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    THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Wednesday, April 15, 1964
BATTALION EDITORIALS
A&M Political Clubs
On Campus Are A Must
It has come time to ask: Executive Committee, just
exactly what kind of game do you think you are playing
and just what kind of mice do you think you are playing
with ?
Some weeks ago—indeed some months ago—the two
active political clubs on campus were banned from the
campus. This was a rather annoying thing in itself. How
ever, this decision has been taken in stride by the clubs,
who have diligently been seeking to gain a spot on the
campus by way of the proper channels. One of the deep
holes of that channel, where many projects drown, is the
Executive Committee.
The Executive Committee has considered, postponed,
put-off and for all practical purposes denied the clubs a
hearing by simply not making a decision. The clubs are
growing tired of the excuses the Committee continues to
hand them. And this is probably one of the objectives of
the Committee—to tire the clubs and discourage them from
pressing for a final decision, at least this would appear to
be the case.
Gentlemen of the Executive Committee—this just isn’t
cricket. Not only is it not cricket, but the original decision,
as well as the stalling tactics, to not conform to the highest
ideals of a greater University—that which we are aspiring
to become.
The decision of the Executive Committee was based on
an article of the University Regulations which also blocks
recognized clubs and organizations from inviting candidates
as speakers on campus, even if their speeches are not sched
uled to be of a political nature. The Executive Committee
is somewhat hampered by the regulation, but the members
are also in a position to recognize that such a regulation is
not in the best interest of the University and does not speak
well of a progressive, growing institution. The Committee
should take what steps it can—and there are powers at the
Committee’s disposal—to have the unfortunate regulation
removed from the articles.
A&M should not be made a political island in a great
political state. In actuality, our campus is very much in
volved in politics. It is politics—and very shrewd politics—
that determines just how well the University will fare, as
compared to other state supported schools, when the boys
in Austin begin to split the funds to go for higher education
in this state. It’s just possible that if political clubs met
on campus and political candidates were not only allowed to
visit A&M, but brought to the campus, all the state legis
lature would realize that this is not a partisan political
organization, but a superior institute of higher education
and an asset to the state’s education bank.
It should not be important that other schools in our
state have political clubs on campus, including state sup
ported schools—but they do. A&M should not have to
determine its course by what other schools do, but should
be so much farther advanced that it is setting the pace—
and in many areas it is the leader. However, in some areas
A&M is lagging far behind. Political education outside the
classroom is one area. The Executive Committee should
be the first to step forward and support the Young Republi
cans and Young Democrats in their efforts—that is if that
group is serious about wanting to assist in the betterment
of A&M.
Come on. Executive Committee, get on the bandwagon
for a greater A&M, fight for the political education of all
students. Now is even too late because valuable time in
an interesting election year has passed by, but much might
be salvaged if haste is applied. Even if the spring semester
can’t be salvaged, there is the fall semester up-coming and
the November elections.
In answer to the Committee response—an inevitable one
—that the clubs can meet off campus and have been doing
so without hindrence, it must be conceded that just the fact
that the clubs do not have a home on campus is shameful
and denies too many students an otherwise golden oppor
tunity to broaden themselves.
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“Did you hear it? When I put my dime in it mooed!’
Goldwater Gets Easy Win
In Illinois Primary
CHICAGO <A>) — Sen. Barry
Goldwater of Arizona won the
Illinois presidential preference
test Tuesday, but Sen. Margaret
Chase Smith of Maine received
a sizable share of the votes.
Only the names of Goldwater
and Mrs. Smith were printed on
the Republican ballot. Write-in
tallies came in for others from
areas scattered across the state,
including Cook County.
Returns from 5,113 of the
state’s 10,256 precincts, the bulk
of them from Cook County, gave
Goldwater 179,660; Sen. Smith
76,559; Henry Cabot Lodge 6,709;
Richard M. Nixon 3,470; Gov.
Nelson A. Rockefeller of New
York 190; Gov. William Scran
ton of Pennsylvania 115, and
Gov. George Romney of Michigan
29.
Goldwater’s share of the Re
publican preference vote hov
ered around 67 per cent and Mrs.
Smith’s around 29 per cent.
Goldwater had been tagged in
advance as the winner in Illi
nois. The big question was how
much strength he would demon
strate.
Editor,
The Battalion:
We of the R. V. Firing Squad
have noticed many students not
observing the honored tradition
of Silver Taps. We are speak
ing of the students who live in
Hart Hall. When returning from
the ceremony, we had not marched
passed the dorm before it was
lit up like a Christmas tree and
voices could be heard. We of
the R. V. Firing Squad as fellow
Aggies, ask the students of Hart
Hall to honor Silver Taps by
either leaving their lights off or
at least covering the windows
so very little light shows. Our
last respects to a departed Aggie.
vR. V. Firing Squad
★ ★ ★
Editor,
The Battalion:
Silver Taps is a funeral cere
mony and a time at which all
Aggies pay their final respects
to a departed fellow Aggie. How
do you feel to be able to say I
went to Silver Taps wearing
wrinkled shorts, no socks and my
shirt tails hanging out? I don’t
need to say anymore because you
know who you are, but why don’t
you try the same thing when
somebody in your family dies and
see just how great you feel then.
Kip Richter, ’65
★ ★ ★
Lodge and Nixon had small
groups of supporters but they
did not specifically seek write-
ins for their favorites.
Editor,
The Battalion:
I wish to express my congratu
lations to those deserving people
who were honored with awards
at the Texas A&M Pre-medical-
Pre-dental banquet, held April 11,
1964, at College Station.
I feel it is by honoring these
students in this way that the
college is able to pay special tri-
Bulletin Board
WEDNESDAY
Aggie Wives Bridge Club will
meet in the Memorial Student
Center at 7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY
Corpus Christi Hometown Club
will meet in Room 3-B of the
Memorial Student Center at 7:30
p.m.
Pasadena Area Hometown Club
will meet at 6:15 p.m. at Wehr-
man’s Cafe.
Rio Grande Valley Hometown
Club will meet in Room 208 of
the Academic Building at 7:30
p.m.
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AGGIELAND PICTURES
FOR CADET STAFFS
(1) Group pictures will be taken of each staff this year for
use on the staff’s pages in the AGGIELAND ’64. They will be
made at the Memorial Student Center between 1700 and 1800
hours, according to the schedule below.
(2) Uniform for seniors will be dark green shii’ts, pink boot
pants and boots. Uniforms for juniors will be dark green shirts
and trousers (Capt. Midnight). G-H hats will be worn.
(3) Schedule: The staffs listed under “A” will assemble on
the front porch of the M.S.C. on the appointed day promptly at
1700 hours. The staffs listed under “B” will appear at 1720 hours.
DATE
Thurs., April 9
Fri., April 10
Tues., April 14
Wed., April 15
Thurs., April 16
1st. Wing, 4th. Gp.
6th. Batt., 4th. Batt.
1st. Bgd., 3rd. Batt.
Corps Staff
3rd. Bgd., 2nd. Batt.
“B”
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5th. Batt.
3rd. Gp.
Band Staff
2nd. Gp.
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Second Prize — Portable Admiral Stereo
MjffA Drawing on Thursday, April 23, 1964 at the
WflU W*«A. Exchange Store will determine the winner.
All Texas A&M Students eligible. Collect and save your empty
rliament, Philip Morris, Alpine and Paxton
phone number on empt;
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bute to the highly successful pre
medical and pre-dental program
that is in existance at Texas
A&M.
To those who wish to pursue
the field of medicine as their
ultimate goal, the attitude of the
college they attend on their choice
of professions is very important.
I believe that Texas A&M’s atti
tude towards students who aspire
to become part of the medical
profession is very evident by (lit
continuing support given the*
students by faculty members ts
well as the administration of the
various schools of medicine ati
dentistry in the state of Texas,
I know that there are many win
share my opinion by the number
of people who attended the ban.
quet and by the way in which
announcements of honors givei
were received by those in attend-
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for the Aggieland ’64 can
be entered at the Office of
Student Publications in the
basement of the Y.M.C.A.
A portrait (8x10) head &
shoulders and 1 snapshot
full length with vital statis
tics should be included. The
deadline for turning in pic
tures will be May 1st.
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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 enterprise edited and
operated by students as a university and community news
paper and is under the supervision of the director of Stu
dent Publications at Texas A&M University.
Members of the Student Publications Board are James L. Lindsey, chairman ; Delbert
McGuire, College of Arts and Sciences; J. A. Orr, College of Engineering; J. M.
Holcomb, College of Agriculture; and Dr. E. D. McMurry, College of Veterinary Medicine.
The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M is published in College Sta
tion, Texas daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods. Septem
ber through May. and once a week during summer school.
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dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of
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Address: The Battalion. Room 4, YMCA Building; College Station, Texas.
News contributions may be made by telephoning VI 6-6618 or VI 6-4910 or at the
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Ronnie Fann Managing Editor
Jim Butler Sports Editor
Marvin Schultz, Maynard Rogers Asst. Sports Editors
Glenn Dromgoole, John Wright News Editors
Mike Reynolds, Bob Schulz, Clovis
McCallister, Ray Harris, Larry Jerden Staff Writers
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