The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, September 04, 1975, Image 1

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Copyright 1975®, The Battalion
College Station, Texas Thursday, September 4, 1975
Vol. 69 No. 3
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The Newspaper
of Texas A&M
University
Cadets join
sub-groups
By DON MIDDLETON
Staff Writer
As the school year swings into high gear many members of the
Corps of Cadets will be joining or resuming their activity in various
supplementary Corps organizatins.
Junior cadets will be awaiting the announcement of the 72 new
Ross Volunteers to be chosen from their class.
The R.V. Company, commanded this year by Stewart Gregory,
is the oldest student organization on campus, formed in 1887.
Activities begin with the induction banquet, and include march
ing performances in the Bryan Streetfight Parade and the King Rex
Parade at the Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
The Ross Volunteer Firing Squad will be present for duty at
Silver Taps and Aggie Muster under the leadership of R.V. Executive
Officer David Hackemeyer.
In its third year at Texas A&M is Parsons’ Mounted Cavalry. The
unit, composed of juniors and seniors, will ride at football games.
Corps trips to Houston and Fort Worth, and Corps reviews. The
Cavalry is commanded by DeWitt (Tall) Ellison.
The Recon Company, primarily made up of Navy/Marine cadets,
begins its fourth year of training members in the skills required at the
various summer camps. The company is commanded by Carl Rabic-
kowand participates in such maneuvers as map and compass orienta
tion and physical training marches. Approximately 150 cadets are
involved with the program.
Similar in its objectives is Rudder’s Rangers, under the command
of Frank Gearing. Open to sophomore and junior Army ROTC cadets,
its purpose is to prepare members for U.S. Army Ranger school.
For the fish in the Corps there is the precision Fish Drill Team.
The team is under the direction of senior advisor Joe Wallace and will
he defending its Texas State championship and competing in several
other meets.
One organization whose membership is closed to most A&M
cadets, but which is a growing unit now boasting 41 members is
Company W-l, the women’s unit. W-l is commanded by David
Dean, with Nancy Hart serving as executive officer.
More Aggielands arrive
Another shipment of Aggielands, the Texas A&M yearbook,
were delivered to the Student Publications office at 7 a m. today.
Norman Chatman, editor of last year’s annual, said 2,500 year
books were delivered. The balance of this year’s order, another 5,070
books, are expected Monday or Tuesday.
The yearbooks are just coming off the presses at Taylor Publish
ing Co., Dallas, Chatman said.
Monday more than 8,000 yearbooks were distributed in six
hours.
The latest shipment reached the Bryan-College Station area at
noon Wednesday, Chatman said. “Technical difficulties” at Central
Freight Lines Inc. and in getting an unloading crew prevented any
Wednesday dsitribution.
"I don’t know who’s fault it was, Chatman said. “It took longer
than we figured but we re still getting the yearbooks early.”
Library closes earlier
The Texas A&M Library will start closing at midnight this fall.
Library Director Irene Hoadley announced hours ofoperation
will be 7:30 a.m. to 12 midnight on weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturdays and 1 p. m. to midnight Sunday. Reduced service is planned
during holidays.
The new schedule will not affect 24-hour operation during final
exams, according to Richard Puckett, public service assistant direc
tor.
Student radio seeks help
Texas A&M Student Radio will hold a meeting Thursday night at
7:30 in Rm. 216N of the MSC. All students are encouraged to attend.
Positions available include DJs, newspersons and assistant engineer.
Student Radio will broadcast over both cables this fall at 89.1
FM. The station will offer classical as well as progressive music this
fall.
Anyone desiring more information that is unable to attend should
call Station Manager Scott Sherman at the Student Government
Office, 845-3051, or come by Student Government in Rm. 216 MSC.
Meetings scheduled
The A&M Camera Committee will meet Monday, Sept. 8 in
Rooms 228 and 229 of the Memorial Student Center. Dues for Fall
1975 will be $15 for new members and $10 for old members.
Aggie Cinema will meet Monday, Sept. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Room
230 of the Memorial Student Center. All members must attend.
The Political Forum Committee will meet Thursday, at 8 p.m. in
Room 206 of the Memorial Student Center. Interested persons are
urged to attend.
The A&M Horseman’s Association will meet Thursday, Sept. 4
at 7:00 p.m. in Room 215 of the Animal Industries Building. There
will be a slide presentation and all interested are urged to attend.
The A&M Flying Club will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Room
501 of the Earl Rudder Tower.
The Inter-Service Council will meet Sunday, Sept. 7 in Room
305 of the Earl Rudder Tower.
Alpha Phi Omega will meet Sunday, Sept. 7 at 8 p.m. in Room
229 of the Memorial Student Center.
The Irving Hometown Club will meet Tuesday, Sept. 9 at 8 p.m.
in Room 141 of the Memorial Student Center.
The A&M Isshinryu Karate Chib will meet Tuesday, Sept. 9 at 7
p.m. in Room 256 ofG. Rollie White Coliseum. (Members should call
George, 845-6328).
Three accounting societies are looking for student participation.
The Texas A&M Accounting Society and Beta Alpha, national honor
society in accounting, will meetTuesday, Sept. 9 at 7:30p.m. in Room
701 of Rudder Tower. Interested persons are urged to attend. The
Tau Beta Pi 1976 Convention is looking for students who will be here
in October 1976. Students must have taken one or more accounting
courses. Those interested should call Phyllis Adams in the Office of
the Dean of Engineering.
Crowds jam
dining halls
By SANDY RUSSO
Special Section Editor
As waiting in lines becomes a student profession, Texas A&M’s
board cafeterias add to the endless processions.
Sbisa Dining Hall, still under renovation, has its normal morn
ing, mid-day and evening rushes. The Commons, although not so
crowded, causes confusion due to its ’shopping center approach to
feeding the masses.
Not to be left out, Duncan’s cadets are standing in line because
there are too few waiters to serve meals “fam ily style, the corps way •
Board cafeterias feed approximately 12,500 students daily. What
this means in terms of meals is about 2,400 for Duncan, 3,600 for the
Commons and 4,500 for Sbisa per serving time.
“Students are learning how to use the cafeterias, ” said Ed Davis,
a member of the University’s business division. They have to learn to
tolerate the inconvenience; it’s just something everyone’s faced
with.
Davis also explained that people having meal conflicts because of
class hours will receive refunds for those meals missed.
A sign posted at the Food Service Officeat the Food Service
Off ice in Sbisa’s basement, said students wanting refunds must fill out
a form and those refunds will not be given until the end of the
semester. Repayment will be through the Fiscal Office.
“Those students with other conflicts will be handled individually,”
said Davis.
According to workers in the Food Services Office, those persons
with work or intermural schedules which conflict with serving hours
have no choice but to give up meals.
“Class schedules cannot be helped,” one worker said,” but those
working must arrange their hours.
Another food fight is being waged by Dorm 12 residents who
assumed they would have the choice of dining halls as they had in the
past.
Upon arrival at school they were told they would eat all their meals
at Duncan, where there is no selection of food except at lunch.
Dorm 12 men threatened withdrawal from the board plan if they
didn’t have some choice. Food Services said that the men could eat
breakfast at the Commons or Duncan due to smaller numbers of
people eating breakfast than other meals and the forced hours.
“The only reason we re allowing it is because someone made a prior
commitment to the men. The physical limitations of the Commons
prevent the men from eating the other two meals there, said Davis.
Although traditionally crowded during
peak dining hours, the on-campus eating
facilities are now filled beyond capacity^
Little relief is seen for the slow-moving
long lines or the resulting cold food.
Rocks
Pebbles let water through
By LORI RAESNER
Stall Writer
The shiny gravel sidewalks at
Texas A&M University, which re
semble a botched effort to match the
already existing dull walkways, are
actually a new innovation designed
to save trees.
Called “prairie film, the
sidewalks are made of two-inch
layers of loose gravel covered with a
mixture of gravel and epoxy.
After it dries, the aggregate is
strong enough to support pedest
rian and bicycle traffic but still al
lows tree roots to breathe and re
ceive water.
“We were looking for something
to use in places where grass
wouldn t grow, whether because of
heavy foot traffic or too much
shade, said Gen. A. R. Litedeeke,
executive vice-president of Texas
A&M University System.
The idea for the pebble walks
came from those at “Six Flags Over
Texas, an Arlington amusement
park, he said.
Landscape designers and A&M
officials investigated the technique
before deciding to use it here, he
added.
Also, prairie film is a relatively
new construction process so it is still
unknown how long it will last,
Luedecke noted. Tests show it
should last as long as concrete
sidewalks providing it is not abused.
“If people drive cars on it, it will
probably start to crack and buckle,”
he said. “It wasn’t designed for veh
icles.”
Areas around trees might have to
be repaired within a few years, he
said, since the sidewalks may crack
as the trees grow.
Luedecke warned that the new
sidewalks may be slippery when
wet, but that time will probably dull
the slick, shiny finish.
“Overall, I think it looks very
nice. It is easy to keep clean, and
will keep people’s feet out of the
mud,” he said.
Prairie Gravel
Workmen spread gravel (right) and a student
worker pours epoxy (above) as crews put more
prairie gravel on walkways on the campus.
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