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All University Symphonic Band organized this month > P. m, a. m. )xl ey, Reck By BRAD ELLIS Staff Writer Continuing its unceasing efforts to ring culture to TAMU, the University las been discovered to be in support of ;he symphonic band being organized this month. The All University Symphonic Band goes into rehearsal next week after this week’s auditions are completed and the make-up auditions are held. Joe McMullen, associate director of the Aggie Band, is conducting auditions section by section, this week. He will select players in time for rehearsal to begin Wednesday, February 20. Students may call the secretary at the E. V. Adams Band Hall to arrange for an audition time and to pick up the music. There will be make-up auditions Tuesday the 19th for anyone who misses his section’s audition time. The Symphonic Band is the result of student interest in such a project and the unsuccessful attempt of last year by students to organize a group of musi cians under a faculty sponsor, taking the form of an MSC club. McMullen said he was hired to organ ize and conduct a Symphonic Band open to any interested musician on the campus. He was interviewed by univer sity officials a year ago and was asked to set up an organization along the lines of the Singing Cadets. McMullen men tioned that the restrictions which apply to Singing Cadet membership (hair, dress and sex) would not apply to the Symphonic Band. McMullen says concert bands are his preferred interest and an arrangement in which he could direct such a band and work as an associate with a march ing unit was particularly pleasing. The Symphonic Band is also open to faculty and staff members, although they may not audition but may sit in with the student members. McMullen said his audition system will not allow students to lose a place in the band to a faculty member. Program music for the band is al ready in folders in McMullen’s office waiting to be distributed as soon as the members are selected. Fifty-one people attended an organizational meeting a week ago Monday, and McMullen said he had been planning on a band of 70 or 75 players. Besides people, the band needs money to buy instruments. For now McMullen is relying on instruments the Aggie Band does not need and on those which students own. McMullen said he has not thought out the details of the upcoming concerts, waiting until the band gets into rehearsal. If there is enough response this semester, McMullen plans to obtain a computer number for the activity in the fall so students may schedule rehearsal time during pre-registration. For the future he envisions several programs a year and a state or possibly national tour. But first the band has to get into rehearsal, he said. Touch Ftaiil Aw Cultural exposure widens The cultural exposure at Aggie- land remains wide this week as the Student Senate presents a benefit program of “Reefer Mad ness” and “The Magic Christian,” with Peter Sellers, Wednesday night, with the proceeds to be do nated to the National Student Lobby. “Reefer Madness” is a classic propaganda film which purports to show the effects of marijuana smoking on young people. “The Magic Christian” is the story of an eccentric millionaire (Sellers) who adopts a young wierdo (Rin- go Starr) who then plays around with his step-father’s money. “Reefer” shows at 6:00, 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. and “Christian” shows at 7:00 p.m. in the University Center Theater. The Arts Film Directors Series brings yet a third Ingmar Berg man film, “The Virgin Spring,” to the University Center Theater at 7:30 and 10:00 p.m. Tuesday. A Betty Boop cartoon, “May Par ty” will also be shown. Saturday and Sunday the Aggie Cinema will show a film adapted from a play by Euripedes, “The Trojan Women.” With Katherine Hepburn as Hecuba, queen of Troy the film deals with three women captured by the Greeks and how they fare. The film also stars Vanessa Redgrave, Gene vieve Bujold and Irene Papas, and may be seen at the U. C. Theater at 8:00 p.m. along with a special mystery movie Saturday night. The Midnight Film Series this week continues, the film is to be announced later. Weather Partly cloudy and warm Tues day. Increasing cloudiness Wednesday. Tuesday’s high 76°; Wednesday’s high upper 70’s. Cbe Battalion Vol. 67 No. 346 College Station, Texas RY 846-5816 rLASS 4-Doo' itomatic, W V Air-Condi* Idings, Whifjj nterior, MM Factory War- i.00 1.ET IMPAW Vagon — "! y Air-Cor* 1 '- , Roof R 8£k ' Low Mil^ i from r**s-* oldings, MW Must see ty thru 50 till 7:3«! 11 4:00. s VALUE itop ; value- jalityc ars Dorm living will cost more in fall An announcement of expected increases in dormitory room and board coincided with the beginning of day student applica tions for on-campus housing Monday. In a letter to President Jack Williams of the TAMU System, Tom Cherry said there will “certainly be a room, board and laundry increase next fall.” Cherry is TAMU vice president for business affairs. Cherry has met with Student Government President Randy Ross to apprise him of the situation. Right now the university administration isn’t releasing any figures. According to Ed Davis, Cherry’s assistant, the university has no estimates as yet. The rate for seven-day meal plan with telephone and air conditioning increased $75 last fall to $571.50. In Cherry’s letter, he said, “We intend to finalize our proposals next month, with a bare minimum of six months experience during this year as a historical base. “We will have the final recommendations prepared by April 1 in order to meet the deadline for the April Board of Directors meeting.” Applications for on-campus housing should be made at the Housing Office before fall semester preregistration ends on May 3. The remaining on-campus rooms will then be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. A Board of Directors policy insures the dorms are kept full. There are 30 dorms with a holding capacity of 7,322. Ross says he plans “to find out the justification for any type of rate increase in dorm fees. Last year, the proposed increases were not announced until after the room commitments had been made.” Board spends $915,775 Streets to widen, close Contracts and appropriations totaling $915,775 were approved early this morning by the TAMU System Board of Directors for projects at key installations throughout the state. The Board approved $85,000 for street improvements on-campus including both widening and clos ing streets. TAMU President Jack K. Wil liams said the plan will stop traf fic from traveling from east to west across the campus and re move most on-street parking. Executive Vice President Gen. Alvin R. Leudecke said the plan was intended to coordinate with the landscape plan, the two cities and the highway department. Another $25,000 was approved for the preliminary design of Sbisa Hall kitchen renovations which include the addition of a freezer unit. Mar-Cal Inc. of Bryan won a $119,890 contract for an additional freezer facility for Sbisa. Emmet Trent architects were chosen to do the preliminary de sign for all three phases of the construction. Project architects were also chosen for the Animal Industries and Poultry Sciences building and the Soil and Crop Sciences and Entomology building planned for the west campus. Hardee joins race for representative A third candidate has officially entered the Democratic primary race for State Representative Dis trict 28, claiming that there is not a dime’s worth of difference be tween the other two candidates. Sparky Hardee, 34, is a 1963 graduate of TAMU. Presently he owns and operates a private pizza business at East Gate. Hardee said the district’s major sources of income, TAMU and the farm community, could be severe ly crippled as a result of the en ergy crisis. With seven years ex perience with Texaco, Conoco and American Oil, he says “this en ergy crisis is the biggest robbery of the public purse in mankind’s history.” Hardee proposes to stop any petroleum products from leaving the state until local needs are ful filled, then to raise the prices by placing high service charges on any oil that leaves the state. In his prepared statement, Har dee also mentioned “fat cats in Austin playing games at the Con stitutional Convention” and spoke out against revising the Texas Constitution at this time, citing Sparky Hardee public distrust of the people writ ing the new one. Hardee attacked both of his op ponents in the primary race, Lloyd Joyce and incumbent Bill Presnal, claiming neither would face the issues. “I’d like to bring the issues be fore the people,” said Hardee. The Board confirmed award of $291,400 contract to Lesikar Con struction Co. of Fort Worth for a new maintenance building at Tarleton State University in Stephenville. The Houston office of Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. received a $263,200 contract to construct an elevated water reservoir at Prai rie View A&M University. Dr. William H. Clayton, dean of TAMU’s Moody College of Marine Sciences and Maritime Re sources at Galveston, was elevat ed to the position of provost. Uni versity officials said the new title more appropriately reflects Clayton’s responsibililies as the institution continues to expand its Galveston operations. Bruce R. Miles was named as sociate director of the Texas For est Service. He had been assist ant to the director. The board also endorsed Tarle ton State requests to seek state approval for two new degrees, ap proved a $2-per-semester increase in TAMU’s physical education service fee and authorized the U. S. Department of Agriculture to build a facility at the Texas A&M Research Annex to house an airplane used in a research pro gram regarding aerial application of pesticides. Tarleton was authorized to seek Coordinating Board, Texas Col lege and University System ap proval to offer a new bachelor of applied arts and sciences de gree and to offer a bachelor of business administration degree in stead of a bachelor of science de gree in general business. In requesting the $10 physical education service fee beginning this fall, TAMU officials noted the present rate has been in effect since 1955. The fee covers ex penses for providing students fresh uniforms for each physical education period. University National Bank "On the side of Texas A&M.” Adv. Tuesday, February 12, 1974 Vote tonight could cut senate size Reducing the size of the Senate will be discussed and voted on tonight. The Student Senate will meet in room 301 of the Rudder Tower at 7:30 p. m. The main topic of dis cussion will be to reduce the size of the Senate from 92 voting members to 80. The 80 votes will be five fresh men senators, five executive com mittee members, 40 representa tives from the colleges and 30 living area representatives. “This would include making the Corps of Cadets one living area and cutting their representation to three seats,” said Shariq Yosuf- zai, Vice President. New color maps of the campus will be distributed by the Student Government pending approval of a contract between American Pub lishers and the Student Govern ment. The maps will be distributed free of charge by the Student Gov ernment. Revision of the pet policy in married student apartments will be suggested if the resolution in troduced by Barb Sears, Chair person of External Affairs, pass es. The resolution was formulated jointly by the Fair Housing Com mission and the Married Student Apartment Council. “At present no dogs or cats are allowed in the apartments and caged animals must be approved by the Vice President of Student Services,” said Harry Sundberg, Vice President for Social Opera tions. A resolution concerning the State Highway Fund will be pro posed. The resolution is to be sent to the State Constitutional Re vision Committee. “The resolution is supporting broadening the scope of the use of the funds,” said Sears. “Such things as mass transit and educa tional aid might be helped by these funds.” Subpoena sent to Nixon never reached him LOS ANGELES <A>>—A state judge said Monday he was speechless when he learned that a subpoena he issued on Feb. 4 for President Nixon to appear in his court had not yet found its way though the mail to Washington. Superior Court Judge Gordon Ringer, who issued the unprecedented subpoena of a president, had his clerk contact the local post office, and a tracer was placed on the envelope which was sent Feb. 4 by registered mail. In Washington, the White House said it had not yet received the subpoena, which Nixon’s attorneys have said he would not honor. The subpoena was issued at the request of former presidential aide John D. Ehrlichman, and commands the President to appear at a Feb. 25 pretrial hearing for Ehrlichman, G. Gor don Liddy and David Young. The three are charged with burglary and conspiracy in the 1971 break-in at the office of Dr. Daniel Ellsberg psychiatrist. They want Nixon to testify as to the formation of the secret White House investigations unit which became known as the plumbers. The plumbers engi neered the break-in at the psychiatrist’s office. Public defender Charles Gessler, representing Liddy in the case, said the pretrial hearing might have to be postponed if the subpoena is not found soon. “We are at a standstill at trying to obtain one of the key witnesses, the President of the United States,” said Gessler. Los Angeles Postmaster James J. Symbol said the non-delivery of the subpoena was not normal. He said most registered mail moves slower than regular mail because of security precautions and because it is delivered only during daylight hours. But he said that the average registered letter is delivered within two or 2Vi days from the time it is mailed. Symbol said he would person ally put a tracer on the envelope containing the subpoena. Ringer, in court for a hearing on another pretrial matter in the case, said, “I’m rendered speechless.” Then he summoned attorneys into chambers for a private conference. They declined to reveal what was discussed. The subpoena also requests Nixon’s appear ance at the trial of the three, which is to open April 15. ★ ★ ★ NEW HAVEN, Conn. UP>—U.S. Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr. said Monday that the Watergate in vestigation by his select committee is complete except for “one or two aspects.” Ervin said he would recommend that the committee go into executive session to explore Republican campaign contributions involving milk dealers and presidential friend Charles “Bebe” Rebozo. (See ’SUBPOENA’, page 4) SCONA begins Kurten man dies following The nineteenth Student Conference on National Affairs, (SCONA) begins Wednesday at 2 p.m. SCONA’s theme this year is “Reordering American Priorities.” Seven speakers will deliver their thoughts on budget, energy crisis, and foreign affairs. Students are welcome to hear the speakers free of charge. All speeches will be held in the University Center Theater. Wednesday 2 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Thursday 12:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 8 p.m. Friday 10:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. Saturday 11:30 a.m. Alice Rivlin “Reordering American Priorities” William Ruckelshaus “Environment vs. Energy Needs” (Great Issues presentation, in conjunction with SCONA) Hans Morgenthau “Shifting Emphasis in Foreign Policy” William Clements “Changing Budgetary Priorities and Our National Defense” Dr. Abba Lerner “Reordering Economic Priorities Free vs. Controlled Economy” William Anders, Raymond Wright, Mike McCormack (Panel Presentation) “Emerging Energy Priorities” Barbara Williams “Changing Budgetary Priorities and the Needs of the People” Dr. Daniel Bell “Changing Personal Prior ities” (invitation only—brunch will also be served) pushing contest The Silver Dollar Saloon was the scene of the death of a Kur ten area resident Friday night. College Station police said the victim was Larry Sanders, but would release no further informa tion. They said the investigation of his death is not complete. Of ficer in charge of the investiga tion is Detective Johnny Miller. No charge has been filed in connection with the incident. Sanders was dead on arrival at St. Joseph Hospital but hospital officials have not yet determined the cause of death. Sources close to the scene said Sanders engaged in a “pushing contest” fell down and choked on his own saliva. Today in the Batt Meditation p. 3 Football recruits p. 6 WOOD SCULPTURE installer Dan Friend puts the final touches on the permanent display on the second level of the Rudder Center. The sculpture-Mosaic was designed by Bob Sollorie of New York. Sollorie built the plaques on ^ inch plywood with wine corks, old furniture and even some butch er knife handles. (Photo by Rodger Mallison)