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Chancellor’s Post May Be Dissolved Harrington Reported Nearing Retirement RUDDER Dr. M. T. Harrington, chancellor of the A&M System, may step down from his position this year, the Dallas Morning News reported Saturday. His retirement would probably elevate Earl Rudder, A&M University president, to the top position and would mean a return to one-man administration for the A&M System and A&M University. The News quoted Harrington in an interview, “The A&M System has a policy of retirement for those in administrative positions when they reach age 65. I am not far from that age and I am thinking of some way I might serve A&M in a capacity other than the administrative field.” It has been speculated that Harrington, 63, may be given a distinguished chair in chemistry if he leaves the chancellorship. The Board of Directors could initiate the change at their Nov. 25 meeting in Austin, the News reported. Sterling Evans, president of the board, said the board has considered combining the two positions at previous meetings. The University of Texas abolished its two-man control about two years ago. A return to one-man rule would end the chancellor-president type operation that has been in effect here since 1948. Neither Harrington nor Evans were available for comment Tuesday night. Harrington became A&M president in 1950 and was moved to chancellor of the system in 1953. Rudder joined the A&M staff as a vice-president of the system in 1958 and was named president of the university in 1959. Coming to A&M in 1925, Harrington has been with the A&M System for 39 years except for short leaves of absence. He was dean of the college before becoming its president June 1, 1950. As chancellor, Harrington has administrative control over the various units of the system. Presi dent Rudder heads the system’s most prominent institution. Other units in the system include Prairie View A&M, Tarleton State College at Stephenville, Arlington State College, the Texas Agriculture Ex tension Service, the Engineering Extension Service and other groups. HARRINGTON Che Battalion Texas A&M University I Volume COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1964 Number 95 A Presidential Candidate Campaigns Ranger, after being endorsed editorially by nash Jr., Johnny Prewitt and Jim Lyle. The The Battalion for the office of President, students are among about 750 moving into tries to get a few extra votes Monday by the three new dorms just opened, politicking with Joe Busuttil, Ernest Pet- Committee For Political Rights Stages Campus Protest Friday AND ITS FREE University Lectures Begin A&M University Lectures for 1964-65 open at 8 p.m. Wednesday as architect Victor Christ - Janer speaks on “Architecture as an Art Form.” The free, public lecture in the Chemistry Building Lecture Room W 'H be the first of six to be given by distinguished visitors. Christ-Janer has been interested m bhe relationship of aesthetics and re ligion. The authorities who will pre- Se nt the University Lectures will s Peak on subjects of broad social, Political and intellectual interest,” r - R. W. Barzak, chairman of the ac ulty committee announced. The distinguished architect will visit the campus as a Danforth ■siting Lecturer, the first since s admission to this national Program. Christ - Janer’s background and training includes sculpture and painting, as well as architecture he now practices with seven as sociate staff members in New Ca naan, Conn. He opened this practice shortly after graduating for the Architectural School of Yale Uni versity following World War II service in Europe. “I began my serious interest in the relationship between art and theology during those early lean years,” the architect said, “and have continued with this study. The necessity of a clarification of this issue has deeply impressed me.” Christ-Janer is a native of Wa- terville, Minn., and attended St. Olaf College in Northfield before transferring to Yale where he took a five-year program in painting and sculpture. Before entering the Distinguished Graduates Lauded At Convocation Dr. Carey Croneis, chancellor of ■ Ce University, spoke on “Success an( | failure” at the Honors Conve ntion in G. Rollie White Coliseum a turday afternoon. Distinguished Alumni Awards J er e given to Tyree Bell, ’13, H. B. schry, ’22, Wofford Cain, ’13, and Harold Dunn, ’25. Croneis linked the success with ^ >ch the university and the stu- . ents individually will bless society ln the future, with the drive and energy displayed by the characters 0 the four men honored. We are endowed with freedom ? c boice and our future depends ar gely upon ourselves,” said Cro- n eis. ‘‘That future, I submit, will SUrel y he marked by more success- n than failures if more of us emu- a te Messrs. Bell, Cain, Dunn and ^hry . . . an( j choose—whatever e ^ds—to carry the ball! Never before in history has man aeri faced with so many serious dll emmas. It is clear that there is an un- end ing, if paradoxical, struggle be tween man and the scientific and technological offspring of his geni us. Each success creates a series of failures because each notable scientific or technological advance results in a group of unforeseen problems not immediately suscepti ble of solution.” Croneis continued that it was up to the individuals of our society to turn these failures once again into more advances. Tickets On Sale For SMU Game Student and date tickets for the Saturday game with Southern Methodist University will be on sale at the ticket windows of G. Rollie White Coliseum until 5 p.m. Wednesday. Student tickets are $1 and date tickets are $4. Students must have their activity booklet and I. D. cards to purchase tickets. The game will be the first Corps Trip of the year. Army he completed the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The practice of Christ-Janer’s firm is varied in its scope and loca tion. In academic circles it is known for its effort in experiment al structures and it also enjoys a respectable position among those which are attempting leadership in the contemporary view. By CLOVIS McCALLISTER A newly formed non-partisan Committee for Political Right on Campus began activity Friday with a protest in front of the Academic Building. The protest, staged as students were leaving classes at 3 p. m., attracted approximately 175 students and college officials. Temporary chairman for the group, Jim Seabolt, said the protest was definitely not sponsored by political organiza tions. He said that all the group wanted was their constitu- ♦tional rights. Seabolt, sophomore pre-law major from Irvin, said the Corps was not allowed to participate in the meeting. Dean of Students James Hannigan said that he knew of no such or der from the commandant’s office but one member of the Corps of Cadets received a letter for ap pearing on a TV campaign pro gram in uniform. Hannigan said he did not see any results coming from a protest but that he would suggest that the group file a protest with the Ex ecutive Committee to re-examine House Bill 86 or get the Board of Directors to reinterpret the law. Everett M. Lindstrom, chairman of the A&M Young Republicans stated Friday that the Young Re publicans strongly favor having clubs on campus but that they did not condone or support the demon stration held Friday. State Representative David Haines and Brazos County Demo cratic Chairman Glynn A. Williams both spoke to the group encourag ing the clubs to affiliate with coun ty organizations. Seabolt said that House Bill 86, Article V, section 2 related to em ployes but the students were em ployers rather than employes. Political Series Slated By Batt The Battalion has editorially supported political clubs on cam pus. The question arises why these clubs are not permitted, and if it is in violation of a state law, how do other colleges and univer sities have the clubs meet in cam pus buildings. Beginning in Wednesday’s edi tion, The Battalion will run a series on this topic. The firm’s work has been pub lished in varied professional jour nals here and abroad. The Danforth Visiting Lecturers project is sponsored by the Dan forth Foundation and the Associ ation of American Colleges. Visiting A&M Dec. 3-4 as a Dan forth lecturer will be Dr. Jotham Johnson, classical archaeologist. The World at a Glance By The Associated Press International BANGKOK, Thailand—Two top Thai officials sharply criticized Cambodia Monday for its close ties with Communist China, saying they viewed the relationship as a threat to the free nations of Southeast Asia. ★ ★ ★ MONTREAL—Shipments of Canadian wheat and flour to the Soviet Union are expected to resume this month from St. Lawrence River ports. Under the latest contract, Canada has agreed to supply 275,000 tons of wheat and 25,000 tons of flour, worth about $21 million. ★ ★ ★ LONDON—Oxford book dealer B. H. Blackwell, Ltd., paid $1,540 at a London auction Monday for a collection of every American president’s signature from George Washington to John F. Kennedy. ★ ★ ★ TOKYO—Japan has advised the United States preparations have been completed for the visits of U. S. nuclear-powered submarines. ★ ★ ★ OTTAWA—Forty-four Cubans en route from Havana to Czechoslovakia have defected at the international airport in Gander, Nfld., the Canadian Immigration Department announced Monday. ★ ★ ★ SEOUL, South Korea—the South Korean govern ment has asked for U. N. help in seeking the return of 84,000 civilians it says were forcibly taken to Communist territorty during the Korean War. The group includes a large number of physicians, engi neers and other professionals, the government said. National WASHINGTON—Hidden microphones were dis covered in the U. S. Embassy building in Warsaw, Poland, last month and the United States protested the violation of embassy immunity, the State De partment announced Monday. ★ ★ ★ ATLANTA, Ga.—Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said Monday a write-in campaign for him in the presidential race has been uncovered. He repudi ated it and said it is a Republican maneuver. ★ ★ ★ NASHVILLE, Tenn.—A Nashville woman, con victed of making a threatening telephone call to Gov. John Connally of Texas on March 14, was sentenced to five months and 29 days in a federal prison Monday. ★ ★ ★ COMMACK, N. Y.—Robert E. Babcock, 39, seized in a car parked along President Johnson’s Saturday motorcade route on Long Island—with a telescopic rifle on the floor and a shotgun in the trunk, both unloaded—has been ordered to a hospital for observation. ★ ★ ★ WASHINGTON—President Johnson and Sen. Barry Goldwater wound up their long, bitter cam paign Monday night, each stressing that Tuesday’s election offers a fateful choice for Americans and the world. ★ ★ ★ MONTREAT, N. C.—Evangelist Billy Graham, who says he will remain neutral in the presidential election, was bombarded with an estimated 50,000 to 60,000 telegrams Monday urging him to endorse a candidate. Texas HOUSTON—U. S. Atty. Woodrow Seals asked the FBI to investigate handbills which were dis tributed Monday in Negro voting precincts in Houston. The handbills warned that any voter who had committed a traffic or other offense the past five years would be arrested after voting. ★ ★ ★ HOUSTON—Five men were taken to police headquarters for questioning Monday night after two teen-agers said the men threw “acid like” materials on them shortly before President Lyndon B. Johnson spoke at Sam Houston High School. 'jppoftTwimoumM- INCRIMINATION fmtl THEADMINCTRATJONOi ' THIS INSTITUTION: FWTICAL CMADATE $ pour/cAL aues OR ANY OTHER CON - TR0VER9AL ISSUE m ■ NTccTsmmm, m STATE. OPT HE CURE ’ FOUR SCORE AND SEVEN YEARS AGO . Jim Seabolt reads a statement at Friday’s protest. 23 Colleges For SCONA File Posts Delegate forms from students of 23 colleges and universities have been received by the 10th annual Student Conference on National Af fairs officials, Wayne Stark said Monday. These students are from 15 states and four countries, said Stark, director of the Memorial Student Center. Countries represented are Mexi co, West Indies, Argentina, and Canada. All parts of the United States will be represented, with students from Oregon, California, Florida, New Jersey, and states in between. Students will come from such schools as the University of the Americas in Mexico, Queen’s Uni versity in Canada, Georgia Tech and Air Force, Naval and Coast Guard Academies. Nine Texas schools, three Louisi ana schools, three Arkansas schools, one Mississippi school and one Arizona school have sent in completed forms. Stark said more forms are ex pected before SCONA X gets un der way Dec. 9. Many of this year’s delegates are on their respective dean’s list for scholastic performance. Stark pointed out that this year Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, will send its first dele gate, David Whiting, to the con ference. Stark said this will be unusual since Whiting was born in Kings ton, Jamaica, is being educated in Canada and will be attending a conference about Latin America in the United States. 2 Aggies Injured In Auto Mishap Two A&M juniors were slightly injured in a one-car accident in volving four persons late Sunday evening. The two students injured were Karl Rubenstein and Patrick Laird. Rubenstein is an English major. Laird is majoring in psychology. Both were treated and released from a local hospital. Frances Foster of Fort Worth was reported in satisfactory con dition Monday at St. Joseph Hos pital. The other passenger, Shirley Borins of San Antonio, in the com pact car which flipped three times on Leonard Road near Bittle Lane, was also treated and released.