Show Western editor seek! scholarly readership by Brian Carlson u Hill find tlu-idour on the upper level oi Old Mam doHN one of those anonymous tiled hallways The words Western Histomal Quarterly" are stent tied on (he (loot ’s opaque ylass window Inside is a IxwiMnuig array ol desks tables and filing i abm ts dn idlin' the room into a iiumlxr of smaller MI((kNlntY (( V I osiers deiutmt( lusiotital sienes (rotn (he SMinsh Intfuisidon (o (he Civil War ranging are ta krd landomlv (o die while plaster walls spin die initial disot ie illation one (eels stepping into die loom diere seems (o lie an underlying sense of older 11 haps les! I m nlx il as orgamcl duller I hr ll ftrrn 1 1 slant at Quarterly' is ret ognied as the hailing st hoi tils puhln at ion on die Amt-titaWest in the woihl I he LSI’ offue is its operational headtpjai let s Stand at die lar end ol the oilier is Baibara Stewart who is the isonal set trial v loCliailes I’eterson editor ol tfir (JjutJtrili I he ollite is usually not as quiet as it is on this moimiig anoKlmg to vt le osiiallv ptetty busv" she said "In latt we are haidlv ever not busy" I houth the woik load is oln n bet tit die stall really gets along well I he personal t el il Kinships t an either "make it she said "We've oi bleak il pietly lutky” has lYn-isoher Itoss also seems tonn-n- l with his work ' It s alwavs amazed me that I turned out tu Ik- an he said "I ve found that to have editorial skills is tdiinr usetiil ami a great asset to studying liistoty" Sou need “a love lor the written wind and the way feo-pi- e e spies it and I do indeed find gieat sal isl at lion in a pluasr" hr said I he mut h of his time qoaiteilv that I'eterson editing is a small white unassuming in its The journal is aimed at a scholarly audience and the formal is nnl designed for pictures Manust ripts averaging Irom 10 to 20 pages are (he meal ol the journal The articles rover an incredible variety ol subjects bom Kit hard Aquila's essay titled "Images of Ament an W'est in Rotk Musk" to Janet Treomptc's Women of Hispanic New Mexico ” "IntltjK-nden- l Collet lively they represent some of the finest studies of the Anient an West available Of the 100 or more manuscripts submitted eai h year lor publication only 16 aic accepted Another major luniiion of the quarterly is btxik reviews It receives alout 1000 books a year from authors around the world The Imoks are then skimmed to see if they war rant reviewing It the txiok passes insM'ttion it is sent to lt 1 par-tMul- Sn-wa- la-e- - well-writte- sM-nd- s pafM-rbat- Peterson editor of the 'Western Historical Quarterly for a scholarly audience rather than the general public pseball great Hank Aaron to Convocation jys visit broke Babe Ruth’s home run retort! be who will ah Stale L F niversity ConvtKation speaker Feb 19 Pai?'p baseball player Hank Aaron known 11 lumdnar'an efforts as his sports record will L4 ut the role competition plays in our lives His ap- Lnte as originally scheduled in December but was PWied L" nn C " sfxrs tareer Aaron was a e starter lor the bea?ue s and was the National League’s Valuable Player in 1957 n outfielder for the Atlanta Braves he was chosen p Year" in 1957 and 1963 by Sporting Ntwi says that his publication is (continual on Reagan likely to cut student aid One of the special interest groups to feel the brunt of President Reagan's ax will lie those college students who receive federal assistance in the form of grants and loans according to insiders in Washington I) C And il Reagan's proposals are accepted by Congress critics claim that as many as 25 percent of the nation’s college students will fie forced to drop out of schtad Reagan in an effort to trim as much as 40 billion in fiscal year 1982 plans to propose ruts in federal grants for needy students He also plans to ask for tougher re loans and a quirements for federally-backereduction in a Social Security program which provides about 800000 students with monthly payments averaging t225 Savings to the federal budget from the Social Security cuts are estimated to be $100 million in 1981 $700 million in I9$2 and almost $45 billion between 1913 and 1915 fiow Reagan may (ace a stiff challengemate these leaders when he tries to cuts but the conservative mood of the coun budget-cuttin- g d Cwjg (on J in 1976 after two seasons with the Milwaukee his sports involvement is as development for the Braves 4so rrved as celebrity chair for various groups Faster Seal Society and the Muscular Dystrophy In 1978 he was a presidential delegate to the Sabred public !ttrVOt'on JfnCtn presentation will begin at 12:30 pm in on be USU campus The lecture will °Pen to the public pac 7) nd try along with a recognition that the Social Security program is in jeopardy may make it difficult to hold back Reagan’s ax according to Washington political experts In a sieeth last week Reagan argued that the nation it "threatened with an economic calamity of tremendous proportions and the l old treatment can't save business-as-usua- us" who However Rep J J Pickle chairs the subcommittee that will deal with the proposed cut in student Snrial Security lienefits said this week that Congress would look at Reagan's proposals carefully "The congress is not about to cut out he said "Wt Wy benefits abruptly look at a phased out approach if Cl 11 sure student loans can be peopriatdy by " -t ha Pkhle added t M CJt I aid pi ii ram t would tr "btit ft is Incorrect to cr b way with student hanc Rendition of leachtn students is eapecttd to oppose the ana atu-de- nt -- kwi -- ha ljwJ lf ll ij ttaUmwi |