur
day at Rudder Fountain. The registration fee is $3 and
patches will also be available for $3.
There will be a prize awarded for the most “half-fast”
century rider (the person coming closest to the average time
for the 100-mile course).
A “sag-wagon” will be available to provide tools for minor
breakdowns and food and water.
For more information, contact Kevin Jones at 260-2270.
WSI students to hold swim-a-cross
The students of the water safety instructor class are orga
nizing a SWIM-A-CROSS for this Sunday from noon to 6
p.m.. Texas A&M students in all levels of swimming are
being asked to volunteer to swim as many lengths as possible
in a half hour.
Each student is finding sponsors to donate money for each
length (25 yards) completed or to donate a set amunt of
money regardless of the distance.
The money raised from the SWIM-A-CROSS will be don
ated to the Brazos County Chapter of the American Red
Cross. It will enable the chapter to continue providing ser
vices in the Bryan-College Station area and the whole Brazos
Valley.
If you have an announcement or interesting item to submit
for this column, come by The Battalion office in 216 Reed
McDonald or call Tracey Taylor at 845-2611.
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1 O’Clock band
features solos
staff photo by Ron Emerson
The North Texas State 1 O’Clock Lab Rudder Auditorium was highlighted by
Band’s Thursday-night performance in numerous individual performances.
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Battalion Staff
A standing ovation by an en
thusiastic crowd Thursday night
brought an encore from the
North Texas State 1 O’Clock
Lab Band — after the band per
formed 1 1 pieces.
But it was the numerous im-
provisational solos by band
members that highlighted the
performance.
The band, composed of 20
musicians and directed by Neil
Slater, performed pieces written
by several famous musicians —
including Richard Rodgers,
Freddy Hubbard, Charlie Par
ker — and also some original
compositions by members of the
band.
A version of “My Favorite
Things,” a Richard Rodgers
number from “The Sound of
Music,” was performed in 5/4
time instead of the traditional
waltz tempo in which the piece
originally was composed.
Slater said “Donna Lee,” a
chart by jazz saxophonist Char
lie Parker, was written for sax
ophones.
“To make it harder,” he said,
“some crazy fool at North Texas
wrote it for trombones.”
And the trombones handled
it quite well.
The lead trombonist, Bob
Conger, performed with excel
lent style and a smooth tone.
Other band members were fe
atured throughout the perform
ance.
At times, the concert seemed
to be the “Chip McNeill Show.”
McNeill, who plays tenor and
alto saxophone and flute in the
group, wrote several numbers
which the band performed.
The First number the band
performed, “Gazing on the
Mindless Expanse,” was written
by McNeill. In the piece,
McNeill has a tenor saxophone
solo which starts slowly but im
proved with time.
“Prelude to Genesis,"
written by McNeill, opensl
McNeill playing flute. McXi
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mer, but his flute playing!
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airiness of tone.
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its name. It opens withe
other-world and pri
tones. Chimes througnouil
piece add a sense of myslita
Paul Mazzio, the leadtniEj
player for the band, hasst
lovely, mellow flugelhorns
in “Prelude to Genesis."
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compositions was reached*!
the band played “Captaini|
Goes Trout Fishing.” Mt|
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solos with trilling interlude
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drummer and the percussl
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Labido,” by Don Schamber. which wa
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can lid cymbals. The cyrA
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storm on a tin roof.
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