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>ELl IQ wJVeather lear to partly cloudy today with in the upper 70s. Low tonight he lower 50s. Partly cloudy ^tomorrow with the high in upper 70s. ation Cbe Battalion Vol. 68 No. 103 College Station, Texas Thursday, April 8, 1976 }7 raffic Panel rates mo-peds; “ iscusses parking revisions Texas A&M University Traffic Panel nu nded yesterday that mo-peds operated on campus should be con- ■notorcycles. led is a motor assisted vehicle with laximum speed for a mo-ped on dices is 20 m.p.h. iilnan Stover said that for University Hlarificatipn purposes, motor as- lleycles shall be operated in the manner and under the same regu- k motorcycles. Under state law, a His considered a motor vehicle and )c registered as a motorcycle. ■ are currently four •mo-peds oper- m§ campus, but the number is ex- I to increase, Stover said. “The prob- ov is that they inde them on the ilks The new regulation will take care of that, ” he said. The panel tabled action on vision prob lems at the entrance to the new parking lot behind Mosher Hall and at the intersection of Lubbock and Bizzell Streets until its next meeting so that the problem areas could be studied further. Seven basic proposals were mentioned as solutions to the overcrowding problems in the University parking lots during an open discussion of the problem. The first proposal was to leave parking registration and allocation as it is with dis tinctions made between reserved faculty- staff, regular facidty and three student parking divisions. Proposal two suggested having only three parking categories; “A”, “B”,and “C”. “A” parking would be available only to faculty and staff and would correspond to the current reserved, numbered spaces. Both “B” and “C” parking woidd be avail able to all university students and faculty. Under this proposal the campus lots would be designated with one of the three letters and parking would be as follows: “A” permits would be allowed in any lot on campus; “B” permits would only be al lowed in “B” and “C” designated lots; and “C” permits would be confined to “C” lots only. Restriction of parking registration to only certain groups of people was the third basic proposal mentioned by the panel. Forbidding freshmen from having cars was the most often mentioned plan under this proposal. The fourth possible solution would open all university lots to all persons on a pay daily basis. Selling nothing but reserved, numbered spaces was the fifth proposal considered. Limiting access to the center campus area to faculty, staff and visitor parking was the sixth proposal. Under this plan, stu dent parking would be restricted to the campus perimeter. The final proposal, based on parking categories currently in use, would limit the number of parking permits sold in each category. None of the proposals was studied in depth at yesterday’s meeting, which lasted more than an hour. All of the proposals will be studied further at the panel’s next meet ing on April 14. —Susan Brown and Dave Johnson f for May ’ll JJU Library expansion discussed preliminary design of the library ex- ^2/1 »n was discussed last night by the -•••^I nt Campus Planning Advisory Com- ■ and the project coordinator Charles six-story expansion will be located jie present library, and will extend 119 feet of the Agriculture Building, nlction should begin in May, 1977, .'olnpletion in July, 1979. ! Gbst of the new building is $12 mil- vliicli includes limited renovation of silting building. A $2 million allo- 1 is made for unfinished square foot age, which means the 6th floor will be only partially completed at that time. When completed, the library will hold 2 million volumes, double what it now holds. The University ofTexas library holds 3 to 4 million volumes. The projected life of the library expan sion is not known. Smith said the next ex pansion step would probably be a branch library, possibly on the west campus. Smith, who has degrees in architecture and library science, said seven university libraries were studied for ideas. These in cluded Arizona State University, Univer sity of Denver and University of Georgia. The library design shows a single entr ance at the east end, next to the Agriculture Building. The existing entrances will be closed. To keep the present entrances woidd weaken the design of the building. Smith said. One entrance will aid library security and circulation. The majority of the indexes and refer ence material will be located on the ground floor. The library will use only the Library of Congress system and may use computer terminals instead of card catalogs. Smith said. Current periodicals will be housed in closed stacks, as in the reserve room. Smith explained. There will also be a multi-media room, similar to the MSC browsing library. The 3rd, 4th and 5th floors will hold most of the volumes and seating areas. Although there will be a mass rear rangement of the library when it is com pleted, collection movement will be kept to a minimum. “We re still working on what will go where,” he said. —Susan Brown Photo courtesy of Kevin Venner Drilling for blood The Spring blood drive got off to a slow start Tuesday. Shown here donating blood is Jim Pack. The blood drive continues through 'Thursday in an attempt to reach the goal of 1000 units set by Alpha Phi Omega. Time to vote Photo courtesy of Kevin Venner Voting in the Student Government elections began Wednesday at 7 a.m. The election of president, vice-presidents, senators and yell leaders will continue today until 7 p.m. Ursuline Academy . . . More than a high school designed to ‘make a girl a lady’ By MARK WILLIS While almost everyone knows of Texas A&M history as an all male school, the history of this area’s all female institution is not as well remembered. Yes, there was a girl’s school in Bryan, owned and run by Catholic nuns. Villa Maria Ursuline Academy operated from 1901 to 1929 and served some of Texas’ leading families. The school was designed to “make a girl a lady,” and complete what was considered a satisfactory education for a woman. It was more than a high school, but it did not cover college courses. Music, rhetoric and trigonometry were among the more rigor- County-wide meeting called Preparations are underway for the first Brazos County Town Meeting. Plans are for the meeting to be held at Bryan High School on Saturday, April 24, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. David Beal, organizer of the meeting, said it will be a community brainstorming The College Station City Council will meet tonight at 7 in city hall. session to identify the problems and de sires of local residents. Registration for the meeting will begin soon, price of admission is one dollar, in cluding lunch, he said. Volunteers are needed for a publicity session this Saturday. The session will be held at the Bluebonnet Room of Wyatt’s Cafeteria in Bryan from 9 a.m. to noon. Beal can be reached at 822-4518 be tween 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. for more informa tion. ous courses offered. Many courses were designed to prepare a woman for family life and entertaining. The school was located where the now vacant Howell home stands, at 1600 Ur suline Avenue. That street, as well as Villa Maria Rd., was named for the school. The grounds covered 150 acres and had several dormitory and classroom buildings, to which an auditorium, additional dor mitories and classroom buildings were added in 1911. About 150 students at tended the school at its zenith. The Academy was established in Bryan in 1901 following the Great Storm ofl900, which forced the original school to close in Galveston, where it had been since 1847. Bryan was picked for safety and its central location. Jerome Jeffries Kayne wrote in 1910 that the school was well known for its gothic buildings as well as its educational pro grams. Kayne said the school’s students were known as “Our Pioneer Girls.” Yet, despite the school’s many years of success and fine reputation, it was closed in 1929 and the entire estate sold to William Howell. A number of factors were involved in the school’s closing but money problems was the major cause. Today, there are still Ursuline schools in Dallas and San An tonio, where the location proved more favorable to a private school program. When Howell bought the school he had it torn down and used the brick to build his home, which remains today. The property has since been owned by several groups, For many years it was owned by Allen Academy and was used to house students of that school. However, the building has not been used in many years and is now in very poor condition. Recently the property was purchased from Allen by a Houston party, whom it is rumored will restore the house to its origi nal condition. The cost of such a project is estimated to exceed $200,000. Photo Courtesy of Mark Willis HOWELL HOUSE SITS ON SITE OF FORMER GIRLS’ SCHOOL Bricks from old Villa Maria Ursuline Academy were used in its construction. ^ 1 ‘ ' -*» Index Briscoe to propose major cut in prisoners’ “good time,” page 6. Billionaire Howard Hughes buried, page 3. G.I. Paratroopers keep jumping, page 5. Csonka signs with N.Y. Giants, page 7. Flu bug bites tennis pro Jimmy Connors, page 8. Registration to move location to Exchange Store The department of the Registrar’s Office, which clears graduating seniors, will change location this week. Beginning Friday at 8 a.m. the section will be located on the second floor of the Registration Headquar ters. (The Old Exchange Store) The entrance is on the side of the build ing facing the Fish Pond. The department should return to the Coke Building by May 1. Private bus line to begin in area If you want to go to Bryan on a rainy day, how do you get there? You can call a taxi, or perhaps persuade an auto-owning friend to take you there. But by next week, you’ll have another choice. Roy Ellis of Bryan has received permits to operate a bus line from the Bryan and College Station city councils. Because it’s going to be an inter-city transit line he had to get approval from the Texas Railroad Commission. “My permit from them should come in Monday or Tuesday,” Ellis said, “and I plan to put my bus into service im mediately after I get the OK from them.” Ellis outlined his tentative route through the two cities. “Well go from Highway 21 and Texas Avenue south to the K-Mart area at F.M. 2818,” he said. “Then we 11 go west to Wellborn Road, then north to University Drive. Across to the University Square Shopping Center then north on College Avenue to 19th Street, and back to High way 21 and Texas Avenue.” Ellis said, “I plan to stop at all the shop ping areas in town. The complete circuit through both cities should take about one hour, Ellis esti mates. “At this point it looks like the fare will be about 50 cents,” he said. “To keep the op eration profitable, I will have to have about 300 fares a day. If the operation goes well enough, I’ll have to go to my banker and try to get more buses.” Ellis bus will carry up to 60 passengers, 48 sitting and 12 standing. The runs will start at 6 a.m. and end at 10 p.m. Ellis said he originally bought the bus for his church, but the vehicle was too large for their needs. He then decided to take the knowledge of public transportation he gained in Houston and offer the people of Bryan-College Station a bus line. —Owen Rachal WEST BY-PASS (Staff Map) TENTATIVE ROUTE FOR PRIVATE BUS LINE U.S.-China relations predicted favorable Associated Press WASHINGTON — China watchers in the United States are not ready to write off the moderate wing in Peking despite the dismissal of Teng Hsiao-ping, the ill-fated heir to Chou En-lai, from all party and gov ernment posts. U.S. specialists on Chinese affairs, including CIA Director George Bush, former chief of the U.S. liaison office in Peking, expect the growing accommodation with Washington to remain on course with the eleva tion of Hua Kuo-feng as premier. Significantly, with Teng’s dismissal by Chairman Mao Tse-tung, came word that a close associate of the fallen first vice premier and a fellow moderate, Li Hsien-nien, had appeared in public receiving the Lao tian ambassador. Last year, as Chou’s health declined, Li shared with Teng the prominent duties of hosting foreign visitors. He is an economic specialist whose future may tell a lot about China’s intentions. Bush described the promotion of Hua to succeed Chou as likely to have a stabilizing influence. U.S.-Chinese relations “will qot be adversely af fected,” he predicted. At the State Department, meanwhile, officials said “personalities” play only a secondary role in dealings between the two countries. Spokesman Robert L. Funseth, quoting Secretary Henry A. Kissinger, said foreign policy depends primarily on how the two coun tries perceive their national interests. Hua is not considered a radical but rather a com promise choice in a continuing struggle between Chou-style moderates and radicals for eventual con trol of China after Mao dies. The violent demonstrations in vast Tien An Men Square on Monday were partly expressions of affection for Chou but also, it is believed here, a signal by moderate forces that Teng continued to have support among the people and within the government. The fact that Teng’s dismissal followed so quickly appears to indicate that the effort backfired. The offi cial Chinese announcement of Hua’s promotion poin tedly refers to the demonstrations as “an antagonistic contradiction. ”