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t_ — |Rare Fossil Collection Donated f To ASU; Yalue Placed At $25,000 " A rare collection of fossils »: valued in excess of $25,000 has been donated to the Department jtjcf Geography and Geology at ; Appalachian by a natural his - tory expert in Pennsylvania. I • Dr, J. C. Yoder, chairman of the department at ASU, re ports that the fossils were don ated by Mrs. Charlotte Orr ”Gantz, a lawyer and author of. a natural history text, Discov ering Nature. “The fossils are especially valuable because they are the result of a lifetime of collect ing,*’ Dr. Yoder explains. “Mrs. Gantz just wanted to give them to an institution that really needed the collection, and our department was fortunate enough to be the recipient. “The story of ‘how it happen ed’ is nearly unbelievable,” Dr. Yoder confesses. He explains that a student in an Appalachian geology class just happened to Gene Carpenter Joins Caldwell Tech Staff T. Eugene Carpenter has join ed the Caldwell Technical In stitute Administrative Staff as Evening Director and Adminis trative Assistant. Mr. Carpen ter’s duties will consist erf ad ministering evening programs at the Institute and assisting the President in developing new federal and state programs. A graduate of Cherryville High School, Mr. Carpenter received his Associate of Arts Degree from Brevard College, his Bachelor of Science Degree from Clemson University, and his Master of Arts Degree from Appalachian State University. He worked three years in Rutherfordton, North Carolina with the North Carolina Agri cultural Extension Service prior to joining Caldwell Tech. He is married to the former Linda Setzer of Cherryville and has a doughter Rebekah. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Alton Carpenter of Cherryville. The •Carpenters are Wesleyan Meth odists and reside at 5 West Highland Avenue, Granite Falls, North Carolina. read one of Mrs. Gantz’s texts and wrote the author a note of appreciation. Unaware of the Gantz coll ection, the co-ed alluded to shortages in the University’s geological specimens. A few days later, Mrs. Gantz was in contact with Appalachian, asking if the University might be interested in her collection. Dr. Yoder and Marcus More head, a geology instructor, res ponded with a quick trip to New Hope, Pa. “That was about two years ago,*’ Dr. Yoder adds. “Mrs. Gantz was still cataloging some erf her collection and wasn’t ready to relaese it at that moment. “But we explained to her that our new addition to the Ran kin Science Building would have a museum area for display of collections such as hers, and she agreed to send us the fossils by the time the new consu ac tion would be completed.** Student Center To Offer Non-Credit Night Classes All members of the Univer sity family will be given ample opportunity to expand their practical education in a pro gram of non-credit, non-aca demic evening classes to be sponsored by the Student Cen ter during the coming academ ic year. ‘The classes will be very similar to night programs at community centers,” explained Ron Whitaker, Student Center Director. “We will have a class, for example, in Crafts for Christmas in which, students, faculty and staff families will be instructed in leather craftsj ceramics and probably jewel - ery making. It will be fun and economical.” Another typical cum so uuer ing will be a class in House hold Mechanics in which par ticipants will be taught how to make small household re pairs. Other tentatively planned courses will teach basic art skills in painting and drawing; there will be music classes in which night students may learn to play a guitar or a mountain dulcimer. Bridge les sons are also in the offing. Also planned are ballroom dance classes. “All the courses are being coordinated through the Student Center and the departments of Art, Industrial Arts, Music and Physical Education,” Whitaker added. “The Student Center will pay the instructors’ salaries, and the cost to participants will be minimal—mostly for ma terials.” Policy On Listing Rental Property Is Changed At ASU A new policy of procedures to be followed in the listir^ y[ private rental properties ivailable to Appalachian stu lents has been adopted by the adversity's newly created Of fice of Student Housing. To list a rental unit in the future, landlords are requested to either write or telephone the Office of Student Housing to furnish name, mailing address and number of rental unit'}. A separate form for listing each unit of rental property will then be mailed to the individual own ers for completion and return. No listing will be taken by phone. Richard Tickle, director of student housing, pointed out that the new housing service “is an effort to help students find the rental spaces they desire and to help the landlord find the kind of student renter he desires.” 1 The university, Tickle sta^ed; wflThbt negoGSte airScO? with property owners in behalf of prospective tenants nor make rental reservations. Suchnego As it turns out, the fossils have arrived about two years before their new home will be completed, “But we will erect a partial display in our pre sent facilities.’* Dr. Yoder as sures. Commenting on the fossils, Mrs, Gantz, herself, writes, “The value of the collection lies in the fact that it contains a good, and I think, fairly com plete record of prehistoric life, particularly of invertebrate life; that almost all of the com mon rocks and minerals are represented and that it includes most of the common shells of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts with a fair representation of Pacific shells. “Most of the corals of south Florida are include, but the sponges still need to be work ed on. Two large groups I have kept for further work: fossil bryozoans and land snails. “These are to go the the Uni versity later, together with most of my library.” As to the exact number of fossils included in the collec tions, Dr. Yoder says, “I could n’t begin to estimate exactly how many specimens there are. We haven’t begun to unpack the cases yet, and we won’t know until we do.” AID AND PUEBLO’S CREW The Senate has approved an amendment to its foreign aid bill which it hopes could help gain the release of the IBS Pueblo’s crew. The amendment would withdraw until North Korea releases the 82 crew men, presidential authority to make exceptions to an existing law barring U.S. aid to Com munist nations. EXTENDS FOOD FOR PEACE President Johnson has signed a two-year extension of the food for peace program. The act pro vides $6.2 billion in food aid for 1969 and 1970. The ex tension places new emphasis on aid to nations adopting birth control programs. iations will continue to rest irith owners, and renters. The- university wilt not dis :riminate in selection of stu dents bocause of race, creed ar nationality, Tickle added. taste that beats the others cold! Pepsi pours it on—pours on the taste that actually gets better as it gets colder. 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