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WPicMoij 'y over Hi ishing LIBRARY CALI PUS Battalion ionship l) as , VOLUME 64 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1968 Number 25 foe Unit#] iy ia Frid,, | ; live to l e Americij ny startiij s announce j By DAVID MIDDLEBROOKE Battalion Staff Writer Civilians Lay Plans Automated Registration For Bonfire Work I ^ Draws Senate Criticism Senators Object To Method, Timing approval on his appointments to a dress regulations committee, The Civilian Student Council the group that hears cases of last night discussed topics that clothing violations. Those ap- nged from civilian participa- lion in the bonfire to day stu- lent organization. Civilians will be working on infire this year in force, accord- g to Garry Mauro, civilian Yell «ader and Civilian Bonfire Com- ittee chairman. He reported at many halls were now getting rganized, and that equipment 'as being obtained. “CIVILIANS WHO have, or now of equipment that might eused should contact Ken Hub er, at 5-1057,” he told the group. Joe Tijerina, Day Student Ac- m Committee chairman, re- orted that the day students ould be having an organiza- onal meeting next week. He oted that the girls on campus ere already getting together, nd will be serving refreshments the stacking area during the uilding of the bonfire. Earl Roddy of Davis-Gary hall, d Donnell of Legett hall, and ndrew Scott of Walton hall, all sported that their dormitories ad activities planned for the irkansas weekend. Mike Dur- of Crocker hall reported lat a hall hockey tournament as being held, with entry fees oing towards the Campus Chest ind drive. THE STUDENT laundry com- iittee will tour the laundry plant ext month, and hopes to work at a new laundry slip for next ear. They will also serve as a eviewing board on special cases (lost items or bundles, “so the Indents won’t feel that the istablishment’ is being arbitrary ith them,” said member Ernie Msey. The committee is composed of ith Co’-ps and civilians, and co- ponsored by Ed Cooper and Ma- Solymosy. Members are Da- id Ge'orge, Godsey, and David iiddlebrooke, civilians, and Phil iallahan, A1 Reinert, and Rodd liver, cadets. LARRY SCHILHAB, Weekend ommittee chairman, reported at plans for an All-University ance after the Rice game were oing well. The dance will be open to both ivilians and cadets, and will cost 1.50 per couple. Civilians with ormitory activity cards may ob- dn their tickets free from their nil president. The band will be The New teed Soul. “I have had very tvorable reports on this band,” aid Schilhab. The dance will be i Duncan Dining Hall. DAVID WILKS then asked for JwEATHER Tiday & Saturday—Cloudy to artly Cloudy. Winds South 10-20 iph. High 76. Low 46. aco—Kickoff: Cloudy. Winds oath 10-15 mph. Temperature 74. dative Humidity 40%. pointed were Lome Davis, chair man, David Gay, Ray Cohen, Denny Kniery, and Joe Hartman. Mauro then introduced the two civilian fish Yell Leaders for this year. They are Richard Suga- reik, a mechanical engineering major from Dallas, and Gary Jones, a nuclear engineering ma jor from Lamar. Wilks complimented Moore and Schumacher halls on their spirit activities, saying “they’re doing a great job, and deserve to be commended.” Two Capture Senate Seats In Run-Offs Robert Edgecomb was elected senior representative from the College of Business Administra tion, and Tom Henderson was elected sophomore representative from the College of Veterinary Medicine in elections last night. Edgecomb defeated Arthur Erickson 51-35 and Henderson edge Mitchell J. Timmons 22-18. Gerald Geistweidt, president of the election commission, an nounced that an error had been made in a previous announce ment that Sam Torn had won the post of junior representative of the College of Business Ad ministration. He said that a nm-off election will be Wednes day between Torn and Jack Mc- Gillis for the Senate seat. “This year’s turn out was heavier than in past years, but I was disappointed that more people didn’t show up for voting,” Geistweidt said. He noted that of 250-300 eligible to vote in the B.A. representative election, only 86 voted. The reason for the change ac cording to Geistweidt, of polling places from the Memorial Stu dent Center, the usual election spot, to Francis Hall, was to lo cate the voting site as close to the potential electors as possible. The election commission will vote Monday on a new revised election guideline for candidates. This is the seventh revision of the election rules since last spring, noted Geistweidt. If the rules are approved by members of the election commis sion, it will be sent to Student Senate for approval. The only major change in the latest revisions say that a can didate can campaign any way he wishes as long as he stays within the election commission guidelines. The guideline, says Geistweidt, “is not as strict as past guidelines in the wording on how candidates can conduct elections.” COFFEE BREAK Registrar H. L. Heaton, center, talks with Senators Gary Anderson, left, and Tony Bene detto during a break in Thursday’s called Senate meeting. Heaton was one of several spokesmen for the automated registration system being prepared for the spring semester. (Photo by Mike Wright) Aggies To Go In Waco For B ear-Hunting Third Victory By JOHN PLATZER Battalion Sports Editor Amid gala homecoming celebra tions, the Baylor Bears will be officially welcomed into Waco for the first time this season Satur day night at 8 p.m. Coach Gene Stallings hopes the festivities will further serve to welcome his Aggies back into the thick of the Southwest Confer ence championship race, however. BAYLOR ENTERS THE GAME with 0-4 season and 0-1 confer ence marks after opening the year with four straight road games. The Bears lost to Indi ana, 40-36, Michigan State, 28- 10, Louisana State 48-16 and Ar kansas, 35-19. The defending champions have posted a 2-3 record on the season and 1-1 in SWC play. A win is essential if they are to repeat. A lot of scoring has been a trend that has marked the Bay lor games throughout the sea son thus far and has caused Stallings his major worries. “BAYLOR HAS THE BEST offensive team this year that they’ve had since we’ve been at A&M,” Stallings said Tuesday. “They really block and do things well. They get 10 starters back from last season and they have had a week to rest and get their injuries well. Its their first home game and it’s their homecoming so you can see why I’m scared.” The key to Baylor’s success or lack of same this season may be the quarterback slot and the Baptist think they may have found the answer in Steve Stuart against Arkansas. ARKANSAS LED THE Bears 21-0 in the second quarter when Stuart came off the bench and rallied them to a 21-19 deficit while completing 16 of 23 passes for 200 yards. Richard Stevens, a 6-5, 2 3 5 pound tackle from Dublin, and Pinky Palmer, 6-0, 186 pound fullback from Olney, are other of the Bear’s offensive stars while linebacker Randy Cooper, halfback Steve Lane and safety Jackie Allen star for Baylor on defense. A&M enters the game in better physical shape than last week with three starters listed as ques tion marks. Larry Stegent and Bob Long may miss the game with shoulder injuries while Gary Gruben is a questionable player because of a hurt foot. JIMMY SHEFFIELD, THE ex plosive sophomore, will take Ste- gent’s place in the lineup at tail- (See Aggies, Page 4) By TOM CURL Several members of the Stu dent Senate expressed opposition Thursday to the system of com puterized registration proposed by the university administration. The special meeting was called to allow representatives of the registrar’s office and the presi dent’s office to explain the sys tem, scheduled to begin prelimi nary operations Nov. 4. THE SENATORS WERE gen erally opposed to the plan—not because of the mechanics of the system, but because the students had not been consulted and in formed of the new system while it was in the planning stages. Senator Gary Anderson asked if any student group had been consulted in the two years of The Battalion will present a three- article series next week explain ing the automated registration system. planning that preceded the deci sion to try the system on a uni versity-wide scale. “I guess through our neglect we didn’t (consult the students), but if the students had real con cern, they would have come to us,” said Dr. Charles Pinnell, as sociate dean of the graduate col lege and one of the spokesmen for the planning committee. “WE WOULD LIKE A group of students formed to study the system this next semester and report back so we can decide whether to continue the system,” he continued. Senator Ron Hinds asked if the system would go into effect even if the Student Senate op posed it. “This system has been approved by the (university) Executive Committee for the spring semes ter,” Joe Buser, assistant to Pres ident Earl Rudder, replied. “However, I don’t think this is a system that is permanent and can never be changed,” he added. Political Forum Will Present Yarborough Speech Wednesday Euripides ’ ‘Trojan Women ’ To Open Monday In Guion v INTERNATIONAL DELIBERATIONS j°mig Isamu Ohta, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hiroshi Ohta of a P&n seems to have reached a plateau of understanding j^th Marce Puleo, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Puleo of dorado. Both were at the international students’ annual Option Thursday night. (Photo by Mike Wright) Euripides’ statement on the af ter-effects of war, “The Trojan Women,” starts a one-week run Monday on the Guion Hall stage. The Greek play written 435 years before the birth of Christ is the Aggie Players’ first pro duction of 1968-69. Curtain for the hour and 50 minute classic drama directed by C. K. Esten will be at 8 p.m. The presentation will run through Saturday, Nov. 2. “EURIPIDES’ play, the rug- gedest ever written on the ef fects of war, is an objective study of the after-effects on the survivors, in this case the Trojan women and children,” Esten com mented. “The Greeks killed all the men and took the women into abject slavery.” “Our production has not dis torted Euripides’ views on war either through direction or stag ing,” he added. The Trojan War was fought around 1,200 B.C. The only ac counts of it are preserved in Homer’s poetry, penned about 1,000 B.C. Euripides wrote his play 800 years after the conflict, during the Golden Age of Greece, Esten noted. At the time, the nation was at its most advanced, under the rule of Pericles with Aristotle and others achieving new heights in the arts and sci ences. THE AGGIE Players’ predomi nately female cast features Ai- leen Wenck as Hecuba, Barbara Karpinski as Andromache, Thel ma McGill as Athena, Brenda Hathaway as Helen and Virginia Parker as Cassandra. Other cast members are Mike Link as Menelaus; Travis Miller, Talthybius; and Jim Weyhenmey- er, Poseidon, a chorus of Candy Yager, Jane Mills, Kay Slowey, Melanie Haldas, Irene Fazzino, Karen Buchland and Irene Wood ard and soldiers Marc Fleishman, Robert Graham and Robert Cour- tin. Crews under stage manager Darwin Link have assembled Greek costumes from scratch, ar mor for soldiers and officers, a large - scale imitation masonry wall and more flexible Guion Hall stage lighting. Tickets for the Aggie Players’ first of eight major productions will be available only at the door, with box office opening at 7:15 p.m. All seats for students, facul ty-staff and community patrons are $1 each. There will be no re serve seats. Bryan Building & Loan Association, Your Sav ings Center, since 1919. —Adv. BB&L Ralph W. Yarborough, in his 12th year in the U. S. Senate, will examine “Election Year: ’68” in a Political Forum presen tation here Wednesday. The 8 p.m. talk just a week be fore the general elections Nov. 5 will be in the Memorial Student Center Ballroom, announced For um Chairman Ron Hinds of Mid land. A Liberal Democrat and former assistant Texas attorney general and state judge, Yarborough will be the first Great Issues forum speaker of 1968-69 and the last before election day, 1968. Hinds said the Political Forum schedule of eminent spokesmen on political issues, processes and personalities on the national scene are provide to acquaint A&M students and the university community with part of the an swer to the “why of what’s hap pening.” Mayor Announces Special Election A special election to fill the unexpired term of T. R. Holleman has been set for Saturday, De cember 7 by the College Station City Council, Mayor D. A. “Andy” Anderson has reported. Deadline for filing for the council position, the Mayor said, is November 7. Absentee voting will commence November 17 and will be con tinued through December 3. Filing for the position to date are Cliff H. Ransdell, Assistant Dean of Engineering here, and Joseph J. McGraw, Head, City and Regional Planning of the Architect Department. Season Great Issues ticket for 35 scheduled presentations in the forum, seminar series, speaker series, urban crisis seminar and issues series are available through the Student Program Office of the MSC. Community patron season tick ets are $5 each, high school stu dents $3.50, Hinds said. Single admissions for faculty, staff and community are $1.50 with A&M students admitted by activity card. Yarborough has been a teacher, lawyer and soldier in addition to serving on the state bench. Since his election to the Senate in 1957, the Chandler native has given special efforts to education, con servation and agriculture legisla tion. The 65-year-old lawmaker au thored such acts as the Cold War GI Bill and Bilingual Education Act of 1967. He has sought to preserve full benefits to rural and small town schools systems under federal programs, and to make a quality level of education available to all qualified Americans without re gard to income,” observed Hinds, a senior finance major. Yarborough serves on the Sen ate appropriations, labor and public welfare and post office and civil service committees, chairs labor and postal affairs subcommittees and has assign ments on many others. He is co-sponsor, with majority Leader Mike Mansfield, of the constitutional amendment for lowering voting age to 18 years. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M. —Adv. DEAN J. P. HANNIGAN said that he considered the experi mental program “essential” in view of the continually increas ing size of the student body and the growing problems with the present system of registration. “No senator here tonight is unreasonable enough to complete ly reject this idea (of automated registration),” said Senator Char les Hoffman. “We’ve made no attempt to do this on the sly. Perhaps we have been remiss in getting the students involved,” commented Dr. Pinnell. “THESE MEN WILL TAKE full responsibility for the chan ges; and if they can iron out the kinks, then we should try it,” was the opinion of Senator W. D. Redding. Senate Vice - President David Maddox said that he and Presi dent Bill Carter, along with sev eral other students, have spent severay hours meeting with Reg istrar H. L. Heaton, R. A. Lacey, coordinator of the program, Dr. Pinnell and other representatives of the administration. Maddox emphasized that he supported some form of “auto mated registration” but was dis satisfied with the methods and timing used by the planning com mittee to inform the students of the workings of the new system. HE FURTHER URGED the student senators to speak out for their constituents. “It’s the job of the Senate representing the student body to present the opinions of the stu dent body,” he said. “If we have an opinion, let’s push it upstairs. If they don’t do their job at least we’ve done ours,” he con tinued. “It might be good if we backed off and took a look at the sys tem (automated registration)”, he said. MADDOX AND Senator Phil Callahan had drawn up a resolu tion urging senate opposal to the system until it could be studied by a committee composed of ad ministration representatives, fa culty members and students. In view of the fact that com puterized registration is scheduled to begin soon, the resolution pro posed that registration next sem ester be conducted as before, ex cept that registration appoint ment times be based on student academic classification rather than the first letter of the last name. The procedure for adopting a resolution at a “called” meeting is to suspend the rules, an action requiring unanimous approval of the senators. The motion to sus pend the rules failed to receive the required unanimous vote. Tentative plans call for Presi dent Bill Carter to designate a committee to study the plan. BIDDING BEGINS Even as Olympic Gold Med alist Randy Matson was leavingr the shot put ring- in Mexico City, two pro teams were drawing up en ticing contracts for him to sign. See related story, page 4.