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Vol. 66 No. 98
College Station, Texas
Tuesday, March 23, 1971
Wednesday —■ Cloudy with light
rain. Winds easterly at 10-15 mph.
High 72°, low 58°.
Thursday — Partly cloudy to
cloudy. Winds southerly at 15-20
mph. High 77°, low 54°.
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Black Experience I set
for first April weekend
By FRAN ZUPAN
Battalion Managing Editor
A poetry ensemble and native
dance presentation by Sudan Arts
of Houston was approved Mon
day night by the Memorial Stu
dent Council for Black Experi
ence I scheduled for the first
weekend in April.
The Black Awareness Commit
tee will sponsor Sudan Arts and
a dance at the Red Lion with
music by the Chocolate Glass of
Houston that weekend, next year’s
BAG chairman, Vernon Lewis,
said.
A Great Issues Ethnic Studies
Seminar presentation on “The
Origin and Progress of the Black
Militant Movement” by Price
Cobb, black psychiatrist and au
thor of “Black Rage” and “Jesus’
Bag,” will start the weekend off
April 1 in the MSC Ballroom at
8 p.m.
The Sudan Arts presentation,
by five performers and two drum
mers “native African style,” is
set for 8 p.m. April 2 in the Ball
room. Admission is free.
The dance April 3 will be from
9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Red Lion
in Bryan. Tickets may be bought
from BAG members for $4 per
couple or $2.50 stag. Anyone
wishing to buy tickets can call
Lewis at 845-5975, William Grays
at 845-6575 or Cecil Nutall at
845-5396.
In other Council business, man
agement sophomore Bob Lackey
was elected Basement Committee
chairman; environmental design
junior Howard Creek, Recreation
Committee chairman; physics jun
ior Miles Vincin, chairman of the
New Tradition Singers, all for
1971-72.
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Apollo 13 astronaut Fred W. Haise, Friday tells of his
experiences on the aborted mission at the Southwestern
Journalism Congress. (Photo by Gary Aven)
The Council also passed a reso
lution—to be presented to the
University Executive Committee
—requesting that the spring holi
days in 1972 be scheduled to in
clude two weekends instead of
one.
The Travel Committee was of
fered a low-cost round trip to
Spain for seven days this spring
at $275-85. The trip, on the order
of the “Ski the Alps” trip taken
between the semesters, had to be
turned down because “the holi
days were split over the week
end,” the resolution states.
“North Texas State University,
East Texas State University,
TCU, SMU and Texas Tech all
have their holidays in one week
which gives them two weekends
off, whereas the A&M student
body and faculty only has one
weekend tied with their spring
holidays,” the resolution says.
“This is to respectfully request
that the Executive Committee
consider having the holidays be
gin on a Friday and terminate at
8 a.m. on the second Monday,
which would involve, of course,
the students and faculty having
one more holiday than they did
this year.
“It is also recommended that
the holiday period in the spring
not have to be necessarily tied in
with the Easter holiday week
end.”
“We may try to take this to the
Student Senate to get their back
ing,” 1971-72 Council President
John Dacus said. “The University
Executive Committee already has
set the holidays for next year.
But we feel there is a lot of sup
port (for the resolution), and
they may be changed with a good
cause.
The Council approved a Poli
tical Forum budget request for
$175 for travel expenses for Sen.
Lloyd Bentsen (D-Tex.).
Council member Ron Clark
questioned the allocation of $15
for radio advertisements for Bent-
sen and $34 for a Battalion ad.
He said he didn’t think these were
needed to draw a crowd and pro
posed an amendment that this $49
be transferred to the funds for
Oliver. The amendment was de
feated.
Appreciation Awards, given this
year at the committee level rath
er than at the Awards Banquet
April 6, were presented to six di
rectorate assistants. They were
Owen Dewing, William Heeter,
Keith Kauffman, Wade Seidel,
Sam Walser and Mickey Wiesin-
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“The day man ceases to have
a thirst for knowledge of the
universe and stops exploring, then
he is no longer the creature we
call man today. I contend that
he will be the worse for it.”
Apollo 13 astronaut Fred W.
Haise Jr. gave this, and a number
of other reasons, for continuing
our present space program at
a banquet Friday night at the
Ramada Inn. The banquet, the
last formal event of the annual
Southwest Journalism Congress,
was also attended by Alton
Blakeslee, Associated Press sci-
.. enee editor; Brian Duff, public
^ affairs officer of the Manned
US MAGEI Spacecraft Center; Jim Thompson
of Taylor Publishing Company;
Anson Mount, the public affairs
manager of Playboy; and journal
ism students of 15 Southwest
colleges.
The astronaut cited numerous
ACTION SAl figures in his talk which showed
how relatively little was being
spent on the United States space
program in comparison with other
aspects of American life. In the
current fiscal budget only 1.6%
has been allocated to NASA. From
a different perspective the aver
age person spends $17 per year on
the space program, $17 per year
on tobacco, $32 per year on
alcohol and $14 on women’s cos
metics, Haise said,
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gram has provided the United
States with jobs for about 100,000
® who otherwise might have in-
creased this country’s unemploy
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“The space program has tech
nologically benefited everybody.
It has made some discoveries
which have been put to use in
many facets of our everyday life,”
Haise said. He gave as examples
computers, communication and
weather satellites as the three
main fields where space tech
nology has had an effect.
Haise credited the space pro
gram with providing opportuni
ties for many of the nation’s
young “which are important in
developing incentive and good
work habits no matter what field
they may choose to enter.”
Lastly, he credited the space
program for increasing American
prestige both here and abroad.
“I don’t think that there is any
argument that the space program
is internationally recognized as
the outstanding accomplishment
of this country in the past
decade.” He used the good-will
tours made by both the Apollo 13
and the Apollo 14 crews as
examples.
Haise states that he is a career
man with NASA and that he
would “very much like to fly
another space mission.” He also
feels that it is “our duty—our
obligation—to use our God-given
talents to explore space.”
Also at the congress, Associated
Press Science Editor Alton
Blakeslee said the United States
“must have the Apollo program.”
Blakeslee said he could not see
“the saving of a great deal of
money if Apollo is cut back.”
No constitutional guarantee, in
cluding the right of a free press,
takes precendence over the right
to a fair trial, prominent trial
lawyer Percy Foreman said here
Friday.
“The Fh*st Amendment to the
U. S. Constitution is no more im
portant than the right of an in
dividual to trial by jury,” he
told more than 200 delegates to
the 41st Southern Journalism
Congress.
Nothing that the press itself
has often been placed on trial
recently, Foreman observed that
the Fourth Estate itself serves
such a purpose, helping keep
courts honest.
“The authors of the constitu
tion knew that unbridled human
nature is a menace to liberty of
people,” the luncheon speaker
said.
Thei’e is no difference in the
psychology of law in Russia or
free countries, except that in the
Western democracies limitations
are placed on the power of the
state because of the concept of
individual freedom, Foreman went
on.
He elaborated on the First
Amendment, saying that the guar
antee thaf the people shall have
a free press doesn’t grant news
men a freedom that is peculiarly
theirs.
“The guarantee is to the public
as a whole, with the duty and
responsibility resting on your
shoulders,” Foreman remarked.
“One of the fundamental princi
ples of law is that with freedom
goes a responsibility and duty.”..
The famous attorney warned
future journalists of Texas, Ark
ansas and Louisiana of one danger
to be encountered in practicing
the profession. He also made
several suggestions.
“You will find,” Foreman
stated, “that individual psychol
ogy is similar everywhere and
that one of the most prominent
features of any individual is the
need for self-realization, to want
to be important in the eyes of
someone.”
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the A&M Journalism Dept, and others at the Southwestern Journalism Congress Friday.
(Photo by Gary Aven)
Cadets study attitudes, ideas at Think Tank
By JOHN CURLYO
Assistant Sports Editor
Representatives of each class
in all the units of the Corps of
Cadets spent the weekend study
ing the structure, policies and
attitudes of the organization and
suggesting changes for the com
ing year.
Lakeview Methodist Assembly
in Palestine was the scene of
Think Tank II, attended by cadets,
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on the effort.
former students, and military
officers of the Army and Air
Force at A&M.
Five topics were discussed by
20 subgroups, each consisting of
10 cadets, an officer, and a former
student. Among the subjects were
the discipline system, efficient
corps structure, image, scholas
tics, and ways of achieving corps
unity.
“We took these five areas from
Fish and sophomore surveys and
discussed them here,” Tom Stan
ley, corps sergeant major, ex
plained. “We used last year’s
Think Tank and got topics, too.
Theoretically, we’re open to any
change and improvements. All
these areas are broad enough to
encompass a lot.
“We came here, away from the
campus, to have a more informal
atmosphere, better for discussion,
and free from class distinction,”
the junior political science major
continued. “Seniors were used
only as leaders of the discussion
groups. There weren’t that many
because this is next year’s corps.
Their experience helped in rela
tion to the topics and in getting
everyone to speak up.”
The actual coordination of
Think Tank II was done by Dr.
William R. Smith, head of the
Psychology Department at A&M.
The basis of the program was a
brief introduction and then dis
cussions by the subgroups. The
entire conference met to listen
to basic ideas on the subjects
assigned. Then, each topic was
discussed by the four subgroups,
working as a single unit.
Plans for improvement and
correction were written by each
of these larger groups, and then
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they were presented to the whole
conference in their final stages.
Among the final plans were pro
visions for putting the ideas into
practice.
“The only way this whole thing
can be successful,” Dr. Smith told
the more than 200 cadets, “is if
plans are made that will be im
plemented.”
In the opening session of the
program, brief talks were given
by Ed Cooper, representing Dr.
Jack Williams, Col. Jim H. Mc
Coy, Commandant of the Corps,
Richard (Buck) Weirus, execu
tive director of the Association
of Former Students, and Van H.
Taylor, Corps Commander.
McCoy commended the cadets
for the overall improvement of
the corps and the progress made
since Think Tank I of a year ago.
“We must remember that the
goal of the corps is development
of the whole man,” the officer
said, “and not necessarily the
military man.”
Weirus pointed out that A&M
is the last state supported, land
grant college in the United States
to have an active ROTC program.
He also told of the reaction of
such football greats as Bill
(Jitterbug) Henderson and Willie
Zapalac to their last Final Re
view, and the pride and unity
they had about the corps.
Taylor challenged all present to
solve, not just identify problems.
The senior said that the purpose
of the conference was not only
for the present, but for the cadets
to take the ideas back to the
campus and discuss them in their
respective units and classes.
Among the final proposals
brought up by the groups were
several ideas about changing past
practices and the reorganization
of corps structure. Specific areas
under the general topics were
selection of positions, staff struc
ture, attitude changes in regard
to the image of the corps, con
duct at corps parties, in the dining
hall, and at midnight yell prac
tice, a more specifically outlined
scholastic policy, a review of
class privileges, and a system of
having unit discussions similar to
Think Tank to improve com
munications in the corps.
More meetings among the vari
ous echelons of the corps would
improve unity and help under
standing at all levels, one group
said. They suggested monthly
conferences in which representa
tives of all the units could get
together and talk about the activi
ties and efficiency of the corps.
The image group said that much
of the problem in this area could
be avoided if cadets would con
duct themselves at all times “in
a gentlemanly manner to be ac
ceptable to family, friends, and
respected guests.” They added
that this criteria should be ap
plied to all actions in any situ
ation, whether it be in public or
on campus.
The main proposals outlined by
the group reviewing scholastics
were in the area of call to quar
ters. Standardization of the corps
policy and a graduated incentive
system were suggested.
“I think the results are more
concrete than last year,” Stanley
said after Think Tank. “Each
group wrote up definite policies
in the five most critical areas of
the corps. We had good com
munication between the former
students, the officers, and the
classes in the corps. Think Tank
II will make it easier for next
year’s cadet leaders to make any
changes they feel are necessary.”
A&M takes fifth in congress;
four Battalion staffers place
A&M took fifth place in the
Southwestern Journalism Con
gress competition here Friday
night.
Of the fifteen colleges and uni
versities from Texas, Arkansas,
Oklahoma and Louisiana, Aggie
journalists won prizes in five
categories.
Winners included;
David Middlebrooke, Battalion
editor, placing third in the gen
eral news story categoric for
“Confrontation part of first day
in job.”
Pam Troboy, Battalion staff
writer taking a second place in
Series of Stories for “Coed Life
at A&M.”
Hayden Whitsett, Battalion
assistant editor placing first in
Speech of Interview Story “Scary
as Hell Prisoner Says.”
Fran Zupan, taking first place
for Magazine Articles for “Will
It Ever Change.”
The competition was judged by
the Southern Living Magazine
staff and the Memphis Commer
cial Appeal staff.
The Texas A&M Engineer was
second in best special interest
campus magazine.
The University of Texas at
Austin placed first in the com
petition, nosing the University of
Oklahoma into the second place
school.
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