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College Station, Texas
Thursday, November 18, 1965
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CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Sound Off
Town Hall Blackball Draws Blasts
Editor,
The Battalion:
We, the undersigned, strongly
object to the recent untimely and
inappropriate action taken
against Mr. Johnny Cash, and
indirectly against the Memorial
Student Center Council.
We object for the following
reasons:
(1) We contend the authority
of the MSC Council to approve
and invite an entertainer to ap
pear before the student body of
this University has been effect
ively usurped by administrative
decree with approval of the Exe
cutive Committee under their
power of final approval dele
gated in University Regulations,
Section II, Paragraph 48. The
paragraph does not provide that
approval once given can be re
voked.
The MSC Council obtained the
necessary approval to invite Mr.
Johnny Cash to entertain here
and and subsequently executed a
binding contract with him. There
after, Mr. Cash was arrested in
El Paso. The MSC Council met
on Monday, Nov. 8. A motion
was made by the Former Stu
dents Representative to the
Council, Mr. Joe Buser, that Mr.
Sound Off
Editor,
The Battalion:
This is the first school that I have been en
rolled for two semesters at a row, and I sin
cerely think this is the hardest school I have
ever been. I studied in Sam Houston College,
New York University, and Columbia University
before I reached my junior year in Texas A&M,
and to my belief I am settled and confident now
that this is the school I really like, and going to
be a graduate of. I said Texas A&M is the hard
est school in a sense that here the students are
treated like high school boys under the strict
shelter of the professors, and other faculty mem
bers; and that’s the way it should be. I believe
a person should not be given full privilege of
freedom and mastery of his own, till he reaches the
age of 25, which very few undergraduate students
seem to possess.
Incidentally, I am a student from a different
country, halfway around the world. Before I
reached the state of Texas, the state I heard so
much about, the booms and bangs, I happen to
travel quite a few countries, but by golly there
is nothing like Texas, and the ambitious, over
confident Texans.
boomerang to Texas A&M at the beginning of
fall. If you all ask the reason of it, yes I have
the answer. “Once an Aggie Always an Aggie.”
Kumas A. Mitra
The most outstanding question that I en
counter at least half-a-dozen times in the Univer
sity campus is that, how come I became an Aggie.
There really is nothing much to say, that I heard
so much about the “Fighting Aggie” football team
and the school’s high military achievements dur
ing World War II. Still it is the largest military
school in the world. Also recently its academic
achievements in nuclear engineering and others
are soaring rocket high throughout the nation.
All these facts add up to one that I joined Texas
A&M. Well, in addition to these, as a matter of
fact, I made a short trip to A&M campus before
enrolling formally; and I was overwhelmingly
taken by friendly “Howdy” from Aggie buddies,
and blunt look from Ranger as a stranger, but I
bet he would have also said “Howdy” if he would
have had the voice that I could understand.
Editor,
The Battalion:
I have read with much interest the many
thoughts regarding Reveille and Ranger, but none
touched me quite as deeply as the letter written
by Bill Peoples, ’66.
Since a mascot is supposed to be symbolic,
Reveille fills every requirement as the Spirit of
Aggieland. She is crippled but her head is still
held high — her flesh is weak but her heart is
strong with enthusiastic loyalty. She definitely
deserves the title of “Miss Reveille” because she
is a lady in her proud support of the unmatched
spirit at A&M. One of my proudest possessions
is a picture we took of her last 'Mothers’ Day.
Since my son was in the same dorm with her, after
the review I was waiting outside and a boy came
back with Reveille in his arms. I had been worried
about her health so I asked him if she was sick
and he told me, “No, ma’am, she’s just tired.”
Her courage is unquestionable — her loyalty to
the school proves that the Aggie Spirit is a bright,
living, almost tangible reality. And the greatest
and most fitting tribute that could be given her
in what seems to be her last year is to back up
her defiance for that stupid bovine character and
beat Texas for Miss Reveille.
Mrs. Dorothy DeLomel, President
Corpus Christi A&M Mothers Club
I think Aggieland alone is a place isolated
from the rest of the world, plunged into worship
ping manliness, and education through hard work
ing, all of which reflects to Renaissance period, or
preeminent Greek era of Athens and Troy. That’s
why the glory of this school, like those coun
tries, established firm stand in World Olympics.
In summer I travel as far as Toronto, Canada,
in mere despiration to find myself back like a
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Engineering; Dr. Robert S. Titus, College of Veterinary
Medicine; and Dr. A. B. Wooten, College of Agriculture.
Viet Nam Buildup
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EDITOR GLENN DROMGOOLE
WASHINGTON bP) — An increase in U. S.
forces in South Viet Nam beyond the 200,000-man
level is anticipated over the next six months, it was
learned Wednesday.
The expected buildup to perhaps 225,000 or
250,000 men is an outgrowth of a new concept in
the employment of American forces in situations
where the 560,000-man South Vietnamese army
does not have the strength or ability to carry out
aggressive action against the Viet Cong.
In such cases U. S. combat forces are being
used to push into Viet Cong base areas. In these
jungle bases the Communist guerrillas have had
the ability in the past to recoup their losses and
strike again.
The present thinking here is that the Viet
Cong can afford to retreat for a period of time,
but eventually they will have to stand and fight
or retire from the scene. Such actions have led
to the fierce fighting at Plei Me and in the la
Drang Valley, near the Cambodian border.
Cash’s invitation be rescinded.
The motion did not receive a sec
ond from the floor. The Council
evidently had not seen adequate
cause to breach Mr. Cash’s con
tract (the contract required no
tice of cancellation 30 days prior
to the scheduled performance.)
On or about Nov. 12, a tele
gram was dispatched to Mr. Cash
cancelling his engagement. The
University took six weeks to re
voke Mr. Cash’s contract; the
University could have taken
three weeks and been within their
rights of revocation specified in
the contract.
(2) Texas A&M University is
under legal and ethical obliga
tion to perform its contracts un
less it can demonstrate due cause
for not so performing.
We, in our thoughful opinion,
do not believe that the Universi
ty has shown due cause for this
breach of contract, and therefore,
take grave exception to the uni
lateral action so taken.
Mr. Cash was arrested at the
El Paso Airport on Oct. 4 for
allegedly having in his posses
sion 668 dexardrine tablets and
475 equanil tablets. A grand jury
has not been convened to measure
the strength of the evidence
against Mr. Cash, and, of course,
his trial has not been scheduled.
The judicial processes of this
country require that a man is
innocent until a court of law
proves him guilty. Certain" ’ . . .
unfavorable publicity originating
from El Paso.’ ” (The Battalion,
Nov. 16, 1965, 61, No. 233) does
not generate the requisite proof
of guilt within the framework
of the law and American tra
dition. The University should
not blemish its integrity through
assessing Mr. Cash’s guilt by a
press. A jury trial with its
concomitant requirements is the
neecssary procedure; inferences
from ‘unfavorable publicity’ are
prejudicial, and therefore are in
valid and not credible.
The Graduate Student Commit
tee on petition for Johnny Cash.
James Weatherby
James F. Crook
John Corns
Lynn R. La Motte
Editor,
The Battalion:
Your aticle on the “Background of India and
Pakistan Feud of Kashmir” dated Nov. 5 is a
topic of discussion among Indian as well as other
foreign and American students on this campus.
Some of the important facts about the feud of
Kashmir appear to be missing.
The ignorance exhibited in the latter part of
the letter that appeared in The Battalion dated
Nov. 10 is deplorable. The question that somes to
one’s mind is whether Pakistan has any right over
Kashmir. Observable facts started in 1963, when
Pakistan handed over a portion of Kashmir in
the occupation to Communist China, in order to get
boundary settlement. Was that done with the
consent of the people of Kashmir, in their own
term “plebiscite” ? Pakistan repeatedly claims that
India backed our plebiscite. But the condition num
ber one before the plebiscite could be held was that
Pakistan should vacate the territory occupied, not
India. Pakistan never vacated that area, and thus
kept the door closed for any plebiscite.
Pramod Desai
alleged actions. I am merely
stating that I feel the adminis
tration has made a mountain out
of a molehill in this particular
case. Of course this is only my
opinion and I am sure many will
be critical of it. However, an
opinion is an opinion and I feel
mine is as good as any that op
pose it.
George R. Coakley
★ ★ ★
Editor,
The Battalion:
It is my understanding that
the Johnny Cash Show has been
cancelled because of recent bad
publicity and because the Uni
versity tries to create a Christian
atmosphere for students.
This is the first time to my
knowledge that the private life
of an entertainer has been con
sidered in the selection for Town
Hall.
I fail to see any connection
at all between the performer and
the image cast by Texas A&M
University. If the University
tries to create a Christian at
mosphere for students, which en
tertainers do they have in mind ?
I have attended four Johnny
Cash Shows in the past and Cash
has presented at least one re
ligious song at each performance.
How many Town Hall performers
in the past have devoted any
time at all to religious thoughts ?
As for bad publicity, that is
the result of reading the views
of the opposition. The Twelfth
Man at A&M gets bad publicity
every year. To please people
we should cancel that. Most of
the recent publicity on Johnny
Editor,
The Battalion:
As a long time fan of Johnny
Cash I was highly disappointed
to see his show cancelled, to say
the least. I regret that the Uni
versity students and the resi
dents of the Bryan-College Sta
tion area have been deprived of
hearing one of the greatest coun
try and western singers of all
times. Mr. Hannigan’s defense
of the administration’s stand
was, in my opinion, no defense
at all. A quote, “Cash would
have brought adverse publicity
to the University.” If my memory
serves me correctly, there have
been several incidents in past
years that have brought bad
publicity to the University, such
as the near riots in Austin dur
ing the A&M-TU basketball
games. One of these received
coverage in all of the major
newspapers and magazines across
the country. Yet the administra
tion did little to prevent reoc-
curances. This is only one
example, pages could be filled
with others.
Quoting again, “The adminis
tration didn’t feel it was wise
to present an entertainer with
a cloud hanging over his head.”
This cloud was placed there by
the administration itself. Noth
ing has been proven yet and in
this country you are innocent
till proven otherwise. The pills
in question are non-narcotic and
are in laymen’s terms, the fol
lowing: dexadrine—known as a
pep pill and use for remaining
alert for extended periods of
time; equanil—a common tran
quilizer used by millions of peo
ple in the U. S. every year.
At this point I must make it
clear that I am not defending Mr.
Cash nor do I approve of his
Checking through the Brazos
County health reports we find
39 cases of flu last week, 35
cases of diarrhea, 14 of septic
sore throat, 13 gonorrhea, 11
strept throat, four each of mono
nucleosis, measles, mumps and
pneumonia, three chickenpox and
two of syphilis
Check ads in The Battalion
each week for poll tax forms . . .
A poll tax is required for vot
ing in state and local elections
in Texas
Cost is $1.75
You might have missed it, but
Frank X. Tolbert of the Dallas
News wrote his column Sunday
on tea-sips
An Austin woman wrote Tol
bert: “I’m not chauvanistic
about University of Texas foot
ball, although I took my bache
lor’s degree at Texas. However,
since the Longhorns started los
ing football games, I’ve noticed
that more and more people refer
to the University of Texas stu
dents as ‘tea-sippers’. This term
is particularly popular with the
Texas Aggies. I’m a little an
noyed over this and I wonder
who was the mischievous person
who put the nickname of tea-
sippers on Texas students?” . .. .
Well, Tolbert couldn’t really
find out, but his research did
show that “tea-sipper” was a
popplar term in the Texas Pan
handle in the late 19th century
for dandified Britishers
No matter where it came from,
we all know the name really
fits
Which reminds me of a joke,
but I can’t print it
The Battalion editor said that
in Los Angeles last week one of
the favorite pasttimes of SDX
convention delegates was telling
Aggies jokes
He said the Sips got the big
gest kick out of the jokes
When he’d walk into a session,
he’d hear: “Have you heard the
one about the Aggie that ”
Only seven more days ’till Tur
key Day See Ya ‘Round—
Mortimer
Cash that has reached me has
originated at College Station.
I once heard that a person is
innocent until proven guilty.
Should that be true: What case
does the Town Hall committee
have against Cash?
I think Johnny Cash would
draw a record crowd for a Town
Hall presentation and I would
like to see the cancellation re
considered. If not I will see The
Johnny Cash Show in Killeen,
Texas, on Nov. 25.
Charles Fausion ’63
★ ★ ★
Editor,
The Battalion:
John Henry Faulk recently
warned an audience at the Memo
rial Student Center about judg
ing a man before he can defend
himself in a fair trial. The ad
ministration of Texas A&M Uni
versity either did not hear or did
not heed this advice before they
cancelled the Town Hall contract
of Johnny Cash. But worse than
the prejudgement of Mr. Cash
was the hypocritical justification
offered for the cancellation. The
administration maintains they
are trying “to provide a clean,
Christian atmosphere for the stu
dents.” But what is clean or
Christian, not to mention legal,
about the administration's
breaching a contract?
The example set by the ad
ministration also raises the ques
tion of student-faculty authority
in inviting speakers or entertain
ers to the campus. If the ad
ministration reserves final ap
proval of all such performances,
then freedom of speech and pub
lic assembly can be denied to the
least controversial of figures.
The administration is also set
ting an alarming precedent in its
quest to provide the proper at
mosphere. Is the door now open
for the administration to censure
the Aggie Players, campus mov
ies, midnight yell practice, or
TV viewed on campus?
It is my opinion that the only
clean, Christian, Hebrew, Mos
lem, or Hindu thing to do is to
renew Mr. Cash’s contract.
J. B. Corns
Graduate Student
ETV Broadcasts
13,000 Hours
In the first six weeks of sen-
ice, the Department of Educa
tional Television has done 13,011(1
student hours of programming,
said Mel Chastain, program di
rector.
Chastain said this will increase
with the completion of a studio
in Bagley Hall and with the use
of a newly-built mobile television
van.
All Dorms Open
During Holidays
All dormitories will remain
open during the Thanksgiving
holidays, Bennie A. Zinn, director
of student affairs, said Wednes
day.
Zinn added that all students,
especially those living on the
first floors, are encouraged to
lock their doors and windows.
Lani Presswood
Movie Reviewer
Review Reviewed
By Movie Reviewer
Faithful readers of The Bat
talion, the time has come to at
last reveal a long-standing and
carefully-guarded secret: Herky
Killingsworth is for real.
I know, I know. I’ve heard the
rumors too. The rumors that say
H. Killingsworth is really a mon
strous joke conceived by the
Batt staff in one of their less
rational moments.
Or the rumor that says Mr. K
is really a pet baboon who is let
out of his cage once a week for
thirty minutes and given a type
writer to play with.
With each succeeding Killings
worth column, the latter rumor
has been gaining support.
But after yesterday’s journal
istic miscarriage, the hour has
arrived to spike these rumors
once and for all to preserve the
honor and integrity of the world’s
pet baboons.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Herky
Killingsworth.
And despite his comments in
print, he’s really only moderate
ly repulsive in person. Before you
judge him too harshly, consider
the difficulties under which he
is laboring.
He spends 80 per cent of his
waking hours in the cold, clam
my subterranean world of the
photographic darkroom, accom
panied only by enlargers, film,
lenses and chemicals.
Is it any wonder then that on
the few occasions when he does
emerge from his cave, he displays
unmistakable signs of paranoia?
And there’s also the matter of
. . . but I hesitate to even bring
it up. I was going to mention the
stupor in which he usually writes
but perhaps that’s better left un
said.
Despite these handicaps, how
ever, Mr. Killingsworth is still
a guardian of the public trust,
and when that trust is violated,
my civic concern must come be
fore all else.
With all the subtlety of a high
speed airhammer, Mr. K. “re-
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viewed” my most recent movie
review. I’m not concerned with
his vicious personal attack here,
because that will be taken care of
by my pending libel suit.
However, knowing of the high
esteem in which this great metro
politan newspaper is held by its
readers, I feel compelled to re
store their confidence in its
movie reviews.
Mr. K. makes the charge that
I concentrate on “foreign art
films, commonly known as SEX
movies.” This reckless statement
has absolutely no basis in fact,
Actually, I make a determined
effort to review one non-sex
movie out of every ten.
He also accuses me of “bitter
synicism,” (spelling isn’t one of
Mr. K’s strong points, either) and
implies that a zero on a pop quiz
influenced my critical judgment.;
This is obviously a trumped-up
charge. In high school a zero
would have depressed me yes,
but that was before zeros on pop
quizzes had become almost a part
of my daily routine.
In reality, I take my reviews
of the local cinema very serious
ly. Because I realize that a hasti
ly-written sentence or a careless
phrase could determine the fate
of an hour and a half of some
earnest college student’s life.
The responsibility is a grave
one. Many is the night I’ve lain
awake, wondering if I’ve led
some trusting, unsuspecting Ag
gie astray and kept him fror
more serious pursuits — such as
bull sessions, domino games, or
mattress testing.
For this reason I deemed it
necessary to dignify Mr. K’s ex
ercise in illogic with a reply.
And yet I feel a pang of re
gret for having to publicly refute
Mr. K because he had been mak
ing such fine mental progress
recently.
If he continues his rapid de
velopment, one of these days we
may even let him try to go from
class to class by himself.
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