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THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Tuesday, February 11, 1969 CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle eAiLLG “Our problems of grading are over! We simply take this block with a grade on each surface and ...” | LISTEN UP the batt forum By VERN SANFORD Texas Press Association AUSTIN — Texas legislators now are busy with committee hearings on dozens of bills the 181 members would like to turn into laws. Even though Gov. Preston Smith may not have his budget and tax message ready this week there is plenty of business before the legislative committees to keep them occupied. Perhaps the most talked-about legislation is that dealing with the public school reorganization plan recommended by Gov. John Connally’s Committee on Public School Education. Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes joined Governor Smith in doubting that the forced consolidation of school districts would pass. And mail the legislators are getting from parents and administrators in the smaller districts leads others to agree that the proposal will have to be modified. SMITH IS urging reform of the basis on which state aid is given to local school districts. PSE Committee’s study re vealed that a great many school districts are getting bonanzas from the state by failing to prop erly tax their own property. It seems that the less they collect locally, the more they get from the state. Sen. A. M. Aikin Jr. of Paris and Rep. George Hinson of Mine- ola have signatures of more than half of the members of each house on the Texas State Teach ers Association pay raise bill for school teachers. This package of changes will cost the state’s tax payers some $206 million a year, plus $20 million increased state funds for school operation, main tenance and transportation. Smith said that he will recom mend new taxes to finance proj ects he will recommend in his spending program. But he is not yet ready to say what sort of tax he will suggest. WETS ACT FAST — Liquor by the drink legislation received in stant action in the Senate. Sen. Joe Christie of El Paso in troduced a proposed constitutional amendment to authorize the legis lature to legalize mixed drink sales on a local option basis, then minutes later, his own senate con stitutional amendments commit tee set it for hearing Wednesday. A similar amendment was in troduced in the House at the same time by Rep. Cletus Davis of Houston. Both Lieutenant Governor Barnes and Governor Smith gave the amendment a cautious ap proving nudge. Barnes said he viewed pros pects for approval of liquor-by- the-drink as improving and added he feels “people ought to have an opportunity to decide the issue” by popular vote. SMITH MADE an almost iden tical observation and noted the proposal advanced by Christie amjf Davis gives voters “several checks” through local option elections. Constitutional amendments must receive a two-thirds vote of both houses of the Legislature before they can be submitted for approval or rejection of a ma jority of qualified voters. The Christie-Davis proposition would delete the old constitutional ban on “open saloons.” It would empower the Legislature to “reg ulate the manufacture, sale, pos session and transportation of in toxicating liquors, including the power to establish a state mon opoly on sale of distilled liquors.” A separate bill spelling out the recommended regulations to take effect on passage of the constitu tional amendment will be intro duced later. If the amendment fails to get two-thirds support, the sponsors will try to pass the bill anyway and risk a law suit challenging constitutionality. Barnes predicted some senators who oppose liquor-by-the-drink will go along with submitting the issue to a vote. One of these, Sen. Oscar Mauzy of Dallas, is a co-author of the proposed amend ment. Editor, The Battalion: To the Class of ’71: This coming weekend, Sopho mores, has been in the planning for some eight months now, and I want to make sure that all of you take full advantage of the activities planned. Friday night is a work night, but it’s actually going to be more of a party than work. We’ll have cokes and records in Duncan din ing hall, and we’ll be doing some decorating, too. This starts at 7 p.m., and will last until we finish decorating or get tired dancing, whichever comes last. Don’t for get to bring your date. Dress is very casual. Saturday evening begins at 6:30 p.m. with the presentation of the Town Hall Special Attrac tion in G. Rollie White Coliseum, The Baja Marimba Band. This TJB type group puts on a great show, and Lewis Adams and the Town Hall Committee worked very hard with us to help coincide the performance with the Ball. Following the concert, at 9 p.m., the Sophomore Ball happens. Music will be manufactured by Neal Ford and the Fanatics until 1 a.m. The Ball will be highlight ed by the selection of the Sopho more Class Sweetheart. Dress is semi-formal for dates, class “B” with ascots for Corps, and coat and tie for civilians for both Town Hall and the Ball. A lot of people have put a lot of time and effort into the plan ning, and I want to urge every Sophomore to take full advantage of this great weekend. I hope to see everybody Friday night, at Town Hall, and, of course, at the Ball. Thanks a lot, Gary Martin President, Class of ’71 What's Happening At The MSC By PAT LAFFERTY For St. Valentine’s Day, the MSC will present another in its Spring Festival of Films — “Yes terday, Today, and Tomorrow.” The colorful 1964 production fea tures Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianin. The film depicts three episodes of contemporary Italy filmed by Vittorio De Sica. Showtime for the Friday night performance is 8 p.m. in the MSC Ballroom. “He has an extraordinary power of communication and I fully ex pect him to take his rightful place among the great artists of our time.” Young Zukerman has com plete control of the violin and brings new insight to his work. But let yourself be the judge. Needed for admission are either Rotary Community Series season tickets or Texas A&M student single event tickets. Preceding the Sophomore Ball at 6:30 p.m. at G. Rollie White Coliseum, Town Hall will present “The Baja Marimba Band,” an other of its spectacular special attractions. Tickets for the Sat urday night performance are still on sale in the Student Programs Office of the MSC. In cooperation with Town Hall, the Rotary Community Series will bring Pinchas Zukerman to Bryan Civic Auditorium at 8 p.m. Mon day, Feb. 17. Zukerman, winner of the coveted 1967 Leventritt Award, is considered one of the most promising young violinists. Isaac Stem was quoted as saying, Bulletin Board THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student writers 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. LETTERS POLICY Letters to the editor should be typed, double-spaced, and must be no more than 300 words in length. They must be signed, although the writer’s name will be with held by arrangement with the editor. Address corre spondence to Listen Up, The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas 77843. MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association are $3.50 per semester; $6 school Mail subscription! year; $6.50 per full sales tax. Advertising rate furnished on request The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, _ er semester; $6 pet year. All subscriptions subject to 3% nished jest. Address: Texas 7784 on, 13. 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Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Services, Inc., New York City, Chicago icisco. cago, Los Angeles and San 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, Janie Wallace, Tony Huddleston, David Middlebrooke Assistant Sports Editor Richard Campbell Photographer W. R. Wright 7own Hall Presents... G. Rollie White Coliseum Thursday, February 20, 1969 8:00 p. m. Texas A&M Student Activity Cards and Town Hall Season Tickets Honored OTHER TICKET PRICES: Aggie Date or Spouse Other Students General Admission $1.50 $2.00 $3.00 Tickets on sale at MSC Student Program Office TONIGHT Skin & Scuba Diving Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 306 in Goodwin Hall. Plans will be made for a spearfishing contest between A&M, T.U. and Rice. WEDNESDAY Hillel Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Hillel Building. Fri day night services will be held at 8 p.m. THURSDAY Grayson County Hometown Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 3-C of the Memorial Stu dent Center. This is a reactiva tion meeting and all Grayson County residents are urged to at tend. For further information contact Tom Bonn, 845-6004, or Jack Roy, 50 Mitchell Hall. (Continued on page 3) For Complete iRsurance Service Dial 823-8231 Ray Criswell, Sr.; Ray Criswell, Jr. “Insure Well With Criswell” 2201 S. .College Ave., Bryan, Texas Call 822-1441 Allow 20 Minutes Carry Out or Eatrln THE PIZZA HUT 2610 Texas Ave. ROTARY COMMUNITY SERIES (In Cooperation With Town Hall) presents .... u» f * * Jt r *• # s PINCHAS ZUKERMAN MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1969 8:00 P.M. BRYAN CIVIC AUDITORIUM Admission; Rotary Community Series Season Ticket or Texas A&M Student Single Event Ticket. A&M Student or Date $2.00 Tickets on sale at MSC Student Program Office 0n< 3i OAK The Brya MEXICAN DIXIELAND TAMU TOWN HALL SPECIAL ATTRACTION - PLAY REVIEW ■HS! 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