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By TIM SEARSON
Battalion Staff Writer
Ihe Centrex telephone system
gins its third month of use next
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rts, continues to work smoothly,
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ITHliff' Pearson, dean of
OR THE: I new College of Business Ad-
)RTR linifration, said the Ph.D. pro-
lRY SEln w jjj initiated immedi-
, tely with emphasis on quantita-
j un jJ on through an interdisciplinary
Eicers, J|oach.
have In addition to the various dis-
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lapiness Administration, the doc-
program will encompass
istics, computer science, ac-
lade ati iting and economics.
ean Pearson explained the
tive of the new type pro-
m is to provide a person with
educational requirements to
; in business system net-
is with equal facility in in-
ry or university-related re-
ch.
■Texas A&M is uniquely quali-
■ to have this type program,
Be it has proven capability
llresearch areas such as statis-
rr=dics, computer science, mathema-
ICS, operations research and in-
’T'Bpial engineering,” the dean
observed. He said these fields
relate closely to business and in-
1 problems.
persons from all disciplines
be eligible for the program,
dean added, because of its
isciplinary nature.
“As in our master’s degree
ams, we expect to attract
!nts who performed their un-
xiuate work in fields other
I business administration, a-
with business students,”
on explained.
pointed out that authority
iffer a Ph.D. degree is a logi-
tep after receiving “college”
s. Prior to this year, busi-
administration ranked as a
ool” within the College of
oeral Arts.
College of Business Adminis-
ation enrollment totals 1,524,
11.9 per cent of the student
WEATHER
inesday—Partly Cloudy. Wind
>uth at 10 to 20 mph. High 81.
m 58.
fhursday—Cloudy. Rainshowers.
Vind South at 10 to 20 mph.
Ugh 78. Low 66.
Saturday 2 p.m.—Kyle Field:
J*artly Cloudy. Wind Northwest
t 10 mph. Temperature 76. Rela-
l>ve Humidity 60%.
of General Telephone and Elec
tronics Corp. in Bryan.
“Considering the size of the
operation, the Centrex addition
at Texas A&M has been the
smoothest conversion we have
made,” said Erwin. “Over 3,000
student dormitory phones were
installed this summer.”
“THE NEW PHONE system is
the largest of any university
system in the nation- Occasionally,
there will be trouble in dialing a
number, which could be a result
of a malfunction or a busy cir
cuit. In such a case, the student
should dial 9-18 and report the
trouble to the operator.”
“We will have no way of know
ing of malfunctions unless the
student does notify the operator
of the trouble, so that repairs
can be made,” said Don Young,
installation and maintenance
foreman.
“BY AUGUST, 1969, Erwin
said that those students who
have signed the release for long
distance calls will have the added
convenience of direct distance
dialing. He noted that the Cen
trex system was designed to an
ticipate additional loads and im
provements.
To facilitate the new system,
12 new switch board positions
were added in August for long
distance calls. During the 8 to 10
p.m. peak period students may
still have trouble reaching an
operator. Additional toll circuits
were also added and new operat
ors were hired and trained.
STUDENT PHONE listings are
maintained by the Centrex oper
ators in the basement of the new
library. The new system is in
dependent of the Bryan system
and has a completely different
numerical prefix.
One possible source of trouble
in dialing a number could be the
accidental bumping of the hook-
‘Ranger Company’ Organized
To Supplement ROTC Work
A new voluntary Army ROTC
cadet organization, known as the
Texas A&M Ranger Company,
has been established.
Under the sponsorship of Lt.
Col. H. Schubarth, the company
was formed by Sherman D. Rob
erts, Co. H-2. While fulfilling his
summer camp obligation at Ft.
Sill, Okla., Roberts learned of
similar organizations at other
universities.
“ROTC CADETS I met at Ft-
Sill impressed me with their
stories of organizations that had
been started at their schools,”
said Roberts.
“I approached Lt. Col. Schu
barth with the idea of starting
the Rangers and he has been the
prime mover in getting recogni
tion from both the Army and the
university.”
The Rangers was created to
supplement the regular ROTC
training by preparing the cadets
for branch assignments, to sup
ply instruction and experience to
help cadets to excell at Advanced
McCarthy Backs Humphrey,
Will Not Seek ’72 Nomination
switch by the caller, which trans
fers the call to hold, according
to Erwin. Also, if a student
should receive a call, but find
no one on the other end, he should
tap the hookswitch to see if the
call was put on hold.
“BY ACCIDENTALLY hitting
the hookswitch when answering
the phone, the student may place
the call on hold, although the
normal procedure is to dial 1,”
said Young. “To take a call off
hold, the hookswitch should be
tapped lightly.”
Students can use the transfer
feature of the system to either
switch the call to another phone
or set up a conference. If a stu
dent receives a call, but is not
there, his roommate can trans
fer the call to the room he is in
by dialing one, which places the
call on hold, and then dialing the
last four digits of the other room
phone number-
IF THREE STUDENTS need
to talk in a conference, the first
student can call the second, in
form him of the conference, dial
one to place him on hold and then
dial the last four digits of the
third student. After connecting
with the third party the first stu
dent should tap the hookswitch
to get the second party on the
line.
The first phone bills to stu
dents should be received by Nov.
1. Bills should be paid by the date
due if students with the non-
restrictive feature of long dis
tance calls want to retain the
privilege. If there are any dis
crepancies, the Bryan business
office should be notified at 823-
0911.
“We would like to thank the
faculty and students for their
cooperation during the installa
tion of the system, since it was an
inconvenience at times,” said
Erwin.
SIMPLIFIED COMPLICATION
Long lines of wire in a computer circulit are soon to replace long lines of students in Sbisa
Dining Hall here as computerized registration prepares to make its debut Nov. 4. The
maze of wires will accomplish in seconds a task which had once required days. (Photo
by W. R. Wright)
Computer Registration-I
Registration By Machine
To End Long Lines
m BARNES MEETS THE PRESS
Speaker of the House Ben Barnes chats with reporters
before addressing the A&M Women’s Social Club Friday.
~ “non-political” visit, Barnes discussed the needs of
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‘education within the state.
W. R. Wright)
See story, page 3. Photo by
ROTC Summer Camp, and to pro
vide an opportunity for cadets to
practice the basic tactical skills
they have learned.
ADVANCED subjects will also
be taught in such areas as guer
rilla, counter-guerilla, and ranger
operations.
Membership in the company is
restricted to sophomore, junior,
and senior Army ROTC cadets
who maintain a 1.0 grade point
ratio and a “C” average in mili
tary science. Roberts noted that
there are several cadets with
Marine contracts in the organiza
tion.
Although the Rangers Company
did exist last year, it did not
receive recognition from the uni
versity.
DURING THE FALL semester
the entire membership will con
centrate on a basic training pro
gram designed to teach elemen
tary skills. Training during the
spring will emphasize combat op
erations as applied to unconven
tional warfare.
At present the company is set
ting up an obstacle course at the
Heavy Equipment School near
Easterwood Airport where physi
cal training can be stressed. Land
out at Somerville Reservoir may
also be used for operations
through cooperation with the
Army Reserves.
CLASSROOM instruction is
presented by the cadet members,
the unit adviser and other Army
officers or non-commissioned of
ficers. At the meeting last Tues
day instruction was given in the
use of the M-14 rifle and marks
manship by Jim Benson.
Other positions held in the
company are Executive Officer
Jon Thompson, Co- H-2; Person
nel Officer Robert Johnson, H-2;
Intelligence Officer Jim Benson,
First Battalion Staff; Operations
Officer John Groves, commanding
officer C-l; and Logistics Officer
Joe Hely, executive officer Co.
B-l.
Platoon leaders for the com
pany are Walter Dabney, com
manding officer D-l; Wick Mc
Kean, commanding officer Co. B-
2; and Mike Curd, Combined band
staff.
Bryan Building & Loan
Association, Your Sav
ings Center, since 1919.
—Adv.
B B &L
By TOM CURL
Battalion Staff Writer
The long registration lines that
are familiar to any Aggie up
perclassman will soon be only
an unpleasant memory.
The computer age has finally
come to pass at Texas A&M and
gone are the lines to pick up
card packets, lines to register,
lines to pay your fees and then
more lines to straighten out a
mistake in your schedule.
ACCORDING TO registrar H.
L. Heaton, students can be pro
cessed in about 15 minutes and
can be almost guaranteed of get
ting all the courses they want.
Use of the computer is not
new to college registration. Pur
due University has used the sys
tem with great success for about
10 years.
“We’ve made tremendous im
provement in registration through
the years,” said Heaton, who has
been at A&M for 34 years.
“I CAN REMEMBER when we
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Here Tonight
A string ensemble feted on
five continents, the Hungarian
Quartet, will be presented to
night in the first Town Hall
Artists Showcase of 1968-69.
Works of Beethoven, Debussy
and Dvorak will be performed by
the quartet in its 8 p.m. Memorial
Student Center Ballroom concert,
noted Town Hall chairman Louis
Adams.
The Hungarian Quartet gives
concerts and teaches at Colby
College in Maine during the sum
mers. On tour, the group makes
the entire literature from the
classics to the moderns its do
main.
A complete Beethoven or Bar-
tok cycle by the Hungarian Quar
tet is an annual event in many
cities throughout the world.
Members of the quartet, de
scribed as “great interpreters of
great music” by Christian Sci
ence Monitor, are Zoltan Szekely
and Michael Kuttner, violons;
Denes Koromzay, viola, and Ga
briel Magyar, cello. They record
on four different labels.
Admission will be by Town Hall
and Rotary Community season
ticket and A&M student activity
card, Adams said. Single admis
sions for community patrons will
be $2 for an adult and $1 for
public school students.
were lucky to register 1,500 stu
dents a day. Now we can handle
7,000 in the same time,” he con
tinued.
The problem of time was a
major factor in the decision to
study the use of a computer to
help in registering the ever-in-
creasing numbers of students.
A committee of Heaton, R. A.
Lacey, Miss Caroline Mitchell and
Dr. Charles Pinnell worked with
Elliott Bray and Lester Wood of
the Texas A&M Data Processing
Center to formulate plans for a
completely computerized enroll
ment.
CLASS scheduling by a com
puter was started on a test basis
in the summer of 1967 on 2,200
freshmen “test students.” Only
four of the 2,200 were rejected by
the machine. This last summer,
the program was expanded to in
clude computerized handling of
room cards and fee assessments.
Freshmen entering A&M for
the 1968-69 school year had their
classes scheduled with a com
puter. Of one group of 2,273
freshmen only two schedules were
rejected. Both these were sched
ules of students who had listed
conflicting classes (a problem
that occurs quite often in the “old
system” of registration).
TIME was not the only con
sideration of the committee.
“We’re tight on space. We have
Run-Off Election
Set Wednesday
For BA Senator
A run-off election is scheduled
Wednesday for junior Student
Senate representative from the
College of Business Administra
tion.
The election will be from 8 a.m.
to 7:30 p.m. in room 152, the type
writer room, of Francis Hall.
Competing for the post are Sam
Torn and Jack MacGillis.
Gerald Geistweidt, president of
the election commission, said that
an error had been made in an
nouncing that Tom had won the
post.
Geistweidt noted that the voter
turnout, although heavier than in
previous years, was light. “I was
disappointed that more people
didn’t show up for voting,” he
said. He also noted that out of
250-300 eligible to vote, only 86
difficulty finding places for all
the students to meet classes,”
Heaton remarked.
As to the possibility of avoid
ing Saturday classes as the num
ber of students increases, Heaton
indicated that perhaps computer
ized registration is the answer.
A big problem now is balancing
sections of a course because stu
dents naturally want to schedule
a course at a time that is con
venient to them (usually in the
late morning and not on Friday
afternoon).
“THE SECTIONS of different
courses will be balanced by the
computer better than they ever
have been,” the registrar said.
WEDNESDAY: Possible diffi
culties in changing from one
registration system to the other.
Tickets On Sale
For Forum Talk
By Yarborough
“Election Year: ’68,” the first
Political Forum presentation of
the Great Issues Series this year,
will feature Liberal Democrat
Ralph W. Yarborough Wednes
day at 8 p.m. in the Memorial
Student Center Ballroom.
An 11-year veteran of the U. S.
Senate, Yarborough will be the
only Forum speaker before the
general elections Nov. 5. He is
a member of the Senate Approp
riations, Labor and Public Wel
fare, and Post Office and Civil
Service Committees, as well as
chairing two subcommittees, la
bor and postal affairs.
Season Great Issues tickets are
available at the MSC Student
Programs Office. Community pa
tron season tickets are $5 each,
and high school students, $3.50.
The cost covers 35 scheduled
presentations of the forum, semi
nar series, speaker series, urban
crisis seminar, and issues series.
Single admissions for faculty,
staff, and community are 81.50
with A&M students admitted by
activity card.
Author of such acts as the
Cold War GI Bill and Bilingual
Education Act of 1967, Yarbor
ough is co-sponsor, with Majority
Leader Mike Mansfield, of the
constitutional amendment for low
ering the voting age to 18 years.
He has been an assistant Texas
attorney general and state judge,
teacher, lawyer, and soldier.
WASHINGTON <A>> _ Sen.
Eugene J. McCarthy said today
he would vote for Vice President
Hubert H. Humphrey for presi
dent, and would not seek re-elec
tion to the Senate in 1970 or the
Democratic presidential nomina
tion in 1972.
McCarthy, the Minnesota Dem
ocrat who was defeated, for the
1968 Democratic nomination by
Humphrey, in announcing that
he would vote for Humphrey
Nov. 5 urged that “those who
have waited for this statement of
my position do the same.”
He also said, however, that
Humphrey’s position on key is
sues “falls short of what I think
it should be.”
And he made clear he still
holds bitter memories of the
Democratic nominating conven
tion in Chicago.
He said that he was announc
ing his own plans to make it
clear his endorsement “is in no
way intended to reinstate me in
the good graces of the Demo
cratic party leaders nor in any
way to suggest my having for
gotten or condoned the things
that happened both before Ch-
cago and at Chicago.”
Referring to the youths and
others who supported him for
the presidential nomination, Mc
Carthy said he had “asked them
to test the established political
processes of the Democratic par
ty” and “I will not make that
request of them again unless
those processes have clearly been
changed.”
“I wish to assure them that I
intend to work to that end and,
at the same time, to continue to
discuss the substantive issues of
American politics,” he continued.
McCarthy commented in a
statement released through his
office.
While not giving Humphrey
unreserved praise, McCarthy
pointed out that “the choice, how
ever, is between Vice President
Hubert Humphrey and Richard
M. Nixon.”
He said his endorsement of
Humphrey was based on these
considerations:
—On the basis of what he has
stood for in the past and what
he has said about domestic prob
lems in this campaign, “Hubert
Humphrey has shown a better
understanding of our domestic
needs and a stronger will to act
than has been shown by Richard
Nixon.”
—“With Hubert Humphrey as
president, the possibility of scal
ing down the arms race and re
ducing military tensions in the
world would be greater than it
would be with Richard Nixon as
president of the United States.”
McCarthy also said that Hum
phrey’s position on reform of
the political processes within the
Democratic party, which McCar
thy has urged throughout his
campaign, fell short “of what I
think it should be.”
The senator said that many, if
not most, of his supporters, had
already decided how to vote, but
he was announcing his own in
tentions for those waiting for his
decision.
It also comes, however, during
a period in which Humphrey has
not publicly changed his position
on what have been reported as
McCarthy’s major conditions for
his backing.
McCarthy has denied that there
were any conditions for giving
the endorsement.
Tijerina Sets
Bonfire Meet
Day students will organize
for bonfire work Wednesday,
according to Joe Tijerina, day
student representative to the
Civilian Student Council and
chairman of the Day Student
Action Committee.
The 7:30 p.m. meeting in
room 113 of the Biology
building is for male students
“but we won’t turn away any
girls that show up,” Tijerina
added.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.
—Adv.