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THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Tuesday, October 3, 1972 CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle Listen Up— Footballers A S Hit Again &A<La=- TMANKs to MS' ^Vtt t' “Just because it’s against th’ rules is not enough for me! I’m cold and I’m getting out!” Bulletin Board TONIGHT Junior Class Council will hold an organizational meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Room 2C, Memorial Stu dent Center. Accounting Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Assembly Room of the MSC. Engineering Technology Society will meet in Room 303, Fermier Hall, at 7:30 p.m. Laredo Hometown Club will have meeting for election of offi cers at 8 p.m. in Room 3C of the MSC. Student Chapter of Associated General Contractors will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 127B of Zachry Engineering Center. Ag Eco Club meeting will not be held tonight. The Go Club will hold an or ganizational meeting at 7:30 p.m. ih Room 2B of the Memorial Stu dent Center. Go, an ancient Chinese game, is very popular with the Japanese and in western Europe. National championships and high-level tournaments are held in several Asian countries. FOR BEST RESULTS TRY BATTALION CLASSIFIED Anyone wishing to learn the rules or wishing to play, is urged to attend. Business Administration Wives’ Club is holding a salad supper at 7:30 p.m., 104 Pleasant, Apt. 101, Bryan. For more information or a ride call Mrs. Mary Jesek at 846-3319 after 5 p.m. WEDNESDAY Electrical Engineering Wive’s Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Jack Stone, 3703 Stillmeadow, Bryan. For further information call Lindy Triplett at 846-3843. MSC Recreation Committee’s Mixed Group and Aggie Wive’s Group Bridge will meet at 7:30 p.m. on the second floor of the MSC. Tennis Club will elect officers at 7:30 p.m. in Rooms 3C and 3D of the MSC. Dues of $4 will be collected. For further information call Leo Farrar, 845-1178. THURSDAY San Antonio Hometown Club will make final plans for their first party at 7:30 p.m. in Room 146, Physics Building. MSC Radio Committee will meet in Room 2C of the MSC at 7:30 p.m. Texas A&M Scholastic Service will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Lounge A between Fowler and Hughes Hall for an organizational meet ing. Editor Notably Aggie football repre sents A&M just as much or more than the students or the alumni. It has been my experience that upon meeting someone and tell ing them, ‘T’m an Aggie,” you will be confronted with one of four replies: (1) an Aggie joke; (2) “Are you in the Corps?”; (3) Do you know so and so?”; (4) or “Who beat you last weekend?” I want to comment on the last reply; “Who beat you last week end?” I thought that what has been happening over the last four years was somewhat of a coaching prob lem. I have since discovered what a gross mistake we have made. Our problems are not with the coaches, we have the best avail able, records have proven this— our problems are with the team’s attitude. Comments on the team’s attitude and game performance are long overdue and a couple of things need to be said. To have the material and to have the coaching, but lack the will to win makes football a fool’s game. In the Sunday edition of the Bryan Eagle, Jerry Waggoner, the sports editor, expressed his opinion of the Saturday night game: “Embarrassment apparent ly means more to the U.S. Military Academy than it does to Texas A&M.” Well, I’m from Texas Public Safety (Continued from page 1) nized in 1935 and, with the Texas Highway Patrol, were placed un der the DPS. Controversy over their exist ence has raged since claims of brutality were lodged against the Rangers following their actions in settling a Mexican-American labor strike in Zavala County near Crystal City. The force has been compared to a Texas F.B.I. Its duties in clude enforcement of law in cases of major crime, mob violence and during times when local officers need assistance. Director of DPS four years, Col. Speir has been in continuous service with the department since 1941, except for service in the Army Air Corps during World War II. The Gilmer native and East Texas State honors graduate joined DPC as a highway patrol man and worked up to the rank of major and commander of the Midland Region by 1957. Speir became assistant director in 1962 and was appointed acting direc tor upon the death of the late director, Col. Homer Garrison Jr., in May, 1968. He was made per manent director the following September. Col. Speir is past-president of the Texas Police Association and the Austin Rotary Club. Che Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student -writers only. The Battalion is a non tax- supported, non-profit, self-supporting educational enter prise edited and operated by students as a university and community newspaper. LETTERS POLICY Letters to the editor must be typed, double-spaced, and no more than 300 -words in length. They must be signed, although the writer’s name will be withheld by arrangement with the editor. Address correspondence to Listen Up, The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas 77S13. Members of the Student Publications Board are: Jim Lindsey, chairman ; Dr. Tom Adair, Dr. R. A. Albanese, Dr. H. E. Hierth, W. C. Harrison, J. W. Griffith, L. E. Kruse and B. B. Sears The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M, is published in College Station, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and holiday periods, September through May, and once a week during summer school. Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Services, Inc, New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles. MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association The Associated Collegiate Press yea sab Mail subscriptions r; $6.50 per full year. 5 tax. Advertising rate furnished on are $3.50 per semester; $6 per school All subscriptiocs subject to 5% ig rate furnished on request. Address: The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas 77843. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the dispatchs credited to it reproduction of all ne otherwise credited in the origin published matter herein ar credited paper and local news of spe herein. Rights of republication of are also reserved. Second-Class postage paid at use for or not ontaneous all other College Station, Texas. EDITOR MIKE RICE Managing Editor Larry Marshall News Editor Rod Speer Women’s Editor Janet Landers Sports Editor Bill Henry Assistant Sports ^Editor Kevin Coffey It's a Great Year for the Aggies! Sales Dept. Tuesday & Thursday Till 9 p. m. Other Evenings Till 7 p. m. Service 7 a. m. to 6 p. m. Monday-Friday Part Dept. Open Saturday Till 1 p. m. Mastercharg-e—BankAmericard—Mobile Credit Card. Campus Pickup and Delivery Service. ★ Special Campus Representative: Tom Evans all Dealership Services—846-2532 CUSTOM Pontaic - Buick - CMC Trucks 601 Texas Ave. — Bryan 823-8044 A&M and I am tired of being em barrassed and I don’t think there is one person in our 16,000 en rollment that isn’t embarrassed. We are tired of people saying “poor Aggies,” and we are tired of having someone who does not care represent our school on the football field. Aggies are winners and we are tired of losing. It’s terrible to generalize and trademark a whole team • as “losers” when some of the team pours their guts out to win—but it is the team that takes the glory or the blame and the team that suffers for a few apathetic teammates. Everyone at this uni versity is part of the team, the 12th man, and we are tired of losing because some of our foot ball teammates are apathetic and don’t care. Not everybody has the ability to play college football. If we all did there would be 16,000 students working out every afternoon and giving that whatev er it takes to win. The team is the chosen few to represent all Aggies, students, faculty and alumni. In short we are very dis appointed in the players’ perform ance. Army proved on the field where it counts that pride meant more to them than to the Aggies. Maybe the team needs to do a little soul searching. If the play ers do not have enough confidence in themselves, get some—some how. If you are giving 100% ef fort—give 200%. If you don’t feel embarrassed—be ashamed. Help us prove Texas A&M has char acter and there is a little some thing more to this school that others do not have. Show us you want to play. Come on team, give us something to be proud of. Blake A. Cathey ’74 ★ ★ ★ Editor: The practical solution to the A&M bicycle problem becomes obvious after a little serious study. Every day we observe some accident or near-accident involv ing two students, one on foot and the other mounted. Logic tells us that since the pedestrian is the most, physically vulnerable trav eller, he must be given the advan tage in a confrontation with a cyclist. Therefore, any full-time pedes trian who is able to display tread- marks upon any part of his (or her) person shall proceed to Cam pus Police Headquarters and se lect from a fleet of twelve j suitable sledgehammer; taking this, he shall be put at liberty to demolish the unregistered bi cycle of his (or her) choice. The result—one more satisfied pedestrian and one less mechani cal menace (the scrap metal may be sold to repair sledgehammers and to build bicycle paths.) Bill Thompson ■1 AIRLINE RESERVATIONS FOR THE HOLIDAYS Call 822-3737 Robert Halsell Travel Service 1016 Texas Ave. AGGIES ... DON’T DELAY! 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