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Rally Wagon to ride again
The Rally Wagon will soon be back in operating condi ­tion.
Last used in 1969, the American-la France 1923
hook and ladder fire engine is being re-built by the
Indu strial Education Club with their own funds and
Jack Williams
speaks to students
Anzona Gov .. John R. (.Jark) Williams v.:ill s1wab.
in the UU Auditorium at 1 p.m. tomorrow, announ­ced
Chris Ford, ASNAU president.
ThP SJW ~>r· h is fret>, arc-ording to Ford, but non·
students will not 1,1:' admittPd 11ntil 12:4:. p.m., lu
al 't•w st :HIPnts ltll' c: hoi ee SPats.
Font said that when Gov. Williams was invitecl,
hE' was asker! to speak on politics, but the SJJCc:ifi<:
•opic of l1is spPPCh is not known .
The HE-publican govl:'rnor v.as first elected to [)(fin
in 1~66, rlPft>ating incumhent Sam Godclarrl. In 1970,
lie was narrowiy re-Plt>ctt>cl in a closE> rare. with Raul
~ astro .
Recall petitions
'T'his summer, a ~ roup of citizl:'ns heacll'rl by th(·
··ni+erl Farm WorkPrs, started a recall clrivPa!,'3.in~t
Go• . Williams. A spokesman for th (' gr oup saHI
the; currt>ntly havt• 88,000 of the 130,000 si~atur es
needed for a r ecall election .
The rt>call drivP start ed \\hl:'n thP legislaturE'
:l:issed a bill r l'gulating farm workl:'rs and Gov.
Williams signl:'d it into law.
rrhe 62-year old gover!1or hriefly att f.'nded Pooe­nix
CollegE' in thl' e>arly 1920's and then in 1929
went to work for KOY radio m Pho<>nix as program
director . He held that position until 1966.
City councilman
From 194-t- 1947, Gov . Williams wa~ prPsident of
the Phoenix Housing Authority. Heser vcd asa Phoe­nix
city councilman in 1953- 19 54 and was mayor of
0 hoenix from 1956-1960.
In his address opening the second session of the
30th Arizona Legislaturl' last January, the governor
expressed concern over land development in the
state and stated that the legislature needs to place
controls on that development.
South Campus dedication
'!'!le governor last spoke on campus in August,
1971, when he was the keynote speaker at South
Campus dedication ceremonies.
At that time, Gov . Williams said, "As I glanced
across this campus, I am certainly moved to remark
that the buildings we are building are more and
more magnificent workshops for our students. But 1
have an uneasy feeling tha t we are not quite sure if
our end product Is as attractive as the facWtiies.
some help from ASNAU and MIHC. The Rally Wagon
was used to raise sp irit for school activities , and when
it is running again it will resume that role . IEC i!> having
some trouble find ing parts for the old engine, which
was owned by the Sigma Nu fraternity. Hopes are that
the engine will be repaired for Homecoming.
(Photo by R:i(.k Jamison)
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7 /--IVIBER.JACK
Vol. 6 (.No.6 Flagstaff, Arizona Thursday, September 28, 1972
Board of Regents action
stiffens entrance policies
A.lmission rPqtUfl'llll'li!S fur all thrPe stat'' nmver­sitit!
S \l't>rt' stiff rwd in a unanimotts dt>cision Saiur­rla}
by the Board of H l"I;Pnts.
'!'!te ne\1' arlnnssion (J(JlJq, which ~ocs intu eff<'ct
next fall, 11Ill TL'qllll'fl all Arizona higl1 scl10ol Kra­duatcs
tu rank in thP to1) half of their g raclnatin ~
class. It also raiser! tc•2l the minimum srore nPedPcl
on lllP Ao_tl'ncan CollP~P Test.
P:-evionsly, Arizona stndPnts qua!ifierl for aclmis·
s1on if they wer t> in the to() two-thirrl5. of their ~ra.
duating class, anrl scor l'd at least 17 on th<> ACT.
For out-of-state stllriPnts, thP r egl:'nts maintained
the policy uf rpquiring them to be in l11e iop ltalf of
their class and rais ed from 19to23thP score need ed
on the ACT.
I! was estimated b} oue official at lh!:' meetlng tnat
1,500 students who qualified for admission this yl'ar
at the three> universities would not havl' been eli gihl!:'
.mder the new policy .
Dr. J. Lawrence Walkup, university [)rPsidPnt,
told the r egents that the new standards woulrl r educe
!~eshman rmrollm!:'nt approximately eight per cent.
He added that this would half the growth rate of the
universities, wruch has heen se\·Pn per cent anntLally.
"'he regents added a provtsion to the policy which
would permit the admission of some unqualifil'd stu­dents,
if approved by special admission committees
at each school.
Enr ollment figures for this fall, released to the
regents at theirmeetinginTucson,showedthat AU's
enrollment increased less than 1,000 to an estimat.
ed 9,500;
The regents also approved operating budgets for
the 1973-74 fiscal year.
NAU's appr oved budget is 15.8 million, :)1.4 mil­lion
more than l ast year and '95,893 less than the
!~n iv e rsit } rpquest d. Of the total figurP, 13.7 miJ-
1ion will be TPqut>stt.>d from thP AJ'izona legislature
'n tax f•mcls. Tht> r emaining portion of the budget
•s expectPd to come from tHiti•Jn, rees, grants and
{,rifts.
Turnout poor
for Town 'Hall
Six students attended tht> first ASNA U Town Hall
meeting last Wednesday night.
Dr. Robert Dickeson, vice-pruvost for sh1dent af­fairs,
s:q;gPsted to thP offict>rs rresent that some
a!ternati,·e bl' sou ght to the Town Hall meetings.
" commiHee of co11ncil members is already work­inJ.;
on finding some solution to the poor attendance
at the Town Hall meetings, acm rding to Chris
Fo~d, ASNA U president. Howeve>r, any change in the
:xthcy would require an amendment to the student
government constitution.
'l! arren Dowd, SAGA food service director atten~
ed the meeting to explain th.at meal ticket prices
rose to cover the rising cost or food . r------------------------ inside:
Voter registration
George Plimpton
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