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Kendra 1 ting ail Vt 'Ol. 67 No. 79 be Battalion Partly cloudy, cooler College Station, Texas Thursday, February 17, 1972 Friday —■ Clear. Northerly winds 10-15 mph. High 64°, low 38°. Saturday — Clear. Light and variable winds. High 71°, low 36°. 845-2226 tiers ini Stutts, k and I Fentative fee allocations hanged, cut by Senate SCONA XVII Program Thursday 5-6 p. m. Review-Drill Field 7:30-8 Singing- Cadets-Ballroom 8:30-10 Dr. Earl J. McGrath 10 Social Gathering Friday 9-10 a. m. Fourth Round-Table Session 3-4:15 Dean Lawrence E. Fouraker 4:15-6 Fifth Round-Table Session JOHN CURYLO The Student Senate voted f rsday night to accept in nciple a student services fee ication proposal calling for an ional Aggieland, a cut in the OJlging Cadets’ funds and fi- mUjlncing of four magazines of ^jlderit Publications to be paid by the respective colleges. The same motion sent the al- ation proposal back to com- ttee for consideration of an tional athletic fee or inclusion the YMCA in this plan, to be Oil it to the Board of Directors Jjl use in making up their an al budget. The revision of the fee alloca- n is necessary due to the in- ase in funds for the hospital, lich is in the expansion and provement stages. Two plans for distribution of the fees -were discussed. The main points of contention were optional athletic fees, the Sing ing Cadets and the Student Pub lications reorganization. “I think this proposal (inclu sion of athletics, a cut in Sing ing Cadets and the new Student Publications setup) is a good compromise between commit ments we have to the new hos pital and desires by the athletic department,” John Sharp, senate president said afterwards. “It is one hundred percent in the stu dents’ best interests.” The plan, calling for cuts from the original proposal of $13,407 Singing Cadets, $18,000 from Stu dent Publication and $50,698 from Memorial Student Center facili ties, passed by a roll call vote of 72-3. Voting against the measure were Spike Dayton (Treasurer), Judy McConnel (,Sr-Ed) and Mark Cuculic (Jr-Eng). “I think the Aggieland should be optional,” Sharp said. “Dr. Jack Williams has expressed a desire to keep the annual regard less of the optional sale. Also, I think the YMCA should be ex cluded and put in another area for funding. “This plan is feasible,” he con tinued. ‘It has worked well at other schools. Because of the re sponsibility shown by the Stu dent Senate, they should have jurisdiction over the allocation with the single approval of Dr. Williams.” The question of a reduction in funds allocated to the Singing Cadets was argued for a good portion of the meeting. James McLeroy, Issues Committee chairs man and vice president of the Singing Cadets, and Niels Jen sen, the group’s business mana ger, defended their organization to no avail. “Last year was our first year on a budget,” Jensen explained. “In drawing up this year’s budg et, we underestimated our ex penditures. Right now, we’re very close to a deficit.” Kruse, life committee chairman. “Our job is to raise the public He questioned the proposal of image of A&M,” McLeroy said. increasing their allocation by The two pointed out that the - $1.50 per student per semester, university benefits from Singing after the plan calling for the op- Cadet appearances. Bruce Clay, public relations chairman, argued that the Sing ing Cadets do not directly bene fit the students. He said that their outward good was not a student service. The applause of those present decided the issue. Corky Houchard, YMCA rep resentative, outlined the services of his group. He emphasized that their activities were not classified as entirely religious. Such things as Changing World Events, Fish Camp, Hensel Park steak fries, securing speedway jobs for students and spirit signs were brought up as benefiting the student body as a whole. “Non-members can partici pate,” he said, “so our dues col lections do not help us pay for these things. We are one of the few organizations on this cam pus oriented toward freshmen, and they are important people.” The optional athletic fee drew some strong remarks, too, the main attack coming from Layne tional fee had been passed over. “Because of inept management over there, they are going to call on student organizations to bail them out,” he proclaimed. “I think the athletic department should be the ones to consider cutting their budget.” Another question left unan swered was that of the student handbook project, designed to in corporate the various booklets explaining A&M that are dis tributed to incoming freshmen. Barb Sears, recording secre tary, said that the handbook would cost about $6,000. This would include the cost of printing 5,000 copies and paying the peo ple who work on it, minus the advertising revenue. “This is a benefit to all the students,” she said. “We need to cut somewhere to fund it.” Hou chard pointed out that the YMCA prints enough handbooks for the freshmen at $800, and that half the estimated cost of the senate (See Service, page 2) Students needing better perception Londonderry bus driver kidnapped and executed MAY BE AN ECOLOGY STATEMENT or just terrible riving but it is an oak branch sticking- out of a bulldozer’s rhaust stack. Poor driving must not be discounted be- tose the dozer is at the construction site across from The i/jj xchange Store, location of at least two amusing bogging- D* >wn incidents in past days. (Photo by Robert Williams) || Saturday’s A&M-TCU game xpected to be total sellout $ The A&M-Texas Christian bas- ttball game in Ft. Worth Sat- rday is expected to be a sellout, ports information director Jim lamer said Wednesday. Daniel-Meyer Coliseum, with capacity of 7,232, is made up fitirely of reserved seats. The ituation is similar to football, in hat the tickets sold to students re reserved, and everyone who toys a ticket is guaranteed a eat. "We expect a full house,” Gar ter said. “In fact, I’ll be sur- irised if there are any tickets eft by noon Saturday.” He added that the tickets are »ow on sale. This is comparable o last week’s Southern Method- st game, since numerous people Vere turned away. SMU sells general admission tickets in ad vance, so it is possible at both the schools that the visiting stu dents might not get in if ad vance demand for seats is great enough. A&M’s policy is to sell re served seats in advance and then itot general admission tickets on a first-come-first-serve basis the University National Bank "On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. day of the game. This gives the visiting school an equal chance to be admitted to the game. BELFAST, Northern Ireland GT*) — Terrorists dragged a bus driver away from his screaming passengers Wednesday night in Londonderry and executed him in the getaway car. A British soldier was slain near Belfast, bringing Ulster’s death toll in 2^ years of violence to at least 245. In Newry, Bernadette Devlin and 25 other Roman Catholics won a court victory by gaining postponement of a hearing on charges that they participated in illegal marches. Placard-carry-* ing crowds cheered the decision. Gunmen pulled 47-year-old Thomas Callaghan, a part time militiaman in the Ulster Defense Regiment and a Catholic, from his bus in Londonderry’s Creg- gan district. His body, shot through the head, was dumped later at the edge of a road on the other side of the city. The soldier died when terror ists riddled a jeep with machine- gun fire. He was the 51st Brit ish trooper to die in Northern Ireland’s factional strife. Earlier Wednesday, a bomb was found aboard the ferry Duke of Argyle, which brought 300 British soldiers and an equal number of civilians to Belfast from England. The 40-pound suitcase bomb, powerful enough to destroy a five-story building, was found half an hour before the ferry arrived and was de fused at the dock. The case involving Miss Dev lin and other Catholic leaders, including Social Democrat and Labor party chief John Hume, was put off for a month. There were tumultuous scenes outside the Newry court when it adjourned the case. The court said the lapse would allow pas sions to cool and permit the gathering of evidence. The defendants are accused of taking part in an illegal march in Newry 10 days ago to protest the killing of 13 Catholics in Londonderry’s “Bloody Sunday” when British paratroops broke up a Catholic parade. Convictions for illegal march ing carry a six-month jail term. Across the border in the Irish republic town of Dundalk, seven men — including two Irish Re publican Army officers were freed of charges of illegal pos session of arms. The dropping of the charges was seen in Belfast as evidence that in the emotional climate created by Londonderry’s “Bloody Sunday” the IRA has been granted room for maneuver. The judge said there was in sufficient evidence to try the men who were arrested after a border shootout between British troops and snipers. The role of the university to day is to lift the student above minor disturbances and give him a better perception of what con stitutes success in life, said Jos eph Rhodes Jr., in the second keynote address of SCONA XVII Wednesday night. Rhodes, the only student mem ber of the Scranton Commission named by President Nixon in 1970 to study campus unrest, directed his speech to the need for educational reform. “We have been talking about educational reform for a long time, my studies of the 19th Century show people saying very similar things about Boston and Cambridge in the 1860’s as we are saying about Texas A&M to day,” Rhodes said. “This reform is a well recognized problem and we cringe when we hear it.” A good look at the way things are is necessary. “It is a diffi cult task to disassociate personal experiences from the general condition and this brings on what I call the ‘pizza-world’ problem. That is trying to de termine if the feeling of discom fort is from something you ate or the condition of the world,” commented Rhodes. “The most difficult fact of life we have to face in America to day is change itself, society does not go through major changes very often and we are now,” Rhodes said. “These changes create all types of problems in America. Culture canges on an extremely long cycle where as institutions change on very short cycles. At a university the student sees these issues as pressing and wants to do something, but the national culture sets the trend for this country,” Rhodes com mented, “and it does not respond to the cyclic changes as a uni versity does.” Society is sometimes overtaken by hysteria and irrational be havior when the people want a change; sometimes this is quiet, sometimes it is violent, he said. “This problem can progress to the point where people question what they see, that is terrible. One part of society is pointing out a problem, interested in solv ing it, and another cannot see it, saying what problem ? I do not see any,” Rhodes said. “The most notable reflection of mass hysteria today is this Clifford Irving-Howard Hughes affair. Think about it, we are the most powerful nation on the planet and we spend 10 minutes a night on national news for weeks telling about this scandal involving some billionaire. That is hysteria,” Rhodes noted. “But do not confuse this, I do not mind seeing people throw themselves down in front of cars because we invaded Cambodia, that is not hysteria, that is pa triotism,” Rhodes said. The issue of change directly affects personal morals. Each set of values fits into the capacity of the whole, the social culture, and the limit of how much society can tolerate is changing, Rhodes said. Mass hysteria relates to many different actions. “No question while on the Scranton Commis sion surprised me more than when Gen. Davis asked me why I was so worked up over the death of four students (Kent State) and did not get upset because of the 55,000 people who are killed on America’s high ways each year,” he said. The role of the university is to provide the student with a framework, an education to en-* able him to see over society and plot a successful course, Rhodes said. To higher education Cosand discusses federal aid Two year TMA program will be instituted this fall Students planning - professional careers in the merchant marine may spend the first two years of study at their local community college, beginning this fall. The special program, first of its type in the nation, is being offered by the Texas Maritime Academy, part of A&M’s College of Marine Sciences and Maritime Resources. Students participating in the program would attend a summer session at TMA following their freshman year, go on the academy’s summer training cruise the new year and enroll at the Gaveston school for the final two years of study. Dr. William H. Clayton, TMA’s acting superintendent, said students successfully completing the four-year program earn degrees in marine transportation or marine engineer ing. TMA graduates have average starting salaries of $1,200 per month, serving as third mate or third assistant engineer on commercial vessels. Physically qualified graduates may also receive commissions in the Naval Reserve, Coast Guard Reserve, Army Corps of Engineers or the Environmental Sciences Service Administration. Dr. Clayton, who also is dean of the College of Marine Sciences and Maritime Resources, said students interested in the new TMA program should contact the academy prior to their freshman year to determine the courses to be taken while enrolled in community college. Federal aid to higher education was discussed by Dr. Joseph P. Cosand, Acting Deputy Commis sioner in the Office of Education, Wednesday afternoon in the Me morial Student Center ballroom. Cosand was the first of six speakers who will appear in the Student Conference on National Affair’s four day program. This years conference deals with “The Impact of the University.” President Williams introduced SCONA XVII program by ask ing that the conference try to “separate wisdom from foolish ness” and “show the good points of universities as well as the bad ones.” Cosand has been a member of the Carnegie Commission for Study of Function, Structure and Finance of Higher Education since 1967. “It is the best of times and it is the worst of times for higher education,” the Deputy Commis sioner began. “Higher education has been forced to change in the last few years,” he continued, “but the change has been for the bet ter.” Cosand believes that colleges to day are in great need of federal aid. He wonders if colleges can escape federal control if granted the money they need. “Many col leges are in financial trouble to day because of federal grants that dried up,” he said. Students as well as colleges are very dependent on governmental aid, according to the Deputy Commissioner. “In the last year over one million students borrow ed over one billion dollars under the Student Guaranteed Loan program,” he said. He added that two million of the eight million students currently enrolled in in stitutes of higher education bene fit from some kind of federal aid. Cosand feels that a dilemma exists in America in stating one’s goals and sticking to them. Nine ty-two per cent of the parents polled in a recent survey said they would like their children to re ceive at least a bachelor’s degree. The students reacted identically. “And yet not near this percentage of students will receive bachelor’s degrees,” he emphasized. The deputy commissioner be lieves that too many colleges want to be universities and too many two year or career colleges want to be four year institutions. He said that colleges should set cer tain goals for themselves and stick to them. “This striving for expansion has often hurt the qual ity of education offered,” he stressed. Cosand favors the concept of a “university without walls” that would be characterized by a flex ible curriculum and the free ex change of students between par ticipating schobls. “This idea is relatively new in America,” he said, “but has been practiced by the University of London for a hundred years.” He hopes that SCONA will support this type of higher education. According to a report by the Newman Commission for Higher Education, degrees are made too available for the rich, young, white man. Cosand stressed that equal opportunities are needed for the poor, minorities groups, wom en and workers, as well as the middle-aged, elderly and war vet erans. Dr. Joseph P. Cosand called for better perception of success in university students as he spoke Wednesday for a SCONA keynote speech. (Photo by Mike Rice)