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VOLUME 64 Number 125
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1969
Telephone 845-2226
EARL RUDDER
Rudder Celebrates
10th Anniversary
Ten years ago Tuesday, Earl Rudder was named
president of Texas A&M University.
Rudder joined his alma mater the previous year as vice
president. He became president of the entire Texas A&M
University System in 1965.
During the decade of Rudder’s administration, Texas
A&M has attained “university” status, almost doubled
enrollment, expanded research, broadened academic pro
grams, raised faculty standards and initiated a multi-million-
dollar building program.
Prior to joining Texas A&M, the 1932 graduate served
three years as Texas land commissioner. He earlier served six
years as mayor of Brady, where he also was a rancher and
businessman.
Today marks the third major anniversary for Rudder
within a month. June 6 the retired Army general observed
the 25th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in which he, as a
lieutenant colonel, led the 2nd Ranger Battalion up the cliffs
of Normandy. June 12 marked the 32nd anniversary of his
marriage to the former Miss Margaret Williamson.
A&M Dallas Project
Opens September 1
Martin Dies Stresses
Cooperation At Workshop
Seek Coordination
Among Lawmen
FLIGHT PLAN
Navy pilots Lt. (j.g\) Phillip Cronk (left) and Lt. (j.g.) Joe Cook check out local features
and procedures prior to taking- A&M students on exciting demonstration rides. The two
are visiting A&M to recruit applicants for the Navy’s Aviation Officer program. (Photo
by Monty Stanley)
Students May Now Reserve
Rooms For Last Session
A $500,000 demonstration proj
ect designed by Texas A&M
architects to provide greater
flexibility in adapting medical
facilities to meet changing needs
will go into service this fall at
Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas.
Construction of the 10,000-
square-foot facility will be com
pleted by Sept. 1, announced Rod
Bell, hospital administrator, and
Edward J. Romieniec, dean of
A&M’s College of Architecture
and Environmental Design.
The facility will serve as a 22-
patient stroke care unit providing
a cerebral vascular-accident cen
ter for the entire North Texas
area.
The project climaxes a pro
gram, officially called Adaptable
Building System, which the col
lege’s Research and Graduate
Center initiated in 1964. The pro
gram progressed through four
stages of development under U.S.
Public Health Service sponsorship
totaling $550,000.
A special feature of the ninth-
floor unit is its easy conversion
to other uses if the need should
arise, noted Jerry Trost, A&M’s
project director. In most cases,
he said, walls, medical installa
tions, bathrooms and related fix
tures could be relocated within
a week. Minor modifications could
be made overnight.
After the Presbyterian Hospital
unit goes into service, Texas
A&M will participate in a one-
year evaluation of the project.
Russell Stogsdill, associate proj
ect director, is stationed in Dallas
for the duration of study. He
has coordinated system installa
tion.
Bell has served as principal
investigator for the installation
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director, is co-principal investi
gator.
Installation is being made by
the Avery Mays Construction
Company of Dallas. Roscoe De-
Witt, a Dallas architectural firm,
is responsible for non-system con
struction.
3 Students
Suspended
Three Texas A&M students
implicated in a narcotics and
dangerous drug case last week
have been suspended indefinite
ly, university officials announced.
University officials also denied
allegations by one of the students
that the institution had given him
chemicals and equipment which
could be used in manufacturing
mind-expanding drugs.
James S. Moore, 22, of San
Antonio allegedly made the
statement to arresting officers.
Moore, a physics student who
worked part-time in the stock-
room of a university laboratory
until the end of the spring semes
ter, was charged with possession
of narcotics paraphernalia.
Identical charges were filed
against Barbara Marie Wells, 22,
also of San Antonio, an English
major.
Billy Sinclair, 22-year-old
chemistry student from College
Station, was charged with pos
session of dangerous drugs.
The three are in jail in lieu of
$10,000 bond apiece.
“Moore definitely was not au
thorized to take any chemicals or
equipment from the university,”
emphasized Associate Dean of
Students Bennie Zinn.
Cooperation to the extent of
placing local and specialized in
terests secondary to overall re
duction of crime was advocated
Tuesday by Secretary of State
Martin Dies Jr. at a six-state
Criminal Justice Planning Work
shop.
“Cooperation i|S the most im
portant aspect of the entire pro
gram,” he informed workshop
participants at Texas A&M.
Former State Senator Dies
said cooperation will enable a
communications and information
system allowing one town to help
another down the road.
“When we see the lack of co
ordination among our police,
courts, various jails and correc
tional institutions,” he asserted,
there is no reason to be startled
at more than 12,000 murders,
253.000 aggravated assaults, 27,-
000 forcible rapes, 253,000 rob
beries, 1.6 million burglaries and
654.000 auto thefts in one year.
Gov. Preston Smith underlined
another important aspect of the
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 in announc
ing last week state approval and
grant support of the federally-
backed anti-crime measure.
“The continuance of the ^states
as strong partners in government
may well depend on the job we
do in administering this program
under the act,” Dies quoted the
governor.
Representatives from Texas,
New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkan
sas, Louisiana and Oregon are
engaged in planning and imple
menting the federal act at the
five-day conference at A&M.
Sessions concluded Thursday.
Noting it is the first time in
history cooperation has been
sought from all those in the
^criminal justic field, Dies as
serted it will solve “our fractured
response to crime.” It will allow
police to work with sheriff’s of
ficers, constables, marshals, Li
quor Control Board officials, the
Department of Public Safety,
Texas Rangers and the many,
many other uniformed, licensed
men in this field.”
Miss Pat Lykos, a member of
the Department of Planning and
Research, Houston Police Depart
ment, said there needs to be co
ordination between local police
and state courts.
Miss Lykos pointed out a “lack
of communication” between police
departments and courts. She said
many times the police do not
know what hapens to the person
arrested.
The courts and police need to
coordinate their efforts, she ex
plained, and courts making rec
ords available to police depart
ments would be one helping hand.
“As Governor Smith said,” Dies
added, “this is a tremendous re
sponsibility placed on the state
and one which we gladly accept—
simply because it places the de
cision-making back closer to the
people.”
He downgraded criticism. “To
say that initial plarys in this
field are not complete and per
fect would-.be almost as ridiculous
as criticising Orville Wright for
not filling out an accurate flight
plan,” Dies reasoned.
The pioneer pilot did tell people
what he hoped to accomplish.
“That’s what we’re doing,” Dies
explained. “But we’ve got the ad
vantage of initial cooperation
among the very best experts in
every area of criminal justice,
from police, courts, corrections
and rehabilitatior,s.”
“To the critics I say well and
good, keep the program under
critical scrutiny,” he approved.
“But first give us time; wait
until the program gets going. If
it’s not being criticized then,
chances are it isn’t doing any
thing.”
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
Emphasis must be placed on
establishing priorities, Dies in
dicated.
“We mqjst place secondary em
phasis on local or specialized in
terests and try to improve the
overall picture,” he declared.
“Over-emphasis in a single town
(See Martin, Page 2)
Navy Team Here
For Flying Exam
A Navy aviation information
team is visiting A&M this week
and, as usual, have set up a booth
in the Memorial Student Center.
They will remain through this
Thursday to answer questions re
garding naval aviation programs
and administer examinations to
interested students.
Not so usual is the fact that,
after students take the Navy
qualifying exams, they are in
for a demonstration flight. And
when these guys say “demon
stration,” they mean just that—
barrel rolls, snap rolls, loops,
even a simulated strafing run
along the Brazos, followed by a
screaming “Immelman,” in which
the plane is flipped onto its back
and headed in the opposite direc
tion for a quick getaway, then
rolled back to a rightside-up
position.
The plane, flown into Easter-
wood by Lt. (j.g.) Phillip Cronk,
is a T-34 ti-ainer which has been
specially built to withstand the
“g forces” which are a part of
aerobatics.
Cronk and his partner, Lt.
(j.g.) Joe Cook, have been to
gether their entire time in the
Navy, from Aviation Officer
Candidate School to the present.
The two seem destined to remain
partners a while longer, as they
are both awaiting shipment to
the Mekong Delta in Southeast
Asia, where they will fly helicop
ters in a Navy gunship squadron
which patrols the river.
Student Directory
Deadline July 10
Deadline for returning cards
to update the faculty-staff sec
tion of the Texas A&M direc
tory is Thursday, July 10, re
minded University Information
director Jim Lindsey.
Form 25-2 cards, listing office
and home telephone numbers,
addresses and related data,
were mailed last week to all
campus offices and depart
ments.
Any activity which has not
received a set of cards should
contact the Student Publica
tions Department immediately,
Lindsey noted.
In addition to updating
cards for current personnel,
assistance is being requested
in deleting information per
taining to persons no longer
associated with the university
and adding cards for personnel
planning to join this fall.
Lindsey said the directory
will be available prior to the
start of fall classes.
2 Fires Reported
Two fires broke out this morn
ing on the A&M campus with
neither one causing injuries.
The first, reported about 6:30
a.m. by a passing student, was on
the fourth floor of the Plant
Sciences Building. Darrel Baker,
a graduate student working on an
experiment there, reported that
the fire completely desroyed two
environmental chambers and
wiped out his experiment.
The second fire was reported
at 11:15 on the fourth floor of
the Chemistry Building when a
one-third horsepower motor on an
air-conditioning unit caught fire.
It was reported to be mostly
smoke.
Today marks the first day that
students who wish to reserve
their present rooms for the second
term of summer school may do
so, according to Housing Manager
Allan Madeley.
Students should, however, re
port their intentions to the resi
dent advisor of their floor or area
involved instead of going directly
to the housing office.
Students who do not reserve
rooms by July 9 will have to re
serve their rooms at the housing
office on a first-come, first-served
basis, beginning July 10.
Since room reservations for
second term summer are begin
ning after the deadline for can
cellation, students should not re
serve rooms if there is a possi
bility that they will not attend
the second term of summer school,
Madeley said. Cancellation of a
room reservation for any reason,
except for the convenience of the
university, will result in a forfeit
of the room deposit.
Because of room property re
sponsibility, all students changing
rooms are reminded to properly
check out of their old rooms and
into their new rooms with the
resident advisor concerned.
Students who pre-registered for
fall rooms in those halls to be
used for summer school will have
priority on those rooms for fall,
Madeley pointed out. Therefore,
summer school students will not
Lions, Council
Plan 4th Picnic
The College Station Lions Club
and the College Station Recrea
tion Council have combined to
sponsor a Fourth of July picnic
Friday at 5::30 p.m. at A&M
Consolidated Stadium.
The food will include hot dogs,
snow cones, popcorn, and soft
drinks.
Games will be held for both
children and adults. Some pre
arranged games include a sack
race, 100-yard dash, wheelbarrow
race and an egg-throwing contest
for adults.
Bob Boone will lead the audi
ence in singing patriotic songs.
Gen. Joe Hanover will introduce
Ben Swank of Navasota who will
give a short address.
The program will conclude with
a fireworks display at 9 p.m.
Bryan Building & Loan
Association. Your Sav
ing Center, since 1919.
BB&L —Adv.
necessarily be able to retain their
summer rooms for the fall.
Male single undergraduate stu
dents are required to live on the
campus unless they live with their
families. Exceptions, the housing
manager said, will not be made
except for very unusual circum
stances. Students who have rea
sons which are an exception to
this policy must file a request for
a day student permit with the
Student Affairs Office unless
they have already been cleared to
be a day student during the first
term of summer school.
Students who are eligible for
a day student permit, including
students living in university
apartments and others who are
day students at the present time,
are urged to secure their permits
early in order to save time for all
concerned at registration on July
15. Permits may be secured at
the Housing Office through July
11. After that, they must be
secured in the process of registra
tion at Sbisa Hall.
MSC To Stay Open
For July 4 Break
For the convenience of students
who must remain on campus dur
ing the holiday period, the Me
morial Center Fountain Room
will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday.
All of the MSC food facilities
as well as Peniston cafeteria will
be open Saturday and Sunday
reports food service director Fred
Dollar.
SURE IS HOT
A workman pauses for a breather while cutting pipe Tues
day afternoon in the hot sun. He is working on the fast
rising new A&M married student apartments now under
construction across from the campus. (Photo by Monty
Stanley)