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on bond issue
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College Station, Texas
Friday. Apr. 1976
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C^olleRe Station (.'ouncilman Jim C^ardner, with
back to camera, and candidates Anne Ha/.en and
l^me Stephenson confer while Jim Crawley speaks
at the election program sponsored by the A&M
Political Forum.
Thi* it the Kcond of two articirt on the proponed
tchooi hood btue which will he voted on tomorrow in
College Station.
By PAUL ARNETT
A 5th and 6th grade complex, along with
maintenance of existing buildings, are two
new facets of the proposed S6 4 million
school bond issue. The\ were not included
in a similar issue defeated last November.
The relocation of the 5th and 6th grades
to the old Middle School building is the
issue s major controversy. Parents have ex
pressed concern for their children s safety
since many would have to cross Texas Ave.
A questionnaire on the proposed reloca
tion was sent to 1,400 citizens who\oted in
the last school bond issue. The results
showed that altout half the citizens favored
the relocation and about halfWere against
it
Fred Hopson, superintendent of A6tM
Consolidated schools said, "The projxised
5th and 6th concept will Jk* a better learn
ing environment for these students. This
age group is mentally closer, which should
make tor a better situation. The teacher felt
this was the best all around situation, and
the Citizens Advisory Committee gave it
the highest of recommendations.
The new facility w ill serve 600 students
and will exist $1,7S5.600
Maintenance improvements are another
important aspect of the proposal. Roliert
Camer, principal of College Hills Elemen
tary, said erosion has become critical
around existing buildings. He added that if
it is not corrected in the near future struc
tural damage would occur
Roof construction, installation of heating
and air conditioning and the rewiring of the
Middle School building were proposals
suggested by the Citizens Adx isory Com
mittee.
The committee was created to study the
issue and determine why the last proposal
was defeated It was discovered that citi
zens were against construction of a new
elementary school in north College Sta
tion, since the community is expanding
southward. ''
(See CS bond issue Page 5)
Placement Council
Women graduates receiving more job offers than last year
By KAREN GERMANY
Women with master s degrees received
36 pel cent more job offers than those w ith
the same degree at this time last year, re
ports the (aillege Placement Council.
Tfje placement council, covering the na
tion as a whole, analyzes data provided by
709 employers, broadly representative of
business, industry, government and non
profit organizations. Data does not include
teaching positions or health-related institu
tions. ^
During MaMTT?TW. flic College Place
ment Council rejiorted on the employ incut
of the Decemlier 1975 graudates This c o
vered job offers to students at 159 colleges
and uni\entities across the* nation
Tile council found that job acquisition
was similar to that of 1975. Employment for
all graduates is clown, regardless of major
field or type of degree*.
The pickup in employment was for
women graduates. Undergraduate women
received 27 per cent more job offers in
early March than in the same |x*riod last
year.
Science majors and business administra
tion majors are experiencing the liest re
sults, followed by engineering graduates.
Humanities and social science graduates
arc* fairing the worst.
Tlv>* report categorized graduates into
four broad disciplinary areas: engineering,
science, mathematics, business, and other
non-technical areas. The council compared
the distribution of luring with the distribu
tion of degrees earned in 1975.
Those holding master’s degrees in en
gineering represented 10.5 per cent of all
the* master's degrees awarded in the four
categories. Even so, these people rep
resented 23.6 per cent of all those hired
from the four categories since graduation.
Engineering students with doctoral de
grees represented 12.7 percent of all doc
torates granted. Of all those holding PhDs
in engineering, 38.5 per cent gained jobs.
Students with master's degrees in sci-
-ence and mathematics did not do as well;
however, those acquiring their doctorate*
were more likely to be employed than
those with doctoral degrees in all other
categories.
Master’s degrees in business rep
resented only a fifth of the total number of
master's degrees granted. Still, this fifth
accounted for 53 i>er cent of all the jobs
acquired by those with master’s degrees.
Graduates with master’s degrees in non
technical careers accounted tor 56.4 per
cent of all those that obtained such de
grees, yet they gained only 6.7 per cent of
all jol>s given to people with a M. S. or M. A.
Bryan voters tomorrow will choose from
among seven candidates to fill three posi
tions on the city council.
A 114.7 million bond authorization for
capital improvements in the Bryan Utility'
system will also be decided Included in
the issue will he funds for the completion of
the Roland C. Dansby Power Plant.
Of the three positions to lie filled on the
7-member council Saturday only place 4
will have an incumbent, Henrv Seale, seek
ing re-election. Seale is opposed by E. F.
Pipes.
Seale. 44, is a rancher with a finance
degree from the University of Texas.
He lists the city ’s priorities as: getting
the most v alue out of each tax dollar spent,
getting utilities installed east of the east
bypass, pmmofing grater efficiency in the
utilities system, and encouraging the or
derly growth of Bryan
Pipes, 45, is the business manager of the
Central Brazos Valley Mental Health
Center. Inc. He has a degree in account
ing.
He lists priorities as: working for greater
cooperation between kical governments,
pursuing alternate taxation sources for city
improvement funds, insuring adequate
housing for existing arid future residents,
attracting new industries and establishing
reasonable utility rates.
Place 6 is being vacated by G. If.
Buddy Sledge. Daniel Hernandez, and
Frank kahan are the candidates for that
position.
Hernandez, 25, is assistant director of
admissions at Texas A& M. He has a degree
in political science and is a member of the
Bryan Planning Commission, the Bryan
School Board Adv isory Committee and the
Community Development Committee.
He lists completion of the municipal util
ity system, making use of Community De
velopment funds, initiatings a lietter trans
portation system and developing long-
range city plans as top priorities.
kahan, 51, is the manager of k. Wolens
Department Store. He has a degree from a
Rumanian university. He is a member of
the Bryan Planning and Zoning Commis
sion and the city’s Community Relations
Committee.
kahan lists the city s priorities as: plan
ning for future grow’th, developing an
economical utility service and diversify ing
Bryan’s economics base.
Place 2 is being vacated by Harmon
"Son Bell. Lovey Jew'el Hammond, Pies E
Turner and Anastacio Andy Herrera are
the candidates to replace him.
Hammond, 48, is a local attorney. She is
a member of the League of Women Voters.
She lists Bryan's priorities as: the estab
lishment of a home for juveniles awaiting
trial, zoning areas for liquor-by-the-drink,
attracting mort* industry and constructing
more recreational facilities She also lists
the improvement of traffic transportation
facilities and attracting conventions among
top priorities
Turner. 53. is a Bryan postman. He has
been a member of the city's Planning
Com mi vs ion for five years.
He lists Bryan's priorities as: accelerat
ing the street and drainage program, estab
lishing a tax latse that will attract new in
dustry and improving utility services.
Herrera. 36. is a real estate salesman. He
served on the City Council lor 6 vears from
1969 to 1975.
He lists the priorities as: completing the
Dansby Power Plant, upgrading and ex
panding utility service, attracting new in
dustries and improving recreational
facilities.
The [lolling places in Bryan will lie open
Saturday from 7 a m. to 7 p.m.
—Joe Scamardo
Index
The proposed College Station
school IxiihI issue is discussed. Page's
S and 3.
President emeritus of Pennsylva
nia State University talkcxl about the
increasing number of PhDs an the
field of education. Page 4.
The how and where
Saturday's election is
Page 4.
of voting in
explained.
In an emergency meeting the
RHA defeated a resolution that
would have established au election
separate from that of Student Gov
ernment Page 10.
The Aggie track team travels today
to the Texas Relays. Page II.
Weather
THE FORECAST for Friday
is partly cloudy and mild with a
high of 8£. Increasing cloudiness
Saturday with southerly winds
gusting from 12-18 mph. Low
tonight 59; high tomorrow 86.
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Election to decide
6 council positions
laical vott*rs will head for the jxills to
morrow to vote in the most important city
and school Iviard elections in recent y ears.
Eleven candidates will be running lor six
of the seven College Station city council
E isitions. Eleven candidates are contesting
r three tnistee positions on the A6cM
Consolidated School Board.
Voters will also lie faced with a referen
dum on charter rev ision They will choose
whether to switch to a ward method of
electing city officials.
A $6.4 million schixil liond issue will lx-
subject to the voters approval. The bulk of
it. $2.4 million, is earmarked for major im
provements to A&M Consolidated High
School. Another $1.7 million is tagged lor a
new fifth and sixth grade school, physical
education facilities for the two elementary
schools. College Hills Elementary and
South Knoll Elementary, and general
maintenance improvements. If approved,
property taxes would increase alxiut 11 |iei
cent, from $1.77 to$1.97 per $ 100 property-
valuation.
A similar $5.3 millioiv bond issue wav
narrowly defeated last Novemlier.
The following candidate’s names will ap-
|H*ar on the ballots in tomorrow's city' coun
cil and school Ixiard trustee elections:
For citv council:
• Mayor — Larry Bravenec (unop
posed).
• Place 2 — Homer Adams (incum-
lient). Lane Stephenson.
• Plate 3 — E. Murl Bailey . Jim Craw
ley. Larry Ringer.
• Place 4 — Jim Gardner (incumbent),
Clinton Robison.
• Place 5 — Anne Hazen (unopposed).
• Place 6 — Jim Dozier (incumbent).
Bob Bell
For schcxil Ixiard:
• Place 1 — laimliert Wilkes, Elliott
Bray.
• Place 2 — George Boyett, Roger
Feldman, Elizateth Naugle, Hoy
Richards.
• Place 4 — William Fitch. Fred B<; .*
Bruce Upham, William Wasson, Helt si
Wilbom.
Campaign sign
sites regulated
Candidates campaigning for the April 7 student elections must
follow regulations concerning campaign literature, posters and signs,
and are under the supervision of. the eight members of the* Election
Commission.
Susan Price, Chairman of the commission, is responsible lor decid
ing where on campus signs may lie placed.
There are four locations — across from Sbisa, at the comer of Spence
Street and Ross (near the Chemistry Building), acrjiss from the*
krueger-Dunn Commons, and by Hart Hall, she said.
Signs are to lx* mounted on stakes, with a maximum area of 32 square
feet per side. They are not to lx* placed on any monument, trees or
shrubs.
Indoor campaign material, according to election regulations, can be
placed on bulletin boards only, and must not exceed 8)4 htv 11 inches in
size.
Cam]Xiign literature may lx* distributed to students as long as it
"does not interfere with the normal flow ol activity on campus, nor
create unsightliness," the election regulations handout says.
No parades, bands or demonstrations will lx* permitted lielbre 5
p.m . and dining hall public address systems may not lx* used for
campaigning.
Candidates for Student Government Executive offices and candi
dates for Yell Leaders are allowed to spend a maximum ofSIOOon their
campaigns. For all other offices, the maximum is $50
All winning candidates must submit to the Election Commission an
itemized expense account and receipts within three* clays after the*
elections.
— David Roop
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Are you going to vote this weekend?’
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Wayne Zieschang,
junior Wildlife and
‘ Science
”1 didn’t know college
students could vote. 1
didn't think they are con
sidered citizens of the
town where the college
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Matthew Mancarrow,
sophomore pre-medicine
“I’m never going to vote
in my life. There’s always
thousands of people who
vote and my vote isn’t
going to make a differ
ence.”
Billie Douthitt,
junior sociology
“Yes, definitely. I think
it is my duty to vote."
Paul Ogden,
sophomore pre-medicine
’’No, I’m registered at
home because the citi
zens of College Station
have to live with the
decisions made by people
who are here temporarily
and vote.”
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Malcolm Gem gross,
senior animal science
No. 1 don’t know any of
the candidates.”
Melanie Holland,
sophomore history
“No, I haven’t been down
to register. In fact, I can’t
figure out where to regis-
ter.
Cary Standard,
sophomore Wildlife and
Fisheries Science
No, I haven’t heard
about the election. Oh,
you mean die city elec
tion. I m not registered
but I would vote.”
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Paul Cropstein,
senior geology
Yes. I’ve always voted.
I live in Bryan and I feel
I have the right to be
heard.