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Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Wednesday, December 13, 1967 CADET SLOUCH Waring’s Opinions Not For Stag* We have watched with great interest the controversy in The Battalion’s “Sound Off” columns about the propriety of entertainer Fred Waring’s remarks during a Town Hall performance last week. We were there and have first hand knowledge of the bandsman’s statements and how he added them as an extra touch to his show. One letter writer attacked the credentials of Waring to make statements about the marchers, protesters, draft- dodgers and draft card burners, and “the disgusting dis plays as we had around the Pentagon.” Two other writers rebuffed the first and asked him what credentials he had to judge Waring’s remarks and then added some of their own along the God, mother, country and apple pie route. Everyone has seen acts which display a little flag waving, and tastefully add a little zest of patriotism. Everyone enjoys seeing the colors unfurled and a dedica tion to the principals of liberty, and support of the country no matter what position it’s in. But Waring, realizing he was in the den of Aggieland and a great military tradition, got a little too zealous. There is no justification for a phrase such as “they should take all those draft cards, put them into a pile, set them on fire and then throw all the draft card burners on top.” This is a phrase attributable to the communists who boast “anyone in Russia can say anything ONCE.” Maybe that would solve all this protest stuff in the U.S. ? The Germans had an even more effective way of elminating dissent and shabby-looking, non-working philos ophers. Still another solution? Waring indicated he had a son in Vietnam, and con gratulated Aggies for having more than 600 men serving there. Anyone can understand his fervor when he knows his son may die while others, an undeniably shoddy-looking, mindless mob, picket the Pentagon. But when the audience attended Town Hall they were looking for entertainment, which they certainly got, ■ not for personal opinion, which they certainly got. We fully support and respect our fighting men in Vietnam. We honor our country AND our President. We admire the way the two gentlemen wrote in, fully supporting Fred Waring, his credentials, and his right to opinion and his method of presenting such opinion—the stage. But we wonder why these two clapped so loudly and laughed so long when Waring remarked about burning draft dodgers. They have an opinion too, although their stage is the entire country. Bulletin Board TODAY The Austin Hometown Club will have pictures made for the Aggie land and discuss plans for the Christmas party at 7:30 p.m. in the Second Floor Lobby of the Memorial Student Center. The Aggie Wives Bridge Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Memorial Student Center. The Small Business Adminis tration will have a representative in the Chamber of Commerce of fices from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Anyone interested may come by or call for an appointment. The College Station chapter of the American Meteorological So ciety will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 305, Goodwin Hall. Guest speaker will be J. Neumann, head of the Meteorology Department, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He will discuss Rain Stimulation Experiments in Israel. THURSDAY The Texarkana Hometown Club will have pictures made for the Aggieland at 7 p.m. in the Lobby of the Memorial Student Center. The Eagle Pass Hometown Club will have pictures made for the Aggieland at 8 p.m. in front of the Memorial Student Center. The Midland Hometown Club will meet in Room 2-C of the Memorial Student Center at 7:30 p.m. The El Paso Hometown Club will discuss Christmas parties at 7:30 p.m. in Room 3-C of the Memorial Student Center. The Amarillo-Panhandle Area Hometown Club will elect a sweet heart at 7:30 p.m. in the Rotunda of the Academic Building. The Rio Grande Valley Home town Club will discuss plans for the Christmas party at 7:30 p.m. in Room 202 of the YMCA. The Garland Hometown Club will have pictures made for the Aggieland at 7:45 p.m. in the Lobby of the Memorial Student Center. The Waco-McLennan County Hometown Club will discuss plans for a Christmas party at 7:30 p.m. in the Gay Room of the YMCA. The Falls County Hometown Club will meet at 7 p.m. in Room 232 of the Physics Building. The San Angelo-West Texas Hometown Club will meet in Room 108 of the Academic Building at 7:30 p.m. Christmas party tickets will be distributed. The Fort Bend Hometown Club will discuss plans for a Christmas party in Room 3-A of the Memo rial Student Center at 7:30 p.m. The Corpus Christi Hometown Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Memorial Student Center. The Galveston Island Hometown Club will discuss plans for a Christmas party at 7:30 p.m. in the Art Room of the Memorial Student Center. The Deep East Texas Home town Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Memorial Student Center. The Beaumont Hometown Club will discussp Ians for a Christmas dance at 7:30 p.m. in Room 2-D of the Memorial Student Center. The Matagorda Hometown Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Assembly Room of the Memorial Student Center. The Aerospace Engineering Wives Club will meet at 8 p.m. att he Bank of A&M. The Dallas Hometown Club will discuss plans for a New Year’s Eve party in the Lobby of the Memorial Student Center at 7:30 p.m. The San Antonio Hometown Club will discuss plans for a Christmas party at 7:30 p.m. in Room 145 of the Physics Building. The Mechanical Engineering Seminar Program will meet at 10 a.m. in Room 303, Fermier Hall. Prof. M. J. Fox Jr. of the Industrial Engineering Dept, will discuss labor relations and the young engineer. Dr. and Mrs. M. L. Greenhut, head of the Economics Dept., will have open house for all economics majors, graduate and undergradu ate students, faculty and wives from 7-8:30 p.m. att he Green- huts’, 3802 Stillmeadow Drive, Bryan. by Jim Earle Q unnian FoPCCS Two Students To Take Him To The Big Man’ ‘You’ve got to admit—it’s an interesting package!” Sound Off Editor, The Battalion: The following is an article which appeared in the Minne apolis Tribune concerning smok ing and smokers. The writer is Will Jones. “An open letter from a Non- Smoker to All Smokers: Having trouble kicking the habit? Well, I’m sick of hearing about it. I’m sick of the whining and hawing and yapping about the surgeon general’s report. I’m bored with all the jokes about the trouble you’re having trying to give up cigarettes. “For 40 years I’ve lived in a world dominated by smokers. I have complained very little. I’ve accepted the fact that this is a smoker’s world. But I’m through being quiet about it. “Do you know how you smok ers look to those of us who don’t smoke? You are ill-bred, ill- mannered, inconsiderate slobs. You may think you look glamor ous like the smokers in the ads and the movies, but you don’t. You have a nasty habit and you look ridiculous. Furthermore you stink. Your clothes stink, your breath stinks and you stink up the whole world around you. “I play a little game with women who expect me to light their cigarettes. I out-wait them. Some give up and light their own. Others ask for a light. Last night one babe said, ‘Well, aren’t you going to light my cigarette? I replied, ‘No, I’d rather you didn’t smoke.’ She lit up anyway and that got me mad. I grabbed the cigarette out of her mouth, snuffed it out and tore it to shreds. “‘Do you think I am rude?’ I asked. ‘Yes’ she answered. T am not half as rude as you,’ I told her. “I’ve had it up to here with sore, red eyes caused by other people’s smoke. I've had it up to here with burned rugs and floors and furniture because of slobs who not only are slaves to a habit but are so fumble-fingered they can’t even handle it. And unless you smoke in absolute fireproof privacy, with other smokers, you are intolerable. You are the enemy.” Kenneth Ziegenbein ’68 Editor, The Battalion: You are to be congratulated for calling attention, in your edi torial of December 8, 1967, to certain ethical questions raised by the recent heart transplant performed in South Africa. In order to stimulate further discussion of these questions, I would like to suggest that as pre face to such discussion we must acknowledge that recent advances in medicine force us to re-define the terms “living” and “dead.” For example, in the 19th cen tury a man who had ceased to breathe was “dead,” and not too many years ago, a man whose heart had stopped was “dead.” This suggests that being “living” or “dead” is relative to available medical skill and resources. In these terms, your question, “What if two patients were dy ing and there was only one heart available?” becomes most inter esting. If I were one of the pa tients, I would want the physi cians involved to use their skill and the one heart to aid the pa tient who by medical criteria had the best chance of survival and longevity. How would you de cide if you were one of the pa tients ? Manuel M. Davenport, Head Department of Philosophy & Humanities the campus adding an- Editor, The Battalion: Congratulations to traffic planners for other obstacle to the campus gym khana. The addition of tanktraps on the corner of Lamar and Houston will surely prevent fu ture collisions and also detour traffic crossing the campus via Snook. Local traffic problems seem to be solved spontaneously with too much concrete and too many tick ets and not near enough fore sight. Wilott Heerde ’68 PTTT7771 NOW SHOWING Sandra Dee In “ROSIE” THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion Vtt "" O/re thOSB of the student WTlteVS only. The otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous Battalion is a non tax-suyyorted non- Sr ^n^ar^^L" reierved. 0 ' republication of an other profit, self-supporting educational enter- Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. prise edited and operated by students as ~ ~ ‘ ‘ a university and community netuspaper. or ^1^9Binding 8 For advertising or delivery call 846-6415. Members of the Student Publications Board are: Jim .Lindsey, chairman ; Dr. David Bowers, College of Liberal w , . ,. , , Arts: F. S. White, College of Engineering; Dr. Robert S. Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per semester; $6 per school Titus, College of Veterinary Medicine; and Hal Taylor Col- year, $6.50 per full year. AH subscriptions subject to 2% lege of Agriculture. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address: The Battalion, Room 4, YMCA Building, College Station, Texas The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M is 77843. published in College Station, Texas daily except Saturday. Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, September through TT'T'iTT'm? Ctr A DT T7’C2 T?nWTiAXT May, and once a week during summer school. RiUiXUK ------- ^tlAKL/Tife KU VV i UiM Managing Editor John Fuller Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising NGWS Editor John McCarroll Inc - New York city - Chicago, Los Angeles and San Sports Editor Gary Sherer Staff Writers Bob Palmer, John Platzer MEMBER Editorial Columnist Robert Solovey The Associated Press, Texas Press Association Photographer Mike Wright STARTS TODAY Peter Fonda In “THE TRIP” Plus “FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHTS OF ’67” CIRCLE TONIGHT AT 6:30 P. M. Rhonda Fleming In “RUN FOR YOUR WIFE” At 8:40 p. m. ‘BIKINI PARADISE” (Both In Color) AUSTIN (A 5 )—A car carrying two college students held by a pistol-pointing man they never saw before crashed against the entrance of the state capitol Tuesday night, ending- a wild chase. The occupants, also including the gunman’s 5-year-old son, escaped serious injury. Police held the gun waving man without immediate charge while they checked his identity and background. Norman Paul Brown, 18, of Dallas and Walter Sheffield, 19, of Houston told officers they were en route back to Southwest ern University at Georgetown when the man halted their car 10 miles south of Austin. “Take me to the big man at the capitol or I’ll kill you!” they quoted him as saying as he point ed a pistol at their heads. Police gave chase after their automobile ran a traffic light in downtown Austin near the capi tol, where the students said their captor ordered them to drive up the steps “to the big man”— presumably a reference of Gov. John Connally, who was not in the building at that hour. The car also traveled the wrong direction on several one-way streets and went through other traffic signals before it rammed a pillar at the north entrance to the statehouse. Brown and Sheffield said their captor talked wildly about a gang “trying to kill me” and asserted the pursuing officers were part of that gang. The youths and police who talked to the man later quoted him as stating he had just arrived from California and had relatives living near Austin. Both students jumped out on opposite sides of the front seat as the car was wrecked. A poilce cruiser skidding to a halt along side struck Brown and hurled him atop its hood. He was dismissed after hospital treatment for scratches and bruises. Officers learned the gunman had been involved in an auto acci dent earlier. They found his car in a ditch beside the highway south of here. Christmas Hams To Help Teams The Saddle and Sirloin Club, of the Animal Science Depart ment, is sponsoring a Christmas ham sale to help finance trips for their judging teams in 1968. The hams each weigh between 14 and 18 pounds and will sell for $25. The cured hams may be picked up in the Meats Laboratory in the Animal Industries Building between now and Christmas. The first trip to be made by the Wool and. Livestock Judging Teams will be to Denver in early Jan uary. BARCELONA <A>)_I n a move to restore drama activity in this Catalan city, Jose Colsada is con structing two theaters. 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