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' Che Battalion f Weather S Thursday — Cloudy, scattered after- noon thunder showers, winds South •ji: 15-20 m.p.h. High 77, low 58. j:-: !$ Friday — Cloudy, to partly cloudy, S $: winds South 10-15 High 77, low 59. iji: %x : : : x : x:x : x : x : x : x : x : x : x': : : : : : : : : ; : : : : :': ; : ; : : : : : : : : x : : : : : : : x : : : x : : : x : : : x : : : x ; : : :-: VOLUME 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1968 NUMBER 558 Hubert Names Heads Of New Departments Arts College Expansion Set For Sept. 1 BOWMAN ON ‘MARITAL SEX’ Dr. Henry Bowman, University of Texas sociologist, emphasizes a point in his Marriage Forum talk on “Sex in Human Relationships—Marital.” The Tuesday lecture was the fourth of five in the series, sponsored by the A&M YMCA. (Photo by Mike Wright) In Post-Marital Relations, ‘Anything Goes’—Bowman By BOB SOLOVEY Battalion Editorial Columnist “In marriage, anything that a couple does that moves toward a satisfying experience is good if done privately and with mutual consent.” These were comforting words to some ears as Dr. Henry Bow man, University of Texas sociolo gist, spoke at the fourth of five Marriage Forums Tuesday night in the YMCA. Speaking on “Sex in Human Relationships—Marital,” Bowman said sex is both the cause and effect of other problems. “COUPLES USE SEX as a hook on which to hang other problems. The less successful sex is, the more conspicuous it be comes to a couple and the more is said about it.” Bowman explained that inter course is both biological and cre ative and in both sexes there is a large amount of ego involve ment. RIDE OF YOUR LIFE Cyclist Nicolas Surovy gives Sam Groom the ride of his life in the movie “For Pete’s Sake.” The movie is being sponsored at the Campus Theater by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. “Sexual response in a man is like building a fire with dry wood, matches and paper, whereas in the female it is like building a fire in the rain,” he added. Bowman noted that a woman's responsiveness builds slowly and prior to sex a woman wants a man to be tender and loving, making her aware that he needs her and that he cares. HE NOTED during the so- called “after-glow” period, a woman needs even more love and reassurance. “A man may feel overwhelming sleepiness but if he goes to sleep then, he hasn’t missed the boat; he doesn’t even know the boat exists,” Bowman said. “We make too much of tech nique. I saw a book which showed 426 different postures. Instead of love being an adventure, a free expression of love and affection, it became an engineering prob lem.” BOWMAN SAID there are four ingredients which contribute to sexual adjustment: time, learn ing, a healthy attitude, and a will to succeed. He said one of the most im portant adjustments comes on the wedding night. Men seem to have the inborn desire to see unclothed women, but women see little in seeing unclothed men, he said. “On the wedding night girls frequently have inhibitions about bodily exposure, even in front of their husbands. “Couples need time to work out an adjustment. You can’t ex perience marriage in 24 hours,” he said. Bowman noted that there was a fear of initial intercourse among many women, because of superstition, reports of other cul tures or because of their own anatomy. He said such uncertainty can be eliminated if the prospective Dr. William C. Gibbons and Dr. William R. Smith have been named heads of Texas A&M’s new Political Science and Psy chology Departments, announced Liberal Arts Dean Frank W. R. Hubert. Dean Hubert said formation of the two new departments is the result of Texas College and Uni versity Coordinating Board ap proval to reorganize A&M’s pres ent History and Government and Education and Psychology De partments. Authority to func tion as four separate depart ments is effective Sept. 1. “We have a very strong growth pattern in each of these fields,” the dean noted, “and with its identity as a separate depart ment, each field will continue to grow, both in number of students and scope of program.” DR. GIBBONS, 41, is currently director of the Agency for Inter national Development’s (AID) Congressional liaison staff in Washington, D. C. His A&M appointment is effective April 1. During the past 12 years, he has served in various capacities in the legislative and executive branches of the federal govern ment. Early in his career he served as an administrative as sistant in both the House of Rep resentatives and Senate. Aggie land Inn Was Unique, As Texas Hotels Went ‘For Pete’s Sake’ Sponsored By EGA At Campus Theater By BOB PALMER Pete’s Sake” also features a spe- Battalion Staff Writer The Fellowship of Christian Athletes will present “For Pete’s Sake,” a movie depicting “life as it is really lived,” March 31 through April 6 at the Campus Theater. Tickets being sold in advance at any of the Bryan or College Station banks, theaters and U- Tote’M stores will cost $1. Tick ets bought the night of the shows will cost $1.50. “ ‘For Pete’s Sake’ portrays the everyday Christian life as it really is, full of joy and excite ment,” Jerry Campbell, FCA president, said. “It is a movie everyone should see.” THE MOVIE looks into every facet of today’s modern society. It examines sex, narcotics, vio lence, the younger generation and religion. It shows a minister, played by Sam Groom, and the people of the community he lives in. “For cial film appearance of Billy Graham. “ ‘For Pete’s Sake’ is worth seeing simply as entertainment,” Ozzie Burke, vice-president of FCA, asserted. “If you are a Christian, it will enrich you; if not, it will cer tainly challenge you to take a close look at your life,” Burke continued. “‘FOR PETE’S SAKE’ really impressed me by showing a man’s struggle to develop a Christian life and witness,” Grady Wells said. “It is presented in every day language through the lives of everyday people.” The show is in color, lasts more than an hour and forty minutes and is produced by World Wide Pictures. On 'March 31 and April 6 fea tures will begin at 1:15 p.m., 3:30, 6:15 and 8:45. On April 1 through 5 the show will start at 2:30 p.m., 6:15 and 8:45. By DAVE MAYES Battalion Staff Writer The only state-owned hotel in Texas, where one could “get a nice, cool room and meals at very moderate cost,” was the Aggieland Inn, once located be tween Sbisa Dining Hall and the University Hospital. Razed and replaced by a park ing lot almost three years ago, the Inn was built in 1925 “as a hotel for the use of guests of the college, containing 36 sleeping rooms with baths, a large dining room and a separated cafeteria with kitchen and service equip ment.” The $60,000 structure, with its white stucco walls and red Span ish tile roof, served as the only campus hotel until it yielded its business in 1955 to the Memorial Student Center. FROM 1950-1960, the Aggie land Inn building served as head quarters for Basic Division, fore runner to the A&M Counseling and Testing Center presently lo cated in the Academic Building. Basic Division, structured to place all freshmen then living in Easterwood Airport facilities under one academic dean, also held classes in the ground floor of the Inn. through the third floor,” Miss Hilda Pachall, psychometrist for the counseling and testing center, said. “THE INN was beginning to fall part,” she added. “I can re member putting coffee cans around the floor to catch the rainwater as it dripped from the ceiling.” Crow recalled that when the wrecking crews took charge of the building in the summer of 1965, they wasted little time. “They used a big wrecking ball which left quick and lasting im pressions on the Inn’s walls,” he said. • I: . - . # “ " ■ — — JSnjt'.-# AGGIELAND INN Located between Sbisa Dining - Hall and the University Hospital, the Aggieland Inn was razed in 1966. The build ing was at one time the only state-owned hotel in Texas. The Harrisonburg, Va., native Most of ® as j c Division earned his B.A. degree in history courses concerned freshman onen- and government from Randolph- Macon College and M.A. and Ph.D. in politics from Princeton. GIBBONS WAS selected a fel low for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in 1949- 50 and a Congressional fellow for the American Political Science Association in 1954-55. Dr. Smith, whose appointment is effective June 1, joined the A&M faculty last year as pro fessor of management after serv ing four years as personnel devel opment manager for the Xerox Corporation. He was an associate profes sor at Boston’s Northeastem University from 1960 to 1963 and was previously engaged in psychological research for the Cambridge Research Laboratory, University of Utah, George Washington University and the U. S. government. The 42-year-old Salt Lake City native earned B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in psychology from the University of Utah. Dean Hubert said both new departments will offer B.A. and M.A. degrees. tation, reading improvement, and vocational guidance. Ulrich Crow, assistant profes sor, Education and Psychology Department, said he remembered when the Inn served as a bus station. “BEFORE THE MSC was com pleted,” he added, “the Inn also had a fine little coffee shop.” “Around 1950, the porch on the Inn was enclosed to provide more office space,” Dr. William J. Dobson, professor of biological science, recalled. “Although there was lots of storage space in the upper two floors, the building was really not suited to the needs of the counseling and testing center,” he said. Nevertheless, the center staff, along with the staff of the foreign student advisor, remained until June 1965. “The building was finally con demned in late 1964 when it was reported that someone fell $300,000 Research Computer Given To A&M Meteorologists Texas A&M has been presented a $300,000 analog computer which is probably the largest of its kind on any American campus. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M” —Adv. The award was made by Com puter Systems Incorporated of Ft. Washington, Pa., from which A&M has rented most of the equipment since 1963. The machine has been used by A&M for research in weather modeling for the Army Elec tronics Command and the Na tional Science Foundation. Dr. William Clayton of the De partment of Meteorology said the computer will continue to be used for weather modeling and also for meteorological studies con nected with Project THEMIS, supported by the Department of Defense. The original installation was four consoles of about 70 ampli fiers each. A&M added another console and supporting equip ment, so that the facility now boasts approximately 400 ampli fiers. An analog computer uses phys ical quantities as analogies to variables being solved, whereas a digital computer uses numbers, Dr. Clayton explained. One advantage of an analog computer in weather studies is that in this type of problem, it can handle a number of variables more rapidly, he added. The computer is particularly adept at high-speed repetitive op erations, Clayton continued. Officially termed a CSI 5800 DYSTAC, the facility is used both for research and teaching at A&M. Auxiliary equipment includes a digital print-out system, digit al card punch, digital voltmeter readout, a multi-channel scope and x-y plotters. First Bank & Trust now pays 5% per annum on savings certif icates. —Adv. wife has a premarital examina tion by her physician. “The male must be patient and tender if the female is to avoid discomfort, and if sex is going to be more than just an animal act,” Bowman said. Discussing what he called peri odicity, Bowman said a woman usually goes through a monthly mood cycle. “At times a woman may be very affectionate, while during one or two days a month she may be depressed, angry, touchy and sometimes a little cruel. This is perfectly natural and normal. “A husband should realize this and not feel rejected. A woman is what she is over the entire month, not just a few days,” he said. “A man should know that the degree he contributes to his wife’s happiness is the degree to which he receives happiness.” Next week’s speaker for the concluding Marriage Forum will be Professor D. Lance Bullard, Texas A&M sociology instructor, who will discuss “Marrying Out side Your Faith—Will Love Find a Way?” By V0 Candidates Trip To West Point Proposed By MIKE FLAKE Battalion Feature Editor A trip to West Point in 1969 by the class of 1970 seems to be a predominant issue among the candidates for presidency of the Junior Class. John R. Gingrich, an electrical engineering major from Waco and member of the Corps of Cadets, said: “My main idea, as a platform, is to see our class travel enmasse to the Aggie football game at West Point. I hope to be able to arrange hotels in which to stay while we’re there, as well as some activities before and after the game. I hope we can pull a few strings and arrange some form of transportation for the entire class.” GINGRICH IS the engineering sophomore representative in the Student Senate. He is also on the Traffic Appeals Panel. Other points in his platform: “I would like to see the estab lishment of a Junior Weekend, having more activities for the class as a whole than just the Ball,” Gingrich said. Albert J. Reinert, also in the Corps of Cadets, is a second can didate. REINERT is currently Finance Chairman in the Memorial Stu dent Center Council Directorate and a vice-chairman of the Stu dent Conference on National Af fairs. “I think we should have a re view of the concessions system and concession privileges on cam pus,” Reinert said. Reinert said the Junior Class this year lost money because of poor attendence at its activities. “I think our class needs an ex pansion in communications so that this will not happen to us. I’d like to see a large attendence next year at all our activities. Collier R. Watson, an agricul tural economics major from Cole man, is a third candidate. He is a member of the SCONA Pub licity Committee, and the Cadet Corps. “I am a pledge in Alpha Zeta, a national agricultural honor so ciety,’ 7 Watson added. Bryan Building & Loan Association, Your Sav ings Center, since 1919. BB SuZ, -Adv. WATSON includes three main items on his platform: “I would like to see our class make a contribution to some worthy group such as a local or phanage or the establishment of a scholarship fund.” “I think this would get both the class and the school much favorable publicity,” Watson said. His third point was to push for a class trip to the West Point- Texas A&M football game at West Point in 1970. Allen D. Janacek, a fourth can didate for the presidency, is a Mechanical Engineering major from Baytown. “Although I’m not in any cer tain office right now, I would like to serve my class as presi dent,” he said. “I would like to improve the class and leave a good name and reputation behind us.’ JANACEK said the main item on his platform is to “set up a memorial for Pinky Downs.” John F. MacGillis, a dairy sci ence major from Houston, is one of the two civilian candidates in the race. MacGillis is acting president of Walton Hall. “I have a sincere desire to see A&M become as united as pos sible,” MacGillis said. “The school is rapidly changing, and I hope to have activities and attitudes predominant in our class that will keep up with those times.” “I also intend to represent all of the class in as complete a manner as possible,” he noted. “I think the class should work as a whole, not a diided unit.” “I ALSO intend to try to get more social functions begun for all parts of the campus.” John C. Otto, an accounting major from Dayton, is the sixth candidate. Otto is presently secre tary of the Dayton Hometown Club and has served as a repre sentative on the Sophomore Coun cil. His platform: “My biggest idea on a plat form is to have better communi cation between officers and the class,” Otto said. “I would also like to appoint a special committee to investigate (See Elections, Page 2) I::?! s>l