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By GERALD GARCIA
Asst. News Editor
A coed running for a Freshman Class office
proved one thing in the election Thursday—Maggies
are not last anymore.
Mrs. Kay C. Goldman, running for social secre
tary, placed fifth in a six-candidate race.
And if things get too technical, Mrs. Goldman
could be considered in fourth place—at least until
the run-offs—because two candidates tied for the
position.
When the social secretary is decided in the run
offs, Mrs. Goldman’s name will officially be sub
mitted as in fifth place because the two candidates
that tied will be designated one, two.
In other developments in Thursday’s election,
the Student Senate seats and the election commis
sion posts were the only ones decided.
The other four class offices will be decided in
a run-off Thursday. A record number of 739 votes
were cast Thursday.
Only the top two vote-getters will be placed
on the run-off ballot.
Vieing for the presidency will be Jack R. Cole
man of Huntsville and Larry C. Hearn of Cleburne.
Coleman received 108 votes or 14.6 per cent of tthe
total vote, while Hearn polled 101 and 13.8 per cent.
“I would like to thank everybody who supported
me in the election and I hope they will continue
their support during the run-off,” Hearn said.
“If elected, I will try my best to uphold the
duties of the office,” he added.
“If elected I will try to work as close as possible
with the Student Senate,” Coleman said.
“My first project, if elected, will be to try to
get the water tower and smoke stack painted,”
Coleman disclosed.
In the race for vice president, William R. Mc
Leroy of Dallas and Dennis R. Parrish of Aqua
Dulce will be in the run-off. Parrish received 121
votes or 16.4 per cent, to 105 votes or 14.5 per cent
for McLeroy.
In the run-off for secretary-treasurer will be
Henry G. Cisneros of San Antonio and Edward F.
Melcher of San Antonio. Cisneros beat out Melcher
118-106 or 16.0 per cent to 14.5 per cent.
John Daly of Corpus Christ! and Donald L.
Allen of San Antonio polled 153 votes each in the
race for social secretary. Their percentage was
20.7.
All four seats in the Student Senate were filled
as Weldon T. Bollinger of Sealy, John D. McLeroy
of Dallas, Edward L. Watson of San Diego and
Milton E. Lindsay of Shreveport, La., were elected.
Bollinger with 243 votes received the highest, while
McLeroy, 195, Watson, 193, and Lindsay, 177, fol
lowed.
The five elected to fill the election commission
positions are Francis G. Youngblood of Beaumont,
Clyde R. Westbrook of Annandale, Va., John P.
McGarr of Plainview, George D. Bond of Newberg,
Ore., and William J. Stroman.
Youngblood polled 458 votes, while Westbrook,
430, McGarr, 400, Bond, 388, and Stroman, 384,
followed.
“We were very pleased with the turnout and
the same procedures for voting will be followed in
the run-off Thursday, except the polls will close
at 5:15 p.m. instead of 6 p.m.,” said Charles Wallace,
chairman of the election commission.
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Volume 61
Price Five Cents COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1964
Number
BASSETT
SCONA To Convene
Wednesday; Record
Attendance Expected
DUBOIS
RUBOTTOM
HANKE
Speaker Tells Of Old City
By TOMMY DeFRANK
Staff Writer
A noted classical archaeologist
claimed Thursday night that latest
discoveries prove that the early
Christians were responsible for the
preservation of many relics of
Greek and Roman culture.
Dr. Jotham Johnson, a Danforth
Visiting Lecturer, made the state
ment in a speech prepared for the
University lecture Series. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. P. L. (Pinkie)
Downs Jr., will quietly observe
their 48th wedding anniversary
Monday at their 301 East Dexter
Street home.
No special events are planned
during the day, but Mr. and Mrs.
Downs will be honored guests at
the Air Force Ball Saturday night.
Downs is official greeter of
A&M University and a member of
the University Information staff.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Downs were
born in Temple where they were
married in 1916. Their daughter,
Grey Downs, lives with them.
“Pinkie,” as he is known to his
friends, has been connected with
A&M for more than half a century.
spoke on “Reuses of the Past.”
“If it were not for the early
Christians who converted them into
churches . . . we’d have almost no
Greek or Roman temples left to
day,” Johnson said. He added that
popular belief holds that the Chris
tians usually destroyed the pagan
temples of the Romans and Greeks,
but that he had surveyed 300 tem
ples and found that 275 of them
had been transformed into Chris-
A member of the Class of ’06,
Downs served from 1923 to 1933 on
the Board of Directors of the
A&M System.
The Downs home, located just
off the campus, is always open to
Aggies and other friends.
“My wife and I are happy that
we have been able to offer help
to Aggies through the years,”
Downs said, adding, “We have al
ways tried to live our lives to
serve others.”
Pinkie has ordered a wedding
cake with “Bea and Pinkie” let
tered on the top. Both look for
ward to their 50th wedding anni
versary.
tian churches in the first few cen
turies A.D.
In a Graduate Lecture Series
speech Thursday afternoon, John
son related his experiences in the
excavation of Aphrodisias, a city of
30,000 located in what is now south
ern Turkey.
The city, founded more than 2,-
500 years ago, was dedicated to
Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of
love. The entire city, including the
streets and sidewalks, was built
with white marble, and is believed
to be the only such city in exist
ence.
Aphrodisias was the site of one
of the ancient world’s largest and
most beautiful temples, a marble
structure dedicated to Aphrodite.
The temple was built in the first
century B.C. and was converted into
a Christian cathedral in the fourth
century A.D.
Johnson said that recent exca
vations have uncovered a 30,000
seat stadium which was the site
for the Olympic Games of the sec
ond and third centuries A.D.; the
palace of a Christian bishop; Roman
baths probably built by the Roman
Emperor Hadrian; a theater, and
sculptures of Grecian deities and
prominent citizens of the town.
He added that Aphrodisias was
one of the great sculpture centers
of the Roman world, and that
pieces of Aphrodisian sculpture
have been unearthed throughout
the Mediterranean area.
A graduate of Princeton, John
son is head of the Department of
Classics at New York University
and is also Director of Anatolian
Research. He has been working on
the Aphrodisias excavations for the
past four summers.
The Student Senate voted Thurs
day to revise the Activity Point
System after an earlier motion
calling for point increases for
various student positions was with
drawn in the face of strong op
position.
The motion, introduced by Jim
Allen, Student Life Committee
chairman, would have raised to 10
the number of points allotted to
the senate vice-president, and
have given chairman of permanent
senate committees and the chair
man of the Election Commission
six points each. In addition, Elec
tion Commission members would
have received two points.
Allen maintained that the senate
vice-president should receive the
same number of points as the
president since their duties are
similar. He also claimed that the
office of vice-president was not
respected by the student body.
Deputy Corps Commander Hale
Burr pointed out that the vice-
president’s duties were less de
manding than many other offices
which carried fewer activity points.
After a brief debate Allen with
drew his motion and was named
chairman of the committee to re
vise the point system. The com
mittee will present its recommeda-
tions at the Dec. 17 meeting.
In other action the senate voted
to sponsor an entrant in the Ameri
can University Turtle International
competition. The senate will spon-
Plan To Graduate?
Time To Check
Undergraduates who plan to
graduate in May can review their
academic records and degree re
quirements, Assistant Registrar
Luther A. Harrison announced.
“The early review of records
and requirements works to the
student’s advantages,” Harrison
said. He advised the student to
visit the registrar’s office before
the Christmas holidays.
By JERRY COOPER
Staff Writer
The tenth Student Conference
on National Affairs will begin
Wednesday as approximately 200
students from 76 United States
and foreign universities arrive on
campus. This will be a record at
tendance.
SCONA annually brings toge
ther student leaders from colleges
and universities in the United
States, Canada and Mexico to
study timely national and inter
national issues. The conference
will take place Wednesday through
Saturday.
Topic for this year’s conference
is “Challenges to the Americas;
Pan American Trends: Promise or
Threat?” The subject will be
sor a turtle in the race, sponsored
annually by American University
to raise funds for charity.
Senators also volunteered to help
collect fruit from the mess halls
for the Veterans Hospital in Tem
ple, a project sponsored annually at
Christmas time by P. L. (Pin
kie) Downs Jr., official greeter
for the university.
presented in four keynote speeches,
a panel discussion and in six round
table discussions. Economic de
velopment, Latin America today,
Pan American cooperation, and the
socio-political revolution will be
emphasized.
Speakers chosen for knowledge
of the issues are Glenn C. Bassett,
Jr., vice president in the Interna
tional Department of the Chase
Manhattan Bank, New York; R.
Richard Rubottom, Jr., vice presi
dent for University Life, Southern
Methodist University; Lewis U.
Hanke, professor of Latin Ameri
can History at Columbia Univer
sity; and Julies Dubois, Latin
American correspondent for the
Chicago Tribune Press Service, Inc.
A panel discussion moderated by
Tomas A. Pastoriza, Dominican
Republic businessman, includes
John F. Gallagher, vice president
for International Operations of
Sears, Roebuck and Company and
J. Duncan Edmonds, spectil assist
ant to the Secretary of State for
External Affairs.
Sixteen men from fields of edu
cation, business, government and
the military have accepted posi
tions as co-chairmen of round-table
discussion groups. They will lend
advice to questions that arise and
help direct arguements into con
structive channels.
Registration will be from 8 a.m.
to noon Wednesday. A welcome
address will be given at 2 p.m.
followed by the first keynote speak
er, Bassett.
A director of the Chase Manhat
tan Overseas Banking Corporation,
Bassett also is a director of the
Business Council for Internation
al Understanding and the Mexican
Chamber of Commerce in the Unit
ed States.
The orientation round-table ses
sion will take place at 4:15 p.m.
Delegates will be treated to a
smorgasbord at 6 p.m. in the Ball
room of the Memorial Student Cen
ter followed by the second key
note address. Rubottom will speak
on “An Evaluation of the Inter-
American System.” He has form
erly been assistant Secretary of
State for Inter-American Affairs
and Ambasador to Argentina. A
reception in the Assembly and
Birch rooms of the MSC will con
clude the first day’s activities.
The remainder of the week will
include a review of the Corps of
Cadets, a Texas-style barbecue, a
Singing Cadets concert and a buf
fet supper.
The entire conference has been
planned by the SCONA X staff,
Garry L. Tisdale as chairman. Tis
dale and his staff raised the money,
contacted the speakers, round-table
chairman and delegates, chose the
topic and arranged for the food and
housing requirements.
The World at a Glance
By The Associated Press
International
SAIGON, South Viet Nam—Fourteen govern
ment troops were slain in their beds by a large
Viet Cong force which sneaked into the district
headquarters post of Thien Giao early Tuesday,
U. S. officials reported today.
National
WASHINGTON—Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor
headed back Thursday night to South Viet Nam to
shape new steps for strengthening the war effort
against Communist guerrillas—but without sending
more U. S. personnel to the beleaguered little nation.
★ ★ ★
WASHINGTON—President Johnson assured the
Western Alliance today the United States wants to
talk rather than dictate on how to use nuclear
Weapons to preserve freedom in what he said is a
still perilous world.
★ ★ ★
CHICAGO—The grand champion steer of the
International Livestock Exposition, a 1,000 pound
Angus named Charger, was sold at auction today
for $17.50 a pound.
The sale means $17,500 to its exhibitor, Janet
Perring, 15, of Leroy, 111., who sobbed through the
auction. Janet doesn’t want to part with the hand
some animal.
★ ★ ★
DENVER—The chairman of the Republican As
sociation of Governors, Robert E. Smylie of Idaho,
called Thursday for a change in the party’s leader
ship before there is a “splintering situation” from
which there might be no retreat.
Texas
HOUSTON—Five cases of meningitis have been
reported within a 100-mile radius of Houston the
past week.
★ ★ ★
PALESTINE—Officers searched today for dyna
mite stolen from seismograph test holes south of
Palestine.
The dynamite had wires and detonation equip
ment still attached. H. C. Baker of Humble Oil
said the 150 to 180 pounds of dynamite could be
set off by a radio wave.
★ ★ ★
HOUSTON—U. S. officials may face a big prob
lem with overcrowded Olympic villages at Mexico
City in 1968 since the United States is so close, an
Olympic coach said Thursday.
★ ★ ★
WACO—U. S. Dist. Judge Homer Thornberry
ordered today a speed-up in racial desegregation
of Waco public schools.
★ ★ ★
AUSTIN—Mrs. Doris Bodenheimer of Houston,
whose 12-year-old son was brutally slain four years
ago, told the State Pardons Board in a letter Thurs
day she opposes capital punishment.
The mother wrote the board about the case of
Joe Edward Smith, 22, one of six Negroes charged
in her son’s death.
In Aggie Talent Show
Going For Fourth Win
The Wayfarers, left to right, Bill Sturgeon, Talent Show at 8 p .m .Friday in Guion Hall.
Ben Ghormley, and George Clarke, will try Admission is 50 cents,
for their fourth win in a row in the Aggie
Pinkie, Wife To Celebrate
48th Wedding Anniversary
Senate To Revise
Activity Points