THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1974
Page 3
College Station rezoning measure fails
PEANUTS
PEANUTS
By Charles M. Schulz
I By HANK WAHRMUND
[Staff Writer
A controversial College Station
[rezoning ordinance involving the
Carters Grove subdivision failed
on a 3-3 vote by city council mem-
[bers Monday.
The ordinance concerned land
along Highway 30 and east of
i Highway 6 to the east bypass,
(presently zoned as a single family
residential area. Residents on
Dominik Drive and in the Carters
Grove area voiced their opposition
to the motion to rezone the land
as an apartment building district.
The residents said they had in
vested in their land and homes on
Dominik Drive believing the pre
sent zoning laws would protect
their area from apartment devel
opment. Passage of the rezoning
ordinance would destroy their
faith in the planning and zon
ing commission, they said.
The chief proponent of the mea
sure, land developer Harry Sea-
back, argued that Dominik Drive
homeowners had ample buffer-
land behind their homes, which
obscured his apartments from
their view. One resident quickly
countered that despite the trees
and brush the buildings were eas
ily visible now and that more
apartments would worsen the sit
uation.
Another resident begged the
council to avoid making the same
mistakes other cities had by al
lowing overdevelopment of resi
dential areas. She said modifica
tions of zoning restrictions would
lead to nothing but increased
Making arrowheads entertains student
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Charles McReynolds, a Texas
[A&M University senior, has an
avid interest in arrowheads. He
doesn’t collect the Indian relics—
I he makes them.
With a deer antler no older
[than two years old and a piece
of flint McReynolds carefully
“roughs the stone into a blank.”
The blond-haired chemical engin-
[eering student from Palestine ex
plained his expression as “making
I the stone smooth with an edge on
all sides.”
“You have to be careful about
[ the angle at which you hit the
j stone,” McReynolds pointed out,
stressing that the chips knocked
off by the back side of the antler
are not just “hit and miss” but an
art.
After smoothing the stone into
[ the basic shape of the arrowhead,
notches are obtained by digging
into the stone with the end of the
deer antler or some other sharp
[ object such as a nail, he said.
From McReynolds’ collection,
the senior distinguished between
| arrowheads, spearheads, scrapers,
“awls,” and corner tangs, all of
| which he makes himself.
“Scrapers are worked flint
which fit nicely into the hand and
were used to clean hides,” he ob
served.
McReynolds then picked up a
long, narrow piece of worked flint
and called it an “awl.”
“This was used to punch holes
in leather,” he said, noting that
the stone is concaved on the back
side to fit into the hand.
Corner tangs are a hard-to-find
type of knife while arrowhaeds
and spearheads were attached to
arrows and spears to be used for
protection or hunting for food, he
explained.
“A person can tell the difference
between just a piece of flint and
an Indian relic because the relic
his been ‘worked’,” McReynolds
said, pointing out that the stones
in his collection have ripples,
while flint is smooth.
“A person can also tell what
tribe the arrowhead is from by
its shape,” he said. He noted that
years ago the Apache tribe was
warlike, so their arrowheads were
quite crude while the Commanche
tribe was “warlike but proud” and
therefore, their arrowheads have
been worked more.
McReynolds became interested
in arrowheads a couple of sum
mers ago while working for an
oil company in West Texas.
“Some people say that arrow
heads were made by the Indians
by throwing flint into fire and
then pouring water into the hot
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stone, but that just isn’t possible,”
said McReynolds, picking up a
stone that had been in fire. “If
you were to hit this flint, it would
just crumble.”
Although McReynolds does hunt
for “the real thing” he enjoys
making his own Indian relics. “I
can make mine so much prettier,”
he remarked.
problems for local homeowners
from noise and eye pollution.
Councilman Don R. Dale said
that despite his prayers on the
subject he still had mixed emo
tions. He, Mayor Hervey and
Homer Adams voted for the zone
change, but the motion failed as
the three remaining council mem
bers, C. A. Bonnen, Fred Brison
and J. D. Lindsay voted against it.
IN OTHER ACTION the coun
cil—
—delayed action on a motion to
increase open footage between
commercial buildings;
—accepted the Highway Depart
ment’s offer to install traffic
lights at the intersection of Jer
sey Street and Kyle Avenue, and
Walton and University Drive;
—accepted a bid from Motorola
for three portable two-way radios
costing $2,508;
—changed the name of Neches
Circle to Rayburn Court.
COLLECTING ARROWHEADS is a hobby; making arrow
heads is an art. Student Charles McReynolds, who does both,
demonstrates how to shape a flint with a deer antler.
Campus Briefs
Government openings
Five senate and two judicial
board positions are open for fil
ing in the Student Government.
The five seats include at-large
senators from the colleges of edu
cation, engineering and geosci
ences. A seat is open for one soph
omore from the college of ag
riculture and one for an off-cam
pus graduate student.
Both of the Judicial Board po
sitions are graduate positions.
Applications are available in
the Student Government office on
the second floor of the MSC. Fil
ing for all positions will close at
5 p. m. Thursday. All positions re
quire a 2.25 grade point ratio.
Mozart’s opera
The Opera and Performing man characterization. The per-
Arts Society will present Mozart’s formance begins at 8 p. m. and
18th century opera, “The Marri- will be sung in English,
age of Figaro,” tonight in the Tickets are said to still be avail-
Rudder Center Auditorium. able at the Rudder Center box
The opera is a comedy of hu- office.
Rummage sale
A rummage sale to benefit
girls’ clubs in both Bryan and
College Station will be held this
weekend.
The Officers’ Wives Club hosts
the sale, at the Old Woolworth
Bldg, at 204 N. Main St. in Bryan,
Thursday and Friday from 10 a.
m. to 5 p. m., and Saturday from
10 a. m. to 1 p. m.
Items on sale include clothing,
appliances, some furniture, baby
items, craft items and original
art.
Viewpoint panel
The Student “Y” Association
will present a Viewpoint Panel on
Dating. The panel will consist
of coeds, and will be presented
February 27 in Room 301 of the
MSC Tower at 8 p. m.
In past years, the panels have
been mainly with Tessies, stu
dents of Texas Women’s Univer
sity. This year the panel will
feature not only Maggie Panels,
but Aggie Panels as well. Views
aired are strictly the panel’s
views. Panel members will each
talk about 5 minutes on the sub
ject, then a question and answer
session will ensue.
Panel members were respon
dents to flyers and were selected
by interviews.
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MONDAY
Self Defense For Women
6:30 p. m. G. Rollie White Coliseum Annex,
Rm. 256
Biology and Social Problems
7:00 p. m. Rudder Tower, Rm. 504
Introduction to Auto Mechanics
7:00 p. m. M. E. Bldg., Rm. 101
Biblical Interpretations
7:30 p. m. Academic Bldg., Rm. 127
Modern Dance
7:30 p. m. G. Rollie White Coliseum Annex,
Rm. 257
Photography
2nd and 4th Mondays
7:30 p. m. MSC, Rm. 230, 231
Toastmasters
7:30 p. m. Rudder Tower, Rm. 502
Automotive Principles and Applications
8:00 p. m. M.E. Bldg., Rm. 101
TUESDAYS
Elementary Latin
7:00 p. m. Academic Bldg., Rm. 204
The Bible and Prophecy
7:30 p. m. Chemistry Bldg., Rm. 231
Comparative Religions
7:30 p. m. Academic Bldg., Rm. 127
Radio
7:30 p. m. Zachry Engr. Center, Rm. 223-B
First Aid
7:30 p. m. G. Rollie White Coliseum Annex,
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The Bible and History
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7:00 p. m. Academic Bldg., Rm. 204
Chess
7:30 p. m. Academic Bldg., Rm. 205
Film Appreciation
7:30 p. m. Rudder Tower, Rm. 607
THURSDAYS
Creative Cookery
7:30 p. m. A&M Consolidated High School
Home Economics Room
The Gospels
7:30 p. m. Academic Bldg., Rm. 125
Radio
7:30 p. m. Zachry Engr. Center, Rm. 223-B
The Revelation
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