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Ad- on, TX 77843. to The Battal- Texas 77843 ATE AND LOCAL Ten rest in A&M’s ghost graveyard By LESLIE MALONE Reporter A Texas A&M employee ceme tery? As unusual as it sounds, that’s what the cemetery now located on the corner of Marion Pugh Road and Luther Street is. Hidden on the front by bushes and trees, visible from a. side dirt road and watched from the back by horses in a pasture, the cemetery goes unnoticed by passersby. Don Simons, assistant director for Ad Educational Television at KAMU, makes a hobby of research ing the history of cemeteries in the area. Simons said the cemetery was moved to the present location from the site that is now Duncan Dining Hall. According to the records in the Sterling. C. Evans library archives, the cemetery was moved in 1939 to the present location which is also University-owned. Of the headstones marked and re corded as A&M employees, are J. Riggs, a janitor at the Experimental Station Building; Allison Smoot, head milkman at the dairy barn dur ing the Harrington administration (1901-1905); and C.O. Watkins, a long-time employee of Texas A&M. The largest headstone in the small cemetery belongs to L.L. Foster, the president of A&M College from 1898 to 1901. Also in the archives was a report from the last official visit made to the cemetery in 1954. D.B. Gofer, the college archivist at the time, was the visitor. His report included the following: “Located on the southwest side of Missouri Pacific track a mile or so south of R.R. Station and one-eighth miles or so west of old Highway 6: Graveyard: neglected; ten graves marked now with ten stones; no re cord shown of the grave of Dr. Pond, buried in the ’teens one sum mer in the First College Station cem etery, in the Old Sheep Pasture, and on the present site of Duncan mess hall.” Of the records that followed, it is evident that an attempt was made to contact relatives of Foster to get per mission to move his remains to the new cemetery. During the search, a proposal was made by a friend of the Foster fam ily, Hal Moseley, to move the re mains of Foster. A letter to George Smith, chairman of the objectives committee, Moseley complained of Foster’s treatment.: “It is a crime the way President Foster’s remains have been treated,” he wrote. “Maybe with the help of Professor Leland’s committee (the The headstone of former Texas A&M Presi dent L.L. Foster is the most prominent Photo by DEAN SAITO marker in the cemetery. There are about 10 graves in the cemetery. cemetery committee) and alumni working together, a suitable plot could be provided for and cared for.” The search for the relatives proved unsuccessful and the propo sal was to go before the objectives committee in August of 1955. There was no further information on the subject in the archives. Neither Si mons or any of the University offi cials in the archives know why noth ing became of it. The cemetery now has only nine markers left, some of which are fall ing apart. It is, however, part of A&M’s history and will probably re main in this location permanently. Computer logic, reason to be discussed The Dean of Humanities and Sodal Sciences at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah will discuss “Computers, Human Rea son, and Heuristic Rules,” today at 4 p.m. in 502 Rudder. Dr. Michael Orenduff, who specializes in the philosophy of logic, will answer questions about the logic behind computers and the human mind. Orenduff primarily will discuss the argument that computers do not think like humans which causes problems in computer programming. He also will address the possi bility of any rules that can be used by both computers and humans to solve problems. Before moving to Utah two years ago, Orenduff was a profes sor and department chairman in the philosophy department at Southwest Texas Suite University in San Marcos. About 750Aggies to attend reunion By MICHAEL CRAWFORD Staff Writer About 750 former students are expected to descend on the Texas A&M campus this weekend for the annual Sul Ross reunion, said Olive DeLucia, class projects director and co-ordinator of the event Wednes day. The annual event began in the 1940s, DeLucia said, when a group of students who were at A&M dur ing Lawrence Ross’s presidency (1891-1898) realized they must ad mit new members to their group to sustain membership. Members are inducted into the or ganization 50 years after graduation. At this reunion, members of the Class of’35 will be inducted. The events begin Sunday March 31 and last until Tuesday April 2. On Sunday, at 3 p.m. registration begins, followed by a social hour at 6:30 p.m. During the social hour, the classes of’21 through ’26 will each have sep arate dinners in the Memorial Stu dent Center, while the classes of ’27 through ’34 will have separate din ners at the Ramada Inn. Monday’s program will include a program of special recognition for the wives of Sul Ross members to be hosted by Renee Vandiver, wife of A&M President Frank Vandiver. Monday night a banquet will be held, also in the Memorial Student Center. DeLucia said the members are not charged to eat at the banquet because of a large endowment the program received many years ago From a former member. Tuesday morning, a business meeting will be held to discuss plans for the next year’s meeting. DeLucia said the task of planning a reunion for so many people wasn’t easy. “If you can imagine planning for the wheelchairs, hospital equip ment and special diets, you see what I mean.” Senator’s postponed shuttle flight rescheduled Associated Press SPACE CENTER, Houston — Space agency officials Wednesday set an April 12 launch date for the long-delayed space shuttle flight of Sen. Jake Garn and six astronauts. NASA announced Wednesday that the five-day mission aboard space shuttle Discovery will be launched at 8:04 a.m. and will in clude the deployment of two satel lites and operation of a number of experiments, including testing of a variety of ordinary toys. The launch date falls on the fourth anniversary of the liftoff of the first space shuttle flight. Garn, R-Utah, is flying on the mis sion as part of his supervisory re- sponsiblities in Congress. He is chairman of the Senate subcommit tee that monitors NASA’s budget. Mission Cmdr. Karol Bobko said the astronauts on his crew have been affected little by the niany changes that have occurred in the flight man ifest and crew complement since he was selected as a commander last year. “I was surprised at how much resi dent expertise I had in my crew,” said Bobko. Bobko noted that despite major changes in payload activities and sa tellite deployments, at least someone on the crew had been trained for those activities. The mission originally was sched uled with five astronauts for a launch last August on space shuttle Discovery. Since then, tne crew has been assigned to another spacecraft, crew mates have been added and re moved, and the date has moved back several times. Ramsey never lost an election in 45-year career Former Texas lieutenant governor dies at 81 AUSTIN — Ben Ramsey, lieuten ant governor for a decade and a pol itician who never lost an election during his 45-year career, died Wednesday at an Austin hospital. He was 81. A native of San Augustine, Ram sey was lieutenant governor from 1951 until August 1961, when he re signed the office to become a mem ber of the Texas Railroad Commis sion. He served in that post until 1977. Ramsey died Wednesday morning of pneumonia, according to a spokeswoman for Seton Medical Center in Austin. He had been hos pitalized for five days, said Linda McFarland. A lanky East Texan, Ramsey en joyed a reputation for his dry wit. While presiding over the Senate as lieutenant governor, Ramsey once was asked by a young news reporter, “When does the Senate come to or der?” Without blinking, Ramsey re plied, “Young man, the Senate of the state of Texas never comes to or der. It just meets.” He made his first successful bid for office in 1930, running for the Texas House. He won re-election in 1932. He then returned to private law practice for six years. In 1940, Ramsey ran for the Texas Senate, winning again. He held that seat for eight years, then returned to private life. But in January 1949, Ramsey was appointed secretary of state by Gov. Beauford H. Jester, a post he contin ued to hold under Gov. Allan Shiv ers after Jester died. He first was elected lieutenant governor in the 1950 election. Re elected five times, he held the office longer than anyone before him. Funeral services are scheduled for Friday morning in San Augustine. Cottons £ Khaki for Cool Comfort For Women: Snap Jersey.. All cotton with con- trastinq trim, in peacocK/maqenta, French blue/purple or solid white. Gurkhja Short. Double D-nng adjustable waistband, flared legs, single front pleats, in \oo% cotton twill. Khaki or white. For Men: Snap Shirt. Front.cuffs $ pockets snap on this crisp 3oz. cotton cambric, in khaki, French blue, terra cotta or white. BBC Short. Wide legged walking shorts in IOO/6 cotton twill. Double pleated front, roomy side £ button Flap rear pockets. 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