i Page 2 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1974 Not so qualified The Student Senate decided Wednesday night that Jerri Ward was qualified to head the Judicial Board and approved SG President Steve Eberhard s appointee for chairman of that body. Eberhard cited a 3.26 GPR, debating experience, being a freshman senator, and doing committee work for Student Government as her major qualifications for the post. The backgrounds of the other two applicants for the job were not considered germaine to the subject by the Senate. Eberhard and External Affairs Chairman John Nash stressed that it is the president’s role to make appointments and the Senate should merely consider the merits of the individual appointee. To make comparisons with other applicants, they contend, could allow the Senate to pick and choose for a satisfactory nominee, thereby usurping the president’s co nstitutional power to make appointments. However, the Senate constitution has no restriction on what kind of rationale is appropriate for the Senate to use when voting on presidential appointments. We contend the qualifi cations of the other applicants is very important when consid ering appointments of this type—otherwise, someone who meets the Senate’s minimum standards could be approved, when a Supreme Court justice’s application is ignored as irrelevant. The differences in the judicial-related backgrounds of the three applicants was significant in this case and should have not been ignored by student senators. Ward, a freshman, has not served on any judicial board at TAMU. Larry McRoberts, a senior who will return as a grad student, was a member of the Puryear judicial board as a sophomore. Michael Perrin, a junior and the third applicant for the post, has served on the SG Judicial Board since it was formed two years ago. Ward’s committee experience has been with the SCON A XIX planning committee and the SG Rules and Regs commit tee. McRoberts, in addition to being Campus Projects Chair man, has been on the student insurance study committee and been vice chairman of the Senate’s fee allocations committee. Perrin has served on Review Board B and the Academic Appeals Panel, as well as the Judicial Board. In light of the three candidates’ relative experience Jerri Ward was not the best choice for the Judicial Board chairman ship. The Senate should be more careful in reviewing future committee appointments and should not limit the scope of its investigation by blinding itself to other applications. Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the editor or of the writer of the article and are not necessarily those of the university administration or the Board of Directors. 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Add combinations of pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, and peppers. jzy University Dr. 11a. m. til 1 a. m. 846-6428 OUT-A-SITE SALADS CHEESECAKES S o D A S 50'S PARTY ALL NIGHT GAMES — SKATING—$1.50 Movie “Abbott and Costello Meets Frankenstein” FRIDAY NIGHT MAY 3 SPONSORED BY BAPTIST STUDENT UNION Listen Up Beethoven fan knocks Kalos revl Editor: Kalos’ writing in The Battalion of April 30 misrepresented the musical hertiage of Ludwig van Beethoven. Kalos writes: “Most of Beethoven’s music is an ex pression in sound of that peculiar blend of brutality and sentimen tality. . .” Needless to say, the music of Ludwig van Beethoven could nev er be defined in such terms. His genius was above brutality; he abhorred the extremes of the French Revolution, later, the hor rors of Napoleonic wars. His mu sic was played during the Con gress of Vienna, celebrating the consolidation of the peace in Eu rope. Beethoven felt that the pur pose of art was not entertain ment, but moral improvement. Therefore, his music is never shallow or sentimental. Sentimen tality was repugnant to him. He once said: “Artists are made of fire. They never weep.” Beethoven achieved intensity and grandeur of expression never trespassing into brutality. The next implication is that the same blend of brutality and sentimentality is reflected in the heroic make up of Hitler and Pat ton. It is very sad indeed to com pare Hitler with Beethoven and Patton, all in one sentence. Further, the public is consoled, for: “There is nothing immoral a priori in enjoying Beethoven’s usual military schmaltz. . .” In another place in the critique, the musical style of Beethoven is ex plained as: “simple pastorale mel odies wrapped in fat, juicy chords” . . . Such comparisons are not accurate or acceptable. In reference to Kalos’ comments on the weak quality of the sound of Shirley Treple’s cello, he should familiarize himself with the sys tem of reverberation in the con cert hall. Until the technicians, which are responsible for the sound of the concert, acquire the proper feeling for the necessary adjustment, even man could not sound louder. But perhaps Kalos would like a man to do Brun- hilde’s job, because: “one should never send a girl to do a Brun- hilde’s job,” as he put it. (Brun- hilde was a goddess, described in German mythology). In all, Beethoven’s concert is Rn appealing idea, but for a uni versity town, with one concert per year, the program could have included at least one American composer. The contemporary mu sic, especially the American con tribution, should be part of such a representative program. An or chestra, besides acting as curra- tor of the musical past, should help the living artist to be accept ed by his people. Beethoven was known to his contemporaries. My students tell me that the prices of tickets are prohibitive. Perhaps OPAS could give a num ber of free passes, or sell unsold tickets, shortly before the con cert to students at a reduced price. Jelena M. Djuric ★ ★ ★ Man or sissy? Editor: In this year’s Democratic pri mary election, the people of Tex as have a clear choice in the governor’s race. This choice is between one candidate, with a proven record of accomplishments, and the other candidate, who has campaigned with a completely negative outlook on Texas. This governor’s election is a highly important one due to the fact that this next term is for four years. Texas doesn’t need four years of negative leadership which one candidate is offering. Texas needs four years of lead ership with a governor who can accomplish the needs of Texans. Governor Briscoe’s record is a proven one over the past two years. The governor has provided Texas with the type of leadership and progress we need in our state. We urge everyone to vote along with us to re-elect Governor Dolph Briscoe. Let’s keep Texas on the rise. After all, who do you want, a man or a sissy? Ken Skins Walters Dale Foster and three others Convinced Editor: After serving as chairman, of the City-County Relations Com mittee and in various capacities on other student and university committees, I have become aware of the great need Texas A&M has for good hard workers and friends at the capital in Austin. It has further come to my attention that a person of the highest caliber has been serving in that capacity in the House of Representatives the last six years. Mr. Bill Presnal has indeed been a fine representative for Brazos & Robertson counties, but more important to us, he has rep resented the needs and require ments of Texas A&M with unbe lievable persistence and unequi- vocable determination. In things as the Permanent Unh) sity Fund in the Constitution Convention, Mr. Presnal has sfe up for A&M to see that thisnj core of our financing is i Over the past several Bill Presnal has proven times time again that he does have| best interests of The Texas i University System at heart; thermore, Bill Presnal has | courage and strength to stasi j for his convictions and gets taken on them. Although I have only met! Presnal once, his record ise to convince me that he hast my respect, my confidence, my vote—I think he’s yours, too. Vote May 4th, Ron Miori Grow A Diamond Start off now with an affordable diamond and for that next special occasion trade it for a larger one. You will receive any market price increases when you trade. And diamonds do increase in value through the years. 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