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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Tuesday, December 3, 1968
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
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“We’re pleased that you enjoyed working on the Bonfire,
but you shouldn’t change majors—besides, you can’t major
in logging!”
SCONA Has Much
To Offer Students
Once again this year, an impressive lineup of speakers,
panelists and Round-Table chairmen has been assembled for
the Student Conference on National Affairs. Once again,
the topic, “Limits and Responsibilities of U. S. Power,”
promises challenging discussion of vital interest to college
students. Once again, delegates from three nations will
gather here to consider the topic.
And once again—if past conferences are any indication
—the A&M student body will squander its opportunity for
education in world affairs by not attending it.
“In the past,” Publicity Chairman David Mayfield ex
plained Monday, “it hasn’t been general information that
anybody can attend any of the SCONA sessions. Participa
tion in Round-Table discussions has to be limited to the
delegates, of course, but as many spectators as the rooms
will hold are invited to attend the discussions.”
As for direct participation, Mayfield adds, those who
attend speech sessions will be welcome to take part in
question-and-answer periods after each talk.
The point is, SCONA is for students—and faculty mem
bers and College Station residents as well. It’s a stimulat
ing, concentrated current-events course without quizzes or
papers- It’s even free all the finances were raised by
SCONA members who traveled around the state getting
contributions on their own time. Their efforts, and those
of the prominent speakers they’ve brought here, deserve
good turnouts; but much more important, students owe
it to themselves to take full advantage of SCONA XIV.
4 Grad Lectures Set This Week
Four graduate lectures, three
dealing with biology and one
with science and economics, are
scheduled here this week, re
minded Graduate Dean George
W. Kunze.
Dr. G. Ledyard Stebbins, gen
etics professor at the University
of California at Davis, leads off
the lectures with a discussion of
“Developmental Genetics and
Evolution in Higher Plants” at 4
p.m. Wednesday in Room 113 of
the Biological Sciences Building.
Two insect physiology lectures
will be conducted Friday in Room
146 of the Physics Building, be
ginning at 3 p.m. Dr. Kenneth
D. Roeder, Tufts University bi
ology professor, will lecture on
“The Mechanism of Acoustic
Avoidance Behavior in Moths.”
Sir Vincent Brian Wigglesworth,
professor emeritus of biology at
Cambridge University, will fol
low with a presentation entitled
“The Juvenile Hormone and the
Doctrine of Preformation.”
The fourth lecture, also set
for 3 p.m. Friday, is entitled
“R e g i o n a 1 Science and Eco
nomics” and will be presented in
Room 226 of the library by Dr.
Benjamin Stevens, chairman of
the University of Pennsylvania’s
Department of Regional Science.
SCONA
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the Army, will speak on U.S. Mili
tary Programs in Foreign Coun
tries.” Gen. Johnson is considered
not only a brilliant military mind,
but also one of the most well-in
formed individuals on all aspects
of State Department policy.
Gen. Johnson has been awarded
medals and decorations from six
countries. His list of awards in
clude the Distinguished Service
Cross, the Distinguished Service
Medal, the Legion of Merit with
three oak leaf clusters and the
Bronze Star.
The conference’s Round-up
speaker is William S. White, a
columnist for United Features
Syndicate, who is considered one
of the keenest minds in recogniz
ing political news-in-the-making.
He served as a war correspondent
and Washington correspondent
for many years for both the Asso
ciated Press and New York Times.
White won the Pulitzer Prize in
Literature in 1955 for his biog
raphy of the late Sen. Robert A.
Taft, making him the first politi
cal columnist ever to win a Pulit-
ber in letters.
At The Movies
by Mike Plake
“Live A Little, Love a Little”
Stars Elvis Presley, Rudy Val-
lee, and Andrea Michelle. This
is Elvis’ first bold attempt to
break away from the mold of
adolescence bestowed on him
since his Days of the Shaky
Knees.
In it, Elvis says “Hell!” five
times and “damn”, “dammit!”,
“damn”, etc., twice, makes love
with unmarried Bernice (played
by Michelle Carey), works at two
jobs, and eats a little dog food
to boot.
This guy should have stayed
behind his monogrammed gates,
or at least in his tight, bright
britches. He comes on like mud
through an hour glass — in
trickles at most. I mean, man,
Elvis is so tense, his belly, over
30 now, and fed by the millions
he’s made since his first “Hound
Dog” in the fifties, wiggles as
much as his bushy hair.
I THOUGHT Elvis would pro
gress in this movie — he had
in the others I’ve seen. You
went to see Elvis play and sing,
enjoyed the music and pretty
girls, and even a professional
comedian or two thrown in for
laughs. In “Live a Little, Love
a Little,” Michelle is up to par
from the beauty standpoint, but
as far as anything else goes, if
you watch the entire film, you
come out feeling sick.
If this is what the future holds
for Elvis, you’d be better off
watching Cheyenne Bodie reruns
on the telly.
In a word: “Live a Little, Love
a Little,” is very small.
“Duffy”
Starred James Coburn,
was not quite as good as
President’s Analyst”. It has its
high moments, though, as Duffy
(Coburn), an independent, life-
loving, ex-sailor, is persuaded to
join in a $3 million heist from a
yacht owned by James Mason,
who also stars.
It happens that Mason had
two sons from two marriages
who get their kicks by thinking
of devious ways to compete with
him. So they get the idea of
stealing their Dad’s coins while
at sea. Only they get foiled by
the sweet young thing who plays
everybody’s sleeping partner,
Susannah York. The plot thick
ens after they make off with the
money and a fantastic getaway
only made believeable by seeing.
and
The
The best part, however, is the
last. Suffice it to say Coburn,
alias Duffy, doesn’t lose.
What's Happening At The MSC
By PAT LAFFERTY
Tickets are still on sale for
“Midsummer Night’s Dream” at
8 tonight in the Bryan Civic
Auditorium. This is a fantastic
opportunity to see one of SRake-
peare’s most humorous com
edies performed by one of New
York’s top drama troupes.
For the MSC, tomorrow marks
the beginning of the four-day
Student Conference on National
Affairs (SCONA). The confer
ence brings to A&M outstanding
leaders from colleges and uni
versities in U.S., Canada and
Mexico to explore timely and na
tional problems. The topic for
this year is “The Limits and Re
sponsibilities of U.S. Power
Abroad.” This topic will be
analyzed from military, economic
and political points of view with
keynote speakers to represent
these views. Among those to
speak is the Hon. Olin E. Teague.
In addition to the speakers,
there will be small discussion
groups headed by men from edu
cation and business. Students
interested in SCONA may at
tend but not participate in the
discussions.
Another of the unusual Town
Hall series will be the “Roman
ian Folk Ballet” 8 p.m. Friday at
the G. Rollie White Coliseum.
The world-famous group includes
along with its colorful dancers,
a thrilling folk orchestra and
singers.
With football season at a close
and weekends pretty free, now
is a perfect time to take advant
age of “The Basement.” Stags
will be admitted Friday night,
but only couples Saturday night.
Bulletin Board
TONIGHT
ASCE will meet at 7:30 p.m.
in Shiloh Hall for an election.
7:30
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Hillel Club will meet at
p.m. in the Hillel Building,
day night services will be
at 8 p.m.
Handball Club will meet at
5:30 p.m. in DeWare Field House,
court 10. A nationally - ranked
player will give a clinic on doub
les play.
Associated General Contractors
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 110
of the Architecture Building.
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Editor,
The Battalion:
On Wednesday, December 4 the
Freshman Class, Class of ’72, will
decide who the leaders of their
class will be. This decision is of
the utmost importance if our
class is to strive forward as one
of the greatest classes ever in
Aggieland.
No one can stress how signifi
cant it is that every member of
the Class of ’72 vote Wednesday.
The voting will take place in the
basement of the Memorial Stu
dent Center between 8 a.m. and
7 p.m. Only by taking an interest
and voting Wednesday will the
future of the Class of ’72 be
voiced.
I am a candidate for the office
of vice-president, and if elected,
I will certainly work closely with
the other elected officers to make
“AGGIELAND AS ONE.”
Gerald Bratz, ’72
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Editor,
The Battalion:
The class of ’69 at Texas Wo
man’s University is sponsoring
an all campus dance 7 December
1968. The Senior Class invites
all the Aggies to Denton. The
dance is from 8-12 in the Student
Union Building Ballroom. The
band is the Upper Level who have
played in Dallas for the John
and Robin Review, and also in
LuAnn’s. Dress for the dance is
casual; sport coats, or sweaters,
but no grubbies. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Cherle Haythorne
Chairman
Class of ’69
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Editor,
The Battalion:
Wednesday the Freshman class
will elect their five Student Sen
ate Representatives. There was a
time when Freshmen elections
could be considered almost aca
demic. Then the Senate did not
really represent the student body
and Freshmen who served on the
Senate were to be “seen and not
heard.” Today the Senate is the
voice of the students and the
Freshmen who will serve on the
Senate will be able to represent
their class. Thus it is essential
that the best possible candidates
are elected.
It is with this in mind that I
endorse Kirby Brown for Presi
dent of the Freshman class and
Don M a u r o , Bill Hartsfield,
Dwain King, and Phil Morley as
Senate Representatives. In this
group of student are both Corps
and Civilian members. They have
been working together for over
five weeks in preparation for the
election and the subsequent im
plementation of their program.
On the class level they are
working for the formation of a
representative Fish Council and
an expansion of the Fish Ball
into a complete Fish Weekend.
On the Senate level they are ac
quainted with all issues that have
been presented to the Senate and
are giving special consideration
to computer registration and some
form of pass-fail system for non-
required courses.
Most significant of all, they
are working as Aggies together
to help improve Texas A&M.
Rather than representing a fac
tion, they are working for the
whole student body. If you want
a group of leaders who are ready
to work for you now, I urge you
to support Kirby Brown for Pres
ident and Don Mauro, Bill Harts
field, Dwain King, and Phil Mor
ley for Senate Representatives.
David T. Maddox ’69
Senate Vice-President
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Editor,
The Battalion:
To all freshmen voting for a
freshman president:
I don’t want your vote if you
like George Wallace. I don’t want
your vote if you think Negroes,
Communists, or hippies are the
main causes of riots.
I want your vote if you like
Frank Zappa, the Red Indian, or
mom’s apple pie.
Stephen B. Wick ’72
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