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is Cbc Battalion Vol. 67 No. 53 Cold and rainy College Station, Texas Friday, December 3, 1971 Friday — Cloudy, intermittent light rain. Winds northeasterly 5-8 mph. High 53°, low 42°. Saturday — Cloudy. Winds northerly 5-8 mph. High 56°, low 45°. 845-2226 Additional members proposed for board A resolution calling for the placing of two students and two faculty non-voting members on the Board of Directors was tabled Thursday night at the Student Senate meeting. The proposal, made by Mark Blakemore (Geo), called for the placement of the presidents of the Graduate Student Council and the Student Senate and for the presi dent and vice president of the Faculty Senate on the board. In the case of the two student representatives they would be Kon Thomas, GSC president, and John Sharp, senate president. Currently, there is no Faculty Senate. The formation of a Faculty Senate is being studied by the university. The resolution also asks that the board seek a legal opinion from the state attorney general if there is any uncertainty on the board’s part about the legality of permitting such representation. The resolution notes that Gov. Preston Smith supports ex-officio students on the Board of Direc tors, that students are on the board at Southern Methodist Uni versity and that 105 universities have some form of faculty or stu dent representation. Burton Hermann, a graduate student doing a dissertation on students on the board of directors at different universities, appear ed to present his views to the sen ate in a question session. Randy Ross, Welfare chairman of the senate, asked Hermann a series of questions that was prob ably responsible for the tabling of the issue. The idea was well received un til Hermann compared the mem bers of the board to Gov. Smith. Following that, the meeting dis solved into general laughter. “I mean in political thinking, not personality,” Hermann said, quickly qualifying his statement. Ross also asked if A&M stu dents could effectively represent students in the whole of the A&M system such as those at Prairie View. Hermann replied that any stu dent representation would be bet ter than what A&M students now have. John Sharp said that he was against voting on the resolution until more time had been spent considering it. Dick Zepeda, grad uate representative, said that the GSC had also tabled the motion. The Student Senate passed a resolution calling for a Dead Week to be instituted for finals next semester. The Dead Week is to be the five class days prior to the first day of final exams. No exams ex cept finals in one hour courses, make-up exams and optional ex ams will be given during Dead Week. The resolution also called for no papers of any type to be as signed during Dead Week though papers assigned earlier may be due. Students are also required to attend all classes. The proposal must now go to the Academic Council, its execu tive committee, and the Presi dent’s Office. The senate also reviewed the football game ticket cost debate by passing, 47-28, a resolution to be sent to the Southwest Con ference Committee asking that student guest tickets, which would be limited to one, cost $3. They currently cost $6, a mini mum price set by the SWC. The resolution was opposed by J. P. Booth (Sr-Eng) who object ed on two counts. Booth said that the reduction would mean a $10,- 800 average loss to the Athletic Department — which is barely breaking even now. He also said that such a change must be placed on the SWC agenda to be regard ed and that sending the resolution to the SWC would not get it on. Sam Drugan (Sr-Sci) said that the price cut may mean a cut in the emphasis placed on intercol legiate sports at A&M, an altern ative he didn’t reject. Another senator also pointed out that the drop in price could be offset by an increase in volume brought on by the lower price. The Senate also moved to es tablish a contract with University Products, a Chicago firm, to sup ply refrigerators to approved dorms on a rent or buy basis. The refrigerators would rent at $20 a semester and $40 a year. A $10 deposit would be required but would be refundable. The refrigerators will be rented to the Senate at $30 a year. The $10 will be used to pay the staff to administer the machines and to be used as senate funds. A student hired on a commis sion basis will supply repairs and collect and rent the machines. The group also passed a resolu tion authorizing a $3.50 increase in the fall 1972 building use fee if enough funds are not available to complete the soon to be started Student Health Center. The resolution emphasized that the senate would be opposed to the increase unless it was a last Mutscher bribery venue change to trial is given city of'Abilene AUSTIN OP)— House Speaker Gus Mutscher’s bribery trial was moved Thursday from Austin to Abilene, where the defense hopes it will start in February or March. It took District Judge Tom Blackwell less than 10 minutes to transfer the case because of ex tensive news coverage in the Aus tin area. IARGE UMBRELLAS AND WARM CLOTHING come in handy during the cooler months »the year. Not even Thursday’s driving rain dampened the determination of this A&M dass-goer. Late-night studying for upcoming finals may take its toll on the enthusiasm. (Photo by Joe Matthews) tental health benefit Cadets play in Elephant Bowl JOHN CURYLO Contributions from next Tues- tys Elephant Bowl football f" 16 ’ Maturing seniors in the wps Of Cadets, will be donated J the Brazos County Mental Mth Association. The game, scheduled for Kyle 16 i pits Army cadets against T Force cadets in a full-speed, Wessionally officiated contest. Che Brazos County Mental Draft Health Association has been func tioning since the end of the sum mer, but it has gotten into full operation just recently. The pur pose of the organization is to provide care to anyone with a mental illness. Among the services it gives are 24-hour-a-day in-patient care, group therapy and individual therapy. In the immediate future is a halfway house for young status talk held for students Question-answer session for e? e and area high school stu- n s concerned about their draft be held Thursday at Conducted by the Military Sci- " ce Department, the Dec. 9 ee ln & will begin at 5 p.m. in ^ ms 210 and 211 of the Mili- CnT ® c * ence Annex, announced . Thomas R. Parsons. «. n ^, student uncertain about ec Mve Service or draft mat- Walaureate list for fall candidates "'ill be publicized * list of fall baccalaureate 'dates who have completed academic requirements for ?rees will be posed in the Rich- Coke Building Dec. 9. The j^ rees be conferred on Dec. ( P an( ^dates are urged to con- the list to determine their ,k atua. University National Bank Un the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. ters will be welcome, the conn mandant added. He indicated that few college students know they do not now automatically receive II-S stu dent deferment upon enrollment. The new law applies to all stu dents who enrolled after June 1, 1971. “Students who entered college before June 1 will retain a II-S deferment as long as they com plete 25 per cent of a four-year academic curriculum each year, or 20 per cent of a five-year cur riculum annually,” Colonel Par sons said. Some summer enrollees re ceived II-S because university and draft board officials were not sure of provisions of the new law. These deferments will be withdrawn at the end of the cur rent semester. Parsons noted that students most vulnerable to the draft are those classified I-A, hold lottery numbers from 1 to 125, in First Priority Selection Group and have been found physically and mentally qualified for service. For those interested, the Army and Air Force ROTC programs and their relationship to the draft will be explained at the meeting. adults, slated for opening Jan. 1. This project would involve oc cupational and recreational activ ities, such as basket weaving, arts and crafts, leatherwork and vol leyball. As in all of the services of the association, there will be no stipulations or conditions for prospective patients to meet. The staff of the organization includes psychiatrists, psycholo gists, therapists, secretaries and clerks. Represented by Bob Coop er, the group serves seven coun ties. The goal of the football partici pants is to raise $1,000 for the charity. Admission to the 7:30 contest is 50 cents. “If we can turn over this much to the association, it will be doubly good,” explained Tommy Potthoff, one of the cadets in charge of the game. “Any funds donated to them are matched federally, so we want to give them all we can.” The Army team is coached by Tom Burnett, Ozzie Burke and Brooks Doughtie, while the Air Force is under the direction of John Kimbrough, Stan Friedli and Leonard Legge. The cadets are using the equipment of the A&M varsity. Other coordinators of the game, in addition to Potthoff, are Larry Gallego, Jan Bertholf, John Hob son and Mike Weynand. Blackwell said he thought Mut scher and two other defendants could get a fair jury in Austin but because of the widespread news coverage, “I think it is in cumbent on the judge to trans fer it.” Both sides asked that the trial site be changed—the defense be cause of news coverage, and the prosecution because of “combina tions and influences in favor of the accused.” Blackwell specifically took is sue with the “combinations and influences” argument, saying with a smile he was sure Dist. Atty. Bob Smith put that phrase in merely to follow the language of the law on changing a trial site. Smith stared expressionless at the judge. The district attorney had said in his motion to transfer the trial that a defense affidavit signed by 25 prominent Austin citizens, including four powerful lobbyists, Special tickets are available for Dixon’s GI performance “leaves no doubt as to the power ful combinations and influences aligned against the state prose cution in Travis County.” He also said Mutscher’s refusal to resign as speaker left him in a position to exercise a “guillo tine threat of raw power” over a large segment of potential jurors —state employees—because of his influence on appropriations. The case and all pre-trial motions were transferred to the court of Judge Neil Daniel, but defense lawyer Frank Maloney said that did not necessarily mean Daniel would try it. The judge could give it to another district court in Abilene, Maloney said. Mutscher is accused of taking a bribe from Houston promoter Frank Sharp in return for pass age of two banking bills in 1969. Mutscher also is charged to gether with his aide, Rush Mc- Ginty, and Rep. Tommy Shannon of Fort Worth with conspiracy to accept a bribe. Maloney said he would file a motion for a speedy trial in Abi lene. The Austin trial was to have begun Jan. 10. Maloney said he doubted the trial could sart that soon in Abilene. But he hoped it could get underway in February or March. Newsmen had been subpoenaed “duces tecum” — requiring them to bring their news records with them. Smith and Maloney said they were satisfied with Abilene as a trial site. “Abilene is as good a place to try it as Houston or Dallas or El Paso,” Smith said, rattling off several other names. Maloney said Abilene has a less-crowded docket and “good judges.” The law requires that a case be transferred to an adjacent county unless it can be shown that the same news coverage “contaminated” those counties. Maloney called upon Smith to stipulate that counties around Austin had been contaminated, and smith went along with the stipulation “without agreeing with the motion by the defend ant.” Mutscher is the highest state official to face criminal charges since Gov. Jim Ferguson was im peached in 1917. Special ticket availability for Jeane Dixon’s presentation Wed nesday at A&M has been an nounced by Great Issues. The noted prophetess and as trology column writer will be pre sented by Great Issues at 8 p.m. Dec. 8 in G. Rollie White Coli seum, chairman Sam Drugan said. Area patrons will be able to get tickets at $1 each Saturday and Tuesday in five commercial es tablishments, indicated Tom Cone of the Memorial Student Center committee. Great Issues personnel will have ticket booths at two Piggly Wiggly Supermarkets, Manor East Mall, Weingarten’s and Bryan Safeway. Booths will be operated from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 2 to 6 p.m. Tues day, Cone said. Mrs. Dixon is famous for ac curate predictions of coming events. Her Wednesday topic will be “The Future.” Harrington to be presented Distinguished Alumni Award Dr. M. T. Harrington, president emeritus of A&M, has been named recipient of the institution’s Dis tinguished Alumni Award. Announcement of the award was jointly made by Dr. Jack K. Williams, A&M president, and Leslie L. Appelt of Houston, pres ident of the university’s Associa tion orf Former Students. Dr. Harrington will be pre sented the award at mid-term commencement exercises Dec. 11. Dr. Williams noted that date has been designated “M. T. Har rington Day” at A&M. Dr. Har rington will deliver the com mencement address, participate in commissioning ceremonies and be honored at a special Corps of Cadets review. Dr. Harrington is the thirty- fourth man to receive the award since it was initiated by the uni versity and its alumni associa tion in 1962. “The Distinguished Alumni Awards do more than recognize these men of achievement,” Dr. Williams noted. “They present evidence of the effectiveness of A&M’s role in higher education to the people of Texas and the nation.” Dr. Harrington, who retired Sept. 30, was named president of the university in 1950. In 1953 he was named chancellor of the A&M University System, the position he held until 1965 when he became coordinator of programs for the system’s Office of International Programs. He joined the faculty as a chemistry instructor in 1924 and has held all academic ranks on the teaching staff. He was named dean of arts and sciences in 1947 and dean of the college in 1949. BASKETBALL SEASON BEGAN last night with the open ing tipoff between the Aggies’ Jeff Overhouse (50) and John Agan (15) of Texas Wesleyan College. A&M got off to a good start, beating the Rams, 96-72. They continue the campaign with Western Louisiana State Saturday and Tulsa Monday. (Photo by Joe Matthews)