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by Jim Earle Listen up
More on Gene Stallings
“It’s a Christmas stocking-, what else?”
U. S. neutrality
The United States, or perhaps we should say President Nixon, has
decided to take a neutral stand on the war between India and Pakistan.
We must say that it is about time, for far too long has the United
States been sticking its unwanted nose into the affairs of the world.
There have been times when intervention has been called for by the
United Nations or requested by an ally involved and there are times
when we have, without anybody wanting us to, appeared with gun in
hand.
It is one of the most incomprehensible things to see “Yankee, Go
Home!” painted on walls by both sides involved but yet still have the
United States there, protecting, or saying we are, nonexistent lives,
unimportant property, or just not offering any excuses.
But now, for a while, it has stopped. The thoughts that took us
into the Dominican Republic and the debacle in Vietnam have seemed
to be squelched, if only temporarily.
It is not so much the rise of neo-isolationism in the United States
as it is a maturing of our nation. We are learning that we do not have
the instant answer to the world’s problems and that an army here or
there isn’t going to do anybody any good. We are learning that other
nations have the intelligence to settle affairs of their own and that it is
not a prerequisite that some American die before the issue is finished.
And such, evidently, is beginning to be the thinking in Washing
ton.
“The United States is only interested in efforts to bring about a
cease fire and peace,” said Hugh Scott, Senate Republican leader.
This is what our nation needs, a desire to finish the killing and
finish the wars, not start or help along more.
If there is anything that President Nixon has done to deserve the
support of the American people, it is this. One can disagree with him on
many points, and we certainly do, but this is one that cannot be easily
objected to. It means life instead of death, it means peace instead of
war, let us make it the standard policy of the United States.
Bulletin Board
Tonight
Laredo Hometown Club will
meet in the Memorial Student
Center in room 2B at 7:30.
Wednesday
Freshman Class Council will
meet in the Physics building,
room 306, at 7:30.
Wheelmen will meet in room
Stark to attend NY conference
A&M’s Memorial Student Cen
ter director J. Wayne Stark will
participate in the 15th Associa
tion of College and University
Concert Managers conference in
New York Dec. 11-15.
Stark is a member of the
ACUCM board of directors exec
utive committee.
Editor:
There are two ways to evaluate
the success of a head football
coach at Texas A&M. The first
is on the basis of games won and
lost. Gene Stallings led A&M to
the Cotton Bowl on January 1,
1968. Not since 1942 under Coach
Homer Norton had an A&M team
been to the Cotton Bowl. (Bear
Bryant didn’t even get us there.)
The last school to win a South
west Conference championship be
sides Texas was A&M in 1967.
But we fired Gene Stallings.
The second way to evaluate a
coach at A&M is on how much
he contributed to Texas A&M.
There has never been a greater
Texas Aggie than Coach Stall
ings. There never will be a man
more dedicated to preserving the
uniqueness and traditions that be
long only to A&M. Aggies have
always prided themselves on their
love for A&M and loyalty to fel
low Texas Aggies. Gene Stallings
loved Texas A&M in a way that
none of us will ever understand.
The loyalty he has displayed to
Texas A&M, even after being
fired, is a model for Aggies every
where. As a Texas Aggie Gene
Stallings is in a class by himself.
But we fired Gene Stallings. In
doing so, Texas A&M moved
away from the uniqueness which
has always been ours, and moved
toward an impersonal mediocre
status from which we may never
recover.
Not only has the Board of Di
rectors fired a football coach,
they have turned their backs on
a part of Texas A&M which we
cannot afford to lose. As Harless
Wade stated in the Dallas Morn
ing News, “If Texas A&M has
to fire as loyal of a Texas Aggie
as Gene Stallings, where do we
go from here ? ”
Sam Torn
★ ★ ★
Editor:
Overall, I think the reporting
of the Student Senate’s consider
ation of the resolution calling for
two faculty and two student non
voting members on the Board
of Directors was well written.
However, a few points need to
be clarified.
In the first place, I am doing
a dissertation on faculty, not stu
dent, representation on college
and university boards. However,
I have been studying the problem
of adequate student participation
in university governance, also.
Incidentally, just a day or so be
fore the Senate meeting, Don
Banker, another graduate stu
dent in educational administra
tion, decided to do his disserta
tion on student representation.
He attended the meeting but did
not speak.
To clarify the issue concerning
my comparison of the A&M
board members to Governor Pres
ton Smith, I offer the following
account of what was said:
Student Senator: “Do you think
the letter from Gov. Smith stat-
Steve Hayes
Environmental
002 of the Services building at
7:35.
Orange County Hometown Club
will meet in the Memorial Student
Center lobby at 7:30.
Thursday
Junior Class Council will meet
in room 304 of the Physics build
ing at 7:30.
He will be among 300 U.S. and
Canadian college concert man
agers at the four-day meeting in
the New York Hilton. ACUCM
is concerned with campus presen
tation of music, dance, theater,
films, lectures and related cuD
tural programs.
Every now and then, I run
across someone who says, “gee,
its great to be involved, but I
am not really interested in the
College Station and Bryan area.
I’m really thinking about the na
tional scene, you know, where
everything is really happening.”
My first reaction to such a
statement is that really, the one
place that you can best see things
happening is at the local level.
The higher up the ladder you go,
so to speak, the further you
really get from where any gut-
level involvement is taking place.
But my verbal reaction is one
that gives the speaker the bene
fit of the doubht, and assumes
that he really is more interested
in working at the national level
in environmental matters. Too,
I sympathize with him in man
ners concerning College Station
and Bryan. It really is difficult
to get fired up, for as the Clay
case, as well as the recent voter
registration case, shows, it is
difficult to get involved around
here even when you want to.
So, anyway, after a few rum
blings, I give the person a list of
the most prominent and effective
national environmental organiza
tions, and let him or her take it
from there. Now, if any of you
want more information on such
groups for information or em
ployment, here is the list.
Zero Population Growth — Po
litical action and education on
overpopulation, 367 State Street,
Los Altos, Calif. 94022.
Friends of the Earth (FOE) —
Not tax-free so can' lobby for new
environmental laws. Currently op
posing funding of the SST, 30
East 42nd Street, New York, N.Y.
10017.
League of Conservation Voters
— Political arm of FOE. Will
raise money and recruit volun
teers for candidates working to
protect environment. Strictly non
partisan, 917 15th Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20005.
Environmental Defense Fund —
Cbe Battalion
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Managing Editor Doug Dilley
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National coalition of scientists,
lawyers, citizens for protection
of environment. Has brought
cases against use of DDT in
Michigan and Wisconsin courts.
Started litigation against Florida
barge canal on Oklawaha River
by U.S.A.C.E., P.O. Drawer 740,
Stony Brook, N.Y. 11790.
Sierra Club — 85,000 members
in 30 chapters. Recently coordi
nated efforts of 14 other conser
vation groups in blocking a tim-i
ber bill that threatened national
forests, 1050 Mills Tower, San
Francisco, Calif. 94104.
National Audubon Society —
125,000 members in 172 chapters.
Leaders in blocking the Ever
glades jetport and in the fight
against DDT, 1130 5th Avenue,
New York, N.Y. 10028.
The Wilderness Society — 60,-
000 members. Sponsors “A way
to the Wilderness” trips open to
all. Now actively engaged in
negotiating with Dept, of Interior
to block Alaskan pipeline until
effects on environment are
known, 729 15th Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20005.
The Nature Conservancy—18,-
000 members in 33 chapters. Buys
up land vital to nature, preserves
it for public use. Saved 150,000
acres thus far, 1522 K Street,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.
ing his support of student repre
sentation will favorably influence
the A&M board?”
Herman: “Yes, because the
board is like the Governor.”
(Laughter)
Hermann: “I mean that the
board is similar to the Governor
in political thinking, not in per
sonality. I don’t know what kind
of personalities the board mem
bers have because I don’t know
them personally. However, I be
lieve that they respect the Gov
ernor; at least I hope so.
When I replied that any student
representation would be better
than what A&M students now
have, I meant any duly elected
representative. This was not in
tended to mean that Dr. Jack
Williams is not a good president
—What I meant was that I be
lieve that each major interest
group can best be represented
by its own elected leader(s). How
ever, this principle does not re
lieve the president of the respons
ibility of also endeavoring to rep
resent the faculty and the stu
dents to the board.
Finally, I was not really dis
appointed in having the resolution
tabled by the Graduate Student
Council and the Student Senate.
Leaders of both organizations had
informed me before their meet
ings that the resolution would
probably be tabled for further
consideration later.
Thank you for your interest.
Burton R. Hermann ’63
groups
Planned Parenthood — World
Population — 166 affiliates, over
500 clinics providing family-plan
ning information and services,
515 Madison Ave., New York,
N.Y. 10022.
Izaak Walton League of Ameri
ca — 50,000 members in 700
chapters. Vital role in Citizens’
Crusade for Clean Water. Has
filed suit for permanent injunc
tion against mining in a wilder
ness area of northeastern Min
nesota, 1326 Waukegan Road,
Glenview, Illinois 60025.
Scientists’ Institute for Public
Information, 30 E. 68th Street,
New York, N.Y. 10021.
The National Wildlife Federa
tion, 1412 16th Street N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20036.
The Conservation Foundation,
1250 Connecticut Avenue N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20036.
National Parks Association,
1701 18th Street N.W., Washing
ton,D.C. 20009.
International Union for Conser
vation of Nature and Natural Re
sources, 2000 P. Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006.
John Muir Institute for Envir
onmental Studies, 451 Pacific
Avenue, San Francisco, Calif.
94133.
Citizens League Against the
Sonic Boom, 19 Appleton Street,
Cambridge, Mass. 02138.
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