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By JANIE WALLACE
Battalion Staff Writer
The Corps of Cadets’ first re-
iew, the Combat Ball, the Mili-
,ry Ball and the Southern Meth-
dist University basketball game
ill highlight the 1969 Military
Weekend.
Starting at 9 after the SMU
asketball game tonight, the
i the toe om bat Ball in Sbisa Dining Hall
feature the music of the
Clique” from Houston.
Uniform for cadets is class C.
lates are urged to dress in keep-
g with the theme which is a
idnight Patrol Along the
MZ” or party dresses.
Review, Dances Highlight Military Weekend
At the first intermission, the
1969 Combat Cutie will be crown
ed from eight finalists. Finalists
are Judy Ann Allen, a freshman
accounting major at Baylor; Bar
bara Jo Babin, freshman elemen
tary education major at Stephen
F. Austin College, Martha Jane
Duncan, W. B. Ray High School
junior; Kay Hicks, a saleswoman
in Beaumont, and Diane Elaine
Hoff, a bank teller in San An
tonio. Also, Barbara Showers,
sophomore physical therapy ma
jor at Texas Woman’s University;
Lenora Laura Stoffer, a fresh
man dress designing major at the
University of Houston and Vir
ginia Charlene Williams, sopho
more home economics major at
Sam Houston State College.
The Combat Ball was originally
sponsored by the combat branches
when A&M had military instruc
tion in armor, infantry and ar
tillery.
On Saturday, the first Corps
of Cadets review of 1968-69 will
begin with the Aggie Band’s three
ruffles and flourishes for the
ranking military official at 2 p.m.
Army Lt. Gen. Harry H. Critz,
commander of Fourth Army and
Air Force Maj. Gen. Leo F. Du-
sard, Jr., Air Training Command
vice commander at Randolph
AFB, will be on the reviewing
stand.
Congressional Medal of Honor
winners from A&M representing
all branches of the U. S. armed
forces will be recognized before
the review at the drill field in
front of the Memorial Student
Center.
The six recipients are William
G. Harrell, ’43 from Mercedes;
Lloyd H. Hughes, ’43 from Corpus
Christ!; George D. Keathley, ’37
from Olney; Turney W. Leonard,
’42 from Dallas, Thomas W. Fow
ler, ’43 from Wichita Falls; and
Dr. Eli L. Whiteley, 42 from
Georgetown.
Dr. Whiteley is the sole surviv
ing winner from A&M. He is an
associate professor of agronomy
here. Harrell survived the war,
but died in 1963. The other
awards were made posthumously.
“The six Medals of Honor will
be displayed in the MSC for one
week in conjunction with Military
Weekend,” said Richard T. Ber
nard, assistant to President Rud
der.
Dr. Whiteley and the families
of the other recipients will visit
dormitories named in their honor
and be guests at a luncheon before
the review.
The Medals of Honor are usu
ally encased in the Richard Coke
Building.
The Military Ball in Sbisa Din
ing Hall will start at 9 p.m. fea
turing the Jimmy Simon Orches
tra.
Sbisa will be decorated to re
semble a Travis AFB, Calif, run
way. Since the Combat Ball was
situated in Vietnam, the Military
Ball will bring the military per
sonnel back from overseas duty.
Uniforms for cadets will be class
A and dates are requested to
wear formats.
A Corps commander’s luncheon
and (president’s buffet will also
honor Military Day guests.
The guest list includes: Brig.
Gen. S. L. A. Marshall (retired);
(Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Peterson,
president of the Board of Direc
tors; Mr. and Mrs. Ford D. Al
britton, president of the Former
Students Association; Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Prewitt, Jr., president
of the Federaton of A&M Moth
er’s Clubs; Mr. and Mrs. John C.
Fisher, Aggie Mother of the
Year; Mr. and Mi's. W. W. Young,
sponsor of the Ross Volunteers
for Annual Rex Parade; Mr. and
Mrs. Hector Guiterrez, parents of
the corps commander; directors
and deans of the university.
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Che ficittciliofi
VOLUME 64 Number 77
‘Flower Power 9
Mere For Spring
By DAVE BERRY
By commencement, the flowers
ill be out. Especially the 900
arieties to be planted on the
lock east of Kyle Field.
“On this block, bounded by
|ersey, Throckmorton* and Hous-
a Streets and Joe Routt Boule-
rd, plans are being made to de
lop a ‘promenade garden,’ ” ex-
lains Robert H. Rucker, A&M’s
ffidseape architect.
This ‘promenade garden’ will
)ffice Created
o Coordinate
l&M’s Growth
Texas A&M will establish a
lanning and Analytical Studies
ffice to provide better coordina-
on for the institution’s growth,
inounced President Earl Rudder.
Creation of such an office is
le of the points stressed in a
udy which Texas A&M con-
icted for the Coordinating
oard, Texas College and Univer
ity System.
The Coordinating Board study
r as designed to set guidelines
•r developing a campus master
|lan, which Rudder noted will be
e major immediate task for the
ew A&M office.
He said the officet will be
lirected by Dr. Charles Pinnell,
rmerly associate dean of Aca-
lemic affairs, who headed the
|8-month study for the Coordinat-
Ig Board.
In addition to formulating a
omprehensive master plan for
rowth of the university, the new
ffice also will assist in imple-
lenting the plan and conducting
nalytical studies of various op-
rations.
A master plan, Rudder ex-
lained, will include priorities for
onstruction of additional facili-
fes, projected use of utilities,
r affic planning and evaluation of
Pessary financing in all areas.
eventually include, in addition to
the various flowers, a series of
small connected ponds, flowering
trees, and meandering walkways.
“Although flower beds will
eventually be placed throughout
the ‘promenade’, the first beds
will be located only at the south
end of the block, well behind the
president’s house,” Rucker con
tinues.
These beds, which are now be
ing prepared, will be experimen
tal. They will serve as trial gar
dens for the growers who have
donated the 900 varieties of an
nuals.
“Growers from around the free
world develop new types of flow
ers and edible plants and send the
seeds to the All-America Selec
tion. It then distributes the seeds
to trial gardens in Canada, Mex
ico, and the United States,”
Rucker adds.
A&M’s will be the second such
garden in Texas; Texas Techno
logical College owns the other.
The All-America Selection is an
association of growers interested
in popularizing new types of
plants and discovering where
these and known types will best
grow.
“These experimental gardens
will serve as test grounds not only
for the All-American Selection,
but also for the Florticulture De
partment; students under the
direction of Prof. A. F. DeWerth
will conduct experiments utilizing
the beds,” Rucker says.
“Records will be kept which
show what flowers will grow best
here. It is these plants which will
be grown throughout the rest of
the ‘promenade’ and campus.
“Don’t forget that we are pres
ently trying to beautify the cam
pus; the ‘promenade’ is a part of
this beautification program.
“The area will be quiet enough
so that a family or a young man
and his girl can pass the time of
day there. It will be a good place
to picnic or take pictures. Most
important, it will be a place which
will cause people to want to re
turn to A&M.”
reedom Of Speech Means
Responsibility, Leabo Says
By TONY HUDDLESTON
Battalion Staff Writer
“Freedom of speach means ac-
e Pbng the responsibility for
That you say,” C. J. Leabo, head
the Journalism Department
°hi the Apollo Club Thursday.
Freedom of speech also means
_®t a person should take the rap
he says something wrong,
^t he should credit himself when
v a t he said beforehand is proven
^ht,” he added.
A person loses his right to
• x Press his opinion when he in-
^ n ?es on the social rights of
^ e rs,” the Missouri native
“oted.
cited a recent Supreme
Ur t decision which gave stu-
n ts at Iowa State University
e ttght to wear patches in pro-
st against the Vietnam War.
e court ruled that they could
I** them only as long as they
nt infringe on the rights of
. r students or disrupt univer-
1% rules.
The right to use four-letter
* or ds i s an individual’s privilege
1 43 kng as he doesn’t use the
vords in public,” Leabo said.
T believe every person has the
hght to express his opinion so
hng as he doesn’t try to force it
u
down society’s throat,” he added
as he paced the floor.
He argued that this country
was founded on the principal of
expressing opinions regardless of
the public sentiment at that time.
He cited Thomas Jefferson,
Thomas Paine, and Charles Dar
win as examples in their time.
“Groups such as the Jews, Ro
man Catholics and Mormons
stressed their right to freedom of
speech stronger because society
was most critical of them.”
He emphasized that the Consti
tution of the United States was
set up for the future, and he be
lieved that its writers planned it
so that it would change with the
times.
Leabo explained that it was the
responsibility of the people to
elect good leaders if they wanted
a guarantee to good government.
“The people are the govern
ment — they elect the officials
who represent them in the state,
federal and local governments of
our country,” he said.
“The concept of good govern
ment requires respect for the
rights of others, whether they be
the leaders of government or
members of the SDS.”
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1969
Telephone 845-2226
Senate Adopts 10 By-Laws,
Studies University Regs
■ ——- •/ c?
BLUE BOOK REPORT
Student Senator Collier Watson, left, listens to a question on one of his committee’s pro
posed changes in University Regulations as Vice-President David Maddox (center) waits
to enter the discussion. At right are Senate President Bill Carter and Recording Secre
tary Ronnie Adams. (Photo by Mike Wright)
Civilians Schedule Forum,
Discuss Reapportionment
Rudder Honored
For Aiding MSC
By DAVID MIDDLEBROOKE
Battalion Staff Writer
The Civilian Student Council
last night set March 11 as the
date for its first Student Panel
Forum and discussed Student
Senate reapportionment.
Garry Mauro, junior yell lead
er and head of the forum com
mittee, told the Council that the
first forum would be at 7 p.m.
on March 11 in the Assembly
Room of the Memorial Student
Center.
Mauro explained that a five-
man panel composed of David
Maddox, Senate vice-president;
Ernie Godsey, Hughes Hall, pres
ident; Kirby Brown, Fish Class
president; Andy Scott, Walton
Hall president, and Mauro would
answer student questions.
....“Topics,” he said, “would be
Food Services menus, laundry
problems, residence hall pro
gramming, and administration-
student relations.
“EACH PANELIST will give
a short two- or three-minute
talk,” Mauro continued, “and the
floor will then be opened to ques
tions from the students.”
Senate reapportionment was
brought before the Council by
Council Vice-President Bill Holt.
Holt told the group that, from
informal polls among civilian
students, he felt most were in
favor of some sort of reappor
tionment.
Many of the residence hall
presidents said that their halls
favored a proposal that would
put Senate membership on a liv
ing-area basis, or senators from
Bryan Building & Loan
Association, Your Sav
ings Center, since 1919.
B B & L —Adv.
each residence hall on campus.
“Most of the freshmen I
know,” said Dudley Vickers,
freshman representative, “feel
the senate representatives should
come from the residence halls—
let the majority rule.”
“OUR HALL feels it is neces
sary to bring student government
closer to the students,” said Ed
Donnell, Legget Hall president.
“Hall representation could help
do this.”
Holt said that he had talked
with a number of senators about
it, and none were in favor of the
living-area idea.
“In order to do it,” he explain
ed, “we would probably have to
resort to a student referendum.
In addition, Senate President Bill
Carter’s official position is not
to reapportion this year at all.”
“He has put the matter in com
mittee, which effectively kill re
apportionment unless we act,”
Holt added. “Even if the com
mittee does take some action, I
don’t feel it will be a true reap
portionment.”
Holt urged the Council to pass
StudentsReminded
Of No-Pet Clause
John Bendele, vice-president of
the Student Apartment Council,
has asked married students living
in off-campus university housing
to abide by the clause in their
contracts banning pets from the
premises.
A three-year-old girl was bitten
on the face by a dog in the Hensel
apartment area this week, Ben
dele said. The dog was impounded
in the veterinary college clinic
and is being observed for signs
of rabies.
a resolution saying that “we, the
Civilian Student Council, feel the
Student Senate needs to be reap
portioned more on the basis of
one man, one vote.”
AFTER MUCH discussion, in
cluding a warning to exercise
caution by David Wilks, Council
president, the resolution was de
feated by a narrow 9-10 vote.
Godsey, chairman of the Civil
ian Weekend Committee, told the
group that a few new twists were
in the works this year. One, he
said, was the encouragement of
residence hall activities on Fri
day night of the April 25 week
end. These, he said would be in
addition to a Council-sponsored
dance and a possible showing of
“We’ve Never Been Licked.”
He also mentioned that, in
addition to the regular barbecue
on Saturday, he hoped to have
some afternoon athletic contests,
along with possible demonstra
tions by a radio-control airplane
flying club and the A&M para
chute club. An afternoon carni
val was also mentioned as a
possible activity.
Godsey urged halls to begin
thinking about nominations for
Civilian Sweetheart, along with
activities before the Saturday
night dance.
Mauro, Civilian Week com
mittee chairman, said that activi
ties were being planned for every
night of the week beginning
Monday, April 21.
WEATHER
Saturday—Partly cloudy. Wind
Easterly 5 to 10 mph. High
67, low 38.
Sunday — Partly cloudy to
cloudy. Wind Easterly 10 to 15
Mph. High 68, low 44.
By TOM CURL
Battalion Staff Writer
In a called meeting Thursday
night, the Student Senate adopted
10 constitutional by-laws, approv
ed changes in the election rules
and discussed revisions of univer
sity regulations.
The by-laws resulted from pro
posals submitted by Senator Tom
Fitzhugh after a study of the
current constitution that began
in December.
“The purpose of the by-laws
is to make many current practices
official,” Fitzhugh said.
THE MOST significant by-law
adopted allows senators to in
clude action on the agenda of
a meeting if they can muster the
support of ten per cent of the
Senate. Currently, the agenda is
The Battalion will publish
articles next week explaining in
greater detail changes in uni
versity regulations and election
committee procedures.
made up by the Senate Executive
Committee, composed of the of
ficers and the chairmen of the
elected committees.
“An amendment added to the
by-law states that although ac
tion can be put on the agenda,
it must go through the Executive
Committee to allow study of the
proposal.
“I want to emphasize that there
is no trouble with the Executive
Committee this year, but I can
foresee possible friction in future
years between the officers and a
group of senators,” Fitzhugh
commented.
Another proposal stated that
any part of the Senate constitu
tion that conflicted with univer
sity regulations would automatic
ally be revised to comply with
the administration’s policy. There
were objections led by Vice Presi
dent David Maddox.
“WE SHOULD be able to write
our own constitution and the uni
versity regulations should be
used in addition to the Senate
constitution,” Maddox argued.
“The university regulations
must be followed if the adminis
tration is to run the university,”
Fitzhugh countered.
The proposal was later ruled
out of order because it would in
volve a change of the constitu
tion and must be presented as an
amendment. Such action requires
a three-fourths majority of the
Senate and approval of the Aca
demic Council.
Another adopted by-law allows
a senator to send an authorized
representative to meetings in his
place as long as the substitute
meets the academic requirements
for the office of the senator he
is representing. Another adopted
proposal allows the substitute to
participate in discussion, but he
is not allowed to vote or introduce
motions for action.
IN OTHER action, Senator
Tom Henderson reported on
progress of a letter to the Texas
Legislature opposing an increase
in tuition. The letter is the result
of a resolution adopted last week
at the regular Senate meeting.
Henderson said that his commit
tee will cooperate with a similar
committee at the University of
Texas at Austin in urging Texas
lawmakers to reconsider the pro
posal recently issued by the Co
ordinating Board of Texas Col
leges and Universities. Henderson
added that he would contact stu
dents at Texas Technological Col
lege to ask for their support.
The Senate unanimously passed
a resolution commending A&M
President Earl Rudder for his
aid in obtaining funds totaling
$41,500 for the Memorial Student
Center committees of Town Hall,
Great Issues and Political Forum.
Senator Collier Watson report
ed on subcommittee efforts to
revise the university regulations,
or “blue book.” The proposed
changes were read and discussed.
Action was deferred until the reg
ular Senate meeting next Thurs
day so that changes and com
promises can be completed, ac
cording to Watson. The Senate-
approved changes will then go
to the university Regulations
Committee for consideration.
DURING discussion of the pro
posed changes, the subject of
students’ rights arose and Presi
dent Bill Carter appointed Sena
tor Paschal Redding to be chair
man of a subcommittee to draw
up a Students’ Bill of Rights.
(See SENATE, Page 2)
Tech’s Murray
Apologizes For
Egginglncident
LUBBOCK, Tex. UP) — Texas
Tech President Grover Murray
apologized Thursday to Texas
A&M President Earl Rudder for
an egg-and-ice-throwing incident
at last Saturday’s Tech-A&M bas
ketball game in Lubbock.
In a letter to Gen. Rudder,
Murray condemned the “un
sportsmanlike and irresponsible
actions” by spectators at athletic
contests and proposed that South
west Conference University presi
dents act to stop them.
The incident at Lubbock fol
lowed closely a confrontation be
tween players and fans as a bas
ketball game between A&M and
Baylor at College Station.
Dr. Murray said he thought an
apology was necessary and that
he also wanted to clear up any
misconceptions that the egg
throwing in Lubbock might have
involved a large segment of the
Texas Tech student body.
Murray said the great majority
of Tech students are “mature and
well-educated” and said they do
not “resort to such outrageous
behavior to express opinions.”
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.
—Adv.