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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1962)
‘Bag* 4 T.W College Station^ Texa^ ’■ 1 tliursday, SeptenAer J3, i960 THE BATTAUO SCONA To Feature UN Ambassado A man that skillfully answered Russian Premier Nikita Khrush chev’s shoe-pondinfr charges in the United Nations will be on the campus this fall to tell his exper iences to a group of serious-minded college students. James J. Wadsworth, formuer U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations and now president of the Peace Research Institute, will he just one of the top-flight speakers o-f national and international fairue to appear at the Eighth Annual Student Conference on National Affairs. Slated for Dec. 14 this year, SCONA VIII, as it is known, will bring students from all over the United States to hear speakers and discussion on the theme “Sources of World Tensions.” SCONA’s objective is to provide an informal atmosphere for the student delegates to debate, hear and reject or accept discussion on topics of major importance. Planned By Students The conference is student plan ned, financed and operated. From the start of the idea for the next year’s conference, the students take over and plan the complete meet ing. Students raise money to defray the expenses of bringing the dele gates to A&M from other schools, expected to be about $16,500 this year. They contact interested per sons all over the Southwest and Mexico, persons who are willing and ready to help college students debate and discuss more important problems than which movie to see tonight. Other committees begin their ■vyork at the same time the Finance Gommittee is making its rounds. The transportation committee mtist make arrangements for many WJco m e LA, COME IN AND GET ACQUAINTED With Our Friendly Barbers “DUTCH”, “FISH”, “JESSE” AND “BILL”. Serving Aggies Far 36 Years In Same Location Is^CfCfLeicincl (J3cirber *Sho College Station, Texas Bill Moon Prop. delegates, speakers and round table leaders to get to and from the college. They use buses, air planes and autos as necessary. The publicity committee begins to get the support of the press in the area, and to draw interest to the conference. The secretariat committee handles the enormous amount of correspondence necessary to get any undertaking of this size started and keep it going smoothly. Other Visitors In addition to the major speak ers, well-known individuals serve as round-table chairmen during panel discussion groups. One SCONA leader described the conference as “not the place where questions are answered, but where questions of importance are brought to light so the individual can work out tha answer himself. Roundtable chairmen for the 1962 conference include Howard A. Cut ler, assistant to the president of Pennsylvania State University, Mrs. Alice Pratt of Houston, direc tor of the Southern Region Insti tute of International Education; Rocco M. Paone, director of U. S. Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference. Also William S. Livingston, Uni versity of Texas government pro fessor; Harrison E. Hierth, English professor at A&M; J. T. Faubion, Dow Chemical Company official; and representatives of two other service schools, West Point and the Air Force Academy. Predoctoral Traineeships Awarded By Space Agency Ten young men from colleges and universities in four states have been awarded National Aero nautics and Space Administration predoctoral traineeships at A&M. Names of the successful appli cants, whose appointments are ef fective Sept. 1, were announced by Dean Wayne C. Hall, Dean of the Graduate School. Trainees Selected The trainees were selected by a faculty evaluation committee which considered such matters as aca demic records, scores on the Gradu ate Record Examinations, letters of recommendation and the proposed research problems. The successful applicants had grade point ratios, on a scale of 3.0, ranging from 2.60 to 3.0. The appointments are renewable and carry a basic annual stipend of $2;400 on a full year (12 month) basis. The predoctoral trainees plan to specialize in a variety of space and engineering fields related to space technology, and should com plete their doctoral programs in three years. Names of the trainees, their home addresses, undergraduate college or university, and field of specialty, are listed as follows: Two A&M students are among the 10 winners. They are Robert D. Purrington of Magnolia, a physics-math major, and Eugen E. Rozacky of Becker, a biochemis try-chemistry stiident. sSl #■1 :1 M w 1 • v ri '-'U isl STUDENT DISCUSSION AT SCONA . “where questions are brought to light’ Marshall Plan Scholarship Information Now Available Details concerning the Marshall Scholarships program for 1963- 65 now are available at the office of the Dean of the Graduate School for tenure commencing in October. The program provides for two years of study for degrees at Bri tish universities. Applications for scholai’ships of 1963 must be received not later than Oct. 22, 1962. The British Government estab lished the Marshall Scholarships in 1953, as a gesture of thanks for Marshall Plan aid. The program enables 24 Ameri can graduates to study in a wide range of subjects including the sci ences and the humanities. Each award has a basic value of 550 British pounds a year, plus fares and tuition fees. Named To Board A&M System Chancellor Tom Harrington was named recently as one of Texas’ 15 advisory board members to, assist the Southern Interstate Nuclear Board. WELCOME AGGIES Itt 'it W. L. Ayers Laundry & Cleaners 313 College Main and W. L. Ayers “ONE HOUR MARTINIZING” 1315 Texas Ave. Elea seas !rot ■^r One Hour Service on Dry Cleaning ^ Fast Efficient Alterations ■jAr One Day Service on Laundry 4, ■ -ff ■ - • fw; : ,1 ■ .' 7. . '■ ' - I - .■ i:' #}■ r‘UE.' ; -f ■3 • Hungry?? • Tired Studying?? 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