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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1977
Building code protects crowds
Editor:
This letter is in response to the
Battalion article on Feb. 22, 1977,
styled “Local Businesses Must
Limit Crowds.”
In the past months the Fire
Marshal and Police Officers have
observed places of business in the
City which by any reasonable
standard were overcrowded. They
observed occasions when it was not
possible to enter an establishment
for the press of people at the door
way and for as far inside as could be
seen. The potential consequences of
any sort of panic or emergency
under such conditions are obvious
and prompted the initiation of a
program by the Fire Department
and Building Official’s office to
remedy the situation.
The method employed was to
measure and evaluate all places in
which it was known or suspected
that large numbers of people would
gather, to determine what
capacities were allowed by the Ci
ty s ordinances, and to notify the
owners and managers thereof.
College Station adopted the
Southern Standard Building Code
in June of 1967. The Code provides,
among other things, for the regula
tion of building capacities and re
quired exits. The relevant
provisions have not been substan
tially changed since the Code’s
adoption.
One of the expressed purposes of
the Code is to secure the public
safety, health and general welfare
from fire and other hazards in the
use and occupancy of buildings. The
relevant provisions of the Code
apply to every building in the City,
whenever constructed.
The requirements of the Code are
based on the experience of many
cities and agencies over the years.
Unless the City of College Station
has some direct experience to the
contrary, we must assume that
these requirements represent a rea
sonable safety standard.
The City’s action in enforcing the
Code is in no sense “anti-business’
or “anti-development.” The City
has every reason to be concerned
about the safety of its citizens and to
insist on compliance with the Code
and other ordinances.
—Lorence L. Bravenec, Mayor,
City of College Station
All students part
of student life
Editor:
“It is in my opinion that the Stu
dent Publications Board is violating
University Rules and Regulations
through its recognition of unrecog
nized organizations,” McClure
wrote. Who cares!? I do! After all, I
am a student and involved in some
student organizations. A major one
being Student Government.
Once again, it would seem that a
wall of bureaucracy and bureaucrats
are trying to become another wall in
which students have to overcome.
Students who help subsidize the
Student Publications operations,
who help make up student life and
most of all, students who are stu
dents, are now being told by the
Student Body President that they
do not have the same rights as other
students.
Let’s face facts, many of the so-
called recognized organizations pay
for their space in the Aggieland
either fully or partly with money al
located via student service fees or
Bookstore funds. The so-called un
recognized organizations will be
paying for their spot with their own
generated money.
Now, I am not supporting frater-
Student drama
needs coverage
Editor:
Last week, the Aggie Players per
formed “Aesop’s Falables” before
very receptive audiences, and The
Battalion failed to review it.
I am not griping at The Battalion
staff, really, because you may not
have had room or it may have possi
bly just slipped your mind. How
ever, I feel it is a shame that a
school paper would review a movie
at a local theatre, and not review a
production by fellow students.
Granted, theatre does not go over
like the movies do, but that is be
cause most people think that stu
dent productions are slipshod or not
appealing. This is very untrue.
“One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s
Nest” was well received, as was
“Man of LaMancha,” and the
people I spoke to after both per
formances said that they enjoyed
the liveliness and realism that a play
projects.
In essence. I’m saying that
theatre is alive and well at A&M,
because of the diligent efforts of the
Aggie Players casts and crews. All
you, or anyone, need to do is go see
a “Players” production and you will
find an interesting world that you
have missed.
—Charlie Andrews ’80
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Over the wall
Baylor alumnus gets new diploma
nities, sororities, or other groups
like the GSSO on this issue. It is
just that I believe that if a group of
students who have formed an or
ganization that has and for all pur
poses will continue to function as
such, should be allowed to be
placed in the yearbook, especially
since they are paying for it out of
their own pocket and not the stu
dent body’s and are just as much a
part of student life as anything else
at Texas A&M.
By LYNN BOSSI
Battalion Staff
ALUMNUS GETS NEW DI
PLOMA
A 100-year-old alumnus of Baylor
University who lost his original
sheepskin diploma received a new
one Feb. 9, 53 years after the date
of his first graduation.
I am not involved in any of the
unrecognized organizations that
might be affected by this new policy
of the Student Publications Board.
However, I do wish to clarify one
thing: as Speaker of the Student Se
nate, I, like Mr. McClure, am ex
pressing my own opinion and not
writing on behalf of Student Gov
ernment.
—Lynn A. Gibson
Charles E. Poe of Taylor went to
Baylor in 1908. He graduated 16
years later. Poe, an ordained minis
ter, supported his family by preach
ing while attending the university.
When he graduated, he was a 48-
year-old grandfather.
According to The Baylor Lariat,
Poe’s new diploma contains the sig
nature of Samuel P. Brooks, then
Baylor president, as well as the sig
natures of Pat Neff, president of the
Board of Trustees and later presi
dent; S.R. Spencer, dean; and
W.H. Jenkins, secretary of the
Board of Trustees. The names were
the same as on Poe’s original dip
loma.
Registrar Gordon Wilson said
that he sent Baylor’s engraver a
copy of the sheepskin diploma in
order to reproduce Poe’s diploma
exactly. Sheepskin is no longer used
because it is expensive and may de
teriorate.
NEW GRADING SYSTEM SET
Southern Methodist University
has approved a new plus-minus
grading system.
The new system will give
teachers the option of giving plus
and minus grades. The plus and
minus grades will not be computed
into the student’s grade point aver
age, but will appear on the tran
script .
The system will probably go into
effect for the next fall semester, ac
cording to a report in The Daily
Campus.
MAN PHOTOCOPIES FACE
Stan Godwin, a lab supervisor
and technician at East Texas State
University, read an article in The
Rolling Stone Magazine recently
and decided to create the ultimate
art piece. He closed his eyes and
flattened his face on a photocopy
machine to reproduce copies of his
face.
In a report in The East Texan,
Godwin said those who want to try
his experiment should remember to
keep the adjuster on “dark” at all
times and keep their eyes closed to
prevent blindness.
He described his experiment as
“art-conceptual in essence, a type of
self-portrait.”
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