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

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Bible Chair brings speakers fo ACSQI, new building opens The Campus Christian Fellowship con- tinued Operation Uplift this year. Every Friday students from CCF went to Youth City and Dos Mundos School in Corpus Christi to tutor slow learning students. The CCF also cooperated with the other Bible Chairs to bring films and speakers to campus. CCF director, Karl Brown, taught courses on marriage and morals and the teachings of Jesus. Over TOO students were enrolled. The Church of Christ Bible Chair started a membership drive this semester. They had speakers every week talking on the different periods of Christ's life. The speakers came from churches in this area. Robert Skeleton, director, taught several courses this semester on the New Testament. Tentative plans have been made for new courses on different books of the Bible. There were 85 students en- rolled this semester. The Baptist Student Union served lunches this semester in an effort to get students together. They also worked three Mission points. They visited local areas and worked with disadvantaged children Dean Mathis, BSU director, reported an enrollment of about 100 students this semester He instructed courses covering the prophets, Old Testament, and the Book of the Genesis The biggest prolect of the Catholic Stu dent Association this semester is the new building which was completed in Febru ar The building is open to all students lt includes a snack bar and lounge lt also has classrooms and a large conference room The Catholic Student Association, Catholic fraternity, and married students use the building regularly The center received a new director this year, the Rev Robert J Ullrich The association continued its annual barbecue to collect funds for a mainte nance fund for the building Top: Rev. Robert J. Ullrich, new director of the Catholic Student Center. Bottom: BSU sponsored Buckner Fannin this year. He spoke to students in the Biology-Earth Science building. .. . ...J f Ss Jfiwf v?'f3.ff4f1V,6 sg. frfrffffg-s1gfaF.'f6s -WMM , . 0 . , . . T 0 ' a . . . ' . I 0 - . l l ' . I I u Ax., , fm. : ' , '- wsww5em...,......,.,. N ' 4 355 - 4 '-- . ' WW: Z I M . ? ,bb-1 I ' A ,WW WM.. - .4 it . L3 Vff ' :Q ,Z 2 Mi ami? ,. sw, 2,4 , ' V ww :ffpi 1 --1 -, Q.. , ,.'f,,,'..,. , I, , .uf..,,,,,, T ,a 'iff '14 If? 'W ---if? ffgfag Ears.. 1 ff! 4 P' 1'5- loch year the see the many

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New developments found during year in arf department One of the new developments in the art department was the teaching of non-visual art and self-concept art to the beginning art education students. With this new concept, the art depart- ment hopes to give the future art teacher an idea of what kind of art he will en- counter when he begins to teach children who directly express their egos. In these two programs, the students worked only with crayola, and their only subiect was themselves. They tried to show feelings they experienced without regard to pro- portion, perspective, and emotional reali- ties. U The Art Department also had a dem- onstration of bronze casting for the first time, and a graduate student ran a metal casting foundry for the first time. Retiring at the end of the 1972 sum- mer session was Ben P. Bailey Jr. Bailey ioined the University faculty in 1936 and served as chairman of the Art Depart- ment from 1958 until 1968. ln the early years he was a one-man art division in the Fine Arts Department, which included art, music, and speech-drama.

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ZR. Fannin P ' . .,.z, 'hi -X ' , J ,X 1, ' , 'N , L-',l?:..X:-it , V -. .gicllbgx ,M N34 X BQ 4 Siva Mx xN' 5 an-I i-2' xc! P. --2 LV X ,N . ..1g11f ?5 Each year the Biology Department holds the Annual Wildlife Show. People from the South Texas Area come to see the many animals, snakes, and birds that are on exhibit. 4111 Biology Department hosts meetingg new fall courses offered One of the busiest departments on the Texas A8tl University campus is the Biol- ogy Department. The department hosted the 1971 meet- ing of the South Texas Association of Bi- ologists on October 21-22. This organi- zation was begun as an association of college instructors. lt has now grown to include biologists working in private in- dustry and government and interested high school biology teachers. The Honors Lecture ,Series Program, held each semester, offers four lectures from various eminent biologists. These lectures are primarily for students in freshman biology courses who have shown a high degree of scholarly attain- ment. The purpose of lectures is to ex- pose students to specialists in different biological fields. The biology department added three new courses this fall, Biology 515, Biol- ogy of Estaurine Organisms, Biology 435, Comparative Animal Physiology, and Biology 439, Introduction to Marine Ecology. Under the direction of Dr. Carl Wood, the Mariculture Research Biological Sta- tion Site 55 situated below Riviera gives the students an opportunity to conduct experiments. The ornithology class under Dr. Allan H. Chaney has made several field trips to the Cd. Victoria, Mexico area to study different species of birds. The zoology class has also undertaken field trips to Bay City to study and collect snakes. Dr. Edwin R. Bogusch travelled in Jan- uary to six southern and midwestern states to give Audubon Society Lectures. The Biology Department has a herbar- ium. Located on top of the Biology-Earth Science Building, it contains approxi- mately 5,000 specimens, mostly from Texas. lt is constantly being expanded with donations from faculty and student collections. lt is utilized by graduate stu- dents in coniunction with their field work, and it is also used as a teaching aid in certain courses in the department.