Pag-e 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, December 7, 1972
Listen Up—
Intramural Council Defends
Editor:
I would like to correct a few
misconceptions that were brought
out in the December 6 letter by
the “Moses Hall Public Relations
Dept.,” that was written about
the intramural department.
The public relations department
said that a formal protest was
filed with the intramural depart
ment and that it was denied “on
the grounds that it was a highly
technical nature.” True, a protest
by Moses Hall was denied by the
intramural council, but not be
cause the protest was of a techni
cal nature, but because by the
intramural handbook, the player
in question was eligible. This de
cision came about after the coun
cil had researched into the events
leading up to the protest, and
from checking the rules regarding
the affair.
As far as the “colorfully writ
ten . . . good Aggie bull,” the
letter that was sent to Puryear
Hall, I do not consider a letter
that was as full of profanity and
unbased accusations as this one
was as being very colorful or
“good Aggie bull.” Also the intra
mural council, which is made up
of students, did not feel that such
a letter was a mature or decent
manner in which an Aggie would
protest a decision.
By the way, the letter which
charged Puryear Hall with pay
ing off the referees, and said that
the Intramural Dept, “stunk”
worse than Puryear, was not
brought up by Mr. Les Palmer,
Intramural director, but was
handled strictly by the council.
Because of the letter, the council
asked the dorm president of
Moses and the athletic director
to meet with the council. At this
meeting, the council placed Moses
Hall on conduct probation, but
there was no personal chastise
ment whatsoever.
By talking with the president
of Moses Hall, it was discovered
that there is no official commit
tee such as the “Moses Hall Pub
lic Relations Dept.” However, if
this department, whom ever they
might be, is still dissatisfied with
the decision made by the council,
we will be happy to discuss the
decisions that have been made.
The strength of our intramural
program, as of any organization,
is no greater than the collective
well being of the people that
make it up. Often decisions have
to be made that go against part
of that organization. When this
is the case, the test is not whether
or not the decision is favorable,
but it is whether or not we are
mature enough to accept the de
cision that has been made.
Jerry M. Easterly ’73
Chinn., Intramural Council
Mike Ellerbrock ’74
Vice-Chairman
★ ★ ★
Editor:
I don’t know who Bill Henry
is or where he comes from, but
apparently he’s no Aggie.
My husband and I were among
Batt News Summary
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN, Tex. — So-called
“shield” legislation safeguarding
the confidentiality of newsmen’s
sources has gained a powerful
backer, the apparent next speak
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Rep. Price Daniel Jr. of Lib
erty announced his support Wed
nesday for a shield bill in letter
which he said were sent to all
Texas newspapers and radio and
television stations.
NEW YORK—The stock mar
ket found its bearings about noon
Wednesday after an uncertain
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seeming to try, the market also
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of 30 industrials to another all-
time closing high of 1,027.54 on
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That put it over Monday’s rec
ord closing figure of 1,027.02 by
a fraction, and wiped out the 4.07
points it had lost in Tuesday’s
moderate profit-taking.
DALLAS — Representatives of
most of the nation’s major Prot
estant and Orthodox churches set
up Wednesday a new cooperative
organization, more broadly repre
sentative and with greater stress
on basic beliefs.
At the same time, they rein
forced their role for speaking
out on public questions with
moral implications.
DETROIT — Chrysler Corp.,
which raised its prices an aver
age of $20 a car on Oct. 17,
boosted them another $40 Wed
nesday, thus using up virtually
all of a $60.10 increase the Fed
eral Price Commission approved
for the auto firm.
Chrysler said the $60.10 grant
was necessary to defray costs of
federally required safety, bump
er and emissions control items on
its 1973 cars.
WASHINGTON — Some self-
styled moderate Democrats dis
affected with the “New Politics”
of the McGovern campaign an
nounced Wednesday plans to
form a new organization they
hope will appeal to “common
sense liberals.”
“Come Home Democrats,” say
full-page ads to be carried in
Thursday editions of The Wash
ington Post and New York Times
at a cost of $14,000.
CHICAGO — The Big Ten
withdrew Wednesday from its
United States Olympics Commit
tee membership, the first athletic
conference to follow the break
by the NCAA with the Olympic
group in October.
The action was announced as
Big Ten faculty representatives
and athletic directors concluded
their three-day winter business
meeting.
AUSTIN, Tex. — “Six per cent
of the 63,000 state employes may
be affected by alcohol abuse or
alcoholism, costing the state of
Texas in excess of $5 million an
nually,” Gov. Preston Smith said
Wednesday.
Smith has invited deans of
state agencies and departments
to a meeting Dec. 11 at which a
proposed state employe alcohol
ism program will be discussed.
Dan Rather
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press-administration conflict, but
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ter place to be.
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THE BATTALION
Decision
those “crazy, frozen or sadistic”
people who sat through the
Aggie-TU game ’til the final gun
sounded. My husband (Class of
’59) said, “I’ve never left a game
until the final gun sounded and
I don’t plan to start now.”
On the brighter side, my hat
goes off to the ‘Fightin’ Texas
Aggie Band.’ Their performance
at half-time of the A&M-TU
game even brought approval from
my T-sip relatives. The band was
excellent, to say the least.
Mrs. Harvey J. Haas
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Students have an option of
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exams and into next semester,
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