Vol. 67 No. 170
Battalion
College Station, Texas Tuesday, October 24, 1972
Its All Right To Be
Content With What We
Have, But Never With
What We Are.
Tuesday—Cloudy today and to
night. Low 53, high 78.
Wednesday — Cloudy. Winds
southerly 5-10 mph. 30% chance
of rain. 80°.
845-2226
Judicial Council Rules
Transfer Students
May Hold Senate Posts
Elton John, famed pianist and
older of six gold albums in
iinerica, will appear in concert
'low 8 in G. Rollie White Coli-
eum.
John’s real name is Reginald
Iwight. He has completed five
uccessful American tours, re
eased an album of his first film
oundtrack, “Friends;” a live al-
lum, “11-17-70,” recorded during
n American tour and “Madman
icross the Water.”
His latest album, “Honky Cha-
eau," reached the number two
osition in the United Kingdom
Clay Smothers, a nationally
Known black conservative, will
peak Thursday at A&M under
mspices of the Black Awareness
Committee.
Smothers will discuss civil
ights and education at his 8 p.m.
appearance in the Memorial Stu-
ient Center Ballroom.
Opponent of busing to achieve
racial integration in public
schools, Smothers was a self-
jUfc a
THE TEXAS A&M INSIGNIA is formed by the ‘Fight-
nTexas Aggie Band’ Saturday night during the A&M-TCU
ootball game. The formation drew immediate overwhelm
ing response from the stands as
Field. (Photo by Gary Baldasari)
it marched down Kyle
Elton John Coming To A&M
charts and number one in Ameri
ca within days of its release.
John’s first album, “E m p t y
Sky,” received acclaim from crit
ics and musicians, but the public
did not react until his second
album, “Elton John,” was re
leased.
Earlier this year, Elton added
to his group a multi-instrumen
talist, Davey Johnstone. With
Nigel Olsson on drums and Dee
Murray on bass, John’s stage act
is exciting with variety and color.
John studied piano at the Roy
al Academy of Music before em
barking on a pop career playing
piano and organ with Biuesology
and Long John Baldry. He soon
began to write his own material,
teaming up with lyricist Bernie
Taupin in response to a newspa
per advertisement.
Taupin has written all the
lyrics for John’s compositions.
Murray made his first profes
sional appearance w'ith “Mirage,”
then joined Spencer Davis with
whom he toured Britain and the
United States. He finally teamed
up with Nigel Olsson and they
became part of the Elton John
Nationally Prominent Black To Speak Here
nominated vice presidential can
didate at the Democratic Nation
al Convention and speaks with
fiery preacher-style oratory.
“Clay Smothers, the man, is an
individual swimming in the civil
rights stream traditionally noted
for its liberal currents,” com
mented BAG programs co-chair
man Marvin Bridges.
“While Mr. Smothers and the
Black Aw r areness Committee have
Ags Will Donate To Blood Drive
The annual Aggie Blood Drive
is scheduled for Nov. 1 and 2 in
the basement of the Memorial
Student Center. The purpose of
this drive is to establish credits
for the Texas A&M Blood Club
Account with the Wadley Insti
tute of Molecular Medicine.
Blood credits which are estab
lished during this drive are then
available for use by any A&M
student who needs blood. When
approximately 4 per cent of the
student body has donated blood,
these credits may then be used
by the immediate families of stu
dents or by former students.
Last year 803 credits were es
tablished in the two-day drive,
but the unused credits are out
dated after a year. For this rea
son, these credits are donated to
the Wadley Institute, which can
then distribute them to people
who need blood, but cannot afford
it.
If any A&M student or some
one in his immediate family needs
blood, he should contact Ron Ben
to at 845-3501.
very definite divergent philoso
phies on civil rights, it is always
to one’s advantage to become cog
nizant of differing vantage points
lest he engenders stagnation in
his own thinking and actions,”
Bridges added.
TAMU students with activity
cards will be admitted free to the
BAG lecture. Others will be
charged 50 cents to defray cost
of the program.
Recipient of 45 Texas delegate
votes at the Miami convention
last July, Smothers is a graduate
of Prairie View A&M and taught
school in Chicago in the early
1960s. He worked simultaneously
with the Interstate Detective
Agency, protecting life and prop
erty in Chicago’s low-income dis
tricts.
Smothers will debate Angela
Davis at the University of Ari
zona Nov. 8. He became news
director of KNOK radio in Dal-
las-Fort Worth in 1968. He was
an unsuccessful 1970 Republican
candidate for the state legisla
ture.
group.
The Elton John group became
a quartet when ex-Magna Carta
guitarist Davey Johnstone made
his first public appearance with
Elton at the Royal Festival Hall
London on February 5th, 1972.
A self taught musician, John
stone plays guitar, mandolin,
sitar, banjo and lute. He has al
ways worked as a musician, main
ly in folk music. Davey is now
eager to widen his scope and wel
comes the opportunity of working
with Elton, Dee and Nigel.
Nigel met Murray and they
formed a close musical relation
ship which finally led them to
work with Elton John.
Tickets will go on sale Wed
nesday at 8 a.m. in the Student
Programs Office of the Memorial
Student Center. Reserved seats
are $5.50, $5.00, and $4.50. Gen
eral admission ticket prices are
$4.00 for patrons and $3.50 each
for A&M students and dates.
By KARL JACKSON
Staff Writer
The Judicial Committee of the
Student Government voted 9-0
that Sophomore transfer student
Sandy Aboud was eligible and
qualified for her new position in
the Student Senate.
The Committee’s decision set a
precedent for all transfer stu
dents who, up until now, were
not legally qualified candidates
for the Student Senate.
The charges were brought
against the Election Board by
Brad Bryant, a candidate in the
Senate election for Dunn Hall,
Oct. 18, which elected Aboud.
Bryant charged that Steve Ben
son, chairman of the Election
Board, had certified Aboud and
allowed her to run when she was
not qualified,
The primary conflict was the
fact that Aboud, as a transfer
student, did not have an estab
lished grade point ratio at A&M.
Her GPR at San Antonio Jr. Col
lege was unacceptable due to the
by-laws, so her mid-semester
GPR was substituted in its place.
Bryant and his council, Fred
Campbell, charged that this was
not an official GPR.
The plaintiff charged that her
application for candidacy was
therefore invalid and that she
should be removed from office.
Aboud’s GPR from San Antonio
and her mid-semester GPR were
above the required 2.250 average.
Aboud filed her application for
office Oct. 2 before the filing
deadline on Oct. 4. Aboud was
informed on the sixth by Benson
that she was ineligible because
of her GPR.
On the ninth, the clause in the
1972-73 University Regulations
stating that candidates must have
a 2.250 GPR “at the time of the
election,” was brought to the at
tention of Chairman Benson.
Benson changed his previous
ruling and reinstated Aboud as
an official candidate, with the
condition that her GPR at mid
semester would be above a 2.250.
On Oct. 16, the mid-semester
GPR was made available in the
Registrar’s office and Aboud was
certified to have a 2.250 GPR by
Robert Lacey, registrar.
The Defense’s Council Bill
Hartsfield countered Campbell’s
argument with a statement from
last year’s Election Chairman,
Mark Blakemore, who revised the
Election Regulations for 1972-73.
Blakemore said the revision com
mittee had dropped the clause
contained in the 1971-72 regula
tions which limits the GPR to
“the previous semester” so trans
fer students could run for office
on their mid-semester GPR.
Hartsfield also pointed out mid
semester GPRs are used in fresh
men Senate elections and that the
Registrar’s decision as to whether
a candidate could be certified
with a sufficient GPR is final.
Ty Griesenbeck, chairman of
the judicial committee, posted the
decision and will release a state
ment of their opinions and rea
sons later. A list of recommenda
tions to clear the controversy will
also be presented to the Senate.
Fish Elections
To Be Held
Freshman elections will be held
for senators at large and class
officei's November 7 (a change
from the previously stated date
of Nov. 2.)
President, vice president, sec
retary-treasury, and social secre
tary as well as six senators will
be voted on.
Aggie Assaulted By Parolee
In Parking Lot 40 Saturday
A Bryan man, on parole from
Gatesville School of Corrections,
was charged Monday by A&M’s
University Police for aggravated
assault on an A&M student.
Charges were filed by Univer
sity Police Sgt. J. B. Miller on
18-year-old Richard Lee Reeves,
of Route 2 in Bryan, after he al
legedly beat up Ken C. Thomp
son in Parking Lot 40 at approxi
mately 1:30 a.m. Saturday.
Miller, investigating officer in
the case for the University Po
lice, said officers Frank Lassater
and Tom Robertson apprehended
Reeves with the aid of the Bryan
Police Department near Denny’s
Restaurant.
Reeves was in a car with a 16-
year-old Bryan youth who was
released with no charges pressed
against him.
Mike Patrick, a student who
was with Thompson when the in
cident occurred, said they were
followed to the A&M campus by
a car with Reeves in it. He said
their car was blocked from park
ing in the A&M lot and Reeves
got out and shouted something to
the pair.
Patrick said Thompson was
then dragged out of the car by
Reeves and kicked and beaten se
verely in the head and side.
Miller said Reeves was posi
tively identified by Thompson and
that a nine and one-half inch
bayonette was confiscated from
the Bryan youth’s car.
He added that Reeves’ compan
ion is also on probation in Grimes
County for armed robbery.
Thompson was treated and re
leased from the University Hos
pital after treatment for cuts and
abrasions and receiving several
stitches in the left side of the
head.
U. S. Senate Hopefuls State Positions
The League of Women Voters
of Texas recently asked the can
didates for U.S. Senator to ex
press their views on the leading
issues. The Battalion is reprint
ing their replies to provide stu
dents with information on the up
coming election.
U.S. SENATE
Barefoot Sanders, Democrat
What do you consider the na
tional priorities for the next con
gress?
The overriding priority is for
the people of the United States
to regain their idealism and their
sense of national purpose. We
must regain confidence in our
government, and government
must justify their confidence. Re
gain full employment. Reduce in
flation. Reduce federal deficit.
Maintenance of a strong national
defense program.
First class education for all
children without busing. Return
of our prisoners of war and con
clusion of our military involve
ment in Southeast Asia. Develop
greater opportunities for all citi
zens to participate effectively in
our economy and in our govern
mental process. Restore a strong
farm economy. Develop more ef
fective means of settling labor
disputes. Welfare reform, includ
ing appropriate provisions for
child care. Protection of our en
vironment and reconciling eco
nomic expansion with environ
mental protection. Reappraisal
of foreign aid and related pro
grams. Better health care.
What programs would you sup
port to improve the administra
tion of criminal justice and the
penal system in the United
States?
Efficient administration of the
courts by providing a corps of
trained court administrators, in
order to expedite the disposition
of litigation and reduce over
crowded dockets.
Reform of our prison and jail
system. Most of the prisons in
the U. S. are at least 50 years old.
Eighty per cent (80 per cent) of
felonies are committed by
released convicts. We need to im
prove our criminal correction sys
tem. Emphasis should be on es
tablishing half-way houses for
the first-time felons who may
serve the latter portion of their
sentences while working.
John Goodwin Tower, Republican
What do you consider the na-
(See “U. S-,” page 4)
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
Friday’s Concert Was A Waste Of Your ‘Bread’