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College Station, Texas Wednesday, April 1, 1970
Says He Has ‘Plans’ for A&M
ACTING PRESIDENT—Maj. Gen. A. R. Luedecke (left) and A&M Board of Directors
President Clyde H. Wells talk shortly after Luedecke was named Monday by the board
as acting president of A&M and the Texas A&M University System.
Dr. Margaret Mead to Speak
Thursday on New Morality
Nationally prominent anthro
pologist Dr. Margaret Mead will
appear here Thursday for a Great
Issues presentation on “Culture
and the New Morality.”
Dr. Mead has recently been in
the national spotlight for her
opinions on social aspects of na
tional government. While testify
ing last year before a Senate sub
committee, she spoke out against
punishment given convicted pos
sessors of marijuana.
The anthropologist, who has
been studying patterns of child
rearing in primitive cultures and
among contemporaries 45 years,
also advocates use of birth con
trol pills and any other methods
available to halt the population
explosion.
Dr. Mead also endorses the 18-
year-old vote.
Her address on culture and
morality, the keynote portion of
the three-part “Man, Morality and
Society” semniar sponsored by
Great Issues, will be at 8 p.m. in
G. Rollie White Coliseum.
Earlier presentations featured
Dr. J. Thomas Ungerleider on
drugs and drug abuse and Rev.
Lester Kinsolving on the sex rev
olution.
Dr. Mead is considered expert
in education and culture, cultural
change, culture building, mental
health, cross-national relations,
national character, family life,
character structure and social
forms and personality-culture re
lationships. She has authored
several books on the topics.
Anthropological research kept
Dr. Mead with the people of the
South Seas and New Guinea for
much of her life. Later in her
career, she returned to the area
to observe changes in the lives
of the people.
Her most recent publication,
“Culture and Commitment: A
Study of the Generation Gap,”
examines differing values between
those born before and after 1940.
“Even very recently,” she ob
served in the Doubleday book,
“the elders could say: ‘You know,
I have been young, and you never
have been old.’ But today's young
people can reply: ‘You never have
been young in the world I am
young in, and you never can
be . .
She claims the generation break,
a new phenomenon, is “planetary
and universal.”
DR. MARGARET MEAD
While Transmitter Overhauled
KAMU-TV Off the Air
For Indefinite Period
By Bob Robirtson
Battalion Staff Writer
KAMU-TV has temporarily
suspended telecasts while major
repairs and modifications are
made on its transmitter.
Harvie Nachlinger, community
newscaster, made the initial pub
lic announcement Friday on the
station’s live newscast, “Campus
and Community Today.”
“We here at KAMU are sorry
to have to leave the air,” he said.
“The station has served the area
as promised. We leave the air
with regret following our final
program this evening, the KAMU
special on the late James Earl
Rudder. . .”
Mel Chastain, station director,
explained the reasons for suspen
sion of telecasting in a special an
nouncement during KAMU’s
“This Week” program.
“KAMU will suspend telecasts
indefinitely while major repairs
and modifications are made on
our transmitter. The General
Electric - Co., which sold us the
transmitter, will furnish a tech
nical team for the project, and
an official estimated repairs and
modifications will require at least
two weeks.
“When the GE engineers have
fully repaired the transmitter to
their satisfaction,” Chastain con
tinued, “we will ‘dummy load’
the transmitter for a period of
seven to 10 days to assure its
reliability at full power for long
periods of time.
“The decision to temporarily
discontinue service was made in
part to assure the public that
KAMU-TV and Texas A&M will
not operate an inferior facility.
“I must stress that the trans
mitter failures should in no way
reflect on the level or degree of
competence of our ETV engineer
ing staff.
“Quit to the contrary, the GE
chief field engineer, after look
ing at the transmitter, told me
it was a tribute to their ingenu
ity, determination and abilities
that the transmitter had remained
on the air as long as it had.
“Some of the techniques they
used to keep KAMU on the air
were ones he said he had never
thought of in his 22 years with
GE.”
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The KAMU staff has been
plagued with problems from the
transmitter since it was first put
into operation, Feb. 15.
That first program was an hour
and a half preview at 8:30 Sun
day night, of programming to
come. . .
The transmitter “kicked off.”
The next day, during KAMU’s
first live production of “Campus
and Community Today,” the
Luedecke Appointed
By Tommy Thompson
Maj. Gen. A. R. Luedecke, new
ly-appointed acting president of
Texas A&M University, told the
Battalion Tuesday that he did
have “definite plans” for the Uni
versity but declined to go into
detail.
“I couldn’t answer that right
off the top of my head,” Luedecke
said in response to a query about
his plans for A&M, “but I do
have plans for the university.”
Luedecke, the associate director
of the Texas Engineering Experi
ment Station and an associate
dean of engineering, was named
acting president of the university
and the Texas A&M University
System Monday by the A&M
board of directors.
The soft-spoken, 59-year-old
Wells said the board’s Execu
tive Committee had been instruct
ed to proceed immediately with a
search for “the most qualified
person in the United States” to
fill the post on a permanent basis.
“My door is open to anyone
anytime,” Luedecke continued.
“Any student wishing to see me
is welcome to make an appoint
ment or drop by my office,” he
said.
The general, a native of Eldo
rado, Texas, entered the Army as
a field artillery officer in 1932
and transferred to the Air Force
a year later. He was named as
sistant chief of air staff for the
China-Burma-India Theater in
1943. At the age of 34, he was
promoted to brigadier general.
Luedecke advanced to air plan
ner with the Joint Chiefs of Staff
in 1946 and was named executive
director of the Atomic Energy
Commission Military Liaison
Committee in 1949.
Two years later he was pro
moted to deputy chief of the
Armed Forces Special Weapons
project and became chief in 1954.
He also was named Joint Task
Force Seven commander in
charge of nuclear test series
“Hardtack” on Eniwetok and
Johnston Islands.
Bronze Star with two clusters.
Two years ago, The National
Aeronautics and Space Adminis
tration awarded him its Excep
tional Service Medal.
He also has been honored with
Colombia’s Cruz de Boyaca, the
Cloud & Banner of China and has
been named Commander of the
British Empire.
Texas A&M awarded Luedecke
an honorary Doctor of Laws De
gree in 1946 and Distinguished
Alumni Award in 1967.
The general has received nu
merous decorations and awards
in his varied public service ca
reer. He has been awarded the
Distinguished Service Medal, Le
gion of Merit with cluster, and
Luedecke is married and has
one son, Alvin R. Luedecke, Jr.,
of College Station, and two
daughters, Mrs. Jan Lee Maynard
of Bremerton, Wash., and Mrs.
Miriam A. Jacobs II of Annan-
dale, Va.
general was selected unanimously
by the board of directors to fill
the position left vacant by the
death of Maj. Gen. Earl Rudder
March 23. General Luedecke will
be serving until a new president
Election Filing Open;
is found.
A 1932 chemical engineering
graduate of A&M, Luedecke re
turned to the university in 1968
after a career in the Air Force
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and government service. After
retiring from the Air Force in
1958, Luedecke was appointed
general manager of the Atomic
Energy Commission. In 1965 he
became deputy director of the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory at the Cal
ifornia Institute of Technology
and is credited with playing a
major role in space research of
that facility.
In an interview with The Bat
talion, Luedecke spoke in quiet,
reserved tones as he discussed his
new job. When asked how long
he would be serving as president,
the general said that he was told
by Board President Clyde H.
Wells that he would be in office
until a new president was found.
The general said he had no idea
how long that would be.
12 Sophomores
Win Army
Scholarships
Selection of 12 Texas A&M
sophomore cadets for two-year
Army ROTC scholarships has
been announced by Col. Jim H.
McCoy, commandant.
Filing for the April 23 general
elections began Monday and will
be held from 8-5 p.m. each week
day through April 9 in the Me
morial Student Center Student
Programs Office, according to
Tommy Henderson, executive
vice-president of the Election
Commission.
Offices open are all positions
on the Student Senate, Civilian
Student Council Executive com
mittee, election commission,
Graduate Student Council, and
University Women executive com
mittee. Also to be elected are
class officers and yell leaders.
Polling places will be in the
MSC basement, Dorm 2 guard-
room, Sbisa newsstand, and the
north side of the library, Hen
derson said.
Identification cards and activi
ty cards will be needed to vote,
he said.
There will also be a mobile
polling place, Henderson added,
located at the Vet school from
7-11 a.m., the Architecture Build
ing from 11:30-4 p.m., and the
parking lot next to the rent pay
ment office in the College View
area from 4:30-8 p.m.
Henderson said that the mobile
polling place was set up to allow
students to vote that would have
otherwise have had difficulty in
doing so.
Requirements for the offices
are: Senate . officers, 2.5 grade
point ratio; colleges and commit
tee chairmen, 2.250; yell leaders,
2.25; and class officers 2.00.
answer questions from the stu
dents.
“Approximately 30 per cent of
the student body voted last year,”
Henderson said, “which is deplor
able when you consider a lot of
colleges run to 80 per cent.”
There will be a candidates
forum sponsored by the Student
Senate 6 p.m. April 22 on the
drill field, said Henderson. Can
didates for the senate executive
positions will give speeches and
“Most people feel that student
government doesn’t represent
them,” he said, “but student
won’t get representation unless
they voice their opinion by vot
ing.”
70 Candidates Form Committee
To ‘Broaden Students’ Voice’
An affiliation of approximately
70 candidates for the upcoming
general election has been formed
—the Fifth Wheel Committee.
Kent Caperton, candidate for
Student Senate President is head
of the committee. Candidates for
the Student Senate yell leader,
Civilian Student Council, election
commission, and class officers are
members.
Large maroon-lettered signs
depicting the names of the com
mittee’s candidates have been con
structed in front of Guion Hall
and across from Sbisa Dining
Hall.
The committee, composed of
students from various segments
of A&M life, hopes to broaden
the students’ voice in the student
government of A&M, Caperton
said.
He added that several activi
ties have been planned for the
upcoming campaign to familiarize
the students with the candidates
and their qualifications, but de
clined to elaborate.
transmitter shut down for over
five minutes.
Since commencement of broad
cast activities, the transmitter
has failed 74 times, during a total
of 24 broadcast days. Length of
time off the air has ranged from
five minutes to four hours.
Out of a total of 266 broadcast
ing hours, the transmitter has
operated only 250 hours. 100 per
cent visual power has only been
transmitted 85 of those hours,
with the remaining 165 hours
broadcasted at seven per cent
video power. Full aural power
was only transmitted during the
first eight hours of operation.
In short, the transmitter has
not functioned properly since it
was installed, Chastain said.
Norman Godwin, KAMU pro
gram director, assured viewers
during Friday’s “Campus and
Community Today” program that
regular programming will be con
tinued as much as possible from
the point at which it was discon
tinued, when KAMU returns to
the air.
He said that he regretted that
some network programs will be
missed, such as “NET Journal,”
but that others, such as the pop
ular “Folk Guitar,” will be con
tinued with no segments missed.
Godwin also requested KAMU
viewers to use this time to make
known to the station what pro
grams they wanted returned to
the air.
The award by the Department
of the Army wil pay each cadet’s
tuition, textbooks, laboratory fees
and a $50-per-month subsistence
allowance.
Upon graduation and success
ful completion of the Army
ROTC program, the cadets will
be commissioned in the Army Re
serve or Regular Army and serve
at least four years active duty.
They are Jan C. Bertholf of
Annandale, Va.; David R. Calvert,
Shreveport, La.; William M.
Compton and Sidney C. Hughes
Jr., Austin; James R. Gumming,
Berwyn, Pa.; Richard D. Curb
and Stephen J. Lazzaro, Houston.
Also, Stephen C. Gilbert, Mid
land; Danny K. Miller and Ter
rell W. Rowan, Killeen; James
M. Spencer, San Antonio, and
George Zahaczewsky, Rochester,
Henderson Elected President
Of TISA During Conference
N.Y.
Tom Henderson, junior political
science major from Kerrville, was
elected president of the Texas
Intercollegiate Student Associa
tion at its recent conference in
El Paso.
“During the coming year we
hope to move TISA out of the
realm of a paper organization
and into the realm of a respons
ible, problem solving organization
for all Texas students,” Hender
son said.
“TISA must be the author of
constructive programs designed to
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enhance the educational value of
the college years, and give the
students we serve a stronger
voice in the affairs of their
schools. It is with these purposes
in mind that we look forward to
the next year,” he added.
TISA is composed of the repre
sentatives of the student govern
ments of 22 Texas junior and
senior colleges. Membership is
open to any representatives of
any junior of senior college stu
dent governments.
Henderson’s campaign was
hnanaged by Joe M. (Mac) Spears
and Garry P. Mauro and con-
ted by other A&M students
attending the conference.
Other TISA elected officers for
the upcoming year were executive
vice-president Susan Perry from
Southwest Texas State, vice-pres
ident Kevin O’Connor from St.
Edward’s University, secretary
Betty Brown from Southern Meth
odist University, treasurer Nicki
Stallman from Southwest Texas
State, parliamentarian A1 Reader
from the University of Texas at
Arlington, and districts coordi
nator Larry Polk from East Texas
State University.
Henderson has been a student
senator for two years, and is
executive vice-president of the
election commission and Civilian
Student Council vice-president.
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Involvement of Area Youth
Registration for this year’s Aggie
Blood Drive will be today and to
morrow from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. in a
booth near the post office of the
Memorial Student Center, accord
ing to William Cronrath, public
relations chairman for Alpha Phi
Omega.
The drive will be dedicated to
the memory of the late A&M
President Earl Rudder.
Cronrath said that donations
will be accepted April 8 and 9 in
the basement of the MSC.
The blood drive is run by APO,
national service fraternity, and
administered by the Student Sen
ate Welfare Committee.
It is conducted to collect blood
for use in research by the Wadley
Foundation of Molecular Medi
cine.
Any person who has donated
blood will be able to receive blood
for himself or his immediate fam
ily during the year by contacting
the welfare committee. The quan
tity he needs will be given free.
Proof of having donated will
be a wallet-sized card acknowl
edging the donation and listing
blood type. The foundation issues
the cards within two weeks of
the donation.
All civilian students under the
age of 21 will need their parents
written permission to give blood.
A simple one line note will be
sufficient.
A wooden plaque similar to the
ones given for the Campus Chest
Drive will be given to the dorm
or outfit donating the most blood.
Registration is conducted to
give the information of how many
donors to expect and opportunity
to set up a schedule to facilitate
the taking of blood.
The Texas A&M Symposium
for Environmental Awareness is
seeking to involve elementary and
high school students in the Bryan
and College Station area in the
activities surrounding Earth Day,
April 22.
According to Jim Crisp, a mem
ber of the sponsoring Forum for
Environmental Studies, the in
volvement is to come through a
plan designed to inform princi
pals, teachers and students of en
vironmental problems through
films, slide shows, panel discus
sions and lectures.
Superintendents of the Bryan
and College Station Public schools
are currently being contacted for
approval of the plan, Crisp said.
Another Symposium member,
Chuck Wall, said that more than
45 qualified faculty members and
students from A&M are prepared
to either present or coordinate
programs on environmental
awareness.
Wall also said that these pro
grams can be arranged at the
convenience of the classroom
teachers. He asked that anyone
interested in finding out more or
in helping with the programs con
tact him at 846-7985 or meet at
7 p.m. Thursday in Room 208
Architecture.
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