Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 24, 1969)
College Station, Texas Thursday, April 24, 1969 THE BATTALION BUSIER AGENCY REAL ESTATE • INSURANCE F.H.A.—Veterans and Conventional Loans ARM & HOME SAVINGS ASSOCIATION Home Office: Nevada, Mo. 3523 Texas Are. (in Ridgecrest) 846*3708 PIZZA INN e, FREE DORM DELIVERY Open 11 a. m. to 12 p. m. Mon. Thru Thurs. 11 a. m. - 2 p. m. Fri. A Sat. 1 p. m. - 12 p. m. Sun. Call 846-6164 or 846-9984 For Orders To Go Or Eat In 413 Hwy. 6, So. Across from the R&mada Inn Czech Course Set Here For Summer The Modern Language Depart ment will offer a special begin ners’ Czech course this summer. The course will cover one year’s work in six weeks, noted Dr. Jack A. Dabbs, department head. He said such a “quickie” course has never been offered before. Dr. Dabbs pointed out students will spend three hours per day, five days per week, in class, with additional time in the laboratory listening to tapes made by native speakers. The course carries six hours of college credit. Registration for the course is June 2, with classes scheduled June 3 through July 11. Page 4 At The Movies by Mike Plake TRY BATTALION CLASSIFIED “The Hippie Syndrome Backlash” stars everybody and has a cast of millions. It’s more engrossing than anything on film, because it’s not on film, it’s real. It’s showing, outside and inside, all the theaters in the world. Hippies and those who led re lated social movements brought new symbols and/or confiscated old ones for their causes. Beards and long hair, Indian costumes and bits of oriental-mystic phi losophies were consumed, then reiterated to rhyme with the times. Hippies became the beau- AIRLINE Use Your Bank- Am tricard I Instant Reservations by Computer Free Ticket Delivery 846-3773 BEVERLEY BRALEY TOURS-TRAVEL MSC LOBBY "A Complete World-Wide Travel Service” I mmm tiful people, the unwashed, long haired, bearded radicals who sought to overthrow the system. In fact, long hair, beards, the words love and peace have taken on entirely different connota tions. People who are not radi cals and use the symbols are socially ostracized to a surpris ing extent. In effect, if you wear a beard and sandals, forget it, baby. You’re out, turned on, automatically, categorically, a hippie dissident. I GREW a beard, last year. I grew it for no other reason than to see what I looked like with hair on my face. My wife even liked it. On campus, I was labeled a fuzzy liberal. Which is probably correct, anyway. People accused me of preparing for Bonfire too soon. Even my friends had sec ond thoughts about me, wonder ing perhaps if I hadn’t been sneaking a few puffs of mari juana in the bathroom. When my parents saw it, they went through predictable trem ors. When my minister saw it, he treated each individual hair as a black sin. Lifelong friends, with whom I had worked de voutly in participation in the system, in school, in church, and other organizations, doubted everything I had ever said or done. I WAS categorized, unequivo cally, at first glance and any glance, as a student dissident, fresh home from the anti-war protests. I shudder to think what might have happened had I also worn sandals. Another example: a friend of mine recently bought a pair of glasses with wire rims, resem bling the popular USAF issue glasses common since World War II aces began wearing them. But my friend made one mistake. He purchased the glass es for normal purposes, without tinted lenses. In addition, he wore a Mexican serape at the same time he wore the glasses. What happened ? My friend was instantly turned on, some people, including profs, said. BUT MY friend was not turn ed on or preparing to reject the system; neither was I. In fact, we are active participants in this society, on campus or off. We haven’t rejected anything but the false notion that accompanies the wearing of the scrapes, beards, or wire-rimmed glasses with clear lenses; the notion which clarifies people as being socially unacceptable because of appearance. We were trapped by the hippie syndrome backlash. We were found unacceptable because of the symbolic representations of the things we wore. THESE TWO examples, in the case of clothes, are only prel udes of what may follow. Just as people now understand the courts to be deciding cases over whelmingly and subjectively on the side of civil and individual rights, a backlash of conserva tive decision can be expected. It’s too bad that these deci sions, on the part of people in the society, or people as they sit in judgement on the courts, have to be so extreme. It’s a live example of uncon scious prejudice. It doesn’t mat ter what race or creed you are, son, or what you look like; you can be anything you want in America. As long as you are clean-sha ven, conservatively trimmed, middle-classed. Of course, if you wear tinted, wire- rimmed sunglasses, that wouldn’t hurt either. SAFEWAY sm m coomr foods - y ' 'J* ■ Hi*"'- ■ ■ •• ~ SHOP and COMPARE. Prove It to Yourself!! Just a Few Everyday Low Prices 0 Won't Satisfy Your Needs and Lower Your Food Budget Expense* . At Safeway Yoi»*il Find Low, Low Prices j I Throughout the Store..* In Every Depart-1 1 ment... That Can Really Lower Your TOTAL ! Food Bill! SHOP SAFEWAY and SAVE! Check These Meat Valves! Smoked Hams*»x!*.Kr ,WM- " Unconditionally Guaranteed to Pleasel i wmm ji Sirloin Steak USDA Choice Heavy Beef. Safeway Wasfa- Free Trim -—Lb. Chuck Steak Center Cut. USDA Choice Grad* Heavy Beef T-Bone Steak Or AClub Steak. USDA Choice Heavy Beef jjSSaafiflSSga v *&&S I ^ Average —Lb Ham Hocks Canned Ham Arm..*, st... PM—sh.,. Smoked Picnics 3-Lb. Caa Ground Chuck Boneless Brisket Top Sirloin Steak Hamburger Steaks All Meat Franks Lean & Meaty! Loon Beef. Safeway Freshly Ground USDA Choice Grade Heavy Beef Waste-Free Trim Boneless. USDA Choice Grade Heavy Beef Ready for the grill Safeway. /Rath Black Hawk\ V -1-Lb. Pkg. 59* / -u. 75* -tb. 98* -Lb^l 39 59* 55* —Lb. £Qt J Porterhouse Steak —Lb. U W ‘ j USDA Chelce Grade Heavy Beef $129 N.Y. Steaks $18 —Lb. J, { Boneleo Strip. USDA Chete* Beef —Lb. ^ USDA Impeded Grade ,, A ,, FRYERS Og< 1-Lb. Pkg. Evtryday Low Trial Whole (Cuf-Up r f r ::^ r -u,.35<) ib. i Fryer Halves (mogXuhi Leg Quarters in> u P Y’cf L .d Breast Quarters Fr..h Double-Breasted —Lb. 49£ r i Rump Roast .v.&mS'.:,-. - u .3ios Top Round Steak _u.J1W Loin Tip Steak -u. 3145 Pork Roast m —m 55* Pork Steak -u 65< Link Sausage ’*594 Rath Bacon ..i* h—.. 754 Capital n>s. Sliced Bacon Thick-Sliced Bacon K- $139 Stick Salami ’UrKvSf 694 Lunch Meats fc 634*S°hX'- a,., , Sliced Bologna K- fi34* M< ’ nler ' , y J ° tk , * Swls! * 10* OFF c Sgg E 70C Off tho Regular Price of each Package [■ I I2-o,. or Moral of Safeway Chunk Ckeaia. t A Halfmoon Longhorn ★■Nippy Longhorn Compare Frozen Food VatueM m io* 394 Orange Juice iq> Scotch Treat. I JM * From Florida. Big Buyl —4-ox. Can MW Ice Milk aq. Lucerne. Assorted Flavors. "'Wmw' Special! —Va-Gallon Carton ■ Cream Pies 29* Bol-alr. Aiiortod. Big Buyl —14-ex. Pkg. aw ICsilC 6-or. ular. Big Buy! Can Dinners Banquet. Assorted.fii'g Buyl—Regular Pkg. Burger Buns or ★Hot Dog Bum. Mrs. Wright 1 ,. Special! Fresh Milk Lucerne. Low Fat. Big Buy! Large ‘A’ Eggs 8-Ct. Pkg. Vj-Gal. Carton Breakfast Gems. Big Buy! potatoes IQ-49 57* Bananas 49* Fresh Corn Golden Ripe! Munching Good! Special! —Lb. New Crop from Florida. Full Ears .Full 'Ears 10* 49* Safeway Big Buy! Pork & Beans Vo,,Can,p - 16-or. 1 4.4 Picnic Favorite! Can JL 1 Safeway Special! Canned Pop Crogmonf. 4 jm C ^ ★Regular or 1 jLL 12-oz. I ★Diet. Assorted JL | Cans bAi Safeway Special! Cane Sugar Condi Cone. Pure Cane 5-lb. fiv/th 55.00 purchase or p 1 M M. M 1 more excluding cigarettes. 1 DUCj Safeway Special! Charcoal Briquets (20-Lb. Bog 97*) Bag HT W Safeway Special! Barbecue Sauce 1 Kraft. ★Regular ★Hot ★Garlic or ★Hickory Smoke 3 18-or. Bottles Yellow Onions New Potatoes US No. 1. Texas New Crop Red. :as Gro Avocados c<,ii,o Lor F “ #r,e 3 Lbs. 25* 2 Lbs. 254 g. -Each 194 Grapefruit 3^294 Cabbage So T , : d ,„, f ! r F n i„ h .:? dt _ Lb . 54 Green Beans Fa„cy n.w crop _u,294 Prices Effective Thurs.. Fri. and Sat., April 24, 25. and 26, in BfiXA Mr. We Reserve the Right to Limit Quantities. No Sales to Dealers. SAFEWAY ©Copyright I960, Saf.wgy Stor.s, Incorporattd. Project House Graduates Set Reunion Here Now, after nearly 40 years, Texas A&M “project home’ graduates are planning a it. union, “to renew old acquaint ances and reminisce a bit,” de dared Dr. N. A. McNeil, wkii helping ramrod the effort. From across the nation come successful businessmen to attend the May 17-18 reunion o« the campus—men who, as youtk shared their lives with each other in a unique way. “We came from all over, will empty pockets, but with hearts full of desine for an education,’ said 'McNeil, a 1935 graduate serving as an associate professor in plant sciences. In the 1930’s the depressiot was a reality and money mi scarce. IT IS estimated that mon than 4,000 students lived in tie project houses during their If year existence, with room ami board about $12 a month, and tie boys sharing everything conceit, able. “They banded together, rent ing and living in every kindofi house,” continued McNeil, notiij the criteria was simple. Tlr house had to have “lots of bed rooms and space.” Sometimes there were fivi sometimes 10 or 20 students ii a house. Some students brought their milk cows. Parents oftentimti sent peas from East Texas, oth ers syrup. The first project house cam into existence in 1932. Eventual “35 to 40 sprung up,” said Mr Neil. SOME HOUSES were located in Bryan, a considerable distanw from the campus at that time and others were in College Sta tion. Some were as far awayar Navasota where a truck trass- ported the students to and fron campus every day. McNeil pointed out many proj ect houses were sponsored V county groups, who hired house mothers. McNeil recalled his own mother “came down from Moody and was a housemother for four years.” “We learned early we coi reduce expenses by banding to gether,” he said. “Reducing ex penses was the name of the game during the depression years. The group will pay tribute thii year to Dan Russell, now retired from the A&M faculty, who served as liaison between the college and students. Serving with McNeil on the steering committee are Bot Jaska, Agricultural Education; L. A. Maddox, Animal Science; Bob Skrabanek, Agricultural Economics, and Morris Blood worth. Others working closely on ar rangements are Col. Jim H. Mo Coy, commandant and C. Jones, veterinary parasitology, Graduates Elect Representatives Recently-elected members oi the Graduate Student Council have been announced by Mitt) Plummer, president of the Coun cil. The new members are Arthur M. Garrett, Jr., representing the College of Business Administra tion; Michael A. Rapheal, the College of Agriculture; David R Zoellner, the College of Engi neering; Jay M. Hubert, the College of Geosciences; Mickey L. Land, the College of Liberal Arts and Lawrence D. McGill, the College of Veterinary Medh cine. In the election,' if any college had no nominee, a runner-up from another college was selected to represent it, Plummer said. The remainder of the Council includes six former members who were selected by the Council. They are Tony Benedetto, Leon Delvin, Samuel Furrh, Gar)' Fairchild, John Harris and Bol Fried. Quarterly Prints J-Prof’s Article Effects of central printing plants on the weekly newspaper field is examined in a spring “ J ournalism Quarterly” article by David R. Bowers. The journalism professor’s ar tide, “The Impact of Centralized Printing in the Community Press,” describes two conflicting trends in the field. One is the growth of chain ownership while the other is the encouragement of new newspapers and revival of competition in one-newspaper communities.