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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Thursday, February 8, 1968
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Mike Plake
Bowl Fund Split
Windfall For A&M
The University of Alabama and Texas A&M recently
split almost $500,000 from their 1968 participation in the
Cotton Bowl.
A&M’s share of the receipts should amount to about
$100,000 after splitting the rest with the Southwest Con
ference.
The hundred grand came as a bonus to the school,
especially when the path to Dallas was so rugged and un
certain until after Turkey Day.
We’re not sure how the money will be utilized but we
would like to make a few suggestions.
The new addition to Cushing Memorial Library will
provide space for a million books, yet the university pres
ently owns less than half that number.
A donation of about Ijalf the bonus funds, in the name
of this year’s winning football team and coach, could buy
about 5,000 books.
Assuming the Athletic Department will handle the
money, appropriate since they won it with determination
and sweat, such a gift would provide a lasting and fitting
tribute, and “Cottton Bowl Room” of the library.
Some of the money could be used to renovate and add
to the popular handball courts, renovate Downs Natatorium,
build a mile asphalt track for students and staff and pur
chase additional equipment in all sports areas.
Football scholarships seem inherent in receiving the
gate receipts, with the spoils going to the players,
thus, only a few suggestions of how the remainder could be
utilized for everyone’s benefit.
A sum of $50,000 would seem to satisfy this need, and,
We hope officials evaluate all aspects of athletics when
allocating the money and provide not only for the future but
for improvement of the present.
1984: Year Of The Comeback
“It’s for civilian wear!”
Battalion Surveys
Cadets Oppose Higher Fees
By BOB PALMER
Battalion Staff Writer
Cadets feel that the $75 charged
for uniforms of Drill and Cere
mony Cadets are “excesssive, un
fair and an attempt to run off
D&C cadets,” according to a Bat
talion survey.
Reaction varied as to what a
fair cost should be, but, of the
225 cadets polled, 111 said $50
per semester.
The survey also indicated that
several hundred Aggies could re
turn to the Corps if the fees were
reduced.
THE CADETS were vehemently
opposed to any increase over the
present fee. The administration
has since announced that no in
crease is planned and will remain
$75 through the fall of 1968.
The administration, however,
has not indicated that a reduction
is possible.
The effect of the current fee
has angered many cadets.
“The D&C fee is outrageous
and uncalled for,” said one cadet.
“The school did not go broke when
D&Cs paid no fees and I don’t
think it’s going to go broke now.”
THE D&C FEE should be low
enough to afford cadets unquali
fied for contracts a fair chance
to stay in the only good part of
this school.”
Other cadets noted that with
the increased limitation of con
tracts, the number of contract ca
dets would decrease. With a D&C
fee forcing non-contract Aggies
out, the Corps would become no
thing more than an overgrown
“fish drill team.”
“There are not enough contracts
to fill all the leadership positions
in the Corps, therefore D&C men
are needed for these positions. I
feel that increasing the fee would
eliminate or certainly discourage
many of these needed men from
remaining in the Corps,” a cadet
declared.
“IF THINGS stay like they are,
A&M will be a civilian school,”
he continued.
“The Corps needs D&Cs to in
crease its size. Hundreds of Ag
gies want to be in the Corps but
can’t qualify for a contract or
afford high D&C fees.”
Another cadet pointed out that
D&C men are just as much of
an “Aggie” as those with con
tracts and every effort should be
made to retain them.
“If A&M expects to have a
Corps of Cadets in the future, the
D&C fee should be lowered, not
raised,” still another cadet said.
“D&Cs are important to the Corps
and even the rise to $75 scared
quite a few people off. I think
that the Corps is important to
anybody, and people unable to
pay for uniform rental should not
be deprived of the privilege.”
“A REASONABLE price for
D&C fees was $50. With an in
crease there will be fewer and
fewer D&Cs. The Corps will get
smaller. This is a long range plan
to eliminate the Corps at A&M,”
the Cadet charged.
Many cadets also indicated in
the survey that D&C Aggies were
being persecuted.
“The military advisors are try
ing to run the D&C’s out of the
Corps,” one commented.
“Being a member of the Corps
is an unmistakable honor, the
Cadet Corps has heaped honors
on A&M. To extort, that is to in
crease a charge on uniforms year
after year, an organization that
only brings credit to the Univer
sity is criminal,” he went on.
“IT AIN’T fair, I quit,” one
cadet summed up the frustration
of the D&Cs.
Many Aggies attacked D&C
fees on the principle that it left
the Corps only to the rich.
“The A&M Corps of Cadets has
through the years been an insti
tution completely lacking any
class distinction, appealing to rich
and poor alike. “With increasing
D&C fees the Corps will soon be
come an exclusive club eliminating
those members who would not
qualify for a contract and who
were in a lower economic group,
thus denying the advantages of
the Corps to them and denying
the Corps the benefit of their
membership.”
faced with either getting an Army
or Air Force contract, becoming
a D&C cadet or going civilian.
“I feel that raising the D&C
fee will make it impossible for
many Corps members to remain.
This charge puts Corps member
ship on a financial basis of quali
fication which is unfair.”
One cadet summed up the feel
ing- of most of the sophomores
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“I love the Corps, but if I can’t
get a contract, I would still stay
in if a more reasonable fee would
be charged.”
Transplants are becoming old
hat.
Heart transplants are being
performed the world over. Kidney
transplants are also becoming
more numerous. It would not be
surprising in the future to see
successful brain transplants . . .
Our story begins in 1984, an
election year.
THE PLOT: A powerful Tex
an has been elected to the Presi
dency. A southern ex-governor,
whom we shall call George Wall,
has waged a terrific campaign
against the Texan. He has dis
rupted the GOP, taking most of
their votes with him, and has
lost the election by fifteen elec
toral votes.
The despair of defeat has over
come the candidate. He suffers
a stroke. Medical technology be
ing what it is, the doctors recom
mend an immediate brain trans
plant. With a new brain, the can
didate will forget the deep de
spair, and become a healthy,
bigoted politician once again.
The first scene: A hospital
room. Wall is resting, in a coma.
He thinks.
DARN IT. Just fifteen votes.
One stop-over, one last television
dee-bait could have swung it.
Darn it all.”
More thinking. “I almost made
it. Me, a southern Dark Horse,
almost made it to the Presidency.
A third party candidate. The
Mormons, the Catholics, the Klan
—they all supported me!”
“Everyone thought I was only
trying to throw the election to
the House. And when they real
ized the Republican split, it was
too late. I already had their
votes!”
“You know,” he ponders, “I
really believe the people sincerely
wanted me. Not the politicing,
the stump-jumping. The real me.
I think they were finally begin
ning to know me for what I am.”
“AND I would have been a
good President, too. I would have
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kept my promises. A fried chicken
in every kitchen. A Southern
Baptist Hymnal in every home.
White and colored toilets. Every
thing!” He rolled over on his
side.
“Think of the family name.
Burleen as Governor at home.
Me the President. And George
Jr., as soon as he graduates,
Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court!”
Two nurses glide into the room.
They transfer him to a hospital
cart. On the way to the operating
room, a red light flashes on the
rear of the cart every fifteen
seconds. A green light on the
front flashes the entire journey.
On it is a placard, which reads:
“George Wall for President, ’84,
’85, Forever.”
As Wall is wheeled into the
operating room, which is filled
with electronic instruments, doc
tors, and nurses, he loses confi
dence. The despair returns.
“WELL, I couldn’t have won
it anyway. Why should I keep
on thinking about it now ? Noth
ing really matters anymore. Heck.
I think I’ll just give up.”
The doctor speaks to an aide.
“Remember, watch the oscillo
scope readings very carefully. A
brain transplant is a touchy oper
ation.”
The candidate stopped his
thoughts.
“What’s that you say ? A brain
transplant? Hey, that’s right.
They’ve been having those things
right along. I guess I just over
looked them during the rush of
the campaign.” He ponders the
significance a brain transplant
could have to his career.
“Say, how about that. With a
new brain, I could plan an entire
ly new approach to a new cam
paign. I could make a come-back!
Hey, they’re going to give me a
Shades of Hi
second chance!
Klan!
“Wait a minute now. Whatkinj
of brain are they going to gin
me ? Goodness gracious
alive, I hope they give me a gooi
clean Southern brain. Why, \»i|i
that, I know I could win thenej
time.” Tears of hope stream frm
the candidate’s closed eyelids. Hi
mind shifts to future plans.
A COMMENT from the doct»
shifts it back.
“What’s that? My donori
identity? A SOUTHERNEE:
Great Scott, a Southern Brit
for me! Oh, Lord, if this is tnn,
I’ll give electricity to Tuskegi
Institute.”
“You say he’s from Void Com.
ty, Mississippi? Hey, now. Hn
couldn’t — that wouldn’t be Ben
Brene, would it? But I guessj
could be. I knew he’d gotten sin
during the campaign, but I didni
realize it was that serious. Hi
comes from down there sow.
where, though. And he’s alwiji
had a pretty good mind. Yes,li
could be the man, at that."
“Man, that’s courage. Thafi
class. That’s zeal! Giving kj
heart to the next President )|
the United States. How alon
• that.”
“WHAT’S THAT again?" Tk t
name broke up the candidatei
train of thought. I know he wii
the Nobel Peace Prize. I thid
it was a darn nice thing, to gin
it to a football coach. What it
you mean, I’m wrong? Yoa'n
wrong! This stuff you gave m
must have affected my hearii|
What did you say ? Martin Laths
Kind? !!”
“Why you lousy hippocritei
You knew it all the time. Well
heck with you. I won’t take It
crummy brain. I’ll force mystll
to reject it. I’ll die first!”
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