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During National Teach-In
A call for personal commitment
» solve environmental problems
wsbeen made by the Symposium
'or Environmental Awareness at
texas A&M.
Coordinator Bill Voigt has an-
lounced that the second meeting
cussions focusing attention on
the teach-in will be made final
at the meeting.
See column, page 2
The teach-in, sponsored nation
ally by Sen. Gaylord Nelson and
Dr. Paul Ehrlich, population bi
ologist, is being sponsored on
campus by the Forum for En
vironmental Studies, an organiza
tion in the College of Architec
ture, Voigt said. Participation
must be approved by the Univer
sity Executive Committee which
meets Friday.
“Only 15 or 20 students and
faculty members attended our
first meeting,” Voigt said, “but
KAMI/: From Textile Mill
To Finished TV Station
ly Bob Robinson
Battalion Staff Writer
There’s a building on campus
hat used to be a textile mill.
When the building became too
)ld and outdated, it was remod-
iled and given to the engineers
b a library.
When the building was no
anger deemed suitable for use
K a library, part of it was giv-
m to the Education Department
ind the rest was given to educa-
donal television.
The building is Bagley Hall,
Mated between the water tow-
tr and the new library.
Since that time, full-time ed
ucational TV staff members and
a band of slaves known as stu
dent assistants have torn down
tails, built new ones, moved
doors, built new ones and rejuve-
aated thousands of dollars worth
of equipment to build a televi
sion studio.
The outside of Bagley Hall
still looks the same; dull, red
bricks interrupted occasionally
by window frames painted a fad
ing gray or tan and surrounding
blacked-in windows.
It is doubtful, however, that
the architect who designed Bag-
ley Hall, if there was one, would
recognize the interior. Rooms
have been enlarged, new ones
built, and everything painted.
For several years, educational
Productions were limited to
dosed circuit viewing on the
U’M campus only.
A control van was purchased
Used from KTRK, Channel 13 in
Houston. The van has facilities
enabling it to tape complete re
mote productions. Three used
General Electric color cameras
Were purchased.
University and Federal approv-
•1 was received and Dec. 15, less
than 90 days later, was set as
the broadcast date.
Student assistants and staff
members alike began work on
the impossible, transforming a
hlack and white closed-circuit TV
station into a color broadcasting
TV station ... in less than 90
A transmitter was ordered
through General Electric Corpor
ation, an IVC 100 color film
chain camera was purchased so
film and color slides could be
inserted into a production, a
broadcast antenna was ordered
and the search began to find
suitable call letters that weren’t
already in use.
Chances for meeting the dead
line looked good.
The main bulk of the trans
mitter arrived in November.
Parts needed for its operation
were promised within a few
weeks.
The antenna was completed on
the water tower Thanksgiving
Day.
The black and white Video
Tape Recorder (VTR) was “col
orized” and made operational by
Dec. 1.
Federal Communications Com
mission assigned the call letters
KAMU after they were released
by a radio station in Alaska.
Then there was a strike at
General Electric. Vital trans
mitter parts got as far as the
loading dock and remained there.
Phone calls did no good, and it
was finally conceded that broad
cast day would have to be post
poned.
The new air date was set for
Feb. 16, 60 days later.
In the meantime, work con
tinued at Bagley Hall.
Construction of a new studio
began. One complete wall was
knocked down between two rooms
leaving an area almost the size
of a basketball court. Air con
ditioning ducts were built into
the ceiling from the two rooms
above. Part of another wall was
knocked out and replaced with
two phone booth shaped doors,
each 10 feet high. Lighting for
the news program, “Campus and
Community Today,” was set up
in one end of the studio, and
construction on the set started.
Program Director Norman God
win began work on the Febru
ary program guides now avail
able to the public.
Work started on the master
control, designed to intergrate
closed circuit, video tape record
ing, and on-the-air broadcasting
into one unit.
Dies to Speak
At Ramada Inn
Fete Tonight
97 Delegates Named
Jericho Talks
the list has been growing every
day and every department now
has 4 or 5 profs interested in
it.”
Ideas to be discussed at to
night’s meeting include an ap
pearance on the “Town Talk”
show, presentation of the slide
show “Murder of Silence,” lec
tures on ecology by Dr. Richard
Baldauf, distribution of reprints
of articles, formation of a student
committe for the assessment
of environmental degradation in
Brazos County, environmental
displays and establishment of a
committee for action in the Stu
dent Senate, he said.
And slowly, piece by piece,
transmitter parts arrived.
Cavities, which surrounded
large tubes and act as tuning
apparatus for them, arrived just
before Christmas.
More cavities arrived the sec
ond week of January.
The crystals needed just to
make the transmitter operable
finally arrived two weeks ago.
Student assistants and full
time employes alike have been
working days, nights and week
ends to put these delayed parts
together and get them working.
So far, no major problems
have been encountered, and each
employe expresses no doubt that
KAMU will go on the air as
scheduled Feb. 16.
George Shearer, senior engi
neer, has been working mainly
on the transmitter but also has
had to devote time to coordinat
ing the other technical prepara
tions being made at the station.
“I foresee no problems which
would delay broadcast,” he said.
“The one final hurdle we have is
readying the transmitter for the
FCC proof of performance test.”
This test, which checks mini
mum requirements on the qual
ity of a transmission, has to be
conducted satisfactorily at least
(See From Textile, page 3)
Texas Secretary of State Mar
tin Dies Jr. will speak at a 7 p.m.
banquet tonight at the Ramada
Inn, concluding a three-day con
ference of county judges and com
missioners.
The annual conference is spon
sored by the Texas Agricultural
Extension Service of A&M and
the County Judges and Commis
sioners Association of Texas.
By Tony Huddleston
Battalion Staff Writer
Ninety-seven delegates were
chosen Wednesday to head A&M’s
“Jericho” Leadership Conference
which will open new communica
tion channels among students,
faculty and administrators.
The conference will be held
Feb. 18-20 in the Memorial Stu
dent Center.
“If the administration doesn’t
adopt any of the solutions to
problems at A&M suggested at
the conference, we will still have
established a line of communica
tion from the student to the fac
ulty and on up to the administra
tion,” James R. Hawthorne,
chairman of the project, said.
Hawthorne added that the con
ference was also established to
help increase the leadership on
campus, and bring about a great
er understanding of campus prob
lems and seek ways to solve
them. The conference is spon
sored jointly by the MSC and the
Student Senate.
Hawthorne said that five prob
lem areas have been selected for
discussion at the conference. He
added that these five areas will
be broken down into separate
parts so that more solutions can
be suggested for each part.
The first area of discussion is
the allocation of money, with
Dean of Students James P. Han-
nigan speaking on the uses of
student service fees. Hannigan
will be followed by Chief of Uni
versity Police Ed Powell, who
will discuss the uses of that de
partment’s funds.
R. Clark Diebel, controller of
accounts, will speak on Exchange
Store funds, and concessions
funds will be discussed by Rich
ard Bernard, assistant to A&M
President Earl Rudder. The last
speaker in this area is Associate
Dean of Students Donald R. Staf
ford, who will discuss parking
fees.
Campus apathy will be dis
cussed by Kent Caperton, MSC
vice president. Hawthorne said
that Caperton will be the only
speaker in this area of the con
ference. He added that Caperton
will discuss the effects of apathy
on the Student Senate, the MSC
and student elections.
The third area of discussion is
academic excellence with Assist
ant Dean of the College of Busi
ness Administration Dan C. Lowe
speaking on the proposed pass-
fail system. He will be followed
by Barbara Davis, assistant pro
fessor of marketing, who will
discuss the quality of instructors
at A&M.
Academic Vice President Hor
ace Byers will speak on the rele
vancy of certain courses in a stu
dent’s curriculum. Dean of Edu
cation Frank W. Hubert will close
with a discussion of examination
procedures and dead week.
Part four of the conference is
a discussion on intrastudent rela
tions, with Student Senate Presi
dent Gerry Geistweidt speaking
on corps - civilian relations, the
role of the female student, politi
cal minority groups and social
fraternities on the A&M campus.
The fifth area of the confer
ence will be a discussion of
A&M’s future growth and image,
by Ford D. Albritton, member of
the A&M Board of Directors.
Hawthorne added that a room
would be set aside each day in
the MSC for students to come by
and voice their suggestions at the
close of each discussion with the
speakers.
Dean Hannigan said that the
administration will be observing
the conference and listening to
solutions to problems, and will
act upon any suggestion which
has merit.
After the speakers have made
their presentations, the confer
ence will divide into roundtable
discussion groups to talk over the
problems, Hawthorne said.
The members will be joined on
each roundtable by members of
the administration and faculty
who will comment on discussion
participation after the groups
have completed their talks.
The size of the groups has not
been determined yet, Hawthorne
said, but the groups will be as
large as needed to discuss the
problems adequately.
Discussion groups will be picked
at random daily to insure that no
two roundtables have the same
membership, Hawthorne added.
Delegates to the conference
were chosen for displaying out-
standing leadership qualities
while at A&M.
The 97 delegates selected are:
Jack Abbott, Aggie Cinema chair
man; Ronald Adams, senate par
liamentarian ; David Alexander,
CSC fall vice president; Cathy
Alford, SCON A XV; Larry Alt
man, Singing Cadets business
manager; Thomas Atlee, Leggett
Hall vice president.
Merle Beeson, Aggie Band; An
thony Benedetto, Graduate Stu
dent Council president; Gustavo
Berges, CSC foreign student rep
resentative; Randall Betty, sena
tor; Donald Bouchard, CSC sec
retary; Al Bradley Jr., MSC di
rectorate assistant; Craig Brad
ley, senator; Larry Bragg, Corp
of Cadets.
Gerald Bramlett, Senate Wel
fare chairman; Charles Brown,
menu board; Kirby Brown, sen
ate recording secretary; Samuel
Buser, hand; Kent Caperton, sen
ate vice president; Matthew Car-
roll, corps commander; Otis Car-
roll, off-campus student repre
sentative; John Clader, SCONA
XV; Glenn Clark, Hughes Hall.
Arthur Collier, Institute of
Electrical and Electronic Engi
neers; Elizabeth Colorado,
SCONA XV; Caren Conlee, MSC
Directorate; Oscar Contreras,
Schumacher Hall president; Mike
Cunningham, SCONA XV; Mi
chael Cunningham, corps; James
Collins, Leadership Committee;
William Darkoch, freshman pres
ident.
Edward Donnell, YMCA presi
dent; Rene Ffrench, Polaris Club
president; William Finane, MSC
Council; Thomas Fitzhugh, Great
Issues chairman; Dennis Flanni-
gan, MSC vice president; Dale
Foster, senate; Glenda Freeman,
SCONA XV; Tommy Henderson,
senator; Kenny Hensley, senator;
Charles Hicks, Political Forum;
Michael Holley, freshman vice
president; and Jack Hollimon,
SCONA XV.
Gerald Horak, off-campus stu
dent representative; Douglas
Howland, Political Forum; Phillip
Hudson, YMCA; Edward Jame
son, Hart Hall president; Mark
Jarvis, senator; William Jermyn,
Pre-Medicine Society; Albert
Kinkead, SCONA XV vice chair
man; Charles Korbell Jr., Town
Hall; Pat Lucey, Great Issues;
Gary Martin, Travel Committee.
Also Don Mauro, MSC Council;
Garry Mauro, Keathley Hall pres
ident; Virgil Mayabb, freshman
council; Davis Mayfield III,
SCONA XV; Roger Miller, sena
tor; Michael Moseley, Junior
Council representative; Charles
Mueller, Walton Hall president;
(See 97, page 4)
Rudder Still Listed
In Serious Condition
HOUSTON —A&M President
Earl Rudder remained in seridus
condition at 1 p.m. today in Meth
odist Hospital.
A hospital spokesman said
Wednesday that the 59-year old
general had suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage. He remains in the
neurological intensive care unit
the Academic building and was to
continue until 1 p.m. At 12:30
p.m., Brown said, approximately
1,500 signatures had been col
lected.
The Student Senate today so
licited signatures from students
for a telegram expressing sym
pathy to be sent to President
Rudder this afternoon.
The signing, according to Kir
by Brown, senate recording sec
retary, began this morning at
both dining halls and in front of
of the hospital.
The spokesman added that the
hospital would issue news bulle
tins should Rudder’s condition
change.
Rudder became ill at his home
Thursday night and was admitted
to a Bryan hospital. He was
transferred to St. Luke’s Episco
pal Hospital here Friday and was
moved Monday to the adjacent
Methodist hospital in the Texas
Medical Center.
He was first believed to be suf
fering from a heart ailment but
tests at Methodist Hospital re
vealed the brain condition, a hos
pital spokesman said.
A spokesman at A&M said
Rudder suffered no heart damage.
His wife, Margaret, and his two
sons and three daughters are at
the hospital with him.
Rudder is in his eleventh year
as president of the university. He
was appointed A&M vice presi
dent in 1958 and named president
in July, 1959.
In 1965, the board of directors
named him president of the entire
Texas A&M . System,
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“On the side of Texas A&M.”
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