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Vol. 65 No. 8
College Station, Texas
Thursday. September 25, 1969
Telephone 845-2226
Grad Students
Worry About
Seating Change
By Bill Va&en
Battalion Staff Writer
Graduate Student Council Pres
ident Tony Benedetto told coun
cil members Wednesday that he
is concerned about possible
changes in the football seating
plan.
Speaking in reference to a mo
tion to be introduced by Head
Yell Leader Sam Torn at to
night’s Student Senate meeting,
Benedetto noted the change in
distribution of football tickets
would call for graduate students
to pick up their tickets with the
freshman class or, in effect, ac
cept “residual” seating.
The current plan, which was
first used here at the 1968 Rice
game, allots six sections in the
upper level of the east side of
the stadium for use by graduate
students. Sections 234 and 235,
the two nearest the center of the
deck, are reserved for standing
graduate students. A special
“consideration section,” sections
236-239, is set aside for graduate
and other students who wish or
need to sit down.
One council member said he
thought such a change in the
ticket distribution would prompt
many graduate students to stop
attending games, and such an
Army Flight Has
Two Places Left
West Point is going to be in
vaded by “Old Army.”
The Student Finance Office in
the Memorial Student Center
reported Wednesday two seats
were still to be filled on the 195-
passenger charter jet to the
A&M-Army football game Oct. 4.
Faye Yeates, MSC building
cashier, said that in addition
three students are interested in
selling their seats, but will go
to the game if no one buys them.
Mrs. Yeates also said that the
trip is only for students and the
faculty-staff of the university.
This would include anyone from a
custodian to a clerk and on up to
professors and their wives, she
explained.
Senior Class President Jimmy
Dunham of Baytown described
the Delta Airlines DC-8 flight
from Houston Oct. 3 as a real
bargain for Aggies.
He noted that Maj. Gen. Bill
Becker, A&M class of 1941 and
president of the National Capital
A&M Club, has made arrange
ments for the skating rink one
block south of the 41,000 seat
Michie Stadium at West Point
to be used as the official A&M
headquarters.
Students and former students
plan to meet at the rink before
and after the game, Dunham said.
Full price for the charter flight
An organizational meeting for
all persons traveling to the West
Point game on the Senior Class-
sponsored flight will be held Mon
day night after yell practice in
the Assembly Room of the Me
morial Student Center, Dunham
announced yesterday.
He stressed that all persons go
ing to the game on the plane
must attend the meeting. He not
ed that transportation to Hous
ton and trip plans will be dis
cussed.
is $120, which has been paid by
all but 10 students. Thursday
(See West Point, Page 3)
attendance drop could result in
a loss to the Athletic Depart
ment of nearly $5,000 per home
game.
Benedetto added that any loss
es would result in the adminis
tration stepping in and settling
the seating difficulties, ending
student control of the activity.
The consensus of the council
was that the second largest body
of students on campus should re
ceive more consideration than
“just being pushed off” into the
north end zone with the fish.
The Graduate Council president
contended that the consideration
zone introduced last year is one
of the points criticized by Torn.
Hopefully, Benedetto said, the
section will be continued this
year, although its size and loca
tion are still “relatively open
questions.”
The present plan grew out of
a proposal by the Graduate Stu
dent Council which was adopted
in the form of a resolution by
last year’s Senate. For the first
time graduate students were able
to choose whether to stand or sit
during a football game.
Mitty Plummer, 1968-69 coun
cil president, said at the time that
the plan needed adoption due to
problems arising from the stadi
um expansion.
“The yell leaders became in
visible to the upper deck . . .
newcomers, especially new grad
uate students . . . , were seized
with a desire to sit down, and no
provisions had been made for ex
pectant wives of students ... or
students with leg and foot ail
ments,” Plummer had pointed
out.
Benedetto was on the commit
tee appointed by the Senate to
draft a new seating plan in co
operation with Athletic Business
Manager Wally Groff. Other
members were 1968-69 Head Yell
Leader Bill Youngkin and Stu
dent Life Committee Chairman
Phil Callahan.
CATCH AS CAT CAN
Charlie, a pet cat of four-year-old Leslie Angeloff of Culmerville, Pa., tries his luck at
catching 40 winks or 40 birds—whichever conies first in this seven-foot-high bird feed-
The cat, which adopted the feeder for his own, spends most of his cat napping and
bird watching hours from this vantage point. (AP Wirephoto)
RACEWAY NEARING COMPLETION
Paving got underway recently as final preparation began
for the opening of the Texas International Speedway south
of College Station. Holloway Construction Co. plans to
have the speedway ready for its first race, the Can-Am,
Nov. 9. The $8 million facility includes 26,000 contour
grandstand seats with backrest. Seating arrangements are
designed to give the spectator the best view possible. In
four weeks, Texans will have a chance to see a full season
of racing. (Photo by Bob Stump)
Revised Election Rules
Apply in Senate Races
By Gary Mayfield
Battalion Staff Writer
Tighter filing procedures and
eligibility requirements for hold
ing student offices will undergo
their first test next month when
filing and elections for Student
Senate positions take place.
Filing for the positions of vice
president, sophomore College of
Agriculture representative, and
senior, junior, and sophomore
College of Education representa
tive will be open from Oct. 1-8.
The election will be Oct. 23.
Attempting to clarify several
misunderstandings that developed
in last spring’s elections, the 1968-
69 Senate, under President Bill
Carter, proposed some changes
designed to benefit the candi
dates.
The most significant misunder
standing was the one resulting in
the disqualification of transfer
student Albert J. Reinhert after
he was elected Senate president.
The revision designed to clarify
the matter is in paragraph 22,
section 1 of the university regu
lations and says:
“Only the record made in course
work for which the student was
registered in this institution shall
be used in determining the grade
point ratio (GPR). This regula
tion shall apply in determining
eligibility of students filing for
any elected position.
“A transfer student must at
tend Texas A&M University as
a full-time student for either one
long semester or two summer se
mesters before he becomes eli
gible to file for an elected stu
dent office.”
A new section was also added
to clarify filing procedure and
eligibility to hold student offices.
New procedures include:
—Figuring GPR to the third
decimal place in determining the
academic eligibility of students
to hold elected offices. If a candi
date’s GPR is anything less than
that required to hold the office,
he will be ineligible to complete
filing.
—Making the term “overall
grade point ratio” synonymous
with the term “grade point ratio.”
Only the record made in course
work for which the student was
registered at Texas A&M will be
used in determining his GPR.
—Placing responsibility upon
the Election Commission to ob
tain at filing time for each stu
dent election a signed certifica
tion from the registrar indicat
ing the candidate’s official GPR,
scholastic or conduct probation,
and official academic classifica
tion. Certification can be made
only by the registrar.
—Raising the maximum allow
able campaign expenditures from
$25 to $50.
—Increasing membership on
the Civilian Student Council
(CSC) by two: a second vice
president and a representative
from University Women.
Another revision is included in
paragraph 65 concerning the can
didate’s campaigning, clarifying
potential misunderstandings:
“Each candidate will be respon
sible for the removal and disposal
of all campaign posters or other
literature bearing his name from
all bulletin boards, doors, etc.,
and the removal of all signs from
the designated areas within two
university class days following
the election.
“Failure to comply will result
in the candidate’s being assessed
a fee by the university in the
amount necessary to compensate
for the labor and time required
to remove and dispose of such
material. The fee is to be the
only penalty assessed the candi
date for violation of this regu
lation.
“Any candidate who willingly
violates or permits violation on
his behalf the provision of the
regulations shall be disqualified
for that election and shall be
further punished according to the
by-laws of the Election Commis
sion with punshment not to ex
ceed disqualification from all
elections through the following
school year.
“Election Commissioners shall
have the authority to carry out
rigid enforcement of campaign
and election regulations as out
lined here and as determined by
the Election Commission and/or
the Student Senate. This includes
the authority to prevent formal
campaigning in the polling place
on the day of elections and the
right to confiscate illegal cam
paign material intercepted in the
polling place on the day of elec
tions.
“This shall also include the
right to deny entrance to the
polls to anyone who refuses to
comply with election regulations
and to confiscate materials ille
gally posted on campus.”
Says Dean Heaton
Auto-Reg More ‘Personalized’
A&M’s automated registration
system provides students more
personalized service despite an
increase in enrollment, Admis
sions and Records Dean H. L.
Heaton said Tuesday.
The A&M official indicated
that since 1941, University en
rollment has grown from 2,200
to “over 14,000 tonight.” His
comments were made at the first
Brazos County A&M Club meet
ing of 1969-70.
Heaton indicated numerous ad
vantages have accrued from the
automated registration procedure,
the most prominent of which is
increased ability of students to
select courses they desire.
He pointed out in describing
the new registration that students
must sit down with department
heads or advisers and map out
course work each semester.
“This has proven an excellent
management tool for the univer-
Bryan Building & Loan
Association. Your Sav
ing Center, since 1919.
sity,” he continued, “but, fore
most, it gives the student per
sonal counseling that was not
possible in the old ’gym - type’
registration.”
The dean also cited overall stu
dent records-reporting system
improvement, rapid acquisition
of class rosters, fee accounting
and student credit-hour reports
for the Texas College and Uni
versity System Coordinating
Board (“on which A&M’s ap
propriations are based”), and re-
GRE Not Required of Seniors
BB&L
—Adv.
A&M seniors will not be re
quired to take the Graduate Rec
ord Examination this year, an
nounced Academic Vice President
Horace R. Byers.
Byers said the GRE will now
be administered only to students
seeking admission to graduate
colleges.
He said a national GRE com
mittee made the decision to dis
continue giving the test to all
graduating seniors because of the
overwhelming number of eligible
students.
“We have been requiring it as
a means of measuring teaching
effectiveness,” Byers explained.
Byers also said students taking
the GRE in the future will be re
quired to submit fees to GRE
offices in Berkeley, Calif.
All students who have already
paid such fees locally will receive
refunds automatically from the
university, he added. Students ap
plying for graduate study must
then resubmit to Berkeley.
Graduate Dean George W.
Kunze urged such students to
apply as soon as possible in order
to qualify for the many awards
which will become available in
early spring.
Additional information regard
ing the GRE may be obtained at
the Counseling and Testing Cen
ter.
duction of time spent in registra
tion as examples of better serv
ice for everyone. ,
“Student acceptance generally
has been good,” Heaton said.
“Some disapproval has been
voiced over two disadvantages:
lack of student ability to select
the prof he wants and the class
time he desires.”
The students have admitted,
however, that individually, it’s a
fair system, Heaton added.
Presentations by S. Auston
Kerley, associate dean, Lacey,
and Admissions Director Dr. Os
car L. Dorsey pointed to cooper
ation with the Student Aid Of
fice; better relations with high
schools, especially high school
counselors; taking advantage of
college-university evaluation pro
cedures given prospective stu
dents; and further improvements
in admissions and increasing con
venience to the student as re
sults of the new system.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.