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Vol. 65 No. 58
College Station, Texas
Friday, January 9, 1970
Telephone 845-2226
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STEPS DOWN
Larry Schilhab, right, tells Civilian Student Council mem- first vice president, succeeded Schilhab. (Photos by Jim
bers Thursday night that he is resigning as council presi- Berry)
dent because of draft difficulties. Mark Olson, council
Voice Criticisms, Too, in ‘Feedback’
Ags OK Senate, MSC Efforts
By Dave Mayes
Battalion Editor
A&M students generally agreed
that their representatives in the
Student Senate and the Memorial
Student Center Council were do
ing a good job, but disapproved
of an on-campus Afro-American
society and seriously questioned
administration policies concern
ing coeds, campus speakers and
compulsory board and laundry.
Senators learned Thursday of
these and other student attitudes
in a Grievance Committee report
on Operation Feedback, a ques
tionnaire poll of 2,340 students
in November.
Although in its analysis the
committee chaired by Marcus
Hill (jr-Ag), admitted that the
poll was statistically “less than
successful” — 16.7 per cent of
the 14,092 students responded —
it nevertheless concluded that
“the points made herein are
representative of students of
Texas A&M, and are substan
tially relevant and conclusive.”
In the survey, 61 per cent of
those polled said they thought
the senate adequately represent
ed them, but yet only 33 per cent
could name their own senate rep
resentatives.
The most students (82 per
cent) to agree on anything in
the poll voiced approval of the
programming of the MSC. A
number of critical comments were
directed at Town Hall, however,
expressing disappointment in the
“type of entertainment” the com
mittee offered and opposing a
“discrimination against civilians
in the recruitment of Town Hall
Juniors,” the report said.
In response to other specific
questions, 48 per cent of the stu
dents said that the Afro-Ameri
can Society should not be recog
nized on campus. Twenty-one
per cent said the society should
be recognized and 31 per cent
had no opinion. The society had
applied for university permission
to meet on-campus in the Fall,
and had been turned down.
Students were asked whether
Termed ‘Revolutionary’
Scientist Reports
On Cancer Theory
By Frank Carey
AP Science Writer
WASHINGTON (A*)—An emi
nent American scientist reported
Thursday development of a new
and revolutionary cancer theory,
and said it might open the way
to eventual control of mankind’s
most feared malady.
The theory is that a potential
viral trigger or “spark” for can
cer is inborn in all humans, but
is never touched off in most
people.
The concept, which involves
viruses but differs sharply from
previous theories linking viruses
with human cancer, was described
to The Associated Press by one
of its co-developers, Dr. Robert
J. Huebner, internationally known
virologist of the National Cancer
Institute.
In effect, the theory holds
that:
• The actual seeds for cancer,
in the form of genetic ingredients
for a certain type of virus, are
present in all of us from the time
we’re conceived, but in most peo
ple are kept from malignantly
flowering, thanks to other gentic
forces.
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ing Center, since 1919.
• When cancer does occur, it’s
the results of the previously sup
pressed mechanism being switched
on by defective genes present in
some people, or by such environ
mental factors as radiation or
certain chemicals. In some people,
the concept holds, the very process
of aging may provide the switch-
on action.
• The cancer seed mechanism,
whether or not it ultimately gen
erates malignancy, may have a
beneficial function in the early
development of the embryo. That
is, it may be essential to life
itself.
Huebner, who developed the
concept, with Dr. George Todaro,
also of NCI, recently was named
bjH- . : thd White House as one of
the’‘winners of the 1969 National
Medal of Science, the federal
government’s highest honor in
science.
The White House announce
ment of Huebner’s selection, for
pioneering achievements in virol
ogy in the past quarter century,
hinted at one phase of his new
concept by saying it “is likely to
prove one of the major break
throughs in the study of mamma
lian leukemias.”
But Huebner indicated the con
cept has possible implications for
all forms of cancer.
they supported the Senate’s ac
tions on the Oct. 15 Moratorium
and 74 per cent said “yes” and
19 per cent, “no.”
“Most of those who commented
in support of the senate expressed
an antipathy to any type of dis
sension, peaceful or otherwise,”
the report said. “Concern for
A&M’s image was strong, but
seemed equally balanced by con
cern for the right to dissent.
Those who disagreed . . . ex
pressed concern for freedom of
speech and assembly, and the
need to discuss such important
issues.”
The report said that most of
the arguments expressed by the
dissenters could be characterized
by one students response: “If a
student is not allowed to ex
press himself on his own campus,
then the university ceases to be
a wide-range educational institu
tion and becomes merely a
machine producing ineffective
parts.”
Asked to comment on university
policies, “a very large number of
students” the report said, were
principally concerned with the
on-campus speaker policy which,
they said, “robs the student of a
complete education . . . Students
should be able to listen to both
sides of important issues and
decide for themselves which view
point is to their liking.”
University regulations gener
ally state that all speakers must
be granted permission to appear
on campus by the faculty-staff
Executive Committee.
On the subject of coeducation,
“there was evident in many ques
tionnaires, a feeling of an urgent
need for dormitory housing for
female students,” the report said.
“Students questioned also asked
for the establishment of an Office
of the Dean of Women.”
Concerning compulsory board
and laundry, the report said that
“many students are dissatisfied
with the present system. It was
suggested that by making the
system non-compulsory, you would
reduce the demand, thus reducing
the help requirement and also
perhaps improving the services.”
The report added that in terms
of number of complaints, “char
acterized more by vociferous grip
ing than by constructive sugges
tions,” parking facilities ranked
third behind food and laundry,
followed by telephone service,
regulation of the air-conditioning
system, the University hospital
and the Campus Security forces.
One resolution established and
defined the purpose of the Busi
ness Relations subcommittee, a
panel which would serve as a
communications link between stu
dents and local businessmen.
Caperton said a clear state
ment was needed after reports of
debate and references to “black
listing” on the subject in the
Senate’s last meeting caused a
number of misunderstandings
among northgate merchants.
The subcommittee’s purpose, as
passed in the resolution, would
be to “establish a method of
direct relations and communica
tion with local merchants, work
with the Better Business Bureau
if one is formed, inform mer
chants of students comments on
business practices and irregulari
ties and propose recommendations
to the senate and businessmen
for improvement. . . .”
Caperton’s other resolution
(See Ags OK, page 2)
Schilhab Steps
Down; Olson
Is CSC Chief
By Hayden Whitsett
Mark Olson became Civilian
Student Council president Thurs
day night following the resigna
tion of Larry Schilhab.
Schilhab said he was resigning
because it appeared that he would
be drafted, since his draft number
is 54 and he can no longer hold
a II-S student deferment.
He is also having to graduate
this month, a semester earlier
than he had planned, he said.
The petroleum engineering major
also said he hopes to bind a job
that will provide him with an
occupational deferment.
In his resignation speech, Schil
hab said that he has enjoyed his
four-year association with the
CSC and expressed hopes for its
future growth.
“The civilian student body has
gone from a group of students to
a very strong body,” he said.
He added that while he has
been on campus he has seen the
addition of street lights, expan
sion of civilian weekend, and a
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greater civilian student participa
tion in building the bonfire.
“These are all signs of a much
greater participation in on-cam
pus activities,” he continued.
Schilhab was president of Hart
Hall during the 1967-68 school
year and was civilian chaplain
last year.
After accepting Schilhab’s res
ignation, the council presidency
went to Mark Olsen, first vice-
president, in accordance to coun
cil by-laws.
Olson became first vice-presi
dent Dec. 11 after David Alex
ander resigned because of aca
demic reasons.
Bill Scherle, council secretary,
was then elected by acclamation
to fill the first vice-president’s
position vacated by Olson. Fol
lowing that, Donald Bouchard,
sophomore, was elected to fill the
vacated secretarial position.
Discussion of two student gov
ernment conferences dominated
the rest of the night’s business.
First mentioned the Texas
Residence Hall Association (TR-
HA) conference at East Texas
State University.
The conference, which involves
residence hall programs, student
judiciary programs and other
campus matters, will be Feb. 6-8.
The council voted to attend and
appropriated $300 to pay for reg
istration fees. The council also
decided to use the opportunity to
have their own retreat.
The council then discussed
whether of not it should send
delegates to the annual National
Association of College and Uni
versity Residence Halls (NACU-
RH) conference at Texas Tech
University.
The conference, scheduled for
March 11-14, is a nationwide pro
gram designed to allow students
to discuss problems they have on
campus. The council appropriat
ed $300 to allow six delegates to
attend the meeting.
Schilab then mentioned plans
for Project Jericho, an on-campus
(See Schilhab, page 3)
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SENATE REPORT
Marcus Hill (jr—Ag), Student Senate Grievance Committee chairman, reports to senate
members Thursday night some of the complaints he receives from students. The com
plaints range, Hill said, from raising the sidewalks so the rain will run off to fixing
shower nozzles. (Photo by Jim Berry)
NASA Delays Apollo 13,
May Reschedule Others
Finals Schedule
Final exams for the fall semester, 1969, will be held Jan. 16-24
according to the following schedule:
Date
Hour
Series
Jan. 16, Friday
8-11 a.m.
MWF8
Jan 16, Friday
1-4 p.m.
MWF12
Jan 19, Monday
8-11 a.m.
TThSFl
Jan. 19, Monday
1-4 p.m.
MWTh2
Jan. 20, Tuesday
8-11 a.m.
MWF9
Jan. 20, Tuesday
1-4 p.m.
M3TThlO
Jan. 21, Wednesday
8-11 a.m.
TF2 or TWF3 or TThF3
Jan. 21, Wednesday
1-4 p.m.
MWF10
Jan. 22, Thursday
8-11 a.m.
TThl 2
Jan. 22, Thursday
1-4 p.m.
M4TThl 1
Jan. 23, Friday
8-11 a.m.
MWThl
Jan. 23, Friday
1-4 p.m.
TTh9F2
Jan. 24, Saturday
8-11 a.m.
MWF11
Jan. 24, Saturday
1-4 p.m.
TF1
NOTE: Final examinations in courses with only one theory hour per
week as shown in the catalogue will be given, at the discretion of the
department.head concerned, at the last meeting of either the theory or
practice period before the close of the semester.
By Paul Recer
AP Aerospace Writer
SPACE CENTER, Houston <A>>
The launch of Apollo 13 toward
a moon landing has been post
poned a month in a move which
may be the start of a general
rescheduling of moon flights.
The Space Agency announced
Thursday that Apollo 13, man’s
third landing on the moon, will
be launched on April 11 instead
of March 12 as previously
planned.
Scientists studying the moon
greeted the news with delight.
Many lunar scientists in recent
months have bitterly criticized
the Space Agency for scheduling
the moon landings so closely to
gether.
After last July’s Apollo 11, the
flights had been scheduled about
every four months and scientists
said this did not provide them
with enough time to study the
results of one flight before an
other was upon them.
The announcement Thursday
also said Apollo 14 will be
launched sometime in the fall. It
had been scheduled for July 11.
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“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
The earlier schedule also called
for launching Apollo 15 in No
vember.
Space agency officials had said
earlier this week, however, they
were considering stretching out
the moon exploration program
making flights six months apart.
A schedule under consideration,
an official said then, includes two
flights this year, two in 1971,
none in 1972, two in 1973 and one
in 1974.
Eight more moon landings had
been planned, but officials an
nounced last week that one of
them would be dropped, making
Apollo 19 the final landing
mission.
Na moon landings are planned
in 1972 to allow for the planned
space station program which calls
for a permanent orbiting work
station to be launched that year,
probably in March. This station
would be manned by astronauts
for weeks on end.
Many scientists attending a
lunar science conference in Hous
ton this week have complained
of the lack of time granted them
to study the Apollo 11 moon
samples. They were allowed only
90 days of study before having to
make required reports this week.
With the possibility of a pro
gram stretch out, some Scientists
feel they will have more time for
study and will then be in a posi
tion to have more to say about
the landnig sites and scientific
objectives of later missions.
Since the Apollo 11 landing, a
number of prominent Space
Agency scientists have resigned
because they claim science had
not been getting its proper em
phasis in the space program.
The flight rescheduling is seen
by some as a concession by the
Space Agency toward the scien
tists.
A Space Agency executive said
would be an “effort to maximize”
the scientific return.
Another said the reasoning be-
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hind the complaints of the sci
entists “bore equal weight” with
budgetary considerations.
The official said that stretch-
ing would save no money “in the
long run, but it would for a par-
ticular year.”
He said by dropping one flight
in 1970 funds would be available
for other Space Agency activities,
including preparations for the
space station program.