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College Station, Texas
Wednesday, August 20, 1969 THE BATTALION
Ag Cadets Drive Well
Texas A&M students have
above average driving records,
a graduate student’s master’s
thesis research reveals.
Only 67 of 950 Air Force ROTC
cadets surveyed by Lt. Col. Thom
as W. Comstock for his master’s
in industrial education had re
ceived more than three traffic
violations.
“Almost half^46.6 per cent—
were never given a traffic cita
tion,” noted the AFROTC instruc
tor. Approximately 50 per cent
have automobiles and 96 per cent
indicated they drove regularly.
“This must be considered an
indication of good driving habits,”
the Air Force officer suggested.
“It surprised me to find that the
kids really have pretty good traf
fic records.”
Statistical evidence reveals
more students lost their lives in
accidents on other campus holi
days than on Corps Trips, in
which the entire military student
organization travels en masse to
Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and
Austin for a parade and football
game, Comstock said.
“The student interested in stay
ing alive can gain,” the 1952
A&M graduate encouraged. “The
sample shows 1,097 total viola
tions, including parking. Almost
half of that number, 505, were for
speeding. No other category of
citation even approached it.”
Comstock said combining cita
tions issued for failure to stop
at lights or signs, negligent col
lision and accidents accounted for
155 of the 1,097 tickets.
He noted that the figures are
substantiated. Cadets are required
Need Permit
For Disposal
Refuse disposal at Texas A&M
University’s sanitary fill will be
by permit only after Sept. 1,
Physical Plant Director Walter
H. Parsons Jr. announced.
Applications for permits are
being accepted in the A&M de
partment.
Changeover to controlled oper
ation has been in process since
August, 1968. The landfill now
meets federal and state anti-pol
lution laws and sanitation codes,
Parsons added.
Supt. O. O. Haugen said a
schedule of monitored operating
hours to be observed after Sept.
1 is being arranged. The A&M
sanitary fill south of the main
campus will be locked at other
times.
Traffic will be monitored be
fore Sept. 1, but no one will be
turned back.
“At present and until Sept. 1,
anyone can use the fill at any
time,” added the official.
Haugen pointed out that
change to trench-type fill has re
sulted in better conditions. To
maintain them, dumping must be
controlled, he said.
“It will cut down on scaven
gers,” Haugen noted. “Also, I
don’t believe any rats or flies
will be found at the facility. And
there is no odor.”
Only permit-bearers will be
admitted after Sept. 1. Haugen
said a nominal charge per load
based on vehicle size will be made
on a monthly basis. He said the
change will not affect the pres
ent City of College Station dis
posal operation at the A&M fa
cility.
Haugen noted land returned to
pasturage after sanitary fill op
eration is considerably improved.
Sanitary fill practice levels, stops
erosion and removes mosquito
breeding marches on land used
for fills.
He said 16 acres presently in
land fill use by A&M is going
back to pasture and the Animal
Science Department is turning
over 11 acres adjacent to the site
for a new fill.
PARDNER
You’ll Always Win
The Showdown
When You Get
Your Duds Done
At
CAMPUS
CLEANERS
to report all infractions of laws
to enter the officer training pro
gram. Traffic violations are vali
dated by the Texas Highway De
partment through corroborative
statements.
The officer feels his survey
represented a true cross section
of A&M’s male, unmarried stu
dent body. He was assisted in
gathering data on auto traffic
fatalities by Larry Graviss, senior
of San Antonio, studying indus
trial technology.
The thesis reveals that from
1955 to 1968, 40 Texas A&M stu
dents were killed in automobile
accidents. Four lost their lives in
1966, eight in 1967 and three
during the last school year. Ten
of the 40 were from Corps Trip
travel. Of the other 30, seven
were taken in Christmas holiday
travel accidents.
New Clubhouse
Worth The Wail
Only 70 Seats Left
Texas A&M University's $83,-
337 golf clubhouse is about one
month behind schedule, but
course manager Luther Harrison
says the new snack bar facilities
will more than offset the disap
pointment in the delay.
Harrison reports it will be at
least five weeks before the 4,000-
squarfi-foot metal building is
completed.
The snack bar, operated under
the direction of A&M’s Depart
ment of Food Services, will be
an “outstanding addition,” Harri
son said.
The groundbreaking was held
in April, following A&M Board
of Directors approval in Febru
ary.
Texas A&M students have
placed 128 reservations for the
senior charter flight to New York
for the A&M-Army football
game, the Student Finance Cen
ter reports.
Seventy seats are still avail
able. Further reservations will
be taken at the Memorial Stu
dent Center office until the 198-
passenger jetliner is full.
Jimmy Dunham of Baytown,
senior cless president, explained
the senior-class-sponsored trip is
open to any A&M student, male
or female, and the student’s wife
or husband. New freshmen are
also eligible to make reserva
tions, Dunham noted.
A $30 down payment must be
made with each reservation and
students have until Sept. 23 to
pay the total cost of $120, which
includes all transportation and
two nights lodging in a Manhat
tan hotel.
The flight will leave Houston
Friday, Oct. 3, and return Sun
day, Oct. 5. Students will travel
to West Point by chartered bus.
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