THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Friday, October 11,. 1968
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earie
CC'T
“It’s still not exactly right f”
For The Country
That Has Nothing
For the Man Who Has Everything, gift catalogues
prescribe any number of “gag” birthday presents, ranging
all the way from “Executive Decision Makers” (oversize
coins mounted on easy-flip swivels) to fur-lined potties.
An Associated Press report from the United Nations
Thursday suggests that this fad may soon be added to the
list of decadent Western practices adopted by the Soviet
Union, along with chorus lines and chewing gum.
According to the AP, Russian diplomats have promised
that 90 per cent of the Warsaw Pact troops in Czechoslo
vakia will be withdrawn by Oct. 28—the 50th anniversary
of Czech independence. They added, probably somewhat
hastily, that Czech officials are negotiating a treaty for
temporary stationing of some of the troops in their country.
“By some current estimates,” the AP continued, “that
would mean that about 50,000 or fewer troops would re
main.”
Six months ago, the Czechs were undoubtedly looking
forward to the big golden anniversary with hope and en
thusiasm. Since the Aug. 20 invasion which crushed the
burgeoning Czech democracy, of course, more than a few
celebration plans have been forgotten. Any kid who ever
came down with the measles on the day before his birthday
has some idea of this sort of disappointment, if only at a
personal and childish level.
But that analogy doesn’t begin to cover the situation.
It’s as if the bully down the street had swiped the afore
mentioned kid’s birthday cake, with all seven candles blaz
ing, and later brought back six blobs of wax on the empty
plate.
If the Soviets made the gesture with a touch of taste
less and cruel irony, they made their point in spades. The
joke is sicker than the sickest humor on those contemporary
birthday cards for the Man Who Has Everything.
By MONTY STANLEY
This weekend’s game has been
designated by Tech as their all
school trip. Kind of makes one
wonder where they’ll all camp.
However, their band won’t be here
because, according to its director,
the Rice-Tech game will be tele
vised and, anyway, at A&M,
“there probably won’t be many
people there cheering for Tech.”
★ ★ ★
Apathy has long been a sub
ject of great interest to A&M’s
students (if not their watchword),
but frustrated leaders might take
heart at these notes.
From TWU’s Daily Lass-O:
“Most university campuses are
able to maintain that there is
some kind of life in their student
community by pointing to the
letters to the editor that come
dribbling in daily.
“We have no such dribbling. But
we propose that there is life out
there somewhere.”
The same complaint was field by
the editor of Wharton County
Junior College’s Trail Blazer.
Who would have ever thought that
apathy would have reached old
WCJC?
And, at the University of Okla
homa, “Approximately 75 students
gathered in front of Evans Hall
Thursday” to discuss their
school’s constitutional convention.
Out of the 136 candidates for stu
dent government positions, there
were filed 22 platforms for publi
cation in the school paper.
★ ★ ★
Homecoming theme from Lub
bock this year will be: “Texas
Tech—Where the Action Is.” Sup
porting this debatable claim is a
drinking survey of students indi
cating 89% drinkers and 11%
abstainers.
Freshman trig teacher at
Michigan State University, Edith
Stern, is 16 years old. A native
of Florida, Miss Stem was ex
posed to 24-hour-a-day classical
music since shortly after birth,
and has been reading books since
the age of 2 I /<>.
★ ★ ★
Going back to that parking
problem, which has hit schools
across the nation almost as hard
as The Great Registration Reform
Movement: Washington State
University has reached a middle
ground in penalty assessment.
Anyone who feels his parking
ticket was a “bum rap” can take
his case to the Appeals Committee
of the Traffic Control Board. The
board, composed of students,
faculty, and staff, seeks to keep
the campus police “from acting
as both judge and jury on the
parking citations issued by them
and deciding on the validity of
the student complaints of being
treated unfairly.”
Meanwhile the UofH’s Daily
Cougar “demands that the uni
versity explain why students have
not received adequate parking
facilities.” They do have a little
justification for the stern lan
guage. Number of parking stick
ers sold by the university—19,500;
number of parking spaces avail
able to students—7,993.
At TU, the SDS had an official
“educational” meeting, where they
voted that the policemen and
pressmen present be “thrown out.”
You just never can tell about
those activist cops and radical
newspaper cats. If the SDS hadn’t
put their foot down the next thing
you know, cops and reporters
would want to picket one of their
meetings, or interfere with a sit-
in or something.
Tech Exes Plan
MSC Reception
A pre-game reception for all
ex-students and friends of Texas
Tech will be held in the Memorial
Student Center from 5:30 to 6:30
p.m. Saturday.
“Fans from Lubbock and all
areas are invited to attend the
reception and pick up their
Double-T name tags made avail
able by the Texas Tech Ex-Stu
dents Association,” according to
Director Wayne James.
James Cole, a 1964 Tech gradu
ate and now a member of the
A&M faculty, will head up the
reception. Coffee and other re
freshments will be served.
Assistant Director Tony Gust-
wick said organized trips by bus
to the game have been planned
by Houston and Corpus Christi
chapters of the Tech Ex-Students
Association.
Bulletin Board
SUNDAY
Faculty-Staff Division of Texas
A&M Sailing Club will meet at
Big Creek Park on Lake Somer
ville at 2 p.m. Happy Day after
Columbus Day Cruise will last
about 3(4 hours. Purpose: to dis
cover uncharted islands, etc.
Senate Shorts
United Chest Kickoff Set Tuesday
Kickoff breakfast for the Col
lege Station United Chest fund
raising drive is scheduled for 7
a.m. Tuesday in the Memorial
Student Center ballroom, an
nounced Edwin H. Fenner, cam
paign director.
Fenner said the featured speak
er will be Dr. Charles Hall, veter
inary medicine professor who
served as chairman of the United
Chest’s Budget and Admission
Committee this year.
Hall will discuss the services
and needs of the 16 charitable
and civic agencies to be supported
by the United Chest’s record
$27,500 budget. The drive begins
Wednesday.
By BILL CARTER
Student Senate President
Put out for the Ags?
David Howard has already cap
tured the attention of many peo
ple with his theme for this year’s
Campus Chest drive.
David has things well organized
for the drive and has initiated
many new ideas in this year’s
fund raising program. With Da
vid’s planning and with the work
done by Alpha Phi Omega, we
will surpass all previous records
for money collected.
I want to stress that the mon
ey collected during the drive will
be used for students. Thus, the
more we can raise as a student
body, the more we can benefit
individual students and student
groups on our campus.
★ ★ ★
Phase two of the Aggie Sweet
heart selection is over, with 14
girls selected as finalists. Final
selection will take place next
week when the girls come down
for an activity-filled TCU week
end. The 1968-69 Sweetheart Se
lection Committee will be com
posed of the following people:
Hector Gutierrez, Corps Com
mander
David Maddox, Student Senate
vice-president
Early Davis, Senior Class pres
ident
David Wilks, Civilian Student
Council President
Larry Schilhab, Civilian chap
lain
Fred Blumberg, First Brigade
commander
Jim Brunjes, Civilian Student
Council treasurer
Pat Rhodes, First Wing com
mander
Ernest Godsey, Hughes Hall
president
John Gingrich, Junior Class
president
Jack McGillis, Civilian Student
Council representative
Garland Clark, deputy Corps
commander
Bruce Baxter, Senior Class so
cial secretary
Ross Coble, Squadron 3 com
mander
These people will have the dif
ficult job of choosing our new
Sweetheart.
Pictures of the girls should be
appearing in The Battalion early
next week.
★ ★ ★
Texas Aggies 34, Texas Tech
18. That’s my prediction for Sat
urday’s game. Tech may have a
lot of momentum going for it,
but there’s just no way they can
overpower that fighting Texas
Aggie football team and that
Twelfth Man.
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