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By JUDY BAGGETT
Staff Writer
To reduce overcrowding in the
main fiscal office in the Coke Build
ing, a branch office opened on the
first floor of Rudder Tower
November 4.
Business at the branch office has assistant controller of the fiscal.
been slow, Pam Behling, asst,
cashier, said in a recent interview.
“There’s never a line,” Behling
said.
“For the first two days, we didn’t
have anyone,” said Robert Smith,
In the main fiscal office, each
cashier handles an average of 178
persons a day. Only on two occa
sions has the new branch office
handled more than 100 people.
“I had hoped it would take at least
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one third of the load,” Smith said.
“We would be delighted at anything
beyond that.”
Smith said he thought business at
the branch office would increase
when students became aware of the
office.
“It’s just a matter of getting peo
ple re-oriented,” Smith said exp
laining that students are in the habit
of going to the Coke building.
Add-drop and hot checks are not
handled at the branch office. Unlike
the main office, the branch office
does not have anyone to answer
questions students might have
about fees.
Handling of add-drop might be
added in the future if enough stu
dents use the service in the tower.
The location in the tower was
chosen because it would be conve
nient for residents of Krueger-
Dunn and the Corps area and stu
dents on their way to the MSC.
Planning for the office began in
June. Smith said the fiscal office had
not been enlarged since it opened in
1952 to accommodate the 6200 stu
dents then attending Texas A&M.
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Board meets
Pahlmann gets extension
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By BARBARA WEST
Staff Writer
The Board of Directors today
I granted a three and one-half month
1 extension on the contract for in-
[terior design in the University
Center by William Pahlmann As-
| soeiates, Inc.
The cost of the contract extension
Iwill be $40,000, bringing
Pahlmann’s salary and expense ex
penditures for furnishing the center
to $402,600.
■ L. F. Peterson, chairman of the
Building Committee, said Monday
he “hoped to be finished with him
by the first of the year. ” Pahlmann’s
I contract now runs until April 15,
1975.
Questions were raised about the
necessity of having Pahlmann there
to supervise placement of the fur
nishings. Gen. A. R. Luedecke, ex
ecutive vice president, assured the
members that it was necessary.
The board also approved con
struction of a parking lot west of
Kyle Field, for a cost of $459,644.
The lot will have space for over 400
cars, and when not in use for events
at Kyle Field, it will be designated a
day-student lot. /
A contract for landscape de
velopment of the East Plaza Mall
and general campus development
was also awarded.
The East Plaza consists of the area
between the Systems Building and
Spence Street. This region will be
grassed and sloped toward Spence.
General campus involves Lamar
Street from the University Center
to the Physics Building. This area
will be converted to a pedestrian
thoroughfare.
In other actions the board ap
propriated funds for the third phase
of street renovation, rehabilitation
of the 2nd floor of the Systems
Building, renovation of the Biologi
cal Sciences Building and for con
struction on other campuses within
the system.
Prairie View A&M will soon have
a new health center worth $2.4 mill
ion and an Arts and Sciences Build
ing valued at $3.5 million.
Campus vigilantes guard the
monuments of the campus by night.
Of course, they must have some re
freshment during the waiting
period. Evidence of their great con
cern for the university is seen in
front of the entrance to the campus.
(Photo by Steve Krauss)
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Kyle turf needs replacement
Astrodust causes ungluing
Building
use fees
double
Building use fees will be
raised to $6 per semester hour
from $2.50, effective Spring,
1975, said the Fiscal Office
Monday.
The Board of Directois au
thorized the 140 per cent in
crease of building use fees at its
Sept. 10 meeting.
Bellard gets new contract
The TAMU Board of Directors
announced Tuesday a new five-year
contract for A&M Athletic Director
and Head Football Coach Emory
Bellard, even though he has two
years remaining on his present con
tract.
Acting on a recommendation by
the university’s administration, the
board agreed to replace Bellard’s
current five-year pact, which went
into effect Dec. 1, 1971, with a new
five-year contract, effective Jan. 1,
1975.
In presenting the recommenda
tion to the board, Texas A&M Pres
ident Jack K. Williams said it was
Today.
made unanimously by the Athletic
Council. The recommendation was
accompanied by the council’s com
mendation of Bellard’s effectiveness
in building an overall intercollegiate
athletic program and in general rep
resenting the university in an un
usually fine manner.
“I know that I speak for the entire
Athletic Council in expressing ap
preciation for the way in which
Coach Bellard has given leadership
to our athletic program, for the
manner in which he has rep
resented Texas A&M and for the full
cooperation he has given the coun
cil,” said Dr. C. H. Samson, Jr.,
council chairman.
The board, in accepting the re
commendation, joined in the praise
for Bellard and his programs.
“Mr. Bellard has clearly shown he
has leadership capabilities of the
highest order as well as exceptional
managerial skills,” observed Board
President Clyde H. Wells. “He sets
an outstanding example for the
university’s student-athletes — the
entire student body, for that matter
— and this institution is fortunate to
have his services.”
Terms of the contract were not
announced.
By JIM PETERS
Staff Writer
Kyle Field’s five-year-old artifi
cial turf is wearing out and most
likely will be replaced this spring.
“Large lumps of astrodust are
forming under the surface,” Asst.
Athletic Director Marvin P. Tate
told the TAMU Board of Directors
building committee yesterday.
“Astrodust” is dust that filters
through the Astroturf webbing.
These “astro lumps” and mois
ture underneath the turf have
caused areas of the synthetic surface
to “come unglued” from the insu
lated shock pad underneath.
Various attempts at patching the
field this season have not corrected
the problem.
The solution, Tate said, is to rip
up the old magic carpet and lay
down a new 96,500 square foot rug
at a cost of $350,000.
Installation would take about 60
days, with completion before spring
football practice.
Almost every other facility using
the Monsanto-made product have
also had to replace their artificial
grass, Tate said.
“With all the wear the fields are
getting, five years is about all you
can expect,” he said.
The material carries a five-year
guarantee.
The practice field, south of Kyle
Field, will also have to be repaired.
But Tate suggested that pieces of
the old Kyle Field rug could be used
for patching.
Dr. Charles H. Samson, director
of the Athletic Council said the field
is in use 18 hours a day. The Athletic
Department only uses it half that
time.
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BVDC p. 9
Ranchers p. 10
Weather
Fair and cool Tuesday and
Wednesday. High today
63°; low tonite 39°; high to
morrow 58°.
No plans in sight
to end Aggie flame
By DARALYN GREENE
Staff Writer
Bonfire is here to stay.
Contrary to any stories you may
have heard, the traditional Thank
sgiving Game Bonfire is in no
danger of being slowly phased out.
J. B. Maniord, asst, director for
student affairs and TAMU adminis
trative supervisor for the Bonfire,
confirmed Monday that, to his
knowledge, there are no plans to do
away with Bonfire.
The “no more Bonfire” tales may
have started because there are some
changes in controlling the Bonfire
this year. For safety reasons, Man
iord said the height of the Bonfire
has been limited this year to 70 feet.
Les Harvey, cadet officer in charge
of the stack area, said the overall
size of the Bonfire has also been li
mited.
The new controls seem to be
working. Both Maniord and Harvey
reported that there have been fewer
accidents. “We’ve had no accidents
at all in the stacking area and fewer
in the cutting area,” said Harvey.
Both Maniord and Harvey also
said response to this year’s Bonfire
has been excellent.
“This is my ninth Bonfire,” Man
iord said, “and there is more en
thusiasm this year than I’ve seen
before. Harvey also noted “We’ve
had an excellent turnout of civilian
students. ”
Bonfire time
brings lots of hard
work and “good
bull.” While some
students, like the
one on the left, are
stacking logs for
the annual fire,
others are spend
ing their energy
and time on other
pursuits. This
group of cadets on
the right is being
paid back for a
trick they played
on their command
ing officer. (Photos
by Chris Svatek)