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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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