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Prairie View A&M University Digital Commons @PVAMU PV Panther Newspapers Publications 12-9-1969 Panther - December 1969 Prairie View A&M College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.pvamu.edu/pv-panther-newspapers Recommended Citation College, Prairie View A&M, "Panther Vol. XLIV No. 6 - 1969-12" (1969). Panther.30. This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Publications at Digital Commons @PVAMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in PV Panther Newspapers by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @PVAMU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Board Meetings •. -J- A&M System Approves* Approve Funds, Gifts Appropriations totaling ly accepted gifts totaling $53,105 were authorized $41,706 for Prairie View. Wednesday by the Texas Houston Endow ment A&M University System Inc. provided scholar Board of Directors for ships totaling $14,000 purchase of language lab and Power Electronics oratory equipment and Co. donated industrial ed other improvements at ucation equipment valued Prairie View A&M Col at $8,396. lege. Other donations includ The board approved a ed $5,000 from Dudley C. $44,605 appropriation to Sharp; $4,000 C. J. Dav match a similar federal idson; $2,500 each from grant for equipment for General Dynamics and Prairie View's language the General Electric lab. The federal funds Foundation; $2,300 from were provided by the De the Sears - Roebuck partment of Health, Edu Foundation and $750 FOOTBALL CENTENNIAL CERTIFICATES — Members of the Panther football squad received NCAA cation and Welfare under from Corning Glass certificates indicating their participation during the game of football's 100th Year. College football had its the Instructional Equip Works. beginning in 1869. ment Grants Program of Also $500 each from the Higher Education Zenith Radio Corporation, Act of 1965. James Brown, the Detroit An $8,500 appropria Prairie View Alumni As tion was awarded by the sociation and the Ameri board for installation of ca Foundrymen's Society; fence and lighting around $200, the Texas Club of the Fuller Hall parking New York City Inc.; $50, lot. R. L. Hansen and $10 The board also formal from David F. Webb. School of Home Economics VOLUME XLIV, NO. 6 Prairie View, Texas DECEMBER 9, 1969 Sponsors Christmas Bazaar On December 10, 1969, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. the School of Home PV-Texas Cage Economics of Prairie Alcoa Presents $5000 Faculty Meeting View A. and M. College will sponsor a Christmas Game to Be A Set for Tuesday, Bazaar. All items for sale will Grant To Prairie View December 9th be made and hand-craft Reunion Affair ed by the students. George W. Hutton, Ad Foundation this year in The Prairie View - Tex The Faculty Meeting Terrific buys available ministrative Manager at the State of Texas for as Southern basketball regularly scheduled for will consist of items to Alcoa's Rockdale Works, scholarships, fellowships, game at Prairie View Jan the first Tuesday in each eat, lovely hand - crafted this week presented a professorships, and unre uary 17, will be a re-union month will not be held on gift ideals, apparels and check for $5,000 from Tuesday, December 2, stricted grants. game for the old grads. accessories. The Alcoa Foundation to 1969. It's the Christmas Sea In making the presen Several activities are Dr. Alvin I. Thomas, planned for this event. The December Meeting son! So shop early, beat President, Prairie View tation Mr. Hutton said: has been rescheduled for the crowd to the Christ "The Foundation, head Several outstanding pro A&M College. fessional athletes will be Tuesday, December 9, mas Bazaar and have quartered in Pittsburgh, 1969 at 7:30 p.m. in the first choice from the ter The grant was present Pa. and directed by Ar guests of Prairie View. ed to the college for the Jim Wynn, Houston As Ballroom of the Memor rific array of items avail thur M. Doty, was found Thomas Bradley, City ial Student Center. able. enrichment of their teach ed for the purpose of us tros; Don Wilson, Houston Council Representative of ing program and as a ing its net income exclus Astros; Ken Houston, the Tenth District of Los part of the Foundation's ively for religious, charit Houston Oilers; Alvin Angeles, California, will efforts to aid in the up able, scientific, literary Reed, Houston Oilers and speak at the President's Biology Professor to Join TSNL grading of the teaching and educational purpos many others. Convocation Friday, Janu profession of certain col Drs. L. C. Collins and J. tist in July 1967. Fourteen es." According to the The game starts at 7:30 ary 9, 1970 at 9:30 a.m. in E. Berry were invited to laboratories totaling some leges and universities in trustees of the Founda p.m. and is a Saturday the Field House. the U. S. join the Texas System of 250,000 acres, are now tion, gifts are divided night affair. All former Councilman Bradley was Natural Laboratories, In available to TSNL mem This grant makes a to approximately evenly be Prairie View-ites are ask first black man to run for corporated. The TSNL is ber institutions. tal of almost $75,000 dis tween educational and ed to come out and meet the office of Mayor in Los a private, non-profit Tex TSNL is not dedicated tributed by The Alcoa non-educational grants. old friends. Angeles, California, but he as Corporation which was just to land acquisition for was defeated. However, he chartered by Texas Scien See BIOLOGY, Page 2 has stated again that he Youth Leadership Conference Saturday will run again for mayor.. PRAIRIE VIEW A&M The focus of the Con perintendent, Goose Faculty-Staff Plans COLLEGE will sponsor ference is "Leadership — Creek Consolidated a Youth Leadership Con A Challenge Without School District, Baytown, Christmas Bazaar ference on Saturday, De Boundaries". Texas will speak at the cember 1.3. Mr. Johnny Clark, Su- opening session. The Annual Faculty- The Reverend William Staff Christmas Ball is Lawson, Minister, Wheel scheduled for Saturday, er Avenue Baptist December 13, 1969, at Church, Houston, Texas 8:00 p.m. in the Ball will speak at the Ban room, Memorial Student quet. Center. The areas of study of All faculty and staff the Conference are as fol members should give am lows: ple notice to wives, 1. Potential Leaders: A sweethearts, friends and Step Forward But guests to prepare to en Where? joy and evening of merri 2. Undecided Youth — ment and fun. Which Way to Go? The Faculty-Staff En 3. Youth Leadership tertainment C o m m i ttee and Its After - Effects has special word from 4. Swap Shop Santa Claus that all the All high school leaders joys of the Christmas of Texas are invited to Season will be yours at PANTHERS IN ASTRODOME — Ready for the participate in the Confer the Annual Christmas kick-off, PV stalwarts are photographed against the Reverend William Lawson ence. Ball. background of the Astrodome crowd. TWO THE PRAIRIE VIEW PANTHER December 9, 1969 Harlem Basketball Stars To Appear Here January 9th The Hilarious Harlem huge score against oppon Stars are coming to town. ents. It is their policy to Advertised as the greatest keep the game close de and funniest basketball voting much time to com team in the country today, edy stuff. the Stars are a combina The Harlem Stars en tion of Negro Stars who joy playing basketball ev tour the World making ery day even if they have fans laugh. to travel hundreds of When the name Harlem miles to do so. The Stars Stars is mentioned, hoop began their season in Al fans get ready for an ev aska the last week in ening of entertainment. September and will hit be Fans will see a fancy ex tween thirty-six or forty NROTC COLOR GUARD — Midshipmen pictured hibition - Razzle Dazzle states and the following above led halftime activities on Thanksgiving day. ball handling, intricate other countries: Mexico, routines, both planned and Canada, Australia, Japan Left to Right: Mr. R. Mugge, Demonstration Assis scientists have a vehicle impromptu comedy and and some parts of Europe. tant - Texas Agricultural Extension Service. Mr. U. S. Biology Prof. for working together. all sorts of 'shenanigans'. The round horsehide is the Wallace, Biological Technician - U. S. Department of In The Harlem Stars are magic carpet that has tak CONTINUED from Page 1 A statewide Scientists' terior. Dr. Phillip Iiamman, Entomologist - Texas Ag unique in the fact that en these basketball jesters ricultural Extension Service. Oliver E. Smith, Associ natural laboratories, but it Conference to discuss they never try to run up a to all parts of the world. is also interested in un plans and start setting up ate Professor - Texas A&M University, Prairie View Exp. Station. Observing peanut damage by the lasser dertaking research. This is projects and research r A weekly public service feature from- the first time in the his teams is scheduled for ear cornstalk borer in a cooperative insecticide use study tory of this state that ly July. the Texas State Department of Health between the Texas Agricultural Extension Service and the Texas A&M University - Prairie View Experiment Station. Good control of the lesser cornstalk borer may net peanut growers as much as $15.00 more per acre, ac m cording to result demonstrations conducted in the coun ty in 1968 by County Agricultural Agents, C. H. Pool — J.E. PEAVY, M.D., Commissioner of Health and Burl B. Richardson.