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..... Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Wednesday, February 21, 1968 Two-Year ROTC Hope For Grads Romney Wants Draft Laws To Rely Mainly On Enlistees By ARTHUR L. SRB Associated Press Writer EAU CLAIRE, Wis. <A>)_Gov. George Romney said Tuesday that draft laws should be changed “to rely extensively on volunteers.” The Michigan Republican, wind ing up a two-day Wisconsin sweep Military Academy Will Go Co-Ed At a news conference, and again in a statement, Romney said that new regulations which would end deferments for first- year graduate students and for occupational and skilled cate gories are “not a move in the direction of a more equitable system.” SEWANEE, Tenn. <A>)_When you admit girls to a military academy, what does it do for the cadets? It boosts morale, that’s what it does. This is how cadets reacted at Sewanee Military Academy, a century-old prep school, to the an nouncement about 50 girls will be admitted next fall. The cur rent crop includes 251 lonely young males, in virtual isolation atop this mountain educational center about 50 miles from “This is a move away from two desirable goals,” Romney said. “Reversing the order of the draft calls to start with younger men, and providing greater uniform ity in the standards used for de termining deferments.” Dr. Edward N. McCrady, vice chancellor of the University of the South, said Monday the board of regents will allow daughters of faculty and staff at the Epis copal educational complex to at tend the academy as day students. At a Rice Lake stop, as he con centrated on the northwestern section of the state before return ing to the New Hampshire cam paign, Romney said he had sent telegrams to several senators urg ing that they support cloture in the civil rights debate in the Senate. The move lost Tuesday after noon when it failed, by nine votes, to muster the two-thirds major ity required to shut off debate. Just how the girls will be worked into the program at SMA, where military life is emphasized strongly, is still a question. “It’s pretty obvious the girls won’t be in the marching corps.” “It is important to do all pos sible to demonstrate to those still suffering from social and racial injustices,” the governor said, “that needed changes can be made without lawlessness, violence and civil guerilla warfare.” CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle The positive student who is seeking a broader and more advanced education through graduate work and the nega tive student who is after his master's to avoid the real world are both in for problems beginning July 1. It’s then that a new Selective Service law, designed to draw older men into the service before younger ones, will go into effect. Such _a system will allow few deferments for graduate study. And A&M, with its high percentage of male enroll ment will be hit hard. The forecast for 6,000 graduate students by 1976 with its attendant courses, professors, and facilities will need to be revised—downward. Graduate Dean Wayne C. Hall said a survey completed by his office indicates a possible 40 per cent reduction in the number of students beginning graduate work next fall. Extended study in what the government feels are essential fields—medicine, dentistry, and veterinary medi cine—will not be affected. Dean Hall noted that if master’s and Ph.D. students are drafted in large numbers, graduate programs will be disrupted for several years to come. With A&M already heavily invested in research and graduate facilities, the new draft decision and potential cutback in enrollment could have a temporarily detrimental effect. It is almost a certainty that the graduate college will be hurt for at least this year’s fall semester. Time is of the essence for applying for graduate financial help and in de ciding whether or not to apply at all. If a 24-year-old science major thought he was going to be drafted after enrolling, chances are he would not enroll at all. And if men are called up on as short a notice as the 14,000 reservists were recently, many married grad uate students would be in trouble. But although the graduate program here may be hurt, the prospect may be brighter again by 1970. For the new law has sparked interest in ROTC again, and instead of the Corps dying a slow death, it may grow larger than ever. According to Air Force ROTC officials, the two-year program, which is open to undergraduate and graduate stu dents, provides the graduating senior with time for his studies if he wants to get a master’s degree before he enters the military. A student satisfactorily passing officer qualifying tests, physical examinations and completing a six-week sum mer camp would be considered for the advanced program and the promise of completed military service and graduate deferment. The need for additional troops has forced new draft laws which will select from the oldest men first. Perhaps it is unwise if this nation wishes to maintain a high degree of brain power, and perhaps it is correct if open slots are not to be filled by undergraduate students who have limited brainpower at all. The two-year ROTC program is economically feasible for the services, and more attractive to students who wish to avoid the disciplined freshman and sophomore years in the Corps. For those who have been avoiding their military obli gation like the plague and who have crept up on their 25th birhday hoping the worst chance of draft was behind, the twq-year 'program may provide both a chance for leader ship and further graduate study. (P.S.—Deadline for appli cation is Feb. 26) ; At The Movies by Mike Plata The “Golden Breed” is brass- plated. Beautiful photography of a tall, slender, bikinnied beauty against an exotic sunset gives it a great beginning. But as the golden sun seeps into the waters and the girl fades into credits, the movie re gresses. You begin by observing beauti ful scenes of tropical lagoons, covered with night and filled with white-decked sailing sloops. You wait, in eager anticipation, for you sense that this will be no or dinary celluloid. This will be a record of the majesty of the sea, of man’s attempt to grapple with her using a surfboard. YOU WAIT, anxiously, for the main character to appear, for the film to crystallize. You wait, and wait, and wait. The only thing that ever hap pens is that the end finally comes. ft 5 bS Sports Car Club Set To Sponsor Driver’s School “The Golden Breed” supposedly symbolizes the search of every true surfer for his “perfect wave.” He seeks it in Hawaii, Mexico, California, and other places with less pronounceable names. He seeks his “perfect ride” on the Banzai,” a gigantic twenty-foot wave in Hawaii, and when the surf is down, while riding a mot or cycle cross-country in the Cali fornia desert. It seems at least twenty surfers are featured as main characters in this film. This is poor, as half of their names can not be pro nounced and most of them look the same wiping out on a surf board, anyway. ASIDE from the beginning, the best part of this film is about two minutes worth of a beach front in Hawaii. Here the scenery is not only water, but girls and water. Comic relief from continual wipeouts comes in various ways. In one segment, two two-hundred pound women come belly-surfing across the screen on an anguish ing air matress. In another, child ren ag'ing from four to tweki skateboard downhill and hat; five, ten, and so on. Still anothc finds our golden breed of suritfi sliding down the wet concrete sit of a dam, ripping their swiit trunks and hindmost parts alltl. while. The narrator, producer, diret tor, filmer, and person respoi. sible for this mistake is Dai; Davis. By the end of the movi* you would think he was finantg by the State of Hawaii Chamkti of Commerce. “The Golden Breed,” in shon is too long. Its cast is too mmt : . ous, in addition to the regrettafe fact that each one is quickly * viewed on his surfing techni^ during the remaining minutes.!;, dialogue is too trite. IF EDITED correctly, it wo,, make a good fifteen-minute ho;, movie. As is, it will be greatfe television. Maybe after that,vtit; those royalties and other finau. ing by more Chamber of Cou merce people, Mr. Davis will pro duce “Golden Breed” no. 2. I hope not. “Okay, get a timing on how long it takes a K. K. to get up here after I turn this light on!” Intern Program Set For Texas aimed at the state’s April 2 presi dential primary, interrupted his steady fire at President Johnson’s ietnam war policy to criticize re cent changes in selective service. AUSTIN—Colin J. Carl, Ad- minstrative Program Director of the Texas Legislative Internship Program, today announced that March 1, 1968, is the deadline for the submission of applications for the 1968-1969 program. Initi ated in 1964 by a Ford Foundation grant, this project is partially financed by State funds. The basic objectives of the program are to (1) give qualified persons the opportunity to gain practical ex perience in the legislative pro cess; (2) provide the legislature with talented service and research per sonnel; (3) interest capable individuals in careers of public service; (4) stimulate research and im prove teaching about the legis lative process; and (5) facilitate communication between the academic community and the legislature. Participation in the program is open to any person interested in the legislative process who, not later than Steptember 1, 1968, has (1) completed not less than one year of graduate study in govern ment, history, sociology, econom ics, public finance, journalism, or a related discipline; (2) completed not less than one year of law school; or (3) obtained equivalent work experience. Persons selected as interns will be appointed for nine months of full-time work, from September 1, 1968, through May 31, 1969, and will be paid $500.00 a month. Before the Regular Session of the 61st Legislature convenes in January 1969, the interns will (1) meet informally with legis lators, staff members of legisla tive service agencies and execu tive departments, lobbyists, mem bers of the press, and other Ruby Trial Judge Dies Of Coronary DALLAS (A*) — Dist. Judge Joe Brown, who presided over the tempestuous trial of Jack Ruby in 1964, died Tuesday following a heart attack. 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George Eby, club spokesman, said the school begins at 10 a.m. and will emphasize safety tech niques for timed races. Topics covered in the course include proper braking and accel erating techniques, drifting, sla lom running and emergency pro cedures for spinouts. “Completion of a driving school of this type will widen a person’s appreciation of his sports car and provide him with new tools to avoid highway accidents,” Eby noted. Fees for the school are $1 for club members and $4 for non members. The Texas A&M Sports Car Club was organized earlier this month. The Texas A&M Research An nex (old Bryan Air Force Base) is located seven miles west of Bryan on Highway 21. Bison numbered 60 million in North AmeTica before hunters nearly exterminated them in the 1800s. Under protection, bison beards have now increased to 23,000 animals. 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