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Page 2 College Station, Texas Friday, February 18, 1966
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Water, Water Everywhere?
Walter Prescott Webb, great Texas his
torian and man of letters, once whote what
appears to be a general blueprint for action
in the development of a comprehensive and
adequate water plan for all of Texas when
he said . . unless Texas adopts some ade
quate water program, the best possible, it
will soon reach its industrial potential.”
And if we are to believe that statement,
made a dozen years agn; it would also
appear that we are much nearer that po
tential than we were in 1954.
E. T. Smerdon, Director, Water Resourc
es Institute, Texas A&M University, eleven
years later, wrote, “The day the faucets
run dry in Texas can be postponed only
through an adequate research program.
Water use for a future population, evapor
ation and runoff rates and tomorrow’s land
use all need to be considered in the com
plicated problem of water resource plan
ning.”
In these two general statements we have
the problem stated succinctly enough, and
yet the future of any over-all plan for
Texas will not move along to any satis
factory conclusion unless those most con
cerned are fully informed at every step
of the way.
It is impossible for any person to give
a swivel chair prediction as to the amount
of water industry will need in East Texas
during the next 35 years let alone what it
will need by the year 2020. If we, in East
Texas, knew what to expect in industrial
development during the next 20 years, we
would no doubt be engaged in making larger
plans for the conservation of this great
natural resource than we are making now.
But, fortunately, it is not too late.
Endowed, as we are, with a potentially
abundant supply of surface water, provided
steps are made to conserve it, we are in
a most favorable position. Industry has
moved into this 71-county region of ours
because of water, and the considerable de
velopment of a number of our streams has
had the added effect of bringing untold
millions of tourists to our section of Texas
during the past decade. But while many
of our people live here because they were
born and grew up in East Texas, multiplied
thousands of our newer citizens have settled
here because of our water resources and the
attendant recreational opportunities which
abound as a logical result.
Whatever “rights” exist to the use and
enjoyment of East Texas’ water belong first
to East Texans, and whatever plans may
evolve as a result of the Texas water re
sources study had best realize this basic
fact!
It is not for any bureau or individual
or set of individuals, residing outside East
Texas, to plan for us. It is our job to plan
for ourselves. And when regional hearings
begin, East Texans must be sure that this
fact is made plain — East Texas Chamber
of Commerce.
EAST TEXAS
Official Publication of the East Texas
Chamber of Commerce
CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle
“I can’t put my finger on it, but somehow it’s not very
dynamic!”
Politics: His Way Of Life
Crawford Martin Whistle - Stops Campus, City
By MIKE BERRY
Battalion Staff Writer
The strain and excitement of
political campaigning in Texas is
nothing new to Crawford Martin,
Secretary of State, who is run
ning for Attorney General.
“You might say, I grew up
campaigning,” said Martin. “My
father was a State Senator, and
as a kid I passed out campaign
literature for A1 Smith in 1928.”
Martin made a stop Thursday
in his campaign tour for the
Eighth Annual Conference of
County Judges and Commission
ers on campus
“It is a different experience,”
reflects Martin, “every hour you
are on the go, flying in and out
of places. I’ve lost 15 pounds in
the two weeks the campaign has
doesn’t have to be a large group.
In an election where 20,000 peo-
been underway. The very pattern
of campaigning has changed in
Texas. Now, a candidate meets
with groups and individuals
throughout the state . . . there
are no more speeches, we leave
that to the bigger candidates —
the Governor or Senator.”
A typical campaign stop is an
exhausting round of meetings,
luncheons, conferences, and hand
shakings. In the day that Mar
tin spent in College Station, he
was almost constantly greeting
political acquaintances or round
ing up support for his campaign.
The pauses in his busy day were
few, but very welcome.
“But,” continued Martin, “peo
ple, as a whole, are courteous.
Why, the biggest impression a
fella gets is how big the state
is. Texas has more metropolitan
areas than any other state.
Martin turned to the opposi
tion.
“The Republicans seem to be a
bit on the wane. The Goldwater
nomination in ’64 hurt the party,
but they’re still strong and they
haven’t lost much ground. How
ever, that doesn’t mean they’re
dead. They’ll be back.”
To Martin, politics is a com
bination of luck, brains, and most
of all, “a business of hard work.
In this, it is like any other busi
ness, but only in this.”
“You start by building up a
circle of influence,” said Martin.
“You latch on to a candidate or
run yourself and get a group of
people to work with you. It
At the Movies
with Lani Presswood
The Rare Breed isn’t. Isn’t a
rare breed that is.
No, it’s actually a pretty con
ventional-type western set in
Texas during the 1880’s. James
Stewart rides tall in the saddle,
Maureen O’Hara retains her
flaming red hair and matching
temperament, and there’s a
stampede, fist fights galore and
even a couple of romances
thrown in.
This is all tried and true stuff,
and with a Stewart, an O’Hara,
topnotch color photography, the
movie should do solid, if not spec
tacular, box office business.
The picture deals with the first
introduction of the hereford into
the American cattle picture.
Maureen brings Vindicator, a
hefty, likeable rascal, with her
to the colonies from England
with fond ambitions.
She hopes to start a breed of
herefords flourishing in the
West, using Vindicator as the
first base of operations. The big
fellow, by the way, only comes
when “God Save The King” is
whistled within earshot.
About this time the Texas
prairies are teeming with Long
horns (the four-footed kind) and
the idea of this foreign critter
ver catching on big kas heartily
laughed off.
Does Vindicator come through?
It’ll cost you a buck at the Pal
ace Theater or a carefully rea
soned guess to find out.
The plot of this movie is thin
ner than Stewart’s physique and
as a piece of dramatic storytell
ing it just flat can’t hack it.
But even if you don’t really en
joy it, how can you genuinely dis
like a movie with James Stew
art and Maureen O’Hara in it?
Their faces have become so fa-
maliar through the years that
they almost seem like kinfolk.
It’s a couple of not-so-familiar
faces that put the only real spark
into the film, though. One be
longs to Juliet Mills, Hayley’s vi
vacious elder sister.
Miss Mills is not a buxom eye
ful with higher-math dimensions,
but her radiance and charm
break through the celluloid bar
rier in rare and fine style.
The other relatively unknown
face is Brian Keith’s and the
burly actor’s features are even
further obscured through a good
bit of the show by a flowing red
beard.
One of the film’s top scenes
finds Keith sporting a buffalo
robe while taking a hot bath.
His tub toy is a bottle of Scotch
which he recaps after every
swig and then lets float until
he’s ready for another shot.
Speaking in a deliberate but
reasonably successful Scottish
accent, Keith plays a lusty son
of Scotland running a big Texas
cattle spread. The former star
of “The Crusader,” a television
series, handles his role as the
bombastic, eccentric Scot with
skill and gusto.
In the final analysis, though,
neither Keith’s vitality, Juliet’s
freshness nor the familiarity of
two veteran stars is enough to
pull “The Rare Breed” up from
the ranks of the ordinary.
English Profs Write
Dickinson Articles
Articles by two Department of
English professors are included
in a special issue of the “Emer
son Society Quarterly” devoted
to Emily Dickinson’s poetry.
Dr. Carroll D. Laverty’s
“Structural Patterns in Emily
Dickinson’s Poetry” are among
eight critical essays submitted at
the editor’s invitation.
CORRECTION
GIBSON’S
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pie vote your group of 2,000 may
be the deciding factor.”
Timing is essential. “You’ve
got to be in the right place, do-
iiig the right thing. And it is a
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ON OTHER CAMPUSES
Houston
UH has taken a large step
toward becoming a university in
stead of a high school for Hous
ton. A $1 million grant from the
Moody Foundation of Galveston
puts the school one step closer
toward its goal of a twin 17-story
tower dormitory complex.
The twin towers would house
1,200 students. Including private
ly owned housing and dorm fa
cilities, only 1,800 students live
away from home at the metro
politan school. The dorm will be
completed by 1968.
Rice
Those good sports at Rice put
down their paint brushes long
enough to nearly burn down one
of their dorms. A paper-stuffing
in a sophomore’s room led to a
fire with damages running over
$1000.
Students were attempting to
sweep the paper from the room
when some prankster flipped a
match into the pile. Faulty equip
ment prevented students from
putting the fire out themselves.
TCU
Seems that the people at TCU
don’t think students at some other
schools dress as nicely as they
should. Considerable disdain was
poured on unidentified northern
schools for allowing girls to wear
cutoffs and sweatshirts to class.
Texas Tech
Dr. Grover E. Murray, recently
appointed president of Texas
Technological College, has spoken
out for a name change.
Controversy has rocked the
\ubbock campus for some years
/er whether Texas State Uni
versity or Texas Tech Universih
should be the new name. Murray
would not speak out for one name.
“Texas Tech is already a uni
versity in fact if not in name, 11
he said, “and change from college
to university would simply be a
recognition of this fact. If it is
justified, time will take care of a
name-change to the best interests
of all.
Iowa State
Students at Iowa State Uni
versity, Ames, are now in ths
process of evaluating then
courses and instructors.
However, for the first time ths
results will be tabulated by com
puter.
ISU students will do theii
rating concurrently with the uni
versity elections prepared oa
survey sheets.
The finished booklet, listing al
of the fall teachers and coursea,
will be ready for distribution k;
next fall.
North Texas
A petition seeking to impeacl
all class officers at North Texas
State University ran into const
tutional technicalities and was
declared unconstitutional by tin
school’s supreme court. Tli
reason : the North Texas consti
tution holds that impeachment
petitions should be only for indi
vidual officers.
However, the student who de
fended the petition at the hearing
was not discouraged. His com
ment: “If they want 16 petitions,
that’s what they’ll get.”
The petition sought the ouste
of all class officers because the;
failed to comply with their duties
as outlined in the constitution.
victor
my is:
What does it take to gain recognition at
Ford Motor Company? If you have skills
that we can utilize, and if you’re ambitious
as well as able, you can move ahead fast at
Ford! Consider the career of Eric Mangelsen:
Eric came to work at our Ypsilanti Plant in
February, 1961. During the initial stage of
his training program, he was given the
assignment to supervise the development,
design and construction of special production
calibrating and test equipment for auto
mobile voltage regulators. Later, he was
'cessing and production of the transistor ignition
for our 1963 cars. He was responsible for introducing
process for voltage regulator contact points, which
need costs. He was also instrumental in processing
.sistorized regulator system used in our new 1966
of management with broad responsibilities in a key
jartment, Eric Mangelsen has moved ahead rapidly
that believes in giving young men every opportunity
their skill and ingenuity. Why not investigate? Talk
tative when he visits your campus. You can go far
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