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Che Battalion The Beginning Is The Most Important Part Of The Work. Vol. 67 No. 198 College Station, Texas Wednesday, January 10, 1973 WEDNESDAY—Ice and freez ing rain. Sleet & snow today, and tonight. High 31, low 27. Winds from the north. THURSDAY—Continuing sleet & snow. Northerly winds. High of 37. 845-2226 Greenhill To Board Gives Oath Members NEW FACES among A&M’s recently appointed direc tors include Richard A. Goodson of Dallas (left), Clyde H. Wells of Granbury and Mrs. Wilmer Smith of Wilson. Gov. Preston Smith is pictured with Mrs. Smith, the second woman in A&M’s history to serve on the Board of Direc tors. Also filling a fourth vacancy is Joe H. Reynolds. School Monday At A&M, Says Williams Cold Weather Closes UT Extra Week AUSTIN — Chief Justice Joe Greenhill formally administered the oath of office Tuesday to three members of the Texas A&M University System Board of Di rectors, including the first woman to serve on the board in nearly 50 years. Sworn in during ceremonies in the governor’s office were Mrs. Wilmer Smith of Wilson, Richard A. Goodson of Dallas and Clyde H. Wells of Granbury and Dallas. A fourth board member, Joe H. Reynolds of Houston, was sworn in previously. He fills the vacancy created by the Nov. 27 death of Dr. A. P. Beutel of Lake Jackson. Mrs. Smith and Goodson suc ceed H. C. Heldenfels of Corpus Christi and Peyton McKnight Jr. of Tyler. Heldenfels has served two terms on the board. McKnight has been elected a state senator. Wells was reappointed for a third six-year term on the board and currently serves as its presi dent. Attending the ceremonies were two other board members, H. C. Bell Jr. of Austin and William H. Lewie Jr. of Waco, and TAMU President Jack K. Williams. Mrs. Smith, 1938 graduate of Texas Tech University, is a for mer school teacher and president of the National Extension Home makers Council. She was named “Texas Woman of the Year” in 1961 by Progressive Farmer Mag azine and is a recipient of the 4-H Silver Spur Award. She is the second woman ever to serve on the Texas A&M board. Mrs. J. C. George of Brownsville was a member from 1921 until 1926. Goodson is a 1927 TAMU grad uate and 1966 recipient of the uni versity’s Distinguished Alumni Award. He is a director and former president of Southwestern Bell Telephone and a former chairman of the Texas United Fund. He also is chairman of the executive committee of Dallas Federal Savings and Loan Associ ation. Wells, a rancher and business man, is a 1938 TAMU graduate. He also earned a degree in 1936 from Tarleton State College, which is part of the TAMU Sys tem. He was named “Man of the Year in Texas Agriculture” for 1967 by the Texas County Agri cultural Agents Association. Reynolds, a 1947 graduate of Baylor Law School, has practiced law in Houston since 1949 and formed the firm of Reynolds, White, Allen & Cook in 1966. Prior to moving to Houston, he worked two years in Austin for then Attorney General Price Daniel. He also served as a spec ial trial consel for the attorney general’s office in the late 1950s. Students attending the Uni versity of Texas at Austin will get an extra week’s worth of Christmas vacation thanks to a curtailment of natural gas sup plies needed to heat and light buildings. A&M students, on the other hand, won’t have the same ‘prob lem,’ said A&M President Jack K, Williams Tuesday night. “We believe we are in a firm situation as far as diesel fuel oil supplies are concerned,” said Williams. “A&M probably won’t have any severe problems this winter which will force us to shut down operations.” University of Texas regents Tuesday told students to take the extra vacation period. About 38,000 students had ex pected to start classes again next Tuesday after the holidays. Under the new schedule, classes will begin Jan. 23. UT President Stephen H. Spun* also told employees to take the rest of the week off. Heat in campus buildings was turned off at 5 p.m. Tuesday, and employees will not return to work until told to do so through news media. .The total cut of natural gas supplies began Monday morning, and UT began using fuel oil to generate its electricity. Heat was cut off in most campus build ings Monday night. Employees were urged to turn off all unnecessary lights and such power users as the huge campus fountains were turned off. The City of Austin has been using fuel oil to generate elec tricity since a partial curtailment of natural gas supplies Sunday followed by a total cut Monday. But the city has adequate oil stor age facilities for about a week Statewide Demands For Gas Hurting Big Plants, Cities By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Strong demands for natural gas by Texans has prompted gas utilities to curtail service to some large-volume users in many areas hit hard by the current winter storm. A spokesman for the Texas Railroad Commission said Tues day, “There is no question the problem is statewide. We have had calls from north and west and south Texas and from the Panhandle.” The spokesman had no figures on the number of plants or cities affected by the curtailments. Various utilities across the state explained that service to residential users of natural gas was not affected. The problem was explained as one of trans mission rather than supply. With heavy demand for gas to be used for heating, existing pipelines are not sufficient to carry gas to serve all customers. To lessen the burden, supply to the largest customers is curtailed. In Dallas, Southern Methodist University announced suspension of classes Wednesday and Thurs day. Fuel oil was also pressed into service in San Antonio power plants for the sixth time this winter. Both cities are served by Coastal States Gas Producing Co. In the Panhandle and South Plains, Pioneer Natural Gas Co. curtailed gas supplies to oil mills, cotton compressors and meat packing plants. Cities affected in clude Midland, Amarillo, Big Spring and Odessa. A utility spokesman said plants affected are those with “inter- ruptable” contracts, meaning Batt To Resume Daily Printing Beginning Tuesday, The Bat talion will resume its daily publication Tuesday through Friday each week. The “Batt” staff wishes each student good luck and good times during the coming semester. that curtailments are written into their contracts in case of short ages. Two Lubbock electric utility companies, who have been cut back, reported a five-day supply of fuel oil to fire power plants, with a new shipment due to ar rive tonight. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, at least 10 plants have shut down or severely reduced production, including National Can Corp., and Fritz W. Glitch, Inc., both of which employ about 500 persons. In Galveston, three plants em ploying nearly 900 persons , were Projects Valued At $30 Million Texas A&M enhanced its status during 1972 as the state’s leading university research center, accord ing to a report by the Coordinat ing Board, Texas College and Uni versity System. The document covering fiscal year 1972 showed TAMU projects valued at $30,950,432, represent ing more than 40 per cent of all research funds reported by the state’s 24 pubic senior colleges and universities. “We are proud of the progress and level of our research en deavors,” noted TAMU President Jack K. Williams, “and while the dollar value indicates the size of our program, the true value is in the state and national im portance of studies conducted and the very great benefits the public derives from research results.” TAMU’s diverse research pro gram includes projects ranging from highway safety to marine resources and air and water pol lution studies, as well as several medically-relatfed projects. TAMU’s research funding for fiscal year 1972 included $12.5 million for agricultural studies; $7.1 million, engineering; $3.8 mil lion, marine sciences; $2.7 million, physical sciences, and $1.5 million, veterinary medicine. shut down due to the curtailments. They are GAF, Marathon Refin ing and Texas City Refining. In other parts of the South west, Arizona Public Service Co. has asked its industrial users to curtail consumption of gas for the second time in less than a week. Schools in a number of Okla homa cities were told to cut off gas furnaces. Deliveries also were curtailed to industrial and com- merical consumers. of normal power generation, while UT-Austin has only mini mal oil storage capacity. The only campus activities that will continue in operation will be the student health center, the campus police and laboratories that are conducting critical re search that cannot be interrupted. Spurr and UT System Chan cellor Charles A. LeMaistre told the regents that there was no assurance the gas shortage might not cause additional closings dur ing the winter. Spurr said fuel oil on hand Tuesday morning would have lasted the University only until 3 p.m. Thursday. Newly elected regent chairman A. G. McNeese said the UT-Aus tin crisis is symptomatic of the “problem we have in supplying natural gas and energy power today. This is true all over the state and all over the country.” Austin Mayor Roby Butler said that if Coastal States Gas Pro ducing Co. has not resumed gas supplies by Wednesday the city will have to ask for a voluntary citywide cutback in electricity use. The curtailment is the seventh this winter by Coastal States for Austin's city-owned generators. Residential gas users are supplied by Southern Union Gas Co. and have not been affected by the cutback. Joe H. Reynolds Day Care Center Taking Requests Applications are still being accepted by the directors of the A&M Student Government’s Day Care Center which will begin operations this Monday. Children aged two—four years are eligible for care at the center, which will be open from 7:30 a.m. through 5:30 p.m. during the week. The center will follow the campus calendar of school days. The center was originally located at the Lutheran Center behind College Station’s Lutheran Church, but has been relocated at the Unitarian Church, 305 Wellborn Rd., in College Station. Virginia Leahey, chairman of the center’s board of directors, said the center is being relocated because the Unitarian Church is not charging as high a rental fee as the Lutheran Church. Rental cost to the organization is $75 per month with all utilities paid for. Parents of children will expect to pay $55 per month per child. This payment will include one hot meal each day and a morning and evening snack. Parents wishing to pick up applications can find them at the Student Programs Office in the Memorial Student Center between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily. A medical report should be turned in with the application An orientation session for interested parents will be held at the Ui itarian facilities at 7:30 p.m. Friday, said Leahey. She added that anyone wishing to donate supplies or toys are welcome to do so. Leahey may be reached at 846-7201. Inglis can be contacted at 846-0779. Enrollment Increases, Program Expansion, New Facilities Highlight 1972 Activities Sharp increases in enrollment, expansion of key programs, open ing of new facilities and construc tion of others highlighted 1972 activities at A&M. TAMU recorded the state’s largest enrollment increase last fall with the registration of 16,156 students — including a 53 per cent gain in the number of women. Total enrollment was up 9.3 per cent over the previous year. Officials of TAMU and Baylor College of Medicine announced DESPITE THE BLANKET of ice covering Bryan-College Station registration pro cedures continued today. The students above are picking up their schedules in Room 3B of the Coke Bldg, as delayed registration and adds and drops continue through Friday of next week. (Photo by Steve Ueckert) ; far-reaching plans for coopera tive programs in medical and allied health fields. Included in the plans are establishment of the Institute of Comparative Medicine and joint endeavors in biomedical engineering and marine biomedi cal research. In conjunction with the coopera tive program with Baylor Medi cal, TAMU has requested ap proval by the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University Sys tem, to begin a special pre-clinical medical education program. If approved, students selected for the program would enter a two- year medical course at TAMU after their sophomore year and then transfer to Baylor Medical for their final two years of study. TAMU also has requested Co ordinating Board approval to establish a new college of law. In addition to offering traditional law courses, the proposed col lege would develop specialized legal programs related to certain fields in which the university is already well established such as marine science. The Coordinating Board is ex pected to act on the medical and law requests shortly after the first of the year. As part of its expanding med ically-related programs, TAMU has adapted its cyclotron for use by the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor In stitute in treating patients with certain types of cancer. New TAMU facilities were ded icated and formally accepted throughout the state. On the main College Station campus, a $10 million engineering center was opened and named in honor of H. B. Zachry of San Antonio, a recipient of the university’s Dis tinguished Alumni Award. Two other recipients of the award, J. Harold Dunn of Amarillo and C. C. Krueger of San Antonio, were similarly honored with the formal opening of two new residence Banking is a pleasure at First Bank & Trust. Adv. halls offering the first on-campus housing for coeds. Other campus facilities placed in service during the year included the educational television building and the chem istry annex. The entire campus was dedi cated to the Sea Grant concept in special ceremonies commemorat ing the university’s designation as one of the nation’s first four Sea Grant Colleges. Dedication ceremonies also were conducted in Galveston for the first two buildings on the univer sity's new Mitchell Campus. Ad ditionally, the institution’s aca demic and research activities at /Galveston were realigned and designated the Moody College of Marine Sciences and Maritime Resources. Elsewhere around the state, the university opened its Agricultural Research and Extension Center at San Angelo and formally ac cepted a portion of the assets of the Texas Research Foundation at Renner, redesignating it the Texas A&M Research and Exten sion Center at Dallas. ETSU-A&M Game Is Cancelled Due to bad weather and hazard ous road conditions, tonight’s bas ketball game between East Texas State University and A&M has been cancelled, announced A&M Sports Information Director Spec Gammon this morning. Gammon said the game will not be rescheduled and the Ag gies next action will be at 3:30 p.m. Saturday against Arkansas, weather permitting. He added that fans who had already purchased tickets for to night’s game could get refunds at the Athletic Department’s Bus iness Office or by mailing tickets to the same. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv.