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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1972)
Friday — Cloudy, intermittent thundershowers. Southerly winds 10-15 mph. High 83°, low 67°. campus unveils Friday -, EM rnlmt r^l pi Texas A&M's new College of Marine Sciences and Maritime Resources at Galveston will for mally dedicate Friday the first two buildings of its planned 20- building complex on Galveston’s Pelican Island. Serving the Texas Maritime Academy, one of three major components of the new college, the buildings include an adminis tration-classroom center and an engineering laboratory. They were constructed with the assistance of a $1 million grant from the Moody Foundation. Land for the 100-acre campus was donated by Houston businessman George P. Mitchell. Mrs. Helen Delich Bentley, chairman of the Federal Mari time Commission, will present the dedicatory address. Included in the day’s agenda are Coast Guard licensing and Naval Reserve commissioning ceremonies for the 18-member Texas Maritime Academy 1972 graduating class. Presenting Coast Guard licenses will be Rear Admiral John B. McCubbin, com mandant of the 8th Coast Guard District. Rear Admiral Robert A. MacPherson, commanding officer of the 8th Naval District, will Supply-demand rule dictates resale value of student books 'HE OWEN SOCIETY was formed at A&M Sunday when out friendship bracelets at the ceremony which was held i&tional representatives initiated freshman girls ranked in the MSC. Receiving hers is Carol Matthews, nthe upper tenth of their class. Rene’ Duchesne passed ji; Campus governments begin new year J |■The 1972-73 members of three pjor campus governing bodies, p Student Senate, Civilian Stu- wt Council and Graduate Stu nt Council, will hold their ini- N Meetings Thursday. The Senate will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 103 of the Engineer ing Center and at the same time the CSC will meet in room 226 of the library. The GSC meeting is at 11:30 a.m in room 3D of the 'r. DeBakey given "AMU designation DENT] Ml E COMPANY Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, Bay lor College of Medicine president, been named distinguished professor of surgery by Texas AM University. President Jack K. Williams said a liploma noting the honorary taignation for the eminent Hous- heart surgeon will be pre- ited Saturday when Dr. De- pkey makes the principal ad- iress at the university’s spring imencement exercises. Dr. Williams noted DeBakey’s Appointment, first of its type for UMU, is in keeping with ancient academic traditions for an insti tution to so honor a person who lias risen to great heights in his field. The designation was authorized at the April meeting of the Texas A&M Universtiy System Board of Directors. Board President Clyde H. Wells said the designation is particularly timely, noting re cently announced plans for an agreement between TAMU and Baylor College of Medicine to cooperate in medical and allied health fields. Dr. DeBakey, a pioneer in the field of heart surgery, was named president of Baylor College of Medicine in 1969 when the insti tution was separated from Baylor University. He had previously served as dean of the 70-year-old medical college* Texas’ only pri vate medical school. MSC. At the Senate meeting, Layne Kruse will make about 20 Uni versity Committee appointments. It is also possible that some tem porary appointments for student government committees will be made. Topics that should draw major interest will be a discussion of the new women’s dorm hours pol icy and the first verse of the Aggie War Hymn. Other topics of discussion will be rules and regulation changes, a land-earth sculpture project, clarification of by-laws and elec tion date selections for next year. New dormitory presidents will meet together for the first time, as the CSC discusses a new con stitution which would change the council to a residence hall asso ciation. This change would give the council a new set of objectives to work with and better define their constituency. Also on the agenda are plans for freshman orientation in the dorms for fall. Other topics include a discus sion of land at Lake Somerville which the Sailing Club has been discussing with the Corps of En gineers. The club would like to use it as a headquarters and the CSC will discuss the possibility of use by all organizations. Cr« ;Ve oaes Week-Wt d. foi* tne 1973 ekend will be Richard Z.epeda announced that the primary purpose of the Grad uate Student Council meeting would be to elect a secretary and treasurer They will also decide on dates and times for next year’s Interest* to attend any three groups o representatives on the agenda. stud* are invited meeting of the to consult their regarding items A recurring drama is about to unfold for the umpteenth time at Texas A&M University . . . The place: The Exchange Store. The time: The last day of final exams. Enter Sammy Spotless, shining example of all that is pure, clean and all-American. Following closely behind Sammy is Arty Atrocious, first cousin of Fred die the Freeloader, on the poor side of the family. Sammy: I would like to sell this History 105 textbook; how much will ya gimme ? Clerk: I’ll give you $5. Sammy: Fine, I’ll take it. Thank you. Clerk: You’re welcome. Next! Arty: I would like to sell this History 105 textbook; how much will ya gimme ? Clerk: I’ll give you 50 cents. Arty: Wadda ya mean, 50 cents? You just gave Mr. Clean, there, $5 for the same hook. DIS CRIMINATION!!!! It’s happen ing again; just because bis head is shaved and his shoes look like a mirror he gets $5; and because my hair’s long, my beard needs trimming and I don’t spit shine my sandals, I get 50 cents. DIS CRIMINATION!!!! I’ll write my congressman; I’ll write the AC- LU; I’ll write . . . While this may not be an ex act portrayal of an occurrance during the year-end rush, it is conceivable without an under standing of the Exchange Store’s book buy-back policy. The Exchange Store’s book buy-back policy is a simple one, although often misunderstood, Chuck Cargill, store manager, explained. The policy is simply based on need for the book. If a book is to be used again, half of the original list price is paid. If the book is not needed, wholesale price is paid. Cargill cited several reasons for not needing a book. Among them are: if a book requisition is not received from the professor; if the text is being dropped; if a new edition is coming out, or if sufficient quantity is on hand to meet the professor’s require ments. The Exchange Store depends on faculty members to determine the title and number of books needed for the succeeding semester, Car gill added. If it is determined that 20 books are needed, half price will be paid for the first 20 used books. After that, only the cur rent wholesale price will be paid, as in Arty’s case. Wholesale prices vary from (See Supply-Demand page 4) present the naval commissions. TMA graduates also earn bache lor of science degrees in marine transportation or marine engi neering. The ceremonies also will include transfer of command of TMA’s Corps of Midshipmen to students who will be seniors next year. Joining in the dedicatory cere monies will be Dr. Jack K. Wil liams, TAMU president, and Clyde H. Wells, president of the Texas A&M University System Board of Directors. Dr. Williams announced forma tion of the new marine-oriented college last September, noting that its creation represents con centration of A&M’s diverse ocean programs underway for a number of years in Galveston. Dr. William H. Clayton, for merly associate dean for research in the College of Geosciences on the College Station campus, was named dean of the new college. The new unit was made pos sible through legislation intro duced in the 62nd Legislature by Sen. A. R. Schwartz of Galveston and Rep. Bill Presnal of Bryan. In addition to TMA, the college consists of the Moody Marine In stitute and Coastal Zone Labora tory. The institute includes the Marine Laboratory and will be expanded to encompass teaching units for such fields as marine life sciences and marine eco nomics. Currently headquartered at Fort Crockett, the Marine Laboratory offers course work in marine bi- oloiry> technical training in fish eries biology and is engaged in various marine biological re search projects. The Coastal Zone Laboratory, first in a proposed chain of lab oratories along the Texas Coast, serves as a center for interdis ciplinary applied research in bay and estuarine systems. The lab oratory focuses on problems unique to the Galveston area, functioning in much the same way as agricultural experiment sta tions have served as regional re search units for land grant col leges. Plans are being compiled for the campus’ first residence hall. | Annual faculty awards program set for Thursday in coliseum The university and its Asso ciation of Former Student for mally honor the faculty Thursday I with presentation of distinguish- achievement awards and a din- i % for retirees. library open 24 liours next week Study hall arrangements will be maintained around the clock May 9-12 in the University Library for students desiring optimum aonditions during final exam week. Semester exams begin Monday, May 8, and conclude Saturday,- May 13. Jane Davis, circulation depart ment head, also noted that most materials checked out of the li brary become due May 12. Items from the lending print Election and semester-loaned materials held by faculty-staff are due May 12. “Some students may have books due on a later date,” she said, “but these should be returned be fore they leave campus for the summer.” The library final exam study arrangement provides quiet con ditions and access to the open- shelved materials all night, Davis noted. She said the checkout and division desks and reserve room will close at midnight. The 3:30 p.m. awards program in G. Rollie White Coliseum will include presentation of $1,000 cash gifts and citations to 15 faculty members. Twelve of the awards will be presented by the Association of Former Students and three by the Standard Oil (Indiana) Foundation. The alum ni awards also include engraved watches. Seven of the former students awards will be presented for dis tinguished achievement in teach ing, three for research and one each for individual student re lationships and extension. All three Standard Oil awards are based on teaching excellence. Identity of the recipients is being withheld until a biograph ical sketch is read of each winner by Dr. John C. Calhoun, vice president for academic affairs. Former Students President Bob Latimer of Dallas will present the alumni awards. He will also address faculty-staff at the after noon session. President Jack K. Williams will preside and present the Standard Oil awards. Eleven retiring faculty mem bers will be honored at a special Thursday evening reception and dinner sponsored by the alumni organization. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. ’ 'V 1 H llSS i Kruse wants more involvement, input Layne Kruse By TC Cone A look into the Student Senate office will easily show that the new Student Senate president is already hard at work. Layne Kruse, 20, of McGregor is either on the telephone or in conference with senators or stu dent leaders. Taking time out between meetings for an inter view, the junior economics major told of his ideas for next year. “One of the main things we plan to work for next year is more student involvement in local government,” Kruse said. “We are in the process now of attempting to get a voting place located on campus.” Kruse said that he and other student leaders are presently in contact with people in Austin about the legality of having a voting booth on campus. “There was a lot of time and effort spent in getting people to register to vote here at A&M and now we want to get the stu dents and faculty an easy loca tion so they can exercise their rights,” Kruse said. Another plan for next year is the revision of Soapbox Forum. The Soapbox Forum idea became reality two years ago, Kruse said, but the main problem has been the location. “If the admin istration could be convinced that the Forum is a worthwhile ac tivity and it needs to be located somewhere near the Academic building,” Kruse said, “then Soapbox Forum would be a great asset to the University.” Soapbox Forum is a joint ef fort between the Student Senate and the Great Issues Committee of the MSC. It has been located on the drill field in the past. Kruse has been active in the Student Senate for the past two years. As a sophomore he was a representative of the Liberal Arts college. This past year he has been Chairman of the Stu dent Senate Student Life Com mittee and the Business Rela tions Committee. Kruse has been instrumental in such student services as the business discounts and the Free University program. “We got the idea for the business dis counts from Texas Tech and with the help of several student sena tors it was implemented and has been fairly successful,” Kruse said. “The MSC Council helped a great deal on the Free Univer sity program.” “What I am working for main ly is more student input into student activities,” Kruse said. Hobby rally set Thursday- Ralph’s Pizza Bill Hobby, candidate for lieu tenant governor, will speak at a rally at Ralph’s Fdzza—East Gate May 4. The rally is scheduled from 6:00 until 7:30 p.m. and will include free pizza, announced Bruce Clay, Hobby’s A&M campaign manag er. This will be Hobby's fourth visit to Brazos county and part of his last tour of Texas before the May 6 Democratic primary. Clay said the rally for Hobby will be informal for the students to meet the candidate.