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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Tuesday, May 9, 1967
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
One Marriage 6 Too Many 9
Says Sophomore Engineer
“We may as well get used to it because it’s got to be on the
bed when mother gets here next Sunday!”
Stabilize The ‘Hemline’
The debate over whether tax rates should be raised
and lowered from season to season like the hemlines of
women’s dresses is growing in Washington. And it’s
high time.
Not long ago, Gardner Ackley, chairman of Presi
dent Johnson’s Council of Economic Advisors, told Ameri
cans, “We must accustom ourselves to the idea of frequent
adjustment of tax rates.” It is Ackley’s contention that
a fluid federal fiscal policy is the best means of keeping
the economy on an even course.
Later he was challenged by Rep. Wilbur Mills, D-Ark.,
chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Com
mittee. Consumers, uneasy about the possibility of a tax
hike, make for an uneasy economy, he said.
And he makes good sense. Talk that began last fall
about a tax increase caused the nation’s economy to take
a bad turn, opening its back door to the possibility of reces
sion. Auto sales showed an almost immediate drop as
confidence-shaken consumers began laying money away to
pay higher taxes that still haven’t materialized.
If a yo-yo policy makes it hard on consumers, it’s
even worse on business. Long-range planning is vital to
sound business. But what buisnessman can plan ahead
if he can’t be sure about his taxes. Case in point is the
recently restored 7 per cent investment tax credit. Five
months prior to its restoration earlier this year, it had
been revoked. Not a very stable basis upon which to plan
for business expansion.
In the last five years, Americans have worried their
way through six major tax changes. President Johnson
is now asking for a seventh. For the health of the economy
(and the taxpayer’s peace of mind) the President should
make our tax changes less fashionable.
—The Dallas Morning News
Just now, one marriage would
be “one too many” for an Iranian
student at Texas A&M.
By law, dark-haired Freidoon
Sharifi-Monfared, a sophomore
petroleum engineering major at
Texas A&M, could have as many
as four wives.
“Every man in my country can
have four wives if he likes,” Shar
ifi-Monfared commented. “The
usual number is one, though.”
Sharifi-Monfared, the son of a
civilian advisor to the Shah of
Iran, is too busy with the books
to worry about marriage.
“I’m taking 19 hours this sem
ester,” Fred confided. “English
gives me a lot of trouble, but I
am doing okay in chemistry and
physics. The highest grade I
have ever made in English is a
‘C’.”
The 22-year-old Iranian has yet
to take a course in petroleum en
gineering, but plans to get in the
thick of it this fall.
“I’ve tried to get a summer job
in petroleum engineering for the
past two years, but I haven’t been
able to land one,” he remarked.
“I’ve got to work at least six
weeks in the profession before my
senior year.”
It’s Fred’s ambition to stay
around long enough to earn a
master’s degree. He feels he will
have little trouble finding work
in Iran, the world’s third largest
oil producer.
Although Fred’s father, AH
Sharifi-Manfared has been an ad-
Architect Speaks
At Awards Event
Houston Architect Preston Bol
ton will be the featured speaker
Wednesday for the Texas A&M
School of Architecture Awards
Convocation.
Edward J. Romieniec, School of
Architecture Chairman, said Bol
ton, a 1941 Texas A&M graduate,
will serve as program emcee and
present awards.
Ceremonies are set for 3 p.m.
in the School of Architecture li
brary courtyard.
New awards will be imple
mented this year, Romieniec said,
for graduate students in planning,
research and architecture.
Awards are planned for out
standing students from each class
in design. Other top awards will
be made to students in landscape
and construction.
Several scholarships and fel
lowships also are to be presented.
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SHAFFER'S
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visor to the Shah for about 30
years, Fred has had little contact
with Shah Mohamad Reza Pah-
lavi.
“He’s a very busy man,” Fred
remarked. “People have to make
appointments about three weeks
in advance just to talk three to
five minutes with him.”
“My father has made three
trips to the United States with
the Shah,” the soft-spoken Iran
ian commented. “But that’s not
the reason I came to A&M. I was
going to Georgetown University
in 1965 and decided to study
petroleum engineering. After
reading about A&M in a book, I
decided to come here. At first, I
couldn’t even find College Station
on the map.”
After graduating from Alborz
High School in Tehran, Iran’s cap
ital city, Fred worked a year on
cotton farms in the area before
obtaining his passport to the
United States.
“I posted about $1,000 with the
Army to assure that I return to
fulfill my military obligation,”
Fred explained. “When I go
home, I will serve two years as
an officer in the Army.”
Fred says he and his roommate,
Francisco J. Sagastegui of Mon
terrey, Mexico, are too busy with
their homework to learn each
other’s language.
“In my spare time, I play ten
nis and swim,” Fred declared. “I
go to football games sometimes
and visit Iranian friends in Hous
ton now and then.”
“Pizza and prime ribs are my
favorite foods,” Fred grinned,
“But I guess you would have to
say that Pizza is an Italian food.”
Fred misses his parents and
doesn’t expect to see them until
he graduates, but he stays in
touch by writing every week. He
also writes a girl friend from
Tehran who is studying in Lon
don.
“A&M is a good place to study,”
Fred commented.
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Potts, Helm Given
Top FFA Awards
By LEON MACHA
Battalion Special Writer
Dr. R. C. Potts, assistant dean
of agriculture, and Raymond
Helm, instructor of dairy science,
received the top awards at the
A&M Collegiate FFA Student-
Prof Banquet held recently.
Dr. Potts received the Distin
guished Service Award, an an
nual award given in recognition
of outstanding contributions to
agriculture during his career.
Helm was selected Outstanding
Professor in the College of Agri
culture by the FFA chapter for
his outstanding performance as a
Dairy Science Department in
structor.
Student awards presented in
cluded those to outstanding jun
ior and seniors. The Outstanding
Senior Award for the fall semes
ter went to Robert E. Lee of Gor
don, while the spring semester
award was presented to Joe Town
send of McAllen, and John Dil
lingham of Gouldbusk.
The Outstanding Junior Award
was presented to Leland Williams
of Gouldbusk. The Junior Award
carried a $125 scholarship pro
vided from funds of the FFA
chapter.
The Leadership Award, pre
sented to the chapter president
for each semester, was received
by Joe Townsend of McAllen, fall
president, and Ronnie Clark,
Gainesville, spring president.
Advisor Pins were presented to
the agricultural education seniors
who had completed the student
teaching this spring by Dr. O. M.
Holt, associate professor of agri
cultural education.
Marcus Hill, state FFA presi
dent from Sulphur Springs, was
the guest speaker. He leads more
than 50,000 Texas FFA mem
bers, which is almost 10 per cent
of the national membership.
“Agriculture is an expanding
field in every aspect but one —
the number of farmers,” Hill ex
plained referring to advancing
agricultural technology.
“Technology,” Hill said evaluat
ing the future, “can destroy polio
— or people.”
The 160 present at the banquet
consisted of FFA members and
their professor-guests, vocational
agriculture teachers who super
vised this year’s student-teachers,
and several honored guests from
the field of agriculture.
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