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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, APR. 2, 1976
Page 5
WEST FACE OF THE
SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
Photos by Jim Hendrickson
There it sits at the end of a grand
esplanade, crowning a sloping ter
rain. Along the The Wall, it is the
symbol of the Texas A6cM Administ
ration.
Built in 1932 at a cost of $362,775,
the Systems Administration Build
ing was the first to face Texas Av
enue. The building is done in a grand
classical style and was designed by
longtime campus architect S.C.P.
Vosper.
Ionic columns are strung along the
front of the building and classical
touches can be found all around it.
But the exterior decoration is mini
mal when compared with the
flourishes within.
S bond issue up
(Continued from page 1)
he committee also reviewed a
)osed $400,000 expansion of the
inistrative offices. School board
inees rejected it, saying the
lent facilities should come first,
ew multi-purpose classroom
ities at College Hills and South
§11 Elementary Schools are also
I of the bond issue.
§ne new building at South Knoll
11 house two classrooms, a physical
■cation facility and Spanish and
/* lie classes.
i/ r l! ve other classrooms will be built
f {ylouth Knoll, while seven will be
able after the 5th grade
tes to its new building. Six
classrooms will be used for
ergarten classes. One will
ide for future growth. The cost
this construction will be
1,000.
ollege Hills will have six
rooms built, with six others
g vacated by the 5th grade’s
ation. Six of these classrooms
be used by the kindergarten,
four will help reduce the
■i-teacher ratio. The other two
provide for future growth. The
it of this construction will be
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lassroom space is needed for the
lergarten because the Texas
[cation Agency has said that next
Indents will have to attend class
lay. The students are currently
liding half-day sessions.
|ne major reason for classroom
expansion is so the school district’s
pupil-teacher ratio goal can be
obtained. They are: kindergarten,
one teacher for every 18 students;
grades one through four, 1:22;
middle school and high school:
1:24-25.
Not all the candidates for the
school board are in favor of the bond
issue. George Boyett, school board
candidate for Place 2 said
overcrowded classrooms are an
example of improper utilization of
space.
“A professional engineer made
projections and long-range plans for
the school system in 1969. The
systems’ projected enrollment was in
excess of 3,898 for 1975-76. The
present enrollment is less than
3085,” he said. “And they’re
complaining about overcrowding?”
Dr. H. R. Burnett, assistant
superintendent in charge of
curriculum said, “It is unfair to count
special education teachers in
calculating a pupil-teacher ratio,
because a speech therapist, for
example, must work on a very
personal basis with each child.
“The state says that six students
per contact hour with a special
education teacher is fine.”
The proposal will increase taxes 11
per cent. The current tax rate is
$1.77 per $100 of property valuation.
If the proposed issue passes, the
two-year increase will be
approximately 20 cents, or $1.97 per
$100 of property valuation.
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MiKfRLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.
Teamsters union’s coast-to coast
k strike rolled into its second day
y with bargainers reported "very
J e” to agreement on a total
lomic package.
J ut sources close to both sides said
I™ I greement on bow the money
<age should be distributed
_ gi ng wages, cost-of-living benefits
| J other contract items remained to
settled when negotiations
ed today.
he work stoppage already has
in slowing the movement of
Is, produced some scattered vio-
[lie and has both government and
siness leaders deeply worried
|j.it the possible impact on the na-
ZSlSm s commercial well-being.
Ill four U.S. auto makers said they
lid have to start shutting down
puction plants next week if the
st walkout ever by truckers is
on.
bor Secretary W. J. Usery, Jr.,
key federal official involved in
d' s P u * e between 400,000
^2?amsters and the trucking indus-
V, remained at the bargaining site
tins Chicago suburb trying to re-
|ethe lingering money disputes,
rdadministration sources said it
eared that the government
Id refrain, at least temporarily,
oni taking action to invoke the
f-Hartley Act while bargaining
inued and there were indica-
of progress. The act provides
80-day cooling-off period, but
ai would take the pressure off
negotiators.
Usery’s continued presence at the
talks was taken as one hopeful sign.
He cancelled tentative plans to re
turn Thursday to Washington and
remained until negotiations recessed
at 1:20 a.m. this morning. An aide
said he would stay in the negotiations
again today. Useiy said five or six
money issues were all that kept the
two sides apart.
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Faces of cadets resembling Gre
cian soldiers are carved into the
elephantine capitals of the various
columns. A woman’s face can be seen
on one of the capitals, that of the
daughter of A&M’s superintendent
of construction during the 1930’s.
A huge map of Texas adorns the
floor of the central foyer. It is ex
pertly crafted of terrazzo and brass,
and depicts the history of Texas,
from the time of the Republic to the
30s. The Lone Star symbol can be
found on walls and columns.
There are stained glass windows
throughout and the fine wrought
ironwork expresses the formal air of a
building which houses the offices of
President Jack K. Williams and the
numerous Vice-Presidents of the
far-flung A&M System.
The fr ont plaza is the site of the
annual Aggie Muster on April 21,
and the central flagpole is (ahem) the
tallest in Texas. Sculpted on its base
are portraits of military
functionaries.
Its impressive architectural scale
has been dwarfed, but not surpas
sed, by the monolithic structure of
the Oceanography and Meteorology
Building, and now, the rising con
crete mass of the new Langford Ar
chitecture Building.
In fact, it was the grandson of Mr.
Vosper who had a hand in designing
the awkward-looking O&M high-
rise. He attempted to match it by
encasing its exterior with a white
stone said to be taken from the same
quarry as that used on the Administ
ration Building.
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