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Vol. 66 No. 5
College Station, Texas
Tuesday, September 8, 1970
Wednesday & Thursday—Partly
cloudy to <cloudy. Winds South
east 10 to 12 m.p.h. High 94,
low 72.
Saturday Kyle Field — Partly
cloudy 84°. Winds Southeast 5
to 10 m.p.h. Relative humidity
65°.
Telephone 845-2226
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By FRAN HAUGEN
Battalion Managing Editor
The urban and regional plan
ning program at Texas A&M Uni
versity is being restructured to
organize and implement a “truly
interdisciplinary program,” Act
ing A&M President A. R. Lued-
ecke told The Battalion Monday.
Urban planning students who
have been responsible to the Col
lege of Architecture will be under
a director of Regional and Urban
Planning Programs.
Fred J. Benson, dean of the
College of Engineering, is acting
director of the program now, but
a new director is being selected,
Luedecke said.
Dean Edward J. Romieniec,
College of Architecture and En
vironmental Design, said Dr. Jo
seph McGraw, head of urban plan
ning, submitted a letter of resig
nation to him Aug. 27.
"I suppose he wanted to return
to 100 per cent teaching,” Rom
ieniec said. “Twelve people were
into talk to me yesterday (Sept.
2) about this (McGraw’s resig
nation). All got carried away
with emotion. I’m not interested
in rumors. All I’m interested in
is that he (McGraw) is a teacher
and one of the best in planning
in the country. We can’t look at
this emotionally. Those of us who
are here today have to work for
tomorrow.”
McGraw refused to comment.
It will take three years to make
a transition from the present
program to a more diversified
program, Luedecke said.
“We have to fulfill a commit
ment to the student who already
has his degree planned,” he ex
plained, “and at the same time
lay out a program for new stu
dents.”
When the urban planning pro
gram began, about four years
ago, it was interdisciplinary,
Luedecke said. Then it moved
over to the College of Architec
ture, now it will become more
interdisciplinary again.
"We would like to broaden the
Luedecke will greet
Women’s Social Club
A&M Acting President, A. R.
Luedecke will greet women facul
ty members and faculty members’
wives Friday at 2 p.m. in the
main ballroom of the Memorial
Student Center during a meeting
of the TAMU Women’s Social
Club.
Programs for the coming year
will be outlined, officers will be
introduced, and founding mem
bers of the club will be special
guests.
Friday will mark the 50th year
of the club.
Any women having questions
concerning membership eligibility
may contact Mrs. E. J. Dykster-
buis, president, or Mrs. Gilbert
Witsell, membership chairman.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
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base, to go beyond the capability
of one particular college,” Lued
ecke said. “If we get too narrow
we’re not going to do anybody
a favor. The problems urban plan
ners will have to face in the fu
ture aren’t even known now. You
may know the ones staring you
in the face, but you don’t neces
sarily know the solutions.
The new program will include
courses in agriculture, architec
ture, engineering, geosciences
and liberal arts.
New courses are not being in
stituted, just coordinated into a
new curriculum, Luedecke added.
A committee advising the di
rector will define requirements
for students entering the grad
uate program.
These requirements will be
studied and changed with the
passage of time, due to the na
ture of the problem, Luedecke
said.
Blacks form
campus group
Shelton Wallace discusses his committee. (Photo by Bill
O’Conner)
Students question Luedecke
concerning campus problems
Black students at Texas A&M now have
an organization under the sponsorhsip of the
Memorial Student Center (MSC). The Black
Awareness Committee is the result of a
three-year effort by black students to get a
recognized committee on campus.
“The committee is designed to integrate
black students into student life at A&M,
and allow students to be aware of the
contributions of black people to society
throughout history,” Shelton Wallace, com
mittee chairman said.
The committee is open to individuals in
all ethnic groups, Wallace said.
Wallace said black students have a right
to express their culture, and by feeling a part
of A&M, black students could feel more at
ease in a predominantly white institution.
“Since we live together, work together
and go to school together, we should learn
about each other,” Wallace said. “We now
have an element with which to do this.”
“We want to get across that this is not a
separatist movement, it is not a fear group.
We hope that through the committee we can
become closer to both students and admin
istrators, and push A&M upward in an orderly
manner,” Wallace Said.
Mac Spears, 1969-70 president of the
MSC Council and Directorate, Kent Caperton,
Student Senate president and Tommy
Henderson, Texas Intercollegiate Student
Association president, were instrumental in
finding a common agreement with the admin
istration about a black organization, Wallace
explained.
“I liked the way (acting A&M) President
(A.R.) Luedecke talked; he seems very
student oriented, and very involved in student
welfare,” Wallace said.
Wallace said he hopes to include such
activities as art exhibits, a few speakers, an
all-university dance and possibly a perform
ance by a recording star such as Issac Hayes in
the committee’s agenda this year.
The officers of the Black Awareness
Committee are Wallace; Ray Jones, vice chair
man; Vernon Lewis, treasurer; Anthony Jean,
secretary; and Sidney Chacere, advertising and
public relations.
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Situational training, self-eval
uation, analysis of problems at
A&M and meeting other student
leaders on a casual basis were
aspects of the two-day leadership
conference at Lakeview Methodist
Assembly in Palestine last week
end.
Eighty-nine students from res
idence halls, corps outfits, clubs
and organizations attended the
conference directed by Dr. Wil
liam R. Smith, Psychology De
partment head.
The conference opened Friday
night with a speech by Acting
A&M President A. R. Luedecke.
He spoke of a faith that, he said,
should be created between the ad
ministration and the students.
“I can say my door is wide
open 24 hours a day, but I can’t
spend 30 minutes a day with each
Students asked
to Ml V jobs
Student applications are now
being accepted for Memorial Stu
dents Center Vice President of
Recreation and Chairman of Con
temporary Arts Committee at the
MSC Student Program Office,
Paul Scopel, director of public re
lations, said Monday.
Deadlines for applying is Sept.
9 at 5:00 p.m. Applicants’ inter
views will be held the evening of
Sept. 10.
All applicants must not be on
probation of any kind, and must
have a minimum grade point ratio
of 2.5 for vice president and 2.4
for committee chairman.
student,” he said. “It comes down
to a matter of understanding
where you stand, a faith. If the
administration has a policy, then
everyone knows you mean it and
knows you can bank on it. The
same is true from the student’s
point of view.”
“Everyone is looking at us,”
he continued. “People wanting
chaos look at us as a target.
Those proud of us are looking to
us as an example. A large group
is just looking to see what we’re
going to do. Those need convinc
ing. This can be done only be per
formance. Financial support is as
high as it has ever been. I hope
we can maintain this kind of an
image.”
Students questioned Luedecke
and a panel made up of Dean of
Students James P. Hannigan, As
sociate Dean of Students Don R.
Stafford, Dean W. David Max
well, College of Liberal Arts,
Howard S. Perry, civilian student
activities director, Col. Jim H.
McCoy, commandant of the Corps
of Cadets, and Col. Keith C. Han
na, air science professor.
When questioned how a stable
university could change and im
prove, Luedecke replied:
“I didn’t mean to imply that
we should be staid and stable.
The administration feels that if
change were needed and not made,
there could be no worse situation
except one: and that is making a
change which isn’t progressive,
and that’s easy to do.”
When asked what he saw as
the biggest problem facing A&M,
Luedecke commented:
“I’m not convinced we have
any really big problems that we
can’t handle collectively.
The president and the panel
were questioned about students on
policy-making boards, student
parking, the possibility of replac
ing the Exchange Store with a
co-op, student rights and respon
sibilities, women’s housing, cam
pus speakers’ policy, the univer
sity hospital, recruiting programs
in the high schools, and why mili
tary science can no longer be
counted for four years’ credit.
There never was a lull in the
questions.
Saturday, student leaders, in
10 small groups, evaluated each
others as leaders. In these groups,
they also tried to list the priori
ties of challenges to be faced at
A&M. These centered around im
proved relations between the stu
dent leaders and the students,
between different student groups,
and between the students and the
administration.
Luedecke to host
faculty, spouses
at evening social
A reception for university
faculty and staff members and
their wives or husbands will be
hosted Tuesday by acting A&M
President and Mrs. A. R. Lue
decke.
Honored guests at the 7 to 9
p.m. social at the Memorial Stu
dent Center Ballroom include new
faculty members. Retired faculty
and staff members and their hus
bands or wives have also been
invited along with widows of
faculty and staff members.
Twenty high school seniors
chosen president’s scholars
Twenty Texas high school sen
iors whose academic work has
been near perfect have been
named President’s Scholars at
A&M.
The students receive the most
lucrative scholarships offered by
A&M and carry the President’s
Scholar designation accorded by
the university throughout their
final year of high school study.
Acting A&M President A. R.
Luedecke said 1970 recipients of
the elite award are Linda G. An
derson of LaMarque; Thomas A.
Bell III, Robert L. Fountain, Da
vid W. Gent, Bruce C. McComas,
William E. Moerner, Antonio F.
Pelletier and Timothy M. Wold,
San Antonio.
Also, J. Steve Chaffin, Mid
land; Steven J. Eberhard, New
Braunfels; David M. Funder-
burke, Terry W. Myrick, John D.
Nash and John O. Tyler, Hous
ton; Corbett D. Harkey, Victoria;
Paul L. Hirt, Harlingen.
Additionally, Randal L. Janne,
College Station; Walter W.
Kingsberry, Beaumont; Ruben E.
Ochoa, Laredo, and John D. Shel
ton, League City.
They were selected from 670
students nominated by the state’s
high school principals and will be
joining 55 President’s Scholars at
A&M next fall. Ten of the 75
President’s Scholars will be sen
iors during 1971-72.
Enrollment at A&M activates
a $l,000-a-year scholarship for
up to five years of study.
The 1970 recipients rank from
first to 11th in high school
classes of from 21 to 1,020 mem
bers. Their scores on standard
tests rank the 20 students schol
astically in the top one per cent
of the nation’s 1970-71 graduat
ing classes, Luedecke said.
The President’s Scholar awards
program, inaugurated by the late
President Earl Rudder in 1967, is
designed to recognize outstand
ing scholars and retain the
state’s most promising students
in Texas for their advanced edu
cation.
“These students are not only
outstanding scholars but also are
developing into well-rounded
adults through leadership
strengthening extracurricular ac
tivities,” said Robert M. Logan,
student aid director, who con
ducts the program.
In order to be considered for
selection by the A&M faculty
Scholarships Committee, students
must rank high in scholastic
achievement and show, through
school, church and community
activities, evidence of non-aca
demic interests and abilities.
Phi Delta Sigma meeting
to entertain interested men
Phi Delta Sigma (PDS), off-
campus social fraternity, tonight
opens its annual fall rush for
pledges.
Sam Parigi, president of PDS,
thinks there is a lack of social
atmosphere at A&M. He says his
organization can give students
a more rounded social outlook on
life and the future.
PDS also strives to serve the
commuity in many ways, he said.
Rush opens with a smoker at
the Casa de Sol party room at
8:30. All interested male stu
dents are invited to attend and
learn exactly what the fraternity
is all about, Parigi said. There is
no obligation.
Dress for the meeting will be
coat and tie.
If any information is needed,
booths are in front of the Ex
change Store and Sbisa Dining
Hall, Parigi said.
What do Ags do when they don’t leave on weekends?
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DIVER Robert Hitchcock,
Midland zoology sophomore,
takes a cool dip and prac
tices form over the weekend
as student looks on.
FOOTBALL PLAYERS Bill Core (left), Abilene fresh
man, Richard Thomson, Abilene freshman and Jim Perrin,
Adrian freshman get in some plays over the first weekend
of the school year.
STUDYING is always in
style, as Larry Hurst,
Weatherford fifth-year stu
dent, shows. Most students
find other, less painful,
ways to spend the weekend.
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CYCLING is the big thing for some, like Nick Naccoarato,
Donna fifth-year student, and without it the weekend
wouldn’t be complete.
TENNIS turns some stu
dents on, even if the weath
er is hot and humid. Dan
Truit, Houston sophomore
gets in some sets as he
passes the time over the
weekend. (Photos by Pat
rick Fontana)