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Ags’ Ace Defense Digs In For High - Scoring Hogs VOLUME 64, Number 29 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1968 Telephone 845-2226 Senators Hear Reasons For 4 No-Speaker’ Policy Baser Cites Laws On Use Of Funds By TOM CURL Battalion Staff Writer An administrative explanation of the A&M speaker policy high lighted a marathon Student Sen ate meeting that lasted three and one-half hours Thursday night. Joe Buser, special assistant to President Earl Rudder, spoke on action by the university Execu tive Committee that defeated a resolution which had received unanimous Senate approval Oct. 3. Buser spoke in place of Presi dent Rudder, who had been in vited to the meeting but was in Washington, D. C. on business. The administration explanation of the speaker ban was based on a section of the appropria tions bill passed by the Texas Senate. The law says that state- appropriated money cannot be used to influence the outcome of an election or decision on an ar ticle of legislation. “SOME SCHOOLS in Texas flagrantly ignore that rule,” Buser said. “The fact that this statute isn’t adhered to by our competi- tion should perhaps be an in centive for us to adhere to it,” he continued. Buser pointed to “A&M’s uni que heritage” as a factor in the speaker policy. Presidential Poll To Be Conducted The Political Forum will con duct a student presidential poll Tuesday. The poll will be held in three places: the Academic Building, the library, and the Memorial Student Center. Activity cards must be presented to vote in the poll. An election center will be set up in the MSC ballroom for those interested in the results of the election. Colored televisions will be hooked-up to all three net works so that students can see varying views of the election from different commentators. The center will open at 7:30 p.m. Informal discussion of the election returns will be presented by the commentators of the Poli tical Forum as they come in. Coffee and doughnuts will be provided at election headquar ters. bb&l. Bryan Building & Loan Association, Your Sav ings Center, since 1919. —Adv. “Texas A&M University has never made a case of the fact that we are unique,” he remarked. “The university believes that to become involved (in political campaigns) is an abuse of its privilege,” he continued. BUSER EMPHASIZED that the administration does not want to stifle student interests in poli tics. It just believes that any political activity should be con ducted off campus, he added. “You need to go where the ac tion is. There are no votes on this campus, no voting booths here,” he commented. “I think this is a very naive viewpoint,” said junior senator A1 Reinert. “I can take no pride in foster ing a politically-ignorant student body,” he continued. “We’re not attempting to dis courage you,” Buser answered. Graduate Student Senator John Harris pointed out that a mem orandum recently circulated to the faculty urging them to vote for two of the proposed amend ments in next Tuesday’s general election. The two amendments concern retirement programs for Texas teachers. HARRIS ASKED Buser if this was not a violation of the approp riations bill that said state funds could not be used to influence the decision on a piece of legisla tion. Buser answered that several former students had contributed money as an expression of in terest in the amendments and he supposed the memorandums were paid for with the contribu tions. Ron Hinds, Po’itical Forum chairman, commented that any speakers who were presented as part of the Forum would be financed by profits from vending machines on campus. “ALL MONIES at this univer sity are regulated to one extent or another by state laws,” re plied Buser. One Senator pointed out that U. S. Senator Ralph Yarborough had spoken at A&M Wednesday. “The man who was here the other night (Yarborough) was not a candidate so the rule did not enter into it,” answered Dean of Students J. P. Hannigan. Senate Vice - president David Maddox said that he and other members of the Senate appeared before the Executive Committee to discuss the defeated resolu tion and be told why the commit- (See SENATE, Page 3) SPEAKER STAND EXPLAINED Joe Buser, assistant to President Earl Rudder, explains the administration’s policy pro hibiting the inviting to A&M of political candidates to members of the Student Senate. Seated are Senate Vice-President David Maddox, left, and President Bill Carter. (Photo by Bob Hal tom) Campus Chest Fund Tops $1,400, Seeks Drive More By DALE FOSTER Battalion Staff Writer Approximately $1,400 has been collected for the Campus Chest Fund, announced John Cunning ham, drive publicity chairman- He added that the program is moving well and that collections at the Arkansas game this week end will probably really boost the drive towards its goal of $7,500. The latest tally of contributions can be checked on the fund-drive board located between Guion Hall and the Memorial Student Center. ABOUT $1,200 has been re ceived at the first two home games with two games left to be played. Large barrels are placed at each gate, and donators are given a note thanking them for their interest and explaining the purpose of the drive. Squadron 9 of the Corps of Cadets is presently leading in the second part of the drive, col lection among students. The out fit has collected 83 per cent of its goal, based on $1 per member of the unit. “As an additional effort to get more students to participate, special collection booths for ci vilian day students will be set up next week in the Memorial Stu dent Center and the new library,” Cunningham continued. THE CAMPUS CHEST Sweet heart will be the nominee of the BODJ Kerri and Michelle Martin appear a little surprised by one of the more distinguished mem bers of “The Great Pumpkin Patch,” a student architecture project exhibited in the Ar chitecture Building. (Photo by W. R. Wright) winning Corps unit or civilian residence hall. The nominee who receives the title will appear in Civil Disorder Cure Cited By Lawyer Here By TIM SEARSON Battalion Staff Writer Gail Whitcomb, head of the Houston Police-Community Rela tions Program, said here Wednes day that both police and citi zenry must co-operate to prevent civil disorder. In the second presentation of the Great Issues series “The Peo ple and the Cities,” Whitcomb spoke to an audience of 100 in the assembly room of the Me morial Student Center. Whitcomb, a prominent law yer in the Houston area, was ap pointed by Mayor Welch to head the program after the rioting on the campus of Texas Southern University two years ago. “We initiated a program that would bring the patrolmen into intimate contact with the citi zens they were to protect,” said Whitcomb. “Through the efforts of the commission, we brought together small groups of police men and members of the Negro community to air all grievances.” He related how the members of the force were able to gain in sights into the problems of the minority groups, while the people could realize the problems en countered by the police. “By bringing the problems out in the open, we were able to bridge the communication gap,” Whitcomb said. “In the past bru tality of language was used as a weapon, but we encouraged it to give vent to the built-up pres sures.” In his discussion, Whitcomb stressed the need for the citizen to want to help his community. He explained how the problems of today’s urban areas related to a lack of foresight in providing for the development of the nation as a predominantly urban civiliza tion. “The minority groups turned to the city for jobs, housing and education, but our cities were not prepared,” said Whitcomb. “It is the duty of the citizens to solve their problems through under standing and justice.” the “Vanity Fair” section of The Aggieland along with the band, class, and civilian sweethearts. The winner and her escort will be given 50-yard-line seats to the Nov. 16 Rice football game and tickets to the Sam and Dave Town Hall presentation and the Alpha Phi Omega “Street Dance.” One of the most important beneficiaries of the money col lected is the Aggie Emergency Relief Fund. It gives money to Aggies with an extreme financial burden that is the result of an emergency situation. IN THE PAST, money has gone to Cuban students stranded when Castro took over their native land, civilian students whose off- campus residence burned with all their clothes, and to married stu dents that had impossible medical expenses due to the serious ill ness of their children. On another occasion the fund helped the family of an Aggie date killed in a car accident. She was the sole support of her two sisters and invalid mother, and the fund paid for funeral costs. RainShowers For Kickoff Rain showers hover in Texas A&M’s football weekend weather picture, according to a revised forecast from the Meteorology Department weather station. The possibility of scattered, in termittent rain showers Friday, Saturday morning and Saturday afternoon is the result of a new development in a Pacific cool front. Jim Lightfoot, station meteor ologist, said the front is on schedule but slowing down and may not push through College Station and Bryan until late Sat urday or early Sunday. Rainshowers associated with its passage could develop into thun dershowers later Saturday, he in dicated. A&M and Arkansas meet at Kyle Field in a 1:30 p.m. contest Saturday. Game-time conditions under the revised forecast include mostly cloudy skies, scattered rainshow ers, winds southeast 5 to 10 mph, a temperature of 78 degrees and 70 per cent relative humidity, Lightfoot predicted. L T niversity National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M. —Adv. Arkansas Kickoff Set For 1:30P.M. By JOHN PLATZER Battalion Sports Editor When the Southwest Confer ence’s highest scoring offense runs up against the circuit’s top defense against scoring, some thing is bound to break and Coach Gene Stallings would just as soon it breaks in favor of the defense Saturday in Kyle Field. The Aggies have allowed only 12.3 points per game as they en ter the 1:30 contest while the Porkers of Coach Frank Broyles have lit up the scoreboard with 31 points per game. A&M has averaged 19 points per outing while Arkansas’ defense has al lowed 18. BOTH TEAMS enter the game in a “must win” situation as the defending SWC champions have posted a 2-4 season and a 1-2 conference mark and the Hogs have a 5-1 season and 2-1 SWC record. In the past the game has tra ditionally served as a spring board to the conference title. A&M ruined Arkansas’ homecom ing with a 33-21 verdict last sea son on their way to the Cotton Bowl and the Razorbacks have begun November drives against the Aggies that resulted in cham pionships five times since 1959. As a rookie coach in 1958, Broyles brought an 0-6 team in to College Station and left with a 21-8 victory. Since that time his teams have posted an overall 30-5 record in the month of No vember. A PAIR OF record shattering quarterbacks will duel in the con test as A&M’s Edd Hargett throws against sophomore Bill Montgomery. Hargett will prob ably emerge from the game as the greatest passer in SWC his tory while Montgomery is on his way to etching his name in the University of Arkansas single season record book. A nine-yard pass will give Hargett the all-time SWC lead (See AGGIES, Page 6) Serendipity Singers, Rodeo Highlight Weekend Activities By JANIE WALLACE Battalion Staff Writer Starting the ball rolling for A&M’s third football weekend will be the Serendipity Singers in a Town Hall performance at 8 p.m. in G. Rollie White Coli seum. Other events planned for the night are the continuation of the Aggie Players’ production of “The Trojan Women” at Guion Hall, an All-Aggie Rodeo held at the Aggie arena, a free APO dance at The Grove with “The Gypsy Moth” band, and midnight yell practice at Kyle Field. A CORPS of Cadets march-in at 12:20 p.m. Saturday will pre cede the A&M-Arkansas game at Kyle Field. During the game, 36 A&M students will act as “Big Brothers” to orphans from Faith Home in Houston. Other activities include a folk musical, “Good News,” at 7 p.m. in Guion Hall, followed by the “Trojan Women” at 8 p.m. REPLACING the Four Seasons, the Serendipity Singers will pre sent a sound that has “the harder quality and more meaningful lyr ics of today’s popular music.” Town Hall Chairman Louis Adams noted A&M student ac tivity card-ID and Town Hall Series season tickets will be hon ored for general admission- Date and reserve seat tickets are on sale at the Student Program Of fice in the Memorial Student Cen ter. The All-Aggie Rodeo is set for Friday and Saturday with each performance to start at 8 p.m. PRECEDING Saturday’s game, Lt. Gen. Harry H. Critz, com manding general of the 4th Army, will review the Corps of Cadets graded march-in. With the three-star general on the reviewing stand will be Army Col. Jim H. McCoy, commandant; Air Force Col. Vernon L. Head, professor of aerospace studies; and President Earl Rudder. In the march-in, the Fish Drill Team will make its first appear ance. Thirty-five fourth class cadets, representing 140 on the team, will be commanded by George Barrietos of San Antonio. Also, three companies of the Texas Maritime Academy mid shipmen will participate in the march-in. The Student Senate Welfare Committee will sponsor 36 or phans from Faith Home in Hous ton, so that they can attend the Arkansas game. Climaxing a week-long Chris tian ethics program, “Good News,” a folk musical, will fea ture “The Expressions” from Texas Tech. TICKETS may be purchased at the Baptist Student Union, or at the door. Adults pay $1; stu dents, 50 cents. The new coffee house, “The Basement,” in the Memorial Stu dent Center provides a romantic atmosphere with blue and black lights and will feature John Roby and Paul Northcut as live enter tainment. The Basement will be open 9-11:30 p.m. Friday and 7-12 p.m. Saturday. ★ ★ ★ University Dance Set After Game The junior class will present an All-University Dance this Sat urday after the Arkansas game, announced Class President John R. Gingrich. The dance will be from 8-12 p.m. on the second floor of the Memorial Student Center. The band will be The U. S. Males, formerly known as The Coast- liners, from Houston. Tickets are $2.50 per couple and may be purchased from Rick Risinger, 433 Keathley (dorm 16), Ron Smith, dorm 5, room 407, or any junior council member. They may also be obtained at the door. SERENDIPITY SOUND The evolving sound of the Serendipity Singers will prevade G. Rollie White Coliseum Friday in a Town Hall presenta tion. The 8 p. m. performance replaces the Four Seasons.