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THE BATTALIOin
College Station, Texas Friday, May, 4, 19G2
BATTALION EDITORIALS
‘Path - Making' Apathy
Needs Fresh Approach
The signs now says, “Don’t Be A Path-Maker,” but what
really is the difference?
For over three weeks various pleas have been made to
students to refrain from walking on grass and paths on cam
pus, with little results.
The average student seems to take the efforts as a
personal insult, with the end-result not decreased, but in
creased, walking on grass.
The Battalion feels the principle is a good one, and a
definite need. But are such efforts necessary on a campus
composed of young men, many of whom are qualified voters
in Saturday’s election primaries?
A Student Senator said Thursday night that the new
signs, which replace “Keep Off the Grass” signs, are “more
mature than the original ones.”
It seems to us that the new placards will be viewed in
the same light, with their destruction the end result. Even
though the small signs were in place at dusk Thursday,
chances are they have been removed by now.
A&M has always been known for its beautiful campus,
and The Battalion hopes it always will be. As a result to the
current problem, and anyone can readily see that there is a
problem, we feel a new approach should be attempted.
As long as authoritarian notices are posed on campus,
students will take added delight In exercising their class
privileges to walk on the grass.
A new approach, appealing to a student’s sense of pride
and loyalty, may not produce the needed results, but we feel
it would be more effective than the current attempts.
Sound Off-
Student Wants
Integration Poll
Editor,
The Battalion:
It is very interesting to note
that the student body will be giv
en a chance to express an opin
ion on three issues that are per
tinent to the future of A&M.
Church News
The results of the opinion poll,
I believe, would be much more
beneficial if the following ques
tion could be included: Should
A&M be integrated in the near
future ?
A&M Church of Christ
Sunday—Radio sermon, WTAW,
8 a.m.; Bible classes,'9:45 a.m.;
morning worship, “What Hap
pened Next,” 10:45 a.m.; young
people’s classes, 6:15 p.m.; Ag
gie class, 6:30 p.m.; and evening
worship, “Practical Holiness,”
7:15 p.m.
Wednesda y—Ladies’ Bible
class, 9:30 a.m., and mid-week
service, 7:15 p.m.
A&M Presbyterian Church
Sunday—Aggie welcome cof
fee, 9:30 a.m.; Church school,
9:45 a.m.; morning worship, “A
Spiritual Sun,” 11 d.m.; leagues,
5 p.m.; and Board of Deacons
meeting, 6:30 p.m.
The reaction could be very sur
prising.
Robert Wakefield, ’62
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Poll Issues
To Be Aired
Next Week
Primary Absentee Voting
Shows Interest, Apathy
Wednesday’s announcement of
next week’s informal student
opinion poll has probably pro
voked more student thought and
interest than any issue on cam
pus in recent years.
In the light of this interest.
The Battalion next week will
publish “pro and con” articles
on all three proposals to be pre
sented in next Wednesday’s vot
ing.
The articles will be written by
different students, faculty and
staff members, and are designed
for only one purpose;—to hon
estly acquaint voters with the
issues in question.
The Battalion will make no ef
fort whatsoever to attempt to
persuade voters as to how to vote.
In a group of issues this impor
tant, we believe our opinion
couldn’t make that much differ
ence. The decision is with each
student and his honest beliefs
and convictions, nothing else.
In next Tuesday’s edition of
The Battalion, pro and con views
will be presented on the compuls
ory Corps of Cadets question.
The following day, articles will
be published on the coed and
name-change issues.
We will also make every effort
to publish as many letters as
possible concerning the election
questions. Naturally space lim
itations will prevent publishing
all letters, but all efforts will
be made to publish as many as
possible.
The actual election will be held
from 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Wednes
day in the breeze-way adjacent to
the bowling* lanes in the Memo
rial Student Center.
An administration request trig
gered the poll, which is expected
to carry heavy weight in the
findings of the Century Study,
now in progress.
By The Associated Press
Absentee ballots throughout
Texas Thursday spelled out* a
curious mixture of keen interest
and apathy in Saturday’s pri
mary elections.
At least three counties report
ed record number of absentee
votes cast and half a dozen
others reported increases in the
number of absentee ballots over
previous years. From some there
were predictions of a record vote
Saturday.
But a spot check of other coun
ties showed absentee votes fall
ing short of the number cast in
1960 and in 1958.
Harris County Clerk R. E. Tur-
rentine in the populous Houston
ai*ea predicted the largest pri
mary turnout in history. Absen
tee voting, which ended Tuesday
night, totaled 3,364 Democrats
and 507 Republicans and Turx*en-
tine predicted a turnout Satur
day of 180,000 to 200,000 Demo
crats and 12,500 to 18,000 Repub
licans. In 1960 in Harris County
a record 165,000 votes were cast
with absentee ballots totaling
only 2,758 and no Republican pri
mary held.
In Travis County, absentee vot
ing hit a record of 2,726 includ
ing 172 Republicans with mail
ballots still arriving. The old
max*k was 1,473.
Hidalgo and Gregg counties al
so set new voting records.
Among the other counties
showing gains were Tarrant, Ti
tus and Hutchinson.
Recording losses from previous
absentee balloting were Midland
Dallas, Webb, Cameron and
Wichita counties. Other coun
ties reported their totals about
the same as in previous years.
Here is how the vote ran in
various counties:
Wichita (Wichita Falls)—To
tal vote 514 with 112 ballots still
out and 14,000 votes expected.
The 1960 primary election had
525 absentee voters and a total
vote of 21,049.
Webb (Laredo) — Very low
turnout. Seventy-four Democrats
and seven Republicans voted with
seven still out in the mail against
a normal absentee ballot total of
more than 200.
Bexar (San Antonio)—A total
of 2,143 Democrats and 306 Re
publicans.
Dallas (Dallas) — Total of
1,406 Democrats and 338 Repub-
icans, against 2,376 cast in 1958
by Democrats and 337 by Repub
licans.
Tarrant (Fort Worth)—1,154
total including 152 Republicans
against 1,050 in 1960.
Taylor (Abilene)—Total of 518
cast including 61 GOP, with 97
mailed out.
Midland (Midland)—A total of
938 including 188 Republican
with a last-day rush totaling 469
the last day. Total of 980, all
Democratic votes, cast in 1960.
ELECT
W. D. (Davis) Burley
Your
District Clerk
Attended Texas A&M
College three years.
U. S. Armed Forces, four
year (World War II)
Veterans Service Officer,
Brazos County ten years.
Chief Deputy, office of
County Tax Assessor-
Collector, three years.
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