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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Tuesday, April 23, 1968
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
“I know it’s against regulations, but wouldn’t it be nice
if th’ outfit adopted a mascot?”
Halstead Unknown
Man For No One
In this rainbow election year, a voter can find a colorful
spectrum of candidates from the extreme left to the far
right.
At times, it becomes difficult to vote intelligently, by
considering each candidate on his past performance and
present platform.
On Wednesday, A&M will participate in Choice 68, while
voting in Student Senate elections. More than five million
students in 1,000 colleges and universities will have the
opportunity to express a choice for president.
At the top of the ballot, which is alphabetically ar
ranged, will be Socialist Worker candidate Fred Halstead.
Who?
Some men aren’t worth mentioning, and some are glad
to see their name in print regardless of the method they
use (the late George Lincoln Rockwell, of the American
Nazi Party enjoyed publicity in this way).
Some candidates have such a vague background that
little can be written about them, but fortunately Halstead
supplies the press with all the facts to accurately judge and
hang himself.
Halstead notes that the candidates of the two national
parties are “downright filty rich,” and “will be pledged to
defend the interests of the exploiting capatalist rulers.”
Halstead describes himself as a workingman “dedicated
to the struggles of the black and white masses.”
A leader in the antiwar movement, Halstead’s activities
go back to World War II when “he wore a Navy uniform”
and when “the ruling circles in the U. S. then hoped to keep
a large part of the wartime draftees mobilized for action
against the colonial revolution.”
Halstead has been a molding force in such renowned
actions as the “Hands Off Cuba” demonstration in 1962,
the antiwar demonstration in New York in 1967, agriculture
and auto strikes in California, and was a staff writer in
the nationally popular socialist weekly, The Militant.
Halstead’s proud heritage includes his father, who
“had a red card in the Industiral Workers of the World and
was an early member of the Socialist Workers Party.”
Here then, is really a man for our times with an un
questionable past and participation in constructive marches
for strikes, “bring the boys home,” and black militantcy.
Most students will be familiar with the other candidates
which will appear on the Choice 68 ballot, but Halstead
occupies a unique first spot, while being a “Man For No
Season.”
12 Named To Grad Student Council
Twelve representatives have
been elected to the Graduate
Student Council in voting by
campus mail.
Six of the dozen were re-elected
to the council and two of the
remaining six transferred to A&M
this year.
Those re-elected and their
fields of study include Ernest
Knowles, oceanography; Kary
Mathis, agricultural economics;
James Harrison, physics; Barry
Bateman, industrial engineering;
Mitty Plummer, nuclear engineer
ing; and Wallace Migura, animal
science.
Newly-elected representatives
are: John E. Harris, oceanogra
phy; Samuel Roger Furrh, agri
cultural economics; Buford R.
Koehler Jr., industrial engineer
ing; Albert R. Fried Jr., chemis
try; Detlev Nitsche, business ad
ministration; and Rooh Partovi,
petroleum engineering.
Nitsche, from Germany, and
Partovi, from Iran, both entered
A&M this year.
Editor,
The Battalion:
Bill Carter should be president
of the student body of Texas
A&M. Having been involved in
student politics for the past three
years, Bill has developed a keen
awareness of the problems that
are presently involving our stu
dent body.
This year the Senate has been
working on public relations for
Texas A&M. Bill is going to take
the next step in making the Sen
ate one of action. He wants to
get students involved and inter
ested in the policies and regula
tions that directly affect them.
He plans to form a student gov
ernment that not only voices stu
dent opinion, but also one that
stands behind the students. Bill
knows the present situation of
the Senate — both the strong
points and the weak. Bill has
already helped to bring many
new ideas to Texas A&M through
the Idea Exchange Conference
last weekend. Bill was the orig
inator and director of this suc
cessful conference which brought
many solutions for some of the
problems our student body faces.
Bill Carter has chosen for his
running mate David Maddox, an
other active, experienced candi
date. Bill and David worked to
form their platform and can con
tinue to work together next year.
Because of their energy, ex
perience and untiring devotion to
bettering our student government
and its policies, I strongly en
dorse these candidates to lead the
student body of Texas A&M Uni
versity.
Jerry Campbell,
Student Body President
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Editor,
The Battalion:
Bill Carter is the best man for
the Presidency of the Student
Senate of Texas A&M for 1968-
69. This can be shown in many,
many ways.
First, Bill takes a definite
stand on the issues which face
the students of A&M. He and
his running mate, David Maddox,
have published a ten-point plat
form expressing exactly how they
stand on the issues. We cannot
quote this platform here for lack
of space but copies are available
in every dorm. Bill and David
not only speak out on the issues,
but have extensive plans or
ACTION. These men realize the
position that the students of
A&M are in and are willing to
work to better this position.
Second, Bill Carter has experi
ence which far exceeds that of
either of the other candidates.
He has a very thorough knowl
edge of the administrative sys
tem here as well as knowing per
sonally all of the top people in
the Administration. He has been
at A&M for three years and has
invaluable contacts with the stu
dent body, both civilian and
Corps.
In addition to this, Bill has the
connections with student leaders
of other schools as well as ad
ministrators there needed for ad
ditional help. If a person is to
accomplish any valuable changes,
he must know the proper people
to deal with and just how to deal
with them. This Bill Carter
knows.
Third, Bill has the dedication
and enthusiasm necessary to see
his programs through. As stated
before, he and his running mate
are men of ACTION.
For these reasons, we the
undersigned, think that it is plain
to see that a vote for Bill Carter
and David Maddox is a vote for
ACTION and therefore progress;
thus we strongly endorse these
men for the two top leadership
positions on our campus.
Clarence Daugherty ’68
Gary Mauro ’70
Tommy Henderson ’71
Ronald Adams ’70
Billy Youngkin ’69
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Editor,
The Battalion:
Wednesday is a big day. Most
of us will find time to make our
way to the MSC and cast our
vote for one of the candidates
running for student body presi
dent. Do you know who is run
ning? There is one young man
you will know about tomorrow
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Sound Off
because he is full of new ideas
and of action. His name is Ron
nie Tefteller.
You say, well how about the
civilian-Corps ticket offered by
another candidate? But let me
say that the words “united ticket”
sound good to all but they do not
mean a thing unless action is
behind them. I know that Ron
nie Tefteller will provide the ac
tion we need. Experts have said
that “new blood” is good for a
faltering organization. Ronnie
is the new blood and the united
student body of Texas A&M is
the faltering organization.
Some of us have been here long
enough to become set in our ways
and, being the apathetic Aggies
we are, we accept the “old way,”
the traditional methods. I am
not saying traditions are bad, but
I think you will agree that they
are not all good. Traditions
mean a great deal to each of us
but we are in changing times and
we must change too. Let’s keep
the things we can be proud of
but let’s also look to the future.
Let’s support Ronnie Tefteller
and let his action push us into a
united student body. After all,
whether we know it or not, we
are all Aggies! Ronnie realizes
this.
Steve Melzer ’68
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Editor,
The Battalion:
Usually athletes don’t get in
volved in campus issues or voice
an opinion, but the clothing issue
seems to us an issue of enough
importance to warrant some
voiced opinion.
As athletes, we get to meet
a wide variety of people due to
our traveling as representatives
of A&M. Through our traveling
we have found that the large
majority of these people we meet
have a high respect for A&M.
We like to think that this is
partially due to our appearance
that we present to these people;
however this is not the part that
most impresses these people. We
have found that the majority of
people have a high respect for
A&M because of its uniqueness.
By this, they inform us, they
mean the general appearance and
stature of Aggies, on and off
campus. They are impressed by
the friendliness, and neat and
mature appearance of Aggies.
Most of all, they tell us that the
Aggies represent manliness in
both action and dress. And that
despite Aggie jokes, Texas A&M
holds a place of High Respect
throughout the U. S., because
of the fact that A&M is a place
where men, who are mature, and
whose appearance reflects it, go
to school and come out as leaders
and respectable citizens.
We, the undersigned, feel that
David B. George Jr.
Curtis B. Mills
Hugh McElroy
Christopher Conley
Steve Bancroft
John Greenhut
Joe R. Tillerson
Mike Heitmann
Charlie Riggs
Buster Adami
Lynn Odom
Rolf Krueger
Carl Gough
Kelvin Korver
Ronny Lightfoot
George Resley
Tommy Holder
Rusty Stallings
Gary Abernathy
Edgar Harvey
Steve O’Neal
Gaddy Wells
Tom Buckman
Tom Sooy
Joe Shaw
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Editor,
The Battalion:
In regard to the April 19th
editorial on the issue of liquor-
by-the-drink, I agree that the
people should decide on whether
or not to drink openly. However,
I think that the people should
carefully study the issues in
volved. According to statistics
compiled by TANE (an agency
concerned with the problem of
alcoholism and drug use in Tex
as), in states that had once for
bidden open drinking but later
changed to regulated liquor-by-
the-drink, the crime rate in
creased measurably. Also, in
Texas) “dry” areas continue to
have the lowest crime rates.
It is true that there are “hypo-
crits” in all associations, but at
tacks should not be made on hon
est people who are concerned
with the problems in our society.
Since it is time that the present
laws will not help the crime rate
to go down — and liquor-by-the-
drink will not solve them — per
haps serious consideration should
be given to the “church” view
point.
Harry Hall ’71
By Robert Gonzales
Through Corps Channels
This past Sunday, Muster was
held by Aggies in many places
throughout the world, besides
here at College Station. One Army
R.O.T.C. cadet was able to attend
two Musters. To help the Hous
ton Hometown Club with their
ceremony, twenty-one Ross Volun
teer senior cadets under the corn-
man of Company Executive Of
ficer Pat G. Rehmet formed a
firing squad and gave a 21 gun
salute at the Muster at San Ja
cinto Monument. Rehmet then
flew back to College Station in
time to command the newly-elect
ed firing squad of junior cadets
in the ceremony at G. Rollie
White. The newly-elected mem
bers of the firing squad were an
nounced at the Rotss Volunteers
Banquet and Ball at the Ramada
Inn Saturday night. Seven cadets
were selected from each of the
three platoons by their counter
parts. They were 1st Platoon:
Garland H. Clark, Robert J. Foley,
William Ei. Heitkamp, Robert A.
Maddocks, Patrick J. Rhodes, Ken
neth R. Wilkin, Billy J. Youngkin.
2nd Platoon: Fred M. Blumberg,
Early Davis III, Frank Davis III,
Gregory K. Meyer, Donnel F. Saf-
fold, John C. Sutherland, Douglas
M. Vasilchin.
3rd Platoon: Houston L. Cavin,
Hector Gutierrez Jr., Stephen A.
Holditch, James R. Horner, Robert
L. Nida, Rudi B. Rushing, Benja
min J. Sims.
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An inspection of personnel to
be commissioned on May 25 will
be held in Room 210, Military
Science Building at 5 p.m. May 8.
Uniform for the inspection is the
commissioning exercise uniform.
(AG34 coat and trousers, AG fur
felt service cap, poplin shirt, long
or short sleeve, necktie, low quar
ter shoes, and black socks. All in
signia except rank insignia will
be worn. Name tags will be worn
also.
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The central air conditioning fa
cilities serving the Corps Dormi
tory Area is part of the facilities
serving many buildings on cam
pus. To preclude a breakdown of
air conditioning equipment, cadets
are asked to keep all windows and
all building entrance doors closed
at all times.
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32 more days till Final Review!
this image of A&M is vital to
the continued growth and repu
tation of A&M. That a drastic
change in clothing regulations
will destroy the solidarity of the
image of the neat and well
groomed young man at A&M.
This, in turn, will destroy much
of what people respect here at
A&M, and will ruin the long
standing admiration and respect
people have had for A&M. There
fore, we fell that for A&M’s
continued high reputation some
form of clothing regulations are
needed and therefore ask that
our fellow Aggies vote to keep
clothing regulations here at A&M.
Thank you.
Editor,
The Battalion:
A part of Aggieland’s image
has definitely been enhanced by
the clothing regulations, but I
feel that this part of our image
is an unfortunate one, totally
irrevelant to the purpose of a
university, and one we cannot
afford to further. I am speaking
of our “clean-cut” image.
Let me pinpoint my target by
first speaking in defense of the
“clean-cut.” This word has many
connotations, the best of which
applies, as it most often does at
A&M, to a true gentleman. But
lately in this area the word has
gotten out of hand. This word,
in its best connotation, and its
true embodiment, have both been
around A&M for a long time;
long enough, perhaps, to permit
the school to over-identify with
the word and, lo, after much
solmen thought and deliberation,
we have decided that one of the
purposes of A&M is to turn out
a clean-cut product at all costs.
Images may seem harmless
here, for we see them for what
they are; but they have a way
of doubling as absolute truth to
those who do not have first-hand
knowledge of the situation—in
this case, prospective' students
and their parents—who may re
act positively or negatively to
the image, having never had a
chance to react to the truth.
If this university could recruit
good students without being ham
pered by this and a host of other
tradition-images, then turn them
out all clean-cut, but much more
important, educated—then more
power to the image and to the
university. But this does hamper
recruitment, and it is helped in
this task by the dirty work it
has already done.
This is strange, for proponents
of the image claim that it helps
recruit students, and there is
some type of evidence to support
their claim.
If this is true, if the image
really does aid in recruiting, then
it must have some appeal. I sub
mit that it appeals (1) to parents
and (2) to a high-school mental
ity, and not especially to high-
caliber students. There are on
this campus many students whose
parents have pressured or even
forced them to come to A&M,
on pain of virtual disownment;
our “clean-cut” protective image,
I believe, is the cause of this sad
extension of momism and popism
into our school. .
Of those who have not begun
to break away from the folks
and cannot follow their own col
lective nose to college; who then
cannot fight being pulled by that
nose to the college of their par
ents’ choice; who probably could
not care less which college they
attend—of these there are many,
and it would be fun to try to
recruit them all for A&M, as it
seems we are most earnestly
doing.
But it won’t work. “Recruiting”
is a rather military term, any
way, suitable only in cases where
the choosing is unselective, such
as “selective” service; it should
not be used to describe the fur.
nishing of a university with stu
dents. But A&M has been recruit
ing lately, and the result is evi.
dent: Apathy. GAS. There are
not enough leaders and committee
members to go around; thereisi
pretty high freshman flunkinj
ratio; there are vigilante barbers,
In short, this place has lost i
lot of its vitality. Because ol
this, once we do latch onto good
students, many of them leave
for another school.
The clothing regulations are
supported by many of the best
and most mature students oa
campus. I ask them this: Ate
the clothing regulations your it.
centive to dress neatly? Have
the clothing regulations made
any difference in your appear
ance? Can the clothing regula-
tions change anything but ap
pearances, can they help in any
way to create a mature humat
being? Can they be anythinp
but a futile appearance them
selves, unenforced, and tke
groundwork for a deceitful and
cancerous image ?
Doyle McKey ’71
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Editor,
The Battalion:
It seems to be a shame that
escorts of the semi-finalists for
Vanity Fair were named in tlie
article in The Battalion on
April. If one were to take a close
look at those names, you would
find that 10 of the 12 escorts
were either staff members or
commanding officers in the Corps
of Cadets. Also it can be noted
that Mr. Sommers, who is ia
charge of the selection committee,
is in Company C-2 and four of
the escorts are also members of
that outfit. This is not to discredit
the girls themsleves, but I wonder
how it it is that only the girls
selected happen to be dating only
leaders of the Corps or members
of a particular outfit. It
looks like the civilians got left
out entirely.
This is not the first time sucl
a situation has arisen. I can think
of at least one other time this
year when it has happened, II
is a shame that the girls cannot
be chosen for such an honor witk-
out their escorts being known
by the selection committee,
hope that something can be dons
to avoid a situation where suck
coincidence ever occurs again it
the future.
Wayne A. Beal ’68
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