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Tarleton
State
University
15 8 th Year No. 15
Former TSU
tephenvUle, Texas
Sept. 8, 1977
Dr. E. J. Howell, president
emeritus of Tarleton, died in a
Mount Pleasant hospital
Wednesday, August 31 after
suffering a stroke approximately a
month ago.
Graveside services were held
September 1 at 4 p.m. at the West
"End Cemetery with Rev. Emll
Becker officiating. The body lay
in state at the Stephenville
Funeral Home from 1 until 3:30
p.m.
Pallbearers were members of
the Tarleton ROTC honor guard
with TSU faculty members serving
as honorary pallbearers.
Dr. Howell was president of
retired oh August 31,1966. 'From
1945 until his appointment as
president in 1948 he served , as
Dean of the University.
He was born in Wko on
December 6, 1900 and graduated
from Texas A&M University in
1922 with a B.S. degree in
chemical engineering. He received
a M.S. degr.ee in economics; from
Texas A&M in 1932 and was
awarded an honorary LL.D from
Howard Payne' College in 1951 and
a L.H.D. from Daniel Baker
College in 1952.
Following graduation from
Texas A&M/; Dr. Howell >was a
chemical engineer with fQulf Oil
Tarleton from 1948 until he Company at Port Arthurjone year,
Wells appointed
to new council
Clyde H. Wells of Granbury
and Dallas, chairman of The Texas
A&M University System Board of
Regents, has been appointed by
Governor Dolph Briscoe to. the
new natural resources council.
The 11 member group,
composed of representatives of
key state institutions". and
agencies, was authorized earlier
tills year by the legislature to help
establish procedures for wise
utilization of Texas' natural
resources. Wells, a rancher and
businessman, has been a member
; of the Texas A&M Board since ,
1961 a'nd is. serving an
Unprecedented fifth consecutive
term as its chairman. He is a
graduate of both Tarleton and
„ Texas A&M University,
"We are pleased by the
confidence that Governor Briscoe
has expressed in The Texas A&M
' University System by having it
represented on this council, an
■ organization that will
undoubtedly rehder a great service
. to our state," Wells said. "I pledge
the full support of The Texas
A&M University System and am
honored to serve personally."
Wells was cited as an
'Outstanding
Businessman-Conservationist' by
six banks in the Hood-Parker
counties soil and "water
conservation district in 1975 and
one year earlier received the
Knapp-Porter Award the highest
honor bestowed by the Texas
Agricultural Extension Service. He
was named 'Man of the Year in
Texas Agriculture' in 1967 by the
Texas County Agricultural Agents
Association.
■ He is a director of the Texas
and Southwestern Cattle Raisers
and came to Tarleton in'1923 as
an associate professor of .
chemistry. ;■
In 1924 he was appointed
registrar and commandant at
Tarleton and held this position !
until 1930 when yhe was named j
assistant registrar at^ Texas A&M. ]
" From 1932 until, entering active ^
duty in the U.S. Army in 1941 he
was registrar at Texas A&M.
: Dr. Howell entered the Army
as a major serving in Washington.
D:C., Camp Hood, and with the
Replacement and School
Command in Birmingham, Ala. He
separated from the service in 1945
with the rank of colonel
Association and is a rfternber of
the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers
Association, The American
Society of Range Management
Texas Hereford Association? and '
the Soil Conservation Society of
America.
Farewell to
Cleveland
and Senter
Mrs. Ivy L. Cleveland and Mr.
Tom Senter have retired from
Tarleton effective August 30 and
31.. ' '
Mrs. Cleveland, who retired
August 30 had been with Tarleton
for 10 years as a library assistant.
She first came to the university in
November of 1967.
Before working for TSU she
was employed with the state
treasurer's office in Austin under
Texas state treasurer Jesse James.
Mr. Senter who retired August
31 had been with Tarleton for 29
years. He began working for the
institution in November of 1948 as
assistant military property
custodian in the military property
department.
He had been serving Tarleton
as an accounting assistant since
1957.
Before coming to TSU he
worked at one time in Abilene m
a bookkeeper at the AMem
Reporter News. Mr. Senter'was
born in Stephenville.
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Former Tarleton president. Dr. E.J. Howell, died August
31, 1977. A • .
The former Tarleton president
was active in a number of civic,
professional and military^
' organizations. While at Texas
A&M he was president of the
Bryan Lions Club and served as
president of the school board for
the A&M Consolidated School
District.
He was president of the
American Association of
Collegiate Registrars and
Admissions Officers, and
president of the Association of
Texas Colleges and Universities.
He was also a member of the
Committee on Standards of
Association of Texas Colleges and
Universities, and a member of the
Committee on Classified and
Accredited Schools of Texas.
While at Tarleton, Dr. Howell
was president of the Stephenville
Chamber of Commerce, and
president of the Comanche Trail
Council of the Boy Scouts of--
America.
He was a member of the
Baptist Church, Eastern Star, and
was Past Master, A.F&A.M., and
past High Priest R. A. M.'Knight
Templar.
Dr. Howell was listed in
Leaders in Education, Who's Who
In Engineering, America's Young
Men, and Who's Who in Texas.
During Dr. Howell's tenure at
Tarleton, the institution was
four year" degree-granting
institution, and an' extensive
building program-was undertaken.
He is survived by his widow,
the former Kathleen Parker, a son,
;Dn , James Howell of Boston,
Mass.,. a daughter, Mrs. William
(Muns.oo of Beaumont, four
'grandchildren, one brother, and
two sisters.
Independent student defined
A revised definition of
"independent student" has been
proposed by HEW's Office'of
Education. . "
The definition is used to
classify students as "dependent"
or "independent" for
participation in Federal, programs
of postsecondary student financial
aid. The revised version is
intended to improve the equity of
the classifications. .
Three factors ordinarily . are
considered in making
determinations of student .status:1
(1) who has claimed the student*
for Federal income tax purposes;
(2) how much actual financial
support the student has received
from the parent(s); and (3) how
long the student has resided with
the pareht(s) during the year.
According to the proposed
rule, an independent student
could not have been claimed for
Federal income tax exemption
purposes by any person other
than the student or the spouse for
two calendar years prior to the
academic year for which aid is
requested. This extends by one
year the current tax exemption
criterion.
Under proposed residency
requirements, an independent
student could not have lived with
the parent(s) for more than a total
of-six'weeks cturing afty year that
aid is requested or the prior year.
Current regulations limit
residency to two consecutive
weeks,; ' >
- Rules governing the amount of
financial assistance a student may
actually receive from parents
would 'remain unchanged. To be
classified as independent, a
student may not receive (more
than $600, in the calendar year
during Which financial aid is
i
requested pr in the prior year.
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 8, 1977, newspaper, September 8, 1977; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth141375/m1/1/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Tarleton State University.