>:v: CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle At the cinema ‘Julius Caesar’ dies early fAKR 1 ! ‘Maybe we should forego the stew tonight!” By PAT GRIMES The brutal death of William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” is surpassed only by the mass exit ing of the viewing audience (me included) in Peter Snell’s film spectacular ( ?), low-buget, low- gross of the same name. This slightly new version of Shakespeare’s classic play (at the Campus) supports an accomplish ed cast which includes Charlton Heston, Jason Robards, John Gielgud, Richard Johnson, Rich ard Chamberlain and Robert Vaughn. The mystery in this obvious failure lies in the fact that all six left their acting ability at home. Heston plays a ridiculously coiffed strawberry blonde Mark Anthony with 2-inch thick (pink) pancake make-up. Wind him up and he’d pass for a good mechan ical doll. Robards exhibits an astounding ‘Super check’ pays all NEW YORK (A 1 ) It’s not a credit card. It’s not a standard check. It’s “supercheck.” And many bankers say it’s a step to ward a cashless, checkless so ciety. The multipurpose — or super check, basically allows the pay ment of up to 100 bills with only one check. At least eight banks already are using the multipurpose check and others are exploring the idea. The check is oversized with the names of stores, utilities, fi nance companies, and many oth ers on it. The customer fills in the amount he want to pay each next to the firm name, totals the amount and signs the check. The bank then credits the ac count of each business that has an account with it or writes its own check to those who don’t. The bank customer pays 50 to 75 cents for a multipurpose check, compared to the individ ual check cost of 6 to 10 cents each plus added stationery, stamps and time. The advantage to the mer chant is that he doesn’t have to endorse and deposit individual checks for all his customers and he doesn’t have to worry about checks coming back marked in sufficient funds. Proponents claim the bank benefits because the system ob viously reduces the number of checks they have to handle. Ultimately, bankers say, the multipurpose check could be de veloped into a totally checkless credit transfer system with the help of the computer. Such a system could work this way: Mr. Jones wants to pay a bill. He inserts a card into a machine hooked up to a central computer. The machine — which could be located in the home, the bank or store — relays the amount of the bill. The computer checks to be sure there are sufficient funds in his account and then relays back that the bill is paid or not. A quick credit check, financial experts say, could even arrange a loan in a matter of minutes. All transferring of funds from Mr. Jones to his creditors is done by computer account entries. No checks are written. No money changes hands. Nixon told student rating low WASHINGTON (A 1 ) Five stu dent body leaders met privately with President Nixon Thursday and said later they told him he’s in danger of losing the entire student vote in 1972. “I told him the two questions on students’ minds are what country are we invading today, and how can we beat you in ’72,” said Steve Baker, 21, a senior at Hamilton College in Clinton, N. Y. “The President looked re signed to it.” The student leaders are mem bers of the steering committee for the National Student Con gress of Student Body Presi dents, an organization represent ing 330 colleges and universities. They are in Washington for five days to talk with legisla tors about student ideas, prob lems and grievances. The 25 - minute conversation with Nixon was arranged by White House aide Robert Finch, who met with the five students Wednesday and again Thursday before ushering them into the President’s office. In addition to Baker, those present were Stanley Grimm, 21, of Fargo, N. D., a senior at George Washington University in Washington; Walter Byrd of Kerrville, Tex., 21, a senior at the University of Mississippi; Ei leen Friar, 21, a senior at Sim mons College in Boston, and Jay Sternoff, 20, a sophomore at Bell- vue College in Bellevue, Wash. In an interview after the meet ing, three of the students—Bak- tonight on the tube Numbers in () denote channels 6:00 3 (5) Evening News on the cable. 6:30 3 (5) The Brady 2:30 3 (5) Edge of Night Bunch 15 (12) Sesame Street 15 (12) Campus and (PBS) (Repeat Community of Thursday) Today 3:00 3 (5) Corner Pyle 7:00 3 (5) Nanny and the 3:30 3 (5) Town Talk Professor 15 (12) University 15 (12) The Great Instructional American Dream 4:00 3 (5) That Girl Machine (NET) 4:30 3 (5) Bewitched 7:30 3 (5) Andy Griffith 15 (12) What’sNew 8:00 3 (5) Movie — Island (NET) of Terror 5:00 3 (5) General Hospital 8:30 15 (12) This Week 15 (12) Misterogers’ 9:00 3 (5) The Best of the Neighborhood Week (PBS) 10:00 3 (5) Final News 5:30 3 (5) CBS News 10:30 3 (5) Alias Smith and 15 (12) Sesame Street Jones (PBS) 11:30 3 (5) Alfred Hitchcock Bingo—Weekdays at 5, BCS*TV/9. Nothing to buy. You need not be present to win. Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those oj the student writers only. 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Childers, Jr., arpenter, College Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising dees, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San blankness of expression, a mon otonous tone, grey bangs and taupe pancake. He is the “honor able” Brutus. The real oldtimer of the “group,” Gielgud (Caesar), would do well in silent, melodramatic films where he can endure his knife wounds for a longer period of time while spouting blood and turning greyish-purple. The British Johnson displays a sound pair of lungs, black ring lets and his own beard. Chamberlain is older, but still interning. U.N.C.L.E. Vaughn sports curls and an obvious enjoyment of blood, violence and sleuthing. The famous lines are emphasiz ed for those following along, but are not exactly verbatum. The introduction is by far the high point, displaying battle re mains and an Oscar-winning per formance by the ultimate star of this film, the skeleton. Elliott Gould, in “Getting Straight” (Palace) has once again proven that success is not always governed by talent. In his familiar hound dog, slightly distorted manner, he has managed to downgrade learning, civilization and human intelli gence in another one of those campus pictures. True to form, we find rural Mr. Nobody, the stereotype sub urban male of the 70s, leaping on tables and romping in bed. Assisting him in this Ph.D. en deavor is drug slang, student pol itics and—of course—that aston ishing female counterpart, Can- dice Bergen. These two stylized, future Su perstars (or so accredited) can’t seem to act their way out of a bucket, but then who besides George C. Scott can? All pan aside, Miss Bergen is a lovely, natural beauty who loses a great deal of her attraction when she opens her mouth to act ( ? ?) and Gould is dedicated enough to know he’s a passing fancy. The film story is shallow, un realistic and not worth the column space. The performances run along the conventional line with a number of mug shots for em phasis. My candid advice would be to try the drive-ins, if you go at all. Bulletim Board SATURDAY India Association of TAMU at 7:30 p.m. in room 113 of the Bi ology Building will show the in ternationally acclaimed film “Kanchenjungha,” directed by Satyajit Ray. Admission is free. Engineering Technology Wives Club will have a garage sale in Hensel Park from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Clothes, books and other articles will be sold. Chemistry Wives Club will have a wine-tasting party at 8:30 p.m. in the Casa del Sol apart ments party room. MONDAY SCOPE Water Pollution Com mittee will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 3B of the MSC. Phi Eta Sigma will meet at 8 p.m. in the Ballroom of the MSC to elect new officers and have Aggieland pictures taken. Cepheid Variable Science Fic tion Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 346 of the Physics Build ing. 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Presented by the Contemporary Arts Committee er, Grimm and Byrd — agreed that their over-all impression was that Nixon is aware of a com munications problem with young people. “You get a feeling of genuine concern, but that he’s isloated in his office,” said Grimm. “He’s obviously thinking deeply about the problem, but doesn’t know how to handle it.” The three young men said the President seemed pleased to meet with them and they found him much more open and concerned than they had expected. “I found him much warmer than he appears on TV,” said Byrd. “He’s not isolated as to what young people do, but as to why they do it,” he said. “No one seems to be able to tell him why.” IHE F01 BI battai Co Poi 8 m ib In* k FOR THE UNIVERSITY CHURCH Dr. Lloyd Elder returns to direct the study of. . . hiisi ypusi One day i200. 8 4 6 5* of John Wa Double only $4 seams. Bed. C. 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