i !
■ • :
TAUG
all
Senate asks student, faculty board members
>rey
HAYDEN WHITSETT
Editor
A resolution calling for a stu-
ient and faculty member on the
loard of Directors was passed by
he Student Senate Thursday
light with no debate and only
;wo dissenting votes.
The only words said about the
iroposal made by Mark Blake-
nore (Geosciences) dealt with
hanging the words Student Sen
ate President to Student Body
President. The lack of debate
caught John Sharp, senate presi-
pent, well off guard, giving him
a slightly confused appearance as
he called several times for debate.
R call for the question from sever
al members lead to the vote.
Also passed without debate was
a resolution calling for a letter
a be sent to the Texas Legisla
te supporting a bill creating
positions on state boards for stu
dents and faculty. The bill would
have the same effect as the reso
lution.
The proposed constitution was
also considered at the meeting,
especially the part about appor
tionment.
The only major change dealt
with the apportionment of sena
tors from the Corps of Cadets.
The constitution now call for a
minimum of six representatives
from the Corps of Cadets with
any others to be elected at large.
The others would come from an
increase in the size of the Corps.
The earlier plan called for each
sophomore, junior, and senior
class in the Corps to have an
equal number of senators. Each
class was to have at least two
senators and apportionment was
to be done on a one to 500 ratio.
The problem created came from
the phrase, “an equal number of
senators.” The population would
have had to be increased by 1,500
in the Corps if an equitable in
crease was to take place. Other
wise difficulties would have arose
as soon as the population in
creased or decreased by 500, or
just enough for one senator.
Objecting most strenuously to
both proposals was Bruce Clay,
public relations chairman.
According to population figures,
Clay said, the corps has less than
2,500 members or enough for just
five senators using the one to 500
ratio provided for. Giving the
Corps six senators would lead to
an over representation of one
senator, he said.
Clay also objected to the way
increases would have to be made
by threes every time the popula
tion of the Corps increased.
The reason for this is that
the apportionment to the Corps
of Cadets is made on a class basis,
unlike the civilian representation.
The fact that the corps is struc
tured on a class basis rather than
living area was the reason given
at the meeting for the difference.
If each class was to be repre
sented equally, as had been called
for, the population would have
had to increase by 1,500' before
additions could be made, or each
increase of 500 would have to be
worked out separately.
Clay proposed that instead of
having two members from each
class and the rest elected at
large that the senate should
change it to one representative
from each class with the rest
elected at large.
This would eleminate the prob
lem of one extra senator, Clay
said, plus provide for a class
system and leave it open for ex
pansion in case of population in
creases.
Though initially receiving sup
port, the issue fell by the way-
side when it was pointed out
that tentative forecasts for next
year would probably give civilian
representation an extra as well.
Civilians will probably have ten
or eleven senators.
The reapportionment plan ten
tatively call for civilian represen
tation to be divided between
paired halls! A suggested appor
tionment plan put together by the
constitution committee calls for
the following scheme of represen
tation.
Civilian
Law and Puryear, one; Keath-
ids?
paying
:yholders
ion
policies.
3 r '40
Bryan
742
Cbe Battalion
ley and Hughes, one; Davis-Gary
and Moses, one; Henderson and
Fowler, one; Moore and Crocker,
one; Mclnnis and Schumacher,
one; Walton and Hotard, one;
Leggett and Hart, one; Civilians
in Corps dorms, one; and new
dormitory, two.
Figures used to calculate the
representation are from last se
mester.
Corps
Corps representation would be
two sophomores, two juniors and
two seniors.
Off-Campus
University apartments, two;
and remaining off-campus stu
dents shall elect 16 senators by
classification.
Colleges
The colleges are represented by
50 senators divided up on a per
centage basis.
Cloudy,
still
cold
Agriculture would have nine,
Architecture — three, Business —
four, Education — five, Engineer
ing — 12, Geoscience — two,
Liberal Arts —- five, Science —
six, Veterinary Medicine — four.
Jack Carey (ex-officio-Corps)
said that to treat the Corps by
population representation would
be wrong when in reality it is an
entity of its own. The Corps
should be treated as a whole be
cause it has a policy of its own,
he said.
Carey felt that the best pos
sibility lay with sticking with the
current constitution.
Also questioned at the meeting
was the veto power of the presi
dent over Student Senate legis
lation. According to the constitu
tion the president of the student
body can veto any legislation by
(See Senate, page 2)
Friday — Clear to partly
cloudy. Winds light and variable.
High 48°, low 24°.
Saturday —- Partly cloudy to
cloudy. Southerly winds 10-12
mph. High 56°, low 33°.
Vol. 67 No. 72
College Station, Texas
Friday, February 4, 1972
845-2226
JN AND
lNT
Station
nest
| Luiicfif*
i
-Catfish
igs
s, ,
y Buffet
[ads,
1.79
1*.
lea Foods
-iteaks.
3 Foods.
lay Eve 1 '
Many Indochina MIA’s
are dead, official claims
* n
WASHINGTON (-7P) — A State
Department official acknowledged
Thursday that many Americans
missing in Indochina are dead.
His statement to a House sub
committee drew an angry reac
tion from the mother of a downed
American pilot.
“We recognize, of course, that
many of the men listed as missing
in Indochina are almost certainly
dead,” said William H. Sullivan,
deputy assistant secretary of
State for East Asian and Pacific
affairs.
While cautioning that no one
except the North Vietnamese
really know how many of the over
1,600 military men the United
States says are captured or miss
ing are really' dead, Sullivan said
the government keeps track of
the names of men who are prob
ably dead and notifies their
families.
Pilots in other planes some
times report that no parachute
was opened when a U.S. jet goes
down, and rescue planes some
times find a “high probability”
that a pilot did not survive, Sul
livan said.
Mrs. Donald Shay, of Linthi-
cum, Md., did not dispute that
some of the missing are dead but
said Sullivan’s saying so only
causes more grief for their
families.
Mrs. Shay, mother of Air Force
Capt. Donald Shay Jr. and an
assistant national coordinator of
the National League of American
Servicemen Captured or Missing
in Southeast Asia, called Sulli
van’s remarks “a terrible thing
to say.”
SC ON A delegates appointed
THIS SLUMBERING SEAL has taken advantage of
an
Get the opportunity that most of us rarely have: to get away from
Price, it all. The pseudo-carefree desert island is a metal marker
Thru
buoy floating in the harbor off San Diego, Calif. (AP Wire-
photo)
Of top 78
m A&M’s library 7 5th in rating
^ The A&M Librarv ranks 75th “We are one of the smaller umes. un nearlv 57.000
[TER
:ning
3EEF
M
tut of the top 78 university li-
gg braries in total number of vol
umes, according to a recently
published report by the Associa-
;ion of Research Libraries.
The association annually lists
certain statistics such as the
total number of volumes, num
ber of volumes added, staff, and
tal operating expenses of its
tnembers, which are the 78 larg
est academic libraries in the na-i
tio
‘We are one of the smaller
libraries in the association and
therefore rank near the bottom of
the statistics, but we are in direct
competition with the biggest and
best in the country, like Har
vard,” said Library Director John
B. Smith.
The report is used as a guide
for libraries to make a compari
son between their operation and
others.
This year’s statistics show the
library with 716,260 total vol
umes, up nearly 57,000 from last
year. A&M ranked 71st in total
staff with 111. Total operating
expenses were $1,487,490.
“If we continue to progress at
our present rate, we will move
up considerably in the rating
next year,” said Smith. “But we
can only move up so far. We are
competing with older institutions
who have had strong library pro
grams for many years, some for
over a hundred.”
Other Texas schools in the rat-
4 Hard tru th 9 9 fi Im com ing
%
.L
NG
.ST
A documentary filmed hailed
as “the stinging, hard incredible
truth” will be shown Friday, Feb.
11, at A&M by the Black Aware
ness Committee of the Memorial
Student Center.
“King” is scheduled for 7 p.m.
in the MSC Ballroom, announced
Black Awareness Chairman Mar
vin L. Bridges.
The film is an account of the
activities of the late Dr. Martin
Luther King for equality, justice
and peace. It consists of newsreel
and television footage only. With
out narration or editorial com
ment, the film covers civil rights
campaigns from 1955 to 1968,
beginning with the Montgomery,
Ala., bus boycott that propelled
Dr. King into prominence and
ending with his funeral.
Bridges said area citizens as
well as TAMU students and
faculty-staff are urged to see the
BAC-sponsored film. Tickets are
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
75 cents for students with activ
ity cards and $1 for all others.
Tickets may be obtained at the
Student Program Office in the
MSC, or from Cecil Nutall (845-
5396) or William Grays (845-
5975).
Included in the footage are
lunch counter sit-ins and Freedom
Rides of the ’60s, Birmingham
desegregation struggles met with
police dogs and fire hoses, the
voter registration drive that cul
minated with the Selma March,
Chicago’s open housing campaign,
the nation-wide Poor People’s
Campaign and the Memphis sani
tation workers’ strike.
The “King” soundtrack re-ex
periences his sermons “I Have
A Dream” and “I Have Been to
the Mountain Top.” Music of the
civil rights marchers occupies
much of the track, which includes
voices of the late Mahalia Jack-
son and Odetta.
Continuity is derived from read
ings such as the Bible and Langs
ton Hughes by actors Harry Bela-
fonte, Ruby Dee, Ben Gazzara,
Charlton Heston, James Earl
Jones, Burt Lancaster, Paul New
man, Anthony Quinn, Clarence
Williams III and Joanne Wood
ward.
First shown simultaneously in
300 cities on March 24, 1970,
“King” is the product of a wide
range of contributions. Motion
picture industry leaders donated
facilities and services, all major
newsreel and TV companies do
nated footage, film labs waived
fees, advertising and public re
lations companies contributed
services and owners provided
theaters without cost for the
nation-wide, one-night-only bene
fit. Church groups of all denomi
nations publicized the event and
sold tickets.
Audiences were enthusiastic
and, with rare unanimity, so were
the critics. “King” was nominated
for an Academy Award as the
best documentary of the year.
“If film is a mirror,” Ellen
Holly wrote in the New York
Times, “we should all see it, for,
black or white, we will never look
and see ourselves that beautiful
or that innocent again.”
ings are Texas University and
Rice. Texas ranks 15th in total
volumes with 2,427,062, and 8th
in total expenses with $5,993,720.
Rice has 713,778 volumes rank
ing 76th, and ranks 76th in total
expenses with $1,195,054.
The number one school in the
ratings is Harvard. Harvard’s
total number of volumes is 8,-
451,187. The total expenses were
$8,718,848.
The Association of Research
Libraries is a select group with
membership by invitation only.
A&M has been a member since
1963. The Association does re
search into administration of
large libraries, lobbies for fav
orable legislation and collects
helpful information for its mem
bers in addition to publishing
statistics.
“It is quite an honor for us to
belong to this organization be
cause only the best, most pres
tigious libraries are asked to
join,” commented Smith.
A&M’s 32 delegates to the 17th
Student Conference on National
Affairs (SCONA) have been
named by President Jack K.
Williams.
Selected to represent all class
es, graduate and international
students, the TAMU delegates
will participate with students
from throughout the U. S. in the
Feb. 16-19 conference at the Me
morial Student Center.
Addresses and roundtable ses
sions will deal with social, gov
ernment, economic, business, po
litical, national policy and inter-
Campus TV
to air show
of interviews
Charles W. Powell, new dean
of men, and Toby M. Schreiber,
dean of women, will be inter
viewed on KAMU television Mon
day night.
James P. Hannigan, dean of
students, will introduce the
deans and Barb Sears and Randy
Ross of the Student Senate will
act as interviewers.
The program will be shown on
channel 15-UHF at 8:30.
Emory Bellard, A&M’s new
football coach, is also featured.
He will be interviewed by John
Curylo, Battalion Sports Editor,
and Terry Brown of the Student
Senate.
The program includes a discus
sion of the proposed constitution
by the Student Senate Executive
Committee.
Sid Hughes and Ben Thurman
of the Student Conference on Na
tional Affairs will appear to talk
of the upcoming 17th annual
meeting.
national aspects of “The Impact
of the University.”
Background information is pro
vided delegates through research
reports from the Library of Con
gress.
Among speakers are Senator
John Tower, Joseph P. Cosand of
the Office of Education; “Es
tablishment Maverick” Joseph
Rhodes Jr.; Dr. Lawrence Four-
aker, Harvard business dean, and
Dr. Earl McGrath of Temple Uni
versity.
A&M delegates were selected
through interviews arranged for
the president by Dean of Students
James P. Hannigan.
International student delegates
are Sohail Aslam of West Paki
stan; Fernando Giannetti, Argen
tina; Jibran Hannaney, Iraq;
Brian Marshall, Australia; Ram
Misra, India; Uwe Schulz, Ger
many; Mojtaba Yazdi, Iran, and
Shariq Josufzai, East Pakistan.
Representing TAMU graduate
students are Edwin A. Chauncey,
Lubbock; Ronald V. Crabtree,
Dallas; Glenn E. Head, Richard
son; Ray Quinn, Minneapolis,
Minn., and Esteban Salinas, Wes
laco.
Senior participants are Marla
F. Pollack, Miami Beach, Fla.;
Paul E. Turner, Livingston; Mau
reen Turk, Terre Haute, Ind., and
Thomas P. Vick, Bryan.
Junior delegates to SCONA
XVII are Wayne E. DeVaughn,
Julia A. McCall, Shannon D. Mc
Kinney, Paul T. Gibson and John
B. Willis, Houston; Layne E.
Kruse, McGregor, and Don A.
Webb, Arlington.
From the class of ’74 are Karen
Y. Haws, Austin; Randle R. Ross,
San Antonio; Barbara B. Sears,
Columbia, Mo., and Scott D. Steff-
ler, Houston.
Freshmen delegates are Thom
as H. Boothe, Converse; Craig
C. Brown and John D. Nash,
Houston, and Steven J. Eberhard,
New Braunfels.
Honorary delegates are Stu
dent Senate President John Sharp,
Civilian Student Council Presi
dent Gordon Pilmer, Corps Com
mander Thomas Stanley and MSC
Council President John Dacus.
Alternates include freshmen
Shirley Ashorn of San Antonio
and Thames Walker of Dallas;
sophomores Mark Blakemore,
Richmond, Ky., and Jack Mc-
Neely, Lubbock; junior David
Stockard, Meridian; vet medicine
student Perry Lee Reeves, Temple
Hills, Md., and graduate students
Rose Marie Hicks, Bryan, and
John B. Cheatham, San Marcos.
Galveston-bound tanker is overdue;
unidentified life jacket possible clue
All reserve-type seats sold
for A&M-Tech bout Saturday
Reserve seats for Saturday’s
A&M-Texas Tech basketball
game in G. Rollie White Coli
seum have been sold out.
Sports Information Director
Spec Gammon said Thursday
that general admission tickets
will be sold beginning at 5:15
Saturday afternoon. He empha
sized that only fans with reserved
seats are guaranteed admission
to the game.
“The doors will be locked when
all the general admission tickets
have been sold,” he said. “We
urge everyone to get there as
early as possible, because we
cannot admit more than the fire
laws allow.”
The varsity game begins at 8
p.m., preceded by the freshman
game between the Aggie Fish
and Temple Junior College. The
preliminary contest starts at 5:45
p.m.
GALVESTON WP> — Searchers
looking for a missing tanker in
the Gulf of Mexico found a life
jacket Thursday about 60 miles
south of here.
A U.S. Coast Guard spokesman
said the life jacket had no mark
ings and it was not determined
if it came from the Texas City
tanker, V. A. Fog, missing since
Tuesday with a crew of 35 and
five maintenance men aboard.
The 572-foot vessel became the
object of a search by ship and
planes in the gulf south-southeast
of here after she did not arrive
in Galveston as expected.
The ship left Freeport about
noon Tuesday to clean 18 empty
tanks of highly explosive benzene
residue, then deliver two tanks
of xylene, not considered highly
explosive, to Galveston.
The cleaning location was about
50 miles offshore, as required by
federal Environmental Protection
Association regulations.
However, a Coast Guard spokes
man said Thursday in Houston
the search area had been widened
to include areas as far as 150
miles off the Galveston coast.
Authorities could offer no evi
dence to support a theory as to
what happened to the tanker,
though a coast guard spokesman
said there was “a lot of specula
tion as to what might have oc
curred.”
He said reports from a man in
Galveston who reportedly heard
an explosion Tuesday and a wom
an who saw a “ball of fire” at
sea while driving near West Bay
Tuesday were not believed to be
connected with the tanker’s dis
appearance.
A news release from Texas City
Tanker’s Corp., which chartered
the ship, and the Ithaca Corp.,
which owns the vessel, said no
names of crewmen would be re
leased until all next of kin had
been notified of the ship’s dis
appearance.
A pilot reported Tuesday seeing
a column of smoke about two
miles high in the area where the
ship was to have cleaned her
tanks.
An aircraft search was ordered
in the area where the smoke was
sighted, then discontinued, but re
sumed again when the tanker was
reported overdue.