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Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Friday, November 12, 1971 Listen up CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle Getting A&M back together once more Closed in honor of the passing of the many grandmothers whose deaths made it necessary for many of the students of Texas A&M to be gone from class today. The student vote Editor: First of all I would like to assure William Wade that there are CT’s, like me, who feel that campaign sign-burning is regret ful and certainly not the most mature thing to do. However, that does not justify reprehending anyone in such a childish way. Come on, Aggie, do you really expect anyone to take you seri ously if you call them such hor rible things as (gasp) “meat- heads” or (ugh) “slime?” Which is really a shame because of the seriousness of the anti-Maggie feelings that some of the Corps has. I personally was very pleased to see so many Maggies get in volved in the politics of this Uni versity and would like to con gratulate the Maggies who made it through the first election. To them I wish continued success. I also hope that when Maggies get a voice in A&M politics, they won’t be given the same raw deal they’ve had in the past. As an added thought, now that Maggies are in politics maybe some male non-regs will get politically interested and vote. Then, who knows, one day A&M might just have a truely repre sentative government. Steve Fielder ’74 ★ ★ ★ Editor: For some time now letters have been appearing in The Battalion with a single background—hate. I’m referring to the anti-Corps and anti-civilian letters. Can’t people see what’s going on? There is no basic difference be tween a human being and a hu man being. The Law of Equiva lence. A brown (or pink or blue or grey) uniform does not lessen the humanity of a man. Neither does long hair. Or short hair. My God, you can’t judge a man that way! If we can’t show some tolerance for our other brothers (and sis ters), we haven’t made any prog ress in a long time. I know man is better than that; but every time he gains an inch he slides back down again. Listen to the proph ets and the music and the poets in the street; they’ve all got a message you should hear. You don’t have to love everybody; just get off each other’s back. Stephen Goble ★ ★ ★ Editor: Traditions, Aggies, Maggies, Non-Regs and C.T.’s have all ap peared in one form or another in The Battalion. Along with all of these names go many squabblings between the Corps and civilians. I am in a position to compare both the Corps and the civilians since I have been both at A&M this year. It makes little differ ence who is always in the wrong in these misunderstandings. I would like to say I feel the Corps of Cadets has taken a lot of “bull” that very few civilians could if it were reversed. I, too, had the opinions at first many of the civilians have about the Corps, but I changed those quick ly and decided to join up. At no time since I’ve joined have I felt rejected because I once was a “non-reg.” I have found the Corps is a group with some high ideals and purposes that I personally know some of the civilians don’t have, since I was one. I don’t care what group exists or where, there is always good and bad present. I would like to see all the “Aggies” at A&M unite and forget the small groups within both sides and work as brothers together. Wendell Schronk ’73 ★ ★ ★ Editor: I feel an example of irrespons ible journalism occurred in the November 10 issue of The Bat talion. An editorial was printed con cerning the burning of signs in the Duncan Area. The writer ac cuses the Corps of burning the signs, “Sadly enough, the actions of a few members in the Corps, probably freshmen under some seniors direction ...” I would like to know where he got this information. It appears If anything has happened lately to get the students riled, it has been the hassle over students voting in the December 14 City Council election. On the face of the matter, it doesn’t seem too important. The position is only for four months and it is doubtful that the student vote would swing the election one way or the other. But there are other things to be considered than just that which appears on the surface. Student concern, if anything, has been nil. Though the story has been big enough to rate lead position in all the local papers there has been little student concern. No protests of any sort have been made, nobody has even seen fit to write a letter to the editor. It’s a pathetic thing. In the age of concerned youth, Ags can’t even get worked up about their own civil rights. They were so little agitated that only sixty people registered to vote Thursday in the special booths set up expressly to register students for the election. Get out and register today or mail your registration in. Show that you are concerned about using your rights and priviledges. Register to vote. Of time and mankind Bulletin Board Tonight Judo Club will meet at 5 in G. Rollie White Coliseum, second floor judo room. Monda3 r Student Senate will meet at 7:30 in the Library Conference Room. Lubbock Hometown Club will meet at Ralph’s Pizza at 6. Junior Class Council will meet at 7:30 in the Physics building, room 304. 1620 . . . Fresh cod in the sum mer is but coarse meat with us. Our bay is full of lobsters all the summer, and affords a variety of other fish . . . The country wants only industrious men to employ; for it would grieve your hearts, if as I, you had seen so many miles together by goodly rivers uninhabited ...” one of the original Pilgrims. 1731 . . . early in the Spring, great multitudes of whooping cranes frequent the lower parts of the Rivers near the sea.” 1734 . . . An Atlantic walrus was killed in Massachusetts. He was the last ever seen in this country. 1857 . . . the Passenger Pigeon needs no protection. It is here today . . . elsewhere tomorrow . . . wonderfully prolific.” — an Ohio Senate report. 1860 . . . the last wolf in New England was killed in Maine. 1870 ... A white hunter, in noting the decreasing size of the bison herds, blamed the Indians. 1872 ... on the 12th of Decem ber, the last authenticated Labra dor Duck was shot down by a gunner on Long Island. 1874 . . . “who would not wish to be transformed into one of these migratory darlings . . .But to leave dear dreamland, and re turn to cruel reality. A large bore gun, say 10, with the lightest shot, is the best weapon used for the destruction of this family.” —Parker Gillmore. 1877 ... “I feel for the decline of American animals and birds at the hands of border ruffians and other ill born persons” — the same Parker Gillmore, about a year after he had killed 124. cari bou in a single day. 1910 . . . “The world we are told, was made especially for man—a presumption not support ed by facts. A numerous class of men are painfully astonished whenever they find anything liv ing or dead, in all God’s uni verse, which they cannot eat or render in some way useful to themselves.”—John Muir. 1914 . . . John Muir, founder of the Sierra Club, died a few months after the last Passenger Pigeon and the last Carolina Paraquet disappeared from Earth forever. 1932 . . . the last Heath Hen, an old male which frequented the James Gi’een farm near West Tisbury, was seen a final time on March 11. 1959 . . . “For many of us the great grizzly will always repre sent a wild, legendary America somewhere in the Northwest that we were born too late to see.” 1963 . . . the last sight of an Eskimo Curlew was made at Gal veston Bay. What became of the pair was never known. 1971 . . . Governor of Texas, Preston Smith, vetoed a bill de signed to protect endangered species in Texas. He did pass a bill which permitted hunting from cars on private property. One good flick, three bombs By D. P. FONTANA you like good westerns, you’ll ‘country’ club and running off I must apologize for a mis- have to like this flick because with him in a towel instead of in take in last week’s column. How- it has to be the best western group therapy. Richard Benja- ever, this time I get to share the made in the last five years or so min turns in, for at least the blame with a clear conscience. (sorry about that Big Duke!) third time, that portrait of the The Last Ride with George C. Holden and Mauldin turn in their devoid, fool of a husband that was Scott did not start Sunday. The usual fine jobs and O’Neal shows so original and sparkling when Last Ride didn’t even start. The a ^ so ^ as lasting power in this he first used it. It’s not a matter Campus did “sneek” the flick rather realistic portrait of two of type-casting which is so grat- Sunday night but its showing has rovers (wild) who decide that ing as his attempt to build an been rescheduled for later and, they are tired of having nothing. entire career around this one per- if past experience is any indi- So they just decide to rob’em a formance (in all fairness it should cation, it might be a pretty good bank. The footage of “breaking” be noted that he has added a new idea not to wait for it. a wild horse and the shoot-out wrinkle—instead of just being an , O’Neal has in a saloon-casino-cat- ego maniac, he is now also a ^ 18 w f 0 v0nc * you 10 house-dump are fantastic and voyeur). The film hardly deserves in the Corps and you really want make the whole film wort h seeing a Film G.P.R. equals 1.0. to see an outstanding movie, you in themse i ves . The film is long „ ^ • had probably better try for one _ „ . . „ However, to appreciate a movie in Houston. If you re not on a edy (only wild rovers knQW how ^^Lt N dreadHd vlu Corps trip, a. trip, or out of town to throw a truly fine , comode- ^ ° tlo ^ otherwise, you’ll only be able to h , 1 „ £r i ne . drunk 1 ) and deserves a tw ° SUch fllms on see one good film and several that S C P R po, alt ? Q the east screen of the Skyway drop off sharply thereafter in B- The Marr j a „ e of a Young Stock- Twin - Hells Anffels >69 ’ 69 CS. Plaving at the Campus will u u + t? - v, n • • refers to the year the movie was be Wn/.^ers <the good flick). ^ Iwmkus'ldl WesHup " 0t ^ SeXUal ValUeS) ‘ S The Marriage of a Young Stock- from Eatman)j ' and Elizabeth th « st » r y° f *^0 millionaires who broker will be at the Palace, and, Ashlev Basically what vou have US6 the Al ? gels to cover for a iust for fun I thought I’d include . i ^ i i $600,000 heist at Caesar’s Palace just 101 run, i tnougnt i a inciuae here ig a movie that lacks — lacks ^ “ s “ “ie sir a ^ “ Twin-Chrome and Hot Leather ed over version Diary of a Mad how fout Green Berets wipe out and Hells Angels •69. Housewife, only this time the ^el-like gang. If you add Wild Rovers stars William Hoi- frustrated wife winds up with her the two Fllm G - P - R - s together den, Karl Malden, and that cur- ex-husband in a towel closet of y°u would still get zero, but it’s rent young star Ryan O’Neal. If the ladies room in an exclusive a good filace to drink beer. 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Charles Wiatrowski ’74 An editorial expresses the opinion of this paper, for vari ous reasons, though admittedly not from evidence—which one has, that certain individual in the Corps burned the % We apologize for omitting th e word “probably” when refer ring to the sign burners members of the Corps and it is a mistake we have learned from. JOHN no Ittalion At the ibody However, we did not “indict the Corps.” We indicted what we feel to be certain deservh members of the Corps.—Ed. G O L D E N S T A R P R E S E N T S D O N O V A N In Concert Sunday, December 5 — 8:00 p. m. Houston Coliseum Mail Orders To: Box Office, Foley's Dept. Store P. O. Box 1971, Houston, Tex, Reserved Seats: $3.50, $4.50, $5.50 THE m BASEMENT COFFEEHOUSE / ie A&M u atten ittle in •noon c ( pests est Con Last w neks ju! ith th e ittle R< the A air off iands 21 Rice o laarter MEf M Presents National Coffeehouse Circuit Performer RON NIGRINI At The MSC—8-12 p. m. Each Night THURS. FRI. SAT. 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