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College Station, Texas Tuesday, December 4, 1973 “THE LEADER OF THE BAND . . Saturday “the also participating were the Ross Volunteers. (Photo by band” marched in the Bryan Annual Christmas Parade, Gary Baldasari) Energy Czar Replaced; Power Struggle Refuted 9:10 p.m, :DoweIl □ rk Orange) IAN” (R) 5:15 10:00 p.m, v IN THE T” (R) 5 6:15 p. m. T 7:00 P.M. JACKAL” (1 J'ox . m. JE” (PG) Matthau T 7:05 P.M, y Hits PS” (G) m. : SOUTH” SCHOOL FOR WIVES presented by the Aggie Players had a small audience for opening night but showed promise of success for its upcoming shows until the close on Dec. 8. (Photo by Gary Baldasari) WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi dent Nixon's new choice as the nation’s energy czar, William E. Simon, said Monday he will press for a decision on gasoline ration ing “in the very near future, and I emphasize very.” Simon was interviewed briefly within moments after the White House formally announced the resignation of Nixon’s top energy adviser, John A. Love. The White House, remained si lent, however, about Love’s depu ty, Charles J. DiBona, who, ac cording to informed sources, had also submitted his resignation. At the same time, the White House said the President would issue a statement Tuesday “out- lining future administration plans.” These presumably are the ex pected announcement of creation of a new Federal Energy Admin istration taking over programs now in the Interior Department and in Love’s White House Ener gy Policy Office. Simon is deputy secretary of the treasury and is to retain that post while heading the new ener gy agency. He said in the interview that Two Social Frats Here? LE? 15 P. M. •IE” (PG) Hit) m. HC” (R) 5 Days) 8 By JERRY JOHNSON Perhaps you thought there weren’t any social fraternities at A&M, except the corps, the big gest fraternity in the world. Ac tually there has been another Ince 1965 and now they are na tionally sanctioned. “Five guys in G-ramp of Hart Hall decided to start a fraternal organization to have something to do on non-football weekend,” 1973 president Steve Khoury ex plained. “Rick Arendt, Ben Dial, Roy Diltz, Steve Griffith and Tom Hewitt chose Phi Delta Sig ma for their fraternity because library book had no other listed with those three symbols.” Vice President Chuck Robert son said, “We contacted the na tional Sig Ep organization in March 1972. After a one year period of colonization, we became the official Texas Mu (12th) chapter of the Sigma Phi Epsilon order on March 31, 1973.” He added that there are over 200 Sig Ep chapters, second largest behind Phi Delta Theta in num ber of chapters and sixth in total enrollment. Like most social fraternities, they have a chapter house. “Our’s is at the corner of Lawrence and Todd streets in Bryan,” Khoury said, “and two actives live there and pay the rent but our dues pay all the bills.” “At present, there are 30 ac tives and about 10 in this semes ter’s pledge class,” Larry Eng lish, Sig Ep treasurer said. “We’re a poorman’s fraternity. People are at A&M to get an education first and we realize this. We don’t intend to push our selves onto the campus in place of academics.” Khoury, a senior pre-med stu dent, stressed that membership is open to any male student. “The Sig Eps are a social, not a service fraternity, but we do some service projects,” English, a Bryan native, explained. “We marched in the last Moth er’s March of Dimes and a few people asked to see some identi fication because we didn’t look too much like mothers,” Robert son added with a smile. Robertson said that he is mar ried and has been an active since the fall of 1970. “I’m from Hous ton and I had been to some rush parties while in high school. Aft er two weeks in Legett, I was bored to death. I went to a smok er and found something to do out side the dorm.” Khoury and Eng lish said they were in the same pledge class in the spring of 1971. Past president English said that the Sigma Phi Epsilon be gan in 1901 at the Richmond College campus. “Some well known people are former Sig Eps: Bob Lilly at TCU, Steve Wor- ster at UT and George Wallace at the University of Alabama.” Khoury said the A&M chap ter is run on the initial principle of fellowship and brotherhood. “Sigma Phi Epsilon offers a so cial life to the students. We think this will help some people in their college life and when they leave A&M, it’s something they can take with them,” Khoury noted. “In looking for a job, one would have not only a degree from A&M in his favor but a fraternal or ganization background as well.” Play to Mix Twin Pairs Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Er rors” will be performed Tuesday by the National Players in the Rotary Series. The presentation of the Rotary Community Series, in cooperation with Town Hall will be at the Bryan Civic Auditorium. Curtain is at 8 p.m. Dealing with a series of con fusing meetings of two sets of twins, the comedy brings the Na tional Players back to the Bryan and College Station area for a 25th anniversary season perform ance. The National Players is Amer ica’s longest-running classical touring repertory company. Pre vious performances here have earned the company exceptional credits. Shakespeare set the play in ancient Ephesus, but gave the action a recognizable English background. So the National Players pro duction is set in the 19th Century Ephesus. As a Greek city, it shows a Turkish and Byzantine influence. speculation that the reorganiza tion reflected a victory by Treas ury Secretary George Shultz over Love was “sheer nonsense.” Shultz Pre-Nursing Students To Organize Foundations for a pre-nursing and related health fields organi zation will be discussed Wednes day at 7:30 p. m. in room 203 of Zachry Engineering Center. “There is no central informa tion organization where a student can find out which schools have openings, when deadlines are, or even the most basic requirements a pre-nursing or health field pros pect needs to take,” Claudie Woods, student organizer, said. “There are more pre-nursing students around than most people think,” Woods said. Dr. Howard Gravett, is func tioning now as the information source and general advisor. He will serve as an organizer for the group along with Pat Self, coun selor of women. “Perhaps one of the best things about getting an organization go ing will be the program of ‘help ing and learning’ that St. Joseph administrators have offered” said Woods. has favored a gasoline tax, while Love reportedly thinks rationing will be necessary. But Simon says he was not told the reason for the shift when he first learned of it last Thursday afternoon. Love issued a brief farewell statement calling the energy cri sis “potentially more serious than any challenge that this nation has faced short of war.” The White House said Nixon accepted “with deep regret” Love’s resignation and looked for ward to his advice in the future. With Love’s departure, the ma jor responsibility for both policy development and program man agement in the energy crisis now falls to Simon. Simon says once he is officially appointed to the new post he would become chairman of the cabinet-level Energy Emergency Action Group formerly headed by Love. Simon also said the shift would not in fact place energy policy making under Treasury Secre tary Shulty, although Simon would remain his deputy. He said the federal energy agency would be independent but that “energy and economic policy are inextricably interrelated and for me to remain in the main stream of economic issues is ex tremely critical.” Powe Says Health Center Can H Afford Gynecologist By SALLY HAMILTON In a time when some women d e m a n d their rights, Texas A&M’s coeds are no exception. This semester a group of women students have seen a need for a female health facility at the TAMU Health Center including a fulltime gynecologist, and his staff and birth control counsel ing. According to Dr. W. H. Powe, director of the TAMU Health Center, the University Hospital cannot afford the serv ices of a gynecologist. The TAMU Health Center has a staff of four full-time general practitioners and a part-time staff of an internist, a radi ologist, two surgeons, two ortho pedic surgeons, a gynecologist, a urologist and a clinical psychol ogist. Most part-time staff spend at least two hours a week at the center. They are also on a re ferral basis at the student’s con venience. The center treats an average of 300 students daily. The four full-time doctors see about 75 students each per day. Powe said he feels that the doctors are overloaded. “We need at least two more doctors full time. At other university health clinics the ratio of doctors to stu dents is about 1 to 2,600. Here at A&M the doctor-student ratio is about one to 5,000 or 6,000,” Powe added. “And a full-time doctor here at the health center should comfortably see only 40 to 45 patients per day. It’s a matter of pure and simple logistics.” One of the four full-time GPs is leaving in December because of overwork. Dr. Powe will then be left to find a replacement. “It is very hard to find doc tors for our clinic. We have ties in several medical magazines and personal connections,” said Dr. Powe, “but we cannot pay them here what they would make in private practice. We do, how ever, offer fringe benefits. The doctors have their office, medical equipment and nurses provided. There is no overhead and, of course, nights are free as weel as a few weekends.” Students pay $14 per semester for student health services which includes non-restricted clinic vis its, diagnostic examinations, care of illness or accident, 10 days of hospitalization and routine medi cation. Dr. Powe estimates that the student receives $200 to $300 worth of treatment and hospital ization for his $14. As for a fulltime gynecologist and staff, Powe said TAMU can not afford this service at the present time. “I estimate the cost to run about $50,000 for a fulltime gynecologist and the nurses he or she would need,’|’ said Dr. Powe. “The TAMU University Health Center is unique in that there is no extra charge for lab, routine drugs and X-rays. If a fulltime gynecolo gist were attained, we would have to curtail all the services we now provide. The majority of the stu dents would pay for the benefit of a few.” At the present time, women needing the service of a gyne cologist are referred to Dr. Robert Benbow whose fees are included in the student hospital fee except for laboratory and drug charges. Shuttle Bus Committee Seeking Service to Decongest Campus The fate of the shuttle bus Inc. representative Bob McMann DONNA WELBY is the single young girl who thinks she knows all about wedded life and may ‘try’ it some day in Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors.” The comedy hit is a production of national players and will appear at Bryan Civic Auditorium tonight at 8. TAMU Looks to Lead State Fuel Cuts r By MIKE RICE Quick response and compliance with Gov. Dolph Briscoe’s energy conservation requests moved clos er to fullfillment Monday as Pres ident Jack K. Williams announced that he approved the 17-point plan for energy consumption cutbacks given him last week by the Uni versity’s Special Energy Manage ment Committee. “We’re hoping to lead the state in implementation of cutback pro grams,” said Williams. “All indi cations have been that those at tending A&M and working here want to cooperate as much as pos sible.” TAMU is one of 25 state agen cies upon which Briscoe has called to trim power consumption levels and fuels uses to 25 per cent of last year’s levels. The SEMC, chaired by Dr. Richard Wainerdi finished developing recommenda tions for Williams last Tuesday. The group will meet Thursday to begin discussing full imple mentation procedures. Foremost among the cutback points is the requirement that lighting levels in all areas be im mediately reduced to the minimum American Institute of Architects lighting standard levels. Lower levels will be optional and will be recommended when the consent of the user of the space concerned is obtained. General night street and park ing lot lighting has been reduced to a level that will achieve max imum economy in fuel consump tion, but providing for the safe ty and security of students and personnel. More specific points in the plan include: —extinguishing all architectur al, and advertising lighting. —all ornamental fountains will be turned off. —no electric heating devices are to be used except in campus residences. —lighting in all unoccupied rooms will be extinguished. —hall and stair lighting will be reduced to safety minimums. —no holiday lighting will be permitted. All Christmas trees and similar devices will have non- alluminted decorations. —all maid service will be coor dinated so as to minimize light ing requirements. The plan recognized that en forcement of conservation mea sures will be an administrative responsibility of each “cognizant administrator.” The Physical Plant Office will be charged with overseeing adjustment of lighting levels. r The 17-point plan also calls for a general decrease in University official travel in order to assist in the national conservation pic ture. Travel will be reduced for all University officials by approxi mately 25 per cent from last year’s level. The SEMC has re commended that additional Watts lines be installed to provide more telephone long distance service to partially replace travel require- ments. Since no guidelines have as yet been approved by either the Texas Highway Commission or the Leg islature, no change have been ask ed in speeds maintained by Uni versity vehicles. The plan does specify that vehicles should be equipped with radial tires, prop erly tuned engines and carry max imum passenger loads to the max imum extent possible. As far as room temperatures are concerned. Physical Plant has been charged with maintaining temperatures within the 68-76 de gree temperature span. Because of the unique design of the Uni versity’s power/heating plant— waste secondary to the production of electricity is available for heat ing and air-conditioning. This heat would have to be wasted if not used for heating and air-condi tioning in the system. Regular and frequent reports on additional cutback procedures will appear in The Battalion, the Fort nightly and other media to keep the campus community informed on progress in energy conserva tion. service during the energy crisis was discussed Monday morning by the Shuttle Bus Committee. In a drafted memorandum to all University employes, the com mittee said it was pursuing in creased bus service because “of its obvious energy conservation, and reduced campus traffic and congestion.” The draft continued, “Since the bus operation is financially self- supporting, that we make some determination as to the economic feasibility of the expansion. For example, to add one additional route for eight hours per day, a ridership of at least 400 people would be necessary.” Mike Goaken said such a route at this time would mean an in crease in the cost per rider up to $18. Goaken said a survey would be taken to determine the number of faculty-staff riders. Ron Miori, committee member, said that the Universtiy Special Energy Management Committee was looking into the area of in creased parking fees for all stu dents and faculty which would probably result in more bus riders. Dean of Men Charles W. Powell, committee chairperson, said, “It would be out of line to plan for eight buses at the pres ent time because we do not have the money. We need to consider the possibility of a flat fee and the continuance of the user fee.” Transportation Enterprises, said the equipment was available if it was needed for route expan sion purposes. “But if the supplier cuts me off, there isn’t much I can do,” said McMann. “I’ve been getting calls from people who want to start up bus routes such as one from here to Caldwell.” McMann also said TAMU was more secure than most other serviced areas in that it has 8,000 gallons of diesel fuel in storage with a promise for more from the Gulf Oil Corp. TAMU buses con sume about 600 gallons per week. TEI area manager Paul Char- eanwattanonon suggested that routes three and four on the north side of the campus be put to gether. “This would allow the use of two buses on one route, making the frequency of buses closer to gether and would result in more riders,” he said. Weather TUESDAY—Clear & mild today with a high of 69° and a low to night of 39°. Winds are out of the west at 18 to 20 m.p.h., sub siding to around 8 m.p.h. to night as a low pressure system moves into Oklahoma and away from A&M! Tomorrow will be another beautiful, crisp day. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.** Adv.