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. ' * */ • r-y.;- ■ • ■ : . / :• : ... : . : ; Give to Beckcom Fund at Maroon-White Game Saturday Che Battalion Vol. 65 No. 114 College Station, Texas Friday, May 8, 1970 Telephone 845-2226 If Needed In Austin Smith Won’t Hesitate To Use Texas Guard PIRST GAME TALLY—A&M’s Danny Ragland slides home under the plate umpire’s lose and Texas catcher Tom Harmon’s tag during Thursday’s doubleheader in Austin, lie Aggies took the first game 7-5, but dropped the nightcap, 8-0, giving the Horns the louthwest Conference title. The teams play a single game today with nothing at stake mt pride. See story, page 5. (Photo by Mike Wright) Exchange Store Seeks Book Space, Remodels The Exchange Store on the iM campus is being remodeled ) provide more space for books nd to speed up purchasing dur- ig; rush periods. The decision to rearrange the ore was the result of inadequate ace for the growing volume of ioks and long lines at the be- inning of the semesters, man- :er Charles R. Cargill said. “We weren’t able to carry all fthe required books, much less upplemental books,” the man ger continued. “Now the ma- irity of the store will be for student Loan Ipplications )ue May 29 A&M students desiring long- irm loans to finance their edu- ition next year have until the nd of the semester to file ap- lications. Student Aid Director Robert M. Logan said the application should Le picked up and filed as early is possible. “This applies to students who lost borrow under the Texas Ipportunity Plan (TOP) or fed- tally insured programs,” he said. Administrative procedures dic- books. Cargill said the rearrangement, due to be completed by the end of this month, will cut down on clothing space and expand the book space from 2400 to 2700 square feet. A wall between the old cloth ing area and the supplies was knocked down to provide more space. The clothing, drugs, gifts, and records will be put- in the area formerly occupied by the books and the supplies will re main where they are. Cargill said the checkout coun ters will be increased from three registers to six for purchasing books. He said this should short en the lines during the rush pe riods. The remodeling has cost noth ing so far except for the regular payroll since the work is all be ing done by regular employees, Cargill explained. He added the only expense will be for a new tile floor which will be put down this summer and for some coin-operated lockers for students to put books in while they shop. The students may drop a quar ter in the lockers and lock it with a key, and when they return the key, they get their quarter back, Cargill said. He added that the regular racks will be available in case the student doesn’t have a quar ter. Cargill said there will be more epiphasis on customer self-serv ice. He said there will be direc tion signs set up to guide students to books. If they want help, the student can call at an information booth. One of the main objectives of the Exchange Store is to better serve students, Cargill assured. In this regard, he said, students are occasionally hired to act as customers to check general treat ment afforded real customers by store employes. SAN ANTONIO — Gov. Preston Smith said Thursday he would not hesitate to call out the National Guard if student demonstrations get out of control in Austin. He expressed confidence that state and Austin police could handle demonstrations on the University of Texas campus. Smith talked of the Austin situation between sessions of a conference of community leaders from 15 counties. At the conference, the gover nor disclosed a new program aimed at working 500 minority group employees into state gov ernment. Of the Austin demonstrations, Smith commented: “I don’t think this action represents basically sound-thinking students.” He said he thought the core of the demon strators was relatively small al though there were “many sight seers” at a rally there Wednes day. “I think the students are there for an opportunity to get an edu cation,” Smith said. “The tax payers expect those of us in government to carry out that program.” State colleges, he said, “are not the place to bring about social change.” He said he was confident that Texas National Guardsmen “have fully prepared themselves to handle any situation.” The Guard received special ti-aining after riots in Detroit, and there is no danger that they would over-react while attempt ing to control a demonstration, he said. Meanwhile, charges of arson were filed Thursday against one of the University of Texas anti war demonstrators as a “strike” against classes went into its third day. Lorado Cole, 29, of Austin was named in arson charges filed before Justice of the Peace Bob Kuhn. University officials said their records showed no student by that name. Kuhn set bond of $10,000 and Cole was returned to the Travis County jail. University police said there was no doubt the anti-war demon strations Tuesday and Wednesday were connected with a blaze start ed in Building Z late Wednesday night. There was slight damage to the temporary structure hous ing university Biology Depart ment experimental animals. Officers said witnesses saw two men light a fire under a corner of the building and run. Four Austin Fire Department trucks quickly put out the flames caused by gasoline and newspapers. A witness said the two men ran from the fire toward the main mall nearby where several hundred demonstrators spent the night after Wednesday’s pro tests. Early Thursday less than 200 remained on the mall, either curled up in sleeping bags and blankets or eating a handout breakfast of peanut butter, jelly, honey, bread and coffee. As tensions over antiwar pro tests heightened across the na tion, President Nixon assured eight college presidents Thursday members of his administration would lower their voices, and he called the nation’s governors at a meeting in Washington to dis cuss, among other things, the wave of dissent sweeping the land. The President also scheduled a nationally-broadcast news con- (See Smith Won’t, page 3) MauroOutstandingMember, Walton Best Hall, CSC Says By Hayden Whitsett Gary Mauro, president of Keathley Hall, was presented the Outstanding Councilman Award at the Civilian Student Council Awards Banquet Thursday night in the Memorial Student Center. Walton Hall received the Out standing Residence Hall award for the second consecutive year. The hall was chosen on the basis g\ m ; Beckcom Gets Merit Award, Visits Friends on His Day mmm “This award is significant be cause the person picked to receive it is chosen by the council mem bers,” Perry said. “It is fitting that someone who has worked as much as Gary receive it.” After the presentation, those attending the banquet gave Mau ro a standing ovation. Receiving the President’s Award was Bill Scherle, first vice president of the council. Mark Olson, CSC president, said that the award goes to the person the president has selected as making the greatest contribu tion to the council and A&M. He added that Scherle had always been available and always had an answer to the problems that confronted the Council. The Outstanding Service Award was presented to nine persons by Tommy Henderson, second vice-president. Henderson said recipients of the awards were those persons who go beyond what their jobs require. Those receiving the awards were Fred Dollar, Food Services director; George Hartsock, A&M Laundry manager; Perry, CSC advisor; Eugene Oakes, residence hall program adviser; Dave Mayes, Battalion editor; Donna Witt and Shy Hicks, secretaries in the MSC Student Program of fice, and Ann Clark and Linda Greyhouse, secretaries to Oakes and Perry. Appreciation awards were giv en to people who hadn’t been able to receive a one-year key because (See CSC Banquet, page 4) Light Runof f T urnout Reported As Officers, Senators Chosen MAURO Gary Beckcom Day was cli maxed Thursday when Student Senate President Gerry Geist- weidt presented him with a cer tificate of merit. The ceremony took place be fore the evening meal at Duncan Dining Hall. Beckcom was also the guest at a noon luncheon in the Me morial Student Center and spent the afternoon visiting friends. Beckcom was injured in No vember while working on the bonfire and spent three months in a Bryan hospital undergoing operations on his leg. Alpha Phi Omega and senate members collected donations to help defray Beckcom’s medical expenses throughout the day, and another collection will be made at Saturday’s Maroon- White game. Any student who still wishes to contribute may do so at the Student Program Office or Sen ate Office in the Memorial Stu dent Center, according to Lee Crawley, issues chairman. of academic standards, activities, off-campus work, and other re lated functions. The Highest Academic Average Award went to Crocker Hall, which posted an overall 2.87 grade point ratio. She Intramur als Award went to Law Hall. Howard Perry, director of ci vilian student activities, cited Mauro’s work as chairman of the Bonfire Committee and Civilian Week Committee as reasons for him receiving the high award. A light turnout of voters de cided the remaining class officers and Student Senate members in Thursday’s run-off election. Bruce Black, a member of the Election Commission, reported a total of 602 votes cast in the election. Black said the results were verified by Nokomis (Butch) Jackson, president of the com mission. Results in the class of ’71 races were: Concessions Manager — Steve Clark with 30 votes over Joel Koehler, 8 votes; senator from the College of Liberal Arts — Rice Briscoe, 6, over Kent Smith, 5; senator from the Col lege of Science — Mike Barrett, 7, over Randy Shepard, 5. Class of ’72 results: Secretary- Treasurer—Richard Tillman, 150, over Laura Sorensen, 58; sena tors (two) from the College of Business Administration — Sam Roosth, 26, and Spike Dayton, 24, over Gary Singletary, 23, and David Brend, 9. Class of ’73 results: President — Nick Jiga, 171, over Michael Milliner, 167; Secretary-Treasur er — Larry Moore, 210, over Rush Crocker, 53; senator from the College of Science — Steve Hook, 27, over Mike Lindsey, 24, and Bill Jermyn, 17. »te that a longer waiting period kan before between filing and frival of funds will be necessary. “We will not be able to give ftdits as we have in the past acause of the procedures,” Lo an added. Interested students should in- aire about applications at the bdent Aid Office on the third bar of the YMCA. A&M’s Policies on Tenure, Freedom ‘Conflict’ with AAUP’s larch Cancelled The proposed anti-war, Kent aemorium march was canceled Vsday afternoon due to a Ihge in plan, a spokesman for ke marchers said. The march was to be in con- anction with the mourning of the ! aths of four students from Ws Kent State University by allege students throughout the %n. The march was to be from the Id College Station City Hall on Web street to the Unitarian kdlowship Church on Old State highway 6 South. The spokesman kf the marchers said a program Maturing a panel of pro-war and 'Hi-war speakers was planned. UniTeraity National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. By Bob Robinson Battalion Staff Writer The policies for academic free dom, responsibility and tenure as approved by the Texas A&M Board of Directors represent a “serious conflict” with those of the American Association of Uni versity Professors, said a report issued this semester by a com mittee of the Texas A&M AAUP chapter. A policy statement, drafted by the Executive Committee of Tex as A&M in coordination with an elected faculty committee and ap proved by the Academic Council, was reviewed and approved last November by the Board of Direc tors in a revised form. The AAUP committee, of which Department of Philosophy Head Dr. M. M. Davenport was a member, listed three main changes made by the Board of Directors which “create serious conflict between Board of Direc tors and AAUP principles.” Dr. Davenport said the policy statement approved by the Aca demic Council is generally con sistent with the principles of AAUP. “It states conditions under which tenure is obtained and obli gates the administration to notify the people of their status,” he said. “It also sets a procedure to be followed in case of a violation. In other words, due process.” The report and recommendation will be submitted to the Texas A&M Chapter of AAUP for ac tion at their meeting this month, Dr. Davenport said. The first of the three changes refers to one of the causes for which a faculty member can be dismissed. The Academic Council state ment read: “Faculty members will be ter minated under the procedures out lined herein, if adequate cause is established by demonstration of professional incompetence, moral turpitude, or gross neglect of professional responsibilities.” The policy issued by the Board of Directors added to the same phrase, “ ... or gross or repeat ed failure to abide by the Rules and Regulations of The Texas A&M University System.” According to the AAUP com mittee report, if any rule or reg ulation is contrary to academic freedom or responsibility, failure to abide by it could not reason ably constitute adequate cause for dismissal no matter how gross or oft repeated. The second change in the offi cial statement refers to the re quirement of a review by the Board of Directors on a dismissal hearing conducted by the Faculty Committee on Academic Freedom, Responsibility and Tenure. The Academic Council origin ally provided that the Board of Directors would review a case upon request of at least one prin cipal and specified the nature of such a review, the report said. The Board provided for such a review “only if the Board of Di rectors chooses to conduct a re view.” The third change the report listed as a serious conflict was the removal of the provision for a terminated faculty member to have one year’s notice and salary upon completion of a hearing pro cedure. The Board of Directors state ment read: “If the faculty appointment is terminated, the faculty member cannot be paid under state law beyond the date of termination.” The report stipulated that the fact that state law does not al low a faculty member to be paid beyond the date of termination is no justification for omitting, and thereby denying, the provision that a faculty member should re ceive his salary for the period of notice to which he is entitled. “If the statement in AC (Aca demic Council) is omitted,” the report continued, “then nowhere in the policy statement will it be clearly stated that a tenured fac ulty member is entitled to one year’s notice—although non-ten- ured faculty members are allowed such notice.” Dr. Sewell Hopkins, biology professor and president of the Texas A&M Chapter of AAUP, objected to the “rules and regula tions of Texas A&M” addition as grounds for dismissal. “A regulation could be passed that would be in conflict with academic freedom and responsi bility, and violations, before and after, could be grounds for dis missal under this statement,” he said. Dr. Davenport said it is the opinion of the AAUP committee that the statement approved by the Board of Directors doesn’t provide academic freedom and due process. He said that he also gave a list of recommended changes to the Academic Council. They haven’t acted upon it as yet, he added. The Board of Directors should take some action on the AAUP report, he said, because there’s still a question of censureship of A&M. At the national meeting of AAUP last spring, the univer sity was informed that it was still under censure for another year. Leon W. Gibbs, D.M.V., profes sor of anatomy, was relieved of his teaching duties in 1964 on moral grounds and held to re search work. On April 18, 1968, he was terminated as of Aug. 31. The national AAUP censured Texas A&M April 27 on the grounds that Gibbs had not re ceived due process. “Before the censureship is (Continued from page 1) *x. * w.v.. •