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Vol. 67 No. 96 College Station, Texas Friday, March 17, 1972
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Nixon urges halt to busing orders
WASHINGTON UP) — Declar
ing that some federal courts
"have gone too far,” President
Nixon urged Congress Thursday
night to legislate an immediate
halt to all new pupil-busing
orders. And he proposed to chan
nel $2.5 billion into poor-neigh
borhood schools.
In an address prepared for live
television-radio delivery from the
White House, Nixon coupled his
appeal for an end to busing with
a proposal to “concentrate fed
eral school-aid funds on the areas
of greatest educational need” —
the rural and central-city school
districts which do not match sub
urban standards.
“The great majority of Ameri
cans, black and white,” said Nix
on “feel strongly that the busing
of school children away from
their own neighborhoods for the
purpose of achieving racial bal
ance is wrong.
The chief executive, who for
two weeks had been pondering
what he termed “one of the most
difficult issues of our time,” did
not spell out exactly how long
his proposed “moratorium on
new busing” would continue. Nor
did he give details of the “equal
educational opportunities act” he
is submitting to Congress.
The fine print will be filled in
Friday when Nixon sends Con
gress a special message on bus
ing and educational opportunity.
The President made a direct
appeal to citizens to put pressure
on Congress in behalf of his
program.
The President outlined his
stand 48 hours after Florida res
idents voted against busing by
a 3-1 margin, and George C.
Wallace, campaigning against
busing, swept the Florida Dem
ocratic presidential primary.
The White House said Nixon,
who often has spoken out against
busing, had made his decision be
fore Tuesday’s vote in Florida.
Asserting that states, cities
and school districts “have been
torn apart in debate” over bus
ing Nixon said:
“What we need now is not
just speaking out against more
busing but action to stop it.
Above all, we need to stop it in
the right way — in a way that
will provide better education for
every child in America in a de
segregated school system.”
Nixon said some “courts have
gone too far — in some cases
beyond the requirements laid
down by the Supreme Court —
in ordering massive busing to
achieve racial balance. The de
cisions have left in their wake
confusion and contradiction in
the law — anger, fear and tur
moil in local communities and
worst of all agonized concern
among hundreds of thousands of
parents for the education and the
safety of their children who have
been forced by court order to be
bused miles away from their
neighborhood schools.”
Nixon said he is certain his
proposals will not satisfy those
on the left and right extremes
on the busing issue. But he
added: “I believe I have ex
pressed the views of the ma
jority of Americans.”
Nixon said the possibility of
ment to deal with the question
“deserves a thorough considera-
Aggie Sweetheart to be a coed
in the future, senate decides
tion by the Congress on its mer
its.”
However, he said that “as an
answer to the immediate prob
lem we face of stopping more
busing now the constitutional-
amendment approach has a fatal
flaw — it takes too long.”
Estimating it would take at
least a year to 18 months be
fore an amendment could become
effective, he said, “what we need
is action now — not action two,
three or four years from now.”
In outlining his program, Nix
on said:
“First I shall propose the leg
islation that would call an im
mediate halt to all new busing
orders by federal courts — a
moratorium on new busing.” As
enacting a constitutional amend-
for his companion measure, Nix-
on said administration-drafted
legislation “would require that
every state or locality must grant
equal educational opportunity to
every person regardless of race,
color or national origin.”
He said this would mark the
first time that “the cherished
American ideal of equality of
educational opportunity would be
affirmed in the law of the
land . . .”
In reporting that his proposal
would “concentrate federal
school-aid funds on the areas of
greatest educational need,” Nix
on said, “That means directing
over $2.5 billion in the next year
mainly toward improving the
education of children from poor
families.
He said everyone knows that
there are central-city schools “so
inferior that it is hypocrisy even
to suggest that the poor children
who go there are getting a de
cent education, let alone an edu
cation comparable to that of chil
dren who go to school in the sub
urbs.”
Without going into details,
Nixon said the legislation also
would “establish an educational
bill of rights for Mexican-Amer-
icans, Puerto Ricans, Indians and
others who start their education
under language handicaps to
make certain that they, too, will
have equal opportunity.”
On one point, Nixon did not
have to wait for congressional
action. He announced he is di
recting the Justice Department
to “intervene” in select cases
where the lower courts have gone
beyond the Supreme Court’s re
quirements in ordering busing.”
Next year’s Aggie Sweetheart
will be selected from A&M coeds
only it was decided in Thurs
day’s Student Senate meeting.
The proposal was made by
Dick Zepeda (Grad) in the clos
ing, and disorganized, minutes of
the meeting. There was no de
bate on the issue at all except
for a question from Nick Jiga
(Jr.-Arch) who asked why A&M
needed a sweetheart. Moans from
several coed members of the sen
ate ended any debate on that
subject.
The Student Senate also ruled
that “students may not file for
more than one student govern
ment position as defined by the
constitution or for more than
one class office position.” Yell
leaders are not classified as class
officers.
The judgment developed out of
senate approval of the by-laws
of the election board. The sen
ate had earlier passed such a
proposal for the by-laws to take
effect next year.
In arguing for such a Aule,
Zepeda said that theoretically a
student could file for three dif
ferent elected positions. This
would be done by filing for a
position as living area senator,
college senator and an at-large
college senator.
Double filing has been a com
mon practice in the past and
several senators at the meeting
had already done so. Candidates
for more than one position have
until March 23 to withdraw from
duplicate races, though Mark
Blakemore (Geo) asked that
those who have double filed to
please withdraw quickly.
The senate defeated another
part of the election by-laws that
required a certain number of sig
natures on a petition to file for
offices.
Previously a nomination peti
tion with 200 signatures was re
quired for the president and vice
president of the student body.
At large offices required 150
signatures and all other positions
at least three per cent of the
constituency.
Most of the slowly passing
meeting was occupied with min
or changes in the by-laws of the
election commission and senate.
The senate by-laws passed with
only a minor squabble over the
percentage of votes required to
pass the previous question.
Proposed judicial procedures
also gained senate approval. The
procedures are a set of methods
and rules created to “guarantee
all students a fair hearing in all
procedures of all judicial agen
cies,” said Bill Hartsfield.
The procedures apply to rul
ings by the office of the Dean
of Students, review boards, and
the residence hall judicial coun
cils. They are to be included in
next year’s Rules and Regula
tions handbook.
Within the procedures, an
established path is created for
disciplinary action and appeals.
For Baylor, A&M System
Medical partnership created
Baylor College of Medicine and
the A&M System will reveal plans
this afternoon for a far-reaching
partnership in medical and allied
health fields, a private-public af
filiation being termed “a new
dimension in higher education.”
Included in the plans is the
construction of a large building
in Houston’s Texas Medical Cen
ter.
Dr. Jack K. Williams, A&M
president, and Dr. Michael E. De
Bakey, Baylor College of Medi
cine president, will reveal the
plans at a joint conference in the
Texas Medical Center.
The two presidents called the
plans for affiliation between a
large state-supported university
and a well-established private
medical school “a new dimension
in higher education.” They noted
that collaboration between a pri
vate medical school and a large
public university will result in
programs of high quality, coupled
with minimum cost.
The program also will benefit
Prairie View A&M College, par
ticularly its School of Nursing,
Dr. Williams noted. Prarie View,
part of the A&M System, con
ducts the last two years of its
four-year nursing program in
Houston.
While precise plans have not
been finalized for the proposed
A&M-Baylor Medical building, of
ficials of the two institutions vis
ualize it as “an architecturally
important addition to the Texas
Medical Center.”
The building will be designed
to house Baylor’s expansion pro
gram, including the Center for
Allied Health Manpower Develop
ment, the Center for Reproductive
Biology, the Prairie View nursing
program, the Institute of Com
parative Medicine which includes
a vivarium, and facilities for bio
medical engineering research and
graduate studies.
A&M currently conducts sev
eral medically-related projects
through its College of Veterinary
Medicine, Activation Analysis
Research Laboratory, Biomedical
Engineering Program and
through several departments of
its Colleges of Engineering, Agri
culture and Science. The College
of Science includes pre-medical
and pre-dental curricula. The joint
planning provides for close co
operation in development of
careers in allied health fields,
such as laboratory technicians,
X-ray technicians, physical thera
pists, medical librarians and a
new class of individuals known
as physician assistants.
Additionally, A&M and Baylor
will jointly establish the Insti
tute of Comparative Medicine
and cooperate in biomedical engi
neering, graduate programs and
marine biomedical research.
Protections of student’s rights
are also in the statement.
The meeting was relatively
small, with some doubt being
expressed as to whether or not
there was a quorum at the be
ginning. “All I can say is that
after tonight we are going to
lose quite a few senators” to
abscences Barb Sears, senate sec
retary said.
Day student
applications
being taken
Applications for day student
permits for the fall semester are
being accepted at the Texas A&M
Housing Office through March
31.
Housing Manager Allan M.
Madeley said after March 31,
undergraduate applications will
not be accepted until the close of
pre-registration.
Students who have not quali
fied for the permit by March 31
must pre-register for the fall
1972 semester as residence hall
students, he added. Non-quali-
fied day student applicants should
also reserve rooms at the start
of the fall room signup period
to avoid loss of room priority.
“Permission for single under
graduates to live off campus will
be granted only under very un
usual circumstances,” Madeley
noted. Parents' permission for
students under 21 applying for
day permits should be mailed to
Ed Morris in the Housing Office.
Applications will not be con
sidered until parental permission
is received, but permission does
not guarantee approval.
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H. B. Zachry stands in front of the Engineering Center, recently named for him. The
famous TAMU graduate was here for dedication ceremonies Thursday.
Education, technology topic
of center dedication talk
Higher education has been
drawn into the global struggle
for technological leadership and
a dominant position in the world
market, Dr. Philip G. Hoffman
said Thursday at the dedication
of A&M’s new Engineering Cen
ter.
“The current U. S. posture in
world trade is described as
steadily deteriorating inspite of
still reassuring surface manifes
tations,” the University of Hous
ton president told 3,000 persons
in the student commons area of
the $9,000,000 building. “This
becomes apparent when we di
vide our balance of trade into
so-called ‘high technology’ prod
ucts and all other imports and
exports.”
Institutions of higher learning
must train and educate students
equipped to defend and reestab
lish sorely-challenged American
leadership in world markets,
Hoffman continued.
“Above all, our institutions of
higher learning must recognize
and accept the responsibilities in
areas such as world trade which
inevitably touch the very core
of the national well-being and
the quality of life in America,”
he concluded.
A&M President Jack Williams
praised H. B. Zachry for whom
the building was named as a
man devoted to youth, to educa
tion and to his alma mater. A
1922 engineering graduate of
A&M, Zachry heads a world-wide
construction firm based in San
Antonio.
Zachry said he hoped the cen
ter would have a role in helping
Texas “build the men to make
this state and nation’s place in
the sun even brighter.”
Clyde Wells of Granbury, pres
ident of the A&M System Board
of Directors, read the resolution
naming the 324,000 square foot,
four-story structure for Zachry,
a former board president at
A&M.
Engineering Dean Fred Ben
son accepted the center in be
half of the faculty and students.
He pledged the structure will be
utilized for “the development of
competent engineers with faith
in the American free enterprise
system who are good citizens
using their talent for the bene
fit of their fellow men.”
Gen. Forsythe says
Army experiencing period of transition
First Bike-to-Work Day
scheduled for March 22
A&M Wheelmen members have
set their first annual Bike-To-
Work Day for Wednesday, March
22.
Wheelmen President Carl Cus
ter said A&M faculty and staff
members are urged to dust off
the family bicycle and ride it to
work, especially if they live with
in five miles of the campus.
He said the purpose of the
event is to demonstrate the prac
ticality of two-wheelers as com
munity transportation and as
part of the answer to automobile
traffic and parking problems.
University National Bank
"On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
The A&M Wheelmen is an
organization of bicyclists that
promotes cycling as a healthful,
non-polluting activity for all
ages. Members emphasize safe
ty and adherence to traffic reg
ulations.
Custer said Bike-To-Work Day
also will serve as a prelude to
establishment of bikeways on the
campus.
He said the one-day campaign
will end with a brown bag sup
per (bring your own) at 5:30
p.m. in Hensel Park. Soft drinks
will be available at cost.
Banking is a pleasure at Finst
Bank & Trust.
Gen. George Forsythe
By DUANE BYRD
“The U. S. Army is in a period of transition,”
Lt. Gen. George Forsythe said during a Great Issues
Presentation Thursday night in the Memorial Stu
dent Center Ballroom.
The Special Assistant to Gen. Westmoreland told
the audience of about 65 persons the Army is hold
ing to the values of its creation.
Forsythe said the Army was planning to limit
their dependence on the Selective Service for man
power by July 1973 before the President directed
the Department of Defense to do so.
The general cited lack of stability in the Army
to form into proud units as one of the major prob
lems. He said this was due primarily to the rapid
turnover rate. Forsythe said the turnover rate of
the 1st. Air Cavalry Division in Vietnam was 110
per cent each year.
“I give great credit to the nation’s youth that
the Army was about to fulfill its mission in spite
of the turbulence. This turbulence caused centrali
zation and centralization caused thing to happen we
didn’t like.”
Forsythe said Gen. Westmoreland’s goal was to
make the Army better. Westmoreland’s program
was to be challenging and he hoped the men con
sidered their Army experience as upbuilding.
In keeping with this theme Forsythe said the
Bootstrap Program for noncommissioned officers
had been expanded and programs for commissioned
officers had been eomnlofoiT- i
The Montana native said there were oojections
to gradually taking soldiers off of kitchen police
details. “This is not to make the Army softer but
is a professionalism measure,” he maintained.
Forsythe favors having civilians drive vehicles
and other assorted duties the soldier had previously
been burdened with. He estimates the cost of a
soldier at $11,000 per year. The non-military details
could be done by a civilian for $7,000 per year per
person, he said.
“The way you motivate is not through punish
ment but by hammering out to the individual his
role in the unit’s goal,” Forsythe said. “95 per
cent of our young soldiers can be trusted. They will
always want to know why something is being done
and they are entitled to know why,” the general
said.
“The recent pay raise was aimed at the two
year soldier,” Forsythe said. He commented that
80.000 soldiers were on relief last year. Since then
the pay was doubled and Forsythe said he expects
another pay raise for these people next year.
“With no draft the Army must become a good
employer,” Forsythe said.
In order to maintain the proposed 850,000 troops
of the Volunteer Army, Forsythe estimates there
must be 20,000 volunteers per month over the next
three or four years. He said 5,000 of each month’s
20.000 must be combat arms volunteers.
Forsythe gave this brief progress report: In
October 1970 there were 26,000 men coming into
the Army each month. 6,000 were true volunteers
oon -frw romhat arms. In
January larz tneie were io,uo0 true volunteers,
3,200 of them volunteering for combat arms.