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Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, Selective Service Direc
tor, has made public the criteria for students being placed
in Class II-S:
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sidered to be necessary to the maintenance of the national
health, safety or interest when any of the following con
ditions exist:
“1. The registrant has successfully completed his
first year and achieved a scholastic standing within the
upper" one-half of the full-time male students in his class
or has attained a score of 70 or more on the Selective Serv
ice Qualification Tests, and has been accepted for admis
sion to the second year class next commencing or has
entered upon and is satisfactorily pursuing such a course.”
Points two, three and four deal with the sophomore,
junior and senior, respectively, while point five outlines
graduate school deferments.
Sophomores must complete that year in the upper two-
thirds of the full-time male enrollment of their class, juniors
must be in the upper three fourths and seniors who are
pursuing a degree that requires more than four under
graduate years of study must complete their senior year
in the upper three-fourths of the class.
All undergraduates must have been accepted by the
next commencing class or graduate school.
The tests will be administered May 14, May 21 and
June 3, and scoring above the mentioned minimums will
qualify the student for recommendation for Class TI-S,
student deferment.
While a good number of publications, including The
Battalion, have outlined the options a man can take in
fulfilling his military obligation, there now appears on
the scene the aid to the student who has no pressing desire
to serve in the military, at least not during the current
time of crisis.
This $2.95 super-paperback is called Barron’s How To
Prepare for the Student Draft Deferment Test.
In its 250 pages it goes through the formality of in
forming the would-be non-combatant of the ways he may
serve his country, (be he so unfortunate as to not read
the rest of the book), then launches into the task of
“cramming” into the student’s head the skills he will need
to evade the ranks of the uniformed.
Pointing out to themselves that “these students must
review, practice, drill to train themselves to score high
on what are probably the most decisive tests they’ll ever
take,” the authors present to the anxious student thousands
of words with which to enrich his vocabulary.
There are, in the book, ten model verbal tests and a
like number of model mathematics tests, with, naturally,
all the answers in the back of the book.
There’s not much more that can be said for the book.
It is complete. My only question to the whole scheme
would be, “is it worth it to pass the exam after devoting
all that cram time, only to flunk out of school ?”
But, as the current issue of Look Magazine shows, a
large percentage of American college students, including
the ever-increasing number of graduate-level students, are
enrolled mainly to avoid the draft.
There is an alternative.
Haile Selassie issued the following mobilization order
in 1935:
“Everyone will now be mobilized and all boys old
enough to carry a spear will be sent to Addis Ababa.
“Married men will take their wives to carry food
and cook. Those without wives will take any woman with
out a husband. Women with small babies need not go.
“The blind, those who cannot walk or for any reason
cannot carry a spear are exempted. Anyone found at
home after the receipt of this order will be hanged.”
The Battalion,
My name is Richard H. Frank
lin, and I would like to take this
opportunity to announce my can
didacy for the post of Public
dent Senate.
I feel I am qualified for this
office through my past exper
ience and insight into the prob
lems of campus government. I
am at present Chairman of the
Student Life Committee of the
Student Senate, and thus a mem
ber of the Senate Executive Com
mittee. I also hold the position
of Finance Chairman of the MSC
Directorate, and a position as
sub-chairman of personnel of the
Public Relations Committee.
If elected, I propose to bring
this experience to bear upon the
problems of student government
at Texas A&M in the following
ways:
1. I propose to publish an
agenda of each Senate meeting
prior to said meetings, so that
each Senator may be informed by
his constituency of their wishes
on any issue.
2. I propose to aid in estab
lishing a better reputation for
A&M among the other schools in
the state through participation
in the Texas Intercollegiate Stu
dents Association, and through
work with the sportsmanship
committee..
3. I propose to aid in obtain
ing more public recognition for
campus activities, for the Aggie
Sweetheart, and for the Aggie
Mother of the Year.
4. I propose to assist the Elec
tion Commission in publicizing all
elections in an effort to eliminate
student apathy.
In these and other ways, I
will try, if elected, to make your
Student Senate a real expression
of student opinion, and thus an
organization to be respected.
Thank you for your considera
tion.
Dick Franklin, ’67
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Editor,
The Battalion,
When I read your column to
night, I was ashamed that I had
not written sooner. I really ap
preciate the stand you take re
garding patriotism, citizenship,
and especially your belief in
Christ. All this is rare today—
and yet how we need young men
who will speak up for the values
that are being questioned and
discarded by so many! I was
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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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‘Only one more ’til th’ end of th’ year!’
also glad to hear that Dr. Mc
Intyre and some students are or
ganizing an A&M chapter of the
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellow
ship—the soundest and most ef
fective College Group for reach
ing young people for Chrst.
Mrs. J. B. Crowell, Jr.
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Editor,
The Battalion,
The Aggie Blood Drive is the
annual project of the Student
Welfare Chairman. As a candi
date for this position, I will, if
elected, make the student body
more aware of this drive and the
good it achieves through the
community. I further pledge to
stimulate interest by extensive
publicity and focus attention on
the worth of donating to this
cause. In order for me to achieve
these goals, I will need your vote
Thursday.
Donald L. Allen, ’68
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Editor,
The Battalion,
It’s no wonder that the “Pen
guin” (4-15-66) preferred to re
main anonymous, since dissenters
around here are about as pop
ular as the plague. I for one
woulud like to meet this brave
soul who dared to voice some in
teresting and different opinions.
Come on out, “Penguin.”
C. R. Glover
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ROOMMATES REVISITED
This morning’s mail brought a letter from a student at
a prominent Western university (Princeton). “Dear Sir,”
he writes. “In a recent, column you said it was possible to
get along with your roommate if you try hard enough.
Well, I’d like to see anyone get along with my roommate!
Mervis Trunz (for that is his name) practices the ocarina
all night long, keeps an alligator, wears knee-cymbals, and
collects airplane tires. I have tried everything I can with
Mervis Trunz, but nothing works. I am desperate, (signed)
Desperate.”
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No, dear Desperate, your problem with Mervis Trunz is
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pretty small potatoes. Compare it, for example, to the clas
sic case of Basil Metabolism and E. Pluribus Ewbank.
Basil and E. Pluribus, roommates at a prominent East
ern university (Oregon) were at an impassable impasse.
Basil could study only late at night, and E. Pluribus could
not stay awake past nine p.m. If Basil kept the lights on,
the room was too bright for E. Pluribus to sleep. If E. Pluri
bus turned the lights off, the room was too dark for Basil
to study. What to do?
Well sir, these two intelligent American kids found an
answer. They got a miner’s cap for Basil! Thus, he had
enough light to study by, and still the room was dark
enough for E. Pluribus to sleep. ;
It must be admitted, however, that this ingenious solu
tion had some unexpected sequelae. Basil got so enchanted
with his miner’s cap that he switched his major from 18th
Century poetry to mining and metallurgy. Shortly after
graduation he had what appeared to be a great strokeof
luck: while out prospecting, he discovered what is without
question the world’s largest feldspar mine. This might have
made Basil very rich except that nobody, alas, has yet dis
covered a use for feldspar. Today Basil, a broken man,
squeezes out a meagre living as a stalagmite in Ausable
Chasm.
Nor has E. Pluribus fared conspicuously better. Once
Basil got the miner’s cap, E. Pluribus was able to catchup
on his long-lost sleep. He woke after nine days, refreshed
and vigorous—more vigorous, alas, than he realized. It was
the afternoon of the Dean’s tea. E. Pluribus stood in line
with his classmates, waiting to shake the Dean’s hand. At
last his turn came, and E. Pluribus, full of strength and
health, gave the Dean a firm handshake—so firm, indeed,
that all five of the Dean’s knuckles were permanently fused.
The Dean sued for a million dollars and, of course, won.
Today E. Pluribus, a broken man, is paying off his debt by
walking the Dean’s cat every afternoon for ten cents an hour.
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