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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Tuesday, October 15, 1968
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
At The Movies
by Mike Plake
I once heard it said that since
their union, Richard Burton and
Elizabeth Taylor charge a flat
fee of a cool million each for
films in which they play. It’s
easy to believe.
THUS, BURTON gains en
trance to the island, uninvited by
Lady Goforth.
The pair play mental hopscotch
and visceral, painful games while
Liz, a multi-million-dollar widow
who’s loved and lost five hus
bands, one of which she loved,
goes about a long day’s dying.
You get to wondering about
Flanders’ motive. I mean, is he
coming to Mrs. Goforth at the
extension of a long-forgotten in
vitation, which he pleads, or is
he coming to bilk her and gain
a few riches from her demise ?
Burton is “Angelo de amorte,”
a traveling poet who seems to
reach his maidens’ (plural) sides
at their time of passing. He
pauses at the isle of Lady Gold-
forth, or Gertferth or something.
While climbing the mountainside
up to her milk-white villa, quite
naturally he is attacked by dogs
which tooth - and - claw Burton
(Christopher Flanders, he is
called) until their four-foot mas
ter calls them off.
If you can figure this out, good
for you.
“Boom” is from a screenplay
by Tennessee Williams, as was
“Night of the Iguana,” which
played on the boob tube several
nights past. It’s funny about Ten
nessee Williams and his work:
You know he is prolific, and that
he is prolific for sometimes some
what commercial reasons, and you
want to pan or decry his work
because of this. You want to say,
“Here is one time flagrant com
mercialism by some sniveling
playwright who thinks he knows
more than he does will not suc
ceed.”
BUT THEN you get engrossed
by what Williams has to say
about people, and what they do
and don’t. He has a way of com
municating the toughness that
exists when two human beings
act as bastards, and the warmth
when they interact, caring for
each other. He can show Liz, a
coughing, writhing witch, dying
gently, easily, while Burton non
chalantly strips her of jewels.
I guess it’s this way: you can
watch a movie like “Boom,” and
not like it, and walk away com
plaining that it wasn’t a good
old escape experience, and try to
forget it. But it, like the phe
nomenon of death, does not erase
so easily.
Sometimes it makes you think
—or, even more disastrous, relate
it to yourself.
Jan Moulden
“That sews it up—there’s no stopping: us now! It’s a
tradition that we win conference when we lose the first
game!”
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By Shunning Southerners
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Editor,
The Battalion:
On October 17, students in the
newly formed School of Business
Administration will have the op
portunity to elect representatives
to the Student Senate from the
various classes. A good turnout
is needed to show interest in
student affairs, and so that those
elected may represent a majority
of the students in each class. I
am running for the Class of ’70
representative. I would appreciate
your support and work to repre
sent your views before the Stu
dent Senate.
Steve Little ’70
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Editor,
The Battalion:
What? A Student Senate that
does something at Texas A&M ?
These past weeks have wit
nessed something quite remark
able, especially when one con
siders the traditional role of the
Student Senate at Texas A&M.
We have seen the Senate, under
enthusiastic and competent lead
ership, examine new issues, move
in new directions, and make con
certed efforts to occupy a new
position of real influence and
value for the students they rep
resent and the university they
attend and work to make better.
The School of Business Admin
istration must elect representa
tives who will fit into this new
concept of the Student Senate,
students with respect for tradi
tion, but at the same time with
an open eye and an open mind
to the possibilities and potentiali
ties of the future. As a student
deeply concerned and aware of
the problems, issues, and possi
bilities surrounding the Student
Senate and its role at Texas
A&M, I submit my name for
your consideration as the sopho
more candidate for Student Sen
ator from the School of Business
Administration.
Sincerely,
Kent Caperton ’71
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Hubert Humphrey appears to
have made a politically fatal mis
take in his decision to keep his
campaign in the South at an all-
time low key. Not only may this
decision cost him electoral votes,
but it may ultimately have far-
reaching effects on the Demo
cratic Party.
In what might possibly be the
last (and best) chance to draw
the South back into the Demo
cratic Party fold, Humphrey has
chosen the path which will per
manently remove it.
The reasons behind his decision
seem clear, even though the
shrewdness of the decision does
not.
THE OVERWHELMINGLY
conservative element in the South,
shown especially in the 1964 elec
tion, is obviously the reason Hum
phrey has written off these states.
However, by taking a leaf from
George Wallace’s campaign stra
tegy book, Humphrey might see
that the South is one of his most
fertile areas.
Wallace moved into the indus
trial North predicting good chan
ces of winning some of those
states. His reasoning was based
on the idea that with three can
didates in the elections, he could
conceivably get 34 per cent of
the vote and win.
He was right—providing, of
course, that the other votes were
equally split between Humphrey
and Richard Nixon. What he over
looked (and so has everyone else)
is that the same rules work just
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as well in what is termed “Wal
lace country.”
And according to last week’s
Gallup poll, the area closest to
being split between two candi
dates is Wallace country. The
poll shows that Wallace is lead
ing the South with 38 per cent
of the vote, with Nixon holding
33 per cent. Humphrey has 21
Bulletin Board
TONIGHT
Skin & Scuba Diving Club will
meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 305,
Godwin Hall. Plans will be made
for repairing the air compressor.
Associated General Contractors
will meet at 7 p.m. in Room 110 of
the Architecture Building for a
lecture on construction financing.
Texas A&M Sailing Club will
meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 210
of the Military Science Building.
Special Guest, Dr. Doran, will
have an interesting discussion on
sailing.
WEDNESDAY
Waco-McLennan County Home
town Club will meet at 7:30 p.m.
in the YMCA. Plans for the Bay
lor party will be discussed.
Wichita Falls Area Hometown
Club will meet from 7:30-8:30
p.m. in Room 314, Military Sci
ences annex. “Football Highlights
of 1968” film will be shown. Meet
sponsor, Barney Welch, and dis
cuss party over Thanksgiving.
Southern Louisiana Hometown
Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the
M S C Lounge. Freshman and
transfer students are invited.
per cent with eight per cent un
decided.
True, though he still would be
far behind, even if the undecided
votes swing in his favor, Hum
phrey seems to be doing remark
ably well in this area with little
or no campaigning. With concen
trated campaigning, Humphrey
could very possibly overcome his
deficit.
HE WOULD most certainly
draw almost the entire huge
Southern bloc of Negro votes,
and there are enough white lib
erals in the South to win him a
plurality if Wallace and Nixon
closely divide the remaining votes.
Campaigning in the South might
also add to Humphrey strength
in other areas. Instead of the ap
pearance of running scared, such
a campaign would present him
as a confident man battling for
votes in what would seem to be
his toughest area.
But Humphrey continues to
shun the South, as if any vote
from that area is tainted. And
with this attitude, Humphrey has
alienated even his Southern Ne
gro and liberal supporters and
has cut the few remaining strings
that once led to the Democratic
“solid South.”
ALPHABETICAL CHOICE
GREELEY, Colo. <A>> _ Can
didates in the municipal election
at Greeley ranged from Z to A.
Mayor Dorothy Zabka was re
elected, but Ralph Aab, running
for the City Council, lost.
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Following SMU Football Game
Three Great Bands
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