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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, NOV. 18, 1975
‘No girls to date’ fails as excuse
By DOUG KIRK
Graduate Psychology Student
Q. How does a guy go about get
ting a date around here?
A. In light of the ratio of males to
females it would seem only logical
that for a substantial percentage of
A&M males, landing a date with an
Aggie Coed would be a difficult
task.
The situation is not as logical as it
may seem. It should not surprise
anyone that there are a significant
number of girls without dates when
concerts and football games roll
around.
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There are no statistics to point to,
but a stroll through one of the
female dorms during a concert or
football game will reveal there are
many girls who would like to go to
such events, but were never asked.
The problem then, is not based on
the ratio of males to females as many
people believe. Instead, it appears
that the difficulty in getting dates
exists within the individuals who in
dicate they can’t get a date.
Dr. Donald J. Woods of the A&M
psychology department gave his
opinion with regard to this question.
“Dating behavior is a skill,” said
Woods, “that doesn’t come natural
to anyone.
“Rather, most of us have to learn
how to handle interpersonV rela
tionships. Our culture tends to rein
force a romanticized notion of a
‘beautiful relationship’ without illus
trating the steps required to build
the foundation for such a relation
ship.”
Dr. Woods indicated that behav
ing confidently is an important ini
tial step in solving the dating prob
lem. A person must be aware of the
self-fullfilling prophecy, that is, the
psychological phenomenon that one
tends to see what he wants to see. If
an individual acts as though nothing
good can ever come from an inter
personal relationship, then the
likelihood of developing a desirable
interaction is reduced.
“We should look at our ap
proach,” Woods said. “We should
make sure that we don’t give off any
cues that we re really not worth
going out with.” A prospective date
can detect these factors and is prone
to turn down a date offer as a con
sequence. “Psychological training
(not psychotherapy) may be of use in
teaching a person the skill of pre
senting himself with appropriate
confidence,” Woods said.
It is also important to check the
tendency to overemphasize a de
veloping relation. “Some people
tend to set their expectations too
higji, too soon; to let their imagina
tions run away with them.” What is
necessary. Woods remarked, is to
“focus on here and now, the im
mediate circumstances.” In order to
build confidence, an individual
ought to start small and work up.
Begin by asking the girl if she is wil
ling to go get a coke or something,
perhaps a short walk on a week
night instead of asking if she is free
for the Texas game. This way, the
relationship can develop gradually.
Woods noted that “Inhibited
people often spend more time fan
tasizing about a possible relation
ship then they do thinking realisti
cally.” While psychologists recog
nize that day-dreaming has many
adaptive consequences, when at
tempting to develop a new skill,
sometimes the day-dreams them
selves can get in the way of the de
velopment of such skills.
A stepwise progression is much
better than an unrealistic fantasy
that can never be realized. Before a
relationship can progress to inter
personal proportions, someone has
to first say, “hello”.
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A series of informal luncheons at
tended by various students and fa
culty members are being organized
by Dr. John Koldus, vice-president
for student services.
Koldus said he invites one faculty
member from each college to attend
the bi-weekly get-toqethers.
Koldus chooses 10 students whom
the bi-weekly get-togethers.
Koldus chooses 10 students whom
he has recently met or students in
“leadership positions.”
“The purpose is to get our stu
dents and faculty better acquainted.
The only rule as such is that no one
sits by anyone he knows.
The first of the Thursday meet
ings was held Nov. 6. Koldus
termed the meeting a complete suc-
‘ We began at 12 and at 2 we had
to break things up. I spoke to those
participating and they all seemed to
enjoy it,” said Koldus. “There’s no
set program. Everyone can talk
about whatever is on his mind. It’s
really just an open forum.”
Education costs
need curtailment
Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO — Texans must
“crack the whip” on ever increasing
education costs, state Sen. Peyton
McKnight, D-Tyler, said Monday.
“It is obvious to me that no
amount of trimming and economiz
ing in other areas of the state spend
ing is going to save us from severely
higher taxes if we do not face up to
the problem of spending in the edu
cation system,” he said.
McKnight made the remarks to
the 10th Annual Governor’s Confer
ence on Inter-governmental Rela
tions and Regional Planning, a
meeting of state, regional and local
government leaders.
Rising teacher salaries and de
creasing ratios of students per
teacher have failed to give better
education, the senator said.
“Now we are told by the educa
tion lobby: “Give us more money
and we will give you better qual
ity,” McKnight said. “It’s time for
us to say, ‘Prove it. Give us some
facts to back up your claim!’
The senator said that despite ever
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NOTICE
DECEMBER
GRADUATES
WELCOME
PICK UP YOUR TICKET THIS WEEK FOR THE
SENIOR INDUCTION BANQUET
TO WELCOME YOU INTO
THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS
All December graduates of the Class of 1975
PICK UP YOUR COMPLIMENTARY TICKET.
NO LATER THAN 5:00 p.m., Friday,
NOVEMBER 21,
OR
AS LONG AS THE TICKETS LAST
Present your ID card in person to the Reception area at the Association of
Former Students Office across from the Post Office in the MSC, Starting
Monday Nov. 17.
THE SENIOR INDUCTION BANQUET IS
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The lunch is served in Room 203
of the MSC and usually consists of
soup and sandwiches. Koldus said
the money to pay for the lunches
comes from the Former Students
Association account.
New delay
on Carrillo?
increasing education costs, a
federally-funded study by the Uni
versity of Texas showed that one out
of each five American adults lacks
“the basic know how to function ef
fectively in a complex society.”
He said also that the College En
trance Examination Board recently
announced that its scholastic ap
titude test scores had dropped dras
tically in the past 12 years.
“It might be a good idea for us to
relate that 12-year period of decline
in these test scores back to our 10 or
12 years of dramatic increases in
education spending in Texas,”
McKnight added.
He said a lid should be spent on
state education spending -— which
accounts for about 50 per cent of the
state’s total spending — until
studies could be made on Texas
education needs.
McKnight is a member of the
Joint Advisory Committee on Gov
ernmental Operation which is
charged with finding ways of
economizing state government.
Associated Press
AUSTIN — The Senate im
peachment trial of suspended State
District Court Judge O. P. Carrillo
begins for the third time today, but
chances are it will be postponed
again.
In Corpus Christi Monday,
lawyers presented concluding ar
guments in the hearing on Carrillo’s
motion for a new trial on federal in
come tax charges. U.S. District
Court Judge Owen D. Cox post
poned the hearing until 2 p.m. next
Monday, and indicated he would
rule on the motion for a new trial at
that time.
Also pending is an incomplete
hearing by the Texas Judicial Qual
ifications Commission.
The House of Representatives
Aug. 6 voted a 10-count impeach
ment resolution against Carrillo.
Carrillo, 51, was suspended from of
fice pending a Senate trial on the
impeachment charges. He was ac
cused of using Duval County money
to buy groceries; of using county
workers and equipment at his ranch
and store for private gain; of refus
ing to disqualify himself in legal
matters in which he had a personal
interest, and of trying to dominate
the grand jury and Benavides school
board.
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The A&M Wheelmen will meet
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Room 502 in
Rudder Tower. The meeting is to
elect officers.
The Irving HTC will meet Tues
day at 8 p.m. in Room 140 MSC.
The Math Club will meet Tues
day at 7:30 p.m. in the Third Floor
Lounge of the Harrington Building.
Dr. Gusemann will speak on re
search at NASA.
The Microbiology Society will
meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Room
105 in BSBE.
The American Society of
Mechanical Engineers will meet
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Room 203 in
the Zachry Engineering Center.
The Agriculture Economics Club
will meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in
Room 110 in the Plant Science
Building.
The University Symphonic Band
will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the
Rudder Theatre.
The Freshman Class will meet
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Room 701 in
Rudder Tower.
The Biomedical Science Associa
tion will meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
in Room 201 in the Veterinary Med
ical Science Building. The 1975-76
officers will be elected.
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