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CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle Listen Up the batt forum “It may be more modern, but out of respect to Santa Claus, we would prefer that you wear the beard in the conventional manner!” Freshmen Criticize LaxAdministrations The Associated Press has reported results of a poll showing that a majority of college freshmen believe “cam pus administrators have been too lax in dealing with dis ruptive student demonstrations.” The survey, taken by the American Council on Edu cation, reportedly established that 54,5 per cent of the 301,448 students polled at 435 colleges and universities believe the educators have not been tough enough in violent confrontations. It would probably come as no surprise to note that students at technical institutions “are more inclined to criticize official laxity . . . than students at private, liberal arts institutions.” Another part of the survey showed that most of the freshmen “believe the chief benefit of a college education is the increase in earning power it provides.” That last part may not support a glowing image of idealistic youth dedicated to knowledge for knowledge's sake. SDS organizer Tom Hayden probably would accuse them of being content to be fed into the machine and emerge as more faceless members of the mass-produced .... ^ v society. But the report adds that most of the students :§ polled “supported a major role for students in shaping _ _ n • i. >> Editor, The Battalion: I congratulate you for uphold ing the free press and letting foreign organizations—SDS—- voice complaints in newspaper space. I am a foreign student and an adult. I am aware of youth’s whims and disappointments. As a young man I always tried to disrupt the establishment but my father did not believe in child psychology. I always dreamt of learning languages and being a citizen of the world. The U. S. had, though, a special attraction; it had never been beaten, its people had high standards of living and they were willing to fight for something they believed in. Today, many years later, the permissive society is letting the American image crumble and soon the American ideal will be a golden idol with clay feet. As a foreigner who grew under a military dictatorship I know what repression, in all senses, is. The American university, symbol of spiritual and mental freedom, had been longed for in our coun tries where the word “autonomy” for the university was treacher ous. One reason the U. S. is what it is, is the fruits sowed and har vested from its universities. To day a bearded, beatnik minority is trying to “better” the status quo. How? Why, if they are not decent enough to better them selves ? The basis of American society, the family, has been disrupted and only God knows what will come next. They have had the taste of freedom for such a long time that they forgot to teach their sons what it means, and today they spit on it. They have enthroned Pan and murd ered God! Perhaps, in a near future, the seeds of evil will bring a new era to America and somebody’s child will hear the boots of repression, and his mind will wonder what freedom means ! Porfirio Perez ★ ★ ★ Editor, The Battalion: It’s Christmas time again; it’s a time when we all celebrate the coming of our Savior who was born to save us from our sins. During this Yuletide season, we should all be saddened by the fact that Christ’s birth was necessary so that we might be spared the punishment for the sins we com mitted. We should rejoice be cause the Savior’s coming brought someone pure and sinless into this sinful world of ours. As we look around us at the lovely Christmas trees and other decorations, w e should realize that this is the side of Christ mas that is of less importance to all Christians. When we give gifts to others we show the bountiful love and admiration that we have for them. This Christmas, we should give our gifts of love to the Christ Child as the Wisemen did long ago. You say, “What kind of gifts can we give to the Savi or?” We can help the poor and needy; we can give them food and clothes; we can show them our love for them as the Christ Child showed his love for us. The most valuable thing that we can do for them is to share with them the joyous news of the birth of our Savior in the little town of Bethlehem. “It’s better to give that to re ceive.” These gifts do not have to be material gifts because the greatest gift of all is for us to lead others to faith in the Savior and thus give them the assurance of everlasting life. Surely there is no greater gift than this and no better time to give this gift than during this Christmas sea son. Let us all rejoice in the joyous news of the coming of the Christ Child—our Savior— and may we the graduate college curricula. And that’s noteworthy, because it indicates that at By MITTY C. PLUMMER Several of the departments on least a few thousand college students (and many thousands campus have gifts that they more, if the poll* is any sort of cross-section) are more con- ,J 1 cerned over the way the machine is being run than over ways in which they can sabotage it. Bulletin Board TONIGHT Beaumont Hometown Club will meet at 7:45 p.m. in room 203 of the YMCA. Christmas activities will be discussed. THURSDAY Panhandle Area Hometown Club will meet at 8 p.m. in room 2-A of the Memorial Student Center. DeWitt-Lavaca County Home town Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 203 of the Academic Building. Plans and details of the Christmas party will be discussed. San Angelo-West Texas Home town Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 2-C of the MSC. Bring money for Christmas dance tick ets and dues. Party plans will be discussed. Tonight On KBTX 6:00 News, Weather and Sports 6:30 Here Come the Brides 7:30 Good Guys 8:00 Beverly Hillbillies 8:30 Green Acres 9:00 Jonathan Winters 10:00 News, Weather and Sports 10:30 Don Meredith Show 10:45 Wednesday Night Movie— “Crack in the World” would like to give to you under graduates for Christmas. It is free money to go to graduate school. Cast out those dark visions of indentured servitude and re joice, for surely that free money will follow you all the days of your life and multiply into a better income at the start, and a bigger pile at the finish. I don’t need to tell you that people with master’s degrees in a particular field earn more than people with bachelor’s degrees in the same field. What I do need to make clear is that there are many ways to get that advanced degree and show a small profit while doing it. THE SECRET is in choosing the department. There are several which have a surplus of trainee- ships, fellowships, and assistant- ships. These departments suffer THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student ivriters only. The Battalion is a non-tax-supported, non profit, self-supporting educational enter prise edited and operated by students as a university and community newspaper. Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per semester; $6 per school ; $6.50 per full year. All subscriptions subject to 3% sales tax. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Statioi Texas 7784' '; $6.50 3 tax. on, 3. 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Whit Clark, College < lege of Agriculti of ure. e, Ve .. ...., ijuwer College of Engineering; Dr. Donald dicine; and Hal Taylor, Col- ! cri iiblis erein id-Cb paper a Rights exclusively to the use for - —idited to it or nc 1, news of spontaneoi lication of all oth< of repub! irved. ass postage paid at College Station, Texas. terinary Medici The Battalion, a student newspaper published in College Station, Texas daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, September through May, and once a week during summer school. at Texas A&M is except Saturda MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Services, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles Francisco. ago, Los EDITOR JOHN W. FULLER Managing Editor Dave Mayes Sports Editor John Platzer City Editor Mike Wright News Editor Bob Palmer Staff Columnists John McCarroll, Mike Plake, Monty Stanley, Jan Moulden Staff Writers Tom Curl, Dale Foster, Tim Searson, Janie Wallace, Tony Huddleston, David Middlebrooke Assistant Sports Editor Richard Campbell Photographer W. R. Wright The Chicken House at North Gate Free Dorm Delivery Call 846-4111 MENU 3 PC. CHICKEN 1.00 7 PC. CHICKEN 2.00 Served with hot rolls & french fries ONION RINGS & FRENCH FRIES 30 FRIED PIES 19 not from a lack of promising careers, but rather from “myths” or ignorance. Two good examples, out of many, of this are Nuclear Engineering (It’s too hard, and I don’t want to work for the govern ment), and Radiological Safety (What the heck is it?). I know that both of these programs have money in traineeships, money with no strings attached, tax- free, and adequate to live on, turned back each year. There are probably others, afflicted with their own “myths,” doing the same. THE FACT is that if you are in the top quarter of your gradu ating class, you are probably eligible for this money. Changing majors to receive it is not always that hard. The department head of the curriculum that interests you can give you information of the exact details and possibly prepare a degree plan before hand, if you will go talk to them. So, May graduates, before or dering that Chevy Superdog for yourself this Christmas, get in on some of that good graduate school now. Then order your Cadillac in the spring a year from now on the salary differ ence. I think you will find it as painless as New Year’s Eve. DOGGONE EASY NEW DELHI <7P) - A new profession is making its bow in India—dog-walking. An old retired janitor has be gun doing it here to earn extra revenue. “I wonder why I didn’t think of it before,” he says. (Eole-jHaan ^ SHOES jlun 0tnrnco umbersitp men’s toear 329 University Drive 713 / 846-3706 College Station, Texas 77840 PEANUTS PEANUTS CO o strive to spread the “Saving Word” to all persons that we come into contact with. May we also strive to keep “Peace on Earth” not only in this Yuletide season, but throughout every day of our life. In Christ, Rudolph A. (Rudy) Drautz ’69 Chaplain, Walton Hall Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Wednesday, December 18 jj Call 822-1441 Allow 20 Minutes Carry Out or Eat-In THE PIZZA HUT 2610 Texas Ave. "My best shirts get ripped to shreds when I wear your after shave!' We keep warning you to be careful how you use Hai Karate® After Shave and Cologne. We even put instructions on self-defense in every package. But your best shirts can still get torn to pieces. That’s why you’ll want to wear our nearly indestructible Hai Karate Lounging Jacket when you wear Hai Karate Regular or Oriental Lime. Just tell us your size (s,m,l) and send one empty Hai Karate carton, with $4 (check or money order), for each Hai Karate Lounging Jacket to; Hai Karate, P.O. Box 41 A, Mt. Vernon N.Y. 10056. That way, if someone gives you some Hai Karate, you can be a little less careful how you use it, 1 u* Send for your practically rip-proof Hai Karate Lounging Jacket. Allow 6 weeks for delivery. Offer expires April 1, 1969. If your favorite store is temporarily out of Hal Karate, keep asking.. SWI SAN MARCOS, Te group of professors colleagues and studen west Texas State Cc day that 51 per cent cator’s doctoral pap 1 Se State Farm Insurar J DEADLINE 4 p.m. day before pu FOR SAL! Moss green formal, size 1 om Montaldo of Denver, 84 Conn Constellation coron ■ars. Will take around i 1962 Volkswagen. Body i xcellent condition. $495. exceueni 822-04C6. 1968 4-door Chevrolet sed nge guaranteed. $200. 846-6E Gentle Saddle Horse. 5 822-3980, after 5 p.m. Two foam rubber mattress* tions for ' >am rubb twin sis size bed. $20 visab! •11 - touct to $3.00 each. 823-5702. Plastic models—visaoie i ble man - smell - touch - Several sets of military \ tiques - dress blues - greei Retired from service. Will t 823-5702. 1967 Opel Cadet. Air heatei miles. $1550. Call 846-2649. A complete set of Air Blouse 36 reg., pants 30-32. or 845-6027. 1964 Plymouth Fury II. 2 Power and factory air. Call : 802 S. Main, Calvert, 1-2884. r. 1 Tex Nice P.O.A. Pony gentle would make nice Christm 822-3980 after 5 p.m. Guitar, bowling ball, radios tape decks, typewriters, recor nis racquets, movie camera— prices. Aggie Den, Eico Oscilloscope model 4 Originally $139.50. " '' _ Bargain. For sale at bargains—8mm record players, all kinds radi rkis, watches, tennis acquets, guitars, tape players, . tapes rave a pile at The Aggie Den WORK WANT Typing done. Mrs. Rodri iView apt. A-5-Z. Buck Schiwetz has brought his surpassing skill to the production of this handsome 17 x 22-inch portfolio. In it are reproduced, in full color, paintings ot the six missions which have figured momentously in Texas history. Five oi the missions are located in San Antonio: San Antonio de Valero (better nown as t e Alamo), San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion de Acuna, San Francisco de la Espada, and San Juan Capistrano. The other mission is in Goliad: Nuestra Senora del Espfritu Santo de Zuniga. Buck Schiwetz, a native of Texas, is a graduate of Texas A. & M. Univer- si y. He resides in the scenic Hill Country of Texas, near Hunt. SIX SPANISH MISSIONS IN TEXAS A Portfolio of Paintings by E. M. 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