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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Tuesday, March 16, 1965
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| by Mike Reynolds |
The latest announcements of
television shows to be taken off
the air at the end of the season
includes an entry that causes
some wonderment at the tastes
of the average viewer in the
U. S.
“Slattery’s People” appears
headed for the “Boob Tube”
grave yard. Constantly, week
after week, this program has
brought a fresh breath of air to
the otherwise stale atmosphere
of viewing.
It has dared to be controver
sial. It has dared to deal with
matters of government and every
day life that other programs
wouldn’t touch with a ten-foot
pole.
Such an example program dealt
with the teaching of sex educa
tion in high school; another
week brought the question of
party subsidy of young political
talent to the fore. They have not
been handled in the standard
shoot-em-up or emotional drip
ped manner.
THEY MAKE THE VIEWER
THINK.
Well, could it be the acting?
This question would get some
where if it wasn’t for the splen
did talents of Richard Crenna
who plays Slattery with a curi
ously warm understanding.
It all boils down to the fact
that the average Joe wants to
come home and put his feet up
on the coffee table, sip a cool
one and forget his troubles. He
likes his TV plots thin, his TV
morals low, his TV actors flat,
his TV quality lacking and his
TV action fast.
It is really a wonder that a
program such as “The Defend
ers” which is very much like
“Slattery’s People” has lasted as
long as is has. Americans are
ostriches.
RICE EDITOR THRESHER
— the ousting of the editor of
the Rice Thresher (see story on
page 1) brings up the question
of press freedom in American
colleges again.
It is the opinion of this corner
that the action taken by Dean
S. W. Higginbotham should be
reviewed by an impartial panel
(if such can be found) of faculty
and students. Then, if it is found
that the action was justified, the
panel should submit an opinion
saying so. If not, Kelley shotild
be returned to his job. What is
to keep an official of any school
from removing a student editor
for a personal grudge ? Careful
review should be the case, no
matter what the circumstances.
TEXAN EDITOR — Texan
editorial policy has cried for
months for an elected editor.
Now they have it. However, one
of the candidates has sought the
support of a campus party. Now
the Texan is crying that the edi
tor should be free of politics.
How, pray tell, can you have
an election free of politics ? How
can a person receive an majority
of votes if he doesn’t appeal for
them. One is tempted to say
that they made their bed and
now they are going to have to
sleep in it.
Textbook Rental Plan
Saves Students $$$
By Intercollegiate Press
River Falls, Wis. — Renting
instead of buying textbooks is
saving students at the nine Wis
consin State Universities well
over a million dollars this year,
the Board of Regents office in
Madison reports.
At the State University, stu
dents may either rent or buy
textbooks assigned i for their
courses*,.; Nearly all ^ students
rent their books at a cost of $6
or $8 a semester, rather than buy
the assigned texts at an average
cost new of $35 to $40. For the
year, the average saving is about
$60 per student.
Because of the rental system,
there is no market in current used
texts on State University cam
puses. Where there is a market
in used textbooks, students sel
dom recover more than one-third
of the cost of new books after
completing their courses, book
stores report.
Assuming that all student
bought texts and sold them for
one-third, the rental system re
sults in a saving of about $40 a
year for each of the 30,000 stu
dents enrolled this year on the
nine state campuses, or $1,200,-
000.
For several weeks during each
semester, WSU students have an
opportunity to buy any of the
textbooks they are using at a
discount. Very few purchase
their texts, the State Universi
ties report.
Bulletin Board
TUESDAY
Math Wives Club will meet at
8 p.m. in the cabinet room of the
YMCA Building.
Agricultural Education Wives
Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. at
the home of Mrs. Bill Strick at
1010 Winding Road in College
Station. The program will be
presented by Mrs. Les Hawkins
of Bryan.
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Managing Editor Glenn Dromgoole
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Reds Ban Demonstrations
By Some Foreign Student
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desk!”
MOSCOW (A > ) — The Soviet
Union, stung by demonstrations
which got out of hand 11 days
ago, has barred some foreign
students from taking part in any
future demonstrations, student
sources said Monday.
The Soviet government drew
sharp criticism from the United
States for not doing enough to
prevent trouble during the
March 4 outbreak at the U. S.
Embassy and from Red China
for doing too much to put down
the demonstration. The harsh
Chinese accusations made the
Chiense-Soviet split wors^c.
The student informants said
some students at Moscow’s Pa
trice Lumumba University were
warned after the outbreak
against taking part in further
demonstrations. The university,
named for the Congo’s slain
first premier, has no Chinese
students but many of its stu
dents from underdeveloped na
tions frequently join in anti-
American demonstrations in Mos
cow.
The Chinese claimed more
than 30 Chinese students were
injured, nine seriously, in the
March 4 demonstration, which
against U. S. air strikes in North
Viet Nam. The Soviet Union
claimed 30 Soviet police and
soldiers were injured by
Chinese students, four of them
seriously. The soldiers had to be
called out to put down the dem
onstrators.
Soviet authorities in the past
have used demonstrations at
foreign embassies to emphasize
Soviet policy, but they now
seem to be moving to prevent
had as its pretext protests
future demonstrations — 0r
least any they do not organj!
themselves.
Word of the student warni n ,
accompanied still
Chinese attack on the Sovk
government, one of the sharpest
since former Premier Khm
shchev was ousted last October
Peking’s official Peolpe’s Daj!
ly accused the Russians of be'
ing “under the thumb of U. S
imperialism, the common
my of the people of the
ene.
world,"
Job Calls
WEDNESDAY
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ministration, economics, indus
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General Motors Corporation —
electrical engineering, industrial
engineering, mechanical engineer
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LTV Aeronautics & Astronau
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Editor,
The Battalion:
My name is Jack Odgee and I
am an accounting major from
San Benito, Texas. I would like
to enter my name as a candidate
for the office of president of the
Sophomore Class for the school
term 1965-66.
I am well aware of the duties
of this office and I feel that I
have the qualifications and ex
perience to fullfill these duties.
In high school I was active in
school extracurricular functions
and I had the honor of serving
as president of the Freshman
Class, president of the Sopho
more Class, vice president and
president of the Student Council.
This year I have had the pri
vilege of serving our class as a
member of the Fish Drill Team.
I want to serve as your class
president and I am ready to
work my hardest for our class.
I make only one promise to you,
the Class of ’68, if I am elected.
I promise nothing but fairness
to all.
Jack Ogdee, ’68
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Editor,
The Battalion:
If the sun comes up in the
morning no one will think that
unusual, will they? If Texas
University is not swallowed up
by an earthquake tonight, no
one will worry about it, will they ?
If somebody that is not necessar
ily qualified is elected to office
Thursday by getting a couple
of dozen votes, no one will com
plain will they?
Will anyone ever take an in
terest in anything that happens
and is just “taken for granted to
be right and natural?”
A total of one or two dozen
votes does not constitute a rep
resentative majority. Yet almost
yearly in class elections someone
is elected by this bare minimum
of votes.
LAST DAY
Elke Sommers
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KNOCK”
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‘GUN FIGHT AT
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Sound Off
For best results try The
Battalion Classified.
For this handful of people that
vote maybe the person they elect
ed had a “good sounding name”
or perhaps it was just that his
name was first on the list. At
least he was “democratically
elected.” That’s what matters,
doesn’t it? After all, who cares
if he knows anything about stu
dent government ?
Maybe it is not important, but
it is something to think a little
bit about.
Maybe another something to
“think a little bit about” is that
among the 36 candidates for next
year’s Senior Class officers there
are several men who have held
or are holding a class office.
Norris Cano, Harris Papas, Tom
Hargrove, Mike Beck and Joe
Bush are in this category.
Maybe it would be a good thing
to think about Thursday’s elec
tion.
Oh yes, Mike Nabor’s name
will be found on the list of am
bitious candidates because he
finally found a position in which
he can do a little more for our
class if someone will recognize
his qualifications and potential.
John Prewitt, ’66
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Editor,
The Battalion:
In reference to a letter by
Dick Carey placing his name
as a candidate for Yell Leader
of the Junior Class, he mentioned
being a member of the Sky Div
ers Club. We would like to
place his name in nomination
for a Purple Heart for being
wounded in the lines of duty as a
member of this club.
On his first jump he landed on
the runway, fell on his tu and
was given a military for a week
because he couldn’t sit down. We
recommend him most hardily for
Yell Leader for as long as he is
in the Sky Divers Club.
Battlin’ B-l fish
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Editor,
The Battalion:
John “Doc” Holladay is my
name and I’m one of the candi-
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, I’m from Ft. Hood, majoring in
accounting, and am a member
of the Semper Fidelis Society,
the Judo Club, and a section head
on The Aggieland staff, as well
as a squad leader in A-2.
I have been asked by many
why I decided to run for yell
leader, and since this is an im
portant element in making a
choice on election day, I’ll try and
explain. Since I’ve been here
I have come to consider A&M as
my home; I’ll admit that I had
different feelings at first, but
now I want to do all I can for
the school and all that it stands
for.
This means working for and
supporting all of our teams, build
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Man, and all of the other things
which can help to make A&M
the very best. The best way to
do this is as yell leader. That
sums it up real quick, but I
don’t thing that I really have to
explain how I feel, for most of
you feel the same.
The best I can say for my
campaigning is to ask those who
know me to make your choice.
On the 18th, I’d appreciate your
votes, but most important make
sure you vote and make sure
you buddies vote — let’s have a
full turn-out from the Class of
’67.
John “Doc” Holladay, ’67
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Editor,
The Battalion:
Don’t you think Pete Bush, Tiff
Simmons or Norris Cano know
what the qualifications are for
class officials.
If you are not sure what it
takes to qualify a man for such a
position, why don’t you ask one
of them — I’m sure they’ll be
objective enough to tell you
the truth. If not them, ask
someone else whose opinion you
value. No one else is going to
need to know the qualifications
except you.
Thursday my name along with
many other qualified candidates
will be listed under the position
of secretary-treaurer and the
position of MSC representative
for the Class of ’66. One of us
will represent your desires neict
year, but only you can repre
sent your desire Thursday.
Why vote ? Maybe it is be
cause our class has got so much
“class” it can’t afford not to.
Maybe it is because we’ve al
ways been a responsible group.
Or maybe there are a lot more
maybes that are more apparent
but in the end it is those who
stand in line that will know.
And it will be these self same
people that return Norris Cano
and other class officials to their
positions if they vote qualifica
tions instead of “good sounding
names,” or “dorm buddies.”
If it takes 30 minutes to vote
and we select men of quality
possibly the inconvenience will be
made up for by 36 weeks of dyn-
ammic class leadership. Pretty
much a bargain, I think.
Mike Beck, ’66
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