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Cbc Battalion VOLUME 64, Number 54 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1969 Telephone 845-2226 r- v A&M’s Economic Impact Hits $62 Million In B-CS 8 Texas A&M’s economic impact on the Bryan - College Station community now exceeds $62 mil lion annually, with an increase of approximately $5 million in the past year, announced President Earl Rudder. Rudder said a university survey indicates the institution’s growth during the year was equivalent to a large industry moving into the area. A&M ADDED approximately 70 faculty members, 200 staff, research and support personnel and increased student enrollment 1,104. The survey shows a payroll of almost $38 million for more than 5.000 permanent A&M System employees living in the Bryan- College Station area. With the employes having approximately 8.000 dependents, more than 13,- 000 local residents are directly as sociated with the university. Rudder noted these figures do not include the university’s record 13,081 enrollment. STATISTICS show the students contribute more than $19 million annually to the local economy. Major expenditures include food and housing for the rapidly in creasing number of graduate and married students, as well as cloth ing, school supplies, recreation and miscellaneous expenses for all students. Rudder emphasized the contin ued growth of A&M is dependent to a great extent upon the ability of the local communities to pro vide required support, especially in the area of housing for faculty, staff and married students. More than $3 million was pump ed into the Bryan-College Station economy last year by university visitors attending athletic events, conferences and short courses, the survey reveals. Most expenditures in this category were for food, housing and entertainment. New Approach To Ph.D. Seen By BA Colleg< The study also points out A&M spends almost $2 million locally each year for utilties, services and supplies. Sen. Moore To Talk Wednesday In Noon Political Forum Series State Senator William T. (Bill) Moore of Bryan will be featured Wednesday here in a Political Forum Noon Discussion Series speech. A state senator 20 years, Moore will discuss “The Secret of Pass ing a Bill” at the noon presenta tion in the Memorial Student Center Ballroom. Sack lunches will be available, announced Ron Hinds of Midland, forum chair man. The veteran Moore chairs the Senate committee on education and serves on standing commit tees on banking, constitutional amendments, finance, game and fish, jurisprudence, legislative, congressional and judicial dis tricts, oil and gas, privileges and elections and state affairs. and the same year was elected to the House of Representatives. Two years later he defeated two opponents in election to the Sen ate. His law degree was conferred two weeks after he took the Sen ate seat, then as the youngest member of that body. Moore has been elected twice following redistricting, in 1952 and last year. Senator Moore was born on a farm near Wheelock in Robertson County. His education was at a rural school in Edge and S. F. Austin High of Bryan. Moore worked his way through studies at A&M as a salesman and road laboier. He is described as “pressure proof politically, indestructible and the enjoyer of a good fight” by a Capitol correspondent. A 1940 A&M graduate in eco nomics, Moore taught at the uni versity 18 months, entered the Army and was discharged as a sergeant in 1946. He entered the University of Texas Law School Leading Chemist Will Speak Here Next Semester spokesman for the nation’s chemi cal industry, will present a Robert A. Welch Foundation lecture here announced Dr. A. D. Suttle Jr., A&M vice president for research. Suttle said Dr. Cairns’ April 4 address will include a general dis cussion of the current and future scope of the chemical industry. Cairns is president of the American Chemical Society and vice president and board member of Hercules Incorporated in Wil mington, Del. Dr. Cairns served as deputy assistant secretary of defense (re search and development) in 1954, culminating more than a decade of service as a consultant to the Department of Defense. He is currently a member of the De fense Science Board. WEATHER SEN. W. T. MOORE Bryan Building & Loan Association, Your Sav ings Center, since 1919. BB&Li —Adv. Wednesday — Partly cloudy. Winds Southerly 10 to 20 mph. High 66, low 47. Thursday — Cloudy, light rain. Winds Southerly 10 to 15 mph. High 64, low 51. EARLY RETURNS Student Senate President Bill Carter, right, looks on as other Southwest Conference representatives tally votes in Dallas for the 1968 SWC Sportsmanship Award won by Baylor University. Martha Smiley, left, Baylor student body president, later accepted the trophy at Cotton Bowl halftime ceremonies. (Photo by Mike Wright) Heaton Appointed First Dean Of A&M Admissions, Records A different type doctor of phil osophy program has been initiat ed by the College of Business Administration. Its purpose is to provide in dustry with Ph.D.’s who fit into a business’ here-and-now profit less situation. “As a ground floor manage ment expert, the doctoral degree recipient will be equipped to con tribute functionally in business operations,” commented Dr. John E. Pearson, business administra tion dean. The recipient will be systems oriented, combining capabilities in computer applications, infor mation systems, organization theory, data analysis, behavioral science and business policy and game simulation. BUILDING ON undergraduate study in business administration or any other field and master’s work in business administration, the program will enable a gradu ate to bring together knowledge from various fields in analyzing and solving industrial manage ment problems, Pearson added. “Industry is often not sure how to use the Ph.D., except in basic research,” the dean pointed out. The recently approved pro gram, supervised by Dr. Earl D. Bennett, is unique in the South west. It is offered by few U. S. universities, as evidenced by widespread interest. THREE A&M graduate stu dents have been admitted and six are pending, noted Bennett, asso ciate dean and doctoral advisor. Letters of inquiry have come from from Cincinnati, Ohio; Tul sa, Okla.; Bellville, 111., and Fre mont, Neb. Coursework is structured flex ibly to take advantage of candi dates’ diverse backgrounds. Un dergraduate study in mathe matics, for example, can be used as one of three quantitative fields of study required. A program of pre-professional work in business administration and economics specially designed for advanced students will be re quired in cases where undergrad uate work is not in business. “This breadth of exposure leaves specialization to the candi date’s dissertation,” Bennett went on. “It tie into the industry ap proach where specialization is ac quired during on-the-job assign ment.” In the doctoral program here, he noted, expertise is acquired through the dissertation, which “will show the candidate’s ability to perform independent, logically formulated and theoretically sound research.” OLD FACES, NEW PLACES Everything is topsy-turvy at Texas A&M’s old YMCA building with workmen scurrying about the first floor ripping out walls and adding new ones. All that remains of the YMCA student cabinet office is a university calendar at the feet of Col. Logan Weston (right), YMCA general secretary, and C. M. Loyd, National Science Foundation program coordinator. Their offices, along with others were relocated in the building’s basement. 55-Year-Old YMCA Begins First Of 3-Phase Renovation Students returning to Texas A&M after the holidays have found “old faces in new places,” said Civilian Student Activities Director Ed Cooper. A mass exodus by first floor occupants of the YMCA building made wi.y for the first uf three renovation phases on the 55-year- old structure. ERECTED IN 1914 at a cost of $120,000, it is the ninth oldest building on campus. Cooper, who doubles as project coordinator for the renovation program, said four offices were moved this week from the first floor to temporary quarters in the YMCA building basement. Relocated were the offices of Col. Logan Weston, YMCA gen eral secretary; C. M. Loyd, No tional Science Foundation pro grams coordinator; Howard S. Perry, Resident Hall adviser, and Cooper. COOPER pointed out the three phases will help “keep everybody AF Academy Prof To Discuss Red Military Policy Wednesday Air Force Capt. Edward L. Warner, Air Force Academy po litical science instructor, will speak here Wednesday on Soviet military policy. He received the master’s de gree with specialization in Soviet politics last year at Princeton and has been in intelligence most of his military career. Capt. Warner’s talk, the second of the Great Issues “Issues Series” presentations, will be at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Student Center Ballroom, announced Series Chairman Ron Tefteller of Midland. “Public concern over possible Soviet development of an anti missile missile and underwater delivery system is evidenced in U. S. actions in Berlin, Korea, Hungary, Cuba, the Middle East and Vietnam,” noted Tefteller, a senior agricultural economics ma jor and an Air Force ROTC cadet. “Capt. Warner is well qualified to provide an insight into the real state of affairs, as it exists in the Soviet military today.” Program host Joe Green of Livingston said the topic is es pecially relevant in view of the current situation in Vietnam and the Middle East. in the building by moving them about” during the renovation. He expects the first phase to last “two or three months.” Cooper added that when work on the first floor is completed, it will house offices of Weston, Per ry and Cooper and provide new quarters for Robert L. Melcher, Foreign Student advisor. Also Dean of Students James P. Hannigan and Associate Dean Bennie A. Zinn will occupy the present North Solarium. HOUSING manager Allan M. Madeley will have offices in the South Solarium. When renovations are complet ed in October, Loyd will maintain permanent offices in the base ment area along with campus security and a division of the registrar’s office. The second floor has been de signated for offices of the College of Liberal Arts with the third floor keeping present occupants, placement, student aid and de velopment. THE RENOVATION program includes central air conditioning and heating, new ceilings and lighting, plus the addition of the new offices. Degree Candidates Warned On Cuts Undergraduate candidates for degrees have been reminded by H. R. Byers, academic vice pres ident, that they are required to attend all scheduled classes dur ing the period Jan. 13-17. Any unauthorized absence dur ing this period could result in withholding the degree at com mencement exercises Jan. 18. Students are responsible to see that their instructor receives proper notice of authorized ab sences, Byers noted. Recognition accorded distin guished students during dead week will be the same as that during the rest of the semester. Warner teaches international relations, defense policy and com munist politics at Colorado Springs. The 1962 Naval Acade my graduate has completed Ph.D. course work and is currently re searching his dissertation, “The Reactions of Soviet and American Military Doctrines to the Nuclear Age.” A $367,200 contract was award ed to Farley Construction, Inc., of Shreveport by the A&M Board of Directors in November. Architects are Matthews and Associates of Bryan. Vet College Draws 380 For Trimester A Warner article, “The De velopment of Soviet Military Doc trine and Capabilities in the 1960s,” will be published in the forthcoming “American Defense Policy” of Johns Hopkins Press. Tefteller said A&M students with activity cards and season ticket holders will be admitted to Captain Warner’s presentation at no further charge. Faculty- staff and community patron ad mittance will be 1.50 per person. 920 File For Graduation; Mid - Term Record Seen A record 920 A&M students have applied for mid-term grad uation, announced Registrar H. L. Heaton. Graduation exercises are sched uled for 10 a. m. Jan. 18, in G. Rollie White Coliseum, followed by military commissioning cere monies at 1:30 p. m. Dr. John C. Stevens, assistant FIRST BANK & TRUST—Home of the Super CD- 5 p /r interest compounded daily. president of Abilene Christian College, will be commencement speaker. Commissioning speaker will be Air Force Lt. Gen. Arthur C. Agan, commander of the Aero space Defense Command at Ent AFB, Colo. Heaton said the January candi dates for graduation include 520 students who have filed for bac calaureate degrees, 291 for mas ter’s degrees and 109 for docto rates. Lacey, Kerley Move Up To New Positions The College of Veterinary Med icine enrolled 380 students in its professional program Monday. Dean A. A. Price said 128 reg istered for first year classes, 128 for second and 124 for third year work. The Aggie veterinarians got the jump on other students who are winding up their fall semes ter this month. Spring classes start Feb. 3. Vet classes began at 10 a.m. Monday, two hours after regis tration. The early registration results from the veterinary college’s tri mester basis, Price noted. The college is the university’s only division with such a program, initiated in September, 1964. Registration was held in the college’s new Veterinary Medical Administration Building. Price said students will attend “some of their classes in the new building” which has not been com pleted. A combined laboratory and classroom on the second floor “will be utilized immediately,” he pointed out. Price added other facilities will become available in the building when construction work ends this spring. H. L. Heaton, A&M registrar since 1941, has been named dean of admissions and records, A&M President Earl Rudder announced Monday. Rudder said Heaton’s selection for the newly created position is part of an overall expansion of the university’s admissions and registration office in view of in creased enrollment and introduc tion of a new automated registra tion system. THE EXPANSION also includ ed selection of Auston S. Kerley as associate dean for admissions and Robert A. Lacey as registrar. Kerley has served since 1960 as director of A&M’s Counseling and Testing Center, a post he will retain and bring into closer association with the admissions program. Lacey was named co ordinator of automated data proc essing in the admissions office in 1967. Rudder said the decision to reorganize and expand the office at this time was largely based on development of an automated registration system which has proved highly successful. THE A&M President also noted the university’s enrollment has increased at least 1,000 students per year since 1965. With a cur rent total of 13,081, he added it is quite likely A&M will be ap proaching 20,000 students by its centennial in 1976, as predicted in its master plan. “We find that as the university grows, we need to keep closer tabs on not only admissions and registration, but also class sched uling and assignment of space for classes and laboratories,” Rudder observed. HE ALSO pointed out the ad missions office will have an in creasingly greater work-load as a result of the trend to more trans fer students, particularly from junior colleges. Heaton, a native of Panola County, came to A&M in 1933 as a graduate student, after earn ing a B.S. degree at Stephen F. Austin in 1929. He accepted the position of assistant registrar in 1934 and was named registrar in 1941. He received his master’s degree in education in 1936. As A&M’s registrar the past 27 years, Heaton has signed ap proximately 80 per cent of the more than 50,000 diplomas grant ed by the 92-year-old university. KERLEY, a native of Bonham, joined the A&M faculty in 1952 as associate professor of guid ance. He previously held similar positions at high schools in Sher man and Denton. He received a B.A. degree in economics from A&M in 1939 and a master’s de gree in education from North Texas State in 1950. In conjunction with his appoint ment as director of counseling and testing, Kerley was appointed associate professor of education, a position he also will retain. Lacey joined the A&M faculty in 1964 as a mathematics instruc tor and was named assistant registrar a year later. He pre viously taught in the Cypress- Fairbanks Independent School District near Houston. A native of Centerville, Lacey received his B.A. degree from A&M in 1960 and master’s degree in education here in 1963. H. L. HEATON University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M. —Adv. a