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Chancellor named to crops board
Dr. Perry L. Adkission, deputy chancellor for agriculture
for the Texas A&M University System, has been appointed
to the governing board of the International Crops Research
Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics in Hyderabad, India.
Dr. Adkisson’s appointment, made by the Consultative
Group on International Agricultural Research, is for a three
year term.
The institute is part of a network of international agricul
tural research centers sponsored by the United Naitons, the
World Bank, the United States government, numerous fore
ign governments and private foundations.
Petroleum engineering receives gift
Kenneth R. Huddleston of Houston, senior vice-president
for production with Pennzoil Exploration and Production
Co., has provided a $25,000 endowment to support faculty
activities and student scholarships in the Petroleum En
gineering Department here.
The Huddleston Endowment was made available by
Huddleston, a 1950 petroleum engineering graduate, and
by matching funds from Pennzoil.
MSC Travel plans Mardi Gras trip
The MSC Travel Committee has announced a Mardi Gras
trip to New Orleans on Feb. 11-13. Total cost for the trip will
be $100, which includes the hotel and bus charter.
For further information or to sign up for the trip come by
the Student Programs Office in Room 216 MSC, or call
845-1515.
Dinner honoring prof to be held
A retirement dinner honoring Dr. John C. Calhoun Jr.,
deputy chancellor for engineering for the Texas A&M Uni
versity System, will be held Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Memo
rial Student Center.
Calhoun is stepping down this year after being associated
with Texas A&M for nearly three decades in a number of key
roles. He also holds the rank of Distinguished Professor of
Petroleum Engineering.
I ickets for the dinner are $15 and reservations should be
made with Marjorie Manning in Room 241 of Zachry
Engineering Center by Fridav.
MSC Arts sponsors exhibit, lecture
The MSC Arts Committee is sponsoring an art exhibit in the
MSC Gallery entitled “Modern Masters” now through Feb.
5. The paintings are on loan from the Sara Campbell Blaffer
Foundation of Houston.
In conjunction with the exhibit, the committee is also
sponsoring a lecture by Dr. Peter Guenther, an art professor
at the University of Houston, on Saturday at 7 p.m. in
Rudder Forum. There will be reception in the gallery follow
ing the speech.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
Welch Foundation lectures to begin
Dr. Egon Matijevic of Clarkson College of Technology will
present the annual Robert A. Welch Foundation Lecture in
Room 231 Chemistry Bldg at 3:30 p.m. Monday.
Matijevic will speak on “Monodispersed Metal (hydrous)
Oxides: A Fascinating Field of Colloid Science.”
Colloid chemistry is the study of matter which is smaller
than one-millionth of a meter in dimension and exists as
suspension in a gas, liquid or solid medium.
i-ie is one of seven distinguished scientists performing
lectures this year for the Welch Foundation of Houston.
Candidate workshop to be offered
4 he Brazos County League of Women Voters is sponsoring
a workshop on Monday for potential candidates, campaign
workers and interested citizens. The workshop will be held at
the College Station Community Center beginning at 7:30
p.m.
County Attorney Jeff Brown, KTAM Station Manager
Ben Downs and Account Executive Ron Gay will comprise a
panel to assist potential candidates with ideas on media cov
erage, press conferences, and the steps in organizing an
effective campaign.
The LWV sponsored workshop is the only training session
available locally to assist candidates. The workshop is pre
sented as a public service and no fee will be charged.
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.
Now you know
United Press International
SAN DIEGO — The man chil
dren know as Dr. Seuss says he
will never appear again before a
group of youngsters because of
an encounter he had in Cleve
land with a rough bunch of
teenagers.
“I was drawing characters on
an easel before some of the
toughest 13-year-old kids I’ve
ever seen,” said Ted Geisel, the
JPs refuse interracial marriages
United Press International
AUSTIN — The director of
the Texas Civil Liberties Union
said today he’s satisfied that
Attorney General Jim Mattox
will decide whether three Fort
Worth area justices of the peace
must perform interracial mar
riages.
TCLU director John B. Dun
can had asked the state Commis
sion on Judicial Conduct to re
move the three Tarrant JPs
from office after they said ear
lier this month they would not
perform interracial marriages.
Commission director
Maurice S. Pipkin has asked
Mattox’s office for an advisory
opinion on the matter because
the eight-member panel has
never addressed the issue.
Pipkin said it will be discussed
at a March meeting of the com
mission.
Ray Bell, president of the
NAACP in Fort Worth, has also
written Mattox to protest the ac
tions of the three JPs, John
Forbes, Eldon Sheffield and
Sandy Pringle.
Duncan said he was not upset
that the Commission on J udicial
Conduct referred the matter to
Mattox’s office, even though he
said the commission has the
power to remove the JPs.
“Clearly, we’d be happier if
they (commission) went about
doing what they ought to do,” he
said. “But I’m not disturbed ab
out the issue going to Attorney
General Mattox.
“His record on civil rights has
been very good.” said Duncan.
“I think the law is on our side
and it’s just a matter of time be
fore an (attorney general’s)
opinion tells them (commission)
they should take some action.”
Duncan said the TCLU would
not object if the JPs refused to
perform any marriages, but he
said it becomes a constitutional
question if they refuse on the
basis of race, sex, religion or na
tional origin.
“Then they run into problems
with the civil rights law,” he said.
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