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

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Graduate programs, workshops are new in Biology curriculum Top left: The summer Teacher’s Workshop went to Baffin Bay last summer. There Dr, Alan Chaney, Rick Tennen and Mary- Wright check a seine haul of fish. Top right: Ramon Alaniz and Judy Crews took on the counting of plants in a quadrant as a project. Bottom: Celie Hoermann views a plankton sample taken from the bay. The biology department initiated two new programs during the year, both aimed primarily at assisting public school teachers doing graduate work. A Plan II graduate program and work- shop sessions were added to biology activi- ties last summer. The master’s program does not require a thesis, but rather emphasizes subject mat ter and its utilization in the classroom. It also requires less research. The idea of a Plan II graduate program, developed over the past couple of years has received much interest from public school teachers in the area, according to Dr. J. Talmer Peacock, professor and chairman of the biology department. The two three-week summer sessions also were well received. They are designed to provide teachers in the public school system who have limited background in biology with intensive training in this field, mainly in the area of environmental biology. Workshops included field work as well as classroom discussions. Field trips, some of them overnight, were made to Baffin Bay, Welder Wildlife Refuge and other nearby areas of interest to biology' students. The marine biology program continues to grow with student interest. Two new courses, biology of estaurine organisms (graduate) and introduction to marine ecol- ogy will be added to the marine biology program in the fall of 1971.

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Bible Chairs offer opportunities for service, personal growth Campus Christian Fellowship Two drama productions, Spoon River Anthology,” and World of Carl Sandburg,” were brought to the university by CCF. Operation Uplift, which has sent stu- dent tutors to assist slow-learning children in Kingsville and Youth City, was expand- ed this year to include the Dos Mundos school system in Corpus Christi. CCF has joined with other religious groups in the Inter-Faith Film Scries” to bring to the campus such major full-length films as Hamlet” and A Man For All Seasons.” CCF director, Karl Brown, taught cours- es in religion to a total enrollment of 200 students. Church of Christ Bible Chair Robert Skelton, director of the Church of Christ Bible Chair, brought Frank Dunn of San Antonio to the campus for a lecture program titled Truth Conference.” At Christmas, students prepared boxes to be distributed to families from the wel- fare rolls. A total of 180 enrollments for Bible courses represents substantial increase from last year. Baptist Student Union Students from the BSU established three mission points in the local area where they worked with disadvantaged children. An- other group, Quest, was also started this year. This group of students presented pro- grams to local churches, representing what today’s students find most exciting in reli- gion. Dean Mathis, BSU director, taught 162 students in Bible courses this year. Catholic Student Association Construction of the new center for Cath- olic students was started this spring. Stu- dents held a rummage sale to help furnish the new center, which is expected to be fin- ished by September, The new center will include a recreation area, class rooms and a chapel. Early in the spring semester. Rev. Casi- mir Jarzombek, chaplain and director, was transferred, and Rev. John Kileen from Bishop is fulfilling the duties until a re- placement is named. Top: Dr. Robert Short of SMU, author of (he best seller The Gospel According to Peanuts, was th D. A. Barber lecturer this year. He presented four lec tures on theology in art. Bottom: A coed from th. BSU cells a story ro children at one of the missioi points where students serve.

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Business Dept, divided into 4 departments The School of Business Administration is the fastest growing school on the A I campus. Because of this fast growth rate, the Board of Directors approved the divi- sion of the school into four departments: Accounting and Electronic Data Process- ing, Economics and Financing, Manage- ment and Marketing, and General Busi- ness. The School of Business Administration has added a new major. Starting this year students could major in Electronic Data Processing. They now have 30-40 students majoring in this field. There were six new faculty members added in 1970-71. They are David Higgins, Jack Huggins, Joel Staff, John Hussey, Joel Moore, and Harry Holcombe. One faculty member will be retiring, Dr. George McCulley. He taught business finance and accounting, and served the college 36 years as registrar and director of admissions. He is retiring after 41 years with Texas A I. Last fall there was an enrollment of 1,522 in business courses. Ninety-eight of these were graduate students. This is a 14 per cent increase over last year’s enroll- ment. There are a number of new courses being offered in economics, general busi- ness, management, and marketing. Top: Accounting Society President Russell Grimmer was master of ceremonies for the March banquet which honored 57 students who had earned superior grades in the first two courses of accounting. Bottom: Students learn to operate standard office equipment in the courses they take.