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“This administrative council
would work entirely with me as
an advisory body. We wouldn’t
use this as a way to delay things,
but as a way to discuss things
from an administrative stand
point, which the faculty, fortun
ately from their standpoint,
doesn’t have to worry about.”
One thing Vandiver said he
doesn’t have to worry about is
the quality of students attracted
to Texas A&M.
“The students here are, I
think, a cut above what you find
in most state universities,” Van
diver said. “And I’m not knock
ing students in any state univer
sity. I just think (Texas A&M
students) are different in that
they’re serious — they’re de
voted students.”
Vandiver doesn’t limit his
praise to current students — he
said he thinks the former stu
dents are a special group, too.
“The former students all are
fans of A&M,” he said. “So many
times, you talk to a current stu
dent and you talk to someone
who’s been out for 50 years and
they’re equally interested in
A&M and in each other.”
Both current and former stu
dents usually share an interest in
athletics. And it was an athletic
matter — the hiring of Universi-
ty of Pittsburgh Head Coach
Jackie Sherrill and the firing of
Texas A&M Coach Tom Wilson
— that caused one of the few low
lints he experienced during
lis first year, Vandiver said.
However, the nationwide
attention the controversy
attracted has been remarkably
good for Texas A&M in the long
run, he said.
poi
his
saying but look at the general
trend of stories and we have had
national visibility that we simply
never would have been able to
pay for.”
However, the bull
reorganization hinge!
selection of a newvicepj
for academic affain,
said. Dr. Charles McCa;
“I suppose there are moments
when every university adminis
trator grinds his teeth over the
publicity athletics attracts,” he
said. “But the attention drawn to
the university can be turned to
the general academic advantage
of the school.
“For instance, there was a
television crew from Los
Angeles here the other day ...
and they came by to talk to me
about Sherrill and the hiring of
the coach. But while they were at
it, I got to tell them about Na
tional Merit scholars and about
the general University situation
and they got really interested in
that.
Administrators have to learn
athletics are a growing part of
every university, Vandiver said.
“I think any balanced view of
a university in the American
scene at this particular time has
to take the view that academic
progress and athletic progress
go nand-in-hand,” he said. “I
think if you are careful to sec
that the University still controls
athletics — and I haven’t seen it
get out of hand in very many
places — then there’s a positive
good that comes of it."
serving as interim vice^
for academic affairs.
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to
One of Vandiver’s long-range
plans involves the reorganiza
tion of University administra
tion, which will be presented to
the Texas A&M System Board
of Regents for approval this
month.
“So I think if you look around
as a result of Sherrill coming
here, the publicity we’ve gotten
nationally has been remarkably
good for A&M in the long run.
You can bite your nails about
some of the things they’ve been
Some changes already have
been made — in August, Van
diver requested and received
the resignations of two Texas
A&M vice presidents. The posi
tions of vice president for plan
ning, held by Dr. Charles Sam
son, and vice president of inter
national affairs, held by Dr. T.R.
Greathouse, were abolished.
“If you don’t have
person as the acadi
president, none of (tt
nization) will work,"
said. “I regard thechidL
mic officer as the kine»p!
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University. In fact, k he Agj
to change the title to ihche spri
and vice president for ids maj
affairs to indicate thattbjrove tl
... has a stature that'ir»Bhei
to the president—whn/ears v
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thing he has learned aiaeavier
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sprawling institution k Off
with bricks and mortal line cot
diver said. “There'j a
ment about it that shot
a good deal ol goodthii
on here — there’s a
process in action. It'sa
cial place.”
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United Press International
Teacher strikes Tuesday de
layed classes or caused schedul
ing problems for nearly 70,000
students nationwide, with
tough-talking union negotiators
vowing to have a Florida super
intendent fired and blasting a
suburban Chicago official for
playing the horses rather than
bargaining.
Pennsylvania, hardest hit by
teacher walkouts, had six
teacher unions on the picket
line, canceling the First day of
school or shutting down some
classes for nearly 50,000
youngsters.
Nearly 700 teachers in three
Michigan school districts were
on strike, keeping more than
11,500 students on an extended
summer vacation, and 6,800 stu
dents were affected by strikes in
Butte, Mont.
Teachers, counselors, libra
rians, psychologists and nurses
in the Allegheny Intermediate
Unit, based in Pittsburgh, were
on strike Monday, as were
teachers in Five other districts.
In Philadelphia, members of
the Philadelphia Federation of
Teachers were scheduled to
meet Tuesday night for a con
tract ratiFication vote on a three-
year pact the union’s executive
board approved Sunday. If
>roved, Philadelphia schools
will open on time this year for
the first time in three years.
Talks aimed at ending the
Pittsburgh-based AIU strike
that began last Tuesday broke
off early Monday with salaries
the main stumbling block.
School was canceled Monday
for 1,500 handicapped students
who attend eight special schools.
and Bullock Creek, Mi
Washington Counn
was hit by two strikesM(
were schools in the
northwest of Chicairo
prove 1
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but we
would
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block! 1
The 230 teachers in the
Highlands district of Allegheny
Cunty set up their picket lines
Monday after rejecting a con
tract offer Sunday night.
Teachers went on strike
Monday in Highland Park, Novi
Teachers threatel
boycott talks because til
school negotiator if
Zweiback went to the Arl
Race Track Sunday raifl
negotiating with theunJ
In Fort Lauderdale.FI
school board will be
teachers at a meeting III
to Fire Superintendent I
McFalter, said Art ka
president of the Cli|
Teachers Association
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