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be Battalion Cloudy but warmer Vol. 66 No. 89 College Station, Texas Friday, March 5, 1971 Saturday — Partly cloudy to cloudy. Winds southerly 15-25 mph. High 79°, low 51°. Sunday — Winds westerly 15- 20 mph. High 68°, low 56°. 845-2226 White man tries to alter Indian culture: Josephy Since the days of Jamestown and Plymouth, the white man has made it his goal to change the Indian’s culture to his own, Al vin M. Josephy said Thursday night. Speaking on the “American In dian’s Fight for Self-Determina tion” as part of Great Issues’ Ethnic Studies Series, Josephy laid Indians are the only unique minority group in the country. ‘The Indian stems from ances tors who have been on this con tinent for 25,000 years or more,” he commented, “but to this day we fail to understand their ideol ogies.” Josephy, vice-president of the American Heritage Publishing Company and author of “The Pa triot Chiefs: A Chronicle of American Indian Resistance”, said it has always been the white man’s will to change the Indian to his own culture. “Those tribes which did not submit to this philosophy, and most didn’t had to face the other side of the coin . . . the only Indian is h dead Indian,” he said. “The Indian is a conquered people, and they know it,” Jose phy continued. “They have fought for their families, their freedom, their land, and have lost repeat edly.” “If there is one thing that has unified the Indians,” he said, “it is the common will not to break relations with the government.” The Indian has looked to the United States as the protector of their lands and hunting and fish ing rights, Joseph explained. The Indians were terified when the government announced “ter mination” from national control and turned the reservations over to the states in 1953, he said. By 1958 so much damage had been done in the way of social decay, that the act had to be repealed. People who think about In dians, if they think about them at all, wonder about reserva tions,” Josephy said. “Why do they stay on them?” “Most people have a sense of identity,” he explained, “but the Indian, as a conquered people, have had this knocked out of them.” Today, Josephy said, the Bu reau of Indian Affairs is the chief adversary of the Indian who does not want to become a white man. Throughout the ’60s Indians started going through high school and into college, he continued and the minority struggles seen throughout the world began to influence them. “Indians are the only group in the United States which is not free,” Josephy said. But recently, when given a chance to show responsibility when helped through government funds, he commented, they have shown that they are ready to move toward freedom. “I think the time is near,” he said. Alvin M. Josephy During Military Weekend 6 vie for Combat Cutie Sen. Frank Church talks with students Thursday at a noon Political Forum presentation. He said he had heard Ithat A&M was the wrong place to give his speech on “For eign Policy and the Generation Gap” so he answered ques tions instead. (Photo by Larry Martin) A&M wrong Church says; place for speech, instead answers By CHARLES MASTERSON Battalion Staff Writer Military Weekend begins tonight with the Combat Ball and Air Force Ball. Satur day’s activities include a 2:00 p.m. review on the drill field, a noon commander’s luncheon and a formal Military Ball Saturday night. Both the Combat and the Air Force Balls are casual and begin at 9:00 p.m. The Combat Ball will be held in Duncan dining hall with music provided by “Custer’s Last Band,” popular in the Central Texas area. The theme for the dance will be “R&R at Summer Camp.” The traditional Combat Cutie will be selected from the six finalists. These finalists will be introduced at a reception in their honor immediately before the dance begins. The winner will receive two dozen red roses and the Combat Cutie banner. The finalists include: Sheila Foster, a brown-haired freshman Spanish major at Southwest Texas; Barbara Burkhart, a blonde senior music major at Baylor; and Barbara Allen, a brown-haired beauty majoring in home economics at the University of Houston. Also, Geri Koehler, a brown-haired graduate of Southwest Texas now teaching school in San Antonio; Cindy Weisinger, a blonde Texas A&M coed majoring in pre-vet medicine; and Linda May, a blonde freshman math major at T.C.U. The Air Force Ball will be in the Memorial Student Center Ballroom with music provided by the Chaynes from San Antonio. The Air Force sweetheart will also be selected. Saturday night a formal Military Ball, open to both civilian and corps, will be held from 8 to 12. The Ed Sullivan Orchestra will provide the music. Saturday at noon a commander’s lunch eon will host honored guests Brig. Gen. B. B. Cassiday, Jr., commander of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps and Brig. Gen. M. A. Goers, director of Army ROTC and National Defense Cadet Corps both who will be on the reviewing stand for the 2 p.m. corps review. By DOUGLAS GIBBS Battalion Staff Writer The cynicism and negativism found on many college campuses has something to do with the policy the country has been fol lowing in recent years, said Sen. Frank Church here Thursday. The co-author of the Cooper- Church amendment, which limits funds for introducing ground combat troops in Southeast Asia at a noon Political Forum pre sentation in the MSC answered questions. Originally scheduled to speak on “Foreign Policy and the Gen eration Gap,” the democrat from Idaho offered instead a question and answer open forum. He said concern over student attitudes prompted him to draft the speech, but that he had heard A&M was the wrong place to give the talk. ; “I have heard A&M described as the West Point of the South,” he said, “and there might not even be a generation gap here.” The introduction of the senator as being a man “noted for his foreign affairs” brought quick laughter to the crowded ballroom, as did his reply: “Senators are too old to have affairs.—but I claim relations.” | The topic of American involve ment in Southeast Asia came up early during the session, and Sen. Church said he favors a policy of Vietnamization. “Vietnam has the most dubious strategic value, plus no historic responsibility for us,” he said. “The time has come to turn the burden of the war to them.” Church said he believes the big problem in Vietnam is not one of communism, but of colonialism. “A local government that as sociates with a white western power and depends on it cannot convincingly portray itself to its people,” he said. Attacking our “dressing up” of the South Vietnamese government as a “sham,” Church said, “Even the U. S. can’t bring in instant democracy.” Two reasons were given by the senator for getting into “presi dential wars” like Vietnam. First, Congress traditionally has been reluctant to interfer with the president during a war, Church said. Second, the presi dent’s use of public opinion can sometimes make it hard for a con gressman to stand up to him knowing he must face re-election the next year. Church cited such wars as not only contrary to the constitution, but dangerous. He said Congress should participate in the decision of war or peace. On the draft. Church said that when a government uses its pow er to make young people fight in a war they don’t believe in, it “sows the seeds of sedition, and history has proved this.” He added that since the draft situation has improved, so have 3 raided, charged with holding drugs UniTenity National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. Three A&M students have been charged on drug counts following raids in campus dormitories Wednesday night and early Thursday. University police charged Rich ard N. Mathis, 20, of Jacksonville, Ark., and George C. Reeser, 19, of Beaumont with possession of marijuana. August William Lentz, 18, of Houston is charged with possession and sale of dan gerous drugs. Justice of the Peace B. H. Dewey Jr. of Bryan set bond at $1,000 each. Lentz was released on bond from the Brazos County Jail Thursday morning. Mathis and Reeser were expected to post bond Thursday afternoon. University Police Lt. Walter O. Walker and Sgt. J. D. Gossett coordinated the raids on the youths’ rooms in three separate dorms. Asst. Chief Morris A. Maddox said the arrests followed a lengthy investigation. No additional ar rests are expected on this case, Maddox reported. Lentz, son of Mr. and Mrs. August W. Lentz III, 13627 Indian Creek, Houston, is a fresh man liberal arts major. Mathis, son of Maj. and Mrs. Glenn M. Mathis of 171 Alabama, Jacksonville, Ark., is a member of the Corps of Cadets attending A&M with an Air Force ROTC scholarship. The Squadron 12 sophomore is a chemical engineer ing major. Reeser, son of Capt. and Mrs. George C. Reeser of Rt. 2, Box K255, Beaumont, is a freshman marine engineering major. campus attitudes. He offered praise to the presi dent and the secretary of state for trying to act as “peacemaker” in ending the Middle East conflict, a position which he said is never appreciated. Will there be an amendment similar to the Cooper-Church one for N. Vietnam? “I anticipate it, and favor it strongly,” he said. “Perhaps it will take on a more extended form banning American partici pation in an invasion,” he added. Diplomatic recognition of Red China must occur, according to Church, if we are to have peace in the Western Pacific. He said in the past America has done all it could to isolate itself from Chi na, “and its been easy with their help.” “This has never been a sen sible policy for the U.S.—I’d like to see us explore the possibility of normalizing our relations with them,” he said. Spying by the army on civilians drew quick criticism from Church. “The army has no business spy ing on civilians, he said,” “This is a free country, and letting the military run loose on this is the quickest way to lend it.” Looking to Latin America, he says America must pursue a pol icy that will keep Latin Ameri cans friendly and favorably dis- (See A&M wrong, page 2) Barbara Allen Barbara Burkhart Sheila Foster Army program scholarships available now through April 1 Applications for the Army’s 3-year scholarship program are being accepted in the Military Science Department. The program, on its second year at the university, provides finan cial assistance to highly qualified and motivated cadets who want to pursue careers as commissioned officers in the Regular Army, explained Col. Jim H. McCoy, commandant. Applications for the 1971-72 school year are due by April 1. To be eligible, cadets must be in the sophomore year of aca demic study with at least one but not more than 1% years of military science. Interested cadets should con tact Maj. W. C. Mattei, 306 Mili tary Science Building. Geri Koehler Linda May Cindy Weisinger