THE BATTALION
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College Station, Texas
Friday, April 14, 1967
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Every Good Demonstration
Needs A Good Recipe
What g-oes into making a successful student demonstra
tion such as those recently staged at t.u. and the University
of Oklahoma?
After observing the methods used by students at these
“great institutions of higher learning”, there have been
several ingredients that are standard and must be carefully
applied to assure perfect results every time.
These are;
1. Roundup anywhere from 75 to 350 idle students
willing to devote several hours of their inexpensive time to
the success of the project.
2. Find an active student organization with a question
able reputation to sponsor your event, such as Students
for a Democratic Society (SDS) who recently promoted
and sponsored student rallies on both the t.u. and Oklahoma
campuses.
3. Decide on an area on which to stage your “happen
ing.” A spot close to major thoroughfares, water fountains,
parking areas or other places where students naturally
gather. A nice, lush lawn is your best bet for gaining stu
dent cooperation.
4. An important item of the recipe is the planning of
activities of your group. It will be necessary to have on
hand such items as paper airplanes, bubble gum, flowers,
guitars, bananas (lots of these), toilet paper, peanut but
ter sandwiches, watermelon slices, a few balloons, comic
books, coloring books, kites and several singing combos.
Be prepared for almost anything because someone is certain
to want to paly hopscotch or shoot marbles, and if anyone
should become disenchanted with your project, he may get
mad and leave.
5. Last, but not least, be sure to contact your campus
newspaper. “Snow” them into believing your demonstration
will show that today’s student is mature, powerful and
influential and must be able to exercise any whim he feels
is his right, regardless of any established rules or regula
tions. Rules tend to be a detriment to his “free expression.”
Have the paper publize your event and even condone it if
possible. It could prove to be your best ally.
Now take your ingredients and carefully combine them
into organized choas where there is no evidence of any con
structive action or any goals being attained—^milling around
is all that is necessary.
You will be able to measure the success of your project
by the number of onlookers who simply shake their heads
in disgust and move along without even considering doing
anything about the situation. Usually a crowd numbering
several hundred will indicate success.
Sound Off
“I like th’ new look because it’s so much easier to keep my
mind on my studies!”
Spy Play Featured Tonight
Editor:
The Battalion;
Dear Sir;
As one of the several scores of
students on this campus who ride
the small, two-wheeled motor-
vehicle commonly known as a
motorbike or motorcycle, I wish
to complain of the treatment we
are given. Let me point out that
the owner of a motorcycle of all
but the largest type usually does
not keep it to ride home on week
ends as the owner of an auto
mobile does; but rather, a motor
cycle is kept for the convenience
of riding to a distant class or to
nearby shopping or amusement
areas. A motorcycle takes up far
less space than a car and only
little more than a bike; and it is
therefore a common (though il
legal) sight to see motorcycles
parked along-side bicycles, both
by classes and dormitories.
In spite of the obvious virtues
of motorcycles for campus use,
university regulations forbid their
use between the hours of eight
and five, and demand that they
be parked in the parking lots
with the cars. The facilities af
forded the motorcycles for park
ing in the lots are not only in
adequate for the number of ma
chines on the campus, but are so
far from most dormitories that by
the time one gets to the motor
cycle lot, he might as well have
walked. Neither do these park
ing facilities provide any shelter
from the winds, which easily and
often topple the motorcycles,
causing damage and spilling of
flammable fuel.
Motorcycle owners pay the
same university motor - vehicle
fees that car owners pay, but due
to the regulations, get no use
from their machines, since they
are not even able to use them to
drive home on weekends. A rea
sonable solution to this problem
would be to lower motorcycle fees
substantially or to allow motor
cycles to park with bicycles in
more convenient and sheltered
areas. The present rules are
grossly unfair to motorcycle own
receiving complaints about t
dents revving their motor!
too near these areas and am
ing other students or prof
Powell said that students ij
motorbikes may also park tti
in any area designed for stit
automobiles, regardless of t
academic classification or stidt
Sincerely,
Robert N. Stevenson
Walton Hall
A check with Campus Security
shows that there are 18 specially
marked lots on campus for motor
bikes and motorcycles near both
dorm and academic areas.
According to Ed Powell, Cam-
pust Security Chief, most of the
motorbikes and motorcycles are
“two loud for either dorm or aca
demic areas. We are constantly
In Fallout Workshop At 8
But why even have a “Gentle Thursday”?
The answer lies in the convincing words of a feminine
participant of one “Gentle Thursday” when asked why she
had a penciled butterfly on her forehead. She answered,
“Why not?”
W. G.
What happens when a young
recording company representative
and his timid secretary find
themselves in the newly discov
ered country of Pling-Fling Tung,
somewhere near the Himalayas ?
As they try to record the na
tive music, they are out-maneu
vered by two spies from U-No-
Where.
“Our Man in Pling-Fling Tung”
will be presented at the Fallout
Theater Workshop tonight at 8.
The Sultan of Pling-Fling Tung
thinks the young secretary would
make a splendid addition to his
harem.
The Sultan’s favorite dancing
girl decides the young American
would make a nice husband.
After a riotous party in the
Sultan’s palace, the two Ameri
cans are thrown into the dungeon
by the two spies. However, the
dancing girl helps them escape.
The Americans return to Chicago
to face the wrath of their em
ployer.
Nancy Wick directs the cast of
13 ninth and tenth graders from
A&M Consolidated High School in
the production of the play writ
ten by Francis Lynn, modern lan
guages major at A&M.
Members of the cast include
Read Pearson as Mr. Cherry,
Debbie Fisher as Miss Sugar-
sweet, Shelley Reid as Miss Fras
er, Bruce Wick as Mr. Tracey,
and Terry Masters as the Sultan.
Also, Pam Waldon as Jasmin,
Laurs Hines and Jane Bassett as
Weather Proved Yesterday
To Be No ‘Gentle Thursday’
Student’s Role May Change Last ‘Manners’
A battle-scarred educator named Clark Kerr recently
warned that there is a danger our more militant college
students will organize unions. While collective bargaining
can be effective in industry, it is difficult to see how it would
be used on the college campus.
Workers do not, after all, join trade unions for the fun
of joining. They join to bargain collectively for better pay
or shorter hours.
Panel Is Tuesday
‘Romance to Marriage” will be
Since few American colleges pay their students for
attending, the student unions will be forced to concentrate
on such issues as the shorter study-week, more holidays,
longer vacations, fewer courses and so on.
No doubt the students’ collective bargaining for these
benefits will succeed in getting them more and more off-
duty time outside the classroom. But if they continue on
this track, the members will achieve total victory only when
they have negotiated so well that they do not have to attend
class at all—they will then be triumphant dropouts.
The main thing wrong with this striving for equity is
that, when it has been achieved, the achievers will no longer
be militant students but merely youngsters out of a job.
The role of an unemployed bargainer doesn’t pay very well,
so they’ll all have to go to work.
And that might not be a bad idea either.
—The Dallas Morning News
the topic at the last of the
YMCA’s “Man Your Manners”
panels Tuesday night at 7:30.
The four Texas Woman’s Uni
versity students will be Kathy
Nairn, Jill Anderson, Bruni
Alaniz and Joe Grisham.
They will be discussing these
topics:
1. Engagements:
A. How long for the en
gagement ?
B. The Conference with
her father.
C. The case of broken en
gagements.
2. Formal vs. Civil Weddings:
A. The bride’s responsi
bility.
B. The groom’s responsi
bility.
C. How to hold the recep
tion.
the dancing girls, James Bassett
and David Alsmeyer play the
parts of the two spies. Kent
Walker, Sparky Moore, and Jim
Woods of the “Fifth Dimensions”
combo are the native musicians.
The stage crew consists of Thel
ma McGill, John Gilmore, Greg
Sitler and Bill Rowekamp. Pam
Waldron in the choreographer.
The play will also be presented
at the April 21 meeting of the
Social Club in the Memorial Stu
dent Center ballroom.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hurricane force winds kicked
up a blinding dust storm in West
Texas Thursday on the heels of
tornadoes, hail, fierce thunder
storms and even snow.
The bizarre spring turbulence
contributed to a flurry of weath
er-related accidents.
At least four persons died on
rain-slick Texas highways.
Swirling dust swept into the
state on winds of 75 miles per
hour, trailing a Pacific cold front
that churned through East Texas
and moved on eastward.
The cold front left widespread
damage and a million dollar agri
cultural rain in its wake.
As it disappeared, winds clock
ed at 75 m.p.h. hammered Guad
alupe Pass in extreme West Tex
as. Wink was shoulded in dust.
An earlier windstorm ham
mered an auxiliary helicopter
base at Ft. Wolters near Mineral
Wells, damaging some 100 train
er helicopters. A spokesman at
the Army base estimated dam
age between $400,000 and $500,-
000.
A newsman who toured the
area said the blustery winds, re
corded as high as 70 m.p.h., scat
tered the helicopters like match-
sticks. Some were on their sides.
Others were smashed.
Twisters struck in the Pan
handle and East Texas and scat
tered points in between. Dam
age was heavy, but there was no
loss of life.
“We are more lenient to mot
cyclists about where they jr
park,” he said, “but we still fi
them parked on sidewalks mis
they leak oil and stain them
crete.”
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According to Nursing Super
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