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Bal r 'H 'lass i ths ^ 5 Oil; % qual tre Co ®f; % :re i; Si as It ixas •Id’s Cbc Battalion Texas A&M University I sfe clubs 'iliac ivies (ucc > apt: ir o! lical tides DLB >w h ice ! lete l 65. nust egisi: s 01 plica: rds 's C 3 SO Rw ialt :inf Volume 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1965 Number 139 Reorganization Of A&M System Suffers Legislative Setback By TOMMY DEFRANK AUSTIN — Reorganization of the Texas A&M University Sys tem suffered a giant setback in the Legislature Monday when Sen. Don Kennard pushed through an amendment removing Arling ton State College from Sen. Bill Moore's reorganization bill. The Senate Education Commit tee approved Kennard’s proposal by a close 7-5 vote despite ap- Solon Chops Moore’s Bill On Arlington Don Kennard was in a festive mood late Monday, and he had every right to be. The Senator from Fort Worth had celebrated Washington’s birth day in fine fashion by chopping down Bill Moore and his reorgani zation dreams for Arlington State College, and he appeared elated over his victory as he rehashed the Education Committee’s action that morning. ‘T was well-pleased with the committee’s position, and I feel there are two main reasons for their decision. There is a tenden cy in the Senate to go along with the hometown Senator, and there is a strong feeling that lends itself to the governor’s recommendations for educational realignment. The Senator’s and the General’s pro posal is adverse to the governor’s wishes,” Kennard claimed. He was referring to Senator Moore and General Earl Rudder, who saw their bill diluted when the committee approved Kennard’s amendment leaving Arlington State out of the legislation. But Kennard, a University of Texas graduate, was eager to point out that his differences with A&M are educational rather than per sonal. “I don’t have a thing in the world against A&M. My parents met at A&M, and when I was born they brought me back there to be christened. My mother was even a member of the A&M Mothers Club. All my family is gung-ho for the Aggies,” he explained. “But to some extent the inter ests of A&M and Arlington State differ. A&M will probably con tinue to accent engineering and the sciences, or the land-grant ed ucational concept, while we are keyed to a broader, liberal arts as pect,” he pointed out. “To fit the needs of our metro politan area this is a must. This is why I am delighted and am in wholehearted support of the gov ernor’s program,” he continued. Kennard also expressed doubt that Moore had thrown in the tow el on his own proposal. “Bill’s my deskmate and there’s no more apt a legislator. It’s pos sible that he might try to revive his bill, but I think it will be dif ficult for him,” he concluded. peals by A&M president Earl Rudder and Board Chairman Sterling Evans and a fiery pro test by Moore, chairman of the committee. The amended version of SB 254 now gives A&M much stronger control over Tarleton State Col lege and Prairie View A&M and changes their names to Tarleton College and Prairie View College of Texas A&M University. Moore had sought the same provisions for Arlington State. Kennard made assurances that Arlington State would remain in the A&M System for the time being but would not fall under the increased regulation by the A&M Board. “This amendment is not an attempt to take us out from under the A&M Board; it is sim ply an attempt to maintain the status quo until we have a chance to run with the governor’s pro gram,” Kennard explained be fore the hearing. Governor John Connally’s plan for higher education calls for Arlington State to fall under the jurisdiction of the University of Texas, and Kennard and ASC backers have aligned themselves with the governor’s proposal. Debate was wild and heated as Moore repeatedly attacked Ken nard’s amendment and Kennard attacked A&M for its reorgani zation stand. “The A&M Board has worked and made comprehensive studies. I have the utmost confidence in them and I’m willing to buy their plan. I’m not willing to sub stitute for what they think with anything else,” Moore thundered. “We’d rather be a college of first class than be part of a system that is fifth class,” Ken nard shot back. Moore hinted that if Kennard sponsored a bill calling for sev erance of Arlington State from the A&M System he would be favorable to it. “This bill is not the vehicle to get a divorce. If you want out, introduce another bill. I might surprise you and even vote RUDDER ADDRESSES EDUCATION COMMITTEE . . . board chairman Evans at left. COMMITTEE DISCUSSES REORGANIZATION BILL . . . Moore, left, Kennard, right, argue merits. Developments Reach $10.9 Million A&M University has experi enced major developments involv ing more than $10.9 million in the last year. President Earl Rudder said the advances have been largely made possible through grants ranging from $3.25 million down to $109,400. The $3.25 million has been made available for a U. S. De partment of Agriculture livestock toxicology laboratory on campus. It will be the largest facility of its kind in the nation. Construction will start soon on the institution’s giant cyclotron, the fourth of its kind to be located on a U. S. campus and the largest in the South. The “atom smasher” will cost $6 million. Rudder said A&M has received $1 million for expansion of campus facilities, such as dormi tories. The university is keeping pace with increased nuclear energy and space activities through a $1 million grant for its Activation Analysis Laboratory and Space Research Center, he pointed out. In the agricultural field, $700,- 000 has been made available for a USD A Cotton Pathology Labo ratory. A grant of $300,000 has been marked for a USD A Cotton Ginning Laboratory for the uni versity’s South Plains Research and Extension Center at Lubbock. A recent grant of $300,000 will be used to establish the East Texas Research-Extension Center at Overton. The center will en able A&M ! to conduct a wide variety of research and educa tion efforts developed in co operation with The Build East Texas Program. BET is an area program de signed to point out opportunities for increasing agricultural in come. Radiation research, now under way in many areas at the uni versity, will move forward with a grant of $260,000. Chemistry research has received $211,186, and $210,197 has gone to water pollution investigations. A grant of $180,000 is being used to develop a program in medical and biological statistics. Also in the statistics area is a $124,700 grant to expand the graduate program in the Insti tute of Statistics. Plans are in final stages for an office building extension of the Data Processing Center. The multi-story structure will have 21,000 square feet of floor space and will allow additional com puter components to be installed in the present building. A $173,150 grant has been received toward construction of the ex tension. A Chair of Basic Animal Science for the Department of Animal Science has been made possible through a grant of $125,000. The chair is a first for the College of Agriculture. Electron microscopy, widely used in the many science and engineering fields at A&M, will expand operations in a new laboratory now in the planning stage. A grant of $109,400 for the facility was announced last fall. The World at a Glance By The Associated Press International MOSCOW—Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky, the Soviet defense minister, warned the United States Monday the Viet Nam crisis threatens a great war and he said it will be a war in which “imperialists and the whole system of capitalism will find their grave.” He claimed that the defense potential of the Communist nations is more than a match for the West’s. National WASHINGTON—Sen. Gale McGee, D.-Wyo., urged Monday night that the United States serve an ultimatum on North Viet Nam to quit infiltrating South Viet Nam by a specified date or face gradu ally stepped-up bombings. First to be hit would be all bona fide military installations in North Viet Nam. If infiltration continued, bridges, highways and railroads would be attacked. Then, if necessary, industrial centers would be bombed. ★ ★ ★ WASHINGTON—Posters and other displays that encourage Americans to travel abroad are to be removed from passport offices around the country, by State Department request. A memo from Abba P. Schwartz, administrator of security and counselor affairs, cites President Johnson’s suggestion that Americans “see the U.S.A.” on vacations rather than spend their dollars on foreign junkets while this country suffers from a gold drain. ★ ★ ★ CHICAGO—The head of the Black Muslims said Monday he is shocked by the assassination of Mal colm X, a former disciple, but “We are not disturbed because we are innocent.” Elijah Muhammad spoke to newsmen in his South Side home, heavily guarded although he said he had not asked for special police protection. Texas AUSTIN—A rare portrait of George Washington was presented the state of Texas Monday by E. M. Ted Dealey, publisher of the Dallas Morning News. The oil painting, by Jane Stuart, is one of about 15 reproductions of the portrait done by her father, Gilbert Stuart. Dealey bought his copy in London. It reportedly is the only one in the United States. ★ ★ ★ DALLAS—Dallas and Fort Worth probably will ask the Civil Aeronautics Board for more time to make their decision on the location of a regional airport to serve the area, Mayor Erik Jonsson pre dicted Monday. Central Board Measure Passes Senate Committee AUSTIN UP) — The Senate State Affairs Committe unani mously approved for floor con sideration Gov. John Connally’s Bill, HB1, setting up an 18-mem ber coordinating board for tax- supported colleges and universi ties. The measure won House pas sage 141-4 last week. Connally made the bill his condition for recommending expanded college and university budgets. The pro posed board would have strong controls over course offerings and power to classify the 22 state schools as colleges or universi ties. Sen. Bill Moore of Bryan, spon sor of the governor’s bill, said he intends to seek a Senate vote on the measure Wednesday. If the bill is approved without change, it will go to Connally for signature. Another controversial bill re ceived Senate State Affairs Com mittee approval. It would create a North Texas Airport Authority in Tarrant County. Dallas Sen. George Parkhouse opposed the bill, sponsored by Sen. Don Ken nard of Fort Worth. Parkhouse said the measure would force Dallas County “to buy a one-half interest in a horse that’s conscious, but dying.” A constitutional amendment is need-, ed for the bill to take effect. Sponsors of a rules change which would delay Senate con sideration of any teacher pay in crease legislation won Senate Committee approval of the change and looked for passage Tuesday. The rule extends by 45 days- to May 12 this session-a Senate ban on consideration of such single - shot appropriations bills as a teacher pay raise or a pay raise for judges. Backers of the House-passed rules change contend it could aid Gov. John Connally in win ning support for his graduated 10-year teacher pay plan. Connally’s plan is receiving heavy opposition from teachers, who have gathered strong sup port for their proposed $405 an nual increase costing the state $68 million during 1966-67, about twice as much as Connally’s plan. Rules change supporters feared the teachers’ proposal could win early Senate approval under existing rules allowing considera tion of such measures after 75 days. Such Senate passage in early April, they feared, could result in two possible means to get needed extra money: a big tax bill, or a cut in higher ap propriations for colleges recom mended by Connally. for it,' Moore said. “If your amendment goes on, you’ll have to introduce another bill because this bill won’t pass,” an angry Moore predicted. Rudder and Evans attempted to explain reasons for wanting to reorganize the A&M System, and Rudder pointed out that members of the Dallas and Fort Worth Chambers of Commerce desiring a graduate program for ASC had initiated the reorganization pro ceedings last year. The Board granted ASC a graduate school, with degrees to be awarded under the heading “Texas A&M Univer sity”, in December, a move which touched off the A&M-ASC con troversy. “They’re coming along fine and we want to see them become one of the great schools of Texas in the future. But if we’re going to put a graduate program up there next year, somebody needs to put an arm around Arlington,” Rudder said. Late Monday night Moore, somewhat cooler than he had been in the morning hearing, re viewed the committee’s decision. “I’m not unhappy at all. If Arlington wants out that suits me just fine, but certainly we need the bill if they are to remain in our System. However, I will absolutely not support the bill as it is presently amended. I submitted the bill based on merit and good faith and there obvious ly was organized opposition,” Moore mused. “I have appointed a friendly subcommittee to get the amend ment out and I expect it to be removed before the bill is re ported back to the full commit tee,’ he continued. Moore had sharp words for Arlington State and warned that he will oppose attempts to ap propriate further funds for the college from A&M’s available monies. “I will not support any further expenditure of A&M funds for Arlington State College because of their attitude, which finally came out in the open today. They showed how they feel about us, and they outsmarted themselves as far as finances are concerned,” Moore emphasized. Fish Sweetheart Marsha McLaurin, 18-year-old Bastrop High School senior, was named Freshman Sweetheart at the Fish Ball Satur day night. Ag-gie Sweetheart Johanna Leister pins a rib bon on the beauty, and freshman Don Allen presents roses. Miss McLaurin was escorted by Jimmy Callahan, also of Bastrop.