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THE BATTALION IistRn Un _
College Station, Texas Wednesday, December 6, 1972 M-Jt'OWxzai kjj^w
CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle Debaters 4 Set It Straight’
Editor,
It has come to our attention
that some faculty members, stu
dents and staff are upset with
what the Lincoln Union Debating
society is doing. We would like,
therefore, to take this opportunity
to “set the record straight” as
beleaguered people are wont to
say.
Lincoln Union is a debating so
ciety and as such both sides are
presented. Thus when someone
claims we are expounding ideas
of bad taste or displaying a lack
of rectitude, they are quite wrong.
Many claim that the topics are
frivolous. They are wrong. It is
the approach that is sometimes
silly. Lincoln Union used the Eng
lish style debate and as such the
meaningless, boring citation of
“evidence” is discouraged. Logic,
insult, humor and wit are our
weapons.
To warn everyone, our next
topic (Thurs., Dec. 7 Architecural
Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.) is “Is Ob
scenity as American as Mom and
Apple Pie?” If those with weak
hearts are still with us let me
hasten to say that we are just
having fun and at the same time
opening discussion on an impor
tant subject.
“Did I say we’d have a major quiz during dead week?
Maybe you misunderstood!”
To work things up Lincoln
Union is dedicated to wild, unin
hibited, intellectual debates of
timely topics. We feel more under
standing results from this style
than if we dryly present “facts.”
We cordially invite all to watch,
discuss, and vote at our debates.
Batt News Summary
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN, Tex. — Texas AFL-
CIO President Roy Evans and
Secretary of State Bob Bullock
have asked all members of the
Democratic National Committee
to reject Robert S. Strauss’ bid
for the party chairmanship be
cause of his ties with John Con-
nally.
The two urged Strauss to get
out of the race “if he truly puts
his party above his personal am
bition.”
helicopter was destroyed, accord
ing to preliminary reports.
in 4.8 seconds to take first place
in steer wrestling. It was the best
time so far this year at the NFR.
CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. —
Apollo 17 is ready to blast off
tonight for what may be man’s
last visit to the moon for dec
ades.
The liftoff at 8:53 p.m. is ex
pected to draw half a million vis
itors to the Cape Kennedy area
for the first after-dark launching
of a U.S.-manned space flight.
WASHINGTON — President
Nixon named Undersecretary of
Commerce James T. Lynn as sec
retary of Housing and Urban De
velopment Tuesday, while sources
reported that Commerce Secretary
Peter G. Peterson will head a
new post as overseer of inter
national economic policy.
Nixon also announced that he
would retain Secretary of Interior
Rogers C.B. Morton in his second-
term Cabinet.
JOPLIN, Mo. — Major oil com
panies Tuesday denied a broad
cast report that they planned to
curtail retail service in the Mid
west because of high cost, compe
tition, and continued gasoline
price wars.
Television station KUHI of
Joplin reported Monday night that
up to 12 states could be affected
by cutbacks, including Missouri,
Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas,
Nebraska and Iowa.
HOUSTON — A completely-
implantable sensing device can be
placed inside the skull to tell doc
tors when swelling is occurring,
a scientific conference was told
here Tuesday.
The new device, implanted in
five persons so far, senses and
transmits information about pres
sure on the brain, caused by blows
to the head, water on the brain,
bleeding or tumors.
SAIGON — Viet Cong gunners
fired at least 25 rockets into Sai
gon’s Tan Son Nhut air base just
after dawn Wednesday, killing
one American and wounding near
ly a dozen South Vietnamese.
The rocket attack set a large
fuel fire and one U.S. rescue
OKLAHOMA CITY — A Trent,
Tex., cowboy scored the best time
to date in the steer wrestling
event, and a big gray bronc named
Ekalaka lived up his expectations
to highlight action in the fourth
round of the National Finals Ro
deo here Tuesday night.
Rex Bland mastered his steer
NEW YORK — Gerald R. Ford,
R-Mich., Minority Leader of the
House of Representatives, and
Dr. Jerome H. Holland, former
U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, re
ceived the top honors Tuesday
night at the National Football
Foundations Hall of Fame Awards
Dinner.
Ford, the University of Mich
igan’s Most Valuable Player in
1934 and a member of two na
tional champion Wolverine teams,
received the Gold Medal Award.
Holland, a two-time All-American
while at Cornell and elected to
the Foundation’s Hall of Fame
in 1965, was presented the Dis
tinguished American Award.
Cbe Battalion
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Editor:
This letter is written in protest
of the policies of the Intramural
Department. Earlier this fall, the
Moses Hall Intramural football
team lost only one game, 6-0 to
Puryear Hall, whose quarterback
was ineligible.
We filed a formal protest, only
to have our appeal denied on the
grounds that it was of a highly
technical nature, whatever that
means. A similar protest was
lodged against our basketball
team, was upheld, and we were
forced to forfeit the game.
After that, we posted a color
fully-worded challenge in the
Puryear lounge. The letter was
only a joke—just a lot of good
Aggie bull, bu tit apparently of
fended someone in Puryear, who
dutifully took it to the Intramu
ral Dept, where it apparently of
fended the Director.
Our athletic director was called
before the Intramural Board,
who chastised him and put Moses
Hall on conduct probation. We
were forced to write letters of
apology to Puryear and the In
tramural Department.
We feel that there is room for a
lot of soul searching in the Intra
mural Department. We are not
asking for any special favors,
only that the rules be made to
apply equally to all.
Moses Hall Public Relations Dept.
Bulletin Board
TONIGHT
Victoria Hometown Club will
meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 113
of the Plant Sciences Building.
Weightlifting Club will hold its
last meeting of the semester in
the G. Rollie White Weightroom
at 7 p.m.
Austin Hometown Club will
meet to finalize Christmas party
plans at 7:30 p.m. in the bell
in the Academic Building.
San Antonio Hometown Club
will meet in Room 202 of the
Physics Building at 7:30 p.m.
Black Awareness Committee
will meet to plan next semester
activities in the Social Room of
the Memorial Student Center at
7:30 p.m.
Campus Planning Committee
will meet at 8:30 p.m. in Room 2C
of the MSC.
Laredo Hometown Club will
plan for its Christmas event in
Room 123 of the Academic Build
ing at 8 p.m.
Society for Advancement of
Management will meet with the
Society of Industrial Engineers to
hear Dr. B. D. Stone speak at 7:30
p.m. in Francis Hall, Room 202.
Handball Club will see a film
and discuss business in Room 116
of the Old Engineering Building
at 7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY
Phi Sigma Beta fraternity will
meet in Room 2A, MSC, at 7:30
p.m.
San Angelo-West Texas Home
town Club will meet at 7:30 p.m.
in Room 3A of the MSC.
Panhandle Hometown Club will
meet in Room 201 of the Physics
Building at 7:30 p.m.
Pecan Valley Hometown Club
will meet on the third floor of the
Zachry Engineering Center at 8
p.m.
Eagle Pass Hometown Club will
meet in Lounge B at 8 p.m.
Sophomore Council will hold its
meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Room 146
of the Physics Building.
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