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■ THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Tuesday. November 3, 1964 If ever a demonstration ful- filed the purposes for which it was planned, the one held by disgruntled would-be politicians on the A&M campus did Friday. At a time when national poli tics is reaching its peak, the lack of campaign activities on the campus has been as noticeable as the lack of real issues in the na tional campaign. The people of the surrounding area and even some students of the university probably are not familiar with the ruling that keeps organized political clubs out of Aggieland. Some of the county and state candidates have begged the boys not to demonstrate, and even scolded them that it was no way to gain the recognition that they have sought. There are other ways to accomplish the same goals, reflected the majority of the campus officials that were present at the demonstration. Are these boys acting like children or has the administration been acting like boys, turning down even the most earnest pleas for campus recognition? What is the legislative ruling? Article 5, House Bill 86, Section 2 states: “None of the moneys Sound Off Editor, The Battalion: Another of my friends left A&M Wednesday. He’s the sec ond to withdraw this semester. Both were seniors. Neither were failing. One had a 2.00 GPR. Texas A&M stands on the very threshold of becoming an M.I.T. of the South. Our academic standards are second to none and we are the most economical school in the SWC where the student is concerned. We have the facili ties, yet we are failing to attract undergraduates; and often fail to keep those we do attract. I’ve listened to administrators give reasons why — now it’s the physical hazing, now it's the Corps, now it’s the poor atti tude of the Cviilians^ now it’s the name change, now it’s the ex association and co-education. But if all these “problems” were solv ed, I say students would still leave and there would still be the mass exodus of freshmen at mid term. And why? It can be summed up in two words: Social Condi- tionSi The administration unknowing ly overlooks this, the Century Council overlooked this, and pro fessors cannot see the problem. But ask any student, and he’ll tell you. It’s an hour and half drive in any direction for a date; and on a week night this is often out of the question. For freshmen and sophomores in the Corps, it is out of the question. Then it costs roughly $35 to have a date on a football week end. Juniors and seniors are able to cut this cost some via experi ence, but it makes one think twice about asking his favorite girl down two or three times a month. And I’ll bet the fellow who said, “Absence makes the heart grow fonder,” didn’t go to A&M. Suppose your girl does come down for a non-football weekend or suppose A&M was co-educa- tional and you would like to take your date to some nice place to sit quietly and listen to some good music and perhaps have a beer and an occasional dance and share some intelligent conversa tion. You tell me, where would you take her? More freshmen and sophomores leave the Corps or school be cause of disappointment than physical hazing. Having a good physical program of some type for the Corps would keep more students in it; for it would make them feel their sacrifice, where time is concerned, more worth while. I think a combination of these and many similar conditions are why my friends and other stu dents have left A&M. I don’t know the answer to these prob lems. I only know they are real and they exist. W. R. 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Ad YMCA Building $6 per school year, S6.50 per Advertising rate furnished o iing ; College Station, Texas. full year, on request. News contributions may be made by telephoning VI 6-6618 or VI 6-4910 or at the editorial office. Room 4. YMCA Building. For advertising or delivery call VI 6-6415 CADET SLOUCH | Reynolds 9 Rap | by Mike Reynolds appropriated by Article I, II, III and IV of this Act, regardless of their source of character shall be used for influencing the outcome of any election, or the passage or defeat of any legislative mea sure.” The Board of Directors inter preted this to mean that no clubs could be formed on state property or meet in state-owned facilities, according to one high A&M of ficial. Yet of 21 state supported schools contacted by The Batta lion, 12 are the home of OFFI CIALLY RECOGNIZED POLITI CAL organizations. If one university is breaking the law, then all of the schools allowing these organizations are breaking the law. On the other hand, if these other universities are not breaking the law, our students are having their consti- tutoinal right infringed upon. It is time to reconsider the matter. The demonstration served the purpose of returning to the fore front, the question of political clubs. It should be the first and last such demonstration, for that technique smacks of radical and extreme actions. by Jim Earle Armchair Political Poll WASHINGTON LP> — Arm chair analysts who want to find out which way the political wind is blowing will have plenty of signposts when election returns start rolling in tonight. These clues are, to some ex tent, the same ones used by pro- fesional politicians — and more recently electronic computers — in doping out trends. One guide for the amateur analyst are the so-called weath- ervane counties. There are six of them which have voted for every presidential winner since 1900, and some further back than that. 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