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CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
“It’s good to be back in class, where we can get our rest!”
Numbers in ( ) denote chan
nels on the cable.
2:30 3 (5) Edge of Night
15 (12) Sesame Street
(PBS)
3:00 3 (5) Gomer Pyle
3:30 3 (5) Town Talk
15 (12) University
Instructional
4:00 3 (5) Dark Shadows
4:30 3 (5) Bewitched
15 (12) What’s New
(NET)
5:00 3 (5) General Hospital
15 (12) Misterogers’
Neighborhood
(NET)
5:30 3 (5) CBS News
15 (12) Sesame Street
(PBS)
6:00 3 (5) Evening News
6:30 3 (5) Beverly
Hillbillies
15 (12) Campus and
Community
Today
7:00 3 (5) Green Acres
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15 (12) Folk Guitar
(ETS)
7:30 3 (5) Hee Haw
15 (12) Black Journal
(NET)
8:30 3 (5) To Rome With
Love
15 (12) Viewpoint
9:00 3 (5) Marcus Welby,
MD
15 (12) The Advocates
(PBS)
10:00 3 (5) Final News
10:30 3 (5) Movie of the
Week
Correction
The Battalion last Tuesday un
intentionally left out A. M. Wal-
drup and Co. when it ran a list of
merchants donating money to the
Bonfire.
We wish to apologize for the
omission and hope we did not
inconvenience anyone greatly. We
also appreciate the error being
called to our attention.
Listen up
Travis
Editor:
Having been a resident of the
B-CS area for several years while
my husband attended TAMU, I
feel as loyal to Texas A&M and
its traditions as any Aggie. My
feelings concerning the Bonfire
and the traditions behind it are
with those who participate in
making it the success it always
is. The spirit shown has always
made me stand in awe at the
response to this annual event.
All students in the past have
not been participants for various
reasons. However, this year there
has been another type of activity
for this season shown by another
group of Aggies. Some of the
so-called “non-reg,” “anti-corps”
or otherwise “indifferent civil
ians” volunteered their “bonfire
building holiday” to a much dif
ferent type of construction. The
students to whom I refer are the
ones that have given their time
to helping give Travis Elementary
School a much needed face-lifting.
The conduct and attitudes of
these young people during this
work has been to say the very
least admirable. The distractions
caused by the scraping of old
paint and good-natured, clean
humor of those working was well
worth it.
Long after the ashes of the
Bonfire have grown cold and have
been blown to the four winds, the
“construction” of this crew will
be a reminder of Aggies who
care and want to be counted as
such—even though they do not
choose to show their loyalty to
their school in the same tradition
al way—maybe this is the first
year of a never-ending tradition
at Aggieland.
Thanks, Aggies — especially
Bulletin
TONIGHT
Cepheid Variable Science Fic
tion Club will meet at 7:30 p.m.
in room 2A of the MSC to dis
cuss Dune.
WEDNESDAY
Civil Air Patrol will meet at
7:30 p.m. in the conference room
of the Teague Building to hold
an instrument ground school.
Nonmembers may attend, but are
requested to pay a $15 fee.
Entomology Wives Club will
meet at 8 p.m. at the home of
Mrs. Carol Everett, 2501 Roun
tree Dr. in Bryan.
THURSDAY
Pecan Valley Hometown Club
will meet at 8 p.m. in room 2A
of the MSC.
If you’re on Midwest Video’s cable you are going to see
more. (adv)
San Antonio Hometown Club
Cbe Battalion
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★ ★ ★
Editor:
In recent weeks it has been
difficult to read an edition of
The Battalion without encounter
ing letters from people concerned
about the Bonfire.
I feel there definitely are more
productive channels available for
the manpower and time now ex
pended on the Bonfire. I heartily
support those who offer alterna
tives.
However, some have indicated
the cutting of trees for use in the
bonfire is a form of environment
al degradation. I must move to
question this.
The land in and around College
Station, now referred to as the
“Post Oak Belt,” was originally
a savanna — a grassland matrix
with trees scattered throughout.
Early settlers wrote of the lush
grass and scattered trees.
Unwise land use practices such
as cultivation of land not suited
for agronomic production, and
overgrazing by cattle resulted in
the disappearance of this grass
cover. Post Oak and other trees
invaded the area previously oc
cupied by grass. The removal of
grass fires as an environmental
factor by the white man gave the
trees added protection and allow
ed them to survive.
The resulting vegetation is re
ferred to as “thicketization” rath
er than a forest. It is easy to
identify the veteran trees that
were a part of the climax vege
tation. The grass fires effectively
pruned the lower branches and it
may be several feet to the first
limb.
Board
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room
145 of the Physics Building to
discuss plans for the Christmas
party.
Dallas Hometown Club will
meet at 8 p.m. in rooms 2A-B
of the MSC to discuss the New
Year’s party.
Sociology Club will meet at
7:30 p.m. in room 104 of the Ag
riculture Building to see a slide
show by Dr. Nelson on the Mid
dle East.
MONDAY
Industrial Education Wives
Club will meet at 8 p.m. at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. Donald
Clark, 3801 Stillmeadow Dr. in
Bryan to elect officers for the
spring semester and hold a “Holi
day Tasting Bee.”
praise
My point is, the situation en
countered in wooded areas around
College Station today is not nat
ural (climax). It is a disturbed
situation resulting from man’s
misuse of his environment. To
restore this land to maximum
production, the removal of most,
if not all of the trees is necessary.
Therefore, cutting the trees is
often beneficial. If the veteran
trees are left, the area is quite
scenic after removal of “scrub”
trees.
Nevertheless, it would seem
that using old houses and/or trash
for the Bonfire would both help
the community and project a
better image for Texas A&M
University.
Brown Collins ’69
★ ★ ★
(This a copy of a letter sent
to A&M Board Chairman Clyde
Wells by A. D. Holt, president
emeritus of the University of
Tennessee.)
Dear Mr. Wells:
Permit me to congratulate you
and your fellow Board members
on your rare good judgment in
selecting Dr. Jack K. Williams as
President of The Texas A&M Uni
versity System and President of
Texas A&M University.
It has been my wonderful privi
lege to be intimately associated
with Jack for many years and
to have him as a fellow member
of our staff for two years. I am
quite sincere when I say that I
have never known a person with
a more thorough knowledge of
higher education and a more com
plete dedication to his profession.
His amazing brilliance is tem
pered with a refreshing humility
and a genuine concern for the
happiness of others. In these days
when “polarization” is haunting
many of our campuses, Jack has
demonstrated a remarkable ca
pacity to communicate with both
faculty and students, which is
evidenced by the high esteem and
warm affection in which he is
held by all of us at U.T.
We are terribly sorry Jack is
leaving U.T., as he has done more
to strengthen our academic pro
gram during his brief stay than
the rest of us have done in any
decade of our institution’s history.
However, we are happy for him
to have a position in which his
fabulous talents and boundless
energy may be fully utilized.
You may be sure that Jack,
Margaret, Katherine, and Mary
will be genial and popular addi
tions to your university family.
Incidentally, Jack practices the
Christianity that most of us
preach!
A. D. Holt
TAMU Special Attractions presents
THE NATIONAL PLAYERS’ PRODUCTION
of George Bernard Shaw’s
ARMS AND THE MAN
Shaw’s famous anti-war satire
BRYAN CIVIC AUDITORIUM
Wednesday Night, Dec. 2, 1979—8:00 p. m.
All Seats are Reserved, Prices:
$1.00, $1.50, $2.00, and $2.50
Tickets and information at MSC Student
Program Office 845-4671 and at door.
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BRYAN CIVIC AUDITORIUM
Tuesday Night, Dec. 1, 1970,—8:00 p. nt.
All Seats are Reserved — Prices
$1.00, $1.50, $2.00, and $2.50
Tickets and information at MSC Student Program
Office 845-4671 and at the door.
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