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fore winter’s chill sets in at Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Wirephoto)
At AAUP-TACT meet
Profs discuss direction
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By PAM TROBOY
ittalion Staff Writer
About 80 faculty members attended a joint
meeting of the Texas Association of College Teachers
[TACT) and Association of University Professors
(AAUP) Thursday night to discuss the future
direction of the A&M faculty.
Richard H. Ballinger, English professor, and Dr.
Manuel M. Davenport, head of the philosophy depart
ment, each made a short statement about the goals of
TACT and AAUP organizations and then answered
questions from the audience.
Davenport said AAUP is a professional society
of 90,000 members which is analgous to the
American Medical Association.
AAUP provides a forum to resolve problems, it
is a means of collective action in the professional
interest and it can advance ideals and standards of
teaching, he said.
Ballinger compared TACT to “water washing
against a rock” and said that the group’s recom
mendations had played an instrumental part in the
de-emphasis of the bonfire and establishment of
coeducation and a non-compulsory corps.
He said however that TACT has accomplished
more in the field of economic interests of Texas
professors than in other areas, but added that the
group’s main goal is the “improvement of higher
education in Texas.”
“TACT is more effective at the state level,” he
said, “but a censure action by the AAUP has a
national onus. TACT is concerned with economic
security while the AAUP has the added concerns of
academic freedom and responsibility.”
Davenport also discussed the possibility of
establishing an all-university faculty council and a
cooperative effort with local students to carry out
national goals of the AAUP.
He said AAUP has stated that students have the
right to invite and hear any speaker they wish, that
student newspapers should be given freedom of the
press and that students should be given due process of
the law in dealings with the university.
Dr. O. D. Butler, head of the Animal Science
Department, questioned whether the local chapter
had approved the organization’s national goals and if
it had, whether the approval was an accurate reflec
tion of faculty opinion at A&M.
Davenport said the local chapter is not required
to accept the national goals on student rights and
there has been no local vote on the subject.
Several other members of the audience asked
the moderators why their discussions did not deal
with the future of the faculty at A&M as advertised,
and they were told that questions from the audience
were to have brought about suggestions.
CC0C to demonstrate at UT antiwar rally
The Campus Committee of a nationwide program of region- ticipants will reassemble under
Concern (CCOC) will participate
in the antiwar demonstration in
Austin on Oct. 31, Public Rela
tions hairman Mike van Bavel
said Thursday.
The demonstration is part of
al protests and Austin is the city
selected for Texas’s rally.
A car caravan will leave the
USDA parking lot on the north
west corner of the campus be
tween 9 and 10 a.m. A&M par-
the A&M banner on the West
Mall at The University of Texas,
van Bavel said.
The march will begin at the
West Mall at 1 p.m. and end with
a rally at the State Capitol.
Civilians to suggest
dorm improvements
By HAYDEN WHITSETT
Battalion News Editor
A committee to make recom
mendations on major renovations
in residence halls will soon be
functioning, Mark Olson, presi
dent of the Civilian Student
Council (CSC), told the CSC last
night.
The Environmental Study Com
mittee has asked that hall pres
idents turn in the recommenda
tions to the committee before
Tuesday. Repainting, cracked
walls, broken furniture and other
related subjects are considered
major problems.
The committee will put the rec
ommendations in written form
and then submit them to the “ap
propriate authorities”. The rec
ommendations will be “very
strongly worded,” Olson said.
Hall presidents should check
their dorms before turning in the
recommendations so that nothing
Ex-POW to speak
Tuesday at MSC
North Vietnam treatment of
prisoners of war will be discussed
here Tuesday by Air Force Maj.
Fred N. Thompson, F-100 pilot
shot down, captured and held
prisoner in Hanoi.
The 8 p.m. Great Issues Pres
entation will be in the Memorial
Student Ballroom, announced
Chairman James W. (Rip) Rus
sell of Annandale, Va.
Thompson, now special assist
ant for prisoner of war affairs in
the casualty branch of the USAF
Personnel Center, Randolph
AFB, was brought here through
efforts of organizations working
for POW freedom.
The local group, chaired by
Mrs. Al Meyer, will have a booth
at the Great Issues presentation
for distribution of petitions and
addresses of world leaders to
whom they should be sent.
Mrs. Meyer’s husband is one of
three known A&M former stu
dents who are POWs. Eleven are
listed as missing in action.
Thompson, 34, entered the Air
Force in 1956 after attending the
University of South Carolina.
Commissioned and awarded navi
gator wings at Harlingen AFB,
he served in the Strategic Air
Command as KC-97 and KC-135
navigator six years.
He entered pilot training at
Williams AFB, Ariz., in 1963, in
structed at Reese AFB and took
F-100 flight training at Cannon
AFB, N. M.
In 1967, he was assigned to
Bien Hoa Air Base, Vietnam, as
an F-100 fighter pilot flying tac
tical air missions. He transferred
to Phu Cat Air Base and served
there until he was shot down in
March, 1968, 65 miles north of
the demilitarized zone in North
Vietnam.
He was captured and held pris
oner in Hanoi until August, 1968.
Before his capture, the Char
lotte, N. C., native was awarded
the Silver Star and Distinguished
Flying Cross. He had flown 263
combat sorties, 23 of them over
North Vietnam.
Since returning to duty, he has
been at Luke AFB, Ariz., and at
tended the Air Command and
Staff College at Maxwell AFB,
Ala. He was assigned to Ran
dolph upon graduation last June.
The public-free Great Issues
presentations are supported by
patronage subscription. Persons
interested in contributing are
asked to contact Russell at 845-
1515.
Warm weather
predicted for
game in Waco
Indian summer-type weather
lasting about a week will keep
Baylor Stadium turf in shape for
the Texas Aggies’ gridiron clash
with the Bears Saturday.
“We’re in a stagnant weather
situation,” commented Jim
Lightfoot of A&M’s Meteorology
Department weather station.
“Except for a few rainshowers
Friday afternoon, there’s nothing
to interrupt a gradual warming
trend.”
For the 7:30 p.m. Saturday
game, Lightfoot predicted partly
cloudy skies, southwest winds 10
to 15 mph, 50 to 55 per cent rela
tive humidity and 76 degrees at
kickoff, following an afternoon
78 to 80-degree high.
He said there are no fronts ex
pected into the region, except the
remnants of “a weak Pacific
front that will come skittering
through, but we’ll never feel it.”
is left out, Olson said.
Freshmen assistants to the
council were introduced at the
meeting. The assistants are Mar-
gret Caple, Donald Hackler, Mar
vin Bridges, John Cox, and James
Mobley. Four of the freshmen
are to serve as aides to the exec
utive council of the CSC and one
will serve as an aide to Olson.
Also dealing with freshmen,
the Freshmen Orientation Com
mittee has set up a series of CSC
members to help high school stu
dents interested in coming to
A&M. Approximately 35 mem
bers will give prospective stu
dents a tour of the campus and
answer questions any of them
have about A&M.
Olson also explained the struc
ture of the upper echelon of the
civilian bonfire staff to the coun
cil. “I will be in charge of the
operation overall,” he said. “Dave
Gorcyca will be second in com
mand, Tommy Atlee is civilian
stacking area chief, and Mark
Fischer is cutting area chief.”
Much of last year’s staff and
structure of the bonfire has been
cut out, according to Olson.
Rather than seven cutting areas,
as there were last year, there
will be two areas. Many of the
“middle men in the organization”
have also been cut out, Olson
said. “We are hoping to make
the system more efficient,” he
said.
Area chiefs for this year are
Rick Newborn and Barry Reiter.
The council also decided not to
have the Lettermen perform for
Civilian Weekend in March. It
is currently considering approxi
mately 12 other groups and will
vote on the group to perform for
Civilian Weekend at the next
meeting.
Film substituted
in series
Contemporary Arts Committee
Film Series have rescheduled the
Hungarian film “The Red and
the White” which was to he
shown tonight. “The Cranes Are
Flying,” a Russian film, will re
place the Hungarian effort,
which was lost in the mail.
The 1957 Cannes Film Festi
val awarded “The Cranes Are
Flying” the Grand Prix Award
tonight
for best director and a gold palm
for best actress.
The film deals with the lives of
two lovers caught in the turmoil
of World War II.
The film will be shown in the
Memorial Student Center Ball
room at 8 p.m. Admission is by
season ticket only. These tickets
may he purchased at the door.
$500 stolen from Hart student;
fund set up to replace money
A financial fund has been es
tablished for a freshman who had
$500 stolen from his Hart Hall
room Wednesday.
Sophomore Larry Stone of Hart
J-10 is coordinating the fund
drive.
Stone said John Harold
Stephens, a resident of Hart J-2,
received a $500 loan from the
Student Loan Office Wednesday
afternoon. Stephens cashed the
check at the Fiscal Office about
4:30 p.m., and returned to his
room with the money in his bill
fold.
The Crockett chemistry major
left his room to play football.
When he returned the billfold
was gone, Stone reported.
“Because of the ruthless action
of some despicable individual,
Harold is now without the money
that he needed to insure the con
tinuance of his education at
A&M,” Stone declared.
Students who wish to aid
Stephens can bring the money
to Hart Hall rooms J-10 and J-ll
or mail the contribution to Larry
Stone, Box 198, College Station.
Stone also urged the thief to
return the money, calling the
theft a “disgusting act.”
Univeristy Police said they
want to conduct an investigation,
but Stephens had not been in
to give them details Friday
morning. The Hart Hall resident
advisor reported the theft to the
police.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
The inquiring Battman
Should the annual bonfire continue in its present form?
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Terry Hendrickson
freshman
Yes, definitely. It is ail event
that requires participation by all
Members of the campus commu
nity and enhances a wonderful
tradition of school spirit.”
B. Elliot
graduate
“I think there should
bonfire.”
be
no
William T. Clemons
sophomore
“I don’t see why not as long
as the wood used is given up
willingly.”
Wayne Raasch
junior
“Yes. I’m no ecology feind. I
don’t think we have to worry
about trees disappearing from
this area because of our bon
fire. In a few decades there
might be some problem.”
Leon Dreyfus
junior
“I see nothing wrong with a
bonfire except the traditional pro
cedure of cutting and burning
trees older than most of the
people. This is not caused by any
personnal attraction to any tree
in general. Rumor has it, though,
that there are not too many left
to waste.”
Dub Newberg
freshman
“Yes, the bonfire is the symbol
of Texas A&M’s spirit and is a
tradition that has been carried on
for many years.”
Richard Houser
freshman
“The arguments on both sides
are logical; however, the efficient
cutting of the trees involves sci
entific selection and I doubt that
such action is taken. We might as
well burn lumber from old houses.
They’re useless otherwise, but
trees photosynthesize.” Photos by
Patrick Fontana)