THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Wednesday, July 30, 1969
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Police Head Feels New Law
The University of Minnesota
Board of Regents last week ap
proved a policy banning secret
research, in the form of an arti
cle which provides that the Uni
versity will not accept “contracts
which preclude discussion on the
wisdom of accepting them.” The
action stems from gripes from
researchers doing work for the
government who, when their
work is finished, find it classi
fied by the government and thus
rendered undiscussable.
Scientists at the U of M will
be among approx
imately 100 re
searchers in the
U. S. and five
foreign countries
who will exam- f
ine moon mater- f
ial from the first
lunar landing.
The material is presently under
quarantine at the University of
Houston.
“I don’t have anything in particular to say and this is an
easy cartoon to draw!”
Editorial
TEXANS ON AUGUST 5 will determine the course our state will
take into the next century. One course, begun nearly two decades ago
and ready for action now, will provide adequate water resources to
keep Texas moving ahead with vision and determination. The other
leads to stagnation and decline because of an inadequate water supply.
WHAT IS AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO?
Amendment No. 2 authorizes the Texas Water Development
Board to issue $3.5 billion in bonds to finance Texas’ share of the cost
of the Texas Water Plan. This money is not to be used to provide gifts
or grants, but will provide temporary financing which will be repaid by
water users. The Amendment also removes the 4 per cent ceiling on
Water Development Bonds.
WHAT IS THE TEXAS WATER PLAN?
The objective of the Texas Water Plan is to provide adequate
Summer intramurals at the
University of Minnesota last
week included a high jump of 6
feet 10 inches, a 220-yard dash
of 21.9, and a 100-yard dash of
9.7.
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A shuttle system for Texas
University’s Austin campus is
being delayed by a suit and
counter-suit filed by the transit
companies vying for the con
tract.
An editorial in the Summer
Texan calls for a change in the
present system of summer school.
Reasons are that the daily one-
and-a-half hour classes are a
drag on both the prof and the
student and, more important,
that no one really gains much
from courses that are crammed
into the insufficient time per
iod. (True, but there sure are a
lot of courses which could still
be shortened another week or
two, for all the students learn in
them). Says the Texan, “If ad-
water to maintain the growth and prosperity of Texas into the next
century when it is estimated that we will have a population of 30.5
million people. The Plan provides for the full development of our water
resources and the importation of surplus water from the lower
Mississippi River for distribution to areas with declining water
resources.
WHO IS TO PAY FOR THE PLAN?
Cost of the $9 billion Texas Water Plan—Texas’ share is estimated
at $3.5 billion—will be shared by local, state and federal governments,
with those who ultimately use the water paying much of the costs of
the Plan.
WHY DOES TEXAS NEED A WATER RESOURCE PLAN?
By the end of this century—in just 31 years—Texas will not have
enough water to supply its growing cities, its expanding industry, and
its irrigated agriculture. To assure an adequate water supply, the state
has prepared a plan for the full development, management and use of
its water resources—and an imported water supply—to serve Texas to
the year 2020 and to assure all Texans water to meet their needs.
WILL THE PLAN PROVIDE ADEQUATE WATER FOR TEXAS?
Yes. With our current major reservoirs (157), the proposed full
development of our water resources (67 dams and reservoirs) and an
imported supply of water, Texas can meet its water demands to the
year 2020.
WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THE PLAN?
The people of Texas will benefit from the Texas Water Plan. The
plan provides for meeting all essential and beneficial water requirements
throughout the state. The Plan will provide water for domestic and
municipal uses, for industry, for agriculture, for recreation, for our bays
and estuaries, and for other beneficial purposes. The Texas Water Plan
will provide Water for Texas!
Arlington, Texas Citizen
ThursdayDeadline
For Transfers
The final transfer student con
ference for fall registration at
A&M will be Thursday, reports
Registrar Robert A. Lacey.
He noted that Aug. 15 is the
deadline for fall term applica
tions from freshmen, transfer and
former students.
No conference will be held for
former students, who will regis
ter the week of Sept. 8-12. Late
registration is from Sept. 15-19,
Lacey said.
“Anyone who did not pre
register in May or attend a fresh
man or transfer student confer
ence will register either Sept. 8-12
or Sept. 15-19,” Lacey explained.
Transfer students must contact
the registrar’s office to partici
pate in the Thursday conference.
Lacey said the September regis
tration procedure is to report to
the registrar’s office for the card
packet and take it to the student’s
advisor.
There is no “long line” registra
tion for the fall term, Lacey
emphasized.
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ministrators insist on the status
quo of two long semesters last
ing from September through
May, the summer should con
tain only one session of eight to
nine weeks.”
People watching the construc
tion of women’s dorms on the
Austin campus were rewarded
when a truck carrying an un
usually large load of debris sim
ply flipped over onto its side—
according to a workman, “some
thing like a dead beetle.”
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Preliminary excavation was
begun to pave the way for a
new University Hospital at the
University of Oklahoma. Actual
construction of the 200-bed unit
will begin later this summer and
is scheduled for completion in
1972.
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The University of Houston’s
mascot, Shasta III, had a cub a
couple of weeks ago, as stated
in an earlier column. He died
last Thursday, though, and a
visiting professor’s wife is try
ing to get a court order now
forbidding UH from mating its
mascot until students “learn to
care for her offspring.” Accord
ing to this lady, the death from
an infected umbilical cord, was
a result of repeated handling by
students. Denying the respon
sibility for the cub’s death, the
student in charge of the cougar’s
care said, “We took all our in
struction from a qualified vet
erinarian.”
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Trivia is the newest major at
Bowling Green University, in
Ohio. The College Press Service
says BGU has established a
“Center for the Study of Pop
Culture.” Among the donations
presently being considered as
prospective texts are comic
books, “Bobbsey Twins” books,
and a micro-filmed set of every
Sears catalogue since 1888.
Is ‘Great Step Forward 9
“Most people look at law en
forcement as a necessary evil.
Because of this, it’s one of the
policeman’s major problems,” says
the head of Texas A&M’s Police
Training School.
Ira E. Scott is a cop’s cop. He’s
educated in all phases of police
work and has served in all capaci
ties—from patrolman to police
chief to head of A&M’s Engineer
ing Extension Service Police
Training School.
Scott thinks education and
proper training will solve many
of the law enforcement problems
we have today.
“Any time you can bring about
a raising of standards, in any job,
you have given the people en
gaged in it something to look for
ward to and be proud they are
improving themselves,” Scott as
serts.
“I think the Law Enforcement
Minimum Standard Certification
Law recently passed by the Texas
Legislature is a great step for
ward,” he pointed out.
The law provides that officers
actively engaged in law enforce
ment must have a minimum of 140
hours basic training after Sept. 1,
1970.
All officers hired prior to that
time will automatically be ex
cluded from the law, Scott ex
plained, but many Texas cities
want their officers certified any
way.
Scott said the rookies have one
year after date of employment to
acquire the 140 hours of training.
“These 140 hours are not on-
the-job training hours,” Scott
pointed out. “What these new
officers must have is 140 hours
of classroom instruction, taught
by qualified instructors and they
must pass the course work.”
For cities that do not have their
own certified police training pro
grams, A&M will provide the
training, Scott explained.
requests for schools. A sixth in
structor will be added to the staff
soon,” he noted.
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“The more progressive cities
have already contacted me about
starting programs or bringing
advanced courses to their towns,”
he said. “The trend, however, is
for several cities to get together
and sponsor an area school for
policemen.”
Scott and his five-man staff
have classes going either at the
A&M Research Annex or in some
part of the state every week of
a month.
Scott said the law has increased
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