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ol. 65 be Battalion No. 122 College Station, Texas Wednesday, June 3, 1970 Warm, cloudy, humid Wednesday and Thursday — Cloudy to partly cloudy. Westerly winds 10-15 mph. Low near 60, high 82. Saturday and Sunday — Con tinued mild, partly cloudy. West erly winds 5—10 mph. Low 65, high 85. Telephone 845-2226 > All dormitory room telephones 11 be connected for long dis- nce service when students move to their rooms in the fall, As- kciate Dean of Students Don R. Stafford announced. [When the student picks up his om key he will sign an IBM Ird stating whether he wants long distant toll service, afford said. |“Students should not charge a pg distance call until he has ned the card,” he cautioned, a student makes a long dis- iice call after signing up that i will not want the service, the liversity will take disciplinary jtion.” |lf the student moves he must a transfer card stating Jiether he wants the long dis- |nce service in his new location, hen there is a change of status, {transfer card must be signed the student. The student must notify the lephone company if he leaves e university before the contract up, Stafford said. The long distance toll service II be connected for nine months, in the summer the student III have to sign again. (Stafford said this summer the dents must sign for the long Istance toll service as they reg- ier Monday at Sbisa Dining all. All students not signing onday will need to report to the lephone company business of- te if they wish long distance II service. This new procedure eliminates ay in providing long distance vice. acuity elects jljive members lib committee [Faculty members have elected Ive representatives to the Com- pittee on Academic Freedom and inure for academic year 1970-71. | Academic Vice President Hor- R. Byers’ office reported 534 iculty members voted for 18 hndidates ,two from each college. | Elected to start terms on the aring committee Sept. 1 were frchie I. Flowers, veterinary pub- thealth; Bob M. Gallaway, civil fcgineering; Curtis L. Godfrey, Mil and crop sciences,; Walter A. ffarvel, psychology, and Bruno J. Iwolinski, chemistry. | The five-member committee ars appeals referred through Hie proper channels. AND THE MONEY GOES HERE—Students line up in Sbisa Dining Hall Monday morn ing, waiting to pay their fees for enrolling in the first summer session at Texas A&M. Classes for the first summer session began Tuesday. (Photo by Pat Little) University completes unique program successfully Texas A&M has completed a unique experimental international student program with 100 per cent success. Twelve students from Argen tina have received Master of Science degrees this year in agri cultural economics by completing their course work at the A&M campus with all research and theses requirements done in their home country. Normally the student would do all research at the university. E. Paul Creech, assistant direc tor of A&M International Pro grams office and Argentina pro gram coordinator, pointed out the program started Feb. 1, 1964, under a contract with the U. S. Agency for International Develop ment (AID). Creech said the purpose is to give the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) in Argentina advice and assist ance in advancing their agricul tural economics service. Texas A&M agreed to accept 12 master’s students from INTA's experiment stations. The students were required to complete all course work at Texas A&M and then return to Argentina to com plete research, theses and oral examinations. All Argentina work was under the direction of A&M staff mem bers assigned to Argentina and headed by Dr. Clive R. Harson in Buenos Aires. Students started enrolling in 1965, with most completing course work by 1967. Each student was allowed to bring his wife and family for the one year to 18- month schooling. “Because of the pressure of their jobs—there is a shortage of trained technicians in Argen tina—the students were forced to work on their research and theses as a sideline,” Creech noted. However, in the spring of 1969, Dr. Ray Billingsley of the A&M Agricultural Economics Depart ment spent four months in Argen tina under the AID contract work ing full-time with the A&M staff and the 12 students in an effort to accelerate the master’s com pletion. Creech said the teamwork by Dr. Billingsley and Dr. Don Far- -ris, liaison officer in the Agricul tural Economics Department, plus assistance from Argentina offi cials, the A&M Argentina staff and the students’ supervisors led to completion of the program. Six students graduated in Jan uary and six more were awarded degrees last Saturday. ‘‘The fact that Argentina stu dents worked on Argentina prob lems will have a lasting affect on the research development in Ar gentina,” Creech declared. “This program also is unique because it saves money. Not only are the men put back to work sooner, but there is a saving of at least a year’s scholarship money,” Creech says. AID Washington officials have asked for a sample copy of a thesis with plans to encourage other land grant colleges to start similar overseas projects. I research librarian has gold fever’-collects rare books Fred S. White, research libra- ian of the Texas Transportation istitute, has a f6rm of “gold jver”—rare book collecting. The A&M staff member who las been in library work 35 years Mys he has had the book-collect ing “hug” since he was 15 years t At that time, he worked as a ge in the San Antonio Public rary. "Book collecting is a fascinat- ig field,” he declared. “A fellow mce told me it is just like gold ever. I’ll admit he’s right.” Though rare book collecting is lucrative hobby, the 50-year-old jlTl librarian says it means much ore to him in personal satisfac- ] on than an investment. Book collecting is. ranked close iiehind land buying on urban fringe areas among top invest ments listed by the Wall Street Journal. “I really began to pursue it in Ernest for the sake of my sons,” White said. “We had good rapport going through Little League taseball, and I figured this would be a good way to maintain it the Jear round. They took to it like bucks to water.” Frederick Jr., a 1968 Texas University National Bank "On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. A&M graduate now a missile of ficer at Little Rock AFB, estab lished a profitable business as a rare book dealer. His dad and mother, Edith, are taking care of it evenings and weekends until Fred Jr. finishes his Air Force tour. Chris, a sophomore history ma jor at A&M, has also invested in the pastime. He owns the com plete works of J. Frank Dobie, including a rawhide bound edition of “The Longhorn.” The elder White, whose chief interest is Texana and publica tions on his hometown San An tonio, notes book collecting can take any of numerous directions. “True collectors say I’m too broad, but I’m interested in any thing done on Texas,” the Alamo Heights High, Trinity University and Our Lady of the Lake College graduate stated. “It’s an endless search.” His oldest son once said his father wears out a car a year looking for books. “The thing that makes book collecting interesting is trying to find an item that has made its way into the bibliographies but doesn’t seem to exist,” White said. He noted that one of the really great Texas collectors, Earl Van Dale, often told the story of hearing about a book he wanted being located in Amarillo. Dale immediately left Austin and drove all night just to look at the vol ume. White, who has 100 hardback books and 300 pamphlets on San Antonio and says he has hardly scratched the surface, indicated he has handled non-collectors’ re quests to price books. “It’s hard to explain,” the own er of probably the only copy of Rowan Green’s “History of Col orado County” added. “People ‘Texas Clipper’ sails for Europe The “Texas Clipper,” Texas Maritime Academy training ship carrying 186 students, sails Sat urday for Europe. Adm. James D. Craik, TMA superintendent, said 105 of the students are cadets enrolled in the academy’s four-year program leading to degrees in marine transportation or marine engi neering. The eight-week, 12,303- mile cruise is part of their annual training. Remainder of the students are spring high school graduates en rolled in Texas A&M’s “Summer School at Sea,” offering them the opportunity to take two freshman courses in English, history or mathematics. think that if a book is old and in bad condition, it’s real valuable. It’s not so much the date of pub lication. Condition of the book has a lot to do with it.” “When someone shows me something junky,” he commented, “I tell them no offense is meant, but I wouldn’t take it as a gift.” Among the scarce items White keeps in a bank vault is a copy of “San Juan de Ulloa,” a book in French about the 1836 revo lutionary barricade at Galveston by ships of the French Navy. One of White’s collector ac quaintances, Herbert Fletcher of Salado, claimed he had worked his entire life to obtain the book. In order to publish an English trans lation, Fletcher borrowed a Li brary of Congress copy. “When collectors get together,” the member of A&M’s Student Publications Board described, “talk frequently turns to deals they’ve made. The only one I get gleeful about is one of Paul Well man’s two or three non-fiction books, ‘Callaghan.’ ” Fred saw it on a New York book store shelf, picked it up and found the volume on the Callag han ranch was unpriced. He in quired whether it was for sale. “Yes, but it isn’t worth a damn. You can have it for $3,” the dealer replied. White says it would bring $50. Faculty, staff to be assigned designated lots Texas A&M faculty and staff members will be assigned to spe cific parking lots starting with the fall semester, reports Uni versity Police Chief Ed Powell. “Staff parking will be assigned on a priority basis to be determin ed by the zone administrator,” Powell disclosed. Parking permits will be issued only for the number of spaces available in each lot. “We expect it to stop all the hunting,” he chief declared. Powell said the university had random parking for staff mem bers in the past, except for those members who rate reserved park ing places. The seven zone administrators will schedule meetings with de partment heads to determine pri ority ranking in the lots, Powell noted, with the zone administra tor responsible for final decisions. Powell emphasized he believes there is room in staff lots for all staff cars, including those driven by students’ wives working on campus. However, once a vehicle has been assigned to a lot, it cannot be parked in any other staff lot. On-street 30 minute parking will be allowed for conferences and short visits to other areas of the campus, Powell said. Another regulation effective this fall is that visitor spaces may not be used by the faculty, staff or students. “Visitor parking places will be strictly for visitor use,” Powell emphasized. Several new assigned parking areas have been designated. They include all of Military Walk, Main Drive from Military Walk to Houston Street and La mar Street and Lamar Street from Houston Street to Coke Street. The staff stickers will have one-inch overlay numbers showing in which lot the car must be parked. New 12-inch by 18-inch white signs will be posted show ing the lot numbers. Powell disclosed the Law Hall parking lot—No. 9—will be di vided for the fall semester with day students in one-half of the lot and dormitory students in the other half. “The students will not be al lowed to cross-over,’ Powell ad vised. A 1,000-car parking lot is ex pected to be considered by the A&M System Board of Directors at their June 30 meeting. Powell said he expects the lot to be ready by this fall, with the lot open to any student or staff member with Senator Tower sends telegram of endorsement Senator John Tower endorsed the 4,000 signatures he received last month from state Young Re publicans and Young Americans for Freedom in support of Pres ident Nixon’s Southeast Asia policies in a telegram to state Young Republican and YAF of ficials. “Congratulation on your signi ficant effort in collecting nearly 4,000 signature on your petition in support of President Nixon’s policy concerning Cambodia and his efforts to attain a just and lasting peace in Southeast Asia, This king of spontaneous support from the broad majority of Amer icans is particularly necessary at this time to place the attitude of the American people on this issue in its proper perspective before the eyes of the world,” The tele gram said. “I appreciate and I know the President appreciates your ex pression of support. Thank you,” Tower concluded. a parking sticker. Parking violation fees will also change this fall. Fees will start at $2 and double with every of fense. If an owner receives six tickets, his parking privileges will be restricted for the remainder of the semester, Powell warned. He mentioned some drivers have paid as many as 40 tickets in the past. Members of the College Station Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed a slide program depict ing the university campus as it would appear in the next 10 or 20 years during their meeting Monday night. The program, presented by Dr. Charles Pinnell, director of Plan ning and Analytical Studies, was part of the University Master Plan for Development and is based on alleviating traffic prob lems. The plans, based on an enroll ment level of 20,000 students, represent preliminary plans of the firm of Caudill, Rowlett & Scott of Houston. Dr. Pinnell said he anticipates the enrollment to Fines will be handled through the police office. Violators must bring the ticket to the office, where the records are checked, and a card will be issued stating the number of tickets prior to the paying of the fee at the Fiscal Office. The added trouble will guar antee compliance with the park ing regulations, Powell added. reach 20,000 by 1978. Dr. Pinnell emphasized most of the slides concern concepts, rath er than specific plans. The con cepts he presented centered around creating more of a pe destrian environment and elimi nating automobiles in the center of the campus. “However, we’re trying to make plans to accommodate the auto mobile,” Dr. Pinnell said. He add ed that the university could de velop a shuttle system, with the university financing it. Dr. Pinnell said the only plans which will be considered in the near future call for construction of two of the four four-story (See Slide, page 2) A BROTHER REMEMBERED — Pfc. Hiram L. Wright squats beside the grave of his brother with dispatch orders to Viet Nam in hand. Marine Cpl. Herman W. O. Wright Jr., Hiram’s brother was killed in Viet Nam Nov. 18, 1968. Hiram, a volunteer, leaves for his army assignment in Viet Nam today. (AP Wirephoto) Slides depict future campus