The H-SU Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 45, Ed. 1, Tuesday, March 28, 1972 Page: 2 of 4
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Editorials
Happy Easter
Vacation officially begins at 5 p.m. Friday at which time
most of us will have already reached our destinations for the
Easter holidays. Ten days will pass before we join our fel-
low students and the faculty in finishing this semester.
Easter is a time for relaxation and worshiping. Each of
us will do our thing this holiday. Some students are going
to help churches in Indiana some are going to be with their
families and some'are going somewhere simply for pleasure.
Let each of us return to this campus with fresh minds
and a willingness to work. When we return to school there
will only be five weeks-of classes and one week of finals un-
til the semester closes.
Happy Easter readers.; Enjoy your vacation.
Marijuana commission
reports year s findings
WASHINGTON D.C. (AP)
The National Commission on
Marijuana and Drug Abuse re-
commended repeal of all jail
terms and fines for private pot
smoking but not for its cultiva
tion or sale.
After a year's l study char-
tered by "Congress the conser
vative panel unanimously pro-
posed a national policy of using
"persuasion rather than prosecu-
tion" to discourage smoking of
marijuana.
But it stopped short of recom-
mending outright legalization
expressing the hope that mari-
juana is a fad that will lose fa-
vor if de-emphasized.
It said marijuana is far less
dangerous than the American
public thinks. It found little or
no evidence that marijuana can
kill cause addiction brain
damage or 'birth defects or
lead to crime violence or nec-
essarily to more powerful
drugs.
But it did find that long-term
daily use of marijuana by ado-
lescents sometimes contributes
to a general lack of motivation
concluded that anyone driving
under the influence of mari-
juana is a serious threat to
public safety and said that
heavy daily use over a number
of years may cause some dam-
age to heart and lungs.
"In general we . recommend
only a decriminalization of pos-
session of marijuana for per-
sonal use on both the state and
federal levels" the commission
said.
Specifically it recommended:
Elimination of fines and jail
terms for smoking marijuana in
private or possessing one ounce
or less. Presently 42 states and
the District of Columbia classify
possession as a misdemeanor
and the rest treat it more sever-
ely. Retention of felony penal-
ties for growing marijuana
selling it for profit or possess-
ing it with intent to selL
Fines of up to $100 for smok-
ing in public public possession
of more than one ounce or not-for-profit
distribution of small
amounts in public.
Jail terms of up to 60 days
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and a $100 fine for disorderly
conduct linked to public mari-
juana use or intoxication.
Penalties of up to a year in
jail a $1000 fine and suspen-
sion bf operator's permit for
driving a vehicle or operating
any dangerous instrument while
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juana.
Classification of marijuana
as contraband that could be
confiscated by police wherever
found outside the home even if
the possessor were not liable for
criminal penalties.
During its study the commis-
sion chartered more than 50 re-
search projects recording thou-
sands of pages bf transcripts
from formal and informal hear-
ings in cities across the nation
including confidential sessions
with marijuana users and stud-
ied effects on long-term users
in Jamaica Greece India and
Afghanistan.
The commission sponsored a
nationwide survey of beliefs
and attitudes concerning mari-
juana. It found that an esti-
mated 24 million Americans
have tried the stuff 8.3 million
still use it and 500000 use it at
least daily.
In recommending decrimina-
lization of marijuana use the
commission urged a scheme
similar to that which existed
for alcohol during Probation.
During that era production or
sale of alcohol was illegal but
only five states had penalties
for personal possission of it
The commission said it real-
ized that Prihibition failed to
discourage use of alcohol in
'America but pointed out that
the use of alcohol was far more
.widespread and deeply rooted
in American culture before
Prohibition than marijuana use
is today. Generally significant
use of marijuana dates only from
about 1900 and its spread to
large numbers of youth dates
back only a few years.
The commission said it had
rejected complete legalization of
marijuana because that "would
institutionalize availability of a
drug which has uncertain long-
term effects and which may be
of transient social interest"
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xBland' sets
publication
Look out readers. Good
Teading is in store for all of
you who like to read the
campus news so much. The
H-SU Bland is on the press
and willybe released Thurs-
day for your reading. We the
Bland staff hope you will
enjoy the first edition of ihe
Bland.
Frat add
members
A senior chemistry - mathe-
matics major from H-SU was in-
ducted into the McMurry Col-
lege Chaper of Sigma Phi Sig-
ma national physics honor so-
ciety last Friday March 24 at
ceremony held at Underwood's
Cafeteria.
The student is Martha Ann
Vaughan .senior from Lubbock
who is majoring in physics at H-
SU. In addition Dr. William R.
Helms physics professor trans-
ferred his membership to the
McMurry Chapter.
Guest speaker at the induction
ceremonies was Dr. Lynn L. Hat-
field' assistant professor of phys-
ics at Texas Tech University
whose current research inter-
ests include polarized electron
scattering. His topic was "Ener-
gy Sources Clean or Ditry."
Another H-SU student cur-
rently a member of the society
is Randy Patterson senior from
Abilene. v
Prof to join
in sessions
Mrs. Alta M. Jacobson assis-
tant professor of French will
take part on the program of one
of the two African Studies Ses-
sions of the Southwest Social
Science Association which con-
venes at the Hilton Hotel of San
Antonio March 30-April 1.
Mrs. Jacobson will read a pap-
er on the subject "Ren6 Maran
Precursor of Negritude" at the
Saturdaymorning panel in Room
7 of the Convention Center. Then
will follow a- paper by Dr. Mit-
chell Smith of University of
Texas at Arlington on the sub-
ject "Non-western Sources of
African History."
While studying Contemporary
French Fiction at Yale Univer-
sity during the summer of 1971
Mrs.- Jacobson discovered that
the Sterling Library and the
Beineke Rare Books Library of
Yale were sources of research
for the two biographies she' is
writing: "Felix Ebou6 Black
Colonial Governor in French
Africa" and "Rend Maran Black
Colonial Commandant" '
Internationals host
reception for sponsor
Members of the International
Club will host a reception in
Mary Frances Hall Thursday
March 29 at 4:30 p.m. for their
sponsor Mrs. Billie Martin who
is leaving Abilene to join her
husband n Europe.
All international students are
encouraged to wear their native
costume. Picture for the Bron-
co "will br made during th .rt-ception.
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WTSU SETS UP BROADCASTING STATION
Canyon Basic requirements
have been completed for the
West Texas State University ra-
dio station. Recently the school
was notified that the call letters
KWTS had been approved for
the new station. -An antenna
has been mounted and transmit-
ters will be installed in time to
BAPTIST STUDENT UNION
Shawnee Okla. Members
of the BSU at Oklahoma Baptist
University will be reading about
their activities in "Person to
Person" a newly designed BSU
newsletter. The objectives of
the newsletter are to express the
WOMEN TO HAVE SELF-DETERMINED HOURS
San Angelo Women stu-
dents at Angelo State University
have finally achieved a signi-
ficant accomplishment Self-determined
hours will be offered
this fall to upperclass women in
two dorms on the ASU campus.
The dorms offering the program
will have a 24-hour security
which will allow the women
to enter and leave at any time..
COED ACHIEVES A FIRST
Lubbock Charlotte Toombs
five-foot-four Texas Tech junior
is the only femalemember of the
Southwest Basketball Officials
Association (SBOA).
She officiates both girls' and
'boys' games in Lubbock schools
and area towns and some Reese
Air Force games.
Miss Toombs played basket-
ball seven years in Fluvanna
and as a freshman she qualified
for the Tech coed team. Because
practice took up too much time
she couldn't sit still just to be
a spectator.
She went to Tech's head bas-
ketball coach who encouraged
hr to try to join SBOA H sent
her to Gib Weaver who toads
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By MARY EASTON
begin broadcasting after the
Easter vacation and as soon as
the FCC grants permission to
broadcast.
The Rodeo Club at WTU is
preparing for its annual NIRA
rodeo April 6-8. Contestants from
14 colleges and universities are
expected to participate in the
events.
PREPARES NEWSLETTER
practical application for the
Christian Life with the contem-
porary society; and to keep all
concerned informed as to what
the Lord is doing through and
with the BSU. Plans are to pub-
lish the letter bi-monthly.
Those upperclass women who
do not want to have this type
control may live in the women's
high rise.
"The university feels that it
can best assist the growth and
development of the women stu-
dents by providing the oppor-
tunity of making decisions about
this aspect of their life on vthe
university campus" commented
Dean Douglas of ASU.
the Lubbock chapter of SBOA.
She studied the rule book pas-
sed the required tests and got
her striped costume. Then she
waited for someone to call.
At first no school wanted a
woman referee she said but
after some publicity she began
getting jobs. At her first game
at Reese Air Force Base she
was nervous but the players and
fans respected her which seem-
ed to give her the confidence
she needed. -
Now she officiates approxi-
mately five games weekly. Boys'
games are her favorite tasks be-
cause they move a lot -faster
"I feel like Tin doing a good job
because J-move around so mucfy"
she said.
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The H-SU Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 45, Ed. 1, Tuesday, March 28, 1972, newspaper, March 28, 1972; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth98841/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.