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College Station, Texas
Wednesday, May 20, 1970
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Day student
applications
due for summer
Students desiring day student
I permits for the summer sessions
may now apply for them, Associ
ate Dean of Students Don R. Staf-
|ford announced Tuesday.
Stafford said civilian students
I now living in residence halls who
want to be day students for the
summer should initiate their ap
plication with their residence hall
| adviser.
U Cadets living on campus who
desire day student status this
summer should apply at the
Housing Office, Stafford said.
All students now living off cam
pus must also renew their per
mits, Stafford emphasized. They
should do so as soon as possible,
he said, by stopping by the Hous
ing Office.
He noted that male, single un
dergraduate students must live on
campus unless living with their
families. Exceptions will not be
made, he said, except in very un
usual circumstances.
He urged students who are eli
gible for a day student permit,
including those living in univer
sity apartments, to obtain per
mits early and save time when
registering for summer school.
After May 29, he said, permits
must be obtained during summer
school registration in Sbisa Din
ing Hall.
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IT’S THAT TIME—A&M students (some, anyway) find late hours becoming common as
they prepare for the semester final examinations coming up next week. For many, it will
be do or die. (Photo by Monty Stanley)
Checkout, summer sign-up
procedures told by Madeley
End-of-semester civilian room
clearance procedures and those
necessary to reserve a room for
the first summer session have
been announced by Housing Man
ager Allan M. Madeley.
Madeley noted that all students
clearing their rooms, no matter
what the reason, must be out of
the rooms by 4 p.m. May 29. At
that time, he said, all halls not
being used for summer school
will be locked.
To clear, he explained, a stu
dent should obtain a room clear
ance card from his resident ad
viser. Students living in Davis-
Gary, Legett, Walton, Law, Pur-
year, Hughes and Moore Halls
must turn completed cards and
room keys over to their resident
adviser, Madeley said.
Students in other civilian halls,
he added, must turn the card and
key into the Housing Office.
Failure to clear properly and
on time, he warned, will cost the
student $5.
Room keys for summer rooms
will be issued at the Housing Of
fice beginning May 28, the mana
ger said. A student will not be
issued a key to a new room until
he has been properly cleared from
his old one, he said.
He said that Leonard (7), Har
rell (8), Whiteley (9), White
(10), and Walton (ramps I, J and
K) Halls will be used for summer
school.
Schumacher will also be used
he said, but only for veterinary
medicine, graduate and interna
tional students.
Madeley said that students al
ready living in one of the halls
to be used this summer who wish
to continue living in their room
for summer school should have
reserved their room between
Monday and today. Those not liv
ing in one of the halls should
make reservations Thursday or
Friday, he said.
He noted that since room reser
vations for the summer session
are beginning after the deadline
for reservation cancellation, a
student should not reserve a room
if there is a possibility he will
not attend the first summer ses
sion.
Cancellation of a room reser
vation, he reminded for any rea
son other than the convenience of
the university will result in the
student forfeiting his room de
posit.
Male undergraduates must live
on campus unless living with
their families, he said, adding
that few exceptions will be made.
He urged students who are eli
gible for day student permits and
who desire them to make appli
cation as soon as possible. Per
mits are available at the Hous
ing Office until May 29, he said.
After that, they must be obtained
during the registration process at
Sbisa Dining Hall.
Last Bait
this week
This issue of The Battalion is
the last one for this week, as we
(finally!) go on an abbreviated
schedule as finals week ap
proaches.
There will be one Batt next
Wednesday, and every Wednes
day from then through the sum
mer.
There will be no more women’s
pages until next fall.
Good luck on those finals.
Construction will tie up traffic soon
If A&M faculty and students
think they have a hard time driv
ing around the campus now, they
have only to wait two weeks
when traffic in some areas of
the campus will be at a stand
still.
Construction projects in prog
ress and scheduled for starts
within the next three weeks will
“create some on-campus traffic
problems,” observed A&M land-
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scape architect Robert Rucker.
He noted, however, that con
crete work on the Academic
Building - Library - Agriculture
Building mall should be complet
ed by the first week in June.
Landscaping of the mall should
be completed no later than the
start of fall classes Aug. 31,
Rucker said.
“The first thing Monday morn
ing the general contractor began
taking the track and soil out of
Kyle Field for the Astroturf sur
face,” Rucker said.
He expects the grounds prep
aration to take about 70 days and
the artificial playing surface will
be completed by the Sept. 12 grid
opener with Wichita State.
Drainage work on the west side
of the stadium was started ear
lier this month.
One of the biggest projects is
the extension of the A&M power
plant and chilled water lines,
Rucker disclosed.
June 1 the utility lines will be
brought down Ross Street, the
street that runs from the Ex
change Store to the Architecture
Building.
Collection lines for the new
sewage treatment plant under
construction also will be laid
starting June 1.
“All of these projects are very
essential to the development of
the university,” Rucker stressed.
“We will have some scars, but
they will heal quickly,” he said.
Rucker added that some of the
projects will result in traffic in
convenience during the first part
of the fall semester.
They’re everywhere
Student unrest
may have hurt
voting age bill
WASHINGTON <A>> __ The re
cent outbreaks of campus violence
may have endangered one of the
students’ prized goals—lowering
the voting age to 18.
With a House vote on the 18-
year-old vote due next month,
sponsors are worried a backlash
effect may be building as anti
war sentiment continues to dis
rupt the colleges.
There is also concern the
strongly anti-Nixon stance of the
protesting students will make it
harder to pick up the 40 or so
Republican votes needed to pass
the measure.
“I’d haVe to say its going to
be tougher now,” said Rep. Tom
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Railsback, R-Ill., who is leading
the effort to build House Repub
lican support for the bill.
Rep. Abner J. Mikva, D-Ill., a
Democrat working actively for
the measure, shares Railsback’s
concern. “Before all this,” Mikva
said, “studies showed that the
students weren’t in anybody’s bag.
In states where there is a lower
voting age, they haven’t changed
the voting patterns much. But
now Mr. Nixon has good reason
to believe they are against him.”
President Nixon already has
come out against the Senate-
passed bill, which calls for lower
ing the voting age by federal
statute. Nixon has said it should
be done by constitutional amend
ment.
House GOP Leader Gerald R.
Ford is supporting the President’s
position, which makes Railsack’s
job even tougher.
Mikva said the 40 necessary Re
publican votes were in hand a
few days ago, but there is some
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Police capture Houston pair with helicopter aid
HOUSTON, Texas. (AP)—Two Houston
men were in jail Tuesday, after they dis
covered they couldn’t get away from the cop
in the sky.
C. M. Anderson, one of eight policemen
now in training here as part of a new
helicopter patrol, was on a training flight
when he heard a radio pickup order for two
men in an old blue car.
They had just left a liquor store where
they had allegedly cashed two checks.
In less than three minutes, Anderson
zoomed over the scene and spotted the car.
An officer on the ground, J. S. Coley, also
spotted the duo and the two wanted men
leaped from their car and took off running in
different directions.
Coley, alone in his car, chased one man
while Anderson hovered over the scene and
called for more troops.
Patrolman M. C. Fisher was in the next
car to arrive.
“Drive east up the alley,” Anderson told
him by radio. “Stop your car. There he is,
coming up on your left wearing a green shirt.”
The panting man, David Fountain, 22,
rounded the corner to be greeted by the
waiting officer.
The helicopter cop had not forgotten the
second man. When a third patrol car arrived
Anderson directed officer C. G. Wright to an
apartment stairway where Vincent O.
Robinson was standing.
The two men were later charged with
burglary, felony theft and passing forged
checks. Police claimed the checks cashed in
the liquor store were stolen from a former
employer of one of the arrested men.
And Anderson said he was delighted
with his eye in the sky role in catching the
two men.
“It was all too beautiful . . . like a
military man directing things on a sand
table,” he said. “It’s amazing how easy
it is.”
doubt about the GOP support
now.
The backlash effect of student
demonstrations and riots can be
seen in letters coming into the
House Judiciary Committee.
A man in Hackensack, N. J.,
said no country where students
have political power is in very
good shape, and a man in St.
Louis wrote, “The past week has
shown to the nation the irre
sponsibility and the lack of mak
ing qualified judgments by the
students of this country.”
On the other side, the mass of
students crowding the Capitol
corridors the past several days,
lobbying for various antiwar
amendments, have made a good
impression on Congress.
Many have had their hair cut.
They are neatly dressed, courte
ous and orderly, and show a keen
awareness of what is going on.
“They have behaved in an
exemplary fashion,” said Rep.
Emanuel Celler, D-N.Y., who, as
chairman of the Judiciary Com
mittee, will handle the age-vote
bill on the floor.
“They have shown their inter
est in politics and their belief in
the democratic process by coming
here,” Celler said. “It would be
a devastating blow if they were
rejected now.”
The students’ interest in polit
ical activity should cause concern
among members who are thinking
about denying them the vote, said
Rep. Andrew Jacobs Jr., D-Ind.,
who strongly supports the lowered
voting age.
“There are a lot of them,” said
Jacobs, “and they’ll work for your
opponent for nothing. Why agi
tate the tiger?”
Large graduation
crowd expected
Telephone service to all resi
dence halls with phones that are
part of the Centrex system will
be discontinued for semester on
May 30, General Telephone has
announced.
The company explained that
after disconnection a phone can
not be used for either local or
long distance calls.
Those residence halls being
used for summer school will have
local service restored on June 1.
Students wishing long distance
service will have to contact the
phone company business office.
Final bills will be sent on June
7 to students who currently have
long distance arrangements with
the company. Unless other ar
rangements are made with the
business office, bill will be mailed
to students’ home addresses.
Students wishing further in
formation should contact the bus
iness office.
An overflow crowd is antici
pated for commencement exer
cises at 9 a.m. Saturday in G.
Rollie White Coliseum.
Dr. C. W. Landiss, Convocations
Committee chairman, has issued
a reminder that admission to the
coliseum will be by ticket only.
Closed-circuit television will be
transmitted to the Memorial Stu
dent Center Ballroom to accom
modate guests unable to gain ad
mission to the coliseum. Tickets
will not be required for admis
sion to the ballroom, Dr. Landiss
said.
A record 1,535 students applied
for spring graduation.
Commencement speaker will be
Durward B. Varner, chancellor of
the University of Nebraska and
1940 Texas A&M graduate.
Gen. William C. Westmoreland,
Army chief of staff, will be fea
tured speaker for commissioning
ceremonies at 1:30 p.m. in the
coliseum.
Tentatively, 229 students will
receive commissions, with 156
awarded by the Army, 65 Air
Force, seven Marine Corps and
one Navy.
Westmoreland also will be the
reviewing officer for the Corps
of Cadets’ Final Review at 3:30
p.m. on the main drill field.
Graduation ceremonies will in
clude presentation of five Distin
guished Alumni Awards.
One of the awards will be given
posthumously to the late Gen.
Earl Rudder, president of Texas
A&M the past decade. The widow
of the 1932 graduate will accept
the plaque.
Other recipients of the award
are James H. Galloway Jr. of
Houston, Marion J. Neeley of
Fort Worth, Dr. Sam Houston
Sanders Jr. of Memphis, Tenn.,
and William C. Tinus of Maple
wood, N. J.
The awards are jointly present
ed by the university and its As
sociation of Former Students.
Nixon’s challenge
THE WHITE HOUSE
WAS H I NGTON
To the 1970 Graduating Class
Texas A&M University
You graduate at a time when established institutions
and ideas are being questioned as they have never been
questioned before in our history. Much of this questioning is
being done by the members of your generation, and it is your
generation which ultimately will have to provide most of the
answers to those questions.
I hope that as you look for those answers, you will
remember the obligation of every educated man and woman
to draw careful distinctions between those ideas which must
be readjusted and those which should be preserved. The fact
that many accepted ways of thinking seem artificial and
unjust does not warrant the rejection of all established
standards. Nor should our proper respect for the past and our
legitimate desire for stability lead us to defend thoughtlessly
that which is outmoded and obsolete.
Your challenge will be that of reconciling continuity
and change, of giving new applications and fresh expressions
to our traditional values—especially our concern for the
dignity and integrity of every individual. By meeting that
challenge you can make this time of rapid change a time of
substantial growth and fulfillment—for yourselves, for your
community and for your nation.
As I extend to you my personal congratulations and
best wishes, I look to the future with greater confidence
because I know of the exceptional qualifications you bring to
the exceptional demands of our time.