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The Battalion
Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1961
Number 47
5tudy Begins
For Possible
Senate Change
By ALAN PAYNE
Battalion News Editor
The possibility of changing- the
je “Student Senate President”
“Student Body President” was
^ before the Student Senate
itnight and will be further dis
ced at a called meeting be-
ten now and the beginning of
(Christmas holidays.
L, Gabriel Navar, representa-
of the sophomore class in the
lool of Veterinary Medicine,
iposed a study of the possibility
making the change to “unite”
(student body.
He said it was his impression
<t the majority of the student
iy did not consider the Senate
adent the actual head of the
alent body, but that the dis-
Htiort was divided between the
jps commander and president
the Civilian Student Council.
Kavar also cited several ex-
iplesiof student bodies else-
ere that use the student-body-
•sident system.
Other discussion following Na
t'S move included the possibility
(hanging the name of the Stu
rt Senate.
Head Yell Leader Jim Davis
d the senators he felt most
11 students were misled as to
function of the Senate be-
tse of its title. Davis did not
ipose a name as such, but said,
mething along the line of Stu-
it Congress probatyj^ would be
ter.”
Iscussion also led to the possi-
ity of allocating a salary to a
dent body president. Other
ipuses that do allocate a salary
re cited as examples.
The Senate’s executive commit-
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will set a date for the called ses
sion and take steps to have the
question placed on the called
meeting’s agenda.
Also on the docket for the
called meeting is further discus
sion of A&M’s possible participa
tion in the Graduate Record Ex
amination program.
Dean of Instruction Dr. William
Graff has outlined the program’s
steps to the senators. The dis
cussion was originally scheduled
last night, but Graff was out of
town and unable to attend.
In other business last night
$2,776.90 in Campus Chest money
was allocated after the official
completion of this year’s drive.
Ten per cent of the total was
allocated to the Tuberculosis As
sociation, March of Dimes and
College Station United Fund. The
remaning 70 per cent will remain
in chest coffers for student use.
The Senate’s Issues Committee,
headed by Bill Snead, presented
a resolution and told of future
plans to publicize state voting
laws and procedures for newly
eligible student voters.
The resolution, approved unani
mously by the Senate, read:
“Realizing that a citizen’s most
powerful voice in his government
is his vote, the Student Senate
urges newly eligible voters to fa
miliarize themselves with the vot
ing laws of the State of Texas,
and for all to exercise their voting
privilege at every opportunity.”
The Battalion will print Texas’
voting laws in one of next week’s
issues.
Snead’s committee was also au
thorized to conduct a study of
portrait costs for the Aggieland.
It was brought up that numerous
students have registered com
plaints over the cost of having
a picture made for the Aggieland.
Battle, Showalter Clash
At Third SCONA Plenary
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Speakers Spark
Heated Debate
Laurie Battle, representative of the National Association
of Manufacturers, and Ralph Showalter of the United Auto
Workers’ Union, AFL-CIO, spared off last night in the third
plenary session of SCONA VII taking side polks at topics
ranging from Federal Government spending to segregation
at A&M.
Taking the stage first with the conservative view of
“The Role of the Federal Government in the Affairs of the
Economy,” Battle said, “There is no short cut to a sound
economy except hard work, and the role of the Federal Gov
ernment should be one of guidence and education.”
“We are not too stupid to spend our own money wisely,
nnd I don’t believe anyone in'* 7
Opponents Meet With Students
Following the two speeches presented at the belling of Southwestern University and
third SCONA plenary session last night, Jerry Maters of South West Texas State
students gathered with Ralph Showalter and College talk‘with the two men. (Photo by
Laurie Battle for brief questions. Joan Se- Johnny Herrin)
SCONA Speaker Conducts
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Stephens Class From A&M
Even though located over 800
miles from Columbia, Ralph L.
Showalter, representative of the
United Auto Workers and speaker
at the third plenary session of
SCONA VII, addressed a class in
American government there
through the efforts of two Ste
phens College delegates yesterday
evening.
Misses Lynn Kramer and Joy
Olson arranged for the class to in
terview Showalter by telephone us
ing a special voice amplification
More Individual Counseling
Due For Future Students
A&M will give even greater em
phasis to individual student coun
seling in the future, Dean of In
struction William J. Graff an
nounced this week.
High school teachers and offi
cials throughout Texas are receiv
ing information about the new
testing program.
The college has adopted the Col
lege Entrance Examination Board
Testing program as part of its
testing and placement procedure
effective in the fall of 1963.
“These tests will serve as a vital
part of the counseling of fresh
men,” Graff said.
“Although we arb not requiring
the entrance board tests until
1963, we are strongly urging
freshmen to take these tests for
entrance in the fall of 1962,” the
Dean of Instruction pointed out.
The special tests include a schol
astic aptitude test, achievement
test in mathematics, and achieve
ment test in English composition.
These tests may be taken by col
lege-bound students throughout
Texas at places easily accessible
to their homes.
The prospective student must
request the College Board to for
ward his test scores to A&M fol
lowing the examinations. The
CEEB scores will be used as part
of the testing and placement ac
tivities.
The test§ will help the Counsel
ing and Testing Center in counsel
ing with each individual student.
The Center conducts personalized
counseling and testing clinics dur
ing each summer on the campus
at no cost to the new students.
At these sessions, the CEEB test
scores are interpreted. Addi
tional tests in other subject areas
are administered.
From these tests and with
available expert vocational coun
seling the freshman student has
the assurance of being placed in
academic work which will be both
challenging and productive and
consistent with his background
and preparation.
The tests not only recognize the
superior student, but also provide
a basis upon which each student
can do his course planning. A&M
is unique in offering this individ
ual, personalized counseling and
guidance to its students, S. Austin
Kerley, Director of Counseling and
Testing Center, said.
Information concerning the
CEEB testing dates and locations
may be obtained from the College
Entrance Examination Board, Box
592, Princeton, New Jersey. In
formation concerning A&M’s test
ing clinics may be secured by
writing the Counseling and Test-
(See FUTURE on Page 3)
SCONA
Schedule
Friday
4:15 to 5:15 p.m. — Review
of the Corps of Cadets,
main drill field, across
from the Memorial Student
Center.
6 to 7:30 p.m. — Buffet
Supper in the MSC Ball
room.
* 8 to 10 p.m. — Fourth plen
ary session, featuring a
panel of four congressmen,
Olin E. Teague of Texas
B. F. Sisk of California;
W. J. B. Dorn of South
Carolina and Thomas B.
Curtis of Missouri. A recep
tion for all participants will
follow the panel in the MSC
Main Lounge.
Saturday
7:30 to 8:25 a.m. — Coffee
and informal discussion a-
mong speakers, delegates
and chairman. Serpentine
Lounge, second floor, MSC.
8:30 to 11:15 a.m. — Sixth
roundtable meetings.
12:15 to 1:45 p.m. — Lunch
eon and final plenary ses
sion, featuring an address by
William S. White, Wash
ington bureau of the New
York Times.
mechanism located in the college
classroom.
The interview was monitored by
James Burkhart, professor of
government at Sephens College.
Conducted at this end of the line
in the office of J. Wayne Stark,
director of the Memorial Student
Center, a smaller amplification
box was also used, enabling the
girls, Showalter and Burkhart to
talk freely in conference.
These are Ihe questions submitt
ed by the class of approximately
60 girls, and Showalter answers:
1. “How do you define liber
alism ?
‘It is not difficult to define
liberalism in giving examples, like
pointing to Sen. Hubert H. Hum
phrey as a liberal; but a problem
of semantics exists in trying to
accurately define liberalism ade
quately. Basically, I believe it is
simply that liberals believe in more
government assistance for the wel
fare of the people, and conserva
tives believe in less,” said* Sho
walter.
2. “Do you think welfare pro
grams in the United States have
gone far enough, or have gone too
far?
“The Federal Government has a
role in assisting the modern econ
omy to adjust to the changes tak
ing place, and obviously we aren’t
rendering this aid fast enough,”
said Showalter.
3. “Will our welfare program
eventually lead to totalitarianism?
His reply, “Obviously, this is a
rhetorical question, and I can de
finitely say it will not! Conser
vatives sometimes say thjjS, but
they have been saying it for the
past 30 years and it definitely
hasn’t happened and won’t in the
future.”
5. “We have noticed that the
union movement is slowing down;
what accounts for this?”
“This is definitely because jobs
have simply been disappearing
with the advent of automation on
such .large scale. The Federal
Government has not done enough
to study and analyze the pro
blems automation is creating to
day. “The Department of Labor
and several other factions are con
ducting research in this area, but
the government so far hasn’t met
the problem,” sand Showalter.
Following the interview, the two
Stephens College delegates gave a
full report to their government
class on conditions and experiences
at the SCONA conference thus far.
Their chief message was, “Wish
all of you were here!”
Washington can tell us how to
spend it better,” he added.
Answering his talk, the
liberal Showalter attempted to
show why this spending is neces
sary.
The labor leader said, “We have
grave problems to solve, and the
old political ruts will not lead to
solutions.”
Continuing, he said, “Who are
we kidding by opposing federal
aid to education on the grounds
that the communities can do the
whole jobs themselves ? They are
not doing it!”
Prefacing his remarks, Showalter
said he was sorry to hear Negroes
were not allowed to eat in the
Memorial Student Center and
therefore not invited to SCONA.
“This is a terrible abridgement
of educational opportunity. It is
un-American,” he said.
The labor leader said that had
he known the restrictions, he would
not have accepted the invitation to
speak.
“When I found out, I felt like
packing up and leaving, but didn’t
want to seem like a sorehead,” he
said.
Later, during a brief question
and answer period following the
talks, Battle said, “I hope none of
you were embarrased by the gentl-
man’s (Showalter’s) remarks con
cerning segregation. You are not
alone in this. Some labor unions
haven’t been able to solve that
problem either.” (Battle didn’t in
dicate which unions he was refer
ring to.)
“Even if I had known this was
to be a segregated meeting, I would
have championed it “the NAM rep
resentative added.
In a conversation at a reception
following the two talks, President
Earl Rudder said Showalter was
wrong in his assumption.
The president said that Negroes
were not restricted; invitations
were sent to each participating
school, and the administration of
that school chose the delegates.
(See PLENARY on Patre 3)
Fred Pool,
Dr. Tsanoff
Chair Sessions
(Editor’s Note: this is last
in a series of stories on round
table co-chairmen who are di
recting discussion groups during
the Seventh Annual Student
Conference on National Affairs
which began Wednesday.
Dr. Radoslav Andrea ' Tsanoff,
now attending his fifth SCONA
session as a roundtable co-chair
man, commented favorably about
the smoothness with which the
roundtable discussions were going.
Dr. Tsanoff, professor emeri
tus of philosophy at Rice- Univer
sity, M. D. Anderson Professor
or Philosophy at the University
of Houston and Trustee Distin
guished Professor of Humanities
at Rice University, noted the ab
sence of any cliques among dele
gates.
“This,” he said, “indicates a de
sirable degree of mental attitude
among the students.”
He said a flexible treatment of
issues resulted in a more thorough
understanding.
He explained his role in the
roundtables.
“My job is to direct traffic in
the discussions. I do not drive
any of the cars.”
Pool
Fred Pool, director of the East
Texas Chamber of Commerce, at
tended Southern Methodist Uni
versity and the University of Tex
as, and studied journalism at New
York University. He received his
degree in law from Cumberland
University in 1935.
Pool has edited newspapers in
Texas, has been a frequent con
tributor to numerous publications
including' The Atlantic Monthly,
and is presently editor of East
(See ROUNDTABLES On Page 3)
Telephone Class Dismissed
... Stephens’ girls and Ralph Showalter after tele-class