CADET SLOUCH
Page 2
THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Friday, December 8,19li"
QUESTWMMAlRf
3\-\ould we j-/a\/e a
by Jim Earle Listen Up—
Student 6 Y’ Makes An Appeal Read " " Classifieds
COED AS A REGULAR
MEMBER. OF OUR.
CARTooW FAMILY 'R
□ YES
□ MO
l/st characteristics
THAT SHE SHOULD
HAVE .
fee ropek> to ; n
SLoocpi, eot 9Z92
CZO L-LC&-1 .
Editor:
I am writing this letter as an
appeal to the students to adopt
one of the many needy families
whose names and needs are avail
able through the Student “Y” As
sociation. These families are all
from the Bryan-College Station
area, and are financially unable
to provide their children and
themselves with any of the joys
of the Christmas season.
We have over 100 of these fam
ilies, and only about 40 have been
adopted (most of these were taken
by the Corps, FFA and Alpha
Lambda). Although there are sev
eral orgattizations doing this on
their own, it seems to me that a
student body the size of ours can
surely afford the time and effort
for such a worthy project.
If each dorm or organization
would just use a little bit of their
“party fund” to purchase a few
items of food, clothing or toys for
one of these families, it would be
greatly appreciated.
tfere is an example of a letter
Batt News Summary
By The Associated Press
SPACE CENTER, Houston —
Apollo 17, the moon flight that
began with a stutter step, sailed
smoothly toward its lunar target
Thursday while its crewmen set
tled back and enjoyed the ride.
Experts said the Apollo 17 crew
took the first steps to make up
the time lost in the launch delay
by firing a longer burn than
planned when they blasted out of
earth orbit at 4:45 a.m. Thurs
day. This put them on a faster
course to the moon and will get
them back on schedule before
they enter lunar orbit.
continue to be described as criti
cal,” said spokesmen at the hos
pital where the 88-year-old for
mer chief executive was taken
Tuesday evening from his home
in nearby Independence, Mo.
The assailant was slain. As of
early Friday he had not been
identified. The motive of the as
sault was unclear.
Jerome Jaffe.
WASHINGTON — Wholesale
prices surged ahead sharply in
November, the Labor Depart
ment said Thursday in a report
that dampens government hopes
of slowing the rate of inflation to
at least 3 per cent by year’s end.
Wholesale prices usually are
reflected at the retail level soon.
KANSAS CITY — Former
President Harry S. Truman was
reported in improved condition
by medical authorities Thursday
after a touch-and-go night in his
battle against lung congestion
and a weakened heart. Doctors
kept him on the critical list.
“His age and the potential of
sudden change require that he
APO Installs
Spring Officers
WASHINGTON — The Defense
Department’s chief doctor said
Thursday the “totally out of
hand” abuse of heroin by Ameri
can troops in Vietnam in early
1971 has now been brought under
control.
The optimistic note by Dr.
Richard S. Wilbur was echoed on
the domestic front by President
Nixon’s chief drug adviser, Dr.
PARIS — Henry A. Kissinger
and Hanoi’s Le Due Tho met
Thursday for the fourth time in
their current round of secret
peace talks and again gave no
hint of progress.
The Communist side spoke of
a new deadlock caused by Ameri
can and South Vietnamese intran-
sigeance.
French press reports that an
agreement might be signed with
in hours were discounted on both
sides.
Spring officers were installed
and new members initiated at the
Fall Awards Banquet of Alpha
Phi Omega on Dec. 6.
Elected officers for the spring
semester were President, Dale
Foster; vice president for admin
istration, Mike Ballew; vice presi
dent for projects, Milton Nielsen;
vice president for membership,
Frank Holmes and general secre
tary, Byron Comptom.
Also, treasurer, Roland Thomp
son; alumni secretary, Mike Kel
ley; pledge master, Barry Brooks;
historian, Tom Walker; parlia
mentarian, Branon Dunn and
property manager, Karl Gulick.
Ballew and Thompson were
both re-elected for second terms
in their respective offices. Foster
will be serving his third term as
president of Xi Delta Chapter.
The 18 new members initiated
were part of the Fall Pledge Class
which installed 131 new flagpole
holders along New Main Drive in
front of the Systems Administra
tion Building and around the Me
morial Student Center Parade
Ground as their pledge class
project.
MANILA — Imelda Marcos,
the Philippines’ strikingly lovely
First Lady, was attacked Thurs
day by an assassin wielding a
foot-long bolo knife. She sur
vived with injuries requiring 75
stitches.
WASHINGTON — The Su
preme Court Thursday ruled that
labor unions cannot fine workers
who quit the union during a
strike and return to their jobs.
The 8-1 decision, written by
Justice William O. Douglas, held
that a union has no more control
over a former member “than it
has over the man in the Street.”
LONDON — The Greater Lon
don Council said it intends to
ban heavy trucks from central
London because they are “an in
herent impediment and danger.”
Engineering Students
(Continued from page 1)
our design specifications, it would
weigh nine pounds,” suggested
Rice, who has worked in Houston
construction.
Legs attach in clothespin fash
ion to the 34-inch-long I-beam
crosspiece. Two expansion clamps
lock the legs in place. A strap
for making a tight storage bun
dle snaps out of the way on the
bottom of the beam when the
sawhorse is in use.
“The more weight you put over
the clamp, the stronger the horse
is, up to a certain weig'ht limit,”
Ralph pointed out.
Like the other teams, the Rice
group made the prototype fit de
sign specifications. They studied
web and beam widths to arrive at
maximum capacity with the low
est possible materials cost. They
used bolts on the 40-degree angle
Williams Appoints Committee
(Continued from page 1)
buildings as a concern. “When
the committee meets, we want to
ask whether university planners
and architectures have any spe
cial designs in mind when they
plan new buildings.”
“We, as the committee, want to
show the administration that we
have a genuine concern and a
positive interest in the future ap
pearance of our school,” added
Jiga.
Members of the advisory com
mittee include Luedecke, Tom
Cherry, Dr. Richard Wainerdi,
Logan Council, Robert Rucker,
Paul Stephens, Dr. Neilon Rowan,
Ewel Watkins, Allen Schlandt,
and students Jiga, Les Swick and
Stephen Thomas.
legs, but feel button rivets would
be best for mass production.
The group determined through
Alenco in Bryan that a metal
worker could build the horse in
15 minutes.
“The average person can’t build
a sawhorse,” Rice noted. “If this
one could be produced economi
cally, and we see no reason why
it couldn’t, it should sell readily on
the retail market.”
Engineering technology profes
sor John F. Botsford, who design
ed the course and coordinates the
College of Engineering depart
ment’s metals area, feels the
course format enables students to
gain a better understanding of
fabrication processes and prac
tices.
“These students have certainly
proved they have a solution-find
ing way of looking at problems,”
he credited.
A Li L ]E N
Oldsmobile
Cadillac
SALES - SERVICE
“Where satisfaction is
standard equipment”
2401 Texas Ave.
823-8002
€bt 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.
Represented nationally by National Educational Advertiainc
Services, Inc, New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles.
MEMBER
The Associated Press, Texas Press Association
The Associated Collegiate Press
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 77813.
Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per semester; $6 per school
year; $6.50 per full year. All subscriptions subject to 6%
sales tax. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address:
The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station,
Texas 77843.
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 Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for
reproduction of all news dispatchs credited to it or not
otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous
origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other
matter herein are also reserved.
Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas.
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.
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
we have received from a woman
we helped last year:
I om ritting this letter. I rote
you all last year. Far I om Sick
ond need food this make the third
letter I have rote to you all last
xmas I was made So happy I
think you all very much I wonted
to rite you all bock and think
you all but I lost your address So
I no the Lord will make a way for
us as I need Food for Five and a
big doll for my girl. Please help
me. I think you all very much and
God Bless you all
I om Proyn for all of you.
Isn’t it worth your while to give
a little something of yours for
someone who has nothing?
Colleen A. Bourland ’74
Chairman of Public Services
Student Y Association
★ ★ ★
Editor:
In this past Wednesday’s Batt
there appeared a letter reproving
the Intramural Athletic Depart
ment and asking for equal appli
cation of intramural rules.
I have been a dorm athletic di
rector for two years now, and I
should like to compliment the de
partment and its progress since
Mr. Palmer and his staff took
over last year. The organization
has been updated considerably by
the study and initiation of new
procedures and by the evaluation
of student feedback. However, the
Intramural Department has con
tinually been the scapegoat for
many teams that cannot accept
defeat.
In reference to Wednesday’s
protests:
Puryear Hall was accused of
having played an ineligible quar
terback. This was on the grounds
that he lived in another dorm a
few days before receiving his per
manent semester assignment. The
protest was denied. Also, the dorm
in protest did not understand why
a player on their team who let
tered in basketball last year was
ruled' ineligible. The rules state
so, and were applied. Equally.
This letter is not to pass judg
ment, only to present the com
plete facts when public accusa
tions are being made.
Ron Rodgers
caN F
BUSIER - JONES AGENCt
tere > s
oftl
Microwave Antenna Set Up
A microwave receiving antenna
to pick up live Public Broadcast
ing Service (PBS) television pro
gramming has been set up at
A&M’s educational television sta
tion.
Dr. Mel Chastain, head of
TAMU’s Educational Television
Department, said KAMU-TV will
have live PBS network programs
rather than the taped programs
used during the first two years
of operation. However, the PBS
microwave system still must be
tested before release to educa
tional stations, he added.
The microwave receiving anten
na picks up signals from the new
PBS-leased microwave relay sta
tion in Independence, some 30 air
miles southwest of the station.
KAMU expects to begin test tele
casting later this month.
Dr. Chastain reported the Fed
eral Communications Commission
has given the station full approv
al to begin broadcasting. All
equipment has been installed at
the new station, located south
east of Kyle Field.
The station manager said the
transmitter is being assembled
and construction of a 350-foot
tower for a 28-foot antenna will
begin this weekend at Hensel
Park. Depending on the weather,
the tower should be ready in two
weeks.
Dr. Chastain disclosed the tow
er will be maroon and white, in
sharp contrast to the orange and
white towers everywhere else in
the nation. The FCC gave spe
cial approval for the maroon and
white tower, Dr. Chastain ad
mitted.
FOR
BEST
RESULTS
TRY
BATTALION CLASSIFIED
No. AJ048M — $125.00
17 jewel, self-wind, Bell alarm,
98.2 ft. water tested, day-date
calendar instant date change,
yellow top/stainless steel back.
SEIKO
Douglas Jewelry
212 N. Main
Bryan, Texas
822-3119
PEANUTS
PEANUTS
WMAT I MEAN 15... DHAT I
WANT TO SM 15...HOW CAN
I PUT IT INTO WORP5 7WHAT
l‘M 7WIN6 TO SA^ 15...
THEREFORE, I VE PECIPEP NOT
TO GET YOU ANYTHING FOR
CHRI5TMA5 THI5 YEAR!
you're bluffing ...the &ible
5AY5 NOTHING ABOUT
GIVING CHRISTMA5 PRESENT?.'
f IT DOESN'T ?T
vc A
&
- J' iii
h
jf ^
^ (1
A I
O fni
^ H'OU CAN'T BLUFF
AN OLP THEOLOGIAN !,
THAT'S THE CHRISTMAS
RULE ll YOU CAN'T IGNORE
THE CHRISTMAS KUIE'J
I CAN PO ANYTHING I
WANT! YOU HIT ME 50 lV£
PECIPEP NOT TO GIVE YOU
ANYTHING FOR CHRISTMAS'
I MAY HAVE TO
SUFFER MARTYRPOM...,
I FOONP THE WORP ,
“SISTER" IN THE &l&L£l
THERE IT IS, RIGHT THERE i
SEE? THERE’S THE W0RP
"SISTER "RIGHT THERE
IN THE 513LEI
THAT PROVES YOU
HAVE TO GIVE ME A
CHRISTMAS PRESENT if!
Pres
and
Premiun
Counted
balanced
Priced
"Sale”
Just c ]
others.
?rade t
tomparii
Ha\
Cone
Gull
A.C.,
Alterm
Stai
froi
Mos
A
Foreij
V