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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Friday, March 29, 1968
Name JFK Evokes
Religious-Like Cult
History may prove that the name Kennedy will live
on as do the names Caesar or Alexander the Great.
This is not a campaign pitch for any living Kennedy
but merely observation and reports which indicate that
John F. Kennedy represents the most unusual martyr of
the 20th century.
Since the late President’s death in 1963, his wife
Jacqueline and much of the rest of the world have done
almost everything to immortalize the name Kennedy.
Airports have been renamed. Streets have been re
named. Memorials have been dedicated. Coins have been
minted. Squares, plazas and parks have sprung up, and all
with a Kennedy in the title.
But the most startling change may be in Africa where
reports indicate that the name of Kennedy lives on with his
legend growing as the one true white hero.
In Cameroon, as well as in other African nations, a
Kennedy cult has arisen in which even warring nations can
find agreement that Kennedy was a saint.
His name has become part of the day-to-day language,
and is being used as a superlative to describe anything
from a great event to a pretty girl.
Has the phrase “Ooh, la, Kennedy” slipped into your
language yet?
To bear the name of John F. Kennedy is an honor,
and in Nigeria he is hailed as the greatest friend the black
man has ever had.
In remote tribal villages, chiefs have often hung clip
pings and photographs of Kennedy on their huts.
In this country the Kennedy-mania seems to be over—
at least until another Kennedy may take the Presidency.
But in the rest of the world, with special interest in
Africa and Europe, his name still evokes affection and
affectation.
Unlike any other President in the nation’s history
Kennedy, in three years, became a symbol of greatness
while in the White House and a continuing legend after his
death.
Election Results
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Welch are thrown into Thursday’s
run-off for Class of ’69 vice-pres
ident. McCauley fielded 185
votes while 121 cast ballots for
Welch.
The leader of the pack was
Roger L. Engelke with 115,
Stephen A. Holditch, 107, and
Wick McKean, 109.
Sophomores sent Jimmy D.
Dunham and Kenneth E. Grae-
ber into the run-off race for vice-
president. Dunham raceived 194
votes and Graeber got 261.
CHARLES M. McLEAN with
80 votes, Frank Montalbano with
39, George Somerville with 111
and Edward V. Turley with 47
finished the slate of candidates.
From the long list of candi
dates running for Sophomore
vice-president, Michael J. McKean
and Charles R. Hoffman will de
cide the issue in the run-off. Mc
Kean had 132 votes cast for him
and Hoffman captured 203.
Douglas C. Smith was the high
est man not making the cut with
104 votes. Kenneth R. Johse was
one vote behind with 103. The
vote jumped to James Tramuto
with 90, then to Don E. Bartosh
with 57. James R. Bradley receiv
ed 45 votes, Dean C. Mill, 44;
John R. Oliver, 37; Daniel Mor
gan, 31, and Jeffrey Weber, 23.
JUNIORS WILL choose Thurs
day between Bob Foley and Lon
nie H. McGaughy for next year’s
secretary-treasurer. Foley receiv
ed 191 votes and McGaughy, 174.
Class of ’70 secretary-treasurer
will be decided between Daniel
L. Swords and Roberta Van Ness.
Swords captured 185 votes, while
Van Ness got 163.
Paul A. Scopel and William E.
Shepard will fight it out for
A College Station Progress As
sociation forum Friday will pre
sent nine city office candidates
in a campaign discussion.
CSPA President William G.
Adkins said the 7:30 p.m. forum
will be at the A&M Consolidated
High School auditorium.
“Candidates for mayor and
Place 2, 4 and 6 seats on the Col
lege Station City Council were
invited to appear on the forum
to discuss their campaigns,” Ad
kins noted.
Speakers will include Mayor
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle Sound Off
Editor,
The Battalion:
Due to a misunderstanding, the
election commission failed to
notify me until late Tuesday
night (March 26) that I would
be ineligible to run for Class
President of the Class of ’69.
However, I would like to take
this opportunity to express my
appreciation to all the people
who seemed to be supporting me.
I feel badly about letting them
down. So the civilians go un
represented again this year. I
hope this will clear up any
doubts at the polls Thursday
Bulletin Board
(March 28). Thank you.
William E. Bradford III
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Editor,
The Battalion:
My Aggie pride really zoomed
when I saw the enclosed picture
of Carl Feducia in yesterday’s
issue of The Washington Post.
Here’s hoping that students at
other universities will take a hint
and do something constructive to
wards the Vietnam situation rath
er than vice versus. I feel sure
that I speak the sentiment of
other Aggie exes here in the
Washington, D. C., metropolitan
area when I say, “we’re proud of
you, Aggies”!
J. S. Miller 51
“After using th’ ultimate in campaigning techniques, how
could I have lost?"
TODAY
The A&M Women’s Social Club
will meet at 3 p.m. in the Ball
room of the Memorial Student
Center.
TUESDAY
The American Marketing So
ciety will have a business meet
ing at 7:30 p.m. in Rooms 3B-C
of the Memorial Student Center.
The Texas Student Education
Association will have a constitu
tional meeting at 7:30 p.m. in
Rooms 2C-D of the Memorial Stu
dent Center.
The Meteorology Seminar will
hear Dr. William P. Lowry, As
sistant Professor of Biometeor
ology at Oregon State speak on
a generalized micrometeorological
energy budget at 3 p.m. in Room
305 of Goodwin Hall.
Editor’s Note: The Wash
ington Post picture pertained
to A&M’s recent “miss a meal,
feed a multitude” project.
Billards
Jointed Cue Sticks
Pinball
Wildwest Ray Gun
Shocker Machine
Gripper Machine
Magazines
Magic Supplies
Bumper Stickers
Decals
Novelties
Comic Cards
Sundries
Also AGGIE THEATRE
AGGIE DEN
“The Home of the Aggies"
(Next to Loupot’s)
8 a. m. til midnight
7 days a week
Fuller's Follies by John Fuller
sophomore secretary - treasurer.
Scopel drew 313 ballots and
Shepard 158.
Bruce F. Baxter will be Senior
Social Secretary. Baxter caught
392 votes over his sole opponent,
James A. Mobley’s 215.
SOPHOMORES will decide the
election between Jim St. John
and Ronald B. Smith on Thurs
day. Smith had 235 ballots cast
for him and St. John got 284.
Social secretary for the class
of ’71 will be run-off between
Michael E. Godwin and John H.
Speer. Godwin got 180 votes and
Speer fielded 383.
Senior historian will also be
decided Thursday. Don W. Boni-
fay and Ronnie C. Wise will be
pitted against each other. Boni-
fay received 177 votes to Wise’s
152.
In most cases there was little
contest in the MSC Council rep-
resentative race.
ROBERT J. BUSKE was un
opposed for senior representa
tive. Dean T. Eshelman downed
his sole opponent, William H.
Richard, by eight votes, 318 to
310. Freshmen sent Donald E.
Branson to the Council.
JUNIORS VOTED Glenn A.
Davis, Frank Gallant, Ray F.
Grisham, Duncan P. Munn and
Larry Napper to the Election
Commission.
Class of ’70 Election Commis
sion Members will be Ruston P.
Chandler, Steven E. Cook, Robert
H. Dean, John R. Drewein and
Gerald Geistweidt.
Sophomore Election Commis
sion members will be Paul F.
Ammons, Jesse C. DiPietro, Wil
liam S. Avant, Tommy Henderson
and Warren T. Faulkner.
John Rowan was unopposed for
Senior Concessions Manager.
Now it can be told. The A&M
students who went on the Spring
Leadership Trip to Houston ear
lier this month learned about
pageantry.
We refer, of course, to the tour
of Jones Hall — that palace of
the performing arts which is to
Lincoln Center, more or less,
what the Astrodome is to Shea
Stadium. That is to say, two of
’em are in Houston and the other
two are in New York.
Our guide was a Docent of the
City of Houston, and she was able
to convey to us the pride Hous-
tonions have in Jones Hall with
a sort of cultured understatement
that made her talk a lot more
impressive than the singsong
spiel of the average Astrodome
guide. But there was one word
she kept using that had me non
plussed. It was “Pageantry.”
THE LAVISH LY-carpeted al
coves set throughout the three-
level lobby, for instance, were
strategically placed to allow for
the “Pageantry,” she assured us.
The famed elevator, with its glass
walls and shaft, was designed “to
provide unity among the levels
and in the pageantry.” In other
words, you could go from the
bottom to the top either by walk
ing (the slow, luxurious method)
or by freaking out in the glass
elevator (for the jet set — the
type who fly the Atlantic instead
of taking an ocean liner); and
either way, you could count on
being uniformly assailed with
Pageantry.
I kept wanting to ask her who
staged the Pageant or how long
Grad Elections
it lasted, but I couldn’t think of
any way to phrase it that would
not betray the typical crassness
of a dumb Aggie. I had to bite
my lip so hard it bled, just to
keep from blurting out. I could
hardly wait to get away from the
place so I could swap notes on
this here Pageantry thing.
BUT NOBODY else seemed to
know what it was we’d been
missing. One guy reminded me
that our Cotton Bowl tickets had
listed “Pageantry,” beginning al
most an hour ahead of the game
and consisting of about 160 high
school bands, all playing in dif
ferent keys, and a couple of sher
iff’s posses waving flags.
At this point, somebody else
remarked that this would sure be
hard on that red carpet. Be
sides, he added (being something
of a wet blanket all the way
around), our tickets for that
evening’s symphony didn’t give
any schedule for the Pageant.
WE ARRIVED early, just in
case; and sure enough, the place
was just lousy with Pageantry.
People were strolling through the
alcoves comparing furs and jew
elry and screaming “Warwick
Hotel!” and “Acapulco!” at pre
scribed intervals. Elevator buffs
were following the action all the
way to the top, without missing
one golden moment. Why, even if
you’d never witnessed the Pag
eantry (indoors variety) before,
as most of us culturally-be
nighted Ags hadn’t, you could
spot it right away. You just
knew you were where it was at.
And it sort of bugged me that
I hadn’t figured it out before.
After all, in my home town, there
is an annual affair known as the
“Miss Wool of America” Pageant
— and it’s mostly a fashion show.
But, of course, the dazzling sights
of Jones Hall had been enough to
wipe such thoughts from my
mind.
ANYWAY, after about ten
minutes of hard-core Pageantry,
a few of us were so drained of
emotion that we had to get a
few minutes’ respite downstairs,
where the unacclimated new
comer can check his coat or mar
vel at the oak-paneled restrooms
(reputedly the most lavish west
of the Mississippi and south of
Iowa).
On the way downstairs, we
met an elderly couple trudging
up from the bottom level.
“They go and spend all this
money,” the old man said, puff
ing painfully, “and you’d think
they’d put in an escalator to get
you up these stairs without giv
ing you a stroke.”
Needless to say, that set my
blue blood boiling. I was not
about to have the noble founders
of Jones Hall vilified so vulgarly
within the actual confines of the
building.
“TUT-TUT, SIR,” I chided,
suavely knocking him to the floor
with my official Jones Hall pro
gram. “What do you think this
is, Joske’s? Why, that sort of
thing would take all the Pagean
try out of the place — and then
how many people would come to
hear good music?”
“Whippersnapper!” the old man
rasped, crawling up the stairs.
But it didn’t bother me. You
can’t expect everybody to appre
ciate Pageantry like us leaders
do.
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City Office Candidates Set
Campaign Discussion At Consol
D. A. Anderson and Don Dale,
candidate for mayor; Homer
Adams and James H. Dozier,
Place 2; incumbent Dr. O. M.
Holt, William Moon and Joe Pay-
ton, Place 4, and incumbent A.
P. Boyett and T. R. Holleman,
Place 6.
The association is a non-profit
corporation providing a medium
for civic projects and a channel
through which citizens may
acquire information on civic af
fairs.
will be named the College of
Veterinary Medicine’s Graduate
Student Council member.
Detlev Nitsche is unopposed in
the- College of Liberal Arts.
Nitsche is a business administra
tion graduate student.
John E. Harris is also unop
posed for the representative posi
tion for geosciences. Harris is
an oceanography student.
Roger D. Anderson, James M.
Burns, Jr., Michael A. Champ,
Andy Djavadi, and Albert R.
Fried, Jr., are vying for the Col
lege of Science representative
post.
College of Engineering candi
dates are Buford R. Koehler, Jr.,
James H. Lee, Jr., Rooh Partovi,
and Robert L. Sims.
Agriculture graduate students
on the ballot are George L. Der-
endinger, John C. Fowler, Sam
uel R. Furh, Elroy Otte, and
James Monroe Spiers.
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