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will be competing at the County Spelling Bee Feb. 29 at the Courthouse.
Winners there will travel to Amarillo to compete on the District level. [Brand
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Until the Coordinating Board
moved its headquarters in
January. Ashworth could look
out his window at the University
of TexaS’ $6.6 million swim
center two blocks away, which
symbolizes another problem on
his list.
For Ashworth, the swim
center represents a squandering
of UT‘s wealth on elaborate
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was dropped and broken.
"We just can’t take the crazy
publicity anymore," Stout said.
He indicated he could un-
derstand people getting upset.
"But if they're going to get
hysterical, let them get
hysterical about somebody else,
not us," he said.
The manager of the ranch.
Bill Bloomquist, agreed that
some of the horses were in poor
health. But he said the owner
did not buy high-protein grain,
opting instead to stock the ranch
with some hay.
Ms. Kisela said the hay was
not of "very good quality.”
One horse died Tuesday, and
Bloomquist shot another one to
death Thursday after it
collapsed and was unable to get
up. He had tried to revive the
horse with a water-sugar
solution and grain borrowed
from a nearby farm, but without
success.
declines that might jeopardize
their existence.
— A consequent scramble for
students, accompanied by
debased standards that call into
question the caliber of Texas
gradutes.
— inflation that squeezes
both the universities and their
faculties, threatens faculty
morale and could deter bright
young people from becoming
college teachers.
— Fragmentation of the
state's system of higher
education.
— Overemphasis on new
buildings, draining away money
that should be spent in the
pursuit of excellence.
"Larger and larger portions
of entering classes are
graduating. which indicates
standards have been reduced. I
get lots of complaints that
students are unable to produce
once they graduate." Ashworth
said.
He said higher education is
caught between runaway in-
flation and either low growth or
no growth in enrollment, which
is the chief factor in deter-
mining a state college's
legislative appropriation.
"So there is w hat ISrefer to as
the body count game. ..If sou
IRVING, Texas (AP) - Local
officials launched an in-
vestigation Friday into a dude
ranch where two horses have
By LEE JONES
Associated Press Writer
AUSTIN. Texas (AP) — The
1980s are going to be a difficult
time for Texas' public
universities, the state com-
missioner of higher education
believes.
flunk students out after they get
in. it doesn't do you any good
financially." Ashworth said.
But schools that don't
demand competence risk the
very enrollment decline they
feared, once word gets out that
employers won't hire their
graduates, he said.
Ashworth said shrinking
enrollments might even prompt
the Legislature to consider
closing some universities.
"On the practical side, we
don't need any more colleges
and universities in Texas. It’s
going to be difficult to maintain
those we have. ... It’s going to
be very difficult to close any
Once a "center" has
buildings of its ow n — a campus
— it becomes "permanently
implanted" and politically
impossible for the board to
eliminate. Ashworth believes.
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But Kenneth Ashworth hopes schools, but I wouldn’t be
hard times won't bring on a surprised to see that issue come
continuation of a "body count up in the next five or six years."
game" that threatens the value he said.
of a college degree. Ashworth said college
Ashworth. 47. has become a presidents of the 1970s were
Jeremiah, warning educators of "dreamers, builders and
doom unless they restore the promoters" but a new breed
standards that once lent will be necessary in the 1980s
prestige to a college degree. His because "the big problem will
recent book, significantly, is be faculty morale."
entitled "American Higher "Declining purchasing
Education in Decline." power, concern about their
Ashworth, who became security, continuing attacks on
commissioner in 1976, outlined tenure, the problem of
in an interview some of the inadequately prepared students
problems, as he sees them, that — all significantly affect
face higher education in Texas: morale. If we lose our best
— Stabilizing enrollments, faculty and don't bring on
with some schools suffering young faculty that are preparing
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buildings instead of investing it died in the past four days.
in "academic enrichment." Animal Warden Janice Kisela
He looks for renewed efforts said 15 horses remain on the
in the Legislature to create a property, but she said several of
constitutionally dedicated them were underweight and
construction fund for colleges suffering from hunger or some
that don't share the revenue other ailment.
from the Permanent University Ms. Kisela and Chris Pledger
Fund. Ashworth fears a con- of the Itving Health Department
struction fund might enable sent 4 veterinarian Friday to
universities to build campuses examine the horses on the 40-
for their satellite centers. This, acre Justin Dude Ranch, which
he believes, would erode the caters to churches, schools and
Lacker said Hathway
promised to keep the health
department informed and told
him the decision to get out of
the nuclear business was
made at the corporate
headquarters level in New York.
Area Closing Down
GALVESTON. Texas (AP) — Stout said the nuclear waste
Todd Shipyards Corp. plans to site is only a minor sideline to
shut down its Pelican Island the company's main business of
radioactive waste storage and building and repairing ships,
processing facility as soon as State Sen. A.R. "Babe” Sch-
possible. wartz said the facility should be
Company officials said the closed now in that it is operating
facility will be closed for good without a state solid waste
after current contracts expire. permit.
Chris Roehrer, Todd’s "It's my position they can't
secretary and counsel. said keep what they've got if they're
Friday that means Todd will get in violation of the law,” Sch-
out “as soon as we can get warn said.
out." Texas health officials have
Roehrer said the longest ordered Todd to seek a sold
contracts have about a year to waste disposal permit by Feb.
nut. 18 and have scheduled a March
"if we can get out from 11 public hearing.
underneath these contracts Dr. Robert Bernstein, state
earlier, we will.” he said. health commissioner, also has
The facility that is across the ordered Todd to reduce its
ship channel from downtown inventory and meanwhile
Galveston has been under receive no more radioactive
attack by state and local officials waste,
several months but Todd of- David K. Lacker, head of the
ficials had declined comment Texas Division of Occupational
since a Tuesday incident in Health and Radiation Control
which 11 workers were said to said Charles Hsthwsy, Todd's
have been exposed to low-level research and technical division
radiation when a small con- manager, told him of the closing
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EDITOR'S NOTE — The
Texas system of publicly
supported higher education is
one of the largest in the nation
and accounts for billions in
expenditures from the state
budget. In the last of six parts.
Associated Press newsman Lee
Jones examines the future of
higher education in Texas.
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