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Editor:
Although I am deep in final
exams, I must take time to com
mend you for publishing Glenn
L. Peavy’s letter concerning his
disappointment of Dan Rather’s
speech—“The Press vs. The Ad
ministration”—along with his nu
merous comments degrading the
quality and integrity of the press.
By publishing such a narrow and
poorly researched letter, you did,
indeed, show the fairness and ob
jectivity of the press to voice the
view of the public.
I wonder if Mr. Peavy realizes
the fact that even a letter such
as his, is an example of the press
publishing opinions in order to be
fair and objective; even when
those opinions are knocking the
very medium which takes the
time to place his letter in print.
The Battalion certainly had no
legal obligation to publish such
a letter.
To quote Mr. Peavy for those
who were fortunate enough to
miss his letter, he said, “I think
history proves they” (the govern-
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ment) “did a pretty damn good
job without the press watch dog.”
Well, that is interesting. Par
ticularly when you take into ac
count an idea from a former
United States President. As early
as 1787, Thomas Jefferson wrote:
“. . . were it left to me to de
cide whether we should have a
government without newspapers
. . or newspapers without govern
ment, I should not hesitate to pre
fer the latter.” Then 36 years
later in 1823, he went on to say,
“The only security of all is in a
free press.”
It seems very contradictory to
Mr. Peavy’s statement when one
considers a piece of journalism,
a pamphlet called “Common
Sense,” circulated in over 100,000
copies, which in 1776 was so in
strumental in boosting wartime
morale and calling for independ
ence from the present administra
tion. And of course, the fight for
independence produced the gov
ernment which Mr. Peavy ob
viously feels could do without the
press today.
Peavy went on to complain that
he had no voice in voting for the
President of CBS ... or to choose
or reject Walter Cronkite as a
news commentator, as he did to
vote for public officials of the
government. Well, it is the media
which presents the candidates to
the public—for very few of us
could meet them personally; par
ticularly those seeking high of
fices.
Finally, Walter Cronkite is a
journalist . . . not a candidate for
public office. The public doesn’t
vote on who becomes a farmer,
baker, shoe salesman, professor,
truck driver and thousands of
other professions. So, if Mr.
Peavy wishes to reject Walter
Cronkite, he might want to con
tact Professor C. J. Leabo, head
of the Department of Journalism
at Texas A&M, and sign up for
courses in journalism. Then with
20 years or so of hard work, he
might take such a position.
However, with his attitude
about the press, he might do bet
ter to contact Spiro T. Agnew
and obtain a few pointers on how
to seek a “government” office.
I’m sure Vice-President Agnew
is looking for a good running
mate in ’76.
Jim Tom Smith ’73
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Editor:
I have a story here which is
rather contrary to the usual Ag
gie joke we hear!
A friend and myself, along with
our two small sons, were making
a hurried trip on campus to ob
tain an important paper for my
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Texas A&M and the Texas
Chapter, Society of Women Engi
neers are cooperating on a pro
gram to recognize and attract
outstanding high school girls to
engineering.
J. G. McGuire, assistant dean
of engineering, said all Texas
high schools have been contacted
for principals to recommend the
top three girls studying science
and math to be honored at the
annual Junior Engineering Tech
nical Society (JETS) Conference
scheduled at TAMU March 2.
Girls are nominated for aca
demic and extracurricular achieve
ment. The nominations are screen
ed by a committee headed by
Mrs. Margaret Skillern of Dallas,
SWE Texas chapter president.
McGuire reported 100 girls have
been selected to receive SWE
“Outstanding Student” certifi
cates from Mrs. Skillern at. the
JETS meeting.
He will accept applications
through Jan. 15.
The dean said TAMU also has
sent information on scholarships
and the cooperative engineering
program to each nominee. TAMU
is actively recruiting women for
engineering careers, he added,
and companies have an increasing
demand for women engineers.
Mrs. Skillern, chemical engineer
employed by Perbin and Gertz
Consulting Engineers in Dallas,
works closely with McGuire on
the JETS and women engineer
ing programs.
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Managing Editor Larry Marshall
News Editor Rod Speer
Women’s Editor Janet Landers
Sports Editor Bill Henry
Assistant Sports Editor Kevin Coffey
friend’s husband. It was cold and
raining when I had the misfor
tune to develop a flat tire. This
is the first time I had ever had
a flat tire and felt quite helpless.
Fortunately along came an Ag
gie by the name of Becker (I got
the name from his name tag on
his jacket) and he swiftly changed
the tire. I might add that my car
is an English Ford, so rather
more difficult to maneuver to an
American.
Unfortunately, I don’t have
Becker’s first name, and I know
it is not an uncommon name, but
the REAL BECKER will remem
ber the incident. Many, many
thanks, now I know how to change
a tire.
Geraldine S. Falk
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Editor:
It has come to our attention
that the referees for basketball
games currently being played by
the Texas Aggies seem to be less
than average.
Two different ref’s of late (An
gelo St., GWU) have failed to
recognize men clearly out of
bounds. One of the ref's in Mon
day’s disappointing loss to GWL
even spit on the court twice
Should any man hand out tech
nicals as freely as did that re J
and get away with jeopardizing
the players of both teams ?
We clearly believe that we ar<
not entirely one-sided as the Ag
gies were clearly in the wrong al
times, too. George Washington’s
coach did not agree with the ref’s
calls either at times and was
awarded a technical for saying so
Maybe we have been sent the
worst ref’s on the presumptior
that A&M is by nature a losing
team. If so, they’re in for the
surprise of their lives this year
The ref’s will never keep the Ags
from winning; just from outscor-
ing the opponents.
We hope that with increased
pressure, whoever sends referees
to Texas A&M, realizes that we
are a winning team and want te
be recognized as such.
Tony Gallucci
Richard Lytle
Dean Sitton
David Dilger
Kevin McCarthy
Greg Taylor
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