PROMOTES STUDENT WELFARE
THE BATTALION
Thursday, August 22, 1963 College Station, Texas
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Senate Runs Student Body
Acts As Its Official Voice
Reveille II
A&M’s colorful mascot is seen here at last spring’s Aggie
Muster. The 11-year-old Shetland shepard was donated
to A&M in 1952 by Arthur Weinert, ’00, of Seguin when
just a pup. She is cared for by Company E-2 of the Corps
of Cadets.
SCON A, Great Issues Series
Provide Discussion, Learning
A&M’s Student Conference on
National Affairs (SCONA) and
Great Issues program gives stu
dents opportunities to debate nat
ional problems and broaden their
education by hearing leading poli
ticians and statesmen.
SCONA’s objective is to provide
an informal atmosphere for stu
dent delegates from across the
nation and nearby countries to de
bate, hear and reject discussion on
topics of major importance.
THE CONFERENCE is student
planned, financed and operated.
From the start of the idea for
the next year’s conference, the stu
dents take over and engineer the
complete meeting.
This year’s chairman for SCONA
IX is Russell Huddleston of San
Antonio. He announced earlier
this summer that the topic for the
December conference will be “The
Taxpayer’s View of Government
Spending.”
Committees have been working
for months attempting to attract
top speakers for the affair. Last
year’s theme was “Sources of
World Tension,” and such :uc:i c.3
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson,
Mason Willrich, former delegate
to the 18-nation disarmament talks,
spoke to the students.
Other committees work at rais
ing money, sending invitations to
other schools for delegates, ar
ranging transportation and lodging
for guests, and planning agendas.
The goal of the Great Issues pro
gram is to bring speakers to the
campus who will broaden students’
knowledge. Featured in previous
years have been authors, states-
nren, diplomats and people in other
fields who can give the student
knowledge he may never receive
from books.
LAST YEAR one of the speakers
was William L. Shirer, author of
The Rise and Fall of the Third
Reich, Berlin Diary, and other
well-known books.
Held for the first time last year
in conjunction with Great Issues
was an A&M Space Fiesta. Its
success resulted in plans for an
other this year.
Wernher von Bratin, director of
the George C. Marshall Space
Flight Center of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administra
tion, has already been named as
one of the top speakers to be heard
at this year’s Space Fiesta.
The central governing body of
students on the A&M campus is
the Student Senate.
The Senate is set up to deter
mine and conduct matters of gener
al student concern that arise at
various times during the year.
Objectives of the Senate are to
act as the official voice of the stu
dent body, to promote the student
body’s general welfare and to pro
vide a liaison between the adminis
tration of the university and the
students.
THE SENATE also provides op
portunity to train students in the
responsibilities and mechanics of
democratic government and citi
zenship.
Officers of the Sbnate are elect
ed by the student body in a general
election held at the end of each
school year.
A senior, junior and sophomore
representative is elected from each
major college of the university at
the time officers are elected.
Four freshmen representative
will be elected immediately follow
ing the mid-semester grade reports
and they will take office at that
time.
The Senate is divided in to four
standing committees:
THE STUDENT LIFE Commit
tee strives to develop healthy stu
dent attitudes on such campus
problems as an honor system and
the purposes of a college education.
The Student Welfare Commit
tee recommends policies or changes
concerning the university hospital,
dining halls, dormitories and land
scraping. It also regulates all stu
dent welfare fund drives.
The Issues Committee proposes
to the Senate resolutions on state,
Civilian Students
Have Own Council
Civilian students at A&M are
not without representation in the
management of affairs of stu
dents. The civilian Student Coun
cil, elected annually by students
not in the Corps, is a potent force
in a growing A&M.
The Council was established to
promote unity of the civilian stu
dents, encourage greater partici
pation, and to encourage closer
cooperation between the civilian
and military student groups.
ITS OBJECTIVES, listed in the
council constitution, are:
1) Promote student pride and
morals
2) Improve unity among civilian
students
3) Improve communications
4) Encourage civilian student
participation in intramurals
5) Increase mutual aid
6) Plan social functions and
recreation
7) Place pictures in the Aggie-
land
8) Better representation in stu
dent government
College Performers Show
Ability Twice During Year
Twice during the school year
college talent gets a chance to show
its ability in two separate shows
presented by the Memorial Student
Center Talent Committee.
Coming first on the calendar, the
Aggie Talent Show gives students
at A&M a chance to perform, with
the winner going to the Intercol
legiate Talent Show later.
MSC Music Director Robert L.
Boone said he believed there was
more talent on the A&M campus
than ever showed up for auditions.
“I HAVE HEARD, and heard of,
singer, dancers and instrumental
ists on campus who are as good as
any college talent in this area.
But they just will not show up for
the Aggie show,” Boone said.
He urged entering freshmen who
possess ability to sing or play some
instrument to audition for the
Aggie Talent Show this year.
Soon after the local show, the
MSC Talent Committee begins a
tour of campuses in the Southwest
to bring A&M a variety show sel
dom equaled elsewhere.
The best talent from many
schools were at last year’s Inter
collegiate Talent Show, and the
packed house was thrilled.
ACTS FEATURED at last year’s
ITS included The Wayfarers, folk-
singers from hei-e who won the
Aggie Talent Show; comedian Pat
Eakins from Texas Tech; The Del
tas, a banjo band from University
of Texas; Judy Hardy and The No
mads from Oklahoma State Uni
versity;
Carol Lea, a western vocalist
from Oklahoma University; Lynn
Borochoff from Sophie Newcomb
who did a modern jazz dance rou
tine.
Each jmar the talent committee
brings a big-name master of cere
monies for the ITS. The Intercol
legiate Talent Show is usually
held in March.
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national and international issues
which affect and interets college
students. It also voices opinions
on current questions of importance,
such as continued foreign aid and
academic freedom.
MAIN PURPOSE of this com-
mitee is to demonstrate that stu
dents, as future leaders, can and
should think about the society of
which they are a part.
The Public Relations Committee
serves to improve relationships
with other student bodies and other
outside groups through publicity,
welcoming and other activities.
An annual Campus Chest Drive
is sponsored by the Student Senate.
Money collected from this drive
goes to various welfare organiza
tions. A substantial portion of
the money collected remains on the
campus for aid to Aggies.
Voting Machine Explained
For all class and student body elections at A&M
machines in the Memorial Student Center are used,
is supervised by an Election Commission.
voting
Voting
9) Entertain guests
10) Improve coordination be
tween civilian students and the
Corps of Cadets.
THE COUNCIL consists of 22
members. One member is selected
from each of the nine civilian
dormitories, two from College View
apartments, one from the Project
House area, two representatives of
Day Students, one from each of
the four undergraduate classes,
one representative from fifth year
or above and graduate students,
Civilian Chaplain, a reporter from
The Battalion, and one representa
tive of the Corps of Cadets.
Each member of the council, ex
cepting the class of ’67 representa
tive, was elected at the close of
the last school year.
Town Hall Shows
Bring Well-Known
Performers Here
The Town Hall Series, sponsored
by the Memorial Student Center,
brings nationally-known entertain
ers to the campus each year.
Included in the entertainment
offered to A&M students and local
residents during the 1963-64 Town
Hall Series will be The Brothers
Four, Benny Goodman and the
Norman Luboff Choir.
THIS YEAR’S program is pro
bably the most ambitious in the
history of the MSC, according' to
Bob Boone, Town Hall director.
Boone said the student center
made a “special effort to produce
one of our finest series next year-
definitely our most expensive.”
Six shows have been scheduled,
and Boone hopes that one addi
tional one can be booked.
“The variety of music ranges
from classical to pops,” Boone
pointed out.
The 1963-64 series includes:
Oct. 11—The Brothers Four
Nov. 27—The Worlds of Benny
Goodman
Dec. 6—Norman Luboff Choir
Feb. 3—San Antonio Symphony
March 20—Leon Bibb, a folk
concert singer.
April 3—Marty Robbins
LOU POT Has Top Standing
Among Merchants, Students
a ll niaroon and white building at the West edge of North Gate has a
• Standing both in the business asmosphere of the A&M College area as well
traditional , D f jt 3 students,
as the pers° nai
•rip Loupot’s Trading Post, the Aggies will find one of the best friends they
at A&M, J. E. Loupot, ’82. He is not hard to spot, being a little more
can make lacking in hair, and with an everpresent grin,
than tmn, a 11
Army Lou, as many have come to know him, has many ties with A&M,
. v +/> 1928 when he entered A&M as a fish. After leaving A&M a few years
1 ter feuded business in other parts of the state.
R i- after a few years, Loupot decided he could do more for the Aggies, and his
“v „ rip-ht here in College Station. So he returned and set up a small shop at
alma mater,
North Gate.
p, j-ermined to make his future here, Loupot moved his business to its present
location iii a modest brick and stucco building across from the new dormitory area
in 1942.
q- ce that day, Old Army Lou has done as much for the Aggies as its possible
_7 m Lvf his means to do. A few examples will prove the point,
for a man ox
He sells books on the rental system. A student pays 95 cents to $1.95 rent, plus
a nn the book. When brought back to Lou at the end of the semester, the
deposit is returned if the book is still on the current book list.
. , times, when the need becomes evident, Lou has asked professors to give their
time to tutoring students who need help, in order to keep the freshmen at A&M during
their hardest year.
Lou considers the freindship of Aggies and the local community one of his
best assets.
“This is nothing but good business.” said Loupot. “If the Aggies like the way
T do business, they will keep coming back. And they will tell their friends about it,
too.”
Loupot’s is probably known best as a book store, where the customers don’t
have to pay new book prices, but can usually find used books at much better rates.
However, all books are University approved.
Aside from the book business, Lou has a complete line of name-brand clothing,
both for civilian students and Corps men. A complete line of accessories are also found
at Lou’s and he will not be beat on prices. He has the brass, belts, shoes, extra uni
forms, school supplies, and room furnishings that the beginning Aggie ne&ls.
The reason Lou can offer such low prices is obvious. There are no high over
head costs to pay, no set amount to be given to outside interests.
“I do business to give the Aggies the best value possible,” Loupot said. “When
an Aggie needs help, I will give it to him individually.”
The tradition of Loupot will live as long as Aggies exist. For he has helped
them, and they have in turn helped him. A mutual trust and a mutual interest such
as this cannot help benefit past, present, and future Aggies.
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