Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Returns to Coliseum
A popular 1972 Town Hall
group returns Friday to A&M as
the leadoff event of the first foot
ball weekend.
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
brings its eccentric but gifted mu
sicians to Aggieland for an 8 p.m.
performance in G. Rollie White
Coliseum.
The “Mr. Bojangles” group
will tune up A&M students and
visitors for the Aggies’ Saturday
grid kickoff with the Wichita
State Shockers.
Five musicians composing the
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band lope onto
the stage dressed in “an out
rageous set of costumes ranging
from silk top hat to fringe.”
From there the NGDB goes into
a performance that is widely
sought. They have appeared in
films, on television and record.
In 1971, NGDB rose to national
prominence with “Mr. Bojangles.”
It was on the charts 18 consecu
tive weeks. Its album “Uncle
Charlie and His Dog Teddy” did
well.
Billboard Magazine voted the
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 11th in
the 1971 new groups category and
33rd overall, over respected art
ists.
Nashville considered NGDB’s
“Will the Circle Be Unbroken”
country album of the decade.
The Nashville Tennessean said
the album recorded with Roy
Acuff, Mother Maybelle Carter
and others “may well be one of
the most important recordings
done in the 45 years of the Nash
ville music business.”
Admission to the Friday Town
Hall opener is by student activity
card, Town Hall season ticket or
separate event tickets. These are
sold at the box office on the first
floor of the Earl Rudder Confer
ence Center tower.
Che Battalion
Vol. 67 No. 279
College Station, Texas
Tuesday, September 11, 1973
MR. BO JANGLES, Jeff Hanna of the Nitty Gritty
Dirt Band, displays examples of his odd musical instru
ments that he will use during Friday night’s concert in G.
Rollie White Coliseum.
BBB Offers
To Aid Public
By VICKIE ASHWILL
A new procedure within the lo
cal Better Business Bureau will
enable consumers to settle their
disputes out of court.
This procedure, referred to as
the arbitration process, will be
effective in the Brazos Valley
Wednesday. In the meantime,
Bonnie D. Lewis, national repre
sentative for the government and
legal affairs department in the
National Council, has spent two
days training arbitrators and
staffs to take part in the process.
Defined by Lewis, arbitration is
the process by which two disput
ing parties can submit to a third
party to make a decision. The
Bureau’s services are free of
charge.
Arbitration is only offered aft
er all other avenues have been
exhausted.
The Brazos Valley Better Busi
ness Bureau, the smallest nation
al bureau, is the 53rd national
and the fifth state association to
put the arbitration system into
effect.
"Arbitration can be used to set
tle market place disputes concern
ing the sale or rental of a service
or product,” said Lewis. “The Bu
reau will not arbitrate beyond the
sale or service of a product, any
thing regulated by a Federal
agency or criminal cases.”
Lewis said a distinguishing
characteristic of arbitrators is
that the bureau will provide ar
bitrators from varied back
grounds. If the arbitrator feels he
cannot make a decision due to
his lack of knowledge in the sub
ject area, the Bureau will provide
an expert. The Bureau is also in
charge of independent testing for
a case.
A pool of arbitrators is created
in accordance with the enforce
ment of the process consisting of
community members.
“These arbitrators are not re
quired to have any professional or
educational requirements,” said
Lewis. “They are just plain ordi
nary people from all walks of
life.”
The Brazos Bureau has select
ed 70 persons to take the train
ing course to become arbitrators.
When a dispute arises requiring
the Bureau’s aid, it will then so
licit five to seven names to the
parties involved. The parties will
mark off names they do not want
to act as arbitrators in their case
and the common name chosen will
serve.
“Neither party can choose an
arbitrator with whom they have
had a professional or social rela
tionship with,” said Lewis, “and
they sign a noterized statement
to that effect.”
If the case falls between two
states, explained Lewis, national
common law allows the two par
ties involved to choose in which
state the case will be arbitrated.
“Arbitration is also faster than
court cases,” said Lewis. “In Tex
as the procedure can be completed
in a maximum of 41 days. The ar
bitrator need only to decide what
is fair.”
“This is a sensible process run
(See BBB, page 4)
Bob Gammage
Kicks Off
Forum Slate
Election reform and the future
of the GOP will be discussed by
key state and national legislators
and government officials in the
1973-74 Political Forum.
The Memorial Student Center
committee will kick off Sept. 19
with Senator Bob Gammage of
Houston.
Also on the fall semester
agenda are Rep. Gerald Ford,
House minority leader, on Sept.
27, and Texas Secretary of State
Mark W. White on Nov. 1, ac
cording to Political Forum Chair
man Ed Jarrett.
Ford will discuss “The Future
of the Republican Party.” White
will address Political Forum on
“Election Reform.” Gammage’s
topic is to be announced.
Jarrett also announced the
committee’s organizational meet
ing Thursday. It will be at 7:30
p.m. in Room 229 of the MSC.
Students interested in working
with the group that brings prom
inent spokesmen to TAMU for
insights into politics and govern
ment operations are invited.
Jarrett said other programs
will be announced as they are
arranged.
Admission to Political Forum
noon series and major presenta
tions is usually free to ID-carry-
ing students. Some major pro
grams require a nominal charge.
Area citizens are also invited to
attend the presentations.
Congress Clips Liddy
WASHINGTON LP)-—The House
Monday overwhelmingly voted a
contempt of Congress charge
against tight-lipped Watergate
conspirator G. Gordon Liddy.
The 344-to-ll vote turned the
charge over to the U.S. attor
ney’s office for prosecution. Liddy
refused July 20 to testify before
a House subcommittee probing al
leged CIA ties to the Watergate
affair.
Conviction would carry up to
another year in jail and a $1,000
fine for Liddy, who is already in
jail for contempt of court in his
refusal to testify before the Wa
tergate grand jury.
Liddy allegedly helped direct
the burglary of the office of Dan
iel Ellsberg's psychiatrist and was
convicted of involvement in the
bugging of the Democrats’ Wa
tergate national headquarters.
The House action stemmed
from Liddy’s refusal to take a
swearing-in oath before the
House intelligence subcommittee.
Liddy’s lawyer argued that the
Constitution’s Fifth Amendment
protected Liddy not only from
self-incrimination but also from
Student Senate Control
Topic of First Meeting
Hobby
Brazos
to Address
A&M Club
University National Bank
"On the side of Texas A&M.”
Adv.
Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby will ad
dress the Brazos County A&M
Club Wednesday night during a
program featuring a “Mexican
Fiesta” mood, announced club
president Herb Gersbach.
The fiesta, complete with Span
ish music and decorations, will
be held outdoors at Zarape’s
Restaurant.
Jose Montemayor, Zarape’s
owner and a business member of
the club, will donate back to the
club all revenues from the meal
to support the club’s academic
scholarship fund, Gersbach noted.
Hobby will talk about the re
sponsibilities of state government
and A&M’s contributions in that
area. He will be accompanied by
his budgeting aide, former Texas
A&M quarterback Harry L. Led
better.
State Sen. William T. (Bill)
Moore of Bryan will introduce the
lieutenant governor. Also at
tending will be State Rep. Bill
Presnal of Brazos County and
State Rep. Latham Boone III of
Navasota. All three are A&M
Silver Taps
Set Tonight
Silver Taps will be held tonight
for James A. Baranowski, a
freshman civil engineering ma
jor, who was electrocuted at his
home in Richards.
Also included in the tribute will
be Gail Lynn Browder, a geology
senior from Quanah; Robert A.
McSwain, animal sciences sopho
more, San Angelo; and Bryan
Elton Schroeder, animal sciences
sophomore from Elgin. All three
were killed by motor vehicle acci
dents over the summer.
Lights out will be at 10:30
p.m., followed by the Ross Volun
teers entry. The RVs then fire
a 21-gun salute followed by the
three-part harmony rendition of
Taps by Band members.
exes.
Gersbach reported activities
will begin at 6:30 p.m., followed
by a Mexican dinner at 7:30.
“With the moneys from the
meal going to scholarships, plus
the star-studded guest honor roll,
this is an excellent opportunity to
spend an enjoyable evening and
help local students,” Gersbach
remarked.
The Brazos County A&M Club
provides five $500 a year scholar-
(See Hobby, page 5)
New amendments designed to
give the Student Senate more con
trol of its members will highlight
the Senate’s first fall meeting
Wednesday night.
Randy Ross, Student Body Pres
ident, heads the agenda with his
presentation of a chairman, a
graduate, and two sophomores to
fill the vacancies on the Judicial
Committee. He will hold inter
views today to determine his ap
pointments.
Ross will present Richard Gray
and Randy Stevens for senate ap
proval as his appointments to the
Radio Board.
Ross will also recommend stu
dents for positions on University
committees.
A new by-law will be present
ed that will prevent a vote on a
bill after the first reading. The
new change in by-laws will “pre
vent people from railroading bills
through the senate and will pre
vent frivolous resolutions from
coming up,” said Shariq Yosuf-
zai, vice-president of the student
body.
The by-laws may be suspend
ed by decision of the executive
committee or by majority vote of
the senate.
Three amendments to the con
stitution will be voted on Wed
nesday night which, according to
Curt Marsh, chairman of the
Rules and Regulations Committee
“will provide more legislative
remedy so the senate will have
more power to reprimand mem
bers of its body.”
The first amendment will giv^3
the senate power to reprimand
and impeach its own members.
The second amendment states
that any senator put on scholastic
or conduct probation during his
term of office will be immediate
ly expelled from the senate.
The third amendment will pro
vide for the punishment of sen
ators displaying “disorderly con
duct” during senate proceedings.
Barb Sears, external affairs
chairman, will brief the senators
on the National Student Lobby,
the Texas Interscholastic Student
Association and the Texas Stu
dent Lobby.
Ron Miori will ask for approval
of a petition asking for a referen
dum on the selection of city coun
cil members. City council mem
bers are currently elected at large.
“This has resulted in five of the
seven council members living
within a few blocks of each other”
said Miori. He favors a ward sys
tem where representatives are
elected from specific districts
within the city.
Sears and Miori will also pre
sent a petition before the Senate
to move the precinct and city
polling places on campus to the
University Center.
Located in G. Rollie White Coli
seum and the Cushing Library
respectively, these polling places
have not had the patriotism they
should have, according to Sears.
“The polling places need to be
easier for students to find and in
a more traveled area,” said Sears.
The petition, if it receives the
Senate's approval, will be present
ed to the city council as a recom
mendation.
taking the oath to potentially tes
tify against himself.
Liddy now is serving an eight-
month sentence in the District of
Columbia jail for his refusal to
use court-imposed immunity from
prosecution to testify before the
grand jury.
Still facing him is an 80-month
to 20-year prison sentence on his
conviction in the Watergate bug
ging and possible jail terms if
convicted of contempt of Con
gress and involvement in the Ells-
berg break-in.
Liddy was indicted by a Los
Angeles grand jury last week of
conspiracy in connection with the
break-in at the psychiatrist’s of
fice.
The Sept. 3, 1971, burglary al
legedly was part of an effort by
the White House to find out why
Ellsberg had leaked the Penta
gon Papers to the press and se
lected congressmen.
Contempt of Congress action
is rare. A high-ranking U.S.
Communist from 1941 to 1946,
Gerhart Eisler, was convicted of
it and sentenced to a year in jail
for refusing to take the oath be
fore the House-Un-American Ac
tivities Committee.
Ag Cinema Slates
Five Fall Flicks
The Aggie Cinema has sched
uled five films this fall for the
Grove Theater, all beginning at
8 p.m.
On Sept. 24, Candice Bergen,
Peter Strauss and Donald Pleas-
ence will star in “Soldier Blue.”
The film concerns the 1864 Sand
Creek Massacre and 1889 Battle
of Wounded Knee. It has been
called “the most savage film in
history.”
“A Man Called Horse” will be
shown on Oct. 5 and 6. Richard
Harris and Dame Judith Ander
son star in the work based on
the novel by Dorothy Johnson.
The movie illustrates the life,
the culture, the pride, the heri
tage and savagery of the Indians,
before the white men settled the
West.
New Students 9 Questions Answered
What Is Texas A&M All About?
By KENNETH STROEBEL
We have a lot of new people
here this fall and they’re all
probably wondering what this
place is all about.
Well, it’s about 5,142 acres,
which makes it the largest
campus in the country, as any
Aggie pedestrian can tell you.
A&M is also the state’s oldest
institution of higher learning. It
was born under the provisions of
the Morrill Act in Congress on
July 2, 1862. Its objective was
“without excluding scientific and
classical studies and military tac
tics, to teach branches of learn
ing pertaining to agriculture and
mechanical arts in order to pro
mote liberal and practical educa
tion in the various pursuits of
professional life.”
So on April 17, 1871, it was
“enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Texas, That there be
hereby established within this
state an institution of learning,
under the name and style of the
Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege of Texas.”
Exactly 95 years after it first
opened as a land grant college,
Texas A&M became one of four
sea grant colleges in the United
States on Sept. 17, 1971.
Forty per cent of the university
research in Texas is done here
with efforts in all fields, totaling
more than $30 million last fiscal
year.
According to President Jack K.
Williams, Aggies post the high
est Scholastic Aptitude Test
scores of any public school in
Texas that makes those scores
accessible and more Texas Na
tional Merit Scholars attend A&M
than any other school in the state.
Our physical plant is valued at
about $188 million and more than
$66 million worth of construction
Positions Open
On Aggieland
Applications are now being ac
cepted for the 1973-74 Aggieland
staff.
Applications are available in
Room 216 of the Student Publi
cations Building. Applicants will
be contacted for interviews at a
later date.
has been completed in the past
four years.
When A&M first opened Sept.
17, 1876, only six students ap
peared and the opening date was
postponed until Oct. 4 when 40
enrolled. That’s no longer a
problem. Last year A&M was the
third fastest growing university
in the nation. Presently we have
18,137 enrolled, not counting
about 400 day students, which
is a 14.2 per cent increase over
last year.
If you came here for the Corps,
you came to the right place.
When World War I broke out,
most of the Class of ’17 resigned
from the college en masse to
volunteer. About 18,000 Aggies
served in World War II, 13,000
as officers, which was more than
any other school including the
United States Military Academy
at West Point. We had six re
cipients of the Congressional
Medal of Honor in that war and
one, Eli L. Whiteley, is currently
a professor of agronomy here.
Presently we have the largest
full-time uniformed corps body in
the country. Two schools in the
nation offer commissions in all
four branches of service—Texas
A&M and The Citadel in South
Carolina. A&M consistently com
missions more Army and Air
Rorce reserve second lieutenants
each May than any other school
except the military academies.
The oldest student organization
in the state is a faction of the
Corps called the Ross Volunteers.
They are honor guard for the
Governor and serve as escorts for
King Rex in the Mardi Gras
Parade. Last year the Fightin’
Texas Aggie Band was the larg
est military band in the world
with 286 members. Saturday for
the first time in its history the
band expects to march more than
300.
The place hasn’t changed com
pletely. Sure, the library (which
incidentally ranks 86th in the
nation in the number of total
volumes) still carries Farm
Journal. But it also maintains
publications from the Atomic
Energy Commission and the Na
tional Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
So what kind of place is this?
Don’t ask me; I just go to school
here.
Academy Ward winner George
C. Scott will appear with Karl
Malden and Karl Vogler in “Pat
ton,” on Nov. 2 and 3.
The Marx Brothers: Groucho,
Harpo, Chico and Zeppo appear
in “Duck Soup” on Nov. 13.
Uncut and uncensored, “bonme
and Clyde” will show on Nov.
30 and Dec. 1. The movie is con
cerned with the bank robbing
spree of Clyde Barrow, played
by Warren Beatty; and Bonnie
Parker, portrayed by Faye Duna
way; and their gang in the 1930’s.
Students, faculty and staff are
welcome to all films for an ad
mission fee. The Aggie Cinema
will bring more films to the cam
pus this spring. Students’ ideas
and suggestions are solicited in
choosing the coming films. For
more information, contact the
Aggie Cinema, Student Program
Office (845-1515) or Tom Wheel
er (845-5006).
Library Club
Loses Houston
Court Battle
The restraining order which
would have re-opened the Adult
Library Club was denied Friday
in a memorandum issued by Fed
eral Judge Carl Bue of Houston.
Bue said his court didn’t have
the authority to intervene in a
decision by a state court.
Bue still has not made public
his formal ruling on the case,
which asked for $1.5 million in
damages for alleged illegal
searches and seizure by local po
lice officers.
Karl Maley, a lawyer for the
North gate business, said Friday
that Bue has never disagreed with
the contention that the warrants
used to confiscate material from
the club were illegal.
No ruling has yet been made
on another part of the suit, which
asks for the case to be consoli
dated with two other obscenity
cases scheduled for consideration
by a three-federal-judge panel.
Yell Practice Re-scheduled Wednesday, 7:15 p.m.