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Batt Editorial —
A Two-Sided Coin
Looking at the bicycle registration process from both sides of the
oin, we have to say students would be causing themselves and the
niversity a great many headaches by a mass boycott of registration.
The main controversy seems to be over where the registration
noney is going. One dollar will be for security via actual procedure
osts, while the other two dollars of the fee is being allotted to bicycle
ickand path system construction.
If the number of bicycles coming onto campus is going to increase,
ike racks must be increased likewise. Money ($9,225) has already been
pent for racks for 750 bikes.
An additional $6,000 is needed to pay for already-purchased, but
pot-payed-for racks. To put these up, an additional $8,000-10,000 is
■ceded. The money must come from non-state funds.
On one hand, we sympathize with those upset with the fee, both
Because it is there and for where the money is going.
On the other hand, we sympathize with those who are cognizant of
Ithe need to raise money via registration. To pull money from services
Bee funds would decrease dollars already being used by desperate
ampus organizations.
This does not mean we agree with people wishing to build a bicycle
lath system. Though desperately needed, we think a temporary
olution could be found to alleviate the necessity for a system, while
| Jso solving congestion problems.
Also on the registration side of the coin is this: we do need
ecurity for bicycles. University Police don’t seem to be so bent on
^trict enforcement of bike operation rules, but do see a way by which
heir job of returning and locating stolen bicycles could be made easier.
You may be thinking we aren’t on the cyclists’ side. To the
ontrary, we are. More so than committees who approve fees without
onsulting responsible student representatives.
If you see our point, don’t boycott registration. Registration can
ie done quickly and easily. We can work out details for spending funds
s students and cyclists wish them to be spent later.
Plans To Beautify
Campus Underway
|By DAN PRICE
The landscape development of
Ithe new Krueger-Dunn dormitory
[area is just one of the many
[campus beautification plans now
[under way on the A&M campus,
[according to Robert Rucker, pro-
[fessor of landscape architecture.
The Maintenance Department is
[now in the process of letting a
[contract for a large landscape
[development on campus. Rucker
Isaid that “in the very beginning
jplanning stages of any construc-
Ition project, we’re asked to plug
|in an amount of money we feel is
j adequate to do the landscape
[plantings, installing irrigation
[sprinkler systems, and establish
[the lawns.”
“Basically, our philosophy in
[this department is that we are
to create and maintain the most
pleasant academic environment
possible for our student body,”
Rucker said.
Slide-Tape Show
On Architecture
Slated Thursday
A sight-sound program about
la small Indiana city with the
[architecture of a major world
I capital will be presented Thurs-
fday at A&M.
Paul C. Law’s “Athens of the
Prairie” is a slide-tape presenta-
|tion featuring Columbus, Ind. A
scity of 33,000, Columbus has
i p 1 a n n i n g and architecture by
some 15 different world renown
| planners and architects, accord-
j ing to Larry Priesmeyer of the
Environmental Design Depart-
I ment.
Law will present the program
at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. in
Ithe architecture building audi
torium. It is sponsored by the
Environmental Design Depart
ment of the College of Architec-
| ture and Environmental Design.
Priesmeyer said the public, as
well as students and faculty-
staff, are welcome.
A public relations specialist
with Frigidaire in Dayton, Ohio,
Law combines interest in pho
tography, recording, narration,
writing, producing and bicycling
to develop sight-sound works on
Americana.
Strictly a hobby, his presenta
tions are not travel talks; there
are too many of those already,
Law said. His sight-sound pres
entations cover a variety of
topics.
“We would like to make the
exposure to beauty an integral
part of everybody’s total college
experience of university life.”
This is the ultimate goal of
the maintenance department, add
ed Rucker.
The beautification plans for
this year include planting by the
Krueger-Dunn dormitory area,
except for the south side, which
is now being used for construc
tion, Rucker said. The front and
the interior courtyards will also
be done.
The Chemistry Institute Annex,
the Educational Television Studio,
the Forest Service Laboratory
and some minor additions in
Hart, Law and Puryear Halls
will also be planted.
Before the beginning of next
year, the first phase of remedial
planting and redevelopment will
be started in the long areas in
the north dormitory area and
selected areas of the south dormi
tory area, or the Corps dormitory
area, said Rucker.
“We hope to have continuing
growth in this ai’ea so that by
the fall of 1975, we will have this
whole campus put back together
and it will be beautiful to look
at and a pleasure to enjoy,” he
added.
He said there are many areas
about which students wonder why
the Maintenance Department
doesn’t do something.
“We have a limited amount of
money and we want to make cer
tain everybody is through before
we move in.
“We do not like to have an area
planted and growing, throw some
trees in and then have somebody
come back in and dig a great big
ditch in it,” he said.
“Because we are building an
environment for our students, we
would much rather build an en
vironment of a type of which they
want,” said Rucker. He added the
only way the department could
know what they want is for stu
dents to inform them.
The Environmental Awareness
Committee of the Student Govern
ment is the only way the Main
tenance Department can learn
what students want, he said.
Brazos County Industrial Park
Che Battalion
Vol. 67 No. 155
College Station, Texas Wednesday, September 27, 1972
845-2226
In B-CS Public Hearings
Phone Rate Is Hot Issue
By VICKI ASHWILL
B-CS City Beat
General Telephone Co.’s pro
posed phone rate increase met
with vocal public disapproval at
Bxyan’s City Commission meeting
Tuesday night—disapproval iden
tical to that expressed in College
Station’s public hearing last week.
Division Manager for General
Telephone in Bryan, Bill Irwin,
presented the company’s case in
approximately the same format
as did Area Manager R. X. Bailey
at the College Station hearing.
Irwin pointed out the company
had not had an increase in rates
in this area for the past twelve
years. The number of telephones
in Bryan alone has increased
from 7,976 to 15,837 during this
twelve year interval, said Irwin.
Irwin also pointed out the tel
ephone was a public utility, there
fore a necessary service to the
public. As a utility it cannot re
fuse, limit or discontinue serv
ices without appropriate reason.
“The future plans of the com
pany include electronic switching
in this area, which means push
button dialing as well as added
convenience to the customer,”
said Irwin.
The company also plans to add
two floors to the present building
in Bryan and 114 different
switches for come complete long
distance service.
General Telephone also put
forth a plea to the Commission
as it did to College Station for
prompt and decisive action.
Residents of Bryan voiced many
of the same complaints at the
meeting as College Station resi
dents did. Several residents found
that they, as did Dottie Clark of
College Station, were over-timed
for their long distance calls, and
therefore, over-charged.
The ‘poor quality’ of service
done by General Telephone was
discussed in depth at both meet
ings.
“We’ve finally given up any at
tempt to direct dial,” said Mrs.
Phillip Beth Williams of Bryan.
“Three years ago I lived in a
community where Bell Telephone
serviced the area and I heard no
bad things about their service.”
Voices on the line, difficulty in
hearing, a busy signal before fin
ishing the dialing and no service
when it rained were a few of the
other complaints given by Mrs.
Williams and others at the Bryan
hearing.
“I received a long distance call
from Tulsa,” said Mrs. Ronald
Grigsby, a four and one-half year
resident of Bryan, “but in order
to hear my party in Tulsa, Bell
Telephone had to connect the call
through the Houston Emergency
System.”
“I don’t understand a company
that cannot promise an increase
in proficiency but can promise an
increase in rates,” said another
Bryan resident.
Art Ruff from the communica
tions division of Sears, Roebuck
& Co. in Dallas brought out the
unfairness in the metered system
and conversational minutes.
“There is no other telephone
company in the United States that
has filed a tariff on conversa
tional minutes on calls going out
and coming in,” said Ruff. “If
this system is put into effect,
you’re going to have to pay for
crank calls and anyone calling
in on a business phone,” pointed
out Ruff.
Small business owners said they
would be unable to afford such
a system.
“Within a ten year period the
meter system might be transfer
red over to residential use,” said
Don Moran, representative from
the communications division of
J. C. Penneys.
In looking at the metered sys
tem, Don Holdridge, vice-presi
dent of revenue requirements for
GTE, General Telephone and Elec
tronics, explained the company
looked at the situation objectively
and felt this system would allow
the businesses to pay their fair
share.
“If this type system is put into
effect, a flat rate would be paid
until meters are put in, probably
in one to two years,” Holdridge
continued.
Mayor J. Skrivanek of Bryan
closed the hearing with the mat
ter undecided, planning to study
the rate increase further.
Grid Ticket Distribution
Policy Clarified By Kruse
DALE AMMONS, freshman quarterback, makes a hand off to fullback Bucky Sams
during Tuesday’s workout as the fish football squad is preparing to meet the Rice Owlets
in Kyle Field Thursday night. Kickoff is slated for 7:30. (Photo by Steve Oualline)
Award—Winning ABC Sportscaster
Jim McKay To Discuss Olympics Thursday
The sports commentator who
held together ABC-TV’s grim
Olympic death-watch report will
discuss Thursday at A&M whether
the games are really games any
more.
Jim McKay will appear at
TAMU through the Great Issues
committee of the Memorial Stu
dent Center. The only sports
commentator in television history
to receive two Emmies, McKay
will speak at 8 p.m. in the MSC
Ballroom, announced Issues chair
man T. C. Cone.
Admission to his talk, “Olym
pics ’72—Are the Games Really
Games Anymore?” will be 25
cents for students with activity
cards and $1 for all others, Cone
said.
McKay, popular host of ABC’s
“Wide World of Sports,” worked
wtih Chris Schenkel, Peter Jen
nings and Lou Ciofi through the
tense uncertain period when Arab
terrorists and Israeli hostages
were being transported from the
Olympic village to the airport.
McKay and Schenkel co
anchored the suspenseful telecast.
McKay provided the sensitive on-
camera reporting that held the
drawn-out TV coverage together.
“An hour into the show, an
unofficial source indicated the
real magnitude of the disaster at
the airfield,” Newsweek reviewed
the telecast. “McKay couldn’t
announce it until the report was
confirmed by West German au
thorities, but he did have to live
with the knowledge as he vamped
for time.”
A veteran of television report
ing for 25 years, McKay started
Jim McKay
in sports in the early ’50’s. As
host of “Wide World of Sports,”
he has covered more than 100
different sports, traveled two and
a half million miles to 35 coun
tries on six continents eand re
ported events from 41 states plus
Washington, D.C.
The newsman, who turned 51
Sunday, began as a broadcaster,
writer and production man in
Baltimore in 1947. Three years
later, he went to New York as
host of his own daily variety pro
gram.
Involvement in sports came
when McKay started covering-
college football and was anchor
man for coverage of the 1960
Summer Olympics. McKay also
frequented several of ABC’s golf
telecasts. He was with “Wide
World of Sports” from its first
edition in April of 1961 and has
since become the host of the most
popular sports series in TV
history.
Graduating from Loyola Col
lege with a B.A. degree, McKay
is also a member of Alpha Sigma
Nu, a national Jesuit honor so
ciety. After his college, McKay
served from 1943-46 on a Navy
minesweeper.
Student Government President
Layne Kruse clarified the Stu
dent Senate policy on football
ticket distribution Tuesday, cit
ing the ways students may pick
up their tickets.
The policy was passed by the
Student Senate Sept. 11, 1971,
after revision demands by stu
dents.
Kruse said the policy states tick
ets will be issued to students
five days in advance of each
game.
“The policy continues:
“The basis for procurement
shall be two-fold. The student
may buy tickets according to his
activity card or he may purchase
tickets according to his tenure at
A&M, which is indicated by the
first two numbers of his identi
fication card.
“Whenever a student’s activity
card is lower in classification
than his ID card, the ID card
shall take precedence.
“Graduate students and sen
iors shall pick up tickets on the
first day of distribution, juniors
on the second day, sophomores
on the third day, freshmen on
the fourth day and all students
on the fifth day.”
Kruse said the policy states a
ticket may be bought by the in
dividual having the oldest ID
card prefix number in the case
of one student having a date
with another.
The policy also states one stu
dent may purchase tickets with
a maximum of 10 student ID
cards in his possession and 10
activity cards. This allows a stu
dent to get a maximum of 10
student and 10 date tickets or
any combination of the two.
Kruse said this rule was made
to avoid making long lines even
longer.
He noted the consideration sec
tion in the upper level on the
student side of Kyle Field will
be open for ticket sales for all
five days for people needing to
sit down during the game be
cause of various disabilities.
Any complaints on the present
policy should be directed to stu
dent senators, or Ron Bento or
Kruse.
Refrigerators
Available Again
Persons wishing to rent or buy
refrigerators from the A&M Stu
dent Government may now do so
by contacting student distributor
Steve Hill in his office beneath
the University Hospital.
Hill said Tuesday he had re
ceived another shipment of 138
machines and these were ready
for distribution.
Hill said those who rented re
nted refrigerators on last Thurs
day are subject to a discount.
These students may pick up their
refund during the 3:30-5:45 p.m.
period he is in his office on Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday
each week.
He added refrigerators are cur
rently renting for $16.65 plus $10
deposit. The deviation in price is
a result of the decreased time of
use for the semester.
Radio And TV
Personality To
Address Group
John Henry Faulk, radio and
television personality, will speak
at the kickoff luncheon for the
Bryan United Fund and College
Station Community Chest cam
paigns, Thursday at the Ramada
Brazos County Industrial Park Opens
Inn.
By BILL HERRIDGE
The Brazos County Industrial
Park officially opened Tuesday
afternoon with a host of area
and state dignitaries praising the
community for its efforts in
obtaining the facility.
Master-of-ceremonies Joe G.
Hanover read telegrams from
Senators John Tower and Lloyd
Bentsen, Representative Olin
Teague, and Democratic guber
natorial hopeful Dolph Briscoe
expressing best, wishes to the
community on the completion of
Phase Three of the park. Legis
lative and campaign duties pre
vented the politicos from attend
ing the dedication ceremonies.
In a parade of refreshingly
short speeches, attending digni
taries emphasized the importance
Banking is a pleasure at First
Bank & Trust. —Adv.
of the park in aiding efforts to
attract new industry to the area.
“All the citizens of Bryan and
College Station will reap the
benefits of this park,” Chamber
of Commerce President Ron Hale
said. “The park will be helpful
in attracting new industry, and
will enable present companies in
the area to expand, providing
more jobs for the young people
of this community.”
Clark Monroe, president of the
Texas Industrial Foundation, said
the park belonged to the people
of the Brazos Valley.
“You will all feel the benefits
of this park,” he said. “The
initiative taken by the people of
this community is to be admired.”
A&M President Jack Williams
said the importance of the park
would be felt even on the A&M
campus.
“I want to say these festivities
will be continued Saturday night
at Kyle Field,” he quipped, re
ferring to the upcoming first
home football game of the season
for Texas A&M.
“This park represents the work
of many people whose sole pur
pose was the betterment of the
community,” County Judge Wil
liam R. Vance said. “Through the
efforts of these people, this park
has no equal in the state for con
venience and planning.”
The mayors of Bryan and Col
lege Station were in attendance,
and both College Station Mayor
Dick Hervey and Bryan Mayor
J. A. Skrivanek praised the com
munity for its efforts in seeing
the park become a reality.
“I want to congratulate the
people responsible for this park,”
Hervey said. “This is the finished
product of many hours of hard
work and planning.”
“I am extremely proud of this
park,” Skrivanek said. “The dedi
cated people who made this park
a reality are the ones who make
Bryan-College Station a better
place to live.”
Guest speaker at the event was
Houston newspaper executive Bill
Hobby. Hobby is also the un
opposed Democi'atic candidate for
state lieutenant governor.
“This park is a tribute to all
of you who put in countless hours
to see your planning become a
reality,” he said. “You have given
an example in cooperation to
solve problems that the state gov
ernment can follow.”
Following the speeches, guests
and dignitaries toured the fa
cility.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
Faulk, a graduate of the Uni
versity of Texas, is a nationally
known after-dinner speaker and
humorist. He began his career in
show business in 1946 with his
own radio show, “Johnny’s Front
Porch,” and has appeared on sev
eral popular television shows.
Bob Boone, director of the
Singing Cadets of A&M, will also
be on the program which will be
emceed by Harry Gillam df
KBTV-TV.
Bob Bowen, Bryan Drive Chair
man, and Ed Cooper, College
Station Drive Chairman, said the
luncheon will be attended by
United Fund and Community
Chest workers and board mem
bers, and directors of the agen
cies supported by the United Way
Campaigns.
Ray Smith, personnel director
at Texas A&M, will be Campus
Drive Chairman for the Bryan
United Fund and College Station
Community Chest Campaigns. He
will coordinate the campus drive
for both campaigns.