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age Page 6 5] 'T. 3,S Vlai -ab o s Cex OC 3 il < : :A jipl ind ip^t squ is J ph? tal: tio sit m« E> toi lie pl G A: it k | a | f * THE BATTALION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1977 The Arts Committee presents The Wild Child This film is based on the 1806 memoirs of a French physician, Dr. Itard. It begins in 1798, when a child is found living in the forest like an animal. Dr. Itard sets for him self the task of educating the wild child. The film is meticulous and objective, ex ploring in great depth the themes of love, [freedom, the nature of childhood and child- i hood’s end. Monday, February 7 8 p.m., Rudder Theatre lAdmission $1 MANOR EAST 3 THEATRES MANOR EAST MALL 6:15-8:00-9:45 PANAVISION® Color by OELUXL® Distributed By WARNER BROS. © A WARNER COMMUNICATIONS COMRANt 6:00-7:45-9:30 Where anything can happen.. and usually does! A UNIVERSAL PICTURE |pQ TECHNICOLOR- 5:55-7:35-9:15 An AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL Release » BEN JOHNSON ANDREW PRIME DAWN VAILS Palace 822-5811 DOWNTOWN BRYAN CO > H CO c ‘The Maltese Falcon’ and ‘Casablanca’ Skyway Twin ‘Beyond The Grave’ Plus (R) ‘Killer Snakes’ Plus ‘Waldo Pepper’ Call For Times Call For 21 Times Special — Saturday Midnight "AN ALL TIME SEXUAL HIGH!" Re^ Da^ hk* society A SUMMER DROWN PRODUCTION introducingDOMINIQUE ST. PIERRE acclaimed halston gcourregesmodel CLINT HUGHES the marldoro man ADULTS ONLY • PANAVISION • COEOR Change needed in classes The struggle to teach may involve more than the battle for minds. Teachers may also have to fight the arrangement of the classroom inside because it may affect certain human behavior patterns. For this reason, interest is grow ing in human behavior research as it relates to the physical environment, says Dr. David G. Armstrong, assis tant professor of educational cur riculum and instruction at Texas A&M University. Armstrong says facts are needed to convince administrators to change the classrooms from tra ditional row arrangements. Interest is developing to the stage that a few of Armstrong’s graduate students have expressed interest in the field. He would like to cooper ate in some future research with local public schools. Distance, size of the groups and eye contact seem to be important variables, according to research fig ures. Tests reveal that 71 per cent of the people in a room try to organize conversation with only one other person. Only 21 per cent seek three persons for the group and less than 10 per cent feel comfortable enough to be involved with four or more persons. Since the smallest group a teacher can usually divide the class into is five or six, research indicates that teachers must quickly appoint specific, individual responsibilities to pupils. Otherwise, those groups will subdivide into conversation groups of two or three persons. “We are teaching the teachers to tell one student. You take notes. Tell another, ‘You’re in charge of making sure everyone participates. And others, ‘You and you do this and come up with this. There is a greater likelihood of active partici pation by all, using these methods, Armstrong said. A test that divides the classroom into 12 evenly arranged sections fac ing the teacher, demonstrates the critical importance of eye contact. All the students in the first three front sections actively participate at least half the time. So do the three sections located in the middle of the class on a perpendicular line with the front sections. This forms a “T” with the crossbar on the front rows and the leg down the middle rows. Students who sit in the “T” have the most continuous eye contact, suggests Armstrong, and those pupils feel more inclined to participate. Evidence indicates teachers who can move about freely or who can shuffle students without adverse ef fects, can increase participation by all class members. the teacher. They have leam, to work the system.” Other research has com that a five-foot, head-to-he tance is the maximum ram people will feel comfortable versing. In our society, hm there is an unspoken mini: tance, so teachers may no| success with cramming s ti close together. “Frequently, it is the A’ students who holler the loudest when you start moving pupils around. They know that by occupying those criti cal seats, there is a positive rein forcement flow between them and People arranged in a circit most comfortable about part ing, Armstrong says, but the tables or other physical ba that their ideas and their being are protected and not exposed. Two engineers get scholarships Marathon Oil Foundation Schol arships go to Texas A&M University students Michael F. Cook of San Antonio and Dwight D. Johnston of Dallas, both seniors in ocean engineering. The pair were the spring recipi ents of the $350 awards given on the basis of high scholastic achieve ments in their program. They were selected by an Ocean Engineering Scholarship Commit tee composed of Drs. Wayne A. Dunlap, Robert Randall and J. B. Herbich. Northgate Condominium to begin construction soon itrovers |M Unix jugh the mont . Johr lent ser lerfrom Ivenec fidays re ,-ing the iKoldus s set with Cook is a member of the Ocean Engineering Club and Johnston is the president of the organization. The Marathon Oil Foundation, Inc. has sponsored scholarships since 1973 for the ocean engineer ing program which now 7 enrolls about 200 students. Aggie Cinema’s Matinee Series Presents BLESS THE BEASTS AND THE CHILDREN Sunday Bff/ February 6 ^ 2:00 P.M. By CATHY BREWER The self-contained lifestyde is one of the most interesting and advan tageous things about the Northgate Condominium, said Dixie N. Stan ton, director of marketing for the project. Four eight-story towers, 360 con dominium apartments, a 66,000 square foot retail mall, and a regula tion ice hockey arena will be in cluded in the live-year proj ect. Construction will begin this March. It will he built one block north of the Texas A&M University campus on a nine acre site, now occupied by the Circle Di ive-In Theatre. Northgate is a joint venture of Boyett Investments, Ltd. of College Station and CBJV, Inc., a subsidiary of the Condel, Inc. of Dallas. The price range for the one- and two-bedroom and studio apartments is between $29,000 and $44,000. The first phase, to be completed in late 1978, will consist of the mall, ice rink and 90 condominium apartments in an eight-story tower. Each of the second, third and fourth phases will have 90 apart ments in an eight-story tower also. Tennis and racquetball courts, a health club, swimming pool, meet ing rooms and electronic security are among some of the benefits of phase one. Stanton said that each apartment will have a security-guarded parking space, separate from the retail area parking. Sun Theatres 333 University niversity 846-9808 Super-Grody Movies Double-Feature Every Week Special Midnight Shows Friday & Saturday S2 per person Advance Tickets Available in Rudder Box Office AGGIE CINEMA’S POPULAR SERIES Presents R U D D E R LIZA GENE MINNELLI BURT HACKMAN REYNOLDS T H E A T R E F E B R U A R Y No one under 18 Escorted Ladies Free $2 With This Ad BOOK STORE & 25c PEEP SHOWS LUCKY LADY 8:00 P.M. Admission $1.00 with TAMU I.D. Advance Tickets Available at Rudder Box Office AGGIE CINEMA’S MIDNIGHT SERIES Presents JENNIFER O’NEILL GARY GRIMES JERRY HOUSER OLIVER CONANT Friday, February 4 12:00 Midnight Rudder Theatre Admission $1.00 with student I.D. Advance Tickets Available in Rudder Box Office starring HERBERT LOM with COLIN BUKELY - LEONARD ROSSITER • LESLEY-ANNE DOWN Animation by RICHARD WILLIAMS STUDIO - Music by HENRY MANCINI Produced and Directed byBUKE EDWARDS Filmed in PANAVISION" COLOR by DeLuxe PGlrMBniU.6UB»MgSUMgg km m rtfoa^s T United Artists A Transamerica Company »SEZaiOZZi2S» GENE WILDER JILL CLAYBURGH RICHARD PRYOR PATRICK McGOOHAN as. Roger Devereau NED BEATTY • CLIFTON JAMES a ■tem the resident’s use and a bain each apartment, built at anu provide more privacy for then Appliances and carpetiij provided in each apartmenl prospective buyer has a choic* unfurnished or furnished ment. “Basic floor plans are bein; for the one- and two-bedr... studio apartments, but specil plans can be arranged said. to tal : still i told h for hi ig prior with i ■tee of t The Cil TOM ecu 1 One of the most attractive ele ments of the apartments is that each unit will be equipped with its own laundry facilities, said Stanton. Other interesting features in clude storage units on each floor for A Dallas architectural Swanson, Hiester, Wilsw Claycomb, is designing llit dominium. Stanton said several market shown interest in Northgate "The strongest market is sistant teacher or professor concerned with a lifestvlethat educational and culturalpi 0 n Illegal force ini rather than mowing the uw on Saturday,’ Stanton said. ^’ e Ti !sA& Other markets include lj n a S j ents of students, footballT, um p ticket holders, corporations«j te 0 f t business with the University those who are concerned soleli investments. The owner can handle kis leasing arrangements or h» management company handle Stanton said that at they are confining full-timel dents to the seventh andtl floors. “The lower floors ares tore of investors and others»! purchasing for their childrens Stanton said. Northgate has recruitedfom dents from campus toactasn sentatives for the condominiui to help students who are into: in living there. “We work with the parent the representatives work win students to come togetbs' sale, ” said Stanton. “It gw | student a chance to work someone from the same] group.” Embrey’s Jewelii We Specialize In Aggie Rings. Diamonds Set- Sizing— Reoxithzing - All types watch/jewelk Repair Aggie Charge Accounls 9-5:30 The Dance at Lakeview Cl* Wednesday, M “Slim Pickin'! 8-12 p.m. $2»! Call 846-1031 or 841 m Jupfnan Eddie Doming' Joe Arcinieg al | Greg f ’ Price,, If you want the real thing, not frozen or canned ... We call It “Maxlcan Food Supreme." Dalles location: 3071 Northwest Hwy 382-8570