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Vol. 87 No. 162 USPS 045360 6 Pages
College Station, Texas
Tuesday, June 21, 1988
Residents celebrate
Juneteenth in B-CS
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Bryan ride their horse at the Ju
neteenth Celebration at Sadie
Thomas Park in Bryan. The cel
ebration, sponsored by the Bra
zos Valley Juneteenth Cele
bration Committee included a
parade down Martin Luther
King Boulevard, a softball tour
nament and a picnic.(Bot-
tom)Joe Walker and Mike
Eshenbaugh share a laugh at the
Juneteenth Bluesfest at Lincoln
Recreation Center in College
Station on Friday.
By Alan Sembera
Staff Writer
This weekend’s Juneteenth festivities were capped by
a call from Texas A&M administrator Robert Goodwin
for the black community to take more responsibility in
solving its problems.
The celebrations began in Bryan Saturday morning
with a parade of floats and horseback riders down Mar
tin Luther King Jr. Street.
The parade ended at Sadie Thomas Park, where the
people from all parts of the Brazos Valley commem
orated the late fleeing of slaves in Texas on June 19,
1863.
Although the Emancipation Proclamation issued by
President Abraham Lincoln freed all slaves Jan. 1 of
that year, it took six and a half months for the news to
reach Texas.
It was not until this time that the slaves in Texas were
released into freedom.
Black Texans have commemorated this event every
year, and Bryanites celebrated this year with a picnic, a
softball tournament and a blues festival.
Otis Carter, a member of the Brazos Valley June
teenth Celebration Committee, said this year’s turnout
was the largest in the 11 years the committee has been
organized.
T here were about 200-250 participants in the nine-
float parade, he said, and about 1,000 people came to
watch the parade.
The crowds grew larger later that evening, he said.
“That night — I haven’t the slightest idea (of the
number of people there,)” Carter said. “It was so busy
there. I’m afraid to make an estimate because it was
crowded there.”
The celebration also featured guest speakers, includ
ing local church leaders and Carey Cauley, president of
the Brazos Valley chapter of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People.
College Station’s Sunday celebration at the Licoln
Recreation center took on a more formal, thoughtful
atmosphere.
College Station Mayor Larry Ringer welcomed the
crowd of about 90 people.
Kevin Carreathers, ethnic minority services coordi
nator of student activities, explained the meaning of Ju
neteenth.
Carreathers told the multi-racial crowd that June
teenth is a time to celebrate freedom and to commit to
serving the needs of black Americans.
“Not only is it a time to celebrate as we all do with the
barbecue, the red soda, et cetera,” he said, “but it is also
a time to be committed to undoing the injustices we still
face.”
Robert Goodwin, assistant deputy chancellor for ex
ternal affairs for the Texas A&M University System
talked about the importance of Juneteenth to the black
community and emphasized the importance of self-
help in the black community.
“While the causes of social disparity lie outside the
black community, much of the cure must come from
within,” he said. “ . . . (there is a) need for we as a peo
ple to shoulder increased responsibility for improving
our own circumstances.”
Goodwin told the spirited crowd that it is important
for the black community to have an awareness of its his
tory.
“Our state and our community are becoming increas
ingly more multicultural,” he said, “and this event is
one of the stabilizing commemorations when black peo
ple have an opportunity to reflect on not only where we
are going but where we have been.
“The fact that we are only a little more than a hun
dred years from slavery cannot be lightly dismissed.
“We have made great progress as a people in spite of
the destruction of family values resulting in part be
cause of forces beyond our own control.
“Yes, we need to know we are special. We need to
know there is in fact a great heritage from which we
come.”
After the speakers finished, the celebration took on a
more informal atmosphere with a barbecue and live
music provided by the Blueshounds.
actor.
for woman
exceed goal
Faculty salary increase helps narrow state gap
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By Stephen Masters
Staff Writer
March ftBl'he condition of the daughter of
1.7 perceni atexas A&M professor began to un
expected pftive Saturday following a May 30
rail opert accident in Germany. She was sched-
tie FederalIkjuftd to start the trip home yesterday
ednesdav Cafter the fund set-up to pay for her
mong U.S transportation went over its initial
ased 0.4 p'igtjal Friday.
■Laura Burnett, the daughter of
s are expi Al-M marketing professor Dr. John
the up: Burnett, received extensive injuries
ices high after being struck by an automobile
ive diMjiii Munich, Germany. She had been
i to meenHn a coma since the accident through
Hurday, when she began to re-
Hmd to commands, although she
. . Bnains in a semi-conscious state.
T CldlnH'She is starting to respond to com-
■inds, but she is not yet fully alert,”
expert toitsai'l Diane Blackburn, a friend of
lission poll the family and technician in the pa-
ent and mi®logy and laboratory medicine de-
oranyneeJcpaitment.
■The transport process is tentative,
greed thahbui it was scheduled to start Mon
ty will invest day
il harassiw®‘She was supposed to be trans-
■rted to Wiesbaden (Monday) by
n intends aml) ulance,” Blackburn said. “Wed-
ige thatitvilyday she is scheduled to fly into
rnentdiscn£\V ;, ''Iungton, D.C. and from there
ment of iWf family is responsible for arrang-
esman said, ‘dg private transport.
■‘Of course, with the military, ev-
■ ’ s ver y tentative. I heard
IIS 10 [] th;u one patient they transported
* Bd the itinerary changed four times
; ie Re-Electi®* ore t ' ie y arrived.”
en ■Blackburn said there has been dis-
; Boulter's'5® s ' on about sending Laura to a
te hascastli®! ter s P ec talizing in head injuries
votes sincei! in ; iouston ' ' , T
■Since it was established June 9, the
halleiunn ^ aura Burnett Fund has received
lent’s bidii' ni0re ^ an $8,100 in donations in-
Senate, saiT^g m° r e than $ 1,000 collected
doesmakeiT,' he lobb y ^ the Blocker Building.
, i»e cost ot the military airlift from
nd i/ordei:^ k : s < baden to Washington, D.C. is
them iiu ; ® 540 -
continuel)l® ee Car g llI > who 1S 111 char g e ot
I I '® fund at First RepublicBank
P P ' ®M, said that there was one $ 1,000
Bitribution from an unnamed
wdowfl soi,ixe in Illinois and “a couple” of
■DO donations. There have also
allies fort®n several $100 and $50 dona-
lection tott’ons, she said.
her board. '^Despite reaching the original goal,
: seats toprwackburn said donations are still be-
to let stoflg accepted for the other expenses
s offer tottttcurred since the injury, including
ic doesnotihOspitalizatkin and lodging while
each, or awaiting to arrange for transport.
■Donations are still being accepted,
billion he‘Bake checks payable to the Laura
; stake wot^Urnett Fund in care of First Re-
i cost toJl'PublicBank A&M, P.O. Box 2860,
sum everpJlpllege Station, Texas, 77841. Any
ut. Biation should be designated to
■■■■•rfhe attention of Lee Cargill.
By Marcena Fadal
Staff Writer
A 7.5 percent increase in salary
for returning faculty is expected to
bring faculty salaries at Texas A&M
more in line with other Texas public
universities as salaries across the
state become more competitive with
public universities in the most-pop
ulated states.
“Beginning Sept. 1, an increase in
pay based on merit will begin for the
fiscal year,” Dan Parker, assistant
provost, said. “Some professors will
get a 20 percent increase and some
will get as low as zero or one percent.
The 7.5 percent increase is not
across the board for faculty.”
Tom Taylor, controller of Texas
A&M, agrees with this type of merit
system.
“I think the merit system works
quite well personally,” Taylor said.
“It is utilized pretty well in awarding
those who are above average who
you want to keep.”
The budget set for educational
and general expense for the Fiscal
year of 1989 is $233 million with 68
percent coming from state appropri
ated funds, Parker said. The rest
comes from the Permanent Univer
sity Fund, and other various savings
and fees.
Faculty salaries make up 36.6 per
cent or $85.3 million of the total ed
ucational and general expense bud
get.
“It would shock most students if
they knew how little the cost of run
ning this campus they actually pay,”
Parker said. “The estimated income
is a tad over $22 million, less than 10
percent. Students scream and yell
about how much they pay their pro
fessors and in reality they only assist
their pay.”
Pay for faculty in Texas is draw
ing closer to the average of the 10
states with populations most similar
to Texas’, which include California,
New Jersey, Massachusetts, New
York, Ohio, Michigan, Florida,
Pennsylvania, North Carolina and
Illinois.
According to the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board, for
the fiscal year of 1986-87, Texas was
behind the 10-state average by 15.7
percent with the state’s average be
ing $33,572 and the 10-state average
being $39,817. In 1987-88, the aver
age of Texas is $37,091, 10.8 per
cent lower than the 10-state average
of $41,568.
“The substantial increase in fac
ulty salaries in Texas demonstrates
the state’s commitment to higher ed
ucation,” H.M. Daugherty Jr., chair
man of the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board, said.
“Adequate compensation is critical
to our efforts to attract and retain
outstanding faculty at Texas univer
sities,” Daugherty said. “The Legis
lature made a major effort last year
to start to close the gap in faculty sal
aries. I am hopeful additional im
provements will be possible.”
Parker agreed that the pay in
crease will help Texas A&M retain
its faculty with tenure, and it will
hopefully encourage others to join
its faculty.
“One of our goals with the pay in
crease is to keep the good faculty
members,” Parker said. “Another is
to develop new staff positions. We
have a ton of new students and there
will be further growth next year. We
will eventually need more faculty.”
The faculty salary average for all
state-supported schools in the state is
$36,991, Taylor said. The average
faculty pay for the First four ranks —
professor, associate professor, assis
tant professor and instructor — at
A&M is $41,584.
At the University of Texas, the av
erage faculty pay for all ranks in
cluding salary supplements is
$45,987, Marsha Moss, director of
the Office of Institutional Studies,
said.
“The University of Texas is the
only Southwest Conference school
listed higher than Texas A&M,”
Taylor said.
With few supplements in pay at
Texas Tech University, the average
salary is $36,700, John Taylor, man
ager of the Office of Statistics and
Reports, said.
Walter Guttman, senior director
of financial planning at the Texas
Higher Education Coordinating
Board, said faculty salaries in Texas
will increase again.
“We are recommending an in
crease by 1990-91 that should put us
at the average of the 10 states,” Gut
tman said.
Commissioner of Higher Educa
tion Kenneth H. Ashworth agreed,
saying, “The 70th Legislature ap
propriated money for faculty sala
ries as part of a long-range strategy
to bring our salaries in line with fac
ulty salaries in the other key states
that are our competitors economi
cally and educationally.
“The funding formulas recom
mended to the governor and Legis
lature by the Coordinating Board at
their January meeting would ac
complish this goal by 1991. If we can
continue to move forward, Texas
will be able to maintain the educatio
nal system needed to support our
economy.”
Texas Faculty Salaries vs. Ten-State Average
$39,817
$41,568
,572
$37,091
1986-87
0 Ten-State
■ Texas
1987-88
Source: Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board
Graphics by Taani Baier
Texas Faculty Salary Averages
50
40
30 -
20
10 -
$45,987
$41,584
$36,991
Search panel interviews
A&M president hopefuls
Texas A&M Texas Tech U. T. Texas Schools
High Court OKs law
to ban private clubs
By Stephen Masters
Staff Writer
The Texas A&M University
Board of Regents Presidential Selec
tion Committee will begin interview
ing candidates for the office
Wednesday in New York City.
New York was selected because it
is “one convenient and easily accessi
ble point” for the candidates who
will be interviewed, said Bill Presnal,
executive secretary of the Board and
secretary of the Search Advisory
Committee.
Meetings are scheduled to begin
at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and recon
vene Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m.
at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New
York. The agenda states only that
the meeting is “to consider any and
all things leading to the selection of
the president of Texas A&M Uni
versity.”
Presnal said he did not know the
names of candidates to be inter
viewed. A recent list contained the
names of 54 applicants and nomi
nees, with 16 in the New York area.
However, a disclaimer on the list
says not all individuals listed are acti
vely seeking the position.
The seven-member committee is
made up of David Eller, chairman of
the Board and the search commit
tee; Joe Reynolds, vice chairman of
the Board and the committee; re
gents Dr. John Coleman, Douglas
DeCluitt, William McKenzie, John
Mobley and Chancellor Perry Adkis-
son.
Presnal said the meetings will be
in executive session because it is a
personnel matter, and no decisions
will be made during the two-day pe
riod.
He said although there is no
timetable for the completion of the
search. University President Frank
Vandiver will step down on Sept. 1
to become director of the Mosher
Institute of Defense Studies.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Su
preme Court gave cities and states a
major victory Monday in their esca
lating legal assault on exclusive
membership policies in private
clubs, unanimously upholding a
New York City law that bans such
discrimination.
The court said the city’s law,
aimed at large dubs that exclude
women and minorities as members,
is constitutional.
“The law merely prevents an asso
ciation from using race, sex or other
specified characteristics as short
hand measures in place of what the
city considers to be more legitimate
criteria for determining mem
bership,” Justice Byron R. White
wrote for the court.
At least six other major cities —
Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Los An
geles, San Francisco and Washing
ton — have enacted similar ordi
nances recently.
In the private dub case, the court
ruled on a New York City law that
bans discrimination by public accom
modation but exempts “distinctly
private organizations.”
If a group is not classified as a reli
gious corporation or as a benevolent
order, it generally is deprived of the
“distinctly private” exemption if it
has more than 400 members, pro
vides regular meal service and regu
larly gets members’ dues paid by
non-members such as members’ em
ployers.