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Breaking the Sex Barrier
By Roger Miller
The first woman to attend class
at Texas A&M did so in 1895.
Miss Ethel Hutson, daughter of
a faculty member, attended class
for two years but was recognized
only as “an honorary member of
the class of ’95.” Seventy-five
years later women still face
countless obstacles in breaking
the sex barrier at Texas A&M.
In 1963 the Board of Directors
took the first step toward making
A&M coeducational. The board at
that time announced that women
could enroll in graduate programs
and veterinary medicine. Also,
daughters and wives of faculty,
staff or students could enroll in
undergraduate programs. Since
that time coeducation has raced
forward at a pace rivaled only
by a first-grader reading “Gone
With the Wind.”
Last semester about 1,130 wom
en enrolled at A&M. Of these,
several hundred were married or
related to faculty and staff mem
bers. Compare this figure, achiev
ed in seven years, with the aver
age yearly total enrollment in
crease of around 1,000.
The student life booklet in the
new high school information bro
chure states, “Texas A&M is a
coeducational institution which
admits men and women to all
studies on the same basis.”
This also will appear in the
new catalog. I applaud the uni
versity for this progressive step.
Our literature now complies with
the “Equal Protection under the
Law” clause of the fourteenth
amendment of the U. S. Constitu
tion and the recent civil rights
acts.
However, if this step is not
followed by more positive ones,
its effect will be little noticed.
It is one thing to comply with
the letter of the law and another
to comply with the spirit of the
law. We must provide women with
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Editor:
On a recent visit to the LSU
campus we found that the stu
dents were enthralled in the finals
match of a student game, “Quiz
Bowl.” Quiz Bowl, a campus
equivalent of “College Bowl,” has
proven to be a real entertaining
activity for the teams and au
diences.
I have been wondering why we
have nothing similar on our cam
pus, as I think it would be both
an entertaining and educational
experience. Now the MSC Coun
cil and Directorate has been ap
proached by an interested faculty
member who is prepared to ad
vise and help any student group
who would enjoy beginning and
working on such a committee.
We only want to see now wheth
er any students are interested
enough to work with this idea.
Any interested student or group
of students should contact Gregg
Weaver, Student Program Office,
M'SC, 845-1515.
Gregg Weaver
Vice-President for Programs
MSC Council & Directorate
.
Editor’s Note: The response
below refers to a letter Mr.
Woods sent to Tom Fitzhugh,
chairman of Great Issues. Mr.
Woods sent the Battalion a
copy of the letter and it was
published Thursday.
Editor:
After reading the statement
last Thursday by Dr. H. O. Woods
of the Political Science Depart
ment concerning the Great Issues
presentation of Rev. Lester Kin
solving, I felt compelled to re
spond in defense of the speaker.
Dr. Woods’ use of the phrases
“irrational demogoguery,” “dis
tortion,” “abuse of language and
communication,” and “half-
truths” in describing Rev. Kin-
solving’s address would lead the
reader to believe that the Great
Issues Committee had invited an
Adolf Hitler to speak. On the
contrary, I wish to congratulate
Mr. Fitzhugh and his committee
for selecting one of the most
straight-forward, sincere, and
clear-thinking speakers I have
ever heard.
Judging from Dr. Woods’ re
marks, I assume that he did not
stay until 11:30 as I and several
others did to the conclusion of
Rev. Kinsolving’s discussion ses
sion. If he had, I am certain that
he would not have complained of
an insufficient discussion period.
For over two hours Rev. Kinsolv
ing exercised the utmost fairness
and restraint in responding to
rapid-fire questions, and through
out the evening I failed to detect
even a hint of the “disdainful
and sometimes sarcastic treat
ment” of questioners of which he
is accused.
Dr. Woods speaks of Rev. Kin
solving’s formal remarks as a
“disdainful manipulation of a
large audience.” I find this not
only insulting to Rev. Kinsolving
but to his audience as well. When
Dr. Woods uses a term like “ma
nipulation,” I am led to believe
that he considers a college audi
ence too naive to realize that the
speaker would be presenting his
personal observations for consid
eration. In my opinion, Rev. Kin-
solving’s so-called “half-truths”
were all too true for some indi
viduals in this society who would
choose to deny rather than to
confront the ugly but true pic
ture of promiscuity, illegitimacy,
abortion, venereal disease, and
homosexuality which is now up
to my generation to remedy.
Rev. Kinsolving was sincere and
honest in intent, and in every
sense of the term he exemplified
to me a “man of God” who holds
the true spirit of Christ above all
else.
Fred Campbell
Class of ’73
the same opportunity to acquire
the same education as men re
ceive here.
One thing is certain—under our
present policy, whatever it actual
ly is, we have achieved only token
co-education.
A&M is a state university sup
ported by state taxes. As such,
it has a responsibility to provide
an education for all segments of
the citizenry. A&M has done an
admirable job of shouldering the
added responsibilities of being a
university, with one notable ex
ception—it has neglected an inte
gral part of our society, the
women.
This is not to say that univer
sity offiicals should venture out,
take thousands of girls by the
hand and lead them back to Ag-
gieland. Admittedly, co-education
is a slow process, but seven years
is a long time! University offi
cials should encourage girls to
come here, include them in re
cruitment efforts and provide
some type of housing for them.
The administration, in my
opinion, has failed to adequately
include girls in recruitment ef
forts. Other than stating the of
ficial policy and lack of avail
able housing, the current recruit
ment literature does not even
mention women.
Point in fact: one of the latest
university brochures does an ex
cellent job of presenting A&M’s
strong points — it’s enough to
make me almost want to go
there! But the only place in the
whole brochure that women are
even mentioned is in the last line.
It’s in a section on housing and
reads, “No university facilities
are available for single women
students.”
I sincerely doubt that that
will convince many girls that
A&M is the place for them, but
it does bring us back to an in
teresting point. Why are there
no university facilities for wom
en ?
University officials point out
that each September there are
not even enough dorms for the
male students. They also remind
that an extravagant dormitory
complex is in the works for the
near future. They hint that at
this time some consideration may
be given to on-campus housing
for coeds. But they are quick to
add that they receive little or no
request from girls for campus
housing. I only suggest that until
we have something to offer, we
will receive no requests.
If on-campus housing is not
feasible at this time, then the
next best thing would be uni
versity approved off-campus pri
vate housing. This understand
ably would involve some cost to
the university. Most of the cost
would evolve from having to
maintain some form of control
over housing. If this control
wasn’t maintained, the univer
sity might have to answer for
mismanagement. But at a time
when the university is spending
$260,000 to build a mall through
the center of campus, I can see
little reason to exclude a poten
tial source of top quality students
on the basis of cost!
(See Sex Barrier, page 3)
Cbe Battalion
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Managing Editor David Middlebrooke
Sports Editor Richard Campbell
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Staff Writers Pam Troboy, Payne-Harrison,
Hayden Whitsett, Clifford Broyles,
Bob Robinson, Tony Huddleston,
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ALL JUNIORS AND SOPHOMORES
Make sure your picture will be in the
1970 AGGIELAND
yearbook picture schedule
A-D—Feb. 16-20
E-J—Feb. 23-27
K-N—Mar. 2-6
CIVILIANS—Coat and Tie
O-S—Mar. 9-13
T-Z—Mar. 16-20
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TONIGHT
Petroleum Engineering Club
will meet at 7 p.m. in front of
the MSC. Pictures will be taken
for the Aggieland of both mem
bers and faculty. Dress is coat
and tie or class A.
WEDNESDAY
Aggie Wives Bridge Club will
meet at 7:30 in Rooms 2A-B
MSC. Regular and intermediate
groups will play for fun and
prizes. For further information,
those interested may call Mrs.
Humphries at 846-8033.
Panhandle Area Hometown
Club will meet at the Country
Kitchen at 5:30 for a club eat-
out.
DeMolay will meet at 7:30 at
the Sul Ross Lodge. All De-
Molays are invited.
THURSDAY
Texarkana Hometown Club
will meet at 7:30 in the lounge
between dorms 6 and 8. Plans
for picture will be discussed.
Lubbock-South Plains Home
town Club will meet at 8 p.m. in
the MSC. Club pictures will be
taken. Coat and tie or class A
should be worn. Seniors and
juniors may wear midnights.
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St. Thomas Chapel
906 Jersey St.
South Side of Campus
Canterbury Association
Meetings: Wednesdays 6:30 p.m.
Kindergarten — Nursery,
Monday - Friday
(Enroll now for 71 - 72)
Sunday Services
8:00 - 9:15 - 11:00 a.m.
Wednesdays, Holy Communion
6:30 a.m.
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