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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1969
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Reinert-Foye Talk Livens
Meeting At Coffee Loft
By TOM CURL
Battalion Staff Writer
, A. direct confrontation between
, member of the A&M Student
nate and the local organizer
[the Students for a Democratic
Society made up one of the storm
ier moments at a student meeting
last week in the Coffee Loft.
A1 Reinert, a junior student
senator, was involved in a heated
exchange of words with Brian
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A nationally recognized author-
ly on marriage and family life,
h\ Henry Bowman of Austin will
e the third speaker in a series
f Marriage Forums Tuesday.
Bowman, a sociology professor
t the University of Texas at
lustin, also will address students
larch 25. Both sessions will be
t7:30 p.m. in the Physics Build-
ag, Room 321.
Prior speakers were Dr. Sidney
lamilton, North Texas State and
)r. Robert Ledbetter, an Austin
narriage counselor.
An A&M professor, Dr. Bardin
L Nelson, will be the last speaker
n April 1.
The Marriage Forum is spon-
ored by the Programs Committee
f the YMCA. Earlier sessions
ttracted overflow crowds.
Bowman will first discuss “Sex
Human Relations-Premarital,”
nd later, “Sex in Human Rela-
ions-Marital.” Questions to be
nswered in the first session in-
lude “Premarital sexual rela-
iions,” “What ideals and stand-
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’etro Opera
l| finger Will
Appear Here
r w J A 6-foot-6, low-pitch voiced
nan who might be mistaken for
football or basketball player
ut of uniform will sing selec-
I ions from operatic greats here
11 Wednesday.
Jerome Hines, the Metropoli
an Opera’s renowned American
lass, will appear at 8 p.m. in the
inal Rotary Community Series
rformance of 1968-69.
_ .^^_The Rotary performance is
I a t G. Rollie White
II] loliseum so A&M students will
|| V lave a better opportunity to at-
and, announced Town Hall
uhairman Louis Adams of Kings-
nlle.
Admission to Hines’ unique
-dramatized concert will be by
5Ss ^ Rotary season ticket, Town Hall
aason ticket and student activity
tard. A reserved seat section
will be marked for Rotary Pa
wns, Adams noted. Town Hall
season tickets and activity cards
*dll provide general admission at
ao extra cost.
A regular visitor to the major
opera houses of the world, Jer
ome Hines boasts a repertoire of
die greatest operatic roles for
tosses. The first half of his
A&M appearance will be in usual
Wncert hall style.
The remaining portion will
_ sample his extensive background,
I 0^ ' lre3en bi n S operatic arias in dra-
I ^fl toatic form with costume and
■ W makeup.
Among character portrayals
fciven by Hines will be the Death
Scene from Moussorgsky’s “Boris
Godounov,” a work long associ-
oted with the Met star that has
Oeen sung throughout the world,
including the Bolshoi Theatre in
Moscow.
On two separate Bolshoi visits
i ae W on thunderous applause for
bis portrayal of Czar Boris in
*hat the Russians consider their
tational opera. Hines was the
first American-born basso to sing
file role in the USSR.
Hines was born in Hollywood,
studied voice under Gennaro Cur-
ci and made his professional de
but in “H.M.S. Pinafore” at Los
Angeles.
The husband of former so
prano Lucia Evangelista and fa
ther of four boys has been sing
ing at the Met since 1946.
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Association. Your Sav
ings Center, since 1919.
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ards of sex morality are held?,”
“How may standards be estab
lished?,” “Do Present day stand
ards make sense?,” and “Is there
a sexual revolution?”
The distinguished educator and
author joined the University of
Texas faculty in 1965. He served
in 1958-59 as president of the
National Council on Family Rela
tions. The council is an organiza
tion of 3,000 members including
teachers, physicians, clergymen,
attorneys, social workers and psy
chologists concerned with mar
riage and the family.
His book, “(Marriage for Mod
ems,” has had several editions in
the states and has been trans
lated into several foreign langu
ages. Films have been produced
in correlation with the book and
a television course has been de
veloped.
Another book is “A Christian
Interpretation of Marriage.”
The weekly Marriage Forum
series is designed to give “ade
quate information to young peo
ple who are interested in the
many problems of marriage,”
Logan Weston said.
Weston, YMCA general secre
tary, added “These forums pre
sent factual information which
serves primarily as a basis for
helping solve problems and
answer questions which arise
prior to and after marriage.”
Former Leftist
To Speak At
Issues Meet
A former Maoist Progressive
Labor Party member who defect
ed to the FBI will discuss “The
New Left” here Tuesday.
Phillip Abbott Luce went the
New Left route all the way him
self and will talk on his experi
ences at the 8 p.m. Great Issues
presentation in the Memorial Stu
dent Center Ballroom.
Luce became involved with
“Revolution” in 1958 at the age
of 20. Before he left the move
ment seven years later, he wrote
for the Communist “Worker”
newspaper and trained in subver
sion, forgery, wiretapping, es
pionage and assassination. He
traveled in Cuba, helped stock
pile weapons in New York, draft
ed the original declaration calling
on young men to refuse to fight
in Vietnam, participated in a
demonstration before the House
Committee on Un-American Ac
tivities and edited the “Progres
sive Labor” magazine.
Since reporting all he knew to
the Federal Bureau, Luce has
written three books and numer
ous magazine articles on his New
Left experiences. He lectures
and debates before civic groups
and college audiences across the
nation.
He once appeared to speak on
the campus of a state institution
in sandals and a white robe.
A consultant to the House Com
mittee on Un-American Activi
ties and the Young Americans
for Freedom (YAF), Luce also
has lectured at the U. S. Air
Force Special Air Warfare
School’s Counter - Insurgency
Course.
His books include “Road to
Revolution,” “The New Left” and
“An Intelligent Student’s Guide
to Survival.”
Luce became a free-wheeling
“activist” in 1960 and a secret
member of the Chinese-oriented
progressive Labor Party in 1963.
Before working in to the inner
most circles of the Maoist Pro
gressive Labor Party, Luce earn
ed a master’s degree at Ohio
State University.
Foye, a senior economics major
and local SDS organizer.
The meeting, actually held on
the ground floor of the United
Campus Christian Fellowship
(UCCF) building, was called by
Len Berry, head of the Campus
Committee of Concern and editor
of “Evolution,” an off-campus
publication started in September
that has expressed dissatisfaction
with policies of the university
administration.
BERRY SAID in the latest edi
tion of the newsletter that the
meeting was being called to al
low students to express their
opinions concerning “Evolution”
and to ask questions of represent
atives of the local SDS organiza
tion. The meeting generally fol
lowed the planned format with
Foye explaining the SDS and its
goals at A&M until Reinert, who
had come in late, asked to be
allowed to defend the Student
Senate’s actions.
He told Berry that perhaps a
publication like “Evolution” was
needed at A&M but that, in his
opinion, the editors were alien
ating the Corps of Cadets, which
are an influential segment of the
student body.
“You people consider the Corps
of Cadets a big stumbling block,
but you don’t try to communicate
with the Corps,” Reinert charged.
“IF YOU WANT these things
done (changes called for by “Evo
lution”), you have to communi
cate with them (the Corps),” he
added.
Reinert said that if students
want to successfully communicate
with administrators, they will
have to be courteous and respect
ful. He added that students must
go through proper administrative
channels and “pour their coffee.”
“You shouldn’t have to do that,”
Foye exclaimed as he leaped onto
the stage serving as a speaker’s
rostrum. Foye asked about p ob-
lems he claims the Student Senate
is ineffective in solving, including
the fact that there are no stu
dents on the A&M Student Pub
lications Board.
“I think it (the board) should
be run by students, but they (ad
ministrators) don’t like it that
way; you have to take it easy
to get what you want,” Reinert
answered.
He then said that although the
Student Senate occasionally needs
reminding of its duties to stu
dents, it is not always to blame
for lack of results.
“Just because you kick us and
nothing happens, it’s not neces
sarily our fault,” he added.
“IT’S NOT just the senators,
you won’t get anywhere by dem
onstrating; they’ll just kick your
butts out of school,” said Richard
Worth, a student who had come
to the meeting with Reinert.
Earlier in the evening, Berry
had explained the purpose of the
meeting.
“We wanted to know if you
were in agreement with the dis
satisfaction of the administration
that we express in “Evolution,”
he commented.
Foye had expressed his views
on the issues at A&M and the
(See Reinert-Foye, Page 4)
Two Poll ing Places
Set For Elections
Students voting for class of
ficers in Thursday’s election may
go to one of two polling places,
Tommy Henderson, Election Com
mission vice-president announced.
The polls will be open from
8 a. m. to 7:30 p. m. and located
in the basement at the Memorial
Student Center and the basement
of the YMCA. Students are to
enter the YMCA through the door
marked Student Publications,
Henderson said.
“Students must have their
spring activity card and identifi
cation card to vote. If students
haven’t picked up their new activ
ity cards they may pick them up
at the Athletic Business office in
G. Rollie White Coliseum before
Thursday,” he added.
Results of the election will be
posted at the MSC Student Pro
gram office as soon as they are
available.
“All students are urged to vote
in this important election.”
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.
—Adv.
Students Back Bill
To Lower Vote Age
Carter To Report
To Solons Today
JUNIOR CLASS SWEETHEART
Martha Walters, 18-year-old brown-eyed brunette from
Orange, smiles beside her escort, Dickie Hicks of Bandera,
after receiving the traditional roses and ribbon of the Jun
ior Sweetheart. Miss Walters won over four other finalists
at Saturday’s Junior Ball.
School Board Sets
Narcotics Policy
By TONY HUDDLESTON
Battalion Staff Writer
The A&M Consolidated Inde
pendent School Board trustees
adopted a resolution Tuesday,
making it an expellant offense
for students convicted of a mis
demeanor or felony involving
narcotics.
The board also resolved that
any student caught with a dan
gerous drug in his possession at
school or at a school-approved
function would be brought before
the board to determine whether
the student is guilty. If found
guilty, the board ruled the vio
lator will be expelled for the
balance of the semester and will
receive no credit for the semes
ter.
The board elected Luther Jones
of 900 Hereford as election judge
for the April 5 school trustee
election. The board also chose
George Draper of 1013 Walton,
assistant judge; and elected Mrs.
Sara Holmgreen of College Sta
tion and Mrs. C. J. Leabo of 1305
Walton Drive, clerks. The clerks
were elected from a list of appli
cants submitted by the League of
Women Voters.
The board approved the ap
pointment of Hoy Richards of
1703 Glade, Tony Sorenson of
Miller Lane, and Otto Kuntz of
1002 Miller to the Board of
Equalization.
The board agreed to purchase
two new buses for the next school
year. One, a 54-passenger vehicle,
and the other, a 72-passenger, are
both equipped with automatic
transmissions.
In other action, the board ap-
Gobble, Gobble
The Battalion in FYiday’s issue
misspelled the name of William
H. Seele, a candidate for senior
class concessions manager, in its
listing of candidates for the
Thursday class elections.
proved bids from Porterfield Con
struction Company for the repair
ing of parking lot No. 1 at A&M
Consolidated High School, and
the paving of sidewalks at College
Hills Elementary School. Porter
field bid $.85 per square foot of
pavement for the first project,
and $440 total cost on the second
bid.
A&M Consolidated’s Props
Association asked for funds to
buy new curtains and lighting -
facilities for the auditorium au
thorized to the group by the
board. Spokesmen for the group
said that lighting would cost
$1880, and that a new front cur
tain would cost $887. The board
agreed to make a decision at a
later date.
The board agreed to give
Tommy Preston of 621 Columbus,
the permission to move two
buildings from the Lincoln Park
site.
WEATHER
Wednesday — Cloudy to partly
cloudy. Winds light & variable.
High 74. low 42.
Thursday—Partly cloudy. Wind
Southerly 5 to 10 mph. High
76, low 49.
6 Batt’ Wins Photo,
Writing Awards
over the weekend at the 39th an
nual Southwestern Journalism
Congress at the University of
Houston.
Sports Editor John Platzer,
senior journalism major from
League City, placed second in
sports column writing. The Bat
talion’s picture story on the build
ing of last November’s Bonfire
placed third in picture page com
petition.
Tom Curl, junior journalism
major from San Juan, was elected
parliamentarian of the Congress
for 1969-70. Curl is a staff writer
for the Battalion, managing editor
of the Agriculturist magazine and
president of the Agricultural
Communications Club.
The Congress is made up of 15
universities and colleges from
Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and
Oklahoma.
The A&M delegation also in
cluded Battalion Editor John Ful
ler, Managing Editor Davis Mayes
and Staff Writer David Berry,
and Dr. David R. Bowers of the
Department of Journalism.
FIRST BANK & TRUST—Home
of the Super CD- 5% interest
compounded daily.
Students Monday favored by
nearly a 2-to-l margin the adop
tion of a proposal before the
Texas legislature to lower the
state’s voting age, according to
Gerald Geistweidt, president of
the Election Commission.
Although 1,192 students ap
proved the proposal in the Sen
ate referendum, as compared to
637 opposed, students were divid
ed on whether the proper voting
age should be 18, 19 or 20.
Favoring 18 years of age were
516 votes; 19 years, 552 votes
and 20 years, 124 votes.
“I’m pleased with the results
— the referendum supports the
Senate Student position,” Bill
Carter, president, said. Carter
was to have used the results of
the referendum to speak for the
student body before a state leg
islative committee today.
“THE REFERENDUM has re
inforced my own reasoning for
lowering the voting age,” Carter
said. “Students are more mature
physically and mentally than
students of the past. Largely
due to the effects of mass media,
they are also much better in
formed.”
“The student revolution, the
trend to the new left, cannot be
stopped until students are able
to participate more in the gov
ernmental processes of the na
tion. Dissatisfaction is caused
when students believe they have
no voice,” Carter explained.
Students also wrote reasons
for their choices on the refer
endum ballot.
“Better communication and ed
ucation were two reasons cited
most often for lowering the vot
ing age,” Geistweidt said. Many
also employed the argument that
if a person is old enough to fight,
he is also old enough to vote.
“STUDENTS opposed to any
voting age reform admitted that
young people might be more edu
cated than in the past, but
argued that they are still not
emotionally mature before age
Freshmen Win
OwnDrillMeet
Over 11 Teams
The Fish Drill Team won the
university’s annual invitational
drill meet Saturday for the second
straight year.
Units of Sam Houston State
College, St. Mary’s University
and Prairie View A&M also won
trophies in the 11-team meet.
The A&M freshmen, defending
national champions, won first
place trophies in the inspection
and fancy drill phases of the
meet, totaling 980 points of a
possible 1,250 for the master tro
phy. A&M also won a Laredo
competition last month. Com
mander is George Barrientos of
San Antonio.
Sam Houston’s Lowman Rifles,
commanded by Thomas K. Free
man, took first place in basic and
third in fancy. The overall A&M
meet winner of 1967 posted an
aggregate 968 score.
The St. Mary’s University
Marian Guard, commanded by
John P. Joslin, captured the sec
ond place fancy drill and third
place basic drill awards.
Fh-airie View’s Pershing Rifles
with Morris Price out front took
second in the basic phase.
Other contending teams were
the University of Houston Cou
gar Rifles, Texas A&I King’s
Rifles, University of Texas at El
Paso Company H-17 Pershing
Rifles and University of Texas at
Austin Buccaneers.
A&M Dean of Students James
P. Hannigan, who presented
awards, also recognized the UTEP
Sponsor Corps, a girls’ team that
marched in exhibition.
21,” Geistweidt added.
Also, the ballot solicited stu
dent opinions concerning the ef
fectiveness of the Senate. More
than 100 suggestions will be re
ferred to committees, Geistweidt
said.
Commenting on the small turn
out for the poll, Carter said, “I
can’t say I’m pleased, but under
the circumstances — the little
opportunity for publicity, the bad
weather, and the conducting of
the poll on a Monday — I wasn’t
expecting a big turnout.”
REP. W. S. HEATLY JR.
Rep To Speak
Wednesday On
Texas Budget
The chairman of the powerful
state House Appropriations Com
mittee, Rep. W. S. (Bill) Heatly
Jr., will speak here Wednesday
on Texas governmental finances
and the budget.
Heatly’s talk, “When A Budget
Won’t Budge . . .,” will be pre
sented in a Political Forum noon
luncheon at the Memorial Stu
dent Center, announced chairman
Ron Hinds.
“This presentation should shed
some light on the often mis
understood process of budgeting
in Texas government,” comment
ed Wayne Gosnell of Humble,
Political Forum publicity chair
man.
Sack lunches will be for sale at
the meeting in Rooms 2A and B
of the MSC.
Heatly, now serving an un
precedented fourth term as Ap
propriations Committee chair
man, has been cited for his dis
tinguished service on several oc
casions. The 60th legislature
passed a resolution in his honor.
Howard Payne College last
May conferred upon him an hon
orary doctor of laws degree.
Elected to the House for the
first of seven terms in 1954, the
representative has served on the
budget board and appropriations
committee since, except in 1961-
62.
After graduation in 1930 from
Mart High where he quarter-
backed 15 consecutive football
wins, Heatly worked in Dallas.
In the midst of the depression, he
enrolled at Decatur Baptist Col
lege and made all-state quarter
back two years.
From Decatur he went to Bay
lor for B.A. and LL.B. degrees,
the latter conferred in 1936. He
was an attorney in Dallas and
Beaumont and practiced law in
Wichita Falls before moving to
Paducah.
The state government leader
and his wife, the former Jonnie
Green Hawkins of Wichita Falls,
have three sons. Gene is an as
sistant attorney general in Aus
tin; Bill, assistant district attor
ney in Fort Worth, and Stan, a
University of Texas at Austin
student.
Mrs. Heatly is a Texas Wom
an’s University graduate, with
two degrees awarded in 1935.