THE BATTALION
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College Station, Texas
Wednesday, October 2, 1968
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CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Editor,
The Battalion:
Last year I had the good for
tune of working on several proj
ects with Jack MacGillis. Each
time I was very much impressed
with Jack’s imagination and out
standing leadership ability. I per
sonally feel that Jack is capable
of handling any position of lead
ership on the Texas A&M cam
pus. He is now running for
president of Walton Hall and as
always he has my enthusiastic
endorsement. I am hopeful that
Jack will be elected and continue
to play a big part in working for
the success of the new residence
hall program.
Garry P. Mauro
Yell Leader ’70
CAMPUS CHEST
(Continued From Page 1)
“My plan is to sublease my box to all the guys in our outfit
and for this fee I’ll give room delivery on all letters! Both
of them each week!”
Bomb Halt Remark
Plagues Humphrey
As expected, Vice-President Hubert Humphrey’s bomb
ing-halt statement in Monday’s nationwide television speech
has drawn air strikes from his opponents. Richard Nixon
denounced the offer as an attempt to pander to McCarthy
followers; other leading Republicans charged that the state
ment would weaken U.S. negotiating power in Paris.
Associated Press News Analyst Lewis Gulick pointed
out Tuesday that the reaction may be overly apprehensive.
Humphrey did, after all, promise that if he were elected,
he would “give key weight to evidence of Communist will
ingness to restore the demilitarized zone between North
and South Vietnam.” The action to which he referred
would presumably be a temporary halt, designed to smooth
the way for meaningful talk, and would only be taken as
“an acceptable risk.”
Nevertheless, such a statement really wasn’t cut out
for this segment of the campaign. President Johnson,
although a declared supporter of Humphrey, was obligated
by the “non-partisan commander-in-chief” role he assumed
last March to issue some reminders of present policy. These
inevitably stimulated comment among those who believe
Johnson isn’t too fond of Humphrey’s new-found independ
ence. Of course, as Gulick noted, both the Vice-President
and Johnson have left the bombing-halt option more or less
open, and the phrasing “leaves it up to the President to
decide whether . . . evidence would make the military risk
seem worthwhile.”
As to the statement’s effect on negotiation, there
is room for debate. Whether any campaign statements
on the bombing tactics could substantially weaken or
strengthen the possibility of an agreement in Paris would
seem to depend on whether the North Vietnamese have
already decided who will succeed the “non-partisan com-
mander-in-chief.” And if they know, we wish they’d tell
serve as advisors to the commit
tee.
The 40 per cent of Campus
Chest donations not set aside for
students is used for Welfare Com
mittee activities, Howard added.
These include money given for
charity organizations such as the
Red Cross, Easter Seals, March
of Dimes, Food for Korean Or
phans, and World University Ser
vice.
WORLD UNIVERSITY Service
works with students attending
colleges in underdeveloped coun
tries to help them develop good
student government comparable
to that in American colleges.
By donating to various charit
able drives, the Campus Chest
gives students the opportunity
to donate to several groups at
one time without the groups hav
ing to come on campus.
Also supported is the Big
Brother Project, in which A&M
students have financially adopted
38 orphans from Faith Home in
Houston, Howard noted. The or
phans will be taken to the Ar
kansas football game and shown
the campus, from 9 a.m.-7 p.m.
Nov. 2, by 38 students and their
dates.
Money is provided for the of
ficial A&M orphan, Carla Remer
from the Indian reservation at
Vian, Oklahoma, who will be here
for the Rice football game.
ANOTHER, OFTEN overlooked,
project is the providing of floral
sprays for the funerals of all
students who die while enrolled
at A&M.
Started in 1952, the Campus
Chest ran every year until 1964,
when it was discontinued be
cause there was more than enough
money in the fund for its acti
vities.
On Oct. 8 at the kick-off din
ner at 6:30 p.m. in the Memorial
Student Center Ballroom, the pur
pose and procedure of the fund
drive will be explained to Corps
commanders and civilian resi
dence hall presidents.
The world’s biggest fish is a
whale shark. Curiously, the 40-
foot monsters feed on micro
scopic plankton and tiny fishes.
Iran gave women the vote in
1963; now eight women serve in
Iran’s parliment.
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(Rather than be labeled a late-comer and plagiarist to
columns on armadillos, I would like to make it clear that
none of this has been lifted from other writers’ columns.)
Recently John Fuller, our illustrious editor, finished
an internship at a large Dallas newspaper where he stum
bled upon the headquarters of the Armadillo Breeders Asso
ciation, International. He has brought back vital informa
tion on the subject, and in keeping with our tradition of
passing on the latest developments, we would like to bring
you up to date on the organization:
Early in the spring a contract was signed to make
Cherry Creek Ranch near Dallas the international head
quarters of the group. Many things have since been done
to further the cause of genetic purity in the little rascals
and one of the most forward steps has been the establish
ment of a registry for thoroughbred armadillos.
THE HEARTY band of genetic pioneers also conducts
stallion roundups in the Dallas area to assure a pure strain
of replacements.
These animals are then placed on the ranch and their
breeding worth evaluated. Occasionally there are outlaw
bands of local armadillos which break into fields of prize
winning stock and destroy the years of painstaking breed
ing. Wranglers on the ranch now patrol an armadillo-
proof fence to assure that no intruders horn in.
“As publicity about the Association increases, we have
given instructions to our armadillo hands to be wary of
rustlers. The wranglers tell us they suspect an attempt
has been made to switch some of our prize animals with
ordinary road-crossing stock. These modern thieves, how
ever, actually leave a tattooed animal (all registered stock
are tattooed inside the lips and in one ear for identifica
tion) in place of the one they take.
“WE URGE that you check your armadillo’s tattoo
carefully. Look closely at the 8’s, 6’s and 9’s. Our tattooing
technique on these letters leaves no blurred circles. Should
you find a blurred circle, please inform our Bureau of
Enforcement immediately,” Bulletin Number Three of the
ABAI reads in part.
When an armadillo is presented to a member of the
Association, the tattoos are affixed and then the registered
stock is pastured on the ranch. For convenience sake, any
time an owner wants to inspect his bull or cow (?) all he
needs to do is look in all the armadillos’ mouths until he
finds his own.
Many of the owners are actually rumored to have
taught their stock to respond when called, but I suspect
that this takes more time and patience than many casual
raisers might want to invest.
THE MERITS of good, pure armadillo stock are act
ually too numerous to list in this writing, but their main
value commercially is baskets that can be made from their
high quality body shell.
But getting back to the reason that armadillos are
given top billing this week. The ABAI is considering a
grant to A&M “to develop stronger jaws and longer teeth
to help the armadillo hold the tail more firmly when he
becomes a basket,” says Bulletin Number Two.
But this grant could present other problems to regis
tered armadillo owners who train their pet armadillos to
fetch the evening newspaper.
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THURSDAY
Houston Hometown Club will
meet after Yell Px-actice in Room
201 of the Physics Building. Of
ficers will be elected and the
Thanksgiving and Christmas par
ties will be planned.
Galveston Island Hometown
Club will meet after Yell Prac
tice in room 3-C of the MSC.
Officers will be elected for the
new school year. All old and new
members should be present.
Corpus Christi Hometown Club
will meet in room 3-D of the
Season Underway
For ‘Aggie Hour’
The Aggie Hour, a news and
interview program about Texas
A&M, will be aired every Tuesday
and Thursday from 10:30-11:30
p.m. on KORA-AM, 1240 on the
radio dial.
Hosted by Seniors Ron Hinds
of Midland and Wayne Prescott
of Houston, the radio show will
regularly feature different cam
pus personalities, including Ath
letic Director and Head Football
Coach Gene Stallings.
Also appearing on a regular
basis will be student leaders,
including Student Senate Presi
dent Bill Carter and Civilian
Student Council President David
Wilkes, to give special reports
on Senate and Memorial Student
Center Directorate business.
On its first program last night,
the Aggie Hour featured Stal
lings as he commented on the
Tulane game and gave scouting
reports on Florida State.
Sponsored by Bryan - College
Station merchants, the student
program will include a weekly
Tuesday interview with Coach
Stallings on past and future
games.
Powell Requests
Parking Moves
Campus Security Chief Ed Pow-
This column is respectfully dedicated to all the apple
polishers on campus. For those so uninformed — this is
National Apple Week and also Not Too Far From Those
“A” Quizzes Week.
ell has asked civilian dormitory
students who park their cars in
the west end of the Law Hall
parking lot to move them to Lots
1 and 49, the area from the Old
Main Drive to the USD A Building
and across to Davis-Gary Hall
(Dorm 18).
He explained that civilian day
students are supposed to park in
the west half of the Law Hall lot
with dormitory students in the
east half.
By VERN SANFORD
Texas Press Association
AUSTIN — Presidential Cam
paign 1968 is starting to roll full
speed in Texas.
Democrat Hubert Humphrey’s
official state organization—a po
litical patchwork of two commit
tees representing varying fac
tions—was formed just six weeks
before the Nov. 5 election.
Former State Democratic
Chairman Will Davis of Austin
and Congressman Jim Wright of
Fort Worth head Texas Demo
crats for Humphrey-Muskie. Cecil
Burney of Corpus Christi is ex
ecutive director and National
Democratic Committeeman Rob
ert Strauss of Dallas is finance
chairman.
U. S. SEN. Ralph Yarborough,
leader of Texas liberals, heads a
separate Texas citizens for Hum
phrey-Muskie, and has formed a
137-member executive committee
which met here Monday. Yarbor
ough will work with traditional
Democrats, ethnic minorities, in
dependents, Republicans and
“former supporters of Sen. Eu
gene McCarthy, Sen. George Mc
Govern, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller
and of the late Sen. Robert F.
Kennedy.”
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AGGIE DANCE
Saturday, November 9, 1968
Following SMU Football Game
Three Great Bands
In The North Hall Of The
Dallas Memorial Auditorium
8:00 p. m. to 1:00 a. m.
$2.00 Per Person
Tickets May Be Obtained Through
Student Leaders or From Any Member
of The Dallas Hometown Club
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Billiards
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Party Records
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Popular Albums
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Aggie Theatre
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AGGIE DEN
Open 8 a. m. till midnight 7 days weekly
MSC after Yell Practice. LSI f
game film will be shown andi
party will be planned.
Dallas Hometown Club w.
meet after Yell Practice Thurj
day in Rooms 2-A and 2-B of >.
MSC.
Mechanical Engineering Seiti
nar will meet at 10 a.m. in Ro®
303, Fermier Hall. Fred L. Kellet
Process Engineer with Union Cat
bide, will give an illustrated let
ture on “Production Engineer
Business Man in the Petro-Chem:
cal Industry.” Guests are wet
come.
American Legion Post 159 mi
have a buffet supper at 7 p.r.
at the American Legion Hall o:
Highway 21 East, Bryan. Bus!
ness meeting will follow at 8 p.m
All members and eligible veteran:
are invited.
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