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Copy Center Service Improves with Relocation, New Equipment
Ending complaints about ser
vice of the A&M Copy Center is
the goal of the A&M Press’ new
superintendent, Cameron Beck
with.
The center has recently reloca
ted in the confines of the A&M
Press building, adjacent to the
Reed McDonald Services Building.
With the merging of the copy
center and the press, the num
ber of presses and press operators
has been increased by 60 per cent,
said Beckwith.
“Some of the presses will often
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be occupied with commercial work
other than duplicating,” the sup
erintendent noted, “but the flex
ibility and power potential has
been greatly increased.”
Beckwith believes that his new
Multilith 2850 press will help
solve his “service-while-you-wait
problem” that so many have
thought the center was establish
ed for.
“No copy center in this area can
operate completely on a ‘while-
you-wait’ basis,” Beckwith pointed
out. “But, we will guarantee this
type of service on any combination
of copies up to 100. If we’re not
flooded with too many jobs, we
will frequently be able to produce
larger jobs on the same basis. This
of course will depend on our over
all demands.”
Beckwith described his new Mul
tilith machine as having its own
plate maker attached so that the
press will literally work from a
pile of new copy sheets—making
plates, delivering to the printing
cylinder and printing the required
number of impressions—all with
out intervention by the operator.
“The increased press power will
help ease the problems sometimes
experienced formerly when equip
ment breaks down,” Beckwith add
ed. “Operator illness has also
forced disruption of printing sche
dules in the past. Increased man
power availability should take
care of this, though.”
Beckwith has established a de
livery time schedule depending on
job size, which he thinks the Copy
Center will be able to keep up
with.
“While-you-wait-service” will be
offered for up to 100 copies; de
livery will be made in four to
five hours for up to 500 copies;
in two days for up to 2,000 copies;
three days for up to 5,000 copies;
and one week for all jobs over
5,000 copies.
The Copy Center will also of
fer reductions and enlargements
and collate (arrange different
pages into a specified order).
Beckwith also offered some
Che Battalion
Vol. 67 No. 331
College Station, Texas
Wednesday,December 19, 1973
“what not to do’s” for making
quality copying easier.
—Pasting several small pieces
together will make the page look
bad because the paper edges will
show as dark lines.
—Dirty copy will produce dirty
duplicates.
—Erasure smudges are apt to
reproduce as smudges on reprints.
Beckwith emphasized that any
one with suggestions for improv
er service should contact him at
the A&M Press.
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Thompson Gives Warning
For Free Market System
Free enterprise in its present noted.
SAVING WATTS—TAMU President Jack K. Williams
watches as Physical Plant Department workmen remove
fluorescent tubes from his office light fixtures as part of
a campus-wide campaign to reduce energy consumption.
Doing the dimming are Charles Kuder (on ladder) and
Ray Rowe.
form will not last more than 20
years unless action is taken to
stem the tide, Federal Trade Com
missioner Mayo J. Thompson
warned Saturday at the Univer
sity’s mid-year commencement ex
ercises.
The graduating class of 980
included 75 students receiving
doctoral degrees and 214 master’s
degrees.
Military commissions were
awarded to 73 of the students,
with Lt. Gen. Ormond R. Simpson
(USMC-Ret.) administering the
oath of office and reminding them
they have come to take their oath
“at a time of great national trial.”
“The country is attempting to
regain some sense of national
purpose—and I think it is having
some success,” General Simpson
Thompson expressed optimism
also, but sounded an alarm re
garding the future of free enter
prise.
“Free enterprise as we know it
today—unregulated prices, pri
vate risk-taking, private profit
and collective bargaining—will be
gone in 15 to 20 years if we don’t
stem the tide” emphasized the
commissioner who practiced law
in Houston prior to his federal
appointment last summer.
“’Call it what you will—man
aged capitalism, socialism, a plan
ned economy, a post-industrial
state—the end result will be the
Gramm Gives Energy Plan
To Capital FEA Officials
Dr. W. Philip Gramm presented
a plan based on free market op
erations as a solution to the enrgy
crisis to officials of the Federal
Energy Administration Friday in
Washington, D. C.
Gramm, professor of economics
New Policies Okayed
Bike Path System Endorsed
The University Traffic Panel
has approved a proposal that will
further the cause of those desiring
some form of campus mall path
way system for pedestrians and
bicyclists.
The proposal, initiated by Stu
dent Services Committee chair
man Steve Wakefield, recommends
mends that a “mall pathway sys
tem be adopted in theory, and that
the Physical Plant or other con
tractor work with the Campus
Planning Committee of the Stu
dent Senate to establish a feasi
ble system for making paths . . .”
Wakefield’s proposal also called
for signs to be used to make both
forms of travel across the mall
easier for students and faculty.
His intent is to make pedestrians
and cyclists “quite aware of the
defined system.”
Wakefield suggested that some
type of temporary marking sys
tem be established soon so that
the panel can begin to get a
feel for a more exact placement
of the pathway system based on
traffic needs and requirement.
His plan essentially calls for a
bike pathway system with pedes
trian crosswalks.
The panel endorsed the efforts
of the A&M Wheelmen, a campus
bike group that sponsors riding
activities and safety programs,
to sponsor and maintain bicycles
for common use by students. Jack-
son told the group that five bi
cycles would be obtained for an
initial trial program. The two
wheeled vehicles would be placed
in the mall area for use in going
to class across campus.
A number of bicycle policies
on campus were presented to the
Traffic Panel by Wakefield and
Barry Brooks, a member of the
campus planning group. The panel
unanimously endorsed recommen
dations to become effective as
soon as possible. They are;
—to replace the present bicycle
registration plate with a sticker,
the location of which to be de
termined by the University Police;
—preregistration of bicycles in
the same manner as presently
used for motorcycles and auto
mobiles;
—closer police enforcement of
auto and bicycle regulations;
—employment of students on a
part-time basis to assist the Uni-
Halls Shut Friday;
Madeley Gives Tips
Residence halls will be closed at 6 p. m. Friday for the
semester break. /
Housing Manager Allan Madeley said the energy
crisis makes it imperative that all halls except Crocker
remain locked from Dec. 21 through Jan. 14, 1974.
Student Christmas holidays and the between-semes-
ters break extends from Dec. 22 through Jan. 20. Spring
semester classes begin Jan. 21.
Madeley said residence halls will open at noon, Jan.
15, for delayed registration. He emphasized that students
needing to enter halls during the intersession check for
clearance at the Housing Office. Entry will be limited
to special need.
The housing manager urged students to close win
dows and lock doors to their rooms, after disconnecting
all electrical appliances. Madeley stressed that for secur
ity of student belongings, first floor windows particular
ly should be locked.
Crocker Hall will house veterinary medicine students
for the first week of the spring trimester. Also, athletes
in basketball, swimming and track will quarter in Crocker
during the intersession.
versify Police in enforcing auto
and bicycle parking regulations:
—make the present system of is
suing a bicycle registration card
optional; and
—install all bicycle racks that
are presently on hand.
In other action, the panel rec
ommended that Lot 32 be assigned
to day student parking and visi
tors to Penniston Cafeteria pro
viding that the present faculty-
Board Meets
Again on Batt;
Claim Denied
The Student Publication Board
will meet again at 5 p. m. today
to consider allegations and grie
vances made against Mike Rice,
editor of The Battalion, by mem
bers of his staff.
Responding to the students’ re
quest for a hearing, the nine-
member board met in a called ses
sion Dec. 11 and received state
ments and comments from several
students, including Rice. The stu
dent-faculty board then went into
an executive session which was re
cessed until Tuesday when it met
twice for a total of three hours
before again recessing.
Vickie Ashwill, who represented
the student newspaper staff at the
initial meeting and read a pre
pared statement, challenged a
statement concerning paycheck ir
regularities which appeared in
last week’s Battalion story cover
ing the meeting.
While conceding that she allow
ed Rice to show additional hours
on her paycheck, with the extra
money going to him, she denied
she agreed to do so only if she
could also get additional money.
Rice agrees that the story was
misleading, in that it impiles a
statement was made at the meet
ing that she demanded extra
money to go along with his plan
but contends she made such a
statement at the time of the
transaction. She denies having
ever made such a proposal.
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staff parking in the lot can be
absorbed elsewhere. Only a lim
ited number of spaces would be
allocated to day student park
ing.
Vice president for Student Ser
vices John J. Koldus also asked
the traffic group to review a
number of problems brought to
his attention by deans and parking
zone administrators. These in
cluded: student parking in re
served parking lots; unregistered
cars parked in faculty-staff park
ing spaces; inconsistency between
zones in allocation of spaces;
more control over parking in re
served lots (such as restricted
entry to the campus, gates at lot
entrances); inadequate faculty
and staff parking in the central
part of the campus; and improper
use of duplicate permits.
All resolutions passed by the
Traffic Panel must go through
Koldus’ office for his approval be
fore action may be taken.
at TAMU, said the free market
solution is the only method that
would alleviate both the short
term and long term shortage in a
conference with members of Con
gress and the FEA.
The economist’s plan consists
of two basis steps—first, abolish
ing all price ceilings and eliminat
ing quantity controls on fuel
sources and inputs used in the
production of fuel for 12 months;
and second, a 40 per cent plow-
back into investment of profits
in the 12-month period which are
above the average rate of return
in investment earned in the 1965-
72 period.
Gramm said the first provi
sion would allow current prices
to rise to their market clearing
levels and stimulate production
while giving incentive for in
creases in output for existing
wells. He estimated production
should expand by at least 250 bar
rels per day from stripper wells
alone during the trial period, with
output continuing to expand un
til prices fell.
The professor stipulated that if
supply and potential supply in the
following year have not expanded
significantly after the trial per
iod, prices would be rolled back
to Dec. 1, 1973 levels.
Gramm said the 40 per cent
plowback guarantees the profits
produced by the shortage will be
used to provide increases in sup
ply. Such a constraint he explain
ed, while increasing the political
acceptability of the plan would
probably not be constraining to
producers since optimal invest
ment increase in a free market
world exceed this figure.
The economist, who recently
authored an article entitled “The
Energy Crisis in Perspective”
(“The Wall Street Journal,” Nov.
30, 1973), told FEA officials pro
posed taxing and rationing plans
would lead to higher prices to the
consumer and lower production
than the free market solution.
A free market, Gramm noted,
would alleviate the crisis by work
ing through both supply and de
mand —higher prices stimulating
domestic production and import
supply, while inducing business
and consumers to economize on
fuel consumption, thereby reduc
ing the quantity demand.
He said the taxing proposal
would provide no incentive for
producers to expand output, there
fore eliminating the shortage on
ly by the negative effect higher
prices have on what people buy.
Price controls with rationing
would cause output to fall as pro
ducers hold supplies off the mar
ket, waiting for the day when con
trols are removed and prices are
higher, Gramm contended.
He provided estimates that a $2
increase in the price of oil per bar
rel would triple U. S. oil reserves
by making it economically feasible
to employ secondary and tertiary
recovery methods in crude pro
duction.
Gramm, who serves as Consul
tant on Energy and Environmen
tal Problems to the Ministry of
Natural Resources of the Canad
ian government, concluded the
free market solution would be
cheaper to administer and produce
lower fuel bills for all Americans.
virtual elimination of the free-
market system as we now know
it” continued the 1941 TAMU
graduate.
Industry will not die, but neith
er will it remain a capitalistically
motivated and directed enterprise,
Thompson observed. Rather, he
explained, it will operate as an or
ganization designed to implement
public, economic, political and soc
ial policy.
“American industry is currently
engaged in what amounts to a
guerrilla war with the country’s
intellectual community —and bus
iness is losing,” the commissioner
said. “Public opinion is shifting
steadily toward the position that
private enterprise is inherently
immoral and ought to be eliminat
ed.”
He faulted the businessman who
fails to live up to “the kind of
strict moral code that I believe a
free-market economy requires if
it is to keep the respect of the
public and thus retain its freedom
from government control.”
“There is a moral case against
shady business practices” Thomp
son stressed, “but there is no
moral case against a free-market
economy as such.”
Athletic
Option
Fails
After heated debate the Stu
dent Senate rejected a resolution
for making athletic fees optional
last Wednesday.
Introduced by John Nash (Law-
Puryear), the bill would have giv
en students the option of purch
asing a season ticket or buying a
ticket before each game.
Nash and Tom Taylor (off-cam
pus undergraduate), took a ran
dom survey to give a rough esti
mate of how many students do or
do not attend football games.
The survey showed that 39 per
cent went to all five home games,
22 per cent attended four games,
12 per cent attended three games,
seven per cent attended two
games, eight per cent attended
one game and 12 per cent did not
attend any games.
Nash said that the number of
people who would not attend any
games is not great enough to
raise ticket prices to unreason
able rates.
Many senators argued that pay
ing the athletic fee is a means of
showing support for the school
and the team.
Many also felt that making stu
dents pay a higher price for tic
kets is punishing those who do go
to all or most of the games.
A roll call vote was called for
and the resolution was rejected
55 to 23 with 6 abstentions.
Hal Brunson (freshman) was
approved by the Senate for ap
pointment to the Student Radio
Board.
Inside ...
Two-Story House on Boyett St. Levelled by Fire. (See story page 2)
Today the Battalion takes a
look at various aspects of our na
tion’s growing problems with its
economy. Contributors are from
Dr. David Bowers’ Journalism 403
class, which researched various as
pects throughout the semester.