The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, September 01, 1972, Image 1

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Several Buildings Nearing Completion On Campus
I A&M’s multi-million dollar
luilding program is on schedule,
0 excited no with several major projects to be
i-year-old Jli completed this semester.
"1 just According to Gen. Alvin Lue-
and win itlaecke, A&M executive vice presi-
e I knew It. dent, the $8.4 million Student
Bormitory Complex and the $4
he was ajJ naillion Chemistry Institute Annex
beating the ? are now virtually complete. Work
had to letfi* 11 ^luiut? hall the dorm
Shirley underway but is
alley Calif fcheduled to be completed by Sept.
rl —justliiiB Luedecke gave the following
aid of Miss summary report on projects slat
ed to be finished this semester:
M —Oceanography and Meteorol-
ogy. Construction consists of
1 V Cil classrooms and laboratories in 15
:s. Total cost is $7.6 million.
Scheduled for occupancy the
latter part of December, the proj
ect is now 85 percent complete.
—Eight-story Office and Class
room. The $3.6 million Phase I
includes a basement and eight-
story facility. The building is
currently 85 percent completed
and scheduled to be ready by mid-
December.
—Auditorium and Conference
Complex. Construction consists of
a building complex containing a
12-floor conference tower, a 2,500-
seat auditorium, a 750-seat the
ater and a 250-seat theater. Total
cost is $10 million.
The conference tower is 80 per
cent complete and will be finished
before the end of the fall semes
ter. The tower will house Con
tinuing Education office and lob
bies, the office of the Director of
Continuing Education, the Place
ment Office, the athletic coaches’
office and faculty club.
The auditorium and theaters
are only half finished and will
not be ready for use until the
winter of 1973.
—Easterwood Airport Renova
tion. Essentially, the project is
complete, but the Federal Aviation
authorities are still installing the
landing system. The project,
worth $800,000, includes 12,000
square yards of reinforced con
crete slabs for parking aprons,
6,100 feet of fence and 36,000
tons of hot mix asphalt surfac
ing on runways. A road around
the lengthened runway to the
Nuclear Science Center is also
complete.
Work on a $97,000 hangar is
still underway.
Luedecke also noted building
projects now under construction
but which will not be completed
until next year. These include:
—Memorial Student Center Ad-
ditions-Modifications. This work
consists of a basement and two-
story addition with a renovation
of the existing MSC. Total cost
is $8.5 million. The overall project
is 50 percent complete and sched
uled for use the summer of 1975.
—Office and Classroom Phase
II. This $1.74 million facility is
located east of the eight story
Phase I and consists of a base
ment and two-floor classroom
building. It will contain two
250-seat classrooms, two 150-seat
classrooms, two 74-seat class
rooms and seven smaller class
rooms.
Primary use will be by the Col
leges of Education and Liberal
Arts. Completion is set for July,
1973.
—Military Walk Mall. Work
is 40 percent complete on this
$333,213 project and should be
completed by late January. In
cluded are walkways, plazas, a
new storm drainage system and
redevelopment of the entire pedes
trian area lighting.
—Utilities Expansion. Work
includes installing a 3,350-ton
steam turbine drive centrifugal
water chiller, one chilled water
pump, one cooling tower and con
struction of 2,000 feet of tunnel
along Military Walk. The $2.6
million project is 80 percent com
plete and on schedule for com
pletion this winter.
—University Health Center.
The $1.3 million center is 12 per
cent complete. Construction con
sists of a basement and two-story
reinforced concrete building with
36,000 square feet for doctors'
offices and hospital facilities.
—Athletic Dormitory and
Training Facility. The structure
will be located west of the MSC
and is 10 percent complete. The
$3 million building will house 200
students and will contain dining
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facilities and athletic training
rooms. The building is scheduled
for a December 1973 completion.
Bolton Hall is presently being
completely renovated and is 95
percent complete. Remodeling and
renovation of Fermier Hall is
slated to begin in February and
construction work on the renova
tion of the Military Sciences
Building is set to begin in May,
1973.
Renovation of the Geology
Building is 10 percent complete.
In addition to the building proj
ects, four parking lots are sched
uled to be finished by November.
These are located behind the new
women’s dorm and next to the Sys
tems Administration Building.
FRIDAY—Partly cloudy, occa
sion cloudiness with thunder
showers in the afternoon. Wind
Southeasterly 10 to 15 m.p.h.
High 92, low 69.
SATURDAY—Same.
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College Station, Texas Friday, September 1, 1972
845-2226
MA&M Research Center
stablished In Dallas
Texas A&M officials formally
tablished a new Texas A&M
[Jniversity Research and Exten-
lion Center at Dallas Friday.
University officials announced
WJfctablishment of the Center as
f acce ptod 380 acres of land
nam e n t‘jpjad buildings from the Texas Re-
■" , Search Foundation, just outside
on ^ ' the northern city limits of Dallas
nd ga\e^ 0n £ 0 jt Road near Renner,
in priie # Texas Research Founda-
imamecliJj on s jgr ne d the property over to
i the Texas A&M in historic action
nhich k Friday morning in the offices of
start ^’Thompson, Knight, Simmons and
rich aki Bullion in Dallas.
Ze ‘ L Representing A&M at the sign-
r total ‘||ng were Clyde Wells of Gran-
son reeoBury, president of the TAMU
set last "iystem Board of Directors; Dr.
icklauiiw. 0. Kunkel, Dean of the Col
eading lege of Agriculture; J. A. Amis,
eer accs|fr., System attorney, and S. H.
(Huey) Whitehurst, superintend-
k ent and coordinator of research
at the new Center. Signing the
japers of transfer for the Foun-
|ation were T. L. Austin, Jr.,
President of Texas Power & Light
Company of Dallas, and Van Hol-
lomon of the Hoblitzelle Founda-
s With the transfer of the re
maining 275 acres of Foundation
property to the University of
Texas, the 28-year-old private
igricultural research organiza-
;ion passed into history Friday.
Members of the professional
taff of the Foundation joined
ither the Texas A&M or Uni-
ersity of Texas staffs as a re-
ult of the transfer of proper
ties.
Texas A&M’s new Dallas prop-
rty includes the west 380 acres
f the Foundation’s land, and all
uildings on the colonial-styled
ampus in northern Dallas and
outhern Collin Counties. The
xtensive farm demonstration
rograms conducted by the Foun-
ation in various Texas commun
ities will be continued by A&M,
and the university also will main-
ain the Suggs Library at the
lew site.
“The Dallas TAMU Center will
follow much the same operational
lan as existing Centers at Lub-
ock, Weslaco, Overton, San An
gelo and Beaumont,” explained
Dean Kunkel.
“The transfer to TAMU of the
staff, land and buildings of the
Foundation marks a continuance
of activities started by the Foun
dation, and signals the start of
expanded services to homeown
ers of the populous Dallas-Fort
Worth areas and farmers and
ranchers of North Texas,” Kun
kel added.
He further noted: “We are de
pending on the Foundation staff,
assembled over the years by Dr.
C. L. Lundell, to continue its ex
cellent endeavors without inter
ruption. Scientific research in
progress on various crops, for
ages and land management sys
tems will continue at the site.”
As staff is added, agricultural
research will be expanded to
meet changing agriculture in the
region, Kunkel added.
Transfer of the Texas Agricul
tural Extension Service’s District
4 headquarters from Denton to
the new TAMU Center at Dallas
will take place soon, according to
Dr. John E. Hutchison, Exten
sion director.
“Commitments to various com
munities for local crop, pasture
and rangeland demonstrations
will be fulfilled. Teams of agron
omic specialists will give leader
ship to the on-farm demonstra
tions, and expanded services will
be provided to Dallas-Fort Worth
area homeowners in regard to
questions about shrubs, trees and
gardening,” Hutchison explained.
Additionally, several research
ers with the Texas A&M Research
Station at Denton will move to
the new Center soon, Kunkel
said.
The new TAMU Center at Dal
las will offer to the huge urban
population and extensive farm
ing and ranching interests of
North Texas the services of these
organizations that are part of
the A&M System: The Texas
Agricultural Experiment Station,
Texas Agricultural Extension
Service, Texas Engineering Ex
periment Station, Texas Engi
neering Extension Service, and
the Colleges of Agriculture, of
Engineering, and of Architecture
and Environmental Design.
New facilities acquired September 1 in Dallas by Texas A&M are situated just outside the Northern City limits of
A&M include the Suggs Library (left) and the Headquart- Dallas on Coit Road, and constitute the new TAMU Re-
ers Building of the Texas Research Foundation. The colo- search and Extension Center at Dallas,
nial-style buildings and 380 acres of land transferred to
Nation 9 s Largest Tutoring Service
Texas A&M Scholastic Service Tutoring To Begin Soon
A&M Enrollment Growing;
Bucking National Trends
Busking the national trend, Tex
as A&M University is headed for
an enrollment increase of nearly
1,000 students, with most of its
gains attributed to coeds and
cadets.
Registrar Robert A. Lacey said
main campus enrollment had
reached 15,500 Thursday, the
fourth day of fall classes. Stu
dents are continuing to enroll
through Friday, with the final
total expected to approach 16,000.
The registrar said current fig
ures do not include TAMU’s Texas
Maritime Academy in Galveston,
first-year students in the College
of Veterinary Medicine or off-
campus registration for resident
credit.
TAMU had an enrollment of
14,775 last fall.
Lacey noted that many institu
tions throughout the state and
nation are reporting declines in
enrollment this fall.
TAMU’s increase can be traced
directly to two groups: women
and participants in the Corps of
Cadets.
Coed enrollment is up to 2,513,
for more than a 40-percent in
crease.
Corps of Cadets participation
is up nearly 300 students, for a
total of about two thousand six
hundred—the highest level in four
years. Included are nearly 900
freshmen.
The university this fall added
Naval ROTC to its Corps of Ca
dets program, complementing its
traditional Army and Air Force
ROTC offerings.
The Texas A&M Scholastic
Service (TAMSS), the largest tu
toring service of its kind in the
nation, will hold registration
Sept. 5-7 for students desiring
full time and part-time tutoring.
Booths will be set up in the
Memorial Student Center, the
University Library and the Aca
demic Building from 9-5 p.m.
each day. Information pertain
ing to times and places of tutor
ing will be given out at the time
of registration.
Yell Practice
Held Monday
The first football-game yell
practice will be held Monday
night in front of Krueger-Dunn
Residence Hall.
The practice is scheduled to be
gin at 7:15 p.m. The ‘Fightin’
Texas Aggie Band’ will be there,
said Head Yell Leader Hank
Paine.
The following Thursday night,
another yell practice will be held
at 10:30 p.m. It will be in front
of the football players’ dorm,
Henderson Hall. The march will
begin from the Corps Area.
The tutoring service is offered
free of cost to all A&M students.
Students requiring full time help
on a regular weekly basis will be
assigned to one tutor throughout
the semester. Students needing
part-time tutoring service or
help with specific problems, pa
pers or quizes will be helped on
a first come, first serve basis.
During the past year of oper
ation, 125 honor student tutors
were involved with TAMSS.
These tutors composed the top
25 per cent of the membership of
Phi Eta Sigma, the national
freshman academic honor society
and were selected on the basis of
outstanding scholastic achieve
ment.
This year, 120 tutors for fresh
man and sophomore courses will
be selected. Tutors for some jun
ior and senior courses will also
be available.
More than 400 students were
tutored each semester last year
under TAMSS.
In addition to full and part
time tutors, TAMSS is also or
ganizing “workshop” type help
sessions in the library. The tu
toring service will also offer spe
cial refresher courses to fresh
men.
Freshmen enrolled in TAMSS
will have access to the most ex
tensive up-to-date quiz file on
campus. They may also “audit”
preliminary courses free of
charge subject to the approval of
the instructor.
The tutoring service, jointly
sponsored by Phi Eta Sigma and
the Student Senate, will offer
aid in a wide range of courses.
These include English 103, 104,
203, 210; Chemistry 101, 102,
103, 104, 106, 227, 228, 316; Math
101, 102, 103, 104, 121, 122, 130,
209, 210, 223, 307, 308, 407; Geol
ogy 010, 107, 108, 113, 114, 318,
325.
Also Civil Engineering 201,
205; Accounting 229; Aerospace
201; Agriculture Engineering 101;
Animal Science 107, 108; Bio
chemistry 303; Ecology 203, 204;
Electrical Engineering 201; En
gineering Design Graphics 105,
106; Education 101, 103; Geology
205, 206; History 105, 106;
Computer Science 201, 203,
Management 105, Marketing 314;
Meteorlogy 203; Nuclear Engi
neering 201; Oceanography 205;
Philosophy 240; Physics 201, 202,
218, 220, 219; Genetics 301; Polit
ical Science 206, 207, 324.
Psychology 107, 303; Anthro
pology 201; Sociology 205;
Agronomy 105, Chemical Engi
neering 204, and Architecture.
TAMSS will have dormitory
representatives in each corps and
civilian dorm to coordinate activ
ities at the dormitory level. Stu
dents needing aid should contact
their representative. In addition
to dorm representatives, repre
sentatives will also be appointed
for those living off campus.
Further information can be ob
tained from TAMSS senior ad
visor Shariq Yosufzai at 5-3051,
Ed Jordan, chairman of TAMSS
at 5-1293, or Mike Shapiro or
Kirk Melquist. Information will
also be available at the registra
tion tables.
Rush Hour, Overflowing Buses
Plague New Shuttle System
Insurance Programs Looked
At In Grad Council Meeting
NEW AND OLD alike found reasons for laughs and smiles as Dean Emeritus H. L.
Heaton (left) and new Dean of Admissions Ed Cooper chatted briefly after an apprecia
tion dinner held at the Ramada Inn in Heaton’s honor. Heaton is retiring after 38 years
of service to the university.
Graduate students pressing for
information on the faculty insur
ance pi'ogram for which they wish
to participate had their views
aired Thursday in the first meet
ing of the Graduate Student
Council.
GSC President Dick Zepeda said
graduate students employed by
the university on a part-time or
full-time basis have felt they are
entitled to enroll in the program.
Sam Byer, insurance officer for
A&M, indicated to the GSC mem
bers that the student policy is of
“good value” because it is based
on students’ ability to pay.
“This makes the benefits less,”
he said, “because the average stu
dent doesn’t have too much money.
But the premiums are less, too.”
Byer said that most graduate
students would fall into the stu
dent-spouse-children bracket of
the student insurance program
for a cost of $155.65 per year.
Byer then explained that the
basic faculty plan costs approxi
mately $300 per year for essen
tially the same coverage.
Raiford Ball (Sci.) pointed out
to the council that it would be
easier for students to pay insur
ance on an installment plan.
Byer said this may be possible
but can’t be done now under the
current contract. He added he
would investigate the proposal to
see how much real interest there
is in the insurance program by
graduates.
No action will be taken on the
insurance issue until all possible
angles have been analyzed, said
Zepeda.
In other business, Ray Skow-
ronski, vice president of the GSC,
announced new graduate student
orientation will be held Sept. 14
in Room 100 of the Chemistry
Building.
The GSC newsletter will be dis
tributed at the orientation. It will
contain information on graduate
student life, academic affairs and
a complete list of GSC represen
tatives, departmental representa
tives and graduates appointed to
university committees.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
By JOY McCLESKEY
A&M’s big rush hour, 7:30-
8:30 a.m., has put a kink in the
operation of the newly installed
university shuttle bus system,
announced Wendell Harris Thurs
day morning.
In a meeting of the Shuttle
Bus Committee at the Systems
Administration Building, Harris
said the first four days of full
operation have proved to be suc
cessful. He added that many
people are being left at stops off-
campus because the buses are
usually filled by 7:50 a.m.
With five active buses and one
on reserve for breakdowns, three
buses are being run to student
apartments in southeast College
Station on 10-minute intervals
and two buses to the Hensel-Col-
lege View Apartments.
Harris indicated that another
bus was needed at the married
student apartment route. This
is impossible at present, he said,
since the committee on the shut
tle bus is completely committed
both by contract and financially.
Plantation Oaks Apartments
presented a petition to the com
mittee to extend the route to in
clude their complex. The only
way this would be possible would
be to add another bus to that
route, according to the council.
The committee did decide to
place monitors on the buses to
evaluate the usefullness of the
time schedules and stops. Eval
uations could result in re-routing
of the buses.
A trial run will be made with
monitors at 1:30 p.m. Monday
starting at the Gulf Station
across from the Southside Apart
ments and is open to anyone
wishing to participate.
Kent Caperton, assistant to
President Jack K. Williams, said
the committee is designed to help
provide a better bus system to
students and anyone may parti
cipate in meetings.
The next meeting is scheduled
for 8:30 a.m. Thursday in the
President’s office in the Admin
istration Building.
‘Butch Cassidy'
To Be Shown
“Butch Cassidy and the Sun
dance Kid,” rather than “Patton,”
will open the 1972-73 Aggie Cine
ma this weekend at Texas A&M.
Aggie Cinema chairman Pete
Rodriguez of Big Spring said the
change was forced by the sale
of “Patton” for fall television
broadcast, with the network get
ting all copies.
Similar action may be taken for
“M*A*S*H,” now scheduled for
Oct. 6-7 showing by the Memorial
Student Center committee. The
movie featuring Elliott Gould has
been billed for television.
Admission is 75<* per TAMU
student or student date, and $1
per person for all others, Rodri
guez indicated.