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Vol. 69 No. 33
Copyright (r) 1975, The Battahon
College Station, Texas
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 1975
At Arlington
Purists get way
Amid the cold rain which pelted Kyle
Field during the Baylor game, this un
identified Baylorette raised her hand in
Cold Bearclaw
the traditional Bearclaw fashion through
out their school song with the agonizing ex
pression of defeat. (See sports story page 8.)
Staff photo by John Barnes
exas A&M
The big corporation
First in a series about the organizational
ureaucracy of the university administration.
By JIM JAMES
Battalion Staff Writer
The analogy that the Texas A&M ad-
u'm'strative operation is very similar to
perating a mega-corporation may he dis-
isteful to some.
But it was designed for maximum effi-
iency in accomplishing set goals, indi-
ectly, by the people of Texas. Unfortu-
ately with a growing bureaucracy there is
Iseemingly inevitable corrolary: the grow
ing mass of red tape tends to separate the
indents from the administration.
It may seem that responsibility is so dif-
used that no one is responsible for any-
hing. However, the student-
dministration goal is the betterment of
ach student at Texas A&M and con-
equently the betterment of the whole.
As they said in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,
What we have here is a failure to com-
nunicate. To help facilitate that communi-
ation Battalion writers will present a look
it the workings of the administrative
nireaucracy.
Today, in the first of the series, the board
if regents will he examined. Thereafter,
he bureaucracy of the functioning of the
)ffices of the president and vice-presidents
vill he studied.
The value of these articles is, if you have
problem at Texas A&M, there is someone
vhose job it is to help solve that problem.
At least in a theoretical sense, the ulti-
hate authority in running A&M rests with
the people of Texas who elect the governor.
The governor in turn appoints the nine-
member Board of Regents.
These members are appointed to six-
year terms with three appointments being
made every two years with confirmation by
the legislature. The regents are responsible
not just for the A&M campus at College
Station hut for the A&M System, which
includes Prairie View A&M, Moody
College in Galveston, Tarleton State in
Stephenville and various other service-
related organizations such as the Agricul
tural Extension Service scattered around
the state. The regents act more or less as
the hoard of directors (their official title
until last year) of a corporation, for their
regency is strictly part time and they" live
elsewhere throughout the state.
With the regents lies the ultimate con
trol of the University. They approve or re
ject the budget, administration, buildings
and general goals of the university.
It should he noted that the university
regent system such as we have in Texas has
come under fire.
Critics say it is as ridiculous to turn a
university over to non-academians as it is to
turn over any specialized governmental
agency to those unfamiliar with its working
and goals. Defenders respond by pointing
out that since it is “the people’s” tax money,
“the people should he represented on the
boards.
Critics retort by saying only associates of
the governor are appointed and a de facto
requirement of appointment is being rich,
thus the universities are not controlled by
“the people anyway.
The members of the A&M regents are:
Clyde Wells of Grandbury, an oilman and
rancher, chairman ; Richard Goodson of
Dallas, a director of Southwestern Life In
surance; S. B. Whittenburg of Amarillo, a
newspaper publisher; H. C. Bell of Austin,
a heavy equipment contractor; William
Lewie of Waco who owns a ready-mix con
crete firm; Joe Reynolds, a Houston at
torney'; Alfred Davies of Dallas, executive
vice-president of Southwestern Sears; Ross
Watkins, a Uvalde rancher and bridge con
tractor, and WiInver Smith, a rancher s wife
from Wilson in the Panhandle.
The Board acts as a corporate board and
it appoints a president to oversee the entire
system. That person is Dr. Jack K. Wil
liams. Though, theoretically, the board is
the controlling entity, it is difficult to say
who controls whom. It would appear that
power flows both way s here, from Williams
to the board of regents and vice versa. It is
there then we will begin our look at the
campus administration.
By SANDY RUSSO
Campus Editor
Support of student-approved university
presidents, fee increases or assessments
and tenure practices highlighted A&M’s
participation in the Texas Student Associa
tion meeting in Arlington last weekend.
The two-day affair, which five A&M stu
dent government members attended, dealt
with bettering lobbying and student ser
vices provided by student governments.
The A&M delegation, was headed by
Jerri Ward, TSA board member and
A&M’s vice-president of external affairs.
The delegation offered opposition to social
issues brought to the floor calling them con
tradictory to the purpose of TSA.
“A&M can’t see how fixing a standing
committee dealing with third-world prob
lems benefits students as students. We
don’t see students as a total bloc,’’ said
Ward repeatedly in her fight to keep the
TSA by-laws “pure.
“If we continue to amend our constitu
tion we ll be in the same shape as the pre
sent Texas Constitution,’ said Jeff Dunn,
A&M student government president.
The A&M delegation was accused of neg
lecting the fact that students were also citi
zens and bound to be “part of the cosmos, ”
as a delegate from the University of Hous
ton put it.
In voting, A&M refused to split their 30
votes for partial support of such things as a
standing committee on the study of third-
world problems, support of Women’s
Strike Day, the bicentennial or the prop
osed Texas Constitution.
Resolutions A&M did support included
the adoption of a special committee to
study students’ legal rights and provision of
legal services; support of Prairie View
A&M’s and other university students right
to vote in local elections, information
sharing among TSA members, maximum
funding for financial aid in the Texas legisla
ture, and a study on student government
structure.
The TSA lobbyists, from U of H and Un
iversity of Texas at Austin, pointed out sev
eral instances where TSA had been success
ful in the Texas Legislature.
They cited an act, sponsored by Bryan’s
Bill Moore, which would have raised tui
tion for all international students in the
state.
Through providing information showing
that foreign students generate 10 times as
many revenue benefits by receiving the
tuition break, the TSA lobbyists helped
amend the act to be practically meaning
less.
Two positive measures that TSA got
through the legislature were more funding
for financial aid programs and a ceiling on
building use fees.
Internal business of the Association in
cluded the acceptance of a floor offered
budget and tabling of a reapportionment
scheme.
TSA has run essentially without a budget
for the past three years and has incurred a
$2,000 debt.
The budget offered a percentage doling
of each $1500 collection up to $6000 with
$500 going toward payment of the debt.
The primary concern of the rest of the
“first” monies was to support an office for
information storage and consolidation and
recruitment of members.
TSA convention attendance was 30
schools and there are 171 schools in the
state of Texas.
Other internal business was the accep
tance of a set of rules including keeping
records of all resolutions passed, making
copies of the resolutions for the delegations
and presenting resolutions to the rules
committee to avoid duplication.
A number of workshops were also held.
Attorney General John C. Hill spoke to
the group in Support of the constitution. He
went through the document explaining
what the differences between the old ver
sion and the new version were.
“I feel a ground swell of support at the
grassroots,” said Hill. He pushed the fact
that students could make the constitution
or break it on election day, Nov. 4.
Another workshop was held on con
sumer affairs by senator Ron Glower.
Glower addressed things that the con
sumer protection committee has ac
complished in the last year of legislation.
Such things as amusement machines,
mobile home building and Southwestern
hell rate hikes were handled. Glower sees
marketing of food products, co-ops for auto
repairing, real-estate fraud and a study on
how far federal action goes on product
safety as the points of future interest.
Glower went on record saying that he
would like to see a move toward free tuition
and that the state universities “don’t need
to build another building. He also said
that the state will ultimately have control of
where a student will attend school to pre
vent over-expansion of some campuses
while other campuses go unused.
“The major legislative feeling. Glower
said, “is that the students and faculty
should have no say in how the University is
run.
He added that there is a good deal of
legislative sentiment against the Board of
Regents throughout the state. “This adds
up to little support of the student point of
view. Glower said.
Candidate disqualified
Mark Young, freshman senator candi
date, was disqualified Sunday evening after
a two-hour meeting of the University
Judicial-board.
Young was notified Thursday that his
campaign posters were in violation of elec
tion rules and he had filed an appeal with
the J-board the following day.
The election rule states: “Bulletin boards
shall be defined as that area (other than
walls, doors, or kiosk) which is traditionally
used for posting announcements, letters,
etc."
The areas where Young had posted dis
played other announcements which led to
Young’s misinterpretation. These areas
were the wall across from the Krueger-
Dunn mailboxes, the stairwells of Fowler
Hall, and the wall at the entrance to the
Mosher breezeway.
“I told them (the J-Board) that I didn’t
commit the violation intentionally,” said
YoungTuesday evening. “I interpreted the
rules because of the way they are written. ”
“The board decided that the areas didn’t
qualify as bulletin boards. They also de
cided that no wall can be used as a bulletin
hoard in an election, said Wesley Harris
chairman of the J-Board.
The J-board has no alternative than dis
qualification in violation of the rule. When
asked about the board’s feelings on the
punishment, Harris commented that the
hoard wished the issue had never come up.
“Nobody likes to disqualify anyone.”
In spite of his disqualification, Young is
waging a write-in campaign. “I’ve been
taken off the ballot but I m still eligible.
Staff photo by Jack Holm
Music City Magic
Oct. 24, Johnny Rodriguez
concert a SUCCeSS. (See re
view, page 4.)
The Music City Band sax
ophonist displays some of
the talent that made the
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STUDENT BOOK COLLECTORS
could possibly win $100 in cash prizes in
the Third Annual Student Book Collectors
contest. The deadline is Oct. 31.
A&M Library staff will judge the en
trants; winners will be announced Nov. 14.
Contact Charles Smith, Irene Hoadley,
Tamara Frost, Bonnie Hughes or Evelyn
King for further information.
City
Library Dedicated
Governor Dolph Briscoe (left) and Jack dedication Saturday morning. The library
Williams, president of Texas A&M, listen was officially named after Evans, a 1921
to Sterling C. Evans speak at the library graduate of A&M.
Staff photo by David McCarroll
TWO A&M CONSOLIDATED HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS have been named
as 1976 National Merit Scholarship
semifinalists, high school principal Robert
Caskey has announced.
The two semifinalists are Paul Fre-
dericksen and David L. Northcliffe, who is
no longer attending A&M Consolidated.
FOUR A&M CONSOLIDATED HIGH
SCHOOL BAND STUDENTS have been
named to Who’s Who Among Music Stu
dents in American High Schools, band di
rector Charles Maxwell has announced.
Two 1975 graduates. Sherry Powell and
Renee Hostetler, and two 1976 seniors,
Paul Fredricksen and Mark Painter, will
receive awards.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION
COUNCIL (EAC) is sponsoring a public
forum for bicyclists Wednesday at 8 p.m.
The forum will be held in the Texas
Room of the Bryan Building and Loan at
2800 S. Texas Ave.
Plans underway for coordinating bicycle
traffic will be presented by Bryan and Col
lege Station representatives, D. D. Wil
liamson of the Texas Highway Department
and Virgil Stover of the Texas Transporta
tion Institute.
Texas
SENATOR LLOYD BENTSEN,
D-TEX., said in San Antonio yesterday
that New York City must balance its budget
before expecting federal help.
“If they in New York will balance their
budgets and live within their incomes . . .
under those circumstances and those cir
cumstances only, the federal finance bank
could buy up to two securities,” he said.
Bentsen was in San Antonio as part of his
campaign to get the presidential nomina
tion.
MERCEDES POLICE CHIEF BOB
PARK said yesterday that someone stole
894 pounds of marijuana from' the police
station in that Lower Rio Grande Valley
city.
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EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT ANWAR
SADAT will tour the Johnson Space Center
and visit a Texas farm during a 22-hour visit
to the state starting Friday, the Houston
Chamber of Commerce said yesterday.
National
PRESIDENT FORD gave visiting
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat a cordial
welcome yesterday and reiterated the de
termination of the United States not to tol
erate stagnation or stalemate in the
peacemaking process in the Middle East.
THOMAS E. MORCAN, D-PA.,
chairman of the House international Rela
tions committee chairman, said that a study
by his committee shows that a phasing out
of gift military aid in favor of selling
weapons on credit can be accomplished in
two to three years.