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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas
Tuesday, March 12, 196
New Hampshire
Sound Off
Primary Important
By tonight, the results will be in on this election year’s
first presidential primary race in New Hampshire.
The state is said to be an important temperature gauge
of national political opinion and the winners of the primary
have almost always gone on to the party nomination.
The ticket will include Richard Nixon and Sen. Eugene
McCarthy. Not officially listed but two strong write-in
candidates are Nelson Rockefeller, and President Johnson.
In a pre-election poll by the American Broadcasting
Corporation, voters indicated that Nixon stood to gain two
votes which would have gone to George Romney for every
one vote for Nelson Rockefeller.
Romney bowed out of the race two weeks ago and has
refused to endorse anyone for the Republican nomination
despite heavy pressure from party leaders and the press.
Rockefeller has also refused to officially announce for
the presidency and may be waiting for the outcome of to
day’s primary and a write-in campaign in his behalf before
making a public statement.
Editor,
The Battalion:
To my fish buddies.
Fun is good to have but too
much of it can be harmful. Spring
is here and everyone is catching
the spring fever. The time for
water fights is here, but the time
for using our heads is too.
Water fights are great fun
and they provide us with a means
of releasing our tensions, but
there is one trouble with water
fights—they can be destructive.
This was evidenced recently when
a dormitory was attacked. The
results were many wet, muddy
people running around, which is
just fine. The bad part about the
water fight was that several fish
rooms were almost completely
demolished. Books, notes, letters,
blankets, clothes, and university
property were their ruined or
damaged. These men has quizzes
the next day, but they could not
effectively study for them be
cause all their class notes were
Saturday, Nixon predicted that if Rockefeller received
anything less than 35 per cent of the vote, his chances
for nomination would not be good. Nixon of course believes
that his own campaign will be enhanced by today's vote.
The Democrats are also watching the voting carefully.
In recent weeks, the campaign of Sen. McCarthy has been
improving and his supporters predict that he will receive
at least 25 per cent of the vote.
destroyed. As a result, they must
suffer the consequences of low
grades. They spent over three
hours cleaning their rooms and
still mud and water was coming
from under their beds, footlock-
ers, and desks. This certainly was
not fun for them. I’m sure they
really appreciated the thought
fulness of their friends. Several
of the upperclassmen had the
same thing happen to their rooms.
I saw a pair of senior boots cov
ered with mud, and that was not
a pretty sight. Now I ask, is that
what you call fun? Is hundreds
of dollars damage to personal
and university property fun ?
There is something wrong if you
think it is.
In the future let’s have our
water fights, but let’s throw
water at something that can fight
back. Dormitory rooms, books,
clothes, senior boots — none of
these can fight back. Should the
situation arise again, which it
probably will, as fish we should
try not to bring about any need
less destruction. Let’s start using
our heads so we may continue
to have fun.
fish Fischer ’71
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Any strong showing would indicate a vote of non-con
fidence in President Johnson, according to political analysts-
Although a peace candidate, polls show that McCarthy
stands to gain as much from hawks as he will from doves.
The possible outcome and implications are many. Rom
ney’s refusal to endorse anyone can only hurt Rockefeller,
whose decision to run may be based on today’s vote.
Nixon could be stopped althogether or he could gain
substantial support if he scores well.
And the McCarthy vote could provide problems within
the Johnson administration if New Hampshire voters in
dicate the President is no longer in popular favor.
The next primary will be in Oregon where almost any
one with presidential aspirations will appear on the ballot
including Charles Percy, Ronald Reagan and George Wallace.
But it is still in New Hampshire where important early
returns and data will guide the thinking of many in their
choice for November election contenders.
Bulletin Board
TODAY
The Texas Student Education
Association will meet at 7:30 p.m.
in Rooms 2C-D of the Memorial
Student Center.
The Russian Club will hear a
discussion of the movie “Dr. Zhi
vago” by Col. Moses in Room 3D
of the Memorial Student Center.
The Mechanical Engineering
Clubman Sportscoats
at
3tm 5tnrncs
mrn'e wear
Wives Club will meet at 7:30 p.m.
in the South Solarium of the
YMCA.
The Pre-Medical Society will
hear Dr. E. A. Elmendorf, radi
ologist, speak at 7:30 p.m. in
Room 113 of the BSB.
WEDNESDAY
Information pertaining to law
school entrance requirements will
be provided by Professor Bill
Fritz of the University of Texas
School of Law at 3 p.m. in Room
202 of Francis Hall.
The Texas A&M Table Tennis
Club will hold an open house from
7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the basement
of the Memorial Student Center.
Editor,
The Battalion:
Does someone have to die be
fore anything will be done about
the quality of the food in Duncan
Dining Hall? Poor quality is one
thing but food unfit for human
consumption is by far another.
When a live “worm” is found
in the meat, it is an obvious in
dication that something needs to
be done. Finding hair in the food
has been a common occurence
for a long time—at least since I
was a fish. Nothing has ever been
done about the complaints about
the hair, but even Aggies can’t
stomach finding living organisms
in their food.
I realize thaat there are many
problems involved in running a
food service this size but there
is no excuse for serving food con
taining animal life. Don’t the
health laws apply to your organi
zation, Col. Dollar? It is hard
to believe that your mess is an
integral part of Texas A&M—a
school of so-called excellence. I
am sure that a little extra time
spent in inspecting and preparing
the food would solve many of
the problems. Also, a few more
dollars spent to obtain higher
quality food would be a tremen
dous improvement.
With the quality of the food
now being served, it is obvious
that you are not losing money. It
seems to me that the students of
Texas A&M have tolerated the
food situation long enough. Now
is the time for something to be
done and if you won’t take the
responsibility upon yourself, Col.
Dollar, who will ?
Richard J. Hansen ’69
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Food Serv
ices Director Dollar expressed
regret concerning the incident
and agreed to investigate the
charge.)
“Sure it’s hot occasionally, but look at th’ time I save not
polishing my belt buckle!”
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