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m l that playli Che Battalion ws Bn VOLUME 64 Number 78 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1969 Telephone 845>2226 iHiuq tton,!!! Senate Committee Okays Campus Disruption Bill By JACK KEEVER Associated Press Writer AUSTN (A*)—Senators appear- id eager Monday to make sure here is a law to handle campus lots. The State Affairs Committee, n a special 30-minute meeting, ipproved a bill making it a crime o disrupt schools, and Sen. H. J. Jlanchard of Lubbock said he vould try for passage by the full Senate today. If Blanchard is successful, the Senate would beat the Houses’s ast time of 48 hours in passing he measure after it was first ward by committee. BLANCHARD reminded the committee of the University of Wisconsin, various schools in Michigan and San Francisco State University “where students not only have taken over administra tion buildings but have burned ’em and tom ’em up. “In Texas, fortunately, we’ve had no great violence although one college was closed down tem porarily, but we’ve reopened that one. This bill would cope with any attempt to take over the Uni versity of Texas, Texas Tech, East Texas State or any other school.” The bill, sponsored by Rep. Joe D eace Corps Seeks Volunteers It Booth In MSC This Week wn By TONY HUDDLESTON Battalion Staff Writer The discipline and leadership raining given at A&M are qual- ties that the Peace Corps is earching for, Bill Combs, head f a four person team of Peace Borps representatives currently n the campus, said Monday. Campus representatives are lombs and his wife Peggy, who erved in the Philippines. Combs erved as a urban renewal spe- ialist, and Mrs. Combs taught lementary classes. Also on the earn are Dave Hopper, who aught animal science in the Col- mbia, and Doug Williams who rorked with India’s agricultural xtension service. Students interested in obtain- ng information about the oppor- unities that exist in the Peace Borps, can contact representa- ives between 8 a.m. and 4:30 i.m. any day this week in the ooth near the Post Office in he Memorial Student Center. APTITUDE language tests fill be given at various times uring the day, Combs said. The ests are 30 minutes long, and o pass or failing grade is given n the test. The tests are given nly to select the country and anguage that a person is best uited for if he is selected as a olunteer, Combs said. The purpose of the Peace Borps, according to Williams, is help people in other countries meet their need for trained nanpower, help promote under- tanding of Americans in coun- ries served, and help promote an understanding of other countries by Americans. The training of a volunteer consists of three months of learn ing the language, culture, and habits of the host country he is to be sent. THERE ARE 15,000 volunteers currently serving in 59 countries, according to Mrs. Combs. The average age of the volunteer is 24.4 years, although 137 of the volunteers are over 50. Only 112 volunteers are under 21. Sixty-five per cent of all ap plicants selected are men ana thirty-five are women. M o s u volunteers are single, but in the last two years one out of five volunteers has been married. Ninety-six per cent of the vol unteers selected have attended college for at least two years, but persons with valuable technical skills are also selected as volun teers, noted Mrs. Combs. The majority of the volunteers are persons with a liberal arts education, who have a flexibility and adaptability to perform sev eral different skills because of their college training. More than half of the volun teers serve as teachers, 20 per cent conduct projects in health and agriculture, and the rest are distributed among the 300 skill categories ranging from account ing to zoology. WEATHER r Bryan Building & Loan Association, Your Sav ings Center, since 1919. BB&L —Adv. Wednesday — Cloudy. Light rain in afternoon, heavier eve ning showers. Wind Easterly 10 to 15 mph. High 59, low 48. Thursday—Cloudy. Rain show ers. Wind Southerly 10 to 20. Becoming Northerly 10 to 20 mph. High 62, low 56. n , ^ COMBAT CUTIE Deputy Corps Commander Garland Clark pins the “Combat ^e, 1969’’ ribbon on Kay Hicks of Orange at Friday’s Combat Ball. Miss Hicks, 18-year-old brunette who works m Beaumont, won over seven other finalists. Her escort was Bob Turney, junior physical education major from Orange. (Photo by Mike Wright) Shannon of Fort Worth, provides fines of $25 to $200 and/or jail terms of 10 days to six months for persons acting together who willfuly engage in “disruptive ac tivity at public or private schools or colleges.” THAT WOULD include anyone who seizes control of buildings or prevents or disrupts classes by force or threat of violence. A student convicted three times of violating the bill would be barred from a school that gets state funds for two years. The bill was approved by a House committee and passed in House debate last Wednesday in less than 2^ hours. Speaker Gus Mutscher told newsmen Monday he pushed rapid consideration of the bill because “I didn’t want implications of a political type bill.” Mutscher said he had been told by some college presidents that Texas might expect some college campus disorders, but Mutscher said he was not influenced by these rumors of impending cam pus trouble. “YOU COULDN’T make it too strong for me,” said Sen. Grady Hazlewood of Canyon. Sen. J. P. Word, Meridian, said the bill would not affect those “who walk around and cuss pro fessors. They can still carry their dirty signs . . . that’s pretty well established.” “Shouldn’t we write a bill that would apply everywhere ? ” asked Ralph Hall of Rockwall. “This is directed at the cam puses. It almost challenges them. “I hate to point out one ele ment. We could have a disturb ance right here ...” The only witness on the bill was William Roth of Austin, who said he had been a professor and teacher for 40 years. He testified that the bill “will not cure the maladies of the college and uni versity system today in Texas . . . institutions where serious disruptions occur are sick, out of touch with the student body, and my alma mater, the University of Wisconsin, is one of these.” 2 Incumbents, 4 Others File For CS Council Two incumbents have filed for re-election in the April 1 College Station City Council election, while a third has declined to run for re-election. Robert R. Rhodes, assistant professor of range science, did not file again for councilman of Place 3 before the Saturday deadline. Place 5 is held by Dan Davis of 202 Monclair, an associate pro fessor of sociology, who is run ning unopposed for re-election. Incumbent Bill J. Cooley and Dr. T. J. Hirsch have filed for Place 1. Candidates for Place 3 are Homer B. Adams, Charles F. Hall and Joseph J. McGraw. Hall, 511 Nagle St., is a assist ant professor of veterinary medi cine at A&M, and McGraw of 211 Suffolk St., is a associate profes sor of urban planning and a partner in South-West Planning Associates. Adams, 205 Timber St., owns and operates Adams Transfer and storage company. Dr. Hirsch, 1210 Glade St., is a professor of civil engineering at A&M. Cooley, of 503 Glade, is a Con oco agent, and owns two service stations located in College Sta tion. Foreign Students To Get Tax Help Assistance in preparing U. S. income tax returns will be avail able here next week to non-U. S. residents announced Robert L. Melcher, the university’s foreign student adviser. Melcher said Internal Revenue Service personnel will provide help from 9 to 11:50 a. m. March 11-12, in the Memorial Student Center Social Room. International student and staff members seeking assistance should bring their passports, W-2 forms and, if available, a copy of their 1967 income tax returns, Melcher added. A&M Students Help Organize Campaign AgainstT uitionHike By DAVID MIDDLEBROOKE Battalion Staff Writer SMILING SALUTE Dr. Eli L. Whiteley, A&M’s sole surviving Medal of Honor winner, salutes smiling Army Lt. Gen. Harry H. Critz, 4th Army commander, and Air Force Maj. Gen. Leo F. Dusard Jr., Air Training Command vice commander, during Military Weekend ceremonies Satur day. (Photo by Mike Wright) Visiting Generals See Need Of ROTC In Armed Forces U. S. colleges and universities will continue to be the prime source of officers for the nation’s armed forces, Army and Air Force generals emphasized here Satur day. “The nation couldn’t do without ROTC-produced officers,” con curred Army Lt. Gen. Harry H. Critz, 4th Army commander, and Air Force Maj. Gen. Leo F'. Du sard Jr., Air Training Command vice commander at Randolph AFB. believer in American youth,” he remarked. “There are some dis sidents, but they are a minority who want freedoms without con tributing. They’ll find out soon enough they’re not putting into life what they expect to get out of it.” Officers trained through col lege ROTC programs have ad vantages over the services’ offi cer candidate school graduate, primarily the degree and oppor tunity for four years of leader ship lab training through cadet units, such as A&M’s Corps. “They develop dedication, lead ership and responsibility,” Gen eral Critz continued. “This sense of dedication, to me, is the spirit of A&M.” The Student Senate is helping coordinate campaigns of five other Texas colleges to oppose the recent tuition rate increase proposal made to the Texas Legis lature by the Texas College Co ordinating Board, Senator Tommy Henderson said Monday. The board recently recommend ed raising state college tuition rates from $50 per semester to $7 per semester hour, double the present rate for most students. The action is a result of a reso lution passed two weeks ago by the Senate opposing the rate in crease. Henderson, sophomore pre-vet representative to the Senate, is working on the project as a subcommittee member of the Senate Issues committee. The subcommittee is headed by P. Wayne Gosnell. HENDERSON SAID those working with him at other cam puses include Ron McCluskey, University of Texas at El Paso student body president; James Livermore, University of Texas at Arlington student body presi dent; Dale Gilmore, Tarleton State College student body presi dent; Mike Riddle, Texas Tech nological College student body president and Bob Mann, tuition committee chairman at the Uni versity of Texas at Austin. Henderson noted that veterin ary medicine students here are asking the Texas Veterinary Med icine Association to oppose the measure, because the new rates would effectively triple vet school rates. “Performance of ROTC gradu ates is exemplified in the large number of lieutenant, major and brigadier generals in the nation’s military,” he observed. The two generals were the rank ing officers at Military Weekend. A highlight of the celebration was the Saturday afternoon Corps of Cadets review witnessed by ap proximately 14,000 persons. Spe cial guests for the review were Dr. Eli L. Whiteley, A&M’s sole surviving Medal of Honor winner, and the families of five other re cipients of the nation’s highest award for valor. Marriage Forum Here Tonight THROUGH REMOVAL of ROTC courses for acamedic cred it, several eastern U.S. colleges have attempted to place reserve officer training programs in an extracurricular role. “We have a number of colleges and universities in the 4th Army area that want in the ROTC pro gram,” noted General Critz. “If other colleges want to withdraw, these institutions are standing in line to fill their places.” A North Texas State Univer- si,ty psychology professor will open A&M’s first 1969 Marriage Forums seminar tonight. Dr. Sidney Hamilton will speak at 7:39 p.m. to students in Room 321 of the Physics Building. Hamilton, who heads the Young Men’s Christian Association’s series, will discuss “How Can You Tell It’s Love?” Hamilton teaches courses in mental testing, clinical psychol ogy* projective techniques, ado lescent development, guidance and Marital psychology. Discussion will include such topics as “How Can I Be Sure of Marrying the Right Person?”; “Has Sex Desire Influenced My Choice?”, and “Personality Fac- tors-Courtships-Infatuation.” Future personalities include Dr. Robert Ledbetter, University of Texas, March 11, “Making Marriage Meaningful”; Dr. Henry Bowman, University of Texas, March 18 and 25, “Sex in Human Relations—Premarital” and “Sex in Human Relations — Marital,” respectively, and Dr. Bardin H. Nelson, Texas A&M University, April 1, “Marrying Outside Your Faith.” Logan Weston, YMCA general secretary and religious life co ordinator, said the local group “places great value on marriage as an institution. It is hoped that better marriage education pro grams will result in more success ful marriages.” “WE’VE TALKED with Rep. Bill Presnal about the measure,” Henderson said Monday. “He’s keeping us informed on the prog ress of the bill in the House.. “I am also trying to contact John Moibly, A&M’s lobbyist with the State Legislature, to enlist his help in our fight.” Henderson commented that Texas-Austin has done the most research concerning the effect the proposed rates would have on stu dents and their needs. He men tioned that the schools are talk ing about presenting a joint reso lution to the Legislature oppos ing the tuition increase. “WHAT WE plan to do for sure,” he said, “is to have two or three people from each school present at committee hearings, when they start to testify against the increase. “If we can’t defeat the thing there, we will fight the bill bn the House floor.” Henderson also noted that he plans to contact the Texas Inter collegiate Students Association this week to see if any opposition is shaping up from that direction. The three-star general, com missioned at West Point after at tending Texas A&M two years, said Americans seldom recognize the extra time cadets put into their college careers to qualify for a commission on graduation. “ROTC benefits not only the nation’s military, but also the in dividual and the institution,” Gen eral Critz added. PERSONALLY, I’m a firm MSC Assistant Positions Open Applications for directorate assistant of the Memorial Stu dent Center Council and Direc torate are now being accepted, according to Benjamin Sims, president. All interested freshmen with a 1.4 overall grade point ratio should apply in the Student Pro gram office. The position is designed to acquaint the student with the MSC program and prepare him for future leadership in the organization. Forms are available in the Stu dent Program office. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M. —Adv. REVIEWING PARTY Awaiting the 2,500-member Corps of Cadets to pass in review Saturday are from left, Army Lt. Gen. Harry H. Critz, 4th Army commander; A&M President Earl Rudder, Air Force Maj. Gen. Leo F. Dusard Jr., Air Training Command vice commander; Dr. Eli L. Whiteley, A&M’s sole surviving Medal of Honor winner; Col. Jim H. McCoy, professor of Military science; and Col. Vernon L. Head, professor of aerospace studies. (Photo by Mike Wright)