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Page 2 The J-TAC
October 30, 1974
Boynton soys ROTC enrollment is increasing
by Bill Falkner
Enrollment in ROTC is on the
increase, according to Lt. Colonel
Marshall E. Boynton, Tarlcton
professor of mflitary science. "We
did experience'a genera! decline
following the removal of the draft ■
(in 1972) but it is bottoming out •
and increasing."
Boynton came to Tarlcton in
the spring of '74 and has a U.S.
degree in business and ' air
transportation, from Western
Michigan University and a M.A. in
business degree from Syracuse
University.
' TSU's corps of cadets has
experienced a 73 per cent increase
over last year's enrollment and
these.. are "70 cadets male and
female in the corps this year,"
Bovnlon said.
Rumors have been spreading
that many ROTC programs would
be dropped on i_anfpuses
throughout the country, including
the TSU corps. However. Boynton
staled any such fate for TSU is
"not definite,"
Even so, the Department of the
Army has been evaluating the
programs in "those schools not
meeting the minimum of twenty
MS 111 students per year,"
according to Boynton.
TSU presently has six MS 111
students enrolled.
TSU has been placed under
evaluation and Boynton expects a
decision by,"fall of 1975 as to
whether the program will be
phased out or continued."
Recently, President Ford and
many congressmen have voiced a
need to reduce the numbers of
officers on active duty in the
Army. Boynton ' 'feels such a
cutback "would no! reduce the
ROTC programs."
He stressed that most ROTC
officers are only oil active duty
for a short period of time and
then revert back to the reserves.
Despite some views to the
conirarv, Boynton says, "The
Army is not Irving to change its
image; its ultimate reason toi
being is still to fight."
The soldiers of today are
trained diffeicntly fioni those in
the past because the' needs and
requirements of the soldier have
changed, he said.
"If giving more education to,
taking better care' of, and
fostering integration among
troops is needed, then we will do
it," Boynton added.
As for the cadet enrollment at
TSU, Boynton points out two
major obstacles which have kept
enrollment down. These are: (l) a
lack of knowledge about ROTC,
and (2) the existence of 'an old
image of drill.
Boynton explained: "Few'
. know that there are no obligation's
for the first two years of ROTC.-.
such as the wearing of uniforms to
class or stringent haircut policies.
Also, many have the idea that the
leadership lab is still marching.
This simlly isn't true."
The Viciman War did have a
detrimental effect on the image of
ROTC. Boynlon noted. "The
opinion of pa?ems and students of
the conflict showed Lip in a
reduction of ROTC'." However, lie
feels licit such an el tec! ,is about
over..
As lor Ihe^i'utine of ROTC.
Boynton feels,''"It has' 't>oi to be
Public information available
The fact that no one has attempted to
gain access to public information in at least
three offices or agencies at Tarleton seems
to suggest at least as one possibility, that
people may not be aware of the state's
Open Records Act.
' The act, commonly called House Bill 6,
is more than a year old: it was effective on
June 14,1973.
The bill was passed, as is stated in the '
declaration of policy, because people are
"entitled to full and complete information
regarding the affairs of government and the
official acts of those who represent them as
public officials and employees."
Public information is defined as "all
information collected, assembled, or
maintained by governmental bodies
pursuant to law or ordinance or in
connection with the transaction of official .
business."
A governmental body, as defined by
House Bill 6, means, in part, the "section
or portion of every organization,
corporation, commission, committee,
institution, or agency which is supported in
whole or in part by public funds, or which
expends public funds."
Since Tarleton is a 'state supported
institution, all information is available to
the public, unless such information falls
into one of 16 categories included in the
bill which restricts the accessibility of
information. The same applies to the
Student Senate, since it receives funds from
the student services fee. f
How does one gain access to public
information? The bill states that, "On'
application for public information.-..by any
person, the custodian shall promptly
produce such information for inspection or
duplication, or both," unless the records
are in storage or are in active use. If the
above happens, the custodian must set a
date and an hour within a reasonable time
when the record will be available. 1 ^ ;
The bill also says that the custodian pf
the records shall make no inquiry of any
person who applies for inspection or
copying of public records beyond the
purpose of establishing proper
identification and the public records being
requested.
The bill lists several categories of specific
information which is public. Some of these
ingj'yde:. reports, audits, evaluations, and
investigations made of, for, or by
governmental bodies upon completion; the
names, sex, ethnicity, salaries, title, and
dates of employment of all employees and
officers of governmental bodies; all
working papers, research material, arid
information used to make estimates of the
need for, or expenditure of, public funds or
taxes by any governmental body, ,upon
completion of such estimates. , "
Letters to the editor
To the Editor:
When a football team has a
coach with a defeatist attitude,
who at a pep rally says something
to the effect, "We might lose, but
we're going to try," how does one
expect the student body to really
support their team?
Our coach sarcastically said at
one pep rally, "When Tarleton
wins a football game, I'll ride the
horse." With a pessimistic attitude
like that, who cares?
If correctly motivated, our
team could become, if not a
winning team, at least a team
working together and showing the
skill they are capable of.
Eddy Ortizvazquez
Melinda lley
Mike Bohannan
Carol McLean
Marvin Cervenka
Luis Martinez
Don Wood
Nanci Bernhardt
sustained'. ROTC produces more
officers than the service academies
and there will continue to be a
need for such officers,"
He also deemed the importance
of the military to be,' "the last-
word or final court of appeals in
international relations, and it
must sustain lis."
Boynton feels the1 typical
ROTC student is one "who likes
people, thinks a little further
ahead than the average student,
and knows that lie or she will be
in a management or leadership
position and that experience'
gained from military service will
be of benefit to him or her."
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IMAGE HASI\'T CHANGED—Lt. Col. Marshall t E.
Boynton says that, despite some views to the contrary, the
Army is not trying to change its image.
A new look for
an old face
The J-TAC is decked out in some new duds today.
■Most noticeable is the new name-plate on page one. The
new type is called Branding Iron. The J-TAC staff felt it
was a particularly appropriate style, considering Tarleton's
traditional Western and agricultural ties,
- -A less obvious change is to what typographers call
"down-style" headlines. Joining the modern trend-makers,
the J-TAC now capitalizes only th6 first word of a headline
and the proper nouns that follow. •
The headline type itself is new, too: It is a sleek, simple
typeface called Futura Medium.
As the issues go by, the readers also may notice a gradual
change in J-TAC advertisements. Newer typefaces offering
the advertisers a wider choice of styles will be used in ad
designs.
All of these changes have been made possible by the
newspaper's purchase this fall of new photocomposition
headline equipment.
The basic .machine is called the Compugraphic 7200. It
and auxiliary equipment and supplies was purchased at a
cost of $7,500.
The new equipment is used by the: student editors and
advertising personnel as part of their training in modern
newspaper production.
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