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Vol. 65 No. 87
College Station, Texas
Tuesday, March 17, 1970
Telephone 845-2226
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ton the overall trophy for the
ihird straight year here Saturday
luring the university’s annual
nvitational drill meet, retiring
lie 48-inch master trophy.
Sam Houston State University
jlaced second and Texas A&I
University was third. The Uni-
rersity of Houston and Tarleton
State also won trophies in the
sine-team, three-event meet.
A&M frosh took first place in
inspection, second place in basic
Irill and second place in fancy
Irill. Sam Houston won a first
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IWEETHEART — Blue-eyed Brunette Cheryl Maurine
Spruce of San Antonio, junior elementary education major
at Southwest Texas State University, was crowned Junior
Class Sweetheart for 1970-71 during the class dance Sat
urday night.
By Dave Mayes
Battalion Editor
The university’s Rules and
Regulations -Committee Monday
turned down a Student Senate
proposal to establish a student-
administration Court of Appeals.
The committee did recommend
however, that the structure of the
university’s faculty-staff Appeals
Committee be modified, requiring
the appellate panel’s two repre
sentatives from the Office of the
FDT Does It Again
Places First for Third Time
place trophy in fancy drill and
third place in basic drill.
Texas A&I took third in fancy
drill, the University of Houston
won a first in inspection and
Tarleton won first in basic drill.
The Freshman Drill Team, na
tional champions for the past two
years, became permanent owners
of the master trophy after their
third straight win. A meet rule
states any team that wins the
trophy three years in a row be
comes permanent owner.
Also entered in the meet were
teams from Rice, Arkansas and
the University of Texas.
Fish Drill Team Commander
Beverly S. Kennedy of Austin
accepted the master trophy from
A&M Academic Vice President
Horace R. Byers, who represented
hospitalized A&M President Earl
Rudder.
The sixth annual meet was
sponsored by the commandant’s
office and the Association of For
mer Freshman Drill Team mem
bers.
Personnel from the U. S. Ma
rine Corps Officer Selection Pro
gram in Austin served as judges.
Pianist,, Actors Here Tonight
is Festival 70 Nears End
The fields of music, film, the-
iter and art will be covered dur
ing the remainder of Festival 70,
itwo-week art festival sponsored
S anit ly the Contemporary Arts Com-
tittee.
Activities tonight will include
i performance by concert pianist
Ilfeha Dichter and an improvisa-
lion theater by The Kenwood
Theater of San Antonio.
Dichter will perform at 8 in
ibe Bryan Civic Auditorium and
he theater group will begin its
low at 8 in the Memorial Student
Center Ballroom.
The Kenwood Theater is an im-
irovisation theater composed of
San Antonio poverty area people
fhose aim is to promote com-
nunity involvement among mem-
ers of the poverty area and
*ople outside of it.
Through their appearances the
Toup provides college scholar-
hips for Kenwood youth.
in investigating and developing
their own mental processes and
creative abilities.”
Dichter, 24-year-old pianist who
has earned world renown, will be
performing under the sponsorship
of the Rotary Community Series
and Town Hall.
Festival 70’s examination of the
Scarpelli
Lectures At
Vet School
Dr. D. G. Scarpelli, chairman of
the Pathology and Oncology De
partment at the University of
Kansas Medical Center, is visiting
the College of Veterinary Medi
cine until Wednesday to lecture
,,, ... , and consult with the Pathology
.J ^ Department.
Dr. Scarpelli holds an M.D. de-
TOduce their own plays, several
bout themselves and their com
arts continues Wednesday at 8
p.m. with an address in the MSC
Assembly Room by Sebastian
Adler, director of Houston’s Con
temporary Arts Museum. Adler’s
talk is on “Our Place.”
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
nights at 8 p.m. in Guion Hall
the Aggie Players will stage the
final three presentations of Sam
uel Spewack’s play about ants
and men, “Under the Sycamore
Tree.” The play is a satire in
which ants are the counterparts
of man and exhibit Ijis activities
and emotions.
Festival 70 ends Friday with
a talk by Dallas graphics special
ist Crawford Dunn and the Spring
Film Festival showing of the
Japanese-made film “Woman in
the Dune.”
Dunn, presented by the A&M
chapter of the American Institute
of Architects, will speak in the
Architecture building lobby.
Showing at in the MSC
aunity,” said Tom Ellis, commit- gree and a Ph ' D ' in P^ology.
mar Tech 46 chairman. “They are opening His special interests are ultra-
«w opportunities for themselves structural cytochemistry, carcino-
- being actively involved in genesis and comparative pathol
teating their own culture and ogy.
Ballroom, “Woi^an^ in the Dune”
is an allegory probing fundamen
tal questions about existence and
the meaning of freedom. The plot
centers around a man who is held
captive with a woman in the .bot
tom of a sand pit.
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Hayden Whitsett)
Dean of Students be reduced to
ex-officio (non-voting) status.
The committee also recommend
ed that the Appeals panel request
the pair to no longer take part
in court-like deliberations but to
leave the room with the student
whose disciplinary case is being
considered.
H. L. Heaton, dean of admis
sions and chairman of the rules
panel, said that the recommenda
tions would be forwarded to the
faculty-staff Executive Commit
tee for approval.
The senate’s plan was present
ed to the rules committee by Sen
ator Jim Stephenson (sr-LA),
who told The Battalion Monday
that he would seek approval of
the court plan from the Execu
tive Committee.
Stephenson said he met with
the committee for an hour and a
half, presenting his case and an
swering questions. He said he
was not present when the com
mittee made its decision.
When he called Heaton late
Monday afternoon, Stephenson
said he was informed of the com
mittee’s recommendations but not
given any reasons why the sen
ate’s proposal had not been ap
proved.
The senator said that during
the committee meeting some
members doubted whether a stu
dent would be as fair as an ad
ministrator in hearing student
cases. They suggested, Stephen
son said, that a student commit
tee member would be too harsh
a judge and would not accept the
Appeals panel’s notion that it is
a rehabilitative, and not a puni
tive, body.
Rules and Regulations Com
mittee members are Heaton, Dr.
Peter D. Weiner, mechanical en
gineering; Felix Gibson, athletic
counselor; W. H. Aldred, agricul
tural engineering; Don Stafford,
associate dean of students, and
Civilian Corps Adviser IMalon
Southerland and Senate President
Gerry Geistweidt, both of whom
were absent at Monday’s session.
The court proposal was unani
mously passed by the senate
March 5, and, according to Ste
phenson, was mainly an effort to
get student representation at the
Appeals Committee level.
He said the senate had tried
last year to simply have a student
member place on the Appeals
panel, but that this request was
denied.
“This year we’re attempting
to do the same thing, only by
a different method,” Stephenson
said.
Under the current proposal the
court of appeals would have juris
diction over cases involving stu
dent disciplinary matters, and
others concerning student affairs.
Currently, these cases are han
dled through the Appeals panel,
which, according to the senate’s
plan, would only have jurisdiction
over student cases concerning
academic matters.
Members on the Court of Ap
peals would be two faculty mem
bers and two administrators—
all four appointed by the A&M
president—and three students ap
pointed by the student body pres
ident with consent of the senate.
Student courts responsible to
the Court of Appeals would in
clude the Cadet Courts, Civilian
Honor Council, Dormitory Judi
ciary Committee, Election Com
mission and Traffic Court. Ap
peals could also be channeled
from the office of the Dean of
Students.
Stephenson reported in last
Thursday’s senate meeting that
he had talked with Dr. Horace
Byers, academic vice president,
concerning the possible placement
of students on more university
committees.
The student senator quoted
Byers as saying that there were
no students on A&M’s legislative
councils and that he hoped that
in the future this policy would
be maintained.
“There are certain social insti
tutions which cannot be governed
democratically,” Byers was quot
ed as saying, “the family, the
hospital, the army and the uni
versity.”
Some senators suggested that
Dr. Byers or a representative
from the president’s office be in
vited to the next senate meeting
to further discuss the role of the
student on university committees.
A motion to that effect was
passed with a single dissenting
vote cast by Charles Hoffman
(jr-LA).
A&M Supports
Airport Board
Battalion Sports Editor Wins
First Place at AP Convention
Richard Campbell, sports editor
for The Battalion, has won a first
place in sports writing in compe
tition with state newspaper mem-
CAMPBELL
hers of the Associated Press.
Campbell, 22, won an AP cer
tificate and cash award for his
story on the A&M-Army football
game, judged best among entries
submitted by papers serving cities
below 75,000 population. It was
the only award won by a college
newspaper this year.
Campbell is a journalism sen
ior who last year was was editor
of The Review, campus literary
magazine. The Seguin native is
also treasurer of Sigma Delta
Chi, national journalistic profes
sional organization.
Battalion editor Dave Mayes
won honorable mention in the
short feature story contest for
a piece written last summer as
courthouse reporter for The Daily
Eagle.
Mayes accepted the awards
Sunday at the annual Texas As?-
sociated Press Managing Editors
convention in Houston. f
A&M’s Executive Committee
Monday said the proposed airport
authority is a workable plan and
should be supported Saturday.
The committee, composed of
the university’s deans and vice
presidents, said that Bryan-Col-
lege Station deserves a first-class
airport and that A&M will accept
any legitimate community plan
for financial support of Easter-
wood.
“Texas A&M has operated
Easterwood for the community
for 29 years,” the committee
noted, “but can no longer provide
all the finances for operation and
improvement of the facility.”
The university’s board of di
rectors recognized the need for
financial support by the commun
ity as early as 1964 and restated
its plea in a resolution passed in
1968, committee members said.
Pointing out that other com
parable communities find it ad
vantageous to invest millions of
dollars in airports, the A&M
board requested that Bryan, Col
lege Station and Brazos County
contribute to the maintenance
and improvement of Easterwood
Airport.
The board noted the airport
must be entirely self-supporting,
since the university is prohibited
by law from using any state-
appropriated funds for operation,
maintenance or improvement of
the facility.
Revenue for, the airport is de-
rived from sale of aircraft fuel
and rental space in the terminal
and hangars.
Such revenue is no longer suf
ficient to cover operating costs
and also provide for required
maintenance and improvements,
the board added.
“Easterwood’s present condi
tion requires funds for major
improvements in order for it to
be maintained as an up-to-date,
modern, safe and serviceable air
port for the benefit of the entire
community,” the 1968 resolution
said.
The Executive Committee said
needed improvements include:
—Strengthening and overlay of
runways
—Strengthening, overlay and
widening of taxiways
—Repair and expansion of park
ing ramp space for aircraft
—Addition of a fire and rescue
building
Committee members also point
ed out the airport is technically
being operated in violation of two
Federal Aviation Agency regu
lations.
To conform to one of the FAA
regulations, the group said, the
airport must acquire the land
for the “clear zone” at the north
end of the instrument runway.
Also, to meet federal regulations,
the committee said the road at
the south end of the airport
should be relocated because it is
too close to the runway.
V-As
At New CS City Hall
Employes Enjoying the ‘Elbow Room’
By Hayden Whitsett
Battalion Staff Writer
Elbow room seems to be the
most enjoyed aspect of the new
city hall, at least to the city
employes working there.
Chief Melvin Luedke of the
College Station police department
summed up the majority opinion
when he said, “There is nothing
to compare it to in size. After
what we had been working in, this
is great.”
Despite the dedication date this
Saturday, all of the city depart
ments, with the exception of the
still-organizing fire station, were
moved to the new buildings two
weeks ago.
Ribbon-cutting ceremonies for
the new twin building complex
will be presented from a bunting
decked platform in front of the
city hall. Presiding over the cere
monies will be Frank Anderson
and Ernest Langford, past mayors
of College Station, and D. A.
(Andy) Anderson, the present
mayor.
C. H. Ransdell, assistant dean
of engineering at A&M and a
city councilman, will be the mas
ter of ceremonies.
According to Ran Boswell, city
manager, the new city hall and
police and fire station were first
conceived about two years ago
when it became apparent that
the old building would not be
enough to take care of the ex
pansion problems.
Boswell said that the contract
for the buildings was set about
a year ago and that the ground
breaking was April 19, 1969.
The white-concrete buildings cost
about $346,000 and were financed
by bonds, he added.
The City Hall will house the
offices of the mayor, city secre
tary, planner, manager, and the
utilities, public works, water and
sewer offices, and engineering
sections.
The separate police and fire
station building will house the
police and fire departments and
be a garage for the two new fire
trucks.
Boswell said that a list of
telephone numbers from the new
offices was sent to all citizens
on the utility roles. Citizens who
do have a problem reaching the
city hall should call 846-7761.
“In the old city hall we had
one room for the entire depart
ment and it was 10 by 13 feet,”
said Luedke about how things
used to be for the police depart
ment.
“Now, he continued, “we have
a room that size for the sergeant,
the detective, and myself, as well
as one twice that size for the
patrolmen.”
He added that there is also an
interrogation room, a room for
the municipal court clerk, a wait
ing room, dispatchers room and
a record and supply room.
The fire station segment of the
building contains a kitchen, dor
mitory space, a day room,, and
the truck stalls. Luedke said that
the station is presently empty
because the crews for the trucks
haven’t been organized.
The city hall itself has a total
usable space amounting to 9,700
square feet, the police and fire
station 5,700. George Eby, the
first full time city planner Col
lege Station has had, said that
the new building is large, beau
tiful, and functional.
“In the old building,” Eby said,
“two people couldn’t pass by each
other in the corridors without
difficulty.” “Now,” he said, “you
could march an army down one.”
The hall is divided into three
basic segments: the public area,
the offices, and the work areas.
The public area is comprised of
the cashier’s collection window
in the front of the building and
the city council and municipal
court room.
The court room is a large oval
shaped room with a nine person
(See City Hall, page 3)
SCONA XVI Meets Tonight
To Organize, Consider Topics
SCONA XVI will hold an or
ganizational meeting tonight at
7:30, announced Dave Mayfield,
chairman of the Sixteenth Stu
dent Conference on National Af
fairs.
The meeting in room 3B of the
Memorial Student Center will be
mainly concerned with selecting
a topic for next year’s conference,
Mayfield said. He emphasized
that any student wishing to sug
gest a topic or participate in
selecting one may attend the
meeting, and is encouraged to.
Mayfield also said that any
one who wants to work on the
SCONA XVI committee should
also attend the meeting.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
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