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THE BATTALION Page 2 College Sttation, Texas Friday, October 13, 1967 Mess Hall Food Not Lost Cause “Everybody talks about the weather,” Mark Twain is reputed to have remarked, “but nobody does anything- about it.” Well, cloud-seeding methods have put that sentiment out of date, but Aggies have found another topic for idle griping that probably would have elicited an even pithier aphorism from the master of the Mississippi. It’s the mess hall. Ask any Aggie what he thinks of Club Duncan. You’ll probably hear the standard criticism—poor service, unimag inative food, and darkly ominous half-truths about foreign matter in the Chicken Tetrazinni. They’re the same sort of lines Johnny Carson has used on the Tonight Show about the NBC commissary—except that they make up in vehem ence what they lack in wit. The point is, we don’t have to be content with “talking about the weather.” Corps and civilian leaders are meet ing regularly with Food Services Director Fred Dollar and his staff to air student criticisms and work toward solu tions. The accomplishments of their latest meeting are reported in this issue. Maybe they don’t constitute a Glor ious New Era of Epicurean Ecstasy quite yet, but they’re a start. And the meetings themselves represent an impor tant step toward active student participation in what goes on here. So talk to one of your representatives—they’re listed in that report—the next time you feel a gripe coming on. They can’t do much without you. JWF Supreme Soviet Approves Drafting Of 16-Year-Olds By JOHN WEYLAND Associated Press Writer MOSCOW (A 3 )—The Soviet Par liament Supreme Soviet unani mously passed Thursday a new draft law starting military train ing at 16 after Defense Minister Andrei A. Grechke charged the United States is “stepping up military preparations” against this country. The new law also reduces the regular draft age from 19 to 18 and cuts the length of service for ordinary draftees from 3 to 2 years. Marshal Grechke said the short er length of service made it necessary to give boys still in school two years of part-time military training. The Soviet Union had not previously involved schoolboys in its defense program since World War II. Parliament passed the draft law at the end of a three-day session during which it also approved a 15 per cent increase in the published defense budget. That will be $18.56 billion in 1968. The marshal described to parliament a world in which the United States and other “imperi alist powers” are threatening communism and risking the out break of another world war. He accused the United States of using a “screen of talk on peace and cooperation” while in fact “creating dangerous hotbeds in various parts of the world.” N. Vietnam Claims 2 U. S. Jet Kills TOKYO <A>) _ Hanoi’s offi cial Vietnam News Agency claim ed two U.S. jet planes were shot down in Haiphong by ground fire today. The downed American aircraft, “raided a number of populated areas inside the city and in its suburbs,” a broacast dispatch said. There was no confirmation from American authorities. The defense minister maintain ed that Washington is increasing ly escalating the war in Vietnam and backing Israel, which he blamed for the Middle East war and its troubled aftermath. Grechke warned that this had “aggravated the international situation” and is “increasing the danger of a new world war.” The defense minister assured parliament that the Soviet armed forces are ready for any contin gency. He said they have “Every thing needed to discharge their duty in defense of the home land.” Grechke boasted of increases in the mechanization and fire power of regular troops. He stressed that strategic rocket stressed that strategic rocket units and antiaircraft defense units have “colossal” and “in comparable” power. This appeared to be a warning to the United States that its cities could be blasted in case of another world war, while targets in this country would be pro tected. The marshal noted that true Communists “have never been pacifists, they have always sup ported just wars.” The new draft law is the first general overhaul of the Soviet military service system since 1939. A shortening of the period of service had been predicted be cause of the baby boom that start ed after World War II. This is providing extensive manpower now for the Soviet armed forces to draw on. The reintroduction of school boy training came as a surprise. Grechke’s speech indicated the Kremlin considers the internation al situation too tense to introduce the shorter period of service with out offsetting that somehow. Another sign of this thinking appeared to be the decision to keep officers on active duty long er so as to not waste valuable military experience. Senate Votes To Supplement Debate Club The Student Senate voted unanimously Thursday night to supplement the amount of money received by the Debate Club from the Memorial Student Center Council and Directorate by $816. Debate Club President David Maddox appeared before the Sen ate to ask for the aid. The De bate Club, from which the Texas A&M Debate Team gets its funds for competition trips, turned in a proposed budget of $2,056 but has been told it will only be allo cated $1,240, the same sum it re ceived last year. The amount of money given to student clubs has been decreased in order to start building a fund which will be used for a new Ex change Store. Senate Vice President Bill Car ter explained that the Debate Club was different from other clubs because it had no way to obtain the funds not given to it by the MSC Council. With a membership of approx imately 25 students, the Debate Club is too small for money-mak ing projects and time that other clubs can spend on such projects must be spent in researching de bate topics. Maddox said that the Debate Team did not have sufficient funds to go to the All-Texas Tournament last year where the Texas champions are chosen. He also said the team competed in only nine of the 18 1 tournaments it had requested to be allowed to compete in. The Senate was unanimous in its support of the request. Group Nominates Council Leaders John R. Hensley, Bridge Com mittee and Frederick J. Becht, Recreation Committee, were new chairmen recommended by the Memorial Student Center Nomi nating Committee Thursday night for the approval of the MSC Council. Hensley, a junior physics major with a 2.86 grade point ratio, plans to hold beginner’s bridge classes every Tuesday night in the MSC ballroom. Duplicate bridge matches, to be held the same evening, are open to stu dents and their wives. Hensley said that committee dues will probably be set at $1.50 per mem ber per semester. Becht has maintained a 2.00 GPR, majoring in aerospace engi neering. A member of the inter collegiate bowling team, he plans to expand the Recreation Com mittee’s participation in numer ous college tournaments. The MSC Council will vote on the Nominating Committee’s rec ommendations Monday night. Tessies To Host TCU Trip Dance The annual Gold Rush Dance, sponsored by Texas Woman’s Uni versity, has been scheduled in Denton in conjunction with the coming Corps Trip to Texas Christian University. The dance is a part of Gold Rush Carnival running Oct. 19 and 20 which is used to raise funds to aid students. THE BATTALION 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 neivspaper. Members of the Student Publications Board are: Jim Lindsey, chairman ; Dr. David Bowers, College of Liberal Arts; F. S. White, College of Engineering; Dr. Robert S. Titus, College of Veterinary Medicine; and Hal Taylor, Col lege of Agriculture. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M is published in College Station, Texas daily except Saturday. Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, September through May, and once a week during summer school. Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Services, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. 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The speaker for next Tuesday’s meeting of the Industrial Educa tion Society will be Ben Gillis of Foley’s Department Store in Houston. Smith To Attend Butane Meeting Henry D. Smith, Firemen’s Training Division chief for Texas A&M’s Engineering Extension Service, will participate in the Texas Butane Dealers Associa tion annual meeting Oct. 26-28 in Dallas. Smith will give a report of the Texas Firemen’s Training School conducted each summer at A&M. The Texas Butane Dealers Asso ciation is a sponsor of the train ing. A Good Place For Steaks WILLOW GROVE CAFE 3801 Hwy. 6, N. Towards Hearne 823-4515 By Assoc MERIL Klux Kla court ju: Klan set Don't just sit there, Wallace Middendorp. Make a noise. Or drink Sprite, the noisy soft drink. What did you do when Joe (Boxcar) Brkczpmluj was kicked off the football team just because he flunked six out of four of his majors? What did you do, Wallace Middendorp? And when the school newspaper's editors resigned in protest because The WALLACE MIDDENDORP SAT HERE 1 TART AND TINGLING. WE JUST COULDN'T KEEP IT QUIET. i REGISTERED TRAOC-MARK Diitru!v. r :>A ’> S:ti j . L . v . .. te ivXfiH . ’ j . . • .J OJ 'UU'xC SYMBOL DEPLETION We’ve almost lost a good word, and we hate to see it go. The movie industry may feel the same way about words such as colossal, gigantic, sensational and history-making. They’re good words —good sym bols. But they’ve been overused, and we tend to pay them little heed. Their effectiveness as symbols is being depleted. One of our own problems is with the word “opportunity.” It’s suffering sym bol depletion, too. If s passed over with scant notice in an advertisement. It’s been used too much and too loosely. This bothers us because we still like to talk about opportunity. A position at Collins holds great potential. 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