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>v - ' . ■ ■ — ■ ■ ' - *£? \ '■ ' >: Page 2 College Station, Texas Wednesday, May 5, 1971 THE BATTALION CADET SLOUCH Dress codes on way out AP News Special School officials have just about given up trying to enforce rigid dress codes in many of the nation’s classrooms. Even hot pants draw little more than a raised eyebrow in most places these days. An Associated Press survey showed schools have abandoned formal regulations—things like no slacks for girls, no beards, no mustaches, no long hair. Instead, they’ve adopted gen eral guidelines usually ordering that the youngsters be in accord ance wtih health regulations— meaning shoes are a must—and that their attire not be disrup tive—no see-through blouses. “We’ve become farily liberal, reasonably relaxed and we urge our students to use Common sense,” said George Halface, assistant superintendent of schools at Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Fleming- ton, N. J. “We believe parents are respon sible for what students wear to school. If it’s something terribly disruptive, we ask them to change.” Asked about the supershort shorts gaining popularity among women across the country, he replied, “Frankly, I prefer them to tattered dungarees.” The Charlotte - Mecklenburg school system in North Carolina adopted a general statement in 1967 prohibiting extreme styles and grooming which may be detri mental to the maintenance of discipline and morale. A spokesman for the school district in Shawnee Mission, a Kansas City suburb, said, “As long as the style is not a dis tracting one, we feel it is our business to educate, not legislate style.” Who decides what’s distract ing? Many officials concede they couldn’t stop the fashion trends if they tried. Charles Gilbert, principal of the Upper Arlington High School in Ohio, said, “We can’t be style controllers.” As for hot pants, he added, “It’s like the miniskirt. We know we’re not going to stop it, so we’ve decided to make it the parents’ responsibility, to let mom and dad decide what the kids should wear.” Students now can grow mus taches, sideburns or beard of any length and wear clothing of any style as long as they don’t inter fere with school activities. When it comes to boys, the biggest problem is hair and re cent court decisions have cast doubt on the school’s right to control hair length. U. S. District Court Judge Charles Wyzanski Jr. ordered Alan Bennett, 18, reinstated at Westfield, Mass., after the youth was suspended for growing a mustache. The judge said it was unconstitutional to try to regu late the length of a student’s hair —either on his head or his face. by am Earie Klaiisman arrested for fake bombing \ t* to w *9 More D.C. protestors (Continued from page 1) the night that our flag was still there.” Government workers watched the demonstration from the peri phery of the crowd. The temper ature was in the low 60s, the sky cloudless and the protesters good- humored. Passing motorcycle policemen at one point, the marchers chant ed: “Higher pay for cops; Higher pay for cops.” The po licemen all but applauded. Atty. Gen. John Mitchell, the target of the demonstration, ap peared from time to time at the window of his fifth-floor office, pipe in mouth. On Monday, bands of antiwar protesters roamed the streets, harassing workbound government employes by sitting in the middle of the street, blocking the road with cars, throwing nail-studded boards and other debris. With 4,000 federal troops augmenting 5,100 city police, the tactic failed and mass arrests followed. A similar attempt to stop traf fic was threatened for Tuesday, but failed to materialize. Dem onstration leaders had targeted four of Washington’s heavy-traf fic' circles. But the blocking attempts failed, although 685 more were arrested before the Justice De partment march. Most of the arrests were on minor charges and involved individuals or small groups and there was none of the tear-gassing and billy-clubbing of the previous day. Morning traffic moved, if any thing, faster than usual. The President, who was at San Clemente, Calif., during Mon day’s demonstration, returned to the White House Monday night. “The President felt they were dealt with appropriately,” press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler said of the way demonstrators were handled “The overall conduct and re straint of the District of Colum bia police in dealing with the situation,” drew presidential praise, Ziegler said. But Ziegler declined to com ment on the procedures under which the demonstrators were arrested. The procedures, short- cutting traditional methods of filling out arrest forms and pho tographing prisoners with arrest ing officers, have drawn protests from demonstrators and their lawyers. Chief Judge Harold H. Green of the D.C. Superior Court issued a show-cause order requiring of ficials to explain the mass arrests. The American Civil Liberties Union accused the government of producing phony arrest reports long after the demonstrators were set up at the Washington Redskins football practice field, a jail exercise yard and a sports arena. The ACLU said government lawyers filled out arrest forms Monday night, inserting the names of a few policemen at random. Normally the name of the arresting officer goes on such forms, so he can be called later to testify. The ACLU asserted also that police made indiscriminate ar rests, sweeping up people who were not part of the demonstra tion. The Pentagon announced Tues day that 6,000 Army paratroop ers and Marines brought in to Washington would return to their home bases that night. Some 4,- 000 other federal troops from nearby posts remained at staging HOUSTON OP) — A self-pro claimed member of the Ku Klux Klan was arrested Tuesday and charged with placing a fake bomb in the Studios of Pacifica Radio in January of this year. Pacifica, a non - commercial, listener-sponsored radio station, was bombed off the air twice in 1970 when explosives were set at its transmitter, miles from the downtown studio. No per sons were hurt in the explosions, which caused considerable prop erty damage. Charged Tuesday was Paul William Morratto, 24, who told reporters he was a member of the United Klans of America, Inc. The exact charges filed against him were false information con cerning the presence of a bomb, a misdemeanor, and setting up a fact situation which caused an emergency vehicle to respond, a felony. The charges stem from a gadget fashioned from an old ra dio transmitter which was found in the studios of the radio sta tion after a telephoned bomb threat on Jan. 16. The fake bomb was found four days before the station went on the air after a real bomb had knocked it off for a second time. No arrests have been made in the two authentic bombings. Arson investigators with the city fire department said finger prints found on the fake bomb were matched to Morratto, who lives in the Houston suburban city of League City. Morratto told reporters he was innocent of the charges. ‘‘They are false,” he said, “but these investigators have to check out all leads and they are just doing their job.” He said “no terrorist activities are going on locally” which are caused by the Klan.. There have been over 20 inci dents of bombings, shootings and fire bombings in the Houston area in the past two years di rected against those on the left, No injuries have occurred and no arrests have been made in the incidents. FOR BEST RESULTS TRY BATTALION CLASSIFIED “We’ll hafta keep this quiet for this to be effective! We’ll divide up and put A note on each graduating senior’s door that says ‘Report to the Registrar’s Office immedi ately’ for that one last panic!” £ For all your insurance needs See U. M. Alexander, Jr. ’40 221 S. Main, Bryan 823-0742 State Farm Insurance Companies - Home Offices Bloomington, 111. With the antiwar protests which have been going on with little interruption since April 24 apparently winding down, the demonstration-weary capital faces a counter rally Saturday. Dr. Carl Mclntire, fundamen talist radio preacher, is sponsor ing a “U. S. March for Victory” which is to parade along Penn sylvania Avenue and rally on the Mall. He said Tuesday he ex pects the crowd to exceed that of the April 24 peace demonstration which drew a throng estimated by police at more than 200,000. Smathers, engineering students given excellence awards at banquet Dr. James B. Smathers, asso ciate professor of nuclear engi neering, and six A&M senior en gineering students were honored for excellence May 28 by the Col lege of Engineering. Dr. Smathers received the 14th General Dynamics “Excellence in Engineering Teaching” Award. The certificate and $1,400 check were presented by Henry Dvorak, Numbers in () denote channels 15 (12) Sesame Street on the cable. (PBS) 2:30 3 (5) Edge of Night 6:00 3 (5) Evening News 15 (12) Sesame Street 6:30 3 (5) The Courtship of (PBS) (Repeat Eddie’s Father of Tuesday) 15 (12) Campus and 3:00 3 (5) Corner Pyle Community Today 3:30 3 (5) Town Talk 7:00 3 (5) Room 222 15 (12) University 15 (12) NET Playhouse Instructional 7:30 3 (5) To Rome with 4:00 3 (5) That Girl Love 4:30 3 (5) Bewitched 8:00 3 (5) Johnny Cash 15 (12) What’s New 8:30 15 (12) Soul (PBS) (NET) 9:00 3 (5) Hawaii Five-0 5:00 3 (5) General Hospital 9:30 15 (12) “Fearing” 15 (12) Misterogers’ 10:00 3 (5) Final News Neighborhood 10:30 3 (5) The FBI (PBS) 11:30 3 (5) The Law and 5:30 3 (5) CBS News Mr. Jones chief scientist for General Dynam ics in Fort Worth, and E. J. (Bud) Horton Jr., engineering group supervision, Fort Worth Division. Senior Achievement Award plaques were presented to Van H. Taylor, mechanical engineer ing major from Temple; Charles H. Herder, chemical engineering major from Weimar; Carlton W. Karlick, industrial engineering major from West; Larry V. Maci- cek, mechanical engineering ma jor from Hillsboro; Craig M. Han sen, electrical engineering major from San Antonio, and Harry L. Hall, chemical engineering major from Dallas. The student awards are based on academic excellence, leader ship and participation in univer sity activities, noted Awards Committee Chairman Dr. Robert S. Wick. Engineering Dean Fred J. Ben son conducted the program in the Memorial Student Center. Dr. Pepper Diet or Regular, Big Red, or COKES 3 Sr $1.00 SPECIALS FOR THURS. FRI. AND SAT. MAY 6, 7, 8, 1971. Limit 3 With $5.00 Purchase Excluding Cigarettes. mscuiMM 00 KrrrwuD^ iVfc I ||| UJASH tHCb'Tokl II li). APPLES > 3a ^° < = > ’ TOKi i Bulletin Board Bingo—Weekdays at buy. You need not 5, BCS*TV/9. be present to Nothing win. TONIGHT Mid Cities-Tarrant County Hometown Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. at Ralph’s Pizza at North Gate. Inter-Varsity Christian Fellow ship will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 304 of the Physics Building. THURSDAY New Student Senate will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the conference room on the second floor of the library. Fiw)R39tmmA^ 5 \b. om p\ ~v o SAUCE cl LA QOv'b LUXifift c STMl.-viAS.-T c.Vwm.K_ ^ r-, TUUBAPI 1 Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those o/ 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. The Battalion, a student newspap published in Colle^b Station, Texas, < Sunday, Monday, and holiday periods, September May, and once a week during summer school. ler at Texas A&M, is Texas, daily except Saturd Saturday, through 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. 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