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Vol. 67 No. 219 College Station, Texas Wednesday, February 21, 1973
Friendship Is The
Highest Degree
Of Perfection
In Society.
Wednesday—Cloudy with occa
sional light rain today and to
night. High 58, low 43.
Thursday — Decreasing cloudi
ness during afternoon.
845-2226
WHO SAID Dorm Five isn’t used anymore? It was used Sunday night to count off
the days until Final Review, which is slated for May 5. (Photo by Kenneth Stroebel)
Forms Available For Clubs
MSC Office Space
W anting
Applications are now being ac
cepted from recognized student
organizations that desire to rent
cubicle-type office space in the
new Memorial Student Center,
announced the Building Studies
Committee of the MSC Council.
Applications will be accepted
through Mar. 2 in the Student
Programs Office of the MSC,
where forms are available upon
request.
The cubicle office space will be
available in September, 1973. The
basic office cubicle contains a
desk, a file drawer, and some
shelf space. The cubicles are
separated by partitions rather
than by walls. They will be locat
ed in the new Student Programs
Office, in the same general area
where the Student Government,
the MSC Council and Directorate,
the Residence Hall Association,
and several other student organi
zations will be located. Organiza
tions renting space in this area
will be in the center of student
activities on campus.
An organization may apply for
more than one cubicle space if it
has enough activities and pro
gramming to justify doing so.
The cubicle office spaces may be
rented for $10 per semester or for
the summer, or for $20 for an
entire year. A number of file
drawers will be available for
rental by student organizations,
whether they rent a cubicle or
not. It is expected that a number
of groups will not need a cubicle
office, but would like a place to
keep records and correspondence.
File cabinet drawers for this
purpose may be rented for $2 per
semester or for the summer, or
for $4 for a year.
The Building Studies Commit
tee will hold three meetings at
which representatives from any
interested recognized student or
ganizations are invited to ask
questions concerning the equip
ment, rental rates, and policies.
These meetings will be Thursday,
5-7 p.m. in Room 3D of the MSC;
Tuesday, 7:30-9:00 p.m. in Room
2C of the MSC; and next Thurs
day, Mar. 1, 7:30-9:00 p.m. in
Room 2A of the MSC. Any addi
tional questions may be addressed
to Mike Hatch or Don Webb in
the Student Programs Office at
845-1515.
Holiday Plans Changed,
Break Slated For March 10
Spring recess is scheduled March 10-18 for all A&M students
enrolled on a semester basis, reminds Dean Edwin H. Cooper.
In previous years the spring break was scheduled in April to include
Easter, but the earlier date was approved last spring by the university’s
Academic Council.
“We felt it would be more advantageous for the student body to
have a recess in the middle of the semester rather than take an Easter
break which would end one week before the start of final
examinations,” explained Dean Cooper, who is responsible for the
academic calendar.
The university’s 1972-73 catalog, which contains April recess dates,
had already been published when the Academic Council revised the
calendar.
Cooper emphasized the March 10-18 break applies only to students
enrolled on a semester basis. Trimester students' in the College of
Veterinary Medicine will have a March 15-18 break.
The March 15-18 break also applies to TAMU faculty and staff, as
well as to personnel of all College Station-based parts of the TAMU
System except the Texas Agricultural Extension Service and the Texas
Engineering Extension Service. Those two agencies will have holidays
April 23-24.
Thomas Hits Critics; Readies
Faculty For ‘Damnedest’ Fight
PRAIRIE VIEW l-AP)—The pres
ident of predominantly black
Prairie View A&M, which faces
a possible legislative investiga
tion, lashed out Tuesday night at
some Negro legislators whom he
called “a disgrace” to the people
they represent.
“We didn’t send blacks to Aus
tin to run around in big cars
tearing down black leadership,”
Dr. A. I. Thomas told a meeting
of about 250 staff-faculty mem
bers at the college.
As for an investigation of the
school by the Texas Legislature,
Thomas told the faculty to “either
join me or fight me. If you want
to fight us, get ready for the
damnedest fight you’ve ever
seen.”
He asserted that black legisla
tors who have pushed for an in
vestigation of the school have
been tricked by members of the
House Education Committee who
are against him.
“This was a political move,” he
said of the resolution which would
Filing Begins
On Thursday
For Elections
Filing for spring general elec
tions starts Thursday and will
continue through March 5.
Filing will be for Student Gov
ernment offices, class officers,
yell leaders, Residence Hall As
sociation executive officers and
the Graduate Student Council.
“All offices are selected accord
ing to the Blue Book, Section 69,”
said Steve Vincent, election board
chairman.
All Student Government execu
tive committee and Residence
Hall Association executive com
mittee candidates are required to
have a 2.5 grade point ratio. Stu
dent senators and yell leaders
must hold a 2.25 GPR while class
officers must have a 2.0 GPR.
The Graduate Student Council
will elect three students from the
college of agriculture; two stu
dents each from the colleges
of education, engineering and
science; and one student each
from the colleges of architecture,
business, geosciences, liberal arts
and veterinary medicine.
GSC members must be a full
time resident graduate student or,
be admitted to a graduate college.
He must also carry eight or more
hours with a 3.0 or better GPR.
GSC council members cannot
work more than 20 hours a week
for the university.
Elections will be held Mar. 29
and runoff elections are sched
uled for Apr. 5.
establish a 12-member investigat
ing committee. The resolution still
requires floor action before pas
sage.
Thomas also hit critics who
want to remove the school from
the Texas A&M system and give
it a governing board of its own
which would contain more blacks.
“What does the college profit
by having a black board or a
white board if it has no money?”
he asked. “Prairie View has been
inadequately funded for 96 years
and will continue to be inade
quately funded for another 96
years.”
Mentioning salary problems,
“Flash Cadillac” will bring its
rock and roll revival to A&M to
wrap up activities for Residence
Hall Weekend, April 9-14.
Accompanying “Cadillac” will
be John Hartford, who plays his
own variety of blue-grass music.
Activities are planned for each
day of the week except Wednes
day.
Monday’s activity will be at the
roller rink at Pooh’s Park. Rod
Serling, television science fiction
writer, will speak on Tuesday.
A pushball game and hoola-hoop
contest will be held on Thursday.
Friday there will be a dance
Thomas said, “I don’t have the
money to give to you because the
governor has not given it to me.
I cannot even employ all of you
next year. It is as much your
problem as mine ... You better
believe it.”
While a neighboring college
drew 75 per cent of its enrollment
from families earning more than
$12,000 a year, Thomas said,
about 75 per cent of his school’s
student body comes from families
making less than $2,000 a year—
forcing the school to make up for
deficiencies they suffered in their
early education.
Critics have said, Thomas add-
from 7-11 p.m. Horror films will
be shown afterwards to celebrate
Friday the 13th. There will be a
breakfast served afterwards.
Saturday will feature a motor
cycle race, a bicycle race, and the
A&M-University of Houston base
ball game. The “Cadillac” con
cert will wrap up the weekend
Saturday night.
All activities will be free for
dorm activity card holders. There
will be a nominal charge for the
dance for non-activity card hold
ers.
For further information, call
Randy Gillespie, 845-3700.
ed, that students at the school are
fearful. They are “not fearful
but insecure,” he said, because
many come to the school on in
definite loans and grants.
“The whole confounded system
makes you insecure,” he said of
the college’s problems.
Presnal Meets
With Students,
States Views
Bill Presnal, Texas State Legis
lature representatve from Bryan,
said in a meeting Sunday he
favors the first offense for mari
juana as a misdemeanor.
Presnal met with seven A&M
students who are particularly
concerned with bills in legislation
to clarify his views on various
topics.
Presnal, a member of the House
Education Committee, is a backer
for the attempt to remove hos
pital fees from the student service
fees. He also favors a complete
option to the Texas Teacher Re
tirement Plan by graduate stu
dents.
Students in the meeting ques
tioned Presnal about adult rights
for 18-year-olds. Presnal said he
favored jury duty rights for 18-
year-olds but remained undecisive
on the alcohol question.
“He doesn’t drink yet is still
open to ideas concerning the prob
lem,” said Barb Sears, a student
at the meeting.
“During the meeting we told
Presnal some of the things we
favored such as student control
of the student services fees,” said
Sears. “This is just the consid
eration of fees going to student
activities.”
The question of student repre
sentatives on Texas Boards of
Directors was also discussed at
the meeting.
According to Sears, Presnal
hated to delegate anything to the
board as he thought the boards
should remain relatively autono
mous.
Presnal contended that under
present laws students could leg
ally be put into an advisory posi
tion on the board.
“Presnal was very honest and
open to all of our questions,” said
Sears. “He made us think he
cared about what we as students
thought.”
Other students at the meeting
were Layne Kruse, Randy Ross,
Bill Hartsfield, Fred Campbell,
Virginia Ehrlich and Mark Fitte.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
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GIVE ME SOME ELBOW ROOM. Randy Knowles
fights for position before passing off to Cedric Joseph (24)
in second half action against Rice. The Ags won 90-80.
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College Station may not be
considered a hub of activity on
weekends, but a “real” ghost town
exists less than a mile from the
A&M campus.
Ghost Of Jubilee Junction Lives On
reopen. He says, “It’s like any
business—if you want it done
right you almost have to do it
yourself. It’s hard to find com
petent help.”
“Jubilee Junction” was origi
nally intended to be an amuse
ment park. Management troubles
forced the closing of the town
after two years and vandalism
has given it the appearance of a
ghost town.
Built in 1966, Jubilee Junction
is owned by Marion C. Pugh. He
built the town as an amusement
park for younger children.
Pugh also intended to give the
community a touch of old Texas.
The town was built on a three-
quarter scale. Its remains are
presently located between the
“Dutch Kettle” and Hensel Apart
ments.
Jubilee Junction consisted of a
jail, the longest bar in Brazos
County (which served soft
drinks), and stage coaches for
kids to ride on.
The little town had a barber
shop featuring boot shines and a
funeral parlor. There was a mer
cantile store and the Country
Kitchen.
A Tax and Assay Office round
ed out the town’s facilities and a
miniature river flowed to the
center of town.
There were also animals to look
at and ponies to ride. A collection
of birds and animals valued at
$10,000 was displayed.
Pugh blamed management
problems as the chief cause for
the town’s failure. Returning
from a summer in Europe, he
found the town in a hopeless situ
ation and closed it “to keep it
from being a dog.”
Once closed, the town became
a target for vandals. Windows
were broken, everything was
stolen that was removable, and
doors were torn down.
Pugh then had to forget the
project. He estimated renovation
costs in the thousands.
A&M students filmed “Mal
function Junction” at the site
during the spring of 1971. The
70-minute comedy-western spoof
was directed by Don Kirk and
revolved around a stagecoach
robbery plot. A silent film, it
cost $250 to make.
Presently Pugh has no plans to
He continued, “It’s no indict
ment on people today. People
have been like that forever.”
Since he has no plans to reopen,
Pugh would like someone to have
Jubilee Junction. At present, it
is for sale to be moved.
Meanwhile it stands as a re
minder of the lore of the old west
and the vandalism of our time.