THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, February 3, 1972
Listen up
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle 5] lar p p U tS doWll RlCC StudeiltS
Editor:
This letter is being sent to the
.Student Body Presidents’ of the
Southwest Conference, their
school newspaper editors, and the
chairman of the Southwest Con
ference Sportsmanship Commit
tee. My intention is simply to
call to your attention the conduct
of our Conference Sportsman
ship trophy recipients this year,
Rice University, in a recent bas
ketball game with Texas A&M.
I feel that the conduct display
ed by many Rice students includ
ing their cheerleaders, was far
from a good example of what I
consider mature college students
to be, much less sportsmanship
trophy recipients. The level of
immaturity displayed by these
students was disgraceful not only
to their University, but far more
important, it was a disgrace to
our Conference.
I will not attempt to describe
their actions, for by doing so
would only degrade myself.
However, I am hoping that in
future years, a closer considera
tion be given during the selection
process of the recipients of this
trophy. If this is not done, I
feel we should remove this award
from our Conference, since it
presently appears to be little
more than a farce.
Your consideration of this let
ter, and your observance of the
actions of the Student Body of
Rice University is requested.
John Sharp, President
Student Senate
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Editor:
Recently my husband and I
went to the Bryan Municipal
Animal Shelter in prospect of
finding a canine pet.
Not only was this building dif
ficult to locate, but its appear
ance was appalling. Not more
than the size of a large tool shed,
we found it difficult to believe
that animals were within its
walls. The nauseaous smell proved
us wrong. As we walked to the
rear side of this so-called build
ing, we came upon a most un
usual sight. Piled on top of one
another were three puppies. Their
bodies lay lifeless and limp. We
didn’t approach them any closer
than necessary to find that their
little bodies (not newborn, either)
had been uncared for, if not
abused. One of the bodies was
so undernourished that its skele
tal system revealed itself more
than that of a homeless scavenger
dog.
I find it hard to believe that
all three puppies, undoubtably
from the same litter, died of
natural causes by coincidence.
Nevertheless, what decent, hu-
‘No, it’s not a new campus unit, it’s my laundry mark!”
Rice vulgarity
Q & A
Draft information
In the fall of 1947, Jimmy K. B. Nelson, co-editor of The
Battalion, developed the Southwest Conference Sportsmanship Com
mittee. Each year, presentation of a trophy to the outstanding school in
the league is made at the Cotton Bowl.
Nelson explained the basis for awarding the trophy in a story in
The Battalion in the spring of 1948:
“The trophy will be given as recognition for the conference
school whose student body and athletic teams display the best
sportsmanship in connection with intercollegiate athletic contests and
their associated activities.”
The committee meets twice a year to vote for the trophy, once in
the spring and once at the Cotton Bowl. The results are tabulated
together to determine the winner.
The 1971 conclave in Dallas made an unforgivable error in
bestowing this award on Rice University.
Aggie fans who travelled to Houston Tuesday night for the
A&M-Rice basketball game were treated to a display of crudeness,
/where in the conference.
their abuse—they
Texas A&M, and
Aggie coaches and players. There were no qualms regarding choice of
language or objects of the insults.
What was more appalling than the verbal diarrhea itself was the
fact that the Rice cheerleaders made no attempt to stop their followers.
In several cases, the cheerleaders led the assault.
It is shameful that a school with such an academic reputation
disgraces its excellent record in this way. It is shameful that a school
which conducts itself in this way is a member of the Southwest
Conference.
It is even more shameful that the Southwest Conference
Sportsmanship League chose Rice as the recipient for the 1971 trophy.
This action makes a mockery of what was intended to be an honorable
incentive.
Rice’s poor self-control is not restricted to Autry Court. This
fall’s football game was filled with the same antics. When the Owl
student body showed up for the basketball game in G. Rollie White
Coliseum last winter, they didn’t leave their bad manners at home.
In Tuesday night’s display of vulgarity, only sympathy can be had
for Rice University. Their athletes, coaches and alumni deserve better.
So does the Southwest Conference and the Sportsmanship Committee.
John Curylo
WASHINGTON <A>)_Here are
some of the questions that 19-
year-olds involved in Wednesday’s
draft lottery might ask and the
available answers:
Q. What is the highest number
expected to be called in 1973?
A. Draft Director Curtis W.
Tarr says he has no idea now.
But it’s expected to be far below
last year’s No. 125. Another fac
tor is that the draft authority
expires in mid-1973 and is not
expected to be extended.
Q. If I don’t get drafted under
this lottery what happens?
A. You keep the number you
received as long as you’re exposed
to possible draft, normally up to
age 26. If you are not drafted
next year and you are 1A you
drop into a less vulnerable cate
gory on Dec. 31 and can’t be
called short of a major national
emergency such as World War
II. If you have a deferment and
keep it you would be vulnerable
to a draft, if there is one, in the
year you drop the deferment.
Q. If I am drafted when might
I be called?
Carter, Doran
contributing
to publication
A. You have to be given at
least 30 days notice to report.
Q. How do my chances in this
lottery compare with my chances
if I had been in last year’s lot
tery?
A. Your chances of being draft
ed are considerably less.
Q. What about the next lot
tery?
A. Plans are now to hold a
standby lottery early next year,
even though the draft authority
probably will expire. Plans at this
time are to give the usual mental
and physical exams to men with
low numbers.
Q. Are there any prospects for
a Volunteer Army?
A. President Nixon is sticking
by his promise of a zero draft
by July 1, 1973, and all sorts of
lures have come into being to
try and achieve this. There were
two pay raises for the military
last year, especially for low rank
ers. The military is trying to
provide better living conditions
both for barracks and family
housing. Many of the old chores,
such as KP and grass-cutting,
are being turned over to commer
cial operations.
Q. I do not have a student
deferment although I am in col
lege and will graduate in June
1973. If my draft number comes
up in January or February, what
happens ?
A. You’ll be permitted to grad
uate before being called.
mane person would have disposed
of them in such a manner?
Why, may I ask, does the City
of Bryan have an Animal Shelter
if for no other reason than to
prove its incapability for the care
of and proper disposing of the
city’s homeless animals?
Mrs. Cynthia von Ross
A good question. We shall look
into it.—Ed.
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Editor:
What do I have to do to get off
campus? I’ll be a junior next
fall and after two years in the
dorm I need the change. Since
I’m not getting married and I’m
not sick, I’ve been told my chances
of getting off are nil. It seems
with several dorms as victims of
the destruction derby and with
the increasing influx of freshmen,
that juniors should be released.
Will the University change its
policy soon?
Robert Trenton ’74
No—Ed.
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Tonight
Cepheid Variable Club will
meet in the Physics Building at
7:30.
Panhandle HTC will meet in
room 201 of the Physics Build
ing at 7:30.
Sophomore Class Council meets
in room 146 of the Physics
Building at 7:30.
Chemical Engineering Wives
will hold a meeting at the home
of Mrs. Leo Durbin, 3711 Sweet-
briar, Bryan, at 7:30 p.m.
Dr. Edwin Doran Jr. and Dr.
George F. Carter, geographers,
contributed chapters for a new
book, “Man Across the Sea,” a
scholarly publication dealing with
problems of pre-Columbian con
tacts.
Dr. Doran, head of the Geogra
phy Department, is author of a
chapter entitled “The Sailing
Raft as a Great Tradition.”
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chapter headed “Pre-Columbian
Chickens in America.”
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