ipproved addition will prevent
hortcuts through the library
‘rd to i
etball,’
By STEVE LEE
Battalion Staff
Jpon the completion of the new li-
addition, students will no longer
le to cut through the building en
ite to their classes, nor anywhere
for that matter.
e present entrances to the Sterling
Evans Library on the north and
th sides of the building will be con-
ted into a wall of windows. The
in, and only, entrance to the entire
ary complex, including Cushing,
ns and the new addition, will be on
east end of the addition near the
culture building.
he move into the new addition,
inally scheduled to begin during
hg break, is now set to begin in
iy. The present Evans building will
closed for remodeling during the
and library activities will take up
he new addition.
he final plans for the addition were
roved by the Board of Regents in
1977. Its estimated cost is $12 mil-
The figure included all construc-
costs, architectural fees, movable
pment, security and fire alarms,
landscaping.
harles Smith, project coordinator of
the library addition, said there were
two main reasons for deciding upon the
one entrance. He said having one
entrance would improve security, al
lowing for the library to closely monitor
books that are carried out. Smith also
said that closing the two present
entrances will do away with the need
for door checkers. An electronic system
is being installed at the new entrance at
a cost of $18,700, Smith said. He added
that the system will pay for itself in
about a year, based on door checkers’
salaries.
Smith said students cutting through
the library “was not a major reason” for
closing the entrances.
One librarian, who wished not to be
identified, is against blocking in the
two entrances. He said the library is
moving “away from the classroom com
plex,” the area around the Academic
Building, by forcing students and fac
ulty to go around the opposite side of
the library to get in. He maintained
that the present entrances are more
convenient, and that by having one
entrance the library is “separating itself
from a majority of users.
“I don’t object to people cutting
through the library,” he said. Other
wise, people may not be exposed to
what the library has to offer.”
“I would accept that hypothesis only
minimally,” said Dr. Haskell Monroe,
dean of faculties at Texas A&M. “When
we cut through the library, we are gen
erally on our way to somewhere.”
Monroe said few students actually pay
attention to the library itself when pass
ing through.
Monroe said the noise level is high
and mud is often tracked in when stu
dents cut through.
He agreed that there would be some
inconvenience for faculty and students,
especially if a person had to approach
the library from the Academic Build-
ing.
But Monroe said, “If you weigh it,
you can’t have the perfect solution.”
Evelyn King, acting director of the
library in the absence of Director Irene
Hoadley, said that even if the entrances
were kept open, there would be a few
obstacles to pedestrians. A reserve
room, a technical services area and a
huge current periodicals department
will be in the present path between the
two entrances.
When asked if the one entrance
would pose a fire hazard, Smith an-
Bulletin
The Houston Post reported this
morning that Sealy’s Eric Dicker-
son, the most sought-after running
back in the state, has made a verbal
commitment to sign a letter of in
tent next Wednesday with Texas
A&M University.
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swered, “Not at all. Granted, it’s not
the best.”
He said there will be a total of nine
stairwells with fire doors — four in the
new addition, four in the present Evans
facility and the stairwell in the Cushing
area will have a fire door. In addition.
Smith said, there will be fire pull
alarms, horns, smoke detectors, and a
“Hawkeye” fire alarm system to be
connect to a central location on cam
pus.
Smith said he made several presenta
tions of the plans to various faculty de
partments and administrators. Al
though there were some objections
“here and there, ” Smith said there was
never strong opposition to the plans.
One early opponent of the “one
entrance idea” was Dr. Anne Marie
Elmquist, head of the department of
modern languages. However, she said
that she has been “encouraged that it
will work. They’ve convinced us that
we’ll just have to walk a little further.”
She said that each academic depart
ment is represented in the Library
Council, which reported the building
plans to the administration. The coun
cil is composed of faculty, students and
the library director.
The aisles between the bookcases
will be narrowed from 30 to 24 inches
to accommodate large volumes of
books. A student confined to a wheel
chair won’t be able to fit in the aisles.
However, King said the library will
meet requirements for the handicap
ped set down by state. She said library
staff will need to retrieve materials for
these students.
When the new addition to the Sterling C. Evans Library opens in May,
there will be only one main entrance to the complex and the two present
entrances will be blocked in permanently. Battalion photo by clay Cockrill
Students and faculty members state
disapproval of future library change
tree to six girls to attend
!heerleaders to aid Corps
By RUTH GRAVES
Battalion Reporter
hen the Corps of Cadets makes its
annual 14-mile “March to the
ps, for the March of Dimes on March
special attraction will await the men
; halfway point.
Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders di-
Suzanne Mitchell, confirmed an
ment Monday that will allow from
to six of the Cowboy cheerleaders to
d the march, said Steve Manley, the
s’ public relations officer.
I e cheerleaders will meet the Corps at
razos River and will officiate and give
ds for the various competitions be-
n the Corps outfits, Manley said,
e cheerleaders will fly from Dallas in
a chartered plane, which is being provided
by the March of Dimes, said Manley.
The Corps, through its annual march, is
the Brazos Valley’s largest single con
tributor to the March of Dimes, Manley
said.
One reason the cheerleaders were asked
to participate, he said, is to “increase the
participation and the interest of the mem
bers of the Corps.” Manley said another
reason he asked the cheerleaders to attend
is to attract more attention to the Corps’
money-raising efforts.
Each Corps member solicits pledges of
donations for each mile of the march. The
Corps raised $8,000 for the March of
Dimes in 1977, $11,500 last year, and
hopes to raise $13,000 this year, Manley
said. The cheerleaders’ participation is ex
pected to make a “significant contribution”
toward this goal, he said.
Other celebrities have been asked to at
tend the march, but none have confirmed,
Manley said.
The Corps has agreed to help the March
of Dimes partly because 70 percent of the
funds raised by the Corps is used for re
search and hospital work in the Brazos Val
ley area, Manley said.
Corps members will begin soliciting
pledges for the 14-mile march before
spring break, and will continue up until
the day of the march.
By DIANE BLAKE
Battalion Staff
While some Texas A&M University stu
dents either approved of or did not care
about new proposals for library access,
many expressed their dismay concerning
the change.
“I don’t like it at all,” said Bill Hopkins,
freshman petroleum engineering major.
“The two doors make it easier to get from
one side of campus to the other.”
Marie Ehlig, sophomore mechanical
engineering major, agreed. “I live on the
quad, and I cut through the library a lot to
go to classes — especially when the
weather is bad.”
“It’s typical bureaucracy,” said senior
management major Scot Skinner. “It’s the
most inefficient way they could do it. At
least one of these doors should be left
open.”
“It’s stupid,” said senior building con
struction major David Vercellino. “But
they’re going to do it anyway.”
One student approved of the plan be
cause he thought it would reduce noise in
the library. “I think the library is supposed
to be pretty quiet,” said Lee Miller, senior
physical education major. “There’s too
much noise when people are walking to
classes. When I’m here studying, it
bothers me.”
Other students didn’t care one way or
the other. “I do a lot of walking anyway,”
said Joe Phillips, chemical engineering
major from Sealy. “It doesn’t really matter
to me.”
Mike Howell, a graduate student in
management, said, “It won’t make any dif
ference to me. I’ll just come through
whatever door’s open."
Faculty and staff members also had di
verse reactions. “The worst thing I could
think of is through traffic in the middle of
the library. It means taking a few more
steps, but I think we ll live with it.”
“I don’t think it will be much of a prob
lem,” said Dr. Tony Messina, assistant
professor of chemical engineering. “It
would be nice to have another door, but I
think the students could adjust to having
only one.”
However, Dr. Karl Koenig, professor of
geology, thought it would be “very much
of an inconvenience. I’ve been in the re
serve reading room and I didn’t notice any
particular amount of noise.”
“I can understand putting up with this
during the interim period when they’re
moving, ” said Cliff Hickman, assistant pro
fessor of forest science. “But I can’t see the
rationale for doing it on a permanent
basis.”
Dr. Elenor Co, associate professor of
biology, said that although she finds it
convenient to cut through the library, “it
probably does interfere with the functions
of the library. It’s one of those things
where you hate to see it done, but you
know why they’ve got to do it.
“Maybe they’ll build us a bridge over
the librarv.
New business dean
impressed by A&M
g Secretary Bergland
lologizes to farmers;
fuses to raise crop loans
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Buffetted with criticism from angry congressmen, Agricul-
re Secretary Bob Bergland Wednesday apologized to American farmers for
illing some of them “greedy. ”
T want to take this opportunity to apologize to anyone who has felt insulted by
nything I said. It was not intended,” he said in testimony before the House
griculture Committee.
But Bergland told the committee he will not raise crop price support loans to 90
ercent of parity as thousands of farm demonstrators in Washington are demanding.
He toned down Tuesday’s charge somewhat as more than 300 farmers booed,
houted and clapped in the committee hearing room and hall outside.
“Many, many producers in the United States are in serious trouble,” Bergland
I j onceded to the committee. He said grain and cotton irrigators are having problems
I; nd a small percentage of Farmers have made mistakes in land investments.
And of course, there’s a little greed in all of us,” he said.
That last statement appeared to be a concession to farmers and lawmakers who
ave sharply attacked his statement in an interview Tuesday that some farmers are
r businessmen and some are prompted by “just old fashioned greed. ”
“Mr. Secretary, I think you owe them an apology,” said Rep. Richard Nolan,
-Minn., as farmers clapped. “I’m greatly shocked and disturbed about some of the
II etnarks you made about formers who are in town.”
1 “Have him stand up and do it now,” yelled one farmer. Bergland did not
apologize immediately, but did so in a later exchange with Rep. Berkley Bedell,
-Iowa.
I was distressed as a true friend to see your characterization of farmers who are
town yesterday,” Rep. Dawson Mathis, D-Ga., told Bergland.
“In the mid-1950s, I helped organize a protest movement in the state of Min-
Ijj tesota,” Bergland said. “We vented our frustration through the election process.”
He said he has learned to have a “healthy skepticism” about protests.
|r Saying it is not greedy to ask for prices that support the cost of producing crops,
||j Man told Bergland: “You know full well if they were motivated by greed, they
iijjr Wuldn’t have gone into farming in the first place.”
J" Is your intention to preside over the liquidation of the family farm system in this
I xmntry?” asked Nolan, who has introduced a resolution seeking higher crop price
I ; upports for farmers.
The family farm system in this country is not in danger of immiment extinction, ”
r countered Bergland while farmers booed.
|V Rep. Ed Jones, D-Tenn., said to clapping farmers that the government may have
H 0 look at a system of mandatory, rather than current voluntary production controls,
- IS X SMil I
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;et our house in order. ”
e committee announced it will hold five days of hearings beginnning Feb. 13 to
eview existing farm programs and proposals for improving them.
Members of Congress will testify the first day and farmers from the American
griculture Movement the next two days. Representatives of other farm organiza-
ions and the public will testify the final two days.
The hearings will be Feb. 13-15 and 20-21.
Bright as day
A modernesque sculpture reaches toward the evening sky above the
University Center. This time exposure of the well-lit center was taken
Saturday night. Battalion photo by Lee Roy Leschper Jr.
By LOUIE ARTHUR
Battalion Reporter
Dr. William V. Muse, appointed Friday
to be dean of the College of Business Ad
ministration, said that he will stress de
veloping external relationships between
the business community and the school.
Dr. Clinton Phillips has been serving as
dean since September when he filled the
position left by Dr. John E. Pearson, who
returned to full-time teaching.
Muse, 39, who will be the youngest
dean on the faculty, will begin July 1. He
is presently dean of the College of Busi
ness Administration and professor of mar
keting at the University of Nebraska at
Omaha.
“Texas A&M is one of the premier uni
versities in the country,” Muse said. “It
has the potential of being a really outstand
ing business college and I hope to help
realize that potential.”
Muse said that he would like to em
phasize further growth in the department
rather than a lot of changes.
“No immediate changes need to be
made in the curriculum — it looks basi
cally sound,” he said. Muse added that he
was also impressed by the “exceptionally
good” faculty.
“I would also like to further develop the
MBA (master of business administration)
program,” Muse said.
Muse has been at the University of Ne-
The deadline for
sweetheart city
postmark: Feb.9
United Press International
LOVELAND, Colo. — This is the
last week, so haste is advised for those
who want the “Sweetheart City” post
mark on their valentine, says Loveland
Postmaster Henry Porter.
Volunteers in Loveland each year
remail valentines with the Loveland
postmark and stamp each envelope
with a four-line cachet. The envelopes
are then held by the post oftice for mail
ing just before Valentine’s Day.
Requests come from every state and
many foreign countries. Porter said
Saturday that last year a record 200,000
valentines were remailed. He said ex
pectations are for this year’s total to be
substantially higher.
The service is free except for the 15-
cents postage required on each card to
be remailed. Porter said valentines
should be addressed: Postmaster,
Loveland, Colo., 80537, to arrive by
Feb. 9 for remailing.
Dr. William Muse
braska since 1973. He took a year’s leave
in 1978 to serve as a presidential inter
change executive in Washington. At this
post, he coordinated a management
analysis project for the U.S. Office of Edu
cation in the Department of Health, Edu
cation and Welfare.
Muse was dean of the College of Busi
ness and professor of business administra
tion at Appalachian State University in
North Carolina. He was a business affairs
consultant to Kabul University in Af
ghanistan in 1975 under a contract with
the U.S. Agency for International De
velopment. His teaching experience also
includes five years at Ohio University and
a year each at Georgia Institute of
Technology and the University of Arkan
sas.
Muse said he feels his nine years of ex
perience as dean helped his candidacy for
the position at Texas A&M.
“There was a great deal of progress at
the other schools where I worked,” Muse
said. “I think my record of administrative
achievement might have helped me get
this job.”
Muse will be moving here in June with
his wife, Marlene, and their three chil
dren. Both Muse and his wife were in
volved in the Omaha League of Women
Voters, Muse said, and they plan to be
come involved in the local chapter after
they have settled.
Muse earned his undergraduate degree
in accounting at Northwestern State Uni-
versity in Louisiana and a master’s and
doctorate in business administration at the
University of Arkansas.