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. ... .* .. ' ch 11,1811 HE BATTALION Wednesday, March 11, 1970 Colleg-e Station, Texas Page 3 VS NT Fashions for Men Becoming Fancier, But Not Effeminate The men’s fashion smoker last tek emphasized locally what’s ion happening to men’s fashion it the last year and what will new this spring and summer— (least in College Station. The show was organized in tree categories: class wear, cas- il sportswear and informal eve- ing wear, with Country Squire, ia Starnes, and Loupot’s pro- MS viding sample merchandise and narrators. A staple in the class wear divi sion was the casual summer knit shirt, worn inside and belted. Lightweight, short-sleeve sweat ers worn outside the pants were featured, as were continental- pocket slacks and the new stove pipe silhouette slacks. The body shirt, which has been it* I **! ( kuv\ lETCHES—Artist’s impressions of fashions shown at the mker: (left to right), beachwear in wild patterns, win- jwpane plaid stovepipes, tall collar shirt with apache arf. c OFFSET PRINTED COPIES / SPECIAL TO STUDENTS THESES AND DISSERTATIONS ONLY 75< per Page — 10 COPIES EACH PAGE — Price includes All Paper We furnish 3 copies on blue-line thesis paper (50% rag) and 7 copies on top quality vellum book paper, without blue line, if desired. OVER 10 COPIES: 11 - IS COPIES — 7< PER COPY 16 - 25 COPIES — 6< PER COPY 26 - 50 COPIES — 5* PER COPY (For more than 50 copies per page / please refer to our regular price list or call for quotation.) oragm[?[2QK] , u , /7 m(§,o Reproduction Division of Newman Printing Company 505 CHURCH STREET / COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS Call 846-2157 to schedule your thesis or dissertation for this semester. FLOWERS ^ Complete Store Baby Albums - Party Goods Unusua] Gifts Aggieland Flower & Gift Shoppe 209 University Drive College Station 846-5825 YES You can have breakfast at the Golf Course Snack Bar beginning March 26, 1970 when our new open hours will be from 8:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m. daily. 5 making strong headway in men’s acceptance was prevalent in the show. The flamboyant “Apache scarf” was also presented. The casual beachwear, adapt able to “topside or ashore”, comes in exciting new colors and styles. The fabrics are almost exclu sively easy-care, wash and wear. The evening wear section did most to define the general fash ion trend. A lot of window-pane plaid was shown, both in jackets and slacks. The fabrics for sum mer are tropical weights, hop- sacks, twills, and canvas. Other plaids, such as the small tatter- sail and bold tartan are popular and come in a wide range of colors. The College Station merchants emphasized the strong points of current men’s fashion. The double-breasted look with wide lapels and body-shape styling, deep center vents, 6-button blaz ers, 5-inch ties, Edwardian flair, “town” collars and straight leg pants are what’s in new. Judging from the stores’ ex hibits, spring suits will be co ordinated color-wise with wide lapels, notched, inverted center pleats and flap pockets. Summer pants feature sport wide, color ful stripes; some are flare-bot tom, some stovepipe. The but ton-down collar has virtually dis appeared, to be replaced by “tall” collars, some with long points to display the wider ties. Innova tions such as the “jungle jacket” are also popular, and wild-col ored sunglasses. A sense of humor and a sense of adventure sum up what you need to be in style in the coming seasons. Fortunately, from a state of “revolution”, men’s fash ions have settled into a more comfortable evolution, eliminat ing a lot of the mod excesses and making new fashion a safer in vestment. Historically, wide lapels and stripes were prominent in the 1920s along with the double- breasteds through the thirties. Some of the style is slightly reminiscent of the gangster era and shoes are going along with this trend. Two-tone shoes are even back in favor. Fashion experts say to watch for bold - striped, big - collared shirts, concave shoulders in suits with wider lapels, bolder ties, bolder patterns in everything, body-shaped waist in shirts and jackets, wider pocket flaps, french cuffs, longer, leaner coats, straighter leg trousers with plain bottoms and broad-toed shoes. The stovepipe pant measures the same at the cuff as at the knee and can have a cuff up to 3 inches wide. Without cuffs, the hem is cut at a slant to be long at the back without break ing over the shoe in front. Look for Art Deco (an orna mental design) on ties, pastel colors and unusual textures and fabrics. Models for A&M’s smoker were Ray Dillon, Darryl Baker, Joe Macnak, Vernon Young for Country Squire. Greg Stiles, Bobby Jack Schil ler, Auvye Burch and G. T. Hill represented Iva Starnes. Mike Davis, Mike Evers and Warren Piete modeled for Lou pot’s. Tyson Clemons of the MSC Host and Fashion committee which put on the smoker, was master of ceremonies. SMOKER FASHIONS— Two men’s smoker models sport samples of the latest things for spring. Plaids and stripes are big this year, along with wide belts and scarves. MAN YOUR MANNERS A Panel By the Presidents of the Campus Government Association, the Student Finance CounciL the Stu dent Council of Social Activities, and the Best Dressed Tessie. from T.W.U. TONIGHT 7:30 p. ni.-113 Biology Bldg.-East Wing to discuss Bates and Related Topics Presented by the Special Programs Committee of the Y.M.C.A. WOMEN NOW Editor’s Note... Last week’s page was dedicated to news of fashion, mostly because the spring season showings are in full swing, but partly because it’s a fairly non-controversial topic. The fact that there is a woman’s page at all in The Battalion may be shocking enough for starters. But women are possibly even harder to satisfy in the realm of news than men, so it is the intent of this page not to confine itself to neatly packaged definitions of “women’s interests.” Obviously this cannot be done without some sort of feedback. In order to provide news of what the women on the A&M campus are doing and to present news of general interest to all women, the editor would appreciate any expression of interest in any subject, whether fashion, child-care, recipes or politics. Pregnancy - Worse Than The Pill? WASHINGTON <A>) — A spe cialist in population control said Wednesday suspected complica tions from birth control pills are secondary to the medical and so cial dangers of pregnancy. Dr. Alan F. Guttmacher, head of the Planned Parenthood, told a Senate monopoly subcommittee its hearings into the safety of the pill have spread “unwarranted and dangerous alarm” through out the world. Nearly all side effects are un important or reversible, said Gutt macher, and the only proven complication that can be fatal is blood clotting. But this, he said, kills only 1.5 of every 100,000 women a year aged 20-34 while pregnancy claims 22.8 lives. Among women 34-44, 3.9 of every 100,000 die from blood clot ting associated with the pill while 57.6 per 100,000 die from the complications of pregnancy, he said. Besides reducing the risk of death, Guttmacher said, the pill has proved to be the most effec tive safeguard known against “one of the gravest socio-medical illnesses—unwanted pregnancy.” Guttmacher testified at the sixth session of hearings by the subcommittee, headed by Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.) The hearings have focused on scores of suspected complications and side effects. “The impact of these hearings has washed up on the shores of nearly every c o u n t r y,” Gutt macher said. His organization counsels 350,000 women at 525 centers in 130 U. S. cities. Guttmacher cited as one exam ple of this impact a hospital in New York’s Harlem where he said growing popularity of the pill had caused a sharp drop in the number of abortions. He said 67 per cent of the women treated by the hospital’s birth control clinic preferred the pill “until these hearings made headlines.” “I am afraid to estimate the Harlem Hospital figures for 1970, but it is fair to assume that the proportion of birth control pill users will decline acutely, abor tion admissions will rise, abortion deaths will go up, and in 1971 deliveries will also increase,” he said. Guttmacher said these would be the effects at only one hos pital at a time when nationwide up to a million abortions are per formed annually, 300,000 illegiti- Prepare quickly for an office job. Mat ferred They ur bi respon reliability. men often are pre- y employers for office jobs, illy h< gment and usually sibility. more judgi business course will qualify you shortly for an excellent salary in an attractive office. A iu shortly for an stimulating, women! ng nd NEW TERM STARTS MARCH 17TH Dial 822-6423 Today McKenzie-Baldwin Business College mate children are born, at least one out of six U. S. brides is pregnant when married, and 70,- 000 unmarried girls a year under 18 bear children. “I don’t accuse the hearings of any diabolical purpose,” Gutt macher stated. “But there is a tremendous amount of undigested pablum that comes out in the daily press.” Asked by Nelson whether women should be given more in formation on possible side effects from the pill, Guttmacher re marked, “The dispenser of ther apy should be educated, not the recipient.” UW Fill Out Forms On A&M Life By Pam Troboy Battalion Staff Writer Approximately 40 coeds de scribed what they expected from University Women Tuesday night. The women filled out question naires prepared by Mrs. Patricia Self, counselor for women stu dents, listing their suggestions for improving university life and explaining^ which activities had benefited them the most in the past year. Mrs. Self requested that the coeds fill out the forms to make her “aware of how you feel about the situation at A&M.” “We need to become aware of each other and of what we would like to see come about,” she said. “This will give me a better idea of how to represent you and this is important because a major part of my work here will be as a liason.” “We can do a lot to establish a precedent you can be proud of,” she said. “If we try to function as a unit, this can be achieved, but we need active help. I ac tively endorse University Women and encourage you to give your -help to the organization.” Mary Hanak, steering commit tee member, led discussion groups about the effectiveness of UW, the handbook and service projects. “We originally started as a service organization,” she said, “and somehow developed into a social group. We need to get away from that image. We are a service organization. She said that filing for UW positions will begin March 31 and end April 9. 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