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CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle Listen Up
Bonfire ‘message’ wrong
‘Our discussion will begin with a basic definition......,”
Editor:
In the past few weeks several
letters have appeared in The Bat
talion expressing opposition to
the Bonfire. I have been im
pressed by these letters in the
fact that more and more intelli
gent people have expressed dis
satisfaction with the wanton de
struction of our environment. Al
though I feel these letters have
all been well-intentioned, I also
feel that most of the letters have
missed the major point in oppos
ing the Bonfire.
Texas A&M University pre
sents itself as being one of the
leading schools in conservation
and national resource manage
ment. Indeed, Texas A&M does
have some of the world’s finest
in the fields of conservation,
ecology and resource manage
ment. To the uninitiated, this
propaganda sounds great and,
undoubtably is accepted. It would
seem reasonable to accept, with
out question, the premise that
Texas A&M is on the right road
and leading the way to brighter
days for all.
Therefore, when the adminis
tration condones—indeed encour
ages—the mass cutting of living
trees for a two- to three-hour
show, what is a person to think
but that such actions are not in
conflict with the most basic eco
logical laws and man’s very
Bulletin Board
TONIGHT
American Fisheries Society will
meet at 7:30 p. m. in room B-25
of the Biological Sciences Build
ing to hear Bob Kelly give a pro
gram on the cage culture of chan
nel catfish.
Society for the Advancement of
Management will meet at 7:30
p. m. in room 202 of Francis Hall
to hear a guest speaker.
Political Science Majors will
meet at 5 p. m. in room 301 of
Bolton Hall for a departmental
meeting.
American Institute of Industrial
Engineers will meet at 7:30 p. m.
in room 220 of the Engineering
Building to hear William D. Toney
speak on labor relationships in
industrial engineering.
American Meteorological So
ciety will meet at 7:30 p. m. in
room 305 of Goodwin Hall.
Cepheid Variable Science Fic
tion Club will meet at 7:30 p.m.
in room 3A of the MSC for a
general discussion of occult sci
ences.
Phi Eta Sigma will meet at
7:30 p.m. in room 113 of the Biol
ogy Building.
Rugby Club of A&M will meet
at 8 p.m. in the Art Room of the
MSC to discuss the Lone Star
tourney.
Sociology Club will meet at
7:30 p.m. in room 2C of the MSC
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struggle for existence? Who is
to question such authority?
This is exactly what is wrong
with the Bonfire. It, in effect,
tells several generations of young
people, numbering in the thou
sands, that trees and the entire
natural community of which they
are but a part, are valueless. It
is but a short step to transfer
ring such trends of thought to
other natural resources. Witness
the death of Lake Erie.
The “burning desire to beat
hell out of TU” is fine. It is the
attitude carried away from the
bonfire by thousands of young
people that deserves condemna
tion. If the students of Texas
A&M really want to make this
institution a leader in conserva
tion and resource management,
let’s begin by ending one of the
most wanton abuses of our en
vironment and begin to think of
instilling attitudes in our stu
dents oriented toward a compata-
ble coexistence with nature and
earth.
Curtis A. Spenrath
Bonfire workers on 5-day
board plan need meal tickets
Texas A&M Bonfire workers
who are enrolled under the five-
day board plan must either pur
chase special meal tickets or make
other food arrangements for Bon
fire weekend, Head Yell Leader
Keith Chapman announced Mon
day.
Students who have paid the
seven-day board fee are not af
fected.
For the past two years, all
Bonfire workers were fed in the
dining halls or given sack lunches
in the cutting area. It was esti
mated the free lunches cost the
Food Services Department ap-
Bryan. The Castillian Wig and
Beauty Salon will present a pro
gram after the meeting.
Laredo Hometown Club will
meet at 7:30 p. m. in room 108
of the Academic Building to se
lect a band for the Christmas
dance.
San Antonio Hometown Club
will meet at 7:30 p. m. in room
145 of the Physics Building to
make final plans for the Thanks
giving party.
THURSDAY
Houston Hometown Club will
meet at 8 p. m. in the Birch Room
of the MSC to distribute tickets
for the Christmas party.
Panhandle Area Hometown
Club will meet at 6:30 p. m. at
Ralph’s Pizza at East Gate.
FRIDAY
Women’s Social Club will meet
at 2 p.m. in the Ballroom of the
MSC. A panel of women will tell
how prejudice touches the lives of
a Catholic, a Jew, a Negro, a
Mexican-American and a white
Protestant.
proximately $2,000.
Yell Leader Committee Chair
man J. Malon Southerland said
a request to the Exchange Store
Committee for funds to feed the
non-board-paying students was
denied. All Bonfire money comes
from Exchange Store funds, he
added.
Five-day board plan students
may purchase a six-meal ticket
for use Saturday and Sunday for
$4.56 per ticket, or a $1.52 ticket
for noon sack lunches those two
days.
Southerland said the tickets
must be purchased no later than
6 p.m. Thursday from Burton
Suehs, Duncan Dining Hall stew
ard, or Ed Hein, Sbisa Dining
Hall steward.
Day students are urged either
to bring their own sack lunch or
purchase the meal ticket.
Students will be asked to show
their identification card or meal
ticket before being fed, Suther
land said.
The free meal problem has
occurred during the past two
years, after the university of
fered a seven-day and five-day
meal plan.
Alpha Phi Omega, national
service fraternity, will sell soft
drinks in the cutting area but
no food items, Southerland said.
Flowers elected to
secretary of council
Dr. Archie I. Flowers of A&M
has been elected secretary of the
American Veterinary Medical As
sociation’s Council on Public
Health and Regulatory Veteri
nary Medicine.
Dr. Flowers is head of the Vet
erinary Public Health Depart
ment. He received bachelor, doc
tor of veterinary medicine and
master’s degrees from A&M.
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