THE BATTALION
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College Station, Texas
Wednesday, October 26, 1966
Sound Off
“We’ve got to think of a way to retract those Aggie
jokes—Thanksgiving is just around the corner!”
Sen. Tower Brings
Campaign To Area
Senator John Tower will bring
his campaign for re-election to
Bryan-College Station Monday,
according to Martin Leissner, Re
publican Party chairman for
Brazos County.
Tower is scheduled to arrive
at Easterwood Airport at 2:30
p.m. Monday, Leissner said. He
will appear on the KBTX tele
vision program “Town Talk” at
3:30 p.m.
A reception honoring Tower
will be at the Ramada Inn here
from 3:30 to 4:15p.m., and Leis
sner said the general public is
invited to attend.
“Although Senator Tower will
be unable to be at the reception
during the entire time, due to
his television appearance, we
want to invite everyone to the
reception,” he noted. “We will
have a television set tuned in to
the program and the Senator will
be here immediately after his
appearance on television.”
Leissner also said Tower will
conduct a press conference at
4:10 p.m. in his campaign head-
quaters here, in room 124 of the
Ramada Inn.
Tower is currently touring the
state seeking re-election to the
Senate. His opponent, Attorney
General Waggoner Carr, visited
this area last week.
Editor,
The Battalion,
As I read the letter by Paul F.
Gunner in “Sound Off” (10-25-
66), I was struck by the fact that
he was somewhat less than ob
jective in his criticism of the
civilian student body of A&M.
Perhaps in his efforts to be a
“Gung-ho” Fish, he has simply
lost sight of a few obvious facts.
Whatever his problem, I feel obli
gated to shed a little light on
these facts of ALL Corps mem
bers who have mistaken ideas
abou ans.
Fish Gunner singled out the
tradition of “whipping out” as an
example of the “superior” pride
and spirit of the A&M Cadet
Corps. But a close look reveals
that only those cadets who have
to, actually comply with the tra
dition. The Juniors and Seniors,
who have no fear of retribution
from upperclassmen, refrain from
“whipping out” as much as any
civilian ever did. Where is pride
in doing something which is com
pulsory ?
Fish Gunner also criticized
civilian spirit at football games.
I have spent an entire year in
the Corps of Cadets and I, too,
used to think that the civilians
never yelled very loud or ex
hibited much Aggie Spirit. Just
a few weeks ago I attended my
first Aggie football game as a
civilian. I was greatly surprised
by the spirit and the participa
tion of the civilians in the Aggie
yells.
It cannot be denied that there
are civilians who by their actions
give the civilian body a bad name.
But after all, does not the Cadet
Corps have its “two percenters?”
The challenge put forth by Fish
Gunner should not have been
made to the civilian students on
ly. ' Tie challenge should be to
the entire student body of A&M
to cease the bickering and name
calling between factions. The Ag
gie Spirit should be a united
spirit, and true Aggies should see
that this is the best thing for
A&M and its students.
R. L. Singletary ’69
★ ★ ★
Tower is scheduled to leave at
4:45 p.m. Monday for a speaking
engagement Monday night in
Texarkana, Leissner added.
Editor,
The Battalion,
In reply to Mr. Gunner’s letter
in Tuesday’s Batt, let’s clear up
a few of his obviously bias views
about the Cadet Corps.
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For the first thing ,fish in the
Corps seldom come to a civilian
student and whip-out. Even if
they do the language used is
not full of courtesy and respect
but rather filled with the air of
contempt and obligation of duty.
Former Aggie To Head
Scientists At Andrews AFB
The civilian voice on the cam
pus. even though it carries the
majority of students behind it,
has for too long, been hushed
because of fear from certain peo
ple that if heard, the power of
the Corp of Cadets will be hurt.
Texas A&M graduate Arthur
G. Wimer Jr. has been named
chief scientist of the Air Force
Systems Command at Andrews
AFB, Md.
The Texarkana native served
in the post four years until Aug
ust, 1964. Wimer received a
bachelor degree in electrical en
gineering at A&M in 1940, and
did graduate work at Harvard,
MIT and Rutgers.
Wimer is recipient of the Air
Force Decoration for Exceptional
Civilian Service and the Air Force
Commendation for Meritorious
Civilian Service.
This very fact is what hurts
A&M more than all other prop-
lems together. Until this uni
versity, our university, has equal
voice for its students we shall
never be as great as we someday
can be.
What can be done ? The most
important thing is to write and
do something about it. The
civilians by far have the majority
in this school, yet have very
little power.
How can the administration
stick its neck out for us and give
us our say if we do not want it
ourselves. Take an interest,
civilians, work for yourselves and
take an interest. Speak for your
self; vote in elections and stand
up for your rights.
He was assistant deputy chief
of staff for science and technol
ogy, moving up in the Air Re
search and Development Com
mand after separation from
active duty in 1953.
Once we gain our power, which
is destined to be ours, we then
can gain much more for ourselves
and help A&M to be the universi
ty it should be.
F. A. Tice ’68
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are so insecure that they spend
frequent nights prowling about
to eavesdrap for plots against
them.
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