THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Friday, October 27, 1967 Shafer Explains Campus By MIKE WRIGHT Battalion Staff Writer Campus revolts are really cam pus revolutions, Dr. Carl Shafer, A&M sociology professor, told the Apollo Club Tuesday. “In a revolt, people are elimi nating a factor completely,” Dr. Shafer explained “In a revolution, people are re placing something that is really outdated with something that is contemporary.” Dr. Shafer said the students are reaching for a participating role in education. They want to have a say in how their classes are run and in the way a profes sor delivers the material for the course. “An increased work load on the students due to the emphasis put on the Russian launching of Sput nik I also put more pressure on the students to do good,” he added. RISING entrance requirements also have added to the fire of student revolution. Dr. Shafer said the fact that students give up certain rights to be able to come to college, such as parking where they wish, length of their hair, and irregular hours also contributes to the list of gripes that usually start somebody to reform. “The de-personalization of the student from a warm body to an impartial IBM number also has agitated many students to the point where they question the idea of taking some courses,” he noted. “Students question Revolts whether or not a particular course will aid them in the fu ture, which brings up the idea of specialization.” In the 1950’s, he explained, all that was needed was a B.A. de gree in a person’s field. But in today’s world, a graduate degree is often needed to obtain a well paying job. “NON-COLLEGIATE activities such as trips overseas have raised the intellectual status of students and stimulated their minds so that when they return to the campus, they find it hard to settle down into the hum- drum activity of college life,” he went on. Dr. Shafer said in order to get the needed recognition of their reform and some added spirit, undergraduate students often try to interest the graduate students in taking up their cause. This gives the undergraduates a rise in spirit and places more respon sibilities on them for their re form. “The question of what a par ticular person is doing often prompts a student to want a closer fellowship with his profes sor,” Dr. Shafer said. “This is often impossible because a prof is busy with publications to advance in his field. This leaves no time to socialize with his students.” In conclusion, Shafer said he hopes students are just beginning to start their education in college and not finishing it. Carlos Montoya To Present ‘Flamenco From The Heart’ Flamenco Guitarist Carlos Mon toya, who calls himself “Gypsy on all four sides,” will perform Monday at the Bryan Civic Audi torium. The 8 p.m. presentation is host ed by the Bryan Rotary Commu nity Series in cooperation with Texas A&M’s Town Hall Series. MONTOYA is the author of “Suite Flamenca,” a suite for guitar and orchestra. He realized a 25-year ambition last year when the suite was given its world premiere by the St. Louis Sym phony Orchestra. Performances by Montoya have drawn plaudits from critics throughout the world. The New York Herald Tribune called him “A master performer. A unique exciting star.” The London New Daily cited him for “Rousing his audience to thunderous applause.” And the Los Angeles Examiner review read “A procession of as tonishments. Genuine musical beauty.. .” Editor, The Battalion: I am writing in reference to Mr. Owens letter concerning the telephone service here. Except for the part dealing with charges and time in connection with his work, I have the same problems. I have waited for countless minutes for the operator to come on the line. This especially is upsetting since it was the alert operator in Ohio who got fire men to our home in time to save my two children’s and my life. If I had had to wait we would not be here now. I have been misbilled. My parents had to contact me by wire because my lines was report ed disconnected several times. My in-laws finally reached a neighbor to have me call because there wasn’t a record of my having a phone. My husband tried for seve ral hours only to get a busy sign al (the operator calling). The line was not in use. After the difficulty I called in formation every day for six days; one day-I wasn’t listed; two days- my name was mispelled so badly I would not have known it, each day differently; one-day my name corrected but the address wrong; finally, two days—my name, add ress, and number all correct. Rex Bailey’s excellent service is in neeed of help. I expect much Bulletin Board TODAY Society of Iranian Students will meet in the YMCA at 6 p.m. A&M Women’s Social Club will meet in the Ballroom of the MSC at 3 p.m. Arab Student Club will meet in room 202 of the YMCA at 7 p.m. Sunday’s picnic in Hensel Park will be discussed. MONDAY The Memorial Student Center Bridge Committee will conduct classes in the Birch Room of the MSC at 7:30 p.m. TUESDAY The American Marketing Socie ty will hear a talk by Jim Het- herley from McCann-Erickson in Rooms 2C-D of the MSC at 7:30 p.m. Election Commission will meet in room 3-D of the MSC at 7:30 p.m. to plan the freshman class elections. WEDNESDAY The Table Tennis Club will have open house and a tournament at 6:30 p.m. in the basement of the Memorial Student Center. THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion ure 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; P. S. White, College of Engineering; Dr. Robert S. Titus, College of Veterinary Medicine; and Hal Taylor, Col lege of Agriculture. 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All subscriptions subject to 2% sales tax. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address: The Battalion, Room 4, YMCA Building, College Stationi Texas 77843. EDITOR Managing Editor .... News Editor Sports Editor Copy Editor Editorial Columnist Photographer CHARLES ROWTON John Fuller Jerry Grisham Gary Sherer Bob Palmer Robert Solovey Mike Wright ROTARY COMMUNITY SERIES In Cooperation With TOWN HALL COMMITTEE OFFERS Limited Number Reserved Seat Season Tickets At Special Rate of $11.50 For Remainder of Series CARLOS MONTOYA October 30, 1967 ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT, THE SMELL OF THE CROWD February 13, 1968 LORIN HOLLANDER MARY COSTA April 9, 1968 March 8, 1968 MANTOVANI FRED WARING November 8, 1967 December 6, 1967 Season Ticket Includes General Admission Seat for Town HalFs . . . SIX BIG NUMBERS for $11.50 TICKETS MAY BE PURCHASED AT MSC STUDENT PROGRAM OFFICE MAIL ORDER TO BOX 5718, COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS Make check payable to Texas A&M University - Town Hall For Information Call 846-8721, Station 36 Sound Off from the company that has so much to do with my personal life. I wasn’t only for my family to be able to reach me and when I dial 0 let the operator answer. It could be mine or anyone of your many users’ cry for help. If I had had to wait 22 minutes for an operator once it would have been too late. Mrs. Charlotte Jensen Bryan Editor, The Battalion: In reference to Mr. Owen’s letter criticizing the local tele phone service, we would like to express our displeasure also. Hav ing lived in several areas of the country, we find the local service the most incompentent we have yet to experience or ever hope to. We have experienced difficulty and postponement in having the phone installed, waiting for an unreasonable length of time for the operator to answer, rudeness from the operators, incorrect bill ing, and complaints from friends that when trying to obtain our number, they have found it very difficult due to receiving the wrong number and general in efficiency. As to the local managers’ de fense of the local system in his citation of plans to incorporate Direct Distance Dialing, other areas if the country have had this convenience for several years and it’s about time the South western States Telephone Com pany enters the 1960’s before the decade is over. Bill and Carol Hughes Y-2-L Hensel Apts. College Station old tradition of Yell Practice has through the years been the Twelf th Man’s way of expressing his loyalty toward the team’s effort; however, they were not meant to debase the very things that our school has stood for for 91 years. At A&M we have hallowed sev eral areas of our campus and de dicated them to the men who have made our school the stalwart that it is by making the supreme sacri fice for our country. One such area is Spence Park. For those civilian students who are carrying our traditons deep in their respective comer of the campus, they might possibly show a deeper love of school and Spence Park by observing these rather than mobbing towards the Corps dormitories. the judgement of our Battalion’s editor an aggressor. It seems that the editor is brainwashed by the soft and in nocent words of the Israelis that all they want is peace and se curity. In fact, they want peace by the submission of the Arab refugees and security for what they have stolen from the Arab land. I only hope that our Battalion does not take sides in internation al crises, and do hope that our Battalion's editor be politically more qualified and more familiar with what he is talking about. Mohamed Abu-Elgheit Dept, of Chemistry Their leaders, if any exist, should either pass out campus- ology books to their followers or contain the spirit until authorized Yell Practices when the entire Twelfth Man may participate. K. C. Williams ‘68 Editor, The Battalion: Your editorial, “Egyptian At tack Threatens Peace,” is aston ishing. It lacks sense and came in a poor taste. Have you forgotten that the U.S.S. Liberty was hit by Israeli missiles once it ap proached the Israeli territorial waters and this incident took 34 American lives besides 75 wound ed? Have you forgotten the Israeli shelling of three cities along the Suez Canel that result ed in one hundred civilians killed ? I am afraid your knowledge, if any, about the Middle East pro blem is very distorted. Editor, The Battalion: Your editorial “Egyptian At tack Threaten Peace” is false and regrettable. It appears that you lack knowledge about the Middle East. 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