- _ Muster: Living tradition 3 7 7 f \ t Dressed in style I he Corps of Cadets were fortunate to have lovely ladies pin flowers upon their uniforms. The flower pinning ceremony was the first event of Sunday’s activities. (See related stories, more photos. Page 4.) ^Former lover blamed By MARY ALACK WOODHAMS Tnntorrrm at 5.10 p m . students will Uatliet here at <•. Rollit- Mlute ta>hseiiu« in tl*e .imm.ll traditHm wt Muster.to Imnni Aggies who Im\e died during the |Mst sear Muster is lield on San J.ietotn LXts an\- wherr in the world where two or tiMHe \gg*es imi-t to remetnlier tlmse \vIh» have |MKsed away This sear, more than 150 gatlH lings will iKxur troiu IikIoim'su to Cemwny, hut tin- hugest Muster isalwass Iwhl at \&M Charles G. S< mggs sice-presideut ami editoi i.ii 11111*1401 of Progressive Tanner Magamie ami an \6c M gr.uiu.ite. will lie tl»e main s|H‘aket at tlie eeremoiiies \uld I -mg Ssne. snug l»\ tlie Singing ( adets, a 21-gun salute tired In tin- Ross \ olinit«*ers. tlie roll call tor tlie alneut ' am! Silver Ta|n elkinieten/e the campus Muster. When the niiiines ol tin* honored ilead are called troin the Mustei Roll a tneml ot the deceased answers ‘Here This sear s campus Muster houui s 41 stu dents. tormer students ami pmtessois ol A&M. said Muster chairnuui F.red McClure Several s|ieakers Irom the campus will visit cities throughout Texas tor the Cen tennial Muster, including Dr Jack lx Williams. Drs. Tom and Cutolv ii Atkiir. C.ol Ihomas Parsons. Congressman Olin K league. I)i John koldus. and Rogt-r Millei Muster was lirst recallctl in 1SS.3, when Vggics met on June 2(S to li\<- over again our college days, tin* \ ictones and deleats won ami lost ii|xm tlrill grouml and class room I .ct e\ cry alumni ausvv ci at roll call, wrote tin- torim*r students, then known as cx-cadcts These early meetings were par ties and h.impiets relating to the com mencement activ itu-s Hx the late lS90s. tin* ( orps made* an imal visits to the S.m Jacinto linttlelicld near I louston to partu ipatc in sham (kittles and maneuvers, followed liv a paradt* on Houston s Main Street In tin* early l9in|>etiti\<• athletie ex enfs similar to intramurals. was held ex ery April 21 W h«*n the <*x«*nts wi-ii* called of! in 1903, a ' rletermineil student IxkIx. 3(M) strong, maiched in oiderly military preci sion to the home of President Dax is K. Houston to insist ii|miii some ohserx ance of the anniversary of the hattle that won Texas IiKlependentx*. April 21 marks the • day Sam Houston s small hand of volun teers defeated Santa Anna s troops, treeing Texas from Mexican rule in IS.3ft During World W at I. groups ol Aggies met in foxholes all oxer F.urope, and at \rmy posts in Ameriea hut no musters were held on campus. In 1923. the former students prox ided \ggies with an op|)ortimity to nieet old trieuds ag.uu and h\e over th«- old days at Cavllegt* Station In planning a state ami nationwide rally of former students. WTAW radio station broadcast a program consisting ol a im-dle\ ol AGcM swings. gn»«*tii»gs from (Ik- Bni/os Country \&M Cluh. worth from athlctte ssrach D.\. Bi ble. and Aggie veils In tin* cadets It tlieir is an \&c M man in one hundred miles of you. von are expected to get tt»- getlier. jeat a little, ami live oxer tin* davs yon s|reiit at the \& M (jillege ol Texas, urged tire March. 192-3 Texas Nggn* B\ 1929 meetings had liecninc iuterna- tmn.il. ami the roll call ot the absent mcm- Irers eaare into practice. In 1^442. A^c M Muster gam«*d uation.il recogmtHYn wlwn it was held at < iirrrrgulnr Islaml in tin* Phihp)>iiM*s Fifteen tkivs Ih*- krre the fall nt tire isI.iimI 23 men, led In C.eiteral (iesnge Mtrore.’ON ~mustered in tire dun recesses of the Rock amd amweved here loi tli«*n de.iil cfassmate*.” W ai tunc brought \ggres togctlmr in al- nrost every area ol tin- world, and tw«» im*n were r^ixortevl to have Ih*UI Muster nr a stihiiiariiie. In 1913, E K Mct,)mllen. tlM*n diK'ctor ol tire \ss» iciatiouol Former Strnlents. sent out muster Ikakr-ts to \ggie\ througlmut tin- ixMintry. Filled with uitnrmatkMi on A6cM Ireritagu* ami tire tradition ot Muster. tlwse p-n-kets also lishfl tire nuuies of tla- arm s tUxe-ased Aggies Tire fust campus Muster w.iv held in| IW6 it k\l< I u ld flu IloiiKxsnnuig[ Muster lor AdtM veterans at wI»k4i fieri enrl Eisenhower xpokr* Caiii|rus Muster was hehl t*n tin- st« |»s nt the MS( in kvle Field, mi flu \dmmis tiatiou lawn, and more reteutly ill fi Rol lieWhite (kv.e i l v Hx2 c.ini|tns | Muster was ehmin.iUxI dm* to l*histr*i holi- xkrvs. hut tin* tr.uhtion lias ••mlurexl siiks I94fr This years Muster was originally planned for tire Adiniuistnition lawn, hut dm- to Iktd weatlrer it will Ire h»*kl in tlr4 Coliseum. I- • Cbe Battalion Vol 68 No 109 College Station. Texas Tuesday. April 20. 1976 Nelson B. Hunt pleads no contest Sssociated Prrsv DALLAS — Federal charges of obstruc tion of justice were dismissed Monday against four men. including two sons of the late Dallas oil billionaire H L. Hunt. In exchange, three of the men pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor action The plea bargain was worked out Ik*-' tween defense attorneys and prosecutors in the cases of Nelson Bunker Hunt. W' Her- lK*rt limit and prominent Dallas lawyers Charles Tessmer and B H Timmins. In exchange lor dismissal of the obstruc tion of justice charges. Nelson Bunker Hunt. Tessmer and Timmins pleaded no contest to a federal information accusing them of what amounted to misdemeanor contempt of court in their dealings with a federal grand jurx W Herbert Hunt was cleared of all charges in tl*- bargaining. Index Parents Dax at \£v\| was also \wards Dax at the l Diversity Stories. Photos Page 4. Fexas \&M men finished sccnml in the Bay loi track m»-ct despite tom firsts. Page S. I In ee haskethall plaxcrs share Must Valuable Plaxer' award. Page 9. B The \t«onatrd Pm* WASHINGTON — President Ford is trailing Ronald Reagan in their contest for Texas’ delegates to the Re|Mih!ican Na tional Convention, former Texas Gov John Connally says Listings ready Fall pre-registration schedules an* now as ailahie in tlie registrar’s office in the Coke building Pn*-M*gistration for the fall semester 1976. will liegin at 8:00 a.in. on Monday, April 26 and end at 5 00 p.m. A|>ril 10. Only students that are currently en rolled for the present spring semester will lie allowed to pre-register during this time Students can secure their card packets at tlie office of their department head. Iden tification cards will he required for stu dents to receive their card packets. Each student (undergraduate or graduate) will report to the head of his major department to begin pre- registration Students will also he able to request a specific instructor or time prefer ence for each course requested. No lees for the fall semester will be col lected during pre-registration. A fee statement will he mailed to the student's permanent mailing address by the Fiscal Department on or about July 15. But Cunnally told reporters at a COP fund-raiser in Austin hist night that the vote could swing either way in the closing day s before Texas’ May 1 primary If 10 per cent of Texas’ Republicans change their minds in the last three days, it could alter the outcome. Connally pre dicted He also promised to tell Texans lx-fore Mav 1 why he has remained neu tral His influence. Connally said, has !x*en grossly exaggerated. Local and state GOP officials honored Connally at a $50-a-plate dinner. The former Democrat told tlx* crowd of 500 that fie felt like former President Nixon must liav e felt when he got off the plane recently in Peking — “It’s nice to lx Ixxk among friends. President Ford told a group of news paper editors in the White House yester day that Reagan was absolutely irresponsi ble lor advocating an end to the current Panama Canal negotiations. There was no immediate response from Reagan, who did not campaign Monday Reagan, who has been hammering away against Fordy defense policies, has charged that the negotiations will lead to a surrender of Aihgrica’s control over the Canal Zone. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Harry Jackson of Washington told suppor- (See Ford, Page 5.) and would be required to base a "condi tional permit Before granting the permit, the city would hold a public hearing. The present zoning ordinance allow s the houses in three tx |x-s ol /oning area*: R-3, R-6 and R-,. Tlie R-3, 6 and 7 zoning areas are different densities of apartments, ranging from high to loxx densitx Tlie recommended change allows tlx houses only in the C-1. R-3 and R-6 zoning areas, Tlie seven-member pane! was told by Al Mayo, city planner, that several courts have ruled that fraternity houses are not normal multi-family dwellings. One of the reasons cited by the courts was the higher levels of traffic and noise in a fraternity or sorority house. “Each one (fraternity house) should be hxiked at separately , said Mayo, in pre senting the proposed ordinance change to the commission memlxrs. Two panel memlxrs suggested that a separate zone be designated for fraternity houses that would lx different from the present zone classes. In other business Ixfore the commis sion. the city staff was told to set up a lee proposal whereliy developers would pay to defray the costs of making public notices Ixfore a zoning change. The group refused to re-evaluate a zon ing request that was disapproved at the last meeting. The request was from Tri-County leacher s Credit Union. The organization wants to build an office on University Drive ixar Zarape's Restaurant. Tlie City Coun cil will act on the zoning request at this week’s meeting. RHA casino turns students Jr into gamblers By DEBBY KRENEK W hat does it feel like to lx a mil lionaire? If you went to the fourth annual Resideixe Hall Association's Casino Friday night, chances are you found out—for a little w’hile anyway. For four hours, the MSC ballroom w’as transformed into a minature Lais Vegas, complete with roulette wheels, crap tables, blackjack, chuck-a-luck and a wheel of fortune. A chuck-a-luck is a wire cage for rol ling dice. Each player’s $2 was immediately transformed into $2,000 in play- money upon entering Casino, and customers were allowed three hours (See Millions, Page 5.) II X* ) Millions of dollars were won and lost Friday night at the Memorial Student Center and no one seemed upset. RHA’s Casino gave students a chance to try their luck at blackjack, craps, roulette and other games. Staff photo* b> Jim Ifendrtcluoti