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T is The Battalion Vol. 75 No. 21 10 Pages Serving the Texas A&M University community Tuesday, September 29, 1981 College Station, Texas USPS 045 360 Phone 845-2611 The Weather Today Tomorrow High. 90 High ...88 Low.. 68 Low ...68 Chance of rain 10% Chance of rain . 10% 105 3.m. pm. iiiiiu:- Friends recall former A&M chancellor BY NANCY WEATHERLEY Huttwlfon SulT DewnU-i! hy lii.Nu»||fagti« s .is , t s ( !,,,- -• and a fine administrator. Dr. Jack K Gillums will lx* remembered for his urn achievements as chancellor and resident of the Texas A&M University ^teni from May 1M70 until his rcsigna- fon in January 1979. Williams, who was known on the ionmity campus as "Smilin' Jack." hi! Monday in a I louston hospital after lifi nn^ a heart attack a week ago. i I nder his leadership, Texas A&M fhu vid its greatest expansion and for- ation of quality programs. ' Frank W. Hubert, chancellor of the Texas &M University System, said, together with General Earl Rudder mursits president from 1969-70), :or two men established the frame- on tor 1 exas A&M as we know’ it da\ " Williams, a native of Galax. Va . came s College Station in 1970 after serving i \kv president of the University of rnnessee System and chaiK-cllor of the diversity of I’enncssee s health educa- 1 on campus in Memphis. At W illums inauguration as Texas &M s 17th president in 1970, Texas Preston Smith described him as = :. administrator who rises to the chal- g bzc of the complex and difficult task of E faa-age education hut one who is also = liable of preserving the traditions = j kh have proved themselves to he | iluable.' < Henrv C. Dcthloff, head of the his- irv department, who wrote "A Picto- ■ '>1 Texas A&M l inxcrsits. irb 197ft. said that Wilbams was in- nunental in making the University a rst class institution. ■Williams brought to Texas A&M the iiturc of an all inclusive univenitv." he id The •rsity changed from nnc known mainly as an agricultural dlegc to a university known for many its new quality programs under his lidancc.’ he said. I After serving as a major during World u 11, Will jams went to Emory and Jenn colleges and obtained a clocto- in history at Emory College in le began his teaching career at knison in 1947 where he became the ran of the Clemson Graduate School in and vice president for academic tin in 1963. Williams came to Texas when he 'ned as the first commissioner of the •miniating Hoard, Texas College and unity System from 1966 until ft 1 ' He was instrumental in founding if agent s whose major role is to guide higher education throughout the state. .After his appointment as president of Texas A&M, Williams said "I bebeve that during the years ahead we will be witness to a geometric rise in the de velopment and adoption of innovative techniques and programs.” True to his prediciton, W illiams ex panded the role of development prog rams by increasing the gifts and grants to Texas A&M. During the 1970s the Texas A&M University System re venues reached a record of $150,233,529, Dcthloff writes in his hook. "It was during the time of Williams’ administration in the 1970s that Texas A&M experienced its greatest period of enrollment increases, program de velopment and facilities construction,” Hubert said. Besides increasing the stability of the system, Williams also furthered the quality of education for students. "He always stressed quality education," De- thloff said in an interview Monday. Enrollment increased rapidly during his administration but the students who were applying were more highly qual ified. Dcthloff says in his book. By 1972, 62 percent ofTexas A&M’s students ranked in the top quarter of their high school classes, as opposed to 36 percent in 1961,” he writes. "Williams strived to better Texas A&M’s National Merit System, to attract more National Merit students," Dethlnff safd tn an Intcrvipvc' “He also was instrumental in updating the hon ors program.” Williams, 61, was executive vice president and director of the Texas Medical Center in Houston when he died Monday. Prior to becoming chan cellor at Texas A&M, he had open-heart surgery in mid-1976. Memorial services were to be held today at 11 a.m. at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Houston. Burial will be at the cemetery on the Clemson University campus in South Carolina, with graveside services at 4 p.m. Wednesday. Williams' family, including his wife Margaret and two daughters, have re quested that anyone wishing to honor Williams make a memorial contribution to the Texas Medical Center, Inc. or to the Clemson University Alumni Asso ciation. His mark on this university will be remembered — remembered as one which provided leadership during the University’s greatest period of accom plishment," Hubert said. Students to receive financial assistance despite Reagan cuts Geronimo! Photo by Dave Tollefson Cindy Sharrock, 14, of Bryan, takes advantage of the warm days of the Indian Summer to play in the water Sunday at a small lake south of College Station off the East Bypass. Cindy is in the seventh grade at Anson Jones Junior High School in Bryan. By LAURA WILLIAMS Battalion Reporter Although the Reagan administration has lowered its budget-cutting ax on col lege student financial aid, University loan officer Al Bormann said he believes Texas A&M students will continue to have help in paying for their education. “As a whole, Texas A&M will not feel the brunt of the ax on federal funding,” the assistant director of financial aid said. “A&M has never really depended on the federal government to a great ex tent. It hasn’t been our major source of funds, but rather a supplement.” Bormann explained that before the Budget Reconciliation Bill was passed, middle and upper income groups be came eligible for loans. “This will defi nitely change, ” he said. “We re looking at a complete change in the program and its role in acquiring a college educa tion.” Before the bill was passed financial aid was available to virtually anyone ap plying, he said. However after Oct. 1 when the loan cuts become effective, students will have to demonstrate need for such loans. U.S. Congressman Phil Gramm (D- College Station) said applications by up per-income groups caused increased spending in the program. “One study showed that at least one- half of those applying for financial aid were from homes with an adjusted in come above $45,000. ‘The objective of the student loan program was to make it possible for chil dren from poor families to go to col lege,” he said. The Budget Reconciliation Bill attempts to define “needy” because no definition was given in the Higher Edu cation Act of1965 when extensive feder al aid began. A $30,000 limit on ad justed family income was included in the bill in order to specify who is eli gible. “If further analysis reveals that we have not achieved our goal of defining ‘needy,’ we may be seeing further changes,” Gramm said. “However, I don’t expect that to happen.’’ But specific guidelines in determin ing a family’s adjusted income have yet to be given to the University loan office, Bormann said. Determining a family’s adjusted in come will involve such factors as the number of dependents, the number of children in cofiege and whether a family is supporting a handicapped person, Gramm said. But even after all is considered, some are going to be left out of the program if money is to be saved. “The family is going to have to take more of the burden,” Bormann said. “If a college education is to be a goal in their life, some sacrifices will have to be made, and I think that our students will see this.” Eleven programs with funds totahng $2.7 billion will be available to about 2.8 milhon students in fiscal 1982. This will be an increase from the $2.6 billion pro vided for approximately 2.6 million stu dents last year. “NDSL (National Direct Student Loans), has been cut considerably com pared to the funds we received last year,” Bormann said. “We have about one-fourth of those funds this year.” But the University will still be able to help the needy student, he said. “I believe A&M will be in better shape than most schools because we have an Association of Former Students that really cares,” Bormann said. “It’s a matter of pride with them.” Bormann said that on-campus em ployment and co-operative education also will generate income for many Texas A&M students. “Certainly those at private universi ties in the state will feel this (the cuts) more because their tuition is substan tially higher than our $4 per semester hour,” Bormann said. The percentage of a loan that will be insured federally also will be decreased as a result of the Reconciliation Bill. Texas is now setting up its own program in which the state will guarantee loans from commercial lending institutions, Bormann said. “I feel this will be an asset for the commercial lenders to work with the state because the state has promised the institutions better service by faster pro cessing of these loans, ” he said. Facing firm opposition in Congress Reagan pushes AW ACS sale United Press International WASHINGTON — The Reagan administration made its pitch to the Senate Armed Services Committee, but there was no sign it scored any points on its proposal to sell arms to Saudi Arabia. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinber ger, flanked by a dozen uniformed Pen tagon officers, testified for nearly five hours Monday on the proposal, which majorities of the House and Senate now oppose. Weinberger maintained the $8.5 bil lion package would be good for the Un ited States, bolster Middle East secur ity’ and decrease the chances of Soviet encroachment in the oilrich region. But Sen. Dan Quayle, R-Ind., appeared to sum up the sentiment on Capitol Hill when he said the arms package will not be approved by Con gress unless Saudi Arabia compromises on its terms. “I don’t know what we can do to con vince the administration that the sale is not going to go through as is,” he said. Sen. Henry Jackson, D-Wash., said there is no dispute over Saudi Arabia’s need for the five Airborne Warning and Control System radar planes included in the arms package, but “the argument is over the management of them. ” He and other senators want the planes to be jointly controlled by the United States — a proposal opposed by Saudi Arabia. The package, as it now stands, appears headed for a defeat unless new terms are reached on management of the AWACS planes. President Reagan, on a one-day trip to New Orleans, told reporters Monday he was “still confident” a compromise could be worked out to avert defeat. Israel opposes the deal, saying the AWACS would allow Saudi Arabia to steal its military secrets, threatening Israeli security. Weinberger repeated assurances the sophisticated planes pose “no signifi cant threat” to Israel and stressed there are no “serious risks” the radar and com puter technology aboard the aircraft would fall into Soviet hands. Weinberger said oil is ultimately at stake. He said destruction of the Saudis’ oil gathering and loading facilities, or their control by a hostile power, “could tip the balance of power in the world.” Weinberger and Secretary of State Alexander Haig will carry the same message to the Senate Foreign Rela tions Committee Thursday. Undersec retary of State James Buckley will take it to the House Foreign Affairs Commit tee Friday. CS industrial park to provide jobs Goal? Slaff photo by Dave Einscl Dave Matulu has not been caged; he is actually riding shotgun as members of the Department of Intramural Athletics move a soccer goal from the MSC drill field to Duncan Field. BY MARTY BLAISE Battalion Reporter The city of College Station is planning an industrial park that will provide Texas A&M students and other com munity graduates more local job oppor tunities over the next 20 years. “The purpose is to develop a high- technology research and development park that will also encompass light manufacturing,” Dennis Goehring, president of the College Station Indust rial Development Foundation, said. “We don’t have any local facility where we can have research and de velopment,” he said. “It’s a natural to have a facility for a university the magni tude that we have.” Industries realize this fact and know the labor is here, he said. “They just have to move to the area and get established,” Goehring said, “and then there will be sufficient job opportunities.” He said the companies in the indust rial park will provide opportunities for graduate student work and something for graduates to write their dissertations on. “Bryan-College Station has not been blessed with a lot of job opportunities to help part-time students in the area,” Goehring said, “and I reallv believe if we have more high-technology com panies, that’s going to enable those stu dents who are strapped a little bit finan cially to work part-time or even a semester.” The industrial park will also provide job opportunities for graduates of schools in and near Brazos County, in cluding Hearne, Navasota, Caldwell, Snook and Madisonville. “The labor force is here,” Goehring said, ‘‘we just need to provide an oppor tunity for these graduates.” He also said as the Sun Belt syndrome continues (people moving to the larger cities in the southern United States to get jobs in the expanding industries), more people in the larger cities want to move out to jobs in less populated areas such as Bryan-College Station, and this industrial park could provide some of those jobs. The industrial park, which will be built in stages over the next 20 years, will be located just north ofTexas Inter national Speedway. The 2,200-acre park will be bounded on the north by Rock Prairie Road and an extension (currently under construction) of Green Prairie Road, to the east by Highway 6 and to the south by the speedway. Goehring said the industrial park will have a planned residential section, re creational areas, park areas, a sanitary landfill and possibly a municipal golf course. Plans also include a lake, stables and a 50- to 100-acre nature-wildlife area in the project, he said. He said the planning stages of the project alone would cost $100,000, and the entire project would be in the mil lions. “The master plan will be put together,” Goehring said, “and then we will program through it as marketplace details. What we’ve got to do is program where we’re going to be in 1990, in the year 2000. He said the lead time putting some of these services together may be from five to 10 years. “This is not something which we have just thought up,” he said. ‘‘It’s been something we’ve looked at since Mr. (J. Earl) Rudder was president of Texas A&M (1959-1970).” “At that time we were interested in putting together an industrial park, which we now have on Highway 2818 in Bryan — the Brazos County Industrial Park,” he said. Goehring was president of that pro ject when it began. 'T’ve been charged with the responsibility of putting this one together and getting it going,” he said.