Wednesday, October 22,1986/The Battalion/Page 3
State and Local
Graphology can show drug addiction
Analyst: Handwriting doesn’t lie
SILSBEE (AP) — Talking to Che-
lard is a little like chatting with
liege professor, a psychic and
V Claus all at the same time. Just
looking at the way you dot an “i”
Toss a “t,” she can tell not only
[her you’ve been bad or good,
whom you’ve been bad or good
Ind when. And why.
It’s not a trick. There’s no crystal
involved. It’s called graphology,
landwriting analysis. And it’s a
jjthat requires months of study, a
memory and a great big mag-'
ig glass.
Iverything that happens in our
I is locked in our Drains, all of
comes through in our hand-
ig,” Dillard says of a craft that
makes her the center of atten-
|at parties and helps her deter-
child abuse and drug addic-
on.
"But it’s still so new, and people
reoltentimes very skeptical and not
latwilling to accept it.”
iDillard began studying to become
master graphologist several years
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“And it’s (handwriting analysis) very reliable. You have
to consciously think to change your handwriting. Just
try changing it. Eventually it will slip back to the way
you usually write and show your true personality. . .
.And it’s one reason why most graphologists type let
ters to one another. ”
— Cheryl Dillard, graphologist
ago through a correspondence
course with the University of Wyom
ing. The interest quickly turned into
a fascination.
“I swear I saw letters in my sleep,”
she says with a laugh.
The ink was barely dry on her fi
nal exam in basic graphology when
she started studying to become a
master at the craft through courses
with the Institute of Graphological
Sciences in Dallas. Four months
passed before she earned the degree
of master graphologist, a title she
says draws strange looks from peo
ple until they realize what she can
do. Then the looks turn to
amazement.
Carefully studying several lines of
handwriting hastily scribbled on a
yellow tablet, Dillard can pick out ev
erything from stubborness and per
sistence to evasiveness and dishon
esty. A barrage of characteristics that
send her back to a stack of well-used
textbooks can even alert her to phys
ical problems the writer may have.
Several businesses in the area
have sought her skills, mostly banks
who bring a handwriting sample
from a prospective employee to see
if the person is honest. But most of
her clients are parents who want to
know what’s going on in their chil
dren’s lives.
A laundry list written by a 15-
year-old girl happened across Dil
lard’s path. The handwriting
screamed drugs and suicide.
Though shocked at how anyone
found out, the girl admitted she was
contemplating suicide and later
sought help.
About the only thing Dillard can’t
tell from a handwriting sample is the
age and sex of the writer. Anything
else is fair game.
“And it’s very reliable. You have
to consciously think to change your
handwriting. Just try changing it,”
she says with a grin. “Eventually it
will slip back to the w’ay you usually
write and show your true personal
ity. ”
Though it’s often a very popular
skill, handwriting analysis sometimes
makes her friends wary of writing in
front of her.
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of TTie Battalion contained incor-
t information on the Texas
M Ocean Drilling Program.
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ples from beneath the ocean floor
at water depths of more than
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ters as was reported in the article,
■t was reported that some
funds from the National Science
Foundation were used to build
the new ODP building, but actu
ally the money came from A&M
System funds.
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ship sails with a crew of 25 profes-
Bial technicians, 25 scientists
and a ship crew of 68. The article
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Chairman: Houston may not host
convention in *88 if White loses
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston
probably will lose its bid to host the
1988 Democratic National Conven
tion if Gov. Mark White loses the
November election, says Democratic
National Committee Chairman Paul
Kirk.
Kirk, interviewed in Washington
by the Houston Chronicle, said the
re-election of White, a Democrat, is
among the criteria that will decide if
Houston hosts the 1988 convention.
“It comes close, in my view,” Kirk
was quoted as saying by the newspa
per Tuesday. “I think the re-election
of Mark White is a critical factor.”
According to most polls, White is
facing an uphill battle to keep the
governor’s job from Republican Bill
Clements, the man he defeated in
1982.
“I don’t, want to say that if Mark
White is elected it’s automatically
Houston, by any means,” Kirk said.
He added, however, that White’s
loss would be tough for Texas’ larg
est city to overcome.
Kirk also said Houston is at a dis
advantage in competing for the con
vention because the city’s George R.
Brown Convention Center is not ex
pected to be completed until next
year.
Kirk said the lack of a completed
facility puts a burden on the city
when the party’s site selection com
mittee visits Houston next week.
The convention, scheduled for
July 18-21, 1988, is seen by Houston
political and business leaders as a
way to attract money and bolster the
city’s sagging economy.
Houston is comt
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ompeting
Orleans, Atlanta, New York, Kansas
City and Washington.
The selection is expected to be
made early next year.
Kirk’s comments were unique be
cause they marked the first time a
top party official so directly tied the
gubernatorial race to the selection of
a convention city.
“From Houston’s point of view, or
Texas’ point of view, I think one
very serious criterion that I’m going
to look at is whether we have a Dem
ocratic governor,” he said, “and all
that that means in terms of 1988 and
the ability to energize the forces and
bring the full political weight of a
state like Texas to the nominated
ticket.”
Series to discuss professional schools
A workshop on entry into
graduate, law and medical
schools will be presented by the
College of Liberal Arts and the
Career Planning and Placement
Center Wednesday at 5 p.m. in
402 Rudder.
The workshop is part of the
sixth annual series of workshops
on careers for students in liberal
arts and will deal with deadlines,
entrance exams, letters of recom-
mendation and personal
statements needed for entrance
to the various schools.
The workshop also will concen
trate on what can be done in ad
vance to prepare for admission.
Medical lecture to focus on hospices
The College of Medicine Lec
ture Series will sponsor a lecture
on “Hospice Care: Philosophy
and Practice” Thursday at 7:30
p.m. in 160 Medical Sciences
Building.
Linda Bump, R.N., and Margie
Thompson, both from the Visit
ing Nurse Association Hospice of
Houston, will discuss philosophy,
criteria for admissions, principles
of hospice care, and the role of
the hospice team. A film also will
be shown.
Mary Alice Pisani, assistant to
the dean of the College of Medi
cine, said the hospice care pro
gram is designed to give termi
nally ill patients the option to stay
at home instead of in a hospital.
Specially trained individuals are
on hand to provide pain control
and emotional support for he pa
tients, she said.
She said the program also pro
vides bereavement counseling to
the family after the patient has
died.
Pisani said she wants to start a
hospice program in the Bryan-
College Station area. She added
that the program does not require
certification of medical compe
tency although there is some
training and a commitment in
volved.
Pisani said interested people
can contact her at 845-3433 in the
College of Medical Sciences.
A&M staff offered budgeting seminar
A financial planning seminar
will be conducted Thursday from
7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the College
Station Community Center, 1300
Jersey St.
The seminar is open to all
Texas A&M employees and their
spouses.
Dr. John Groth, of the Texas
A&M finance department, will
discuss the basics of sound finan
cial planning. The presentation
also will include information on
how to start a personal financial
plan.
A&M featured in October's
Newsweek on Campus issue
What’s Texas A&M President
Frank E. Vandiver’s favorite Aggie
joke?
The answer can be found in the
October issue of Newsweek on Cam
pus magazine, which will be inserted
in Thursday’s Battalion.
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Texas A&M is profiled in a two-
page article in the education section
of the collegiate magazine. The arti
cle, “Aggies are no joke,” was written
by John Schwartz, a graduate of the
University of Texas and former edi
tor of the Daily Texan, the UT news
paper.
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Freshman &
Sophomores
Oct. 6-Oct. 31
Freshmen and sophomore photos
for the 1987 Aggieland will be taken
until Oct. 31 at
AR Photography, 707 Texas Ave.,
across from the A&M Polo Field.
2 SuperStars
for the
price of 1!
★ ★★★★★★★★★★
The 1986-87
4rMSC Town Hall/Broadway season!
Town Hall/Broadway is back at Texas A&M with the Super season at a super student
discount. Buy TWO student season tickets (Zone 3) for the price of ONE! TWO for
ONE for “Jesus Christ SuperStar”, “Romeo and Juliet”, Cole Porter’s “Can-Can”
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“Jesus Christ Superstar’’
November 6, 1986
The greatest rock musical of all time, based on the life of the greatest man of all time.
This is classic musical theatre that rises above the rock genre to universal greatness.
Ingenious staging and high tech lighting make this a dazzling achievement. You owe
it to yourself one time in your life.
“Romeo and Juliet’’
February 14, 1987
The National Shakespeare Company creates the timeless love story in a special Valen
tine’s Day presentation. Relive the beauty of Shakespeare’s most universally known play
with someone you love.
Cole Porter’s “Can-Can’’
March 1, 1987
A sassy, saucy and sexy musical celebration of romantic turn-of- the-century Paris. Porter
created some of his most rousing and delightful tunes for Can-Can including “I Love
Paris” and “C’est Magnifique”. It is full of the jubilant lust for life that inspired the
spectacular can-can. “C’est Magnifique!”
William Windom as “Thurber’’
April 23, 1987
Windom is one of America’s best loved television actors. For 15 years he has been
delighting audiences with this one-man showcase of James Thurber’s unique wit and
comic art. He is at once light, bright and very right in his musing about the world
as seen from a cartoonist’s pad.
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