— ii y I r m ,, Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Friday, March 28, 1969 CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earte Bulletin Board A Modest Proposal With pre-registration for the fall semester less than five weeks away, and with several changes having been proposed for the automated registration system, the ad hoc study group (see story, page 1) seems to have its work cut out for it. We don’t want to cloud the issue, but we feel the following suggestions are in the best interest of effective results: • Communications among the members must be im proved. An apparent misunderstanding between Student Senator A1 Reinert (originally named chairman of the group) and representatives of President Rudder’s office, who orga nized the first committee meeting, resulted in a temporary hiatus of designated leadership. • Student members of the committee should be a more vocal group of representatives. The aforementioned hiatus was filled by the committee after Reinert’s stand-in, as well as the other students on the committee, failed to suggest that another student should be named to the chairmanship in keeping with President Rudder’s original appointment of Reinert. • The committee did not specifically state whether the new chairman was being elected for the interim or as permanent head. Although the practical distinction may prove inconsequential in the long run, we feel that the committee should consider the symbolic importance of having a student to lead a group which is considering a topic •of such concern to students. TONIGHT Chess Committee will meet at 7:30 in room 3-B of the MSC. Spring 1 Chess Championship Tour nament will be Saturday. MONDAY Industrial Education Wives Club will meet at 8 p.m. in the Medallion Room of Bryan Utili ties. Hazel Richardson of Carne gie Library will review True Grit by Charles Portias. By MONTY STANLEY An ice-cream parlor at the Uni versity of Oklahoma advertises dorm delivery. Hope they have better luck than the local pizza joints at getting the order there quickly—a lukewarm pizza, may be, but a lukewarm banana split? Yecch. An OU wrestling star with an impressive 66-1 record and three state championships has a unique style. Says the Oklahoma Daily, he “flops about the mat like a freshly-netted rainbow trout, con trolling his opponent from under neath.” The Sooner grappler, who has scored more reversals than anyone else in the business, says “My style really makes me dizzy " when I get going round and round. I have to get my bearings from the ceiling lights. Sorta like navigating by the stars.” ★ ★ ★ in the footsteps of other respected crusading student activists. That is, they plan to destroy ETSU. All of this sounds relatively logical when compared to other student demands being expressed across the nation, with one exception. Hat racks ? What respectable Cowboy takes his hat off in class ? ★ ★ ★ “I’ve been to have my picture made for the Aggieland- bust shot, of course!” LISTEN UP I i the halt forum I East Texas State, too, has ii finally become enmeshed in that l nationwide humanitarian struggle against bigotry. Realizing the heinous inequities which face one of the most downtrodden minori ties on the metropolitan ETSU campus, representatives from the NAACP — the National Associa tion for the Advancement of Cow boy Power — have made the fol lowing demands: 1. More Cowboy courses taught at ET by Cowboy teach ers and a board to investigate the possibility of a degree in Cowboy Culture. 2. Cowboy food to be served in the cafsiaria. 3. A horse stall for every dormitory. 4. Immediate dismissal of the president—to be replaced by Hank Thompson. 5. Hat racks in every class room. If immediate satisfaction of each demand is not obtained im mediately, this minority group, in that revered American Col legiate Tradition, plans to follow This week’s Everyone’s-Got-His- Own-Bag Award goes to two in structors and four students at the U of H. One morning last week, they decided to pool all their money, which came to $217, and buy food and stuff for people, “just for the hell of it.” About noon, they entered an automated cafeteria and began to offer their money to the people. Most people would not accept the money (ob viously, no Batt columnists were on the scene), so the six “super heroes” began buying food with the money. Said one, “We bought the food and laid it around on chairs, tables, on the floor.” To make a long story short, upon exit they were promptly accosted by the law and spread- eagled against a car while a crowd of around 200 gathered to watch. Then they were “placed in a cell with a drunken elephant trainer” and booked “for tres passing and disturbing the peace.” When asked what they would do when they got out, the replies were thoughtful. “Well, I think I’ll buy a nice house and settle down somewhere. I’m going to go straight,” one offered. An other answered, “I’ve learned my lesson. As soon as I’ve paid my debt to society, I plan to be a good, solid citizen.” ★ ★ ★ SMU has two deejays at their radio station, KSMU, who intend to stay on the air around the clock for 60 hours. If successful, they will have beat the record of 50 hours set by “Uncle Bob” and “Captain Brucie” in 1966. Editor, The Battalion: A recent article in The Bat talion regarding a Student Com mittee and their desires or goals that included lower entrance re quirements has brought to mind the saying of the Great Eman cipator, Abraham Lincoln. “You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong; you cannot help small men by tearing down big men; you can not build character and courage by taking man’s initiative and independence; you cannot help permanently by doing for them what they should and could do for themselves.” These words are just as true today as they were over one hundred years ago. They apply to all races, not to just one or two. In my opinion the future of Texas A&M University will de pend on the ability of its leaders, to: compete on equal terms with other graduates across the na tion. • Maintain and increase the numebr of students returned each year to a higher classifi cation by hiring professors and instructors with the ability to teach. • Continue to add to the cur riculum as the need arises. Keep abreast or ahead of the business world to provide the profession als that will be required. • Continue its well-rounded athletic programs to include high scholastics as well as ath letic ability. The playing days of most athletes end with their senior year in college. A very small number take it to the pro teams so the athlete needs busi ness - professional preparation, too. The above cannot be done by lowering the standards that have taken years to build. R. C. Toone Waco, Texas • Attract high school students with scholastic ability who desire to attend Texas A&M University because of its high entrance re^ quirements, high standards and with the ability to give them an education in the profession of their choice, so that they can QUEEN Tonight On KBTX 6:30 7:30 8:00 10:00 10:30 11:30 Wild Wild West Gomer Pyle Friday Night Movie — “Smoke Signal” News, Weather and Sports Judd for the Defense Alfred Hitchcock 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. 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White, College of Engineering Clark, College of V lege of Agriculti Members of the Student Publications Board Dr. David Bowers, Collegi College of Engineering; Di eterinary Medicine; and Hal Taylor, Col- :: Jim Liberal are: of Donald R. 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 Saturday Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Services. Inc., New York City, Chic Francisco. lieago, Los Angeles and San EDITOR JOHN W. FULLER Managing Editor Dave Mayes Sports Editor John Platzer 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. 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