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Battalion/Page 5
May 5, 1982
brps Commandant retires
Is Final Review last for Woodall
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:verythinj™ e c or p S G f Cadets Final Re-
Wallacf| w Saturday will also be the
nay lose W review for Corps Comman-
00 deplutjames R. Woodall. Woodall
nagediiu is announced his retirement
fective Aug. 31.
g seniors^ Col. Donald L. Burton, 56
get their tfa,.been named as Woodall’s
cally. Depjccessor. Burton is currently
will returtjfector of course development
hall next i^training at the Field Artil-
! followin.ry School at Fort Sill, Okla.
Burton, a Waco native, re-
e their ckfived a bachelor’s degree in
to leavtEjogy from Texas A&M Uni-
:ss with tkjrsity and a master’s degree
l office,otfoin the University of Arizona.
g\His decorations include: the
idents ma egion of Merit Award, the
the donitonze Star Medal, the Merito-
ous Service Medal and the
Hy Commendation Medal.
| Burton’s daughter, Robin, is
___ Pphomore accounting major
||| A Texas A&M.
1* * Burton is scheduled to report
pduty at Texas A&M Aug. 1.
Iftlong with retiring as com-
nt Station tandant, Woodall is also ending
y Chair is is 30-year-long military career.
> to attractlfeodall, a native of Fort Worth,
ng facubB he hopes to take up another
tsearch. area in the College Station
wn very trea.
own toTf: Woodall, class of ’50, re-
on Aug. lulled to his alma mater in July
ving to It 977. One of his “fish buddies,”
id. B” Miller (Dr. Jarvis Miller)
:hosen fnlso returned to the University
iding al! bout the same time to become
ecologists University president.
). Kunkel f Miller served as University
at Texas 'resident until the summer of
980.
fWoodall came to Texas A&M
lam Heidelberg, Germany,
mere he was deputy comman-
of the U.S. Army Postal
k^CllIjroup, Europe.
^ IWhile a cadet, Woodall served
I pn is commander of Company D
nfantry and was a member of
MRoss Volunteers. He was also
jpeditor of The Aggieland.
J&VoodaH’s military decora-
lctl0ns m s include: the Silver Star
■tv.uUon a*dal, ^e Bronze Star Medal,
saic ■ Legion of Merit Award and
ipetitors he Army Commendation Med-
similar tj. He has also received the Ex-
er this ytjert Infantrymen’s Badge and
received 5 arachutist’s Badge, among
:ach full-[)thers.
sed. Woodall said changes in the
n the Corps during his five years as
effort [(Ktommandant have reflected
id easea-Jianges in the University, but
>n a smaller scale.
I “The Corps is a dynamic
ffiganization,” he said. “It’s
jgathered a lot of changes in the
3OO0<
University, but it has certainly
changed much less than the Uni
versity.”
But Woodall said he doesn’t
think the Corps has changed
much since he graduated in
1950, either.
The biggest change in the
Corps has been a stronger
emphasis on academics, he said.
“Academics must be the first
priority,” he said.
Another change he has seen
involves the cadet command
structure.
“I think the Corps staff and
the Corps leaders have more au
thority now than they did when I
was a cadet, which I think is a
good change,” he said.
Working with cadets and con
tributing to the perpetuation of
the Corps have been two high
lights of Woodall’s career as
commandant, he said.
“I’m firmly convinced that the
Corps of Cadets is an important
part of this University,” Woodall
said. “I’ve been disappointed
with the number of people who
have come to A&M and not
joined the Corps. I’m sure the
Corps could do a lot for them.”
Woodall explained: “Without
the influence of the Corps, we
would lose many of our tradi
tions.”
To prove his point, Woodall
suggests that students attend a
few campus events. “You’ll see
the Corps is always there,” he
said.
Silver Taps is one example, he
said.
Woodall pointed out that
many people attend the cere
monies in September and Octo
ber, but later in the year attend
ance is poor.
Corps Commandant
James R. Woodall
As commandant, Woodall has
enjoyed the “tremendous sup
port” of former students for the
Corps of Cadets, and the in
volvement of parents in the
Corps.
Woodall said several incidents
have occured during his stay
that the Corps could nave done
without.
One such incident involved a
senior cadet who drew his saber
on Southern Methodist Univer
sity cheerleaders during the
Texas A&M—SMU football
game last fall.
Another involved a group of
freshmen chopping down two
trees belonging to a University
professor. The freshmen had
intended to use the trees for
Christmas trees.
The hardest thing Woodall
said he has had to do as com
mandant is “administer disci
pline to good guys who have
made a mistake.
“I think we’ve had a general
tightening of discipline, but it’s
been brought on by a series of
pranks,” he said.
But pranks are nothing new
to the Corps, he said.
“But you look at any organiza
tion that has young men and
women in it, 18-22 years old,
and you’re going to find a lot of
pranks going on. “That’s some
thing that you just have to face,”
he said.
“You try to correct those
situations that need correcting,
but you don’t want to demolish
an individual just because they
made a mistake. We try to have
an atmosphere where they learn
from their mistakes.
“If a person makes a mistake,
they take the punishment and
then do better.”
But there’s a difference be
tween pranks and “very serious
incidents”, Woodall said.
For example, he cited a recent
incident in which eight junior
members of Company F-2 were
dismissed from the Corps. The
cadets were dismissed for their
participation in a hazing inci
dent. The case has since been
referred to the University admi
nistrative hearing officer.
“This was a very unfortunate
thing,” he said.
Woodall said the cadets were
warned verbally in advance that
hazing wouldn’t be tolerated.
“You try to prevent things,
but sometimes you can’t,” he
said.
Melanie Zentgrafs lawsuit
against the University was
another thing the Corps could
have done without, Woodall
said. Zentgraf accused the Uni
versity of discrimination against
female cadets.
“We were solving the prob
lem,” he said. “If the outside in
fluences had left us alone, we’d
be better off now.
“I think we would have a lot
more females in the Corps had
we not had that unfavorable
publicity.
“I’ve also been disappointed
with the treatment of the Corps
by the Batt,” Woodall said. “I
don’t think it’s fair to ask people
to comment on incidents that
are being investigated until the
investigation is completed.
“Certainly it’s not fair to the
individual to tell who was
punished and what for. I try to
work that out with the individual
and I’ve gotten criticized for it,
but I guess that’s part of the ter
ritory.”
Woodall also expressed con
cern for the fraternities and
sororities of which many Uni
versity students are members.
“They (fraternities and soror
ities) are going to be the detri
ment of Texas A&M,” he said.
“People seem to have more
loyalty to fraternities than the
University,” he said. “As far as
I’m concerned, we have a frater
nity here and it’s called the
Aggies.
“I say that as a former stu
dent, not as the Commandant.”
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