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loard and funded by the Texas
legislature before it could be
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"There is no doubt from any
parter that the number of young
nen and women wishing a law
(donation far exceeds the fami
lies of state, public and private
aw schools to enroll them,” the
«d stated in a minute order.
Legal specializations could be
jffered by TAMU in such fields
as technical and engineering law,
tiarine admiralty law and natural
esources and public law.
According to Haskell Monroe,
assistant vice president for aca-
lemic affairs, the law college is
’a dream right now.”
The college would hopefully
»pen in September of 1974 with
a small first class. Eventually, a
railding holding the law college
may exist.
There is still two years of plan
ning to go, he emphasized, and
nothing is definite.
Monroe, who has worked on the
rough plans for the law college,
cited that other institutions have
many as 10 applicants for
every opening.
He doesn’t expect to obtain a
college easily, though, nor
does TAMU President Jack K.
Williams. Competition for funds
is severe among state schools and
private schools fear loss of stu
dents, he said, both groups should
be opposing it.
“A&M needs this,” said Wil
liams. “There exists a need for
more law schools and that we can
provide—plus that no other can.”
other business, the board
approved a TAMU request to seek
Coordinating Board approval for
creation of a college of continu
ing education.
Williams said the proposed col
lege of continuing education
would include offerings on a va
riety of levels to meet the needs
of people both on and off campus.
“Such a college would provide
educational services apart from
the formal degree programs,” Dr.
Williams explained.
The new college would coordi
nate the numerous conferences,
short courses and seminars spon
sored by the university’s exten
sion services, centers and insti
tutes.
The board also awarded con
struction contracts totaling $5,-
466,150 and sold revenue bonds
of $2,850,000 to help finance
three of the major projects.
A $1,745,103 contract was
awarded to R. B. Butler, Inc., of
Bryan, for second-phase construc
tion of an office-classroom build
ing at TAMU. Another Bryan
firm, Thurmond and Stuart, re
ceived a $1,329,650 award to
build the university’s new student
health center.
Appropriations authorized by
the board totaled $1,954,888 for
14 projects, including interior
furnishings for the Memorial Stu
dent Center and auditorium com
plex, equipment for the new Edu
cational Television Building, resi
dence hall renovation, installation
of an environmental chamber in
the Chemistry Institute Annex,
construction of an overrun area
at Easterwood Airport, detailed
design for the Military Walk
Mall and detailed designs for re
modeling or repairing the Ge
ology Building, Bolton Hall,
Architecture Annex Building,
Agricultural Engineering Build
ing, Sbisa Hall and Duncan Hall,
all at TAMU.
The board authorized TAMU
officials to seek Coordinating
Board approval for new B.A.
degree programs in biology and
chemistry and B.S. degree pro
grams in applied mathematical
sciences and medical technology.
The board also authorized TAMU
to seek approval for establish
ment of a general academics de
partment for its Texas Maritime
Academy and approved a Tarle-
ton request to ask Coordinating
Board approval for a new depart
ment of industrial education and
technology.
ONE OF THE MORE BIZZARE ASPECTS OF TAMU
LIFE is walking out of the dorm and finding a sidewalk
full of rattlesnakes. The snakes, one being handled by
Steve Higgs as helpers Jim Oslick and Red Streetman
skin another, were obtained in a rattler round-up. After
milking the 12 snakes the group killed and skinned them.
The squirm-in was held near Dorm 11 in the Corps area.
(Photo by Mike Rice)
Time shortage
Athletic
budget snags cited
By JOHN CURYLO
The difficulty in estimating in-
comb and expenses and the lack
of time to make the most accurate
calculations possible were cited by
officials of the athletic depart
ment as problems in estimating
the budget for next year.
Dr. Charles H. Samson Jr.,
chairman of the Athletic Council,
and Wally Groff, business man
ager of the athletic department,
said last Thursday’s allocation of
$170,000 from student services
fees by the Student Senate
pleased them. The original re
quest was for $265,000.
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25 batgirl finalists
make debut tonight
The 25 batgirl finalists, all of them A&M coeds, will be introduced
during halftime of tonight’s basketball game with the University of
Texas.
The girls were selected for consideration by a preliminary
screening panel. The final 12, three of whom will serve as alternates, are
to be chosen Thursday night.
The finalists include Mina Akins, Penny Ball, Diana Bernhard,
Brenda Burleson, Deborah Brannen, Holly Cannon, Susan Cummings,
Beth Cunningham, Diana Denniston, Becky Ferenz, Gwen Flynt,
Charlotte Gay and Sondra Kornegay.
Also in the finals are Merrill Mitchell, Pam Mitchell, Maury
Osborn, Suzanne Parker, Charae Roques, Pam Schiefelbein, Linda
Todd, Maureen Turk, Becky Upham, Debra Vickers, Carla Wolfe and
Kathy Wolfe.
Joe Hughes, in charge of the selection of the “Diamond
Darlings,” said that three batgjrls accompanying the Iowa State
baseball team will also be introduced. Iowa State is here for double-
headers tonight and Wednesday.
A&M’s batgirls will perform at doubleheaders against St. Mary’s
March 13, Lamar March 14, Minnesota March 20, and Houston April
11.
Local ACLU started here;
meeting is this Wednesday
“We appreciate the circum
stances these students were fac
ing regarding fee allocations rec
ommendations,” Samson explained.
“We also respected the concern
of the student senators we met
with. We were pleased they un
derstood all the variables in
volved. They reflected the dif
ficulties involved in allocations.”
Samson said the Thursday af
ternoon meeting with a committee
of senators preceded a Friday
morning meeting with athletic
director Emory Bellard concern
ing the budget for the coming
year. He added that this forced
him, Groff and associate athletic
director Marvin Tate to quote
figures which Bellard had not
seen.
The amount given to the athlet
ic department by the Student Sen
ate averages out to about $11
per student. Groff explained that
Rice’s average is $4, while the
remainder of the schools in the
Southwest Conference allocate
$11-16 per student to athletics.
Regarding the uncertain income
of the athletic department, Groff
said such factprs as attendance,
championships and post-season
games were variable. He ex
plained that revenue was figured
on projected performances and
the drawing power of football.
The athletic department has
operated at a deficit for several
years, with 1968, the year after
the last football championship,
being the only profitable year
from an economic viewpoint. The
possiibility of building up a re
serve of funds exists now, but in
the past, student services fees
were allocated on the basis of
need, with no consideration taken
for possible emergencies or added
expenses.
It is Bellard’s expressed in
tention to make an effort to in
crease the importance of sports
other than football. This requires
more spending in these areas. Al
so, the necessity of having a good
recruiting season in football has
required more money.
Part of the explanation given
at the senate meeting was that a
new coach has certain idiosyn
crasies requiring added funds.
One of Bellard’s is the use of
new helmets rather than chipped,
used ones. Such a practice will
cost $7,500, since the 250 head-
gears are sold for $30 each.
“Bellard doesn’t know which of
his projected practices would be
idiosyncrasies,” Samson said,
“since he doesn’t know what was
done here before. The helmets
were cited as an example. Any
others asked for and considered
proper would certainly be ap
proved by the Athletic Council.”
He spoke of the use of film as
another possible example.
“This is a team effort by all
of us here at A&M,” Samson
continued. “If it is understood
that we all aspire to achieve the
same objectives, a winning pro
gram, then we can assume that
we are all working on this to
gether.
“In meeting with the represen
tatives of the Student Senate, we
were not suggesting that athlet
ics is the only important thing in
fee allocations,” he said. “We
realize that there are other things
students are interested in, and
these shouldn’t be cut just for
us.”
Samson said if groups of stu
dents wanted to confer with him,
Tate and Groff, this would meet
with a favorable reaction. He
pointed out that a good discussion
of the problems involved might
produce new insight and better
solutions.
TAMU freshman dies
Sunday in auto wreck
A freshman, William Leonard Smith II, was killed along
with a Galena Park couple in a two-car collision at 6:10 p.m.
Sunday two miles east of Hempstead.
Sylvester Ray, 63, and his wife, Evi Jennings Ray, 50, also
lost their lives in the head on crash on U.S. Highway 290.
Both Smith, 19, and the Ray couple were alone in their
cars. Smith apparently was returning to A&M. A Crocker Hall
resident, he was studying mechanical engineering after graduation
from Cy-Fair High School.
Services for Smith will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in
Houston’s St. Ambrose Catholic Church, 4213 Mangrum Road.
Rosary is planned at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Bellaire Chapel of
the Earthman Funeral Home.
Survivors include the parents, Mr. and Mrs. William L.
Smith, Route 1, Box 249-C, Cypress, and a sister.
Arrangements for Mr. and Mrs. Ray were pending Monday.
MSC Council aids
needed for 72-73
Senate’s Essmyer files
for state representative
The recently formed Texas
A&M Civil Liberties Union will
meet at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday in
the Casa del Sol game room to
discuss what students are able to
do to protect their rights in a col
lege community, said Dan Beckett,
chairman.
Beckett said the TAMUCLU
will work closely with all areas
of student government at A&M,
particularly the Legal Rights
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
Commission of the Student Sen
ate. The TAMUCLU hopes to
increase and improve efforts
being made by the commission in
areas of neglect.
Dr. Manuel Davenport, head of
the Department of Philosophy, is
the faculty adviser for the or
ganization which has applied for
campus recognition to the ad
ministration.
The student-organized chapter
meeting of the Civil Liberties
Union is open to all interested
students, on or off campus.
Mike Essmyer, Student Senate
Vice-President, has filed for the
position of state representative
from District 28.
Essmyer started his campaign
Monday night wtih a meeting of
his supporters at the Saber Inn
in which he discussed his plat
form.
“I’m for cleaning up Austin,”
Essmyer began in front of an
audience which numbered only 25.
“I will work to change the system
to fight corruption,” he con
tinued. Along this line, Essmyer
would like to see the Speaker of
the House limited to one term
in office.
The vice - president supports
having a more equitable tax
structure for Texas. He favors
increases in corporate taxes over
increases in consumer taxes,
especially a sales tax.
Essmyer attacked Democratic
incumbent Bill Presnal for not
adequately representing A&M. He
emphasized that Presnal has
made little or no effort to get
a law school, a medical school or
even a baseball stadium for the
university. “Bill voted against
the 18 year old vote,” he added.
Essmyer concluded his intro
ductory remarks by saying that
state government in Texas has
reached a crisis and needs honest
people to stand up and say what
is wrong.
The candidate then called for
a question - and - answer period
which began as such but digressed
into a general open discussion.
During this period Essmyer
said that busing is bad and that
he cannot see the purpose of it.
He does feel, however, that racial
equality is a must but did not
give an alternative to busing.
When asked about the Texas
water plan, which calls for pump
ing water from the Mississippi
River into West Texas, Essmyer
admitted that he did not know
much about the proposal.
Essmyer feels that the indi
vidual should decide for himself
whether betting on horses or hav
ing abortions are immoral.
“The state legislature should
not interfere,” he said. “I know
that this will lose me a lot of
votes,” he continued “but I feel
that a woman should get an
abortion if she wants one.”
Essmyer admitted that he does
not have all the answers to the
abortion question and that the
issue needs to be studied more.
When asked if Texas should
discourage state immigration, the
democratic candidate replied that
it was not the state legislature’s
business to interfere in this mat
ter. He later qualified this state
ment by saying that something
would need to be done if the
(See Essmyer, page 2)
Filing opened today for the
position of Memorial Student
Center Council Vice President
Assistants (VPA’s).
To be eligible they must be a
freshman and have a grade point
ratio of no less than 2.5. Appli
cations may be picked up from
the Student Programs office
through March 7. Interviews
will follow on March 7, 8 and 9.
The position of VPA, aside from
being vital to the MSC, offers
next year’s sophomore a chance
to actively take part in the mold
ing of the student environment
at A&M.
The position offers the fresh
man many opportunities and
privileges including: attending
MSC Council and Executive Com
mittee meetings, working with
the MSC Council and Directorate,
experience in finance, public re
lations, personnel and manage
ment.
It also offers the chance to
participate in leadership and
public relations seminars, pos
sible membership of the TAMU
Delegation to either the Associ
ation of College Unions Interna
tional Convention in Dallas or the
TAMU fall leadership retreat
near Palestine.
VPA’s will also receive train
ing for MSC leadership positions
for the following year.
Freshmen requesting further
information concerning the posi
tion of VPA should call the Stu
dent Programs office at 845-1515.
Entertainment by ‘Southern’
scheduled for Combat Ball
“The Southern” will provide
entertainment at the annual Com
bat Ball Friday during Military
Weekend.
The ball will be held in the
west wing of Duncan dining hall.
It will begin after Town Hall’s
performance of James Gang and
last until midnight.
The dance as well as all activi
ties of Military Weekend is free
for all corpsmen. Dress for the
cadets will be combat boots and
fatigues and women can wear
casuals.
The theme of the dance this
year will be “Our Trigon Bulls.”
The Combat Cutie, who will be
chosen from cadet dates, will be
elected at the ball. Applications
can be obtained from each out
fit’s first sergeant and can be
turned in to either Jose Rivera,
Dorm 1, Room 107, or Jim Ivey,
Dorm 1, Room 125, by Thursday.
Finalists will be announced dur
ing the James Gang perform- - '