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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Tuesday, March 19, 1963
BATTALION EDITORIALS
Handling Of ‘Resignation
Puts College In Squeeze
The college suffered probably its worst public relations
setback of the current year last weekend as a result of Ath
letic Director Hank Foldberg’s poor handling of the “resigna
tion” of head basketball mentor Bob Rogers.
Foldberg received Rogers’ “resignation” Thursday morn
ing but would not release the news until Friday afternoon.
Needless to say, this alienated newsmen, especially sport-
writers, across the state. In addition, the incident was an
additional black mark fc*" Foldberg with the Texas sports-
writing fraternity.
In only a year on the job, Foldberg has already issued
a statement that interviews with all football players must be
cleared by him, and on several occasions last fall the head
football coach closed Aggie dressing room doors to sports-
writers after games. This latest incident may only serve to
make Aggie athletic relations with the press even more
strained.
Professors’ Group Backs Fired Prof
An organization of college and
university professors believes Dr.
Rupert C. Koeninger was dismiss
ed from the faculty at Sam Hous
ton State last year without a
showing of adequate cause.
An investigating committe of
the American Association of Uni
versity Professors reached this
conclusion in a report published
Friday in the spring issue of the
AAUP Bulletin.
According to the two-member
committee, Koeninger “appears
to have done no more than simply
exercise his rights as a citizen.”
“If Koeninger was dismissed on
political grounds of the nature
discussed in this repoi't, such dis
missal constitutes a clear viola
tion of academic freedom,” the re
port said.
The report said SHSTC Presi
dent Dr. Hannon bowman
Koeninge that his services wi
be terminated because some mas
bers of the Board of Regentst«
opposed certain political ad
ties in which he had engagd
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Future Dates
In addition to depriving the public of its right to know,
Foldberg’s latest action also accomplished the following:
1. News of Rogers’ “resignation” had leaked out and at
least one Houston newspaper had already printed the story.
2. Newsmen seeking details of the rumor were unable to
get details from a central source.
3. The sports publicity director says he was one of the
last persons to find out details of the news.
Throughout all the confusion that prevailed last Friday
afternoon, no reason has yet been given for the unnecessary
delay. As much as we would like to hear a reason, such a
statement will probably not be forthcoming. Even if such a
statement were to be released, critical newsmen would prob
ably not buy it.
Unfortunately, the entire college stands to suffer for
the handling of this incident, and we really have little or no
excuse.
Safeguard Is Needed
A bill that we hope will prevent future occurances such
as the present controversy over the dismissal of a professor
at Sam Houston State Teachers College seems to have strong
backing in the state legislature.
This is a bill by Rep. Maud Isaacks of El Paso to guaran
tee the political rights of teachers in state-supported colleges
and universities. The bill, which is now in subcommittee for
study, has already been co-signed by House members from
every district in the state where state-supported colleges are
located.
One witness in support of the bill, University of Texas
law professor Corwin W. Johnson, said the bill “would safe
guard the exercise of a teacher’s right to engage in political
activities.” He added that this would not mean that a teacher
could use the classroom for political purposes.
Even though incidents involving teachers’ political rights
are rare and most colleges seem quite fair about the issue,
we would agree that the state could use such a law. Nothing
is more embasassing than an incident such as the Sam Hous
ton case, where no law can be referred to for an answer.
The state has already suffered because of the Sam Hous
ton incident. The least we can do is see that it doesn’t happen
again.
Bulletin Board
Institute of Aerospace Sciences
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room
229 of the Chemistry Building.
M. M. Alexander of General
Dynamics in Fort Worth will
speak.
Physical Education Wives Club
will meet at 8 p.m. at Hanson’s
Meat Market.
American Society of Mechani
cal Engineers will meet at 7:30
p.m. in Rooms 3-B and 3-C of
the MSC.
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EDITOR
Managing Editor
Sports Editor
Gerry Brown Associate Editor
Dan Louis, Ronnie Fann News Editors
Kent Johnston, Glenn Dromgoole, David Morgan, Clovis
McCallister, John Wright Staff Writers
Jim Bulter, Adrian Adair Assistant Sports Editors
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“ . . . Somehow I feel I was a failure during Career Day!
I showed those high school boys displays, demonstrations
and departments, but they seemed more interested in learn
ing about Babo bombs, water-fighting and mess hall slang!”
Sound Off
Editor,
The Battalion:
I read with interest your March
8 story on Maritime Academy
funds.
This is a time for students and
friends of the TMA and A&M to
actively support this program. Al
though the House did not include
the academy in its appropria
tions measure, we should keep the
following in mind:
1. There is every reason to be
lieve the Senate finance commit
tee will include the A&M appro
priation for the academy;
There is a possibility that the
House will consider a second small
omnibus appropriations bill with
in a few weeks which will include
Gov. Connally’s recommendations
and funds for the academy;
3. The final appropriation mea
sure passed this session by both
the House and Senate will prob
ably be increased by more than
$40 million (ample funds to in
clude $222,000 for the state’s two-
year share of the academy’s oper
ation) ;
4. The conference committee of
both houses — as it did last
session^— will do the right thing
by both A&M and the academy.
The administration of A&M has
shown outstanding leadership in
both the new fields of nuclear
energy and the Maritime Aca
demy as it relates to our state’s
maritime commerce. The aca
demy is a worthwhile part of
A&M and is deserving of our
continued and best efforts.
Peter P. LaValle
Galveston County Judge
TODAY
Texas Agricultural Extension
Service conference (through Wed
nesday)
Baseball, varsity vs. Sul Ross
WEDNESDAY
Reunion, Class of 1918
Begin filing for general elec
tions
THURSDAY
Student Senate
Highway geology symposium
(through Friday)
FRIDAY
Reunion, Class of 1933 (through
Saturday)
SATURDAY
Junior prom and banquet
Baseball, varsity vs. Baylor
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AMONG MY KINFOLK
My favorite cousin, Mandolin Glebe, a sweet, unspoiled country
boy, has just started college. Today I got a letter from him
which I will reprint here because I know Mandolin’s problems
are so much like your own. Mandolin writes:
Dear Mandolin (he thinks my name is Mandolin too),
I see by the college paper that you are writing a column for
Marlboro Cigarettes. I think Marlboros are jim-dandy cig
arettes with real nice tobacco and a ginger-peachy filter, and
I want to tell you why I don’t smoke them.
It all started the very first day I arrived at college. I was
walking across the campus, swinging my paper valise and sing
ing traditional airs like Blue Tail Fly and Death and Trans-
figuration, when all of a sudden I ran into this here bollegiate-
looking fellow with a monogram on his breast pocket. He asked
me was I a freshman. I said yes. He asked me did I want to
be a BMOC and the envy of all the in crowd. I said yes. He
said the only way to make these keen things happen was to join
a fraternity. Fortunately he happened to have a pledge card
with him, so he pricked my thumb and I signed. He didn’t tell
me the name of the fraternity or where it is located, but I sup
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Meanwhile this fellow comes around every week to collect
the dues, which are $100, plus a $10 fine for missing the weekly
meeting, plus a $5 assessment to buy a headstone for Spot, the
late, beloved beagle who was the fraternity mascot.
I have never regretted joining the fraternity, because it is
my dearest wish to be a BMOC and the envy of all the in
crowd, but you can see that it is not cheap. It wouldn’t be so
bad if I slept at the frat house, but you must agree that I can’t
sleep at the house if I don’t know where the house is.
I have rented a room which is not only grotesquely expen
sive, but it is not at all the kind of room I was looking for. I
wanted someplace reasonably priced, clean, comfortable, and
within easy walking distance of classes, the shopping district,
and San Francisco and New York. What I found was a bedroom
in the home of a local costermonger which is dingy, expensive,
and uncomfortable—and I don’t even get to use the bed till
7 a.m. when my landlord goes out to mong his costers.
Well anyhow, I got settled and the next thing I did, naturally,
was to look for a girl. And I found her. Harriet, her name is, a
beautiful creature standing just under seven feet high and weigh
ing 385 pounds. I first spied her leaning against the statue of
the Founder, dozing lightly. I talked to her for several hours
without effect. Only when I mentioned dinner did she stir. Her
milky little eyes opened, she raised a brawny arm, seized mj
nape, and carried me to a chic French restaurant called h
Clipjoint where she consumed, according to my calculations,
her own weight in Chateaubriand.
After dinner she lapsed into a torpor from which I could not
rouse her, no matter how I tried. I banged my glass with a
fork, I pinched her great pendulous jowls, I rubbed the legs of
my corduroy pants together. But nothing worked, and finally
I slang her over my shoulder and carried her to the girls dorm,
slipping several discs dn the process.
Fortunately, medical care for students is provided free at the
college infirmary. All I had to pay for were a few extras, like
X-rays, anaesthesia, forceps, hemostats, scalpels, catgut, linen,
towels, amortization, and nurses. They would not,, however,
let me keep the nurses.
So, dear cousin, it is lack of funds, not lack of enthusiasm,
that is keeping me from Marlboro Cigarettes—dear, good
Marlboros with their fine blend of choice tobaccos and their
pure white Selectrate filter and their soft pack and their flip
top box.
Well, I must close now. My pencil is wore out and I can’t
afford another. Keep ’em flying.
Yr. cousin Mandolin Glebe
© 1963 MaxShuImM
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