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THE BATTALION T irt/m un
College Station, Texas Wednesday, February 9, 1972
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Polo Club has its problems
Editor:
Arriving on the polo field on
campus Saturday morning for
our weekly scrimmage, the A&M
Polo Club was dismayed to find
two of our goal posts missing
and five of our survey marks
obliterated. After spending four
hours Friday digging in the flag
collars, I did not look forward to
spending Saturday redoing the
job.
It was to have been our first
game with flags to mark all our
boundary lines. Since for the
first time in its four year history
the A&M team is scheduled to
play in the national intercolle
giate tournament, we had plan
ned to make Saturday games
more rigorous by using exact
markers for boundaries, but now
we find ourselves without even a
full set of regulation goal posts.
One post finally turned up but
not the other. If anyone finds it
or if the person who moved it
has a change of heart, its return
would be greatly appreciated.
Thinking of the money we still
have to raise in order to get our
team to Copnecticut in March,
we do not look forward to buying
another post.
Bulletin Board
Tonight
Society of Military Engineers
will meet at 7:30 in the Library
Conference room.
“Frankly, I wish
hair spray, Squirt!”
you would quit experimenting- with
Thursday
Ag Eco will have its picture
made in front of the Memorial
Student Center at 7:30.
Dewitt-Lavaca HTC will meet
in front of the Memorial Student
Center at 6:30. Photo will be
made.
Uniform flap
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The flap created by now Assistant Coach Donnie Wigginton
wearing the uniform of an A&M senior ROTC member has shown that
there are still some sacred cows wandering about the campus.
We have received several letters, we imagine Wigginton has gotten
even more, that question his motives in wearing the uniform. Evidently
someone is worrying that Wigginton was trying, even unintentionally,
to slur the name of the Corps seniors. Perhaps even the whole Corps.
This view is one of extremism. Wigginton was attempting to be
humorous, and if reports are true, was highly successful..We would be
wmiri^fp^bfet’ thil..by. far the majority of the students at A&M thought
so as welT
The uniform of a Corps senior is well known as belonging to
A&M. If Wigginton wanted to leave no doubts in the minds of those
watching as to what he was saying, that’s what he would wear.
Those who were so quick to take offense at the incident should
concentrate less on defending dubious “ideals” and more on developing
a sense of humor.
Smith reaffirms his innocence
in fraud, pledges political fight
ODESSA, Tex. <A>) _ Reaffirm
ing: bis statements of innocence in
the Sharpstown stock fraud scan
dal, Gov. Preston Smith pledged
Tuesday night that he will fight
“the political battle of my life”
to become governor again.
He told about 600 Democrats
at a political rally that the stock
case will .be a “a major issue” in
the governor's race, thus revers
ing his earlier opinion that it
would not affect his position.
Referring to the two banking
bills promoted by Houston de
veloper Frank W. Sharp, Smith
said:
“You can search the two bad
banking bills and the only place
you will see my name is where
I vetoed them. I acted in a busi
nesslike manner entirely as far
as these bills are concerned.”
The governor said when the
bills were pushed through both
houses in three days without a
public hearing, he and his legal
staff studied the bills for validi
ty and found them wanting.
“That's why I vetoed them,”
Smith said.
During his speech, Smith took
swipes at both Lt. Gov. Ben
Barnes and Will Wilson, who was
once Sharp’s legal adviser and
later assistant U.S. attorney gen
eral.
“He had it coming,” said Smith,
referring to the events leading to
Wilson’s resignation. He added
that the resignation was “late.”
Smith said there was no point
in time when Barnes couldn’t
have killed the banking bills him
self.
“The judgment on the veto
was mine and mine alone,” Smith
said. “In the veto on the bills, I
was in full accord to give more
insurance to bank deposits, but
these bills needed to go back for
further study and aired at a
public hearing.”
Smith said the profit he made
“during this period” was legiti
mate.
“Dr. Elmer Baum and I have
been great friends for a long
number of years,” he said of the
neighbor who handled his invest
ments.
Smith and Baum, an Austin
osteopath, each made $62,500 prof
it through dealing in National
Bankers Life Insurance Co. stock
which they purchased with a loan
from the Sharpstown Bank.
“When I was lieutenant gov
ernor in 1963, I asked him
(Baum) to handle outside invest
ments for me, but I’ll tell you
this, my net worth today is less
than it was in 1963,” Smith said.
Smith said that, insofar as any
loans made to him were without
benefit of collateral, “I have good
credit and I haven’t had to put
up collateral on any loan in many
years.”
Smith, who chose Odessa foi
the first of 21 scheduled ca
paign kickoff receptions, declared
roundly at one point: “This is the
last time I will ever seek my
party’s nomination for any jpoli
tical office.”
But a moment later he added
the qualiifcation: “Or, let me say,
since time and circumstances have
a way of changing people’s minds
—that is the last time I intend
to seek public office.”
Smith, who said he did “much
soul-searching” before reaching
his decision to run for a third
term, said: “I am prepared to
wage the political battle of my
life.”
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As for the flag collars, per
haps in their temporary state
they worried you golfers who use
the field in the absence of the
polo ponies. Now, positions have
been checked, however, and all
collars are set down below
ground level. In fact, if you
want to use them to practice
driving your balls into a cup, we
would not mind in the least.
There are no collars except on
the edges of the field so they
should not bother your distance
driving. In any event, please do
not move our equipment. If you
find our arrangement hard to
live with, contact me so that we
can discuss the problem.
Elizabeth R. Cary
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Editor:
I’m sure many dorm residents
are as confused as I concerning
the new laundry system. Would
you please explain the new policy
and its advantages ?
Stan Hapgood ’75
Confused? The only recent
change has been to allow students
to turn in whatever items they
want, so long as the total is $1.47.
The advantages depend on you.—
Ed.
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Editor:
Last year I represented A&M
in more than 100 banquets, Tex
as Agricultural Extension Serv
ice meetings, various firm sales
meetings, university activities,
and community get-togethers. In
almost all of these meetings, peo
ple came down and got me by
the hand and said, “I have a son
or daughter at A&M, and we are
proud of the school.” You cannot
describe the great respect that
A&M has throughout Texas and
our nation. Sometimes it bor
ders on reverence.
This kind of respect is paying
off in job opportunities for our
graduates. Recently an execu
tive of a fine Texas company
said to me, “The A&M graduate
is almost always a good invest
ment. They have the training to
come through in responsible po
sitions.”
Since 1939, the first year I
was on this campus, I have loved
this school and have been grate
ful for what it has done for me
and my family. Just this week
my son, Jimmy, who received
his M.S. from A&M in January
and whose wife received her B.S.
from A&M in January, was se
lected for a responsible position
in the armed services at Brooks
Army Hospital. Why? Because
they searched the MOS’s for an
A&M man.
Never have I been prouder of
the A&M student body than at
Saturday night’s basketball game
with Texas Tech University. The
commendable conduct of the stu
dent body, the tremendous team
effort, and the superb coaching
of Shelby and his associates
were great testimonials to the
people of Texas as they support
A&M.
I am persuaded to believe that
each individual makes a deposit
toward an image. I hope that
no A&M student will ever com
mit an act that will dim the re
marks I hear from parents pres-«
ent at the banquets, etc., who
look me in the eye and say, “God
bless A&M.”
The superhuman effort of our
basketball team should be a chal
lenge to all of us to stretch our
selves. Who knows ? Like our
basketball team that was picked
for the bottom, we may find by
dedication a spot among the top.
Reagan Brown ’43
Extension Sociologist
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