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You May Lead An
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THURSDAY—Partly cloud y.
Widely scattered afternoon
thundershowers. Wind souther
ly 10 to 15 m.p.h. Hi^h 93, low
72.
FRIDAY — Partly couldy to
cloudy. Afternoon thundershow
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High 88, low 73.
67 No. 151
College Station, Texas Wednesday, September 20, 1972
845-2226
College Station
Telephone Rate
Hike Studied
By Vicki Ashwill,
B-CS City Beat
The City of College Station
held its first public hearing on
the application for a rate in
crease submitted by the General
Telephone Company Tuesday
night.
Additional public hearings will
be held when the city council
finds it necessary for the com
pletion of the in-depth study on
the increase, stated Mayor J. 13.
Hervey.
It. X. Bailey, general manager,
presented the telephone com
pany’s case during the first part
of the hearing. He pointed out
that there had not been an in
crease in rates since June ItMiO
at which time only 5,656 tele
phones were in use in this area.
Now at the end of June, 3 972,
18,942 telephones were recorded
in service with a 75^ increase
in use.
“We’re a growing community
where the sky is the limit,” said
Bailey. “It costs more to install
phones, acquire new and better
services, and place and replace
underground cables.”
“In other words, good service
costs money,” concluded Bailey.
The telephone company’s pres
entation ended with a plea for
prompt action on the part of the
city council.
Citizens spoke about their feel
ings toward the telephone rate
increase during the second part
of the hearing. The majority of
the citizens speaking pointed out
that the rate of increase was ex
tremely high for the service they
were now receiving.
Dottie Clark pointed out that
recently she dialed information,
which eventually answered after
r>7 rings. After timing her long
distance phone calls for over a
period of one month, she said she
found that in most eases she was
billed for three to five minutes
beyond what she had talked.
“The telephone company is ask
ing for an increase of 21.6 per
cent in telephone rates for a one-
party private phone. I cannot see
an increase of this size or magni
tude when the service is not here
—just promised. I could not af
ford anything more than a 10
percent increase,” stated C. W.
Alworth, stockholder in General
Telephone.
Other citizens continued to
point out that small businesses
would be hurt if a metered sys
tem were put into effect, their
service was found incomplete, di
rect dialing long distance was
often assisted by the operator,
and recently the installation fee
Many questions were left un
answered by the telephone com
pany representatives as the ex
act figures were unavailable
without further computation of
figures.
Shirt Machines Aiding
Laundry Problems
Mom might be pressed for
time if she had to iron 500 shirts
an hour. That’s the capacity of
the TAMU Laundry’s three new
shirt presses.
“Time is not the biggest ad
vantage,” Laundry Manager
George Hartsock said of the
three new machines. “The real
beauty of these machines is that
they are fully automatic and will
not overpress or underpress a
shirt.”
Hartsock explained the new
‘Soul to Soul
Film Friday
TOBY SCHREIBER, A&M dean of women, hosted a women’s faculty luncheon Tues
day at the Ramada Inn. She is shown here talking- to Dr. Mickey Little of the Health
and Physical Education Department. About 60 of A&M’s 117 female staff attended.
(Photo by Mike Rice)
First Appearance Of The Year
Texas Aggie Band To Perform At LSU Game
A Rate Study Increase Pro
gram was suggested by Tom
Burke, who also pointed out that
several questions were still left
unanswered.
The Texas Aggie Band makes
the first of nine public appear
ances of the 1972 football season
Saturday in Baton Rouge.
The T e x a s A&M - Louisiana
State game will be the first time
124 freshmen go before the pub
lic.
“Tiger Stadium is quite a place
for their baptism of fire,” re
marked Lt. Col. E. V. Adams, di
rector of the military organiza
tion known throughout the U. S.
for its precision halftime drills
and “thunder and blazes” sound.
It will also be the opener for
the Aggie Band’s new associate
director, Maj. Joe T. Haney.
The 300-member hand will de
part College Station in eight
charter buses at 8 a.m. Saturday,
dine at the Prince Marriott Motor
Hotel on arrival in Baton Rouge
and be in the LSU stadium to
play while the Aggie football
team warms up for the 7:30 p.m.
contest.
The trip, the TAMU band’s sec
ond to Baton Rouge in three
years, is financed by the Presi
dent’s Office, Athletic Depart
ment, Texas Aggie Band Associ
ation and from other sources.
Louisiana A&M clubs in the
Baton Rouge area will host the
band for the evening meal and
provide lunches for the return
trip Saturday night.
“The drill is designed to show
the band to its best advantage in
the type stadium LSU has,” com
mented Adams, in his 27th sea
son as Aggie bandmaster.
The band marches under the
guidance of drum majors Alan H.
Gurevich of Valley Stream, N. Y.;
Richard W. Minix and Richard B.
Stone of Houston. Paul C. Her
rington of Palestine commands
the band, composed of company-
size Maroon and White Bands
headed by Gilberto Rodriguez of
Kingsville and Russell A. Braden
of Columbus.
A variation of a drill performed
by the band on an earlier occa
sion, the LSU game sequence
will start from a delayed stepoff
entrance executed on nine com
pany fronts, from sideline to side
line.
From the 50-yard-line, the
band will move into a formation
“allowing it to give big, full,
solid treatment to Tchaikovsky’s
(See Band, page 2)
TAMU Graduates Presented With
Greatly-Increased Job Opportunities
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
Graduating students at Texas
A&M face an improved job hunt
ing season, believes Placement
Office Director Robert C. Reese.
The 1972-73 recruiting year
will bring approximately 200
companies to the campus, Reese
said, a slight increase over last
year.
With employment opportunities
the best since 1969, Reese sug-
g e s t s upcoming graduates —
from December through summer
school — begin interviewing as
soon as possible.
Recruiters will be on campus
almost daily beginning Sept. 22
he noted.
Among the free placement of
fice services are distribution of
the College Placement Annual
and TAMU’s Placement Manual,
assistance in resume writing, a
library of company information,
orientation sessions, publications
of a chronological schedule of in
terviewing companies, coordina
tion of interview schedules and
continuing services to all inter
ested former students.
Reese urged the graduating
student come to the Placement
Office, located on the top floor
of the YMCA, for registration in
formation.
Reese pointed out there are six
steps to an effective interview.
His recommendations are:
—Know as much as possible
about the company and the posi
tion it offers. Have an idea of
the exact position you want.
—Be mindful of appearance.
Men should wear a coat and tie,
and have a neat appearance.
—Know the interviewer’s full
name and how to pronounce it.
—Prepare questions before the
interview.
—Arrive 10 to 15 minutes ear
ly. Late arrival is almost inex
cusable.
The placement staff will assist
students at the office or arrange
ments can be made for Reese to
speak to student organizations.
“Soul to Soul,” a full-length
film on the 14th anniversary cele
bration of freedom in Ghana,
Africa, will be shown Friday at
A&M by the Black Awareness
Committee.
The first fall semester presen
tation of the Memorial Student
Center committee, “Soul to Soul”
is scheduled f o r 8 p.m. in the
MSC Ballroom, announced Chair
man Wayne DeVaughn of Hous
ton.
Admission is $1 for students,
faculty and other interested per
sons.
Filmed during Ghana’s week-
long celebration, “Soul to Soul”
is the “reaching out, by Ameri
ca’s top Soul music performers,
to their musical and ancestral
roots in Africa, a bridging of the
two branches of the common cul
ture,” DeVaughn said.
Highlighting the week of dance
festivals, exhibitions and trips
was a 15-hour all-night concert.
It drew over 100,000 to Accra’s
Black Star Square for a mara
thon music bash featuring Wilson
Pickett, Ike and Tina Turner,
Santana and guest artist Willie
Bobo, Roberta Flack and others.
Scenes include shots of the
Americans in Africa, their reac
tions to “coming home” and the
African reactions.
DeVaughn said the Friday
showing opens BAC’s “Black Arts
Series,” a sequence starring
black artists and documenting
black individuals. BAG will show
“The Lost Man” starring Sidney
Poitier Nov. 30. It dramatizes
Jacob Higgs’ unorthodox, uncom
promising means of helping Phil
adelphia ghetto children.
The chairman said other films
to be announced will be selected
for relevancy to the present black
situation and social impact of the
motion picture.
Working with DeVaughn this
year are Aaron Donatto, vice
chairman of Ray wood; Barbara
Buchanan, secretary, Bryan, and
William Grays, treasurer, Hous
ton. Committee advisors are Drs.
Richard Vrooman and Larry
Christensen.
units operate on a moisture sens
ing concept that determines the
time necessary to finish shirts of
various thickness and types of
material.
“With the current one-day
service and the desire for a qual
ity product, we must keep up
with the latest innovations in
laundry equipment and concepts,”
Hartsock continued.
Hartsock, who has 36 years
experience as a professional laun-
derer, joined the A&M staff in
1966. He came at a time when
there was little automation, 158
employees, and as Hartsock ex
plains, a service philosophy of:
“turn it in today and we’ll get it
to you when we can.”
Movement to a one-day serv
ice while reducing employees to
115 has been possible through
increased automation, such as the
new shirt presses, Hartsock
maintains. “For any who en
vision scrub boards and wash
tubs all in a row, I would like
to extend a personal invitation
for them to visit the laundry;
they might be surprised,” he
added.
“Many students who visit the
laundry have the idea that vve
dump everything into a big pot,
stir for a while and spill it out
when its done,” Hartsock contin
ued. “Actually we separate
clothes into several categories,
such as white underwear, white
T-shirts, blue jeans, shirts, wash
and wear pants and linens.”
The laundry currently proc
esses 15,000 shirts, 10,000 pants
and 129,000 assorted pieces of
laundry for students each week.
In addition, the laundry provides
service for staff and faculty, the
Memorial Student Center, cam
pus and dining halls, the hos
pital, physical education depart
ment and other campus facilities.
Hartsock added most items are
washed in nylon nets to reduce
fuzz and lint and all articles are
washed and dried in ultra-mod
ern machines under conditions
and with laundry products that
conform to specifications recom
mended by the International
Fabricare Service, Joliet, 111.
The laundry also subscribes to
the testing service provided by
IFS. Samples are submitted to
test for loss of fabric tensile
strength and for brightness re
tention. The laundry has never
received less than an excellent
rating from the service.
Hartsock pointed out students
have several options in their
laundry service. By noting on
their laundry ticket, they may
request no starch, medium starch
(See Laundry, page 2)
CSC Treasurer
Post Is Open
The position of treasurer of
the Civilian Student Council is
presently vacant due to the resig
nation of Virginia Ehrlich. Resi
dence Hall residents with more
than 25 academic hours and an
overall GPR of 2.50 interested in
this position should pick up an
application form in the CSC of
fice located in the MSC or con
tact Bill Suter (5-3105).
The Civilian Student Council
Executive Board has appointed
seven freshman assistants for
the 1972-73 year.
These are Paula Holland of
Dallas, Pam Jewell of College
Station, Rick Meador of Fort
Worth, Kathy Morgan of Jeffer
son, Karen Sparks of San An
tonio, Tony Thepford of Abilene
and Karin Wilwerding of Con
roe. These were selected from
114 applicants.
Sweetheart
Filing Date
Is Extended
The application period for
1972-73 Aggie Sweetheart selec
tion has been extended until 5
p.m. on Sept. 22, announced Ron
Bento, chairman of the Aggie
Sweetheart Committee.
Application forms are avail
able in the Dean of Women’s Of
fice, Room 103 of the Academic
Building. They should be re
turned there along with a recent
snapshot, Bento noted.
Women may apply themselves,
or may be nominated, but must
have a minimum of 27 credit
hours at A&M and an overall
2.25 grade point ratio to be eli
gible.
Jake Betty New Yell Leader
Banking is a pleasure at First
Bank & Trust. Adv.
Senior Jake Betty was elected yell leader over Gordon Pihner by a
406-101 majority vote in elections held Tuesday by the Student
Government.
Betty, an agriculture economics major from Springtown, fills the
vacancy created by the resignation of head yell leader C. H. Long earlier
this month.
A new head yell leader will be chosen this afternoon by the Yell
Leader Council, composed of four A&M professors and two students.
The five yell leaders will be interviewed by the committee and the
decision will be announced at 5 o’clock, said Jimmy Delony,
informations advisor for the Corps.
Betty will assume yell leader responsibilities immediately and will
travel with the yell leaders to the LSU game this weekend.