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THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Tuesday, February 16, 1971
CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle Listen up
IHE B;
College students
Student defends the Batt
form own lobby
AUSTIN </P> — A college stu
dents lobby that will work for its
favorite legislation just like other
interest groups was announced
Monday.
The Texas Intercollegiate Stu
dents Association, formed in 1949
but seldom noticed, said it has
reorganized and plans to lobby
“like the teachers.”
Students “have never commit
ted themselves to the serious
business of government. Instead,
we have been playing games,”
said TISA president Tom Hen
derson, a Texas A&M senior.
Henderson said TISA had hired
Ed Wendler of Austin, a veteran
of legislative research activity,
as full-time executive director.
Half the TISA budget comes
from a $22,600 Moody Founda
tion grant, Henderson said.
He listed six current legisla
tive issues on which TISA has
taken stands: lowering of the
voting age to 18 for state and
local elections; tuition increase
TISA opposes: permanent voter
registration; landlord-tenant re
lations; legislative ethics and a
“realistic pay scale;” and freeing
student government fees from
administrative control.
Wendler said TISA would send
delegations to visit with various
legislators, in addition to mak
ing appearances before commit
tees.”
“We are going to approach it
like the teachers approach it —
show the legislature we have the
votes and influence and approach
it in a mature, responsible man
ner. . . . They (students) are go
ing into politics in the home
towns and support people who
support them,” Wendler said.
He said he “assumed” the TISA
board would have to register as
lobbyists.
Chancellor Charles LeMaistre
of the University of Texas sys
tem was present at the news con
ference and said he believed “stu
dents are ready for much more
than they are allowed to do.”
“Our generation is proud of
its accomplishments. We are look
ing forward to testing your gen
eration on its accomplishments,
rather than its pronouncements,”
LeMaistre said.
Editor:
I feel that I must defend The
Battalion, dauntless defender of
all that is good in America, from
Mr. Vernon’s attack in the Feb.
10 issue. The Battalion is not
“new left” or “ultra-liberal.” It
is not even ‘slightly left of mid
dle-of-the-road.” It is, however,
a greeting used
cowboys, as in
Your kind
Town thanks A&M
“I decided to stop pollution at th’ source and keep my
garbage in my room!”
by contributions
tonight on the tube
slightly to the left of Genghis
Kahn.
“Ride on” is
between Black
“Ride on, varmints,
ain’t welcome here.”
Gerald Daughety
★ ★ ★
Editor:
Thursday night a water fight
took place in the Moore, Moses,
and Davis-Gary Hall area. It re
mained friendly and the general
emphasis was good wet fun. But,
then a group from the “Fightin”
Texas Aggie football team ar
rived. Now I know why they’re
called the “FIGHTIN” Texas Ags.
They weren't winning the water
fight but, they sure “beat the
hell outa” the opponents. I guess
if you can’t “beat the hell outa
t.u.” you have to support your
plastic ego some other way. Re
member football team, we’ll sup
port you until your last losing
game next Turkey Day.
I'm not signing this letter as
I have no illusions of being the
last one standing after the jocks
caught me.
name withheld
Citizens of Rogers, Texas, be
lieve Texas A&M deserves more
than a “thank you” for educating
their children.
Texas A&M former students
and parents of current students
used personal contact in the Cen
tral Texas community of 1,000 to
raise money for the A&M scholar
ship fund.
Rogers High School Principal
Donald Godwin and elementary-
junior high Principal Darwin
Schwertner have presented a $110
unrestricted scholarship donation
to A&M Development Director
Dorsey E. McCrory and Robert
M. Logan, student aid director.
It marked the fourth successive
year the community has contrib
uted to the scholarship program,
McCrory said.
Schwertner estimated 50
Equipment operators
finish course
Eighteen Texas Highway De
partment heavy equipment opera
tors Friday completed a six-week
instructor course conducted by the
Engineering Extension Service.
Officials from seven THD dis
trict offices attended the gradu
ation ceremonies to present cer
tificates.
Each student received advanced
training in heavy equipment op
erations and maintenance, plus
one week of teacher training by
EES’s Vocational Teacher Educa
tion Division.
Rogers High School graduates
have enrolled at Texas A&M dur
ing the past six years, including
more than 30 currently attending
classes.
Seven students are from the
1970 graduating class and four
of them are attending under A&M
Opportunity Award Scholarships.
There has been one dropout
over the six-year period, Schwert
ner observed, and he had to leave
because of personal problems, not
scholastic problems.
“These scholarships are deeply
appreciated by our town,” God
win said. “This check is a small
token of our appreciation.”
Schwertner, a 1946 graduate of
A&M, declared Texas A&M was
the first college to give a scholar
ship to Rogers students.
Godwin, who also serves as
head football coach, is a 1955
A&M graduate. He stressed the
contributions come from the com
munity with “some University of
Texas and Baylor gradutes pitch
ing in.”
Schwertner and vocational ag
riculture teacher J. H. Merka
originated the drive. Merka, who
has bachelor and master's degrees
from A&M, played football for
the Aggies and is a member of
the “T” Association. He has been
at Rogers since graduation in
1934.
Other A&M graduates in the
Rogers schools include two assis
tant coach-teachers and a math
teacher who attended A&M with
an Opportunity Award.
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Associate Dean of Students Don
R. Stafford said today the matter
is “under investigation right
now.” He said no disciplinary
action has been taken yet, but
that such action may take place
by the end of the week. Head
football coach Gene Stallings said
he has been away lately recruiting
and really doesn’t know enough
about the matter to comment.—
Ed.
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Editor:
This letter is in regard to the
article in the Feb. 4 issue of The
Battalion dealing with the holding
of Silver Taps for any Texas
A&M student who dies, regard
less of the circumstances of his
death. I am no longer a student
Bulletin Board
TONIGHT
Dallas Hometown Club will meet
at 8 p.m. in the Social Room of
the MSC to elect a sweetheart.
Marketing Society will meet at
7:30 p.m. in rooms 2C-D of the
MSC to hear a talk on “Promo
tion Plans for 1971.”
Sociology Club will meet at
7:30 p.m. in the home of Dr. Rob
ert Skrabanek, 307 Gilchrist in
College Station.
WEDNESDAY
Intervarsity Christian Fellow
ship will meet at 7:30 p.m. in
room 304 of the Physics Building.
Petroleum Engineers Club will
meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 209 of
the Petroleum Engineering Build
ing to hear Wayland Jordan of
Conoco speak on transient flow
tests in the North Sea.
Aggie Wives Bridge Club will
meet at 7:30 p.m. at 101 Church
St. in College Station (the old
city hall).
at Ralph’s Pizza at
THURSDAY
Young Americans for Freedom
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the old
College Station city hall, 101 N.
Church.
Dallas Hometown Club will meet
at 8 p.m. in the lobby of the MSC
to have pictures made for the
Aggieland.
Irving Hometown Club will meet
at 7:30 p.m.
Eastgate.
Panhandle Area Hometown Club
will meet at 7 p.m. at the Country
Kitchen.
Civil Engineering Wives Club
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Blue
Flame Room of the Lone Star
Gas Co., 201 E. 27th in Bryan.
El Paso Hometown Club will
meet at 7:30 p.m. at the MSC
front desk to have pictures taken
for the Aggieland. Class A win
ter or coat and tie should be
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EDITOR DAVID MIDDLEBROOKE
Assistant Editor Hayden Whitsett
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ATTENTION TO ALL
JRS. & SOPHS
Urgent
Pictures will be made at the University Studio according to
the following schedule.
S-V Feb. 15 -19
WXYZ Feb. 22-26
Make ups will be made March 2 -12.
Your cooperation is necessary for your picture to appear in
the Aggieland.
Rotary Community Series Presents
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THE FRED WARING SHOW
G. ROLLIB WHITE COLISEUM
Tuesday Night, Feb. 16, 1971, 8:00 p. m.
ADMISSION:
Rotary Series Ticket Holders:
Reserved Sections—Rows 1-15 Main Floor
Rows 1-15 West Balcony (Sec. 104-107)
Town Hall Season Ticket Holder and
A&M Activity Card Holders:
FREE GENERAL ADMISSION
OTHER PRICES:
Reserved Seats:
A&M Student and/or date $2.25 or $2.50
All Others $4.50 or $5.00
General Admission:
A&M Student & Date $2.00
Other Students $2.50
All Others $3.50
Tickets, information MSC Student Programs Office
Call 845-4671
PEANUTS
at Texas A&M, but I would like
to voice my opinion on this sub
ject.
Silver Taps has long been an
honored tradition at A&M. It is
very moving to see thousands of
members of the student body at
tend Silver Taps to pay final
tribute to a fellow Aggie — an
Aggie who many of them prob
ably did not know. I know of no
other university in the world that
would take the time to pay tribute
to a deceased student.
Texas A&M University has be
come famous throughout tt(
world because of its glorious tra
ditions. I do not think that AM
should be associated with payinf
tribute to a criminal by holding
Silver Taps for him.
J. Chris Cooley ’46
Charles Wolfer ’72 was shot
and killed by Brenham police
Jan. 22 while supposedly flee
ing from the scene of a crime.
Charges were never filed. That
means he cannot be classified
a criminal, Mr. Cooley. —Ed.
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A 1932 graduate has donated
an $11,000 Gradall to the Heavy
Equipment Operators School, an
nounced Engineering Extension
Service Director H. D. Bearden.
Cliff English, president of Hi-
Way Machinery Co., 3612 Com
merce St., Dallas, made the con
tribution.
A1 Jones, chief instructor for
the heavy equipment school, said
the machine will be used as a
teaching aid at the school, located
south of Easterwood Airport.
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