THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Tuesday, March 19, 1968
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Sound Off
Editor,
The Battalion:
In a recent letter it was sug
gested that a better voter turnout
would result if voting machines
were placed in the Sbisa Hall
area.
I would like to suggest that
this would be not only a good
idea, but that it should also in
clude the Duncan area.
The Memorial Student Center
is about as centrally located as
any one building, but if machines
can be obtained for other areas,
the two mess halls would be
ideal locations.
Bob Daniels ’70
★ ★ ★
Editor,
The Battalion:
This letter is in reply to the
letter of P. Wayne Gosnell et al
which appeared in the March 13
ELECTION
(Continued From Page 1)
yell leader are Weldon Riggs,
‘Until my graduation—what else?”
Theft Problems
Employes’ Fault
Chances are good that before you complete your busi
ness career you’ll be a thief!
According to an article appearing in the Houston Post
last Sunday, some 25 million larcenies were committed in
1967 by company employes, and an estimated 30 per cent of
all business failures were blamed on employe thefts.
For business and industry thievery is an acute problem
and one that has led to a rationalization that snooping and
snooping devices are not bad but beneficial.
To counter theft, businesses have resorted to photog
raphing check cashers, monitoring phones and offices,
televising employees and customers on closed circuit sets,
requiring periodic polygraph (lie detector) tests, hiring in
formers and undercover agents, and installing two-way
mirrors.
In most stores hidden eyes are particularly alert for
women who slip merchandise under their dresses or into
their purses.
At A&M, the Exchange Store utilizes a rather common
aid to surveillance—the parabolic mirror, which provides
a 180 degree view of the scene.
When properly placed the mirrors can provide an all-
encompassing “eye” on isles and even around corners.
One of the most interesting devices described in the
Post article was a protective system to prevent book thefts
in libraries.
It would work like this: “A paper—thin sheet of electro-
magnetically—treated metal alloy is cemented between a
book’s flyleaf. It retains its harmless charge so long as the
book is not checked out.
“When it is, the librarian passes the book over a de
activator, neutralizing the magnetic charge. When the book
is returned it is recharged.
“At the exit are verticle seeing units disguised as
columns. If the patron tries to go out with a ‘live’ book—
one that has not been deactivated—the library turnstiles will
lock, an alarm will sound and a warning light will go on.”
Sen. Edward Long (D-Mo.) head of the subcommittee
probing privacy invasions, estimates that one in every 10
Americans” has at one time or another been in a bugged
room or talked on a tapped telephone.” Soon, it may be one
in five.
are
Garry Mauro, Barry R. Griffin,
Matthew R. Carrol, Sam Torn,
Richard L. Legler, David A.
Hoelscher, Ronald L. Adams, Ter
rance Woodwoi'th, David R. Fish
er, Eugene A. Taylor, Delbert
Shuford, Vic T. Naccarato and
Michael G. Cranberry.
SOPHOMORE OFFICES
Filed for president are John T.
Pratt, Robert B. Price, Jim A.
Bertucci, Jay Smith, Michael
Schilhab, Gary J. Martin, Steve
J. Pringle, Steven J. Linich and
Jesse A. Richardson.
Vice-presidential candidates are
Douglas C. Smith, Charles R.
Hoffman, Kenneth R. Johse, Don
E. Bartosh, John R. Oliver, Jef
frey L. Weber, James R. Bradley,
Michael J. McKean, Dean C. Mill,
Edward A. Gould, Daniel P. Mor
gan and James A. Tramuto.
Donald E. Branson and Ed
ward A. Gould filed for MSC
Council representative. In the
race for secretary-treasurer are
Phil S. Farr, Kent Smith, Thomas
C. Fitzhugh, Robert M. Tramuto,
Paul A. Scopel and William E.
Shepard.
RUNNING FOR social secre
tary are John H. Speer, Barry
K. Burt, Albert E. Kinkead, Mich
ael E. Godwin and Laurence L.
Duncan.
Election Commission candi
dates are John E. Edmiston,
Charles D. Nelson, Dudley S.
Green, William J. Avant, Michael
M. Slay, Robert J. Trampota,
Albert L. Reese, Warren T.
Faulkner, Paul F. Ammons,
Ralph K. Swygert, Thomas P.
Girdner, Thomas H. Alford, Jesse
C. DiUietro, Robert Wink, William
D. Harris, Van H. Taylor, Payne
Harrison and Bert Henderson.
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issue of the Battalion and which
offered a solution to the civilian
student election apathy problem.
It was suggested that voting ma
chines be placed in Sbisa Dining
Hall or in the newsstand adjacent
to it instead of in the Memorial
Student Center basement exclu
sively. Perhaps the best argu
ment that I can make for the
current system would be to de
scribe the election procedures
now in use.
The student organization
charged with the responsibility
of conducting student elections is
the Election Commission. The
Election Commission, which is
subordinate to the Student Sen
ate, is composed of approxi
mately 35 students, elected in
accordance with the University's
Regulations. It is the Election
Commission’s responsibility to
insure that all phases of the
electoral process are conducted
fairly and impartially. The Elec
tion Commission supervises the
filing, the actual voting, and the
counting of the votes, to include
choosing the site for the voting
machines. Helping the Election
Commission when problems arise
are our faculty advisors. Of this
group of advisors, there is only
one man qualified to set up the
machines for voting and to repair
any malfunctions. This man is
Mr. Houston, Building Super
visor for the Memorial Student
Center, whose work does not al
low him to leave the MSC during
the day.
By now most of the argu
ments against the placement of
the voting machines in Sbisa, or
any place other than the MSC,
should be evident. First, the
polls must be manned by at least
3 members of the Election Com
mission, at least one of whom
must be an officer, from 7:45 to
5:30 or 6 on election days. This
stretches us thin even with only
one polling place. It would be
impossible with the present man
power to man two polls all day
long. Second, and most impor
tant, the machines have to be in
the MSC so that Mr. Houston
can repair them in case of mal
function.
Third, when the question was
brought up earlier this year, the
officers of the Election Commis
sion and the faculty advisors
agreed that it would not be feasi
ble to place election machines
anywhere but in the MSC.
Regrettably, the placement of
the voting machines in the Mem
orial Student Center does cause
the conscientious voter a slight
inconvenience. However, it is
felt that the present election pro
cedures are adequate and are
serving the student body in the
optimum manner.
Anthony Benedetto '68
Chairman,
Election Commission
Bulletin Board
TODAY
The Student AVMA Auxiliary
will elect officers at 7:30 p.m. in
the Texas Room of the Bryan
Building and Loan Building.
The MSC Travel Committee
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the
Social Room of the Memorial Stu
dent Center.
WEDNESDAY
The Finance Society will meet
at 7:30 p.m. in Room 202 of
Francis Hall.
THURSDAY
The Deep East Texas Home
town Club will elect officers at
7:30 p.m. in Room 3A of the
Memorial Student Center.
The Amarillo Hometown Club
will have dinner at 6 p.m. at the
Monterrey House.
The Orange Tometown Club
will make plans for an Easter
party at 7:30 p.m. in the lobby
of the Academic Building.
Call 822-1441
Allow 20 Minutes
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If you want to know more about advancement at
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MONEY: THE STORY OF AN ENGINEER
We all know, of course, that in this age of technology
every engineering senior is receiving fabulous offers of
employment, but do we realize just how fabulous these
offers are? Do we comprehend just how keenly industry
is competing? To illustrate, let me cite the true and typi
cal case of E. Pluribus Ewbank, a true and typical senior.
One day last week while strolling across the M.I.I
campus, E. Pluribus was hailed by a portly and prosper
ous man who sat in a yellow convertible studded with
precious gem stones. “Hello,” said the portly and pros
perous man, “I am Portly Prosperous, president
American Xerographic Data Processing and Birth Con
trol, Incorporated. Are you a senior?”
“Yes, sir,” said E. Pluribus.
“Do you like this car?” said Portly.
“Yes, sir,” said E. Pluribus.
“It’s yours,” said Portly.
“Thanks, hey,” said E. Pluribus.
“Do you like Personna Super Stainless Steel Blades?"
said Portly.
“What clean living, clean shaven American does not?"
said E. Pluribus.
“Here is a pack,” said Portly. “And a new pack will
be delivered to you every twelve minutes as long as you
live.”
“Thanks, hey,” said E. Pluribus.
“Would your wife like a mink coat ?” said Portly.
“I feel sure she would,” said E. Pluribus, “but I am
not married.”
“Do you want to be ?” said Portly.
“What clean living, clean shaven American does not?"
said E. Pluribus.
Portly pressed a button on the dashboard of the con
vertible and the trunk opened up and out came a nubile
maiden with golden hair, rosy knees, a perfect disposi
tion, and the appendix already removed. “This is Svet
lana O’Toole,” said Portly. “Would you like to marry her?"
“Is her appendix out?” said E. Pluribus
“Yes,” said Portly.
“Okay, hey,” said E. Pluribus.
“Congratulations,” said Portly. “And for the happy
bride, a set of 300 monogrammed prawn forks.”
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$75;
down to business. My company will start you at $75,000
a year. You will retire at full salary upon reaching the
age of 26. We will give you an eleven-story house made of
lapis lazuli, each room to be stocked with edible furniture.
Your children will receive a pack of Personna Super
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shall live. We will keep your teeth in good repair and also
the teeth of your wife and children unto the third genera
tion. We will send your dentist a pack of Personna Super
Stainless Steel Blades every twelve minutes as long as
he shall live, and thereafter to his heirs and assigns...
Now, son, I want you to think carefully about this offer.
Meanwhile here is 50 thousand dollars in small, un
marked bills which places you under no obligation what
soever.”
“Well, it certainly seems like a fair offer,” said E.
Pluribus. “But there is something you should know. I am
not an engineer. In fact I don’t go to M.I.T at all. I just
walked over here to admire the trees. I am at Harvard,
majoring in Joyce Kilmer.”
“Oh,” said Portly.
“I guess I don’t get to keep the money and the con
vertible and the Personnas and the broad, do I ?” said E.
Pluribus.
“Of course you do,” said Portly. “And if you’d like the
job, my offer still stands.”
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