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MSC Directorate Provides...
MSC COUNCIL AND DIRECTORATE OFFICERS AT WORK
Dave Graham, left, John Rodgers, center, and Steve Gummer discuss and work on MSC
projects. Graham is executive vice president of the directorate. Rodgers is the current
president of the council and Gummer holds the office of vice president.
The Council shall admin
ister the social and educa
tional affairs of the Center
and shall recommend to the
appropriate administrative
officers the allocation of
funds budgeted for social
and educational activities.
Within College Regulations,
the Council shall have the
power to govern the activ
ities of members, guests,
and organizations in the
building and may impose
penalities for the abuse of
privileges.
Memorial Student Center
Committee: Memorial Stu
dent Center Committees
shall plan to oversee the
programs under their re
spective jurisdictions, sub
mitting recommendations
to the Council and carrying
them into effect in coopera
tion with the Director and
staff.
Memorial Student Center
Directorate: The Chairmen
of Committees shall be
formed into a Memorial
Student Center Directorate
with such purposes, func
tions, and procedures as the
Council may prescribe in
the By-Laws.
14 Active Committees...
TOWN HALL
Mike Nabors
Bringing today’s top entertain-
«s to the A&M Community is
Je job of the MSC’s Town Hall
Committee. For the 1965-66 sea-
! °n they contracted for the Broth-
'fs Four, the Lettermen, Jan
"oerce, Les Feux Follets and Bren-
^Lee. The Committee also added
too Sunday afternoon concerts
jWs year which included the wide-
[y acclaimed J. A. Bach Society of
oouston and the University of Tex-
as Symphony Orchestra and con-
j-ort choir presenting Verdi’s
R W|uiem.
TRAVEL
Frank Bemgen
The objective of the MSC Travel
Committee is to encourage travel
both at home and abroad by
acquainting students with existing
programs which include participa
tion in overseas work, camping
with international student groups,
living and touring in foreign coun
tries, and working for a summer
in Europe. The committee also
keeps a current file of travel
brochures from many sources and
travel schedules from international
transportation companies which is
available for student use.
GREAT ISSUES
Tom Tyree
The Great Issues Committee pre
sents five major programs during
the school year: Hydro-Space
Fiesta-1966, the World Around Us
Series, the Speaker Series which
includes four distinguished speak
ers each year in addition to those
presented jointly with SCONA and
those planned for the space fiesta,
and the discussion series.
BRIDGE
Gary Carey
The Bridge Committee convenes
once a week to play bridge, discuss
plays and hands, and become ex
pert on some of the game’s finer
points. Beginners are always wel
comed as are those more advanced
in the game.
PUBLIC RELATIONS
COMMITTEE
Robert Beene
If a student wants to work with
all of the Directorate Committees
instead of just one, he joins the
Public Relations Committee. Pub
lic Relations’ job is to create a
favorable image of the MSC —
especially MSC committees and
events — via good publicity. The
committee distributes news of Cen
ter programs and works with all
of the committees in preparing
special brochures. Members are
responsible for displays on MSC
events and meet once a week with
representatives from all 14 com
mittees to discuss their plans and
problems in the publicity area.
CHESS COMMITTEE
Fred Crowdus
The purpose of the Chess Com
mittee is to bring Aggies together
who are interested in this fine
game of skill and intellect. The
members meet once a week and
hold the committee open to all stu
dents who are interested in the
game.
LEADERSHIP
Wesley Leftwich
The MSC Leadership Committee
offers the responsible campus
leader invaluable opportunities to
prepare himself to take an active
part in his community. Each year
the committee plans and presents
a leadership conference which is
held the week before school opens
in September.
To Serve The
Interests
Of All Students
RADIO COMMITTEE
Kent Marshall
The Radio Committee is com-
msed of “ham” operators and
’toer students interested in ama-
radio. They also operate a
tomogram message service which
JJ 1 * send messages free of charge
almost any part of the world.
SCONA XI
Craig- Buck
The Student Conference on Na
tional Affairs, better known as
SCONA, is held annually during
the month of December. The
long-range goal of SCONA is the
promotion of enlightened respon
sible citizenship which is fostered
by free discussion. SCONA brings
together outstanding students
from colleges and universities in
the United States, Canada and
Mexico to explore timely national
and international issues.
CAMERA COMMITTEE
Ken Reese
Amateur photographers are al
ways interested in the Camera
Committee which sponsors photo
graphy contests, makes f u 1 ly
equipped darkrooms available to
its members and offers expert in
structions in the art of taking good
pictures.
FLYING KADETS
COMMITTEE
James Sedberry
The Flying Kadets Committee
w r as organized for all students on
the campus who are interested in
flying. Members who do not fly,
but who are interested in aero
nautics, are welcomed.
RECREATION COMMITTEE
Richard Rasmussen
The Recreation Committee con
sists of three sub-committees:
Bowling, Billiards, and Table Ten
nis. The Bowling Sub-Committee
sponsors A&M’s only official bowl
ing team and holds many bowling
tournaments annually. The Bil
liards Sub-Committee promotes an
interest in the billiard game of
straight and 3-Cushion Carom
which are the games played at the
Association of College Unions
Tourneys. The Table Tennis Sub-
Committee sponsors member com
petition in the Association of Col
lege Unions Tourneys and wel
comes all students who are in
terested in the game.
TALENT
Pete Belinsky
The Talent Committee presents
two major programs each year
which give the students a chance
to display their talents or acts as
stage hands, set designers, pro
ducers, and promoters. For the
first show each year, committee
members select outstanding A&M
student numbers which they pre
sent to the student body in De
cember—Its known as the Aggie
Talent Show or ATS.
CONTEMPORARY ARTS
COMMITTEE
Richard Dooley
Culture is the by-word for the
Contemporary Arts Committee.
Good books, good music, good art,
and good lectures — that’s what
Contemporary Arts is all about.
The committee provides a series
of lectures and discussions primari
ly in the fields of literature and
music with speakers drawn from
the University faculty and the sur
rounding area. It is also responsi
ble for maintaining all the services
available in the Browsing Library
and Music Listening Rooms. This
includes a small library, current
newspapers from all over the Unit
ed States, a wide variety of maga
zines, and a record lending library.
Record albums of every kind are
available for enjoyment and
moments of relaxation in one of
the listening rooms.