The Hope Of The Righteous
Shall Be Gladness; But The
Expectations Of The Wicked
Shall Perish.
Che Battalion
Vol. 67 No. 312
College Station, Texas
Wednesday, November 7, 1973
Weather
WEDNESDAY—Mostly cloudy
this morning with partly cloudy
skies expected this afternoon.
No precipitation is forseen with
mild temperatures in the low
80’s around mid-day and low
temperatures tonight around
69°. The winds will be out of
the S-SW at 8-18 m.p.h.
Watergate Blamed
In Reforms Defeat
MRS. ANDERSON (Allelia Worrall) is dismayed at the approach of British soldiers.
See story page 9. (Photo by Gary Baldasari)
By JIM BRIGANCE
Associated Press Writer
The Texas Legislature had a
message today from the people:
You don’t need a pay raise and
you don’t need to meet in Austin
every year.
Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby said he
“regretted” the voters’ message.
House Speaker Price Daniel Jr.
blamed the Watergate scandal for
it.
The message was nonetheless
clear.
Voters turned out in scant num
bers Tuesday to defeat Amend
ment 1 to the Texas Constitution,
which would have given state
senators and representatives more
than $10,000 each in pay raises
and had them meet in costly an
nual sessions, rather than every
two years as they do now. Fifty-
seven per cent of voters disap
proved.
At present, lawmakers earn
$4,800 annually. Amendment 1
would have jacked that up to
$15,000 a year.
Here are the latest figures from
the Texas Election Bureau on the
nine amendments before voters
See Brazos County
Election Results
Page 7
with returns from 234 of 254
counties, 212 complete:
1. Legislative pay-annual ses
sions for 237,610, against 308,976.
2. Homestead protection for
437,295, against 96,609.
3. Homestead exemption for
421,655, against 111,197.
4. Conservation districts for
306,906, against 197,544.
5. Coastal seawall bonds for
349,062, against 167,351.
6. District courts jurisdiction
for 275,017, against 219,061.
7. Increase vet’s land fund for
324,324, against 197,412.
8. Broaden ad valorem tax for
185,100, against 320,407.
9. Water tax exemption for
224,286, against 228,649.
Voters were not hesitant in ex
tending to unmarried homeowners
the same tax and civil advantages
enjoyed by married homeowners.
Eighty-one per cent approved.
Amendment 8, calling for broad
ening of the ad valorem tax base,
suffered stinging defeat. Sixty-
three per cent disapproved.
Amendment 9 which would have
exempted non-profit water supply
corporations and cooperatives
from taxes, a loss to the state
treasurery, apparently was de
feated.
Amendment 7 to extend the
veteran’s land program met with
voter approval.
Daniel, who said Texans now
Senate Resolution Asks
For Published Evaluations
ANTHONY ANDERSON (Mark Scott) discovers from
Judith Anderson (Allelia Worrall) that he has been im
personated in a scene from “The Devil’s Disciple.” See
story page 9. (Photo by Gary Baldasari)
By CAROL JONES
Published evaluations of pro
fessors will highlight the TAMU
Student Senate meeting tonight
at 7:30 in Room 102 of the
Zachry Engineering Center.
Steve Eberhard, Academic Af
fairs chairperson, said the basic
purpose of an evaluation is to
give guidance for students in
making up schedules, choosing
electives and to let the student
know what to expect.
After the data has been com
piled, the results will be sent to
the profesors with a request for
permission to publish them.
Eberhard said professors are in
vited to reply to the evaluation.
Only those instructors granting
permission will have evaluation
results published.
The resolution requests $1,000
to be appropriated from straight
funds.
These funds will pay for com
puter time, forms and the pub
lication of the evaluation book
lets, said Eberhard. Advertising
and possibly a small fee for the
booklets will help carry the pub
lication cost.
Senators will also vote on a
mid-semester grade reports reso
lution.
The bill will recommend to the
administration that future mid
semester grades be mailed only
to freshmen, students on scho
lastic probation and students
having a D or F in a course.
The resolution also encourages
faculty members to make these
reports available to students ei
ther by posting or other meth
ods.
Eberhard said that beginning
in the spring mid - semester
grades and final grades will be
mailed to parents of students
who have less than 30 hours.
But parents of students with
more than 30 hours can write
to the registrar’s office and re
quest a copy of the grades.
The Senate will determine
whether or not there is a need
for a Recreational Facilities De
velopment Program. This pro
gram calls for a committee to
recommend improvements and
additions of outdoor and indoor
facilities.
This resolution states that
there has been little develop
ment of recreational facilities
since 1963.
The 175 appropriation resolu
tion for the Book Exchange Pro
ject will be decided upon to
night. The exchange program is
a service project to help A&M
students trade their textbooks
and receive maximum benefit of
trading.
Senators will vote on estab
lishing an energy conservation
program. This program would
inform students of what they
can do to conserve energy, spe
cifically in their own living
areas and would draw attention
to the need for positive action
on this matter, according to
John Rosenbalm.
Rosenbalm said the adminis
tration has already taken steps
to alleviate the serious shortage
by reducing energy waste where-
ever possible.
Candidates for Top Frosh
Posts Give Campaign Views
Freshmen will vote for their of
ficers from among some 54 candi
dates combined, Nov. 13.
The offices of president, vice-
president, social secretary, secre
tary-treasurer and eight senators
will be filled. The presidential
candidates have expressed these
views to the Battalion:
Steve Fort—“I’m interested in
the class as a whole and would
work to get it together by getting
things going like dances, concerts
and other activities. Right now
the most important thing is to
get the class out to vote. “When
you’re a senior it’s easy to be
proud, but I’d like to lead the
freshmen in some activities so
they can have something to be
proud of now.”
Grant Burrets — “Representa
tion on a fair level is my goal.
Since we’re a fourth of the cam
pus we should have a fourth of
the vote. “I’ve tried to get out
and meet a lot of people and got
ten to know student government
leaders and administration per
sonnel which should help me in
representing the class better.”
Byron McAdams—“It takes a
person who can organize and get
things done. In this case it’s
over-all betterment of the univer
sity. I hope to do my best, work
with the other elected officers and
as a team reach this goal.”
Gary Cooper—“As president of
my high school student council, I
helped make the council really ac
tive. That’s what should be done
to represent the freshmen and get
them involved.”
The vice-presidential candidates
also gave their ideas to the Bat
talion:
Deni Bone—“I’d listen to every
body and help out the president.
See what I could do.”
Buddy Brown—“The girl’s P.E.
facilities need to be expanded as
do the intramural department’s.
Reports shouldn’t be sent home
unless a student’s average is be
low a 2.0 and alcoholic beverages
See Frosh, page 6)
have a “kind of revulsion toward
politicians,” blamed the Water
gate scandal and the resignation
of Vice President Spiro Agnew
for defeat of the pay raise meas
ure.
(See Watergate, page 7)
Cousteau
Slated
Friday
Undersea explorer - scientist
Jacques Cousteau and oceanogra-
phere Athelstan Spilhaus will vis
it TAMU Friday.
They are featured speakers for
a day-long symposium on marine
science. The symposium will set
the stage for Saturday’s 9:30 a.m.
dedication of the new Oceanogra
phy and Meteorology Building.
Spilhaus will speak at 12:45
p.m. Friday in Room 225 of the
MSC. Cousteau will speak at 7
p.m. Friday in the Rudder Con
ference Center auditorium and
again during Saturday’s dedica
tion ceremonies.
The scientists’ appearances are
sponsored by the Great issues
Committee and TAMU.
Spilhaus was a pioneer of the
Sea-Grant program, which pro
vides federal grants for oceano
graphic research. He was a re
searcher in physical oceanography
at Woods Hole Institute from 1938
until 1960, president of the Frank
lin Institute for Oceanography
from 1966 to 1969 and is currently
president of Aqua International
and the American Association for
the Advancement of Science.
A contributor to the invention
of the aqualung, Cousteau is best
known for his documentary under
sea film series, “The Undersea
World of Jacques Cousteau.” The
series won awards and acclaim in
both America and Europe.
Other speakers at the 9:30 a.m.
Saturday dedication ceremonies
for the 15-story building in
clude Dr. Robert M. White, ad
ministrator of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin
istration; RADM J. Edward Syn-
der Jr., Oceanographer of the
Navy; Dr. Thomas Owen, assist
ant director of the National Sci
ence Foundation; and State Sen
ator A. R. “Babe” Schwartz of
Galveston.
Clyde Wells, president of the
Board of Directors, will present
the building.
Following the ceremonies, the
building will be open to the pub
lic. It houses the oceanography
and meteorology departments, the
Center for Marine Resources and
the offices of the college of geo
sciences.
Hill Slams * 1 2 3 4 5 6 Guinea Pig ’ Role
Of Texas Pollution Control
By MIKE RICE
Editor
Calling the state of Texas a
guinea pig for the Environmental
Protection Agency’s pollution con
trol standards, Texas Attorney
General John Hill struck down
Tuesday night demands by the
EPA to put the burden of cleaner
air on Texan’s shoulders.
“Enforcement of existing pol
lution controls was my biggest
priority when taking office,” the
Houston lawyer claimed, “and to
show that, we can point to the
number of cases disposed of since
Jan 1: 86 out of 90 that were
pending.”
Hill spoke to over 500 air qual
ity engineers, equipment manu
facturers and governmental rep
resentatives in the first annual
Symposium On Air Pollution
Control in the Southwest which
concluded today at the Ramada
Inn.
Hill said that industries en
gaged in pollution must be forced
into abatement of the problem
through cooperation for cleaner
air and not through court rulings
and fines. The major expense is
not the court fines involved, but
rather the necessary capital out
lay to abate the problem, he
noted.
The native Texan pointed to
the recent court decision involv
ing the Champion Paper Co. of
Houston which was fined $100,000
for poluting, but will have to
spend $15 million to clean up its
facilities.
“I hope the people of Texas
can see that we have cleaned up
the docket to facilitate faster
action,” Hill said. “We’re now
able to clear cases in one to eight
months where it used to take
three years—and we haven’t re
ceived one complaint on decisions
from any of the companies in
volved.”
Hill said he thinks that the
current administration is creat
ing a credible record of service,
one with all mystique removed.
“No one research or legal group.,
has any preconceived notion of
goals or final solutions,” the Uni
versity of Texas graduate said,
“but everyone realizes that if
federal pollution requirements are
met, there will still be a big pol
lution problem.”
Hill said the EPA has no ex
perience to show the states what
results will come after physical
pollution regulations are met and
that workable results need to be
presented in his office before he
can prove the necessity of indus
trial regulation he continued.
“I want the courts to build a
record to answer questions, be
cause Texas has a solution com
mitment and the required intel
lect, power and people to solve
the problems,” he said..
He noted that the subject that
should be entertaining Texan
minds most is the increasing
energy shortage. Hill pointed
out that re-thinking on priority
lines and hard trade-offs may be
necessary to solve the energy
crisis.
“Our governmental system has
constantly ridden us through
crises of all kinds,” Hill con
cluded. “If we can’t take the
technology we have now and pass
it on, then we shouldn’t be en
titled to guide the futures of
others.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
Adv.
POUTING? POSING? PLAYING? Actually, this snooz- practiced in the library. (Photo by Gary Baldasari)
ing cadet is participating in the most popular activity