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VOLUME 61
Cbe Battalion
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1968
Weather
Thursday — Partly cloudy to cloudy,
winds southerly 10-20 m.p.h. High 82,
low 68.
Friday — Cloudy, rain showers, winds
Southerly 10-20 m.p.h. High 80, low
68.
Number 574
Brazos Civil Liberties Union
Organizes, Sets Goals Here
Senate College
File In May 14
PANEL PARTICIPANTS, HOSTS
Members of the second YMCA-sponsored “Man Your Manners” panel, presented here
Tuesday by Texas Woman’s University students, look over the program with YMCA
Cabinet members Ed Donnell, center, and Gary Anderson. From left, they are Jennifer
Johnson, Georganne Fort, Mrs. Nancy Newton (sponsor), Brenda Robertson and Kathy
Heldman. (Photo by Mike Wright)
Rapid-Fire Exchanges Mark
Second Manners Program
By DAVE MAYES
Battalion Staff Writer
Spokesmen from the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People (NAACP), the
American Association of Univer
sity Professors (AAUP) and the
Building Trades Council outlined
local civil liberties problems for
an audience of 50 at the first
general meeting of the Brazos
Civil Liberties Union here Tues
day night.
Dr. George Krise, president of
the A&M chapter of the AAUP,
reported that A&M was one of
two Texas schools censured by
the AAUP Saturday because the
administration had failed to rec-
By TOM CURL
Battalion Staff Writer
Why is man the dominant be
ing in the world today. What are
his chances of staying dominant?
Dr. Alfred S. Romer, retired
Harvard professor and the recog
nized American authority on zo
ology, explained the evolution of
man from the simplest water ani
mal to his present state in a Uni-
TOP Finances
Available To
A&M Students
New application forms for Tex
as Opportunity Plan Loans are
now available at the Texas A&M
Student Aid Office in the YMCA.
Students who plan to apply for
TOP loans for the fall term are
requested to pick up forms be
fore they leave campus for the
summer, announced Student Loan
Supervisor Alvin P. Bormann.
Loan forms also may be ob
tained by writing the Student Aid
Office.
“We suggest students submit
completed applications to our of
fice during the first part of the
summer in order to be assured of
a loan in the fall,” Bormann com
mented. “It takes about a month
for these applications to be pro
cessed by state officials.”
INTEREST IN the TOP loans
has climbed markedly since the
program started at A&M in Sep
tember, 1966. Of the 619 loans
totaling $552,630 approved here
since that time, Bormann noted,
3T7 were made in 1967-68
amounting to $399,155.
Although the average loan dur
ing the past year was $1,059, the
size of loans varied widely, de
pending on the amount of par
ental income and the number of
dependent children in the family.
“You would be surprised at the
number of parents who write us
asking why a loan for their son
was turned down,” Bormann
pointed out. “The state requires
parents to meet a portion of their
child's college expenses.” For
instance, he cited, a man making
$15,000 a year with only one child
to support could expect to be re
fused a TOP loan.
BORMANN SAID unlimited
funds are available from TOP.
Undergraduates may receive $1,-
000 maximum loans in a single
academic year, with graduate or
professional students (veterinary
medicine) eligible for $1,500.
During a student’s academic
career he may receive $5,000 in
TOP loans or $7,500 as a gradu
ate or professional student. He
has five years after graduation
to repay the loans on a six per
cent simple interest rate. Stu
dents are required to apply for a
three per cent per annum federal
subsidy.
Applicants must be Texas resi
dents and be able to clearly estab
lish an educational need for TOP
loans, Bormann explained. They
also must be enrolled or accepted
for admission to A&M, and en
roll for at least half of a full
time academic loan as determined
by the university.
Bormann said students may re
ceive summer school assistance
under the plan. Maximum sum
mer loans, he added, are $333 for
undergraduates and
graduates.
ognize a professor’s “basic right
of academic due process” in the
case of Dr. Leon Gibbs of the
College of Veterinary Medicine.
KRISE SAID that only until
recently had the administration
presented Gibbs with any formal
written charges—three years af
ter action was taken to remove
him from the classroom.
Gibbs is also entitled to a
hearing conducted by elected
faculty members, representation
by counsel, and the right to con
front and cross-examine witness
es, Krise said.
“Censure is the AAUP’s way
of saying that an administration
is suffering from a bad case of
versity Lecture Series presenta
tion last night.
Dr. Romer talked of possible
reasons for the evolution of high
er animals and explained the ef
fect on animals of each of these
reasons.
“We must assume there is a
design in back of the whole (evo
lution) process,” the Harvard pro
fessor emeritus said.
DR. ROMER said that legs on
early animals served as a pre
server of life in water, instead of
locomotion on land. During pe
riodic drouths, the water animals
with legs could crawl to muddy or
moist spots in the dry pond and
river beds, while the ordinary
fish-like animals were stranded
and died. This “survival of the
fittest” helped in the evolution
process.
During the dinosaur age, rep
tiles were dominant and the mam
mals were small, insignificant
creatures. The ultimate advan
tage mammals had, though, was
a brain that had more potential
than the dinosaur’s.
The mammals eventually sur
vived when the dinosaurs disap
peared, and, through evolution,
became the dominant type of ani
mal.
“IT IS brains that make the
mammal successful,” Dr. Romer
said. He explained that the young
mammal’s dependence on his
mother gives his brain a short
“breaking-in” period to allow
more complete development.
The ability of higher primates
to grasp objects and an acute
sense of smell have helped propel
them above the common mammals
such as rodents. However, the
most important factor is the rela
tively large ratio of brain size to
body size in higher primates.
Dr. Romer said, however, that
man is the only higher animal
that kills his own kind for reasons
other than jealously during the
breeding season.
As to the future of man, Dr.
Romer speculated: “Time after
He said eventually man will
probably evolve into a calm, un
emotional being with no personal
peculiarities. This “new man”
would undoubtedly look upon
modern man as we look at the
ancient cave-man.”
blindness,” he continued.
“There is no way of knowing
what effect the censure will have
on A&M; much will depend upon
how long the censure remains.
Some censured schools have said
their faculty recruiting efforts
have been set back from 5 to 15
years.”
KRISE HAD said Monday that
he knew of at least one case in
which a prospective A&M faculty
member turned down his position
because of the threat of AAUP
censure.
Another area of concern men
tioned by Krise was increased
freedom for students in the uni
versity.
He stressed that the university
should have clearly stated policies
concerning a student’s protection
from “improper disclosure of aca
demic and disciplinary records to
agencies which did not need to
know.”
Reading from a resolution
adopted by the AAUP Saturday,
Krise listed the freedoms univer
sity students should have, includ
ing the freedom to organize and
promote student committees and
clubs and the freedom to invite
speakers on campus without re
quired administration approval.
Sam Martin, president of the
Bryan Building and Trade Union,
called for free college education,
the right to have a union shop
in public and private employ
ment, and the repeal of the Texas
“right-to-work” laws.
Speaking for the NAACP, Har
mon Bell, president of the Bryan
chapter, questioned the reasoning
behind the belief that Negroes
cannot hold supervisory positions.
He said he also cannot under
stand why he had been told that
it would take 15 years to have
sewers in a certain area of Bryan.
“I know of several cases of
tuberculosis in that area because
of the poor health conditions,”
Bell said. “When you start meas
uring dollars against human lives,
how far do you go and where
do you stop?” he asked.
Nixon Rules Out
Debate In GOP
HARRISBURG, Pa. UP)—Rich
ard M. Nixon ruled out Tuesday
any preconvention debate with his
newly-declared opponent for the
Republican presidential nomina
tion, New York Gov. Nelson
Rockefeller.
Nixon, here for a huddle with
Pennsylvania Gov. Raymond P.
Shafer, said, “I am willing to de
bate the Democratic nominee but
not a potential Republican.”
He said he and Rockefeller, who
announced his re-entry into the
GOP race earlier Tuesday, would
“debate the issues in our speeches
and news conferences.”
Nixon said he welcomed Rocke
feller’s competition, but added, “I
still think I’ll win the nomina
tion.”
The Spring issue of the South
western Veterinarian is now off
the press and ready for distribu
tion. Copies can be picked up at
the Student Publications Office,
Room 223, Communications Build
ing.
By GARY MAYFIELD
Battalion Special Writer
When you’re at a dance, how do
you get your girl back if she has
been dancing with another boy all
night ?
A shout of “leave her!” echoed
through the Aggie-filled room
Tuesday night at the second “Man
Your Manners” panel discussion
headed by four Tessies from Tex
as Woman’s University.
Questions and answers such as
this were typical as Aggie Sweet
heart Kathy Heldman, Miss Tex
as Nominee Brenda Robertson,
and Misses Georgeanne Fort and
Jennifer Johnson stood boldly be
fore more than 300 Aggies and
managed to keep some sort of
order among the energized crowd.
The Tessies discussed such is
sues as dating and driving eti
quette and questions of necking,
smoking, drinking, and general
appearance, all as parts of social
activity.
“THE MOST outstanding char
acteristic of a boy on a date is
his personality as a gentleman,”
Miss Robertson said. “The best
way to start out is to be your
self.”
“And if you’re going on a date,
make sure you’re on time,” Miss
Fort added.
In arranging for a date, the
boy should follow four steps:
1. He should introduce him
self, giving his first and last
names.
2. He should ask the girl if he
is interrupting anything she may
be doing at the time of the call.
3. He should make a brief
conversation so as to ease any
possible existing tension between
the couple.
4. He should inform her of
the specific plans and time.
“WHAT IF your date acts like
you are Frankenstein or some
thing?”
This question came off the lips
of some serious Aggie and result
ed in an uproar of wildcats and
“whoo-ahs” before Miss Fort
managed to squeak out a sly “be
nice anyway!”
“If the situation persists, take
the hint!” she quipped.
Concerning questions of how a
boy can “break the ice” with a
girl on a blind date, Miss Held
man seemed to have the answer:
“The worst problem existing
between a boy and a girl is under
standing,” she began. “One sure
attack toward the solution is to
try and find something in com
mon.”
“HOW DO you tell your date
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that she has bad breath?”, an
other Aggie cry bounced across
the room and acquired its de
served answer.
“All I can say to that is just
keep feeding her gum!” Miss Fort
bristled.
Miss Johnson discussed appro
priate dress for such social ac
tivity as drive-in movies, thea
tres, dinner dates, Corps trips,
and Town Hall performances.
“For Corps trips and Town
Hall performances, sport coats
and ties or turtlenecks are appro
priate,” she explained.
Air Force Maj. Gen. Jay T.
Robbins, chief of staff for U. S.
Pacific Air Forces, will be the
ranking military guest for the
annual Mothers Day ceremonies
here May 12.
The general, a 1940 A&M
graduate, is a native of Coolidge,
12 miles west of Mexia.
General Robbins will be the
senior officer in the reviewing
party for the Parents’ Day re
view, announced Col. Jim H. Mc
Coy, commandant.
The general will present the
General Dynamics Air Force
ROTC Cadet Award — an F-ll
model — to the outstanding
AFROTC sophomore d u r i n g
awards presentations, according
to Col. Vernon L. Head, profes
sor of aerospace studies.
A JET-QUALIFIED command
pilot with almost 4,000 hours fly
ing time, Robbins was a cadet
first lieutenant in “E” Infantry
of the Corps and a member of
the Saddle and Sirloin Club. He
studied animal husbandry at
A&M.
The general entered active duty
with the Army Air Corps at Ran
dolph Field in July, 1941, and
became chief of staff, PACAF
Headquarters, Hickam AFB, Ha
waii, in March, 1967.
In between, the 48-year-old of
ficer held 25 combat, command,
operational staff and Office of
Joint Chiefs of Staff assign
ments.
General Robbins flew P-38s
and P-39s in the Southwest Pa
cific during World War II, scor
ing 22 aerial victories against
Japanese fighter aircraft. Only
three other Army Air Corps
pilots in the Pacific Theater shot
down more enemy planes. Dur
ing 607 combat hours, Robbins
twice destroyed four enemy
fighters in single missions and
was awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross for each battle.
“As for drive-in movies, in
door theatres, and dinner dates
in Bryan, slacks and sport shirts
are appropriate,” she continued.
“But if you’re in a bigger town,
such as Dallas or Houston, you
should wear a tie and a sport coat
to movies and restaurants.”
“Romance to Marriage” will
close out the 1968 “Man Your
Manners” panel discussions May
7. Tessies Sandy Carol, Laura
Belville, Sharon Johnson, and Jill
Heitman are scheduled to-head up
the panel.
THE GENERAL’S decorations
included the Distinguished Serv
ice Cross, Silver Star, Legion of
Merit, the DFC, Air Medal and
Air Force Commendation Medal
with one or more oak leaf clus
ters.
The officer, who started his
28th year of service Feb. 22, com
manded the 20th Tactical Fighter
Wing in England, While with
the 20th, he led the European
Gunnery Champions to the USAF
weaponry meet in Nevada, flying
F-100 Super Sabres across the
Atlantic to participate.
Since graduating from the Na
tional War College in 1962, Gen
eral Robbins has been flight and
aerospace safety office director
of the Norton AFB, Calif., IG
group and commanded the 313th
Air Division, Kadena AB, Okin
awa.
The general met and married
the former Ina Louise Priest of
Winchendon, Mass., in Australia
during WW II while she was an
Army nurse. They have two
sons,, Robert and Ronald.
MAJ. GEN. ROBBINS
Reps
Vote
Carter Urges
More Interest
By Students
By BOB PALMER
Battalion Staff Writer
Two days remain for students
to file for college representative
elections to the Student Senate.
Candidate applications must be
turned in to the Student Program
Office in the Memorial Student
Center by 5 p.m. Friday, Tony
Benedetto, Election Commission
chairman, said.
The election will be conducted
in the basement of the MSC May
14 from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
An academically-classified sen
ior, junior and sophomore will be
chosen in the election from the
colleges of engineering, agricul
ture, liberal arts, sciences and
geosciences.
A special election this fall will
decide the representatives for the
soon-to-be-created College of
Business Administration.
Benedetto listed the qualifica
tions for the office.
“A CANDIDATE may not be
on either scholastic or conduct
probation at the time of filing or
during his term of office,” he
said.
“The candidate must have a
minimum overall grade point
ratio of at least 1.25 at the end
of the fall semester,” Benedetto
continued. “Mid-semester grades
do not affect a candidate’s eligi
bility for filing.”
President-elect of the Student
Senate Bill Carter called on Ag
gies interested in their student
government to file for office.
“I would like to see as many
people file as possible,” Carter
said.
CARTER STRESSED the im
portance of several candidates
running for each office.
“This gives the students a
larger field to choose from and
makes for better student govera-
ment.”
Civilian Student Council Presi
dent Griff Venator called the
election “important”, but said it
“has not had the turnout in the
past it should.”
Last year 54 candidates con
tested the positions, but only 641
students voted.
Both Venator and Carter de
clared more interest should be
given to the election by the stu
dents.
“Not as many civilians have
filed as I would like to have
seen,” Venator said.
The time and place for election
of the College of Veterinary Med
icine Representatives has not
been decided, Benedetto said.
Debaters Win 4th
In NYU Tourney
Texas A&M’s debate team of
Ron Hinds and Bob Peek won
fourth place in the 50-team New
York University debate tourna
ment over the weekend.
Hinds, a junior finance major
of Midland, and Peek, sophomore
journalism major of Jacksboro,
won five of six matches and lost
only to the annual NYU Spring
Forensic Festival champion, St.
Anselm’s College of Manchester,
N. H.
Among teams the Aggies de
feated were the University of
Cincinnati, Temple and Evans
ville Universities.
“I’m immensely proud of the
boys,” declared Robert Archer,
Aggie debate director. The A&M
English instructor said judges in
dicated the lost round was “very
close with the result hinging on
a minor point on which the de
bate was weighed.”
While in New York City, Peek,
Hinds and Archer visited the
United Nations and took in a
Broadway play, “Rosencrantz and
Guildenstem Are Dead.”
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.
—Adv.
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WEAPONS DISPLAY
Spec. 5 Mark Beck describes one of the Army's experimen
tal weapons to Squadron 8 senior Erhard Mittendorf.
$500 for The display was set up Tuesday afternoon in the Memorial
Student Center. (Photo by Mike Wright)
Zoologist Examines
Evolution’s ‘Design’
time, a group has been dominant,
and then disappeared.”
SW Vet’ Available
PACAF Chief Will Be Guest
At Mother’s Day Ceremonies
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