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v. . . - - ■■ . ,v. - ■ ■ v . • •. ... •. — A&M Coed Enjoys Peace Corps Work Sharon Hodges, a Texas A&M student turned Peace Corps vol r unteer, is happy on her own little island in the South Pacific. Actually, Miss Hodges shares the lisle of Uiha with several hundred residents of the Kingdom of Tonga, but she is the only one of the area’s 78 Peace Corps vol unteers working independently. Miss Hodges’ main job, she notes in a letter to A&M Peace Corps advisor Curtis L. Godfrey, is to teach young Tongans oral English. She also teaches Tongan teachers how to teach science, a course soon to be added in the country’s primary schools. ' In addition to teaching, the first Maggie (Aggie coed) as signed to overseas PC duty also is learning a few things. One of the things she’s learned is usage of the abacus, an ancient “adding machine” operated by sliding beads back and forth on wire attached to a rectangular frame. The attractive A&M graduate history student from Rockdale learned abacus at the royal knee of King Taufau’ahua Tupon IV. A “staunch believer” in the math ematical technique, the king per sonally spent four afternoons explaining the abacus to all the PCV’s teaching in the Tonga schools. “He has asked us to initiate the teaching of abacus in the first two grades,” Miss Hodges writes. “So be it.” Miss Hodges treasures her for mal reception by the king as one of her most thrilling experiences. “He is quite a figure to be hold,” she explains. All 300 pounds of him. The opening of her letter to Dr. Godfrey sounds like an ipti-o- duction for a travelogue. “Well, here I sit looking out on a fantastically beautiful part of the world,” she states. “The turquoise sea stretches out be fore me, the tradewind is blow ing, the palms wave majestically against a blue sky and the coco nut juice is refreshing. This is the backdrop of my school ...” Miss Hodges is very proud of the fale (house) which the Ton gans built for her. Her bed con sists of a “mattress” of palm leaves with two mats of pandanus leaves and a piece of tapa cloth. She also has a “stove” comprised of two primus stones on the floor. The Tongans are even building her a fence around the fale to prevent goats from eating her flowers. A minor displeasure is a dis tinct lack of privacy. “They (the Tongans) want to do everything for me,” Miss Hodges relates. “I have difficulty explaining that a PCV is sup posed to take care of himself or herself.” Isolation from so-called civili zation also is something of a problem, but it hasn’t bothered the young Texan too much. Her island is only 11 miles from the capital of Ha’apai, Pangai, but it’s a six-hour trip by sailboat— unless there’s a good wind, in which case the journey can be reduced to approximately two and one-half hours. One thing that has bugged her about life in the Pacific is a lack of knowledge about major world developments. Take the item about the Aggies’ Southwest Conference champion ship victory over the University of Texas, for example. She was training in Hawaii at the time, but it still took several days for tha Honolulu paper to insert a one-sentence account. Miss Hodges, who probably will return to Aggieland to finish her studies if she can bring her self to give up her island, thinks that’s pretty light coverage for an event of such magnitude. BATTALION CLASSIFIED Political Announcements Subject to action of the Dem ocratic Primary May 4, 1968. For Congressman, Sixth Con gressional District: I OLIN E. TEAGUE (Re-Election) WANT AD RATES r word on* dity 4<* pe: If per word each additional day Minir llnimum charge—SOd Classified Display 90d Per column inch each insertion DEADLINE i; 4 p.m. day before publication F OR SAI.E 1962 Harley-Davidson motorcycle. 250cc. 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(AP Wirephoto by cable from Capetown) Student Clubs, Organizations Total Near 500, Says Stark Texas A&M has student clubs for all seasons—and almost all reasons. Last count revealed 315 uni versity-sanctioned groups operat ing on campus. Include the mili tary and dormitory organizations and the total approaches 500. “We have a club for practically every hobby, academic or scienti fic activity,” noted J. Wayne Stark, Memorial Student Center director, whose office serves as the clearing house for financial aspects of the various groups. “If we don’t have a club for a particular interest,” he added, “we’ll form one.” THE MSC director discounted certain theories that many stu dents come to A&M because “there’s nothing to do but study.” “If you’re not careful, you can end up with no time for scholarly pursuits,” he countered. In addition to the clubs, the MSC sponsors numerous enter tainment, educational, cultural and recreational activities. The current list of campus or ganizations runs the gamut from the Aggie Playei’s to the A&M Russian Club, Fish and Game Club, Design Student Society and the Cepheid Variables Science Fiction Club. Stark explained the organiza tions are divided into nine general groups: Departmental and pro fessional, hometown and interna tional, honor societies, Memorial Student Center committees, sports, service, military, civilian government and student body gov ernment. NAME A hobby-type sport and the chances are excellent that A&M has a club to match. The roster includes clubs for archery, badminton, gymnastics, handball, Former Marine Commandant Says U.S. Can’t Win In South TRY BATTALION CLASSIFIED WASHINGTON <A>> — Former Marine Commandant David M. Shoup declared today that a real U.S. military victory “cannot come to pass” in South Vietnam. This assessment by the retired four-star general came as the Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee resumed its appraisal of the Vietnam situation. Sen. J. W. Fulbright, D-Ark., committee chairman, asked Shoup, who has been critical of the war policies, whether sending additional troops to Southeast Asia would insure success. “We can increase the number of troops in South Vietnam but we are quite certain North Viet nam can match us man for man,” Shoup replied. “IF WE WANT to win—that is, defeat the North Vietnamese forces—we can’t do it in South Vietnam because they don’t have to send the bulk of their forces down there.” Shoup said the United States can try to force the North Viet namese units out of South Viet nam but “the record will show we haven’t been too successful.” Several times he reiterated his view that North Vietnam cannot be beaten in the South because “their big army is not there.” AT ONE POINT, Fulbright, re ferring to administration state ments that the United States is combating aggression in South Vietnam, asked Shoup who is the aggressor. The former Marine leader said that if aggression is defined in terms of one country waging war within the borders of another, then “North Vietnam is the ag gressor and the United States is the aggressor.” Shoup contended that even if the United States achieves a favorable settlement in Vietnam it has no assurance this will stop similar Communist out breaks elsewhere. HE QUESTIONED whether the United States can take care of all the potential military emer gencies that could arise under various treaty agreements. “Are we going to commit our selves every time to this ex tent?” Shoup asked. “Somewhere up the line it’s going to be too much for us.” judo, karate, parachuting, soccer and wrestling. One of the oldest, largest and most active organizations on cam pus is the Saddle and Sirloin Club sponsored by the Animal Science Department. Stark said the Saddle and Sir loin has approximately 125 mem bers, some of whom have fathers and grandfathers who once be longed. The club has an annual operat ing budget of approximately $14,- 000, much of which is used to fi nance trips by the university’s livestock judging teams. EACH OF the clubs, Stark re lated, is required to deposit its funds at the MSC Student Fi nance Center. “We don’t control the clubs,” he pointed out, “but we do insure that proper financial procedures are followed.” The finance center normally has more than $100,000 on deposit, about half of which is invested in ‘Savings accounts with the interest being plowed back into student activities. Several of the clubs and or ganizations also share in profits derived from operation of the uni versity’s Exchange Store. Each of the clubs has its own student officers and a faculty- staff advisor. Appreciation Fete Tickets Available Seniors who plan to attend the Appreciation Banquet honoring A&M’s championship football team may still buy the $3.50 tickets in the Student Programs Office in the Memorial Student Center. The steak dinner, sponsored by the Senior Council, will honor Coach Gene Stallings, his staff and the varsity football team at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the main ballroom of the Ramada Inn. Dress to the banquet will be suit and tie, with class A summer uniforms with boots optional to Corps members. “When Air Force contract checks come in today, there should be quite a rush for the rest of the tickets,” Mike Baggett, banquet committee chairman, commented. &/'/#/ fa 2 PC. CHIC KIN To Go Only THE COLLEGE STATION CHICKEN SHACK Across from A&M Golf Course Phone 846-2323 Hours — 11 a. m. to 8 p. m. - ■ ::4 /