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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Wednesday, November 22, 1967
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
TV ‘Complexities’
Not So Coi
Houston Leadership Trip
Proves Successful Again
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The Board of Directors of Texas A&M decided Friday
not to televise the Texas A&M-Texas football game despite
popular opinion favoring such a move.
It is true that this move is not without precedent.
The Daily Texan, in an editorial Sunday said, ", . .
Texas-Texas A&M games are perennial sell-outs with many
fans being turned away from the ticket windows.”
This was the case last year when the game was played
in Austin and the decision was lelft to tne University of
Texas Board. That game was not scheduled a sell-out,
but they decided not to televise the game for many of
the same reasons A&M will not tdleme the game accord
ing to L. F. Peterson, president of the A&M Board of
Directors. \
Last Friday, Peterson issued the following announce
ment:
“In view of the complexities involved, we have reluct
antly decided against televising the game.
“As much as we would like to accommodate the many
fans who have contacted us regarding a possible telecast,
and the thousands who were undoubtedly hoping this
would be the case, we simply do not feel it would be in the
best interests of. either university to approve such action at
this late date.”
Peterson listed several of the “complexities” involved
and gave his reasons for the final decision in a telephone
call to his Fort Worth residence from The Battalion Mon
day nifrht.
The main factor for not televising the game was the
dia-service that would befall the individuals who have pur
chased tickets for folding chair seats on the track around
Kyle Field. These people bought the seats “in good faith”
that the game would not be televised. No refunds on these
tickets are allowed/
How could the fans who bought sideline tickets have
purchased them “in good faith” that the game definitely
would not be televised? \-
Tickets for sideline seats went on sale last Tuesday
and were sold the same day. But it wasn’t until Friday
that the A&M Board announced that they would not allow
the game to appear on television.
Up until the Board’s announcement newspapers, radio
and television had speculated openly on the possibilities of
the game being telecast and it is hard to understand how
those 2.000-plus fans kn^ definitely that the game w’ould
not be on television when no one else in the state, including
the news media, knew it.
“Another thing that bothers us is that we can’t place the
t cameras in favorable positions with the large crowd to
Avhom we’ve sold tickets.” Peterson continued.
W’ith reference to the earlier televised SMU game, four
cameras could be set in the East and West stands and in
the press box was done then, to allow ample video cover
age without sideline cameras.
Peterson also expressed concern that without proper
planning the problems caused by the necessity for calling
timeouts to allow commercials to be shown would be greatly
magnified.
The Board of Directors apparently tried to consider
the best interests of A&M and Texas, but we feel they
have failed.
The game was a traditional television broadcast until
1963 and the problem of filling the stands was not a prob
lem then ; we do not see how it could be construed as sueh
now.
Another of the reasons 9he Board gave for its decision
whs the feeling that future gate receipts would fall if the
game were televised, and that in the future, fans would
wait for the game to be televised instead of buying tickets.
This was the case earlier in the year for the ABC
broadcast of the Aggie-SMU game, but we do not feel that
such Would be the case for the game that will probably
determine if the Aggies go to the Cotton Howl for the first
time since 1942.
Like That Steak?
Watch For Paint
If the word “military” brings to mind the word “in
spection” then Texas’ meat is civilian, for much of goes
uninspected and unfit even for Fido.
Associated Press writer Lee Jones reports, “It’s pos
sible for a housewife to buy meat packed at a plant that
is never examined for disease or unsanitary conditions by
a state, federal or city inspector.”
Texas is one of the 22 states without mandatory meat
inspection laws, a fact referred to in testimony before the
U. S. Senate Apiculture Committee last week.
Congress is considering mandatory federal meat in
spection at all plants except those covered by state regula
tions satisfactory to the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
Texas’ voluntary meat inspection, which includes 46
state inspectors and seven veterinarians, seems to leave
too maryr unhealthy loopholes.
Dr. George F. Kutch, educated at Texas A&M, and
head of the Health Department’s inspection division, says
“there are many small places uninspected, bv and large,
selling only locally. How many there are, we nave no way
of knowing.”
The USDA in Dallas made a check of nine plants, five
of them uninspected, and reported conditions comparable
to Sinclair Lewis’ “The Jungle,” with flies, dirt, rust, and
paint on meat.
The uninspected plants were by far the worst. Any
• deficiencies in inspected plants were corrected immediately.
Federal inspection and its stamp of approval is with
drawn from plants which have sub-standard conditions
which cannot be corrected immediately.
The federal government’s hearings, spot inspections
and possible Senate action is a matter of basic health which
should have been corrected along with the Pure Food anil
Drug Act.
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“Just between you and me and our fraternity brothers,
I'm not sure that this is th’ year of the horns!”
Johnson Hopes
For Fortune Rise
By FRANK CORMIER
Anociated Preaa Writer
WASHINGTON — Lyndon
B. Johnson, rounding out .four
years as president, is hopeful
that his fortunes finally are on
the upbeat after weeks of falter
ing.
Johnson's actual completion of
the equivalent of one full White
House term will come Wednes
day, with no fanfare in prospect.
The chief executive is expected
to be at his Texas ranch for the
Thanksgiving holiday.
During the past week. Johnson
has had several psychological
boosts — including a generally
favorable reception of his tele-
vision-radio news conference Fri
day—that he naturally hopes will
augur well.
Although the President won’t
say yet whether he plans to seek
re-election in 1968. he certainly
has been talking and acting like
a candidate.
Coed Discusses
Hipp ie Problems
A hippie is a person rebelling
against what is considered a dem
ocratic society, according to a
Baylor coed who spent six weeks
among the “flower people.”
Miss Marsha Adams of Tyler,
spoke Tuesday (Nov. 14) eve
ning to members of the AAM
Collegiate Chapter of the Future
Farmers of America on her ex
perience as a Baptist missionary
among the hippies in Dayton,
Ohio, last summer.
“The hippies believe that no
one has ever cared enough tp
stop and ask what their problems
are,” Miss Adams said. “Most of
the male hippies have been in
work houses, prisons or jails at
one time or anpther.”
Miss Adams described the av
erage hippie as being between
the age of 17 and 23 years and
a high school drop out.
"Most of the boys have long
hair, wear earrings and look like
girla,” she said, “and prefer to
be called ‘long hairs’ rather than
’thugs’."
/"Hippies use all types of drugs,
although very few drink because
alcohol and dope cause adverse
physical reactions, Miss Adams
said.
She said most hippies do not
take heroin, but use large quan
tities of marijuana. L.S.D. Is
the m6st difficult drug to acquire
By JOHN HOTARD
Battalion Colam nist
There are about 36 studenta on
campus who, after they wake up
in about four weeks, can tell you
anything you want to know about
the cultural aspects of Houston.
These were the members of
the Leadership Trip, now in its
sixth season, Sunday and Mon
day. Perhaps a better name for
the trip would have been Around
the City in Eighty Hours Cram
med Into Thirty-Six.
Head of this junket was John
Beall, who spent the two days
shuttling between band practice
on campus and introducing guest
speakers to the group in Houston.
Henry Cisneros was chairman of
the Leadership Committee. The
group was comprised of campus
leaders, faculty advisors and one
journalist.
The first day started off with
a breakfast at the Shamrock Hil
ton, homebase for the trip, with
members of the Long Range Plan
ning Committee of the Associa
tion of Former Students. Next
they were off for a tour of the
Astrodome, conducted by this
sweet young thing who just hap
pens to be going with an Aggie,
and who would make a very love
ly tour guide for the bonfire if
the arrangements could be work
ed out.
, THE FAST and furious pace
of the trip was set as the group
moved on to the Burke Barker
Planetarium of the Houston Mu
seum of Natural Science. Here
'the studenta viewed the night sky
over Houston and the various
stars and constellationa. The ef
fect was created in a darkened
domed auditorium with a pano
rama projection system. With
the additional blending of six
slide projectors, the viewer gets
HURRYING BACK to the hotel
to dress for the evening's festiv
ities, the group then arrived at
the Alley Theater for Edward
Albee’s play “A Delicate Bal
ance.” Afterwards, a discussion
of the play was held with the
director.
The tab for thlfc'trip was pick-
success is climbed with
effort. __ .
The next cultural aspects
the trip was art. This was
eomplished by visits to the he
of two prominent Houstoni
AT THE HOME of Mn
Mrs. John Beck, their coll*
of French Impressionist’s pair
ed up by 18 former students and ings, one of the world’s greated
friends of AAM who live in the was seen.
Now 69, Johnson has aged vis
ibly in his four years as Presi
dent. His hair has turned grayer
and the weathered lines in his
face have deepened.
But his personal physician, < the feeling that he is looking at
Vice Adm. George G. Burkley, the real thing.
says that since the chief execu
tive’s most recent' surgery 13
months a?o. “the President's
health has been excellent.”
Johnson's political health has
A tour of the Jesae Jones Hall
For The Performing Arts was
next in line. James B. Gatton,
class of '63, conducted the first
of three visits the studenta made
not been nearly so robust, hew- / to the Hall. He was a Project
ever. Just last week the Harris
Public Opinion Poll reported that
public confidence in Johnson per
sonally had sagged to a new low
of 23 per cent.
Johnson would like to believ*
that his poll ratings have now
hit bottom and that the trend
henceforth will be upward. How
ever. he has often commented
privately that polls bounce in
both directions.
Manager for Jones Hall and is
associated with Caudill, Rowlett,
Scott, Architects Planners Engi
neers.
Gatton explained the problems
encountered in building the struc
ture, the great acoustics which
the Hall has, and the way several
sections of the seating area can
be closed off to accommodate
different sizes of audiences, de
pending upon the event.
Houston area. Several of these
benefactors met with the students
at various times during the two
days, while others helped tre
mendously by their contribution.
After the play came a midnight ;
dinner at the Warwick Club and
the first day then came to an
end.
The second day began early,
but not so bright, the next morn
ing, with a breakfast talk by-
Gerald Hines, prominent and out
standing real estate developer.
He is developing the Shell Plaza
in downtown Houston at the pres
ent time.
His word of advice to the stu
dents wax Effort. If someone re
quires X amount of e/fort from
you, then you should put*out
X plus ten.
THEN IT WAS once again into
the station wagons fob a second
trip to Jones Hall. Here Mrs.
Ralph Ellis Gunn talked about
the history of the Houston Sym
phony and a discussion of the mu
sic to be played by the,Symphony
that night. Mrs. Gunn is a prom
inent civic leader of Houston and
former President of the Houston
Symphony Society Auxiliary.
After the talk the students
went into the auditorium proper
to hear the Symphony run
through a rehearsal with Andre
Previn, Conductor in Chief of
the Houston Symphony Orches
tra. After the rehearsal, Previn
explained just what he was trying
to accomplish in the rehearsal
and answered questions.
Lunch was next on the schedule. I
Everyone arrived 1 at Sakowitz’s
for lunch and a style show with
Robert Sakowitz as the- host. He
also had something to say to the
students about effort. The effort
a person puts out determines his
level in society. The laddei-' of
An outstanding collection
paintings by American artisl
was toured in the home of
and Mrs. Meredith Long, owr
of Meredith Long Galleries
Houston.
Once again it was back to
hotel, for dinner on the Char
Terrace of the Shamrock Hilt
and then the group was off f<|
the evening's entertainment
the Houston Symphony.
For' Monday night's perfor
ance, Previn selected Beethoven)
Concerto No. 5 with Rudolf
Firkusny as the pianist,
other selections were Nielsenl
Symphony Nq, 1 and Copland]
“Lincoln Portrait.” Astroi^ut ar
aquanaut Scott Carpenter wl
the narrator for the last selectio)
AFTER THE symphony,'
weary group, who by thi* tir
were avowing never again to
student leaders, loaded up f<j
the trip, home.
Representing the faculty
this trip were J. Wayne Star)
Director of the Memorial Stud
Center; Robert Boone, Direct
of the Singing Cadets; Dr.
Mrs. Harry Coyle, assistant pr
fessor of civil engineering; ar
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cooper, Dir
tor of Civilian Student Activitief
^-Joining the group in Houst
at' various times were Col. ar
Mrs. Vernon L. Head, Prof*
of Aerospace Studies; Mr. ar
Mrs. Fraidt Coulter, Musk D|
rector at A AM Consolidated Hi|
School and past president
Stage Center; and Dr. and Mr
Horace Byers, Dean of the Co|
lege of Geosciences
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