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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1991)
State and local 3 Friday, March 8,1991 The Battalion Cornerstone ceremony Sam Houston Sanders Corps of Cadets Center to include library, visitors’ center, conference rooms, museum with Hall of Honor University News Service The cornerstone of Texas A&M’s Sam Houston Sandei's Corps of Cadets Center was leveled in a ceremony Thursday at the building site. The 19,300-square-foot building is expected to be completed tins fall, said Corps of Cadets Commandant Maj. Gen. Thomas Darling, who presided at the ceremony. The event was conducted by the Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas. The $3 million facility, now under construction adjacent to the cadet living area, is only the third structure on campus to be built entirely from private gifts. The building will house a visitors’ center, library, conference rooms, Corps offices and a museum that will include a Hall of Honor. “We will have in this fine facility a building of which we can all be proud, built by Aggies for future generations of Aggies as a personification of the values that we all hold so dear,” Universitv President William Mobley saia. Texas A&M University System Regent Raul Fernandez of San Antonio, who also chairs the Corps Development Council, elaborated on those values. “The lessons that I learned in the Corps — the teamwork, problem solving, the camaraderie — all of these lessons have stayed with me for a lifetime,” Fernandez said. As a part of the ceremony, many of the 500 attendees contributed small items to three tubes that will be included in the cornerstone’s time capsule. KARL STOLLEIS/The Battalion A Mason admires the cornerstone of the future led the ceremony. Members of the Grand Ma* Sam Houston Sanders Corp of Cadets Center at sonic Lodge of Texas, Dr. Mobley, Dr. Koldus the leveling ceremony Thursday afternoon, and other A&M systems leaders were present. Corps Commandant Maj. Gen. Thomas Darling Dr. Sanders was unable to attend. Custodians to battle in clean competition By Twila Waddy The Battalion The South Area Posse, Northeast Area Tower of Power, Northwest Area Main Ingredients and the Corps of Cadets Area Challengers will match forces Wednesday in the M.C. Showdown Custodial Competi tion. Four teams of 12 Texas A&M cus todial workers from the four hous ing areas will display their custodial skills in eight events in the Commons lobby. “This is a good opportunity to rec ognize custodians and help enhance their skills,” says Dan Mizer, assistant director of A&M Residence Life, Fa cilities and Operations. This also will recognize the tech niques used in custodial work, he says. One event is the Mop Magic, where the objective is for a team to dean a 50-square foot area in the least amount of time. Another event is the Soaked Sponge Relay, where the team must get the most amount of water from the start bucket to the finish bucket. Other events include Bathroom Brigade, Measure Minder, Buffer Driving Course, Fine Tune Clean ing, Trash Can Relay and quiz. The custodial competition is in its second year and open to the public. Mizer says the competition next year might pit A&M’s custodians with the custodians from the University of Texas. Mizer says more than a hundred people are expected to come out and ort the teams. ou get a chance to see how well people do and test their skills,” he says. The team that accumulates the most points at the end of the compe tition wins. Four trophies will be awarded for first through third place winners and a traveling trophy for the over all winner. Everyone who participates will be given a ribbon. “They are fired up about it,” Mizer says. The competition begins at 8 a.m. and continues to 2:45 p.m. The showdown is sponsored by the De partment of Student Affairs. Dr. Red Duke to highlight high school conference Dr. Red Duke highlights a confer ence this weekend at Texas A&M for state high school students interested in learning about trends in science- related fields. Duke, an A&M graduate now af filiated with the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, will speak at 1:30 p.m. in Rudder Fo rum. He will address several hundred students participating in the Texas Junior Engineering Technical So ciety (JETS) regional testing compe tition. JETS, a non-profit organization, is designed to help persuade high school students to choose technical careers in engineering, math and sci ence. More than 2,000 high school stu dents are expected to attend five re gional JETS competitions this spring. 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