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.
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Vol. 65 No. 25 College Station, Texas Friday, October 24, 1969 Telephone 845-2226
Ticketing Explained
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Campus Security
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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
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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
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Elect
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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
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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-
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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.
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