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Former Aggie football coach Paul “Bear”
Bryant (right) greets former Aggie halfback
photo courtesy of Sports News
John David Crow, at last May’s alumni game.
Bryant was an honorary coach at the game.
ope schedules trip to homeland
United Press International
WARSAW, Poland — Polish pre-
teJozef Glemp flew to Rome today
Preceive a cardinal’s hat amid
hirges Western media have created
bad dimate around Pope John Paul
1’sscheduled trip to his homeland in
une.
Glemp told reporters at Warsaw’s
>kecie Airport he did not have a
.'hedule of the pope’s trip, but a top
lurch official said there should “not
e any pessimism” about the visit —
n indication it will occur.
The church official said, however,
the pontiff would not visit the city of
Gdansk, the birthplace of the inde
pendent labor union Solidarity, dur
ing the return to his homeland sche
duled in June.
The official said 14 major Polish
cities have invited the pope for visits.
John Paul is expected to visit Warsaw,
Krakow, Wroclaw, his hometown of
Wadowice and Lublin.
In the northern seaport of Gdansk,
Lech Walesa, former leader of the
disbanded Solidarity union, said
Wednesday he has been put back on
the payroll of the Lenin shipyard but
had no word on when he could get his
old job back.
“I was told (by the management) I
would be getting paid since Jan. 17 in
what was tantamount to the approval
of the continuation of my work in the
shipyard,” Walesa said.
Walesa was released last November
from 11 months of martial-law in
ternment. Solidarity was born August
1980 but outlawed October 1982.
Martial law was imposed Dec. 13,
1981, and suspended Dec. 31, 1982.
Sherrill says Bryant
was ‘father figure’
from staff and wire reports
Athletic director and head football
coach Jackie Sherrill, mourning the
death of his former coach and long
time friend, said Wednesday that the
death of Paul “Bear” B ryant came as a
“great shock” to him.
Bryant, the winningest coach in
college football history, died Wednes
day afternoon of a heart attack at
Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa,
Ala., where he was admitted Tuesday
while suffering from chest pains.
Bryant was 69.
Sherrill, who played for Bryant’s
Crimson Tide between 1962-65, said
Bryant touched many lives in a posi
tive way during his coaching career.
“I feel probably the same as many
other people feel about it,” he said.
“Very sad, very surprised. I don’t
know of any man who’s touched as
many lives as he has. There are a lot of •
f >eople in our history who have been
amous, but there’s never been any
one who’s touched as many players,
people he’s worked with and fans, or
done as much for the game of college
football.
“It’s hard to explain my true feel
ings at this moment.”
Although hospital officials did not
immediately confirm Bryant’s death,
Lt. Gov. Bill Baxley announced the
news to a hushed Alabama Senate in
Montgomery.
Bryant, who coached at Texas
A&M from 1954-57, retired as Alaba
ma’s coach after the Crimson Tide
beat I Uinois 21-15inthe Liberty Bowl
during December. It was his 323rd
career victory, more than any other
college football coach. In 1981,
Bryant broke Amos Alonzo Stagg’s
record of 314 career victories.
Bryant’s death came as a surprise,
since hospital officials indicated ear
lier Wednesday that he was not in se
rious condition. Bryant was at the
home of a longtime friend, Jimmy
Hinton, when he was stricken by the
chest pains Tuesday night. He was
rushed to the hospital by ambulance.
“He had been here about 10 mi-
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nutes and was talking about how good
he felt and I was telling him how good
he looked,” Hinton said. “And in a
few minutes after he sat down, he had
a few pains and some breathing prob
lems and we called his doctor and
then the paramedics.”
Hinton said that Bryant’s car
diologist, Dr. William Hill, arrived at
the house about the same time as the
ambulance and Tuscaloosa city para
medics. The physician accompanied
Bryant to the hospital.
Sherrill said Bryant’s philosophy of
football related directly to his ideas
about life.
“He always said that football was
just like life,” Sherrill said. “He stres
sed and taught what football was like
and demonstrated what life was like
in the years following the end of his
playing career. He wanted you to be
prepared for the game of life.
“The period I was there was diffe
rent for me than for some others, I
guess. Coach Bryant was more of a
father figure to me. He’s a very spe
cial person and has always been over
my career. And subconsciously, I
think I was trying to follow what he
did. I studied every meeting, every
talk, his mannerisms and how he
handled different situations. I put it
in my mind and stored it.”
Sherrill was a graduate assistant
only for one year under Bryant after
receiving his degree from Alabama,
but he has maintained close contact
with his former coach.
‘Tm no different than a lot of the
other guys who played for him,”
Sherrill said. “I’ve called him at diffe
rent times during my career. Every
time we talked, he’s been correct,
whether it involved taking a job, a
discipline problem or other phases of
the game. He’s forgotten a lot more
than a lot more of us will ever learn.”
Bryant coached the Crimson Tide
to national championships during
two of Sherrill’s season witn the team
— in 1964 and 1965.
“I don’t think anyone will ever
accomplish what he has accom
plished, or achieve the things that he’s
achieved,” Sherrill said. “There are
many young coaches today who just
don’t have the toughness that this job
demands in order to become the suc
cess that he has been. You know, it’s
funny, here’s a man who has been so
many years in the public eye, and yet
he has no enemies. What else can we
say?
“He gave so much of himself to
other people. It’s a shame that since I
his whole life was football ... the fans 1
did not get to know what he was really *
like, because he was just getting ready *
to make that known in public appear- I
ances and speeches.”
Sherrill said Bryant’s decision to re
tire after 38 years as a head coach at
Maryland, Kentucky, Texas A&M
and Alabama made him “the only
coach who was mentally tough
enough to make that decision.”
Reagan discusses policy
with Egyptian president
United Press International
WASHINGTON —Egyptian Pres
ident Hosni Mubarak today sought
assurances from President Reagan
the American leader’s Middle East
peace initiative will not die due to the
stalled talks on Israel’s withdrawal
from Lebanon.
Egypt has set the Israeli pullout
from Lebanon as a condition of its
return to talks with Jerusalem on
Palestinian rights.
But after weeks of negotiations,
the talks on troop withdrawals are at a
standstill — and so is Reagan’s Sept. 1
plan calling for the Palestinians to live
on the West Bank in association with
Jordan.
“If the United States fails to
arrange the Israeli withdrawal from
Lebanon, this will undermine confi
dence in the. effectiveness of the
American role,” Egyptian Foreign
Minister Kamal Hassan Ali said
Wednesday.
“The Israeli withdrawal from
Lebanon is the most important test of
American diplomacy in the Middle
East,” he said.
Egypt withdrew its ambassador
from Israel last September in protest
of the massacres at the Palestinian re
fugee camps, which occurred while
Israel had military responsibility for
the area. Officials said even returning
the ambassador hinges on a plan for
withdrawal of Israeli troops from
Lebanon.
Mubarak is not the only one look
ing for Reagan to nudge Israel to
ward withdrawal. King Hussein of
Jordan and King Fahd of Saudia Ara
bia have made it clear Israel’s occupa
tion of Lebanon and its aggressive set
tlements policy in the occupied terri
tories may prove fatal to the presi
dent’s plan for a Middle East peace.
Hussein is edging toward joining
the talks if he can win Arab League
approval to represent the Palesti
nians, and if Reagan can change
Israel’s settlements policy.
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem
Begin has rejected Reagan’s peace
plan, calling for a political agreement
with Lebanon to ensure the gains of
the summer invasion are protected.
Begin says Israelis have the right to
settle where they wish, and the occu-
ied territories are part of the biblical
eritage of Israel.
Housing available
■ The housing office currently
has on-campus spaces available for
men and women for the 1983
spring semester. These vacancies
are available due to an unusually
high number of last minute cancel
lations and no-shows.
HThe housing office has attemp
ted to call many of the students on
the waiting list to offer them a
space but most of them already are
committed to a lease. The break
ing of any lease or the abandon
ment of a roommate is strongly
discouraged.
■ The available spaces for men
aid women are spread among till
the halls on campus.
■ If interested contact the hous
ing office at 845-4744.
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forecast
Qvercast to partly clear today with
the high reaching 53. The winds
will be northerly at about 10 mph.
Partly cloudy skies tonight with a
low near 38. For Friday, cloudy to
partly cloudy in the morning, and
clearer in the afternoon with a high
of 59.
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Editor’s note: This is the last part
of a four-part series based on a
recent survey of Texas A&M
undergrad ua tes.
by Diana Sultenfuss
Battalion Staff
Although Texas A&M students
often can be heard criticizing their
professors, a recent survey shows
that students may like their profes
sors more than they usually admit.
In a survey conducted by a
senior-level journalism class, 75.8
percent of the 351 students ques
tioned said they rated Texas A&M
faculty above average; 19.9 per
cent rated the faculty as average
and 4.3 percent rated the faculty
below average.
Dr. Charles McC&ndless, acting
vice president for academic
affairs, said: “I’d probably rank
them the same way the students
did — from good to excellent. But
obviously there are differences be
tween a lot of departments.”
Dr. Clinton Phillips, dean of
faculties, said that it is difficult to
generalize about the faculty as a
whole.
“I think it’s well above average,”
he said. “When I compare it with
other institutions, I still think the
quality of teaching is excellent
here.
“One good measure of it is
shown when our recent graduates
go out and send money back to the
former students association — a
high percentage of them. The per
centage of students sending
money back is similar to graduates
of 20 years ago.”
Students also were asked if they
agreed or disagreed with the state
ment: “Faculty at Texas A&M are
more interested in their research
than teaching.” About 51 percent
said they disagreed and 40.5 per
cent said they agreed.
Although students were almost
evenly divided on the teaching-
research question, an overwhelm
ing majority of the respondents
opposed the idea of paying a foot
ball coach more than a university
president.
Students were asked whether
they agreed with the statement: “A
football coach at a university
should not earn more than the uni
versity’s president.”
About 62 percent agreed or
strongly agreed with the state
ment, while almost 30 percent dis
agreed or strongly disagreed.
“You have to be above average
in salaries if you’re going to attract
the better people,” Phillips said.
“So, if you want a good coach, you
have to pay the price; if you want a
good president, you have to pay
the price; if you want a good physi
cist, you have to pay the price.”
But, McCandless said, a balance
approach is necessary.
“In fact, it is important to attract
the academic superstars to your
campus,” he said. “But it’s also im
portant to develop your own —
bring in a bright, young assistant
professor and give him the re
sources he needs. And recognize
and reward him. If you really
brought someone who is a super-
star and lost two who will become
superstars, then you’ve lost
ground.”
In addition to rating faculty,
students surveyed also were asked
to rate Texas A&M computer faci
lities and the hours at Sterling C.
Evans Library.
Twenty percent of the students
did not answer the question about
computer facilities. Of those who
answered the question, 40.5 per
cent rated the facilities good or ex
cellent, 33.1 percent rated them
average and 24.3 percent rated the
computer facilities fair or poor.
Phillips said that it might be dif
ficult to rate the computer facilities
here because most students prob
ably have not used other facilities.
Students rated library hour's
much higher than computer facili
ties. The hours were rated good or
excellent by 68.5 percent of those
surveyed, while 22.8 percent said
the hours were average and 8.7
percent said they were fair or
poor.
In contrast to overall satisfac
tion with library hours, registra
tion was ranked fair or poor by
39.8 percent of the students in the
survey. The system was rated good
or excellent by 25.6 percent of the
students and 34.6 percent said it
was average.
When was it taken? Nov. 3 to Nov.
6, 1982.
Who sponsored it? The fall
semester Journalism 403, inter
preting contemporary affairs,
class.
How many students were pol
led? The survey results are based
on 351 completed questionnaires.
How was it taken? The names
were randomly selected from the
1982-83 Campus Directory. Stu
dents were telephoned and asked
40 questions.
How accurate is it? Because we
only sampled 351 out of the 32,000
undergraduate students at Texas
A&M, the survey does contain a
small amount of sampling error.
For every percentage reported,
the actual value could range 5.2
percent higher or lower. For ex
ample, a percentage of 50 percent
could actually be as high as 55.2
percent or as low as 44.8.
Student views mixed on faculty, facilities
Jackie Sherrill Frank E. Vandiver
A football coach at a university should not earn more
than the university’s president.
How the survey was taken