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Vol. 74 No. 131
24 Pages in 2 Sections
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Thursday, April 9, 1981
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United Press International
EW YORK — Gen. Omar Nelson Bradley, the last of
erica’s five-star generals and a World War II hero so loved
his troops they called him the “GI’s General,” died
ednesday night of cardiac arrest. He was 88.
Bradley, in town for an Army dinner, collapsed at the 21
jub while dining with his wife and three aides, who rushed
n by private car to St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital. Twenty
nutes later, doctors pronounced him dead of cardiac arrest.
An Army spokesman said burial for the general, who was
tired but still officially on active duty, will be at Arlington
itional Cemetery, with details to be announced.
In Washington, Army Secretary John Marsh Jr. mourned
adley’s death as “a loss not only for this nation but for all
edom-loving people of the world.”
"He takes his place in history as a great patriot, a peerless
litary leader and an individual dedicated to the cause of
iace in the world,” Marsh said.
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The shy, homely Bradley — bom to a poor Missou ri family
— became the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of S >taff and
was among a select few to serve the nation as a f ive-star
general.
Considered a brilliant military strategist, he led tl »e 12th
U.S. Army Group in Europe during World War II, which
numbered more than 1.3 million combat troops < )>f four
armies. The men of his command swept across Fran< ;e and
into Germany and played a vital role in ending Adolf H itler’s
Reich.
Bradley found more pride, however, in being the epi iitome
of the infantryman, the foot soldier.
His troops called him the “GI’s General” and he drt ^ssed
the part, wearing an old stained trench coat, his G.I. trot i sers
stuffed into paratroop boots and his field cap.
“They consider me one of them,” he told UPI in 1969— the
year former President Dwight D. Eisenhower died, mak ing
Bradley the nation’s last surviving five-star general.
The only other generals of that rank in U.S. history were
Henry Harley Arnold, Douglas MacArthur, George Marshall
and before that — George Washington. John Pershing was
named General of the Armies in 1919, but turned down the
fifth star.
During World War II, Bradley was given command of the
United States II Corps in North Africa by Eisenhower— his
classmate at West Point. It was the II Corps that smashed
through units of the Afrika Korps in Northern Tunisia and,
with the British, ended the war in Africa in 1943. Later that
year, Bradley invaded Sicily with his II Corps.
With Eisenhower as supreme allied commander, Bradley
was named field commander for the American forces that
stormed ashore at Normandy and opened the western front
on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
While American troops waded ashore at Utah and Omaha
beaches, the general was aboard the cruiser Augusta, which
went to within 4,000 yards of the shore to help in the bom
bardment of German fortifications.
It was Bradley’s troops that linked up with Soviet troops on
the banks of the Elbe River on April 25, 1945, a dramatic
meeting that symbolized the eclipse of German arms.
From 1945 to 1947, Bradley also served as administrator of
the Veterans Administration, but he relinquished the post to
become Army chief of staff. In 1951, he became the first
chairman of the Joirlt Chiefs.
Two years later, he retired from active service and became
chairman of the board of Bulova. He spent time in his later
years between Bulova’s New York headquarters and Los
Angeles, where he built a home on the crest of a high hill
behind Sunset Boulevard.
Though he suffered a stroke on March 17, 1975, doctors
said there was no permanent impairment of his faculties.
Despite being in a wheelchair, he participated in President
Reagan’s inauguration Jan. 20.
Johnson wins runoff
as student president
;N 7 a.m,
lon.-Sat.
By DENISE RICHTER
Battalion StafT
Ken Johnson will be the 1981-82
f xas A&M student body president.
Johnson received 1,432 votes (67
iercent) in Wednesday’s run-off elec-
|on to Mark Schneider’s 709 (33 per-
I A total of 2,196 ballots were cast in
tlienin-offelection. The Class of’84 had
lie largest voter turnout with 948 votes
14 percent). An additional 11 votes
ere not counted because of computer
icompatibility.
Graduate Student Council represen-
itives for the colleges of agriculture,
lucation and engineering were not
inounced because of the questionable
ligibility of some of the candidates for
ese positions, Leah Whitby, Student
-ovenunent election commissioner,
lid. The winners will be announced
ben their eligibility has been deter
mined, she said.
Johnson, a junior agriculture econo
mics major presently serving as Speaker
of the Senate, said his first priority as
president will be the filling of executive
See complete runoff results
on page 4.
and internal positions and the appoint
ment of students to University commit
tees under the jurisdiction of the Stu
dent Government.
“The best way to do my job is to have
effective representation through the
constituency,” Johnson said. “Some
changes have been made ... over the
past three administrations and signifi
cant strides have been made. We are
going to continue to make changes that
will enhance interactions between sena
tors and their constituencies.
“There are going to be a lot of changes
in the Texas A&M administration in the
next few years and we must have effec
tive student input (during this time). If
we don’t have it, we’re going to lose
whatever voice we now have and the
loss of that voice would be critical.”
Preliminary results indicate the fol
lowing winners:
Student body president
Johnson.
Ken
Vice president for external affairs —
Blaine Edwards.
Class of’84 president — John Dungan;
vice president — Joseph A. San
doval.
Class of ’82 historian — Bryan Bartels.
Agriculture at-large senator — Curtis
Stewart.
Graduate off-campus senators — Tim
Sager, George Stork and Dan Wat
kins.
ieagan to be released soon
United Press International
WASHINGTON — President
ij',an may return to the White House
ew days, but doctors say it will be
Net al months before he can again relax
his California ranch by riding horses
chopping wood.
■ Reagan, shot by a would-be assassin
■ days ago, may be discharged from
corgi3 Washington University Medic-
Center between Friday and Monday,
issuming everything goes smoothly —
everything is going smoothly,” said
•r. Dennis O’Leary, a hospital
wkesman.
“He’s not going to be out chopping
ood next week,” O’Leary said
/ednesday. “It will take four to six
ninths before he is chipper. But he can
W the country. He’s doing that now. ”
Reagan’s temperature, which
imbed as high as 102 degrees last
'eekend, was near normal for the third
aight day Wednesday, the White
[ouse said.
In addition, the dried blood and dead
tissue in his bullet-pierced left lung
have cleared up significantly.
The president’s progress initially was
termed “remarkable.” It since has
slowed, but doctors remained optimis
tic he could leave the hospital this
weekend.
“Just going home will be therapeutic
... being in his own bed, with his own
family, his own food,” said O’Leary.
“There will be no limitation on his
ability to conduct business,” he said.
“Decision-making is not an agonizing or
stressful process” for the president. “He
is cool and calm.”
The president has had daily briefings
the past several days on domestic and
world affairs. His visitors Wednesday
included former Texas Gov. John Con-
nally, Vice President George Bush and
Senate Republican Leader Howard
Baker.
Baker told reporters Reagan “really
looked good” and talked about getting
United Press International
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — With
astronauts eager to fly and the
ather looking good, the countdown
icked along flawlessly today toward
rictay morning’s inaugural launch of
e lipace shuttle Columbia.
Flight commander John W. Young
id space rookie Robert L. Crippen
aimed to get in their last landing re-
sarsal today at the spaceport’s new 3-
lile shuttle runway, using a jet rigged
fly like the 107-ton space plane.
The astronauts, staying in quarters
itially built for departing moon ex-
lorers, now are following the early-to-
mgh
ountdown clicking
or Columbia launch
bed, early-to-rise timetable of their
54V2-hour orbital test flight. They plan
ned to go to sleep around sunset tonight
and eat breakfast at 1:30 a.m. CST
Friday.
The Columbia, flagship of America’s
revolutionary fleet of new space trans
ports, is scheduled to blast off at 5:50
a.m. CST on the awesome power of
three high-pressure hydrogen engines
and the two largest solid-fueled booster
rockets ever to fly.
The whole assembly will weigh 2,227
tons at liftoff, but its combined rocket
power will generate 3,212 tons of push.
out of the hospital “every other sent
ence.”
Doctors are expected to rule out any
major air travel for Reagan for several
weeks.
Although the White House has not
made it official, Reagan’s planned trip to
California later this month for his
daughter’s wedding, a GOP fund-raiser
and talks with Mexican President Jose
Lopez Portillo have been all but ruled
out.
The three other men shot in last
week's assassination attempt have all
made substantial improvement.
White House press secretary James
Brady, the most seriously injured with a
head wound that required removal of a
section of his brain, is making “satisfac
tory progress,” O’Leary said.
In the first 10 days, he added, the
40-year-old press secretary “has been
beating the pace,” but now is entering a
“slower phase.”
Policeman Thomas Delahanty, shot
in the base of the neck, remains in good
condition at Washington Medical
Center.
Secret Service agent Timothy
McCarthy, shot in the chest, was dis
charged from the hospital Tuesday and
is recuperating at home.
Reagan issued a proclamation
Wednesday designating Easter Week as
“Victims Rights Week.” In the procla
mation, Reagan said, “only victims truly
know the trauma crime can produce.
They have lived it and will not soon
forget it. ”
Results should be ready in summer
Evaluation method studied
Application available
for new Battalion staffs
Applications are now bein g accepted
ir summer and fall staff positions on
he Battalion.
They may be picked up> from the
seretaries in 216 Reed McDonald or
o.m Angel Copeland in The Battalion
ev/sroom and must be turned in by 5
m. Monday.
Positions available for the summer
iclude: city editor, sports c ;ditor, photo
r, news editor, front-, page editor,
wming paste-up editor ar id reporter.
Positions available for the fall in
clude: managing editor, city editor,
assistant city editor, night news editor,
photo editor, sports editor. Focus edi
tor, assistant Focus editor, front page/
morning news editor (paste-up), news
editor (layout), full-time reporter, part-
time reporter, sports reporter, Focus
reporter, typist.
Copeland’s appointment as Battalion
editor for the summer and fall is contin
gent upon approval by Dr. J.M. Pre
scott, vice president for academic
affairs.
By MELANI BAYLESS
Battalion Reporter
Final recommendations on how to conduct ongoing
faculty-wide evaluations of teaching effectiveness at
Texas A&M University are being worked ouit now, said
Dr. Dean C. Corrigan, dean of the College of Educa
tion.
Corrigan, chairman of the ad hoc committee on
teaching effectiveness established last fall by' Dr. J.M.
Prescott, vice president for academic affairs, said the
committee’s final recommendations will be completed
by the end of May or the first of June.
“If you ask a person to teach, there ought to be an
evaluation system for teaching. The same holds true
for service and research,” he said.
He said the committee’s charge is to evaluate
teaching at Texas A&M and to recommend a mechan
ism, including procedures, policies and instruments
for conducting teaching effectiveness evaluations.
“We (the committee) are trying to recommend a
common instrument for evaluating teaching effective
ness which can be supplemented by each depart
ment’s own specific evaluation instrument. We want
to assist the departments so the evaluation process will
be systematic and easy to do,” he said.
Corrigan said the current teaching evaluation sys
tem at Texas A&M varies from college to college and
from department to department.
“In some colleges all the faculty is involved in the
faculty evaluation process but in others only an
appointed group is involved,” he said.
Corrigan said purposes for the teaching evaluation
system being recommended by the committee in
clude: personnel evaluations, identification of instruc
tional problems and guiding student choice of courses.
Corrigan said the committee will also present re
commendations for a support system for instructional
improvement.
“We’re putting together ideas for an instructional
support center where instructors could go to get help
with teaching problems,” he said. “Such a center
could help new instructors with things like writing a
course syllabus or preparing a final exam.”
Corrigan said: “The committee will present its own
recommendations but they will be based on informa
tion gathered from outside sources.”
He said since the committee first met in October
1980, it has compiled a “healthy” resource library of
articles on teaching effectiveness.
Additionally, he said some of the committee mem
bers had attended conferences on teaching effective
ness and had added the information they received
there to the library.
“The opinions of University department heads and
deans concerning teaching effectiveness have also
been surveyed,” Corrigan said.
He said different types of faculty evaluations are
being considered — student evaluations, peer evalua
tions and student follow-up evaluations.
He said revised student-instructor evaluations
could be used for faculty feedback and faculty reward
decisions but he said they weren’t adequate to help
students with course selections.
Corrigan said students could help departments with
the course descriptions if such a plan were recom
mended.