WILLIAM S. WHITE
VOLUME 64, Number 43
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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1968
Telephone 845-2226
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SCONA XIV Highlights
Here are the major speech events on the SCONA
XIV schedule (all to be held in the MSC Ballroom) :
1:30 p. m. Wednesday
“The American Commitment Abroad” (Keynote
Address)—Walt Rostow
8 p. m. Wednesday
“The United States and World Economy” (Panel
Presentation)—Dr. James M. Buchanan, Dr. William R.
Kintner, Edward S. Marcus
8 p- m. Thursday
“U. S. Military Programs in Foreign Countries”—
Gen. Harold K. Johnson
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Conference Round-Up—William S. White
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Liberal Arts Council To Study
Scheduling 90-Minute Classes
The Liberal Arts Student Coun
cil appointed a four-man commit
tee Monday night to investigate
the possibility of starting a pro
gram for classes to last an hour
and a half after an informal dis
cussion with H. L. Heaton, uni
versity registrar.
Members of the council had
raised the question at a "previous
iineeting and asked Heaton to
discuss the practicality of sched
uling hour and. a half class peri
ods on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
“In building a schedule of class
es we must account for the best
possible use of limited facilities,
the professors, the courses that
must be taken and the need of
the students,” said Heaton.
“Right now we are spending
approximately 400 man hours pre
paring the class schedules for
he fall of 1969. Our purpose is
» get students classes that they
'eed, but not necessarily when
they want them.”
Heaton mentioned that the
problem of finding a working
dass schedule started around 15
tears ago when Saturday classes
were abolished at A&M so that
adets would have Saturday morn-
n !?s for drills instead of Tues
day and Thursday afternoons.
“The class schedules for each
week are now staggered. For ex-
rniple, the third meeting of a
Tuesday and Thursday 8 o’clock
dass is on Friday at 1 p.m.,”
said Heaton. “We have tried twice
■a the past to schedule extended
class periods but the Academic
Council turned us down.”
Hr. Charles McCandless, assis
tant dean of Liberal Arts, told
Members that extended class per
iods would cause a difficulty in
i e scheduling of lab periods.
‘Students seem to think that
an hour of activity such as intra
murals during the evening dis
rupts the studying for the whole
night,” said McCandless. “There
fore, they dislike the idea of night
classes, though they would ease
the current problem. We will be
forced to schedule them in the
future, however.”
Bob Peek, chairman of the
Council, appointed four members
to study class scheduling prob
lems and, possibly, correspond
with other schools now using ex
tended class periods in their
schedules. If enough interest is
generated the question might be
brought to the attention of the
Student Senate.
Peek also told councilmen the
new Liberal Arts suggestion box
to be placed in the Academic
Building is for any ideas that
Liberal Arts majors or any stu
dent taking a Liberal Arts
course might have in improving
the program.
Fish To Elect
Class Officers,
Four Senators
Freshman class elections will
be held Wednesday with one ad
ditional candidate for Student
Senate representative, announced
Tommy Henderson, election com
mission vice-president for pub
licity.
Louis B. Ullrich will be listed
as a candidate for student sena
tor now, said Henderson. His
name was not included earlier
due to an error in determining
eligibility. The addition of Ull-
brings to 93 the number of
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CSC Position
Freshmen interested in repre-
8e nting their class on the Civilian
Student Council should apply this
^ ee k, said Paul Ammons, Coun-
cil assistant.
Freshmen may pick up appli
cations at the Memorial Student
en ter Student Programs office,
key must be completed and
rned in to Howard Perry, resi-
en ce hall programs adviser,
8, YMCA, by noon Friday.
Ammons noted that applicants
toust be full-time students and
a% e a 1.25 g.p.r. at mid-semes
ter.
The Council Executive Com
mittee will interview applicants
•text week. The freshman selected
be presented to the Council
Dec. 12.
Freshmen with questions should
c ontact Ammons at 845-2057.
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people seeking 13 positions.
The election will be in the
basement of the Memorial Stu
dent Center from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Activity and identification cards
will be needed to vote.
Students will be voting to fill
four class offices: president,
vice-president, social secretary,
and secretary-treasurer. They
will also elect four representa
tives to the Student Senate and
five members to the election
commission.
The Senators and election com
missioners will be elected by
plurality, Henderson noted. Other
offices, to be decided by a ma
jority vote, will be decided, if
necessary, by a run-off on Dec.
12- , .
Henderson also noted that new
election rules will be in effect
and urged all freshmen to get
out and vote for your representa
tives.”
WEATHER
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SCONA XIV Opening Set
For 1:30 p.m. Wednesday
Rostow To Make
Keynote Address
‘DREAM’ SCENE
Kathleen Klein, as Hermia, is restrained from attacking her romantic rival Helena to
prove a famous line of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” to be presented at
8 p. m. tonight at the Bryan Civic Auditorium by The National Players as a Town Hall
special. Holding Hermia are Lysander (William Watson, left) and Demetrius (Michael
Evans, right).
Directors Approve Board,
Room Increases For Fall
The A&M board of directors
has approved room and board in
crease plans previously endorsed
by student leaders here.
The new rates, which go into
effect next September, increase
room, board and lauridry assess
ments $39 to $52 per semester,
depending on whether the stu
dent chooses the five- or seven-
day meal plan and air-condition
ed room.
BOARD MEMBERS also au
thorized an increase in room de
posits and a plan whereby stu
dents might be charged a pre
mium for the privilege of having
a private dormitory room.
University officials outlined
the proposed rate increases for
members of the Student Senate
last week and gained their ap
proval.
STUDENTS residing in non
air-conditioned rooms will have
room, board and laundry rates
increased $39 per semester if
they select the five-day meal
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Board Favors Plan
JoiningLawSchool
With A&M System
Texas A&M University Sys
tem directors welcomed the pro
posal that South Texas College
of Law in Houston become a
part of the A&M system.
“The Board of Directors is con
sidering the South Texas College
of Law’s expression of interest
to join the System,” Board Pres
ident L. F. Peterson of Fort
Worth said.
“A&M would be highly pleased
if the privately endowed Hous
ton school’s plans were favor
ably acted upon by the Texas
Legislature and appropriate state
agencies,” he said.
plan and $43 if they choose the
full seven-day plan. Students
living in air-conditioned rooms
will have an increase of $48
under the five-day plan and $52
for the seven-day plan.
The room deposit will be in
creased next year from $30 to
$75 for new students, but uni
versity officials explained the ad
ditional $45 will be applied to
ward the first payment for room,
board and laundry. In effect,
students will continue to pay
only a $30 deposit.
THE THIRD provision estab
lishes procedures for the uni
versity to offer students private
rooms at one and one-half times
Principal speakers for SCONA
XIV include a special assistant
to the President, an economics
professor, a department store
chain head, a distinguished writ
er and a former Army chief of
staff.
The conference will begin with
a keynote address by Walt Ros
tow, special assistant to Presi
dent Johnson on State Depart
ment affairs, who will address
the conference on “The American
Commitment abroad.” Rostow has
served as special assistant since
April, 1966. He was appointed in
Ded. 1961 as counselor for the
Department of State and chair
man of the policy planning coun
cil, where he served until his ap
pointment as a presidential as
sistant.
the per-person rate during sum
mer sessions and the second
semester of the regular school
year.
Cherry said the new policy
would not mean every student
who resided alone would be
charged the higher rate — only
if the student asked to be moved
to a private room.
Despite the increases, rates
here will continue to be among
the lowest in the nation. Cherry
pointed out. A recent survey of
the 100 members of the National
Association of State Universities
and Land Grant Colleges showed
A&M ranked 93rd in cost of tui
tion, fees, room and board.
ROSTOW', considered by many
political observers as one of the
nation’s leading authorities on
State Department policy, has ad
vised both President Johnson and
the late President Kennedy on
foreign affairs in Vietnam, Cuba,
and the rest of the trouble spots
of the world.
A panel discussion will be held
later Wednesday on “The United
States and World Economy.”
Panel members are Dr. James
Buchanan, professor of econo
mics at the University of Cali
fornia at Los Angeles; Edward
S. Marcus, executive vice-presi
dent of the Neiman-Marcus de
partment store chain, and Dr.
William R. Kintner, deputy di
rector of the Foreign Policy Re
search Institute of the Universi-
By DAVID MIDDLEBROOKE
Battalion Staff Writer
An expected 122 delegates
from 61 schools in Canada, Mex
ico, and the United States will
arrive tonight and tomorrow
morning for the Fourteenth Stu
dent Conference on National Af
fairs. Twenty-five delegates from
Texas A&M will also participate
in the conference.
Delegates will register Wed
nesday morning and begin the
conference that afternoon.
SCONA XIV will officially be
gin at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. The
topic for this year’s conference
is “The Limits and Responsibili
ties of U.S. Power.”
THREE MAIN speakers at the
conference will be Walt W. Ros
tow, special assistant to Presi
dent Johnson; Gen. Harold K.
Johnson, former army chief of
staff; and William S. White,
syndicated newspaper columnist.
The general format of the con
ference calls for one main speak
er each day. Following the
speaker’s address, delegates will
form into 14 roundtable discus
sion groups, each headed by two
or more co-chairmen.
THE PURPOSE of the round
table discussion is to give the
delegates themselves a chance to
exchange views. They will also
analyze, with the aid of the co-
chairmen, the remarks made by
the speaker.
Wednesday evening, following
a barbecue in the Grove, a panel
discussion will be presented. Dr.
James M. Buchanan, Dr. William
R. Kintner, and Edward S. Mar
cus will make up the panel,
which will discuss “The United
States and World Economy.”
THURSDAY, the delegates
will have two more roundtable
discussions sandwiched around
ty of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Buchanan’s main fields of
research and writing are public
finance and collective decision
making. He is a former presi
dent of the Southern Economic
Association, and is currently on
the Executive Commttee of the
American Economc Association.
MARCUS HAS been actively
involved in inter-American af
fairs for 25 years in addition to
his duties with Neiman-Marcus,
and is the first president of the
newly-formed Association of the
Partners of the Alliance. The
U.S. State Department recently
presented the Department’s Spe
cial Award for Leadership to
Marcus.
Dr. Kintner’s major areas of
competence are international po-
lunch at Sbisa Dining Hall. At
3 p.m., the delegates will meet
informally with His Excellency
Agha Shahi, Pakistan Mission to
the United Nations, Gen. John
son, and Cong. Olin E. Teague.
Following the meeting at 5
p.m., the Corps of Cadets will
pass in review for the SCONA
delegates. The review will be
in honor of Shahi, Gen. Johnson,
reviewing officer, Cong. Teague,
and all SCONA XIV participants.
THAT EVENING, following a
smorgasbord in the MSC Ball
room, delegates will hear Gen.
Johnson speak on “U.S. Military
Programs in Foreign Countries.”
A reception for the General and
a concert by the Singing Cadets
will round out the day.
T
Friday will be the same as
Thursday tip to dinner time,
when the delegates will dine at
Duncan Dining Hall. Following
the meal, they will see the Toyvn
Hall presentation of The Roman
ian Folk Ballet as guests of
Town Hall.
FOLLOWING roundtable dis
cussions on Saturday, delegates
will eat lunch and hear White
deliver the closing address of the
conference.
The public is invited to all
speeches and roundtable discus
sions during the conference, not
ed SCONA Publicity Chairman
Dave Mayfield. All speeches will
be given in the Ballroom of the
Memorial Student Center.
Delegates will be housed in
the MSC and in local motels dur
ing their stay here. If any stu
dent desires information on the
conference, or any delegate needs
assistance, a SCONA office will
be manned at all times in the
Serpentine Lounge on the second
floor of the MSC.
litical and military affairs of the
United States and Communist
countries. Kintner serves as dep
uty director of the Foreign Policy
Research Institute, professor of
Political Science at the University
of Pennsylvania and as a consult
ant to Stanford Research Insti
tute.
He has served as chief of long-
range plans to the Chief of Staff
of the U.S. Army, and has been
a member of the planning staff of
the National Security Council.
On Thursday, Gen. Harold K.
Johnson, retired Chief of Staff of
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