THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Tuesday, December 11, 1962
BATTALION EDITORIALS
Success Of SCONA VIII
Rests With Student Body
When the first plenary session of the Student Conference
on National Affairs begins Wednesday afternoon, visiting
delegates and students at A&M alike will be getting an
opportunity not frequently offered.
In a short four-day period the vice president of the
United States, the president of the Organization of American
States and four other leaders of world thought and opinion
will be gathered on our campus.
It would be a pity if only authorized delegates partici
pated in SCONA. The varied, and often conflicting, points
of view of speakers will be well received by ^delegates, but
•in all probability, as leaders on their separate campuses, their
beliefs are pretty well formed and set.
The people who have the most to gain from SCONA VIII
are the students at A&M. One of the major objectives of the
conference is to provide an appreciation of the complexities
of the foreign policy of the United States to an increasingly
large representation of college students of the South and
Southwest.
And no college students are in better positions to take
advantage of SCONA than Aggies.
The SCONA committeemen have literally put in thou
sands of hours shaping and molding this meeting of ideas.
They have given up holidays, vacations and study time to
solicit funds, line up speakers or tend to other important
details.
They would feel their work was wasted if only represen
tatives from the 80 invited schools, the round-table chairmen
and speakers showed up. Their efforts are for the students
of A&M, too.
Six distinguished and busy men are taking time to make
SCONA a success. Sixteen roundtable chairmen are giving
up their own professions to attend and put the conference
on a sound footing. Many sponsors have given thousands of
dollars to provide financial backing.
But even if there is a full house of delegates, SCONA
will flop if not supported by the students on its home door
step.
Sound Off
Editor,
The Battalion:
This letter is directed to the
Class of ’66. I know that most
of you have participated in high
school and club elections at home,
but now that you are college men
elections of this type become
more important.
What you are doing now is
practice for something that will
be your privilege just three short
years from now. That is the
privilege of being able to vote
for the person of your own choos
ing.
I was surprised at the small
number of votes that were cast
in last Wednesday’s primary elec
tion. Less than 50 per cent of
the freshman class exercised their
right to vote. I hope that this
is no indication of the true char
acter of the Class of ’66.
I urge all of you to get out
and vote for the candidate of your
choice in the run-offs Friday.
Not everyone in the world has
that opportunity; therefore, take
advantage of it. Get out and
vote.
Michael Ellis Denney,
Vice President candidate
Sure to please or we will exchange it for
another from our stock.
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CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle AT SUPREME SOVIET
Moscoiv-Peking Discussion
Overshadows Red Ga/me
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
The Communist party of the
Soviet Union has chosen this
week of the meeting of the Su
preme Soviet to bring into the
open the Moscow-Peking split,
somewhat overshadowing the
world-wide guessing game about
Soviet policy which usually ac
companies publication of the an
nual budget.
Every year the governments of
the world study this budget—as
through a glass darkly—in the
hope of some clue as to where
the Communist leaders will place
their emphasis in their politico-
economic - military competition
with the West.
“ . . . I don’t see how I can do it! It took me two hours just
to make a list of assignments and things to do before
Christmas!”
The result usually is highly
speculative.
This year’s military item, for
instance, showing an increase of
half a billion rubles in military
spending, includes as in past
years only what the Soviets wish
to announce and not what they
are really doing. Military re-
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Future Dates
Applications are now being ta
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aire, class president Charles
Blaschke disclosed Monday.
The deadline for applications
is Friday. Those applying may
see either Blaschke or Charles
Nichols, class vice president, or
leave their name with the secre
tary in the Student Programs
Office in the Memorial Student
Center.
TODAY
Varsity and freshman basket
ball, here; varsity vs. Mississippi
Southern, fish vs. Allen Academy
Agricultural Extension Service
agents’ conference
17 annual Texas turfgrass con
ference
WEDNESDAY
SCONA opens
Apartment Council
THURSDAY
SCONA, with Vice President
Lyndon B. Johnson speaking
Civilian Student Council
FRIDAY
SCONA
Freshman election run-offs
Aggie Talent Show
SATURDAY
SCONA
Varsity and freshman basket
ball, here; varsity vs. University
of Houston, fish vs. Kilgore Jun
ior College
The concessionaire will sell
pennants and trays on a commis
sion basis. He will also be in
charge of management.
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