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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Thursday, May 16, 1963
CADET SLOUCH
BATTALION EDITORIALS
Poll Tax Repeal Held Up
By 25 Cent Registration
Judging from reports coming out of Austin, it seems to
be the general consensus of opinion among legislators that
Texas’ outmoded poll fax is ready for retirement. However,
state politicos just can’t seem to make up their mind with
respect to exactly how they want to replace the tax.
Although it appears to be a rather minute thing, the
question is hanging on a 25 cent registration fee. Senate
members are determined to ask for 25 cents from each voter
to repay counties for the work involved, while the House
wants free registration.
Surely this should not present so much of a problem
that the proposed constitutional amendment repealing the
$1.75 tax cannot be submitted to Texas voters in November
and thus bring in a voter registration law which has long
been needed.
Whether the house and senate members decide to get
together may determine the size of the vote in the upcoming
presidential elections of 1964. With the poll tax no longer
acting as a prerequisite for voting in federal elections, a
larger and more representative vote could very well be the
result.
Should the legislature fail to take action before times
runs out, the federal government may decide the question
for them. An amendment to prohibit the poll tax as a
prerequisite for voting in federal elections has been ratified
by legislatures in 34 states, Missouri having accepted the
amendment last week. Only four more states are needed for
ratification.
We have less than two weeks to abolish our poll tax, or
we can wait around and force the federal government to solve
our problems for us.
by Jim Earle Dean Calls ASU
Ou tstandingSystem
separation of powers, a system of
checks and balances, a constitu
tion, established legislative (
cess and published statutes."
State Press, campus newspaper
at Arizona State University, re
cently published an eight-page
student government supplement
designed to give a picture of
Associated Student government
here.
According to Dean of Students
Weldon P. Shofstall, “ASU stu
dents government is one of few
outstanding governments in the
United States, because we have a
ATTENTION JUNIORS
10 Pr. Senior Boots $15 - $25.
10 Pr. Serge Boot Pants and
10 Pr. Pink Boot Pants $5 - $9.95
SOME SERGE SHIRTS AVAILABLE.
A Few Sabers In All Lengths
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Editor,
The Battalion:
Monday night several hundred
Aggies appeared at a hearing be
fore the State Affairs Committee
of the House of Representative
in support of an anti-co-education
resolution.
I spoke against the resolution.
I just want to say how much I
appreciate the conduct and be
havior of those in attendance.
They were a credit to A&M.
David Hanies, ’51
★ ★ ★
Editor,
The Battalion:
Certainly, the 1963 Bigotry
Award must be given to the Uni
versity of Texas. They have .vir
tually wrapped up the Conceit
Trophy. And I, personally, would
like to nominate the staff of The
Daily Texan for the Most As-
sinine Group on Earth presenta
tion.
It seems that The Daily Texan
staff considers itself ready to re
place the North Central Associa
tion as the accreditation organi
zation for the Southwest.
These half-witted typewriter
jockeys have declared that they
and they alone are qualified to
say whether A&M is or is not a
university. They have taken it
upon themselves to establish the
criteria which this school “must
meet.”
In their frantic efforts to seize
upon some topic for criticism of
the honest efforts by A&M to re-
eygluate its goals, the staff of
The Daily Texan has overstepped
even the most liberal bounds of
common sense.
Declaring themselves second
only to God in wisdom, The Daily
Texan has set forth an array
of qualifications which it says
A&M must meet gefore it will
accept the school as a university.
I say let A&M proceed at a
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pace established by A&M and
let the braying of the Austin
Jackasses be damned.
Paul A. Johnson, ’63
★ ★ ★
Editor,
The Battalion:
Silver Taps is one of the most
cherished traditions at Aggieland.
It is also one of the most solemn.
All lights are turned off, and
there is no smoking or talking.
It is an occasion marked with
dignity, as we pay our final tri
bute to a fellow Aggie who has
passed on.
Yet, for all this, the ceremony
is also marked by something we
would do well to try to correct.
At every Silver Taps ceremony,
and especially so at the one May
6, a good percentage of the stu
dent body appears in clothes bet
ter suited for the athletic field.
There ate two items in parti
cular which I don’t believe are
suited to the dignity of the oc
casion. The first is T-shirts and
sweat shirts. The second is rag
ged and torn clothing. I saw one
man who, I feel sure, would have
embarrassed had he
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been caught in mixed company.
I feel that the type of dress
worn to Silver Taps should be at
least such as to be in good taste
in public.
Men, shall we correct this situ
ation, or will Silver Taps become
just another symbol of medio
crity. If it is the later; if it is
too much trouble to appear in a
dignified manner; for the sake
of Aggieland and those of us who
still care about our tradition,
stay in your room and lock your
door. At least you will not dis
grace this ceremony and the
memory of the Aggie called
away.
Charles H. Maurer, ’63
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