S5930 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 1, 1995

serve students. We can’t do anything but do

our jobs better,’’ said an official at the University of San Francisco in the Jan. 20

Chronicle of Higher Education.

In fact, the only people who seem to prefer

the guaranteed-loan system are the bankers

and guarantee agencies who direct lending

will put out of work. That’s not enough support for limiting the scope of this new program.

ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL CHESS

∑

CHAMPIONS

f∑ Mr. SIMON. Mr. President, I would

like to commend the Orr High School

chess team in Chicago, IL, for their

outstanding participation in the State

chess competition.

Orr High School’s chess team is

among the best in Illinois even though

it represents one of the city’s most

troubled areas. The team is the other

side of the story, the story beyond the

statistic. It is ordinary people—parents, grandparents, big brothers and

sisters and a math teacher joining together to save their children with

rooks and knights and a lot of prayer.

It all began in room 207, the detention room at Orr where punishments

are served. It also became a room

where dreams are made: the chess team

practices there. Team members start

filing into 207 early every morning because that is where the coach, Thomas

Larson, spends his days. Mr. Larson is

a math teacher, and is also in charge of

the in-school suspension or detention

room where unruly and angry students

are sent to cool off.

Nearly 75 percent of Orr’s students

come from low-income families. Students enter Orr, if they are lucky, with

sixth and seventh grade math skills. In

1986, Mr. Larson started using chess

and other games in his prealgebra class

to help students with their analytical

skills. Soon he began holding chess

competitions in class and started a

team. Chess was foreign to most of the

students at Orr. It was a game that

they thought was just ‘‘for smart

kids.’’

The first year Orr played in the public school chess league, they came in

fourth of six teams in their division;

they placed 14th out of 16 teams in the

citywide playoffs. A few weeks ago, Orr

was crowned the city champions and

was one of the top five schools statewide.

Congratulations to the Orr High

School chess team on their outstanding

performance in their State and local

competitions.

RAY CARROLL: ONE OF ILLINOIS’

fFINEST

∑ Mr. SIMON. Mr. President, I would

like to acknowledge the retirement of

one of my constituents, Mr. Ray Carroll. Ray is the Director of Engineering

at the Office of the Architect of the

Capitol. Mr. Carroll’s retirement became effective April 30, 1995.

Ray Carroll joined the Architect’s office in 1975 as Director of Engineering,

and in the ensuring years he was placed

in charge of all engineering matters relating to new building design and renovations. Ray’s duties also involved

the oversight of modifications to existing buildings and facilities, as well as

the operation and maintenance of mechanical and electronic equipment.

Ray’s expertise in the various engineering disciplines has made him a

vital part of the Architect of the Capitol’s office during the last 20 years.

Ray holds a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from

the University of Illinois. He is involved in a variety of social activities

and has been the recipient to a number

of awards.

We in Illinois are proud of Ray and

the many contributions he has made

not only to the running of Congress,

but to the larger Washington community as well.

To Ray Carroll and his wife Dar, I

want to like extend my gratitude for

his years of service, and our best wishes and continued success and health as

he returns to Illinois.

f∑

ORDERS FOR TUESDAY, MAY 2,

1995

Mr. DEWINE. Mr. President, I ask

unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it

stand in recess until the hour of 10 a.m.

on Tuesday, May 2, 1995; that following

the prayer, the Journal of proceedings

be deemed approved to date, the time

for the two leaders be reserved for their

use later in the day, and that the Senate then resume consideration of the

pending product liability bill; further,

that there be an hour for debate, to be

equally divided between the two managers or their designees, prior to the

stacked votes, which are scheduled to

occur at 11 a.m.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without

objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. DEWINE. Mr. President, I further

ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand in recess between the hours

of 12:30 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. in order for

the weekly party luncheons to occur.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without

objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. DEWINE. Mr. President, for the

information of all members, there will

be a series of stacked rollcall votes beginning at 11 a.m. on Tuesday.

RECESS UNTIL 10 A.M. TOMORROW

fMr. DEWINE. Mr. President, if there

is no further business to come before

the Senate, I now ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand in recess

under the previous order.

There being no objection, the Senate,

at 7:50 p.m., recessed until Tuesday,

May 2, 1995, at 10 a.m.