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Tuesday
MEDIA SHOW: The MSC Summer Programming Committee
will present "A Night of Fantasy,” a multi-media show at 8
p.m. in the Rudder Theater. The show will he followed hy a
performance by magician Steve Russell at 8:45 p.m. Admis
sion is $1 per person.
GROVE: "The Taming of the Shrew. The Shakespeare classic.
Richard Burton stars. Movie begins at 8:45 p.m.
Wednesday
FAIR: The MSC Summer Programming Committee will spon
sor an arts and crafts fair around the Rudder Fountain today
and Thursday from 9 a m. to 3 p.m. Anyone who wants to
display or sell works in the show should sign up at the MSC
craft shop. Booth fees are $2.50 a day.
PLAY: The Aggie Players will present a special non-dinner
performance of "Pajama Tops” at 8 p.m. in the MSC Bal
lroom. Tickets may he purchased at the MSC Box Office or
at the door. Tickets are $2 for students and $3 for the gen
eral public.
COMPUTER CLUB: The Texas A&M Micro-Computer Club
will meet at 7 p.m. in Zachry 203. Dr. Sallfe Nelson will
give an overview' of artificial intelligence and the Commo
dore PET and Radio Shack TRS-80 computers will he com
pared.
GROVE: "The Hindenburg. George C. Scott and Anne Ban
croft star in this story about the destruction of the notorious
German Zeppelin at Lakehurst, N. J. Movie begins at 8:45
p.m.
Thursday
BAHA’I CLUB: The Baha’i Club will hold a public meeting at
7:30 p.m. in the All Faith's Chapel.
FAIR: The arts and crafts fair will continue by the Rudder
Fountain from 9 a m. to 3 p.m.
GROVE: “Bullitt.” Steve McQueen stars in this detective
show. Has some great chase scenes. Movie begins at 8:45
p.m.
ichool violence slowed
ly educating parents
It'L .
Ilhe way to curb increasing stu-
Bnt violence is through more edu-
Ition.
■Texas A&M University educa-
Knal psychologist and former pub-
■ school teacher and counselor Dr.
■nore Byrd says schools should
B)rkon educating both parents and
Judents to curb the growing prob-
i of violence in schools.
T think the home has a lot to do
■th what children bring to school,”
®id Byrd, coordinator of school
psychology programs. "It’s very im-
Hrtant to educate both groups, be-
l&use there are multiple causes of
, Jpudent violence and multiple ways
dealing w'ith it."
Pi Student violence is a growing
problem across the United States. A
slrvey completed this month by the
National Education Agency showed
that almost 61,000 — three percent
,# public school teachers, were at
tacked by students during the
,1977-78 school year.
■ High school and junior high
teachers suffer the most serious
physical attacks, hut elementary
pools are not excluded, the report
td.
"One of the problems that can
lead to school violence is the fact
that teachers are not taught the
basic principles of classroom man
agement, Boyd said. “Some
teachers learn it on the job from
older teachers, some never learn
and wind up leaving.
“A small amount of this violence
is from children with emotional or
mental problems. The majority
comes from kids who are just turned
off by school."
Though there are no sure-fire an
swers to the problem, Boyd feels
that school climate Is important.
Students should be made.tp feel im
portant and realize that the teacher
is not out to get them.
“Student interaction with
teachers is very important,” Boyd
said. “Teachers should concentrate
on getting the students involved in a
democratic process whereby stu
dents help make the classroom
rules.
“The students should also be
shown the consequences of their ac
tions. They should assume respon
sibility for the things they do.
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 1. 1978
A group of Texas A&M University
doctoral students concerned with
school financing are surveying
Bryan taxpayers to get feedback on
current school funding.
Preliminary survey results show
one sample favors increasing the
sales tax over property taxes.
Educational administration Ph.D.
candidates Bob Carruthers of
Killeen, Bobby Parker of Belton and
Dave Van Antwerp of Austin, are
conducting the survey with the aid
of Texans for Equitable Taxation
(TET).
“Were really conducting this
survey for selfish reasons, said Car-
ruthers, who will be assistant prin
cipal at Killeen’s C. E. Ellison High
School this fall. “We want to know
the mood of the taxpayers because
it’ll help us when we begin working
in educational administration.
“With the results of the survey,
we ll be able to get an idea of what
money will he available to our
schools in the future. We’ve done
one survey already and have about
50 more to do, hut we’ve learned a
lot about the Texas taxpayer,” Car
ruthers said.
The trio conducted a survey at a
Bryan tax rally and plans to conduct
the rest through the help of TET.
“In our Bryan survey we found
many people believed schools got
most of their money from local
taxes,” said Parker, son of Dr.
Bobby E. Parker, president of Mary
Hardin-Baylor College. “That’s not
true. Most Texas schools get a large
portion of their money from the
state.
‘With the current popularity of
Proposition 13 everybody’s running
scared. Nobody’s taken the time to
get in touch with what the public is
thinking.”
Carruthers, Parker and Van
Antwerp are trying to get in touch
with the tax-paying public. Through
their Bryan survey they found that
96 percent of the residents believe
they should have direct input into
decisions affecting school districts.
Seventy-three percent said they
would favor an increase in the state
sales tax to help fund education,
over the present system of personal
property and ad valorem taxes. Ten
percent would favor charging stu
dents tuition, and six percent said
they would favor a state income tax
to support education. Van Antwerp
said.
'Nobody can say what will hap
pen or which road school financing
will take,” Carruthers said. “But,
one thing we all agree on is that
Texas will be increasing the state
sales tax to support education.
“People keep asking schools to do
more, but are unwilling pay the^
costs under the present system of
taxation. If the taxes are drastically
cut we believe adult education and
summer school programs will be the
first to go. Who knows what will be
next?”
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Antwerp are quick to stress, how
ever, that Texas taxpayers are not
ignorant of the current tax situation
and the school finance picture is not
as bleak as it has been painted by
some.
“We re all going to be involved in
education,” Pinker said. “This sur
vey will help us see where financing
is coming from and where it’s going.
‘Each one of us is interested in
the implications this has for the fu
ture of education. ”
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