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VOLUME 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1968
NUMBER 557
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Muster Rescheduled
For San Jacinto Day
A Department of Defense of
ficial here Monday scoffed at the
charges that DOD is “invading”
the campus by its funding of
defense-aligned research.
“As we see it, the objectives of
both the universities and defense
are complementary,” declared Dr.
Donald M. MacArthur, DOD’s
deputy director for research and
technology.
Speaking before 180 persons
at a Friday night banquet of the
Gulf-Southwest Section, Ameri
can Society for Engineering Edu
cation at A&M, Dr. MacArthur
noted:
“We have recently seen, for the
second successive year in Project
THEMIS, what appears to be a
wide-spread, substantial interest
by universities in defense-relevant
science and technology. We re
ceive 10 times as many THEMIS
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CENTREX WORKER
General Telephone Co. employe Clement E. Kortis splices
1,800 pairs of wires connecting telephone lines in the
northern section of the campus with the $3.6 million Cen
trex telephone system being installed in the new library
addition. The connection was made Monday in an under
ground hatch just west of the Chemistry Building. (Photo
by Mike Wright)
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Hines Named ’68-’69 Chairman
Of Political Forum Committee
By DAVE MAYES
Battalion Staff Writer
Ronald D. Hines of Midland
was unanimously voted new chair
man of the Political Forum Mon
day by the Memorial Student Cen
ter Council.
A junior finance major with a
2,02 overall grade point ratio,
Hines will have the responsibility
of bringing Political Forum out
“from under” the protective wing
of the Great Issues Committee
and building it to a major com
mittee by the end of next year.
In other council business, David
Gay, executive vice president of
programs, reported that his pro
gram evaluation committee is ex
amining existing MSC activities
on the basis of general appeal
to the student body.
“ONLY 500 students, four per
cent of the A&M student body,
actively participate in any of
MSC student programs,” Gay
said.
“We hope that there will be
more student participation as we
widen the scope of existing pro
grams and add new activities, like
film presentations, which require
only ‘passive participation’ from
students,” he added.
Wayne Prescott, council vice
president, announced that two
council delegations will visit the
student unions of six universities
within the next month to get
firsthand information for making
recommendations for the proposed
$6 million expansion of A&M’s
student union.
MEMBERS of the delegation
which will visit Oklahoma and
Oklahoma State Universities next
Tuesday are J. Wayne Stark, di
rector of the MSC; Tom D. Cher
ry, vice president for business af
fairs; Howard L. Vestal, director
of management service depart
ment; Benjamin J. Sims, presi
dent-elect of the MSC Council
and Directorate; and W. R. Mat
thews of Bryan, architect for the
MSC expansion.
To visit student unions of In
diana, Butler, Purdue and Ball
State Universities the second
week of April are Stark, James
P. Hannigan, dean of students;
W. C. Freeman Jr., vice president
and comptroller; and a student to
be named later.
proposals as we can fund. Over
all, we continue to receive five
times as many unsolicited re
search proposals as we can fund.”
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
contracts have come under fire at
several universities over the na
tion.
The speaker said in the past
fiscal year, DOD funded approxi
mately 4,200 contracts on uni
versity campuses for basic re
search. Less than three per cent
were classified.
“These few contracts were
classified usually because the
individual investigatory’s work
tended to be applied and required
limited access to classified in
formation, rather than because
the research itself was classified,”
MacArthur said.
Nevertheless, the speaker said
DOD has taken steps to assure
that all future “basic” research
supported at universities will be
unclassified.
“However, because universities
possess special skills unique to
the demands of national secur
ity,” he continued, “we will con
tinue to support applied research
at universities as well as aca
demic consulting arrangements,
where mutual interests are
served.”
MacARTHUR noted decline in
DOD support for academic re
search because of a very tight
budget situation. In fiscal year
1969, he said, the President has
requested Congress provide a
19 per cent increase for academic
institutional support.
To minimize any tight-budget
impacts of the past few years,
he suggested that DOD and the
universities insist on high quality
in project ideas, in investigators
and in project management.
“Yet, we also must take care
that in the careful selection pro
cess, we do not confuse reputa
tion with potential,” the deputy
director warned. “In other words,
we must not overlook the bright
young investigator in favor of
the more mature scientist. Equal
ly important, we must not over
look the long-term, more basic,
high-risk efforts which can lead
to totally new capabilities.”
WHILE AT A&M, MacArthur
conferred with officials involved
in the two THEMIS programs
here.
In other banquet activities, Dr.
Ruben D. Kelly, associate pro
fessor at the University of New
Mexico, was presented ASEE’s
1967-68 Western Electric Award
for excellence in teaching. He
received a certificate and a $500
check.
The three-day ASEE meeting
here concluded at noon Saturday.
General Chairman was Dr. J. G.
H. Thompson of the Mechanical
Engineering Department.
Execs Respond
To Protests
From Students
By BOB PALMER
The Student Senate Executive
Committee has reversed its earli
er decision and set Muster Day
for the traditional April 21, Sen
ate President Jerry Campbell
disclosed Monday.
The decision to have Muster
on April 22 had come under fire
from large numbers of students
and organizations. Representa
tives from the Junior Council in
particular challenged the date on
the floor of the Senate Thursday.
“Due to the considerable stu
dent interest that Muster be on
the 21st,” Campbell said, “we
changed it back to San Jacinto
Day.”
Muster will be called at 6 p.m.
April 21 in front of the System
Administration Building.
EVERYONE INVOLVED with
the Muster program will be able
to be there, according to Camp
bell. They include the band, Sing
ing Cadets, Ross Volunteers, a
speaker, not yet announced, and
President Earl Rudder, who will
return from a Muster at the San
Jacinto Battle Field earlier Sun
day.
Investigation by the executive
committee showed that these
people, some of whom had been
reported as unable to attend,
would be able to be here that
Sunday.
The overriding reason for the
change to the 22nd was the fear
that few people would attend,
Campbell said.
“At the time we made the
decision to change it to the 22nd,
we felt it was the only possible
decision,” he asserted.
CAMPBELL explained that be
cause so many students have
expressed a desire to have Mus
ter on the 21st, the executive
committee reviewed its decision
and agreed that “Aggies would
care enough to come.”
Campbell stressed that it is
now up to the students whether
Muster will be a success or not.
“I am certainly happy to see
that Aggies were so concerned
about having Muster on the
21st,” Senate Vice-President Bill
Carter said.
Both he and Campbell express
ed satisfaction with student in
terest in Muster and hoped for
a good attendance.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES
In the spring, a young man’s fancy turns to class elections, and campaign signs start blos
soming out like new leaves. Above, two students look over the Guion Hall area advertise
ments for candidates in the elections to be held Thursday. (Photo by Mike Wright)
More Money, Social Affairs
Top Senior President Issues
String Virtuoso Duo Sets
‘Showcase’ Concert Here
Carol and Daniel Domb, virtuo
so duo on the violincello and vio
lin, bring their acclaimed talent
to Texas A&M through Memorial
Student Center Town Hall spon
sorship Thursday.
Debaters Win 3
In Austin Meet
Texas A&M debaters defeated
three teams, including the
eventual All-Texas Tourney run-
nerup, in Austin over the week
end.
Ron Hinds of Midland and Bob
Peek of Jacksboro won over Mid-
Western, the University of Texas
at El Paso and Southern Method
ist in the powermatch tourna
ment.
UTEP finished second to the
University of Houston in the sen
ior division. Texas at Austin,
won the junior division.
Hinds and Peek, members of
the A&M team which meets Har
vard in debate at the Memorial
Student Center Monday, were de
feated by Baylor, Texas Tech and
Texas at Austin, the latter by a
close decision, in the senior divi
sion.
Bryan Building & Loan
Association, Your Sav-
^ ings Center, since 1919.
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TOWN HALL VIRT1
Carol and Daniel Domb, intednationally-renowned virtuoso
duo on violoncello and violin, will perform here Thursday
at 8 p. m. in the Memorial Student Center ballroom. It will
be the last Town Hall Artists Showcase presentation of
the year.
The 8 p.m. MSC Ballroom per
formance will be the final Town
Hall Artists Showcase presenta
tion of 1967-68, noted Robert F.
Gonzales of San Antonio, chair
man.
Recipient of rave notices and
public ovation, the Domb duo
brought together last year talent
recognized at the age of 11 and
a cellist hailed, in New York,
Montreal, Beaumont, Washington,
Baltimore and Boston.
Gonzales said activity cards
and Town Hall season tickets will
gain admission to the perfor
mance. There will be no reserved
seats. Other single admissions will
be $2 for adults and $1 for stu
dents with 12-and-under children
free.
At their formal debut as duo
artists in Cleveland last year, the
couple struck “the musical spark,”
one critic wrote. “There was ten
sion and relaxation . . . verve and
fire and above all, musical aware
ness that communicated .. .”
Daniel Domb is a U. S. and
European tour veteran who ap
peared as cello soloist with the
New York Philharmonic under
Leonard Berstein, Chicago Sym
phony and Arthur Fiedler’s Bos
ton Pops.
First Bank & Trust now pays
5% per annum on savings certif
icates. —Adv.
(Editor’s note: The following
article is presented in an effort
to inform student voters of the
goals of class officer candidates
in Thursday’s elections. A sec
ond feature in this series will
continue with candidates for
junior and sophomore offices.)
By MIKE PLAKE
Battalian Feature Editor
The 1968 race for the presi
dency of the senior class, a con
test between four members of the
Cadet Corps and a lone civilian,
appears to be oriented towards
campaign promises for “more
money and increased social ac
tivities.”
William “Elmo” Bradford is the
civilian. Former Corps Com
mander at Peacock Military
Academy in San Antonio, Brad
ford is a pre-med major at Texas
A&M.
Bradford’s political experience
include the vice-presidency of
Peacock Academy’s student coun
cil, and the presidency of his class
at that institution for three con
secutive years.
He has never run for office at
A&M.
His platform:
“I WOULD like to investigate
further the policy concerning the
issuance of day student permits
next year,” Bradford said.
“I would also like to look into
the possibility of permitting stu
dents, either Cadet Corps or
civilian, to eat off-campus if they
so choose.”
“In addition, I intend to attempt
to establish a trip en masse to
one of the road football games
next year.”
Clarence T. Gore, a Ross Vol
unteer who competed last year for
yell leader position, expresses his
programs differently.
I’ve always been extremely in
terested in my class activities,”
Gore said. We as a class ought
to get together and move out,
especially on fund raising.”
GORE, a chemical engineering
major from Arp, Texas, sug
gested that the senior class spon
sor inter-class dances on football
weekends next year. He proposed
using the profits for a memorial
in the Memorial Student Center.
I was thinking of a bust of
Pinkie Downs,” Gore noted.
“Also, I would like to see at
least one informal dance in the
spring so that civilian students
could have the chance to bring
their dates down a final time be
fore the ring dance.
He added that, for the Cadet
Corps, he would like to try to
formally re-instate the “bootline”
at the halftime period during
Aggie football games.
Henry M. Johnson, like Gore,
campaigned for office last year.
“I LOST by two votes, but it
gave me a valuable experience,”
Johnson said.
From Baytown, majoring in
marketing, Johnson came up with
the idea of a raffle to raise money
for the senior class.
“The profits from the raffle
could go for an increased number
of social functions next year, such
as dances and class parties on
football weekends.”
Johnson also suggested a con
tinuing contribution to the Senior
Fund, which will be donated to the
university 25 years from the
present.
BEVERLY “Early” Davis, vice-
president of the present junior
class and a member of the election
commission, represents a fourth
view for fund-raising.
“I would like to see the Senior
Council make more money than
we did this year, through the sale
of sweatshirts and other cam
paigns.
“In addition, the council could
perform the important job of
giving efficient communications
throughout the class.
Davis pointed the profits from
his fund-raising ideas toward the
larger traditional events, such as
the Ring Dance and the Boot
Dance.
DENNIS J. Fontana, an archi
tectural construction major, com
pletes the list of five candidates
for the senior class presidency.
Fontana expresses his qualifi
cations for the job thus:
“I have experience with the
Junior Council, plenty of time,
and unlimited effort to expand on
the job.”
Fontana placed emphasis on
class leadership as he outlined
his platform.
“I plan to keep the ball rolling,”
he said. “My eyes, ears, and door
are always open to the ideas of
the class of ’69.”
“With the class of ’69 at the
helm, and some industrious offi
cers, we should be able to lead
the school in the best year ever,”
he noted. “But to do this, we need
lots of communication and par
ticipation in our class.”
Bond Posted By Two Students
Held In University Burglaries
Two Texas A&M students
charged with burglary for more
than $10,000 were reported to
have posted bond of $4,000 each
and been released from Brazos
County Jail.
Charged in Brazos County Jus
tice of the Peace Court were Jer
ry F. Janecka, 19-year-old sopho
more from Hillsboro, and Erwin
G. Kirkvold, also 19, a freshman
from Sioux Falls, S. D. Both
students were studying engineer
ing.
A&M Campus Security Chief
Ed Powell said the two youths
were apprehended Thursday
Silver Taps Held
For AF Officer
Silver Taps Monday night hon
ored a meteorology graduate stu
dent, Air Force Lt. Stephen Mc
Donald who was killed in a one-
car accident Friday evening on
State Highway 30 near Shilo.
Also in the car with the 23-
year-old student from Las Cruces,
N. M. was Lt. Michael Dunn of
Corvallis, Ore., who has since
been released from St. Joseph
Hospital in Bryan.
McDonald lived at 306 Redmond
Drive in College Station and Dunn
at 302 Redmond.
McDonald’s body was taken to a
Navasota funeral home pending
Air Force disposition.
night at their dormitory on the
basis of information provided by
several other students.
Theft of a television set and
radio from a dormitory room had
been reported earlier in the day.
A SEARCH of the suspects’
rooms revealed a variety of items
hidden in a wall behind a medi
cine cabinet, as well as in closets
and under beds, Powell said.
The two students made state
ments regarding the case Thurs
day night and this morning led
officers to a pond north of Bry
an where several electronic items
were believed to have been dis
carded. He said a citizens band
two-way radio and an auto stereo
unit were recovered from the
water.
Powell believes the arrest
cleared up at least six campus
burglaries dating back to before
Thanksgiving.
The burglarized facilities in
clude the Memorial Student Cen
ter, the Educational ' Television
Department in Bagley Hall, Elec
trical Engineering Building and
the Creative Application of Tech
nology to Education (CATE)
Center in Buildings C and D of
the temporary classroom area
behind the A&M Press. The
chief noted ETV was struck
twice.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M”
—Adv.
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