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70 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1969
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Battalion Staff Writer
Three AM student leaders ap-
>eared before the Texas legisla-
ure last week, in a precedent-
itting action, to express student
pinion and give the legislators a
hance to come in contact with
ollege students.
Bill Carter, Student Senate
iresident; David Wilks, Civilian
Itudent council president, and
lector Gutierrez, Corps com
mander, flew back and forth be-
ween College Station and Austin
ist Wednesday and Thursday in
esponse to an invitation extended
y A&M President Earl Rudder.
"PRESIDENT Rudder wanted
he legislators to see the every-
lay A&M student, and he felt
hat we represented the type,”
Carter said.
In Austin, the three appeared
lefore the Senate Finance and
House Appropriations Committees
egarding A&M’s budget.
“I was really impressed with
|he committee meetings we sat
n on and with the budget presen-
;ation made to the committees by
he administration,” Carter con-
inued.
"IT WAS really interesting and
educational to see what goes on
in Austin.”
“I feel that these trips will be
becoming increasingly more fre
quent,” Wilks commented. “We
had a very good reception and
were able to play an effective part
in talking to the Legislature.
“I feel that the students can
influence the Legislature and
help the administration appeal to
them more effectively.”
The legislators also enjoyed the
chance to meet with the students.
“AT ONE committee meeting,”
Carter remarked, “I was told that
they really appreciated students
coming and speaking to them, I
was also told that those men
rarely get a chance to see and
hear students.”
As a follow-up to his Legisla
ture visit, Carter plans to meet
with Texas Gov. Preston Smith
in Austin Wednesday.
Carter is also interested in the
recently rejected proposal for an
A&M-South Texas College of
Law merger. The request was
turned down by the Texas
College and University Coordi
nating Board.
“I WOULD definitely like to
see a law school at A&M,” he
livilian Student Council Joins
National Residence Hall Group
r ING 1; Civilian Student Council has ference.
loted to affiliate with the Na
tional Association of College and
I n i v e r s i t y Residence Halls
f(NACURH).
The action followed a trip to
[California State College at Long
leach by three students who ob-
lerved NACURH’s annual con-
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tire Parking Area Cut
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tor Day Students
Day student parking has been
liminated on Lubbock Street be-
ween Nagle and Bizzell Streets,
nnounced Security Chief Ed
Well.
He said it was necessary to
ange the parking procedures
e to the Recreation and Parks
Apartment moving into the
aiding formerly occupied as a
ble, and later as Agricultural
ormation.
Powell pointed out “ample”
[larking space is available on Biz-
ell, south of the golf patrons’
arking area and on both sides of
^izzell in front of the golf house.
Day students may also park
in parking area 9, commonly re
erred to as the Law Hall -lot,
ind lots 48 and 49 where 600
spaces are available.
ROLIC
)AY
It was the first time A&M
had sent representatives to the
national meeting.
Making the recommendation
were David Wilks, CSC president;
Earyl Roddy, president of Davis-
Gary Hall, and Andy Scott, Wal
ton Hall president, all of whom
attended the California conven
tion.
Edwin H. Cooper, director,
Civilian Student Activities, said
fees for membership will be pro
vided from the council’s general
operating fund.
Immediately following their re
turn from California, Wilks,
speaking for all^ said, “We feel
NACURH is a very responsible
student organization,” and had
high praise for several actions
taken by NACURH leaders.
The students represented new
civilian A&M residence halls
which have been engaged in a
pilot project since September,
1968. The halls operate as “clubs”
with their own elected officers.
Similar programs are expected
to start soon in other civilian
halls.
The program is designed to
involve civilian students in cam
pus activities, once oriented to a
Corps of Cadets program.
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SOPHOMORE SWEETHEART
Carole Love Mathers, 17, of Fort Worth, was crowned Sat
urday as 1969 Sophomore Sweetheart. The blue-eyed blonde
senior at Western Hills Hig-h School competed against four
other finalists for the honor. Her escort was Gary Robert
son of Fort Worth, an industrial technologry major.
remarked. “I feel that it would
really be an asset to the univer
sity.”
Carter said that he had talked
yesterday with Rudder and an
aide, Robert G. Cherry, concern
ing the merger. He also said the
A&M Board of Directors will con
sider the question of further ac
tion on the merger when they
meet here this weekend. Carter
will appear before the board then.
“I think that many people want
a law school,” Carter concluded,
“but it’s up to the board to decide
what will be done.”
A&M Students
Will Attend
Bush Funeral
A large A&M delegation will
attend the funeral in Temple
Wednesday of Capt. Joseph Bush
Jr., 1966 A&M graduate killed
last week in Vietnam.
Services for the former head
yell leader at Aggieland are set
for 2 p.m. at the Harper-Talasch
Funeral Home.
Among the groups attending
will be the Singing Cadets who
will sing at the funeral. Also
represented will be the Ross Vol
unteers and Company A-l, the
unit in which Bush served as an
undergraduate.
Capt. Bush, killed in action Feb.
10, was a distinguished military
student here, where he studied
accounting. In addition to serving
as head yell leader in 1965-66,
he also was a yell leader during
his junior year.
Survivors include the widow;
a son, Robin, and parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph K. Bush, all of
Temple.
School Board
Sets Election
The Board of Trustees of the
A&M Consolidated Independent
School District iMbnday set April
5 for the election of trustees for
Places 1 and 2.
The last day for filing as a can
didate for each of the places is
March 5, according to Consoli
dated superintendent of schools
W. T. Riedel. A candidate must
be a registered voter and a resi
dent of the City of College Sta
tion, Riedel said.
Absentee voting will be con
ducted in the school administra
tion building from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
March 17 through April 1.
The board decided also to
schedule Public School Week
March 2-8. Open house ceremo
nies are planned for all schools
in the A&M Consolidated District,
Riedel noted.
The Consolidated elementary
schools will host their open house
from 7:30 to 9 p.m. March 3, and
the junior high schools will con
duct their open house from 7 to
9:30 p.m. March 4. The high
school will also hold open house
from 7:30 to 9 p.m. March 4.
Spring Graduates
Must Register
For GRE, Degree
Deadline for making degree
applications for the spring semes
ter is Friday, according to Regis
trar R. A. Lacey.
The graduation candidate
should report to the fiscal office
and pay the graduation fee which
includes the Graduate Record Ex
aminations and diploma costs,
Lacey said. Graduate students
pay only the diploma fee.
“Undergraduates should then
report to the registrar’s office,”
he added, “and fill out the degree
application form. They should
then register for the GRE at the
Counseling and Testing Center.”
Graduate students, Lacey noted,
must apply for degrees in the
graduate dean’s office; undergrad
uates, in the registrar’s office.
“Only 575 undergraduate stu
dents have applied thus far. We
had expected 800,” noted Charles
McT emore, assistant registrar.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.
—Adv.
Aggies Try To Lengthen Lead
Against Bears Here Tonight
JET STOP FOR SECRETARY
A&M President Earl Rudder, left, turns from State Sen. William (Bill) Moore of Bryan
to welcome Secretary of Agriculture Clifford Hardin, right. Gripping Moore’s arm is State
Sen. Hank Grover of Houston. The secretary and his contingent stopped at Easterwood
Airport Sunday while enroute to “field day” at Houston businessman Bert Wheeler’s
ranch near Easterly.
Brazos Civil Liberties Union
Widens Scope, Elects Execs
By DAVE BERRY
Battalion Staff Writer
The Brazos Civil Liberties
Union has recently expanded its
area of activity and elected new
officers, according to Secretary-
Treasurer Leon Greene.
Greene said the union, which
once operated only in the Bryan-
College Station area, now operates
in 11 contiguous counties.
“This expansion,” Greene con
tinued, “is part of the new de
lineation fixed by the Texas Civil
Liberties Union, whereby the
state is divided into 18 Civil
Liberties Areas.”
THE BRAZOS union, Greene
said, has recently elected new
board of directors members
through mail balloting of its cur
rent members.
Elected were Joseph J. Mc-
Graw, A&M architecture profes
sor to a three-year term; Cary
Johnson of the NAACP to a
three-year term; Claude D. Davis,
political science professor here,
to a one-year term; and Greene,
an economics graduate student,
to a one-year term.
“The board’s nine members
serve staggered three-year
terms,” Greene explained. “In
cases of unexpected vacancies,
replacements may be elected to
one-year terms with the option
to later run for a full term.”
THIS YEAR’S new officers.
Greene continued, were subse
quently elected from the Board.
They were James H. Fenner, a
Presbyterian minister affiliated
with the United Campus Chris
tian Fellowship, president; Mi
chael J. Harney, one of the fac
ulty of the architecture dept.,
first vice-president; Johnson, sec
ond vice-president; and Greene,
secretary-treasurer.
“Our union, though a relatively
new affiliate, is vigorous in dis
charging its duty, Greene added.
It investigates any case which
may constitute a civil violation.
“Recently,” Greene said, “it has
handled such cases as lack of due
process, voting questions, student
rights questions, and many oth
ers. In fact, there are standing
committees designed to handle
these various cases. They include
Due Process, Equality Before the
Law, Freedom of Expression and
Legislation committees.
“Our civil liberties can only be
maintained if we all guard them
vigilantly, beginning at the most
basic level—our own community,”
Greene explained.
The Brazos Civil Liberties
Union involves “only a small
step,” he said, “but it is hoped
that it can at least so direct the
attention to the public that any
attempt at an infringement upon
its rights and liberties shall meet
a speedy reversal.”
WEATHER
Wednesday — Partly cloudy,
wind Southerly 5 to 10 mph.
High 61, low 38.
Thursday — Cloudy, with rain
in late afternoon. Wind South
erly 10 to 15 mph. High 68,
low 49.
By JOHN PLATZER
Battalion Sports Editor
A battle for at least tempo
rary supremacy in the hectic
Southwest Conference basketball
chase shapes up for tonight in
G. Rollie White as the Texas
Aggies and Baylor Bears clash
before an overflow crowd.
The Aggies enter the 8 p.m.
contest with a league-leading 8-1
mark while the Bears are a step
back at 7-2. Southern Methodist
is the only other school still in
the championship picture, also
with a 7-2 record.
Huge crowds have been the
order of the day for the past
month when A&M’s “Excitement
Plus” aggregation has taken the
floor. Tonight’s throng, how
ever, should dwarf the previous
marks. All of G. Rollie’s 8,500
seats are expected to be filled by
6 p.m. with the overflow being
directed to Guion Hall where a
closed circuit television system
has been erected.
IN THE LAST meeting be
tween the two teams, the largest
crowd in the history of Waco’s
Hear O’ Texas Coliseum was on
hand to see the Bears defeat the
Aggies 66-65.
Coach Bill Menefee’s Bears are
paced by juniors Larry Gate-
wood (6-5) and Tommy Bowman
(6-4). Gatewood, Baylor’s top
outside shooter, is the SWC’s
second leading scorer with a 20.4
season average while Bowman
has averaged 16.3
The remaining starting spots
for the Bears are expected to be
manned by David Sibley (6-5),
Richard Scallorn (6-2) and Eddie
Frazier (6-0). The team’s top
reserve has been Tom Friedman,
a 6-4 sophomore.
Friedman started in the place
of Sibley in the Waco game and
was a key factor in Baylor’s win.
He hit consistently from outside
(See Aggies Try, page 4)
★ ★ ★
Closed-Circuit TV
Will Carry Game
To Guion Tonight
The ticket demand for tonight’s
SWC basketball meeting between
A&M and Baylor has caused ath
letic department officials here to
set up a closed-circuit TV of the
game in nearby Guion Hall.
All reserved-seat tickets were
sold out by 9 a.m. Monday. The
doors to G. Rollie White Coliseum
will open to student and general
admission fans at 5:30 p.m. to
day. It is expected that the 8,500-
seat Coliseum will be filled by
6 p.m. or shortly thereafter.
A movie-size screen will be on
the stage of Guion Hall and
A&M’s radio network broadcast
will be piped into Guion Hall,
which seats 1,500.
General admission prices are
$1.50. A&M students will be ad
mitted to both the Coliseum and
Guion Hall on activity tickets.
The A&M-Baylor freshmen will
play at 5:45 and the varsity game
starts at 8 p.m.
A&M leads the SWC race at
8-1. Baylor is tied with SMU for
second at 7-2.
Bryan Building & Loan
Association, Your Sav
ings Center, since 1919.
B 13 & L —Adv.
TWO
A&M’s Billy Bob Barnett banks in two of his 19 points
over the guard of Steve Wendel of Rice in Saturday’s heart
stopping overtime victory in Houston. Owl Jim Naples
hopes for the rebound. (Photo by Mike Wright)
ADSmenHope To Alleviate
‘Excedrin Headache 1969’
A&M basketball fans, who have been getting plenty
of tension this year as the Aggies squeak out one-point
victories, will get something extra tonight with their
game programs: an Excedrin.
The headache remedy is courtesy of Alpha Delta
Sigma, national advertising fraternity, which has the
franchise to sell the programs at the Aggies’ home games.
Enclosed in a celophane envelope, the pill will carry
the notation: “Excedrin Headache No. 1969, Aggie Bas
ketball.”
The first-place Aggies play Baylor, which is breath
ing down A&M’s neck in the Southwest Conference and
is the only league team to beat them — by one point,
naturally.
Texas A&M has an 8-1 SWC mark, including five
one-point victories, three of which were won in overtime.
An Alpha Delta Sigma spokesman said there would
be no extra charge for the Excedrin, and that they will
be available at both G. Rollie White Coliseum and Guion
Hall.