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THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, April 27, 1967
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
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“It’s from Texas A&M-j-A case of soap!”
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Students Say No
To Board Rule
The real issue of last night’s march on President
Rudder’s home was not to prove Texas A&M is joining
the ranks of “sit-ins, sit-outs, or standouts” at other Texas
universities.
Neither is the $20 raise in student services in dispute.
The problem is the mandatory ruling that A&M
civilian dormitory students must pay board fees. In ef
fect, this action by the board of directors requires most
students to eat on campus, or more specifically, in Sbisa
Dining Hall.
It is a fact that the current Texas A&M University
catalog contains the disputed policy. It states:
“All students living in the dormitories are required
to pay for board, room rent, and laundry.” (BULLETIN
OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, FEBRUARY 1, 1966.
EFFECTIVE 1966-67.)
It is also a fact that the Board has waited until now
to enforce the policy.
And the reaction to its enforcement is obvious.
The question in mind is not whether Sbisa dining hall
serves good or horrendous meals, or whether the civilian
student body is turning Texas A&M into a “cookie-pusher”
school.
The real problem is much more basic. It is whether
Texas A&M students will be allowed the right to choose
meals on campus or off.
It is a matter of choice, not price.
Editor,
The Battalion;
Dear Sir:
I see by today’s Battalion
(April 25, 1967) that another stu
dent right has fallen prey to the
administrative ax. I am referring
to the decision of the board of
directors to make the payment of
board compulsory for all dormi
tory students. The directors claim
that such action “is being taken
as a matter of equity and to pro
vide a basis for better food serv
ice planning.” Apparently, this
“matter of equity” means that the
Corps Units End
Housing Division
Art Club Schedules Meeting
In Architecture Auditorium
Brazos Valley Art Association
will meet May 4 at 7:30 p.m. in
the School of Architecture audi
torium for a program and the
final quarterly business meeting
of the year.
According to Mrs. B. G. Foster,
program chairman, Chartier New
ton, Assistant Professor of Arch
itectural Design, will give a slide
lecture on the subject, “Creativ
ity”. She stated that Mr. New
ton is a native of Tyler, a gradu
ate of Texas A&M and the Cran-
brook Academy of Art, a member
of American Institute of Archi
tects, a former designer with the
firm of Caudill, Rowlett & Scott,
and a former head of the design
department of Harrell & Hamil
ton in Dallas. He won second
prize this year in a national de
sign competition, for a civic plaza
in Kirkwood, Mo.
Mrs. Richard H. Thomas, presi
dent, will be in charge of the
business meeting following the
lecture. Yearly reports of cur
rent officers will be given, and
officers for the 1967-68 year will
be elected.
Persons within a fifty-mile ra
dius of Bryan-College Station who
are interested in joining the as
sociation are invited to attend.
Wednesday was the deadline
for Cadet Corps units to dis
tribute housing cards and Drills
and Ceremonies applications to
their members, according to a
memorandum issued by Lt. Col.
L. K. Walker, assistant com
mandant.
Each unit received housing
office room reservation cards and
commandant’s room reservation
information cards, plus applica
tions for Drills and Ceremonies
status for the fall semester.
Cards are to be filled out and
returned individually to the
civilian counselors in the Military
Science Building.
Cadets planning to apply for
Drills and Ceremonies status—
non-membership in the ROTC
programs—must return the appli
cation with their cards. The
memorandum stated that cadets
whose contract status is in doubt
should complete the D&C forms.
All Corps units will be housed
in the Duncan area and part of
Hart Hall beginning this fall.
Automobile Association Calls For
Auto Theft Prevention Campaign
Sorry ...
In Wednesday’s Batt there was
a story headlined “New Depart
ment Heads Named.” This was
in error. Paul L. Petrich and
Charles J. Salek were appointed
new assistant professors to the
Department of Education and
Psychology.
The American Automobile As
sociation, Texas Division, today
called for all-out local support for
the National Auto Theft Preven
tion campaign to help end the
current sharp increase in auto
thefts throughout the nation.
In urging strong public action,
Wm. M. Coffey, general manager
pointed to figures recently re
leased by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation showing an increase
of 12 percent nationally in stolen
automobiles in 1966 over 1965.
The increase was second only to
robbery which jumped 14 percent
over the previous year, according
to the F.B.I.
“Nearly 100 cities already have
announced plans to participate in
the national effort by conducting
local campaigns,” Coffey said.
“This initial response to a prob
lem which can be reduced sub
stantially by an alert public has
been tremendously encouraging,”
he said. “Growing public support
might easily reverse the rising
trend in car theft.”
The National Auto Theft Pre
vention Campaign, coordinated by
the Department of Justice and
sponsored by 19 national public
and private organizations includ
ing the AAA, was formally an
nounced by United States Attor
ney General Ramsey Clark,
March 1, and has been endorsed
by President Johnson.
The massive information cam
paign is aimed at reminding the
motorists to remove the keys from
the ignition of his car and lock
ing the vehicle.
“If we can achieve this goal,
auto theft can be reduced great
ly,” Coffey said. He noted that
500,000 cars were tsolen in the
United States in 1966. FBI fig
ures show that 40 percent of the
cars stolen had the keys in the
ignition, while 80 percent had
been left unlocked.
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Sound Off
Editor,
The Battalion;
Dear Sir:
In Tuesday’s article dealing
with the requirement that all Fall
’67 dormitory students pay board,
The Battalion stated that the
move was taken “as a matter of
equity and to provide a basis for
better food service.” (The Bat
talion, April 25). Supposedly, the
resulting increased volume should
provide a groundwork for im
proved service. However, the
statement regarding equity is
ambiguous in that it cannot be
determined whether the meaning
is that of economic or social
equity. If economic equity is im
plied, the statement would con
tend that the move could ease a
situation in which the student
pays less than the value of his
board. Such reasoning is fairly
clear. The implication of social
equity would be that of fairness
and impartiality. If this is the
case, fairness and impartiality to
whom and for what purpose? The
reasons for such a major altera
tion in student life should be
clarified by the Battalion.
Sincerely,
Howard L. Huddleston '70
Gary A. McElvaney ’68
John H. Moores ’68
dining halls are not paying their
own way, and the officials wish
to blame the students who choose
to eat elsewhere. But if the Uni-
verstiy cannot provide meals
which are comparable in quality
and price to those which are
available at nearby restaurants,
then dissatisfied students are per
fectly within their rights to take
their business elsewhere. And any
attempt to obstruct this right of
free choice is certainly not in
accordance with the highest dem
ocratic ideals.
As far as “better food service”
is concerned, that is a song which
has been sung time and again,
and it is beginning to have a
hollow ring. If the food service
is going to be of such high qual
ity, as the administration claims,
then it should bring the students
back to the campus dining halls
without the under-handed coer
cion which as been approved by
the board of directors. Appar
ently, the board itself has little
confidence in its proposed “better
food service.”
I would like to implore fellow
students who feel that this action
is unjust to send letters of com
plaint to the members of the
board who are responsible for it.
I also suggest that pre-law stu
dents check the statutes of this
State to see if this university can
indeed refuse entrance and a
room to a student simply because
he wishes to eat off campus.
R. L. Singletary ’69
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EDITOR, THE BATTALION:
Aggies everywhere, take heart!
The Administration has done it
again. We all know how they
have strived to protect our young
minds from the corrupting influ
ence of those degenerate poli
ticians, and our fine bodies from
the inevitable decay that results
from wearing no socks. Now, in
their latest efforts to protect our
mothers’ sons and in the interest
of our tender stomachs, they have
decreed that we shall all partake
of the tasty, vitamin-chocked food
served by dear old Sbisa.
Keep your chins up, Aggies,
and never fear; Big Brother is
taking care of us.
Jack M. Whiteside, ’68
P. O. Box 6467
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Editor;
The Battalion;
Dear Sir;
This Thursday, April 27, each
student has his opportunity to
vote in the general elections
thereby becoming active or con
tinuing to be active in student
affairs. The officers elected in
this election will be those leaders
who voice the opinions of the
student body in the following:
1. Controversial issues on
campus; 2. campus operational
decisions made for the student
body by the elected student offi
cers and their committees; 3.
mediating functions between stu
dents and university officials.
It is the student’s obligation to
evaluate each candidate’s qualifi
cations in order that a wise, bene
ficial vote may be cast, a vote in
favor of a more active, more effi
cient Texas A&M. Each student
interested in airing his opinions
on campus issues next year can
qualify by voting this Thursday
in the general elections. A good
qualified set of officers will in
sure an effective voice next year
for student suggestions. Best we
vote.
Sanford T. Ward
President Elect,
Senior Class ’68
pay for food they don’t eat? Why
get up at 7:30 to eat a meal when
we can conveniently get up at
9:30 and patronize someone be
sides the people as Sbisa? Why
eat leftovers everyday and food
we dislike? Why should we pay
more for less quality when a lot
of us are paying our own ways
through college,
The people in Sbisa need not
grow fat on our misfortunes.
Efficiency should be the key to
the operation of Sbisa.
If we are going to be burdened
by raising prices, I feel that we
deserve to see a published finan
cial statement of Sbisa’s opera
tion. There is bound to be an
other alternative.
DO DORM AND BOARD
HAVE TO GO TOGETHER?
William J. Hendy ’70
out of business because peoj
won’t eat there. If Sbisa
serve good enough meals tl
Aggies will want to eat then
sufficient numbers to makeii
dining hall operation profital
then close it down. But don'tt
to force us to spend our
money on such poor food,
Jim Wyrick'
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Editor;
The Battalion:
Dear Sir;
The little that we have now is
slowly being taken away from us.
(See Sound Off April 25.) If the
students of this school are ever
going to arise, now is the time.
We have a purpose, so let us rid
ourselves of our cloaks of apathy
and raise our voices.
Why should people who eat
only two meals a day have to pay
for three? Why should people
who leave on weekends have to
Editor
The Battalion
Dear Editor:
While bearded beatniks and
degenerates on other campuses
burn draft cards, stage anti-war
demonstrations, and throw eggs
and paint at Johnson and Hum
phrey, Aggies send lengthy tele
grams with hundreds of signa
tures in support of the war
effort.
We don’t gripe much about a
student senate which has little or
no voice in the affairs of the
administration or welfare of
A&M students.
But I don’t think the Aggies
will be quite so passive when the
administration attempts to dic
tate that we must eat on campus.
When the board of directors
passed the resolution requiring
students to pay board, it appears
to be an embarrassing confession
that the food service is so miser
able that Sbisa cannot operate at
a profit without forcing students -
to eat there and pay for meals f"
which many Aggies won’t get
when they leave campus for the
weekend.
When a privately-owned eating
establishment offers such poor
food and service, it usually goes
Edittor;
The Battalion;
Dear Sir;
As is well known on
campus, the Universtiy of Ten
recently came out with buif
stickers proclaiming 1967 as “1
Year of the Horns.” In retalj
tion to this, someone
campus devised a retort to tl
t.u. sticker in the form of "1
— year of the Horns —Ho,!
Ho!”
I am well aware of the Is
that t.u. is the arch rival i
Texas A&M, but t.u. is noL
only football opponent. Siai||
defeating t.u. does not constta
a winning football team, ani
winner in the broadest sense
what we here at A&M should:
striving for. In this respect
must commend t.u. for its pos
tive-oriented backing of
football team. At the same tii
I must confess utter disgust wit
those who proudly display tin
“Ho, Ho, Ho!” stickers, show
their great concern fort.u.’sa
cess, instead of supporting tin
own team.
We here at Texas A&M mill
help instill a winning desire
our football team through p«
tive support to win all game
not just to defeat t.u. Ifwes
accomplish this, we will definite!
defeat all our football rivals, s
well as t.u.
Danny Davis'(!
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