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AUSTIN (A*)—A student group
called AINT is on the warpath
over a reconstructed Indian burial
site that displays a skeleton in
the University of Texas’ Memo
rial Museum.
To American Indians Now
Texans, it’s a question of rever
ence for the dead.
But to museum director Bill
Newcomb, an anthropologist who
writes the authoritative work on
Texas Indians, it’s more like a
question of academic freedom.
AINT is laying plans for a
campaign to do what it failed to
accomplish in a talk with New
comb—get the Yellowhouse Can
yon skeleton and grave out of the
museum.
The UT-Austin student senate
adopted a resolution Wednesday
night urging removal of the
skeleton.
“It is in bad taste and objec
tionable. The grave is less than
100 years old and of very little
value except as a novelty for
children,” said Burke Armstrong,
an AINT member and student
senator.
“Several years ago other Indian
groups received satisfaction on
demands made to museums that
they respect our dead, and our
requests are modest in compari
son,” Armstrong said.
Newcomb said he offered the
group an alternative when it
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Friday, April 12, 1974
visited his office about two weeks
ago.
“It seemed to me that if they
really wanted publicity and to do
the American Indians some good,
we were prepared to work with
them wholeheartedly in a good
presentation of Indian problems
on the fourth anthropology floor.
We would move the skeleton to
make room for the exhibit,” New
comb said.
“They were to talk it over and
come back and communicate with
me in some way, I thought,” he
said, but the AINT delegation
never returned.
Newcomb said the AINT mem
bers did not protest a nearby
group burial exhibit containing
several skeletons. He also dis
puted their contention that the
Yellowhouse Canyon skeleton was
less than a century old, saying
it was dated by a revolver, manu
factured in the 1950s and 1960s,
found with the bones.
“I don’t mind being cast as a
villain by self-styled Indians.
People will protest virtually
everything we put in the museum
if we let them,” Newcomb said.
“I don’t think a lot of them are
socially or biologically Indian,”
Newcomb said.
He said the exhibit is of con
siderably more importance than
as “a novelty for children.”
“This Yellowstone Canyon
skeleton was an actual case of
what bones can tell you. If we
hadn't gotten it, it would have
eroded out of the canyon wall and
the bones would have been scat
tered over 15 or 20 miles. Also,
it does show a rather interesting
way that the southern plains
Indians had of disposing of their
dead. It does have an educa
tional impact,” Newcomb said.
DR. THOMAS CARLYLE JONES of Harvard Medical School
spoke before approximately 100 professors and students at
Thursday night’s University Lecture Series. Dr. Jones’ pre
sentation, “Man and Disease—The Search for Animal Models,”
included a slide series. (Photo by Gary Baldasari)
Another
appeal
entered
Appeals of the elections are not
yet over.
Barry Brooks has filed an ap
peal because he was not allowed to
remove his name from the ballot
for the yell leader run-off. Brooks
said he filed his appeal with T.
Mark Blakemore, chairman of the
judicial board today.
Blakemore said he did not know
of the appeal because he had been
out of town and had not checked
the box where appeals are filed.
Brooks said he requested the
removal of his name and was told
he could not withdraw from the
race. The election board announc
ed after David White won his
appeal earlier this week that there
would be no changes in the list of
candidates.
Over 1,800 vote in
Thursday’s run-off
Over 1,800 students turned out
for the general spring election
run-offs Thursday.
John Tyler was elected vice
president for rules and regula
tions with 1,358 votes while Susie
Brewer followed with 461.
In the Graduate Student Coun
cil, Joseph Marcello will represent
the College of Science with six
votes. Kuni Tatsumato followed
with four votes.
Voters also made final decision
on class officers as follows:
(* winners)
SENIOR CLASS
secretary-treasurer :
Ronnie Maddox
Susan Carstens
social secretary:
thon
262*
171
secretar
James Anthony
224*
Jeaninne Paletta
historian:
Rick Boudreaux
John Moore
JUNIOR CLASS
president:
Phillip Bohlmann
Mark Machala
vice president:
Charlie Snyder
Steve Smith
secretary-treasurer :
Vito Ponzio
Mark Harrington
social secretary:
Mike Squires
Sally Solmer
SOPHOMORE CLASS
president:
Kelly DeWitt
Carolyn Johnson
vice president:
Paul Lombardino
Bill Irwin
secretary-treasurer:
Mike Cox
Randy Gonzalez
social secretary:
John Riddles
Sandy Guillory
222*
191
274*
264
268*
240
138
240*
269*
243
499*
180
384*
279
403*
260
350*
317
The Aggiecon will present
“War of the Worlds,” “Silent
Running,*” “Things to Come,”
“The Thing,” “It Came From Be
neath The Sea,” “Curse of the De
mon,” and “Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde” at 6 p. m. in the Rudder
Auditorium. The films will run
non-stop.
A free talk period with several
authors is provided Friday at 9
p. m. in the Conference Tower
Room 601.
Saturday’s schedule in the MSC
includes 10 a. m. panel discussion
on “The Shape of Women to
Come” and at 11 a. m. Harland
Ellison will read one of his stor
ies.
At noon, Hal Hall will talk
about TAMU Library’s Science
Fiction collection. Keith Laumer
will speak at 1:30 p. m. Howard
Waldrop will speak on “Custers
Last Jump” following that. A1
Jackson will then speak on “Black
Holes and Space Ships over Si
beria.”
At 3:30 p. m. the authors will
assemble for a lesson on what to
do after you written a story.
Saturday night’s movies begin
at 6 p. m. and include “Them,”
“Planet of the Apes,” “Jason and
the Argonauts,” “20 Million Miles
From Earth,” “Robot Monsters
From Outer Mars,” “Invasion of
the Star Creatures” and “Plan
Nine From Outer Space.”
Admission to the convention for
the weekend is $1.50. A $1 ticket
for a single day is available. Tab
les in the Dealers’ Room are
$3.50. Ticket and Table reserva
tions may be placed at the Ce-
pheid Variable cubicle in the Stu
dent Programs Office or with con
vention organizer Bob Stahl at
822-7796.
■ .
Today
Boyle convicted
‘Fatness’ study
Xudo c(u6
Weather
Partly cloudy to clear
Friday afternoon. Winds
from the south 5-10
m.p.h. High today 83°.
Low tonight 60°. Con
siderable cloudiness Sat
urday morning, clearing
in the afternoon. High
Saturday 85°.
President receives
Judiciary Committee rejects
RSIT'
WASHINGTON <A>>—The House Judici
ary Committee rejected a last-minute
White House compromise offer Thursday
and voted to subpoena all of the tapes and
documents it has requested from President
Nixon.
The subpoena, approved by a 33-3 vote,
directs the President to respond by 10 a.m.
on April 25, four days after Congress re
turns from its Easter recess.
All dissenting votes were cast by mem
bers of the Republican minority.
The committee’s order came despite an
offer from James D. St. Clair, the Presi
dent’s Watergate lawyer, to deliver some
of the material requested within a few
days. But St. Clair had refused to make
an immediate decision on all of the material
the committee had requested in a letter de
livered to the White House last Feb. 25.
Rep. Robert McClory, R-Ill., who had
supported many White House requests at
committee sessions, called St. Clair’s offer
“entirely too equivocal.” He then voted in
favor of the subpoena.
However, Rep. Edward Hutchinson of
Michigan, the ranking Republican on the
committee, voted against the subpoena.
Later he said he opposed it because it is
not enforceable and because the White
House had indicated it would turn over all
or most of the material the committee is
demanding.
“It doesn’t seem to me as though it was
necessary to issue a subpoena today,”
Hutchinson said.
Besides Hutchinson, others against the
subpoena were Charles E. Wiggins of Cali
fornia and Trent Lott of Mississippi.
If the White House should defy the
subpoena, the Judiciary Committee would
have several alternatives. One would be to
prosecute its subpoena in the court as the
Senate Watergate committee is doing with
its subpoena for tapes. A committee law
yer said the committee could ask the House
to cite the President for contempt or sim
ply determine defiance of the subpoena to
be an impeachable offense.
Before the final vote, the committee
subpoena
compromise
agreed unanimously to make its demands
for some conversations more specific.
St. Clair had called John Doar, chief
counsel for the impeachmmit inquiry, and
offered to deliver the tape? sought on Feb
ruary and March conversations if such a
delivery would “avoid issuance of a sub
poena.”
But Doar said St. Clair also told him
that if all of the items requested on Feb.
25 were subpoenaed, the committee would
get nothing until the President had decided
on a response to the entire subpoena.
When asked by a Republican member,
Rep. Tom Railsback of Illinois, “are you
recommending that we subpoena all those
things you requested?” Doar replied:
“My recommendation is the committee
issue a subpoena for all six items.”
Doar said that was also the view of
minority counsel Albert Jenner, who is out
of town.
The subpoena was altered to give more
detail about the committee’s request for
(See TAPES, p. 4)
McVew bids
students adieu
An advisory lawyer who has
helped the students of TAMU
for over two years will be bow
ing out at the end of this se
mester.
Elmer McVew, a local law
yer, was asked by Student Sen
ate in 1971 to aid TAMU stu
dents with legal problems.
Students were screened by the
Legal Right Commission to
make sure that only students
with legitimate problems could
get in touch with him.
Mr. McVew has remained
anonymous, known only as a
telephone number, and has
given his time to the univer
sity as a free service.
A full-tinie lawyer, paid by
TAMU, will replace him.
He will be presented with a
token of appreciation by Barb
Sears and Gwen Flynt.
All run-off winners are required
to submit an expense account to
the Election Board within three
days following the election. April
4 winners are also to turn in ex
pense accounts as soon as possible,
said Barry Bowden, election board
chairman.
A third election will be held
Wednesday for yell leaders. Bow
den said people could vote accord
ing to the date they entered the
University or according to their
academic standing.
He said yell leader candidates
must follow the same rules set up
for the April 4 election. Bowden
added that no additions or with
drawals will be allowed but candi
dates will be allowed to spend an
other $35 on their campaign. Win
ners must turn in an expense
account three days after the elec
tion.
Polls will be open 8 a.m. to 6
p.m. in the Guard Room, Krueger-
Dunn, Sbisa, the Memorial Stu
dent Center and the library. Stu
dents will need their ID, activity
card and fee slip or mid-semester
grade report to vote.
Panel discusses
student censorship
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FICKLE WEATHER came to A&M yesterday bringing rain irl the morning and sun in the
afternoon. This weekend’s weather promises to be as unpredictable. (Photos by Alan Kill
ings worth and Steve Ueckert)
Censorship and prior restraint
will be discussed by a panel of
students, faculty and administra
tors Tuesday night.
The panel discussion hosted by
the TAMU chapter of ACLU will
be at 7:30 in the Rudder Center
Theater. Students on the panel
will include Don Webb, ex-presi
dent of the MSC; Rod Speer, edi
tor of The Battalion; Tim Man
ning, ex-chairman of the Arts
Film Series; Steve Eberhard,
president-elect of the student gov
ernment and Michael Perrin, stu
dent government judicial board
member.
Administrators and faculty on
the panel will include Dr. John
Koldus, vice president of student
services; Lane Stephenson, asso
ciate director of university infor
mation and Dr. Manuel Daven
port, head of the philosophy de
partment and advisor to the stu
dent ACLU.
The topic of discussion will be,
“Who has final authority over
university programming?” ACLU
President Marty Hokanson said
that the panel will discuss not
only censorship as it applies to
programming on campus, but also
the prior restraint in connection
with student newspapers.
Moderator of the panel will be
Hokanson. Audience questions
will follow the discussion.
courses
Unusual
offer alternatives
By LYNNE EDWARDS
A student rummaging through
the catalog before preregistra
tion may relax.
Buried in that huge catalog
are courses in most departments
that are relatively non-technical
and open to all students.
Introduction to Forestry (F.S.
101) is a two-credit course with
one of lecture and a three-hour
lab weekly. “We hope to instill
in the student a concern for this
natural heritage, an understand
ing of the multitude of valuable
uses of the forests and a desire
to promote sound forest manage
ment for the benefit of all,” said
Robert R. Rhodes, instructor of
the course. Field trips are part of
the course.
The Range Science Department
offers courses like Fundamentals
of Ecology (N.B.S 205). It at
tempts to show the relationship
of plants, animals, microbes, man
and the environment as one inte
grated unit, explained Dr. Fred
Smeins. A three-hour lab (N.B.S.
215) can be taken along with the
lecture course.
Flowers and Plants used in In
terior Design (Hort. 203) covers
various ideas in floral design such
as Chinese, Egyptian, Victorian,
American and free form. Robert
H. Rucker teaches this course
which also includes making cor
sages, flowers for weddings and
interior plants.
Eva L. Zweifel teaches Intro
duction to Recreation and Parks
(R.P. 101). The one-hour lecture
course deals with the subject as a
profession and a career. Extra
curricular activities are part of
the course.
Dr. Robert S. Hurley teaches
Human Sexuality (H.E. 342).
“Sex is not something we do but
something we are,” is the basic
concept of the course. Sexual roles
in society, love relationships, mar
riage and reproduction are other
topics taught.
Sorry, no lab with this course.
Individual, Marriage and the
Family (Soc. 315) covers some
of the same ground. “Our objec
tive is to assist individuals in lay
ing the foundations of intimacy,
responsibility and integrity
through evaluating attachments
to members of the other sex,”
said W. Dee Kutach, instructor
of the class. Dating, marriage,
child rearing, managing a house
and sexuality are included.
Parliamentary Procedure (Pols.
309) is a one-hour class dealing
with a “how to” of getting things
done by this specialized proce
dure. Dr. Paul Van Riper, depart
ment head, teaches the class.
The English Department offers
several courses in linguistics.
“The aim of Ling. 205 is to intro
duce students to the richness of
the human language and its role
in the communication process,”
said Dr. Helmut Esau, coordina
tor of the team-taught class. He
also teaches Phonetics and Pho-
nemics (Ling. 311). This class
concerns the mechanics of speech
and the construction of a lang
uage.
The role, function and respon
sibility of the mass media are
examined in Introduction to Mass
Communication (Jour. 102). Dr.
David R. Bowers said current
practices of newspapers, televi
sion, radio, magazines, movies
and books will be studied.
(See ALTERNATIVES, p. 4)
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas AAM.”
Adv.
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