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Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Tuesday, October 17, 1967 CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle ‘Now somebody believes it besides Physical Education Department Seeks 100-Mile Club Members A club that doesn’t charge dues, hold meetings or obligate mem bers for the group’s benefit has been formed by the Health and Physical Education Department for Texas A&M students and fac ulty members who want to get physically fit. The 100-Mile Club is aimed at the professor, staff member or student who is not athletically in clined nor has time for organized sports. Running, the club’s sole pur pose and one of the best forms of exercise, will be done by the in dividual member at his opportun ity and pace. The goal, according to Dr. Carl W. Landiss, will run 100 miles. Charts will be maintained in G. Rollie White Coliseum by a de partment faculty member. The 100-Mile Club display will show each member’s progress toward ’ 10Q miles, yift a n\ftf^jng pen on a i, bar graph. - yirfj “The club fits in with our other departmental activities promoting personal physical fitness,” noted Landiss, health and physical edu cation head. “Persons who haven’t time or who don’t wish to compete in our faculty badminton, hand ball or paddle ball programs may find this activity right down their line.” “Running can be suited to any age, from the inactive to active person,” he added. “A physically fit student or faculty member may want to run four or five miles each day. The inactive person should start with a quarter-mile job a day. Running is a pleasant exercise and well known as the best endurance developer. It strengthens heart action and clears the respiratory system.” Landiss also noted that a re serve basket section is available in G. Rollie White for faculty- staff members. The sexwice pro vides all clothing except gym shoes and dressing facilities for $8 a semester, on a prorated basis. Interested 100-Mile Club mem bers should contact Dr. John M. Chevrette, Room 221 of the coli seum or 846-5749, Extension 28. He will place the registrant’s name on the 100-Mile chart. “Each member will keep ti-ack of his own running and mark the appropriate place on the chart,” Dr. Chevrette said. “It’s strictly on the honor sys tem, and members may run any place that’s available,” he added. The assistant professor said a short, scenic running course is be ing marked on the campus. He pointed out the certificate presentation on completion of 100 miles is secondary to the purpose of the club. “By the time a member has set a routine of running to reach the 100-mile level, he will have devel oped a daily practice that we hope he will continue to follow,” Chevrette said. Injunction Issued To Stop ‘Teach-In’ OAKLAND, Calif. <7P>—Massed police broke up a disorderly blockade of the Oakland Army Induction Center with 69 arrests Monday, and county supervisors followed by getting an injunction against a planned antiwar “teach- in” at the neighboring Berkeley campust of the University of Cali fornia. Meanwhile, 200-odd young men in San Francisco attempted vainly to present their draft cards to the U.S. district attorney at the San Francisco Federal building. The chain of events was trig gered by an assortment of anti- Vietnam war groups on both sides of San Francisco Bay. After Judge Lewis Lercara in Alameda County Superior Court issued the injunction against the campus meeting, University Chan cellor Roger Heyns said he would rescind his authorization for stu dents and non-students to use the Pauley Ballroom on the campus. .. Sound Off Editor, The Battalion: In reference to the October 11 issue of The Battalion, I’d like to comment on JWF’s article on “Silver Taps Respect Poor.” In my opinion it seems that JWF’s real purpose in attending Silver Taps is to gaze around and see how the rest of the student body dresses and acts. If you want to dress up, fine, but don’t tell others how to dress. I can’t see where there is any need for alarm as to how the student body dresses for this traditional occa sion. The main objective is to be present for this ceremony, and I can’t see where anyone is to judge as to whether the student is prop erly attired or not for this hal lowed tradition. I grant this is a sort of funeral service; but one must remember it is held not in a church, but out of doors, and I fail to see where this occasion calls for donning dress clothes. I feel it is my duty as a fellow Aggie to be present for Silver Taps and pay respects, and I could care less how the guy standing next to me is dressed. I believe JWF is exaggerating a little about the talking and smoking. I heard no talking to and from Silver Taps and to my knowledege I saw only one stu dent light a cigarette after taps was played. This student was definitely out of line for I feel he could of sacrificed his habit until he returned to his dorm. This was the only major violation I encountered. Silver Taps is an Aggie tra dition that is honored by the pres ence of the student body for the sole purpose of paying last respects for fellow deceased, and I’m certain the way one dresses doesn’t reflect what he feels in his heart for his fellow Aggie who has recently passed away. Sincei'ely yours, Charles M. Lamascus, Jr. Class of ’68 United Chest Volunteers Aim For Goal Of $22,500 College Station United Chest volunteers hit the ground running Monday morning in the commun ity’s 16-day campaign to raise $22,500 for 1J charitable and civic agencies. Mayor D. A. Anderson and Tex as A&M President Earl Rudder issued a joint proclamation sup porting the Oct. 16-31 campaign, which continues through Oct. 31, and urged all citizens to “give generously to this most worthy cause.” “We are looking forward to an excellent drive,” noted campaign director Joe Sawyer, “one that will quickly x-aise the necessary funds to allow the United Chest to meet its goals and serve the community.” Sawyer said Dr. Ruble Lang ston, A&M plant sciences profes sor, was the first contributor again this year. Dr. Langston has for the past several years made his contributio* before the drive officially opens. In addition to Sawyer, key cam paign officials this year are Dr. Jack Coleman, Herb Shaffer, Jack Bradshaw and W. Taylor Riedel. Dr. Coleman heads the univer sity fund-raising activities and Shaffer is directing the off-cam- pus campaign. Bradshaw is serv ing as chairman for federal agen cies and Riedel for the school system. Listed below are the sharing agencies and the amounts ap proved by the United Chest board of directors: College Station Local Chest Charity Fund, $1,900; College Station Community House, Inc., $1,800; College Station Recrea tional Council, $2,500; Boys’ Club of America, $3,000; Brazos Com mittee on Alcoholism, Inc., $150; Brazos Valley Rehabilitation Cen ter, $2,500; Brazos County Coun seling Service, $2,500; Salvation Army, $1,000; Girl Scouts Area Council, $2,000; Boy Scouts of America, $2,000; American Red Cross, $2,000; Texas United Fund, $100 and USO, $300. While the work of most of these organizations is well known, the public may not be too familiar with a few of them, Sawyer noted. The College Station Local Chest Charity Fund, for example, is designed to meet emergencies for the needy: medicine, medical at tention, food or clothing. The fund is administered by a commit tee of the College Station United Chest. The College Station Community House provides supplement finan cial assistance (parental-paid fees cover most of the expenses) for a day nursery and kindergarten operated for Negro children whose parents work. This facility is a national Lane Bryant award nominee operated by a non-pay committee of College Station res idents. Summer recreational programs for residents of all ages are pro vided by the College Station Rec reation Council. The Brazos Valley Rehabilita tion Center helps prepare children with speech and physical defects for a better life, while the Brazos County Youth Counseling Service provides professional counseling service for children with behavior and emotional problems. Hensley, Becht Nominations Approved By MSC Council The Memorial Student Center Council approved the nominations to two chairmen to the MSC Directorate Monday night in the home of council member David Gay. •John R. Hensley was appointed chairman of the Bridge Commit tee and Frederick J. Becht, chair man of the Recreation Committee. In other council business, ap proximately $2,000 was approved to supplement the budgets of the MSC Directorate Fund and the Great Issues and Bridge Commit tees. Clarence Daugherty, Corps Chaplain, asked that the MSC Council join the Student Senate and the YMCA in adopting a reso lution giving moral support to a campus-wide Religious Emphasis Week. The council adopted the resolution after some debate. Patrick Rehmet, chairman of the Student Conference on Na tional Affairs, said that SCONA was financially sounder than last year and reminded councilmen that the conference, which will concentrate on the situation in Southeast Asia, will be held Dec. 6-9. Robert Gonzales, chairman of Town Hall, said that the tickets to the Rotary Series were selling better than expected and that, based on latest figures, Town Hall should r ealize a profit at the end of the school year. Morgan Spector, spokesman for the Stop-the-Draft-Week demon stration, retorted, “If we are locked out of the ballroom, we’ll have a ‘teach-out’ on the steps of Sproul Hall” (the university ad ministration building). The judge’s order banned a The young men, mostly area collegians, who collected their draft cards in a basket, confronted U.S. District Attorney Cecil Poole at the entrance to the San Fran cisco Federal Building. When he ignored them, they dumped their cards at his door. Spacecraft Film Scheduled In MSC “Manned Spacecraft Technol ogy,”a film prepared by the National Aeronautics and Space Administrtion, will be shown to night at a meeting of the Ameri can Society of Mechanical Engi neering at 7:30 in rooms 2A-2B of the Memorial Student Center. The film reports on hardware development and reliability of Gemini and Apollo spacecraft and explains the various systems of the spacecraft, according to a NASA brochure. 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Iii§ ■ * | , J 1^, « if i % The new Plymouth RoadRunner now at your Plymouth Dealers where the beat goes on. 1967 Warner Bros.—Seven Art.:. Inc. Delery Elected SAME President H. Bob Delery was elected president of the Texas A&M Post of the Society of Military Engi neers at the club’s organizational meeting last week. Other officers elected at the session were Tommy B. Ellis, vice president, Ed Turley, secretat and John Nielson, treasurer. A1 chosen were C. Raymond Dil public information; Mike Ca.1 wright, membership committi head, and John Thompson, fui raising committee head. A Good Place For Steaks WILLOW GROVE CAFE Sa Re Texas who coi structior al work only six 3801 Hwy. 6, N. Towards Hearne 823-4515 On Campus with MaxQhulman [By the author of “Pally Pound the Flag, Boys!”, “Dohie Gillis,’’ etc.) THERE ARE NO BAD TEACHERS; THERE ARE ONLY BAD STUDENTS The academic year has only just begun and already one thing is clear; you’re not ready for college. What, then, should you do? Should you throw up your hands and quit? I say no! I say you must attack, grapple, cope! I say America did not become the world’s leader in motel construction and kidney transplants by running away from a fight! To the question then : You say you’re not ready for col lege. You’re too green, too naive. You lack maturity. Okay, the answer is simple: get mature. How? Well sir, to achieve maturity you need two things: a) a probing mind; b) a vest. A probing mind will be quickly yours if you’ll remem ber that education consists not of answers but of ques tions. Blindly accepting information and dumbly memorizing data is high school stuff. In college you don’t just accept. You dispute, you push, you pry, you chal lenge. If, for instance, your physics prof says, “E equals me squared,” don’t just write it down. Say to the prof, “Why?” This will show him two things : a) Your mind is a keen, thrusting instrument. b) You are in the wrong major. Ask questions, questions, and more questions. That is the essence of maturity, the heart and liver of education. Nothing will more quickly convince the teachers that you are of college calibre. And the tougher your questions, the better. Come to class with queries that dart and flash, that make unexpected sallies into uncharted territory. Ask things which have never been asked before, like “How tall was Nietzsche?” and “Did the Minotaur have ticks? If so, were they immortal?” and “How often did Pitt the Elder shave?” m yvltdhi (Incidentally, you may never know the complete an swer to Pitt the Elder’s shaving habits, but of one thing you can be positive: no matter how often he shaved and no matter what blades he used, he never enjoyed the shaving comfort that you do. I am assuming, of course, that you use Personna Super Stainless Steel Blades, a logical assumption to make when one is addressing col lege men—which is to say men of perspicacity, discrimi nation, wit, taste, cognizance, and shrewdness—for Personna is a blade to please the perspicacious, delight the discriminating, win the witty, tickle the tasteful, coddle the cognizer, and shave the shrewd. (I bring up Personna Super Stainless Steel Blades be cause the makers of Personna Super Stainless Steel Blades pay me to write this column, and they are in clined to sulk if I omit to mention their product. I would not like to see them unhappy, the makers of Personna, for they are fine ruddy men, fond of morris dancing and home brewed root beer, and they make a blade that shaves closely and cleanly, nicklessly and hacklessly, and is sharp and gleaming and durable and available both in double-edge style and Injector style. (And from these same bounteous blademakers comes Burma-Shave, regular or menthol, a lather that out- lathers other lathers, brother. So if you’d rather lather better, and soak your whiskers wetter, Burma-Shave’s your answer.) But I digress. We have now solved the problem of maturity. In subsequent columns we’ll take up other is sues, equally burning. Since 1953 when this column first started running in your campus paper, we’ve tackled such thorny questions as “Can a student of 19 find hap piness with an economics professor of 90?” and “Should capital punishment for pledges be abolished?” and “Are room-mates sanitary?” Be assured that in this, our 14th year, we will not be less bold. 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