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A Vital Cog in the Machine—Ford's Approval By RICK BROWN The Vice-President of the United States of America has resigned; resigned a felon. Spiro Ted Agnew, a man vaulted into the public eyes and seeemingly a bastion of in tegrity, thrust just as swiftly downward in disgrace, has ended a chapter in American history. Former Vice-President Agnew has never been convicted of any felony. He was given no legal trial, though he was tried by the nation’s press, a body highly biased against Mr. Agnew. And Mr. Agnew has confessed to no crimes, pleading instead no contest to one count of income tax evasion. The no contest plea was, according to Mr. Agnew, to avoid increasing the public’s anxieties about their elected leaders. He selected resignation and rapid culmination of the en tire affairs rather than drag the nation into another abyss of legal entanglements. Mr. Agnew was never my favorite person. I felt something of a personal sting from his attacks upon that “effete corps of impudent snobs.” But though I have often disagreed with Mr. Agnew, I have never doubted his sincerity. He was and is a man of principle and honor. We have no way of knowing whether or not Mr. Agnew did in truth commit any crime. Perhaps the no contest plea and resignation are just diversions that forever hide his guilt. Unfortunately incessant “leaks” from a pro ceeding supposedly secret, biased over-zeal ous reporters, and irresponsible officials have all denied Mr. Agnew the right of due pro cess supposedly guaranteed every American citizen by the cornerstone of our society. Guilty or not he is definitely the victim of a great injustice by many others. For that injustice all Americans, all journalists es pecially, should feel ashamed. WAF One day ic per w Mini Cl $1.0< As Agnew’s successor Mr. Nixon has Listen Up— Parking Priorities for Women Said Unnecessary chosen Gerald Ford. Ford, former fool | hero, graduate of Yale Law School tun; professional politician, has proven his al{ | ties as a good administrator during years in the House of Representatives, of those years have been served as the leas dves-ej of his party in the legislative body. Heist liked, methodically efficient and a Nixonu from way back. He has frequently expre his desire to be V. P. and he should be qui confirmed. On the other side Ford is not a matic person. He lacks a dynamic presom and is an unimpressive, if not poor sp Ford lacks those qualities of leadership i sary should he ever be faced with the I assuming the Presidency. Despite these s comings, Ford is a good choice due to that® Editor: Re: The article “Traffic Panel Has Answers to Krueger-Dunn Parking,” in the October 11 issue of The Battalion. I have read and heard about the parking problems at the Krueger- Dunn complex and the trouble about vandalism when the K-D residents park in the Corps lot. I do not see the reason why the Krueger residents have priority over the Dunn residents in their lot. The reason given in the article for this priority was that the girls are afraid to walk from the Za<?hry Engineering Center late at night. I have been walking around the entire campus as late as 2 a.m. and have never encoun tered any trouble at all. I cannot see that this is any reason for the girls to have priority in the K-D parking lot. Also, what about the girls in Keathley, Fowler, and Hughes who have to park on the other side of Kyle Field because of the lack of spaces in the lot near them. Kyle Field is just as far from Keathley, Fowler, and Hughes as the Zachry Engineer ing Center is from Krueger. I do not see any reason for any girls to receive special parking privileges. The seniority system seems to be a workable and fair system that has been in existence for some time, so why should it change ? Kathy Allison, ’77 Julie Bell, ’77 ★ ★ ★ Editor: This letter is in response to a letter published in The Battalion on October 10. I have no idea where Mrs. Kramer got her proof of the fact that it was the Corps who has been slashing tires and bashing in the sides of those Krueger-Dunn people who are un fortunate enough to have to park in the corps parking lot. I did no tice that she did not include this evidence in her letter. I would suggest that if she has any proof that she turn it in to the proper officials and action would surely be taken to correct this situation. It should be noted that there are insufficient parking spaces in the Corps lot without the over flow of Krueger-Dunn cars tak ing space. If lots are not avail able in their own lot they should park in the engineering lot or in Kyle Field lots. This would solve the problem of slashed tires and bashed in cars as well as leaving the Corps lot open to Corps peo- Library Servicing At the time of TAMU’s last Self-Study effort in 1962, one of the most crucial problems in the whole range of Uni versity functions was the inadequacy of the library, partic ularly in physical facilities. It was not until July 1968 that a new library building was occupied. Ten years later the most pressing problem is in adequate space, not only for immediate needs, but more crucially, for the expected demands of the next decade and beyond. Library services are organized into two broad categor ies: technical services and public services. The technical services include such major operations as acquisitions and cataloging. The range of activities embraced by the term “public services” is of more direct infringement on the educational program of the University. They include reference, photo copying, interlibrary loan, basic collection and library orien tation services and publications. The highlights of a survey of student opinion shows that 60 per cent of the students use the library as a place to study, 57 per cent frequently use books and 41 per cent frequently use serials as a source. Those services showing less student use include newspapers, the snack bar and micro film resources. In 1962, the library was reported to hold 434,000 items. By contrast, the latest survey shows that the book and periodical collection consists of over 750,000 volumes of print ed materials, over 240,000 microforms and over 20,000 maps. On a broader basis the TAMU collection is relatively small, especially if compared with the other members of the Association of Research Libraries. This was not a serious problem when the University was smaller and graduate studies were limited primarily to fields in agriculture and engineering. The collection was carefully developed to meet these needs. Recent changes in the University, however, have greatly increased library needs and amplified the limi tations imposed by the collection size. At the bottom of the problem are the facts that the University community has grown and the University has changed to a general-purpose university with a much broader selection of academic programs. Total enrollment doubled in the past 10 years, graduate enrollments increased five fold in the same period. The decade of 1970-80 is expected to witness further enrollment increases and additional programs, including law and medicine. The library is presumably inadequate because the cross section of scholarly work within the University has more than doubled (43 new programs between 1966-70), and the quintupled graduate enrollment demands greater numbers and complexity of materials. While graduate enrollment will probably not continue to increase at the explosive rates of the early 1960s, there seems to be no justification to offer Ph.D. programs unless they are competitive and have good-to-excellent library re sources. The case seems clearly made for a major expansion of the collection during the next five to 10 years; two alterna tives seem open. One is to seek a budget that would ulti mately put the collection in the range now occupied by the 30 or 40 top-rated graduate schools in the country. This would create an excellent library within an excellent uni versity. The second alternative is to maximize funding to the practical administrative limit while minimizing costs by avoiding scarce, expensive materials. In pursuit of either option, vigorous support should be given at all levels to achieve the goal. —From Self-Study Overview 1972 Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M, is . > „ / , 7, „ 1 1. ,7 published in College Station, Texas, daily except Saturday, the editor or of the writer of the article and are not Sunday, Monday, and holiday periods, September through necessarily those of the University administration or May, and once a week during summer school. the Board of Directors. The Battalion is a non-profit, self-supporting enterprise operated by students as a MEMBER University and Community newspaper. The Associated Press, Texas Press Association LETTERS POLICY Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per semester; $6 per school LcttCTS to the CultOT should not exceed 300 wovds year; $6.50 per full year. 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Right of reproduction of all other Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas matter herein are also reserved. 77843 Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. — ———^ ^ ^ — EDITOR MIKE RICE Members of the Student Publications Board are: Jim TWonorvlnrr TT'ditr,*. _ j, Lindsey, chairman; Dr. Tom Adair, Dr. R. A. Albanese, Dr. Managing Editor Rod Speer H. E. Hierth, W. C. Harrison, J. W. Griffith, L. E. Kruse and News Editor T. C. GallUCCl B. b. Sears. Photo Editor , Rodger Mallison Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Coffey Services. Inc, New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles. Ass t. Sports Editor Ted Bonskie pie. Another solution would be to turn in a formal request for more parking space to the proper uni versity officials. It is too bad that Mrs. Kramer is not fair minded enough to at least present her evidence when making such rash accusations. This I feel shows a great lack of maturity on her part. Daniel J. Weber ’75 ★ ★ ★ Editor: In the past few years, interest in establishing an arboretum in connection with the TAMU Sys tem has been expressed. An ar boretum is a place in which a col lection of different shrubs and trees is cultivated for scientific, educational or decorative pur poses. Presently this interest is being revived among some stu dents and faculty members. In addition to providing a basis for expanding research and edu cation, an arboretum would serve the public interests as well, in ex hibiting native shrubs and trees and those adapted to this region. As TAMU is very active in the : ||\j AvSta. botanical and horticultural sci- ( ences, an arboretum would be a \T" definite asset to the university’s resources in these two disciplines. Also, the public’s appreciation and general knowledge of their envi ronment would be expanded through the use and enjoyment of an accessible arboretum. Seriously consider the long term advantages an arboretum offers to students, the public and the state of Texas. Your support of impending petitions will better the chances for this proposed arboretum to be established. vital fact, he will be confirmed. Conm| f Rockefeller, or Reagan would inevitably ecu up against strong and vocal opposition inks houses of Congress. The country doesn't m* HOBBIE another fight. 'a ART SI Perhaps Ford’s nomination is just ti PICT thing to provide a cooling off period, [ will be able to work effectively with botht! iig yyf Pa President and Congress. He will act as needs wc palliator to smooth the arguments beta the two branches of government. ItyS Firebir And pa _ dX haps most importantly, he will not bring ir 19 You don’t have to wait for your commission to join the 5 out of 6 active duty officers who carry US A A insurance. 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