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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Thursday, January 25, 1968
Basketball Team
Deserves Support
Texas A&M has one of the best basketball teams in the
Southwest Conference and what they lack in raw ability
they more than make up with hustle and determination.
Amiable Coach Shelby Metcalf, who directed a 1964
SWC champion Aggie team, continues to provide able
leadership.
The desire to win has been whole-hearted against
rough competition, but the support by A&M students at
home games is at best half-hearted.
The games are free to Aggie students. The games are
short and exciting, generally less than two hours. But G.
Rollie White Colliseum continues to be less than half full.
As Coach Metcalf said, he has to follow a tough act —
a conference-winning football team.
Maybe the lack of yell practices, and midnight marches
to Kyle Field provide less opportunity for a display of
support during the basketball season.
Apparently Aggie interest in sports, and support for
their representative teams ends, excepting January 1, with
the Turkey Day game.
Because most of the games at home are on a week
night, maybe-Aggies need someone holding their hand — a
date, before they have the spirit to fill the stands.
Basketball is one of the fastest moving games in all
of sports. And with top competition and players like Peret,
Heitman, Underwood, Barnett, and Bostic, the Aggie games
have always provided last-minute excitement.
Civilians are the free-thinking, free-willed and unregi
mented segment of the student body. There is no one to
decide what to do for them, and in recent days they have
even decided to abandon regulations they made for them
selves.
The Corps has always made football games compul
sory, and Aggies, both Corps and civilians have never failed
to cram the stands for gridiron action.
The Corps alone could more than half fill G. Rollie
White. The verbal support of the entire Corps plus even
one quarter of the civilian students should provide a morale
incentive for the basketball team.
The remaining conference games will be crucial to the
team and we support an unwritten order for compulsory
Corps attendance.
Two hours a week never put Johnny out on Highway
6, and maybe pride and support for our team might carry
over into personal pride for one’s self and in being a student
here.
Johnson Asks New Rights Bill;
Chances Not Considered Good
By STEPHEN M. AUG
WASHINGTON <A>> — Presi
dent Johnson asked Congress
Wednesday for virtually the same
civil rights program he sought
last year. But high administra
tion officials are not optimistic
that all of it will be enacted.
The President called for:
1. Stronger federal criminal
laws to protect citizens from
violence while exercising such
rights as voting and attending
desegregated schools;
2. Greater authority for the
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission;
3. Nondiscriminatory jury se
lection at both federal and state
levels;
4. Open housing.
IN HIS message, Johnson
urged Congress not to use recent
big city riots and the views of
extremists as an excuse for re
fusing to enact the civil rights
legislation.
“Lawlessness must be punished
—sternly and promptly,” he said.
“But the criminal conduct of some
must not weaken our resolve to
deal wtih the real grievances of
all those who suffer discrimina
tion. Nothing can justify the con
tinued denial of equal justice and
opportunity to every American.”
ADMINISTRATION spokes
men explained that no basically
new legislation was proposed be
cause it is felt the time is near
ing when—at least legally—all
federal rights will have been
guaranteed. The emphasis now is
shifting toward gaining the op
portunity to use the rights that
have been obtained, they said.
Johnson’s message reflects this
shift.
For example, in seeking for the
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission the power to order
employers and unions to stop dis
criminating, Johnson said that
the administration also is seeking
$2.1 billion for a manpower train
ing program.
THOSE CLOSE to the Presi
dent who are knowledgeable about
civil rights remain optimistic
about the greater part of the
President’s program.
One high-ranking source fore
cast passage at this session of
Congress of these key parts of
the civil rights program:
—A federal law that would
prohibit the use of force to pre
vent the exercise by minorities of
such rights as voting, registering
to vote, attending previously
segregated public school obtain
ing a job or service at public
accommodations. The Senate cur
rently is considering this measure
which has been approved by the
House.
—WIDER POWER for the
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission to permit it to order
employers and labor unions to
stop discriminatory practices. If
the company or union refused, the
Commission could seek enforce
ment in the courts. Neither the
House nor the Senate has acted
on this proposal.
—Legislation to make certain
that federal juries are selected
on a random basis such as voter
lists and other objective stand
ards. This already has received
Senate approval.
Speaker Barnes
To Be Honored
At Coffee Friday
House Speaker Ben Barnes will
be guest of honor at a 4:30 p.m.
Friday coffee at the Holiday Inn,
announced Ridley Briggs.
Briggs, one of several local
residents sponsoring the one-hour
reception, said the general pub
lic is invited.
Barnes will be the featured
speaker Friday night at the
Bryan-College Station Jaycee’s
Annual Bosses Night and Out
standing Young Man of Brazos
County banquet at the Ramada
Inn.
The young legislator from
DeLeon has served four two-year
tearms as head of the Texas
House of Representatives and
recently announced his candidacy
for lieutenant governor.
Sound Off
CS To Consider City Sales Tai
Editor,
The Battalion:
We want to express our sincere
appreciation for all the acts of
kindness, flowers and correspon
dence tendered Michael D. Mann,
’67, by his fellow Aggies (includ
ing the M.E. faculty and Co. C-2)
after his serious injury in the
auto accident of December 16th.
He is unable to do much writing
since he is restricted from sitting
up, and will be in the hospital
for some time. We want to give
special thanks to those of you
who donated blood.
Since we have very few indi
vidual addresses we are using
this means to contact you. Inci
dentally, Mike can have visitors
and would be happy to see you
anytime you come to San Antonio
(Baptist Memorial Hospital). Al
so, for the first time ever, he says
he wishes he were there taking
finals with you instead of being
where he is.
Mr. and Mrs. W. N.
“Mike” Mann ’42
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Editor,
The Battalion:
It is indeed sad when you can
not depend on signs anymore.
This is in reference to the sign
by the MSC Library. It is even
worse when you cannot depend
on your fellow Aggies.
Recently I left my book in the
rack by the MSC Library just as
the sign indicated. When I came
out, I could not find any trace of
my book anywhere. I thought
that I could trust my fellow
Aggies but it seems that I was
wrong.
I sincerely hope that it was
only taken by mistake and that
it will be returned to me or left
at the lost and found office, or
where it was taken from. With
finals coming up, this book (social
psychology) is needed badly.
However, I do not feel that
this is the case at all. When an
Aggie cannot trust his fellow
classmates, then who can he
trust? It was my understanding
that people with average intelli
gence would have more sense
than to go around stealing things.
This should be especially true
with Aggies and their so-called
“tradition.” Maybe the sign
should have read as follows:
“Leave articles on the rack at
your own risk.”
Edward Mares ’69
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Editor,
The Battalion:
A group of girls here at TWU
have written an essay entitled
“What Is A Tessie?” which cor
relates with A&M’s “What Is An
Aggie?”
Because TWU is the sister
school of Texas A&M, and be
cause most of the Tessies strong
ly support your school in all of
its activities and vice versa, we
thought that perhaps the essay
on the typical Tessie would be
of interest to you.
WHAT IS A TESSIE?
Tessie is a rather dumb, naive,
innocent, and gullible Aggie’s
girl. She’s not beautiful or ugly,
particularly fat or skinny—just
Sort of average.
A Tessie likes Aggies, football
games, basketball games, Town
Hall, Aggies, midnight yell prac
tices, the Corps, senior boots,
Aggies, the Aggie Band, Reveille,
The War Hymn, Aggies, Corps
Trips, New Year’s Eve parties,
the A&M campus—and Aggies.
A Tessie dislikes other Tessies,
Texas University, ex-fiances,
dirty jokes, competition, the four
hour drive to A&M, too much
booze, Aggie jokes, TWU, and
rain,
A Tessie is the only person in
the world who can go to A&M
for one weekend and take enough
luggage for a month, stand in
the rain during a football game
and come home looking beautiful
because she switched hair pieces
in the bathroom at the stadium,
go to an Aggie party and act
drunk without ever having taken
a drink, and attend every Aggie
function in spirit even though
she couldn’t make it in body.
Tessies are the loyal supporters
of Aggies in general, with soft
spots for their Aggie in particu
lar. They are faithful to the end,
no matter what their Aggie says
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or does to discourage them. All
an Aggie has to do is look into
his Tessie’s tearful eyes as he
says, “GIG ’EM AGGIES,” and
he knows that she’ll always be
there waiting, when he needs her.
The “K.K.K.K.’s” — Kathy
Pollard, Karen Burk, Kada
Rule, Kathy Crawford
An open forum for presenta
tion of the pros and cons of the
city sales tax will be sponsored by
the College Station Progress As
sociation tonight.
CSPA President William G.
Adkins said the 7:30 p.m. forum
will be in the A&M Consolidated
High School auditorium.
College Station will vote on a
city sales tax Feb. 3.
During the hour and a half
forum, two speakers each will
discuss both sides of the one per
cent city sales tax. Adkins said
a question-answer period will fol
low in which questions will be
submitted in written form.
COLLEGE STATION Maj
D. A. (Andy) Anderson, Tejj
A&M professors Dr. Carl ]
Shafer, agricultural economit
James H. Dozier, business mu
agement, and W. D. Franklin,!
sistant research economist otil
Texas Transportation Institu
will be forum speakers,
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