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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Friday, March 17, 1967
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Engineers
Hasty Action
Saturday morning- the Southwestern Journalism Con
gress Student Press Club meeting- at East Texas State
University passed a resolution, 17 to 4, which was sup
posed to censure the A&M administration for firing the
student editor of the Battalion, Tommy DeFrank, last
fall, without giving him any public reason for his dismissal.
The resolution in its final form contained the follow
ing statement: “Whereas the final determination of edi-
-torial authority of the student newspaper now rests with
the Texas A&M administration . .
THIS CLAUSE in effect says that the present stu
dent editor of the Batt, Winston Green, does not NOW
have the authority to set editorial policy.
It seems strange that the delegates at the conven
tion were not willing to accept Winston Green’s flat state
ment that he DOES determine the Batt’s editorial policy.
No matter how true it may be that the administration
refused to let the previous editor of the Batt (whom
Green replaced) set his own editorial policy, no facts were
cited to support the statement that this condition exists
now — and the editor and members of his staff deny that
it does.
A second clause in the resolution stated “Whereas
the administration of Texas A&M has made it clear that
the student newspaper does not have the right to criticize
the university administration . . .”
AGAIN AT the meeting, Green stated, upon being
asked, that he feels he does have the right to criticize
the A&M administration when the situation warrants.
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Heroy Jr., president of the Geo
tech Division of Teledyne Indus
tries in Dallas.
Dr. John C. Calhoun Jr., vice
president for programs at Texas
A&M and former science advisor
to Secretary of Interior Stewart
Udall, will discuss “Resources En
gineering” at a 7:30 p.m. ban
quet in the MSC.
The second day of the convoca
tion will be devoted to presenta
tions covering energetics, ma
terials and environment.
W.E. SHOUPP of Pittsburgh,
vice president for research at
Westinghouse, will open the ses
sion with a paper on “Energetics
and Energy Conversion in the
70’s.”
“Electric Energy in Texas” will
be discussed by H. R. Drew of
Fort Worth, executive vice presi
dent of the Texas Atomic Energy
Foundation.
“It’s the first waste can with handles in the right places!
We should be able to sell hundreds during th’ Spring.”
The executive director for the
Materials Advisory Board of the
National Academy of Engineer
ing, Nathan E. Promisel of Wash
ington, D. C., will cover “Ma
terials: Horizons of the 70’s.”
It may be pointed out here that Green was asked if
he had as yet editorially criticized the A&M administra
tion. He said yes, then cited the editorial and the situation.
However, some delegates did not feel that in this spe
cific example he had “criticized.” It was evident that
the word “criticize” was being used in different strengths
by both parties. However, most delegates chose to pass
over Green’s previous statement that he felt he could
criticize the administration editorially.
Another point which should have been considered by
the delegates was that in hearing both DeFrank and Green,
they were not hearing objective reports. Each person
was emotionally involved.
JOURNALISTS are supposed to be devoted to print
ing of the truth. However, these student journalists
made their decision to condemn A&M on the basis of
what they heard from two people themselves involved in
highly controversial and emotion-packed incidents, and on
what they heard from two other schools who had sent
reporters to A&M and had been barred from meetings
by the administration there.
What it boils down to is that objective unbiased
truth was never presented during the discussion on the
subject. And discussion was cut off by a call for “ques
tion” before many delegates felt they knew all the facts.
(However, they went ahead and voted, even not knowing
all the facts.)
If the press club wished to make a statement of policy
concerning the A&M incident, it should have investigated
the incident through an unbiased committee which could
have then presented its findings to the body at the con
vention or through the mail to the members schools for
voting.
IT SHOULD have given the delegates more time to
think and question before forcing them to vote on an
“incomplete” picture.
And certainly it should have made certain that every
thing in the resolution was factually true and supportable.
The delegates themselves should have done more think
ing for themselves and not allowed themselves to be pushed
by the emotion connected with “censorship” and “freedom
of the press.
—“The Daily Lasso,” Texas Woman’s University
Aggie Marines
Three Vietnam
Command
Divisions
History Members To Attend Meeting
Three members of Texas A&M
University’s History and Govern
ment Department will be in Aus
tin Friday and Saturday to attend
the Texas State Historical As
sociation’s annual meeting.
They include department head
Dr. J. M. Nance, history profes
sor Dr. Herbert H. Lang, and as
sociate history professor Dr.
Thomas L. Miller.
Dr. Nance is a fellow in the
association, a member of the ex
ecutive council, and chairman of
this year’s program committee.
On Sunday, Dr. Nance will em
cee the Central Texas Area Read-
ers-Writers Roundtable at Sa-
lado.
By MANUEL PINA
Special Batt Writer
“Of the four Marine divisions
in Vietnam at the present time,
three are commanded by Aggies,”
Lt. (USMC) Ted Hopgood said
Wednesday night.
“This is no bull, I have just re
turned from Vietnam and the Ma
rines always take their objective,”
Hopgood said to members of the
Texas A&M Semper Fidelis So
ciety. The society is composed of
students hoping to be officers in
the U. S. Marine Corps.
Hopgood, a former Aggie yell
leader, recently returned from 13
months in combat in Vietnam. He
spent most of that time near the
demilitarized zone (DMZ).
He took part in several small
unit missions, operation Hastings
last July and August and in the
taking of Hill 400 which was writ
ten in Newsweek Magazine.
“As a platoon commander you
may be on a mission from one
day to two weeks,” Hopgood ex
plained. “During this time you
will have complete control of your
45 or 50 men and all the decisions
to be made will be on your shoul
ders.”
“Stay in shape, your life and
the lives of your men may depend
on it,” Hopgood said. “At sum
mer camp and basic school there
is a lot of information thrown at
you. The more you retain the
better off you will be. So study
hard when you are up at Quanti-
co (Va.)”.
“There is no doubt in my mind,”
Hopgood said, “that during bomb
ing ceases that supplies start
flowing in. The Ho Chi Minh
trail comes right down to the
DMZ then spreads out in a net
work of trails ten miles wide.”
“I flew with an air observer at
night and using flares we could
see what looked like a traffic jam
of trucks at the DMZ.”
“The enlisted marine in Viet
nam is as enthused and ready as
the officer,” Hopgood said. “You
will find that even though some
may not have a lot of book knowl
edge, they do have a lot of com
mon sense”.
“I found it a real privilege to
lead these Marines,” he said, “and
chances are pretty good that you
will too”.
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THE BATTALION
The former Woolworth Build
ing in downtown Bryan is the
site selected for the 3rd Annual
Regional Exhibition of paintings,
sculptures, prints and drawings,
scheduled for April 8-9 by Braz
os Valley Art Association of Bry-
an-College Station.
“All artists, including students,
16 years of age and over of the
Brazos Valley area within a fifty-
mile radium,” stated Mrs. W. H.
Andrew, Jr., exhibit chairman,
“are eligible to submit three en
tries each, with a limit of two in
any one category.”
Submission date for entries is
Thursday, April 6, from 4 to 8
p.m. at the show location. Entry
fees will be charged non-members
and members for each work
selected for exhibition. Refunds
will be made on work that does
not pass the jury.
Show categories are: (1) oils,
acrylics, and casein on canvas,
Masonite, or plywood; (2) water
solubles, on paper or illustration
board; (3) graphics, (including
prints, and drawings in all
media); (4) mixed media; and
(5) sculptures.
Qualified judges will award
cash prizes, donated by Bryan-
College Station Chamber of Com
merce, to Best of Show, and First
Place in all categories. Two gift
certificates will be donated by
Mink Art Supply. Ribbons will
go to First, Second, Third, and
Honorable Mention in each cate
gory.
Award-winning work will be
displayed in the community for
four weeks following the exhibi
tion.
All work exhibited must be
original. With exception of
sculptures, all must be framed
and equipped for hanging. Name,
address, title, and price (if for
sale) must be designated on the
back of each entry. Work exhib
ited in previous local annual
shows is unacceptable.
Tables may be brought by per
sons wishing to exhibit or sell
superior handcrafts. A small en
try fee will be charged. '
“Through these annual shows,”
Mrs. Richard H. Thomas, presi
dent of the Association stated,
“we seek recognition for artists
out of reach of exhibition oppor
tunities in the larger cities. We
hope they will respond by bring
ing in their work.”
Information leaflets giving de
tails of exhibit regulations may
be picked up at Mink Art Supply,
or will be mailed, on receipt of a
stamped return envelope sent to
Mrs. Robert S. Huffaker, pub
licity chairman, 731 Garden
Acres, Bryan, Texas.
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