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Page 2 College Station, Texas Tuesday, February 23, 1971 THE BATTALION CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle “I was going to leave a permanent tribute to my out fit, but I guess I didn’t move fast enough!” Bulletin Board ’69 graduate to be honored by monument The late Samuel J. Reeves, 1969 Texas A&M graduate who drown ed while trying to rescue a Boy Scout last summer, will be hon ored with a small monument at the university residence hall where he served as an advisor. Placement of a memorial stone at Law Hall was authorized Tues day by the Texas A&M Univer sity Board of Directors. Reeves died Aug. 13 during a mishap on the Nuese River near Goldsboro, N. C. He rescued one Boy Scout but lost his own life while attempting to save a sec ond youth. Dean of Students James P. Hannigan said dedication cere monies are planned on Parents Day, April 18. The monument will be pur chased by the men of Law Hall. University worker dies after mishap A&M employe Claudie C. Mer- ryman of Franklin died Friday in a Houston hospital from injuries received in a tractor accident 'Thursday at the Research Annex. Funeral services were held Sun day in Mt. Pleasant Church four •miles east of Franklin, under the direction of Peters Funeral Home in Franklin. Merryman, 61, had worked for 'the university six years as an automobile mechanic. He died at 4:15 a.m. Friday in the intensive care unit at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Houston. Merryman was injured at 11 a.m. Thursday while doing main tenance work on a tractor-back- hoe in the Annex Mechanics Shop. He accidentally started the tractor while greasing the back- hoe and the left rear wheel rolled on to his hips and legs. J. W. Martine, superintendent of the Research Annex Mainte nance and Operations Office, esti mated Merryman was pinned about five minutes before being found by a fellow worker. TONIGHT Host and Fashion Committee will meet at 7 p.m. in the As sembly Room of the MSC to re hearse for the men’s style show. Everyone involved should be there. American Nuclear Society will meet at 8 p.m. in room 211 of the Doherty Building to hear Associ ate Geosciences Dean Dr. E. F. Cook speak on “Geologic Aspects of Radioactive Waste Disposal.” Dairy Science Club will meet at 7 p.m. in room 112 of the Heep Building. Agricultural Economics Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 112-112 of the Plant Sciences Building to select a sweetheart and cotton pageant candidate. WEDNESDAY TAMMBA will meet at 7:30 p.m. in building E to hear a pre sentation by John Roby and Tom Colwell on “Florida Underwater.” THURSDAY Sailing Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the lecture hall of the Geology Building. Chemical Engineering Wives Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Ray Anthony, 1102 Sul Ross in Bryan, to hear Norma Miller of BiCity Hobbies. Texas A&M Model Airplane Club will meet at 8:15 p.m. in room 202 of the Physics Building to discuss rules for the spring contests. tonight on the tube Numbers in ( ) denote channels on the cable. 2:30 3 (5) Edge of Night 15 (12) Sesame Street (PBS) (Repeat of Monday) 3:00 3 (5) Gomer Pyle 3:30 3 (5) Town Talk Bingo—Weekdays at 5, BCS*TV/9. Nothing to buy. You need not be present to win. 15 (12) University Instructional 4:00 3 (5) That Girl 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 Com- 7:00 3 (5) munity Today Green Acres 15 (12) Know Your 7:30 3 (5) Antiques (ETS) Hee Haw 15 (12) The Turned On 8:30 3 (5) Crisis (PBS) All in the Family 15 (12) Viewpoint 9:00 3 (5) Marcus Welby MD 15 (12) The Advocates 10:00 3 (5) (PBS) Final News 15 (12) Realities (NET) 10:30 3 (5) Movie — Long Street Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion 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 must 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 with the editor. Address correspondence to Listen Up, The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas 77813. 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; Dr. Z. L. Carpenter, College of Agriculture; and Roger Miller, student. Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Services, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Fran cisco. 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. 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 reauest. 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 DAVID MIDDLEBROOKE Assistant Editor Hayden Whitsett Managing Editor Fran Zupan Women’s Editor Sue Davis Sports Editor Clifford Broyles ATTENTION TO ALL JRS. & SOPHS. Urgent Pictures will be made at the University Studio according to the following schedule. WXYZ Feb. 22-26 Make ups will be made March 2 -12. Your cooperation is necessary for your picture to appear in the Aggieland. Listen up Yell leader wants support for team Editor: I would like to use this letter to express my concern about the attendance at our basketball games. Coach Metcalf, Marvin Tate, and others have expressed their concern to the yell leaders just recently. When we have traveled to other Southwest Con ference schools, they have either filled or almost filled their gym nasiums. So far we have not come very close to filling G. Rollie White for a ball game. All I am asking is for more Aggies to give a damn and go to the ball game tonight. Let’s show the ’sips we really aren’t “Poor Aggies!” Beat the hell outa t.u.! Tommy Butler Senior Yell Leader over and started hassling him. They pushed him around, grabbed his hair, and gave him a lot of lip. Whether this young man was expressing his opinion or just forgot to stand up, it doesn’t mat ter. In this country people are supposed to be able to express themselves without fear of ha rassment. The seniors were wrong in what they did and I think they owe the young man, the corps, and Texas A&M an apology. Richard F. Bibb Editor: Editor: During Thursday’s Corps of Cadets review, there was one young man who didn’t stand up for the National Anthem. After the performance approximately eight senior cadets (including one without a name tag) came During the past several days, there have been several opinions expressed in your paper concern ing the question of Silver Taps. Most of the comments made seemed to have some rational thought behind them. Now, how ever, I find that an “open letter” published under the Listen Up section seems to be rather asinine with the argument contained therein to be absurd. Last week my mind was bog- ‘Airport,’ ‘Patton’ head roster of candidates for ’70 Oscars HOLLYWOOD UP) _ “Airport” and “Patton,” two productions that are winners at the boxoffice, led with 10 nominations each Monday as the movie academy announced candidates for its 1970 Oscars. The star of “Patton,” George C. Scott, was a best actor nomi nee, posing a dilemma for acad emy members: Should they vote for a man who has said that if he wins he won’t accept the honor? Nominated in the past as best supporting actor in “Anatomy of a Murder” and “The Hustler,” Scott criticized academy methods of nomination and voting and said he felt the awards were useless. Following the leaders among films in Monday’s preliminary iaccolades were “Love Story,” iwith seven nominations, and i“M-A-S-H” and “Tora! Tora! iTora!” with five each, i Competing with Scott as best lactor is Melvyn Douglas, 1963 (winner as best supporting actor lin “Hud,” nominated this time for “I Never Sang for My 'Father.” Also vying are three •younger actors: James Earl Jones •in “The Great White Hope”; Jack 'Nicholson, “Five Easy Pieces,” •and Ryan O’Neal, “Love Story.” 1 All nominees as best actress are young newcomers: Jane Alex- •ander in “The Great White •Hope”; Glenda Jackson, “Women •in Love”; Ali MacGraw, “Love •Story”; Sarah Miles, “Ryan’s •Daughter,” and Carrie Snodgrass, '“Diary of a Mad Housewife.” As best movie of 1970 the academy’s 2,986 voters nominated ■•“Five Easy Pieces” and “M-A-S- V H” besides “Airport,” “Patton” -and “Love Story.” Supporting-actor nominations: Richard Castellano in “Lovers and Other Strangers”; Chief Dan George, “Little Big Man”; Gene Hackman, “I Never Sang for My Father”; John Marley, “Love Story”; John Mills, “Ryan’s Daughter.” Helen Hayes and Maureen Stapleton, both in “Airport,” won nominations as best supporting actresses. 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We agn with her, although we hopoi selection process will never |» come part of either traditim -Ed Why should The Battalion be a battleground for this? It seems to me the question of Silver Taps would be better settled by a vote of the student body. Perhaps if this letter is pub Study in Guadalajara, Mexico The Guadalajara Summer School, a fully accredited Uni versity of Arizona program, will offer, July 5 to August 14, art folklore, geography, history, po litical science, language and lit erature courses. Tuition, $160; board and room, $155. Write Dr. Juan B. Rael, Office of Summer Session, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721. COURT’S SADDLERY., FOR WESTERN WEAJ OR FOR YOUR MARE, FOR SHOE REPAIR BRING IN A PAIR, 403 N. 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