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Vol. 67 No. 321
College Station, T<
Tuesday, November 27, 1973
[Tape Gap Said Accidental
WASHINGTON <A>) _ Presi
dent Nixon’s personal secretary
stified Monday she accidentally
bushed a recording- button while
listening to a White House tape,
prosecutor said the erased por-
covered all discussion of the
Watergate scandal during a pres
idential conversation.
The disclosures were made in
[federal court after Nixon’s law
yers turned over seven subpoe
naed White House tape record-
lings and asked that all or por-
pions of three of them be with
held from the Watergate grand
|jury.
Rose Mary Woods, Nixon’s sec
retary of 23 years, was questioned
at a hearing called to determine
what had happened to the tape of
a conversation between the Pres
ident and H. R. Haldeman on June
20, 1972. The White House says
there is an 18-minute gap in the
recording.
Miss Woods told the court she
believed she inadvertently pushed
the recording button when she
turned to answer her telephone
while working on the June 20
tape last Oct. 1.
She testified that she immedi
ately told Nixon about pushing
the button and he replied, “No
problem, that is not a subpoenaed
tape.”
But Miss Woods stopped short
of saying she erased part of the
tape.
“I’ll call it a gap; you call it
an erasure,” she said to Jill Vol-
ner of the Watergate prosecutor’s
staff.
“I don’t know there ever was
anything on that portion ... I
didn’t edit or change what was
on the tape ... I might have.
I’m not sure I caused that gap
and I’m not sure now,” she said.
Miss Woods said she was cer
tain she did not talk on the tele
phone for 18 minutes, the amount
of time of the gap on the June 20
tape.
When she hung up the phone
and saw that the record button
rather than the stop button had
been depressed, she said she
nearly panicked.
Mrs. Volner, referring to Hal-
deman’s notes of the June 20
meeting, said they indicated that
the missing portion was a discus
sion of the Watergate affair.
White House counsel Leonard
Garment objected, saying the
prosecutor “can’t make such a
categorical statement.”
“I object very strenuously to
summaries of testimony of wit
nesses who are not here at the
moment,” Garmen said, referring
to the Haldeman notes.
Miss Woods’ attorney said that
the whole matter could better be
resolved by listening to the tapes
/now in the possession of the
judge.
Profs Question Tenure System
|By VICKIE ASWILL
“Permanent” professors are a
■topic of hidden controversy at
1TAMU.
Qualifications, fairness and the
Irole of publication are questions
■raised by many faculty members
labout tenure.
“The tenure system started as
la way to prevent a faculty mem-
Iber from being dismissed due to
jhis own personal views,” said Dr.
jjohn C. Calhoun, vice president
Ifor academic affairs. “It was a
Iprotection of a person’s academic
[freedom, but today it means a
llittle more.”
The present tenure policy was
[adopted on March 15, 1968, by
[the TAMU System Board of
[Directors under guidelines set by
[the Coordinating Board, Texas
[College and University System.
The 1970 Faculty-Staff Hand-
jbook defines tenure as “assurance
[to an experienced faculty member
[who has passed his probationary
[period that he may continue in
[his academic position unless ade-
[quate cause for dismissal is
[demonstrated in a fair hearing,
[following established procedures
[of due process.”
When the regulations were
[adopted in 1968, 367 faculty mem
bers were qualified and granted
tenure automatically, without re
view or investigation by the
University.
Persons presently up for tenure
are first reviewed by colleges in
their department, then by the
dean of the college and by Cal
houn. From there the decisions
go to TAMU President Jack K.
Williams for approval and recom
mendation to the Board.
“Candidates are put on a pro
bationary period, usually seven
years, to give the University time
to meet the individual and him
to meet us,” said Calhoun. “This
way we can see if he measures up
to our academic standards.”
Each college and department
operates differently in deciding
tenure, said Calhoun. There are
no set guidelines, but there are
basic items the University is
interested in.
“We are interested in his com
petency—whether or not he is up
to date and good in his field,”
continued Calhoun. “Second, we
look to see if he is good in the
classroom, then if he is competent
in research and finally public
service.
“It all adds up to a judgment.
Is this individual so totally over-
Brass Rods Make
Jeweler’s Pride
all competent that he will advance
the quality of our group?”
Dr. Manual M. Davenport, head
of the Philosophy Department,
said that tenure is generally mis
understood and it only means a
faculty member cannot be re
moved without reason.
The University must give just
cause for firing a tenured faculty
member.
“This places the burden of
proof on the University,” said
Davenport.
Persons without tenure are not
required to be given a reason for
their not being retained.
Tenured persons cannot be dis
missed unless charged with pro
fessional incompetence, violation
of professional ethics or moral
turpitude, noted Davenport.
If tenure were disposed of, he
said, teachers would unionize to
prevent the employer from firing
at will.
“I find it hard to justify a sys
tem that guarantees a job to pro
fessors,” said Dr. Clinton A.
Phillips, professor and finance
head. “Why are professors so spe
cial ? Even so, it struck me as
odd that TAMU did not have a
tenure sysem before 1968.”
“What it amounts to is does
TAMU want this fellow around?”
said Dr. Vaughn Bryant, assist
ant professor of sociology and
anthropology. “Of course, if you
want to get rid of a guy on ten
ure, there are subtle ways to do
it.”
The college of Liberal Arts
once had a secret committee to
By ROBIN ELSIK
Being creative can lead to an
interesting hobby with a cash in
come. Johnny Wallace has such
a hobby — making jewelry and
paraphernalia.
“I’ve always been doing little
things,” he said, “and I’m prettly
good with my hands.”
Wallace, a TAMU senior in en
gineering technology, said he be
gan wood carving in the third
grade. During his high school
years he was enrolled in wood
shop classes and made furniture
for his family’s home.
He also did sketches, pen and
ink drawings and pastel pictures.
Wallace’s interest in designing
and making art has continued.
“I saw some expensive jewelry
in a shop one time and I thought
I could do just as good at less
that price,” he said.
In this hobby, Wallace said he
is mainly trying to do pieces that
will bring in enough money to pay
for themselves, “just enough to
break even.”
Wallace said he designs most
of his jewelry “not with a coed in
mind.” His works include neck
laces, checkers, pipes, novelty par
aphernalia, rings and ear rings.
In collecting the materials for
his products, hunting and trading
are involved. His supplies include
SMU Law
Reps Visit
Thursday
Southern Methodist University
Law School representatives will
visit Thursday to interview stu
dents interested in law careers.
Dr. J. M. Nance, TAMU’s pre
law adviser, said the SMU repre
sentatives will be available to
meet with students from 2 to 3
p.m. in Room 502 in the J. Earl
Rudder Center Tower.
brass welding rods, leather, bones,
deer antlers, sand dollars, African
trade beads, fishing swivels,
plumbing fittings and any other
items he can find from “scroung
ing around.”
“Almost all of my jewelry is a
one of a kind item, especially top
priced necklaces,” he said. Each
piece is unique.
Wallace claims his specialty is
chokers made from brass weld
ing rods, beads and tackling.
“He’s like a modern day black
smith,” said Wallace’s wife, Paula.
Although she doesn’t get much
free jewelry from her husband,
she encourages him and said she
“likes it.”
“I think most men are stifled in
their creativity,” she added.
Wallace is currently planning
designs for men, such as bracelets,
necklaces and carry bags.
Wallace also does custom-made
work. “If someone wants a piece
of jewelry, I may be able to come
up with something like he wants,”
he said.
“When I have the time, I’ll sit
down with my stuff and I’ll make
something,” he said.
Wallace explained he can’t de
sign and make a piece every day.
“All of a sudden an idea hits
you,” said Wallace.
Then he may go for two weeks
without touching his supplies.
When he’s “in the mood” he can
make four or five pieces in two or
three days.
“Then it may be a month be
fore I put another piece in the
shop,” he said.
Wallace said he would like to
own his own engineering com
pany, where “I could devote
some time to a consignment shop.”
“Eventually, I’d like to open
a shop of my own,” he added.
In addition to his jewelry and
paraphernalia creations, Wallace
said he likes to work on cars,
plant gardens and cook.
Wallace’s work is displayed at
The Hanging Tree and Budget
Tapes.
decide who got tenure in the col
lege.
“The fact that the members
were secret was too much for the
faculty,” continued Maxwell about
the two-year committee. “I feel
collective judgment is better than
one individual, but the commit
tee sometimes worked too well.”
In a memorandum to his facul
ty, Maxwell abolished the confi
dential committee on tenure and
promotions this year and said
he alone would make the college
recommendation.
“A basic error of mine was to
indicate that we even had such
a committee to the faculty,” said
Dean of Liberal Arts, Dr. W. Da
vid Maxwell.
Maxwell also said that today
individuals must be better than
some of the tenured members of
his college in order to receive
tenure.
“I assure each candidate for
tenure that his teaching, research
and servifce contributions will all
be considered,” said Maxwell.
Maxwell, along with Dean of
Education Dr. Frank W. R. Hu
bert, said that they used the
feedback from the student eval
uation questionnaires on tenure
decisions.
“In order to protect the tenure
system we need to be extremely
rigorous and painstakingly accu
rate in our decisions,” said Hu
bert. “We don’t necessarily have
to wait the full span of seven
years—if we’ve got a mis-match
at the end of two years, then we
(See Tenure, page 3)
Hi
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Johnny Wallace at His Hobby
‘Just enough to break even’
Freshman Aide Positions Open
Ten executive aides are needed to fill Student Govern
ment spots vacated because of freshmen senator elections
and scholastic resignations.
Applications will be accepted until 5 p. m. Thursday in
the Student Government Office located on the second floor
of the Memorial Student Center.
Only freshmen can apply for these positions. Inter
views will be scheduled after applications are filed. Appli
cations are available in the SG Office.
Sirica indicated he would re
solve it that way before Miss
Woods finishes her testimony,
which could last several days. She
was due in court again Tuesday. p
The White House says the 18-
minute gap in the tape was dis
covered Nov. 14.
Silver
Taps Set
T onight
Silver Taps is scheduled tonight
at 10:30 for freshmen Raymond
Gene Reed and Kenneth Wayne
Vincik, both killed during the
Thanksgiving holidays in car ac
cidents.
Son of Art Reed of Duncanville,
Reed was a wildlife and fisheries
science major. He lived in White
Hall.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph
Vincik of Edna, Vincik was a
member of Squadron 8 and was a
liberal arts major. He is survived
by his sister Katherine, an A&M
junior.
White Over Maroon at Open House
See story page 4
Rice ‘Victory Tree 9 Limb
Became Bonfire Breakfast
The Rice University victory
tree fell under the weight of
Aggie axes Wednesday night in
the aftermath of Saturday’s con
troversial halftime performance
at the A&M-Rice football game.
According to sources close to
the scene, eight male students
left the bonfire area at 10:30
p.m. Wednesday in a gold Chevy
truck, a green Ford truck and a
black Grand-Am headed for Hous
ton. The students, equipped with
axes and saws, had the ancient
oak lying on its side in a matter
of minutes and were back in
College Station by 3 a.m. to throw
a branch of the tree into the
fading bonfire.
Rice head football coach A1
Conover had used the tree as a
setting for team prep talks on
Fridays before Rice football
games. Conover, in a post-game
show, said he was appalled by
the act of vandalism. Carl
Swierc, Rice’s ace kickoff re
turner, merely said, “We’ll just
have to find another tree.”
The vandalism was no doubt
precipitated by the Rice band’s
parody of Aggie traditions dur
ing halftime at the Rice-A&M
game Nov. 17.
Rice Thresher assistant editor
Gary Brewton told The Battalion
he felt students “haven’t really
been bothered” by the axing of
the tree. The Thresher is, how
ever, investigating the attack on
a Rice band member at the game,
he said. The Thresher is cur
rently polling students to see if
they feel A&M students acted
“rudely and irresponsibly” and/or
if the band’s performance was in
poor taste.
“I would like to see the whole
thing forgotten,” Brewton added.
“We have more in common with
A&M than with the non-univer
sity community.”
Soviet Defector Speaks
Of Christian Journey
A Soviet physicist who defected
to Canada will speak Wednesday
on “My Journey From Commun
ism to Christianity.”
Dr. B. P. Dotsenko was former
ly head of the Nuclear Physics
Laboratory at Kiev State Univer
sity in the U.S.S.R.
He now teaches physics at Wil
frid Laurier University in Water
loo, Canada. His flight began
when, as a student, he found a
Bible hidden in a barn.
Dr. Dotsenko’s presentation
will begin at 8 p. m. Wednesday
and be in Room 225 of the Memor
ial Student Center. It is co-spon
sored by the MSC Great Issues
Committee and Faculty - Staff
Christian Fellowship. Admission
is free.
“This man has an unusual
Christian testimony,” commented
Dr. J. T. Lawhon, TAMU oilseed
products research engineer and
member of the Faculty Staff
Christian Fellowship.
A metalworker in Siberia dur
ing World War 11, Dotsenko was
sent to Canada in October, 1966,
on an exchange program in which
he was to do research work and
gain introduction to Western sci
ence as a scientist.
It was planned that after his
return to Russia, Dotsenko was to
be screened to serve the Soviet
Intelligence Service as a scien
tist-spy to the International
Atomic Energy Agency in Vien
na. He would have had to gather
information of Western nuclear
physics progress.
Dotsenko asked the Canadian
government for asylum. Despite
strong Soviet pressure, it was
granted. He has worked at the
University of Alberta nuclear re
search center, taught in a North
west Territory public school and
at the University of Toronto.
He cited several factors behind
his defection, “but the last straw
for me was the realization that
under the Communist system, ev
en family relations must be con
sidered secondary to man’s loyalty
to the party and state.”
“It happened to my own former
family,” the scientist said.
Teague Eulogizes
Classmate Rudder
The $10 million Rudder Con
ference Tower and Auditorium
complex was formally opened
Thursday morning.
Cong. Olin E. (Tiger) Teague
and San Antonio industrialist H.
B. Zachry eulogized Rudder, who
was president of the university
from 1959 until his death on
March 23, 1970. He previously
served as Texas land commission
er and gained worldwide recogni
tion as commander of the 2nd
Ranger Battalion during World
War II.
The 12-story conference tower
and the adjoining auditorium com
plex, with three areas having
seating capacities ranging up to
2,500, provide facilities for an ex
panded continuing education pro
gram. TAMU officials say the
university now qualifies as a ma
jor site for state and national
conferences. The auditorium com
plex also will serve the new Op
era and Performing Arts Society
jointly created by TAMU and
citizens in the Bryan-College Sta
tion area.
Teague recalled the effective
leadership of General Rudder at
TAMU when there was turmoil
on university campuses through
out the nation.
Teague said he did recall one
demonstration on the TAMU
campus—when several thousand
students gathered at the presi
dent’s home to welcome the man
who succeeded General Rudder,
Dr. Jack K. Williams.
“I know Dr. Williams deserved
such acclamation,” Teague con
tinued, “but I believe he will tell
you that Earl Rudder was prob
ably as responsible for that dem
onstration of welcome as any
body.”
Jordanian
Presented
By Forum
Dr. Hasan Abdullah, a Jor
danian official from the Chicago
consulate will speak tonight at
seven on the Mideast situation.
As part of the Political Forum
program on the Middle East, stu
dents, faculty and staff will be
admitted without charge.
The address will be in the Rud
der Center Theater.
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