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LIBRARY CAMPUS 15 COPIES JON on 57.! Che NEWSPAPER .eld has his at VOLUME 64 Number 55 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1969 Telephone 845-2226 Judge To Rule On Sirhan Move To Set Aside Innocent Plea •X * Princeton Poet To In Lecture Series Speak Here jiji Poet Theodore Weiss will be here this week for a round of activities highlighted by the sec ond 1968-69 University Lecture Series presentation at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Memorial Student Center ballroom. Weiss, a Danforth visiting lec turer, is professor of writing at Princeton. He also is editor of “The Quarterly Review of Litera ture,” author of six poetry books and numerous poems and articles published in most of the major literary magazines. Dr. Edwin Doran, University Lecture Series chairman, said the program is open to the general public free of charge. WEISS WILL arrive Thursday morning and visit with English students and faculty members prior to conducting an informal discussion on “Beginning Poets, Amateurs vs. Professionals” at 2:30 p.m. in Room 2C of the MSC. Dr. Horace R. Byers, academic vice president, will host a dinner honoring the poet in the MSC Birch Room prior to the Univer sity Lecture Series presentation Accountant,65, Will Retire After 42 Years L.EGE soral >f Indtisl? NT TO- ENESS HEAVY TRAFFIC [Foirj Aggie Senior forward Harry Bostic protects the ball from Texas Tech’s Mike Oakes and goes up for two of his 21 points as Ronnie Peret (44)) looks on. Bostic led all scorers in the Aggies’ initial conference win, 85-84, last night in G. Rollie White. (Photo by Mike Wright) 3 DEM( UTS. 0 p. w. ninatiot n Chari iary 8, j 1 . y Buili lination. UY, 111 RCISE ates toi Fish ‘Peeled Head’ Haircuts Outlawed In Corps Of Cadets y or D* hoodfe gown?- RegW| uesday, J hoods sinct >n ded De«r« s c*P eown ■4.25. for tl)* refluif" iment :der. hEGE toral M in Ind' PMENT, CRITE. : : TbIiH' ilie, • brant erved igs Tot 1 All<^ L9 ei :ars te pW atori Each fact dar ith & ills .To*' - I By DAVID MIDDLEBROOKE Battalion Staff Writer The Corps of Cadets, in its first hgxc'bi: major policy change since paddle boards were done away with in the early ’60’s, has revised its haircut policy to eliminate the eiviUM, 1 "peeled head” style of the fish. ie BachtJ The policy change was an- iunced by Hector Gutierrez, ^ on Jw:' Corps commander, yesterday. He said that it would take effect be ^immediately. bi “There are really two basic ec- 2C. | changes,” Gutierrez said. “The Ji first is that there will be only two styles of haix-cuts: one for the freshmen and sophomores, and one for the juniors and seniors. “The second change,” he con tinued, “is the elimination of the ‘white sidewall’. The fish and te-’fophomores will have short hair, but long enough to be combed over and laid down. The sides kb Ed k e tapered.” The current fish haircut has been around since 1959, according to Gutierrez. Since then, it has almost become the trademark of a Corps freshman. Gutierrez noted that many fac tors entered into the change. Many former students were not happy with the fish haircut, and many people, in the Corps and out, felt that times had changed. “The main factor in bringing rigins 5 out the change, however,” Gutier rez emphasized, “was the realiza tion by the Corps itself that the change had to be made. “We have been considering this ever since the semester began. We aired many pro’s and con’s and finally made the decision. “As far as the haircut identi fying an Aggie,” he commented, “I would hope that the haircut does not make the Aggie.” Gutierrez went on to empha size that this change is being implemented by this year’s Corps Staff, and that the policy could be changed next year if the com mander then decided to. “I feel that it is here to stay for a while,” he said. “Possibly a future commander might decide on a period, maybe a month, when fish would have a special haircut, then go back to the style in this new policy.” The change was made by the Corps Staff cadets themselves. A&M President Earl Rudder and the commandant’s office did not know of the change until in formed by Gutierrez yesterday, after the policy change had been announced to the Corps. “A lot of work and thought has gone into this decision,” com mented Pat Rhodes, first wing commander, “and I feel it is in the best interests of the Corps. “We took a poll of the fish, and 47 per cent felt the haircut needed to be changed.” Both Rhodes and second bri gade commander Danny Ruiz felt that the change could be a re tention factor among the fresh men. “Some freshmen don’t want to come here just because of the haircut,” Ruiz noted. “I feel that it is one of the best moves the Corps has made. Its real effect will not be realized for two or three years, when people have had a chance to evaluate the re sults and think about it some The German community of Schulenburg in Fayette County is many years in the past for an A&M accountant who soon retires after 42 years of campus life. Herbert C. Hertel was a young man of 23 when he left his Schu lenburg home to seek employ ment outside of his native com munity. He found it at a growing A&M College as a payroll clerk. “It has really grown up since I came here,” said Hertel, who recalled he had been teaching, but “wanted in the business line.” He received his teacher’s certi ficate from Blinn College in Bren- ham, operated then by the Metho dist Conference. He taught in “several rural schools” in Fayette and Washington Counties before coming to A&M. He manned his sweetheart, Hil da, in 1928, two years after settl ing down on campus to a life that would eventually take him through nearly half a century of progress by A&M. Hertel, who turned 65 in Octo ber, raised a son, Chnrles. A grad uate of West Point, Major Hertel is presently associated with the University of Massachusetts. The retiring Hertel studied ac counting through the Chicago Ex tension University and today serves as accountant in the busy Fiscal Department. Jt is the only department in which he has worked. Hertel officially letires Jan. 31, but will continue working in a part-time capacity. “I have plenty to take care of at home and I realiy don’t know what I’ll do next,” he added. THEODORE WEISS entitled “Poetry Now: Tradition and Breakthrough.” Weiss will spend Friday with members of the Philosophy De partment, serving as guest lec turer for two classes dealing with philosophy of religion. Weiss’ latest book is “The Last Day and the First” published by MacMillan. He is working on a Shakespeare book to be published by Chatto and Windus of London. HE RECEIVED a grant from the National Foundation of Arts and Letters in 1967 and a Ford Foundation fellowship for poetry and Greek literature in 1953-54. Selections of his poetry have been recorded for the Library of Con gress, Harvard and Yale. He con ducted a lecture on his own work for the Voice of America. A native of Pennsylvania, Weiss attended Muhlenbert College and Columbia. He previously taught at the University of Maryland, University of North Carolina, Yale, Bard College and Massa chusetts Institute of Technology. The Danforth lecturers pro gram was initiated in 1957 by the arts program of the Associ ation of American Colleges and is supported by a grant from the Danforth Foundation, Dr. Doran noted. Campus Security Investigates Library Robbery, Car Theft Campus Security is investigat ing a robbery in the A&M Li brary and the theft of a univer sity station wagon, both of which occurred over the weekend, ac cording to Officer J. D. Gossett. The Library’s information of fice was robbed of $21.75 from the office’s cash register. He said that the thief gained entrance into the register by using a key taken from an office desk. Gossett said that it was pos sible that someone was locked in the library after closing time and discovered the register. He added that one of the wooden doors in the old part of th« iibrarv had been kicked open. Gossett said fingerprints had been obtained but that at the pre sent time no one had been appre hended. Gossett also reported ♦'hat a university station wagon stolen over the weekend from behind Henderson Hall had been recov ered in Bryan. He said that a joint effort by the police departments in Bryan and College Station and the Campus Security, led to the apprehension of a juvenile suspect in Bryan. /. Ed. Professor Elected To National Organization more. Brazos Bowmen Plan First Meet Soph Sweetheart 4pplicationsReady Sophomores may pick up appli cations for Sophomore Class Sweetheart nominees in the Stu dent Programs Office at the Memorial Student Center, accord ing to Gary Martin, sophomore class president. All applications must be re turned with a photograph by Jan. The newly-formed A&M arch ery club, the Brazos Bowmen, will hold its first archery shooting meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at the club’s range across from Country Kitchen restaurant on Farm Road 60. Events at the meet will feature target shooting by club members. A shooting exhibition will also be given by Mike Palmer, national champion bow hunter and junior architecture major at A&M, ac cording to John Bendele, club reporter. The public is invited to the meet, Bendele noted. Officers of the club are Jim Ross, president; Bob Dressier, vice president; Palmer, secretary- treasurer; and Bendele. Anyone interested in joining the club should contact one of the officers, Bendele noted. Lessons for beginners will be taught beginning Feb. 8 by Palmer. Anyone interested in tak ing lessons should contact Palmer to arrange a time schedule. Gutierrez himself thinks it is a big change, one he is certain will be for the best. “I think I have the backing of all my commanders, and I am confident it will work out,” he concluded. WEATHER Thursday — Partly cloudy to cloudy. Wind Northerly 15 to 25 mph. High 42, low 38. Friday — Partly cloudy. Wind Easterly 10 to 15 mph. High 47, low 26. Dr. Clint A. Bertrand of the Industrial Education Department faculty has been elected first vice president of the National Associ ation of Industrial Technology which holds its annual convention at the university next fall. The NAIT, composed of indus trial technology faculty members of 80 colleges and universities throughout the U. S., will meet Oct. 16-18 at A&M, announced Dr. Everett R. Glazener, depart ment head. dustrial technology program, Ber trand will serve as first vice president during 1969. The asso ciation promotes professional in terests and serves as the parent organization for student chapters at the various schools. A&M first offered the bachelor degree in industrial technology in 1951, the second in the nation. Oregon State had the first. Glaze ner said 80 to 85 colleges and universities now have industrial technology degree programs. Associate professor and coor dinator of the department’s in- FIRST BANK & TRUST—Home of the Super C D - 5% interest compounded daily. BB&L. Bryan Building & Loan Association, Your Sav ings Center, since 1919. —Adv. CSC Menu Group To Meet Thursday CHAMPIONSHIP FORM Mike Palmer, junior architecture major, and national bow hunter champion demon strates the form that won him the 1968 championship. Palmer will compete for the A&M Archery Club and teach archery to beginners starting Feb. 9. LOS ANGELES M') — Defence motions to set aside Sirhan Bis- hara Sirhan’s indictment and his plea of innocent come before Judge Herbert V. WaTker today as his trial resumes on charges of murdering Sen. Robert F. Ken nedy. The case of the People vs. Sir han opened formally Tuesday. Within minutes, one of Sirhan’s attorneys asked for a closed ses sion in Walker’s chambers to dis cuss motions. After an hour m chambers, four motions were in troduced in open court and Walk er—after ruling against two—di rected the defense to submit writ ten requests today on the others. SIRHAN, 24, a Jordanian who came to this country as a boy, was neatly dressed in a gray suit; white, buttoned-down shirt and blue tie. He waved to his at torneys as he entered the heavily guarded, 75-seat courtroom. He sat next to them at the left end of the long counsel table but made no public statements. The motion to withdraw the plea of innocent is a legal tech nicality. Under California law, an indictment can not be quashed while a plea stands. After a plea is withdrawn, and if another in dictment is returned, the original plea may be re-entered. THE MOTION attacking Sir han’s indictment is based on a contention the grand jury which indicted him was not composed of a proper cross-section of the com munity, said Russell Parsons, one of three defense lawyers. Parsons said such juries frequently ex clude women, members of minori ty groups and people of various professions. Sirhan is charged with shoot ing Kennedy to death and wound ing five bystanders just after the New York senator proclaimed vic tory in California s Democratic presidential primary Bystanders seized Sirhan after shots rang out as Kennedy walked through a crowded kitchen area of the Am bassador Hotel, site of the vic tory rally. ANOTHER of the defense at torneys, Grant B. Cooper, told newsmen after Tuesday’s court session that “it world be silly to deny he did it.” The defense also asked Walker for a 30-day delay to prepare the motion on Sirhan’s plea and the jury list and requested two juries —one to decide Sirhan’s guilt or innocence, the other to set tne penalty if he is convicted. Walker ruled against both. Seats in the tin.v courtroom were divided about evenly be tween security officers and news men, with only five members of the general public admitted. Sir- ban’s mother. Mary, 55, and brot her, Munir, 21, sat in a back row. Demo Congress Set To Offer ‘Alternatives’ The Civilian Student Menu Committee will meet with univer sity food service officials at noon Thursday for its regular monthly discussion of Sbisa dining oper ations, announced Edwin H. Cooper, director of civilian stu dent activities. Cooper said the group will meet in the cash cafeteria and have lunch together. Any civilian student desiring to offer suggestions about the dining operation should contact one of the committee members and attend the luncheon meeting as his guest, Cooper said. Permanent members of the copi- mittee are: Civilian Student Coun cil President David Wilks. Davis- Gary Hall, Room 238, 5-5566; William Holt, Apt. 10D Fairway Apts., Bryan, 846-8555; Jack Mac- Gillis, Walton C-5, 5-1079; and Graduate Student representative Tony Benedetto, 302 Redmond, Apt. 240. C. S., 846-2130. Cooper pointed out the Corps of Cadets has a separate menu committee. WASHINGTON <A>> — Demo cratic congressional leaders — while not reneging on pledges of cooperation to Richard M. Nixon —are making preparations that could mean a short honeymoon for the new president. The House Education and Labor Committee drew unmistakable battle lines in three areas Tues day with introduction of a whop ping $14-billion school construc tion bill and measures to continue President Johnson’s antipoverty and school aid programs. On the Senate side, Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Mon tana announced he is broadening the scope of the Democratic Policy Committee as a step toward offer ing parts alternatives to Nixon programs. Indications so far from Nixon cabinet members and Republican congressional leaders have been that the new GOP administration would concentrate after Jan. 20 on trying wherever possible to improve already existing pro grams while careful studies are made of any new legislation. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M. —Adv.