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»»y r S f a ^L "Sn #f ^h"» Bsilp J ! I lf XM Che Battalion If You Try To Please Everybody, As Well As Yourself, You’re Attempting The Impossible. Vol. 67 No. 154 College Station, Texas Tuesday, September 26, 1972 Wednesday — Mostly cloudy. Intermittent rain showers-thun- dershowers. Southerly winds 10- 15 mj»h. High 86, low 69. Thursday — Partly cloudy. Southerly winds 10-15 mph. Hijyh 88, low 71. 845-2226 HHUK life . y Armstrong Expresses GOP Faith In Youth tfg -.Y Ir ^— d m Bflt i jjgp ■% I rjf ■ifti & . PI w LT. WALTER WALKER of the A&M University Police attached bicycle registration tags to bikes Monday as the registration process got off to a slow start in Lounge C in the civilian dorm area. Only 35 bikes were registered at the lounge, dasari) See related story below. (Photo by Gary Bal- 500 To Visit A&M West Point Cadets To Attend Game 'IS tion ’s Oi vice [t n bill! flavor U.S. Military Academy trray will appear the first time Satur day at A&M for a football match between the Black Knights and Texas Aggies. I Army is the only service academy to ever play at A&M. Considerable interest is evi- | denced for the 7:30 p.m. game, second of the series and first at Kyle Field. A large contingent of military personnel is expected, with more than 500 West Point cadets and officers to attend. ( The Academy cadet staff and color guard will participate in the TAMU Corps of Cadets march-in, a 6:20 p.m. event for which Fifth U.S. Army command ing general Lt. CIcn Patrick F. Cassidy will be reviewing officer. The U.S.M.A. superintendent, Lt. Gen. William A. Knowlton, will head the Army entourage. It will headquarter in Houston. The Army football team and part of the travel party will stay at Hilltop Lakes Resort near Nor- mangee. Adding to the color and pagean try of the Army-A&M football game will be the 2nd Armored Division Band from Fort Hood, ROTC cadet groups from Mes quite and Houston and the entire population of Fink, Texas. The North Texas town will make the Army quarterback, junior cadet Kingsley Fink, an honorary citizen. Considered a natural series be cause of TAMU’s military tradi tion, the game also will lie focused upon by movie camera crews under government contract. Foot age the two crews will shoot will go into Army ROTC television spot commercials and a color feature for possible network broadcast. Army and Texas A&M first met on the gridiron in 1969, with the Aggies taking a 20-13 win at Michie Stadium. Texas A&M’s Corps of Cadets under Cadet Col. Ronald Krnavek has organized special activities for visiting Army cadets, includ ing an orientation, tour and an evening meal at Duncan Hall. Junior ROTC cadets from North Mesquite High School and cadets of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps in Houston will also be given orientations and tours, according to Col. Thomas R. Parsons, TAMU commandant. The two 50-member groups also will be in uniform at Kyle Field for the game. The only deterrent to the festive weekend has been the defending national champion Ne braska Cornhuskers, heavy win ner over both Texas A&M and Army. Perot To Speak On POW- MIA Issue Wednesday :xas Co. t r>N H. Ross Perot, who has given money, effort and time to gaining privileges and freedom for Amer ican prisoners-of-war held by North Vietnam, will evaluate the “POW-MIA Issue” Wednesday. The Political Forum presenta tion will be at 12 noon in the Memorial Student Center Ball room, announced Chairman Mike Lindsay. Perot grew up in Texarkana and later attended the U.S. Naval Academy where he graduated in 1953. Board Fee Due The second installment board payment for the 1972 Fall Semes ter is due on or before October 3, 1972. The amount is $95.50 for the 7-Day Board Plan and $85.00 for the 6-Day Board Plan. Please pay now at the Fiscal Office, Richard Coke Building, to avoid penalty. Electronic Data Systems, the largest computer services firm in the U.S., was founded by Perot in 1962. Recently he purchased the company of DuPont-Glore- Forgan to become the largest in vestor on Wall Street. Perot is chairman of the 'United We Stand’ organization, and launched its drive in 1969 for humane treatmeht of American prisoners of war. He is still active in the movement and con cerned over the recent detention of prisoners about to be released. He has contributed millions to projects developing the full po tential of U.S. youth. In August, Perot said, he had information that the Vietnam War would end before the November general elections. Perot spoke at SCON A XVII last spring at A&M. The presen tation is free to students and 50 cents for non-students. Season tickets are available to non-stu dents for $3. Bike Registration Starts Slow University Police Chief O. L. Luther announced bicycle registration was off to a slow start Monday with only 43 bikes registered as of 5 p.m. The registration table set up in Lounge C for Walton, Schumacher and Hotard halls processed only 35 registrants, said Luther. The other eight persons processed were taken care of at the University Police Office. Registration continued today with students from Davis-Gary, Mclnnis, Moore and Crocker registering in Lounge B. Students from Hughes, Fowler, Keathley and Moses should register Wednesday in Lounge A-2. Hours for registration are 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. While announcing the number of bikes having been registered, Luther said he would begin releasing students periodically of the number of bike thefts and recovery rates. “If students will realize the bicycle serial number is the most important thing about registration,” said Luther, “we think we can cut down considerably on theft rates if these are made readily available.” Luther said 15 bikes have been stolen on campus since school began Aug. 28. He added his men have recovered six of these and all were found on campus. Women and youth are the primary responsibilities of this year’s Republican National Com mittee Chairman, College Station residents were told Monday at the Ramada Inn. The chairman, or really chair woman, is Anne Armstrong. Chairwoman Armstrong told the small crowd in attendance. President Richard Nixon has in dicated his happiness over the change in attitude toward poli tics shown by voters below 30 years of age. She said there are several reasons which have caused these voters to turn from McGovern and shift to Republican lines. “It started when he took dvei 1 the Democratic Convention in Miami,” she said. “He outsmart ed Democrats. His quota system for representation at the conven tion was arbitrarily done as he let his head honchos fill vacancies in the system as they wished.” The chairwoman also cited the increasing credibility gap be tween McGovern and voters caused by the Thomas Eagleton affair. “People became very upset when McGovern said he was 1,000 per cent behind Eagleton,” she noted, “while he was working feverishly behind the scenes to get rid of him.” She said youth viewed Nixon differently in the Republican Con vention as was illustrated by the number of youth who greeted him in Miami and the manner in which he responded to them. She said Nixon’s track record is much better than McGovern’s, as far as issues are concerned. Armstrong said Nixon has brought the war to the point where no one has to go to Viet nam, continued troop withdraw als and presented strong legisla tion to the Senate and House. “Most people realize it wouldn’t be good to leave peace decisions entirely up to the enemy as sug gested by McGovern,” the Repub lican Party leader said. Armstrong said the role of youth as delegates increased eight times since 1968 for delegates under 30. Though this is still not as much as she would like to see, she said, “we think the spotlight of the party will be turned to youth because the party will represent what youth want.” “Realistically, we are a minor ity party,” Armstrong said. “Be cause of this we must have youth in our organization—or else.” In answer to questions raised from the audience, she said the Watergate affairs is a fair issue because the seven persons in dicted in the case aren’t high party officials. She added the Democratic Party has agreed a trial can’t be held between now and the November election. “Disillusioned Democrats and Dining Hall Noon Meal Refund Policy To Continue, Says Dean The noon meal refund policy will continue as established joint ly by the Student Senate and ad ministration last spring, Associ ate Dean of Students Howard Perry announced Wednesday. Perry explained no refunds will be made for missed noon meals as long as a student has at least a scheduled 30-minute break be tween 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. The noon meal is served in Sbisa Hall from 10:30 a.m. to Banking is a pleasure at First Bank & Trust. —Adv. 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Perry noted students whose class schedule conflicts with the noon meal schedule of their as signed dining hall may obtain permission to eat in Sbisa from the Department of Food Services located in the Sbisa Hall base ment. Capacity limitations and food preparation schedules require that students eat in their assigned dining halls for all meals other LOOSE RUGBY BALLS never stayed that way for long - this weekend as A&M’s two- time state champions team came from behind to outscore its opponent LSU, 31-29, in Bat- than those arising from noon meal on Rouge. Hot in pursuit of the leather object are, left to right, Don Robertson, Giles Fort conflicts, Perry added. and George Alden, in the striped jerseys. See story on page eight. (Photo by Mike Rice) hard-working Republicans will have everything to gain,” she said. Democrats with sincere goals will realize the party which used to speak for what they thought, no longer does so, she added. “We realize it must be a dis turbing conclusion for people to realize their party has left them,” said Armstrong. “These people also realize the need for a strong two-party system. Two parties can keep an eye on each other.” As far as Texas elections are concerned, she said Nixon ac knowledges Texas will never be a good two-party state until a Republican is elected governor. She added Texas Republicans have realized a poor job has been done in getting the Republican message through to the rural areas. “The President is confident Hank Grover can pull off a vic tory,” she said. Nixon has noted Grover’s increasing popularity with Texans, she said, and he thinks Grover has a much better campaign technique than does Briscoe. Armstrong said some would like to ‘smoke President Nixon out of the White House,’ but Nixon plans to keep his politics at a low key, letting the Democrats work against themselves. Anne Armstrong Students Now Hold 131 Panel Positions Students at A&M this fall hold a record 131 positions on com mittees which help determine ad ministrative decisions affecting the institution, announced Presi dent Jack K. Williams. “We increased student advis ory representation on these key committees this year because the young men and women attending A&M ai - e mature responsible in dividuals who earnestly desire to work with the administration for the benefit of their university,” Dr. Williams noted. “Students are the cornerstone of this university. We depend on them to help us in many ways, and their assistance is invalua ble,” he added. Students serve jointly with faculty and staff on 32 commit tees this year, including 22 groups appointed by the presi dent and 10 by the dean of stu dents. Dr. Williams said students have for several years held the major ity of positions on groups which most directly affect them, such as the Menu Board and the Laun dry Committee. They also are now especially well represented on such university-wide groups as the Academic Appeals Panel, Ad visory Committee on Faculty Five Positions Vacant In Student Senate There are five student Senate vacancies that need to be filled announced Layne Kruse, Student Government President. There are three graduate off- campus positions, one undergrad uate off-campus and one at large from the college of Geoscience. Students representing the first four positions did not return to A&M this fall and the student from the college of Geoscience changed his major, leaving these positions open, said Kruse. Applications may be picked up and turned in at the Student Gov ernment office in the Memorial Student Center, before 5 p.m. Fri day. Applicants will be inter viewed the following week. Evaluation Procedures, Exchange Store Advisory Committee, Traf fic Panel, University Disciplinary Appeals Panel and Student Pub lications Board. At least two students serve on such bodies as the Rules and Reg ulations Committee, Scholarship Committee, Library Council, En vironmental Safety and Health Committee, Convocations Com mittee, Curriculum Committee, Chapel Committee, Archives and Historical Committee, Interna tional Student Advisory Commit tee, Honors Committee, Junior College Relations Committee and New Student Committee. Dr. Williams pointed out that student representation on uni versity committees is in addition to the overall student govern ment organization which works closely with the administration. Rites For Former Commandant Held Col. D. L. Baker, commandant of A&M’s Corps of Cadets from 1963 until his Army retirement in 1967, died early Saturday morning at a local hospital fol lowing an apparent heart attack. Funeral services will be con ducted at 10 a.m. Monday at the Callaway-Jones Funeral Home Chapel in Bryan. Burial will be in Restever Memorial Park, with military rites conducted by the Corps’ Ross Volunteers. Colonel Baker, who resided at 105 Redbud in Bryan, was a 1933 TAMU graduate. He earned the Legion of Merit for his work as commandant of the Corps. The award, the na tion’s second highest decoration for non-combat Army service, was presented at the cadets’ tra ditional Final Review in the spring of 1967. Colonel Baker, 60, was the first regular officer to hold the posi tion of commandant since 1951. A civilian university employe had held the post the previous 12 years. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. Register To Vote—Your Life Could Depend On It