The Battalion
Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1959
Number 45
Bowen Puts Economy
mi ^ In True Perspective
Expert Addresses
SCONA Assembly
Dr. II. R. Rowen, president of Grinnell College in Iowa,
put the problem of economic growth in the United States
into perspective in an address to the student assembly of
SCONA V last night in the Memorial Student Center Ball
room.
The economic expert, a former president of the Ameri
can Finance Assn., told the gathering “it is important, even
urgent, for us to continue to develop and expand our econo
my.” However he warned economic growth should not be
directed solely towards producing more goods for domestic
private consumption or toward more leisure.
“There are other socially desirable and morally com
pelling areas for increased
Welcoming Committee
Frank B. (Buck) Buchanan, SCONA V Transportation Committee for SCONA V.
Executive Committeeman, introduces speak- Bowen spoke last night in the Ballroom of
er Howard Bowen, president of Grinnell the Memorial Student Center.
University at right to Luke Soules of the
Bonfire Talk Tops Business
Of Civilian Student Council
A discussion of the Bonfire Week
toped the business at the Civilian
Student Council meeting last night
in the Press Club Library, ground
floor, YMCA.
Larry Clark, representative from
Bizzell Hall, presented the Bonfire
report to the members, saying it
was successful. He commended Joe
keeper, head of this year’s Bon
fire Committee, for his work in
making the Bonfire a success.
“There was an increase in ci
vilian participation this year,”
Clark said. “The civilians took part
In just about everything concerned
With the building of the Bonfire.”
He especially commended Milner,
Law and Bizzell Halls for playing
a major roll in the production of
the Bonfire.
Clark also pointed out the safe
ty noted in this year’s Bonfire.
“It was the largest and safest,”
he said.
Ken Cox, Civilian Yell Leader
who worked closely with civilian
students in building the bonfire,
said that the Corps noticed the
Civilian output. “The Corps ap
preciated the civilian work and
thought it was valuable assist
ance,” Cox said. “It was a step
in bringing the Corps and civilians
closer.”
President Charles Graham en
couraged everyone to take part in
the event next year.
The Aggie Campus Chest drive,
which ends today, was also dis
cussed at the meeting. President
Graham said he was not happy
with the civilian contributions;
saying that “somebody fell down
on the job.” He did say that those
who did give should be commend
ed.
The Civilian Weekend, which
will be held next semester in the
Spring, concluded the discussion.
Heading the Civilian Weekend
Committee is Clark, chairman,
Mike Carlo and Jim Crouch.
Subcommittees have been ap
pointed by Clark and they ai’e Pub
licity, Lee Griggs, David Stoker,
Ben Havard, John Garner, and
Jim Tucker; Tickets, John Heber,
Jim Lively and Ken Cox; Barbe
cue, Jim Beal, Jim Hall, Hai’old
Putnam, Charles McGlaren, and
Jim Manly; and Dance, Ken Dor
ris, Paul Corder and Wilton Thomp
son. Russell Neisig is in charge
of the invitations to the Corps of
Cadets.
Before the meeting closed, it
was pointed out that civilian stu
dents should have their pictures
made for the Aggieland ’60 not
later than Dec. 17. They urged
the students to check dormitory
bulletin boards for the picture
schedule.
Leadership Panel Set Today!
At 1:30 Friday afternoon in the
Memorial Student Center Ballroom,
SCONA V will present a panel to
discuss the topic “Educating for
World Leadership.”
Members of this panel will be:
Dr. Paul Geren—former Executive
Vice-President of Baylor Univer
sity and now Executive director of
Dallas Council of World Affairs;
Df. Howard Cutler—-assistant to
the Vice-President for Academic
Affairs at Pennsylvania State Uni
versity; The Very Rev. Walter J.
Buehler—president of St. Mary’s
/
University in San Antonio; Dr.
Ross J. Pritchard—Chairman, De
partment of International Studies,
Southwestern at Memphis.
The public is cordially invited to
attend this event.
The Saturday session at 12:15
p. m. will be a banquet luncheon
featuring a final wrap-up talk by
William H. Lawrence, president of
the National Press Club and New
York Times correspondent for the
Washington Bureau.
This event will have a chai'ge of
$3.50 a person Saturday.
production, and every bit of
increased output we can mus
ter would be justifiable for
these ends,” Bowen said.
“At this very moment,” Bowen
went on, “when the so-called “stan
dard of living” is at an all-time
high, we are experiencing unpre
cedented rates of mental disorder
and juvenile delinquency. Life has
become suffused with anxiety,
tension, and meaninglessness.”
Bowen said he was not opposed
to the enjoyment of economic
goods, but was merely uttering the
warning that “further additions
to our incomes will not auto
matically enhance the “quality” of
our lives.
Alteimative opportunities open
to Ameidcans in increasing their
productive power were mentioned
by Bowen. They include: improve
ment of working conditions, edu
cation, and foreign investment.
The working conditions of the
American people constituted one
of the major factors in productivi
ty, Bowen stated. “By working
conditions, I refer to the health,
safety, and pleasantness of the
workplace; Aesthetic features of
the working environment; job se
curity; social, recreation, and edu
cational facilities or experiences
connected with work; the charac
ter of jobs with reference to mo
notony, fatigue, interest, challenge,
responsibility; human relations on
the job and concern for the dig
nity of the individual
“In fact, part of our true na
tional product consists of the
whole tangible and intangible
satisfactions and dissatisfactions
people derive from participating
in production. These things make
up an important part of our true
standard of life. What happens to
people in their working hours is
truely as important as what hap
pens to them in their leisure
hours,” Bowen said.
Bowen described education as
“our greatest national resource.”
“Because education helps shape
(See Bowen on page 5)
Four Offices To Be Decided in MSC
Fish Run-Off Vote Set Tuesday
Members of the Class of ’63 will
go to the polls in the Memorial
Student Center between 8 a. m. and
5:30 p. m. to complete the election
of their class officers.
In an election Dec. 3, the fresh
man class elected four represen
tatives to the Student Senate and
five men for posts on the Election
Commission.
In the same election Norris R.
Gilbreath was elected recording
secretary of the Student Senate
and Leo C. Rigsby was picked jun
ior School of Agriculture repre
sentative to t he Student Senate.
Basic Division Meet
Slated in Onion
A required meeting for all
Basic Division students will be
held in Guion Hall Saturday
morning at 10 a. m., according
to C. H. Ransdell, associate di
rector of the Basic Division.
Run-Off Tuesday
The run-off election Tuesday
will find the offices of president,
vice-president, secretary - treasurer
and social secretary being sought
by eight candidates—two in each
race.
Jack L. Gibbs, science major
from Lampassas, and Robert A.
Gay, electi’ical engineering major
from Dallas, will be seeking the
presidential office. The two fresh
men emerged as run-off candidates
from an original field of twenty-
two candidates.
Vice President Race
In the vice president race Char
les L. Blaschke, liberal arts major
from Skidmore, and Jack M.
Threadgill, industrial engineering
major from Brady, will be running
for the office. There were ori
ginally 18 men seeking the vice
presidential office.
The secretary-treasurer run-off
will have William T. Barnhart,
electrical engineering major from
Temple, and Dennis McIntosh, pre-
veterinary medicine major from
Alief. Eleven men were in the
first election for the secretary-
treasurer position.
Earl J. Henderson, aeronautical
engineering major from Houston,
and Paul E. Bergstrom, electrical
engineering major from Dallas, will
seek the social secretary post.
Student Senate Electees
The Class of ’63 men elected to
the Student Senate were James
.W. Carter, George A. Johnston,
James Taylor and David N. Chap
man. The four were elected from
25 candidates in the race.
Jerry C. King, James L. John
son, Billy C. Ward, Delfino Villar
real and Ben F. Boyd were picked
as Election Commission members
from the 20 freshmen in the race.
A total of 955 votes were cast
in the eleceion Dec. 4.
Five voting machines will be in
oper-ation for the Tuesday election.
CHS Choir Plans Program
The 90-meniber A&M Consoli
dated High School Choir, under
the direction of Frank Coulter,
will present a program of Christ
inas music in the school audi
torium Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
Accompanist for the group
will be Anita Mowery. She will
also be one of the featured so
loists and will sing “Jesu Bam
bino.”
The program will be followed
by a reception in the library
sponsored by the Choir Parent’s
Organization. Officers for the
group, organized in September,
are Mrs. W. W. Mills, president;
Mrs. W. H. Taylor, vice presi
dent; and Dr. and Mrs. R. O.
Berry, treasurer and secretary.
The parents’ group invites all
parents of students and anyone
interested to attend the program.
★ ★ ★
Munro Tonight,
Lawrence Talk
Close SCONA
Talks by Sir Leslie Munro and
William H. Lawrence will round
out the Fifth Student Conference
on National Affairs being held
here this week.
Munro will speak tonight and
Lawrence will speak tomorrow at
noon.
Munro, United Nations Special
Ambassador to the State of Hun
gary, will speak tonight at 8 in
the Ballroom of the Memorial
Student Centei’. He was originally
slated to speak Wednesday night
but was delayed due to the current
Hungarian and Algerian debates
in the United Nations.
“Maintaining Effective Alliance
Within the United Nations Frame
work” will be the topic of Munro’s
presentation. ,
Held Many Positions
Since arriving in the United
States in 1952, Munro has held the
positions of New Zealand Repre
sentative on the U. N. Trusteeship
Council; president of the Security
Council three times, delegates to
the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th
Sessions of the General Assembly;
chairman of the First (Political)
Committee of the Assembly; pres
ident of the 12th Regular Session
of the General Assembly of the
U. N. in 1957; and presiding offi
cer over the 3rd Emergency Ses
sion in August, 1958.
Review Saturday
Munro’s talk will end the major
talks at SCONA V Following a re
view of the A&M Corps of Cadets
Saturday morning at 8:30. Law
rence, president of the National
Press Club and New York Times
correspondent in the Washington
Bureau, will give the final wrap-
up talk at the luncheon in the
MSC Ballroom at 12:15 p. m.
Lawrence is ai^ international
traveler who has worked in his
chosen field from numerous areas
(See MUNRO on Page 5)
Range, Forestry Schedules
Turkey Shoot Tomorrow
A turkey shoot, sponsored by the Range and Forestry
Club will be held Saturday, Dec. 12, from 10 a. m. until dark,
at M. L. (Slick Trigger) Smith’s, located two mites south of
College Station on Highway (>.
If the weather is bad, the meet will be held indoors and
announced later.
There will be events for rifle, shotgun and pistol and
.22 cal. rifles will be furnished. Shotguns and shells will
also he furnished at the shoot.
Events for rifles will include an open sights contest
where the entrees fire at a target from a distance of 50 yards.
Ten men will fire at the same target and the' man hitting
nearest to the bull’s eye wins a turkey.
For rifles with scopes, a similar contest is planned, ex
cept as well as being able to shoot at a target’s bull’s eye from
50 yards, he can also fire at a turkey’s head from 125 yards.
A shooter drawing blood from the live turkey wins it. With
open sights, he can shoot at the same turkey’s head from
80 yards, and the same rules for winning apply.
The ham string shoot is another event, designed for
rifle and pistol shooters, where contestants shoot at a string
from which a ham is suspended, at a distance of 30 feet. A
$1 ticket will give an entree four shots, and if he breaks the
string he wins the ham.
Shotgun shooters will have a chance to do some skeet
shooting Saturday during the turkey shoot. In order to
win a turkey in this event, the shooter must hit five of five.
Another special feature for shotgun shooters will be firing
at a clean target, and for every 10 shooters, the person with
the most shot in his target wins a turkey.
Any guage shotgun can be used in this event; however
the Range and Forestry Club will furnish the shells.
The turkeys offered as prizes weigh between 18 and 21
pounds apiece, and are raised by the Department of Poultry
Science.
Delegates Enjoy
SCONA, Aggieland
.By DAVE STOKER
Battalion Managing Editor
“Interesting,” “enlightening,”
“wonderful,” “helpful,” “stimulat
ing,” “educational ...”
These are only a few of the ad
jectives used by delegates to de
scribe the Fifth Student Confer
ence on National Affairs signifying
that the delegates from other
schools are satisfied with the A&M
event.
Various delegates from other
schools were interviewed in the
Memorial Student Center yesterday
on the worth of SCONA. Among
those interviewed was Troy Tomlin,
third classman at the United States
Air Force Academy.
Tomlin, a Cadet Staff Sergeant
who for two years was a student
at A&M, tabbed the event as a
“wonderful learning experience,”
saying it informed people on what
was happening in the world..
Good Insight
“It gives you a good insight on
what United States problems are—•
something a student doesn’t find
time to think about when he is in
volved in studies,” Tomlin said.
He said the speakers have been
very good, commending A&M for
having such top men at the an
nual event.
“That’s one thing about A&M.”
he said, “They always seem to get
(See DELEGATES on Page 5)
Insurance Man
Killed Instantly
On Highway 6
Joe Bell Toland, 64-year old in
surance salesman from Fort Worth,
was killed instantly when struck
by a car on Highway 6 in front of
the Western Motel shortly befort
6 p. m. Thursday.
Toland was killed while crossing
the highway from the motel to the
drive-in grocery on the opposite
side of the highway.
He was reportedly struck by a
car driven by Mrs. Sandra O’Rosky
of C-14-X in. College View.
Bryan Police Department re
fused to release any details of the
accident.
The officer on duty at the Po
lice Department said, “We have
been asked by the woman’s physi
cian not to release any details of
the accident for 24 hours.”
Aggie Greets Speaker
Jimmy Smith, SCONA V committeeman, welcomes Dr.
Howard Bowen after introducing the Grinnell College
President to the conference delegates and visitors. Bowen
is among the top ten economists in the United States.