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Page 4/The BattalionATuesday, April 10, 1984 New building going up for Alumni By TRICIA PARKER Stall Writer l Midland oilman Claylon Wil liams Jr. has donated $2.5 mil- dion dollars toward the con- •struction of a new 30,000- vsquare-foot building to house ^the Texas A&M Association of JFormer Students, the organiza tion announced last week. *■ The building, scheduled for ‘completion late in 1985, will ‘cost $5 million. Williams, a 1954 "Texas A&M graduate, has agreed to pay for up to half of the cost. Tommie Maddox, adminis trative assistant to the executive director of the organization said there is a need for more space than the association has in the Forsyth Alumni Center, located in the Memorial Student Cen ter. “The office space we have here we’ve just outgrown,” she said. “We would like to establish a permanent structure honor ing former students. It just takes a lot of area to do all this.” Building committees have been trying for four years to find space for the association. Proposals included adding on to the center in the MSC or try ing to build a complex that would house the Association of Former Students, the Aggie Club and the Development Foundation. When all this fell through, the association obtained legis lation which would allow it to use five acres of campus prop erty for its activities. Maddox said the building will be called the Clayton W. Williams Cen ter. The arc-shaped building will be built on a five-acre tract next to the floral gardens and across from the president’s home, on the corner of Houston and Jer sey Streets. A plaza in front of the building will be inlaid with a bronze and stone seal of the as sociation. Chairman of the building committee Davis Ford said in The Texas Aggie magazine that the structure will contain offices and reception rooms which will serve as the nerve center for the association. Space for archives and a video library also will be provided in the new building. Two wings will be reserved for class programs, the A&M Club Field Office, The Texas Aggie Magazine and the A&M Travel Program. Records and fund raising divisions, mailing and printing facilities and ad ministrative offices will be housed as well. Ford said the building will be financed both by Williams and by contributions from former students. Those who contribute $50,000 will have their names inscribed on one of the build ing’s 33 pillars. For $25,000, contributors can have their names inscribed on the cor nerstone. “This is a once in a lifetime opportunity,” Ford said in The Texas Aggie. “We’ll be con structing the first permanent home in the Association’s 105- year history. The Center is be ing planned to last fifty years or more. Something like this comes along but once in a cen tury.” PREPARE FOR: June National Library Week Call Days Evenings & Weekends kicks off with reception START YOUR PRE PARATION EARLY! By REBECCA DIMEO Reporter Educational Center TEST PREPARATION SPECIALISTS SINCE 1938 Call 696-3196 for details 707 Texas Ave. 301-C In Dallas: 11617 N. Central Expwy. A reception honoring Ster ling C. Evans Monday marked the beginning of National Li brary Week at Texas A&M. Antonia Snee, chairman of National Library Week for Ster- l EVERY NIGHT IS SPECIAL AT HOFFBRAU Sunday Evening Chicken Fried Steak with French Fries and Dinner Roll Only 2 95 Tine Double Chicken Fried Steak Is Only 4 25 Tuesday All Day Seafood Day-All Day Long! Oysters On-The-Half-Shell Only 25C each Fried Oysters Fried Shrimp 3 95 dozen Boiled Shrimp 4 95 /Y2 lb 2 95 /V4 lb Monday Evening One of Hoffbrau’s All-Time Favorites- The 8 oz Rlet with Baked Potato and Dinner Roll Only 4 95 Wednesday Evening 1<J Beer Night Enjoy up to 3 beers for only a penny each with any great Hoffbrau steak dinner. 2 for 1 On All Bar Drinks! Happy Hour Mon-Sat 11-7 & 9 to dose Enjoy Our New Oyster Bar! 1 Block North Of A&M On South College .o^«V V Bar ^Restaurant Sun-Wed 11 10 Thurs 11-midnight Fri & Sat 11 am 1 am ling C. Evans Library said the “birthday” reception for Evans has been an annual event here during National Library Week. National Library Week, started by the American Library Association in 1958 to focus public attention on reading for fun, has been celebrated at Texas A&M since 1975. Every year the ALA suggests a national theme for the events printed on flyers and posters such as this year’s slogan, “K- nowledge is real power” accom panied by the cartoon character Superman. Snee said she anticipates crowds of about 150 for each of the speakers today and Thurs day. Friday’s book sale, which features books the library either has duplicates of or no longer needs, brings in money used to buy new books and pay the speakers for the following year. “The book sale is one of the biggest draws of the week,” Snee said. Roger Brooks, one of the two speakers scheduled for Thurs day, compiled the Matthew Ar nold collection — poems and es says by the 19th century British educator which were purchased by the Sterling C. Evans Library last year. Don Dyal, head of special col lections at the library, said he is looking forward to the presen tation on the Matthew Arnold collection because he knows some English classes will be us ing the works, and he sees po tential dissertation topics in them. “It’s sort of an announce ment program for the Matthew Arnold works,” Dyal said. Bryan Public Library is also celebrating National Library Week with a number of displays and programs. Clara Mounce, city librarian, said their biggest exhibit is a showcase in the lobby of Sterling C. Evans Li brary depicting the library’s services, such as how to gel a li brary card, in the form of a big Monopoly game. Pounce said the annual meet ing of the Friends of the Li brary is scheduled for National Library Week. Tonight at the meeting Sen. Kent Caperton will be presented with a 3-foot by 2-foot collage made from 200 library cards from across the state. Caperton and four other Texas senators are being awarded for their support of public libraries, Pounce said. The rest of the program, to night at 7 p.m. in the Bryan Public Library auditorium, will consists of a color slide presen tation of Bryan before the li brary was built and a ceremony honoring library volunteers. The National Library Week events at Texas A&M, held in the Sterling C. Evans Library and free to the public, are as follows: • Today — William D. Sto- tesbery, director of government and public affairs at Microelec tronics and Computer Technol ogy Corp., will speak in Room 204C. Reception will follow. • Thursday — Roger Brooks, vice president for ad ministrative affairs at Houston Baptist University; and R. H. Super, visiting professor from the University of Michigan, will speak on the Matthew Arnold collection in Room 204C. Re ception will follow. What’s up TUESDAY BRAZOS VALLEY SELF-RELIANCE C0ALI TION: Virginia Bowers, from the City of College Sta tion, will be speaking on conserving energy in your apartment at 7:30 p.m. in 110 Military Sciences. Comact Scott at 260-3475 for more information. DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE: The course will be held from 6-10 p.m. tonight and Wednesday night in the Ramada Inn. Registration is $20. To pre-register, call 846-1904 or 693-8178. ISREAL CLUB/OCEANOGRAPHY GRADUATE COUNCIL: A slide show and presentation of'Oceaao- graphy in Isreat” will be shown at 8:30 p.m. in 302Rud aer Tower. Contact Larry Rose at 693-7952 for more in formation. MSC CEPHEID VARIABLE: There will be a general meeting at 7:30 p.m. in 302 Rudder Tower. MSC HOSPITALITY: A child ren’s Easter party will be held from 7-8:30 p.m. in 201 of the MSC. Freefoodand games for all children! For more information, call Kira Wallace at 696-0151. MICROBIOLOGY SOCIETY: T here will be a gened meeting at 6:30 p.m. in 113 BSBL. Officer elections ml be held. Everyone welcome! SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERS: A meet ing will be held at 7 p.m. in 102 Zachry. Call 845-2211 for more information. SPIRIT AWARD CEREMONY: The Buck Wrirw Spirit Awards will be presented on Sunday at9a.nui the Parents Day Program. All applicants should lie pre sent for the ceremony. Winners will not lx* notified be fore the ceremony. TAMU SAILING TEAM: A meeting will beheldaif p.m. in 109 MLS. Call Jonathon Roach at 260-3048for more information. TAMU THEATRE ARTS: “Romeo & Juliet” willbeper formed at 8 p.m. in Rudder Theatre. Performance will continue through Saturday. Contact Cay at 845-2021 foi more information. UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL: Those stu dents who are interested in visiting and singing at the Sherwood Nursing Home should meet at the studem ' enter at 6:45 p.m. For more information, contact Pastoi Hubert Beck. A top offici ectronics and ( Fedinologv C< :xas A&M t adonal Libra i William D. 5 or of goverm iffalrs tor MCI >.m. in Room 1 IngC. Evans L The theme fi Knowledge i: md since MCI ials with con itotesbery was ays librarian G heii WEDNESDAY STUDENT’S ENGINEERS COUNCIL: There will bt a general meeting at 7 a.m. in 342 Zachry. A&M German Club presents folk play Stotesbery MCC’s extern lions. He receiv public affairs lb iity of Texas an communication Christian Unive By MELINDA HANSEN Reporter Members of the A&M Ger man Club and the Modern Lan guages Department will present the three-act folk drama, “Ges- chichten aus dem Wiener Wald” today at 8 p.m. in the Fo rum. “Tales from the Vienna Woods,” written in 1930 by Odon von Horvath, is a bittersweet love story set against the Great Depression and the early stirrings of national social ism. Directed by Roger Crockett and Dr. Wulf Koepke of the clei the play will be pertormed German. A detailed Enj' nopsis will be available are sv dc and ind bee« __modern languages department. SPRING SAVINGS 20% off all Twisties 20% off all wedding bands and wedding sets in stock 30% off all Keepsake wedding bands and Keepsake® wedding sets in stock DOUGLAS JEWELRY Locally owned and operated for over 20 years. 1623 Texas Ave. Members of the cast arts dents in German 489- duction. Crockett said tbe dents take the course in spring, but they have work on the play sinceOctol* One of the leading cast bers in the play is Karen Hi who plays a young Aiis® lady (Marianna) someone she doesn’t want marry. Ben Galewsky has male lead of Alfred, Man; lover. Edwin Garrett plays ant stubborn, egotislal merchant novelty items, and Specht will portray a 50f old owner of a tobacco shop ing to act younger than really is. “We have presented con* | a y the last three years,” CrodT ' said, “but we wanted toex| other areas. That's why wt trying something different' year.” he said Other events a highlight a [| recent acquisiti lion on Englisl Arnold on Wee )f films to be si floor lounj the annual a.m. to 3 p.m. Newb Correctio 212 N. Main Downtown Bryan 822-3119 College Station 693-0677 The Texas A&M Student f lertainment Network wash rectly named in Monday's talion. TAMSEN is thecoi name, and it is located on third floor of the Memorial dent Center. The Battalion grets the error. STUDY IN LONDON This Summer Spend Five Weeks In London This summer and earn up to nine hourstransferable credit with the UNIVER SITY OF HOUSTON LONDON PROGRA- M. Applications are now being accepted for both the Summer Graduate Semes ter and the Summer Undegraduate Se mester. Enrollment now taking place also for the fall and springsemester. For more information call Gilliam Landre- neauat (713) 749-3483 or write to the London Program, Room 115A Roy Cul len, University of Houston-Park,Hous- ton,Texas 77004 BySONDRA Rep In a special i night, Tony J< Place 6 in Sati was sworn in as College Statio ichool District Jones is a fo Comi spoke to lec By TAM Rep MCC is an t omputer com knowledg ogether for ipment. MCC i: fexa? is now at America’s comp lutchins says. dump - by me United Press LA MARQU1 [irl found aban< vas in guarded offering from , hospital off A citizen altr; ant’s cries foi vhich was only ; 17:35 a.m. Me m FM Road 21 |ue, about 30 louston, police “She still had ler,” a police dis The baby, v inrned, was pb of child 1 nent while polic mother. Sh [uarded conditi hospital of Galv learby Texas Ci Police asked ormation or ion; nother. "We would li! anybody coi lolice spokes There’s ot tha ightnow.” tolice The following ported to the ce Department MISDEMEAN • The left taill 'oma 1980 Eon Parking Anne: • A gray M :en-speed bicy< tom the southw 'oherty Building • A student’s tolen from the C the Student Pr le contents of 'ere found on th HARASSMEN • A student i eported receivi assing phone c lours of the day. • A student i eported receivi g phone ca 'ho identifiec John.” CRIMINAL T 1 A Utilities I eported seeing Jan unauthoriz he locked gates I beam Tunnels.