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THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Friday, February 21, 1969 CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle Fish Enter First Drill Meet By MONTY STANLEY The Army has reported a sharp increase in the number of ROTC graduates receiving commissions this year. According to a UPI report, the most vehement objec tions to ROTC and military re cruiters on campus have oc curred at Boston College, How ard University, University of Il linois, Mich State, Rutgers, and Yale. In any case, no school has drop ped ROTC in the past five years and 30 have add ed or plan to add the course this year or in the next two years. However, It looks like anything but smooth sailing for ROTC's future. Near ly every major college paper re ceived at the Battalion office has come out strongly against ROTC. The reasons range from the be lief that the course material is not sufficient to put it on equal credit-hours basis with other fields, to the general anti-mili tary feeling that is becoming so prevalent across the nation. “On other campuses they want power, authority, recogni tion and voice! Me—I want sidewalks!” LISTEN UP Loan the bait forum At Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, the big issue at the last Student Congress meeting was the alleged illegal voting of many students. Must be nice to have students who care enough about student elections to go to the trouble of stuffing the ballot box. Editor, The Battalion: To the Class of ’71: Now that the Sophomore Ball is over, and the after-dance de tails are drawing to a close, I want to take this opportunity to pass around the credit for its success. First of all, to my vice-president, secretary-treasur er, and social secretary, without whose help in planning and pro curing my job would have been impossible. To the Sophomore Council, a special thanks. Their individual interest and contact with every member of the Soph omore Class in promoting the Ball was a key to its success. But especially to the sophomores who came and enjoyed the Ball, for the satisfaction of sitting back and watching you and your dates enjoy yourselves was more than enough to make me know it was worth all the late hours, sweat, and g.p.’s it cost. This year as sophomore presi dent, I have had the opportunity to work with many people, but the greatest satisfaction has still come from working with my own classmates. I want to thank the Class of ’71 for the fantastic op portunity you’ve given me, and I hope I can expect the same support in my future endeavors in representing you great bunch of people. Thank you again, Gary Martin From Tarleton State’s Reflec tor comes the apparently com mon complaint that the cafe teria served inferior meat in the hamburgers. Quipped one col umnist, “Cafeteria officials re taliated, saying meat is not served in the hamburgers. The investigation was quickly drop ped.” University of Minnesota per sonal, found in the Daily: “Dear Computer Dater — All you sent me were bird watchers, toe counters, and used car salesmen. Carefully fold and mutilate my IBM card and stick it in your ear . . . Susie Creamcheese.” Also this one: “Party — Band — need girls this Saturday for arch itects . . . 331-7961.” Would you believe need girls for spring Military Weekend ? Oh, sorry— SENATE (Continued From Page 1) markings “with the specific ex emption of ‘Beat the hell out of TU’ on the roof of Sbisa Hall.” AFTER MUCH discussion and an unsuccessful attempt to ex empt the Academic Building, the motion passed 29-15. Reinert, Curriculum Reform Committee chairman, reported that the College of Liberal Arts had submitted before the Univer sity Curriculum committee pro posed curricula for next year. After studying them. Reinert said he felt that the new curricula would give students a chance to choose more courses than in the past. The proposed curricula would require more than 24 hours but allow no more than 33 in a major field. This, he said, gives the student a chance to take almost anything he wants. He asked the Senate to pass a resolution en dorsing the proposed curricula in the Liberal Arts program. The resolution passed without dis sent. REINERT ALSO said, in re sponse to a question, that his committee could look into a Black Studies program at A&M if the Senate wished. Hannigan said that a commit tee had been formed by the uni versity, with Cooper as head, to work with the black students. “They are working,” Hannigan said, “to put more books on the subject in the Library, and on curriculum changes to bring in black studies, black professors, black coaches and black students and athletes.” • The Senate also spent some time discussing the “Sweetheart Ring,” a small replica of the Aggie ring for women. The Ring Committee had voted to eliminate the ring after the class of 1972. Earyl Davis, senior class presi dent, was violently opposed to the action. He said that the ring had been a tradition since 1944, and that many former students bought them for their wives. Maddox pointed out that the ring could possibly be worn by someone other than a wife, such as a daughter. During the general discussion the idea of substituting a pin for the ring was mentioned. Robert Edgecomb moved that the ring be available to the class of ’69 or earlier. After further discussion a motion was made to table Edegcomb’s motion, where upon he withdrew it. After the matter was put aside to make way for further business, the ruling by the Ring Committee with respect to the class of ’72 was still in effect. THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax- supported, non-profit, self-supporting educational enter prise edited and operated by students as a university and community newspaper. LETTERS POLICY Letters to the editor should be typed, double-spaced, and must be no more than 300 words in length. They must be signed, although the writer’s name will be with held by arrangement with the editor. Address corre spondence to Listen Up, The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas 77843. MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association The Battalioi Texas year ; $6.50 per full year. All sub. sales tax. Advertising rate furnish 3.50 per semester; $6 per school All subscriptions subject to 4% Mail subscriptions are $3.50 pei : full year. All sul ertising rate furnisl ttalion. Room 217, Services Building, College Station, 77843. ed on request. Address: Members of the Student Publications Board are: Jim Lindsey, chairman; Dr. David Bowers, College of Liberal Colie Arts; F. S. White, Clark, College of Vi lege of Agriculture. David STii eterinary Medicine; and ivid Bowe: of Engin eering Hal 1 Donald R. Taylor, Col- student newspaper at Texas A&M is Station, Texas daily except Saturday, The Battalion, published in College Station, Texas daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, September through May, and once a week during summer school. rest Services, Inc., Francisco. tonally by National Educational Advertising York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all new dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. EDITOR JOHN W. FULLER Managing Editor Dave Mayes Sports Editor John Platzer News Editor Bob Palmer Staff Columnists John McCarroll, Mike Plake, Monty Stanley, Jan Moulden Staff Writers Tom Curl, Janie Wallace, Tony Huddleston, David Middlebrooke Assistant Sports Editor Richard Campbell Photographer W. R. Wright “A PLACE FOR YOU AT J&L JONES & LAUGHLIN STEEL CORPORATION Will Be Interviewing Candidates For Career Opportunities On March 7, 1969 For Further Details Check With Your Placement Office an equal opportunity employer mean to glorify the mili- The Fish Drill Team fields 31 new members Saturday in defense of the 1968 national champion ship. Be it herewith and forever more known that on Feb. 16, 1969, the Daily Texan came out with a “Footnote” on the edi torial page in which our favor ite, Merry Clark, did not once refer to the heroics, spunk, or stubbornness of her favorite, “the editor.” Sour grapes award of the sea son — a three week vacation for two in North Zulch — goes to the guy who wrote the Daily Texan’s sports column on the last A&M-tu game, the 70-69 job. Among this clown’s more inter esting remarks were allusions to Jollie Rollie’s inadequate bleach er arrangements. Apparently he is setting Gregory Gym up as an example of a really classy bas ketball joint. Most of the rest of his article is developed around what a swell game tu played, which they did. But what he receives the recog nition for are the utterly point less lines exemplified by this de scription of G. Rollie and the Ags: “It holds 8,000 (We as sumed people, but after seeing some men in khaki we were less sure).” Man, that’s really a dead ly zinger, huh? With hard-hit ting stuff like that, this guy could battle it out with Don Rickies. He goes on to tell of those bad, bad Aggies — who yell at games so much that “All you can think of is that awful screeching, Banshee type of roar that surrounds everything.” No joke, he wrote that in the Daily Texan. He even had the audacity to spell “teasips” with a capital “T”. The Washington Birthday Cele bration Parade and Drill Team meet at Laredo will be the Ag gies’ first competition of 1968-69. Commander George Barrientos of San Antonio will lead the unit into the 10-team event at Martin High School’s Shirley Field Satur day afternoon. tion, basic and exhibition drill. David R. Calvert of Shreveport is guidon bearer and Larry Lar sen of Dallas, executive officer and right guide. perma-crease Westbury Slacks Itoii 5tntn umbtrtfitp men's t® choo )eseg 329 University Drive igregatio Collexe Sution, Text! Senior adviser Mike Casey of Houston said the freshmen face tough competition in Sam Hous ton State’s Lowman Rifles, the Marion Guard of St. Mary’s Uni versity; Texas A&I’s Kings Rifles and teams of the University of Texas, Austin and Arlington; Southwest Texas State, Trinity University and Tarleton. St. Mary’s and Sam Houston were winners at the fall Houston com petition. “This is the largest Fish Drill Team ever,” Casey said. “We’ll have 38 team members at Laredo, of which 31 will march.” The Laredo meet will include inspec- G\ibu>d!ll (EJnSuAOM cent For Complete Insurance Service Dial 823-8231 Ray Criswell, Sr.; Ray Criswell, Jr. “Insure Well With Criswell” 2201 S. 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