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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Tuesday, February 6, 1968
No Parking Zone,
A Last Resort
Amid the new steel, concrete and brick structures on
the A&M campus is an odorous beast of our mechanized
society.
It has become an essential to everybody and everday
life.
As with many boys, it is a rather promiscuous animal,
and now completely overpopulates the scene. It’s your car.
The traffic problem in and around A&M has become in
creasingly worse. Never have so many driven so much to
so few parking spaces, to paraphrase a phrase.
Recent parking space additions on the outer perimeter
of the campus have already fallen behind the pace.
Like a teen-aged boy who has to take his kid sister with
him wherever he goes, each student seems to have at least
one car with him at college.
The result is that adequate traffic control and parking
facilities are always a step behind what is required.
You could compare the campus to a city, where engi
neers have built many fine roads leading to the downtown
area but in town leave drivers to fight for available space
while caught in a maze of one-way streets and knotted
intersections.
Students who live on the campus are not necessarily
major contributors to the problem.
In most cases, a dormitory-residing student will park
his car in an assigned lot and leave it there for the week.
He is usually within easy walking distance to his classes.
It is the ever increasing number of students who live
off the campus and must commute to classes who are,
through no fault of their own, creating new problems.
Add their cars to those of the thousands of faculty and
staff members and you have a battleship trying to float
in a swimming pool.
The College Station Police attempt to alleviate the
problem of a tremendous influx and exit of cars at the inter
section of College Ave. and Farm Road 60 by supplying an
officer at 8 a. m., noon, and 5 p. m.
But it is only one intersection in desperate need of
traffic control.
The North Gate intersection may be one of the worst
in the county. Traffic is often stacked up with cars exiting
from Houston Street, other attempting to leave the Post
Office parking area, and still other autos coming from the
Farm Road 60 underpass.
MSU Prexy
Blasts Campus
Demonstrators
“The perfect schedule—no class before 10 or after 3, no
Monday or Friday classes! It would be nice if I could get
in more than six hours, though.”
The traffic light there is all-placed and ill-timed Drivers
often block the intersection so that those trying to turn
cannot. It is hazardous touch-and-go driving.
West Gate is another hazard. With cars parked street-
side in the new parking lot, a driver must pull his car out
into the intersection to be able to see oncoming traffic
from the left. And the new four-lane Old College Road
is the campus’ western drag strip—a dangerous proposition.
As far as parking spaces, more are desperately needed.
If that means building lots outside of reasonable walking
distance to the center of the campus, then multi-level park
ing facilities must be considered.
By necessity, the two-ton beast of the highways must
be planned for before the 160-pound future student.
(AGP)—Campus demonstrators
who disrupt speeches and obstruct
employment interviews are “whol
ly incompatible with the basic
tenets of a great university,”
University of Michigan President
Robben Fleming told Michigan
State University graduates at fall
commencement, the MSU State
News reported.
For years, Fleming said, uni
versities have fought against re
strictions on speakers and on
many campuses the fight has been
won.
“How are we to explain,” he
asked, “that while all kinds of
speakers may come to the campus,
some of them will be so disrupted
that their views may not be
heard ?”
He said some excuse interrup
tions on the grounds that there
has always been heckling when
the speech topic is of emotional
interest to the audience. “This
may explain, but it does not justi
fy,” he said. “For those of us who
would defend the right of free
inquiry within the university,
there cannot be a double stan
dard.”
Some argue, and with merit,
Fleming said, that employment
interviews are not an integral
part of campus life and therefore
should be conducted off campus.
“Obstructive tactics, however,
are not directed at all interview
ing but only at selected interview
ing,” he said.
“Others, he said, resolve the
problem by invoking a ‘higher
morality’ to determine who should
Battalion Survey
Aggies Favor Escalation Of Viet War
By CHARLES ROWTON
Battalion Editor
The “in” thing on this nation’s
college and university campuses
seems to be demonstrations.
Recent protest demonstrations
have encompassed such topics as
the quality of faculty members,
over-emphasis of athletics, sub
standard housing for students,
campus recruiting visits by repre
sentatives of producers of chemi
cals used by the military, and
recruiting visits by representa
tives of the Armed Forces of the
United States. But the main, re
curring topic has been the ques
tion concerning United States in
volvement in Vietnam.
“PEACENICKS” on the majori
ty of college campuses keep
things moving at a high pitch.
A spirited bunch with a high de
gree of “stick-to-it-iveness,” they
apparently believe in what they
are doing.
They would find little following
at Texas A&M. Located in Col
lege Station, Texas A&M was the
first land grant institution es
tablished in Texas, opening in
1876. From its small beginning
with 40 students, it has grown to
a major university with an enroll
ment of 12,000 plus.
Texas A&M has a strong mili
tary background and ranks sec
ond only to the military acade
mies in the number of graduates
who have served as officers in
the armed forces.
TWO YEARS of military train
ing under the R.O.T.C. program
was required of all male students
who were physically qualified
until 1965 when the program be
came optional. Present enrollment
in the Corps of Cadets is approxi
mately 2,500.
The situation in Vietnam and
the protest movements against
the war are thex - efore of primary
interest to the students of Texas
A&M.
A survey was taken to discover
the precise opinions of these stu
dents. An approximately even
number of questionnaires was re
turned by both civilian students
and members of the Corps.
FOUR QUESTIONS were ask
ed in the survey: What is your
opinion of the United States in
volvement in the war in Vietnam;
are you in favor of pulling out
or escalating; what is your opin
ion of the protest movements on
this nation’s campuses, and do
you think it hurts soldier morale;
and how does your opinion on
these questions contradict or con
firm your religious convictions ?
The question concerning the
opinions of students about the
involvement of the United States
in the war in Vietnam was one
on which nearly all students in
volved in the poll agreed. The
consensus of opinion was that
because the United States is al
ready involved, it must stay there
to save face.
“I am for the United States
intervention in Vietnam” one stu
dent said, “because if the U. S.
backs down from the Communists
at this point, there will be no
stopping them from taking over
the rest of Asia.”
ANOTHER felt that “we must
wage war in Vietnam or forget
the principles of democracy and
freedom for which we stand. The
war in Vietnam is a ‘have-to’ case
for Americans.”
Some harbored resentment to
wards President Lyndon B. John
son for his “placing the welfare
of the Vietnamese above his own
countrymen.”
Seen as only “a political battle”
by some, one individual said
“many men are killed in Vietnam
each day, yet politicians have to
talk while military commanders
are kept from employing the
necessary force to win the war.”
ONE STUDENT summed up
the sentiment of all those for
involvement in Vietnam.
“I believe that the U. S. must
fight in Vietnam; our survival
as a leading nation depends on
this. We promised that we would
defend South Vietnam, and many
neutral countries are watching
us. They feel that if we don’t keep
our promise to pi'otect Vietnam,
we cannot be trusted at all, and
that they would have to become
communist to keep their countries
intact. Indonesia, Malaysia, India,
Burma, Thailand, etc.; all would
have to seriously reconsider their
foreign policies if we could not
be trusted.
“Secondly, our fighting has set
back the communist plan of con
quest more than five years. In
the writings of Mao and his Theo
ries on Warfare, a timetable for
the conquest of all Asia was laid
out. As of 1964, this timetable
had been set back five years, and
a further setback is expected.
“THIRDLY, this war is sup
posedly a war against aggression.
We fought a war in the same area
more than 20 years ago against
a different enemy, who desired
the same thing—the rule of Asia.
If we say the Vietnam war is
wrong, shouldn’t we consider
World War II wrong also?”
However, not everyone saw in
volvement as right.
“From a historical standpoint,
it was a mistake to get involved
in the first place.”
Another wrote “Vietnam is a
civil war. It is between the Viet
Cong and the government of the
south. The U. S. seemingly has
no business interfering in a civil
war of a foreign country.”
Escalation seemed to be the
only alternative for all but four
of the students surveyed.
A “HAWK” attitude was ex-
px-essed by one student who de
clared “war can result in only
one of two choices—victory or
defeat. War is a time for battle
with victory in mind—not a time
for compromise.”
Some thought escalation was
called for, but not by the U. S.
forces.
“We should help South Vietnam
plan a full scale invasion of Nox-th
Vietnam. After all, it is their
country and their freedom and I
do not feel that escalation by the
United States would, in the end,
insure a democratic South Viet
nam. The United States is com
mitted to containment in the
south, but the Vietnamese them
selves should be the ones to end
the war by carrying it to the
nox-th.”
Withdrawal proponets'were “in
favor of a withdrawal of all but
a meager occupation force in
South Vietnam to show its people
that we respect their wishes for
self-government, with no foreign
military intervention, yet at the
same time illustrating our willing
ness to assist if a need arises.”
TEXAS A&M students agx-eed
three-to-one that the protest
movements are a definite detri
ment to the morale of the U. S.
G. I. However, nearly all of them
felt it would be an infringement
of free speech to Torceably halt
these demonstrations.
that these near-sighted individu
als are attempting to undermine
the basic structures upon which
the United States was founded,
perhaps in an effort to eliminate
themselves from having to be
confronted with the perils of war.
I believe the American soldier
realizes this is only a minority
movement and that most Amei-i-
cans are behind them 100 per
cent.”
“I am personally kgainst pro
test movements and would never
participate in one because I think
it not only hurts our soldiers’
morale, but also gives our enemies
a new hope. Although I realize it
is each person’s right to question
his government, I feel that these
people have forgotten that it is
their government and their coun
try for which the soldiers in Viet
nam are dying.”
MOST OF THOSE polled felt
that support of the war does not
contradict their religious convic
tions. Of course, “all monotheistic
religions frown upon violence and
destruction of human life. How
ever I believe God expects no
man to live without honor and
honor cannot be achieved without
the maintenance of your convic
tions.”
Others called for drafting or
jailing of. individuals participat
ing in these demonstrations.
“The protest movements made
by the hippies and so-called
“peaceniks” are nearing the bor
ders of treason. It appears to me
Another individual believed his
opinion “confirms my religious
convictions. I do not know of any
instance where Christ condemned
war. Indeed, when Christ knew
he was right, he openly attacked
the Pharisees who were the top
group of the Jewish Church. I
consider the war in South Viet
nam against the Godless society
of communism a war which re
ceives open suppox-t from the
Church and God.”
be allowed to interview. “The
trouble with this concept is that
it is not at all clear who is to
be in charge of judging the dic
tates of a higher morality,” Flem
ing said.
He said the demonstrators fail
to recognize the nature of the
recruiting process—that a student
who signs up for an int<
does so as an “exercise of h(
vidual judgment.”
The right to dissent vanishtj
he said, when those who disi
with a given kind of employi
can tell others that they
not exercise individual fn
of choice.
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COLLEGE DIVISION
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Schedule of night classes — Spring 1968.
per week beginning February 1,
College Credit.
Art 131-2 Beginners Art & Drawing .... Monday
Acct. 242 - Thursday
Alg. 132 College Algebra ... Monday
Bio. 141 Zoology Thursday
Eng. 131 Composition & Rhetoric Tuesday
Eng. 232 English Literature . Monday
Govt. 232 State & Local Govt..
History 132, U. S. Hist. (Since 1865)
Psy. 132 Introduction to Psy.
Typing 131-2 Beginners & Intermediat
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ig 1968. One night
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Thursday
50.00
50.00
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55.00
Tuesday
50.00
Monday
50.00
Tuesday
50.00
Wednesday
50.00
Wednesday
50.00
.Tuesday
50.00
Registration in progress. For further information call
Dean Massie or Director of Admissions. 823-0666.
Fuller, Elmendorf Tops In AF
William G. Fuller Jr. of Poteet
and David C. Elmendorf of Hous
ton will be honored as Texas
A&M’s top sophomore and fresh
man Air Force ROTC students.
Col. Vernon L. Head, px-ofessor
of aerospace studies, announced
Fuller and Elmendorf had the
best AFROTC course averages
for the, fad semester.
Fuller, a sophomore pre-law
major and Texas Aggie ’ Band
member, scored 96 per cent in his
AFROTC academic work, tops
among 195 cadets, A fi'eshman
football offensive and defensive
regular, Elmendorf led 440 fresh
men with his 97 per cent.
Fuller has an Air Force scholar
ship, a pilot contract and is active
in student affaix-s. He is Flying
Kadets treasurer, a junior as
sistant scoutmaster and an hon
ors program student. He woi-ked
on the 13th Student Confex - ence
on National Affaii’s and attended
YMCA Freshman Camp.
Elmendorf also plans to play
baseball and made A’s in all his
fall semester courses except phy
sical education, in which he had
a “B”. He is a member of Squad
ron 14 in the Corps.
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