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Gallery of Birds Droll Vankee Feeders - - M,de of quality wood, these BrmgThe Birds Flockmg / beautiful bird models, wben The most durable, easy to use birdfeeder around. Shown with optional seed tray £ squirrel guard/rain shield dome. assembled, wilt be worthy of any room in the house. (Choose from 8 models.) By designer Tatsuya Kodaka The Wild Bird Society of Japan profits from each sale Sea Shells Fool’s Gold £ Mineral Magnets! A natural for Holding notes £ messages to any metal surface. Dress up your fridge! Facts of Life Pop-up Book A superb source of information for all nterested in the most inspiring process of Birds of Tfexas One of the basics for any Nature lover's library, and an absolutely essential family tool. Swift Audubon Binoculars Designed in collaboration with leading ornithologists, the Audubon offers a superior combination of performance i dependability. A must for the serious naturalist.the extremely wide field of view (4450 £ extra power (U 5x) make it simple to track animals on the run or birds in flight. HFTTrTfnfi M - Monday GIE ALLEMANDERS: vviJJ meet at 7 p.m for Square >ancc class and 8:30 p-m for dub at the Pavilion. ICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS: /ill meet at 7:30 p.m. in 203 in Zachry for tlie final mect- this semester. There will be a talk on "Modern Plant Tohlems/' Pads, etc. will be on sell. .UT1CAL ARCHAEOLOGY STUDENT LECTURE SK- Tom Qertiing' will talk about the Molasses Reef pro- :ct at 7 p.m. in 301 Bolton. AND SHEET CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in the MSC Hinge to have pictures taken for the Aggielaiul. OF ’87 BALL COMMITTEE: will meet at 7:30 p.m. i Corps Lounge C. This will he an organizational meeting tin the date, theme decorations and hand. in I 10 Mtli- AND SHEET CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. try Science Building. (DENT Y: is sponsoring a Chnsinuis sta vict: at 7:30 p.m i the All Faith s Chapel. Father BUI Brooks will give the tessage and the Singing Cadets will provide the music. IDENT Y CANNED FOOD DRIVE: will end at the trtstmas service (see above). Please, bring youi cans to • service. tL SCIENCE SOCIETY AND PI SIGMA AL- l: will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 510 Rudder. Hections will next semester will be set. tBLE: will show “The Cabinet of Dr. st World*' at 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. sston is $ 1. >.m. in the MSC Flagrootn. The year- iken and bring smali Christmas pre- >r children at the Development Center. Call Andra at 840-2847 for more information. Wednesday »: will meet at 6;30 pari, in 701 ku<i Study Break. Fhere will be refresh- and other stress relievers. Call Stacey for more information. IINISTRY: will meet Irom 6:00 p.m. to United Presbyterian Church. T here will per” with a Christmas Party and Council Bill Love at 693-2861 for more informa- xr a i V Al ’ and the' Rudder. Adt tm » Chr ill music. ! at 69. ' Centenarian exercises for longe Tfl sn 202 vvVv United Press International p ST. LOUIS—Jim Cain d his 100th birthday interfere will daily routine of walking a mih riding an exercise bicycle foil) hour at a health club. “Why should my birthday dif ferent?” Cain said Frida) c finishing his daily workout C 'Fanny International in sire Maryland Heights. “I exercise day. ’ G IS Cain says before he beg: ingout last summer, he spent time at home watching the wllsdj ing in and waiting to die. “Three months ago thought I ’d make it to 100, i'esiii w “Today 1 f eel like a and it’s Decause of the exercisd made a new man outofme.Anill| made some new friends, rilkd brating my birthday the sameij next year.’ Although Cain says themJ letic tiling he had done uij younger years was to g 0 !™ 1 ! lias some advice for middleii people. “Anybody that’s sitting at In between tlie ages of 60and<11,t exercising,” he said. “I guanjiis| will knock 10 to 15 years oln age. P/for What 's 2W Reed Mcf should be aM, no less ; ue. ted to The Battalion, three days prior to cfe- • , “Not only will you feel l> you’ll be doing things you i thought you could.” . St. Louis Mayor Vincentq mehl Jr., declared Friday Jr Cain Day. .. Schoemehl described physical fitness enthusiast™ I inspiration to all. , Cain’s friends at the healtnj honored him with a birthday H gold watch, sweater and a warj suit. 8 i British feel effects from U.S. political decisions United Press International The terrific Audubon Bird Call Just tw ist the pewter stem in it«. wooden housing 4 produce an amazing variety of bird sounds that bring birds to investigate . Nature Design Mugs Assorted 10oz. white porcelain LONDON — During and after World War II, the British consid ered their relationship with the United States to be special. Bu( lately the feeling of common heritage has faded, especially in the younger gen eration, So most of Britain, which has be come increasingly integrated into Western Europe, does not look for favored treatment from President Reagan as he enters his second term. Nevertheless, Thatcher and her ruling Conservative Party are realis tic enough to understand that Rea gan’s decisions during the years ahead will have major consequences for Britain and the rest of the world. Thus, they will try to make their voice heard in Washington. Thatcher has shared Reagan’s dis trust of the Soviet Union, and she was loath to criticize his slowness to get into arms control talks with the Kremlin. Indeed, she has taken risks to demonstrate her support for U.S. defense policies. For example, her government au thorized the United States to deploy cruise missiles at American bases here, even though surveys show the majority of the British to be appre hensive. As a consequence, Thatcher no doubt subscribes to the view held by most British that Reagan has little to lose and a good deal to gain by talk ing with the Russians. An aspect of international affairs that also preoccupies the British is the impact of U.S. economic devel opments, primarily the federal bud get deficit, on Britain and Western Europe. The British are concerned that the U.S. deficit will continue to keep U.S. interest rates high, thereby forcing other countries to man high rates in order to restrain flow of capital to America. A prevailing view is thatthetM will either compel the Federal! | serve Bank to print morenwnt | finance the shortfall, thus reir I inflation, or raise interest n s.“Either way,” a British polil| says, “it will end in tears. Though the British allagrctj Reagan and the Congress ntusifl the deficit, they are not aboutBij gest whether to increase taxo®j mice spending. They recall, nj ever, that Thatcher campaip election by pledging to hold fl down, then did just the oppose ter her victory. JL I f Reagan did the same despi|‘j campaign promises, the appl from London would be deafei®| and nobody here, would accuse of duplicity. • Gre • Shi • Exti • Eas swirr on-si all i atn 600 Human development. A clear, straightforward ex planation of the facts joys of re production, for all members of the family. Quartz. Clock Tails Both Time arid Weather A wall weather station, thermometer; hygrometer and bar ometer, combined in a handsome quartz wall clock. Tex'as Weather Wildflowers of Texas 5 s v.* • *' mugs with drawings. Natural Beauty of Texas Calendar Twenty-four exquisite full- color nature prints by photographer Robert Henderson. Foldable Magnifier Nature watchers, hobbyists 3 fine print readers alike find this foldable magnifier indispensable. Folds flat for storage. Sumerian dictionary reveal! mysteries of early existence United Press International PHILADELPHIA — One volume of the first dictionary of the ancient Sumerian language of Merliest writ ing found, was transcribed in cunei form characters in ancient Mesopo tamia 5,000 years ago. The mysterious, wedge-shaped markings, pressed into moist clay tablets with reeds, contain the world’s first epics, the first recorded histories, the first medical prescrip tions, the first accounting ledgers and even the first known stories of creation, museum spokeswoman Phoebe Resnick said. more than 400,000 cards. J; In 1976, the University received a grant from theMJ Endowment for the Huniati'jJ ■ a dictionary based on!>r|1 c/, tl'i'.it scholars I While scholars began work on the language in 1887, Sjoberg first be gan to systematically collect Sume rian words on index cards in 1949, she said. His files currently contain write 1 cards so that scholars ever J j could use his research, Resm 1 Sjoberg has been vvorMT University Museum with a | researchers since 1976. Curriculum (continued from page 1) Provides an entertaining £ informative^guide to the pleasures, the puzzles and the problems of weather in the Lone Star State Hardbound, f ull-color, excellent photographic guide to Lady Bird's favorite blossoms. Chroma Sphere Changes colors as temperature changes! Each Sphere comes with a temperature chart. Philips Planisphere Can be set to correspond to the sky as the observer sees it---any given hour of the year. Dinosaur Zipper Bags Bold silkscreens on sturdy canvas A favorite for students £ teachers. Star Worlds Planetarium Projects 70 major stars £ constellations in any room. Includes lighted pointer, star charts and astronomy booklet Open 'til 9 wee knights H.il Christmas. Whole Earth Provision Co 105 Boyett College Station 84-6-5794 of the colleges don’t have a good ar ray of general education courses — we don’t in agriculture — but we’re trying to build. But my Question is whether the Core Curriculum Com mittee is considering courses that are as valuable as other people think and whether the courses are available at this University.” The Assistant Dean of the College of Education, Dr. Bryan Cole, shares Kunkel’s concern about redlining leeway for the colleges. “I favor a core curriculum in the sense that I think everyone ought to have some educational breadth,” Cole says. “But I have reservations where the University or the senate tries to specify certain courses. The core curriculum, as I perceive it, is really oriented more towards the one Or two colleges which virtually have Oo humanities.” Dr. William B. Smith, interim as sociate dean of the College of Sci ence, says he’s in favor of some gen eral requirements but he wants it to be two-way. “I think in some disciplines the ac creditations are used as an outside reason for doing what they want to do,” he says. “I keep telling people of i that we’re in the business of educat ing — not training — and there is a difference.” The former interim dean of the College of Engineering, Dr. Donald McDonald, says his attitude is one of ‘wait and see.’ “I think a lot of people, especially those in liberal arts,” McDonald says, “take the attitude of, ‘Well, let’s don’t worry about accreditation,’ and they don’t have to. But this must be looked into very carefully because whether we like it or not, if a student graduates in engineering from a non-accreditated program, then that seriously affects his ability to become a registered professional engineer. So we have an obligation to the stu dents to be accredited.” Dr. Samuel Gillespie, assistant dean of the College of Business, is behind the core curriculum all the departments come in. 11 J of the baccalaureate deg^l gram is from the top down. quently, I’m in favor of acor e 1 ulum. ft helps the studentJL whether he wants to aU el1 'I school or not.” , , .1 Dean Daniel Fallon, Liberal street. very skill; Arts, says it is :et. Now liberal arts stude^J much to have te''lii lf|l 4 as much as the dents need the familiarity ofiVI way “I feel that the University should have first shot to say, ‘Here’s what we want all Texas A&M students to have,’ ” he says. “After the Univer sity gets through, then the individual colleges take hold and add what they want the students to have. Then the sic ideas of the Western O' 1 ' 1 | Both are important,” hesayi' J “The big movement in ^ j try is back towards liberal 3 J general education. People‘ irf j mg that more than anyd"^ they need for students t° | stronger liberal arts backgr 0 ! 1 ” Most of all, they are arguw among the colleges of Te* 3 , , the arguments are mostl) each other’s backs. But as ^. mittee’s December deadly j the whispers are increasing' though no battle lines are the electricity is in the air f is protecting his own turf. i