The Battalion iifeid tsli wil!| (fib lli Serving the Texas A&M University community Vol. 74 No. 85 14 Pages Wednesday, January 28, 1981 College Station, Texas USPS 045 360 Phone 845-2611 The Weather Yesterday - Today High 68 High 67 Low 45 Low 40 Rain none Chance of rain. . . 'Peenti ’lisIffinM »tno(lll «f!7. ’“tfrom!! oa mciffl -‘Umii* ingtobeil 1 the cuitl 781 :linj snts night By TERRY DURAN Battalion Staff Opinions are mixed on whether a $20 million “educational icellence fund” recommended by the Legislative Budget Board be enough to bring the state and its two primarily black niversities into compliance with federal desegregation require- lents. ed In early December, the LBB, which reviews all state agency udgets, came up with a $20 million addition to the previously iproved 1982-83 budgets for Prairie View A&M University and fexas Southern U niversity, following an appeal by Texas Attorney eneral Mark White. Prairie View will get $8 million of that appropriation; TSU will :tthe remaining $12 million. Prairie View’s president, Dr. A.I. Thomas, originally submit- a budget including $26 million in requested state funds, to be lesignated for major building repair and rehabilitation. The board enied this part of his budget request, saying the school should et the funds from within the Texas A&M University System. This money would probably have to come from the sale of bonds acked by the Available University Fund. The U.S. Department of Education announced provisional cceptance Jan. 15 of Texas’ proposed higher education desegre- ation plan. Attorney General White’s appeal to the LBB and ist-minute negotiations with the Education Department got ten- ative approval and kept Texas off the noncompliance list. Texas ducators and the state legislature now have until June 15 to come ip with a detailed plan that will satisfy the requirements of Title I of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Texas is the only state listed as being in “partial” compliance with federal desegregation regulations. Noncompliance letters from the Education Department have been sent to 17 other “This is a golden opportunity to put our money where our rhetoric has been.“ states, including Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, Florida, Geor gia, Oklahoma, Virginia and Pennsylvania. The last six states are now operating under federally imposed desegregation programs. Rep. Wilhelmina Delco, chairman of the state higher education committee, said Tuesday the $20 million “good faith” appropria tion will not be enough, although she praised Attorney General White for his “leadership” in submitting a proposal temporarily acceptable to Education Department officials. She said the usual period allowed for compliance is 120 days, not the five months allowed Texas. This will allow the legislature to complete its session; Delco said allocation bills are traditionally among the last to appear before the body. The extra time will also give the governor the opportunity to sign whatever legislation is finally passed, she said. “We’ll either spend the money on the schools or we’ll spend it in court and then wind up spending it on the schools anyway,” Delco said. “This is a golden opportunity to put our money where our rhetoric has been,” she added. f ‘Full compliance will require the will of the Board (of Regents) and the will of the state.” Federal District Judge John Pratt in Washington ordered the Education Department in 1977 to develop specific standards for determining a state’s compliance with Title VI. In 1978 and 1979, the department developed those criteria and started reviewing higher education in eight states, including Texas. Those criteria call for: 1) a five-year increase of black high school graduates who attend college so their number is propor tionate to the percentage of whites; 2) increasing the number of black faculty and administrators at mostly white institutions; and 3) making predominantly black schools more attractive to white students. Attorney General White has noted that “too many black stu dents go (to college) out of state .... We’re losing some of the most talented to East and West Coast schools.” Dr. C. A. Wood, Prairie View A&M's public information direc tor, said Thursday the $8 million for Prairie View is only “a drop in the bucket,” relative to what the school needs. Wood cited the university president as saying, “We are far behind in our physical facilities. Prairie View is the second oldest school in the state, but we’ve always been behind the so-called ‘first class’ universities.” Chuck Smith, media relations director for Texas Southern Uni versity, said, “The bottom line is that Texas was not in compliance (with federal regulations).” He said there are “historically signifi cant” differences in the attention given TSU, Lamar University — comparable in size and enrollment to TSU — and the University of Houston. Meanwhile, LBB Director Thomas M. Keel says his board is “out of the picture. “It’s up to the Legislature now. We’ve made our recommenda tions, and now it’s strictly a matter of what the House and Senate decide.” Hostage welcome continues throughout nation today United Press International WASHINGTON — America’s yellow )bon “celebration of freedom” rolled on day in tiny towns and teeming cities de termined to match Washington’s day-long outpouring of joy for the return of the 52 U.S. hostages from Iran. Dropping its blase mask for a day of ubilee, Washington literally wrapped it self in yellow bunting and turned out an estimated half-million people to cheer the hmecoming of the 52 Americans who spent 444 days in captivity. It also was the chance for the United States, speaking in the voice of its new resident, to put the rest of the world on notice it does not intend to let such an episode be repeated. The climax for the 52 men and women, ned by relatives, colleagues who got out ofTehran earlier, survivors of the comman do team that tried but failed to free them and most of the capital’s official elite, took place on the South Lawn of the White House Tuesday. There, President Reagan paid tribute to them for “making us proud to be Amer icans” and delivered a stern warning to anyone who tries again to victimize U.S. citizens abroad. "Let terrorists be aware that when the rules of international behavior are violated, our policy will be one of swift and effective retribution,’’ he said. “We hear it said that We live in an era of limits to our power. Well, let it also be understood there are limits to our patience. ” The emotion-packed day took its toll on HobertC. Ode, 65, the oldest of the freed Americans, who was hospitalized in fair condition Tuesday night, suffering from pneumonia and severe bronchitis. A spokesman said Ode, of Falls Church, Va., was taken to National Hospital in Arlington, Va. Ode was retired from the State Depart ment and had been at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran for only a month on temporary assignment when it was overrun Nov. 4, 1979. He flew to freedom last week wearing plastic shower slippers, explaining the Ira nians took away his shoes the day he was captured and never returned them. His hospitalization and Reagan’s warn ing were the only grim notes to a day that began for the ex-hostages with a mass news conferences at West Point, then went on to Washington for a parade that drew a police- estimated 500,000 onlookers, presidential welcomes and a thundering display of fire works. That was all the nation required of the returnees, but as they dispersed for rest and return to everyday life, their home towns continued the round of happy wel comes. The planned celebrations ranged from the thousands expected to turn out in Kra kow, Mo., and Oak Creek, Wis., to what Mayor Ed Koch promised would be the largest in history of New York City’s famed ticker tape welcomes for 21 former hos tages accepting the city’s invitation. De troit planned to wrap a yellow ribbon around the top floor of the world’s tallest hotel. There was one factor that made Washington’s welcome extra warm. All but one of the hostages were federal em ployees. Like 360,000 others in the Washington area, they for years have heard politicians describe them as leeches and enemies of the public. The spokesman for the hostages at the White House was Bruce Laingen, who was the ranking officer at the Tehran Embassy when it was seized. He described the return as “a celebra tion of freedom.” He told the 6,000 people, ranging from the government’s highest officers to some pool typists who won tick ets in office drawings at the State Depart ment and Pentagon, he spoke for liberated “Americans who will always have a love affair with this country.” Standing next to the president on a low, painted stage that looked out to the Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial, Laingen told the crowd the re turnees “join with you in a prayer for thank sgiving for the way in which this crisis has strengthened the spirit and resilience that is the mark of a true, truly free society. ” Reagan gave Laingen a flag at the out door ceremony. Each of the other Amer icans received one at an indoor reception that followed. Mrs. Reagan, who was described by a White House aide as “misty eyed” from the moment the buses pulled up, gave a kiss to Regis Ragan, a former hostage the presi dent greeted as “cousin” and the first lady called “kissing cousin.” While the freed hostages were reunited with their closest relatives at West Point Sunday, friends and kin who had not been included in that group were on hand at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washing ton in Maryland. Teague ’s generosity recalled Wm* Photo by Michael Courtney Members of the Ross Volunteers’ firing squad raise their rifles in a salute to deceased U.S. Rep. Olin E. “Tiger” Teague. A memorial service was held Tuesday in Teague’s honor. By PHYLLIS HENDERSON Battalion Reporter Olin E. “Tiger” Teague was the type of man people enjoyed being around, Edwin H. Cooper said Tuesday afternoon in a memorial service at A&M United Methodist Church. Approximately 250 people, including several Texas A&M University adminis trators and long-time friends of Teague attended the service honoring the former U.S. Congressman from Texas’ 6th Dis trict. A member of the Texas A&M Col lege Class of ’32, Teague died Friday morning in the National Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., at the age of 70, after a lingering illness. His funeral was held earlier in the day at Fort Meyer, Va., with burial in Arling ton Cemetery. Cooper, dean of admissiqns and re cords at the University, said Teague’s de termined nature and generous spirit were exemplified throughout his life. In World War II, “he asked nothing of his troops he wouldn’t do himself — and he usually did it himself first, ” the dean said. Teague worked hard for those causes he believed in, Cooper said. “His support of Texas A&M and the advancement of science ... will continue to reap rich di vidends for years to come,” he said. Teague fought for the individual, the Reverend Bob E. Waters, who officiated at the service, said. He was “willing to dream a people’s dream,” he said, “and wrestle it into reality. He never labored for legislation — he always labored for people.” The service culminated in three rifle volleys fired by the Ross Volunteers and “Taps” played by the Aggie Band buglers. Among those attending the service; Charles H. Samson, acting president of the University; Col. James R. Woodall, Corps commandant; Charles McCand- less, associate vice president for academic affairs; Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Loupot, friends of Teague; and Margaret Rudder, widow of James Earl Rudder, former president of the University.