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THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Wednesday, September 10, 1969
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
“.It's grot to be the bookstore’s mistake! We couldn’t pos
sibly need this many books for just one semester—there’s
not enougrh time
by Monty Stanley
Before our excursion into the
world of intramural trivia, let us
extend a hearty welcome to all
the new patients and inmates at
A&M, transfer and freshman stu
dents alike — in particular the
girls. For those of you who are
new, and perhaps not sharp
enough to get the idea from the
title above, this column is a kind
of review of what’s going on in
the real world, that is, at normal
colleges across the nation, in par
ticular with respect to how what’s
happening there compares or con
trasts with what’s happening
here. So . . .
Many schools have been at it
for a while already—Texas Tech,
for example. Their idea is to start
late in August and wind up first
semester finals before Christmas.
A&M presently is planning to put
this type of calendar into effect
next school year.
★ ★ ★
The book store at SMU declines
to buy used books from students
when it can buy the same books
new for just a few cents more,
so the school’s APO chapter spon
sored a book exchange. At this
function, students were able to
sell used textbooks for more than
they could have received from the
bookstore, and at the same time
give the buyer a better deal than
he would have received normally.
Also at SMU is a little bit of
skepticism on the part of the
campus newspaper toward the
creation of the new University
Council. This organization is
made up of students and is ob
viously aimed at having a group
immediately available to discuss
and deal with campus unrest be
fore it breaks out into real trou
ble. Unfortunately, the council as
yet has an undefined role and no
power for concrete action.
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Continuing right along with
the biggies, John Wayne is now
on the track team of Howard-
Payne University (that’s right,
University). His last name.
though, is Rathke, and he comes
from Kerrville instead of Holly
wood.
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According to several school
papers and Playboy magazine,
among others, better keep your
eyes on the University of Hous
ton, a school just off bowl game
probation, overloaded with ma
terial, and aching for a national
championship.
Moon matter obtained from
Apollo ll’s trip will arrive at
UH this week for examination at
their Lunar Analysis Lab.
This year, UH projects that it
will graduate around 3,500 sen
iors. As a result, the campus year
book, the Houstonian, will picture
seniors only.
For those of you who have been
following this column through the
summer, the University of Hous
ton student handbook, the Cougar
Paw, will not come out this year
till the spring semester of 1970,
due to editorial disagreement as
to its content. Student Association
President Bob Ulmer decided at
the last minute that “some Cou
gar Paw pictures and cutlines
were not representative of the
student body,” and delayed pub
lication. The senate voted and
unanimously agreed to delay
printing until the Spring.
RUDDER
(Continued from page 1)
going to have an interesting
year.”
“We older Aggies talk a lot
about how it was way back when,”
the 1932 graduate and former
corps member remarked. “But it
wasn’t as good as We thought it
was and A&M is not as good
today as it can be.”
He noted a freshman football
player elected to attend A&M
because he knew he would be
able to attend class.
“Are we going to justify his
decision?” the president challeng
ed.
Board Designates
2 Professors Emeritus
Dr. Irwin M. Atkins and Wil
lard I. Truettner, who together
served Texas A&M 69 years, were
appointed professors emeritus to
day by the Texas A&M University
System Board of Directors.
Atkins, an agronomist in the
Soil and Crop Science Depart
ment, has served the past 30
years in a dual capacity as an
employee of both Texas A&M and
the U. S. Department of Agri
culture.
He is widely recognized as one
of the world’s foremost authori
ties in the genetics and breeding
of small grains, noted Dean of
Agriculture H. O. Kunkel, who
recommended Atkins' appoint
ment.
Truettner, professor of mechan
ical engineering, joined the fac
ulty in 1930. In 1958 he received
the Convair Award for Excellence
in Teaching and has been active
in numerous scientific and pro
fessional societies.
He was recommended for pro
fessor emeritus status by Engi
neering Dean Fred Benson.
Both Atkins and Truettner re
tired from their regular positions
earlier this year.
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Former Students Name
Green Field Director
Harry J. Green Jr. has been
named field director for the As
sociation of Former Students,
announced Association President
Ford D. Albritton Jr. of Bryan.
Green will be assisting officers
of various A&M Clubs with the
development of programs and ac
tivities.
“The new field director position
PRESIDENTS GETTING TOUGHER
(Continued from page 1)
guidelines from the University
of North Carolina. At the outset,
it declares:
“Any student or faculty mem
ber—including full time or part
time instructors — who willfully
by use of violence, force, coercion,
threat, intimidation or fear ob
struct or disrupt the normal oper
ations or functions of any of the
component institutions of the uni
versity, or who incites others to
do so shall be subject to suspen
sion, expulsion, discharge or dis
missal from the university . . . ”
The Carolina statement also
spells out responsibilities of the
president, chancellor and trustees
and bars in advance any amnesty
for persons charged with viola
tions of the regulations.
Cornell University, rocked by
the black militant takeover of
Straight Hall in April, adopted
in July regulations banning at
tempts to obstruct university op
erations or to interfere with any
group through the threat of
physical force.
Firearms, language likely to
incite the use of physical force
and “persistent noise” also are
banned in the Cornell regulations.
The sampling of administrative
moods makes it clear that college
authorities are anxious to employ
the efforts of moderate students
this fall to curb disruption.
Brandeis University President
Morris Abram asserts that only
2 to 3 per cent of the nation’s
student population are “revolu
tionaries,” The majority, he
states, disapprove of major fea
tures of American society but
cannot be classified as radical
activists.
Abram proposes using the man
power of these concerned students
and faculty members to develop
“a skilled, committed corps to
work off campus on the great
societal ills which require direct
human service.”
Such a youth corps, Abram
says, would deprive radicals of
“the magnetic attraction of their
hand-picked causes.”
A group which says it intends
to speak for the “quiet majority”
is the reorganized Association of
Student Governments, which has
provided services to students on
300 campuses over the past five
years.
And the conservative Young
Americans for Freedom pledged
at a convention last month to
“sock it to the Left” in the new
academic year.
At the University of North
Carolina, students have formed
a “Hayakawa Society” — named
after San Francisco State Presi
dent S. I. Hayakawa, famed for
his defiance of radical activists—
to speak for what it terms “the
silent majority.”
Taking up the issues which
loom again this year as possible
targets of student unrest, admin
istrators have sought to meet
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needs which a half dozen years
ago were not recognized as major
problems on campus.
Yale, for example, is offering
new degree programs in African-
American and urban studies. A
new Afro-American center has
been established.
If faced with campus disorder,
Yale President Kingman Brewster
has announced a plan providing
for negotiation, warning and sus
pension if the warnings are ig
nored. Brewster also makes it
clear he will not hestitate to sum
mon outside help if it’s needed.
At the University of Denver,
students have gained increased
representation on commit
tees which select curricula and
have participated in the selection
of two vice chancellors.
Ohio State University has add
ed student representatives to
committees formerly dominated
by staff members, including the
Faculty Council and the Council
of Academic Affairs. Ohio State
also is offering a new major in
Afro-American Studies.
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is another step in implementing
the association’s long-range plan
of 1967,” Albritton pointed out.
“The plan established a new
framework to enable the associa
tion to better serve the timely
needs of Texas A&M.”
Green’s work with clubs will
include membership, community
relations, programs, activities,
scholarships and high school re
lations, the association’s annual
fund and public relations.
★ ★ ★
Library To Change
Checkout Policy
A library policy change on
checkout of bound periodical
volumes will become effective
Monday, announced John B.
Smith, acting director.
After the start of fall semester
classes, faculty members and
graduate students will no longer
be able to check out bound periodi
cals as has been the practice in
the past, Smith said.
The non-circulation policy rec
ommended by the University Li
brary Committee is necessary
because of extreme difficulty en
countered by many researchers
in obtaining periodicals taken
from the library.
“We believe this restriction will
result in better service to all
library patrons,” Smith explain
ed. “It is also in keeping with
practice in most large university
libraries.”
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DeHart Appointed
Book Dept. Manager
Howard DeHart of Bryan has
been appointed manager of the
Exchange Store Book Depart
ment, announced Exchange Store
manager Charles R. Cargill.
DeHart, 32, replaces Peter B.
Plotts, who recently resigned
from the university’s staff.
A Bryan native, DeHart worked
for Sears Roebuck and Co. prior
to joining the Exchange Store.
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