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^ Vol. 67 No. 237 College Station, Texas Thursday, March 29, 1!
It Isn’t Necessary To
Blow Out The Other
Person’s Light To Let
Your Own Shine.
Thursday, March 29, 1973
THURSDAY — Considerably
cloudy with drizzle. Partly
cloudy & mild afternoon. Chance
of showers & thundershowers
tonight. High 75, low 57.
FRIDAY — Considerably cloudy
with showers & thundershow
ers. High of 73.
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KRUEGER HALL CORNERED THE SLAVE MAR
KET Wednesday by putting its residents on the auction
block to raise money for dorm activities. Auctioneer Glenn
Blackwelder sold Marilyn White to Frank Fiorello, right,
Wednesday for $30. Ten girls were sold Wednesday and
will work for their masters in some of the Spring Fling’s
activities. (Photo by Steve Ueckert)
Spring Fling Starts Friday
With Dance; Contests Set
Residence hall students “bust
out" with Spring Fling this week-
|end at A&M.
A Sadie Hawkins Dance at In
dian Lake, intrahall games and
contests, a dorm skit competition
and old movies are planned by
the Residence Hall Association’s
programs committee.
John Bethancourt said Spring
Fling is based on hall participa
tion and competition. He is RHA
chairman of Spring Fling. The
event is separate from Residence
Hall Week April 9-15.
Spring Fling opens Friday
with the Sadie Hawkins Dance.
The rock band, “First Crossing,”
will play for dancing from 9 a.m.
to 1 a.m.
Saturday fun starts at 11:30
a,m. in the quad area between
Moses and Moore Halls. Men
and women will compete in sack,
crate, leap frog and tricycle
races.
Girls will have a game of musi
cal chairs. Buckets of water will
replace chairs.
A pillow fight for men only
will declare the last man stand
ing the winner. Eggs will be
broken in a jousting contest, toss
and roll. Frisbees will be thrown
for accuracy and distance. In a
bread stuffing contest, the win
ner will be decided on how many
pieces of bread a girl can stuff
in a guy’s mouth.
Arm-wrestling and a dorm ver
sus dorm tug-of-war across a
mud puddle also are on tap.
Dorm skits judged on original
ity and humor, and W. C. Fields,
Spanky and Our Gang movies
will be presented Saturday night
at the Grove.
Prizes will go to the winner of
each contest. Residence halls will
receive points per event toward
the Spring Fling championship.
Student TV Show Features
Woman Legislator Monday
State Rep. Sarah Weddington will face a student panel on
“Student Sandwiche” at 9 p.m. Monday on KAMU-TV, Channel
15.
John Webber, Linda Benavides and Carol Moore will discuss
Texas women’s right to abortions and the movement to grant
equal rights to 18-20-year-olds with Mrs. Weddington.
Mrs. Weddington gained fame when she questioned the
constitutionality of Texas’ abortion laws before the Supreme
Court.
She is the first woman elected from Travis County to the
Texas House of Representatives. She served on Appropriations,
Insurance and Criminal Jurisprudence committees.
Active in formation of the Texas Women’s Political Caucus,
she also is associated with the Women’s Equity Action League,
the National Organization of Women, American Association of
University Women, Zero Population Growth and serves on the
editorial advisory board of the Family Planning/Population
Reporter.
The program will be directed by Mike Lindsey, Political
Forum chairman.
Drum Majors
For Ag Band
Announced
Steven C. Moore of Bryan,
Bruce F. Bockhorn of Brenham
and Chbya K. Walling of Reagan
have been selected Texas Aggie
Band drum majors for 1973-74.
Moore is the first Aggie Band
member from Bryan recommend
ed for drum major.
They were announced by Lt.
Col. E. V. Adams following rec
ommendation to President Jack
Williams through the comman
dant, Col. Thomas R. Parsons, and
Dean of Students James P. Han-
nigan.
An all-state percussion player
and landscape architecture major,
Moore was selected as head drum
major. White Band drum major
is Bockhorn, an environmental de
sign major. Walling is Maroon
Band drum major and a recrea
tion and parks major.
Bockhorn was drum major of
Spring Branch High School Band
in Houston.
All three members of the Corps
of Cadets are juniors. Their fa
thers also are Aggies.
They will succeed Alan H. Gu
revich, Valley Stream, N. Y.;
Richard W. Minix and Richard B.
Stone, Houston, the 1972-73 drum
majors.
Walling is a bass player. Bock
horn, operations sergeant on the
band staff this year, plays in the
percussion section.
Rampant Speculation-
By VICKIE ASHWILL
The upcoming April 3 College
Station City Council elections
are, with the close of A&M’s
spring general elections, breath
ing more politics into the local
air.
In the opposed positions on the
council are Sam McGinty versus
the incumbent Don R. Dale in
place three and Lynn Reed ver
sus the incumbent Fred Brison in
place one.
The four candidates will be
featured along with school board
position hopefuls Sunday at
10:30 j.m. Channel 3 and at 9:30
p.m. Monday on KAMU Channel
15.
McGinty, a 21-year-old eco
nomics major, has done research
on governments in Texas and
their expenditures. He has also
served in numerous civic and stu
dent activities and is presently
serving on College Station’s Citi
zen’s Advisory Board.
On the top of McGinty’s plat
form is the restoration of the
ward system in College Station.
The present system allows all
Council members to be elected at-
large while a ward system, ac
cording to McGinty, would allow
better geographical representa
tion, better service to the repre
sented area and would guarantee
representation for each area.
Also on the platform is a city-
involved transit system to and
from the campus, better parks
and recreational facilities, street
improvements, inner city bike
paths, a stronger advisory com
mittee for student input into the
council and a more consistent
policy on zoning.
“Spot zoning for certain inter
ests should be stopped,” said Mc
Ginty.
“I feel that the rate hike asked
by General Telephone of the
Southwest is completely unwar
ranted,” said McGinty in refer
ence to the company’s increase.
“Furthermore, a stronger effort
on the part of the City Council
members and city officials is
mandatory for the best interests
of the community.”
Dale emphasized the time re
quired and experience necessary
in serving effectively on the City
Council.
“I usually spend at least 30
hours a week on city business,
and I think the same can be said
for other council members,” he
pointed out.
“We’re in one of the top 20
growth areas in the United States,
so this job takes a lot of time
and a lot of experience—especial
ly at this particular period in our
city’s history,” continued the
councilman seeking his second
two-year term. “This is not a job
where you only go to a council
meeting once a month. Somebody
has to meet with state and fed
eral groups with which the city
is involved in various programs.
And we are also frequently call
ed upon to meet with representa
tives of technical industries ex
ploring the possibilities of settl
ing in our community. We are in
terested in such opportunities,
and the university is interested.
For one thing, new industries open
up new job opportunities for stu
dents on a part-time basis, as well
as for permanent residents.”
Dale, who is in the construction
business and heads the firm which
operates Pooh’s Park and Skating
Rink, noted that it has been said
he has a “vested interest” in the
city.
“If anyone says I have a vested
interest in College Station, they
are certainly right,” he said. “I
have a vested interest of 26 years
of my life here, and more than
100 years taking into my account
my whole family.”
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He said he has been closely
associated with Texas A&M
throughout the years.
“I am an A&M graduate, my
wife is a graduate, my son is a
junior there this year and I have
a son-in-law who is a graduate,”
Dale added, “so few people are
closer to, or more interested in
the continued growth and well be
ing of Texas A&M.”
Turning to some of the issues
which have been brought up in the
campaign thus far, Dale said he
questions the economic feasibility
(See Candidates, page 6)
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5 Voting Machines
Here For Election
Five voting machines will be
located in registration headquar
ters in the old Cushing Library
for the April 3 City Council elec
tions.
The three council seats up for
vote are place one, Fred Brison
and Lynn Reed; place three, Sam
McGinty and Don R. Dale; and
place five, Dr. R. D. Radeliff,
unopposed.
Persons living on campus are
to vote in precinct 20, a division
of old precinct nine, which is the
Cushing Library. Precinct nine
is now the Southgate area and
persons here vote in A&M Con
solidated schools while North-
gate citizens are now in precinct
21 and will vote in the old city
hall.
A demonstration voting ma
chine will be located in the li
brary today through Tuesday.
E. L. Herrington is the elec
tion judge and Barb Sears is the
vice election judge. Election of
ficials are Carol Moore, Marsha
Allen, Jenni Guide, Jackie Hey-
man, Russ de Castogrene and
Glen McDugle.
In another area of city gov
ernment the City Advisory Board
is working on a self-analysis and
planning program in order to
comply with federal regulations
for federal financing.
The committee is in the first
stage of self-analysis which re
quires input from the commun
ity. Sears is chairman of a cam
pus committee to get input from
all aspects of the University.
“What we want is any input
concerning problems ^ in College
Station or suggestions for
changes,” said Sears.
The deadline for Sears’ report
is April 12. Interested students
may send their complaints or
suggestions to the Student Gov
ernment office in the Memorial
Student Center.
Also on the campus committee
are Layne Kruse, Ron Miori, Sam
McGinty, Nick Jiga and Darryl
Baker.
Junior Class
Sets Dance
Excitement, Inc., a band from
Louisiana, will highlight the clos
ing activities of the Junior Class
weekend Saturday.
The band will perform for the
formal or semi-formal ball begin
ning at 9 a.m. and lasting until
1 a.m. in the athlete’s dining
room in Sbisa.
A barbecue in Hensel Park
starts the day for the juniors at
12:30 p.m.
Tickets for the two events are
$7.50 per couple and can be pur
chased from Larry Hoelscher,
decorations chairman, any junior
representative or from the Me
morial Student Center Programs
Office.
Student Y’s Mankind March
Re-Scheduled This Weekend
The Student “Y” Association’s
Miles for Mankind walk has been
rescheduled for Saturday after
last weekend’s walk was rained
out.
“We know that this delay will
cut down on the participation of
some groups,” said Keith Single-
ton, chairman of the project,
“but the time allowed by this
extra week has given other
groups time to recruit more
sponsors and walkers. We are
giving out sponsor sheets every
day.”
The 20-mile walk will raise
funds for the Bryan-College Sta
tion area and the YMCA’s United
World Service.
All walkers who can’t walk this
weekend are encouraged to trans
fer their sponsors to other walk
ers. Anyone interested in be
coming a walker can pick up a
sponsorship form in Room 102 of
the YMCA Building.
There will be a free steak fry
at the end of the course for all
who complete it.
An Aggie For U.S. President?
By KENNETH STROEBEL
The dwindling of the war in
Vietnam and a recent library dis
play brought to mind an amusing
prospect.
The A&M library recently dis
played memoirs of the career of
Olin E. Teague ’32, Representa
tive of the Sixth Congressional
District. Particularly thought-pro
voking was a photo of him and
several other young congressmen
standing before a CBS micro
phone. Behind “Tiger” was John
Kennedy and a fellow named
Richard Nixon.
Anyway, it made me think
about what my colleagues had
said in their rap sessions. What
Would happen if an Aggie were
elected President of the United
States? Not necessarily Teague,
but just any old Aggie.
Just for fun, let’s make him a
typified, arrogant, red-neck,
hard-Corps c.t.-type. The pros
pects are ludicrous if not fright
ening.
Their speculation was rampant
"On the side of Texas A&M.”
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from the beginning. They agreed
his administration would be the
most colorful since Teddy Roose
velt’s. Some envisioned him wear
ing his own campaign hat, riding
breeches and boots, while others
pictured him with TR’s wi'inkles
and prince-nez glasses.
A history major suggested what
political practices we might see.
Instead of TR’s appearance re
turning, we might see a rejuve
nation of his political philosophy
or a change in political trends
from the big mouth of the Big
Stick.
Imagine how this president’s
negotiator (also an Aggie) might
have shortened the Paris Peace
Talks, since few foreign negotia
tors are inclined to provoke any
one who wears cavalry boots with
spurs, and a sabre. Imagine over
hearing in Vietnamese, “Hey,
don’t mess with him, man. He’s
got a sword. Give him whatever
he wants.”
Or visualize a press conference
under this Aggie regime. You
turn on the tube to hear a white-
belt announce, “Ladies and gen
tlemen, The President of the
United States.”
Everyone rises politely as the
Aggie Band strikes up the War
Hymn. He strides to the rostrum
wearing the uniform of the day
with all in his train in step.
“Siddown, siddown,” he says,
lighting a cigar. “Y’all rest.”
Some might actually object to be
ing addressed as, “Heey 0111’
ARMY!”
It is difficult to say how such
a news conference might contin
ue, but the conclusion of such a
news conference might be easier
to predict.
With thumb extended and three
flicks of the wrist, the President
and his aides and advisers hump
it:
U. S. A.!
All the way!
The best damned nation in the
world!
AAAAAAAAY!
Imagine, if you dare, this Ag
gie influence creeping into this
country’s governmental machin
ery. Echoes of “Howdy, Mr. Pres
ident, Sir” would bound through
legislative chambers and fresh
man congressmen would have to
whip out to their superiors. Of
course all congressmen would
have to “hit the wall” for Cabinet
members.
Every press conference, State
of the Union message, bill, reso
lution, federal office memoran
dum and entry in the Congression
al Record would begin with “How
dy” and end with “sir.”
Speaking of the Congressional
Record, you might flip open the
latest copy and read:
Mr. Phillips: Mr. President, in
view of the dire complexity of
foregoing measures and the
ambiguity of its provisions, I
move we adjourn to Ralph’s (a
new national shrine) for further
conisderation of said measures.
Mr. Hall: Whoop.
Mr. Walker: Whoop Whoop.
It seems public reaction would
be the major obstacle for this ad
ministration. An Aggie president
and his influence might not be
well received by an unsympathe
tic non-Aggie public. Some might
not understand the National
Christmas Tree being replaced by
a bonfire. Or half a dozen Secret
(See President, page 2)
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WRAPPING UP THE LOOSE ENDS and wishing each other good luck Wednesday
were these three Student Government president candidates, T. Mark Blakemore, Dana
Roese and Nancy Usnick. The three, along with approximately 300 other candidates for
offices, probably suffered through Spring Election poll hours with anxiety over the out
come. (Photo by Steve Ueckert)