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Che Battalion VOLUME 64 Number 82 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1969 Telephone 845-2226 9 Crew Pirst esc ‘Gripe-in' Set iBasketballers Head r„„^„„ .4 SS „, l 6,,.«o„,„i For NCAA R ionals By DAVID MIDDLEBROOKE Battalion Staff Writer The Student Forum, a student- ideas the students have, oriented gripe session, takes place Mauro explained. “Then we’ll purpose of the Forum is to rep- open the floor to questions or resent the civilian student body,” Mauro remarked. “This type of Any legitimate question will session can help student govern- N MI IT” aU rr NDAY ■AMP tonight in the Assembly Room of the Memorial Student Center, an nounced Garry Mauro, junior yell leader and chairman of the For um Committee. The 7 p.m. meeting, sponsored by the Civilian Student Council, will coincide with the annual MSC personnel drive, Mauro not ed. He added that students may enter or leave the session at any time. “EACH OF the panel members will first give a short talk on the subject he has specialized in,” be answered, or at least attempt ed, by the panel,” he added. Appearing with Mauro will be Kirby Brown, freshman class president, speaking on freshman student problems; David Maddox, Student Senate vice-president, student-administration relations; Ernie Godsey, Hughes Hall presi dent, student laundry committee and Andy Scott, the new resi dence hall program. Mauro will discuss the student menu com mittees. “The CSC believes the sole Lawmakers Pass Disorder Bill With ‘Hard Feelings’ Showing JON' m. 0LL.il ■» WP iacit 'AUSTIN (jP)—With hard feel ings showing in both houses, Tex as legislators completed action Monday on a bill outlawing vio lent disorders on private, public school and college campuses. Senate failure to give a two- thirds majority vote to the con ference committee report on the measure means it won’t take ef fect until 90 days after the legis lature adjourns on June 2. SPONSORS had intended for the bill to take effect immediately upon Gov. Preston Smith’s sig nature so it would be available Knapt To Speak On Redistricting State redistricting problems will be discussed here Thursday in a Political Forum noon lunch eon. Texas Rep. Walter L. Knapt Jr. of Amarillo, Congressional and Legislative District Commit tee chairman, will be featured at the Memorial Student Center program. Political Forum chairman Ron Hinds of Midland said the pres entation will be in Rooms 2A and B of the MSC. Sack lunches and a beverage are available at nom inal charges. A House member since he de feated an incumbent Republican in 1962, Knapt twice headed the judicial redistricting committee. He was on the conference com mittee drafting the new Texas Code of Criminal Procedure un der which the state now operates. He also is member of state af fairs, revenue and taxation, oil, gas and minerals and common carriers committees. The 36-year-old lawmaker studied for undergraduate and law degrees at the University of Texas at Austin, completing work in 1959. He served as a commissioned officer with the 25th Infantry in Korea and is now a reserve captain. Knapt was first assistant and chief felony prosecutor under two Amarillo district attorneys, entered private law practice in 1961 and taught government at Amarillo College night school. if nationwide campus disruptions spread to Texas schools. While the Senate was engaged in a sometimes bitter debate over the student disorders bill, Joe Shannon, Fort Worth, was as sailing Sen. Oscar Mauzy, Dallas, for statements Mauzy made to newsmen Thursday about the conference report. Mauzy was author of a Senate amendment to the bill that would guarantee students the right to protest peacefully. Mauzy’s amendment was discarded by the conference committee and differ ent language was substituted. Mauzy claimed his amendment, which incorporated a recent U.S. Supreme Court opinion, was nec essary to keep the bill constitu tional. He told newsmen the three senators who signed the confer ence report had withdrawn their names, and that Shannon, the bill’s sponsor, and Speaker Gus Mutscher knew it when the House approved the report Thursday. “AT NO TIME was I ever ad vised that any Senate conferee withdrew his name and I have not been so advised even until the present time,” Shannon said. “Also, to my knowledge the chair (Mutscher) was not and even now has not been so ad vised.” “It is my feeling,” Shannon continued, “that the offending senator owes an immediate apol ogy not to me personally, but to the entire membership of this House, for impugning the integri ty of the man chosen by us all to guide us through this legis lative session.” The measure makes it a mis demeanor to participate in violent campus disorders and provides punishment up to a $200 fine and six months in jail. Later Monday, the Senate State Affairs Committee approved a bill by Mauzy incorporating the Supreme Court language into as yet unsigned law. Sen. Bill Moore, Bryan, committee chairman and one of the three conferees who signed the report on Shannon’s bill, said he felt Mauzy wanted to give the House a chance to pass his proposed safeguards. This would give Smith the final say-so. )CK. BASKETBALL BUMPER BANNERS Student Publications secretary Charlotte McCarroll smiles down at the latest in bumper stickers held by Charles Row- ton, president of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalistic society. SDX is selling the easy-on, easy-off vinyl strips in the Exchange Store, Memorial Student Center Gift Shop, and the Student Publications office. (Photo by Bob Palmer) ment channel its energies in the directions that students feel are most important. “HOPEFULLY, he continued, “this type of session will bring some new ideas to the surface that haven’t been brought out before.” Mauro also noted that the for um “is not out to defend what student government is doing and has done, nor is it going to pat the administration on the back.” Its purpose, he believes, is to im prove student government - stu dent communications. Mauro commented that he hopes to see the forum become a bi-weekly or monthly event. He noted that it is an experiment that may or may not work, “but we want to try.” “The Civilian Student Council wishes to extend a personal invi tation to anyone who has a gripe or idea they feel student govern ment should look into,” Mauro emphasized. Mauro noted that Ed Cooper, director of civilian student ac tivities, and James P. Hannigan, dean of students, will be on hand for the forum session. RAY HILDEBRAND Ex-Pop Singer, Strongman To Perform Here An ex-pop singer and a region al director of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes will appear with the “world’s strongest man” in the College Station area Fri day, according to Jerry Campbell, president of the A&M chapter of FCA. Ray Hildebrand, who wrote and recorded “Hey, Paula,” appears with strongman Paul Anderson in a Friday night performance in Guion Hall at 7:30. Earlier the same day, Bill Krisher of the FCA will speak to the Businessman’s Prayer Group at 6:30 a.m. at Swanzy’s Cafeteria. “The public is invited to at tend,” Campbell said. During the Friday night pro gram, Anderson will lift a plat form with eight people on it, weighing well over 2,000 pounds. He will also demonstrate some regular weight lifting. In addi tion, he will take a 20-penny nail and slam it through two one- inch pine boards with his bare hands. Hildebrand, national staff mem ber of the FCA, is a former col lege basketball player at Navar ro Junior College at Corsicana and Howard Payne College at Brownwood. Tickets for the program are free and available at the. Ath letic Business Office in G. Rollie White Coliseum and at area banks, Campbell said. “I want to point out to peo ple that a ticket, while free, is necessary to get in,” Campbell commented. “We have a seating capacity of 1,500. Those without tickets will be turned away.” Bryan Building & Loan Association. Your Sav ings Center, since 1919. B B & L —Adv. Aggies, Drake Play Thursday In Tournament By JOHN PLATZER Battalion Sports Editor With an 81-66 victory over Trinity behind them, the Aggie basketball team now trains its sights on the Drake Bulldogs and the NCAA Midwest Regionals in Manhatten, Kansas. Drake gained the spot opposite the Aggies with a 77-73 win over Louisville last night that netted them the Missouri Valley Confer ence championship. The Aggies and Drake square off Thursday night at 7 while Colorado, cham pions of the Big 8, tangles with Colorado State, victors over Day- ton Saturday, in the night’s second game. The two winners will then clash on NBC television Saturday at 3:15 p.m. for the Midwest cham pionship and a trip to the finals in Louisville, Kentucky. The los ers of Thursday night’s games play for third place Saturday at 1 p.m. COACH Shelby Metcalf’s cagers used great outside shoot ing by Sonny Benefield, great re bounding by Steve Niles and great defense by Billy Bob Barnett to carve out the victory over Trinity. Niles, A&M’s seven-foot sopho more from San Antonio, was the whole story in the first half as he dropped in 15 points and pulled down 11 rebounds as the Aggies took a 42-34 lead. For the game, Niles had 17 points and 16 re bounds. Benefield ended the game with 25 key points while Barnett, who scored 12 and got 11 rebounds, did a magnificent defensive job on Trinity’s ace, Larry Jeffries, holding him to 14 points. A great rally by Louisville last night almost overtook Drake, but the Bulldogs hung on. Trailing 70-61 with two minutes remain ing, Louisville narrowed the count to 75-73 with 16 seconds left but a Drake basket put the game out of reach. MOST OF the Aggie players felt that they played a good game against Trinity but that it wasn’t their best. “I think we’ll play a lot tough- (See Basketballers, Page 4) PICKING UP TWO POINTS Ronnie Peret make a two-point play despite Trinity’s Jim Bowles’ strong bid to stop him during NCAA Regional playoffs at Fort Worth Saturday night. The All-SWC pivot man finished the evening with 10 points. See game story, page 7. (Photo by Mike Wright) MSC Council Chooses 14, Elevates Political Forum By DAVE MAYES Battalion Managing Editor The outgoing Memorial Stu dent Center Council Monday con tinued preparations for the April TO NO AVAIL Much to the dismay of this young Trinity fan, it was the Ags who did the sockin’, beating the San Antonio school by a whopping 81-66. A&M advances to play Drake Uni versity at 7 p. m. Thursday. See game story, page 7. (Photo by Mike Wright) transfer of power to the 1969-70 Council by electing 14 officers and Directorate committee chairmen. The Council also took Political Forum from under the wing of the Great Issues committee and gave it full committee status. Elected to the 20th MSC Coun cil were Kent Caperton, vice pres ident; Gregg Weaver, vice presi dent in charge of programs, and Jim Wiley, vice president, opera tions. All are sophomores. Named summer Directorate president was senior Jerry Street. Sophomore Don Branson was named summer Council president and also finance chairman. ELECTED to the Directorate were Paul Scopel, a sophomore, chairman of the Travel Commit tee; Rudy de la Garza, sopho- Students interested in work ing within the MSC Council and Directorate should attend the MSC’s annual spring per sonnel drive between 6:30 and 10 p.m. tonight on the second floor of the MSC, according to Council president Benny Sims. more. Chess; Jim Hill, junior, Camera; junior Don Prycer, Con temporary Arts; senior Franklin Gertson, Flying Kadets; junior John Otto, Leadership; graduate student Jim Cain, Recreation; Linda Nobles, junior. Basement, and sophomore Jack Abbott, Film Series. Council president Benjamin Sims noted that all 14 officers and chairmen will assume office along with president-elect Joe M. (Mac) Spears, elected by the Council in February, at the an nual awards banquet April 24. Political Forum chairman Ron Hinds, citing the “strong young leadership” developed within the committee over the past year, had urged the Council to grant Forum full committee status. THE COUNCIL had formerly made Political Forum a subcom mittee under Great Issues for supervision and control until such committee leadership was developed. Activities for the young com mittee have included speeches by U. S. Sen. Ralph Yarborough, (D-Tex.), voting behavior expert Richard S. Scammon, and LBJ aide Clifton C. Carter. Political Forum also held a campus presi dential poll and sponsored an “Election Night Special,” a night long color television vigil of the progress of the election returns. In other business, the Council approved a $1,880 budget request from the Leadership Committee to help finance the annual Spring Leadership Trip to Houston. The Council presented Augus tin Fernandez with a $25 award for the best photograph taken by a student spending last summer in Europe through a Travel Com mittee-publicized program. The award was donated by Dr. Wil liam P. Fife, a faculty member on the Council. Spears reminded Council mem bers to attend a fashion show March 31 in Guion Hall sponsored by the University Women. The show entitled, “Spring Thing: Some Celluloid, Some Chiffon and a Little Skin.” Johnson 9 s Speech Postponed Tonight Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Haynes Johnson postponed his Great Issues presentation to night, according to David Mad dox, Great Issues chairman. Johnson, scheduled to speak on “Poverty — Is America Really Poor?” was unexpectedly as signed to the Middle East crisis by the Washington Star. Maddox said that Johnson would likely be scheduled to speak on the Middle East in early April. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M. —Adv.