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Thursday, March 22, 1984/The Battalion/Page 13 m onship Rugby bni« ig the Denkt lal. The Ten* >26 to 18 ina White blasts school figures exas 'Ids next to it* a.m. Saturdj Club has km ast 10 yean. Ii competing the Universin ily jplicanl die process (| Hesident pet of Head fe uition and if; rs of acadei United Press International AUSTIN — A study released lednesday fueled the harsh ilicism leveled against Texas ihools by H. Ross Perot’s edu- tion committee by indicating illy 40 cents of every dollar lent on classroom instruction jestoward basic academic sub- s. 1 think it’s an alarming reve- lion to see the proportion of hool dollars being spent on iademic core curriculum,” Mark White said of a pre- Ininary report prepared by the ipn-profit Texas Research :ague. The study, based on a sample 12 of the slate’s 1,071 school stricts, showed 40 cents of ev ident position! 81 so thatstaf ■ conference ery dollar spent for instructio nal salaries went to basic sub jects: English, math, science, social studies and foreign lan guages. Twenty-five percent of each instructional dollar was spent on vocational education, 13 per cent on electives, 15 percent on physical education and compet itive sports, and 7 percent on special or remedial education. White said he had suspected loo much money was being spent on non-basic instruction, but added, “I didn’t know until I saw this preliminary report how bad it was.” Perot’s Select Committee on Public Education, in drafting its legislative recommendations last week, urged a decrease in funding for high schools — par ticularly for vocational educa tion — and a sharp increase in elementary school spending. The report indicated 51 per cent more was spent for high school education than for el ementary education. “A unanimous feeling in the committee was that elementary school was where the priority of dollars should be,” Tom Luce, staff director of the Perot com mittee, said Wednesday. Jared Hazleton, president of the Texas Research League, said the report was representa tive of spending across the stale even though it was based on only 12 relatively small school districts. mpl port would be releasee! in May after eight more districts — in cluding one of the two biggest school districts in the stale, Dal las or Houston — were ana lyzed. The report agreed with the Perot committee’s assessment that simply funneling more money into education would not solve inadequacies in the system. Education Board asked to kill evolution restraints United Press International AUSTIN — The leader of an anti-censorship group asked the Texas Board of Education Wednesday to quickly repeal a rule that restricts the teaching of evolution in Texas’ public schools. In a letter to the panel, Mi chael Hudson, Texas coordina tor for People for the American Way, reminded board members of the state attorney general’s opinion declaring the rule un constitutional. Attorney General Jim Mattox said last week the board rule is unconstitutional because it is motivated by “a concern for re ligious sensibilities rather than a dedication to scientific truth.’’ The rule, adopted 10 years ago, requires that evolution be taught as only one of several theories of the origin of man. Hudson said the board would face a costly legal battle if it chooses to ignore Mattox’s advi sory opinion. “We hope that you will choose to follow the law and re frain from an unnecessary waste of taxpayer money in fu- Jury selection Lucas trial blmost ended United Press International orkshop ludenis _ ISAN ANGELO — George- United Slain own attorneys picked a third South Afrioi ban Wednesday to serve as a external at Itor in the capital murder trial if theMSCPi if Henry Lee Lucas, leaving lay at 8 p.m : Illy two more jurors and two jernates to be selected. |Seven women were picked as ors last week; three men vebeen picked this week. Lucas is charged with the langulalion of an unidentified and Human Iman whose body was found ig a workshn long Interstate 35 near prograimtj lorgetown on Halloween rsonal assatAht. Lucas was granted a ety and meimingeof venue to San Angelo, ree of chaJThe 47-year-oid drifter and A&MConH|oimer mental patient is prged with killing, robbing, napping and sexually as- hltingthe Georgetown victim, leas also has confessed to lire than 150 slayings across essons id Recreaiia legistraiion ivate orgronj .essons will ti I professioi the country, and already has been convicted for two Texas murders. He was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his 15- year-old common-law wife Frieda “Becky” Powell, and to 75 years in prison for the slay ing of an elderly Ringgold woman. Defense attorney Don Hig ginbotham of Georgetown said he plans to argue that Lucas is innocent by reason of insanity for the Georgetown slaying. Williamson Gounty officials reported Florida prison inmate Ottis Toole, who was Lucas’ for mer traveling companion, has been transferred to the George town jail. He will stay there until needed as a witness for the San Angelo trial. 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The rate # VnirlUvinUvl sixpGCk ■ I [ on ? , ou . r economic prob- dropped 1.2 percent from Jan- ► ClaSS I* 115 ’ saK ^ Diane Dobie, a labor nary’s figure of 4.8 percent. mrket analyst for the Texas m 1 _ . , ri ■ pployment Commission. ■ LO. 'n. v''h The effects of a severe LJ 6 • IS \/Tristmas Eve freeze was ^ ilamed for saddling the McAl len iburg area with he highest jobless rate among j The Battalioi »exas cities for the second Baight month. '<5 The TEC reported unern- §- jbyment in the South Texas CC ities in February at 23.1 COLLEGE - BRYAN { O G O O O O O O 1 1 \ \ ~ V 846-6635 L / 1 J The smash hit of the season- Every performance a standing ovation! Della reese starring in the national tour of the Broadway musical 's \ NIGhlT Nolan Hor« )w at only 2.8 percent, a man nJ 1 Actual statewide unemploy- reshotataH 1 enlin Texas during February ar about 8} is 5.9 percent, on was tak 1 ' Dobie said there were still ■ Hospital,"' n critical c* ied a minorl r shooting, A’oman drof suburb r stepfather' lived. ;te for the second month in a me areas of Texas and some MSC ARTS COMMITTEE PRESENTS Hightower isits Israel United Press International £ ft. AUSTIN — Texas Agricul- re Commissioner Jim High- wer departs Thursday for an /oflkial visit to Israel, where he said he hopes to exchange ideas and find out how the Israelis have “made their desert jooin.” Hightower will visit several ricultural kibbutzim, meet Slh the Israeli government and gritulture leaders and tour ood” iiTcn sMAU J i bod processing plants and en- rgy projects during the eight- pytrip. “No other people in the porld get as much from a drop B water, from a ray of sunshine ;orfrom a few precious inches of oil as the Israelis do,” he said. Hightower noted Israel and -c uifi rnUl * xas are al l ^ e sarne Editude Tid the geography of the two re similar in some places. J“I want to come home from jlrael, not only with some nice des and fond memories, but Iso with a fuller understanding fhow Israel has made their de- jrt bloom, and how we can nsplant some of their experi- ce to Texas,” he said. beer n - 2 pm - 10 pm * MSC ARTS COMMITTEE PRESENTS Juried Student Arts Competition. Entries ac cepted during March 19-23,10 am-2 pm * Edible Art Contest. Sculpture using edibles and toothpicks ONLY! 1 st Prize - Lunch for 2 i donated by Bennigan’s I I * Entry forms in MSC Gallery, 845-1515 ‘This is entertainment to warm £>ody and soul together.’ ►Clive Barnes, New York Post More than two dozen great jazz and blues standards! MSC Town Hall/Broadway March 27 8:00 pm Rudder Auditorium For ticket info- 845-1234 Visa Mastercard DIRECT FROM BROADWAY! 1982-83 Tony Nomination- “BEST MUSICAL”