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•ep-AlfACfc THE BATTALION FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1974 Page 3 TODAY 5:30 - 7:30 - 9:30 Manufacturing mystery stories e« In i-u ‘ent Uni,;, al hassfc, at thisvjJ is retail;; ^eral y^, en tiine i; 'es have; Texas A(j heart; fe al has; to stand, J get act; 'ly metl 'd is enoj i has eat; 'idence, ' le ’s ear; 4th, a Miori A girl with a great following: Every cop \n the state was after her. v * * ^ m » , Everybody else r j, "" % was behind her. Writers rejoice! A TAMU English idea for a story, professor has come up with a solution “How to manufacture a Mystery to get through those dry spells when Story,” written by Professor J. F. one absolutely can’t come up with an; Peirce, to be published by “Writer’s Campus Briefs AAUW luncheon or that ou will e. Atic 1 Wear : IED! nun rvnotoa in mt auunainnu LArntaa ~ ■ . . /. . . • « co-starring BEN JOHNSON MICHAEL SACKS * WILLIAM ATHERTON Music bv JOHN WILLIAMS • Sc.eenpia, by HAL BARW00D & MATTHEW ROBBINS sto.y by STEVEN SPIELBERG and HAL BARW00D & MATTHEW ROBBINS Directed by STEVEN SPIELBERG • Produced by RICHARD 0.2ANUCK and DAVID BROWN technkoA^SKK |PG| ;2»i&»££2£ Dr. Richard L. Hooker, Special Assistant to the Governor for Educa tional Research and Hanning, will speak Saturday at the luncheon of the American Association of University Women. “Public School Finance” will be the topic of Hooker’s address. Dr. Hooker aids the Governor in the development of a comprehensive plan for equalizing, to the greatest degree possible, educa tional opportunities and taxpayer efforts within the state’s system of public education. The luncheon, which is open to the public, will be held at the Crown and Anchor Restaurant at 12:15 p.m. Reservations must be made by noon. May . Members are reminded that the membership dues are payable at the luncheon. Editor selections Digest,” will apply to any type of writing with equal success despite the qualification “mystery” in its title. His technique consists of using pictures to stimulate the imagination in describing persons or settings for a story as well as for suggesting plot ideas or gimmicks. “A story resulted from my discovery of ‘Panorama 1842-1865,’ a collection of pictures and news stories selected from the ‘Illustrated London News,’ ” Peirce recalled. “As I thumbed through this book with its magnificent steel engravings that bring the Victorian era to life, I realized that in these pictures and stories were the seeds of a story I had to write.” Peirce then explained how he turned the prints of a giant horsedrawn street organ and a news story about a post-office scandal which suggested spying into a story, “Nothing New Under the Sun,” which was bought by ‘Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. TODAY 5:20 - 7:30 - 9:45 A STORY FOR EVERY ONE WHO THINKS THEY CAN NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN. J- I m The Student Publications Board will recommend Battalion and Aggieland editors Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in Room 022 of the Reed McDonald Services Building. Applicants for Battalion editor are Vickie Ashwill, a sophomore reporter from Hurst; Greg Moses, sophomore and assistant to the editor from Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Ken Stroebel, a junior contributor from Bronte. Applicants for Aggieland are Norman Chatman, junior and assistant editor from Duncanville; Lynne Edwards, sophomore and activities editor from Arlington; and Billy Slingerland, sophomore and student life editor from Corpus Christi. Archery banquet ■ life? ■Wt Sr ~ 7 .j? \w- q ~ K .•x.&xwX J ^ • Two of the country’s top archers will be featured speakers at a Saturday banquet sponsored by the Brazos Bowmen archery club and the Texas Field Archery Association. The Brazos Bowmen organization is the student archery club at Texas A&M University. The banquet, which is expected to host more than 400 archers from across the country, will feature 1972 Olympic Archery Gold Medal winner John Williams, and Larry Bamford, president of the bowhunter’s honor organization, the Pope and Young Club. The 7:30 p.m. banquet will be held in Sbisa Dining Hall. Five dollar reservations must be made by April 24 by contacting Greiner at the Memorial Student Center Student Programs Office. Membership drive 20th Century-tox Presents Cinderella Liberty COLOR BY DELUXE*/PANAVISION® Sk y way Twin o■,vi■,n :r.y,'”,Vo EAST SCREEN AT 8:30 V. M. THERE’S NOTHIN’ THEY WON’T TRY! HELD OVER 2ND BIG WEEK IVEST SCREEN AT 8:30 P. M. Where «jere you in’62? Officers in the Brazos County A&M Club will meet Friday to discuss the organization’s current membership drive and other club activities. Lou Van Pelt, president of the 300-plus membership which supports TAMU with scholarships and other programs, urged all officers to attend. The meeting will be held at 407 W. Brookside, the residence of Tom Nelson, vice president for community affairs, at 7:30 p.m. Final plans will also be made for the May 7 club meeting which will feature Head Football Coach Emory Bellard. The meeting will begin with a 6:30 p.m. social before dinner at the Crown and Anchor Inn, east of College Station. Retirement dinner An appreciation dinner for Dr. Horace R. Byers, who retires from TAMU in June, will be held May 7 at Briarcrest Country Club. Dr. Byers is distinguished professor of meteorology and served as academic Unique fall course FONDA ~ GEORGE INHTY (VIARY (HMZY LftHHY 2ND COLOR HIT AT 10:15 P. M. John Wayne In “UNDEFEATED” A LUCAS FILM LTD /COPPOLA CO Production A UNIVERSAL PICTURE - TECHNICOLOR' 2ND COLOR HIT AT 10:20 P. M. Clint Eastwood In “2 MULES FOR SARAH” QUEEN TONITE — 7:15 - 9:30 Cantinflas In “DON QUIJOTE” A unique chemical engineering course will be offered to graduate and undergraduate students this fall. Dr. Dan L. Flamm, assistant professor of chemical engineering and course instructor, announced Tuesday. The course, entitled “Engineering and Chemical Applications of the Electric Discharge,” will be of interest to chemical, electrical and mechanical engineers, as well as chemists and physicists who will deal with various aspects of plasmas, plasma chemistry and electrical discharge phenomena, according to Dr. Flamm. Although the new course is structured as a graduate course. Dr. Flamm noted that strong under graduate seniors should be prepared for the level of material in the course. He added that seniors may enroll in the course by petition. The course will be numbered as Chemical Engineering 689. Although meeting hours have not been sched uled, an initial meeting in Room 323 of the Zachry Engineering Center Sept. 3 will be held to decide meeting times for the remainder of the fall semester. ’E AT 8:30 F- Timmothy Bottoms In “PAPER CHASE” (PG) At 10:30 p. m. “GREAT AMERICAN HERO” Read Classifieds Daily ★ ★★★★★★★★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★★★★★★★★★★★★ LL®YD J#YC€ FOR STAT€ R€PR€S€NTATIV€ STRAIGHT TALK ON SENIORITY Mr. Presnal has been stressing his seniority in the House in terms of what that may mean in com mittee assignments in the next session. The records show, however, that Bill Presnal ranks 38th in the House of Representatives along with 17 other House members of equal seniority. The House Appropriations committee is the most important committee assignment in the Legisla ture. This is particularly true with Texas A&M in the District. The record shows that the Ap propriations Committee, composed of 21 members, contained 6 freshmen house members. I can only ask — if Mr. Presnal’s seniority and experience are so valuable—Why is he not on the ap propriations committee ? * Presnal is a member of the Agriculture and Education Committees. He is not chairman of these committees. Kubiak and Hubenak, men of equal seniority as Presnal, are chairmen. Price Daniel, Speaker of the House, is of equal seniority to Presnal. This proves that length of service does not make a leader. I am surprised at the importance that Presnal is putting on his seniority and experience. I cer tainly hope this is not to draw attention away from the questions that I have posed on Mr. Pres- nal’s voting record. I cannot imagine why he would have failed to inform the citizens as to why he voted along with Gus Mutcher to refuse to investigate the Sharpstown scandals as recorded on page 1125 of the House Journal on March 15, 1971. I feel that an incumbent owes the voters answers to questions posed about his voting record. Elected officials should seek re-election based on their accomplishments and voting records and not on longevity of service. PLEASE VOTE LLOYD JOYCE ON MAY 4TH. Advertisement published in compliance with Texas Election Code Article 14.10 (B). Student Publications Dept., Pub lisher, The Battalion, College Station, Texas. Paid for by friends of Lloyd Joyce. R. L. “Dick” Peacock, Chairman “I saw a relationship,” he noted. “The cylinders of the street organ, which were pinned to activate valves, suggested a way that words could be pinned into the cylinders as easily as music. One could set up the alphabet, zero to nine, and four punctuation marks or other symbols. These cylin ders could then be used by a spy to send information without fear of having it intercepted in the maiL “My method of writing,” Peirce continued, “is to ask myself questions, then give myself answers. To illustrate how this works, I will give some of the questions I asked myself and the answers I gave when plotting ‘Nothing New.’ The plot that evolved was the result of several sessions of self interrogation during which I wrote down the questions and answers that I thought I might use. “What crime is committed? Probably a murder. Who is killed? Perhaps one of the organ grinders.^ Why? Because he played one of the ‘information cylinders’ by mistake. How could he make such a mistake? Through carelessness or because he’s not one of the spy ring. Who kills him-his partner? No, one of the spy’s informants who panics. Who solves the crime—the constable on the beat or Scotland Yard? Probably the con stable. Whose story is it—the con stables? No, he comes into it too close to the end. Actually, this isn’t anyone’s story. Its interest lies largely in its plot, which turns on the gimmick of the coded cylinders.” “Once I realized this,” Peirce con tinued, “the rest of the story fell easily into place, for the plot determined the characters, which are largely two- dimensionaL” “Creating a story in this fashion presents all of the excitement of working out a complex puzzle,” said Peirce. cilery v/ueen s Mystery Magazine. Perhaps one ol the organ gnnders.j'^^^*^,^ Meeting to answer | j | -I i'* 1 A rr»ir»ioo*o * Brazos questions vice president from 1968 to 1971. He joined the university in 1965 as its first dean of geosciences. Arrangements for the appreciation dinner are being handled by members of the Meteorology Department. The development of a water qual ity management plan for the Brazos River Basin and adjacent coast areas will be discussed in a public meeting Monday at 7 p.m. in the Bryan Utilities Building, 300 South Washington, Bryan. Colonel Walter Wells, General Manager of the Brazos River Au thority a sponsor of the, meeting, said the purpose of the meeting is to describe the procedures to be used in developing the basin-wide water quality management plan, and ans wer questions about the planning bulletin board TONIGHT ABILENE & AREA HOMETOWN CLUB will meet at 311 Redmond Drive, by the pool at Casa Del Sol at 7:30 p.m. Bring 36(* per person for food. SATURDAY PRE-VET SOCIETY will meet at the American Legion Hall for a 9-12 dance. TAMU WHEELMEN will meet for a picnic and party at 2 p.m. at the Bryan Country Club Lake Park. MONDAY ALPHA ZETA will meet in the Rudder Tower at 7 :30 p.m. for officer elections. TUESDAY AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INDUS TRIAL ENGINEERS will present Dr. C. V. Kirkpatrick at 7 p.m. in Room 103 of the Zachry Engineering Center. and offer opportunity for comment and suggestions from the public. 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