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From John West
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COLLEGE STATION - -- College Station Mayor D. A. (Andy) Anderson received
Friday an unusual art object that will serve as a constant reminder of
Texas A &M University's friendly relations with East Pakistan.
S. M. Najmul Haque (pronounced buck) East Pakistan Agricultural
University dean who will be at A &M for the next three months, presented
the mayor a brass artifact.
"It's just a friendly gesture," explained Haque, dean of agricultural
engineering in food technology faculty at the Mymensingh university.
The conversation piece acquired in a Yucca antique shop is a brass
replica of a classically -posed cobra with an angel mounted on its head.
Of unknown origin, the unusual decorative item was probably made by Indian
artisans "doing the same style of work today as they did 2,000 years ago,"
commented Dr. Jack Gray, International Programs director at A &M.
The A&M official, who has traveled extensively in A &M- Agency for
International Development contract work, and Haque agreed the artifact could
be as little as 200 and perhaps more than 1,000 years old.
Haque will make his office in the Agricultural Engineering Department
at A&M and pursue studies in the field and food technology here and at
other universities including Cornell, his alma mater.
The East Pakistan educator also will work at the U.S. Department of
Agriculture food lab, at various A &M Agricultural Experiment Stations
and with Agricultural Extension Service personnel in irrigation programs.
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`. JUNE 12, 1969`��
S. M. Najmul Haque (right) of East Pakistan Agri-
cultural University made international relations the
first item on his three -month agenda at Texas A &M
University. The faculty dean presented College Sta-
tion Mayor D. A. (Andy) Anderson an unusual brass
ar t object made by ar tisans of the country,