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illa c Vo1 - 66 No. 132 be Battalion Hot and humid College Station, Texas Wednesday, July 14, 1971 Clear to partly cloudy. High temperature, 96 to 98; low tem perature, 71-74. Scattered after noon rain showers Sunday. 815-2226 ■ Education not reported well, editor claims Mrs. Robert Anderson and George Breffeilh (center boat) sail to victory during last weekend’s Sidewinder sailboat competition. (Photo by Debi Blackmon) First Sidewinder Regetta held Winners to represent B-CS By DEBBIE BLACKMON Battalion Staff Writer George Breffeilh and Mrs. Rob ert Anderson will represent the Bryan-College Station area in the Sidewinder National Champion ship Race Aug. 6-8 in Brie, Penn. The two won the first annual District 4 Sidewinder Sailboat Championship last weekend at Somerville Lake. The Sidewinder Regatta was hosted by the Texas A&M Sailing Club, Mar-Jons Sailboats of Bryan and the Braz os Valley Sidewinder Fleet. It was the first district champion ship race held for the Sidewinder class of racing sailboats—a rela tively new, light design. Dr. John Goeschl, head of the regatta’s race committee, explain ed the races were conducted in accordance with the International Yacht Racing Union and the Sidewinder Class Association rules. The racing pattern was a basic Olympic triangle course which covered almost five and one-half miles. “It gave the boats an oppor tunity to sail not only with the wind, but into it,” explained Gary Halter, faculty advisor for the Texas A&M Sailing Club. The first championship race was held Saturday morning and won by two A&M students — Charles Temple and Gary Gut- kowski. Originally planned as a three- race series, the regatta’s sched ule was drastically changed when a quirk frontal line swept 35 mile- per-hour winds over the lake dur ing the second race, overturning several boats and causing mild damage. “The Sidewinder design is a small, light craft that is capable of taking wind up to 30 miles per hour effectively, but Saturday afternoon’s sudden wind change was a surprise for the sailors and too strong for them to han dle,” said John Colp, owner of Mar-Jon Sailboats. Racing was discontinued for the rest of the day, and was re sumed Sunday morning with no mishaps. Several of the previ ously damaged boats sailed. The first of the competition races was won by Breffeilh and Mrs. An derson sailing the Anderson boat. Peter Kersting and Allen Denton, Texas A&M students, took third and fourth places in the first race. After the championship races were concluded, the A&M Sailing Club sponsored a “watermelon race” won by the Breffeilh-An derson team which was the first to return to shore with one of the watermelons floating in the lake. Trophies awarded to the win ners of the District Champion ship races were donated by Mar tha and Jon Colp, A&M Sailing Club. “Besides the races at Somer ville Lake, our club also sponsors a series of sailing lessons at the Municipal Lake in Bryan,” Colp said. “Our more experienced club members instruct lessons on shore as well as actual sailing on the lake.” “More sailing races are being planned,” Colp said. Club members sail in many out-of-town races in Houston and Austin. The Texas press is guilty of not telling the general public about higher education in the state, the editor of the Waco News Tribune said here Tuesday. “Newspapers and broadcasters are too busy looking at something else and don’t tell the education story properly,” claimed Harry Provence, vice president of Newspapers Inc., and a member of the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System. Provence said Texas schools are not receiving top-level press treatment and in most cases reporters assigned to cover education stories “are second stringers.” Newsmen are ignoring the story that “involves the lives and pocketbooks of just about everyone in town,” he told new college adminis trators attending a two-week semester. Provence said a good example is that nobody knows what the Coordinating Board does, yet it is shaping higher education for the entire state. The 30-year newspaper veteran said the public is going to take a close look at education in the future. He suggested the 62nd Legislature’s refusal to grant faculty salary raises “may be a straw in the wind.” Provence said there are some who feel money spent on Ph.D. programs should be spent on vocational-technical schools, especially since the demand for doctorate graduates is small while the demand for training workers is high. Provence claimed the public looks to educa tion with two eyes, one looking for more and better educational opportunities and one looking for self-interest. The public is disturbed, he charged, by “sky-rocketing changes in the amount of money it takes to do it (educate their children).” Provence said local partnership and political muscle created problems felt today. He gave the example of one small city with two large public colleges while most Texas metropolitan areas have no public colleges. “More and better individual leadership” is needed in higher education today,” Provence asserted. “I hope college administrators take the initiative.” Room change deadline told Room changes for students liv ing on campus will be allowed next Tuesday and Wednesday, Housing Manager Allan M. Made- ley said Tuesday. Students wishing to change rooms must report to the Hous ing Offic between 8 a.m.-5p.m. either day, Madeley explained, and pick up and process reassign ment papers. He said all people involved in a given move must report together to secure new as signments, thus avoiding con flicts. He said all moves must be com pleted within 24 hours of reas signment, and any additional fees must be paid at the Fiscal Office before new keys will be issued. Madeley also said students who fail to clear their old room, check into the new one and re port a completed room change to the Housing Office by 5 p.m. Wednesday will be charged $5 for an improper move. New AFROTC head named ‘Healthy’ tan really not, article claims The sun-bronzed body that so many people equate with fitness and beauty, is a serious threat to health, warns Fitness for Living magazine in its July issue. Says the article, “The Myth of the Healthy Tan”: “Tanning is actually a response to ultra-violet injury and the cumulative dam age that results from excessive exposure to sunlight is a major factor in premature aging of the skin. Also, it has been established that mid-ultraviolet rays of the solar spectrum — those that pro duce pigment — are the main causative agents of skin cancer.” The tanning process, which for so many people starts out with some degree of sunburn, creates danger all along the way, claims the magazine. “A single, moderately severe sunburn affects the blood vessels feeding the skin so strongly, that it takes 4 to 15 months for them to return to a normal state. Re peated sunburn, over a period of years, dries out the skin to the point that elasticity is lost. The color darkens and becomes blotchy brown or yellow. Thus the en tire scope of aging occurs to skin exposed to excessive sun light.” A more serious problem caused by excessive sun is skin cancer. Reports Fitness for Living, “Skin cancer (brought on by ex cessive exposure) most often af fects blondes, as their skin con tains little pigment and are un able to produce more pigment, which is part of the skin’s pro tection against the sun.” For people who spend a lot of time out-of-doors during hot sum mer days, there are several steps that can be taken to safeguard against the sun’s rays. Among them are: Use suntan lotions. There are several different types: some work by reflecting the sun’s rays away from your skin; others ab sorb the rays before they come in contact with the skin and some allow only certain rays to reach the skin . . . including tanning rays. However, this too has its drawbacks. Some people suffer bad reactions when a particular chemical on their skin come in contact with the sun’s rays. Choose vaction spots wisely. Radiation is one and one-half times greater in the southern half of the country. And keep in mind that more radiation comes through a higher altitudes be cause the air is less dense. Don’t rely too much on beach umbrellas to protect you. When sunlight hits the earth’s atmos phere, air molecules and dust and water particles scatter the ultra violet rays. This results in ac counting “sky radiation which comes at you from all sides. When possible, drive or ride in air-conditioned vehicles, where the windows are shut. Window glass used in a home or automobile permits infra-red heat waves to come through while holding back the rays which cause skin dam age. Confine summer out-of-doors activities to the hours before noon and after 5 p. m. And keep in the shade. Col. Robert F. Crossland of Dallas has been named professor of aerospace studies. His assignment as ranking of ficer of A&M’s Air Force ROTC program becomes effective July 26. A Southern Methodist Univer sity graduate, Crossland will suc ceed Col. Keith C. Hanna and acting PAS Lt. Col. Thomas W. Comstock as commander of the Air Force detachment that in structs the AFROTC cadet pro gram leading to reserve and regu lar officers commissions. Crossland, as PAS, and Army Col. Thomas R. Parsons, newly assigned commandant and pro fessor of military science, will be responsible to the military serv ices and university for the respec tive officer training programs. Parsons is a 1949 A&M graduate. Crossland earlier this year com pleted two years on the National War College faculty. A command pilot, he was a tactical airlift division chief, 7th Air Force, in Vietnam during 1967-68. Prior to the Southeast Asia tour, he was director of personnel assignments at Tactical Airlift Command head quarters, Langley AFB, Va. He wears the Bronze Star, Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clus ters and Commendation Medal. A 23-year veteran, he was com missioned through the aviation cadet program. Col. Robert Crossland A&M gets first new ship Texas A&M has been selected to receive the first of a new class of oceanographic research vessels to be built for the Navy. Each ship is expected to cost about $3.5 million, including scien tific equipment. A&M President Dr. Jack K. Williams said delivery of the ship is expected in the winter of 1972. The craft will be berthed at the university’s new Mitchell Campus on Pelican Island in Gal veston. The University of Hawaii also will receive a ship built under the Navy’s new program. Texas A&M will be responsible for out- Banking is a pleasure at First Bank & Trust. fitting and installing scientific instrumentation aboard the Ha waiian vessel, with the work to be done at Galveston Texas A&M, the states only institution of higher learning with seagoing capabilities, currently operates three oceanographic ves sels, in addition to three craft used for water pollution research in bays and estuaries. The uni versity’s Texas Maritime Acad emy also operates a converted oceanliner as a training ship. Dr. Richard A. Geyer, head of the Oceanography Department, said the new ship will be 165 feet long and accommodate 28 persons, including scientific party and crew. The twin-screw steel-hull craft will cruise at 12 knots with a range of approximately 8,000 miles. Geyer said the new ship will be used for long-duration cruises, such as currently assigned ex clusively to the 180-foot R/V Alaminos. The department’s two smaller vessels are used for stud ies in coastal waters. “This new vessel will greatly enhance our capability to conduct a comprehensive program as we continue to expand our deep water programs in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and Atlantic,” Geyer said. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. CAPT. ALFRED PHILBRICK (left) and cadet John Meeks of the Texas Maritime Academy present a set of Texas longhorns to officials of Denmark’s Rebild Society, a group of Danish-Americans who meet in Aalborg each year to celebrate U. S. Independence Day. TMA students and staff visited Denmark as part of the academy’s annual summer cruise. Meeks, executive officer of the TMA Corps of Cadets, is from San Marcos. The horns were provided by Paul Hedeman of Houston.