Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1965
Number 246
Hanger Dies After Short Illness
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SE Asia
Former Ambassador Kenneth
T. Young, speaking on a panel of
Southeast Asian experts, said
Thursday night America should
not overlook the possibility of
eventual negotiations with Com
munist China to guarantee the
security of the democratic na
tions of Southeast Asia.
Young told delegates to the
eleventh Student Conference on
National Affairs the United
States should also seek more ac
tive participation in Viet Nam
by the United Nations.
“We should encourage the
United Nations to set up a com
mission to aid in peace aims for
Southeast Asia,” he said.
Other panelists at the SCONA
XI third plenary session were
Congressman Olin E. Teague of
College Station; Col. A. N. Grif
fiths, member of the British Em
bassy Staff in Washington, and
Gen. Paul Harkins (ret.), com
mander of American forces in
Viet Nam from 1962-64.
Harkins reviewed achievements
of the American forces in Viet
Nam while serving in a non
combat role during his tour of
duty.
"We were advisors and had no
combat troops in Viet Nam, and
w were doing well,” he noted.
“We built 170 airfields, in
creased economic aid, built up the
Vietnamese Air Force and Navy
and retrained the whole army.”
But a false report to Presi
dent Kennedy that nothing had
changed in Viet Nam for seven
year, and a Buddhist uprising in
Hue damaged American success
and contributed to the toppling
of the Ngo Dinh Diem regime,
he added.
While pointing out the abund
ance of ethnic groups make in
dependence virtually impossible,
Harkins backed the American
committment in South Viet Nam.
Griffiths, who participated in
the campaign against Malayan
terrorists from 1954-58, said
Britain’s current conflict in Ma
laysia is fast approaching the
American situation in Viet Nam.
“We are in Borneo as the
guests of the Malaysian govern
ment,” he explained, “and if we
were asked to leave we would
legally be required to do so.”
Teague, who moderated the
panel, briefed the audience on
his recent inspection tour of
Southeast Asia and praised the
job done by American forces
there.
“If every American were to
see what I saw there wouldn’t
be one demonstration or draft
card burner in the United
States,” he said.
President’s Dog
Campus Legend
By GLENN DROMGOOLE
Battalion Editor
Ranger—campus dog, student’s friend and A&M Pres
ident Earl Rudder’s pet—-died Thursday in the College of
Veterinary Medicine Small Animal Clinic. He was eight
years old and a campus legend.
Dr. E. W. Ellett, associate professor of Veterinary
Medicine and Surgery, pronounced the animal dead at 5:20
p. m. after Ranger failed to respond to surgery for serious
kidney infection discovered Wednesday afternoon.
President Rudder was notified of the dog’s death short
ly after 7 p. m. while the
HOME, SWEET HOME
. . . Ranger lived here when not chasing cars.
Sciences Academy
Names A&M Prof
President - Elect
Dr. Sidney O. Brown, head of
the radiation biology laboratory
and professor of biology at Tex
as A&M, was named president
elect of the Texas Academy of
Sciences today.
Announcement was made at
the annual Academy meeting in
Dallas.
Dr. Bobbin C. Anderson of
Texas became president after
serving as president-elect for last
year. Brown will move into the
position at the next meeting of
the Academy.
A&M will be the site of the
next meeting, March 16-18, 1967.
No annual meeting is scheduled
in 1966 because the date was
switched from fall to spring.
Election results of the 900-
member Academy were annuonced
by Lawrence Curtis, chairman of
the elections committee. Brown
and Dr. Clark Hubbs, professor
of biology at the University of
Texas, were candidates for the
presidency on the ballot.
A member of the Academy
since 1933, Brown served as sec
retary-treasurer, on the Board of
Directors and as biological sci
ences vice president of the state
organization. The Academy cov
ers six disciplines including
chemistry, physics, biology,
earth, environmental and social
sciences. It is the largest scien
tific group in the United States.
Except for four years in the
Army Medical Corps, Brown has
been at A&M since 1936. He ac
quired BA and Ph.D. degrees at
Texas in 1932 and 1936. The new
Academy official retired from
the Army in 1963 with the rank
of lieutenant colonel.
He was appointed head of the
radiation biology laboratory in
1958 in addition to biology pro
fessorial duties.
At A&M, Brown has received
research grants from the Na
tional Science Foundation, Army
Research and Development Com
mand, National Institute of
Health and Atomic Energy Com
mission totalling $1 million.
Recent research by him delves
into the effects of low intensity
radiation on animal subjects.
Rats and the effect of radiation
on their reproduction, longevity,
fertility, nutrition and nervous
systems have been his special
area of interest.
Brown has written or collabor
ated in 33 scientific publications.
He holds membership in the So
ciety of Experimental Biology
and Medicine, Radiation Re
search Society, American Nu
clear Society, American Society
of Zoology, American Association
for Advancement of Science, Sig
ma Xi and Phi Kappa Phi. He is
listed by American Men of Sci
ence and Who’s Who in Ameri
can Education.
p. m
Texas A&M administrator
was attending second day
sessions of the eleventh Stu
dent Conference on National
Affairs.
Burial services will be at 5:15
today in front of the Rudders
home.
The A&M student body paid
the bulldog a tribute when his
death was announced immedi
ately before the A&M-University
of Houston basketball game
Thursday night.
A fund to buy a gravestone
for the campus dog was initiated
by The Battalion and Yell Lead
ers. Contributions will be col
lected at the Student Publications
Office in the YMCA Building
basement.
The sudden illness and death of
Ranger, somewhat of a combin
ation campus hero and jester,
shocked both students and univer
sity staff members.
“He loved you Aggies,” Rud
der told a group of students in the
Memorial Student Center, site of
SCONA XI sessions.
The pet bulldog, who made the
entire A&M campus his home,
was named for the Ranger batta
lion Rudder commanded during
World War II. He was the Rud
der’s second Ranger. The first
one died shortly before the fam
ily’s arrival in College Station
in 1958.
Being the university's presi
dent’s pet gained Ranger nick
names of “Earl” and “Rudder”
among students.
The dog was a vital part of
campus life. His greatest claim
to fame resulted from an unpre
cedented car-stopping procedure
that awed many an A&M guest
and never ceased to amuse the
student body.
Unsheduled appearances in
classrooms and dormitories and
more regular appearances in
Sbisa and Duncan Dining Halls
kept Aggies aware of his con
tribution to the lighter side of
A&M life.
He was, in most quarters, the
unofficial Aggie mascot, and was
recently endorsed by The Batta
lion for the official position after
the Student Senate announced
plans to begin training a replace
ment for Reveille, the school’s
official mascot.
The Battalion also adopted the
dog as its candidate for the 1964
Presidential election.
Praising his “bulldog tenacity”
and “unquestionable moral inte
grity,” The Battalion light-heart
edly backed Ranger for the posi
tion and practically made him a
staff member.
A new editor’s wife made the
dog an outfit with large letters
proclaiming “I read Batt editor
ials.” The newspaper also ran a
picture of Ranger and an editor
checking election returns on Nov.
2, 1964, when President Lyndon
B. Johnson won a landslide vic
tory over Sen. Barry Goldwater
and The Battalion’s candidate.
BULLDOG GROWL
. . . tenacious expression gone from campus.
Freshmen Decide 9 Of 13
Posts In Thursday’s Poll
By MIKE BERRY
Battalion Staff Writer
In one of the best attended
class elections in recent years,
freshmen decided Thursday nine
of thirteen class offices.
Runoff elections Dec. 16 will
decide president, vice-president,
secretary-treasurer and Social
Secretary.
Positions to the Election Com
mission and Student Senate were
decided by the 901 freshmen who
voted.
The five winners in the race
for Election Commission are:
Robin Alan Young (261), Ste
phen A. Collins (233), Gary Lynn
Davis (261), Jerry Tilden North-
cutt (212) and Walter L. Riggs
(240).
Freshmen elected to the Stu
dent Senate are: William R.
Howell (221), Thomas Glen Can
ter (176), Larry B. McWhorter
(165) and Benjamin J. Sims.
(123).
Harris Pappas, Election com
mission chairman, was pleased
with the “very good turnout.”
“It shows,” he said,“ the in
terest of the Class of ’69 has
by the large filing and voting.”
This year voting machines
were located in the lower level
of the Memorial Student Center.
Pappas said election proceedings
in the basement worked very
smoothly, and are a great im
provement over the past arrange
ments.
The top two finalists for the
runoff in the contest for class
president are Leroy W. Edwards
with 187 votes and John Focke
HI, 97.
Contending for the position of
vice president are Harvey Lee
Cooper, 115, and Richard L.
Goode, 117.
In the race for secretary-treas
ure are Steven Lee Brown, 136,
and Douglas M. Scott, 113.
The top two vote getters in
the social secretary race were
Gary R. Mayes, 112, and Rich
ard K. Newman, 125.
The primary requirement for
candidates running for office is
a grade point ratio of 1.25 and/or
a 1.0 overall. Student Senate
representatives must have a 1.5
GPR.
There were 110 freshmen who
filed for class offices.
Running for president were 18
freshmen; for vice president, 13;
for secretary-treasurer, 10; for
social secretary, nine, for repre
sentatives to the Election Com
mission, 23; and for the Student
Senate, 37.
SCONA Event Schedule
FRIDAY
6-7:30 p.m.
Buffet Supper (MSC Ballroom)
8-10 p.m.
Fourth Plenary Session
(MSC Ballroom)
Reception following address
(Assembly and Birch Room)
SATURDAY
7:30-8:30 a.m.
Coffee and Informal Discussion
(Serpentine Lounge)
8:30-11:15 a.m.
Sixth Round-Table Meeting
12 noon
Luncheon
Roundup Address (MSC Ballroom)
Delegates Praise SCONA Organization, Objectives
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DIANE DOWLING
Senior, University of Houston
It's one of the best organized con
ferences I have ever seen. I was
unazed. We haven’t decided any
thing but we discussed quite a
few things. However, I don’t
think we came to make any de
cisions. I’m glad to see I wasn’t
the only one with the opinions
that I have.
LINDA EDWARDS
Senior, Baylor University
It’s extremely affective in in
forming the youth and exchang
ing ideas on the important issues.
I’m impressed with the presenta
tion of the pro and the con, the
way that the con has been taken
and looked at objectively. The
Roundtable discussions are
thought provoking in that they
bring out the views of various
segments of the population.
KATRINA WEHKING
Senior, Southern Methodist
University
I’ve liked the speakers. Dr. Wur-
fel brought out points that had
not been brought out before. The
feeling of the majority of dele
gates I’ve talked to has been pro
administration. The participation
of A&M’s international delegates
has been valuable. I enjoy the
exchange of ideas from the many
schools represented.
JUDY BALDRIDGE
Senior, University of Arkansas
As an English major, I don’t feel
that I've been able to contribute
anything 1 significant, but I’ve cer
tainly learned a great deal. The
organization of the conference,
the participation of the A&M
students and the high caliber of
speakers have all impressed me
greatly.
KAY BOX
Junior, Baylor University
It’s an excellent opportunity for
university students Interested in
world affairs to come together
and discuss their opinions. By
discussing these ideas one could
not expect the groups to come
to one decision, but more im
portant, each can arrive at a
more definite concept of the
problem backed up by facts.
CID SUTORIS
Senior, University of Arkansas
All in all SCONA is doing a good
job of acquainting students with
the issues of Southeast Asia.
Perhaps the only real problem Is
the rehashing of the same points
of view. I have heard only a few
ideas which were new to me.
This situation is probably the
result of the large amount of
coverage the American press has
given to it.
JIM GARDNER
Senior, West Point
I feel quite at home here. And as
for the conference itself I find
it very enlightening and very
comprehensive. I feel that the
greatest benefit of the conference
is the exposure that students
with civilian background and
those of military background get
from each others’ views.