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Political Clubs Issue Faces Another Test The Texas A&M Board of Directors re turned the monkey to the Executive Com mittee’s back last week when they failed to take action on campus political clubs. In refusing to consider sanctioning the organizations, the board did not express disapproval — nor approval — of the Stu dent Senate resolution urging the univer sity to reverse its unsympathetic policy to ward student political groups. The Board only said the issue should be handled by the same Executive Committee that last denied club recognition on April 24, 1964. Senate president Roland Smith claimed early this week he would prepare the re solution for Executive Committee considera tion “at the earliest possible date.” Dean of Students James P. Hannigan said the comimttee hasn’t been faced with the issue since its 1964 ruling. Several political organizations have submitted ap plications and constitutions for approval, but Hannigan has rejected them for being “a mere restatement” of previously disap proved documents. Since the Student Senate stepped into the picture with its January 6 resolution, however, the future of political clubs has looked its brightest in years. The resolution proposed university rec ognition of campus political groups, but also lay down rigid guidelines for the organiza tions to meet. The Senate action appeared quite adequate to Hannigan, and he has per mitted Young Democrats and Young Re publicans to meet on campus for organiza tional purposes in recent weeks. Executive Committee approval of the resolution would restore official sanction to the organizations, but there is no assur ance the administrative body will view the proposal favorably. Rejection of campus political clubs has been based on Section 2, Article V, House Bill 86 of the 58th Legislature which states: “None of the moneys appropriated by Articles I, II, III and IV of this act, regard less of their source or character, shall be used for influencing the outcome of any election, or the passage or defeat of any legislative measure.” The Senate resolution, with its restric tions on campus political activity, in effect proposes political study clubs, and the Ex ecutive Committee could approve the resolu tion without overturning its strict, conserva tive interpretation of House Bill 86. Study and practice of politics should be an important phase of a university educa tion — certainly for Texas A&M with its emphasis on excellence. A great univer sity cannot preach excellence in some fields and advocate ignorance in others. A&M Consolidated—Part 2 Local School System Plans For Future, Meets Needs By LARRY R. JERDEN Battalion Associate Editor One of the best measures of a school’s proficiency is the quality, state of training and equipment used by its teachers. In this field, A&M Consolidated compares favorably with other By LARRY R. JERDEN Battalion Associate Editor Prudence and The Pill; Hugh Mills; J. B. Lippincott Co., 1966. This charming little volume is set in a very rich country region of merry old England. And the deeper one becomes engrossed in the book, the merrier England really appears to be. The mood and plot are set ear ly, and once the reader is into the second page, chances are he will begin reading and turning pages at a furious rate till he has lit erally sped through its 139 pages. The central characters are Ger ald Hardcastle and his wife Pru dence, whose marriage has now lost all its fire and intamacy, but who live together comfortably enough in their Buckinghamshire estate. Gerald’s brother, Henry, and his wife, Grace, find their 16- year-old daughter in bed with a young man after their weekly night out, and discover the next day she has been taking The Pill. When her mother asks her where she got them, she said calmly, “I’ve been taking yours.” In fact, she had been taking them one-a-day, carefully replac ing them with aspirin, while her mother had been curing head aches for the past several months. When Gerald discovers a bottle of Pills in his wife’s dresser drawer, he performs the same trick, knowing too well that he has not caused any need for them. The plot moves quickly from there to its climax, at which time nearly everything female for miles around becomes pregnant, including Prudence, Grace, Ger aldine (the daughter), Gerald’s mistress and the downstairs maid. The book is smoothly and freshly written, without dipping into vulgarity, and is as delight ful a bit of humor as has come around in many a day. If one’s first reaction to the book is that it should be made school systems of its size. In addition to having a faculty with a high number of advanced degrees and a continuing pro gram of education in the latest techniques, the system possesses the best in educational equip ment. into a motion picture, it merely echo’s that of Fitzroy-Kenwood Productions, a group that intends to film the tale in color later this year. The effort represents the auth or’s first venture into comic fic tion, after enjoying a number of film and London stage successes. All-in-all, an enjoyable way of killing a few hours chuckling at a family’s reaction to what some consider a serious problem: an unexpected, miniature population explosion that everyone dreads only until it happens. Books (Compiled by Publishers’ Weekly) FICTION THE SOURCE, Michener THE DOUBLE IMAGE, Maclnnes THOSE WHO LOVE, Stone THE LOCKWOOD CON CERN, O’Hara THE BILLION DOLLAR BRAIN, Deighton NONFICTION IN COLD BLOOD, Capote A THOUSAND DAYS, Schlesinger GAMES PEOPLE PLAY, Berne THE PROUD TOWER, Tuchman A GIFT OF PROPHECY, Montgomery Bulletin Board FRIDAY Deep East Texas Hometown Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 3B of the Memorial Stu dent Center. MONDAY Brazos Bowmen Archery Club will meet at 8 p.m. in room 2B of the MSC. Under the supervision of Fred Hopson, the school system em ployes extensive audio - visual aids, including film strips, over head projectors, 16mm movies, phonographs and tape recorders. Foreign languages are taught with the aid of language labora tory equipment, and plans for the future call for a continuing in flux of audio-visual aids. “We have a better than aver age faculty due to the location,” said superintendant W. T. Riedel, “and we realize we are in an education-minded community.” “Most of our teachers’ time is actually spent teaching, and we have teacher’s aids to work with the educationally deprived in the lower grades,” he added. “Our courses are primarily col lege-prep oriented, including two classes of computer science taught in conjunction with A&M University.” “We have just completed an occupational survey of the area and have thoughts of adding to our vocational course offerings. We now have courses in voca tional agriculture and homemak ing, with plans to expand into distributive education,” he ex plained. Riedel said the system will strenghten this phase of the work as the occupational trends in the area become less centered around the college. Physical facilities will be ex panded in the future, insured by the passing of a $500,000 bond issue recently. With these addi tions, it is hoped system needs through 1970 can be met. Included in the expansion pro gram are two junior high class rooms, a band and choir build ing. Existing facilities are to be renovated, upgraded and equipped, with streets, drainage, walks and grounds improved in the junior high area. A new elementary school is to be constructed with necessary supporting facilities on a recent ly acquired site. This should be ready for occupancy by the fall of 1967. These improvements will be the result of money and interest put forth by civic-minded com munity citizens. When it is noted that A&M Consolidated IDS en rollment will reach 4,593 by 1980, the need for continuing expan sion and improvement is readily apparent. In a world based on education, the quality in its basic levels can not be overstressed. Now that the close of public school week is here, let us give day-by-day throughout the rest of the year, our fullest support to our schools and those who serve us there. 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