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UTAllft , net N| EN obile lac ERVICjj faction i s uipment" is Ave. )02 Specials ling: .00 n Lunch kend Eat(j ; Students 5794 Che Battalion Few Things Are Impossible For Someone With Diligence And Skill. Vol. 67 No. 221 College Station, Texas Friday, February 23, 1973 FRIDAY — Partly cloudy to day and tonight. Mild day; cool night. High 61, low 41. SATURDAY — Partly cloudy mild day and cool night. High of 65. 845-2226 rosa Inn Senate Approves Bus System; Retires Ag Sweetheart Position "MAY THE BEST MAN WIN,” could be the thoughts running through the minds of Randy Ross and T. Mark Blakemore as they filed for the position of Student Government President Thursday with present leader, Layne Kruse. The two civilian students were the first two to file for the spot. (Photo by Steve Krauss) ecies, End Of Local Of Man Bible Talk Iry Repai ing Set In ings . Watches ewelry r Store" 8 4 6-5811 By GREG MOSES "I will not talk about hellfire and brimstone,” said Bill Ash worth in a talk on Bible Proph ecy in the Physics Building Thursday night. He said he doesn’t think the world will end as a result of over population or nuclear holocaust. "The world will end by God’s hand. God will not allow man to destroy what He has made. “This evening something may happen to some members of this group. I am speaking of the rap ture when God will take all Christians, living and dead, to join Him in heaven.” He then added, “In light of what hap pened yesterday at 11 a.m. (the downing of a Lybian airliner by Israelis) it could happen very soon. "The return of the Jews to Israel was predicted in the Bible thousands of years ago,” Ash worth said, who works in the Chemistry Department. ; "Prophecy is exciting, but peo ple get sensational about it and BA Council To Start HOTline The College of Business Ad ministration Student Council will start operating its HOTline Feb. 26. The HOTline will be open from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. every Mon day until the end of the semester. HOTline will answer questions from the student body dealing with anything concerning the College of Business Administra tion in the way of curriculum, course objectives, professors and programs. The HOTline will be open for any comments, com plaints, suggestions and solu tions. All problems will be dealt with as quickly as possible. The HOTline number is 845- 3155. can’t see the truth.” Truth, ac cording to Ashworth, is the word of God. “It is my opinion, based on study of the Bible, that we are in the latter days of the world.” He then supported his belief by mentioning fulfilled prophecies of the Bible, one being the recent productiveness of Israel. He also said how prophecy not yet realized could easily occur within the next generation. For example, he said, a temple was predicted to be built in Jerusalem where a mosque now stands. “The Arab nations have promised re venge to Israel for yesterday’s occurrence. This might come in the form of a bomb which could destroy the mosque. Then, the Jews will be able to build the pre dicted temple.” He then showed how other prophecies are scientifically pos sible. “In the last days, Christ will put his foot on the Mount of Olives and cleave it in two, the Bible says. Geophysicists have found a fault running through Israel, the epicenter of which is located in the Mount of Olives.” Ashworth then gave what he called “a very brief synopsis of the occurences during the latter days. “A verse in the Bible states that those countries which sup port Israel will find favor with God and those that don’t will lose His favor,” Ashworth said. “I believe that because of our support of Israel we are a blessed nation. I have corresponded with President Nixon on two occa sions,” Ashworth said, “and he is well aware of what is going on in terms of Bible prophecy and will continue to support Israel because of it. “I do not like scare tactics,” said Ashworth. “I don’t like a person who says ‘get saved or go to hell.’ It is my opinion that the Lord will end the world with in the next generation.” “If what I have told you to night scares you,” he concluded “there is an answer in Jesus Christ.” The Shuttle Bus proposal to al locate $42,000 from the Student Services fees was passed Thurs day night in the Student Senate with a roll call vote of 54 to 22 and one abstention. The proposal calls for eight buses to be contracted for the 1973-74 academic year financed by a combination users’ fee and student services fee allocation. “If we advertised on the buses we would have to pay public re lations people a fee and then not enough money would be gener ated to do any good,” said Randy Richards, Shuttle Bus committee member. Senators did spend time debat ing whether or not all students would be able to use the service since all had contributed to the Student Service fee. “Every time you spend money from the Student Services fees you are going to subsidize some special interest group,” said John Nash (Law-Puryear). The proposal was originally presented to the Senate at the Feb. 1 meeting and tabled at the Feb. 8 meeting. The $42,000 is still subject to Senate approval. In other action, the Student Government retired the title and position of Aggie Sweetheart as presented in a resolution by Ker ry Hulse, Student ‘Y’ representa tive. According to the resolution “the position of Aggie Sweet heart was established to fulfill the need for a female representa tive for an all-male student body at Texas A&M. “The student body of Texas A&M is no longer all male and the position of Aggie Sweetheart is no longer representative of its original intent. Parachuters Jumping For Cadets 9 Weekend Sky watching will be common Saturday afternoon in Bryan and College Station, weather permit ting. Tilted heads will be a symptom of activities surrounding the Mil itary Day review of the Corps of Cadets. Between 1:55 and 4 p.m., per sons attending the Corps’ first review of 1972-73 will see fly overs of Air Force and Navy jets and a unique parachuting dem onstration by the U. S. Army Golden Knights. A-4s from the Naval Air Sta tion at Corpus Christi will start the event at about 1:55 p.m. The 2 p.m. Corps review and an exhibition by the defending na tional champion Fish Drill Team will ease neck strain. After the Fish Drill Team per formance, a flight of Air Force F-4 Phantoms from Bergstrom AFB near Austin will fly over the parade ground in front of the Memorial Student Center. The Golden Knights’ sky-div ing specialty will conclude the show. Among witnesses will be Brig. Gen. John G. Hill Jr., 5th Army chief of staff, and Rear Adm. James Ferris, chief of naval air training at NAS Corpus Christi. Combat and Air Force Balls and a Town Hall performance by Freddie Hart will open Military Weekend on Friday. The formal Military Ball will be Saturday. Inclement weather would pre vent the aerial part of Military Weekend; but the review will probably take place on Lamar Street, in front of the MSC. Partly cloudy and warmer, rain less weather for Saturday is in the National Weather Service five-day forecasts, according to the TAMU Meteorology Depart ment station. Increased Meeting Attendance Wanted Senators Receiving Letters From RHA By LARRY MARSHALL The Residence Hall Association voted Thursday to send letters to all living area student senators urging them to attend hall coun cil meetings in an attempt to make student senators more rep resentative of their constituents. RHA President Mark Blake more explained that if a living area is unhappy with the repre sentation it is getting, the sen ator can be removed. The process of recall may be initiated by a petition signed by 20 per cent of the students in the area. A recall vote can be held, he said. The new refrigerator return policy was explained by Blake more. The policy was recently changed due to student protests over the early turn in dates. The units may now be kept until the end of exams. However, resident advisors will have a list of the refrigerators in the hall, and each must be accounted for by a turn- in receipt before a student will be allowed to check out at the end of the semester. Bill Ouren, Walton Hall presi dent, brought up a letter-writing campaign being conducted by his hall directed to the president to show support for the ending of the Vietnam War. Each resident is going to write a letter, he said. “Anyone else who is interested System’s Directors To Meet; To Elect New Board President Election of officers is expected to highlight the Tues day meeting of the Texas A&M University System Board of Directors. The board will be meeting for the first time since the appointment of three new members, Richard A. Goodson of Dallas, Joe H. Reynolds of Houston and Mrs. Wilmer Smith of Wilson. Elections are normally held every two years in conjunction with new appointments. , Clyde H. Wells, recently reappointed to his third six- year term, has been board president since 1968. The position of vice president has been vacant since the Nov. 27 death of Dr. A. P. Beutel. The board’s formal agenda is headed by several con struction items, including consideration of five contracts totaling $1.7 million. Board members also will consider a TAMU request to seek Coordinating Board approval to offer the state’s first undergraduate degree program in marine sciences. can participate in this, we’d like to make it from Texas A&M in stead of just one hall,” Ouren said. The deadline for these let ters is Mar.2. Ouren also asked the associa tion’s support for a resolution as/king for “full and complete support from the students for Silver Taps.” He cited numerous instances, especially on the north side of campus, where this tradi tion is being ignored. “This is a ceremony to honor the dead, and this is the only place where you are going to find it,” Ouren com mented. The resolution passed. The RHA decided to have each hall appoint a chairman to han dle the “Miles For Mankind” march. The association plans to sponsor Paul Gugenheim, pro grams committee chairman, in the event. Plans were finalized for the up coming Spring Fling which will be held March 30 and 31. Set for Friday night is a free Sadie Hawkins dance at Indian Lake. It will run from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. and free setups and hay will be provided. “First Crossing,” a Leon Russell type boogie band, will play. Saturday afternoon, there will be a field day. Activities such as a two coed sack race, musical water buckets, men’s pillow fight, egg joustling contest, egg toss, bread stuffing contest and tug of war will be held. Also there will be a “Great Crate Race.” This is a two-lap contest in anything that will roll, for two woman-two man teams. Winners of each event will re ceive a prize and points. At the end of the day, these points will be totalled and prizes given to the outstanding first, second and third place halls. Saturday night will feature a skit contest. Each hall will pre sent a skit which will be judged for originality and humor. There is a 10-minute limit and prizes will be given for first and second best and worst. Later W. C. Fields and other old films will be shown in the Grove. L “The position, in and of itself, has no defined or expressly estab lished duties or responsibilities. The expenditure of time and money which was incurred by the procedure of selection and the festivities of the selection week end can be better used by other student projects.” “If you look at past sweetheart records,” said Nick Jiga (arch.- at-large), “you are going to find they haven’t done much at all and the position has turned into an honorary one.” Several changes in the first- half of the student life section of the University Rules and Regu lations handbook as presented by Fred Campbell, rules and reg ulation committee chairman, were accepted by the Senate. The current policy of “drink ing, or having in possession, any alcoholic or intoxicating liquor on campus” will result in a suspen sion was deleted in the proposed changes. Other changes include the de letion of the rule stating “Mid night Yell Practice off-campus is prohibited” and “No convicted felon or person against whom a criminal charge is pending shall be invited to speak on Texas A&M property except with the written approval of the President or his duly authorized represent ative.” The changes still need approval by the administration. Campbell also presented the second half of the student life section to the senators, to be vot ed on at the March 1 meeting. Student Government Vice Pres ident Randy Ross presented a bill now under study in the Texas Legislature to the Senate. The bill, if passed by the Leg islature will authorize the A&M Board of Directors to levy and collect from each student com pulsory group hospital fees. “This bill is to allow more flex ibility in the Student Services fees,” said Ross earlier. “We want the Senate to make a deci sion on whether or not they are in favor of the bill. “The intention of the proposal (See Senate, page 3) Three Coeds Try Luck In Double E By GREG MOSES Staff Writer Ann Patterson, a bubbly junior from Bay City, enjoys bowling, basketball and going to Denny’s at 3:30 in the morning. Susan Williams, a soft-spoken farm girl from Carthage, models in her spare time. Delightful Beverly Gresch from San Antonio Harlandale loves children, A&M and volley ball. What do these girls have in common? They are A&M’s only girls enrolled in electrical engi neering. Each has her own reason for majoring in double E. “I decided to major in EE at freshman orientation,” Ann said. “My husband was a freshman then and his suitemates were University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” Adv. double E majors. They showed me around their labs and told,me about EE. I had come with math in mind but I chose it instead.” Susan happened upon engineer ing when she took an interest test as a freshman at Stephen F. Austin. “The results came in two categories, one for men and one for women,” she said. “The men’s column showed that I was inter ested in engineering.” Despite discouragement from the coun selors, she decided engineering was for her and transferred to A&M after her sophomore year. Beverly had wanted to be a math major since sixth grade. “My high school counselors sug gested engineering. I spent a day with an electrical engineer at Kelly Air Force Base as a part of a school program,” said Bev erly. “His job seemed quite in teresting, and job opportunities are great for girl engineers.” Susan agrees about job open ings. “One interviewer told me I would have no problem finding a job.” “There is a government quota that requires each company to hire a certain percentage of wom en,” said Ann. “It’s a silly law,” she commented. “Companies shouldn’t be penalized for not having women that aren’t there.” Each girl said she would rather be hired by her qualifications as an engineer. None of the girls claim to be women’s libbers. “I can’t stand ‘Ms.’ said Beverly. “I get letters addressed to ‘Ms. Goesch.’ It doesn’t really hack me, but I don’t like it.” (Susan has an other problem, her letters are sometimes addressed to “Mister Williams.”) Beverly, a freshman, has taken only basic engineering courses, EDG and Engineering 101. “I en joyed EDG because I like to draw,” she said. “And I really had fun in Engineering 101.” But she admitted being scared about the work ahead. “Maybe the profs will be against girls,” she said, “and EE is harder than most majors.” “The work isn’t difficult,” said Anne. “It just seems like it takes forever. Everyone in the department is willing to help out.” “You have to study awfully hard but the rewards more than make up for it,” added Susan, who will graduate this spring. What kind of reactions do the girls get when they mention their majors ? “People think I’m a super brain,” Susan said. “But I’m just a normal person. Nobody thinks a guy has to be a genius to be an electrical engineer. What makes a girl so different?” Susan’s relatives were shocked when they first learned of her decision to major in EE. “They thought it would be too much of a challenge for me. But now they are a real help.” “I got a lot of kidding in Engi neering 101,” Beverly said. “But you have to realize they are just kidding.” Ann’s husband is a senior in Chemical Engineering. “He will go to graduate school until I graduate. Then I may work for two or three years. Double E has been good for the experience and I know what my husband is going through.” Susan is considering graduate school and work as alternatives for her future. She has had in terviews with Humble, Texas In struments and Texaco, but has not made any commitments. Beverly still has three and a half years until she graduates. “I’m kind of scared. I know it will be rough but I’ll try.” CARNATIONS AND OTHER FLOWERS are being ex amined and re-examined by Dr. J. C. Raulston flower judg ing class, which is preparing for flower judging meet. Terry Hardt and Dennis Turner look on in the bottom photo. In the top photo Robert Frasier gazes at a carnation’s under side.