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by Jim Earle
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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Tuesday, December 17, ISj
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“I used to be more lenient when they said their ride was
leaving early until I found out some of them lived in
Bryan!”
IEC Offers Hope
The Student Senate's Idea Exchange Conference was
just what the title described—a meeting at which Southwest
Conference student representatives were able to compare
situations in student government, administration - student
relations, publications and a few other points that are always
good for a few gripes. Among some of the more interesting,
if not noteworthy, points brought out were that Baylor’s
elections commission runs an average of two elections per
week, that candidates for student body president at Arkan
sas spend thousands on campaigning because the office is
considered a steppingstone to the state governorship, and
that TCU is the scene of continuing strife between the stu
dent newspaper and virtually every branch of student gov
ernment.
But aside from trivia-quiz activities such as compar
ing student salaries and living conditions, the conference
pointed up something pretty basic: that student leaders
who are willing to grant that somebody else may have found
a better way of doing things, are able to improve students’
conditions at their own schools. This doesn’t sound par
ticularly revolutionary, but the simple fact is that no meet
ing of the minds for Southwest Conference schools had been
arrang’ed for precisely that purpose until A&M’s Student
Senate did it.
Such exchanges offer hope for continued strehgthening
of students’ involvement in their universities. We hope the
conference can keep up the good work in future meetings—
next time, perhaps, with all member schools participating.
Bulletin Board
TONIGHT
Industrial Education Society
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the
mechanical engineering shops.
Hillel Club will meet at 6 p.m.
in the Hillel Building. Annual
Chanukah party will be held. Fri
day night services will be held
at 8 p.m.
Civil Engineering Wives Club
will sponsor a demonstration on
party foods at 7:30 p.m. at the
Lone Star Gas Co. Guests are
welcome. Members are reminded
of the Christmas party for friends
and families of the C. E. faculty
and staff at the Civil Engineering
building at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Bee County Hometown Club
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the
YMCA.
American Veterinary Medical
Association Student Auxiliary
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the
YMCA. A short business meeting
will be held and the remainder of
the meeting will be a Christmas
social. The Auxiliary has voted to
donate $25 to the Aggie Wives’
Council as its Christmas project.
WEDNESDAY
Beaumont Hometown Club will
meet at 7:45 p.m. in room 203
of the YMCA. Christmas activi
ties will be discussed.
Editor,
The Battalion:
When one has the courage to
rise from the mass of hypocrisy
and proclaim the wrongs of so
ciety, his case should be exam
ined and not condemned before
the true facts are known and
understood. At Texas A&M a
few have finally had the strength
to speak out for the student, and
yet the majority of the student
body has already condemned
their action. They have shown
a weakness in the system and
expressed a need for change, yet
the typical “Texas Aggie” has
already closed his mind. Don’t
you people think ? Don’t put
yourselves on a level with a
stone; exercise your moral sense
and then guided by your con
science, make a judgement. You
are not being destroyed, your
sacred traditions are not in dan
ger. You are merely being asked
to look at the circumstances and
possibly recognize your exploita
tion. A&M should not consider
itself an entity existing in it
self for itself, but should open
up — allow political speakers on
campus, encourage opinion and
needed change, and above all
make room for a variation of
students, and not merely the
“establishment” Aggie. There’s
a world outside—wake up, be
come involved, and care.
Frank Gallant
★ ★ ★
Editor,
The Battalion:
Well, I see once again “right
ness, God, country, mom and ap
ple pie” have asserted themselves
at A&M. I refer to that earth-
shattering recommendation
Thursday by the Civilian Student
Council.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m no
wild-eyed, Communist extremist
bent on destroying democratic (?)
processes here. I don’t think or
ganizers of the SDS chapter are,
either. Just because parts of an
organization have caused trouble
doesn’t mean the whole organiza
tion is bad. That would be like
saying the U. S. Senate is com
pletely evil, because some mem
bers have been corrupt.
Most Council members claimed
present campus organizations rep
resent students well enough. But,
let’s face it. Nearly every Coun
cil decision has reflected the ad
ministration’s viewpoint. What
has happened to the students’
voice ? Representing A&M to
the outside world as steadfast
and unchanging has seemingly
closed the administration’s eyes
to the fact that this university
is changing rapidly. There is a
growing liberal element, like it
or not.
Regarding Mr. Jones’ letter, I
wonder where he came into con-
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tact with SDS. He apparently
misread the article in the Dec. 3
Batt. I defy him to find a state
ment by an SDS member that
the organization plans any pro
tests. His suggestion to form the
YAF was amusing, considering
all present campus organizations
are conservative. What purpose
would another conservative or
ganization serve ?
But, thank goodness for Jan
Moulden. His column livens up
an otherwise drab, colorless pap
er.
Black America Seminar speak
er Daniel Watts said it was time
for the white man to come into
the 2 0th century. A student
commented that A&M probably
wouldn’t get there until the 21st.
Let’s hope this won’t prove true.
Maybe it’s time conservatives
woke up to the fact that, sooner
or later, the liberals will assert
themselves. I hope it will be
peacefully. But the choice belongs
to those in power. Maybe they
should think about it.
Terry Quinlan ’72
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Editor,
The Battalion:
How truly fortunate we Ag
gies are to have “big brother”
CSC decide just how many voices
are needed for civilian gripes.
How could we ever decide which
organizations are “good” and
which are “bad?” No one should
ever have to use individual dis
cretion—we should just limit the
range of choices to two or three
or maybe one. CSC is to be given
a pat on the back for its truly
open-minded approach in judging
by the actions of militant SDS
groups rather than those that
don’t disrupt classes or start cam
pus riots. Why should they con
sider the SDS organization at the
university of Houston? It doesn’t
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get headlines so it can’t be worth
considering. Think of the terrible
calamity if SDS were allowed
at A&M—^thousands of misguided
Aggies would suddenly change
from respectable students desir
ing a good education to a mob
of riotous vagrants. And finally
shame on Jan Moulden for look
ing at this issue rationally. Why
does someone always have to rock
the boat?
Joe Harrison ’72
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Editor,
The Battalion:
This letter is to inform you
that a civilian body of students
at Texas A&M does exist and
makes news that is worthy of
publication in the Batt.
Why is it that the Corps of
Cadets is mainly stressed in the
news of A&M? They are a min
ority of 1,300 out of 13,000 stu
dents.
Davis-Gary Hall, as well as
other civilian dorms, has also
decorated the halls for the com
ing Christmas season. Yet they
receive no publicity.
Civilians played a major role
in the work on the Bonfire. Yet
the center fold picture story of
the Bonfire in the Batt was of
Corps members.
Davis-Gary, along with the oth
er dorms, have held contests and
have submitted pictures to the
Batt for publication. Yet, no pic
tures of any dorm contest win
ners has ever been printed.
All I ask is that you publish
a Texas A&M student newspaper
and not a Corps of Cadet news
paper.
Please take pains to try to
print this letter in its entirety.
Even though I am a civilian.
James Lawrence ’70
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2,800. —Ed.
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