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^25,2 ~ie com- ? to the ^ used tor map, distorts Tiakettie northern »an those n hemi- map, the > up overj lereason sp that is :ountrii! it of | id halfe! StOCOJ-j >ple ns blem an, 'hey mils at racisr a leame; not bo” iheymus i, she sail i BetaS: ernity teers rxual s are A'ard nent j jp of n tmattei field. ence )1S Id, ; print. Thursday, January 25, 2001 NEWS THE BATTALION Page 5 Former Battalion editor dies at 82 By Brady Creel The Battalion James S. Critz, a 1940 graduate of Texas A&M and former managing ed itor of The Battalion, died Jan. 20. Critz was born Aug. 28, 1918, in Teague, Texas. After graduating from high school, he entered A&M, majoring in geolo gy. He turned 16 just two days be fore beginning his freshman year. “A lot of East Texas kids in those days went to A&M,'’ said Critz’s son, Ward, recalling the stereotypical socioeconomic dis parity between men who attended A&M and the students at the Uni versity of Texas. The 1940 A&M yearbook, Long horn, lists Critz’s involvement at A&M, which included the geology club and petroleum geology club. At that time A&M did not have a journalism program, but the younger CRITZ IN 1940 Critz said his father “just had an affinity for it,” which drew him to work at the school newspaper. “Some people do (love to write),” he said. Kimberly Critz, Critz’s grand daughter, is a senior information and operations management major at A&M. She remembers her grandfa ther talking about working at the newspaper. “It was one of his fondest memo ries, being editor,” she said. Besides her grandfather, she is the only person in her family to attend A&M, and she said the University provided a special connection be tween them. Kimberly Critz ordered her own Aggie ring, one of the only tangible manifestations of that bond, Wednesday. “Everything I have done and been through he remembers, and talking about it was the only thing that would light up his face,” she said. “I told him two weeks ago that I’m getting to order my ring.” The 1940 Longhorn listed Critz’s nickname as “Hymie.” Kimberly Critz said she remem bered some of her grandfather’s Corps friends still calling him that at reunions, decades after he had graduated. “He had hell in Spanish class,” Kimberly Critz said. “He could not pass Spanish class for anything, so they called him ‘Hymie.’ ” When Critz graduated, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army field artillery, just before the dawn of U.S. involvement in World War II. “The whole generation went off and served in the service because the country was threatened,” Ward Critz said. “It’s a fascinating group that was basically just a bunch of kids, then the country was attacked.” Ward Critz remembered his fa ther’s stories of meeting Aggies dur ing his military service, which took him to Australia with Gen. Douglas MacArthur during the war. “He used to tell a story of meeting an Aggie in a liquor store in Aus tralia,” he said. Critz’s World War II military ser vice included five amphibious land ings. He fought in New Guinea, Nooemfoor and the Philippine Is lands and was discharged from the Army in 1946, after the war. Ward Critz said his father never forgot his tie to A&M. After he left the service, Critz maintained contact with former members of his old Corps outfit. “His best friend was an Aggie and was killed in Normandy,” he said. “He always told a story about getting a letter.” Critz is eligible to be on the roll call of this year’s April 21 annual campus Muster ceremony, said Julie Weber, Muster Committee subchair woman for the roll call and a senior agricultural business major. Ward Critz said his father was proud of being an Aggie, and his fam ily still has his Class of ’40 Aggie ring, which they have considered adding to the collection on display at the Clay ton Williams Jr. Alumni Center. “Old Aggies have a lot of inter esting stories about those times,” Ward Critz said. “It’s hard for people like us to think about that. “They are a fascinating group,” he said. “He was one of the last.” efrQfi& P*ea*tcuic4* GettteM # f /of BRAZOS VALLEY FACING AN UNPLANNED PREGNANCY? YOU DON'T HAVE TO FACE IT ALONE. Pregnancy Peer Counseling Service Complete Confidentiality Information on Abortion Risks Free Pregnancy Test Mon., Toes. & Thurs. 9-8 • Wed. & Fri. 9-5 • Sat. 8-12 695-9193 205 Brentwood • College Station www.hopepregnancy.org Mentor Continued from Page 1 them to students as a men tor,” Milburn said. Milburn said the mentor program was established in 1979 by a group of faculty members who were con cerned that students were be coming lost in a fast-expand ing campus. “During that time, a lot of change was occurring,” Mil- bum said. ‘This group of fac ulty was afraid that the stu dents would get lost in the bureaucracy. They wanted to create a place where students could go and not have to stand in line to talk to someone.” While the mentors fluc tuate in number from year to year, between 350 and 400 faculty and staff mem bers have extra office hours to help. “Mentors are volunteers who volunteer office hours to be available to any stu dent who needs to talk,” Milburn said. “They will listen non-judgmentally, and if they have expertise in the subject, they will help the student. If not, they are familiar with services on campus and can direct the student to someone who can help them.” Mentors attend a meeting each semester and are kept up to date on student services through a newsletter. Southerland said the AT- Mentor program was chosen to receive the endowment based on the services it pro vides to students. “As a volunteer organi zation, the faculty and staff members do a great service to Texas A&M University students,” he said Try something new! MSC ...is now taking applications for both hungry minds and stomachs! Satisfy your famished mind throughout the semester with dynamic professors in a small, non-academic, relaxed atmosphere. Students meet over dinner Sunday nights three times a semester to discuss meaningful topics from several disciplines. Inter ested? For information and an application, check out our website, or visit MSC 223-1. 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