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by Kimberly Hix
Battalion Reporter
Finals are approaching and
the semester is winding down.
You can't wait for summer — no
classes, the beach, Mom's
cooking.
Mom. That's right, Ags. Sun
day is Mother's Day. There is
still time to buy a last minute
gift, order a spring bouquet or
find a special card.
Your mailbox has been bom
barded for two weeks with sale
ads. The television and radio
spots announce the arrival of the
ultimate in Mother's Day gifts.
Local festivities began this
week with self-help seminars,
make-up and color analysis de
monstrations and free movies
for mothers. Concluding the
week will be a style show spon-
forget
At Ease, The Battalion
Friday, May 6, 1983
Mother's Day
sored by the MSC Hospitality
Committee and Post Oak Mall
merchants.
The style show includes 35
models, all members of the Hos
pitality Committee. Clothes,
jewelry, shoes and sunglasses
will be modeled at 2 p.m. Satur
day by the fountain in the mall.
Today events such as style
shows, sales, special programs
and elaborate gifts help make
Mother's Day a commercial suc
cess. Yet it began 75 years ago as
a simple reminder to show
appreciation for mothers
through cards, letters or
flowers.
Attempts at establishing
Mother's Day began in 1868 but
were not successful until Anna
Jarvis organized it in 1908. On
the second Sunday in May 1908,
church services were held in
Grafton, West Virginia and Phi
ladelphia. Mothers and children
were given carnations by Jarvis.
This began a custom that was
later modified to white carna
tions worn in honor of deceased
mothers and red carnations
honoring living mothers.
Jarvis continued her efforts to
establish a national Mother's
Day until President Woodrow
Wilson issued a proclamation in
1914. This set aside the second
Sunday in May as a day to honor
all mothers.
The Andrews Methodist
Church in Grafton, where the
first Mother's Day was
observed, has now become the
International Mother's Day
Shrine. The building stands as a
monument honoring mothers
year round.
'Charming ' Ant
to perform Sunday
by Gary Barker
Guest reviewer
Adam Ant—swashbuckling,
self-proclaimed "Prince Charm
ing" of the new wave set — will
bring his own style of British
Antmusic to G. Rollie White
Coliseum Sunday night at 8.
The concert, originally set for
March 20, was postponed after
he injured his knee during a
concert; he's quite an acrobat on
stage.
Ant is currently promoting
his first solo album, Friend or
Foe, after the break-up of Adam
and the Ants. The album, which
features the hits "Goody Two
Shoes" and "Desperate But Not
Serious," is similar to the two
American-released Adam and
the Ants' albums, Kings of the
Wild Frontier and Prince
Charming.
Ant's characteristic sound is a
heavy, rhythmic beat, reminis
cent of American Indian or Afri
can tribal chants; Ant collects
albums of African tribal music
and says he likes them for their
Guessing tom his
concert performance
with the Ants on Music
Television and from his
fast-paced MTV videos.
Ant should dazzle the
audience with his cos
tumes, movement and
sound.
"fresh" and "non-commercial"
sound.
"Everything started with trib
al music," Ant has said. "It's a
base for beat and vocals. Its
fresh sound is totally non
commercial — it's used for
things like fertility rites, rain
dances or whatever."
But his solo album, Friend or
Foe, relies less on the tribal
sound and more on brass in
strumentation and the indi
vidual performances of Ant and
Marco Pirroni, Ant's guitar
playing partner and the sole-
surviving Ant.
Guessing from his concert
performance with the Ants on
Music Television and from his
fast-paced MTV videos. Ant
should dazzle the audience with
his costumes, movement and
sound.
INXS, a new Australian band,
will open up the show for Ant.
The group is touring to promote
its highly acclaimed American
debut album, Shabooh
Shoobah.
Tickets for the show are $5.50,
$6.50 and $7 and are still on sale
at the MSC Box Office.
Increased traffic expected
Library hours expanded
by Kimberly Hix
Battalion Reporter
The Sterling C. Evans Library
will remain open 24 hours a day
beginning Saturday through Fri
day, May 13.
Extended library hours and
lots of last-minute studying re
sult in increased traffic in the lib
rary, Director Irene Hoadley
said.
"Yet even with more traffic,
there are probably fewer general
problems this week than at
other times in the year," Hoad
ley said. "Our biggest problem
is the building getting dirty with
people in it constantly. The
cleaning staff has difficulty
keeping up with the flow of stu
dents throughout the night."
Library officials lack accurate
figures on library usage for this
semester but feel it has in
creased, Hoadley said.
"It certainly seems like there
are more people here," she said.
Reference Desk workers
agree.
"Traffic has been unusually
heavy this year," one worker
said. "Maybe that is because of
more classes which require lib
rary work. We've really been
busy lately."
During finals the library is not
fully staffed at night. Workers
volunteer to stay all night, and a
few are hired specifically to
work at night.
Hoadley said a further in
crease of library use is expected
during finals. Each hour a count
will be taken through the turn
stiles to give an indication of the
number of students taking
advantage of extended library
hours.
"A lot of students stay all
night," she said, "but it thins
out in the early morning hours."
Even if the number of stu
dents is small, keeping the lib
rary open during finals is worth
while, Hoadley said.
"If only 30 ,40 or even 50 stu
dents are here, it is worth it if
only for them," she said.
Junior cadets
to get boots
Shiny new boots, almost
400 pairs of them, will be walt
zing across the Memorial Stu
dent Center Ballroom Satur
day night at the annual Boot
Dance.
Juniors in the Corps of
Cadets will wear their boots
for the first time — signifying
their new senior status — ear
lier that day at Final Review.
Senior boots are a tradition
at Texas A&M that began in .
1925, when senior cadet
members first wore the En-
glish-stvle riding boots. The
boots have grown to become a
symbol to designate senior
cadets.
John Lopez, chairman of
the Boot Dance, said that most
of the juniors already have
their boots, but some will bor
row pairs for Final Review
and the dance.
In 1979, women in the
Corps pulled on their senior
boots for the first time. Lopez
said that women cadets will
wear their boots to the dance,
too.
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