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Poetry corner
hditors note: Poetry corner will attempt to be a regular
feature in The Red and Black this quarter. Any student
wishing to submit poetry for possible publication may
bring or sent it to 130 Journalism.
SUMMER GRAD WORK
Students survey Canadian bush
“Upon my soul, I shall risk eternal damnation
if this is not so!”
I am alone,
to wander through iridescent shadows,
to stare at moon shimmering like kaleidescopic
rainbow
bent by opaque fog;
I imagine many distorted eikons;
with Poseidean strength for one moment’s ephemeral
immortality,
beauteous rhythm of mermaid in rolling
waves;
My lucid quill quill recalls...
the torture of enigmatic worries,
all of life’s jigsaw puzzle
where nothing fits;
I fall off into the infernish depths of agonized slumber,
and still,
I am alone.
J P Reichman
By W. L. SALTEK
Arthur Maybin's summer
day began early. Breakfast
with 150 French-Canadian
Lumberjacks started at 5:30
a m. By 7 a m. Maybin had
beac hed his canoe and started
through the Canadian bush on
foot. On any given day he
might walk from 1000 yards to
seven miles.
Maybin was one of the six
University graduate students
who spent last summer in the
Chibougamau region doing
doc torate and thesis work un
der the supervision of Dr.
Gilles Allard.
ALLARD, WHO has been
active in making geologic
maps of the region since 1952,
has been placing selected grad
uate students with the Quebec
Department of Natural Re
sources and private mining
companies since 1966.
Last summer Maybin. Mar
cel Durocher, Don Baker.
Richard Henry, Ken Beckman
and John Donahue participated
in the program.
The Chibougamau region is
150 miles north of Montreal
and is rich in zinc and copper
ore. To determine the locations
ransacked three times by the
bear, who managed to eat
detergent, eggs, garbage bags
and 14 pounds of meat
Finally. Baker and his four
companions put a piece of sau-
Once I capsized a canoe in the rapids
and had to spend the night in a cabin
with no food and no matches.'
-Salter
of the ore deposits, geologists
must live and work in the
hush. Allard said.
LIVING IN the bush made
for many unique experiences
for the students.
Baker soon met another in
habitant of his region — a
black bear. Baker's camp was
sage in a tree and retired to a
car to wait for their adversary
with a gun.
According to Baker, he never
thought of eating the bear's
meat. “It was shedding and
had large bare spots." he said.
A MORE common problem
for the students were the flies
and mosquitoes which formed
a cloud around their bodies
• During the early and middle
summers up there bugs are
terrible." Donahue said. “You
would kill them by the dozens,
but they would come at you by
the hundreds." he added
Much of the geologists
transportation was by river or
lake. “Once I capsized a canoe
m the lapids and had to spend
the night in a cabin with no
lood and no matches.” Maybin
recalled “The engine had
cracked on the rocks We had
to paddle seven miles to camp
It took five hours to get back
Now those canoes aren’t like
the canoes you usually think
ot They were big frieghter
canoes. 18 feet long."
FOR 1)1 KOCIIER the lake
by his camp represented the
only means of transportation
It was the airport for his
supply plane, and those pilots
were the only people he saw
for three months.
Donahue found the weekends
in Chibougamau to be the most
tun Especially enjoyable, he
said, were the beer and show
ers that were not to be had in
camp.
Maybin's lumbercamp was
equipped with a pool table, a
telephone and a television, but
most communication came in
French. As he recalled. “The
first tune I heard about Presi
dent Nixon’s resignation was
when President Ford’s swear
ing-in ceremony took place."
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Thirty-six hundred Univer
sity students have one thing in
common — they began their
college careers somewhere
other than Athens.
Transfer students,* once a
small segment of the student
body, have increased to 3600
this year, 400 more than in
1973, according to Candy Wans-
lev, coordinator in the admis
sions department in charge of
transfer students.
She added that more transfer
applications were received for
this fall than ever before.
FOR TIIE first time, the
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No exemptions granted
for Rising Junior Test
By ROGER A. HUNT
Effective fall quarter 1974,
there will be no further exemp
tions granted for student tak
ing the Rising Junior Examin
ation. now known as the Re
gent’s Test.
"We have exempted students
from the test in the past, in
certain cases, but in general
the student should plan on
completing the requirement as
soon as possible,’’ said Dr. Ted
L. Hammock, Assistant to the
Vice President for Instruction.
ACCORDING TO Hammock,
a large number of transfer
students have not been taking
the Regent’s Test because of a
computer mix-up
Hammock said students who
have not been notified formally
will not be required to take the
test. Students are considered
formally notified when they
have received a letter or have
been informed of the test by
their advisor.
One transfer student had
complained that he and several
thousand other transfers who
would graduate winter quarter
would be required to take the
test If a student fails the test,
he is required to take a
remedial English course,
thereby delaying the date of
graduation
ALTHOUGH the student said
that 8000 transfer students
would be affected. Hammock
said that the number would not
be that high and stressed the
fact that if students had not
been formally notified they
would not be required to take
the test.
This change is only one of
several substantial changes
made in the examination.
Hammock added.
"The test is continually un
dergoing some revision, but for
fall quarter there have been
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To obtain a first rate Scottish-
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two substantial changes."
said.
he
“FIRST, THERE will be a
choice of two essay questions,
rather than one question as in
the past. Second, the reading
comprehension section of the
test has undergone some im
provement."
Last spring the time alloted
for the essay question was
extended from 30 to 45 min
utes. Hammock said.
Dr. Randall R. Rent/, who is
in charge of the actual revision
of the test, said. "The reading
comprehension portion has
been revised to increase its
value as a diagnostic tool. The
test now consists of two parts
— first, the reading compre
hension test and second, the
choice of two essay topics.
Hammock said that he saw
little possibility of the Board of
Regents abolishing the exam
requirement "It’s pretty well
established now — it can be
put in the same category as
the U S. and Georgia constitu
tion and history tests. We can
look forward to having these
requirements around for some
time." he said.
(1469i exceeds the number of
male transfers admitted
(1454).
Students transfer from both
junior and senior colleges in
Georgia and throughout the
nation. Among junior colleges.
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural
College and Dekalb Commu
nity College contribute the
highest number of students to
the University, while Georgia
Southern and West Georgia are
the largest contributors from
within the senior college ranks,
according to Wansley.
Twice as many students this
year as last year submitted
their applications in mid-sum
mer for fall quarter. Admis
sions officials are not sure of
the factors contributing to the
onslaught of late applications,
hut suspect an increasing job
market scare as a possible
cause.
WITH THE increase in the
number of transfer students,
the University schools of Phar
macy, Journalism. Forest
Resources and Environmental
Design have raised their re
quired grade point averages to
2.5.
No immediate rise in the
University-wide required grade
point average is foreseen for
the near future, but such
action could be taken if student
numbers continue to increase.
THE MOST frequently me-
tioned concern of the transfer
student is the acceptance of
former credits.
"Many students worry un
necessarily about their cred
its." Wansley said. "We accept
anything which is included in
the system-wide college paral
lel program and 20 per cent of
a student's grades."
Those credits received in
two-year career programs at
several state institutions are
not accepted for credit. Wans
ley added.
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