Battalion
Partly
cloudy,
warmer
THURSDAY — Partly cloudy
to cloudy. Afternoon thunder
showers. High temperature 89.
low 72.
FRIDAY — Partly cloudy to
cloudy. Afternoon thunder
showers. High temperature 89,
low 72.
Wednesday, September 29, 1971 845-2226
Draft extension
signed into law
for two years
ROBOT FIREMAN, powered by tank-like tracks and chemicals or MACE for crowd control. A passing fireman
note control, has been designed to get up close to fires called out, “Does that damn thing have a union card?”
lere men cannot go. It can be loaded with fire fighting (AP Wirephoto)
V SCOPE
3icycJ.es, Bonfire being studied
icycles and bonfires set the
e for the range of environ-
ital issues to be undertaken
SCOPE, A&M’s student coun-
on pollution and environment,
semester at the organiza-
’s first meeting Tuesday
it.
Deals concerning environmen-
problems can get so big and
npleted sometimes that you al-
it get lost trying to figure out
at needs to be done first and
to convince to do it,” said
eve Esmond, president of
OPE.
COPE began outlining proj-
i planned for this semester,
nmittees have been formed to
idle such areas as: local water
lution problems, legislative
blems encountered in ecology,
iThe Student Senate has helped
ckoff the Campus Chest drive
: donating $500 to the fund.
pie Alpha Phi Omega frater-
|y, a service organization, will
pet the drive. APO will place
Irrels at the gates of Kyle Field
Wes Scholar
pplications now
pen to students
Applications for Rhodes Scho-
Iship are now available from
r. Richard Ballinger in room
k-C of the Academic building.
•Applications are due by Oct. 11.
[To be eligible the candidate
mst be single, between the ages
18 and 24, male, and a junior
tademically.
|The scholarship is for two years
• the University of Oxford in
ngland.
|Thirty-two scholarships are as-
S?ned annually to the United
jates.
A&M candidates will go through
I initial screening with Dr. Bal-
llger who will then recommend
[candidate to the Academic vice-
fesident.
[The state selection committee
fill then meet to select the nomi-
ee from Texas. From there the
minee will go to one of eight
strict selection committees who
11 select the final four to be
hodes Scholars.
inking is a pleasure at First
ank & Trust.
the bonfire issue, solid waste
problems, the overpopulation is
sue, and the bicycle problems here
on campus.
Currently, SCOPE is planning
to study the Hensel Park oil pits,
which have lately become a prob
lem. Old oil, in the past, has
been dumped out of the barrels
into the nearby creek, polluting
it. Most problems up to date
have been caused by improper
use of the facility. SCOPE plans
to study ways to improve the oil
pits where they can be operated
without detriment to the environ
ment.
A legislative committee is be
ing formed by students interested
in studying local city ordinances
and state laws dealing with many
environmental issues. They will
to collect donations during the
Cincinnati game.
The fraternity plans to have
dorm campaigns and the ugliest
senior and Miss Campus Chest
contests to help raise funds.
The Campus Chest is called “an
association of Aggies for Aggies”
by Jimmy Griffith, the Welfare
Chairman of the Student Senate.
It is designed to help A&M stu
dents who have suffered a finan
cial calamity. Requests made by
LOS ANGELES bP) — The de
fense and prosecution rested
their cases Tuesday in the trial
of Charles “Tex” Watson, the
last defendant charged in the
Sharon Tate murders.
Superior Court Judge Adolph
Alexander said the trial will re
sume Thursday with closing arg
uments in the nine-week-long
trial.
Watson, 25, has pleaded inno
cent and innocent by reason of
insanity to charges that he took
part in the murders of Miss Tate
and six others in August 1969.
Much of the trial has centered
on psychiatric testimony from de
fense and prosecution witnesses
concerning the defendant’s abili
ty to premeditate murder.
Witnesses for the state said
that Watson had faked mental
illness last year when extradited
to California from Texas. He was
judged a human -vegetable” last
fall and committed to Atascadera
State Hospital until capable of
standing trial.
be studied to determine if and to
what extent they are being vio
lated. Open burning of trash,
various means of handling solid
waste disposal, and the question
of recycling many reusable ma
terials will be investigated.
The question of the annual bon
fire will also be covered by
SCOPE this year. A study of the
history of the bonfire and its con
tributions to A&M will be added
to the survey of the problems
caused by the excess cutting of
so many trees in the B-CS area.
A survey will be made of the old
cutting areas of past bonfires to
determine damage, if any, that
has been done. Students will con
sider the effects of the past bon
fires on current land use, soil
erosion, vegetation, remaining
students are not limited to any
particular problems.
Milton Nielsen, president of
Alpha Phi Omega, thanked Sharp
for getting the service organiza
tion drive underway.
Last year the Campus Chest
paid fees for the rest of a semes
ter for a foreign student who had
his money stolen. Some students
received flowers for funerals
while others were aided by paying
medical bills.
Taking the stand Tuesday for
the second time in the trial, Wat
son said the reason for hijs
strange behavior in jail before
being committed was because he
“felt like a monkey.”
He said he was mistreated in
Los Angeles County Jail. “I just
flipped out in my cell and felt
like a monkey, and they tied me
to a bed,” he said.
Manson and three female co
defendants have been convicted
and sentenced to death in the
Tate-LaBianca murders. During
their trial, the prosecution said
Manson engineered the murders
and Watson was his lieutenant
who carried them out. Miss Tate
and four others were slain at her
Benedict Canyon home Aug. 7.
Leno and Rosemary LaBianca,
wealthy market owners, were
killed the following night.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
logs, and general ecology of the
area affected by the bonfire.
“Bicycles have become a very
important part of the campus
traffic,” Esmond said, “and we
think it is necessary to consider
them in future campus planning.”
A special committee has been
set up by SCOPE this year to
conduct a study of bicycles on the
A&M campus. A survey will be
conducted concerning the approx
imate number of persons who own
bicycles and use the bicycle racks
located around buildings on cam
pus. Recommendations will be
made for future additional racks.
Another study will include plans
for future bicycle ramps and
lanes that are needed to minimize
hazards to both cyclist and pe
destrians. Plans will be coordi
nated with landscape architects.
Even new bicycle rack designs
will be considered.
SCOPE is handling any en
vironmental problem that stu
dents are interested in solving.
Students interested in joining
SCOPE or working on any par
ticular committee can attend the
next club meeting, Oct. 12, in
Room 3D, of the Memorial Stu
dent Center at 7:30.
WASHINGTON (A>) — Presi
dent Nixon signed Tuesday the
bill extending the military draft
until June 30, 1973. But he froze
until Nov. 13 a $2.4-billion mili
tary pay raise included in the
measure.
The act, passed Sept. 21 by
Congress after a five-month bat
tle, contains the largest military
pay raise in history and authority
for Nixon to order an end to de
ferments for college undergrad
uates, effective with this year’s
entering freshmen.
The president had said he will
use the authority to end under
graduate deferments.
The $2.4 billion pay raise in
the bill, was to have taken effect
Oct. 1.
The measure also includes a
statement calling on President
Nixon to terminate U. S. oper
ations in Indochina “at the earl
iest practicable date”—the diluted
version of iSenate Democratic
Leader Mike Mansfield’s Senate-
passed amendment for total U. S.
withdrawal in nine month if
American prisoners are freed.
Other main provisions of the
draft extension measure include:
—A ceiling on draftees of 130,-
000 in the fiscal year ending June
30, 1972, and 140,000 in the year
ending June 30, 1973.—An aut
horization for armed forces man
power of 2,553,409 men in the
current fiscal year.—Two years’
alternative service for conscien
tious objectors, under direct juris
diction of the Selective Service
System’s national headquarters.
—A limit of 20 years on service
on a local draft board with boards
required to reflect racial and
religious breakdowns of their
communities.
In a statement issued in con
nection with the signing, Nixon
said the new legislation is “a
significant step toward an all
volunteer armed force as it
remedies the long-standing in-
Changes in the procedure of
Midnight Yell Practice have been
announced by Jimmy Ferguson,
head yell leader.
The changes deal with the
route of march of the band, the
people allowed on the track, and
the use of a sound truck.
The increased number of peo
ple attending yell practice, con
struction on campus, and acts of
vandalism were given as reasons
for the changes.
The route of the band in get
ting to Kyle Field has been
changed to a straight march
down Joe Routt Blvd. to Kyle
Field. This change was made be
cause construction on campus had
partially blocked several of the
old lines of march.
The yell leaders and mascot
equities in military pay for the
lower grades.”
While the President made the
military pay raises subject to the
present freeze, the White House
said they would take effect on
Nov. 13.
But press secretary Ronald L.
Ziegler said this should not be
considered as a precedent for
what will happen in the second
phase of the President’s economic
stabilization effort.
handlers, as well as some student
guards, will be the only persons
allowed on the track and field.
The band will take its place in
the Kyle Field stands.
A sound truck will also be on
hand to help the yell leaders be
heard and to bring more organi
zation to yell practice.
The main gates of Kyle Field
will now be open at 10:30 p.m.
the night of the yell practice.
The changes came from the
Yell Leader and Bonfire Commit
tee. Those on the committee are
Ferguson, Bill Shaw of the Civi
lian Student Council, Jack Carey
of the Corps, Marvin Tate from
the Athletic department, Sanders
Letbetter of the Memorial Stu
dent Center, and Malon Suther
land of the Commandant’s office.
Defense, prosecution rest case
of last Tate murder defendant
Schreiber says women
have new role in society
“More and more women are do
ing their own thing” said Dean
Schreiber at last night’s meeting
of University Women.
The Dean of women attributed
the changing attitudes to “a gen
eral enlightenment in contempo
rary society which is currently
taking a new look at the status
of women.”
How does this directly pertain
to the University coed at A&M?
The dean encouraged the mem
bers to take a positive outlook
rather than over emphasizing the
inequities that still exist on cam
pus.
“Inequities will always exist in
society. It is up to the women to
accept the responsibilities of their
changing role and seize the op
portunities now open to them.”
Dean Schreiber, quoting from
“Quest for Identity” said “we
must develop a coherent sense of
self.” She added “personal iden
tity must be created by the indi
vidual. Do you know where you
are and where you’re going? In
establishing this meaningful iden-
tity, when faced with decisions
you will know which direction to
choose.”
The seasaw theory which holds
that women must lower them
selves to raise the status of men
was cited by the dean as a pre
valent attitude which was ex
tremely detrimental to the posi
tion of women.
“This is not the case. Men and
women are rather side by side in
a row boat, pulling together to
reach the other side,” said the
(See Schreiber, page 5)
mm
THE TOWN OF LOOKINGGLASS, Ore., Pop. 40, has of-
officially dedicated two new manhole covers donated by a
Eugene, Ore., mining company and the mayor of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, plus a fire plug in the foreground donated
by a San Jose, Calif, fire department. None of the covers
or the fire hydrant have anything to be connected to. The
town’s sole parking meter is at the bottom right. (AP
Wirephoto)
]ampus Chest kicked off
\y $500 Senate donation
Committee revises events
for midnight yell practices