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The Battalion \o\. 71 No. 25 6 Pages Wednesday, October 5, 1977 College Station, Texas News Dept. 845-2611 Business Dept. 845-2611 Inside Today: More on the inauguration, pgs. 12 and 13 Early settler s cemetery now ne glected, p. 3 Bellard blames himself, p. 14 Miller inaugurated; strategy revealed ate I ICO, it O'Mi iiMi.i! By LIZ NEWLIN Battalion StafF [dent Jarvis Ernest Miller mapped out his strategy for istering Texas A&M University and stated his determina- , look out for the university’s best interests, even if it (opposing President Jimmy Carter. jer spoke at his inauguration as the 18th president of Texas Tuesday morning in G. Rollie White Coliseum. Repre- Kves of the university, state, nation and world congratu- vjjller and wished for his success. He H. Wells, chairman of Texas A&M Board of Regents, ed Miller with the full authority of president and sym- d this action by placing a gold medallion around Miller’s |ler received a standing ovation from approximately 8500 in the coliseum. In his 25-minute inaugural address, Mil- dged "diligence and dedication to serving national goals” promised “we will not be silent when we believe we are ler directed some of his remarks to President Carter and Texas A&M’s consistent stand on energy as an example of (niversity’s determination. this sense, we will be your loyal opposition, seeking the :erm well-being of our great nation and Texas,” Miller said, te and federal policy-makers have weakened strong institu- and fostered the development of wasteful competition. Mil- id, because they “often do not recognize the unique ilities” of land grant institutions. “So,” Miller said, “a oi reassessment of the role of the land-grant institutions is in f. ” He said these colleges must lead in seeking new ways to unicate effectively, operate efficiently and cooperate more ively with other institutions of higher learning, illersaid accountability and responsibility are the new chal- s facing the faculty and university. He said higher educa- was given high priority in state budgets in the past and al support has recently been extensive. ith the pressure of inflation and the growing demand for government services, higher education. . . is facing closer scrutiny,” he said. “Pulolic demands for accountability and re sponsibility can best be met with innovative, responsive pro grams to insure that wise use is made of all resources and that people are served effectively, responsively and with concern.” Demands for accountability must not be allowed to disrupt the system of study which, he said, has characterized great scholarly institutions and provided new ideas. Miller said one of the major problems at A&M is the “absence of enough unstructured activity to facilitate generating new ideas.” He said increased attention must be given to targeted basic research which is vital to achieving desired goals. This administration,” Miller said, “will resist encroachment into its responsibilities from outside groups and from govern ment, particularly the federal government. Punitive, restrictive measures from Washington, often out of phase with reality, in the long run do a disservice to intended beneficiaries and divert scarce resources from priority areas,” he added. “This administration will resist encroachment into its responsibilities from outside groups and from gov ernment, particularly the federal government. Puni tive, restrictive measures from Washington, often out of phase from reality, in the long run do a dis service to intended beneficiaries and divert scarce resources from priority areas.” Miller said the installation of a new president spotlights the challenge to universities of how to reconcile tradition with inno vation. Change, he said, is one of the principal factors affecting the university and has become impossible to anticipate. “Perhaps this lack of ability to predict the courses of the future is best illustrated in the case of the food and energy crises, where less than 10 years ago, a group of well-known scholars attempted to predict developments to the year 2000. It is interesting to note that no mention was made of either the food or energy problems,” Miller said. WJ HES HE Kl fALEI Clyde H. Wells, chairman of the Texas A&M Board of Regents, places a gold medallion around Battalion photos by Jim Crawley the neck of Jarvis E. Miller, investing him with the full authority of the presidency. Variety of people, clothing, food Resent at inaugural luncheon By KIM TYSON Battalion Staff fe t! K USa n d pounds of beef, 3,500 I g a ii’ Salons of jalapeno peppers, led untko ea and lo0 loaves of bread, EVIL (U i 1 .“’200 people equals the bar- ^ fej-rj, nc eon following the inaugura- Tuesday^^ University’s 18th pres- ifetTtQ a pi^ non ' Aggies from Corpus |m Gov n Pas £ attended. Dignitaries •hn' D °lph Briscoe to the State neet« e fj W ^ ed arou nd the blue and e tent dn 1 nkin g tea from paper cups, as A l vvf VlS ocate d at one end of the ■ A «M main drill field. aAtti e ran S e d from suits and dresses to i r .R.n S ant checkered shirts of the 3C At v, 6 Workers - Nrar end <d dle serv ing tables were itheiml an ^ rnen t s representing colleges irtj(,,.] f Vers {ty and made by students in a ire ad Urt , ass - A cow skull and barbed ad °med the Colleg ;es of Agriculture and Veterinary Science floral display, while a calculator and T-square were used On the business and architecture cen terpiece. Gov. Briscoe shook hands and smiled with new President Jarvis Miller as a cool breeze whipped through the tent. Sitting at the main table were Miller, Briscoe, their wives. State Senator Bill Presnal, members of the Board of Regents and other honored guests. Because the crowded tent had seating for only half the guests, people kept mov ing and talking. “It’s a great affair,” Briscoe said. “There’s been a tremendous turnout. It gives him (Miller) the support of ex- students and students of this great state.” Following the luncheon, the Corps of Cadets was reviewed by Miller, Briscoe and three Corps leaders, Col. James Woodall, Col. Kenneth Durham, and Col. M. H. Ivins. As the Aggie Band played the “Ballad of the Green Berets, ” a Corps unit passed by and the seniors flipped their white-gloved hands in salute. Col. Woodall briskly re turned their salute. Miller’s wife and four daughters, wear ing corsages, smiled from the red, white and blue draped grandstand. Briscoe and Miller squinted in the bright sunshine to watch the Corps march past. Students and visitors filled the grand stands, while others lined the field to poke out their cameras trying to get pictures of those on the reviewing stand. Newsmen from Houston television channels 2 and 11 and a horde of camera men from around the state recorded the event. The review was typical: the Corps staff first in line, followed by the Aggie Band, then each company with the Parson’s Mounted Calvary finishing. “It’s been a great day,” said Alma Mil ler. “We’re so thrilled to have so many friends and relatives come.” We feel this support, we need the sup port. “The contemporary world is also characterized by all forms of violence, much senseless and pointless,” he said. “This violence appears to have implications profound for the future of our soci ety as we know it,” Miller added. “Emotion, rather than reason, tends to prevail,” said Miller, in the areas of environmental quality, energy, economic policy and business ethics. Miller added another trend in society is toward conformity and security to avoid risk and uncertainty. He said A&M will not bow silently to this pressure. “Our aim is responsive evolutionary change, both in terms of traditional programs as well as in new thrusts,” Miller said. He said his emphasis will be on enriching and upgrading current programs but added there are “vast new areas to be developed.” He cited new programs in graduate and adult education as examples. “In traditional undergraduate programs, we will seek ways of enriching the educational experience of students through con cern for development of the total person,” Miller said. “We will seek more effective working relationships with the private sector and with federal and state agencies,” he said. “Exchanges of personnel and faculty will be sought to provide program enrichment, both in teaching and research,” he added. Miller said the university will seek to developed and expand research activity, particularly in business, management, educa tion and health. He said human nutrition is a global problem and one that “cries for assistance” from A&M. He also predicted A&M "should be able to develop and implement significant new, innovative health care programs in this state.” “We pledge strong and aggressive programs aimed at de velopment and wise use of our natural resources —- soil, water, marine and energy. But above all, we will concentrate our efforts on contributing to the well-being of our most precious resource — our human resource.” Miller promised former students he would “emphasize those strong, positive traditions of A&M which have made A&M graduates unique and distinctive, while adapting to changing circumstances and needs.” Gov. Dolph Briscoe congradulated the regents on finding the “very best person” for the presidency. In Dr. Miller, the regents have once again turned to a son of A&M and to one who has brought great distinction to himself and this university by the merit of his actions from the time he received his undergraduate degree here in 1950 to the present,” the governor said. “We pledge strong and aggressive programs aimed at development and wise use of our natural resources — soil, water, marine and energy. But above all, we will concentrate our efforts on contributing to the well-being of our most precious resource — our human resource.” Briscoe noted Tuesday was the 101st anniversary of the official opening of Texas A&M College, the state’s first public institution of higher learning. He quoted Gov. Richard Coke, who participated in that event: “In time these halls will become classic and strong men of Texas will, after we have been gathered to our fathers, meet in these halls and chant the praises of their alma mater.’” As some in the crowd whooped, Briscoe concluded, “Over the years, the spirit of Aggieland has proved Gov. Coke’s prediction to be most accurate. ” Briscoe said, “One reason for A&M’s greatness can be found in the bold and imaginative concept on which it is based — the concept of an institution devoted to teaching, research and ex tension service.” University of Texas President Lorene Rogers represented 225 colleges and universities in greeting President Miller. She said a college president is expected to be many things, including a “devotee of opera and football, equally.” A sense of humor, Ro gers said, is vital. She also passed along some advice given to her when she assumed presidency last year. “When the going gets tough, hang in there,” she said. A representative of the Coordinating Board of the Texas Col- (See Miller, page 4) Police agencies get grant By GARY WELCH Law enforcement agencies in the Brazos County area are benefitting from more than $85,000 in grants approved last June by Gov. Dolph Briscoe. The grants, ob tained through the Criminal Justice Divi sion of the governor’s office, satisfy two areas of need pointed out recently by the Brazos Valley Development Council. Claude Stewart, director of criminal jus tice programs for the BVDC, said recently onfession ‘forced’man says By SCOTT PERKINS januarv^v! 156 ^ ° k ca P ita l murder in UniJl shooti ng death of a Texas 'edTue^ rs ' t y § ra duate student tes- lective forr^ ^ u*- 3 College Station police crinie ^ dni t0 S *^ n a con f e ssion” J Valt er T 0 p r , * yan man f ° ,eman > the 18-year-old lar 8 e , told *u atln ® trial on the murder 8t Wac a/ ) :< 1 )Urt in a Pre-trial hearing Active r l u' d ° k k)e * n g beaten by the a ^ e a stat^i° ^ ^ ^ ea ger, if fie failed to 'jry Baugh nt adrnitt ing that he killed Saad ^ ea ger had previously be aten and threatened him during question ing involving a 1976 burglary. “I knew what I could expect of him if I didn’t talk to him,” Coleman said. Coleman said the alleged incident took place in an office with no one else present. He said Yeager lost his temper with him when he denied being involved in the burglary, slapped him, and “grabbed me by my shirt, and threatened me with a pen.” Coleman said that Yeager had held the pen under his throat. Yeager, when asked during his tes timony if he had put any object to Cole man’s throat, replied, “I sure did not.” Yeager said Coleman had agreed to coop erate on his own. Coleman had also told the court that he had seen another suspect in the burglary, Steven Dent, with a bloody nose after Dent had been questioned by Yeager. Yeager denied hitting Dent. He said when he returned to his office where Dent was being held, he found Dent behind the desk. Yeager said he thought Dent might be trying to get into his desk, and he used a “body block” to knock Dent over the desk. He said Dent didn’t have any in juries as a result of the scuffle. Yeager was also the detective who ques tioned Coleman about the shooting of Larry Baugh, and later arrested him, Coleman said the 1976 incident with Yeager, combined with his fear of the de tective, caused him to make and sign the statement in which he confessed to shoot ing Baugh. When asked if the statement he made was a “free and voluntary act”, Coleman said it was not. The pre-trial hearing involved a motion by the defense to suppress evidence from being entered in the trial, specificly the “confession.” District Judge W. C. Davis, was expected to rule on the motion today. the grants consist of $6,655 for 1978 police officer training and $79,244 for high speed telecommunications equipment for a seven county area including Leon, Grimes, Washington, Robertson, Madi son, Burleson and Brazos counties. Stewart said the officer training grant is used every year to finance officer training at the Law Enforcement and Security Training Division of the Texas A&M En gineering Extension Service. “The money is used for a 240-hour cer tification course for police officers, Stewart said. “State law requires that an officer complete this course within his first six months as a police officer.” Some 20- and 40-hour specialty courses are also financed by this grant, he added. Stewart said the communications grant is being used to upgrade law enforcement teletype systems in the same seven county area. The Brenham police department is re ceiving its first teletype, Stewart said, and the Heame, Navasota, Bryan and College Station police departments are being up graded from slower teletypes, as are the Leon, Washington, Burleson and Madison county sheriffs offices. “The new teletypes will be high speed printers with cathode ray (television screen) displays,” he said. “All messages sent or received are shown on the screen. ” Each teletype is hooked into crime in formation computers in Austin and at the national level, Stewart said, They can be used to check criminal records and license plate numbers, to track stolen property and to exchange and disseminate informa tion. “For example, if a car looks suspicious, as if it might be stolen, an officer can call in a license plate check to the dispatcher, who can query Austin and have an answer in seconds,” Stewart said. Also, an officer can simply check a per son’s driver’s license and by using the same system can have that person’s com plete driving record, including any war rants issued against him, he said. Stewart said all the new teletype sys tems are now in operation except those in the Brenham and Navasota police depart- men ts and the Washington County sheriffs office. But those systems should be in operation by Thursday, he added. The grants are made in areas identified by the BVDC’s yearly law enforcement and criminal justice plan, Stewart said. The plan names programs to be carried out to improve law enforcement efficiency in this area. Local governments then make applica tions to the Criminal Justice Division of the governor’s office, Stewart added, which approves those grants deemed necessary to improve efficiency.