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THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Tuesday, April 30, 1968
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CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle
“Graduating seniors tend to relax during this time of th’
year so we’ve developed this system to keep them on their
toes! We leave this note on their doors that says ‘report
to Registrar’s Office to review discrepancy in degree plan’!”
HHH Announces
Bid For President
Democratic hopes for a nationally strong candidate came
alive this weekend when Vice-President Hubert Humphrey
announced his candidacy for President.
Like President Johnson, who fell into the relative ob
scurity of the Vice-Presidency until Kennedy’s assassination,
Humphrey had been a small supporting voice to Johnson
until the latter announced his decision not to seek a second
term in the White House.
Humphrey has been a tireless campaigner for present
administration policy and the fruits of that labor may pay
off in November.
In private consultation President Johnson must have
assured Humphrey that he would support him and lend
weight at the Democratic National Convention.
With the knowledge that Johnson would back him, that
Kennedy is not well supported in behind-the-scene political
circles, and with his Minnesota colleague McCarthy on a
platform not broad enough to encompass the sentiments
of a nation, Humphrey must have announced his candidacy
on Saturday with confidence in an ultimae victory.
While the Republicans are running a circus of “today-
a candidate tomorrow-a drop-out” candidates (Rockefeller is
apparently in the running again, Humphrey, like President
Johnson, is declaring that with unity of effort our goals
and ideals can be acheived.
Humphrey declared that “1968 is not the year for
frenzied or inflammatory rhetoric, or for finding scapegoats
for our problems. It is the year for common sense. I will
resist the temptation to deceive either the people or myself.”
The Vice-President notified his opponents that he in
tends to “fight hard for the nomination, but I do not intend
to divide either my party or my nation.”
Humphrey has the backing or organized labor and
business, as well as the support of regular Democrats in
the South who would have voted for Johnson.
He has the support of Texas Gov. John Connally, Secre
tary of Agriculture Orville Freeman, Secretary of Labor
Willard Wirtz and many Senators and Representatives.
Humphrey has been a prime example of the excellent
civil servant and will receive a top efficiency rating (ER)
by his boss.
His speeches for the President’s Vietnam and domestic
policies have been carefully written as to court Johnson’s
full support and confidence.
But it will be interesting to discover in the next few
months whether the vice-president has a strong platform
and a brilliance of his own.
Bulletin Board
TODAY
The Student AYMA Auxiliary
will have a constitutional-change
meeting at 8 p.m. in the Texas
Room of the Bryan Building and
Loan Building.
The American Marketing So
ciety will elect officers and make
final plans for a sales clinic at
7:30 p.m. in Rooms 3B-C of the
Memorial Student Center.
WEDNESDAY
The Texas A&M Sports Car
Club will meet at 7 p.m. in Room
203 of the YMCA.
The Texas A&M Research
Foundation will meet at 4 p.m. in
the Architecture Auditorium.
Editor,
The Battalion:
You’re right, Mr. Clampit
(may I call you “Jed”?) . . . men
were wearing western hats and
high-heeled boots a hundred years
ago. However, if I remember cor
rectly, long hair and beards were
prevalent, too. As a case in point,
look in an American history book
under “Lincoln” . . . Also, a
hundred years before that there
weren’t any cowboy hats oh short
haircuts. Remember men like Ben
Franklin, George Washington,
and Thomas Jefferson? Earlier
still, there was another man with
long hair ... I believe his name
was Chris . . . Yeah, that’s it . . .
Chris Columbus. And even earlier
I seem to remember quite a dis
tinguished fellow who had long
hair, a beard, and a mustache
... he even wore sandals and a
robe. Here again the “vigilantes”
stuck. Today we have Easter.
Yes, our friend from Atlanta
does have his rights to look as
absurd as he wishes, but I’ve
seen you standing in front of
your mirror shaving wearing
nothing but your jockey shorts,
your gray hat, and your orange
boots.
By the way, Buck Owens has
pretty long hair, too, so go prac
tice roping a saw-horse and con
fine your shears to sheep ... by
your own admission you were one
of the guys who participated in
the “shaving” of the boy from
Atlanta. If you can look ridicu
lous in your way, so should the
Georgian be allowed to look as
ridiculous in his . . . without a
bunch of goat-ropers playing bar
ber.
D. W. Breech ’69
★ ★ ★
Editor,
The Battalion:
I would like to answer Mr. Can
tu’s letter concerning the civilian
attendance at Muster. First, why
use the Corps as an excuse for
the poor showing of civilian stu
dents ?
Second, he is wrong about the
reason why so many Corps mem
bers attended Muster. The out
fits did not march to G. Rollie
White and there was no roll call
taken to insure everyone’s atten
dance. Mr. Cantu obviously has
either not been in the Corps or
was not in it very long. If he
was, he would be surpised at the
number of times a Corps member
could “get away” with not at
tending functions with no reper
cussions if he desired to. The
reason Muster was attended by
so many members of the Corps
was more of pride than of obli
gation. Pride in the tradition of
this school.
True, some attended because
of fear of being missed, but what
about the juniors and seniors ?
I seriously doubt that anyone
would have said anything to them
if they had chosen not to go.
Aggie Muster is attended by
Aggies throughout the world and
many times these Aggies go to
a great deal of trouble to attend
them. The civilian students say
they are as much Aggies as Corps
members and some of them are
and some are even more so. I
can see not attending Yell Prac
tice, football games, Silver Taps,
Bonfire, or a multitude of other
activities, but what kind of Aggie
won’t go two blocks to attend
the largest Aggie Muster in the
world ?
Walter L. Cloyd ’68
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Editor,
The Battalion:
I feel that I must take issue
with Mr. Cantu’s letter in the
April 25th Battalion. I base my
statements on the fact that I am
a Junior in the Corps and asso-
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ciate with Corps members of all
classifications.
For the record, a great deal
more than most of the Corps
members were present at Muster
because of the Aggie Spirit rather
than the fact that it is a theoret
ically mandatory function. I say
theoretically mandatory because
even though in the Cadet Articles
the penalty for absence from
Muster is defined, there is no
actual attendance check imple
mented. To be sure, the attitude
of Corps members toward at
tendance at Muster eliminates the
need for such an attendance
check.
It is my feeling that those
people in attendance at Muster
were there because of a tremen
dous inner pride in being a Texas
Aggie. I say this about all those
in attendance, Corps, civilian, and
guest. However, it is also my
contention, and where the con
flict comes in, that the number
of Corps members would not have
dropped had attendance been
voluntary. This last statement is
based on my associations during
the last three years in the Corps
and I can assure that it is justi
fied because of this inner pride
that the Corps goes so far to
instill.
Everett C. Miller ’69
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Editor,
The Battalion:
This letter is in regard to Mr.
Cantu’s letter in the April 25
edition of The Battalion. So you
say, Mr. Cantu, that the Corps
attended Muster because it was
mandatory. Well, I can tell, be
cause you are a civilian freshman,
that you know little about Texas
A&M, a school with a prestigious
past and present, in which the
Corps attends Muster because it
is something that we believe in,
where there is no formation or
roll call and there is nothing
mandatory about our attendance,
therefore I feel that you have
no right or reasons for the state
ments that you’ve made.
We (the Corps) are oriented
through our life at A&M as to
what traditions are and the rea
sons for them, and therefore we
strongly believe in them or we
wouldn’t be a member of the Ca
det Corps, and this is why we
attended Aggie Muster.
They always say that the weak
try to displace the prestige of
the strong; well until you have
some sound reasons to stand on,
don’t try it again. You also stated
that you wanted no part of the
Aggie Spirit because we were
made to attend Muster, well until
you find out what the Aggie
Spirit is, we want no part of
you.
Bill Richardson ’69
Editor,
The Battalion:
I had thought a letter to The
Battalion might be in order. Last
week when the Vanity Fair Semi
finalists were announced and the
list of escorts shined brightly
with Corps “brass,” yet I declined
to write for fear that it might
discredit the selections. Yet in
the light of subsequent develop
ments presented most aptly by
another letter (April 23), I feel
no hesitation in adding my com
ments.
I am certain that I do not
know all the facts concerning
the selections and for this reason
I can only point the way a whole
situation looks from the outside.
1. ) It looks as if the 1968 Vani
ty Fair selections were made on
the basis of the escort.
2. ) It looks as if an escort had
to be (with only two exceptions)
a high-ranking member of the
Corps of Cadets. (A guideline
for future class members who
aspire to see their girl’s picture
in their final Aggieland.)
3. )It looks as if those of the
Class of '68 who did not happen
to belong to the Corps of Cadets,
and who entered their girl in the
contest were somehow overlooked
—or were there none?
Then last and probably the
most disheartening observation of
them all,
4. ) It looks as if Mr. Sommers
had a few too many obligations,
to make the selection a truly
representative one.
I am the first to realize that
I cannot say with any certainty
that any of the allegations stated
above are indeed factual. Yet in
a day when the “image” of Texas
A&M University is of so much
concern, this situation certainly
does not enhance our position.
Those of us who are students
here find nothing actually startl
ing about such an incident, yet
how does one explain to an out
sider? I doubt very seriously that
the other contestants were elimi
nated because they did not meet
the Vanity Fair qualifications
concerning beauty.
However, the selections have
been made, and unlike an election
of the recent past, I do not ad
vocate any recourse due to “Ir
regularities.” Above all, it is not
my intention to disgrace any
semifinalist, and indeed I offer
my heartiest congratulations.
If anyone bothers to answer
these remarks, I hope that he will
not attack my comments on the
grounds that they are a simple
case of “sour grapes.” For even
though my grapes may be sour
ing somewhat, the odor from the
incident reminds me more of
mackeral.
Tommy Holder ’68
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