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Page 2 There’s No Cheating Instinct- It Must Be Learned This Year’s Easter Earliest Since 1951 ance Easter this year, on March 26, is the earliest observ- of the spring- religious feast since 1951, when it fell on March 25. It will be this early only twice again in this century, in 1978 and 1989. The earliest Easter in the 20th century occurred in 1940, when it fell on March 24. Unlike Christmas, always on Dec. 25, this religious holiday can range over a period of 35 days, from March 22 to April 25, because of the complicated method of reckon ing it. Rehearsals For Mystery Monique In Seventh Week By BOB ROBINSON Special Batt Writer “M o n i q u e,” a sophisticated murder mystery, is now in its sev enth week of rehearsal by the Ag gie Players. Written by Dorothy and Mi chael Blankfort, and directed by C. K. Esten, Director of the Aggie Players, it provides con flict between a weak husband and an overbearing wife, a conspira tor to take advantage of the situ ation, a retired detective who is the only one to suspect the truth, and of course, the murder, itself. Fernand Ravel, played by Dick Gustafson, has been unsuccess fully trying to get a divorce from his wife, Lucienne, played by Ma rie Crook. He is in love with Dr. Monique Rigaud, played by Jan Gannoway, and is willing to go to almost any extreme to be free of his wife. She won’t give him Orchestra, Choir Present Bach’s B Minor Mass The Dallas Symphony Orches tra and the University of Texas Concert Choir presented Bach’s Mass in B Minor Sunday after noon in G. Rollie White Coliseum. The Memorial Student Center’s Town Hall Committee sponsored the program. Four soloists also lent their services to the Mass. Bass-bari tone Edward Baird, tenor Grant Williams, alto Juanita Teal, and soprano Claire Brooks all per formed in solo rolls. The Mass, done entirely in Lat in, was sung by 60 voices of the Texas Choir. The Dallas Sym phony brought about 35 musi cians, somewhat short of their full capacity. The Symphony was directed by Donald Johanos. The associate conductor was Charles Blackman, and Dr. Morris Beachy directed the UT choir. the divorce, though, so her death is plotted by Monique, with his help. Randy Teipel plays Merlin, the retired detective, who knows something is not quite right, but isn’t sure what. Sandra Rose plays Lisette, a young girl who believes she is in love with Fernand, and Cynthia Smith plays Henriette, the not quite honest maid in the Ravel household. Unknowing accomplices to the plot are Gouttez, the interior decorator, played by David Ri- singer, and Audie, Lucienne’s continually sick uncle, played by Fred Rich. Roger Williams is the messenger and the offstage voices are by Nancy Wick and Pamela Deriso. Roger Williams is stage man ager, set design is by Harry Gooding, and set construction is headed by Kirk Stewart. The script girl is Pamela Deriso, and Nancy Wick and Jean Malone are in charge of properties. House and publicity is handled by Leon Greene, Francis Flynn, Bob Rob inson, and Mike Watson, and the sound is by Chuck Rose and Jim Weyhenmeyer. “Monique” will open April 6 and will continue through April 12 in Guion Hall. There will be no performance April 9. ROTC Cadets Receive Payments Monthly Air Force ROTC cadets now receive subsistence pay monthly, announced Col. Vernon L. Head, aerospace studies professor. A&M’s 235 junior and senior cadets began getting the $40 monthly subsistence check in February. Previously, students under contract were paid quar terly. AFROTC scholarship holders re ceive $50 a month. Pay checks are printed by com puter at Maxwell AFB ROTC headquarters. The change af fects 12,000 cadets in the U. S. JSI'-jOD f THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Tuesday, March 21, 1967 CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle Sound Off A recent commentary was concerned with the dis honesty of the young- men who are supposed to be the “Cream of American Youth” — the men of the Air Force Academy. In the light of that academy’s second cheating schan- dal in recent years, it asked the question, “Is this a tipoff about our evolving sense of values in the nation?” Of course, the Academy has not cornered the market on cheaters — every school has them, no matter how tight the security. This commentary on cheating created a fictitious Aca demy Cadet named “John C. Muddle” and traced his experi ence from early childhood. When Muddle was six, he saw his father try to sway a traffic cop with a $5 bill. When he was eight, he heard Uncle George brag how he shaved his income tax with fictitious expense account claims. When he was 12, his aunt advised him to claim the glasses he dropped on the way to school had been stolen, so the insurance theft policy would take effect. When he was 15, his football coach taught him how to hold and not get caught. When he was 16, the employer on Muddle’s first real job told Muddle to put the mushy tomatoes on the bottom so the shoppers would only see the plump, firm one . . . And so on. Every one of these counsellors ended up with the assurance, “It’s OK, kid, everybody does it.” When upper classmen at the Academy offered to sell him a set of quiz answers for $3, 19-year-old Muddle de cided it was all right when the senior said, “Everybody does it.” The same wise advisors who taught this youngster his peculiar set of values probably would be among the first to growl: “If there’s anything I can’t stand, its a smart aleck kid who cheats.” Mr. McElurath C/O Editor: The Battalion; Dear Sir; I have no quarrel with your contention that the correct flag should be flown at A&M. You are absolutely right about this. I do find fault with your des cription of Texas A&M Univer sity as an R.O.T.C. detachment. Texas A&M is a great and grow ing university which has an R.O.T.C. detachment of which are all Aggies, civilian and military, can and should be proud. However, as proud as we may be of the Corps of Cadets, to say that A&M is an R.O.T.C. detach ment or that the Corps is A&M and A&M is the Corps represents Eco Prof Attends Dallas Convention “Thanks for th’ ride home officer, but I just remembered I have an assignment to work on that’ll make me a little late! But thanks any way!” Dr. Alfred F. Chalk, economics professor and president of the Southwestern Social Science As sociation will address the associa tion at its annual convention in Dallas Friday. In his presidential address, Chalk will discuss “Relativist and Absolutist Approaches to the His tory of Economic Theory.” The association consists pri marily of representatives of the social sciences from Texas, Lou isiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. Dr. John Glasgow, also of the A&M Economics Department, will deliver a paper on unemploy ment the same day. the kind of thinking which has harmed A&M much more than the irresponsible actions of a dis content ex-editor of the Battalion. Sincerely, Thomas W. Clapp ★ ★ ★ Editor, The Battalion; Dear Sir: I found today’s issue very en joyable, and would like to com pliment you on it. For the first time in a long while, there were well written letters which ex pressed opinions on interesting topics. There was criticism of the administration, the Battalion and campus situations. The letters were well picked and were writ ten in a respectable manner. Upper classmen, after reading today’s issue, couldn’t help but recall the award-winning paper we read as freshmen and sopho mores. This edition is a good example of the fact that you can have responsible leadership and still have a first-class student publication. Sincerely, Mike Janicek ’68 ^ FLORSHEIM SHOES Staxm ^ ~ mens ment im\ \n. n w m PARDNER You’ll Always Win The Showdown When You Get Your Duds Done At CAMPUS CLEANERS Citizens Seek Way To Best Use Fund M. E. Majors Make Tours How ABERFAN, Wales <A>> do you spend $5.6 million? The money flowed in from all parts of the world following the Oct. 21 tragedy in which 144 peo ple — 116 of them children — were buried alive when a heap of coal slag slipped down upon them. A black tin box stands in a shop in the main street. People walk in and drop in their sugges tions on folded sheets of paper, like voters. The box is sealed and is taken away once a week to a meeting of the Aberfan Parents and Resi dents Association where the con tents are studied. Under terms of a trust deed set up to administer the fund, all the money must be spent on the peo ple or village of Aberfan. “Don’t worry, we have plenty of ideas,” said Jean Fudge. She lost a 10-year-old daughter in the tragedy. “You take my other daughter, Leslie,” Mrs. Fudge said. “She’s Houston Engineer To Join System 14 years old, but what is there in the village for her? If she goes out in the evening there are only two places she can go to — the local cafe or the fish-and-chip shop. Not much of a choice, is it?” The only movie in Aberfan closed down years ago. There are no youth clubs or restaurants. It’s a typical Welsh mining vil lage — four churches, two pubs and two workingmen’s drinking clubs. “The first thing I’d like to see is Bethania rebuilt,” said Mrs. Fudge. Bethania is the small, square shaped chapel which was used as an emergency mortuary for the disaster victims. “Then I’d like to see a sum put aside for all bereaved fami lies,” Mrs. Fudge said. There has been some arguing in Aberfan about payments made so far. Each family who lost a child in the disaster was given $700. Fam ilies with children on the school register were given $560 even though they didn’t suffer loss. Inspection trips in the Dallas and Houston areas are being held today and Wednesday for juniors and seniors in Texas A&M's Mechanical Engineering Depart ment. In the Dallas area, an esti mated 45 students will tour the Ford Motor Company assembly plant, Proctor and Gamble Man ufacturing Co., a Ling-Temco- Vought aircraft plant, the steel fabricating firm of Clitsch and Sons, Dallas Power and Light Co., and the Bell Helicopter plant. Fifty Houston area visitors will see Humble’s Baytown Refinery, a Houston Light and Power Co. plant, the Manned Spacecraft Center of NASA, the WKM Man ufacturing Division plant, engi neering features of the Astro dome, and the Cameron Iron Works plant. An A&M Mechanical Engineer ing spokesman said the trips al low the students opportunities to see engineers at work in rep resentative types of industry. Professors Robert H. Fletcher and J. C. Fontana will accompany the Dallas group. The Houston area visitors will be escorted by professors Alan B. Alter and J. H. Caddess. * J For all your insurance needs See U. M. Alexander, Jr. ’40 221 S. Main, Bryan 823-3616 INiUlANM State Farm Insurance Companies - Home Offices Bloomington, 111, LET US ARRANGE YOUR TRAVEL... ANYWHERE IN THE U. S. A. ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD 1 M( Reservations and Tickets For All Airlines and Steamships — Hotel and urn Rent Car Reservations Tickets Delivered —Call 822-3737— Robert Halsell Travel Service 1016 South College Avenue Bryan —E.E. SENIORS LOOK into the engineering opportunities open in rural elec trification and telephony ASK your Placement Office for pamphlets telling what the Rural Electrification Administration offers for a challenging career with all advantages of Federal Civil Service SIGN UP for a personal interview with the Recruiting Representative who will be at your Placement Office April 4, 1967 fublish t NO DISCRIMINATION J. O. Adams, project engineer for Dow Chemical Co. in Houston the past 20 years, has been named director of construction for the Texas A&M University System, announced W. C. Freeman, uni versity vice president. Freeman said Adams will be responsible for organizing a con struction program of maximum efficiency for the entire univer sity system. “We are creating this new po sition to coordinate the large volume of current and planned construction on the College Sta tion campus and at our other installations throughout the state,” Freeman added. The appointment is effective April 1. Prior to joining Dow in 1947, Adams served six years with the Phillips Petroleum Co. He holds a degree in education from Southeastern State Teach ers College at Durant, Okla., and a chemical engineering degree from the University of Oklahoma. THE BATTALION PROJECT ENGINEER Excellent opportunity with aggressive manufactur ing company whose operations have expanded 300% in past four years. Desire qiechanical engineering graduate capable of organizing development projects and following through with vendor liaison, drawings, finalizing details on boats and providing liaison with manufacturing department. Must have working knowledge of strength of materials and be able to calculate strength requirements of ele mentary structures. For interview appointment or additional informa tion, please call or write Sam Walton, Personnel Director, Glastron Boat Company, P. O. Box 9447, Austin, Texas 78756, Telephone A/C 512, GL 2-0222. WANTED! Every Aggie in College Station is wanted at the AGGIELAND RECREATION CENTER located in Red mond Terrace Shopping Center to try out our 16 -4x8 Pocket Tables, 2 - 5 x 10 Pocket Tables, 2 - 5 x 10 Snook er Tables and 9 latest Pin Ball Machines. Come anytime from 8 a. m. till midnight, seven days a week and we’ll extend a “real old Aggie” welcome. Try to bring your girl friend if you possibly can, and if not, come on anyway and you may find one play ing billiards on our new tables. You can also buy a good jointed cue stick at bargain prices while you are here. Aggieland Recreation Center Redmond Tehrace Center College Station, Texas “Where the girls play” PEANUTS PEANUTS Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student writers only. The Battalion is a non tax-supported non profit, self-supporting educational enter prise edited and operated by students as a university and community newspaper. The Associated Preas is entitled exclusively to the use for iblication of all new nvise credited in the origrin published herein. ■ herein are also reserved. id fierw igin dispatches credited paper and local news of spontaneo Rights of republication of all oth to it or not of spontant on matter her, Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. 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