The Howard Payne University Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 21, Ed. 1, Friday, March 16, 1979 Page: 2 of 4
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News Com mentary
Editorial"
Opinion
2
Three alternative
defense systems
can be used
(This is the second in a series of informative
editorials about conscription or the draft.)
The recruiting system for the military forces of a
country is determined primarily by two factors.
First to be considered in the country's special
defense problems such as rugged terrain oceans
as boundaries etc. Next a country must determine
what kinds of war it believes it must fight such as
infantry combat or atomic warfare.
Besides the draft there are three alternative
systems of recruiting for a country's defense that
the United States could use in lieu of conscription.
A volunteer system which is used in countries
relatively remote from danger or where the
citizens are willing to participate in international
affairs is one option. The volunteeer system saves
the trouble and expense of organizing compulsory
services. The military in a volunteer system is of-
ten more motivated because they have volun-
teered. A major setback to volunteer armies is that
most countries cannot get enough volunteers.
Another form of recruitment is citizen armies or
militia. This form maintains that the rights of
citizenship automatically carry the obligation for
all who are fit to serve to do so in the military.
Militia or citizen armies distribute the defense bur-
den fairly. No gap between military and civilian
segments of government exists because the civilian
and the military are the same. Countries with
citizen armies are vulnerable to surprise attack.
Also this form requires a highly complicated
mobilization scheme to ready the forces for combat
which can be costly.
A final form is the mixed system. This combines
the elements of conscription vounteers and a
trained citizenry. The usual combination is volun-
teers and conscripts or a system based on some
drafting and some volunteering. In a sense almost
all systems are mixed to a degree except for those
relying entirely on volunteers.
The United States has been operating under the
volunteer system for some time. Perhaps it is time
to consider the alternatives conscription included.
Vetoes-from page 1
Newton Junior senator then
made a motion to override the
veto.
After more discussion a vote
on the override was taken. A 6-6
tie with three abstentions was
recorded not enough to
override since it would have
required a two-thirds majority
according to the SA con-
stitution. The matter was then referred
to the Special Events Com-
mittee headed by SA president-
elect Melissa Roberts for
further study. Bonnie Moran a
freshman senator was added to
the committee for this on?
ssue.
J
In other action Jones
recommended and senate ac-
cepted changes In the initiation
schedule. The H-Pond clean-up
was changed from Sept. 22 to
Sept. 29 to put It on the day of a
home game and Immediately
following Switch-out Day to
give upperclassmen more In-
centive to get the freshmen out
to work. The Tug-of-War which
had been overlooked In
scheduling was set for Sept. 25.
The constitution of the
American Chemical Society
was approved; and the
organization will now have to be
approved by the Student Per-
sonnel Services Commettle;
and Dr. Roger .. Brooks; HP
rsi'..er
Blue law best for Texas
ByMedeNix
Yellow Jacket Editor
Texas is in danger of losing its
blue law or what is sometimes
known as Sunday closing law.
Four bills have already been
introduced into the Texas House
of Representatives two H. B.
264 and H. B. 271 which would
repeal the law outright; one H.
B. 593 which would leave the
repeal of retention of blue laws
to county option; and H. B. 758
which would have a city
designate a touriest trade
center as an exemption to the
law.
What is a blue law? As stated
in Section 1 of article 9001 of the
Texas Penal code "Any person
on both the two consecutive
days of Saturday and Sunday
who sells or offers for sale or
shallcon'pel force or oblige his
employees to sell any clothing
accessories; wearing apparel;
footwear; headwear; home
business office or outdoor
furniture; kitchenware; kit-
chen utensils; china; home
appliances; stoves;
refrigerators air conditioners;
electric fans; radios; television
sets; washing machines;
dryers; cameras; hardware;
tools; excluding non-power
driven hand tools; jewelry;
precious or semi-precious
stones; silverware; watches;
clocks; luggage; motor
vehicles; musical instruments;
recordings; toys excluding
items customarily sold as
novelties and souvenirs;
mattresses; bed coverings;
household linens; floor
coverings; lamps; draperies;
blinds; curtains; mirrors; lawn
4 J to travel
Howard Payne will be sen-
ding approximately 41 students
on Baptist Student Union (BSU)
sponsored mission trips to El
Paso Lewisville and Wisconsin
during spring break according
to Bruce Peterson BSU direc-
tor. Students going to El Paso in-
clude Linda Gonzales Salvador
Trevino Jr. Joyce Browning
Delfino Aleman Jr. Ernest
Martinez Becky Moody Joe
Rojo Marian Gallup Sherry
Overman Carol Horton Will
Turner Anastacio Z. Guevara
Jr. Elizabeth Chance and Ed-
die Harwell.
The Yellow Jacket
The Yellow Jacket is the of-
ficial student newspaper of
Howard Payne University.
Published weekly the Jacket is
a charter member of and a con
sistent award winner in the
Texas Intercollegiate Press
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mowers; or cloth piece goods
shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor. Each separate
sale shall constitute a separata
separate offense."
Just how does this affect the
average Howard Payne
student? Originally blue laws
intended to protect employees
from having to work on both
Saturday and Sunday besides
prohibitions from selling cer-
tain items. If this law is
repealed retail stores will jump
at the chance to open for the
entire weekend. This means
students who often find sum-
The purpose of the
Texas blue law. . .
is 'to promote the
health recreation
and welfare of the
people of this
v state.'
mer or part-time employment
in retail firms will more than
likely have to work on Sundays.
The purpose of the Texas law
as stated in Section 4 of this
article is "to promote the
health recreation and welfare
of the people of this state."
The repeal of this law will not
contribute to the welfare of the
people of Texas. The only ones
who will benefit from this are
retail and discount stores
which would bring in more mon-
ey by staying open all weekend.
The obvious institution the
on mission trips
Activities on the El Paso trip
include revival team work
vacation Bible schools and
home Bible studies. Students
will be staying at First Baptist
Church in Fabens Texas.
Problems have been arising in
securing transportation and
recent border bridge demon-
strations according to Peterson
Also Minerva Espinoza Lin-
da Granados Linda Cardwell
Paul Snovel Amador
Benavides Jr. Rocky French
Margie Dominguez Rosalinda
Garcia Sandra Flores and
others. Most of these students
are from La Hora Bautista a
BSU group.
.terns is 4 p.m. Monday foi
Friday publication. Th(
lewspaper offices may bi
reached by calling (915) 64(
2502 Ext. 381. Opinions e
pressed in this newspaper d
not nt'i-essarily reflect those t
the University administration.
repeal of the law would hurt is
the church. More people would
have to work on Sundays
creating a drop in attendance.
The general attitude of Sunday
as a special day would be
replaced by an attitude toward
Sunday as just another work
day.
Another institution that would
suffer is the family. If Sundays
are work days families will
have less time to spend
together.
The blue law has its flaws but
the intentioaof the law . is what
Texans need. It sets Texas
apart in that it shows that the
state has a respect for the well-
being of its citizenry.
Kim Capps Student
Association sophomore senator
is collecting signatures for
petitions which will be sent to
Austin to tell legislators how
Howard Payne students view
this issue.
Writing to legislators may
sound trite but it just might
work. Students can sign the
petition but they can also write
expressing their views to Lynn
Nabers Brownwood's
representative William T.
Moore chairman of the State
Affairs Committee and Chris
Semos chairman of the
Business and Industry com-
mittee the two committees
which will discuss the bills.
This is an important issue. If
concerned Texans don't watch
developments closely retial
lobbies may push a repeal
through the legislature and
stores will be open seven days a
week selling everything in
stock.
but he believes that everyone
will still be going.
The Lewisville trip will be for
the purpose of completing con-
struction on Lake Highlands
Baptist Church which is
pastored by Monte Martin an
HP graduate. There will also be
survey work done for Timber
Creek Baptist Mission.
Patti Mihura Rhonda
Rainey Grady Gentry Sharon
Watson Paul Grizzle Gary
Maas Danny Tuceck Danita
Johnson David Darwin Brian
Albritton and Mike O'Bryan
will be going to Lewisville.
Regina Humphreys Delisa
Daniel Dinah Wooley Rick
Willis Michael Purple Bruce
Peterson and others will be
journeying to Menomonie
Wisconsin to Stout University
for the purpose of helping
organize a BSU there.
All students will be returning
from their trips at the pnd of
Spring Break
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