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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1965 Number 19$
Stop
The
Presses
By LANI PRESSWOOD
So it’s already Thursday. What
appened to all that time I was
hing to spend preparing for
inals? Oh well, no use worry-
lg about it now, they’re here
nd so is the end of summer.
And with the end of summer
Imes the temporary end of all
lie sights and sounds that accom-
Lny summer school at Aggie-
[nd.
The mornings of despair and
udgery spent in the grind of
iven o’clock classes.
Civil Rights Law May Produce
Unlimited Coeducation At A&M
The afternoons of pure pleas-
k spent in losing the never
iding war with The Bag
jonster.
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jThe nights spent battling mos-
litoes, ten-gallons hats and the
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fojectionist at the Grove.
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The unaccustomed sight of
eds bouncing in and out of the
jirms and outnumbering the eds
some courses.
The mob scenes in the parking
at night and the enthusiastic
t abortive attempts to locate
id depopulate the male adoles-
it population of Bryan.
The hours spent at the pool
lere everybody wore swim suits
t only the kids went swimming.
The activity in Guion Hall
lere the Fallout Theater Work-
jppers kept things constantly
pping.
The realization that you can
a course just as easy in six
eks as you can in four months.
The resolution to investigate a
p to Copenhagen next summer.
The pauses to watch the con-
nction as the new buildings
wly go up.
The pauses to watch the de-
uction as the Aggieland Tnn
d St. Mary’s Rectory rapidly
me down.
The dances at the MSC with
e combos and even some live
ncers.
The tragedy of a fatal accident
campus and several more
[Aggie deaths away from school,
he surprise at Hank Fold-
|rg's sudden resignation and the '
tinual appearance of Randy
itson in the news,
he excitement of approaching
cafeteria and wondering what
w odor would be in the air.
|The recognition of the first
%ns of football fever and the
Sought that Baton Rouge isn’t
felly so far to go when you
«ally think about it.
|The anticipation of nearly three
peks of vacation to be spent at
little of everything except
udying.
And with all of this has come
summer full of glaring head-
les, many indicating the shape
°f things to come.
jThe American advisory effort
n a little piece of Southeast Asia
illed Viet Nam became a war
nd you figure it’ll be a very long
e before it comes to an end.
The astronauts kept moving
her and further along and
. S. plans for a manned land-
tg on the moon by 1969 don’t
found so remote anymore.
[The Dominican Republic erupt-
d into internal strife and Presi-
ht Johnson made a quick de-
that it is still being de
nted.
The LBJ domestic program
fcs met with less controversy—
Congress at least—and history-
iking legislation has been writ-
|n into the statute books.
The City of Angels became an
erno of rioting, pillage, arson
M murder.
One set of quintuplets was born
ght on the heels of another, a
tveland reporter finally crossed
■e Atlantic in a 1314-foot boat
ter being washed overboard six
toes, and the Yankees appear
xuned to sixth place in the
®erican League.
Like the man said—it was that
ud of summer.
This cutaway drawing- of
spacecraft shows one of the astronauts
exercising with an elastic bunge cord to
overcome the deteriorating effects of
weightlessness. Both Command Pilot L.
Gordon Cooper Jr. and pilot Charles Conrad
Jr. will exercise with the cord four times a
EXERCISE FOR ASTRONAUTS
the Gemini V day. Doctors said the 60-pound pull on the
cord is an effort to make the heavy work
harder in the easy-living space environment
of weightlessness and inactivity. Drawing
by AP staff artist Peter Linnartz. (AP
Wirephoto)
Attendance Record For New
Student Conferences Broken
(Editor’s note: The following
story, which was written by
Tommy DeFrank, appeared in
the Wednesday afternoon edi
tion of The Fort Worth Star-
Telegram. DeFrank, who will
be News Editor of The Bat
talion during the approaching
school year, is writing for the
Star-Telegram this summer.)
By TOMMY DeFRANK
The chairman of The A&M
Board of Directors said Wednes
day morning that recent civil
rights legislation could possibly
force a change in the status of
coeducation at A&M.
H. C. Heldenfels, a Corpus
Christi contractor, also revealed
that Attorney General Waggoner
Carr has been requested to make
a study to determine if any fed
eral laws prohibit the current
policy of coeducation at the
school.
However, Carr said from Aus
tin that all discussions with A&M
officials have been on an informal
basis.
He admitted that he has been
asked to study the question but
has received no formal request to
deliver a ruling.
“We have not made a complete
study and will not until we get
a request for a formal opinion,”
Carr stressed.
He did say that study has been
given the matter by his office.
Heldenfels said that the sub
ject had arisen at the June 26
Board meeting because some
board members were concerned
that the university might loose
millions of dollars in federal
grants if the present admission
policy were ruled unlawful.
He added that he personally
believed that the current policy is
permissible.
“The status of coeducation now
at A&M is good and should be
continued at the present time,”
he claimed.
“Of course we have no alterna
tive but to follow the recommen
dation of the Attorney General,”
he continued, “and if he decides
that our policy is wrong then we
will certainly change it.”
Wives and daughters of stu
dents and faculty and staff mem
bers are the only undergraduate
women permitted to enroll at
A&M at the present time.
Heldenfels said that the con
cern of certain university offi
cials hinges upon Title IV, Section
401(b) of the Civil Rights Act of
1964—the section dealing with
desegregation of public education.
The section states that “ ‘de
segregation’ means the assign
ment of students to public schools
and within such schools without
regard to their race, color, re
ligion or national origin, but ‘de
segregation’ shall not mean the
assignment of students to public
schools in order to evercome
racial imbalance.”
Heldenfels noted that no refer
ence to sex is made in the section.
“I personally believe that the
matter of sex was left off in
tentionally, but others feel that
sex was intended to be included,”
he said.
If Carr rules that the current
policy is contrary to federal laws
the university would be virtually
forced to permit complete coedu
cation or forfeit several million
dollars in federal grants received
annually.
Large federal grants at present
include a $3 million grant from
the Atomic Energy Commission
for construction of a cyclotron,
and a $1 million National Aero
nautics and Space Administration
grant for a space research center.
Complete coeducation would de
stroy the all-male tradition estab
lished when the school was opened
in 1876 and maintained until the
limited coeducation setup was
adopted in 1963.
A record number of Texas
A&M freshmen and their par
ents have taken advantage of
the New Student Summer Con
ference. The last of the 15 two-
day conferences began Monday.
Attendance this summer totals
1,243 students, a 15 per cent in
crease over last year. Approxi
mately 1,000 parents and friends
of the freshmen attended special
sessions for parents, a gain of
400 over a year earlier.
Also reported was “a signifi
cant increase” in the number of
students taking tests to secure
academic credit. Tests may be
taken for regular university cre
dit in courses of any of five sub
jects.
The conferences are a coopera
tive project of various A&M of
fices and groups with the aim of
Mayor Hits Code,
Hoods In Speech
Midland Mayor Hank Avery
said here Tuesday the people will
eventually become sick and tired
of having hoodlums running the
streets and do something about
the situation.
“I’d like for you to look into
the new criminal code,” he said.
“It’s the sorriest piece of legis
lation ever to come outof Austin.”
Mayor Avery was addressing a
session of the 8th annual Institute
on Police-Community Relations at
Texas A&M.
“It’s the people’s problem--if
they want hoodlums to run in
the streets, that’s what they will
do,” he continued.
Referring to the riots in Los
Angeles, the A&M graduate said
“the blame for this must be
shared by Mr. Johnson in the
White House and Mayor Avery
in Midland. We do everything for
the objective—I question some of
the national figures’ objectives
and motives, whether they are
trying to improve the situation or
get re-elected.”
He recalled an instance in
which a man threatened to spend
$10,000 to unseat him in the next
election because he took a stand
which af fected the man’s busi
ness.
“I told him to go right ahead,
that if I didn’t stand up for what
was right it was time for some
body else to take over anyway,”
the lanky oilman commented.
“Show me a sorry town and
I’ll show you a sorry police de
partment,” he continued. “A lot
of mayors are not giving their
jobs everything they have.”
The mayor said some of the
needed hedp can come from the
police chief, one of the most re
spected men in the community.
“I believe in the police depart
ment,” he said. “I’m here today
because I believe the institute
can be a leader in this particular
field of law enforcement.
LBJ Endorses Conference
President Lyndon B. Johnson
gave a boost last Thursday to the
International Research and Engi
neering Conference on Expansive
Clay Soils set August 30 through
September 3 at Texas A&M.
co-chairman Spencer Buchanan of
co-chairman Spences Buchanan of
A&M, the President said: “I ex
tend my best wishes to the engi
neers and scientists attending the
conference on expansive clays.
i&M To Gradute 493 This Month
The names of 493 candidates
r degrees from Texas A&M to
conferred at the end of the
mmer session have been re-
ised by the Registrar’s office.
There are 243 candidates for
thelors degree, 197 for masters
degrees and 53 for doctoral de
grees.
Classes continue through final
examinations Thursday and Fri
day.
A&M does not hold a summer
commencement.
The need for this knowledge is
increasing as the requirements
for highways, airports, buildings
and homes grow. I am pleased to
note that this conference offers
the opportunity for American
scientists and engineers to meet
with their colleagues from many
countries to freely exchange
ideas, findings, and solutions de
veloped in coping with common
problems.”
“It is gratifying to note,” Mr.
Johnson continued, “the coopera
tive sponsorship of this confer
ence by the Commonwealth Scien
tific and Industrial Research
Organization of Australia, the
Texas Section of the American
Society of Civil Engineers and
Texas A&M University.”
helping freshmen get off to a
good start.
Scheduled Sept. 13-15 is a
make-up session for those un
able to attend a regular con
ference. Approximately 600 fresh
men are expected.
“We’ve notived an increasing
number of families plan the cam
pus visits as part of their sum
mer vacation,” S. A. Kerley, di
rector of A&M’s Counseling and
Testing Center, said.
The program has evolved over
a decade as the best answer to
needs of the new student, par
ents and A&M. The conferences
provide time for the greatest
possible amount of individual at
tention. A student may do every
thing but attend his first classes
while on campus for the two
days.
“We lost very few of the stu
dents who participate in these
conferences,” Assistant Dean C.
H. Ransdell said of engineering
students. He is a veteran parti
cipant in the summer program.
SCONA Plans
Mexican Trip
To Gain Funds
Four Texas A&M students will
be in Mexico next week for a
fund-raising drive for the 11th
Student Conference on National
Affairs.
The SCONA leaders will also
extend invitations to Mexican col
lege students to participate in
the December 8-11 conference
at A&M.
SCONA Chairman Craig Buck
of Tyler will head the team
which included Robert H. Dil
lard of Houston, Robert Heaton
of Tyler and Don E. Allen of
Fred. Another conference lead
er, Enrique Tessada, will join
the group there as will David A.
Saloma-Arozco, a SCONA work
er last year. Tessada and Sal
oma-Arozco live in Mexico City.
Buck said $17,000 of the $19,-
000 budget is to be raised in fin
ance drives, while the remaining
$2,000 will come from delegate
registration fees.
The Aggie quartet will drive
to Laredo Friday and visit with
Mr. and Mrs. Eduardo Longoria
before going to Monterrey and
Mexico City.
Theme of the conference is
“The Far East: Focus on South
east Asia” (The Challenges to a
Dynamic Region).
Final Exam Schedule
The second summer session at Texas A&M will be offi
cially over after final exams are finished Friday. The exams
will follow the same schedule used last semester.
Exam Time Class Meeting
August 26, Thursday, 7 p. m 1-2:30 p. m.
August 27, Friday, 7 a. m 7-8:30 a. m.
August 27, Friday, 10 a. m 9-10:30 a. m.
August 27, Friday, 2 p. m 11a. m.-12:30 p. m.
This fall the new students will register on September
15 from 8 a. m. to noon. All other students will register on
September 16 from 1-5 p. m., and on September 17 from
8 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Faculty Gets
19 Per Cent
Salary Boost
Average salary for Texas A&M
faculty members will increase 19
per cent in September.
The 9-month teaching staff
average jumped from $8,144 last
year to $9,732 in 1965-66, Presi
dent Earl Rudder reported.
Average salary for full profes
sors wil Ibe increased 18 per cent
from $10,555 to $12,423 for nine
months, he said.
Other raises include:
Associate professors, up 15 per
cent from $8,700 to $9,985.
Assistant professors, from
$7,349 to $8,499, a 16 per cent
increase.
Instructors, raised from $5,781
to $6,551, a 13 per cent jump.
Salaries from A&M’s 500
faculty members will range from
$4,536 to $26,250 for nine months.
Increased faculty pay was a
major provision of A&M’s $64
million operating budget ap
proved for 1965-66.
“Competitive faculty salaries
will help us attract and retain
teaching brainpower,” Rudder
noted.
Faculty salaries have been in
creased 46 per cent since Rudder
became president of A&M in 1959.
WILLIAM LUKER
RICHARD CHERRY
GEORGE RICE
Department Heads Announced
For Business Administration
Three Texas A&M professors
become department heads Sept. 1
as part of the creation of de
partments within the 1,200-stu
dent School of Business Admini
stration. Expected shortly are
announcements of acting heads
for the two other new depart
ments.
The appointments were an
nounced by Dr. John E. Pearson.
Head of the school of business,
his title becomes director Septem
ber 1.
The appointments: Dr. Richard
T. Cherry, head. Department of
Finance; Dr. William A. Luker,
head. Department of Business
Analysis; and Dr. George H.
Rice, Jr., head, Department of
Management.
The other new units will be
the Department of Accounting,
largest of all with 500 students,
and Department of Marketing.
Dr. Cherry, a 1951 graduate
of A&M, joined the faculty here
in 1962. He advances from as
sistant to associate professor
Sept. 1. Dr. Cherry completed
graduate studies at the Uni
versity of Texas and also has
studies at the Free University
of West Berlin. He is the author
of numerous publications.
Dr. Luker received his first
degree from A&M and then at
tended North Texas State Uni
versity. He taught there and
also served as assistant registrar
before returning to A&M in 1963.
He advances from assistant to
associate professor Sept. 1 Dr.
Luker is the author of several
papers.
The Department of Business
Analysis which Dr. Luker will
head is the only non-degree de
partment in the new school of
business organization. The de
partment will offer analytical
courses such as statistics used
by all of the departments.
Dr. Rice had extensive exper
ience in industry before becoming
a professor. He completed un
dergraduate studies in electrical
engineering at A&M, received
the MBA degree from the Univer
sity of Denver while employed
there in the aerospace industry
and completed doctoral studies at
Stanford University. He has
taught at California State College
and is the author of several
papers. Dr. Rice came to the
A&M faculty in 1964 as an as
sociate professor.