JO
If you want a job
you better have some drive and ambition
By SAYEEFUL ISLAM
Staff Writer
Drive and ambition are the two
Jities interviewers from both
icational institutions and corpo-
ons agree are important ingre-
- 1 nts to look for in the people they
:1 < erview.
ability to fit into the surround
ings and deal with working condi
tions of their prospective group is
the next thing they try to look for,
three interviewers said.
Dick Hallum and Roland Kudla,
interviewers from Goose Creek In
dependent School District in
Baytown, who are looking for grade
school teachers, try to find out if the
applicant generally likes children
and enjoys being with them.
“It can be a really painful experi
ence for someone who does not like
children but has to teach anyway for
other reasons,’ Hallum said.
Bob Jackson, coordinator of the
15 ARCO interviewers, says his
group tries to find out if the applic-
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ant has the technical know-how to
do the job. His particular job is to
place the students in the best job
with the company for which they
qualify.
Jackson said he wants a student
who is well groomed, but the length
of his hair is not a yardstick of any
sorts.
“If a person grows his hair long it
can mean just that he thinks his face
looks best that way,’ says Jackson
whose hair covers most of his ears.
The education interviewers,
however, consider teachers to be a
model for their students and say
their dress and behavior code
should be appropriate.
However, they did admit the par
ticular society the teacher was
teaching in really had more to do
with determining the teachers be
havior code than anything else. If a
teacher lives in a liberal environ
ment, he could get away with doing
many things that would create seri
ous criticism in a more conservative
society.
Effective communication is very
i important for success in industry,
Jackson says. Within a few years of
hiring, a student should be in a posi
tion to present ideas to the top peo
ple and it is extremely important
that he be able to express his ideas
effectively.
Kudla and Hallum put a lot of
emphasis on attitude. The applicant
should not have the idea in her
(Most of the people they interview
are women.) mind that all children
are thieves and liars and out to make
life miserable for teachers. She re
ally should understand that children
are innocent but cause trouble at
times and need guidance now and
then, Kudla contends.
The interviewer feels very let
down if the student doesn’t ask him
any questions about the company he
is representing, Jackson says. It’s an
even better idea if the student
spends some time to read about the
company and ask questions that
make sense.
illiams endorses
xperience waiver
Photo by Alan Klllingsworth
By T. C. GALLUCCI
^ ■ Staff Writer
■The Academic Council recom-
■nded yesterday that candidates
lin - Ibr 1975-1976 Battalion editors no
puts ftgerbe required to serve one year
s el( on a student publication,
licit BDuringthe discussion concerning
. Uitor requirements. President Jack
K Williams said that the resolution
■mid add to the possible number of
J lCls stiidents applying for the position,
and ■Williams said he would like to see
life ■ editor with experience since the
^un- university has been in three possi-
eled ■ lawsuit situations because of the
utj ■ ws P a P er - One of them is still
■nding. The suits have ranged
from the Navasota City Council to a
dor 100 miles away.
iThe most interesting thing I
know of is a university newspaper in
the Year of our Lord 1975,” he said.
Speaking of himself as last in the
line of editor approvals, Williams
said that of the two present editorial
candidates, there is one who will not
be editor as long as he is president.
The two candidates are LaTonya
Perrin, managing editor, and Will
Anderson, assistant to the editor.
The council also passed a proposal
to establish a University Under
graduate Fellows Program. The
program, which will begin in the fall
of 1975, allows seniors to substitute
six credit hours to do independent
research under the direction of a
faculty advisor.
A proposal to withdraw graduate
courses that have not been taught in
the last five years was referred back
to the Curriculum Committee for
further study.
Thirty-three new courses were
approved and three were with
drawn. Changes in hours of theory,
practice, credit, descriptive titles,
course numbers and grading sys
tems were made in 25 courses.
Today.
Inside
Interim staff p. 2
Black week p. 3
Intramural budget . .p. 8
Weather
Partly cloudy Friday and
Saturday. Warm days and
mild nights. High Friday
77; low tonight 55; high
Saturday 78.
Hut two, hike!
The Harlem Globetrotters appeared in G. series. The groups’ antics included
Rollie White Coliseum Thursday night as
part of Town Hall’s Special Attraction
clowns and a football routine.
Necktie party organization
turns into SG discussion
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: MSC Lounge
Happening: Necktie Party Or
ganizational Meeting
Results: Unclear
What had been hoped by some as
the formation of a new student polit
ical group turned into a question-
and-answer session for Student
Government leaders, nectie mem
bers and interested students.
The original organizer of the so-
called Necktie Party was absent.
Jim James, TAMU student radio
manager, who originated the party
is currently hospitalized with a seri
ous infection.
Due to a lack of leadership, the
students present decided to or
ganize a question-and-answer ses
sion. Jerri Ward, student govern
ment Judicial Board chairman, an
nounced the session with party
members and student government
leaders fielding the queries.
A number of students questioned
recent Board of Directors’ action
and the Senate’s action. Discussion
ranged from the International Stu
dent tuition increase to the recent
performance of The Battalion.
The group of 30 students present
were receptive to the answers, from
both the Necktiers and Senate rep
resentatives. Both groups agreed on
various subjects including the
placement of a student on the Board
of Directors and a better relation
ship with the administration.
Disagreement between the
groups was how this could be ac
complished. Student Government
members favored a slow, stepped
approach to greater student in
volvement, while Necktiers wanted
to move more quickly.
After a few general questions, the
students split into small pockets of
discussion.
At present, members of the new
party are uncertain of the party’s
future or ability to back candidates
in the April elections.
Council gives streets priority
Residents aid in planning development
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Photo by David McCarroll
President Jack Williams at Academic Council meeting.
By ROSE MARY TRAVERSO
Staff Writer
Plans to begin paving, curbing
and guttering six “priority” streets
this year with funds authorized
under the Community Develop
ment Act were approved by the Col
lege Station City Council at a public
hearing Thursday night.
Improvements on Sterling, Park
Place, Churchill, Southland, Av
enue B and Detroit streets, in this
order, are part of the short-term ob
jectives planned by the city with the
federal funds. The city’s plan will be
submitted to the Department of
Housing and Urban Development
for approval.
The Community Development
Block Grant of 1975 was established
by the Housing and Community
Consol school elections
Five candidates file for two seats
Development Act of 1974 and is
aimed at the needs of low to moder
ate income areas of the community.
One requirement of the program
is that residents in affected areas
must have the opportunity to par
ticipate in its development and ap
proval. In College Station participa
tion took the form of meetings bet
ween residents of four low-income
neighborhoods and a city planner,
Al Mayo.
Representatives of each of these
four neighborhoods were selected
for a Citizens’ Advisory Group
which met on Feb. 3 with the Plan
ning and Zoning Commission. The
commission passed on the residents’
requests to the Council.
Installment of drainage facilities
at Park Place, Richards and Sterling
streets and installment of street
lights are also included in the
three-year plan.
Long term goals for community
development funds, Mayo said, in
cluded removal or renovation of
vacant dilapidated residences, im
provement of social services, im
proved drainage, development of
parks and recreational facilities and
paving 28 neighborhood streets.
The city will apply for additional
funds above the amount authorized
by Housing and Urban Develop
ment for paving, curbing and gut
tering Park Place from Texas Av
enue to Anderson Street. The addi
tional grant is sought from the Dis
cretionary Fund included in the
Community Development Block
Grant Program.
“We will be in competition with
every other city in the nation for
these discretionary funds,” said
Mayor O. M. Holt.
Discussion arose concerning the
$46,786 improvements planned for
Sterling Street and Lassie Lane.
Mayo said Sterling will be widened
to 28-feet wide requiring residents
on each side of the street to give up
three feet of land.
Tommy Preston, advisory group
member, suggested that since some
gas meters, power poles and the like
would have to be moved out of the
three-foot area and some residents
might refuse to give the land, a
25-foot wide street might be prefer
able.
“A 25-foot wide street would be
heaven compared to what we’ve
had,” Preston added.
Residents attending the meeting
questioned the council about homes
on Lincoln Street which cannot re
ceive natural gas. George R. Ford,
city engineer, said he would find out
why the Lone Star Gas Company
will not supply these homes with a
gas line and how many homes are
involved.
Replying to a question, Holt said
that College Station is not going to
share community development
funds with the county for the prop
osed Brazos County Park. “Not a
penny will leave this community
until every street is paved and gut
tered,” he said.
He said that the county applied
for different community develop
ment funds than those allocated to
the city but that this was confused in
local newspapers.
In other business, the council au
thorized Mayor Holt to execute a
contract for an aerial survey of 3,200
acres between Highway 6 and Car
ter Creek, including College Sta
tion.
By JOHN COLEMAN
Staff Writer
Five candidates have filed for two
laces on the A&M Consolidated
Ichool Board election, set for April
I Charles Hensarling and Joan
|eer will not seek re-election. The
emainingfive board of trustee posi-
bns do not come up for re-election
Jiis year.
As of 5 p. m. Thursday three can-
idates had filed for position 7
Jeer’s seat), and two candidates for
osition 6 (Hensarling’s seat). The
1st day for filing is March 5.
Candidates must file in the
aperintendent’s office at 100 An-
erson.
Persons filing to date are John
andstedt, Robert M. Williams,
h. James Hennigan, K.A. Mail
ing and Bruce Robeck. Manning
nd Robeck are running for election
i place 6.
In announcing his candidacy,
andstedt, a Bryan attorney and
tort time instructor in TAMU’s Col-
age of Business, said he had four
nildren in the school system and
I'as running as an interested parent.
My platform, if you can call it
W,” he said, “is simply to have the
>est possible school system we can
>ay for.”
Sandstedt said he has lived in the
community off and on for the past 46
years. “I graduated from A&M Con
solidated in 1938,“ Sandstedt con- j
tinned, “and at that ime we were
going to high school in an old con
demned dorm. As I see the progress
that has been made . . . the new
high school and the South Knoll
buildings, I’m delighted. We’ve
come a long way. I want to be a part
of the future progress here.”
K.A. Manning, research associate
at the Texas Transportation Insti
tute at A&M, said he had no plat
form as such. He said after spending
29 years in the Consolidated school
district and sending three children
i to Consolidated schools, his candi
dacy was just that of a concerned
and interested citizen.
“I’m particularly interested in the
schools’ athletic programs,” he said.
“They have fine, well-rounded pro
grams and I’m interested in seeing
that they remain so. I feel that serv
ing on the school board would be a
personally gratifying experience,”
Manning said.
Bruce Robeck, a professor in
A&M’s political science depart
ment, said he basically feels that the
position of school board member is
one of the most important in the
community.
“I want to make sure schools con
tinue to develp and improve,”
Robeck said. “I feel the best way to
accomplish this is to offer myself as a
candidate. I’d like to see basic edu
cation as a priority . . . learning
skills of an informative as well as a
conceptual nature. I’d also like to
see full support of creative and in
novative teachers. After all,
teachers are the most important
part of an education program,”
Robeck said.
Williams and Hennigan were un
available for comment at press time.
Williams is the city’s electrical in
spector and a rancher. Hennigan is
an assistant professor in industrial
engineering.
Absentee voting will be from
March 17 to April 1 in the
superintendent’s office. The April 5
election will be conducted from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Middle School
Gymnasium. Returns will be can
vassed at 7 p.m. on April 7.
In announcing that they would
not run for re-election, Hensarling
and Teer said there were others in
the community who could do good
jobs as school board members.
Hensarling and Teer have each
completed two three-year terms.
Couples toss eggs
The MSC Recreation Committee sponsored the events included a wheel barrow race, a toothpick
Couples Games Thursday, which included ac- and lifesaver relay, and a three legged race for
tivities such as egg tossing shown here. Other couples.
Photo by Jack Holm