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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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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
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“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?”
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(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
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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
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(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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