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Debbie “Adelaide” Frazee, (left to right) chats
with Hot Box Girls Dawn Tengg, Laura Bel-
lomy and Jill Moore in the Aggie Players’ pro
duction of “Guys and Dolls.” The musical will
run through Saturday at Rudder Theater.
Photo by Janet Golub
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ariety of people may be
reason for lack of texts
By SHERRY WOODARD
Campus Reporter
Pinning the blame for book shor-
ges at local bookstores on any
rson may be an inaccurate way to
explain the problem.
The fault may lie with the profes
sor, the department secretary, the
publishing company or the book
stores.
| At least five departments said they
had a book shortage this semester or
last semester in some of their
! feourses.
A secretary in the history depart
ment said book shortages occur in
history courses “over and over. ” She
said many times the bookstores
underestimate the number of books
ceded for a course.
“But this time,” she said, “it was
the publisher’s fault. The company
didn’t let us know they were discon
tinuing the edition of the text needed
for History 105 and 106. ”
Dr. Alton Hassell, a chemistry
professor whose Chemistry 106 class
had a shortage of texts this semester,
said he also blames the publishing
company for the problem.
“Burgess Publishing Co. put out a
new edition of the text and said
they’d have it ready about the end of
December, in time for the spring
semester,” Hassell said.
“I decided to use the new edition,
but about the middle of December
we found out the third edition
wouldn’t be ready until the end of
January or the beginning of Feb
ruary.”
He said that would have been too
late because it meant the books
would get here a week after the first
test. He said he decided then to use
the old edition of the text, but the
publishing company had stopped
printing them.
Hassell said most of his 425 Che
mistry 106 students bought used
second edition text books from sur
rounding bookstores. About 80 stu
dents were left out in the cold.
Hassell said 50 or 60 of these stu
dents finally got texts through the
helpfulness of local bookstores,
which got additional texts from uni
versities in other Texas cities. The
rest of the students ended up buying
the new edition of the text when it
came out.
The English department did not
have a shortage of books this semes
ter, but did have one last semester. A
secretary in the department said a
former secretary was not sending in
book orders to the bookstore on
time.
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Modern languages department
head, Dr. Anne Marie Elmquist,
said generally in their department
shortages occur every semester.
“They (campus store) don’t order
enough books,” she said.
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United Press International
LOS ANGELES — Kite flying is
“an enjoyable form of recreation”
throughout the county, but Sheriff
Peter Pitchess says the seemingly
harmless pasttime may snare heli
copters.
“Helicopter pilots report they
have spotted kites flying well above
500 feet — a serious problem should
rotor blades become entangled in
kite string,” Pitchess said.
| The Federal Aviation Administra
tion says kites must not be flown
above 150 feet, unless the agency is
notified at least 24 hours in advance.
“I guess they depend on the other
bookstores to order a certain percen
tage, but I guess they are just not
interested in foreign language
books.”
Loupot’s Bookstore manager Shri
Parchure said, as an exairtple, next
fall he wouldn’t order many political
science books, “because political sci
ence has a poor record for sales here.
I get more of a demand for technical
books.”
DeHart said bookstores use this
procedure of “sales history” for
ordering books, because of another
problem — overages.
He said books not sold are sent
back to the publishers for refunding,
but the store must pay the freight for
sending them back.
Also, the stores are only allowed to
return 20 percent of what was origin
ally ordered.
MSC Bookstore manager Howard
DeHart explained the procedure for
ordering books. He said the book
store gives the department secretar
ies and professors a deadline for
sending in their book orders, usually
about two months in advance.
In the backroom of the MSC book
store, approximately $75,000 worth
of books needed to be returned.
“In the last week we sent back
$19,839 worth of books,” DeHart
said.
“Book orders for the summer
semester are due in at the end of
March,” DeMart said. That’s so we ll
DeHart said these overages may
occur because students sometimes
buy books from each other. Or, like
shortages, overages may be due in
part to “lack of sales data. ”
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members and fifteen students, that represent a cross sec
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members). The feedback from the survey and the selec
tion committee will help Town Hall determine student
<entertainment preferences for the 1980-81 Town
Hall season. If you receive one of these survey forms in
the mail please fill it out completely and mail it back in
promptly, so that we can begin our booking process for
next year as soon as possible. Thank you for your coop
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1980
‘Dolls’is memorable show
By JANET GOLUB
Campus Reporter
When Richard Sodders cast “Guys
and Dolls,” he struck it rich when
Debbie Frazee got the part of Ade
laide, Nathan Detroit’s “well-known
fiancee.” Frazee’s rendition of “Ade
laide’s Lament” is a show stopper in a
show full of memorable moments.
The play, put on by the Aggie
Players, will run through Saturday at
Rudder Theater. Curtain time is 8
Dan Sullins provides a most witty
Nathan Detroit, combining the right
amounts of naivete and charm to
make Nathan a very likable charac
ter. Sybilla Irwin is a charming Sister
Sarah, who learns quickly how to
hold her Bacardi in a delightful sequ
ence in which she and Sky Masterson
visit Havanna.
Marlon Brando by far (Brando was
the Masterson of the silver screen),
he lacked the toughness needed to
make him credible with the gamb
lers and other assorted sinners. But
what he lacked in tough, he made up
for in tender in some very touching
Troxell are not to go unmentioned.
Watch out for Troxell, he doesn’t say
much but makes a definite im-
p.m.
I was disappointed with Sky Mas
terson, played by Dale Davis. While
Davis’s singing voice beats that of
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Lubbock firm files
suit against Iran
know what books to buy back from
the students.”
DeHart said the “buy-back” price
paid to the students has nothing to do
with whether there had been a shor
tage of the book during the semester.
DeHart added that when the
bookstore receives an order for a
certain book, they look at a “history
of sales” for the course to determine
how many books to order. The num
ber of books sold for a course last
year indicates how many of the
requested books to order this year.
DeHart said shortages may occur
if not enough “sales data” is avail
able, or if a class turns out to be
larger than expected.
After determining how many
books they’ll order, the campus
bookstore then sends the offcampus
bookstores the order information.
These stores might order a small,
percentage of the number of books
requested, also based on what they
sold last year.
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LUBBOCK — A $25,000 lawsuit
was filed Tuesday against the Repub
lic of Iran, alleging breach of agree
ment between the nation and a
company responsible for selling a
$350,000 house once occupied by
the shah’s son.
The plaintiffs, Associated Builders
Realtors Inc., allege that on July 25,
1979, the company entered into a
listing agreement with the Iranian
government making the realty com
pany sole broker for sale of the
house.
scenes with Irwin.
Chuck McDaniel and Richard
Salerno as Nicely-Nicely Johnson
and Benny Southstreet respectively
gave the support needed to hold the
sub-plots together, both turning in
excellent performances. McDaniel’s
powerful voice did Frank Loesser’s
music justice, although he needs to
turn down the volume just a bit.
Exceptional performances by Sid
Catlett, Carole Hargis and David
pression.
Unfortunately, the orchestra is
still fighting some flaws that should
have been worked out during re
hearsal, such as lagging tempos and
sour notes. More rapport between
orchestra and cast is needed to pro
duce a superior musical. Perhaps
that is why musicals are not done
here more often.
The choreography had a lot of
potential but some of the numbers
were just too complex for the abili
ties of most of the dancers.
Overall, this is a delightful, but
lengthy (running a close second to
three hours) version of one of my
favorite plays. There were plenty of
empty seats tonight, but there won’t
be once the good word gets out.
That agreement, the petition
states, was to have continued until
midnight last Oct. 30.
Due to President Carter’s freeze
on all Iranian assets in this country,
the plaintiffs contend, they have
been unable to sell the property
under the original agreement.
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