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Page 2 College Station, Texas Friday, February 20, 1970 THE BATTALION I Listen Up the batt forum Editor: Congratulations to Roger Mil ler on his article “Breaking the Sex Barrier” and to The Battalion for printing it. I know numerous students who have been thinking this, but quite frankly was sur prised to see the viewpoint ex pressed in The Battalion. Challenge to the administra tion: make University housing (on and/or off-campus facilities) available to single women for several semesters and then see if there are “no requests.” Hopefully the University is not deliberately waiting for an un fortunate incident and/or law suits brought by women before they decided to grant women their “equal” rights which are sup posedly granted to all citizens by the Constitution. Everyone brace yourself for the rash of justifications and ration alizations which will probably fol low Miller’s article. Monkey see, monkey do. M. Land Graduate Student ★ ★ ★ Editor: I would like to offer my con dolences to Mr. Bouchard for his picture not making ‘The Review’. If he doesn’t spend so much time trying to sever Corps-civilian re lations with his letter writing, he might make the next issue. I’ll be the first to admit that some Civilians (Aggies) worked hard on the bonfire. But if the mere fact that their pictures didn’t get into ‘The Review’ up sets Mr. Bouchard to the extent that he says, “the last slap in the face the civilians will take quiet ly .. . recognition that they have earned and that their numbers demand . . . civilians worked be cause they wanted to — not be cause they were forced to as in the case of our . . . brothers . . . the corps helped the civilians build it . . . and the near future SUNDAY Alpha Phi Omega will meet at 7:30, Birch Room, MSC, for pledge initiation. MONDAY Dairy Science Club will meet at 7: §0 to have a picture made for th'e'Aggieland. Dress is coat and tie. A barbecue dinner and guest speaker will follow at 8. A&M Young Republicans will meet at 8 p.m. in the Coffee Loft at North Gate. Drew Stascia, can didate for Republican National Committeeman, will speak. TUESDAY Society of Automotive Engi neers will meet at 7 p.m. in the the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Bonfire will be nothing more than a pack ing crate pile . . . ,” then he needs to go home and grow up a little. Mr. Bouchard, you earn recog nition but you don’t demand it because of your numbers. You seem to think you speak for all 81.1 per cent of the student body, which I doubt seriously. You may be bruised from your last slap in the face, but you won’t find any bruised shoulders in the Corps from people having their arms twisted to work on bonfire. I also wouldn’t consider it in my favor to be called your “brother.” And as far as the bonfires in the near future, why don’t you stay at home and write letters next year and let’s see if we have packing crates or an Aggie Bon fire built because of what it stands for, NOT to see who can do the most work, or get their picture taken. I’ll say it again— Grow up, you’re a big boy now. John Otto, ’70 P.S. You might have a reason to be offended because there were no pictures of civilians, but for your information, the Corps of Cadets did not take the pictures or write the article, so the next time you decide to pop off, ad dress it to the individual re sponsible. Editor’s Note: For lack of space we cannot print four more re plies to Bouchard’s letter. ★ ★ ★ Editor: To Mr. J. I. Muhl, Jr. ’66: You expressed several opinions which were well founded in 1966, but not in 1970. The times have changed greatly in the past four years. There are several points you mentioned which deserve a reply to: 1) You spoke of the bald head as being a military haircut. The bald head haircut is no longer used in the military. The corps Social Room, MSC. Picture for the Aggieland will be made. Mechanical Engineering Stu dent Wives Club will meet at 7:30 in the Blue Room of the Lone Star Gas Company. A party food demonstration will be given. WEDNESDAY Student Chapter of Associated General Contractors will hear a Flexicore Company representa tive speak at 7:30 p.m. in Room 110 Architecture. THURSDAY Student Psychological Associa tion will meet at 7:15 on the front steps of the MSC. Club picture will be made. still has more conservative rules on sideburns and mustaches than the military. 2) You say a bald head would not keep people from coming to A&M because of our excellent academic standards, educational prestige and so on. It doesn't keep them from coming to A&M, but they live in the Sbisa area and not the Duncan area. 3) You say the vast majority of civilians were originally in the corps. When I came to A&M in Sept, of ’66, this was true, but this does not exist today. In ’66, when you were in the corps, the corps had recently gone non- compulsory, so those civilians on campus today are those who were never subject to compulsory corps; many never joined the corps and the majority of those who left the corps left because they were not interested in the corps values, those values includ ing whipping out. Having spent four years on campus I have seen a marked change in civilians; most civilians don’t know what to do when a fish comes up and whips out. 4) You say we should turn in our uniforms and hit Highway 6 because it runs both ways. Such narrow-minded reasoning as this is one of the reasons the corps isn’t as large as it once was; this form of reasoning is one of the causes the present actions were forced into existence. 5) You say we should let the corps die a noble death and so on. The Corps and A&M never taught me quitting was noble. One of our oldest traditions is not quitting when things don’t look too good. There is a rather corny expres sion, “when the going gets tough, the Tough get going,” and it is time some of us got going; noth ing was ever accomplished by quitting. You can cut down Maj. Solymo- sy and Matt Carroll for the ac tions taken but the problems which forced these actions were formed many years ago; these people are just the ones trying to solve the problems; they don’t believe in quitting. John Caruthers ’70 ★ ★ ★ Editor: TO THE CLASS OF ’73: There will be a special called meeting of the Freshman Council at 8 p.m. Monday in the Confer ence Room of the Library. Any one interested in the Class of ’73’s Freshman Ball is invited to at tend this important meeting. At this time I would like to apolo gize to Keathley Hall for the error in Wednesday’s Battalion. Bill Darkoch President, Class 6f ’73 Bulletin Board Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Bettalion 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 no more than 300 words in length. They must be signed, although the writer’s name will be withheld by arrangement ivith the editor. Address correspondence to Listen Up, The Battalion, Room 217, Sendees Building, College Station, Texas 77843. 1969 TPA Award Winner Members of the Student Publications Board are: Jim Lindsey, chairman ; H. F. Filers, College of Liberal Arts ; F. S. White, College of Engineering; Dr. Asa B. Childers, Jr., College of Veterinary Medicine; and Dr. Z. L. Carpenter, College of Agriculture. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M, is published in College Station, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and holiday periods, September through May, and once a week during summer school. Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Services. Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association The Associated Collegiate Press Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per semester; $6 per school year; $6.50 per full year. All subscriptions subject to 4^4% sales tax. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address: The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas 77843. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. EDITOR DAVE MAYES Managing Editor David Middlebrooke Sports Editor Richard Campbell Assistant Sports Editor Mike Wright Staff Writers Pam Troboy, Payne-Harrison, Hayden Whitsett, Clifford Broyles, Bob Robinson, Tony Huddleston, Chancy Lewis, Janie Wallace, George Scott Columnist Roger Miller Photographer Jim Berry Sports Photographer Mike Wright 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 O-S—Mar. 9-13 T-Z—Mar. 16-20 Make-ups—Mar. 23-31 CIVILIANS—Coat and Tie CORPS—Uniform pictures will be taken 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. BRING FEE SLIPS UNIVERSITY STUDIO 115 N. 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