Listen up
Comment on column about the band
Dear Editor:
As a former member of the Ag
gie Band, I read John Curylo’s
article with mixed emotions. Dur
ing my tenure in the band, I ex
perienced some incidents similar
to those in his article. At the
time, I felt that these were un
fortunate and still do. But on the
other hand, some of his citations
have other factors involved. How
ever, since I was not on the “in
side” this year, I will reserve
comment on the SMU game,
KORA, and Humble incidents.
There is one big factor involv
ed in out-of-town football games.
Money. For any sort of trip be
yond the “radius” of Houston-
Austin-Dallas-Ft. Worth, the cost
for a group the size of the Aggie
Band tends to be rather expen
sive. Even to be at the 1968 Cot
ton Bowl a couple of days early
cost several thousands of dollars.
As a result, chartered bus trips
outside the “radius” usually con
sist of leaving early the morn
ing of the game arriving just in
time to eat and returning imme
diately after the game to arrive
25 to 30 hours after first leaving.
Having made such trips to Lub
bock and Baton Rouge, I can
vouch that they get old in a hur
ry, but money . . .
The Band does not appear at
pre-conference basketball games
so that members may have a rest
following the physical drain of
football season. But perhaps no
one but a bandsman would under
stand that.
There are certain feelings in
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
the band about dividing up, as
Curylo suggested, which I won’t
go into, but it was done once for
the SMU game (of all games) a
couple a years ago during se
mester break when some members
came back voluntarily to per
form. As to pom-pom girls etc.,
the band has an image which it
is proud of (justly so) and pom
pom girls etc. are just not in it.
One point that I want to agree
with especially is that regarding
pro game appearances. Frankly,
I have never understood why such
offers were turned down and
have always regretted that they
were. With the incredibly dull
and/or Mickey Mouse halftime
“shows” that the pros come up
with, an Aggie Band performance
would bring a welcome relief to
millions of people.
I would like to emphasize that
my opinions are just that—mine.
I do not claim to represent any
group of bandsmen; past or pres
ent. However, one opinion is shar
ed by many others: The Fightin’
Texas Aggie Band is the best
anywhere and' Col. Adams is
without a peer as a director.
Lowell D. Hendrix ’71
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Editor:
Mr. John Curylo’s article in the
Battalion (January 20, 1972) rel
ative to the Fighting Texas Aggie
Band was interesting to read and
to the point. I feel sure the band
members and any other parties
guilty of wrong doing would have
confessed their sins, promised to
do better in the future and prayed
for forgiveness except for one
thing.
Mr. Curylo committed, to my
personal knowledge, one journal
ism sin. I have been constantly
reminded by all news media that
a professional writer should seek
out the truth, print it and let the
chips fall where they may. Mr.
Curylo did not seek the truth rela
tive to one paragraph in this ar
ticle. He knows the paragraph to
which I am referring unless he
was guilty with respect to the en
tire article. I am not in a position
to pass on that.
Carl E. Patton
Treasurer
Texas Aggie Band Association
The paragraph you alluded to
has yet to be found by anyone on
THE BATTALION staff, includ
ing John Curylo. Perhaps Curylo
made an error and is unaware of
it, if so it would be corrected if
we knew of it.
But you who speak of journalis
tic sins have created one of your
own. An absence of facts. It is
very easy to allude, possible at
tempt to delude in your case, to
an error. It has the function of
casting doubts without evidence,
something that this reply has
prevented. Thank you for your
ineffectual letter.—Ed.
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Editor:
I would like to know if notices
of class meetings and other ac
tivities could not be posted in the
“Bulletin Board” section of The
Battalion at least one day before
the meetings are scheduled to be
held.
This may seem like a minor
“gripe,” but The Battalion does
not reach my apartment complex
before 6:30 or 7:00. By that time,
it is too late for me to reach
meetings which often begin at
7:00 or 7:30. I have missed more
than one meeting because the no
tice was placed in The Battalion
the day of the meeting. I’m sure
that I’m not the only day student
who has experienced this incon
venience. Thank you.
Alice Forbes
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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Tuesday, January 25, II
In some cases we do not re
ceive notice to the meetings until
the day before them, too late to
place them in the previous day’s
issue.
We will try to get the announce
ments in sooner if possible.—Ed.
Demos criticize budget
WASHINGTON <A>> _ Demo
cratic Sens. William Proxmire,
Edmund S. Muskie and Edward
M. Kennedy criticized President
Nixon’s new budget Monday as
being too pro-military.
But more-conservative Demo
crats criticized the budget on dif
ferent grounds, including a large
deficit or allegedly faulty arith
metic.
And House Republican Leader
Gerald Ford of Michigan denounc
ed in advance all budget criti
cisms by Democrats as coming
from men “who brought this na
tion to the brink of economic
collapse.”
Proxmire, chairman of the
Joint Economic Committee, said
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“It’s a new type of book holder that’s helping me with
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Tonight
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Memorial Student Center. The
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Wednesday
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Martin asks for court retention
of state’s election filing fees
DALLAS (A*) — Atty. Gen. The court ruled last week that gency involving state government
Crawford Martin and Dallas the fees—which are used to fi- that would justify a special ses-
County Democratic Chairman nance P rimar y elections-are un- sion at this time,” Smith said.
constitutional. If he calls a special session to
.at una as a tnee-ju ge Rejection of the requests for deal with the fee problem, Smith
federal court Monday to permit a stay in the court>s mandate said> he might also ask the leg _
e piesent i ing ee system oi wou ] d clear the way for an ap- islature to write a state budget
candidates to remain in effect peal to the g Su p rem e Court, for the year starting Sept. 1.
t loug t is yeai s e ec ions. a S p okesman f or Martin said. Smith vetoed that year’s ap-
Court sources said late Mon- Gov. Preston Smith, meanwhile, propriation last summer on
day that two of the judges on told a news conference it was “en- grounds the legislature was
the panel already had turned tirely possible” that he will have spending too muchT
down the plea. The third judge to call a special legislative ses- The governor said he and his
was not present and an official sion to deal with the problem of staff were “doing everything we
turndown for Luna was expected financing primaries. can to work out alternatives” to
today. “That, to me, is the only emer- the filing fee to pay for primaries.
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the money saved from winding
down the Indochina war ought to
be budgeted for nonmilitary
spending.
“What the President has done
is to take the so-called ‘peace
dividend’ and give it to the Penta
gon,” the Wisconsin Democrat
said.
“The President has clearly
chosen B1 bombers, crash Navy
shipbuilding programs and the
ABM over child care, aid to the
cities and higher education.”
Muskie said defense spending
is climbing when it ought to be
dropping, and added that the pro
posed budget deficit is so large
it will cause renewed inflation.
Kennedy criticized the budget’s
“promiscuous increase of billions
for defense, when what we really
need is billions for schools and
homes and health. . .”
Chairman George H. Mahon, D-
Tex., of the House Appropriations
Committee, said Congress must
cut spending or increase taxes to
trim the deficit Nixon proposes.
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