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No. 125 College Station, Texas Wednesday, June 24, 1970
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Texas A&M’s picturesque cen-
il campus mall is nearing cond
ition, officials announced today.
Providing an academic environ-
>nt in the university library
ea, the mall will include large
ilks, lights, benches, planters
Id a variety of plant life, includ-
ifr most of the trees formerly in
e area.
Construction is 90 per cent com-
pte and lanscaping has reached
e halfway mark, construction
mager Harold Carter said.
A water sprinkler system is be-
U installed by the university’s
lysical Plant Department. The
b will be finished by the first
Bek in July, noted Robert H.
icker, department landscape
(chitect.
Planting of shrubs, flowers and
dges will accelerate as areas
come available, in order to take
vantage of the planting season,
rter added.
"We foresee no major problems
having all work completed be-
■e the fall semester begins,”
said.
Wet weather caused delays back
March and April, but a current
l-day dry spell has enabled
irkmen in most cases to make
lost time.
The mall will encompass the
ea between the Academic, Plant
fences and Agriculture Build-
fs and Francis Hall.
^ i&M officials
isit Ft. Sill
hear report
Texas A&M administrators
aded by President A. R. Lue-
cke visit Fort Sill, Okla., this
iek for a report on the training
337 Army ROTC cadets from
4M.
With President Luedecke will
Academic Vice President Dr.
trace R. Byers and Col. Jim H.
tCoy, commandant.
The institutional representa-
;es visit will include a briefing
training cadets are receiving,
sits to training sites and a re-
ption. Officials of other col-
pes and universities offering
e ROTC program also will at-
td. Cadets are in training
rough July 14 at Camp Eagle,
tar Sill.
Colonel McCoy will check in
Sill Wednesday and probably
main through Saturday. Presi-
i»t Luedecke and Dr. Byers are
fly in Thursday afternoon and
uclude the visit Friday.
Texas A&M also has three ca-
in Army summer training
Indiantown Gap, Pa., with 340
rolved altogether, a 10 per
at increase over 1969. In ad-
lion, the university has 160 Air
ROTC cadets in one of two
lining camps at Eglin AFB.
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Construction underway—The construction being done on Ross Street is for a chill water
supply and return line for a new dormitory. Other construction is for the extension of
the sewer system. (Photo by Pat Little)
Total social collapse
due unless gap closed
By Frank Griffis
Battalion Editor
Dr. R. Philip Hammond of the
Oak Ridge National Laboratories
told a group of graduate stu
dents and professors to expect a
total collapse of society unless
the “energy gap” is closed dur
ing a graduate lecture Tuesday
in the auditorium of the Archi
tecture Building.
Dr. Hammond is visiting the
campus this week in conjunc
tion with the “Nuplex” study,
which involves use of nuclear
power to provide abundant low-
cost electricity and desalted
water.
He said the poverty gap is
really the energy gap. “The
earth as we know it seems com
fortable, plush place to live but
without energy, it would be a
harsh, cold place,” Dr. Hammond
said.
He described the hunger prob
lem as a “quiet catastrophe”
which is “creeping behind us.”
He added that the beer cans,
traffic, and smog are trivial in
comparison with the battle of
hunger,,
“Man consumes more food ev
ery year, but the ability to pro
duce food lessons,” Dr. Ham
mond said. He added that hun
ger is a short-term problem
which must be solved and de
plored before the hungry areas
of the world lose all rational
government.
“We have only 10 years to
solve the problem and deplore
it,” he said. He added that man
must look into the future and
to continue to use energy to
make more energy such as evap
orating sea water to make fresh
water, using lower grade iron
ores, and recycling metals.
“Man has been around on the
earth a long time, but only farm
ing one per cent of the time he
has been on earth. Man must
learn to use energy property—
he must learn to make his en
vironment controllable he said.
Dr. Hammond said man is run
ning out of acreage, yet every
second, two babies are born.
“Everyone says it’s simple—lim
it births, but in the meantime we
need to find a way to feed these
people and do so in a way that
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The Exchange Store, which
is started as a one-room store
$1,000 of borrowed money, is
pected to do $1.25 million
«rth of business this year, and
ost of the profits will go to
udent activities and organiza-
tns.
The store’s book department
as recently expanded, since,
teording to Store Manager
luck Cargill, “the previous
face wasn’t sufficient enough
if us to carry the required
toks, much less the supplemen-
reading material.”
The remodeling expanded the
'ace from 2,400 to 2,700 square
'et, and required the rearrang-
ig of the clothing, drugs, and
ift departments.
Additional cash registers have
een installed to make shorter
®ies during the rush periods at
beginning of the semesters.
Vgill said there is also more
emphasis on self-service in the
store.
He said there will be signs
placed to direct the student to
the books he wants and, if he
needs help, there will be an in
formation booth where the stu
dent can ask for assistance. Car
gill noted the store is cutting
down on the number of employ-
SREAT SAVINGS PLAN made
f en better by new legal rates at
RST BANK & TRUST. Adv.
Chuck Cargill
ees due to the self-service policy.
The store’s book ordering pro
cedures have been altered to a
computerized method to speed up
handling, and will cut the order
ing time from approximately
two weeks to one day.
Cargill said the computerized
ordering process will benefit the
student by making a list of
books which will be distributed
throughout the store. The list
contains the course number, the
book title, and the professor’s
name when several professors
are using different books for the
same course.
Cargill said the only thing the
student will need to know is the
course and his professor’s name,
which can be obtained before the
class meets.
A black lighting method of
pricing books has been installed
to prevent switching price tags.
A florescent powder which
glows only under a special light
will be used to mark the price on
the books and each check out
counter will be equipped with
the lights.
(See EXCHANGE, page 3)
prevents the breakdown of the
entire society.”
He pointed to a chart on a
screen which showed the division
of the earth by use. “Major
crops use seven per cent of the
land, but 36.8 per cent of the
land is warm, arid and fertile—
but lacks water. We hope to pro
vide much more of the crop
acreage providing we can get the
water,” Dr. Hammond said.
He pointed out a slide which
displayed a energy plant used to
irrigate the desert.
Dr. Hammond scoffed at sug
gestions that energy should be
conserved by having people give
up items such as electric tooth
brushes and can openers. He
pointed out that “we don’t hear
many suggestions that we should
give up TV and aluminum pro
duction.”
See Dr. Hammond, page 5
Scientists end
deep experiment
Two Texas A&M oceanograph
ers came up Sunday for a breath
of nature’s air.
They had been 50 feet undei’-
water near the Virgin Island of
St. John for the last 21 days.
Dr. Thomas J. Bright and doc
toral candidate William W.
Schroeder of San Diego were par
ticipating in the Tektite II under
water science program. It in
volves more than a dozen govern
ment agencies, educational insti
tutions and private industry.
Lead participant is the U. S.
Department of the Interior.
Once Bright, Schroeder and two
other scientists left the Tektite II
habitat, another team of re
searchers entered the cylindrical
underwater living quarters and
laboratories for further research.
Battalion places
second in TPA
The Battalion, Texas A&M Uni
versity newspaper, placed second
in the Texas Press Association’s
news writing category for dailies
in cities of 15,000 to 150,000 pop
ulation.
Announcement of the award
was made Friday at the annual
TPA meeting in Houston. Jim
Lindsey, Texas A&M information
and publications director, accept
ed the association’s Certificate of
Achievement for The Battalion
staff.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
Residents sue
C S councilmen
in Austin court
Twenty-five residents of Col
lege Station filed suit Friday in
an Austin district court against
six city council members asking
that State Comptroller R. S. Cal
vert be enjoined from paying
their salaries as employees of
Texas A&M as long as they are
also serving as elected members
of the council.
The defendants are Mayor D.
A. (Andy) Anderson, Mayor Pro
Tern Clifford H. Ransdell, and
councilmen Cecil B. Ryan, J. H.
Dozier, Dan R. Davis, and Joseph
J. McGraw, in addition to Calvert.
The plaintiffs in the suit are
A. P. Boyett Sr., A. P. Boyett Jr.,
Natalie E. Boyett, Lynda Wilson,
W. D. Fitch, W. D. Howard, Lula
Howard, Pat Callahan, Ed Garner,
Allie Garner, John W. Buttery,
Harriet J. Buttery.
Also, George H. Boyett, John
nie I. Junek, Dorothy C. Junek,
Neil P. Ward, Joe A. Ferreri, L.
M. Gunter, Virginia Gunter, Mrs.
C. H. Godfrey, Larry Godfrey,
E. W. Sayers, Dr. Joe R. Parker,
Mrs. Joe R. Parker and B. R.
Craig Jr.
A. P. Boyett Jr. said that he
believed that allowing state em
ployees to hold another position
of “honor, trust, and integrity”
was in conflict with the state
constitution.
Boyett said the citizen’s group
filed the suit at this time because
“the council has gotten to the
point where it is dominated so
thoroughly by the university that
the local resident and local busi
nessman now feels that he has
only one representative of the
council.”
He said he was referring to Bill
Cooley, the only councilman not
named in the suit.
He added that too often de
cisions made by the council were
not in the best interest of the
taxpayer but in the interest of
the university.
“I’m not charging that the
council is influenced that much
by A&M, but I think there’s no
question that it could be influ
enced by the university.”
The question is not whether
the defendants should serve on
the council or not, he continued,
but if they do serve, shall they
be paid by the state?
Boyett said he interpreted the
constitution as meaning that if
state employees are serving in
another governmental capacity,
they may not draw any compen
sation from the state.
“All we’re asking for is a judi
cial determination one way or
another,” Boyett was quoted as
saying in the Eagle.
The Austin law firm of Patman
and Patman filed the suit.
C. H. Ransdell had no comment
this morning concerning the law
suits and the other councilmen
could not be reached for comment.
Tom Gisenschlag, assistant
city attorney, told the Battalion
this morning that he had been
contacted, but he doesn’t know if
he will represent the councilmen.
“I really don’t know if I will
American business is “dealing
with a new crisis every year” the
retiring head of Texas A&M
University’s Executive Develop
ment Program contends.
William E. (Bill) Eckles, who
has worn three hats at the uni
versity during the past 10 years,
says these are the times of many
threats to business, coming from
both internal and external
sources.
“Many company presidents ask
me ‘what prerogatives do I have
left to run my business ? ’ I can
not answer this question. But I
do try to show them how to
understand and live with the
changes,” Eckles explained.
He admits most businessmen,
including himself, are optimistic
about the future.
But optimism is what has kept
Bill Eckles ticking for almost 65
years. And although he is retir
ing for what he calls “the third
time,” it is not necessarily his
last retirement.
Eckles has had a remarkable
life, serving as a public school
educator, military leader and
university teacher.
He is director of A&M’s Exec
utive Development Program,
serves as Assistant Dean of the
College of Business Administra
tion and is an associate professor
of management.
A&M President Earl Rudder,
who died in March, hand-picked
Eckles for the Executive Devel
opment Program. Eckles has used
his many years of experience to
represent the council members
on this since the suit isn’t
against the city, but the indi
vidual councilmen,” Gisenschlag
said.
He said his first move will be
to delve into the law and deter
mine the merits of the case.
“It might turn on the fact that
these council members aren’t
paid for this—they hold two
state jobs, but are only paid for
one of them. Until I can dig into
this, I don’t think anyone can
make an intelligent statement on
it,” Gisenschlag said .
make it one of the nation’s best.
Approximately 12 companies
actively backed the EDP when
Eckles came to Texas A&M in
1960. Today it has support from
over 200 major businesses in the
Southwest and nation.
Eckles has expanded the pro
gram, brought in creative speak
ers, added two management
seminars and in 1965 started a
President’s Forum program for
high company executives.
The acceptance has been over
whelming. A 1965 Harvard study
showed more senior executives
attend the A&M programs than
any others offered in the United
States.
Eckles officially retires in Aug
ust. Although he will miss the
EDP activities, he admits he will
miss classroom teaching and his
association with A&M students
the most.
“I will miss teaching very
much. In fact, more than any
thing else,” he declared. “Teach
ing is most rewarding. It is a
wonderful opportunity and a ter
rific responsibility. It’s more than
a job, it’s an influence on a lot
of young minds.”
Eckles believes the young
graduates are better prepared
and dedicated to American busi
ness. However, he stresses any
person in business today must
continually upgrade his educa
tion and experience to meet the
many new challenges “due to the
acceleration in the rate of
change.”
New crisis dealt
with every year
First dirt turned—From left to right, Father Donald Chatham, C. H. Ransdell, Karl
Krause, and Father Edward Jordan participate in ground breaking ceremonies for a 200
unit housing project for low and moderate income families which is sponsored by the
Catholic Diocese of Austin, Texas. (Photo by Pat Little)