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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.
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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. ”