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y. .. . ■ • • "'V -.y •- • .••lyy '.v.;... • is Warm with light wind, some clouds Vol. 66 No. 18 College Station, Texas Wednesday, September 30, 1970 Thursday clear to partly cloudy. Winds southerly 9-10 mph. High 84 degrees, low 59 degrees. Friday partly cloudy. Winds southerly 10-12 mph. High 86 degrees, low 64 degrees. Ann Arbor, Michigan—Cloudy, rain, southwesterly winds 15-20 mph. 64 degrees. 845-2226 Computer expansion aids students in 85 courses By PAM TROBOY Battalion Staff Writer Students can now solve com plex problems, which might other wise take hours to complete, in a matter of seconds. The magic formula for these shortcuts lie in the IBM 360/65 Computer housed in the Data Processing Center (DPC). Student use of computers is not new at A&M, but it has been greatly expanded this year by the creation of the Remote Comput ing Center (RCC) on the second floor of the old library, according to Robert Bower Jr., director of the DPC. The center is open to all stu dents enrolled in a course utiliz ing a computer, he said. “More and more students are enrolled in these courses,” Bower said. “At least 85 courses use a computer in class work and a par ticularly large number of fresh men and sophomores are using our facilities. GREAT SAVINGS PLAN m»de even better by new legal rates at FIRST BANK & TRUST. Adv. “Our policy has always been to give the students a fair shake at getting at the computer,” he said. “At some universities stu dents get the last crack at the machine.” He said the DPC formerly sponsored a “Happy Hour” from 7 to 10 p.m. on weekdays to give students a chance to run short jobs and receive the results in a short time. “Happy hour was always very hectic with a large number of students converging on the DPC,” he said. “We are now able to offer a continuous happy hour by providing essentially instan taneous turnaround to core resi dent WATFIV users. The longest a student will have to wait for an answer is three minutes.” The DPC’s development of a core resident WATFIV compiler made this fast turnaround pos sible, Bower said. Ninety per cent of student problems involve the use of the computer language FORTRAN, an acronym for formula trans lator, he said. The University of Waterloo developed an improved version of FORTRAN known as WATFIV. A&M also uses WAT FIV in its computer. Bower said the computer is handling 2,200 jobs a day now and is expected to handle 3,000 a day before the end of the se mester. The computer processes up to five jobs concurrently, one with the core resident WATFIV that is always available for stu dent problems. The RCC is connected to the DPC by an underground cable, he said. It is equipped with 18 key punch machines, a 1,000 card per minute card reader and a 1,100 lines per minute printer. An operator to load cards and tear output is always on duty and a computer science graduate student maintains a help desk 6:30-10:30 p.m. Undergraduate students must use the RCC, Bower said, and graduate students and faculty members may use either the RCC or DPC. The RCC is open week days, 7:30 a.m.-2 a.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; and Sunday, 1 p.m.- 7 p.m. Board lets contracts totaling $13.7 million Construction contracts totaling $13.7 million were awarded Tues day by the Board of Directors. Majority of the awards were for new facilities at Prairie View A&M College. The board also sold revenue bonds valued at $11.5 million to finance the Prairie View proj ects. First National Bank and associates of Dallas purchased an $11 million series at an effective interest rate of 8.13893 percent. The $50,000 issue was sold to Bank of the Southwest, National Association, of Houston at an effective rate of 5.9568 percent. Other board action included appointment of a vice president and three deans at Tarleton State College as part of an aca demic reorganization program proposed by Dr. W. O. Trogdon, the school’s president. Dr. Joseph W. Autry was named Tarleton’s first vice presi dent in addition to continuing to serve as dean of instruction. Drs. Robert C. Fain, Leo C. Purvis and Jesse L. Tackett were named deans of new schools of Arts and Sciences, Education and Agricul ture and Business. All three men currently serve as department heads and will continue with joint appointments. Acting A&M President A. R. Luedeke was appointed a system councilor for the Texas A&M Re search Foundation, which admis- ters a large portion of the insti tution’s research activities. Largest of the awards was $3,- 800,000 to H. A. Lott Inc. of 10-degree dip average during coming month That nip in the air these early mornings in College Station and Bryan is for real. Texas A&M meteorologist John F. Griffiths pointed out that the area experiences a general cooling of about 10 degrees during Octo ber. “The October maximum tem perature decreases from 87 to 77 degrees while the minimum goes (See 10-degree, page 2) Houston for the dining hall and kitchen. Lott also won a $2,- 490,000 contract to build a men’s residence hall. B-F-W Construction Co. of Temple received a $2,860,000 con tract for a women’s residence hall. W. E. Kutzschbach Co. of Bry an was awarded a $913,653 con tract for utilities expansion at Prairie View. A $224,575 con tract went to Aircontrol Associ ates Inc. of Houston for air-con ditioning the school’s administra tion and education buildings. B-F-W also won a $3,200,000 By BILL GOULD Battalion Staff Writer A student who has been sus pended or dismissed from the University for disciplinary rea sons now may appeal that deci sion to the Disciplinary Appeals Panel, according to a new policy approved late last summer by A group of Texas A&M stu dents who aided an auto accident victim while on their way back from the LSU football game are being sought so the victim and his family can say thanks. Student Affairs Director Don R. Stafford said Karl Armentor Sr. called his office last Thurs day seeking information. Armen tor gave Stafford the following details: —His son, Karl Jr., was in jured two miles north of Port Barre, La., about 11 a.m. Sun day, Sept. 20, when a purple Volkswagen was struck from the rear by a truck on Hwy. 190. —First on the scene was a car load of Aggies, and Karl Jr. said they quickly took charge. He be lieved the Aggie leader also was contract to build an annex to the chemistry building at Texas A&M. Two Abilene firms won con tracts for projects at Tarleton State. Batjer and Associates, Inc., received a $107,550 award to air-condition the school’s agri culture building. B. D. Click Co., Inc., was awarded a $28,861 con tract for a fire protection project involving four dormitories. The board also appropriated $229,000 for nine other projects. Included were $70,000 for de tailed design of an office tower and classroom annex; $50,000 for the University Executive Com mittee, Student Body President Kent Caperton said Monday. The panel consists of seven members appointed by the presi dent of the university. Members must include one from the Aca demic Council, four from the tenured faculty, and two from the named Karl. —The injured man was bleed ing severely and in shock, but the Aggies stopped the bleeding, wrapped him in a blanket and then rode with Karl Jr. to the hospital. Nobody took names. The father and son are seek ing assistance in locating the A&M students. Anyone with in formation is asked to contact Stafford. The Armentors want to come to Texas A&M to personally thank the students. Karl Jr. is a resident advisor at LSU. His injuries included a broken shoulder, lacerations and internal injuries. Stafford said Karl Jr. was pro gressing satisfactorily at the time of the father’s call. a utility requirement study; $24,- 000 to renovate a plant sciences classroom damaged by fire; $6,000 for preliminary design, renova tion of Sbisa Dining Hall base ment; and $5,000 for preliminary design, forestry field laboratory, Also $30,000, preliminary de- all at Texas A&M. sign, new classroom building at Tarleton; $25,000, new bus for Prairie View A&M; $14,000, de tailed design, agricultural re search and extension center at San Angelo; $5,000, detailed design, poultry disease labora tory at Gonzales. student body, both of whom must be elected office holders, Caperton explained. The dean of students and mem bers of his staff are not eligible for the panel. Any student who wants to ap peal suspension or dismissal must file a written request for a re view. He will be notified, in writing, by the panel of the time and place of the review, and must be informed of his right to counsel. The student may present evi dence in his behalf, including witnesses and data. After ex amining all pertinent informa tion, the panel will decide and notify the student in writing. This decision will be final, Caperton said, and not subject to appeal to any administrative of ficial of the University. “I think the Disciplinary Ap peals Panel encompasses most of the basic changes approved by last year’s Student Senate,” Caperton said. “It offers student input into the decision-making policy; it establishes the right to due proc ess; and it separates those who make disciplinary policies from those who enforce them,” he added. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. Panel allow students disciplinary appeals Victim searching for Ags’ names i Ag Sweetheart to be chosen from nine finalists Sunday Mary Amy x By SUE DAVIS Battalion Staff Writer The Aggie Sweetheart of 1970- 71 will be chosen from the nine finalists on Sunday. The winner will be formally presented Oct. 10 during half time at the A&M- Texas Tech game. Women students of A&M were allowed to apply for the first time this year. One finalist is from A&M and the others attend Texas Woman’s University (TWU). The finalists will check into the Memorial Student Center at 11 p.m. on Saturday to begin a full day of activities. At noon, the girls will go on a hayride to Hensel Park, where they will at tend a steak fry. Afterwards, they will complete their hayride with a tour of the campus. A dinner honoring the finalists will be held in the MSC at 6:30 that evening. At 8:30 the girls will make a grand entrance in their formals. A dance will be the final event of the night. Each member of the Selection Committee will have three dances with each finalist. After the dance, the committee will have their first caucus. Sunday morning will begin with a coffee at 7:30 in the MSC. The girls will then attend special serv ices at All Faiths Chapel at 8:15, followed by breakfast. At 10, the Selection Committee will meet in its final caucus. The winner will be announced as soon as she is chosen, probably close to noon. Mary Amyx is a junior thera peutic recreation major at TWU. She has brown hair and eyes and her hometown is College Station. Sue Binford, junior special edu cation major at TWU, is from Tucson, Arizona. She has brown hair and blue eyes. Houstonian Celeste Brunet has brown hair and eyes. She is a senior nursing major at TWU. A blue-eyed blonde is the only finalist from A&M. Carolyn Haley is a senior chemistry ma jor from Helotes, Texas. Mary Alice Hart is a junior food and nutrition major at TWU. She has brown hair and green eyes and is from Paris, Texas. Phyllis Lapaglia, another blue eyed blonde, is from San Antonio. She is a senior clothing and fashion merchandising major at TWU. Sheryl Mikus, from Houston, is a sophomore social work major at TWU. She has blonde hair and green eyes. Marilyn Jane Osborn, a sopho more speech major at TWU, has brown hair and hazel eyes. Her hometown is Dallas. Freida Steele is a junior special education major at TWU. She has blonde hair and blue eyes and is from Victoria, Texas. Requirements for Sweetheart were a 2.2 grade average and sophomore classification. Three committees were involved in the selection. A Screening Com mittee chose possible winners from the application and photo graphs. The Interviewing Com mittee talked to each of the girls chosen. The Selection Committee will make the final decision. Members of the Selection Com mittee are: Jim Alexander, com mittee chairman; Leon Brozd, president of Walton Hall; Fritz Koehler, commander of the First Brigade; Dick Miller, commander of F-2; Roger Miller, vice presi dent of the Student Senate; Jim my O’Gibway, public relations chairman of the Student Senate; Mark Olson, president of the Civilian Student Council; Bill Scherle, resident advisor of Fow ler Hall; Ken Shaw, commander of B-l; and Gordon Tilmer, first vice-president of the Civilian Stu dent Council. Frieda Steele Sue Binford Celeste Brunet Jane Haley Mary Alice Hart Phyllis Lapaglia Sheryl L. Mikus Marilyn Osborn * " » < * ‘ -■ ■ * *