THE BATTALION
Pag-e 2 College Station, Texas Tuesday, April 21, 1964
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“Round and round she goes, and
where she stops nobody knows” is
a well known phrase that could
possibly express the sentiments
of many people, black and white,
toward the varied issues of civil
rights.
The Senate is now in its 19th
day of debate; every day new
white and black extremist or
ganizations spring to life with
their leaders spouting forth ac
cusations and threats; the sub
ways, parkways and other access
routes to the World’s Fair site
are threatened with ‘stall-ins’;
Counties Plan
Celebrations
Of Civil War
Speakers in 245 Texas coun
ties will relate the stirring events
of 100 years ago when they ap
pear before civic groups, study
clubs and school assemblies dur
ing Texas Civil War History Ap
preciation Week.
This week has been proclaimed
by Governor John Connally as a
time when each county should
have at least one public review
of Texas Civil War history.
This activity is part of the pro
gram of the Texas State His
torical Survey Committee and its
Texas Civil War Centennial Ad
visory Committee to research,
record, educate and recognize
Texas Civil War History.
“It is so necessary that, in
order to determine which course
to take today, we must know
what happened and why it hap
pened yesterday,” said Governor
Connally.
Working through County His
torical Survey Committees func
tioning in more than 245 coun
ties, the TSHSC hopes that by the
end of this period, every Texan
will know a little more about
what happened in Texas during
the Civil War.
Also cooperating in the pro
gram series is the Texas Feder
ation of Women’s Clubs which
has called on local clubs to plan
Civil War programs for this
week.
Museums and libraries have
planned special exhibits for this
week, displaying the literary con
tributions to Texas in the Civil
War as well as many of the mem
entos of the Civil War soldiers.
Throughout the Centennial per
iod, County Historical Survey
Committees have been concerned
with three phases of the Civil
War Centennial program — re
search, observances, and pro
grams.
in the meantime puzzled and an
gered citizens find themselves
frustrated by the complexity of
events that seem to be racing
toward some indescribable cli
max.
“Shambles — that is what this
country will be if racial pre
judice and discrimination doesn’t
come to an end — shambles,”
says the chairman of the Congress
of Racial Equality. “You can’t
legislate equality,” say many
whites shaking their heads.
Paradoxically many former ad
vocates and supporters of Civil
Rights legislation are now hav
ing afterthoughts, causing much
consternation among liberal and
moderate leaders of both parties.
In the North formerly smug
citizens are gaping in disbelief
at acts and threats of racial strife
on their doorstep. Gone are their
dreams of seeing the cause of
racial equality confined to South
ern battlefields. Yet still they
make plans to march with inte-
grationist groups all over the
South as if nothing were happen
ing in the North. Students from
Eastern colleges and universities
are fervently making plans to in
vade Mississippi and Alabama
during the summer holidays. In
most cases these are serious and
sincere youngsters convinced
that they must make their stand
and take their place in the “social
revolution” of our times.
Yet deep in the South, in par
ishes of Louisiana, stakes have
been driven in the ground, elec
trified barbed wire has been
strung, and determined segrega
tionists exclaim that every inte-
grationist that threatens the sov
ereignty of local government will
be thrown into what amounts to
concentration camps.
Lost in the / struggle between
conscience and tradition, plagued
by thoughts of domestic violence
and terror, Americans today pray
for a solution that will enable
the nation to peacefully pursue
its destiny.
Bulletin Board
TUESDAY
The Agricultural Education
Wives Club will meet at 7:30
p.m. in the home of Lynne Wis
dom, 411 Foch, Bryan. A hair
styling demonstration will be
given and new officers will be
elected.
The Agricultural Economics
Club will meet in Room 146 of the
Physics Building at 7:30 p.m.
The Oceanography and Meteor
ology Wives Club will meet at
8 p.m. in the Manor.
WEDNESDAY
The Aggie Wives Bridge Club
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the
Memorial Student Center.
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DAN LOUIS JR EDITOR
Ronnie Fann Managing Editor
Jim Butler Sports Editor
Marvin Schultz, Maynard Rogers Asst. Sports Editors
Glenn Dromgoole, John Wright News Editors
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CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Sound Off
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“It’s downright strange how a room
weekend!”
gets so messy on a
British, French
Officials Speak
NEW YORK <A>) — Britain’s
foreign secretary sees Soviet-
Chinese rivalries turning Moscow
toward the west, and France’s
foreign minster describes Presi
dent Charles de Gaulle’s Asian
and Latin American policies as
essentially anti-Communist.
The two offered their views on
a wide range of world affairs in
interviews screened especially in
London and Paris for presenta
tion at the annual meeting of
The Associated Press Monday.
British Foreign Secretary
Richard A. Butler said he be
lieved the Soviet-Chinese split-
which he described as simply
Moscow-Peking rivalry — had
“destroyed the myth” of commun
ist world solidarity.
“It is not only a question of
the Soviet Union and China.
This dispute has led many other
Communist parties to start think-
in for themselves. This, in it
self, is a odd thing. This does
n’t, of course, mean an end to our
troubles,” he said.
Butler, 61, interviewed by AP
correspondent Eddy Gilmore, said
the Soviets and Chinese are ex
tending their rivalry from Asia
to Africa where, he said, a great
degree of competition “will fur
ther tension between these two
nations.
The foreign secretary described
Britain’s relations with the Unit
ed States as very close, assuring
Americans that in world defense
and world politics, “we in Bri
tain stand shoulder to shoulder
with the United States of Amer
ica.”
The foreign secretary defended
sales of British buses to Com
munist Cuba, saying British trade
with the island today is less than
that between Americans and
Cuba.
French Foreign Minister Mau
rice Couve de Murville seemed
puzzled by American criticism
of De Gaulle’s recognition of Red
China and his espousal of neu
tralism for Viet Nam, where the
United States is committed to
holding back a determined Com
munist guerrilla attack.
New Health
Plan Lauded
GRADUATING SENIORS
—are you in need of a car?
There is no need to wait if
you have a military con
tract or a job commitment.
Come in today — “Test
Drive” the “Really Hot
One”—the 1964 Plymouth.
Brazos Motor Co.
‘Serving the Brazos Valley
for 41 years’
1211 Texas Ave., Bryan, Texas
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PARDNER
You’ll Always Win
The Showdown
When You Get
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At
CAMPUS
CLEANERS
Special to the Battalion
DENVER — A pioneer health
plan to protect college students
against a number of common dis
eases was described recently at
the annual meeting of the Ameri
can College Health Association.
The plan was tried at Clemson
University, Clemson, S. C., and its
success may lead to the adoption
of similar programs for the more
than 4 million college students on
campuses throughout the country.
At Clemson 96 per cent of the
more than 4,300 students took
part in the program. They were
immunized against polio and in
fluenza and screened for tuber
culosis in a comprehensive pro
gram planned by the Clemson
Student Health Service.
Dr. Judson E. Hair, director of
the college’s student health serv
ice, said, “This campaign shows
that people can be motivated.”
Editor,
The Battalion:
I would like to tell about my
roommate, Frank D. Watson, ’66,
who is running for student body
vice-president. Although my
name is Watson too, we are not
related but only share the same
good name. Having known him
for the past two years and living
with him for one year, I have
come to know him quite well. I
am not only convinced that he
is qualified for the office but that
he has the ability and will to do
a good job.
Let me tell you the reasons
for my opinion. To begin with,
Frank, in his senior year of high
school, was president of the As
sociated Student Body. This, I
feel, gave him considerable ex
perience in leadership. In his
freshman year at A&M he was
a member of the Fish Drill Team,
a member of the YMCA Polaris
Council, and he received the Out
standing Freshman Award in his
outfit. This year he was select
ed treasurer of the national serv
ice fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega.
He is a corporal on the First
Wing Color Guard.
I sincerely hope that when you
go to the polls this Thursday you
will vote for Frank D. Watson —
my old lady.
Richard C. (Stump) Watson,
’66
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Editor,
The Battalion:
I have noticed in the three
years that I have been a student
at Texas A&M a steady decline
in the value that some students
seem to place on many of our
most important traditions. Per
haps, the word “tradition” is
poorly chosen for I am writing
about something which I believe
is more important than mere tra
dition: Silver Taps.
Particularly this year, a lacka
daisical attitude has seemed to
prevail concerning Silver Taps.
I realize that clothing standards
vary from outfit to outfit, and I
presume, in the civilian dormi
tories as well. However, we con
sider Silver Taps to be the same
as a memorial church service and
such a service just does not seem
to be the occasion to wear shower
shoes, pajamas, blue jeans, shirt
tails out, parts of uniforms, and
on and on.
I do not suggest that the stu
dents should wear suits but I do
feel that not everyone is contri
buting to the solemn occasion
Salons Eye
Disarmement
WASHINGTON UP) — Con
gress members reacted guard
edly Monday to announcements
that the United States and Rus
sia will reduce their production
of nuclear weapon materials.
Some members called for in
spections to insure that the Rus
sians carry through on Soviet
Premier Khrushchev’s pledge to
halt work on two plutonium re
actors and reduce production of
uranium—235.
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Silver Taps is supposed to be by
the clothes they are wearing.
Perhaps, a minimum needs to be
established.
We have a Student Senate on
this campus, something that I un
derstand many other campuses
do not have. It seems that this
Student Senate or Corps Staff
or some other responsible body
would take enough interest in
this situation to establish a mini
mum dress requirement since too
many students seem unwilling to
do so themselves.
Silver Taps has always been
a time when students walk quiet
ly from their totally dark dormi
tories, without smoking to the
service at the Academic Building.
We were failures on both points
the night of the last Silver Taps.
A number of students were seen
smoking on the way to the service
and in some dormitories there
were more lights on than off.
Two dormitories in the new area
were as well lit as on any other
night.
Heartily, we join the plea of so
many others to protect what we
claim to hold dear. If Silver Taps
has come to mean so little to so
many, maybe we no longer des
erve to hold it.
M. E. Douglas ’65
Gary W. Richerzer ’65
Tom W. Wright ’65
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Editor,
The Battalion:
Thursday a new slate of offic
ers will be elected for the Stu
dent Senate. Will your vote
count ?
We encourage you to vote —
not for any particular group or
segment of the student body, but
for leadership that will provide
unity, purpose, understanding and
progress at A&M University,
Such leadership can only be ac
complished if you vote.
Don Warren — Candidate for
Student Senate President
Ron Pate — Candidate for Stu
dent Senate Vice-President
David Moreman — Candidate
for Student Senate Parliamentar
ian
Don Bowen — Candidate for
Student Senate Recording Secre
tary
Robert G. Lee — Candidate for
Student Issues Committee Chair
man
Ron Porter — Candidate for
Public Relations Committee
Chairman
Jim Allen — Candidate for Stu
dent Life Committee Chairman
Bill Altman — Candidate for
Student Welfare Committee
Chairman.
Attention Aggies
Candidates for Vanity Fair
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.
OPEN HOUSE
9 a. m. - 7 p. m. Tuesday, April 21
AT THE RAMADA INN
THERMA-FAX SALES, INC.
(Subsidiary of MMM)
will present the latest equipment and its application to the Bryan-
College Station Business Men, A&M Staff and Faculty, and
Public School Officials featuring the latest in dry photo copying
equipment and audio visual equipment.
Public is invited
Faculty and Staff Members of
Texas A&M University
are invited to a coffee honoring
Slate Senator
William T. (Bill) Moore
Thursday, April 23
9:30 until 11 a. m.
Clayton’s Restaurant
(Sponsored by Friends of Bill Moore)
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