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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1974
English profs back play
History given
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Editor:
The members of the English De
partment listed below regret that an
atmosphere prevails at TAMU such
that Marat-Sade could not be pro
duced here.
R. W. Barzak
Assoc. Prof.
Janet McCann
Lecturer
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Dennis Berthold
Asst. Prof.
Lynda Schubert Mohr
Asst. Prof.
A university should encourage
the free expression of ideas; we be
lieve this responsibility has been
compromised in this instance. We
believe too that the professional
judgment of the Theater Arts Divi
sion has been questioned.
We wish to express our support
for the choice of Marat-Sade, a
highly regarded play that has been
performed at numerous campuses
across the country, and should have
been performed here.
Forrest D. Burt
Asst. Prof.
Paul A. Parrish
Asst. Prof.
Garland Cannon
Prof.
Larry J. Reynolds
Asst. Prof.
Paul Christensen
Asst. Prof.
Russell E. Usnick
Instructor
Richard H. Costa
Prof.
J. E. Van Domelen
Assoc. Profl.
Judith A. Finn
Lecturer
Dorothy D. Van Riper
Lecturer
Paul J. Angelis
Asst. Prof.
Jack Hardie
Asst. Prof.
Cleve Want
Asst. Prof.
Dick Barlow
Asst. Prof.
Jerome M. Loving
Asst. Prof.
Merrill Whitburn
Asst. Prof.
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Editor:
The following is an historical view
of censorship.
In 1866 the New York Times al
lowed William Douglas O’Connor
four columns in its Sunday edition
to answer the howls of censors ob
jecting to the work of a poet now
included in all high school and col
lege anthologies of American litera
ture. In doing so, however, the
Times felt justified in prefacing
O’Connor’s remarks with the follow
ing statement; “Until the social cir
cle, the dinner table and the fireside
are deemed fitting for every topic
and for every act for which the sanc
tion of Nature can be invoked, this
volume cannot be accepted as fit for
the audience which it seeks and
claims.”
The volume was Leaves of
Grass, and the poet Walt Whitman
— known to the readers of the twen
tieth century as “the Poet of Demo
cracy” because he celebrated
America as “essentially the greatest
poem.”
Yet because Whitman also be
lieved in a universe where nothing
sanctioned by nature was necessar
ily evil (“I am the poet of the Body
and I am the poet of the Soul ”), he
was dismissed from his government
job, attacked in the press, and ig
nored as a contributor by most of the
literary magazines of the day.
Even Ralph Waldo Emerson —
the first major American writer to
recognize the worth of Leaves oj
Grass — urged Whitman “to
deodorize his illustration,” but the
Poet of Democracy refused. Whit
man realized that sexuality, as well
as people caught up in sordid occu
pations (see his “To a Common
Prostitute ”), was a part of the divine
plan he sang about in his poetry.
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hearing more about disease preven
tion. Perhaps it will awaken us all to
the need for early cancer detection
clinics in our own community.
Anne Hazen
Ticket system
Jerome M. Loving
Asst. Prof.
Early detection
Editor:
This is in response to Kay
McMullen’s letter to the Editor of
Oct. 8.
It is unfortunate Betty Ford’s pri
vacy was invaded. Perhaps some of
the newspaper articles were lacking
in taste, however, hundreds of
thousands of women read those arti
cles.
Unfortunately, all the publicity
given to early cancer diagnosis
doesn’t hit home until someone we
know is touched by this disease.
Now we all know someone; we know
how important early detection is to a
complete cure.
We know how many people can
be cured, about surgical procedure
and post operative care, about
breast forms and padded bras.
We know about courage.
If the publicity given Betty Ford’s
plight reaches just one woman who
seeks medical care and whose life
can be saved, I know Betty Ford
would be pleased. We should be
Editor:
The ticket distribution article by
Mike Perrin stirred some thoughts.
I think the system he suggests
would be nightmares for the student
and the Athletic Department.
First, the student does pot know
how many tickets he wants to each
game until maybe two weeks in ad
vance of the game.
Secondly, the paperwork in
volved would add more to the pres
ent amount the Athletic Depart
ment already has.
Most everyone would want to get
tickets between the two forty yard
lines. Therefore, only the more
well-to-do would get the better
seats.
The system proposed by the Stu
dent Government appears to be a
better system as long as seat num
bers remain on the tickets. The
seniority system privileges those
who have made it academically as
far as he has and justifiably should
be rewarded for his efforts. The
random distribution packets would
bring an end to camping out for days
just to get good tickets and would
allow the ones who can’t get tickets
at 8 a.m. as good a chance to get
good seats later in the day.
The only suggestion I have, as far
as ticket distribution is concerned,
is alloting tickets to other schools in
sections along the goal line. The
seats they now are allotted could be
obtained by our own students. This
will allow more of our students to
occupy good seats and this is the
way it should be. After all, students
enrolled here should be given con
sideration over those at other
schools.
Diner’s Guide” by James Landon is
in my opinion, written in poor taste.
I have eaten at every restaurant
mentioned in the article except the
Dixie Chicken. All of the places
mentioned serve good food. If they
didn’t, the health authorities would
shut them down.
According to the last paragraph,
Mr. Landon had not even taken the
time to find out if what he was writ
ing about was true. Articles like this
ought to be verified by facts, not just
opinion. Also, I was always taught
that if you don’t have something to
say good about someone or some
thing, don’t say it at all.
One restaurant which I feel was
unduly criticized was the Bui
Hut. I have eaten there nume
times. Never have I had poor
vice. Never have I had poor foe,
think that if I had received poor!
that the manager would have
me satisfaction. The place hai
in business a long time. One
point which I would like to
is that the hamburgers ares
size of Whataburgers, and they
not four inches in diameter.
I would rather not se
this one, ever again, in your
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