Page 2 College Station, Texas Tuesday, February 8, 1972
THE BATTALION
Listen up
Wigginton is still complained about
Editor:
It isn’t very often that I write
a letter of complaint to anyone.
And, I can’t remember ever hav
ing written one about A&M. I am
a very “liberal” Aggie. I’m the
kind of Aggie who laughs at Ag
gie Jokes because not only do I
find them amusing, but, I have
found that getting upset and dis
playing resentment only gives
other people a low impression of
Aggie character. I even tell Aggie
Jokes myself.
miss his action as a thoughtless, publicized. So, I’ll restate what I really not such a bad chick . . .),
immature act by an individual
with little or no respect for oth
ers. I am less than excited about
the prospect of Donnie recruiting
and coaching for Texas A&M. He
will be representing my school to
young men who naturally form
meaningful first impressions ea
sily. That also does not excite me!
I can only hope that Mr. Wiggin
ton will, in time, learn why Aggies
feel the way we do about our
school.
I hope you took the opportunity
to read the recent article about
A&M in the newspaper magazine
“The Texas Star.” When I read
it, a tremendous swell of pride
welled up in my throat for a few
moments. You see, not only am
I a liberal Aggie, I am also a
very sentimental and emotional
one. I take great pride in the
many traditional aspects of my
school, including the fact that I
once wore the Aggie uniform. I
understand that all past students
of other schools may not share
my sentimental attitude about
their Alma Mater. That, I think,
is their business. It is, I think,
unfortunate when anyone ridicules
or mocks the traditions of other
people or groups.
I do not expect a reply to this
letter. Unless I miss my guess,
you, Mr. Wigginton and the school
will receive too many letters on
this subject to allow you the time
to answer them all.
I know A&M is changing. I
know that change in some cases
is necessary and beneficial. I do
not think, howevex*, that the Aggie
Spirit has or will change in the
near futui’e. I sincerely hope that
it doesn’t. I hope that in time
Donnie will catch some of the
“Spirit” and will demonstrate
through future action his respect
of it.
A1 Williams ’64
I do not know Donnie Wiggin
ton. I do not know if he gave
much thought to his recent dis
play at the University of Texas
football banquet. I can only dis-
India leaving Bangladesh
NEW DELHI <A>> — All Indian
troops will be withdrawn from
Bangladesh by the end of Max*ch
under an agreement reached by
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and
Sheik Mujibur Rahman, United
News of India reported Monday
night.
The agency, in a dispatch from
Calcutta quoting reliable sources,
said the two leaders felt the pur
pose for which the troops were
sent into the states—when it was
still known at East Pakistan—
had been fulfilled.
Mi's. Gandhi and Mujib, the
Bangladesh prime^^ffitfehavc
held discussions
The prime ministei’s also felt
that keeping Indian troops in
Bangladesh any longer would
merely “serve as fuel to Paki
stani propaganda,” the agency
added.
India announced on Dec. 4 it
had launched a full-scale invasion
of East Pakistan to help establish
an independent Bangladesh — a
goal it achieved with the surren
der of about 93,000 Pakistani
troops on Dec. 16. Authoritative
military sources said that of 150,-
000 Indian troops deployed in the
campaign, only 40,000 remain.
Indian officials have made clear .
the past two day£f
CADET SLOUCH
on in Bangladesh mainly to insure
$49,000given
•^a^utta Tffeir % that Indian troops have stayed ^ <3-
economists in
NSF grant
by Jim Earle
A&M economists have received
a $49,000 National Science Foun
dation grant to support a x'esearch
project entitled “Interpretation
Systems for Empirical Economic
Theories.”
Directing the study are Drs.
Robert L. Basmann, Raymond C.
Battalio and John H. Kagel of
the Economics Department.
The NSF giant was effective
Jan. 1 for a period of 12 months.
Bulletin Board
“Somehow you’ve got to resolve this and decide who
cleaned up your room last!”
Tonight
Pre-Vet Society will meet at
the Vet College at 8. Club picture
will be taken.
A.G.C. will meet at 7:30 in the
Architecture auditorium.
Wednesday
Basement Committee will meet
in room 3C of the Memorial Stu
dent Center at 7. Organizational
meeting.
Thursday
San Angelo-West Texas HTC
will meet in the Art room of the
Memorial Student Center at 7:30.
Ag Eco Club will have their
picture made in front of the Me-
moi’ial Student Center at 7:30.
Aero Wives Club will meet at
Ralph’s Pizza at East Gate at
7:30.
Animal Science Wives Club will
meet at the Figure Salon at 7.
Computer Science Wives Club
will meet at the home of Mrs.
Kenneth W. Craw, Jr., 1709-B
Lawyer Place, College Station at
7:30.
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EDITOR HAYDEN WHITSETT
Managing Editor Doug Dilley
News Editor Sue Davis
Sports Editor John Curylo
Assistant Sports Editor Bill Henry
stated previously in simpler and
more succinct terms:
WE OF SAM HOUSTON
STATE WELCOME YOU OF
TEXAS A&M AT ANY TIME
ON OUR CAMPUS. WE ARE
HAPPY YOU COME HERE. WE
ARE SAD WHEN YOU HAVE
TO LEAVE. BUT . . .
. . . weekends are dead here,
much as they are in College Sta
tion. So I once again use this
space to inform (not to try to
chase away) those of you who
look at each other on Friday and
Saturday nights and say, “Hey,
why don’t we truck on over to
Huntsville and find some girls
and do something tonight? Yeah,
OK!”; you won’t find girls hang
ing from the rafters of Old Main
or hiding under the steps of Low-
man Student Center. Your chances
are not nill, but much slimmer
than on Sunday through Thurs
day nights. I was serious and
only trying to be helpful when I
wrote the letter. I’m sorry for
whatever trouble I caused (I’m
and I hope I’ve managed to get
it straight.
Anne Wilburn
Editor:
We are graduate students at
TAMU and follow our university’s
basketball team with loyalty and
enthusiasm. We have become en
gulfed in the pattern set by the
student body. But there is one
question we have concerning the
loyalty of the university to our
nation. Why is it that the national
anthem is never played before
each home basketball game as at
home football games? We notice
from listening to road games on
radio that this is the practice at
other Southwest Conference
schools. What is the reason why
its not iplayed at TAMU ?
Rodney Bushway
Dean Braatz
We are pleased to inform you
that as a result of your letter,
Col. E. V. Adams, band director,
has decided to start playing the
national anthem. Thank you for
your letter.—Ed.
OVERWEIGHT?
IREDUCE and Reproporlli
Editor:
It has come to my attention that
my letter of Feb. 1 has engender
ed misunderstanding and indigna
tion among much of the student
populace of Texas A&M. Appar
ently, I need to clarify my posi
tion, and my intent in having it
that an estimated 10 million Ben
gali refugees who fled to India
last year will be resettled in
their old villages as they return
home.
The Indian government said
about two-thirds of the refugees
already have returned and the
remainder is expected to do so
by the end of February.
Withdrawal of Indian troops
has been made a precondition of
recognition of Bangladesh by
some countries.
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