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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Friday, May 8, 1964
CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle
“It’s not a bad idea, I just think you oughta find
another way to advertise th’ follies that wouldn’t upset
th’ military!”
Reds May Move Into Algeria
State Department Report Indicates
TUNIS (A?) — The Soviet Un
ion, apparently disregarding its
disappointments in Africa, may
be moving to establish a major
foothold on the continent’s
northern coast.
The new pledge of Soviet aid
to Algeria, announced in Mos
cow on Wednesday, opens the
door to an important Soviet pen
etration effort in North Africa.
At the same time, Premier
Khrushchev and an impressive
party of Soviet officials are en
route to the United Arab Re
public for a two-week visit.
Their ship passed through Tur
key’s Bosporus Strait on Thurs
day and steamed south toward
Alexandria.
On May 15, Khrushchev and
President Gamal Abel Nasser
will dedicate the Aswan Dam
flood control and power project
being built with the help of So
viet funds and technicians.
It is too early to say whether
the Soviet effort will bring
permanent results. So far, So
viet aid and spending in half a
dozen African nations have not
brought results expected by
Communist leaders.
The Algerian-Soviet agree
ment followed a warning by the
U. S. State Department that
Communist influence is on the
increase iti Algeria. The state
ment brought a violent rebuke
by the government-controlled Al
gerian press.
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BATTALION EDITORIALS
Editor,
The Battalion:
The family of John Lincoln
Cleaves, our beloved Aggie Fish
(1963-64), wish to express our
deep, heartfelt appreciation and
gratitude to you wonderful peo
ple of Texas A&M University.
We shall always love Aggies. In
the few short months our son
was with you, we have seen and
felt the depth of your esprit de
corps, and a tender response has
welled up within us.
Never shall we forget the in
spiration and poignant sorrow of
Silver Taps for our John. May
God bless and keep you each one
in His loving care.
Mr. and Mrs.
Wilber S. Cleaves
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Editor,
The Battalion:
I don’t agree with you on your
stand for the University of Hous
ton’s admission into the SWC.
You cite the size of UH (sec
ond only to might Texas U. in
enrollment) and the size of Hous
ton as factors that should cause
the SWC members to accept UH
into the elite group. I say this
is a pretty weak argument.
College Station, Bryan and Snook
can barely scrape together 40,-
000 people and yet we field ath
letic teams second to none. Size
does not denote athletic prowess.
Neither does it denote quality.
As far as finances are concern
ed, A&M is making about all it
can off UH as it is. We split
the big Houston gate every other
year. It seems to me that money
is the only sound argument UH
has and we already make all
we can off them. I think an 8
member conference is plenty, if
not too many. If Houston were
admitted, each conference team
could play only 2 intersectional
games. Would we cut out LSU
and those 70,000 (every year)
Cajuns we draw ? Our confer
ence would have to lose prestige
in national rankings due to the
fact that the rankings would de
pend a great deal on how SWC
teams do in intersectional games.
Would Texas cut out Oklahoma?
They made number 1 ( ? ) by beat
ing them last year.
I agree that Rice stands to
suffer by Houston’s admission. I
say that we stand to suffer, also.
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“Serving Texas Aggies”
I believe that our recruiting
would suffer quite a bit in the
Gulf Coast area if Houston could
offer SWC prestige to high school
athletes. Our athletic program
receives a big boost in publicity
from the Houston papers. We
wouldn’t get nearly as much pub
licity if UH came into the con
ference. Their exploits are al
ready blown out of proportion by
the Houston papers now. Both
A&M and Rice stand to suffer.
A&M and Rice have quality that
UH for all its quantity simply
cannot match.
I suppose the real reason that
I don’t want UH in the SWC is
that they haven’t earned it. I
have never met anyone from UH
who have a friendly word to say
about Texas A&M. This may not
mean much to most people but
even Texas U. people admit (when
pressed) that A&M is in the con
ference. I don’t believe UH would
ever. I’m proud of the fact A&M
is a great member of a great con
ference and I just don’t want the
whole conference cheapened by
adding a bunch of bush leaguers.
I agree with Rice’s prexy: let
UH get together with other state-
supported non - SWC members
(Sam Houston State, Lamar Tech,
Stephen F. Austin, Prairie View,
Texas Southern) and snow them
with their bigness. Let’s not be
fooled by it.
Royce Knox ’64
★ ★ ★
Editor,
The Battalion:
The college catalogue states
that “the campus religious lead
ership is deeply conscious that the
students are in perhaps the most
formative period of their lives
and feel keenly the responsibility
for their spiritual development .. .
in addition to the special student
emphasis, they have the custo
mary Sunday worship periods.”
What can be more suctomary
than attending church on Moth
er’s Day to join with people
throughout world in giving thanks
for our mothers ? The people in
charge of events this year have
certainly seen to it that Aggies
won’t get a chance to attend
church this Mother’s Day because
of the review of the Corps of
Cadets scheduled to begin at
11:25, the very time that prac
tically all 10 churches surround
ing the campus will be holding
their special Mother’s Day serv
ice.
Mother’s Day is certainly one
of the big days here at Aggie-
land but why should the churches
not be given a chance to hold a
service that can be attended by
students and their parents? In
the past years, all ceremonies
were scheduled so that they were
over in plenty of time for church.
Are the persons scheduling the
events this year striving for a
more excellent day? If they are,
is this the kind of excellence A&M
is trying to achieve ?
Don Sahur ’65
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Your Vote — Your Voice
Student voters have one more opportunity to visit the
polls this semester. That will come Thursday when balloting
for 12 seats on the Student Senate and 15 places on the Elec
tion Commission will be held.
Turnout in the general elections two weeks ago was by
far the best seen in recent years. Civilian and Corps rivalry
played a major role in getting out the vote in that election.
This time it should not necessarily be Civilians vs. Corps,
since half of the voting will be for the individual colleges’
senate representatives.
However, that should have no bearing on the number of
students that go to the polls. Students should take an active
interest in campus politics, not for the sake of getting more
Corps students elected than Civilians or vice-versa, but to
insure themselves of representation by dependable persons,
be they cadets or otherwise.
This election usually draws the poorest turnout of all
elections during the year; this is a mistake that must be
corrected if we are to have a Student Senate and Election
Commission that functions properly.
For instance, 12 Senators can possibly control the ma
jority vote of the student governing body. These 12 also
represent their respective colleges and have a direct contact
with students in the same curricula. They can express an
opinion shared by a specific group. You are a member of
one of these groups, and these representatives are your
most direct contact with the senate.
Also, the Election Commission is an integral part of
campus politics, since it can improve on present election
rules and regulations to encourage active participation in
elections.
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SATURDAY
The Graduate Students Wives
Association will hold a dance at
the Bryan Saddle Club Saturday,
May 9 at 8 p.m.
The Cricket Club will hold its
first annual banquet at 7 p.m. at
the Triangle Restaurant. A short
film on cricket will be shown.
SUNDAY
The Unitarian Fellowship of
Brazos County will hear Otha
Byrd, principal of the Carver Ele
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