Record TAMU budget approved
Operating budgets totaling a record $263,059,172 for the
10 major teaching, research and public service parts of the
TAMU System were approved last Friday by its board of direc
tors.
The 1975-76 budgets, which go into effect Sept. 1, rep-
resebt a 31.5 per cent increase over current expenditures for
the statewide system which includes four campuses and a net
work of facilities for research, specialized training and ad
visory services.
PVAMU received the largest percentage gain, with its
new budget of $28,641,272 representing a 70 per cnet increase
over the current level of funding. Next year s budget in
cludes a special $6.1 million appropriation for repairs and re
novation of campus facilities.
TAMU’s $140,761,564 budget for next year represents
31.3 per cent increase, with a major portion of the gains attri
buted to expanded enrollment.
Budgets for other parts of the system, all representing
increases, are: Tarleton State University, $8,044,214; Moody
College of Marine Sciences and Maritime Resources (Galves
ton), $2,482,791; Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, $25,-
466,561; Texas Agricultural Extension Service, $30,742,699;
Texas Engineering Experiment Station, $13,583,206; Texas En
gineering Extension Service, $3,916,117; Texas Forest Service,
$5,598,817; Rodent and Predatory Animal Control Service,
$1,135,821, and system offices and departments, $2,686,140.
Separate state agency budgets administered by the TAMU
System Board include $1,151,354 for the Texas Veterinary
Medical Diagnostic Laboratory at both College Station and
Amarillo, and $85,000 for the Texas Petroleum Research Com
mittee.
Permanent University Fund Bonds valued at $8 million
were sold to Texas Commerce Bank National Association of
Houston at an effective interest rate of 5.7480 per cent. Pro
ceeds will be used for construction on TAMU’s new West
Campus. The new campus will eventually accommodate the
majority of the university’s agricultural facilities.
The board approved five contracts totaling $3,213,480,
subject to approval by the Coordinating Board, Texas College
and University System. E.E.C. Inc. of Dallas received a
$1,187,220 award to build a classroom-office-laboratory build
ing at the TAMU Research and Extension Center at Dallas.
An $80,060 contract was awarded to John T. Tanner of Dallas
for construction of greenhouses at the Dallas center. Contracts
for construction on the TAMU campus included $1,278,000
to Honeywell Inc. of Houston for installation of a centralized
utilities control system designed to conserve energy; $726,800,
Spaw-Glass, Inc., Houston, construction of a new motor pool
facility, and $122,400, Young Brothers, Waco, addition to stu
dent parking lot.
Appropriations totaling $281,800 were approved, with al
most half designated for design of new educational and research
facilities at Stephenville. Tarleton State received $77,000 for
design of a new home economics and physical education build
ing and $16,000 for design of an addition to its industrial edu
cation and technology building. A $32,000 appropriation was
authorized for design of the new TAMU Research and Exten
sion Center at Stephenville.
The board authorized TAMU officials to apply for acquisi
tion of the U. S. Customs House in Galveston for classroom
and related use by the university’s Moody College of Marine
Sciences and Maritime Resources. The government has de
clared the building surplus.
Board members also approved plans to negotiate for a site
at Floydada to establish the West Texas Regional Training
Center for the Texas Engineering Extension Service. The ser
vice provides training programs in various technical areas as
well as for firemen and lawmen. The proposed center at Floy
dada would initially provide training for employees of rural
electric cooperatives and municipalities.
In other business, the board authorized TAMU to seek
approval from the Coordinating Board, Texas College and
University System, to create a department of anthropology
and offer master’s and Ph.D. degrees in ecology and a master’s
in journalism.
Weather
Partly cloudy, hot and
humid Wednesday and
Thursday. High both days
97; low tonight 75. S-SW
winds 7-12 mph.
Che Battalion
Vol. 68 No. 129
College Station, Texas
Wednesday, July 30, 1975
Inside
Counseling Page 6
Quarterback Page8
Greek Speaks ... .Page 12
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TAMU President Jack K. Williams has been named to
succeed Wallace Parsons of St. Louis on the board of directors of
the Diamond Shamrock Corporation. Diamond Shamrock, a
diversified chemicals and energy company, is headquartered in
Cleveland and has installations throughout the U.S. and 20
other countries.
“Y” offers housing list
The Student Y Association is continuing to offer a listing
service of persons needing roommates and housing. They have
asked that owners of rental property list their accommodations
with the “Y” to assist in this program. Students needing off-
campus living quarters should contact Ms. Melva Ball in Room
216 of the MSC, or call 845-1526 for information.
Wheelmen continue rides
The A&M Wheelmen Bicycle Club is sponsoring a short bike
ride every Wednesday at 7 p.m. starting at the Rudder Tower
fountain. According to club president Jerry Guthrie, “The pace
is slow and the distance short, so everyone can make it.” The
ride is expected to be finished by nightfall, but participants are
encouraged to wear light colored clothing and to bring bike
lights. Membership in the club is not required for the riders.
Announcements ready
Summer graduation announcements are now available in
the Student Finance Center in Room 214 of the Memorial
Student Center. Extra announcements will go on sale Monday,
August 4 at 8:00 a.m.
Summer enrollment increases
With 7,768 students enrolled for the second term, A&M
has experienced a 14.4 percent increase in summer school
attendance over this same period last year. The enrollment
figure for the second term was only 842 students below the
figure for the first term. Normally, there is a drop in registration
that is over 1,900.
Additional tickets ordered
Student Government has purchased 200 additional dis
count theater tickets. They will be sold to students for $1.50.
The tickets allow a student to attend any regular feature at
Cinema I and II until May 1976. The tickets are available on a
first come-first served basis in the Student Finance Center,
Room 214 of the MSC.
Grove to show “Stage Coach”
“Stage Coach ”, starring John Wayne, will be Thursday
night’s presentation at the Grove. Friday night will bring “The
Graduate” with Dustin Hoffman. Saturday night’s presentation
will be “Sugarland Express” with Goldie Hawn. Gregory Peck
in “The Guns of Navarone” will be shown Sunday. Monday
evening’s feature will be “Vanishing Point” with Barry New
man.
APO to hold reunion
Alpha Phi Omega alumni will reunite at TAMU on the
weekend of the Aggie-Ole Miss football game.
It will be the fifth gathering under auspices of the Xi Delta
Chapter Alumni Association.
Activities are planned Sept. 12-14, centered on the TAMU
football opener on Kyle Field. A business meeting and Sunday
chapter-alumni hamburger fry are key features.
Fellowship at the Ramada Inn is planned following the 4
p.m. game.
APO is a national service fraternity and the first service
organization established at TAMU. It has been active more than
12 years.
Management course offered
Development and change in organizations is the subject of
a graduate management topics course this fall at TAMU.
The class attempts to develop an understanding of the
complexity of change in organizations and to look at variables
such as people, jobs, structure and technology.
Further information on the course can be obtained from
the Department of Management, College of Business Adminst-
ration.
Honor awards presented
College of Education Distinguished Honor Awards have
gone to three top TAMU students graduating this summer.
Recipients of the award are Kathleen L. Jimerson, El Paso,
and Carolyn E. McDaniel of Bryan, both educational cur
riculum and instruction majors. John L. Cook Jr., Nixon, health
and physical education also received awards.
Dean Frank W. R. Hubert presented the awards. It recog
nizes outstanding scholarship and leadership in the College of
Education.
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Drilling for water
Shown above is the drilling rig being used to sink a new water well for the city of College Station. The
well is being drilled near several abandoned TAMU wells. The TAMU wells were abandoned in 1948
due to the high sulfur content of the water. photo by Tom K« y »er
McGinnis to be at
commissioning
Army Brig. Gen. Charles I.
McGinnis will take part in summer
commissioning activities Aug. 15 at
TAMU.
Southwestern Division Engineer
for the Corps of Engineers, McGin
nis will make the commissioning
address and present commissions to
new Army, Navy, Marine Corps
and Air Force officers sworn in at
the ceremony.
It will be part of the summer
commencement program.
The TAMU commandant. Col.
Thomas R. Parsons, expects about
30 commissions to be presented.
A 1949 TAMU graduate, McGin
nis was reviewing officer on the
Corps Trip parade last fall in Dallas.
As the Corps of Engineers
Southwestern division head, he is
responsible for supervising Corps
design and construction of Army
and Air Force military installations
for the five-state Southwest area.
He also oversees a program ol
civil works planning, design, con
struction and operation extending
over all or a portion of eight states
including Texas, Oklahoma,
Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri,
Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico.
He also has supervision over five
district offices at Albuquerque, Fort
Worth, Galveston, Little Rock and
Tulsa.
Before assuming his present post
lasty July, McGinnis was lieutenant
governor of the Panama Canal Zone
and Panama Canal Company vice-
president. His 26 years of military
service also includes tours in
Europe, Korea, the Far East and
throughout the U. S.
Commissioned upon graduation
from TAMU, McGinnis received
his master’s degree in civil en
gineering here in 1950 and is a regis-
tered professional engineer in
Texas. His several military awards
include two Legions of Merit.
Drivers face suspension Surveyor , s workshop
if not insured in eccident to be held August 21
AUSTIN — Uninsured motorists date of the accident.
involved in traffic accidents result
ing in death, personal injury or
property damage in excess of $250
may be subject to suspension of
their driving privileges and vehicle
registrations under a revision to the
Texas Safety Responsibility Law.
Colonel Wilson E. Speir, director
of the Texas Department of Public
Safety, said the new law — which
was enacted during the recent
Legislative session, requires the
DPS to evaluate traffic accidents
(meeting the above criteria of seri
ousness) to determine if there is a
“reasonable probability of judge
ment” against one or more of the
drivers. If such a finding is made,
and if the driver or owner has no
liability insurance meeting the
state’s minimum requirement s, the
DPS must require the guilty unin
sured motorist to satisfy the security
provisions of the law. This may be
done in one of the following ways:
V By submitting a written release
signed by the other damaged par
ties.
^ By filing an installment agree
ment made with the other damaged
parties involved.
By depositing security in a suf
ficient amount to take care of dam
ages sustained by others and main
tain proof of financial responsibility
for a period of five years from the
y By filing copies of civil damage
judgement obtained against other
parties involved in the accident, ora
judgement of non-liability.
When the security provisions of
the law are not satisfied by the unin
sured owners and operators, and
the DPS determines there is “a
reasonable probability of judge
ment” against such persons, the fol
lowing provisions of the law become
applicable:
A written notice of future
driver license and motor vehicle re
gistration suspension must be for
warded to such persons by certified
mail. Such a notice will advise that a
hearing will be granted upon re
quest.
Upon receipt of a request for
hearing, the DPS will notify the
persons requesting same to appear
before the traffic court judge in their
precinct of residence, and it will be
come the responsibility of the traffic
court judge to determine whether
or not there is “a reasonable proba
bility of judgement” and, if so, the
amount of security to be deposited
with DPS by the uninsured per
sons.
>7 Any suspension invoked by the
DPS in motor vehicle accident cases
of this type will be stayed by a re
quest for hearing until such time as
the matter is finally resolved
Conference hears
language expert
More than 5,000 languages exist
in the approximately 136 countries
of the world, a linguist told com
munity and junior college teachers
at a TAMU conference this week.
Dr. Anwar Dil of the U. S. Inter
national University at San Diego re
lated his observations and some of
the international implications of
bilingual and bicultural education at
the conference.
Dil, a native of Pakistan, said that
by the time he went to grade school
he spoke Panjabi, Urdu, classic
Arabic for reading the Koran, classi
cal Persian for studying literature
and English, the official tongue of
the British masters.
The linguist was the last of three
guest speakers appearing at the
TAMU-sponsored workshop on
awareness and methods for teachers
from colleges having large bicul
tural segments.
Dil told a story of a class in which
seven or eight languages were rep
resented with six major dialects.
Several of the dialect speakers were
convinced their dialects were sepa
rate languages.
In Pakistan there is a much
stronger tendency to cling to certain
languages as a means of asserting
cultural and political identity.
As an example, he cited the cul
tures of Hindus, Muslims and
Sikhs, which all spoke Panjabi. But
the Hindus moved to the Hindi lan
guages and the Muslims to Urdu,
although the tongues were closely
related, to show their identity.
through administrative hearing or
the courts.
Speir said the new law was
enacted to enable Texas to comply
with a U.S. Supreme Court deci
sion. The decision had invalidated
portions of the previous Texas
Safety Responsibility Law because
of a lack of “due process ” provisions
in the old law.
Speir said the new law was signed
by the Governor on June 20, and
uninsured motorists involved in ac
cidents since June 21 can be affected
by its provisions.
A “Surveyors Workshop” is plan
ned August 21-22 by members of
the Civil Engineering Department
at TAMU.
Dr. David Mezera, departmental
spokesman said, “The Texas State
Plane Coordinate System will be
the subject of an intensive work
shop. The theory of this system
coordinates, which is used in Texas,
will be applied to practical prob
lems.
“The people attending the work
shop are a wide assortment of pro
fessional surveyors and professional
engineers who represent private
firms, state and federal agencies and
some municipalities,” Mezera said.
“Dozens of participants will gather
at the Rudder Conference Center
from across the state for this work
shop.
“They will familiarize themselves
with the system which the state is
using to coordinate municipal,
highway, railroad and mineral sur
veys,” he said.
Workers go on strike
Several striking workers
from Collier Electric Co. began
picketing the intersection of
Houston St. and University
Drive yesterday.
Jim D.Kentzler, assistant
business manager of the Inter
national brotherhood of electri
cal Workers (IBEW) Local
Union 716, said that Collier
Electric was engaged in dis
criminatory practices in work
ing and hiring. He said that
some workers were afraid to
join the union for fear of bodily
harm or job loss. The IBEW
Local Union 716 claims that
TAMU is using state tax money
to subsidize unfair labor prac
tices.
A Collier management rep
resentative said that IBEW 716
is trying to organize Collier into
a union shop. At present, Col
lier is an open shop electrical
subcontracting firm hired to do
wiring in the Sbisa Dining Hall
kitchen renovation. He said he
felt that the grievance is un
founded strike pressure poli
tics.
Upon questioning, manage
ment said the firing of two men
with the least seniority (due to
slack in work), brought on the
strike. At least one of the men
was a union organizer, sup
posedly paid by the union to
work for Collier.
A federal investigation is in
process and a suit has been filed
by the union against Collier.
On strike
Union picket on the march yesterday*