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Vol. 65 No. 2 College Station, Texas Tuesday, September 16, 1969 Telephone 845-2226
FISH IN ACTION
Freshmen leap to wildcat during All-University night program. See story, bottom of
page. (Photo by Bob Peek)
African Students, Officials
Will Be At SCONA XV
Housing ‘Critical’;
200 Await Solution
Three African university stu
dent leaders will participate in
the 15th Student Conference on
National Affairs (SCONA XV)
in September through the sup
port of International Telephone
and Telegraph.
A top official of ITT also told
SCONA XV student leaders that
ITT will furnish speakers, panel
ists and round table chairmen
from government and corpora
tion offices in London and South
Africa.
SCONA XV Chairman Harry
K. Lesser said ITT officials Paul
S. Slawson from the London home
office of the corporation's Africa
and Middle East division and M.
K. Abiola, of ITT Nigeria, have
By ROGER MILLER
Special to The Battalion
A record number of freshmen
students, numbering about 2,200
toured the Memorial Student Cen
ter and met A&M President Earl
Rudder and other dignitaries dur
ing the 20th annual MSC Fresh
men Open House and Reception
Friday night.
According to Joe M. (Mac)
Spears III, president of the MSC
Council and Directorate, between
90 and 95 per cent of the fresh
men living on campus partici
pated in the evening’s program.
With Rudder in the reception
line were Mrs. Rudder, Vice-pres
ident and Mrs. Horace Byers,
accepted SCONA XV posts. Les
ser is conference chairman.
The unexpected assistance grew
out of ITT President Rex B.
Grey’s learning of the SCONA
XV topic, “Black Africa — The
Dilemmas of Development.”
Grey, a 1941 A&M graduate in
mechanical engineering, called
from London to offer his organi
zation’s assistance, Lesser said.
Two subsequent calls have also
involved Dennis G. Flannigan,
SCONA vice chairman from
Bryan.
Flannigan said Grey offered to
pay the African students’ way to
the Dec. 11-13 conference. ITT
and other officials will partici
pate at corporation expense.
Dean and Mrs. James Hannigan
and student leaders. Also present
were faculty and staff members.
Sponsored by the MSC Direc
torate, Freshmen Open House
gave the new students an oppor
tunity to become acquainted with
and join any of fifteen MSC com
mittees.
Several campus organizations
also sponsored booths to intro
duce their groups to the students.
These included the Singing Ca
dets, University Women’s Asso
ciation, YMCA, Alpha Phi Omega,
Corps of Cadets, Civilian Student
Council and national champion
Freshmen Drill Team.
Fifty Aggie co-eds served re
A non-profit organization, the
African-American Institute of
New York, is cooperating in stu
dent selection. Institute executive
vice president E. Jefferson Mur
phy recommended students be
invited from the University of
Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya; the Uni
versity of Zambi, Lusaka, Zambi,
and the University of Lagos,
Lagos, Nigeria.
Murphy is consultant to
SCONA XV.
African student invitations will
be extended to presidents of the
institutions through routine chan
nels by A&M President Earl Rud
der. Final selection will rest with
officials of the three African
universities.
At MSC
freshments and helped with reg
istration during the evening.
Guided tours, which started in
the bowling alley and ended in
the ballroom, began every five
minutes and provided the new
students with the chance to view
all the MSC facilities.
Kent Caperton, MSC vice-pres
ident and chairman of the event,
termed it “an overwhelming suc
cess.”
“We want to thank the admin
istration, faculty and staff mem
bers, hostesses and everybody
else who cooperated with us on
Freshmen Open House,” he add
ed.
By Tom Curl
Battalion Staff Writer
The housing shortage that
stood at 100 rooms for single
students and 100 apartments for
graduate and married students
last week has apparently not
eased, according to Associate
Dean of Students Don R. Staf
ford.
The problem is almost a repli
ca of last year, when the short
age was the worst since 1946.
“We don’t have a strength re
port yet, but I’m sure that the
situation is still critical,” Staf
ford commented.
The shortage has not dimin
ished in the past week, due to
the influx of late registrants.
Many of the dormitory rooms on
campus are now having to ac
commodate three persons tem
porarily, according to Stafford.
Hotard Hall, formerly called
Dormitory 13, has three people
in each of 75 rooms.
He said that the days for
transfer to other rooms on cam
pus have been set for Sept. 25-
26.
A major cause of the over
crowding problem each year is
that many students who reserve
dormitory rooms in the spring
do not show up to claim them in
the fall. Stafford said that many
of these are beginning freshmen
who apply at several universities
and then choose from those that
accept them for enrollment. Many
of the room cancellations come
too late in the summer for the
Housing Office to schedule other
students to occupy them.
Another factor in the annual
problem is those students who
drop out of the Corps of Cadets
early in the fall semester. Staf
ford commented on the situation
this semester.
“We’ve had at least 40 people
who have come out of the Corps
and we can’t house all of them
as civilians,” he said.
Stafford added that he sees no
relief from the problem occuring
next fall. Any construction of
dormitories is by sales of bonds
Aggie Tickets
Now Available
Texas A&M football tickets for
the 1969 season are available on
a first-come, first-served basis
now at the athletic ticket office
in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
Tickets are available to the
general public for all games ex
cept the Thanksgiving Day con
test with Texas. They can be or
dered by mail now.
The Nebraska game tickets are
$5.25 each. Tickets for all other
games are $6.00 each.
issued on the state administra
tive level and that no state gov
ernmental funds are appropriated
for dormitory construction.
Plans now call for a new dorm
itory complex to be built on the
campus, but Stafford said he did
not think the structure would be
completed before the fall of 1971.
He added that the estimate was
just a guess, however.
By Jay F. Goode
Battalion Staff Writer
A report indicating that A&M’s
housing policy may need revis
ing to reverse a grave shortage
of housing for married students
in College Station was submitted
to the College Station Planning
and Zoning Commission Monday
night.
The report, researched by
A&M students, disclosed that 300
apartment units are needed im
mediately, but only about 20 will
be provided by local builders, ac
cording to Commissioner Jim Gar
ner.
“The university may start pro
viding off-campus housing be
cause the private sector has not
been doing it,” said Commissioner
Gardner.
Chairman Codie Wells proposed
appointing a member of the com
mission to act as liaison with
university planners if the uni
versity should act on the report.
Controversy on open meetings
for the Planning and Zoning
Commission continued when
Gardner asked Wells if the com
mission should have closed meet
ings. According to Gardner and
City Planner Leroy George, state
law forbids closed meetings for
planning and zoning commis
sions.
Wells disagreed. Both George
and Wells produced statute books
supporting their arguments. De
cision on the public meetings was
delayed.
In other business, the com
mission decided to look into pos
sible dangers to homes by high
pressure pipe lines in the area.
One pipe line runs through a
proposed subdivision.
Gardner asked the commission
to inquire how close it is to
homes in the area and “how we
stand in reference to protection
from these pipe lines.” Wells in
structed George to write a letter
The associate dean commented
that several dormitory students
had been in the Housing Office
Monday requesting day-student
permits. He added that the uni
versity regulations say that any
dormitory student who moves out
after the first day of class will
forfeit any room rent that has
been paid. Room rent at A&M
starts at $105.
to the state urban league to see
what is being done about pipe
line safety.
The commission acted to re
quire all proposed zoning changes
to be submitted 15 days before a
commission meeting to allow
George to have more time to in
vestigate each proposal.
Commissioner Gardner read a
report by George which was
mailed to the commissioners be
fore the meeting. The report
called for more “professionalism
by those making presentations
before the commission” and more
“reliance on the planning com
mission’s staff in reference to
their position on zoning.”
The report also expressed hope
that the commissioners would
“avail themselves more to the
staff” and asked that all future
meetings be tape recorded and
stored for the record and require
American flags will line New
Main Drive here Thursday, for
U. S. Secretary of Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin’s campus visit,
in the first of several planned
displays throughout the year.
A&M President Earl Rudder
said the “avenue of flags” to be
raised by Corps of Cadets units
also will greet university visitors
on other future significant oc
casions and for major campus
events.
Secretary Hardin will hold the
fifth of a series of “listening
conferences” at A&M. The 9:30
a.m. conference involving farmers
and farm industry leaders of Ar
kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico,
Oklahoma and Texas will be in
G. R. White Coliseum.
Cadet Colonel of the Corps
Stafford said that he expects
the over-crowded dormitory situ
ation to ease somewhat after the
room change period on Sept. 25
and 26. But this will not help
the married students and gradu
ate students who live off campus.
Several commercial apartment
complexes have been constructed
in the past year and others are
currently under construction.
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everyone to identify themselves
before addressing the commis
sion.
Chairman Wells asked for time
to “think all this over” because
he had not had time to read the
city planner’s report.
The commission also decided to
set aside a proposed extension of
Welsh Street from County Road
to Southwest Parkway so that
the property owners may have
more time to consider the change.
Present rules under which the
Commission had been operating
were readopted.
The subdivision, zoning and
city planning subcommittees
were appointed. Meeting time
for the subdivisions subcommit
tees was set at every Thursday
at 4 p.m. Time for the zoning
subcommittee was set at every
Tuesday at 4 p.m.
Matthew R. Carroll said the 1st
Battalion, commanded by Cadet
Lt. Col. Edward A. Taylor, will
install the double row of U. S.
flags along the four-lane boule
vard.
Succeeding installations will re
volve among other corps units.
Corps public information of
ficer James St. John III indicated
that 120 of the parade-size flags
will be set at 50-foot intervals
along the four-tenths of a mile
long campus entrance. Another
52 flags of 200 available will be
installed next to World War I
memorials on the drill field.
A&M home football games,
corps events such as Military Day,
Mothers Day and other appropri
ate occurrences will be marked
by the avenue of flags, he said.
Record Turnout
For Freshman Reception
+ ic +
CS Report On Housing
Suggests A&M Action
Flags To Line East Entrance
For Major Events During Year
Pleas, Promises Heard During All-University Night
TAKIN’ IT EASY
Boots line the railing as seniors relax during the All-Uni
versity night program. (Photo by Bob Peek)
By Pam Troboy
Battalion Staff Writer
Pleas for student body unity,
hopes for a winning football
season and guarantees of the
right to get an education were
the highlights of All-University
Night held Monday in G. Rollie
White Coliseum.
Speaking before approximately
5,000 students, A&M President
Earl Rudder promised the student
body that learning would not be
interrupted by “two percenters.”
“I predict the greatest year in
the history of A&M,” he said,
“mainly because you’ll make it
so.” He added that while students
on other campuses were complain
ing about the Vietnam War, Ag
gies donated their blood and went
without a meal to feed Vietnam
ese orphans.
“Many people have tried to ex
plain what makes an Aggie dif
ferent,” noted Rudder. “Perhaps
the answer is that we go about
the business of going to school.
Of course Aggies look forward
to holidays and I’m hoping for
an extra Monday off after the
T.U. game.”
I’m sure that if the football
Bryan Building & Loan
Association. Your Sav
ing Center, since 1919.
—Adv.
BB&L.
team will defend their goal line
as well as the students on this
campus defend their right to go
to school, we’ll have a great sea
son,” Rudder added.
When Coach Gene Stallings,
head football coach, was intro
duced, he promised that the team
will “not avoid our responsibili
ties and will work with the rest
of the student body to protect the
image of A&M.”
“I’m a firm believer that every
one should give his best,” said
Stallings, “because the cream will
always come to the top, and I
promise that every member of the
football team will give all he has
for a winning season.”
Coach Stallings then intro
duced the 14 seniors on this year’s
squad. Buster Adami, Jimmy
Adams, Billy Bob Barnett, Ross
Brupbacher, Mike Caswell, Lynn
Fister, Barney Harris, Jack Ko-
var, Lynn Odom, Jim Piper, Bill
Seely, Larry Stegent, Tommy
Sooy and Jack Whitmore will pro
vide the team’s leadership.
Senior leadership is also needed
on campus to save A&M’s tra
ditions, according to College Sta
tion businessman Barney Welch,
a 1945 A&M graduate.
“Two of our most honored tra
ditions, speaking and introducing
ourselves, are being lost,” he
noted. “It would be poor manners
if you failed to introduce yourself
in your home and this campus is
your home. Everyone must work
together to maintain these tradi
tions.
“When you leave this campus,
try to leave something more here
than when you came, because
that is the way to be a true
Aggie,” Welch finished.
Curtis Mills, National Collegi
ate Athletic Association world
record holder, was presented a
plaque by Gerald Geistweidt, Stu
dent Senate president, in appreci
ation of his efforts this summer
for A&M. Mills won the 440-yard
dash with a record time of 44.7
seconds.
After the presentation, Geist
weidt appealed to the student
body for unity. “The only way to
keep A&M together is to keep
the civilians and the corps to
gether. We had good participation
by all groups last year, but I
think we can do better this year.
“In the Senate our motto is
‘Excellence Through Achievement’
and I’d like to make it the motto
of the entire student body this
year.”
A short yell practice followed
the program.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
“WHAT SHOULD I TELL THEM?”
A&M President Earl Rudder pauses momentarily for
thought as he addresses students at All-University night.
(Photo by Bob Peek)