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CADET SLOUCH
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by Jim Earle
Editor,
The Battalion:
The Town Hall Committee of
the Memorial Student Center
Council deserves our warmest
congratulations for its activity
in bringing the J. S. Bach So
ciety to Texas A&M University.
The audience for this perfor
mance on Sunday, Nov. 21, was
large and enthusiastically re
sponsive, and thus we have dra
matic evidence of the hunger for
fine music at this university. The
committee has served us well by
responding to this admittedly
minority, but important desire
within our university community.
Dr. John B. Orr
★ ★ ★
Editor,
The Battalion:
I was extremely disappointed
with a few things I witnessed
at the TU game this year, and
I would like to know if such
things have become standard
practice at A&M now.
Due to the new seating ar
rangement, I was in the junior
section for the first time this
year and I found it disgusting.
In front of me were three Air
ROTC juniors (one an R. V.);
I did not see them really yelling
for the team at any time during
the entire game. I cannot un
derstand how anyone who has
been in the Corps for two years
can show such a lack of spirit.
Maybe it is because we are hav
ing to fight to keep the Aggie
spirit alive down here. Any
Aggie with the spirit I learned
in one semester at A&M never
stops yelling, even if we are get
ting outscored.
But this is not what bothered
me the most. The thing that
hurt the worst was the tremend
ous lack of not only spirit, but
also respect for school spirit,
shown by most of the non-regs
around me. It is pitiful to know
that the team is giving more than
their best and then listen to some
of the comments made by the
non-regs and some members of
the Corps (the usual 2 per cent.)
Even worse was to see them
walking out of the stands while
they were supposed to be sing
ing the "Twelfth Man” and the
"Spirit.”
If these people did not have
what it takes to be part of the
Corps and gain some spirit, the
least they can do is show a bit
better respect for those who do
have spirit.
Until last Thursday, I was un
der the impression that the spirit
of Aggieland was something
shared by everyone at A&M, not
only the Corps, but apparently
I have been sadly mistaken.
Carl A. Wendenburg, ’67
Texas Maritime
Academy
★ ★ ★
Editor,
The Battalion:
My mom recently mailed me
a clipping from the Plainview
Herald concerning the sending of
a 60 foot telegram supporting the
Viet Nam war to the President—
signed by over 2,000 Aggies!
This knowledge relieved my wor
ried mind and gave me in
creased pride in our school.
I’ve been down here in Panama
for some 30 months, and, of
course, I’ve heard a lot about
the student demonstrations pro
testing the U. S. involvement in
Viet Nam. Don’t get me wrong,
I wasn’t expecting anything of
the sort at Texas A&M but the
way things have been going I was
beginning to worry a little.
I’ll guarantee you that I didn’t
keep that little news clipping
a secret! There are a large
number of both officers and
NCOs here in the 8th Special
Forces Group (Airborne) who
have served in Viet Nam, and
they aren’t particularly happy
about the type of students that
are protesting our actions there.
Personally, I haven’t been
there yet, but I’m sure I will be
in a few more months. More im
portantly, one of my best friends
from the class of ’60 in Co. A-l,
Byron Stone, was killed by the
Viet Cong in August of ’64. He
originally went over for a year,
then volunteered to stay for an
additional six months. He was
killed during the second month
of his extension. I can guaran
tee you one thing, Byron Stone
wouldn’t have stayed a day if
he hadn’t believed very sincere
ly in what he was doing.
Changing the subject, I’d like
to throw out a little “big broth
erly” advice to anybody that’s
interested. During my four years
at Aggieland, somewhere between
once and two hundred times a
day I wondered if 1 hadn’t lost
all my marbles to have ever set
foot on the damn place, much less
to stay. Every day for the past
five years I’ve been so glad that
I’m a Texas Aggie. So take
heart young Aggies and keep up
the good work.
Capt. Gayno W. Scott,
’60
“ . . . Now, this is th’ weather! When you’ve built a bon
fire in this kind of weather, you know you’ve built a bonfire.
RICE
“. . . the boys will be put on spe
cial probation until the end of
this semester. This will not go
on their permanent record. Paine
(chairman of Rice’s Inter-College
Court) felt this reservation was
in order since the boys had meant
no harm.”
With those words, the Rice
Thresher dismissed the painting
of the A&M campus by two Rice
Students.
“The boys said at the hearing
that they were sorry. They did
not mean to do any real damage,
but felt that there was a need for
some outward show of school
spirit. They had thought the in
cident would only be a harmless
prank.”
“The boys, whose names have
been withheld, painted ‘Rice’ in
blue letters on the A&M War
Memorial. This was particularly
dismaying to the Aggies since it
was the night before THEIR
Armed Services Day.”
TCU
Dr. James M. Moudy was in-
State Capitol Roundup
augurated Nov. 18 as chancellor
of Texas Christian University.
He is the seventh person to hold
the post.
MINNESOTA
It seems that a river runs
through the center of the Min
nesota campus in Minneapolis-St.
Paul. The university has facili
ties on both sides of the river.
Classes are held on each side of
the river. Yet, the time schedules
for the two sections are not the
same.
The University Senate has fin
ally gotten around to proposing a
unified schedule which would call
for 75 minute classes and a 15
minute break in between each
class to give students time to
cross the river.
ARKANSAS
Things got a little tight in the
Texas Tech - Arkansas game.
When Bangin’ Bertah, the TT
bell, threatened to interrupt the
home crowd’s calling of the hogs,
three students threatened the
Saddle Tramps’ bell ringer with
bodily harm. Cheerleaders and
Charcoal Cody, the TT horse,
were pelted with cups and ice.
By VERN SANFORD
Texas Press Association
AUSTIN — A long-standing residency restric
tion on state welfare recipients may cost Texas
millions of dollars in federal medical care funds
next year.
However, welfare officials maintain that Texas’
position is little different from most other states,
since only about four states can qualify immedi
ately under “Title 19” of the extended Kerr-Mills
medical care program.
Apparently, there are no plans afoot to speed
up Texas eligibility through emergency legislation
in a special session.
Lawmakers this year tried to anticipate chang
es in federal programs. They redefined eligi
bility in state law to include the blind, disabled
and families with dependent children under medi
cal care coverage. Their anticipatory state law
becomes effective July 1, 1966, while congress
later made federal expanded benefits effective
Jan. 1. At best, therefore, Texas will be six
months late in taking full advantage of all new
benefits available.
Texas law requires most welfare recipients
to have lived in the state five out of the preced
ing nine years, the last year of which was immedi
ately prior to the assistance application date. This
law will further delay increased federal aid.
“Title 19” of the federal act outlaws such residency
restrictions for federally-supported medical care
to those otherwise eligible.
Texas won’t “lose” anything, according to
State Welfare Commissioner John H. Winters, but
actually will “gain” funds after next July 1. But,
he acknowledges, the gain would have been far
greater had the five-year residency restriction been
repealed by the 1965 state anticipatory act. Win
ters predicts the Legislature will act promptly to
strike out the provision at its next session.
States which fail to bring their laws in line
with "Title 19” by December 31, 1969, will lose
all federal matching money for medical care —
and that’s already more than $40,000,000 a year
in Texas.
FEDERAL AID
New life is being breathed into Texas towns
of 50,000 population or less.
A project called Urban Planning Assistance
Program — fed with community initiative, state
administration and federal money — is giving 120
Texas towns the opportunity to meet pressing
population demands of the years ahead.
A total of 67 small cities have completed plans
under the State Health Department’s Environ
mental Development Program, which oils the ma
chinery of federal urban planning program. An
other 59 are in the process of doing so.
Costs are paid two-thirds by the federal gov
ernment. However, in distressed areas, the figure
may go as high as three-fourths per cent.
The 67 cities already have used $1,216,870 (59
more are spending more than $960,299) to see
where they stand in the area of services offered
their citizens and services needed.
A city of less than 50,000 inhabitants may
make application to the Health Department which
submits the application to the U. S. Housing and
Home Finance Agency. A third-party contract is
drawn up with an engineering firm using federal
and local funds.
Then, all the city need do is grow along the
lines set forth.
THE BATTALION
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Engineering; Dr. Robert S. Titus, College of Veterinary
Medicine; and Dr. A. B. Wooten, College of Agriculture.
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EDITOR GLENN DROMGOOLE
Managing Editor Gerald Garcic
Sports Editor Larry Jerden
Photographer Herky KiUingsworth
Amusements Editor Lani Press wood
It’s nice to see that they are
using cups in Arkansas. The Uni
versity of Texas Band was very
hesitant to re-enter the stands
after their half-time performance
since one of their members had
been disabled by a flying pop
bottle.
TU
Quote of the Week: “The Sun
Bowl in scratching Texas from
its list of possible candidates did
an imprudent and unnecessary
thing. We can’t speak for Royal
but it is quite unlikely that he
would choose to go there regard
less of his team’s record.” (The
Daily Texan sports column) Beg-
gers can not be choosers.
According to the Ram Page of
Angelo State University the Ag
gies no longer have the world’s
biggest bonfire. The picture in
cluded shows a group of three
tall poles with boards nailed be
tween them. The framework sup
ports a pile of orange crates. It
is of the same construction as the
Cougar Hi bonfires which some
how always got lit prematurely.
PEANUTS
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At the Movies
with Lani Presswood
Zorba, Zorba, Zorba.
The greatest Greek since Plato
has finally arrived at the Campus
Theater and his appearance is
well worth taking in.
Titled simply “Zorba the
Greek,” this picture harvested
a pair of Academy Awards and
won acclaim as one of 1964’s top
five cinematic efforts.
The irrepressible Zorba is play
ed with as much skill as anyone
could ask for by Anthony Quinn,
whose performance earned him
an Oscar nomination. The event
ual winner of the award was Rex
Harrison, who rode in on the
“My Fair Lady” tide.
Zorba can be described as a
jack of all trades, or maybe bet
ter as a soldier of fortune.
Zorba lives.
The narrator in the show’s pre
views calls his attitude a “thirst
for life” and the phrase is an
accurate one.
To some, Zorba may seem an
animal. He is a big man, a physi
cal man, and his desires definite
ly include several which conven
tional morality frowns upon.
Yet, Zorba is much more than
a big, strong, good-natured guy
who goes out and gets the job
done and then doesn’t mind cele
brating. Besides all that, this
embattled veteran of living also
possesses a rare kind of intelli
gence—the ability to understand
people.
That cliche about "a genuine
insight into human nature” takes
on genuine meaning when applied
to Zorba. He understands people,
who they are, and why they be
have like they do. And he handles
people like a master craftsman,
always knowing in some instinc
tive way what to say and how
to act.
Offering a contrast to the out
going and self-indulgent Greek
is Alan Bates. Bates plays a sen
sitive, scholarly type who is try
ing to write. He serves as a top-
notch example of the cultured
man, with the unmistakable
brand of society, education, and
convention upon him.
Most of the ensuing action
takes place on Crete, centering
around the lead mine and the
Briton’s dwindling financial re
serves.
Two other figures play import
ant roles in the story — a pa
thetic, illusion-obsessed Frenck
hotelkeeper played with Oscar-
winning skill by Lila Kedrova;
and a proud, intense, young wid
ow portrayed by Irene Papas.
Tremendously convincing per
formances by each of the four
major figures help make tijj
production what it is — an un
usual, brilliant motion picture.
This is a strong show, verj
strong. Several of the scenes an
not for the squeamish, but suck
things actually happen and they
are not inappropriate in a story
about life, which is what this pic
ture in its broadest sense is all
about.
The reason this film comes off
so well can be expressed in one
word — character. These char
acters are etched with precision
and depth, especially Zorbt
Quinn’s portrayal stands as one
of the most exciting and unfor
gettable screen performances in
memory.
Go see "Zorba the Greek,"
Movies like this don’t come alony
too often.
Taxpaying Students Want
Louder Voice On Campus
Since the beginning of the
stone age, or whenever state-
supported institutions of higher
learning started, there have been,
it seems, students with questions
—not just ordinary in-the-class-
room questions, but the eternal
questions that provoke the fol
lowing age-old dialogue:
Ye Student: “O, pray tell, Ye
Administrator, why it is that we
are instructed in this thing but
not in that?”
(Swift and sure comes the
answer).
Ye Administrator: “It is the
policy.”
Ye Student: “And why, O Ad
ministrator, is it that some are
admitted without question, while
others are turned away sum
marily?”
Ye Administrator: “It is the
policy.”
Ye Student: “Then is it seem
ly to ask, O Exalted Administra
tor, if the desire of those who
study at this honorable institu
tion is considered when changes
are contemplated for the poli
cy?”
Ye Administrator: “Nay, im
pudent dog, for you know that
our authority is delegated unto
us by those who are taxed to
raise the chief revenue for the
purse of the Academy. And you
know full well that students are
Tim Lane
not numbered among those.”
And so the argument has
closed since days of yore.
But, what would have been the
case had the students of yore,
all of them, been taxpayers ?
This is what has come to pass
within the period since World
War II. The student of today
has been taught since pre-school
days that citizenship in the
greatest country in the world en
tails privileges and responsibili
ties not to be taken lightly. And
not only has he been intensely
prepared for his responsibilities,
he is forcefully reminded of one
of them repeatedly: tax-paying.
For, in today’s affluent so
ciety, the student has much to
tax. And he is taxed. State
and federal gasoline tax. State
and federal tobacco tax. Excise
tax. Luxury tax. Income tax.
Import tax. Poll tax. Even, in
exceptional cases, property tax.
It is impossible to estimate
how much of the revenue from
these taxes finds its way back
to the campus, but certainly some
does.
So, the ancient argument is
no longer valid. The student is
no longer a free-loading guest
of the taxpayers of the state,
but one of their number. Putt
er more, he is the taxpayer oi
the scene, the taxpayer most di
rectly concerned, the one for
whom the scene presumably ii
designed.
And he is the one with the
squeakiest voice in matters that
concern his campus.
So, how is it that newspaper
reporters, TV commentators, ani
the public marvel that all across
the country college students
picket and march and even riot!
What else can be expected? Is
there much else they can do-
is there a single college campus
in this country where a delega
tion of students representing the
majority opinion of a student
body—which pays for most of
the cost of its education in tui
tion, fees and taxes,—can present
a recommendation concerning the
operation of the school to ad
ministrators and have it read
seriously before it goes into the
round file ?
Possibly.
Of course, the next argument
in return is that the student,
even if he does pay taxes, is
not really qualified intellectually
to know what is really good fot
his school. If he is not, it’s
about time someone did indeed
question the operational policies
of a school that has left him so
inadequate.
Conspiracy
Out of the dark night a lone
figure creeps into the shadows of
the darkened brick building. Two
white eyes pierce the darkness,
looking first to the left and then
to the right.
Satisfied that nothing is in
sight, the figure races across
the brief lighted area into the
shadows of another building.
Like a combat hero he slowly
makes his way to the secret
hide out where several others
are awaiting him.
After the code word “chicken,”
the figure is let into the room
and the meeting begins. There is
trouble abrewing and not even
the lights are on causing diffi
culties which were allowable un
der the circumstances.
Herky
KiUingsworth
It’s a necessary meeting. Not
one you would suspect, but neces
sary. They aren’t deciding the
co-ed question, arguing about
political clubs, or even discussing
mascot difficulties.
They are deciding the day for
quizzes, planning the exact de
tails in order to plaque un
suspecting students.
“I can’t wait to see the ex
pression on their faces”, says
one.
“This’ll be great,” adds an
other.
“I think I’ll make mine essay.”
“Or maybe all problems,"
cackles one little guy who would
normally not have the nerve
to venture into the darkness ex
cept on a vital mission such a-'
this.
The date is decided with the
fun coming the next few days.
Some profs may wait until the
last minute to announce the de
cision. Others can barely wait
until the next day.
But nevertheless D-Day is ap
proaching. Unfortunately I, my
self, have fallen prey to those
conniving men in black ties and
find it time to lay aside my
camera and turn to studying.
By Charles M. Schub
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