All University Symphonic Band organized this month
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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.
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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.
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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)