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OOD SAT. • 23, 1HTS \ )c Che Bdttdlion VOLUME 64 Number 133 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1969 Telephone 84S-2226 Racing Comes To College Station ^hen Speedway Opens November 9 NEW TEXAS INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY llhis is an artist’s conception of the completed $8 million Texas Interna- by the Sports Car Club of America. (SCCA). The speedway utilizes 800 jtional Speedway, tabbed to open with the November 9 running- of the acres of a 2600 acre site and will provide four tracks in one. I Texas International Canadian-American Challenge Cup Series sanctioned Howard S. Perry will become tivilian student activities direc tor Sept. 1 at Texas A&M, head ing a series of personnel changes 1 Perry Named Civilian Student Director burglars Hit 2 Buildings Burglars made off Sunday night with about $7,000 worth of Texas A&M office equipment from biochemistry offices in the Herman Keep Building and the Feed and Fertilizer Control Serv ice in the Services Building. Campus Security Chief Ed Powell said indications are that thefts in the two locations were ky the same person or persons. “In both instances, a cutting device was used to attempt to cut a hole in the door glass next to the handle,” Powell said. He noted, however, that the burglars ended up smashing the glass in the Keep Building entry and jimmying the lock in the Services Building. The security chief said there are suspects and his office is continuing investigation. Taken from Keep offices were three electric typewriters, a atenocard recorder, portable dic taphone, calculator, thermofax copying machine and two table lamps. Offices burglarized are used by personnel under Dr. Jon M, Prescott, biochemistry pro fessor. Five electric typewriters and three dictating transcribers were taken in the Service Building theft. Reed McDonald heads the Feed and Fertilizer opera tion. Powell said the thefts appar ently took place between 8 p.m. Sunday and 8 a.m. Monday and that no vandalism occurred. due to the resignation of Edwin H. Cooper. Dean of Students James P. Hannigan announced Perry will succeed Cooper and Eugene C. Oates, student affairs counselor, will become residence halls pro gram advisor. Perry is the cur rent advisor. Cooper has been civilian stu dent activities director since the post was created in 1967. He was assistant to President Earl Rudder four years and earlier was wildlife conservation special ist of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. His resignation is effective Aug. 31. The 1953 A&M gradu ate said he is resigning to enter a local business enterprise with Kelly Broach. Cooper indicated his family will i-emain here and he hopes to maintain a close rela tionship with the university. “Ed has accomplished wonders through the civilian student ac tivities programs,” Hannigan said. “We are very appreciative of his work and accomplishments and wish him the best.” The dean noted personnel changes will not affect civilian student programs including the residence halls program. It will expand to include seven halls dur ing 1969-70. Four other appointments are involved in the realignment, not including recent appointment of Don Stafford as associate dean, replacing the retiring Bennie A. Zinn. Residence halls counselors Robert Chapman and Kirby Blev ins will be joined by Jack Thomas, Don Williams and Larry Rice. Rice previously was civilian coun selor to the Corps of Cadets. Corps counselors J. Malon Southerland and Mike Bozardt University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. will be joined by Larry Pollock. Hannigan noted both Perry and Oates were in on the student- staff conference at Lake Buch anan where the residence halls program was born. “They played significant roles in its development, to the point we feel we’re on the right track,” the dean said. “We expect to see within a year 100 per cent participation in the program.” A 1944 A&M graduate who has been on the university staff nine years, Perry will have re sponsibility for overall activities of more than 9,000 civilian stu dents. He noted halls other than the three in the pilot program last year have already begun adopting some of its elements. The former school teacher and coach said about 1,500 civilian students will be directly involved this year. He praised the concept as the main factor behind “a terrific change among A&M civilian stu dents during the last two years. It is building cohesiveness within all civilian student elements. The change is apparent in attitudes and interest in student govern ment, activities and traditions.” Hannigan said Oates, through his closeness to the program as Davis-Gary Hall counselor, has developed “rapport with students that tremendously benefits the program. Students have a great deal of respect for him.” The Trinity native who came to A&M in 1964 following 23 years Army service indicated that the residence halls program strives for balanced student de velopment through academic achievement and extra-curricular activities involvement. “Scholastically, all 17 halls were above average last year,” the 53-year-old 1941 A&M grad uate observed. “Halls in the pro gram were even higher scholas tically and, from this, some good competition developed.” He noted two innovations are due this year. On the Friday be fore the Sept. 15 start of fall semester classes, residence hall councils will conduct freshman “ice breakers” at which new ci vilian students will have oppor tunity to get acquainted. Distinctive wearing apparel denoting hall membership also is in the mill, Oates added. Perry and Oates will have of fices on the first floor of the renovated YMCA. 400 Will Attend Freshman Camp Texas A&M officials estimate 400 freshmen, one-fifth of the 1969 crop, will attend a special three-day YMCA Freshman Camp at Methodist Lakeview Assembly Grounds near Pales tine Sept. 6-9. “We are still getting requests from new freshmen,” reports Logan Weston, YMCA coordi nator. Ninety-seven of the top under graduates have been selected as counselors for the camp, Wes ton said, and 23 university and civic leaders will meet with the new “fish” to explain the impor tance of a good education. Weston said the camp’s pur pose is to orient students on college life, A&M customs and traditions and leadership. The 16th annual camp starts early Saturday, Sept. 6, when University President Earl Rud der will welcome the select group to A&M. The campers will travel to Palestine aboard school buses and return early Tuesday morning. YMCA Cabinet President Ed Donnell of Jones Creek said the camp “gives new students a chance to meet their fellow freshmen, make friends and learn a lot about A&M during bull-sessions in the cabins.” Donnell said the fish who at tend were hand-picked by the University on the basis of their past leadership performances. “The camp is actually four camps in one,” Weston noted. Campers are housed in modern cabins with about 100 students in each camp. The camps are divided into groups that are giv en Indian names, Weston said, and each cabin houses 12 fresh men and three counselors. “This allows one counselor to every four freshmen,” Weston pointed out. Facilities at the camp include two lakes, two modern swimming pools and equipment for boating and fishing. There are lighted concrete tennis courts, softball diamonds and lakeside taber nacles and worship areas. “For the past 14 years many freshmen who took advantage of this opportunity have shown out standing leadership ability in the Corps of Cadets and civiliah activities,” Weston said. The non-denominational camp is for male freshman students only. Margolian, general ager of Texas International Speedway, has announced that ticket reservations are now being accepted for the November 9 Can- Am and the December 7 NASCAR Grand National auto races. Ticket reservations may be made through the Speedway offices, College Station. “Texas International Speedway was most fortunate in being se lected as the site for both NAS- CAR’s and the SCCA’s final championship events of the 1969 racing season. In a span of less than four weeks, Texas racing fans will have the opportunity to enjoy a full season of racing. We are accepting reservations in re sponse to an unprecedented ad vance demand,” Margolian said. Now under construction, the $8 million Texas International Speedway will include 26,000 con tour grandstand seats with back rests which have been specially designed to give the spectator the finest viewing of any speedway in the world. One hundred per cent visibility of the two-mile super speedway and pit area, and 95 percent visibility of the entire three-mile road course combine to Policemen Find Words Strong What happens when you call a policeman a “pig” the first time to his face? Officer James L. Hazlitt of the Mesquite Police Department found out Tuesday during a semi nar at the 12th annual Police Community Relations Institute. Patrolman Roosevelt Ford of the Dallas Police Department was playing the role of a militant Negro stopped by Hazlitt on a traffic violation. Ford called Haz litt a “pig” and “honkie.” Even though it was just a play role, Hazlitt admitted the word “pig” affected his perfor mance. “I wasn’t expecting it. It was the first time I had actually been called a pig,” he admitted. Patrolman Ford said verbal abuse is nothing new to him. He is considered an “Uncle Tom” by militant Negroes and many call him a traitor for being a cop. “I have had other personal abuses,” Ford told 35 police of ficers in the group seminar. “I don’t like it, but it’s part of the job, so I accept it.” The increasing trouble with militants—mO|St of them paid to break down the police systems— was discussed by the officers. Cheif Deputy Sheriff Jacque Woods of Brazoria County sum med up the feelings of the group when he said, “both blacks and police are in the minority. It’s the one per cent of each of us that hurt the rest.” Latin American policemen isaid there is increased militancy in their race and they often are accused of being a pawn for the white man’s “establishment.” Officers from Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and smaller areas described problems they had in dealing with minority groups. Dr. Matthew N. Cooper, head of the Psychology and Guidance Department at Texas Southern University, led the group discus sion and role playing. He told the officers militants represent a small minority in the Negro popu lation, but they were well or ganized and had made progress with the young. He noted that fear of becoming involved and fear of police cre ates the majority of the com munity relation problems. “The minority has to be as sured that police don’t think all of his race are thieves and crooks,” one patrolman said. “And the policeman has to be as sured that the minority doesn’t think all cops are pigs.” Bryan Building & Loan Association. Your Sav ing Center, since 1919. 33 B L —Adv. make Texas International unique among motor racing facilities. Grandstand seats for the Nov. 9 Texas International Can-Am are priced at $20, $15, $12 and $10. Grandstand seats for the Dec. 7 Texas 500 NASCAR Grand National cost $25, $20, $15 and $10. Infield admission for spec tators and their vehicles is $8 for the Can-Am and $6 for the NASCAR Grand National. Professional auto racing has been a long time coming to Texas, but when the green flag is dropped November 9, more than 200 acres of parking area, 26,000 comfortable grandstand seats, and infield facilities for an additional 25,000 fans and their vehicles will be in readiness to provide true Texas hospitality to guests from all over the Southwest. More than 100,000 are expected in the Bryan-College Station area. United Chest Raises Budget College Station United Chest officials announced today a record $28,050 budget goal for the 1969 fund-raising drive. The board of directors approved the budget at its Monday meeting. United Chest Fund Inc. presi dent Wesley E. Donaldson said the 1969 campaign will be con ducted Oct. 1-18. “Considering the budget’s em phasis of College Station activi ties, we feel residents will be willing to discharge United Fund contribution responsibilities with in this period,” he added. Donaldson said this year’s bud get will support 20 charitable and civic agencies, one more than last year, with only a two per cent in crease over the 1968 goal. “More requests than ever be fore were submitted for board consideration,” the Texas A&M purchasing director noted. “The board naturally had to limit these some in putting the budget to gether.” Donaldson said the 1969 budget emphasizes College Station pro jects, with primary support ear marked for under-privileged, youth and charitable organiza tions. Hanna Appointed Aerospace Head Air Force Col. K. C. Hanna has been appointed professor of aero space studies and commanding officer of the Air Force ROTC detachment at Texas A&M, Presi dent Earl Rudder announced. The 26-year military veteran veteran succeeds Col. Vernon L. Head as the ranking Air Force officer at A&M. Colonel Hanna, 44, previously was assigned to Air Force Head quarters in the Pentagon as operations staff officer and divi sion chief. He graduated last June from the National War College, senior Department of Defense school for military officers. The Indiana native whose home of record is Greenville, Tex., holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Nebraska. He completed requirements for a master’s degree to be awarded in September by George Washington University. COL. K. C. HANNA