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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Wednesday, March 27, 1968
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
ELECTIONS
Muster Decision
Upholds Tradition
It was with much pleasure that The Battalion learned
of the decision made by the Student Senate Executive Com
mittee to reschedule Aggie Muster for San Jacinto Day,
rather than April 22.
The decision to change Muster to Monday the 22nd
was not made on the spur of the moment. Several important
factors were involved.
Last year’s Muster, held on a Friday, was not as well-
attended as previous Musters scheduled on days when the
entire student body was on campus. The Senate, in an
apparent attempt to assure a well-attended event, took this
in consideration in making its decision.
Another factor considered was the scheduled tour by
the Singing Cadets. According to Senate sources, the
Cadets would be rushed to make it back to College Station
by Sunday.
Other problems added to the conflict, but these two
were the main ones. The Senate was not trying to assume
a dictator’s role as some students have charged. We feel
the Senate was trying to do the best thing for all con
cerned, even though we did not agree with them.
They are to be congratulated for their open-mindedness
in changing the original decision. A lesser organization
would have paid little or no attention to the wishes of the
students.
The students who cared enough about Muster to write
letters of protest to The Battalion and convey their dis
pleasure to the Senate deserve the thanks of the entire stu
dent body for their display of true Aggie Spirit. This group
included both Corps members and civilians.
The letters these students wrote to The Battalion were
not printed because the story of the Muster rescheduling
came on the same day the letters were scheduled to run
in “Sound Off.”
However, now that Muster is set for April 21, the
burden to attend rests with the students.
Muster in the past has fallen on nine Sundays—on'ce
on Easter. The date for honoring the Aggie dead remained
constant. So must attendance.
Muster was changed by the Senate due to the protest
ing of the students. This protest by the concerned will end
in failure if the entire student body. Corps and civilians
do not follow through by attending Muster April 21.
Civilian student leaders have expressed doubts about
civilian attendance on a Sunday. Civilian Student Council
President Griff Venator has said that the civilians staying
here for the weekend will attend but he doesn’t think the
ones who will leave will make any special effort to get back
in time for the ceremony.
Here is where pride is being an Aggie will be in clear
evidence. To those whom being an Aggie means little, the
effort that would have to be expended would not be worth
it. But those students who are oroud of the heritage left
them by their predecessors will be more than happy at the
chance to honor their fellows.
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“I figure anybody can get an average room ready for
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Bulletin Board
TODAY
The El Paso Hometown Club
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the
Academic Building.
THURSDAY
The Peace Corps Club will
organize at 5 p.m. in Room 2D
of the Memorial Student Center.
will make plans for an Easter
party at 7:30 p.m. in Room 2C
of the Memorial Student Center.
The San Angelo-West Texas
Hometown Club will meet at 7:30
p.m. in Room 108 of the Academic
Building.
the possibility of a trip to West
Point for the game next year.”
“I THINK the Junior Council
should be established early
enough to get something
next year for the class.”
Robert L. Bowling, the other
civilian in the race, is a
representative in Walton
From Tuscon, Ariz., Bowling has
been involved in several inter
dormitory activities this year.
He forms his platform around
improved civilian-Cadet Corps re
lationships.
“I would also like to try to
increase civilian participation in
some of the inter-dorm activities,
such as the tug-of-wars, etc.’
‘T will investigate the possi
bility of eating and living off-
campus next year,” he added.
JOHN P. MARINE, a finance
major from El Paso, completes
the list of candidates. Maline is
a member of his hometown club
and a member of the Society of
American Military Engineers.
Says Maline of his platform:
“I would like to establish
trip en masse to the West Point
game. I intend to try for extra
concession privileges in order to
provide funds for a charter flight
there.”
“In addition, I will try to es
tablish a complete Junior Week
end activity, with a big-name
band for the Ball.”
“If possible, I would like to
volunteer the class’s services to
the Association of Former Stu
dents to help in recruiting high
school students.”
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All return volunteers and any
one who has applied for the Peace
Corps is invited.
The Corpus Christi Hometown
Club will elect officers for next
year at 7:30 p.m. in the Memorial
Student Center.
Polled Pennsylvania Students
Give Backing To McCarthy
Sound Off
Editor,
The Battalion:
The past several years has seen
the gradual shrinking of the
Corps, the perpetuator of A&M's
Spirit. Simultaneously, there has
developed an ever-increasing ma
jority of civilian students un
schooled in Aggie tradition. A re
sult of this trend could be the
extinction of the Spirit.
Garry Mauro is aware of and
concerned about this possibility.
Having played freshman foot
ball, he is well aware of the value
of the Spirit and wishes to do
everything in his power to see
that it is perpetuated.
If elected a Yell Leader, Garry
would work to see that the Spirit
was instilled in all Aggies. To
help him accomplish this, vote
for Garry Mauro Thursday.
George Walne ’68
The Bell County Hometown
Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in
Room 205 of the Academic Build
ing.
The Lubbock - South Plains
Hometown Club will make plans
for an Easter party at 7:30 p.m.
in Room 3B of the Memorial Stu
dent Center.
The Garland Hometown Club
will meet in the Lounge of the
Memorial Student Center at 6
p.m. and go to Willow Grove for
dinner.
The Mechanical Engineering
Seminar will hear John M.
Pierce of the Johnson & Johnson
Manufacturing Plant in Sher
man at 10 a.,m. in Room 303 of
Fermier Hall. Pierce will speak
on the role of the engineer in a
manufacturing plant.
The Fort Worth Hometown Club
will make plans for an Easter
party at 7:30 p.m. in Room 2B
of the Memorial Student Center.
The Mid-County Hometown Club
PHILADELPHIA (ICCN) —-
A spot survey of 224 students
Friday indicated overwhelming
campus support of Senator Eu
gene McCarthy for president.
One hundred fifty one students,
or 63 percent of those polled, said
they favored the Minnesota demo
crat over any other possible can
didate.
Nelson Rockefeller (R-N. Y.) 19
votes and former vice president
Richard Nixon 17 votes.
Senator Robert Kennedy (D-
N. Y.) received 35 votes or 14
percent. President Johnson got
only nine votes or 4 percent of
the total.
The survey was conducted ran
domly at the comer of 34th and
Walnut Streets and in front of
the Van Pelt Library. Students
were asked, “If the election were
tomorrow, who would you vote
for for president?”
Several students said they
would support “anybody who will
get us out of Vietnam.”
Other results gave Governor
William Buckley received four
votes, and New York Mayor John
Lindsay and the North Vietnam
president each got two. Comedi
ans Dick Gregory and Pat Paul
son each got one vote, as did for
mer Secretary of Defense McNar-
mara, former Republican presi
dential candidate Barry Goldwater
and Negro leader H. Rap Brown.
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