Texas A and M University - El Rancho Yearbook (Kingsville, TX)

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Graduate Biology Students Study Ways of Marine Life As one of Mark Twain ' s characters might say, Let ' s play hooky and go fishing! However, for two A I biology students, fishing is a necessary part of their graduate research. Last summer, Texas A I graduates Roger Zimmerman and James Seagle began making monthly trips to Ran- som Island, located in Redfish Bay. Gathering finned and shelled marine life, the biologists study the effect of shallow-water turtle grass on the living habits of sea creatures. The marine animals are trapped with a large trammel net which is set diagonally out into the bay. During each trip, the students make frequent checks of different net quad- rants to capture trapped specimens. These animals are then put into plas- tic barrels and later are preserved in formaldehyde. After such fishing trips, the speci- mens ' stomachs are studied in the university biology lab. The contents of their stomachs tell the feeding habits of the fish and invertebrates. Tol Dr ' AnLTch Ly ' ' ° ' ' ° ° Zimmerman, James Seagle, and biology

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l 1 v PunoY Off-Caikpus Most students, even those with congenial roommates, find a private telephone is almost necessity. When roommates are gone, an apartment is a lonely place. With eight girls sharing the same house, there is a line for everything.