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•• : ■ . ^ ^ , ■.■■.A;,.". • ' ,'/V; Play, 66-5) 'OWEP, Battalion Cloudy, rainy, windy Friday — Cloudy with rain- showers and thundershowers. Winds southerly at 10-15 ntph be coming’ westerly 15-20 mph. Low 61°, high 72°. Saturday — Clear with north erly winds at 10-15 mph. Low 46°, high 61°. Vol. 66 No. 84 College Station, (Texas Thursday, February 25, 1971 845*2226 U. S. Laos aid may be heavier: Nixon WASHINGTON <^> — Presi dent Nixon predicted Thursday some hard choices in deployment of allied troops in Indochina as more GIs pull out and forecast heavy U.S. help for operations in Laos and Cambodia. “If winding down the war is my greatest satisfaction in for eign policy, the failure to end it is my deepest disappointment,” Nixon added in a 65,000-word “State of the World” report to (Congress. He also arranged a nationwide radio broadcast ver sion. In highlights of the document, Nixon: —Rated the Mideast as the world’s most dangerous area now because of possible collision with the Soviet Union, and pledged the United States anew to a major role in helping bring about a settlement. —Termed it essential to go ahead with the U.S. Safeguard antiballistic missile system. He indicated he favors an ABM de fense around Washington in ad dition to the missile-site ABM defenses now being built in Northwestern states. —Virtually rejected a Soviet proposal to limit ABMs to Wash ington and Moscow, unless such a disarmament deal also includes a curb on offensive missiles. But he voiced hope for an agreement at the U.S.-Soviet strategic arms limitation talks. —Suggested that SALT - type talks might also be used to seek an agreement by the Western allies with the Soviets on reduc ing conventional forces in Eu rope. —Named Red China as a maj or power in the emerging new Asia, without so listing Nation alist China, and said, ‘‘What we can do, we will” to improve Washington-Peking relationships without harming U.S. commit ments to the Nationalists. —Anticipated that West Euro pean nations may one day join in a political union and invited the six-nation Common Market group to set up a mission in Washington. —Proposed U. S. government guarantees to help U.S. business firms invest in Communist Ro mania and Yugoslavia. Nixon’s 180-page report was his second yearly State of the World message since taking of fice. His avowed aim is to promote understanding abroad of U. S. foreign policy and at home, to develop “a partnership of pur pose” among Americans on this policy. The administration par ticularly wants support on Viet nam. In essence, Nixon’s report out lines no basically new policy though it goes into detail on a number of outstanding problems and seeks to explain why the ad ministration has acted as it has on them. Reaffirming his over-all goal of a generation of peace, Nixon reviewed the doctrine he first set forth during his trip to Asia in 1969. He portrayed the Nixon doctrine as fitting the new reali ties of the 1970s by paring U.S. activities abroad and encourag ing other increasingly strong countries to take a larger part- (See U. S. Laos aid, page 6) Date talk makes Ags laugh, clap, hiss By BRUCE BLACK Battalion Staff Writer If you have a lousy time on a date, maybe you should stop and ask yourself, “Am I the one that made it that way ? ” Frieda Steele, a Texas Woman’s University (TWU) senior, said here last night. The second “Man Your Man ners” program discussed subjects ranging from blind dates to a football game to inter-racial dat ing. The standing-room-only crowd showered the panel of five girls with whoops, laughter, hisses, ap plause and a wide assortment of comments from beginning to end of the program. The three girls from TWU in Denton and two from A&M ap peared shaken by the reactions of the crowd, but succeeded in pre senting short speeches on dating topics and answering questions afterward. Representing A&M were Nancy Ondrovik, a freshman psycholo gy major from Dallas, and Char lotte Gay, a junior business man agement major from Houston. Neither had appeared at a “Man Your Manners” discussion before. From TWU were Miss Steele, a senior special education major from Victoria, Marilyn Osborn, a sophomore speech major from Dallas and Carolyn Wiley, a jun ior business education major from Houston. Miss Ondrovik spoke on types of dating. “When you think about blind dates,” she said, “you usually ex pect a pretty bad time, especially when your friend refuses to tell you all the details. But remember it’s just for one night.” “And besides,” she added, “the law of averages is on your side . . . after a while you should meet one girl you like.” Speaking on informal evening dates, Miss Ondrovik suggested never to leave the planning of the evening up to the girl; she is liable to choose something too ex pensive, which would be embar rassing to both the boy and girl. Speaking on costs and transpor tation, Miss Osborn mentioned that if an Aggie wanted to bring a girl to A&M for a weekend, and she did not already have a place to stay, he should arrange one for her. This can be done, she said, through the YMCA. As far as gifts go, she contin ued, it could be embarrassing to a girl to accept candy or other gifts on a first date. Flowers on the other hand is another matter. She mentioned that she loved to receive flowers on any occasion. At this point a student in the back of the room, urged forward by the entire crowd, boldly walk ed forward and presented Miss Osborn with some artificial flow- “Speaking as a black,” she said, “I believe some black girls who date whites are just looking for a better way of life, and some are just seeing what they can get.” “Many times,” she continued, “people who engage in interracial dating are snobbed, kidded, talked about. . . Well, that’s life.” Most blacks, she commented, disagree, saying it shows disre spect. Miss Steele gave her views on blind dates to a corps trip or an Aggie football game. “I think you should either write or call her and tell her exactly where and what you’re planning to do that weekend,” she said. “Also, if she’s never been to A&M, I think you should tell her in ad vance what some of your customs are.” Speaking on sex on dates. Miss Gay said that how much of a problem sex is in a relationship depends mainly on the morals of those involved. “The important thing, of course, is love,” she said, “though every one has his or her own different levels of love.” Miss Ondrovik also spoke on the topic of drinking on a date. “If a guy wants to drink,” she said, “he should first find out if she wants to drink or not. If not, he should find out if she minds if he does.” “If the girl gets very, very drunk,” she continued, “it’s still the man’s responsibility to see that she gets home all right. “Always remember the other person and respect their views,” she continued. Models Celia Williams and Steve Simpson slither through a crowded Memorial Stu dent Center Assembly Room during Host and Fashion Committee’s Dudes ‘n’ Dolls fash ion show Wednesday night. See page six for another picture. (Photo by Randy Free man) Belts with flair, denim. knits modeled at show By SUE DAYIS Battalion Women’s Editor In an informal coffee house atmosphere, the Host and Fashion Committee presented the Dudes ‘and’ Dolls fashion show Wednes day. A&M students modeled clothes from the Country Squire and Beverly Braley before a near capacity audience. Rusty Rush of Country Squire was the commentator. Men’s styles were featured in the show, along with a few women’s outfits. The men’s clothes ran from business suits to casual outfits, with all styles in between. Among the featured items were woven belts and action-back coats, which have a slit in the back. Sports coats were shown in bright colors, such as the red one worn by Hugh McElroy. Also modeled were some lightweight suits for summer and a white linen suit. Many casual styles were pre sented. They consisted mostly of knit shirts and dacron and cotton pants. The denim look is popular this year, in both men’s and women’s fashions. Several outfits were shown with interchangeable denim pieces. Many permanent press and easy care clothes were shown because people request them at the Coun try Squire, Rush said. Most of the casual clothes and some of the more expensive pants are machine-washable and dryable. 2 graduations set A A&.M coed Nancy Ondrovik discusses blind dating Wednesday night on the Man Your Manners panel. (Photo by Randy Freeman) The laughter and shouting stop ped, however, when Miss Wiley began to speak on interracial dat ing. “Though it is nothing new,” she said, “it has become more and more popular over the last five years or so.” When asked her views as an Aggie concerning the new girl’s dorm, Miss Gay said that she thinks that a girl’s dorm in ’72 is fantastic, though something should be done sooner. The question was brought up concerning how a guy can ap proach a girl with good intentions and not make her think he’s just trying to pick her up. “Simple,” Miss Osborn replied, “Just go to TWU some weekend.” A&M will have two commencement exercises this spring—one for graduate students and another for undergraduates. Dr. Jack K. Williams, university president, said the anticipated size of the spring graduating class prompted the decision to conduct dual exercises. Ceremonies for recipients of master’s and doctoral degrees will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 7, at Bryan Civic Auditorium. Exercises for recipients of baccalaureate degrees will be con ducted at 9 a.m. the following day in G. Rollie White Coliseum. Dr. Carl W. Landiss, chairman of the university’s Convocations Committee, noted spearate graduation exercises also will eliminate the need for tickets to gain admission to the ceremonies. Leather belts were worn with most of the suits. Some are re versible, with suede on the other side. Several Peter Max belts were modeled. These are woven with Max’s unique artwork deco rating them. Most of the women’s outfits were of the peasant style. They included long and short dresses, hostess culottes and a bright orange polyester knit pant suit. Judy, Lee and Mike, a singing trio, entertained during the inter mission. The audience was seated around small tables and was served refreshments before the show and during intermission. Computer indexes prayer book An English professor has suc ceeded in “humanizing” the com puter. Prof. Milton A. Huggett accom plished the feat by feeding A&M’s Powerful IBM 360/65 a steady diet of the 611-page “American Book of Common Prayer.” Result of the five-year project is a 473-page concordance to the prayer book which provides the basis for services in the Episcopal Church. Many prayers in the book, along with numerous related passages, also are used in the services of other churches, both Protestant and Catholic. A concordance is an alpha betical index of the words in a book with their contextural oc currence. In addition to being the first University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. computer-produced concordance to the prayer book, it is the first of any type in this century. A con cordance was done in 1898 for an earlier version of the book, which was superseded in 1929 by the present volume. The new document, officially titled “A Concordance to the American Book of Common Prayer,” has been published by the Church Hymnal Corporation of the Episcopal Church. Professor Huggett noted the project was undertaken as an experiment in using the computer for literary and linguistic studies, with partial financial support provided by A&M’s Council for Organized Research. “It was a project of feeding the computer ‘natural language’—as opposed to scientific and mathe matical data—to determine what the computer was capable of do ing,” Huggett explained. “I don’t think the computer need dehumanize us,” he added. “It can be used by humanists to achieve their ends and goals, just as it has proved to be a boon for engineers and scientists.” A graduate of the Episcopal Theological Seminary at Cam bridge, Mass., Huggett presented his idea to the Episcopal Church and won its approval and agree ment to publish the concordance. In reference to royalties from the book, Huggett emphasized: “I won’t make a penny on it—and didn’t want to.” “I simply thought it would be a useful reference for clergy. literary scholars and lay people,” he added. The concordance lists every word in the prayer book—except for approximately 100 common words such as prepositions and conjunctions—and gives the vari ous contexts in which each word is used, showing the page and line on which the word appears. The work also provides the only con cordance for the Psalms as trans lated in the Great Bible of 1539. Huggett was assisted in his work by James M. Pye Jr., a com puter programmer who formerly served as a research associate in the office of A&M’s vice president for research. Some early com puter work was performed by Melvin Emmons, Donald Moore and John Prewit, all graduate students. Without the computer, Huggett observed, the concordance would probably never have been at tempted. “To do it manually would have taken 10 or more years,” he noted. While the professor and his associates spent portions of five years formulating their plan and perfecting complicated program ming techniques, the actual execu tion required only 35 minutes and the text print-out took less than two hours. English professor Dr. Milton A. Huggett examines his computer-produced concor dance for the “American Book of Common Prayer.”