Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Friday, March 1, 1968 cadet slouch by Jim Earle Enclosed Find A Press Release Texas Observes Open School Week It has been 114 years since Texas education was born, and Monday will be the eighteenth year that a special ob servance of increased emphasis of our educational system has been marked by Public Schools Week in Texas. A proclamation by Texas Gov. John Connally said, “During this period, parents are encouraged to visit public schools, and all citizens are urged through special programs to recognize the tremendous importance of our educational system.” “Our goal is to make Texas public schools the finest in the nation.” Never before in our history has there been a greater need for educated leadership. Public schools not only fur nish the basis for training in science and technology, but also provide moral foundations necessary for -later life and higher education. To a child, public education is measured not only in dollars, facilities, school books and teachers salaries, but in encouragement by parents who notice their achievements. Texas Public School Week provides an open door for parents to attend their child’s classes and to discover the newest teaching methods, to ask questions of superinten dents, principals and teachers, and to see how the education tax dollar is being spent. Whether Texas has spent enough in education will be answered by the type and number of qualified leaders the state produces in the near future, and whether parents have contributed enough will be determined by the amount of help and confidence they display in their children now. The one week observance each year provides a first hand appraisal of the community schools, teaching tech niques and pupil progress by the taxpayer. With an eye to the future, both academically and socially, it is the interest taken in just such an occasion which will determine every Texan’s goal of making the state’s schools the best in the nation. Every college student must travel the path through grade schools first. It is the foundation of the future. ‘Print This On Page One!’ Sound Off “What do you make of a student making failing grades who says he’s not challenged?” Soldier Acquitted Of AWOL, Must Make Up 13 Months Editor, The Battalion: A certain situation has been brought to my attention which I believe involves the whole stu dent body and one which I feel I should speak out on publicly. The MSG Directorate sponsors a large majority of all other cul tural and entertainment programs offered on the campus, including Town Hall, SCONA, and Great Issues presentations. To inform the student body of these pro grams, publicity, in the form of posters describing the event and its time and place, plays an im portant part. These posters are intended as a service to the stu dents and faculty on campus and interested citizens in the commun ity. Lately, however, there has been a problem in keeping these pos ters in places where they can do the most good. The problem is widespread in all dormitories, but it is most pronounced in Dorms 17, 18, 20, and 21 and other dorms without protected bulletin boards. In some cases the posters are in place for less than three hours before they disappear. True, it is just a small minority who remove the posters, but these programs are presented for your entertainment and education, and by removing the chief means of publicity, a disservice is done to the whole student body. This prob- ' lem can be remedied, but only with full student cooperation. Jerry Campbell President of Student Body FT. LEWIS, Wash.