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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Friday, April 19, 1968
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
“Now that football, bonfire, Thanksgiving, Christmas
mid-term, and Easter are over, we can devote four weeks
to uninterrupted!”
Law Change Needed
For New Respect
-ELEC T—
J.T.
“Jim”
GLOSS
State Representative .... District 18
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Political Ad Paid For by J. T. Gloss
Ministers 9 Feelings Vary
On Football Game Prayers
By GARY MAYFIELD
Should pre-game prayers at
Texas A&M home football games
be abandoned ?
“Prayers are too much a part
of the scenery and just something
to get out of the way. Further
more, the context too often refers
to Protestant terminology.”
This is the argument presented
by one of several ministers in
Bryan-College Station disclosed
in a survey of their opinion on
the question.
All of the ministers preferred
that their names be withheld due
to the sensitivity of the issue.
“I WOULD say that it’s neces
sary to pray about anything we
do,” another man said.
The survey indicated that the
ministers generally supported
four main suggestions that were
discussed:
1. A universal prayer, taking
into consideration Npersons of all
faiths.
2. A time of silent prayer,
for all those who may desire it.
3. The elimination of prayers
altogether.
4. The retaining of the in-
voctaion as it stands.
“If we must eliminate pre-
On May 4 Texans will have the opportunity to vote in a
state primary to help determine party choices for state of
fices and will also to express their opinions on liquor-by-the-
drink.
Liquor has too long been the evil hook on which a
meriad of other troubles have been neatly hung. The pulpit
campaign against liquor-by-the-drink is a continuing at
tempt to “save” the people, to make moral decisions for
them, to “protect” them from themselves.
Reality shows us that much of what is said and pledged
in a rousing amen on Sunday is hypocritical of the truth.
In civilian life, history has shown that disrespect for
law often results from imposing laws by which the people
do not want to be governed.
The Prohibition Era of the ’20’s provides a vivid exam
ple of what can happen when there is an attempt to legislate
a moral code to which too many people do not subscribe.
The law provided a means and market for the manu
facture and sale of illegal liquor, the establishment of thou
sands of underground “clubs” and millions in revenue for
crime syndicates.
Today there are more than 1,300 private clubs in Texas,
whose very existence is closely tied to a law which citizens
do not endorse.
The clubs have been formed as a legal avoidance of the
law against the sale of liquor-by-the-drink. And it is not
a healthy society where laws create avoidance, which is
readily noted by young people, and carried over to disrespect
for all law.
Texans are drinking more than 11 million gallons of
liquor a year and there seems little doubt that they will
continue to drink acoholic beverages in the future.
Where citizens must now drink nothing or walk out
with a bottle of undiluted alcohol, most will carry the brown
paper bag.
Liquor-by-the-drink would provide two ounces of diluted
liquor and would not encourage disrespect, disobedience and
circumventing of laws.
When the people tend to refuse to abide by the present
liquor law, then this disrespect also tends to carry over to
laws such as serving minors, and driving while intoxicated.
Governor Connally has asked the 60th Legislature to
pass a strickly regulated liquor-by-the-drink law which would
allow the people to decide, through local option elections,
what sort of liquor consumption method they want for their
county.
The new option would not be the answer to all the
problems of liquor. It would not stop alcoholism. It would
not stop crime.
But it would provide the individual freedom of choice
to drink openly and socially, or not to drink at all. It would
eliminate some of the present hyprocrisy which surrounds
the present law.
It would necessitate a constructive change in private
clubs, which up to now have existed solely to provide a legal
avoidance to the present law, and more importantly, it may
aid in a new respect for this law and others where a society
actively supports its codes.
game prayers, it should be be
cause the students want it that
way. Likewise, as long as the
students themselves want the in
vocation, the administration
should permit it,” one minister
argued.
THE ISSUE OF tradition was
mentioned concerning this feeling
among students, and some pas
tors argued that the invocation
may not depend so much on the
content of the prayer but that it
leans heavily toward the effect
upon the students and athletes
themselves.
According to tradition, invoca
tions and devotionals probably
developed in the deep South dur
ing the Civil War years. The
Confederate States faced some
controversy concerning the free
dom of religion and prayers in
corporated into their Constitu
tion.
“The main grounds that sup
port pre-game prayers are false,”
one man argued. “Our fore
fathers came to America, not to
indoctrinate religion, but to get
away from state orders that pro
fess only one true faith.”
ON THE OTHER hand, one
minister said, the term “separa
tion of Church and State” is a
misnomer.
“We should give praise and
honor to God and our country.
In a way we cannot have free
dom of religion without interfer
ence from the State,” he contin
ued. “Our relationship to God is
a freedom given by the Consti
tution, the supreme law which
governs the people.”
“The separation of Church and
State does not mean the separa
tion of God and people” another
man said. “Every one of us, be
liever (in God) or non-believer,
profits in some way from the
values which are basically a part
of Christianity.”
He went on to say that part of
the basic American culture re
sulted “when our forefathers
broke away from strict religious
practices to freedom of worship.”
NOW THAT this freedom is
firmly established, some contro
versy concerning religious min
ority groups could well disrupt
part of the pre-game ceremonies.
Several ministers offered a so
lution to this question by suggest
ing that the invocation be strictly
on a universal basis. This, they
argued, would prevent any of
fense that might be handed down
from a majority denominational
group to persons in minority
groups.
“I cringe at disrespect for some
people conscience,” one man
said. “Invocations consist of
typically Christian prayers; they
(Christians) make this a strict
practice, making a social hoax
out of religion.”
ANOTHER man supported this
idea by saying the pre-game
prayers are of nothing but Prot
estant terminology and that it’s
not fair to other people.
He mentioned that perhaps it
would be possible to give these
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minority groups “equal time” to
voice prayers according to their
beliefs.
However, would that not of
fend people of other faiths as
well at that particular time.
Another minister supporting
the “equal time” argument sug
gested that the invocation be
rightly divided as to the manner
of presentation.
Of course, every minister
agreed, no person should slant
the pre-game prayer so as to re
fer only to his particular affilia
tion.
eliminated for the sake of not of
fending anyone, it would be a
case of ‘watering down your wit
ness’,” he continued.
“BUT THE author of equal
time was not God,” another min
ister noted.
“Most of the pre-game prayers
are offered in the name of the
Trinity,” another pastor said.
“That is, if you hold a majority,
you rule. But you must feed the
minority.”
He was referring to a time and
place of public gathering where
persons of all faiths could wor
ship and fellowship together. He
agreed that the invocation at a
football game might be the be
ginning of this idea.
“If pre-game prayers were
“WE STILL sing the Aggie
War Hymn even though there are
students from other schools,” an
other pastor said.
He used this analogy referring
to the elimination of school songs
and possibly the National An
them just as well if the invoca
tion were to be ruled illegal.
“I don’t care if it offends any
body or not!” another exclaimed.
“If I believe in competing sports,
I believe in praying about it.”
Another pastor agreed to the
extent that prayers “help to re
unite the spirit of sportsmanship
among coaches, players, and
fans.”
to ask God to prevent any in
juries or to help “your” team
win, but rather to ask Him to
bless our spirit of competition
and especially the ones directly
connected with the action.
Agreeing with him was an
other minister who mentioned
that prayers should be limited to
a simple maximum of invoking
God’s blessings on the game and
to remind the fans of the omni
presence of God.
“I hold no tribute to any re
ligious personage,” he said.
SAM Seminar Set
T uesday Afternoon
“After Graduation,” a special
seminar for students consider^
a career in management, will ^
offered by the Society for tli>
Advancement of Management ai
1 p.m. Tuesday in Room 202, Fran
cis Hall.
Another question concerning
whether or not a prayer of any
type would offend someone was
answered with the solution that
some people believe in sharing
their faith with others as a neces
sity to maturity as a Christian.
This, of course, would offend
some people.
Concerning the divine power of
prayer, he argued that prayers
are a necessity to invoke God’s
blessings on anything that a per
son does.
ANOTHER solution to elimi
nate the probability of prayers
offending someone was that of a
period of silence before the game..
This, some ministers argued,
would give all persons a chance
to pay tribute silently in any way
he chooses, and no one would be
offended.
Guest speakers include John
Lefter, production engineer, Texas
Instruments; Richard J. Goebel,
vice president of Texas Bank aal
Trust, Dallas; Charles Reinlte,
area college recruiter for Mob!
Oil Co.; Paul Smith, area employ,
meat supervisor, Southwestern
Bell Telephone Co. and E. J. Note-
baert, superintendent of the eir.-
ployment service of Ling-Term
Vought.
“Students of all majors are in
vited to attend,” Mark Emmons,
SAM president, said.
HE REFERRED to the Bible
scripture which says that if any
thing is asked in the name of
God, He will hear. He also ex
plained that this does not mean
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6:30 P.M.—Young: People’s Service
7 :00 P.M.—Preaching: Service
ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC
Sunday Masses—7:30, 9:00 and 11:00
ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL
906 Jersey Street, So. Side of Campus
Rector: William R. Oxley
Asst.—Rev. Wesley Seeliger
8 :00. A.M. & 9:15 A.M. Sunday
Services
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
9 :30 A.M.-—Sunday School
11 :00 A.M.—Sunday Service
11 :00 A.M.-2 P.M.—Tues, Reading Rm.
7:00-8:00 P.M.—Wed., Reading Room
8:00 P.M.—Wed, Evening Worship
FAITH CHURCH
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
9:15 A.M.—Sunday-School
9:15 A.M.—Sunday-School
10 :30 A.M.—Morning Worship
7:30 P.M.—Even!:— "
Service
A&M CHURCH OF CHRIST
8:00 & 10:00 A.M. Worship
9 :00 A.M.—Bible Study
•5 :J5 P.M.—Young People’s Class
FIRST BAPTIST
9 :30 AM—Sunday School
young
Worship
7 :15 P.M.—Aggie Class
9:30 A.M.
7.:15 P.M.
Tues. - Ladies Bible Class
Wednesday - Bible Study
10:45 AM Morning Worship
1—Training Union
7 :20 PM—Evening Wore
Practic
6:10 PM-
4—Train:
4—Evenir
6:30 PM—Choir
meetings (Wed
7:30 P.M.—Midweek
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ervices (Wed.)
COLLEGE HEIGHTS
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
9 :45 A.M.—Sunday School ,
lliOO^A.M.—Morning Worship
6 :30 P.M. - —Young People’s Service
7 :30 P.M.—Evening Worship
A&M METHODIST
8:30 A.M,—Mornfng Worship
9:45 A.M.—Sunday School
10 :55 A.M.—Morning Worship
.—Campus & Career
5:30 P.M.—Campt
5:30 & 6:00 P.M.—MYF Meetings
Class
UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN
(Missouri Synod)
10.00 A.M.—Bible Class
11:00 A.M.—Morning Worship
i :30 P.M.—Wednesday Vesper
SECOND BAPTIST
710 Eisenhower
School
UNITARIAN FELLOWSHIP
305 Old Highway 6, South
10:00 A.M.—Church School
8:00 P.M.—Adult Service
9:45 A.M.—Sunday Schoc
11 :00 A.M.—Church Servi
6 :30 P.M.—Training Union
7 :30 P.M.—Church Service
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
OF LATTER DAY SAINTS
26th East and Coulter, Brya
d meeting
10:00 A.M.—Sunday School
8:30 A.M.
i.ast ar
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A&M PRESBYTERIAN
7-9 A.M.—Sun. Breakfast - Stu. Ctr.
9 :45 A.M.—Church School
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8:30 & 10:45 A.M.—The Church at
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9 :30 A.M.—Bible Classes For All
union—1st Sun. Ea.
5:00 P.M.—Sacrament Meeting
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Homestead & Ennis
9 :45 A.M.—Sunday School
Holy Communion-
Mo.
9 :45 A.M.—Sunday School
10 :50 A.M.—Morning .Worship
5 :30 P.M.—Young People
11 :00 A.M,
6 :00 P.M,
7:15 P.M.—Wed.
.-—Morning Worship
—Sun. Single Stu. Fellowship
—Wed. Student Fellowship
6:46 A.M.-
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Fri. Communion Service
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CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH
3205 Lakeview
9 :45 A.M.--~Bible School
10:45 A.M.—Morning Worship
6 :00 P.M.—Youth Hour
7 :00 P.M.—Evening Worship
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9:15 A.M.—Sunday School
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7 :30 P.M.—Evening Worship
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The Church is the greatest factor
on earth for the building of charac
ter and good citizenship. It is a store
house of spiritual values. Without a
strong Church, neither democracy
nor civilization can survive. There
are four sound reasons why every
person should attend services regu
larly and support the Church. They
are: (1) For his own sake. (2) For
his children’s sake. (3) For the sake
of his community and nation. (4)
For the sake of the Church itself,
which needs his moral and material
support. Plan to go to church regu
larly and read your Bible daily.
The hands are gentle and deft . . . the bird
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bird will fly off, safe and unharmed, unaware
that it has become another link in the chain
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of birds.
Our feathered friend has no interest in the
fact that his experience ultimately will help
chart the flight lines of all migrant birds. With
heart beating wildly in its soft, downy throat,
it longs only to be free.
Sometimes people are like that bird. Caught
in circumstances beyond our control, we flail
and thrash about. Fear and doubt overwhelm
us and we fail to realize and acknowledge the
loving arm of God that is present and sustain
ing in every situation.
Place your faith and trust in God and His
Church. In times of need, strength and help
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