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May 7, IMS itle >acks of all all season, ick — and e talent in with more 36-year-olii lit for 24 out in his the Celtics the world.” ies the d other dealer, es than er U IP is th m id id ot et. M I Che Battalion VOLUME 64 Number 112 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1968 Telephone 845-2226 Student Gets Solons’ Ideas | •ji: On Campus Speaker Policies! By TOM CURL Discussion last fall and again this spring concerning the ad ministration policy that forbids political candidates from speak ing on the A&M campus prompt ed a history student here to ques tion prominent legislators as to their opinions on the matter. Phillip Kelly, a junior from Texas City, sent a form letter to several lawmakers in the state and national legislatures to deter mine their positions on the ad ministration policy. Among those contacted were both United States senators from Texas and Governor Preston Smith, as well as Lt. Gov. Gen Barnes. The administration has ex plained that the policy is partly based on a section of the Texas Appropriations Law that forbids use of state funds to help elect Suspensions Case Taken By BCLU By DAVE MAYES The Brazos Civil Liberties Un ion Wednesday decided to take the case of the three A&M stu dents who were suspended indefi nitely from the university Tues day for “illegal entry of Univer sity property.” BCLU board member James H. Fenner told The Battalion that the local chapter of the Texas affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union is in the process of obtaining counsel for Brian S. Aggie Mother, Medal Winner To See Review Aggie Mother of the Year Mrs. P. N. Reed and Spec. 4 Clarence E. Sasser of Rosharon, recent winner of the Congressional Med al of Honor, will be distinguished guests in the reviewing party for Texas A&M’s Parents Weekend corps review. President Earl Rud der announced. Guest of honor will be Mrs. Eeed, mother of a daughter and three sons, two at A&M and the other accepted for enrollment in September. Known as “Lady” to many Ag gies she has befriended, Mrs. Reed will be cited at a Student A&M’s national champion Fish Drill Team will appear Saturday for 1,200 high school Future Farmers of America state judging contest partici pants. The 1 p.m. exhibition drill will be on the parking lot just east of G. Rollie White Coliseum. Commanded by George Bar rientos of San Antonio, the team is also scheduled for a main drill field exhibition Sun day, immediately following the Parents Weekend Corps of cadets review. Foye, Larry C. Gill and William H. Fischer. “In our judgment,” Fenner said, “there seems to be a civil liberties violation in this case. There is a question of due proc ess here in that the three were suspended before guilt was clear ly established.” The students were arrested about midnight Saturday by cam pus security officers and charged with burglary after they had en tered the System Administration Building through what University officials believed to be a locked door. After hearing the students’ ex planations Monday and consider ing the official written police re port on the matter, Dean of Stu dents James P. Hannigan Tues day issued the suspensions along with an explanation of the uni versity’s appeals procedure. Foye told The Battalion Wed nesday that he and the other two students would each file a peti tion of appeal today with the uni versity’s Appeals Committee. The decision of that committee, chaired by Dr. R. C. Potts, associ ate dean of the College of Agri culture, and composed primarily of associate deans, will be con sidered final by the university. Foye is a senior economics major; Gill, a freshman psychol ogy major, and Fischer, a fresh man industrial technology major. Senate program in G. Rollie White Coliseum on Mother’s Day morning and will be first in the reviewing line for the 2:30 p.m. review. The reviewing line also will in clude President Rudder, Army Col. Jim H. McCoy, A&M com mandant; Air Force Col. Vernon L. Head, professor of aerospace studies, and Sasser. A 21-year-old Negro youth who won the nation’s highest award for valor while serving as an Army combat medic in Vietnam, Sasser has accepted an A&M scholarship and plans to enroll this fall. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Brown won the medal Jan. 10, 1968, when, wounded several times, he saved the lives of many of his comrades by giving medi cal aid to 30 men of Company A, 3rd Battalion, 60th Regiment, 9th Infantry Division. The company was ambushed on a reconnaissance mission in Ding Tuong Province on the Mekong Delta. In a battle two days earlier he earned the Distinguished Service Cross for “conspicuous gallantry in the face of heavy enemy fire.” Sasser also was awarded the Pur ple Heart and several other med als during his 51 days in South east Asia. The review on the main drill field will also feature presenta tion of outstanding color guard and unit awards. Bryan Building & Loan Association. Your Sav ing Center, since 1919. B B & L> —Adv. ‘Good Guy’ Plaque Is Awarded To Vet Professor News leaked out slowly about an A&M veterinarian who re ceived a “good guy” award from his students. He simply didn’t say much about it to anyone! Dr. Gene M. Gowing, an asso ciate professor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, was call ed to a classroom recently on a ruse that students had some questions concerning an earlier lecture. The ruse turned out to be a first-time plaque appropriately labeled the “White Hat Prof” and engraved for Dr. Gowing. It was provided by the students of the second-year class in veter inary medicine. Shortly thereafter, Dr. Gowing also received a Distinguished Faculty Student Relations Award given by the Civilian Student Council. Dr. M. R. Calliham, head of the College of Veterinary Medi cine’s Medicine and Surgery De partment and Gowing’s boss, said he learned of the award through the grapevine and informed the dean who hadn’t heard of it. “It is a fine honor and award,” added Dr. Calliham, who pointed out secrecy at the time of the presentation attests to Gowing’s reluctance to call attention to himself. Dr. Gowing has served on the A&M faculty since receiving his veterinary medicine degree in 1959. Aggieland To Ship Copies By Mail Students who wish to have their 1969 Aggieland mailed to their home should leave their ad dresses with the Student Publi cations Office in the Information Services building, according to James Creel, editor of the Aggie land. Creel added that a fee for postage would be charged. any candidate or pass any piece of pending legislation. The A&M Faculty-Staff Hand book states that “University property and equipment of all types, including technical and research facilities of the Univer sity, are to be used only for offi cial business.” KELLY’S question concerned the explanation of the A&M ad ministration that allowing politi cal speakers on campus would jeopardize chances for state and federal appropriations. The question asked: Do you feel that Texas A&M University would endanger its position as far as receiving state legislative funds or federal grants and aids for school operation by having political speakers who express opinions contrary to those of ei ther the Texas or United States government ? He received six replies with no answer from Sen. Ralph Yarbor ough. Texas Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes said that representatives from all “spectrums of the political scene” should be given the right to speak, but that this should not allow extremists whose appear ance might lead to “serious so cial disruption.” “I do not believe Texas A&M would be refused state or federal funds because of the presence of political speakers of controver sial nature,” Barnes added in an swering Kelly’s query. U. S. SEN. John Tower replied with what appeared to be a form letter that expressed a belief in freedom of expression while in opposition to any violence on col lege campuses. U. S. Rep. Olin E. Teague, re sponsible for many of the federal funds channeled to A&M, also answered the question of approp riations for A&M if speakers are allowed. “I think that Texas A&M Uni versity would not endanger its position so far as receiving state legislative funds or federal grants and aids by having political speakers who express opinions contrary to those of the Texas or United States government,” he commented. “I think I would agree with you (Kelly) that, whether left or right, any political viewpoint has a very proper place in the educational process,” Teague added. In his answer that funds would not be withheld from A&M, Teague also did not specifically say that political speakers should be allowed; only that they have “a very proper place in the edu cational process.” He did reject the idea of having “extremists” speak on campus and used Adam Clayton Powell as an example. State Senator Bill Moore of Bryan did not directly answer the question of appropriations, but did say that he had “full confi dence in our Board (of Directors) as presently constituted.” “I AM sure that any rule that they have made is what they term in the best interest of the school,” Moore added. An answer in accordance with the administration position was received from State Rep. Bill Presnal of Bryan. “I think that they, the admin istration, would weaken their po sition with the legislature if con troversial figures were allowed to speak on the campus,” he said. Presnal added that his answer was based on committee work on (See Student, Page 4) CSC To Host Avmrds Fete The Civilian Student Council will host its annual awards ban quet at 7 p.m. tonight in the Memorial Student Center. Six major awards will be pre- s e n t e d including outstanding councilman, outstanding housing unit, president’s award for ex ceptional duty, resident hall-in tramural, resident hall-academ ic, and for the most years of Civilian Student Council Service. Special keys also will be pre sented to members who have completed one year of service. Certificates of appreciation will be presented to both faculty- staff members and students for service to the council throughout the year. Aggies Give $3,000 To U.S. Servicemen FORUM DISCUSSION State Rep. Dave Allred of Wichita Falls clarifies a point for his Political Forum audience Wednesday. Rep. Allred, a journalist turned public servant, calls himself a brass collar Sam Rayburn type Democrat. Citizens’ Suggestions Needed In Problem Solving—Allred By TONY HUDDLESTON Battalion Staff Writer The public must suggest re sponsible solutions if today’s social problems are to be solved, State Rep. Dave Allred told the Political Forum Wednesday. “Every citizen should make a contribution to solving the social problems of the country,” Allred, a Wichita Falls native pointed out. “He can do this by taking the responsibility of the freedom and rights he processes to insti tute a change.” He added that a major way the public can make contribu tions to the solving of problems that affect the community and country is to encourage their area newspapers to take respon sible stands on major problems. Allred noted that a great topic today is the freedom of the press, but nobody mentions the respon sibility that the press should take. “JUST once I’d like to see a newspaper take a stand on the responsibility of the press.” He added that a few newspapers in Texas were responsible, but the majority were not. Allred, a former Washington bureau writer for the Houston Post said that a newspaper should play a bigger part in the community than merely an in former of local and out-of-town news. “Good newspapers should per form two vital functions in the community,” he added. “They should first inform the public through interpretive reporting, and then serve as the watchdog to ask questions and make sharp criticisms on any problem that will affect the public.” “The public can also help solve Marijuana Charge Filed On Student An A&M student has been ar raigned on charges of illegal possession of marijuana, univer sity authorities disclosed. Mark A. Summers of Dallas was released on $10,000 bond after being arrested in Laredo for possession of 18 pounds of marijuana. A customs agent said a hear ing was postponed pending ap pointment of an attorney. A second youth was also ar rested at the same time, but was not an Aggie, a university spokes man said. Summers is a sophomore stu dent. some of our problems by reading and studying the problem at hand before passing judgment,” noted Allred, a graduate of Texas Christian University and Colum bia. “After studying the prob lem thoroughly, he can voice his opinion on its merits and faults.” He added that he’d rather see protest and rebelliousness in this country than withdrawal through narcotics, adoption of hippie at titudes or suicide. “As long as the people protest, some form of change will be accomplished. “LOGICAL, orderly protest can accomplish change, especially if the protestor knows the proc esses. It’s up to him and every responsible citizen to learn and use these processes so we don’t arrive at ‘1984’ before George Orwell thinks we will,” the 35- year-old House member declared. “Headlines that violent pro tests are getting, because of the' rock throwing and other lawless acts have caused the public not to listen to what the protestor has to say, some of which has merit,” he added. “An example of this is last year’s Democratic conven tion in Chicago where if the pub lic had listened to what the dem onstrators had to say, they might have avoided some of the vio lence that occurred.” Allred, a fourth generation member of his family in public service, noted that the processes of our government were rapidly changing from a simple process into one that was complex. “WE’RE seeing a blurring of the lines between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government,” said Allred, who refers to himself as a brass-col lar Sam Rayburn-type Democrat. “Each of the three branches have begun to overlap into each other’s area,” he added. “An ex ample of this is the legislature which in recent years has started interpreting the constitutionality of certain acts that have come before them.” Allred said that more and more of the expertise is coming from legislative agencies specializing in a special field. “We’ve got the situation that they need not only carry out pol icy but are also formulating it,” he said. “For instituting change, I rec ommend the field of politics, All- red said. “But not everyone is cut out for it and for these there is agency or volunteer work or just being well-informed citi zens, who pass on to their chil dren proper attitudes about their fellow man.” Finals Schedule Final exams for the Spring Semester, 1969, will be held May 22-31, according to the following schedule: Date Hour Series May 22 Thursday 7-9 p.m. Chemistry 101 May 23, Friday 8-11 a.m. MWF8 May 23, Friday 1-4 p.m. MWF12 May 23, Friday 7-9 p.m. Mathematics 102, 121, 124, 130, and 209 May 26, Monday 8-11 a.m. TThSFl May 26, Monday 1-4 p.m. MWTh2 May 26, Monday 7-9 p.m. Biology 101, and 107 May 27, Tuesday 8-11 a.m. MWF9 May 27, Tuesday 1-4 p.m. M3TThlO May 28, Wednesday 8-11 a.m. TF2 or TWF3 or TThF3 May 28, Wednesday 1-4 p.m. MWF10 May 29, Thursday 8-11 a.m. TThl2 May 29, Thursday 1-4 p.m. M4TThll May 29, Thursday 7-9 p.m. Mathematics 103, 104, 122, and 210 May 30, Friday 8-^.1 a.m. MWThl May 30, Friday 1-4 p.m. TTh9F2 May 31, Saturday 8-H a.m. MWF11 May 31, Saturday 1-4 p.m. TF1 NOTE: Final examinations in courses with only one theory hour per week as shown in the catalogue will be given, at the discretion of the department head concerned, at the last meeting of either the theory or practice period before the close of the semester. KTSA Project Well Received Across Nation By DAVID MIDDLEBROOKE Battalion Staff Writer Texas Aggies contributed over $3,000 last Saturday to Project Thank You, a service project for American servicemen in Vietnam. The project, sponsored by San Antonio radio station KTSA, net ted a total of $18,500, according to the station. The station relin quished local “spots” for 18 hours to promote the project, and had wide area telephone service (WATS) lines installed to accept contributions over the phone from people outside the San Antonio area. Hector Gutierrez, Corps com mander, and David Wilks, Civilian Student Council president, both said that they learned of the project through friends, tuned in, and liked what they heard. Each called in and pledged $500 from his organization. Gutierrez said that Robert Wells, Squadron 5 senior, also called in a $500 pledge for the Corps, making total Ag gie pledges $1,500. “WHEN I found out what was involved,” Wilks said, “I thought it was a cause A&M students would go for, and I called in a pledge.” In addition, Gutierrez added, various outfits pledged amounts to the cause, as did classes. He said Wednesday night that a collection was being made in the Corps to cover the pledge. Wilks reported that, as of 10:30 Wed nesday night, over $300 had been collected to cover the SCS pledge, with bnly two residence halls’ contributions in, plus money col lected in front of Sbisa Dining Hall. Wilks also said that the Me morial Student Center and Direc torate and the Former Students Association had contributed $100 each to the project. While the project was under way, KTSA disc jockeys created an atmosphere of rivalry among Texas schools to help collections. “THEY were challenging other schools to outdo the Ags,” Guti errez noted. “They kept telling t.u. that they could beat us on the football field, how about the heart. I really didn’t like the idea, but there is no comparison between how much the Ags con tributed and what other schools did.” William Armstrong, KTSA newsman, said Wednesday night that the project began in Michi gan about three years ago, started by a small local radio station. The project caught on, and an organization operating out of Michigan for the project works with radio stations, like KTSA, to collect contributions. Armstrong also said that peo ple from all over the state and the nation called in, noting that calls from South Dakota and Ken tucky had been logged. The money, he said, goes to send kits containing the eight most requested items to service men in Vietnam. The items in clude a package of Kool-Aid, a pair of dry socks, a pen, a pencil, paper, an envelope, a Bible, and a towelette. ALONG WITH contributions by Aggies and others, Armstrong said that he had auctioned his turtle, “a big one, named Tommy Turtle,” over the air, and had received $56 for him from John Marshall high school. The money, he added, went to the project. A&M President Earl Rudder was pleased with the actions of the students. “Anything that we can do to help our fellowman, and make his plight easier, is a noble thing to do,” Rudder commented. “This certainly sounds like it.” University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv.