Listen up
Defending ‘The Camp’ and The Review
Editor:
In reply to a letter written by
a Mr. Nesbitt, Thursday, Feb.
24, where he “challenged’' me to
arise from my “state of ignor
ance” and admit my “lack of au
thority” to speak on Texas A&M,
I wish to have my say.
Mr. Nesbitt, sir, I may be just
a freshman, and just a woman,
but I am just as much of an
Aggie as you are, and I have
been here three times as long as
you have. You see, I was born
and raised in this realm of Texas
A&M University, and involun
tarily, I have been exposed to a
lot of the perspectives of it.
That article I wrote in the last
Review was in reality a very
bland thing. I purposely tip
toed around. In answer to the
implied accusations, I did chal
lenge the Corps. But I also chal
lenged everyone else. The whole
purpose of the story was to make
everyone who attends this place
at least stop and think about the
situation. You see, sir, I have
even one advantage over you, I
came to Texas A&M with full
knowledge of what was here.
And I came anyway, because I
wanted to. I didn’t come to
A&M with a flowering Hand
book tucked under my arm,
dreaming of a chance for a “Mrs.
degree”, either.
I wrote “The Camp” as a light
satirical piece on those of us who
attend this place. I really tried
to make you see that words don’t
mean a damn. If you cannot kid
around and take a little kidding
in good nature without attacking
back and taking everything said
as a personal cut to yourself and
your way of life, I wonder about
your purpose here. Personally, I
know enough Bryan boys to keep
from sitting home on weekends,
but many people here don’t. They
are the ones I wanted to moti
vate to get off their apathy, be
cause “having nothing to do” is
just as common to the “khaki
playsuit” as with the “civilians”.
Debi Blackmon '75
★ ★ ★
Editor:
Surely you jest! “Most Texas
politicians are or were lawyers.”
Indeed! Sir, I submit that you
should check your facts before
making such rash and unin-i
formed statements. To think that
our beloved legislators once knew
the law! Sir, I must defend the
reputations of the gentlemen in
question (heretofore spotless). It
is obvious even to the most un
enlightened that the men in Aus
tin have little or no experience
in legal matters. One need merely
observe them in action (if he
can).
Certainly one should not at
tempt to besmirch the name of
these worthy gentlemen. In their
doubtless well-meaning ignorance
they have become the pawns of
the industiral-military middle-
class conspiracy. No person with
an ounce of charity or kindness
in their heart could truly hold to
the idea that these men of good
will could be but misled souls;
they have merely been betrayed
by those who took advantage of
their sweet child-like innocence.
I hope that I have managed to
clear up any misconceptions
caused by your ill-advised state
ment.
Stephen Goble
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Editor:
The publication of this letter
in The Battalion depends entirely
upon the editor. Those of you
who read my letter to The Bat
talion on 18 February, 1972 will
note the numerous grammatical
and typographical errors so gra
ciously pointed out to me by your
fine editor. I compliment him on
his alertness and thank him for
all the time that he spent in re
viewing my letter. The very fact
that he spent so much effort on
my behalf makes it evident to me
that he is not trying to incite
dissension here at A&M. (NOTE:
I have enrolled in a “remedial
spelling course”.)
In a conversation with the edi
tor on Monday, 21 February,
1972 several facts were related
to me concerning our “student”
newspaper. (Readers please note
that I do not quote as I am not
capable of remembering word for
word what was said; however, I
was not the only one present at
the time.)
The following facts were point
ed out to me:
1. The editor is a crusader for
the right (Both CT and Non-
Reg).
2. The opinions of the editor
are the opinions of The Bat
talion.
3. No sweetheart photo
graphs, except the Aggie Sweet
heart, will be published in The
Battalion while he is editor.
4. The Battalion only “exists
to make a profit, which helps
pay for the Aggieland”. (“A
non-profit, self-supporting edu
cational enterprise”?)
With these few humble words,
I apologize to the editor for be
ing so wrong. I can see by his
philosophies that I was mis
taken. Excuse me Sir!
Robert L. Hedrick ’73
The Battalion does not exist
only to make a profit — as I
am quoted as saying, it is here
as a service to the students and
staff. Nor does it help pay for
the Aggieland directly — the
whole of student publications is
one economic unit. Perhaps I
didn’t make that clear in our
talk.—Ed.
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