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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1961
Number 17
OutstandingEcIncationLeadersTabbed
For Texas Junior College Conference
Monday And Tuesday Set
For Sessions, Discussions
LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE
‘Trends In
Topic For
Government’
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Hocks. On top is John Cole, sandwiched in next is Jerry
Stillwell, and low man on the totem pole is William Kessler,
iloosing officials are opening Hensel Apartments for
wupancy by bachelor students to ease
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“Trends In Government: The
Liberal and the Conservative” will
be the program topic for the sev
enth annual Student Conference
on National Affairs meeting Dec.
6-9 in the Memorial Student Cen
ter, according to David Spencer,
conference chairman.
In a general assembly meeting
of SCONA VII held yesterday noon
in the MSC, progress of the differ
ent committees was discussed giv
ing all new members and sponsors
of the organization a concept of
its operation thus far this year.
Reports on confirmed speakers
I for the meet show that prominent
liberal and conservative leaders
will be on hand when the confer
ence begins.
Letters of acceptance have been
received from Sen. Hubert Hum
phrey, Congressman Olin E.
Teague, and Congressman B. F.
Sisk.
Other speakers accepting invi
tations are Congressman Phil
Weaver from Nebraska; W. T.
Bryan, Congressman from South
fty of an all-school trip here because dancing would be permit-
rthe Aggie-SMU football game ted in two extra baggage cars,
j. I], J The committee working on the
Hie “SMU Campus," school project has said it would like to
cpaper, reported the 180-mile! schedule a post-game dance in ! jco.
? to College Station will be j A&M’s Memorial Student Center.]
iJe either by train or bus. A \
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possibilities of making the I CCClCCI
Curtiss from Missouri.
Spencer said delegates have been
invited from 88 schools in the
United States, Canada and Mex-
In roundtable discussions,
mployee Holidays
iiinua! Leave
nounced Here
President Earl Rudder has an-
Iced 12 effective holidays for
it employees effective with the
[Ming of the new fiscal year
[1.1.
b addition to the 12 holidays,
3-time employees ai*e also given
weeks annual leave, Rudder
i
Hie holidays are:
kpt 4—Labor Day
Xov. 23-24—Thanksgiving
tec. 25-Jan. 1—Christmas
ipril 20-23—Easter
% 4—Independence Day.
For Bonfire
An appeal for trucks to be used
on the Thanksgiving bonfire has
been made by bonfire Transporta
tion Committee Chairman Thomas
Ralph.
Ralph asked for volunteers to
to drive the trucks and promised
the vehicles will be carefully driv
en and cared for.
Either flat-bed or semi-trailer
trucks are being sought for use
in both the cutting and stacking
areas. They will be used from
Friday, Nov. 17 to Monday, Nov.
20.
Interested persons can contact
Ralph in Room 828 of Dorm 1 or
by writing Box 6073. The phone
number in Dorm 1 is VI 6-9987.
U.N. Club Election
Set For Tomorrow
The 100-member United Nations
Club will elect officers tomorrow
at 7:30 p.m. in the YMCA Build
ing.
A social hour will follow the
naming of a president, vice presi
dent, treasurer and social chair
man.
C. K. Parekh, outgoing presi
dent, will give a report of the
club’s activities during his ad
ministration.
Transfers Report
Arts and Sciences students who
have transferred to A&M from
another school this year are re
quested to report to the office of
the Dean of Arts and Sciences, 208
Nagle Hall, as soon as possible.
these delegates will investigate
five major issues, four concerning
the government in relation to the
people and one relative to its
handling of world affairs.
SCONA is an informal study
group to survey the effect of
world problems on the nation. Its
purpose is to determine the nature
of these problems rather than to
solve them. The conference has
104 sponsors in the Southwest and
Mexico and operates on an annual
budget of about $18,000.
The first SCONA met in De
cember, 1955. It was insired by
the U.S. Military Academy’s Stu
dent Conference on U.S. Affairs
(SCUSA). The vice-president of
the MSC Council flew to West
Point in 1954 to i-epresent A&M
at SCUSA. He was so impressed
that he returned and begj;n to pro
mote a similar conference for col
lege and university students in
the Southwest.
The MSC Council approved the
idea and cadets solicited support
from alumni, business men, indus
trial leaders and various founda
tions. By September, 1955, $12,-
000 has been contributed and
SCONA I was born.
For the past seven years the
organization has been successful
to the extent that it, like SCUSA,
has inspired other schools to or
ganize similar conferences.
AAUW Tabs
Workshop For
MSC Ballroom
Members of the American As
sociation of University Women
will hold a one-day workshop at
the Memorial Student Center Sat
urday. Theme for the workshop
is to be “AAUW In Action On a
Branch Level.”
Guests of honor and consultants
will be Mrs. Derrick A. Sherman,
national second vice-president
from Pittsburgh, Pa., and Mrs.
Fay Brown of Dallas, newly
elected Texas division president.
Mrs. Sherman will give the key
note address at the luncheon, to
be held in the MSC Ballroom.
In addition to members from the
Btyan-College Station branch, del
egates will attend from Alvin,
Baytown, Beaumont, Brenham,
Brazosport, Galveston, Houston,
Huntsville, Nacogdoches, Orange,
Port Arthur, Spring Valley, Texas
City, and Wharton.
Ride ’em Aggie
familiar sight at the All-Aggie Rodeo
Dick Withers
Top Cowboy
!n Ag Rodeo
Dick Withers, ’62, from Beau
mont, was named the all-around
cowboy at the completion of the
All-Aggie Rodeo last weekend in
the Aggie Arena.
Withers compiled a first place
in tie down calf roping and a
fourth in ribbon roping to cop the
championship. Four other events
were held, with the championships
divided among four persons.
These winners were E. M. Holt,
bull riding; John Foster, steer
dogging; Bobby Rheudasil, bare-
back riding; Ann Holiday, barrel
race, and John Baker, ribbon rop
ing.
Buckles were awarded each
event winner and the all-around
champion by the Saddle and Sir
loin Club, rodeo sponsors. Prize
money was also distributed after
each go round in the individual
events.
Withers, an agricultural engi
neering major, is the commanding
officer of Squadron 11. He has
been competing in rodeo events
since his high school days in
Beaumont.
The next scheduled rodeo for
A&M enthusiasts is the NIRA
rodeo in May.
English Society
Designs Year,
Plans Activities
Planning for the future, mem
bers of the A&M English Society
met Tuesday night, in Room 308
of the Academic Building.
Purpose of the club is to pro
vide a society for English majors
and minors that will offer speak
ers and intellectual topics for gen
eral discussion. A second pur
pose is to develop student-faculty
relations in the Department of
English.
The meetings will be conducted
twice a month, conducted on a
seminar basis, with a professor
talking on some aspect of the hu
manities followed by discussion
and questions.
At the first meeting of the club, orientation, course placement and
the active use of data from stand
ard statewide testing programs for
student placement.
The program for teachers of
agriculture and biological sciences
will be outlined at a meeting Mon
day afternoon, which will include
a short discussion and orientation
for a tour of the campus.
The dinner session will get un
der way at 6:30 p.m., Oct. 16, in
the MSC Assembly Room. J. W.
Dillard, president, Frank Phillips
College, will give the invocation
and entertainment will be ar
ranged by Robert L. Boone; direc
tor, The Singing Cadets of A&M.
Tuesday morning sessions will
get under way at 8:30. Grady St.
Clair, president, Del Mar College,
i • will give the invocation. Reports
^ 11H Q\T will be given by group leaders,
kJUllUCtj kJCl ICO and Dr Lee wilborn( ass i s tant
p T'l* A commissioner for instruction, Tex-
& j til A fTC as Education Agency, will lead the
iB.1. I/O discussion on “Effective Usages of
Various Instructional Media.”
Set For MSC
A new presentation, the Sunday
Celebrity Series, emphasizing the
fine arts, will begin Oct. 29, in
the Memorial Student Center Ball
room with programs one Sunday
of each month, according to Rob
ert L. Boone, program advisor.
Boone said that local talent will
produce each program. Included
will be Latin American music,
jazz, choral music, swing, folk
music, drama, dance band music
and Hassicals.
Each program will be conducted
in an informal manner utilizing
demonstrations and discussions.
This is a service series and no
admission will be charged.
This year’s schedule will begin
Oct. 29, with The Five Peppers—
Latin music. Others scheduled
are: Nov. 12, Richard Baldauf—
swing era; Dec. 17, Singing Cadets
—Christmas Concert; Feb. 11, Dr.
John Anderson—folk music;
March 18, Aggie Players—one-aci
play; April 15, Medlin and Luther;
May 6, Allen Schrader—evaluation
of jazz.
Each program will begin at 2:30
p.m.
Two outstanding figures ip higher education will be
featured at the 18th annual Junior College Conference to
be held in the Memorial Student Center Oct. 16-17.
These are Dr. W. R. White, chancellor, Baylor Univer
sity, and Dr. Homer D. Babbidge, assistant U. S. commission
er of education for higher education, Washington, D. C. The
two men will deliver major addresses during the conference,
speaking to more than 125 educators due to attend the event.
Dr. William Graff, dean of instruction at A&M, will give
the welcome address, and Raymond Caveness, president, San
Angelo College, will deliver the invocation.
The Monday morning session will feature Babbidge as
speaker, with White present-^ ‘
intr fVie dinner session address
Monday evenine.
A fnnv of the campus will
Lp h<ud Monday miming; i 1 " 1
the afternoon the conference will
be divided into three interest
groups, including teacher educa
tion, counseling and testing and
teachers of agriculture and bio
logical sciences.
Dr. Milo Kearney, director, di
vision of teacher education and
certification, Texas Education Ag
ency, will introduce the subject,
“The Role of the Junior College in
Teacher Education in Light of the
New Certiifcation Requirements,”
at the teacher education group
meeting, Monday afternoon.
Members for the panel discus
sion include Dr. Clyde Nail, aca
demic vice president, San Antonio
College, Dr. Walter Rundell, dean,
I ee College and Dr. Glen Barney,
University of Texas.
Consultants for the counseling
and testing group meet include
Dr. Jpe V. West, director, coun
seling and testing, Baylor Univer
sity and Dr. Lannis H. Hope, coun
seling and testing center, A&M
College.
This group will discuss the use
of summer counseling and testing
clinics as a means of recruitment.
Beimai'd D. Trail of College Sta
tion was elected president of the
society, with Richard Reiser, vice
president; Jack Klug, secretary
and Gary Underwood, treasurer,
and Dr. Robert W. Barzak, spon
sor.
All English majors are urged
to participate in activities of the
society, and great effort will be
made to present fully worthwhile
meetings during the year, accord
ing to Trail.
The next meeting will be Oct.
24 in Room 2A of the Memorial
Student Center, with a talk on
the graduate school followed by
questions and discussions.
OAS To Hold
First Meeting
For Students
Celebrating Columbus Day, Oct.
12, the first meeting of the Stu
dent Organization Of American
SLites on the A&M campus will be
conducted tonight in the Assembly
Room of the Memorial Student
Center, starting at 8 p.m.
Purpose of the meeting is to
provide opportunity for discussion
among students from 17 countries
concerning agrarian reform, edu
cation and communism. These
topics and others will -be pre
sented, according to Jose L. Zara
goza, president-elect for the first
session.
Sponsored by the Pan American
Club, the fest will become an an
nual event if a successful reaction
is shown, said Zaragoza. He add
ed that the public is invited.
‘Engineer’ Cops
First In Contest
The A&M Engineer, a magazine
written by engineering students
here, has been awarded first place
in the “Best Layout—Single Issue”
category in the 1961 Engineering
College Magazines Associated
Awards event.
The winning magazine, the De
cember, 1960 issue, was selected
during the Engineering College
Magazines Associated national
convention at the University of
Michigan.
Editor of the Engineer last year
was Paul York of Marshall. Fac
ulty advisors at the time were
Karl, Koenig, J. W. Amyx and
W. I. Truettner, all of the School
of Engineering.
The Engineer is published six
times a year.
Agronomy Exhibit
Mrs. Mozelle N. Holland, guest rooms manager at the
Memorial Student Center, shows Jim Hamilton, sophomore
liberal arts major from San Antonio, the Department of
Agronomy exhibit in the MSC windows this week. (Photo
by Johnny Herrin)