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Thursday, November 18,1971
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845-2226
Suit filed by student
over C. S. elections
By JOHN CURYLO
A suit will be filed in Federal
District Court in Houston asking
that Bruce Clay’s name be put on
the ballot for the College Station
City Council election Dec. 14.
Clay said that J. C. Cowgill,
an attorney in Houston, would
file the suit.
Four candidates have filed for
the unexpired term of James
Dozier, which will end in April.
“I need the court action to be
seated if I win,” Clay explained.
“Since I would have to have the
court action anyway, it’s better to
do it now so I could have a better
chance of winning with my name
on the ballot.”
Without the class action in ad
vance, Clay would have to run as
a write-in candidate. His attempt
to file for the office was turned
down Friday afternoon when city
officials explained to him that
existing provisions of the city
Military procurement bill
receives Nixon’s approval
i better or worse
Cadet Corps policies slacken
!f BRUCE BLACK
Staff Writer
In December 1968, the fresh-
m haircut policy in the Corps
if Cadets was altered to prohibit
tie conventional “fish-haircut.”
Haybe the change started here.
In February 1970, the call to
.tarters each night was length-
«d to halt all physical harass-
ant during study time, and
reshmen were given sophomore
nrileges while eating in Dun-
an Dining Hall. One outfit com-
Jander resigned his position in
rotest. Perhaps the change start-
*1 here.
In the fall of 1971, staff person-
nlon all levels started an inten-
'j f e crackdown on all types of
Weal harassing of underclass-
aenas a result of the think-tanks
•M during the previous semes-
tr, Maybe this was the turning
mint
Were the transition began is
•I clear, but the expulsion of
i\
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BRUCE CLAY, WRITE IN CANDIDATE for City Council elections, speaks with
Florence Neeley, College Station finance officer, Friday as he tried to file for the elec
tion. Clay hits now field a suit against College Station to get his name on the ballot.
(Photo by Hayden Whitsett)
WASHINGTON <^> _ Presi
dent Nixon signed Wednesday a
$21.3 - billion military procure
ment bill but said he would ig
nore one of its provisions—-the
many “Old Army” traditions and
the adoption of new, more lenient
policies in the Corps has triggered
many comments from several
Corps members.
“When I was in the Corps of
Cadets, they moved all the fresh
men away from the main campus
to the Bryan Field Annex,” Col.
Thomas R. Parsons said. “There
was quite a lot of comment and
student action taken about that
incident, but things cooled down
after awhlie. And I think the
freshmen got just as much disci
pline out there as they would
have gotten with all the upper
classmen.”
Col. Parsons, now commandant
of the Corps of Cadets, has
brought about many changes
within the workings of the Corps
since his arrival at the beginning
of the fall semester of 1971, in
cluding the elimination of all
weekend drills, the adoption of the
new class D-uniform (a flight
Vomen asking dorm rooms
'mist fill out housing form
All single women at A&M in-
•fested in living in the new
tatnens residence hall next fall
'jtat fill out an “expression of
I res A” form by Dec. 1, an-
Jtanced Housing Manager Allan
■ Madeley.
Wis new form supersedes all
tyiests and inquiries previously
II Kitted,” Madeley said, “and
Prerequisite for receiving a
t101 " reservation card.”
Coeds who did not obtain the
form during the pre-registration
process may obtain one from the
Housing Office in the YMCA or
at the Dean of Women Office in
Academic Building Room 103.
Madeley emphasized Dec. 1 is
the deadline for returning the
completed form to the Housing
Office.
“Students who fail to take ad
vantage of this opportunity will
fall into a lower priority group
for room consideration,” he noted.
suit which can be worn to labs
and some classes in place of the
regular corps uniform) and a
change in the military science
curriculum.
The trend, Parsons said, is to
ward a Corps of Cadets which is
run more along the organizational
lines the student will find in the
armed services when he gradu
ates and is commissioned as a
second lieutenant.
But the main controversy is
still over the policies of discipli
nary action.
Last year the gig-system came
into being as a result of the 1970
think-tank series. The system
works on the basis that a cadet
is issued a number of “gigs” for
a certain offense, and if he has
obtained over a certain amount
during a week’s time, he is re
quired to do a special detail or
participate in a drill before break
fast one morning.
“The only complaints I’ve re
ceived about the gig-system thus
far have been from individuals
who believe they got more gigs
for a certain offense than they
should have,” Parsons said.
But there are other complaints.
“I think the new discipline sys
tem is grossly overcomplicated,”
Ronald Keleman, a senior history
major and outfit personnel offi
cer, said. “It’s extremely difficult
to implement such a policy and
be fair to everybody. I think it’s
more trouble than it’s worth.”
“I think it’s getting better,”
Thomas M. Stanley, Cadet Corps
commander, said. “A lot of good
things have come out of the think
tank. Discipline in the Corps has
always been a problem, but I
think that we’re going to make
the gig-system work.”
Something is working for the
Corps. Retention of freshman ca
dets has increased about 75 per
cent since last year, Parsons said.
Ninety-nine freshmen have
been dropped from the corps thus
far this year, but 72 have joined
since the beginning of the fall
semester. Col. Parsons attributes
this increase to a number Of fac
tors.
“Better recruitment from mem
bers of the Corps is, of course , a
great help,” Parsons said. ‘But
there are some new factors in
volved.”
For the first time, 1-D draft
deferments are being issued to all
persons enrolled in an ROTC pro
gram, whereas only contract
holding juniors and seniors were
eligible before. In September
1971, all II-S deferments were
repealed to university freshmen.
Any freshman enrolling in the
Corps will automatically receive
a I-D, Parsons said.
Still another encouragement to
join has been the new military
pay increases. Contract pay is
expected to go up to $100 per
month shortly, Parsons said. He
expects word within a week.
But Parsons still believes pride
is the greatest factor in the
Corps.
“Take our tradition of saying
“howdy” to everybody we pass on
the campus,” Parsons commented.
“This is a tradition which has
been on this campus from the
beginning. This is a fine tradi-
(See Cadet, page 2)
Mansfield amendment urging him
to set a final date for the with
drawal of all U.S. forces in Indo
china.
Nixon said in a statement that
the amendment “is without bind
ing force or effect; and it does
not reflect my judgment about
the way the war should be
brought to a conclusion.”
The procurement-authorization
bill provides for continuation of
construction on the antiballistic
missile system, as well as other
research and development pro
grams. It also includes an amend
ment removing the President’s
authority to ban chrome imports
from Rhodesia.
Press secretary Ronald L.
Ziegler saiji the Rhodesian
amendment, a congressional move
to force resumption of the im
ports, does not go into effect
until January 1972. And, Ziegler
said, Nixon will take no action
nor have any comment while
negotiations are under way be
tween Britain and Rhodesia on
the future of the white settler
rebel government in South Africa.
charter require candidates to own
real property within the city.
“We’re trying to prove that the
real property requirement is un
constitutional,” Clay said. “This
has been proven already in one
similar case in Houston and
others elsewhere.”
Reaction among the voters and
other candidates is a prime con
sideration. Clay explained that
he hoped he would be looked upon
favorably by those involved.
“If the court order comes down,
they'll be forced to put my name
on the ballot,” he said. “I think
that most people will see my
point of view, and I’ll get some
resident vote. They’ll see stu
dents in light of taxes we pay
and our point of view.
“I want to emphasize that this
is not any sort of attempt at a
student take over of the City
Council,” Clay continued. “It’s
just an attempt to get representa
tion for the students.”
Regarding his opponents' view
of having a student running
against them, Clay said that he
doubted that they would look on
it any differently than any other
campaign.
Interest in his candidacy has
been shown by the local media,
but Clay reported that there was
also a small article in Sunday’s
Houston Chronicle. In addition,
radio news broadcasts in several
areas of Texas have carried
stories of his attempt to file.
Clay tried to file late the day
of the deadline. This occurred at
the same time as the Student
Senate’s difficulty in getting Bra
zos County tax assessor-collector
Raymond B. Buchanan to accept
some 850 voter registration forms.
Clay explained why he was the
student to try to run for office
instead of someone else.
“Since I’m not tied up in the
voter registration thing, I’m run
ning rather than somebody else,”
he said. “Being a finance major
and a senior, I felt that I could
best represent the students.”
Clay is chairman of the Sen
ate's Public Relations Committee.
The stand the Senate will take
on his candidacy and campaign
has not been determined.
“The Senate hasn’t taken any
action yet,” he said, “although it
was announced at Monday night’s
meeting that I was going to run.”
Thanksgiving service planned
by “Y” Association members
The Student Y Thanksgiving
service will be held in the All
Faiths Chapel Tuesday at 8:30
p.m.
Rev. Larry Grubbs, campus
minister of the A&M United
Methodist Church, will deliver the
Thanksgiving message. The New
Tradition Singers, a campus
choral group, will provide the
anthem and assist throughout the
service.
The Student Y is also sponsor
ing devotional services in the
Bonfire areas on Sunday morn
ing. One will be at 6:30 in the
stacking area and another at 9 :00
in the cutting area.
All students are invited to at
tend both Bonfire and chapel
services. The entire community
may attend the nondenomina-
tional chapel service.
Doherty’s
by leaders
burial attended
of university
Being black and in the Corps
■ Li NDa ZEHL
Wf Writer
I feel that the Corps is 99 per
? white oriented. I don’t really
' llk Corps has anything to
e f to a black person — almost
. (ro >” commented Willie Nixon, a
junior in the Corps.
.. M is based on many tra-
J 0ns that evolve around whites.
e Corps is the most staunch
^ older. To me, it doesn’t bend
i any way toward helping the
es man black student coming
The organization doesn’t take
consideration the black’s ad-
Kent to an almost all-white
‘^sphere,” he said,
dd within the bounds of his
‘orm, Willie Nixon appears
and self-contained. When
alks, Willie affects a mono-
taice ^ es t ) 't e his rich, smooth
>en Willie joined the Corps
'£h school, he was a little
&ung-ho. Today, his rea-
^ a joining the Corps seem
l , a i Ve been lost in the search
L 5t bl ack identity.
v ersity National Bank
n side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
“For one thing, I was in the
band in high school for eight
years, and secondly, I heard how
hard the Corps was so I took
joining it as a challenge,” he
said.
Since entering college, Willie
has gone through adjustments in
his opinion toward racism. My
views have changed immensely
since I graduated from High
school. I was completely ignor
ant of what was happening in
the world. I always had the
opinion that everybody was
“good” and that racism was more
of a heresy matter. Because I
was attending an all-black high
school, I really didn’t notice rac
ism. Now that I’ve come to A&M,
I have begun reading more books
and newspapers and have become
more aware of the problems ex
isting — including racism.
In attribution to the Black
Awareness Committee, Willie ex
plained, “If the BAG was orga
nized as well as it is now, my
freshman year would have been
much easier for me. Because all
of the black action was off-cam
pus then, I didn’t have any con
tacts with other blacks.
But on the other side of the
matter is the white roommate of
a black in the Corps. For this
we turn to John Curylo, a senior
in the Corps.
“He’s different from any other
black I’ve met; but then again,
he’s different from any other
person I’ve ever met,” Curylo
said about his black roommate,
Ed Williams.
“He is very open when talk
ing about race or any other sub
ject. He happens to have a real
good perception and understand
ing of people and can see through
false faces. All in all, color
doesn’t have anything to do with
Ed’s outgoing personality,” he
said.
“We do have many differences,
but these involve such things as
the books we read, the way we
react to people and matters sim
ilar to this.”
“The only difference in rela
tion to color is the fact Ed lis
tens to soul music which I enjoy
anyway,” a grinning Curylo
added.
Since the beginning of this
semester, the time Curylo has
been living with Williams, John
has become more sensitive to and
aware of the blacks and their
people.
“Since living with Ed, I have
improved my outlook at the
whole black race. I’ve gotten to
know more about black history
and blacks in general, because
we have such a close associa
tion,” John said.
“Because Ed attended a pre
dominately white high school and
his father is the principal of a
white junior high, Ed had little
difficulty in adjusting to the
white atmosphere in the Corps
and at A&M. Although many
blacks have had problems with
the Corps’ strict attitudes, Ed
has made gripes as any other hu
man being would. He doesn’t
seem to complain — especially
because he is black.”
But about Ed’s blackness, John
has no doubt. “Ed is black
through and through,” he said.
“He is proud of his black heri
tage and his race. With the na
tural brotherhood that blacks
have, Ed associates with his peo
ple continually. At the same time,
he’s not a militant that wants to
burn, baby, burn.”
Continued tomorrow
Funeral services were held in
Houston Wednesday afternoon for
Wilfred T. (Doc) Doherty, 73, one
of A&M’s most distinguished
graduates.
Attending the services were
university leaders and students,
including Corps of Cadets Col.
Tom Stanley and a contingent of
Ross Volunteers serving as hon
or guard.
Heading the A&M group were
A&M President and Mrs. Jack
K. Williams. Others included Ex
ecutive Vice President Gen. A.
R. Luedecke, President Emeritus
M. T. Harrington, Mrs. Earl Rud
der, Engineering Dean Fred J.
Benson, Col. Thomas R. Parsons,
Association of Former Students
Executive Director Richard Weir-
us, Development Director Dorsey
McCrory and Assistant to the
President and Mrs. Ed Cooper.
Pallbearers were Gen. Lue
decke, District Judge W. C. Da
vis, Clarence Jamail, Dr. W. O.
Milligan, A. G. McNeese, Gordon
Nees, Harold Vance and Roger
Wolfe.
Doherty, a life-long resident of
Houston and 1922 graduate of
A&M, was president of the Rob
ert A. Welch Foundation. He
died at 4:45 a.m. Tuesday in the
Diagnostic Center Hospital after
suffering a heart attack two
weeks ago.
Doherty is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Lois A. Doherty; two
daughters, Mrs. William C. Kelly
Jr. of Alvin and Deborah Ann
Doherty of Houston; two sons,
James Patrick Doherty and Wil
fred Thomas Doherty Jr., both of
Houston, and two brothers, Joe
S. Doherty of Houston and Ray-'
mond M. Doherty of Kaufman.
Doherty was a member of the
A&M System Board of Directors
from 1953 to 1959, serving as
president from 1955 to 1959. He
was named a Distinguished
Alumnus of the university in
1966 by the university and the
alumni organization.
He was councilor to the A&M
Research Foundation and trustee
of the A&M Development Foun
dation. The W. T. Doherty Petro
leum Engineering Building on
the campus was named in his
honor.
The family has requested that
in lieu of usual remembrances
contributions be made to the
A&M Development Foundation or
a favorite charity.
Dennis to play
musical pieces
from Paraguay
Zunilda Dennis will play native
Paraguayan music on the harp
tonight at 8:30 in the Memorial
Student Center Ballroom.
Dennis is presented by the
International Student Associa
tion. The admission is free and
all students and faculty members
are invited to attend.
Paraguayan music is peculiar
because of its rhythm and the
special sound effects of the harp.
TWO MEMBERS OF COLLEGIUM MUSICUM g-et after it Wednesday night in the Me
morial Student Center Ballroom. The University of Texas group presented a musical his
tory of the last 600 years. (Photo by Joe Matthews)