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fews wded citk eiist Texas cities it and has urged "At a time when id debris left by mnicipalitiesare J ;u ker said some road and bridge rcent ington has in- s. ICC spokes- roved the rate . The new in- since June to a :ed the ICC for bout the added ivestinent will ■ new rate hike ntting spitting from a record set by exhibition in i feet, then 20 ch 3 feet from 22 feet — but n his chin. He d a St. Cloud ree bums and parents r and mother aught her kid- through alleys ith kidnapping lorence, S.C., what’s up Wednesday MOVIE: “Singin’ in the Rain,” starring Gene Kelly, will be shown at 8:45 p.m. in the Grove Theater. SAILING CLUB: Will meet in Room 401, Rudder Tower at 7 p.m. Thursday MOVIE: ‘‘Andromeda Strain,” starring John Saxon, will be shown at 8:45 p.m. in the Grove Theater. PREMIERE PLAYERS: Texas A&M’s summer theater company for teenagers, will present its final show of the season, “Night Watch,” tonight through Saturday night. The performance of this stage thriller begins at 8 p.m. Admission is $1 for students and $2 for adults and are on sale at the MSG Box Office or at the door. TOWN HALL: Crystal Gayle will begin her performance at 8:15 p m. in Rudder Auditorium. Friday MOVIE: “The Deep,” starring Jacqueline Bissett, will be shown at 8:45 p.m. in the Grove Theater. MIDNIGHT MOVIE: “The End, starring Dom DeLuise and Burt Reynolds, will be shown in the Grove Theater. PREMIERE PLAYERS: Texas A&M’s summer theater company for teenagers, will present its final show of the season, “Night Watch,” tonight through Saturday night. The performance of this stage thriller begins at 8 p. m. Admission is $1 for students and $2 for adults and are on sale at the MSG Box Office or at the door. GROMETS: The Texas A&M Gamers club will meet at 7 p.m. to play wargames and role playing games in Room 137A and 140B today through Sunday at 6 p.m. AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY: Will have a summer party at 8 p.m. at the Arbor Square party room. CALENDAR: Any person, group or organization who would like to have something printed in the What’s Up column should fill out a form provided in Room 216, Reed McDonald. The name, date and purpose of the event should be included. Saturday MOVIE: “Chinatown,” starring Faye Dunaway and Jack Nicholson, will be shown at 8:45 p.m. in the Grove Theater. Sunday TAMU HUMAN FACTORS SOCIETY: Will hold its annual picnic at Lake Somerville at 2 p.m. For more information and to make reservations, call 845-5531 (ext.293) or go by Room B-8, Zachry. MOVIE: “Coming Home,” starring Jane Fonda and John Voight, will be shown at 8:45 p.m. in the Grove Teheater. Women in South Civtieih choosing traditional jobs by a 12-0 vote iral to replace Cabinet purge, ition before it, 44, joined the the beginning ■ral, the No. 2 mife- poiii a West Side i raped by as i Suneay was kesman said, t into a white South Side, men sexually sses disaster have ipection and icr. National ical staff and [uestioned an that crashed people. The i Roesemont, Angeles, first The hearings )hio fit injured early iridge, Ohio, from several ight the fire, i motel. The N ge Station, Texas 77843 lal is entitled exclusively^ news dispatches credited 11 other matter herein resti* at College Station, TX 7$ :mber sss Association —imalism Congress - Karen Debbie Patf* SeanPf 1 Despite the women’s rights revolution, a study of women in rural eas of five Southern states indicates a continued emphasis in the aditional roles of nurse, teacher, secretary and housewife. The women’s movement seems to have had no effect on career hoices for rural women, said sociologists Dr. J. Steven Picou and rthur G. Cosby of Texas A&M Univerity. “It’s really amazing that this is still occurring. We are talking about :cent opinions, not something that was happening 20 years ago,” icou said. The six-year regional study was based on 1,268 interviews with 'omen and men, both black and white, in Texas, Louisiana, labama, Georgia and North Carolina. The project focused on eco- omically disadvantaged youth and began in 1966 when they were sphomores in high school, then as seniors and finally again four years fter graduation. “There is an obvious need for fetter occupational guidance in these jral areas,” Picou said. “Rural females just haven’t had the role lodels of successful women that are so often apparent in the cities, hey see only what they have access to: women in their traditional ibs. White females were more inclined to follow traditional roles, said bsby. More than 28 percent wanted to become housewives, while inly 3 percent of the black females in the study expressed a similar esire. “This doesn’t mean white women don’t want to go to college,” he Jid. “They were going to college more than black males.” Picou said the high school years are significant in determining iture educational attainment and career goals. The most important actors for educational achievement were aspirations formed in high Khool. The black respondents in the study had high aspirations and, as oung adults, planned on future college and vocational programs, in pite of lower achievements than whites after high school. These findings suggest a need for continuing educational oppor- tmities for southern rural blacks,” Picou said. “Although gains in educational and occupational achievements ave been made by women and minorities in the United States dur- ngthe last decade,” Picou said, “economically disadvantaged south- rn rural youth could be called the forgotten minority.” Keith T»)l Robin Thomps 5 arolyn Blosser, Dt” . .Clay Cocfc ..Lynn 0 . Greg Spi® 1, *n is a non-profit, it‘ ~ operated by stid- -ommunity ne\ ermined by the e# OS fa r SCode V UP TO 1/2 OFF AND MORE DRESSES SPORTSWEAR SHORTS & SKIRTS PANTS & KNIT TOPS NOVELTY TOPS BLOUSES & SHIRTS CO-ORDINATES LINGERIE SUMMER HATS MISSES & JUNIORS BIG SAVINGS ON SELECT GROUPS OF THESE FASHIONABLE SUMMER DUDS ...SOME WEARABLE ON INTO FALL. HURRY IN FOR BEST SELECTION! Yankee comes to Texas THE BATTALION Paoc 11 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1 ?79 3 Oilfield, campus part of co-op progr United Press International ODESSA, Texas — Teen-ager Ann McKinnon left tiny Wells Col lege in upstate New York last May, joined her parents for “three or four” days at home in Flint, Mich., then caught a plane to West Texas to become an oilfield roustabout. The 18-year-old, participating in a dual-degree program at the 510- student college southwest of Syra cuse, seemed a likely candidate for a Texas-size dose of culture shock. “I don’t know. I think I just kind of carry my own little world around with me,” she says cheerfully. “I get along anywhere. McKinnon, a summer engineer and roustabout with Conoco Oil Co., is participating in her college’s “3-2” program. The program allows students to collect two degrees by spending three years at Wells and a summer and two years at a cooperat ing university. At the end of five years, McKin non expects to have received a lib eral arts degree from Wells and a bachelor of science degree from Texas A&M University in petro leum engineering. Much of the credit for develop ment of the program is given former Texas legislator and lawyer Sissy Farenthold, president of the Au rora, N.Y., college. But Farenthold, who enlisted the help of Texas A&M, George Wash ington University in St. Louis and Columbia University in New York City in setting up the program, credits Wells’ trustee Gladys Heldman with planning the venture. The 111-year-old school, nestled alongside eel-shaped Cayuga Lake, is more famous for its gorgeous campus and afternoon art gallery teas than its production of oilfield roustabouts. But Farenthold hopes to broaden the school’s genteel image and she refers to Ann McKinnon as “our pioneer.” After all, she adds, “It’s in engi neering where there are so few women today percentage-wise; many fewer than in law or medicine.” Ann, who says “the money is good,” works a 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. day, then catches a ride home to her trailer at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. There, she says, T come home, take a shower, fix supper and col lapse. Although she earns $1,350 a month, the work is difficult and hardly glamorous. “Not with all the paint and the grease and the dirt. It’s pretty dangerous. You have to have steel toed boots in case you drop a wooden box or a crescent wrench on your foot. And your hard hat,” she says. 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