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By Pam Troboy
Battalion News Editor
Dr. Marg-aret Mead, intema-
donally known anthropologist,
Thursday called for the establish-
nent of a universal ethic during
;he next 25 years.
She said that this uniform code
[>f mores would have to be es-
ablished during the next gener-
ition to be effective.
Speaking to a crowd of 4,500,
)r. Mead presented the keynote
sddress of the three-part “Man,
Morality and Society” seminar
sponsored by Great Issues. She
liscussed “Culture and the New
Morality.”
Chairman Tom Fitzhugh said
hat the audience was the largest
ver for a Great Issues presenta-
ion.
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Introduced as a former presi-
ent of the Association of Women
Students, Dr. Mead remarked that
she understood that there was
no dean of women at A&M.
“Women students at most other
universities are trying to get rid
of their deans,” she said, “it’s
odd to find a campus where they
want one.”
Often controversial in the past,
Dr. Mead confined her address to
conventional viewpoints of ethics
and morality.
Welcomed by a standing ova
tion and frequently interrupted
by laughter and applause, Dr.
Mead defined morality as customs
that a people think are ethical.
She said that people outside
these groups have varying views
of these customs, and that many
of them are likely to look “out
of place and peculiar.”
Many people are concerned
about the wide diversity of cus
toms, she said, but Americans
are great believers in situational
ethics and are willing to examine
the circumstances in which the
custom occurs.
“No particular act of any sort
can be regarded as absolutely
good or bad,” Dr. Mead said.
“Cultural relativity means that
the custom depends on the situa
tion.
“This causes many anthropol
ogists to worry about the world
without a universal ethic,” she
said.
The thing to do, she said, is to
find something common to all
these peculiar customs.
“Man is capable of ethical be
havior,” Dr. Mead said. “He ac
cepts the concepts of right and
wrong. Even his animals develop
a conscience. Dogs and even cats
have ethics. Of course,” she said
to scattered laughter, “cats go
ahead and do what they want to
anyway.”
“There are three ethics that
are universally accepted,” she
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said. “In all societies murder is
distinguished from other kinds of
killing; incest is taboo; and some
possession, even if it is only a
man’s name, is held to be invio
lable.
“We are increasingly living in
one world and increasingly de
pending on the morality of people
all over the world,” she said.
“A universal ethic must be es
tablished for war and peace, en
vironment and population con
trol,” she said to loud applause.
“There must be one ethic for all
nations—white or non-white, cap
italistic or communistic, small or
large.”
“We have the same choice now
of whether to adopt a universal
language or to evolve into several
major ones,” she said.
If we adopt a universal lan
guage, then each nation can keep
its own languge. Otherwise a
few widely-spoken languages will
become prominent, she said.
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In Evaluation by ACP
The Battalion has received an
Ml American rating from the
Associated Collegiate Press at
he University of Minnesota.
Approximately 600 member
lewspapers from throughout the
Jnited States were evaluated in
VCP’s 82nd All American Criti-
:al Service.
Editor Dave Mayes said that
iccording to a letter received
Thursday from the ACP offi-
:ials, student newspapers pub-
ished during the fall semester
vere judged on coverage and
content, writing and editing,
editorial leadership, physical ap
pearance and photography.
Marks of Distinction for su
perior achievement may be
warded in each of the five cate-
;ories and a paper must receive
r our such credits to be rated
All American, judges said.
They noted that The Battalion,
judged in the same category as
other university daily newspa
pers, received Marks of Distinc
tion in coverage and content,
writing and editing, physical ap
pearance and photography. The
paper accumulated 3,430 of a pos
sible 3,950 contest points.
The ACP defined the All
American award as one given
to newspapers who have “. . . that
extra spark of liveliness, imagi
nation and appeal that distin-
quishes really top publications.
We cannot ignore that the best
newspapers have made these in
tangible qualities an important
part of truly excellent achieve
ment.”
tion, said that to his knowledge
this is the first time The Bat
talion has earned the distinc
tion.
Jim Lindsey, chairman of the
Student Publications Board and
director of University Informa-
Other ratings given by the
ACP on the basis of total nu
merical scores are First Class
(excellent); Second Class (very
good); and Third Class (good).
“The All American with four
or five marks is symbolic of the
newspapers,” wrote Otto W.
Quale, ACP executive director.
“Covering the college campus
and relating to national events
offers an increasing challenge to
the newspaper staff working
with limited time and funds,” he
added. “An over all study in
dicates they are doing an out
standing job fully aware of both
the opportunities and obligations
of a free and responsible press.”
“We now have a tremendous
gap between people who grew up
before World War II and those
who grew up after the war,” Dr.
Mead said. “There has been a
real break in experience. After
the Kinsey report came out, the
difficulties began.
“Before the report,” she said,
“parents were pretending to their
children that they were far bet
ter than they were. This has
broken down. Younger people no
longer want to be told that peo
ple are better than they are.
“They don’t conceal things,”
Dr. Mead said. “They want to
live in sin publicly. The new mo
rality is as ethical as the old.
Any system that treats its mem
bers with dignity is ethical.”
A panel of four faculty mem
bers screened written questions
from the audience. Dr. Robert L.
Skrabanek, head of sociology; Dr.
Arnold D. LeUnes, psychology
professor; David R. Woodard,
history professor; and Dr. Wil
liam P. Kuvlesky, sociology pro
fessor, relayed questions to Dr.
Mead.
Dr. Mead, in response to the
first question, said that mari-
(See Universal Ethics, page 2)
Issues in CS Council Race
Money, Improvement Policies
By Bob Robinson
Battalion Staff Writer
Candidates for the only con
tested seat in the Tuesday College
Station City Council election dis
agree on the handling of finances,
as well as the present “pay as
you go” policy for city improve
ments.
In separate interviews with
The Battalion Thursday Mrs.
Mary Bryan called the “pay as
you go” policy ineffective, while
Dr. Cecil B. Ryan supported it.
Both are seeking the seat vacated
by councilman O. M. Holt, who is
not running for re-election.
Councilmen James H. Dozier
and Dr. C. H. Ransdell, as well as
Mayor D. A. Anderson, will also
be on the ballot Tuesday for re-
election, but the positions are
uncontested.
Ryan, associate professor in
Texas A&M’s Poultry Science De
partment and 14-year resident of
College Station, said he’s always
been interested in civic affairs
and “feel its my duty to partici
pate.”
Ryan said he wants sound zon
ing for the community and under
stands the c o u n c i 1 studying
a proposal for both zoning and
subdivision ordinances, which he
supports.
He also said he’s in favor of
the “pay as you go” policy pres
ently used by the city in financ
ing its developments and street
improvements.
Under this policy, a petition
must be signed by 60 per cent of
the property owners on a street
requesting the city to pave it.
ROTC Cadets Must Combat
‘Dislike of Things Military’
It is done at the cost of about $4
a foot to each property owner,
with the city paying the rest.
The same type of policy is
used to put in sidewalks along a
thoroughfare, only the petition
has to be signed by 100 per cent
of the property owners.
Ryan said College Station’s de
velopment must be in line with its
income.
“You can’t have instantaneous
development,” he said. “If the
money is spent in an orderly fash
ion and developments completed
as the funds are available, the
city’s financial structure stays in
line.”
When a city gets into financial
trouble, he said, taxes go up and
people start moving out.
“Right now,” he added, “taxes
are in line with the services re
ceived.”
(See CS Council, page 3)
ROTC cadets today have additional
obstacles to overcome in preparing themselves
:o serve the United States as citizen-soldiers,
Army Col. Jim H. McCoy said Wednesday
night.
“He is fighting the groundswell of dislike
of all things military,” the A&M commandant
of cadets told participants of an American
Legion observance of the 150th anniversary
of the Reserve Officers Training Corps.
Members of the Allen Military Academy
and A&M Military Science Department
faculties were guests at the American Legion
dinner.
“The college man who elects to take
ROTC is fighting people who think military
'should be done away with altogether,” he
added, “that flower power will win out over
military power. Some day hopefully, these
people may be right.”
The realistic ROTC student, however,
sees the nation’s needs as they exist today and
is willing to do something about them, the
professor of military science said.
McCoy said the idea of a civilian
oriented and educated citizenry as part of
U.S. defense forces has grown since Capt.
Alden Partridge, former superintendent of the
U.S. Military Academy,-presented the idea of
military instruction on civilian college
campuses in 1819.
“His idea was based on a tradition-
established in the earliest days of our
country—that military service is an obligation
of citizenship in a free society,” the colonel
noted.
Growth of the ROTC program resulting
from the 1916 National Defense Act can be
traced to the nation’s “need for educated
leaders for national defense and the many
advantages this system offers,” McCoy said.
“It has been well established that the
experience an individual gets as a result of
active service as an officer is beneficial in
most any line of work he may choose at a
later date,” McCoy said.
BULLETIN
The Physics Building and Ex
change Store were evacuated
briefly this morning after uni
versity police received an anon
ymous bomb threat.
Police took a telephone call
at 9:50 a.m. from a man who
said bombs were scheduled to
be ignited in the two buildings
at 10:30 a.m.
University police searched the
facilities shortly after 10:30 but
found no explosives.
“We considered the call a
prank but couldn’t afford to
ignore it,” noted University
Police Chief Ed Powell.
The call was received by Mrs.
Sherry Gytkowski, office sec
retary. She attempted to trans
fer the call to one of the of
ficers, but the caller declined
to talk to anyone else and hung
up.
DR. MARGARET MEAD
Luedecke Plans to Visit
Dorms, Listen to Students
By Dave Mayes
Battalion Editor
Acting A&M President A. R.
Luedecke said Thursday that in
the coming weeks he plans to
visit students in their dormito
ries and attend a number of their
meetings to gain a better under
standing of student needs and
problems.
In an interview with The Bat
talion, the retired Air Force gen
eral said his former responsibil
ities with the university did not
offer him the. opportunities for
the close contact with students
he now says is essential in his
new role.
Gen. Luedecke, 59, was elevat
ed Monday by the A&M Board
of Directors from associate direc
tor of Texas Engineering Experi
ment Station and associate dean
of engineering to acting president
of the University and A&M Sys
tem.
He said that his energies will
be devoted to the continuation of
the programs initiated by his
friend and fellow classmate, the
late Gen. Earl Rudder.
The soft-spoken native of El
dorado pointed out, however, that
he will not balk at making major
changes if he believes they are
necessary.
Gen. Luedecke said he believes
that the past relationship between
the administration and the stu
dents has been a fairly close one,
and that he wishes to maintain
that relationship.
His principal link with A&M
students this year has been as a
member of the Memorial Student
Center Council, the faculty-stu
dent panel that governs MSC stu
dent programs. The general
agreed that the council is a good
example of how students and ad
ministrators can work together.
Gen. Luedecke said he has some
plans for the university in mind,
but has not set about determin
ing any priorities for them.
“Less than 16 working hours
as acting president does not put
me in a position to be any ex
pert on A&M’s future,” he said.
He added that he anticipates he
will spend a good part of the im
mediate future “just keeping the
wheels rolling.”
Would he accept the full presi
dency of the university if the
board of directors offered it to
him ?
“I have been charged by the
board to carry out the responsi
bilities of acting president,” Gen.
Luedecke replied, adding that he
is concentrating his efforts only
on “doing the job at hand,” with
no other objective mind.
If, in the event he is offered
the position, he said he would
“make a decision only at that
time.”
General Luedecke completed a
26-year military career when he
retired from the Air Force in
1958 to become general manager
of the U. S. Atomic Energy Com
mission. After serving in that
post nearly six years, he was
named deputy director of the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory at Cali
fornia Institute of Technology,
where he played a major role in
space research.
He was among 100 distinguish
ed Texans who helped determine
goals for attainment by the uni
versity prior to its centennial in
1976. He was a member of the
Centufy Council established by
the board of directors in 1961
to conduct a detailed study of
the instiution and make long-
range recommendations.
Luedecke has been employed
by a university for only two years,
returning to A&M in 1968. Nev
ertheless, he said he has been in
close contact with universities
since 1946, when he became in
volved in the Atomic Energy
Commission../
He noted that he has worked
at one time or another with near
ly every college and university
in the nation, aiding them in
some way with some phase of
nuclear research, especially in re
lation to construction of cyclo
trons and reactors.
A 1932 A&M graduate in chem
ical engineering, Gen. Luedecke
has a son, Alvin R. Luedecke Jr.,
who is a senior civil engineering
student here.
Apollo 12 Crew
To Be Made
Fallout Presents ‘The Brig
Honorary Ags
To Begin Spring Season
“Sir, prisoner number two re
porting as ordered, sir.”
“You are a mess, maggot, do
you know that?”
“Yessir.”
“Yes, yes you are a mess, boy.
Say it. Say you are a mess.”
“Sir, I am a mess, sir.”
“I am going to be watching you
among the rest of my lice, and if
you are not squared away ... I
will clean up the deck with you.
Is that clear, Two?”
“The Brig” is the story of a
Marine brig in Japan in 1957. It
is the day in the life of six prison
ers and two guards.
Kenneth H. Brown had just got
ten ont of a Marine brig when he
wrote the play. It was first per
formed on the Living Theater
stage in New York. Opening
night, Brown and the director
were arrested for “creating a
disturbance.”
The Aggie Players are present
ing “The Brig” at 8 p. m. Sat
urday in the Fallout Theater be
hind Guion Hall.
Jim Dennis, the director and a
Marine veteran of four years,
said the play is fairly true to life.
“It hits hard, but it’s honest,”
he said.
Bob Robinson plays the part of
the brig’s warden, and Dennis
Turner plays Sgt. Tepperman, the
second guard. Both are on the
day watch and seem to get plea
sure out of baiting the prisoners,
pushing them as hard as possible.
Six, the oldest prisoner of the
brig, played by Randall Cater,
finally cracks under the strain.
He had been in the Marines 16
years.
Five, played by Gary Cum
mings, gets out after only 25
days. His sentence had been re
duced five days for good be
havior.
Three, played by Kline Reeves,
is almost third in command. His
position is easiest of the prisoners.
He is the only one not picked on
as long as he does his duties as
ordered.
Two, at the beginning of the
play, is the newest of the prison
ers. Scott Wilson is Two.
One is brought in during the
play and initiated into the brig
accordingly. One is played by
David Campbell.
Eight, played by Mike Mc-
Caswill, has been in the brig a
long time. He and Two are the
ones to have the privilege of
singing the warden’s favorite
song, “The Marine’s Hymn.”
“The Brig” is the first Fallout
Theater production of the spring
semester. The Fallout is an area
built by the Aggie Players in the
basement of Guion Hall for the
purpose of showing student-di
rected and, in many cases, stu
dent-written plays.
Next Friday, “Who Gives Char
lotte Headaches,” a one-act play
written by Jim Dennis and di
rected by Melanie Haldas, will be
performed.
The three Apollo 12 astronauts
— including UT graduate Alan
Bean —r will be made honorary
Aggies today at a Houston dinner
honoring Gerald Griffin, A&M
graduate, who directed the latest
moon shot.
Joining Bean in the Aggie cir
cle will be Charles (Pete) Conrad
and Richard Gordon.
The dinner honoring Griffin,
who earned his aeronautical engi
neering degree at A&M in 1956,
is being sponsored by the South
east Harris County A&M Club.
The 8 p.m. program will be held
at Holiday Inn-NASA.
A spokesman for A&M’s Asso
ciation of Former Students and
the Apollo 12 astronauts will be
among the first to receive the
honorary Aggie awards.
Civilian Weekend
Tickets Available
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
GREAT SAVINGS PLANS made
even better by new legal rates at
FIRST BANK & TRUST. Adv.
Civilian students may exchange
their dorm activity cards for
Civilian Weekend barbeque and
dance tickets according to
Raleigh Lane, Civilian Student
Council public relations chairman.
The fall dorm activity card is
good for a dance ticket and the
spring activity card is good for
a barbeque ticket, Lane said.
The dance ticket is good for
the student and his date. The bar
beque ticket is good for only
student. Students must purchase
tickets for their dates.
Students may pick up these
tickets from their dorm counselor
through Monday, April 20th. Stu
dents that don’t have dorm ac
tivity cards may purchase the
dance tickets for $3 per couple
and the barbeque tickets for $1
during the same period.