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Of Non-Availability Library Black Literature Display Counters Claims B) Pam Troboy Battalion Staff Writer The A&M Library’s first-floor howcase of black literature is ting displayed to counter com- laints that it has no black litera- Ire by showing what is already railable on library shelves. | "We set up the display this fall | to tell students and faculty .what prt of material the library really Is,” said John B. Smith, acting lirector of libraries. “It consists of book jackets of a few of the boks dealing with Afro-Ameri- gn culture and a 17-page partial bibliography of black literature. These books have been in the li brary and were not a special order.” The display is located on the main floor of the library and will remain up for a couple of months, according to Smith. “The library has broad coverage in black literature: African art, sociological studies, government statistical reports and novels by Negro authors,” Smith said. “We felt it wise to advertise what we already had, and we have a fairly good sample.” “The library has made an ef fort to acquire such magazines as Ebony and the Journal of Negro history, and some students have donated their favorite novels to the library,” Smith said. “We’re trying to buy all the black classics,” Smith continued. “We’ve contracted with the Neg ro Universities Press to buy re prints of significant out-of-print books. The first volumes of the series have already been received, catalogued and placed in circula tion.” “Overall, the library collection is fairly well balanced,” Smith said, “especially for a school so strong in technical areas.” The University Library Com mittee has established a subcom mittee on student relations with Dr. John C. Hiebert, associate professor of physics, as chair man. “The subcommittee met Thurs day to suggest a means for stu dents to recommend that a book be added to the Library,” Hiebert said, “and we will make our re port to the full committee Nov. For the last two months a sug gestion box has been set up in the library for students to ask for books, Hiebert said, and 92 requests have already been re ceived. Other members of the subcom mittee are Dr. Haskell Monroe, associate professor of history; Dr. Leonard R. Burgess, manage ment professor; Jay Hubert, graduate student council repre sentative; Allen Giles, a black student; and J. L. Grimes, gradu ate student and part-time libra rian. t0 get u 1 't takes tln g res» lte Plans up Purity yt, JW for J. e >nsui expand i earlier n its, and# ''H have Cbe Battalion Vol. 65 No. 25 College Station, Texas Friday, October 24, 1969 Telephone 845-2226 Ticketing Explained .I Campus Security •wriur -JUS By Hayden Whitsett [Campus Security officers have tempted to answer questions interning ticket policies and edures originially raised in recent Student Senate meeting. In an interview with The Bat- llion, Chief Powell and Assistant L-l\ Chief Maddox spoke in reference 3 Li'to questions asked by Student fcnator Bob Hase, a third year It student. I Hase said he originally made study of Campus Security policies last August after he said he had trouble with an officer following an on-campus acci dent. At the senate meeting, Hase wondered why last year’s number of tickets issued for non-moving violations (13,751) was so much higher than that number of tickets issued for moving vio lations (153). These numbers seemed extreme ly disproportionate, Hase said, especially since moving violations seem to be of a greater danger to pedestrians and drivers than non-moving violations. Powell noted that Hase’s fig ures were accurate but said that it is very difficult for his men to give speeding tickets on cam pus streets. He said that it is hard to clock the speed of a motorist and, if this can’t be done, any ticket issued to him is often thrown out of court for lack of evidence. He added that if a moving vio- For Ross Volunteers oncom Heads Named afeterii I I Ross Volunteer non-commis- ned ofifcers for 1969-70 were nounced Thursday by Marvin Hoelting, commanding officer. The senior RV non-coms were lected by the RV captain and her ofifcers of the elite honor military unit. I Thursday night the company admitted 82 juniors into its ranks during its annual initiation ban quet in the Memorial Student Center. Paul Dresser, 1963-64 corps commander and currently a lecond-year graduate student at »he Harvard School of Business, ;ave a short address following the meal. Named platoon sergeants with the rank of master sergeant were Allen D. Janacek of Baytown, William D. Reed of San Antonio and Mark Vandaveer of Freeport. | Drill assistants with the rank of technical sergeant include Thomas V. Stinson Jr. of San Antonio, Paul E. Northcutt of Camp Wood and Michael E. Or- aak of Ganado. Right guides will be Robert R. Harding of San Antonio, Bruce M. Moreland Jr. of Lan caster and Joseph V. Tortorice Jr. of Beaumont, all staff ser geants in the company. Squad leaders, with the rank of staff sergeant, include John M. McNabb of Sheppard Air Force Base, Gary D. Westerfield of Crawford, Harry K. Lesser Jr. of Brenham, Glenn O. McDonald of Houston, Gary C. Wortham of New Boston and Frank Montel- bano of Beaumont. Victor T. Naccarato Jr. of Don na will serve as supply sergeant and Matthew R. Carroll of An- nandale, Va., information ser geant, both technical sergeant po sitions. Members of the Color Guard, all with the rank of sergeant, include John D. White of Pear sall, Ronald L. Adams of Tyler, Peter C. Eldridge of Charlottes ville, Va., Barry W. Bauerslag of Houston, Kenneth W. Trawick of Chipley, Fla., and Richard G. Lanier of Dallas. Dresser told those at the ban- 809 Voters 2 Senators, Elect VP quet that the future will bring “enormous problems and fantastic challenges” to the leaders of that future—the audience and himself. These leaders, he said, must be able to accept obligations and responsibilities. A leader must also take a look around himself, Dresser said, and think about what he sees. It is difficult to do, he admitted, in today’s life style, where people live from crisis to crisis. The latter is especially true of stu dents, he said. But the need for the broader look is great, he claimed, adding that many of today’s problems could have been avoided if lead ers had been aware of what was going on around them. Dresser defined a leader as one who influences his followers to achieve an objective. It is not necessary, he said, to be out in front to be a leader. Integrity plays a big part in being a successful leader, Dresser told the RVs. The leader must (See Noncom, page 2) lation ticket is given, it is filed in the Justice of Peace Court where a $15 fine is usually as sessed and the ticket is placed in the violator’s state records. If a ticket goes on record in Austin, it is open for inspection by the driver’s insurance com pany. According to George Mal lard Insurance Agency of Bryan, insurance premium rates usually go up 15 per cent if the driver acquires piore than two tickets within a three-year period. If speeders are not filed on in the Justice of the Peace Court, Powell said, the largest fine Cam pus Security can assess them is $2. If this happens, no record is made of the ticket, Powell noted. Powell also said that one of the reasons for the large number of non-moving tickets is because of the way students park. He said that some students would rather risk a traffic ticket and park near their classes than park in areas they belong in, simply because it may mean a long walk. Most of the money collected from traffic tickets goes for the construction and maintenance of parking areas, Maddox said, and the rest is used for purchasing supplies for Campus Security. Last year $34,316 in fines were paid, he noted. Hase also asked why it is that in some on-campus traffic acci dents no tickets are issued despite the fact that one of those in volved admits to being at fault. He added that in some in stances those not at fault had difficulties in collecting insurance because no tickets were issued. This could be rough, he said, on a student who had no other way of paying for repairs on his car. As an example, he cited the case of Nancy O’Malley, another third year vet student. Miss O’Malley was involved in an accident on July 28 in the (See Campus, page 4) WEEKEND EVENT John Powell, Rupe Martinez, Bill Wheeler, Dan Worley, and Alan Brumbaugh display a sign that will be used Saturday to help direct people to the career day being sponsored by the Colleges of Agriculture and Engineering for Texas high school students. Town Usher Weekend Roundup Hall, Yell Practice in Baylor Weekend By Hayden Whitsett Battalion Staff Writer The Cowsills, first Town Hall performance of the school year, kick off the Baylor football week end at 8 tonight. The six-member family group will perform in G. Rollie White Coliseum. A few hours after the Cowsills’ performance, the first midnight yell practice of the year will take place in Kyle Field. Fourteen Aggie Sweetheart finalists from Texas Women’s University will be on hand this weekend to take part in all activi ties and give their escorts, the sweetheart selection committee members, a chance to get to know them. The 1969-70 Aggie Sweetheart will then be named Sunday, and she will officially be introduced to the student body at the South ern Methodist University-A&M game Nov. 8. A&M’s annual career day, spon sored jointly by the College of Agriculture and Engineering, will ■ take place Saturday in DeWare Field House from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The 30-exhibit show is designed to give Texas high school stu dents, their parents, and teachers a chance to talk with faculty and Campus Security has an nounced that all student ve hicles must be moved from parking lots 31, 48, 49, 30, and 9 to parking areas north of Ross Street by 10 a.m. Satur day. Officers said the parking space is needed for out-of-town guests attending the A&M-Bay- lor game. Lot 31 is bounded by G. Rol lie White Coliseum to the north and Kyle Field to the west; 48 is just South of lot 31; 49 runs parallel to Highway 2154 on the west side of the campus; 30 is the lot behind Guion Hall; and 9 is located along Main Street behind Henderson Hall. Ross Street runs from Bizzell Street to the Fish Pond and passes in front of The Ex change Store. Parking areas north of the street include the hospital lot, the student lots along FM 60, diagonal parking on Ashbury Street, a lot across Asbury from Sbisa Dining Hall, and the parking lot in front of the cyclotron building. student representatives about the various programs offered by the colleges. The Basement in the Memorial Student Center will be open to night and Saturday night from 8 p.m.-12 midnight. A jam ses sion sponsored by the Jazz Society will also be held in the Basement, beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday Former students will be taking part in the weekend’s activitirys. The 1939 national champion foot ball team and the class of 1951 will be holding their reunions. Three Student Senate posts ivere filled Thursday in a special ilection that drew only 809 voters. Kent Caperton was elected vice president; Pearre Chase, sopho more architecture representative; and Roger Miller, sophomore lib eral arts representative. Caperton, running unopposed, polled 711 votes, while 68 write- in candidates received a total of 83. Caperton’s closest opponent vas Sam Roosth with 15. Chase won over four other candidates, two of them write-in. Vote totals were Chase, 13; Bob Thompson, 9, a write in; Laura Sorenson, 8; Eric de Neve, 5; and Monte Trenckmann, 1, write in. Miller also beat four opponents. Miller had 18, Ben Chappell, 8; Tom Ryan, 5; Stan Friedli, 4; and Bert Flanery, 1, a write-in. “The election had a small turn out, but for this type of election with only a few offices and can- BB&L Bryan Building & Loan Association. Your Sav ing Center, since 1919. —Adv. didates it was a fair one,” Mike Wiebe, election commission vice president in charge of publicity, said. DST Ends at 2 a.m. Sunday Bryan-College Station resi dents and A&M students who fail to set their clocks back an hour Saturday night will find themselves with an extra 60 minutes of hymn-singing time Sunday while they wait for others to show up for church. Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday. Clocks should be set back an hour before their owners re tire Saturday night in order to register the correct central standard time from Sunday on. Daylight saving time will not be in effect again until 2 a.m. Sunday, April 26, 1970. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. CSC Told of Reason Behind Delay in LD Phone Service THE PAUSE THAT REFRESHES A tired American infantryman relaxes for a moment as he cleans his feet amidst the debris of war at patrol base Ike about 65 miles northwest of Siagon in South Vietnam. The soldier, an unidentified member of the 1st Cavalry Division, is bathing his feet in a bucket filled with rainwater. (AP Wirephoto) By Dave Mayes Battalion Editor Civilian Student Council mem bers Thursday heard reasons why the Centrex phone system has not been able to handle long dis tance calls from phones in many civilian rooms until just recently. Howard S. Perry, director of civilian student activities, told the council that General Telephone Company of the Southwest offi cials said in a recent meeting that part of the reason for the delay in establishing long distance service to the dormitories stems from a mistake the company made a year ago. It seems, Perry related, that the equipment originally installed in the basemen of the A&M Li brary to handle the long distance service has not proved to be as well suited for phone traffic at the university as intended. The other reason for the delay, Perry said, was due to the large number of room changes students made as soon as the fall se mester began. He said that because of these room changes, the university re fused to allow long-distance agreements to be effective until the moving period was over. The Cadet Corps, Perry said, finished changing rooms before the civilians did, and for this reason they obtained long dis tance service first. He added that last year, be cause students changed rooms without notice,' the phone com pany lost $20,000 in uncollected long distance calls. Perry said the phone company is considering two alternatives which would hopefully correct the situation by next September. General Telephone, he said, is looking into modifying the long distance equipment in the library basement. If it does, Perry said he was told, a student should be able to get long distance service within three days after he signs the required agreement with the company. Perry said General Telephone was also considering establishing a credit card system to be used only on campus telephones. He added that right now the phone company does not have the op erators to adequately handle credit card calls in the evenings. The only residence hall report ing at the meeting that it still had no long distance service was Law Hall. —-ViSVV' ■ v.v.v.v.-. v. .>■