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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Thursday, December 14, 1967
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
‘No question about it—it’s th’ biggest in th’ whole dorm!”
Open Letter To
Draft-War Survey
Dear Sir:
We received your kind invitation to join with other
“student leaders” and add our name to the list of those
opposed to the war in Vietnam.
As you say,” I notice that you are not yet represented.”
A&M enjoys a reputation of engaging in many worthwhile
causes, such as the blood drive which the Student Senate
is conducting for our soldiers in Vietnam this week. But
that’s in direct opposition to your movement, isn’t it?
You call yourselves the Young People Draft War Sur
vey. We agree with your statement that “We think the
opposition to the Vietnam War among draft age men is
greater than President Johnson appears to believe.”
How unfortunate a position for those wishy-washy
youths who enjoy freedom they are unwilling to protect.
You then say, “As student body presidents and campus
newspaper editors, we are personally troubled by the war.”
We agree, for as editors were are also troubled by the war
just as any citizemwould be while his nation is fighting.
The statement you wish us to sign says, “I believe I
should not be forced to fight in the Vietnam War because
it is unjust and immoral.” Bravo, well said ye philosophers
of omnipotent knowledge and bravery.
We’re glad that you added a touch of humor to the let
ter by printing the names and colleges of some of your
previous signers to this declaration.
Especially, the seven girl editors who are reaffirming
their stand that they “should not be forced to fight in the
Vietnam War.” Surely they don’t think we would let women
fight. By the way, they are women, aren’t they?
Anyway, thanks but no thanks. We’ll have to graciously
decline your invitation to add our name to your list of un
satisfied, emotional and of course, just and moral “student
leaders.”
We would hope that you would have a chance to visit
A&M sometime and personally circulate your petition among
your fellow youths in the Duncan area of our campus.
With much affection and sympathy,
The Battalion Editors
Blood Drive Aims Toward
Collection Of 700 Units
The Aggie Blood Drive moved
into its third day today as the
Student Senate moved toward its
goal of 700 units of blood.
Blood Services of Houston is
accepting donors from 10 a.m. to
6 p.m. in the basement in
the Memorial Student Center,
through Saturday.
The blood will be part of a De
fense Department reserve for
fighting men in Vietnam.
Beulah Responsible For Discovery
Of Ancient Ground Sloth Skeleton
AUSTIN (A*)—Hurricane Beu
lah uncovered a 120,000-year-old
skeleton of a giant ground sloth,
University of Texas scientists re
ported Wednesday.
Remnants of other ancient life
—a large camel, a bison, a horse
and hard and soft shell turtles—
Editor,
The Battalion:
This letter is in reference to
the conduct of the Aggies at the
Trinity basketball game on Mon
day, Dec. 4. By now, most
everyone knows what happened
concerning Trinity’s air horn and
teddy bear. A sports writer from
San Antonio was at the game
and in his column on Sunday,
10 Dec., he had this to say: “Now
—Texas A&M may have the
SWC’s best band, finest football
team, the world’s greatest shot
putter, and more school spirit
than the College of Cardinals.
But it also must lay claim to the
rowdiest, crudest, most uncouth
basketball fans it has ever been
my displeasure to sit before.”
“The uniformed Corps members
were a credit to their school, re
maining orderly throughout the
game and even acting as peace
makers in at least one post game
incident. But their civilian-
clothed peers’ conduct was dis
gusting and asinine.”
It is really a shame when
this kind of news is printed in a
state wide newspaper. And it is
really a shame when the civilian-
clothed persons bring this kind of
ridicule to A&M.
It’s really a shame that one
group of students can bring a
bad name onto the school when
the other group has worked since
1876 to give it a good name.
David J. Craighead ’70
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Editor,
The Battalion
I’m enclosing an article writ
ten in the Sunday’s edition of the
San Antonio EXPRESS/NEWS.
Needless to say, I was very dis
turbed after absorbing the con
tents of this article.
I’m not in a position to pass
judgement on the problem pre
sented in the article since I did
not attend the game in question.
However, both sides to the pic
ture should be properly pre
sented before any apologies are
to be expected or made.
If a poor sportsmanship prob
lem exists with some students at
A&M, I suggest that the respon
sible person or persons make at
tempts to insure that the problem
does not occur at future athletic
events. Such problems are in
dividualistic in nature and can be
properly corrected through self
discipline practices.
Plqase encourage ^e students
of A&M to practice good sports
manship when supporting the
fine athletic programs of our
school.
James L. Felkner ’65
The A&M blood drive is one of
several conducted throughout the
United States for use by the
Armed Services.
Midwestern University in
Wichita Falls gathered 282 pints
of blood in a three-day collection
ending yesterday.
Through Tuesday Aggies had
given 184 units. The drive was
halted Wednesday for freshmen
runoff elections.
also were found, but they were
only fragments.
The 15-foot-long skeleton of
the sloth was one of only a few
such skeletons ever found in
North America and appears to be
one of the most complete. It was
found in a cliff on the Stanley E.
Smith estate in Port Lavaca.
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Editor,
The Battalion:
Our family purchased nine
tickets for the Texas-A&M game.
We were a sad bunch when
we met our four youngsters from
Houston; they had forgotten
their tickets at home.
This letter is to express pub
licly my sincere appreciation to
Mr. Irvin and the youg lady in
his office for their time and
courtesy. The young lady checked
the records, Mr. Irvin issued a
pass, I was introduced to Joel
Hunt—it turned out to be a
great day for us and for the
Aggies. May the Spirit of Ag-
gieland never falter, and on New
Year’s Day—Gig ’em Aggies.
Our only son is an Aggie of ’64.
Mrs. Raymond P. Toman
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Editor,
The Battalion:
We think the Battalion is
wrong in circulating the self con-
demnating article, “Commando
Group Sick Aggie Joke”, in re
sponse to the O.G.C. article re
printed from the Daily Texan.
Do you have evidence that an
O.G.C. ever existed; and if it did,
where they Aggies; and if they
were, did they steal anything
from t.u.; and if they did, did
they write the letter to the Daily
Texan?
You have assumed that we are
guilty, admitted it, and con
demned us! THANKS! But you
do not represent A&M on this!
Weare not definding vandals
and thiefs, but our honor—until
any proof otherwise, we are in
nocent!
Andres Zamarripa ’67
Jesse H. Levy, Jr. ’60
Manuel J. Montemayor ’67
Baldemar Barrera ’68
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Sound Off
Editor,
The Battalion:
Numerous cases of theft from
locked cars have been reported
the last two weekends. Stereo
tape decks and radios lead the
list of stolen articles. These items
were taken from the designated
lighted parking lots in both living
areas on campus. So far the crimi
nals have gotten away each time.
Some cars have been ransacked
directly under street lights! This
is not the first time this has
happened.
There were also sifilar cases
last year where the thieves and/or
stolen merchandise were never
found and apparently no preven
tive solutions to keep someone
from striking again were taken.
It must consume some time for
someone to unlock several cars
in an area from the outside and
to remove a firmly bolted radio
or tape system.
It seems as if a regular secur
ity patrol would sooner or later
see something going on in one of
the lots if the campus is patrolled
throughout the campus is pat
rolled throughout the nig-ht. I for
one would like to know what plans
our administration has in solving
this problem.
Bob May ’70
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Editor,
The Battalion:
I’m sure that many of those
with cars here on campus, and
those without, will agree with me
on the deplorable conditions of
stealing items out of people’s
cars!
In one lot in particular, I know
of a student who lost two tape
decks within a four-day period!!
Most of those with tape decks
soon find them gone; in some
cases leaving only wires dang
ling; in others, not even the wires
are left. Tape deck, cartridges,
and all are gone.
This is something that all Ag
gies should hang their heads in
shame about! It is really bad
when a student returns to his car
to find it missing at least a hun
dred dollars’ worth of equipment.
To compound this, the knowledge
that a fellow Aggie probably
swiped these items is quite high
and should sicken everyone!
If we can’t trust fellow Aggies,
who can we trust?
The Campus Cops are to blame,
in part, for allowing stealing to
persist. Their indifference to the
problems revolts me. All they do
is throw their hands up in des
pair, saying, “would you like to
do the job?”
I just reply that that is why
I am going to college, so I don’t
have to. It must be admitted that
the Campus Police have few funds
from which to draw to augment
their personnel.
The K. K.’s, instead of writing
so many dang parking tickets,
should worry more about the thou
sands of dollars lost each week
and weekends from break-ins and
worry less about whether or not
you’re parked in the right lot.
There should be a point here.
The cops shouldn’t need to have
extra men on the payroll. We, as
Aggies, should be able to trust
our fellow students! It is as much
the fault of the security system
as it is of the students; really it
bears more directly on the stu
dents.
One other point. Those who
get carried away with knives, by
sticking them into other people’s
tires, ruining four good tires (in
many cases) should be shot. I
hope they enjoy seeing them go
ing down, because the owner sure
doesn’t.
Not only is it expensive, but
one would be quite surprised at
the inconvenience and wasted
time it takes to fix them. How
are you going to get the carlo
a service station?! This is pure
destruction; nothing can be done
with the tires afterward.
What do you say some of tis
grow up and act our age, rather
than like a six-year old?! This
reflects on us all, not just a few
individuals!
An Irate Aggie,
Bruce L. Crumley ’]j
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