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VOLUME 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1968
Number 602
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vote Application |Ciyilian Parking Areas
Deadline Friday * °
County Clerk Frank Boriskie
has issued a reminder that new
residents of Texas who wish to
vote in the presidential election
this year must apply for a ballot
at the county clerk's office by
5 p.m. Friday.
The reminder is for voters who
have lived in Texas more than 60
days but less than a year on next
Nov. 6, general election day. This
is the first time that residents of
less than a year will be able to
vote in a Texas presidential elec
tion.
A law passed last year allows
a new resident to vote if he will
have lived in Texas for at least
60 days on election day, possesses
all qualifications required for
voting in Texas elections except
the normal residence require
ments, and was either a qualified
voter in another state immedi
ately prior to his removal to Texas
or would have been eligible to
vote in the presidential election
in the state of his former resi
dence if he had remained there
and complied with the state’s
legal requirements for voting.
Boriskie said that if the voter
was registered in the state of his
former residence and has a voter
registration certificate or other
document to prove his registra
tion, he should have the document
with him when he applies at the
clerk’s office. Otherwise, it will
be necessary for the clerk to con
tact the appropriate election offi
cial in the state of the voter’s
former residence to verify wheth
er he would have been eligible to
vote in that state if he had not
changed his residence.
New residents whose applica
tions are accepted will be notified
of that fact and will return to
the clerk’s office between Oct. 21
and Nov. 1 to cast their ballots.
They will not be permitted to vote
on anything except President and
Vice President. Persons voting
under this law are not required to
register with the county tax
assessor-collector.
Voters who will have lived in
Texas more than a year on elec
tion day must be registered with
the tax assessor-collector in order
to vote, Boriskie said.
Persons who became residents
of Texas on or before last Oct. 1
had to register by last Jan. 31,
the regular registration deadline,
but those who became residents
after Oct. 1, last year, may regis
ter at any time up to 31 days be
fore the election. The deadline to
register for the general election
will be next Oct. 5.
If a registered voter will have
lived in the state more than a
year and in the county more than
6 months on election day, he will
vote a full ballot in the ordinary
manner on election day at the
polling place for the voting pre
cinct in which he lives.
If he will have lived in the
county less than 6 months, he will
be able to vote on statewide office
and issues, including President
and Vice President, but not on
local offices and issues, by apply
ing to the county clerk for a
ballot during the period from Oct.
16 through Nov. 1.
To Be Changed Soon
Ushers Meet Today
For 4 Home Games
Ushers of Texas A&M’s four
home football games meet today
in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
Les Palmer, head usher, said
the 5 p.m. meeting will be in
room 232.
Students that worked last year
should attend the meeting to re
claim their jobs, he said.
‘‘Others interested in ushering
should also be present,” Palmer
added.
Ticket sales for A&M’s home
games Oct. 12 with Texas Tech;
Oct. 19, TCU; Nov. 2, Arkansas,
and Nov. 16, Rice, are going well
above average.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.
—Adv.
CAC Exhibits
Oils In MSC
An exhibit of oil paintings by
Mrs. Dorothe A. Head of College
Station is being displayed at
Texas A&M by the Memorial Stu
dent Center Contemporary Arts
Committee.
The 14 paintings of a religious
theme are on exhibit in the MSC
lounge through Sept. 25, an
nounced Donald G. Prycer of
Edinburg, CAC exhibits chair
man.
Mrs. Head has traveled exten
sively with her husband, Col.
Vernon L. Head, professor of
Students interested in joining
the Contemporary Arts commit
tee should write Chairman Tom
Ellis, Box 5191, College Station,
or turn in an application at the
Contemporary Arts Box in the
Student Programs Office in the
MSC.
areospace studies and the ranking
Air Force officer in A&M’s Mili
tary Science Department.
She has studied and exhibited
in Japan, Hawaii and throughout
the U. S., and has received a-
wards in Delaware, Alabama, and
California annuals.
“I strive for a spiritual quality
in my paintings and often illus
trate them with biblical poetry,”
the talented artist said. “By verg
ing on the edge of the profane,
I feel I have discovered my own
. . . approach to the ecstatic ut
terances I wish to make as I
search for the meaning and pur
pose of life.”
Students To Lose
Nagle, Guion Lots
BUMPER TO BUMPER
A familiar scene in lots of lots around the A&M campus is the parking area behind the
Services Building—rows and rows of cars and cars. Although complaints about the park
ing situation have soared with the enrollment, Asst. Police Chief Morris Maddox says the
parking problem would be greatly eased if students would park where they were supposed
to. (Photo by Mike Wright) .
New Residence Hall Program
Gets Enthusiastic Response
By JOHN A. JAMES
Battalion Special Writer
Howard S. Perry, residence hall
program adviser, feels that the
civilian residence hall pilot pro
gram is off to a good start.
The idea of a pilot program for
residence halls operated similar
to social clubs was endorsed last
year by the university’s Civilian
Student Council, A&M President
Earl Rudder, Dean of Students
James P. Hannigan and other
members of the University Ex
ecutive Committee. Three of the
17 civilian dormitories, Walton,
Leggett, and Davis Gary (dorm
18), were selected as the halls
to participate in the project.
“THE STUDENTS who are par
ticipating in the program are en
thusiastic,” Perry said. “They are
developing constitutions for their
respective dormitories, and es
tablishing procedures for elec
tions, judicial organization, rules
and regulations, activity programs
and student club fees.”
“The lounges in Walton and
Leggett have been redecorated
in accordance with the wishes
of the students—within reason,”
Perry said, in pointing out an
example of work instituted under
the pilot program.
“We are hoping that ‘faculty
fellows’ will be considered by the
students as one of the programs
to be undertaken this year,” he
continued. “The ‘faculty fellows’
project would include faculty
members in dormitory discussions
and forums.”
“WE WILL NOT ATTEMPT
to force any programs down the
students throats,” Perry said.
“Edwin Cooper, director of civi
lian student activities, and my
self are here to help the students
any way we can in whatever pro-
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jects they choose to undertake.
The dorms participating in the
pilot program have discussed pro
jects varying from chess tourna
ments and talent shows to for
ums.”
The residence hall program
calls for an increased emphasis
on the role of “resident advi
sers.” A graduate student in each
of the three dormitories serves
as “head resident” and supervi
ses four resident advisers who
are each responsible for approxi
mately 50 students.
“We have good head residents
in the program and they appear
to be successful in stimulating
the spirit of the others in the
dorms,” Perry said. “The fresh
men appear to be especially re
ceptive to the program.”
PERRY POINTED OUT that
the enthusiasm of the freshmen
is especially important in Walton
Hall, which has 130 freshmen, or
about 50 per cent of its occupants.
The head residents of the three
residence halls are Joe Hladek
of Leggett, Burt Brown of Wal
ton, and Darrell Kinnard of Davis
Gary. Temporary or ‘ ‘ a c t i n g ’ ’
presidents of the dorms are Ed
Donnell of Leggett, Jack Mac-
Gillis of Walton and Earl Roddy
of Davis Gary. Permanent dorm
officers have not been elected for
the three halls, but plans are for
the elections to be held within
the next month. Elections have
been delayed until then to en
able the dorm residents to be
come acquainted.
By TOM CURL
Battalion News Editor
The Campus Security Office is
still in the process of registering
student automobiles following an
estimated record enrollment last
week.
Assistant Police Chief Morris
Maddox estimated Tuesday that
about 70 per cent of the avail
able parking permits have been
distributed. Exact figures were
not available Tuesday afternoon.
Many students have complained
of a lack of available parking
spaces in civilian parking areas.
Maddox pointed out, however,
that there were no cars in the
student lot west of Kyle Field
when he checked Tuesday moi'n-
ing.
THE ASSISTANT chief ex
plained that the lack of parking
space in the lots behind Law
Hall and in the Sbisa dormitory
area is due to students with green
stickers parking in areas that are
designated only for cars with ma
roon stickers issued to junior and
senior dormitory students.
“As soon as we get the cars
with green permits out of these
Eli Whiteley
Is Honored
At HemisFair
Dr. Eli L. Whiteley of Texas
A&M was one of 14 Congres
sional Medal of Honor winners
in Texas honored Saturday at
HemisFair in San Antonio.
Ceremonies were held at the
Institute of Texas Cultures, which
includes an exhibit displaying the
medal and naming the Texans
who have received the award.
Gov. John Connally was on hand
to welcome the honorees, along
with military and civic officials.
The Saturday meeting marked
the first such gathering of the
Medal of Honor winners in the
state.
Whiteley, associate professor
of agronomy at A&M, won his
award in a battle with German
SS troops for the fortress city
of Sigolsheim, France, Dec. 26,
1944.
He was one of six former Tex
as A&M students awarded the
Medal of Honor during World
War II. Four of the awards were
made posthumously.
The A&M professor is a 1942
graduate and a native of George
town.
William G. Harrell, a 1943
graduate from Mercedes, survived
the war but died in 1963. The four
who gave their lives during the
conflict were Lloyd H. Hughes,
1943, Corpus Christi; George D.
Keathley, 1937, Olney; Turney
W. Leonard, 1942, Dallas, and
Thomas W. Fowler, 1943, Wichita
Falls.
Housing Overflow Number
Cut In Half, Zinn Reports
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INSURANCE BUYER
June Williams and Ken Lewis, local representatives of the The policies, underwritten by Mutual of Omaha Insurance
R. M. Jackson Insurance Agency, watch as Charles Holden Co., will be offered here until Oct. 15. (Photo by Doc Ham-
of New Gulf signs up for the Student Health Service and ilton)
Insurance Plan being made available by the Student Senate.
Officials here are still scram
bling to find housing for an over
flow of dormitory students, but
they have cut in half the waiting
list which soared to 350 earlier in
the week.
Student Affairs Director Ben
nie A. Zinn said the university
still needs more listings from lo
cal residents who have rooms and
apartments for rent.
Zinn noted numerous residents
have called in with listings, but
there are still not enough accom
modations to meet demands.
He said the current housing
First Bank & Trust now pays
5% jer annum on savings certif
icates. —Adv.
parking areas, there will be plen
ty of room for those with ma
roon permits,” Maddox remarked.
Green stickers are for fresh
man and sophomore civilian stu
dents who are assigned to park
ing lots along the west side of
the campus from Kyle Field to
the U. S. Department of Agri
culture Building.
MADDOX SAID Parking Area
19, the lot behind Nagle Hall,
soon will be closed to student
parking. He explained that com
plaints from the faculty and staff
in Nagle Hall and the Physics
building have resulted in the de
cision to close the area to student
parking at any time. The only
other area presently restricted
is the lot behind University hos
pital.
Except for these two areas,
regulations allow students to park
in faculty-staff lots from 5 p.m.
to 4 a.m. on weekdays and from
5 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Monday.
EXPLAINING WHY student
vehicles must be out of the fa
culty-staff lots by 4 a.m. each
morning, Maddox said the de
partment assumed that if a stu
dent had to study late, he would
probably have gone back to his
room by that time.
Maddox said the deadline used
to be 2 a.m., even though stu
dents studied later. The 4 a.m.
limit also allows patrolmen to
check the reserved parking areas
and ticket any unauthorized ve
hicles before the faculty and staff
arrive for the work day.
Immediate plans for expansion
of parking areas include gravel
ling the open area east of G.
Rollie White Coliseum to re
place the paved area directly be
hind Guion Hall, which will be
closed when building on the ad
dition to the Memorial Student
Center begins.
Maddox said that the Campus
Security Department has six pa
trolmen for the 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
shift. The department also em
ploys two student patrolmen.
Australian First
Series Lecturer
Dr. R. Basil Johns of Mel
bourne (Australia) University
will present Texas A&M's first
graduate lecture for the new
school year at 4 p.m. Thursday
in the Chemistry Building, an
nounced Graduate Dean G. W.
Kunze.
Johns, senior organic chemistry
lecturer for the Australian in
stitution, will discuss petroleum
genesis.
Dean Kunze said the Graduate
College presentation will be a
description of an organic geo
chemical study of the relation
ship of an Australian commer
cial oil field to the presumed
source rock.
Dr. Johns, the dean noted, is
well known for his research in
the fields of photochemistry of
compounds of biological signi
ficance and organic geochemistry.
shortage is the most acute since
1946, when 6,600 veterans en
tered A&M after World War II.
The waiting list, which totaled
approximately 165 students Tues
day afternoon, is composed pri
marily of students who applied
for room reservations after the
Aug. 15 deadline, Zinn pointed
out.
A&M’s 30 dormitories accom
modate 6,500 students. Earlier
this year, university officials an
nounced plans to build a new
dormitory complex which would
house 1,000 students initially and
could be expanded to accommo
date 2,000. The new facilities
could be ready for occupancy as
early as 1970, officials noted.
Five Outstanding
Students Selected
Five outstanding high school
students of 30 in a high-ability
program in engineering science
were named Friday at Texas
A&M.
James L. Smith of San Angelo,
Jack W. Reeves of Pasadena and
Blackwell B. Evans Jr. of New
Orleans received scholarships of
$100 a year for four years.
Jerry W. Anderson of Level-
land and Lynn W. Cooman Jr.
of Omaha, Neb., were designated
scholarship alternates.
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