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
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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.
Prudence And The Pill
Population Boom
In Old England
THE BATTALION
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Page 2
THE BATTALION
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