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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Thursday, September 26, 1968
CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle
At The Movies
“We’d like for all underclassmen to hang one of these
over their desks as part of our ‘instant counseling service!”
Listen Up
Editor,
The Battalion:
The events of Monday evening,
as Mr. Youngkin said, were very
unfortunate. They were, how
ever, the inevitable result of the
“hate-non-regs” campaign which
has been an integral part (if un
official) of the organization of
which Mr. Youngkin is a member.
As far as any C. T. is con
cerned, a non-reg simply isn’t an
Aggie. Further, all civilians are
sleazy, groady two-percenters
who have no school spirit and no
respect for the traditions and
heritage of Texas A&M. Every
fish I’ve ever talked to has told
me the same story and so have a
few intelligent former students.
Notwithstanding all this, the
people who ordered the attack on
Garry Mauro brought shame on
themselves and their organiza
tion and completed the split al
ready started within this student
body. The only fitting punish
ment is complete exposure and
expulsion from this university.
For beyond any doubt, they are
not Aggies.
M. W. Kruse, Jr. ’70
SENATE SHORTS by bill carter
Do you know what the Student
Senate is? It seems the majority
of the students here do not.
So, I think it is time the record
is set straight as to what the
Senate is, what it is supposed to
do, and what it is going to do.
First, the Student Senate is
the governing body of the stu
dents.
Second, as to what it is sup
posed to do, there are six objec
tives of the Senate:
(1) To act as the official voice
of the student bocfy.
(2) To democratically repre
sent the various interests in the
student body of the university.
(3) To provide opportunity to
train students in the responsibil
ities and mechanics of democratic
government and citizenship.
(4) To promote sound leader
ship in the formulation of student
body attitudes.
(5) To promote the welfare
of the student body.
(6) To provide a liaison be
tween faculty and administration
and students.
Now, what is the Senate going
to do this year? In general, it is
going to start assuming its re
sponsibilities by carrying out the
above objectives. We are defin
itely going to do much more in
the area of student opinions and
in giving our support to other
student organizations on the cam
pus.
Next week I will begin to tell
you of the specific projects that
we have already outlined for this
year.
Again I want to remind you
that all Senate meetings are open,
and that we strongly encourage
your attendance.
Also, I am sure that many of
you have ideas or projects that
you feel the Senate should con
cern itself with. I am sure you
also have some complaints you
would like aired, and some ques
tions you would like answered. If
you desire any such action, the
Senate is the organization to
which to turn.
I will be in my office in the
MSC from 9-11 a.m. on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday and from
9-10 a.m. on Tuesday and Thurs
day. This will be for the purpose
of talking to students. You can
be of great assistance to the
Senate by simply coming by and
expressing your opinions to me.
“Prudence and the Pill” is
based on modern lines of thought
which state: sex is for (a) mu
tual satisfaction, fulfillment, and
love; (b) procreation of children.
With that as a thesis, Hugh
Mills’ screenplay and good photo
graphic illustrations by the pro
ductive team of Kahn and Harper
move this sophisticated comedy
along quite nicely—in fact, quite
humorously.
The plot is the pill, and how to
take it.
Geraldine, 20 years young, full
of vim, vigor, and sex appeal, is
niece to star David Niven, the
head of a multi-million dollar
banking concern, Geraldine, while
having relations with her fiance,
Tony, is steadily, stealthily steal
ing her mother’s birth control
pills to maintain, as Niven calls
it, “certain precautions.”
HOWEVER, Geraldine’s moth
er is not out of the picture. She
comes on like gangbusters when
she discovers her daughter has
been taking her birth control pills
and substituting the missing ones
with aspirin. More than being
concerned of her daughter’s posi
tion, having pre-marital sex with
her fiance, she is concerned with
her own plight. Instead of being
prepared for days of active life
ahead without the worry of an
unwanted late-life pregnancy, she
is faced with: (a) The fact that
for months she has taken aspirin
instead of birth control pills; (b)
she can look forward to a tran-
quilized pregnancy.
Back to David Niven and Deb
orah Kerr, his wife, who wants
no children and, somehow, a di
vorce from him. Another plot
twist. David Niven wants a di
vorce and nothing else from her.
But it's not that simple, after all.
Niven attempts to get the divorce
by attempting to gain evidence
of hanky-panky by his wife. They
have separate and equal bed
rooms. Niven substitutes aspirin
for his wife’s birth control tab
lets, hoping she, like his sister-in-
law, will become pregnant, by her
secret lover.
FINE. ONLY the maid, given
“vitamin” tablets by her boy
friend, the family chauffeur, to
take regularly once a day at the
same time, exchanges her vita
min tablets for Deborah Kerr’s
birth contro . . . er, aspirins. The
pills and pregnancies are tossed
back and forth like ping-pong
balls, and the results in the end
are nearly as high in total score.
Deborah Kerr has aged since
last we saw her on film. David
Niven still has the uncanny abil
ity to keep a dry, sophisticated
comedy from being too dry and
missing its mark. He projects
enough worry and natural
warmth to keep our attention.
In addition, a special note:
Dame Edith Evans participates
in this comedy, and it is helped
by her presence. Lady Evans
has a spirit pleasant to be
around, a toughness and dignity
that projects deeply . . . enough
said.
WHEN ACTION in the film is
lacking or the prop man has gone
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EDITOR
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JOHN W. FULLER
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pomps
to the apothecary for more pills,
the film is aided by professional
ism in its production; a short
segment of Grand Prix-type
racers and a 28-second pit stop
make exciting viewing.
The music, composed and di
rected by Bernard Ebbinghouse,
is good and listenable. It con
veys the moods of the scenes it
accompanies, which is its intent.
This is a pleasant movie about
a subject, the pill, which interna
tionally has become a household
word.
The only criticism we could
find is that not all babies are
born into such families as were
by Mike Plake
these. Legitimate or illegitimate,
born in or out of wedlock, in or
out of love, the fact today is they
are not. Which is the reason for
relief associated with the pill.
Not all children are this fortu
nate. If they were, laughs of joy
at pregnancy would replace tears
of fear. People would welcome
babies.
People don’t.
It’s great entertainment.
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GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS!
Retreat with TWU (Nursing School)
Friday - Saturday Sept. 27-28
OPEN TO ALL AGGIES
Deadline, Thursday Noon, Sept. 26
Cost $4.70
Call 846-6411
or
Come By The BSU, 201 Main At North Gate
Recreation - Discussion - Fun
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Attention Aggies!
CAMPUS
SALESMEN
WANTED!
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for the Student Floral Concession must meet with the
manager of the concession on Thursday, September
at 5:00 p. m. at the Floriculture Building — Comer of
Lamar and Nagle.
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PEANUTS
By Charles M. Schulz
PEANUT'S
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