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Cloudy,
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humid
College Station, Texas
Friday, September 11, 1970
Saturday — Partly cloudy to
cloudy afternoon rain and thun
dershowers. Winds Southeast
10 to 15 m.pJi. High 91, low 73.
Sunday—Partly cloudy. Winds
South 10 to 15 m.p.h. High 94,
low 74.
Telephone 345-2226
Williams named A&M president
Jack K. Williams, new A&M president.
Dr. Jack K. Williams, former
commissioner of the Coordinating
Board, Texas College and Univer
sity System, has been named pres
ident of the Texas A&M Univer
sity System.
The appointment, effective No
vember 1, was announced today
by Clyde H. Wells of Granbury,
president of Texas A&M’s board
of directors.
Wells also announced General
A. R. Luedecke, acting president,
will become executive vice presi
dent, a new position.
The board president noted Dr.
Williams personally asked Gen
eral Luedecke to accept the exec
utive vice presidency to form a
top-level team.
“The general has agreed and
the board of directors concurs
most heartily in the decision,”
Wells said. “General Luedecke has
done an outstanding job since
March as acting president and we
are delighted that he will remain
as a key member of the univer
sity’s administrative team.”
General Luedecke, who will con
tinue as acting president until No
vember 1, was appointed March 23
following the death of General
Earl Rudder, Texas A&M presi
dent more than a decade.
“We are indeed fortunate to
have such an eminently qualified
man as Dr. Williams to head
Texas A&M University and the
entire system,” noted General
Luedecke. “His experience and
leadership will be invaluable as
Texas A&M continues to grow,
diversify, and enhance its repu
tation for excellence.”
For the past two years, Dr.
Williams has been vice president
for academic affairs for the Uni
versity of Tennessee System in
Knoxville. Earlier this year he
assumed additional responsibili
ties as chancellor pro tern for the
University of Tennessee’s five-
college Medical Units campus in
Memphis.
Dr. Williams was the Coordi
nating Board’s first commission
er. Named to the post in 1966, he
directed the development and pub
lication of long-range academic
planning for Texas’ public insti
tutions of higher learning.
He is currently chairman of the
Commission on Colleges and a
member of the board of trustees
for the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools.
Dr. Williams also serves as a
member of the Educational Plans
and Policies Advisory Committee,
Southern Regional Education
Board, Civilian Advisory Com
mittee to the U. S. Army Com
mand and General Staff College,
and the Council of the Federation
of Regional Accrediting Commis
sions of Higher Education. He is
a former president of the Con
ference of Academic Vice Presi
dents of Southern Universities.
Additionally, he is a trustee for
Emory and Henry College, Ten
nessee Wesleyan College and Hi-
wassee College and a member of
various professional organizations
and the United Methodist Church.
The 50-year-old educator was
born in Galax, Virginia. He
earned his B.A. degree at Emory
and Henry College and master's
and Ph.D. at Emory University.
His 1953 Doctorate was in Amer
ican history.
He also has received honorary
doctoral degrees from the Uni
versity of Florida and Emory and
Henry College.
Dr. Williams is author of the
book, “Vogues in Villainy”, and
several articles and studies on
American history and educational
administration.
Immediately after receiving his
undergraduate degree, he began
teaching high school in Virginia
and was named principal a year
later.
After serving as an officer in
the Marine Corps during World
War II, he joined the Clemson
University faculty in 1947 and
rapidly rose to the rank of full
professor.
CSC discusses open dorms,
women’s recruitment, alcohol
By BILL O’CONNOR
Battalion Staff Writer
Extension of the open dorm
program, the university stand on
alcoholic beverages at off-campus
dorm functions, female recruit
ment and activity card sales were
the major topics covered Thurs
day night by the Civilian Student
Senate votes ‘unity’ weekend,
establishes publication panel
By DAVID MIDDLEBROOKE
Battalion Editor
The Student Senate, during its
first meeting of the academic
year, voted to establish a sub
committee to deal with student
publications, and approved the
concept of an all-university week
end.
In other business, senators ap
proved the football seating plan
adopted last year, accepted re
sponsibility for a soapbox forum
and adopted guidelines for sen
ators to use in planning meetings
with constituents.
The resolution concerning stu
dent publications was presented
ly Roger Miller, Senate vice pres
ident.
“The area of student publica
tions affects every student at
Texas A&M,” Miller said. “Be
cause of the direct relation be
tween student publications and
our constituents, the student
body, I propose that the Student
Senate establish a Student Publi
cations Study Committee.”
The plan calls for the commit
tee to be a subcommittee of the
Student Life Committee of the
Senate. Its purpose will be to
study areas of student interest
in student publications. Members
of the subcommittee will be ap
pointed by the Student Life Com
mittee chairman.
John Sharp, Life Committee
chairman, told senators he want
ed approval of a proposed all
university weekend. The idea,
Sharp explained, is to incorpo
rate into the weekend things to
bring the student body together
and unite it behind the football
team.
Plans call for the weekend to
begin Oct. 8, he said, with that
day being designated all-universi
ty night. Corps-civilian activities
would be encouraged on Oct. 9,
Sharp continued, and Town Hall,
an Alpha Phi Omega (APO)
dance in the Grove and midnight
yell practice would finish out the
day.
Oct. 10, Sharp said, in addition
to the football game against Tex
as Tech University, other plans
would be made. He told senators
he was looking for an endorse
ment of the idea, not of specific
plans. Those, he said, would be
brought to the Senate later. Sen
ators gave the idea unanimous
approval.
Football seating will be han
dled this year under the plan
adopted by the Senate last fall.
Sharp told senators he thought
the plan was working all right,
and recommended continuing it.
Under the plan, a student is
allowed to purchase tickets for
football games according to his
class. He may buy tickets accord
ing to the classification shown on
his fall activity card, or accord
ing to the standing given him
by his student identification card
number, whichever is to his ad
vantage.
Thus, a student whose activity
card classed him as a junior, but
whose ID card number began with
67 or below, would be allowed to
purchase tickets on the day set
aside for graduate students and
seniors to buy tickets.
If a student has a date with
another student, the tickets may
be picked up by the student hav
ing the higher classification, and
both may sit in the section of
the higher classification.
To avoid long lines at the ticket
windows, one student may, by
presenting three ID cards and
three activity cards, pick up three
student and three date tickets, or
any combination of the two.
Mike Essmyer, parliamentarian,
introduced a proposal consider
ed first at the 1970-71 Senate’s
first meeting last May.
Essmyer said the plan was de
signed “to rectify the Senate’s
communication problems with
students, faculty and administra
tors in a senator’s college.” Under
guidelines drawn up by the Sen
ate’s Executive Committee, sena
tors are encouraged to enlist the
aid of their college’s dean in set
ting up meetings with the stu
dents.
Senators must, under the adopt,
ed plan, hold at least two such
meetings per semester, and they
are encouraged to work with their
college’s student council, if one
exists.
In adopting the soapbox forum,
senators enacted a plan presented
by the Memorial Student Center’s
Great Issues Committee last year.
The objective of the forum is to
provide an organized outlet for
university-affiliated persons to
(See Senate, page 3)
Council (CSC).
The open dorm system, in ef
fect in Moore Hall, allows stu
dents to bring dates into their
dormitory during certain super
vised hours on weekends.
The idea of extending this sys
tem to other dormitories was met
with mixed emotions by the resi
dence hall presidents, who are, the
members of the CSC.
The CSC approved, with only
one “no” vote a motion that the
CSC recommend residence halls
with an acceptable open hall plan
to the administration.
“We are not endorsing the ac
tivities or atmosphere within
any hall,” CSC President Mark
Olson said. “We are not accept
ing any responsibility.”
Olson added the CSC will not
endorse a dorm’s policy if that
policy is not acceptable to the
CSC.
“A hall could go for it without
endorsement (by the CSC),” Ol
son continued. “This is simply
an endorsement from the council
for those who seek it.”
“Now that we have a Female
Recruitment Committee, it is only
realistic that we try to get this
system in every dorm,” Bill Gore,
Moore Hall president said. “I
think it is the CSC’s duty to aid
in getting it into the dorms.”
Gore said the open dorm sys
tem had met with great success
in Moore Hall, and no problems
had been met by either students
or administrators.
Bill Scherle, chairman of the
Female Recruitment Committee,
reported that he had named Shel
ton Wallace cochairman of the
committee.
“We believe we can boost coed
enrollment by a substantial
amount,” Scherle said. He also
said his committee will seek high
school girls by visiting schools,
working with various chapters of
hometown clubs, the A&M Moth
er’s Club, and the Association of
Former Students. He also has
enlisted the aid of University
Women.
Olson stressed the fact that res
idence hall activity card sales
could either make or break the
(See CSC, page 3)
381 register for Vet College;
total equals last year’s signup
The College of Veterinary Med
icine enrolled 381 students in the
professional doctor of veterinary
medicine program for the fall tri
mester, announced Dean A. A.
Price.
Last fall’s enrollment also was
381.
Registration by classes are 128
first year students, 127 in the
second class and 126 third year
students scheduled to graduate
next August.
Peak enrollment would be 128
students in each class.
Classes began Monday, one
week later than fall semester
classes followed by the other
Colleges in the university. The
fall trimester ends Dec. 18.
Twenty-two coeds are enrolled
in veterinary medicine; six first
year, 11 second year and five
third year students.
A&M has the nation’s largest
veterinary medicine program.
In 1957, he was named dean of
Clemson’s Graduate School. Three
years later he became dean of
faculties and was promoted to
vice president for academic af
fairs in 1963. While at the South
Carolina university, he organized
and established branches in Sum
ter and Greenville.
Throughout his career in high
er education, Dr. Williams has
served as a member of special
review or consultation groups for
several institutions, including
Southern Methodist University,
University of South Florida, Uni
versity of Louisville and the
West Virginia Board of Regents
for Higher Education.
The new Texas A&M president
has served as chairman of reac
creditation committees for sev
eral major universities and Bay
lor College of Medicine.
Dr. Williams is married to the
former Miss Margaret Pierce of
Welch, West Virginia. They
have two daughters, Katherine,
20, and Mary, 15.
General Luedecke, a 1932 chem
ical engineering graduate of Tex
as A&M, returned to his alma
mater in 1968 as associate dean
of engineering and engineering
research coordinator. He also
served as associate director of
the university’s Texas Engineer
ing Experiment Station.
The 59-year-old native of El
dorado retired from the Air Force
in 1958 to become general man
ager of the U. S. Atomic Energy
Commission. In 1965, he was
named deputy director of the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory at Cali
fornia Institute of Technology
and is credited with playing a
major role in the renowned space
research program of that facility.
Campus chest
starts drive
The Welfare Committee of the
Student Senate and Alpha Phi
Omega (APO), national service
fraternity, began their annual
Campus Chest fund-raising drive
Thursday.
Campus Chest is a fund set up
to aid A&M students needing
help in an emergency. APO is in
charge of collecting the money,
and the Welfare Committee de
cides how it is spent.
The drive officially began
Thursday afternoon when senior
football players Dave Elmendorf,
Jimmy Sheffield, Jimmy Parker
and Winston Beam each gave
their quarters, becoming the first
to donate to the drive.
Collection barrels for the fund
will be at Kyle Field gates after
home games, beginning with the
Wichita State game Saturday
night, to solicit contributions
from those leaving the game.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
Ags to open season
By CLIFFORD BROYLES
Battalion Sports Editor
A&M’s football season gets
underway Saturday night on Kyle
Field, with the Aggies playing
host to the Wichita State Univer
sity Wheatshockers at 7:30, in
the first look at AstroTurf in a
game in the 41-year-old stadium.
The meeting will be the first
ever between the two teams, with
both looking to the new season
with many sophomores of bright
promise.
Neither team did well in 1969,
the Aggies finishing with a 3-7
season and the Wheatshockers of
the Missouri Valley Conference
2-8.
Only two A&M seniors are
expected to draw starting nods
for the opener, free safety Dave
Elmendorf and left guard Jim
Parker.
That leaves five defensive and
four offensive positions in the
hands of players who lack ex
perience but definitely cannot be
considered unproven in talent.
Sophomores this season — and
there are more listed in the sec
ond unit offense and defense—
ripped off a 4-1 season last year
as freshmen.
Eight of them were named to
All-Southwest Conference as the
Fish dominated the circuit.
Lex James will be the quarter
back, winning his spot last spring.
James passed for 618 yards and
four touchdowns last season. His
work with split ends Hugh Mc-
Elroy and Joey Herr, and tight
ends Homer May and Mitch Rob
ertson, has been a big plus for
A&M football.
Brad Dusek, who played most
of his freshman year as a de
fensive back, quickly took over
the left halfback spot and has
been so impressive that he now
is the first Aggie since Heisman
Trophy winner John David Crow
in 1957 to wear number 44.
Marc Black, junior letterman
at fullback ,returns to give the
Ags meat in the middle. The 6-2,
215-pound bruiser ripped off 255
yards during his sophomore year
as a starter.
Steve Burks will start at right
halfback for the Aggies. Burks
was impressive last fall in limited
duty as the backup man for Larry
Stegent, but moves in as a starter
this season.
Wichita State is led by three
returning lettermen in its back-
field. Fullback Randy Jackson is
being mentioned as a potential
All-American. Bob Renner is back
at quarterback and Tom Owen
returns to the backfield. Sopho
more Marvin Brown also earned
a starting job with his play in
the spring for the Shockers.
Both teams have veteran of
fensive lines with letterman sen
ior Jim Parker and juniors Andy
Philley and Leonard Forey head
ing the list ,and squadman Benny
DeWitt, one of the biggest of
fensive linemen at 6-5, 233, will
step in at left tackle. Sophomore
Mike Park, who came to A&M
without a scholarship, is the
center.
The Wichita line is a mostly
veteran contingent, although two
first-year men will start and one,
center Kim Cocklin, beat out last
year’s center to get his position.
Richard Stines is the other soph
omore and Mike Bruce, Rick
Stephens and Tom Shedden give
Wichita a well balanced group.
Van Odom, defensive right
(See Football, page 5)
against Wichita
Kyle field’s AstroTurf sports a maroon and white emblem, painted Tuesday night.
The artificial turf sees its first game action Saturday night as A&M takes on Wichita
State. (Photo by Steve Bryant)