)avenport Defends
Rights Of Dissent
By TONY HUDDLESTON
Battalion Staff Writer
Society should never be afraid
o listen to the radical’s griev-
nces, Dr. Manuel Davenport,
lead of the Philosophy Depart-
nent, told the Apollo Club Thurs-
lay.
How society solves these griev-
inces, however, must always be
n the best interest of society.
This will not often be acceptable
to the radical, Davenport noted,
fevertheless, the society should
it least attempt to grapple with
he problems that the radical
iresents. Davenport made an ex-
»ption for radical elements that
efuse to work within society’s
ramework.
IT IS for this reason, he said,
that Students for Democratic
Society and similar groups should
lot be allowed on campus.
“Any group that advocates the
jverthrow of the university clear
ly does not seek solutions to
iroblems within the university,”
Davenport noted.
Questioned on why the Ad Hoc
Hack Student Affairs committee
fas allowed on campus instead of
he Afro-American Society, Dav-
mport replied:
“I think this Was done as a
afety measure by the adminis-
ration to forestall trouble on the
lampus.” He added he does not
elieve that the Ad Hoc Commit-
ee will work because the hand-
ul of militant blacks on campus
ejected it.
THE COLORADO College
raduate cited campus disorders
s examples of problems that
night have been solved if the
dministrations of the colleges
ad listened in the beginning.
kSC Council
Creates Post
)f Historian
35t
The Memorial Student Center
louncil Thursday filled one
louncil office, elected two Direc-
nrate committee chairmen and
pproved a standard MSC bro-
Mre.
Appointed to the newly-creat-
d Council Historian position was
im Hawthorne, a sophomore
re-med major from Dallas.
Hected to chair Political Forum,
levated to full committee status
ast week, was Charles Hoffman,
sophomore pre-med major from
lerrville.
Rick Oshlo, a junior electrical
ngineering major from Dallas,
fas elected chairman of the Ra
id Committee.
All three will assume office
Pith other officers already elect-
d for 1969-70 at the April 24
ISC Council and Directorate
Lwards Banquet.
According to Beenny Sims,
louncil president, the historian
rill develop a system for re-
earching and compiling the cur-
ent activities of members of the
louncil or Directorate since the
949 founding of the MSC pro
ram. He will join the 20-mem-
>er Council as a non-voting
Bernber.
Pending Student Senate ap
proval, 15,000 copies of the 20-
•age MSC brochure will be
irdered from the A&M Press.
According to Mac Spears,
louncil president-elect and chair-
Ban of the brochure committee,
he pamphlet will be used to send
0 each incoming freshman.
Copies will also be available for
Pisitors at the Main Desk of the
lenter.
Requests Are Due
For Day Students
Seniors and juniors who desire
to live off campus this summer
Br fall should file a request with
the Student Affairs office,
‘MCA, at once, according to
Bennie Zinn, associate dean of
Btudents.
Zinn noted that university
Ihiles specify that undergradu-
■ Btes must live on campus with
■tow exceptions. Students will be
iBotified as soon as action is tak-
on their requests.
Bryan Building & Loan
Association. Your Sav-
^ ^ ings Center, since 1919.
—Adv.
He pointed out that instead
they had allowed a “communica
tion gap” to form between the
student and the administration,
causing the demonstrations to get
out of control.
He noted, however, that he does
not believe in destructive acts
such as the burning of campus
buildings, allowed at San Fran
cisco State College among others.
“Students who destroy prop
erty are not trying to find solu
tions and should be punished,” he
said.
Davenport listed the existence
of democracy, machines, vaccines
and atomic energy as results of a
society’s willingness to listen to
a radical’s viewpoint.
HE COMMENTED that history
has shown that those who defied
the rules of society were branded
as radicals. He cited Socrates,
Galilee, Louis Pasteur and other
outstanding men of history as
examples who had been ridiculed
for going against the beliefs that
were universal in their times.
“Socrates was ridiculed because
he believed one was right until
another proved him wrong,” Dav
enport explained. “Galileo was
scorned because he said that the
earth revolved around the sun and
the moon was not flat. Louis
Pasteur was rejected in his gen
eration by medical authorities be
cause he proved the existence of
bacteria, a form of life that
couldn’t be seen.
Even Jesus Christ was rejected
by his society because he opposed
the orthodox Jewish beliefs, Dav
enport commented.
“They thought of him only as a
man who frequently was seen in
the wine cellars and whorehouses
instead of as an apostle, in a
church.”
“HE PROBABLY would be re
jected today if he were to appear
as he did then,” Davenport said.
He noted that he, like the rest
of society would probably reject
anyone with the reputation of
Jesus, who attempted to judge
its religious leaders.
The doctrines of William Gar
rison, Malcolm, and Dr. Harold
Jensen have been rejected by to
day’s society because of their
radical theories about the Negro
race, Davenport pointed out.
Garrison, a teacher during the
civil war, viewed the Negro as
having a conscience like a white
man and was ridiculed by his
society.
Malcolm X had a doctrine stat
ing that nothing is good for the
black people that the blacks do
not control.
‘Mrs. Texas A&M’
Will Be Chosen
Saturday Night
“Mrs. Texas A&M” for 1969
will be selected at the Aggie
Wives Council’s annual spring
dance at 8 p.m. Saturday in the
second-floor cafeteria at Sbisa
Dining Hall.
Mrs. John Treadwell, council
president, said a record 42 can
didates are entered in the con
test.
Selection of the winner, Mrs.
Treadwell explained, will be
based on a combination of beau
ty, general attributes and
achievements which distinguish
the title-holder as an outstand
ing Aggie wife devoted to the
principles of Texas A&M.
Contest judges will be Mrs.
Tom B. King, Bob Lynd and
Mrs. Jack Conlee, all of Bryan-
College Station.
Edwin Cooper, director of
civilian student affairs, will be
master of ceremonies.
Mrs. Treadwell said entertain
ment will be provided by folk-
singer John Robie and “The
Four of Us and Him,” an A&M
Consolidated High School group.
The “Aggieland Combo” will fur
nish dance music.
Tickets costing $3.50 per cou
ple are available at the Social
Office in the Memorial Student
Center or from any council mem
ber, Mrs. Treadwell said. She
added tickets also will be avail
able at Sbisa Saturday night.
She noted free baby-sitting at
French’s Nursery will be furnish
ed for couples purchasing tickets
in advance.
Student Senators Adopt
Proposal To Reapportion
REAPPORTIONMENT PLAN
Bill Holt, Civilian Student Council representative to the Student Senate, explains a chart
showing differences between present Senate apportionment and the two proposed alter
nate systems. Senators voted to reapportion next year’s Senate, raising the total number
of Senators from 51 to 71. (Photo by David Middlebrooke)
Dunham Named Senior Chief;
Run-Offs Set For 11 Posts
By JANIE WALLACE
, Battalion Staff Writer
Jimmy Dunham, with 482 votes,
walked away with the senior pres
idency in class elections Thursday
in a turnout of 2,435 student
voters.
Ronnie Hubert, the only other
senior candidate, polled 154 votes.
In the ’71 presidential election,
Gary Martin and James Tramuto
will vie in Thursday’s run-off
election for the top post.
Phillip Morley and John Sharp
are in the run-off for the sopho
more presidency.
Tramuto polled 333 votes in the
junior race and Martin, 219. Other
candidates were John Speer, 102,
and Bruce Krueger, 94.
In the class of ’72, Sharp led
with 370 and Morley, 173. Other
freshman candidates were Ken
Black, 148; Charles Donnell, 70;
George Hester, 65, and Charles
Rothe, 59.
Senior yell leaders next year
are Sam Torn, David Fisher and
Robert Harding. Juniors picked
Keith Chapman and Barrett
Smith.
Torn swamped the voting with
492, while Fisher polled 399 and
Harding 383.
CHAPMAN polled 435 votes,
while Smith raked in 409. Mark
Olson received 223 votes, Steve
Womack, 166; William Shepard,
157, and Richard Burratti, 101.
Robert Nesmith and Merrell
Richardson are in the run-off as
senior vice-presidential candi
dates. Nesmith had 284 votes cast
for him and Richardson, 155.
Other candidates were Paul Tan-
nehill, 155, and Larry Bowles, 77.
Sophomores sent John Bebout
and Mark Riser into the run-off
vice-presidential election. Bebout
received 269 votes and Riser, 197.
Leading the pack of other candi
dates was Eddie Duryea, 148,
while Benny Chamberlain got 58
and Albert Kinkead 50.
The freshmen join the other
vice-presidential candidates in the
run-offs. Ira F. Lee and Bruce
Clay vie for the position. Lee
received 225 votes and Clay, 392.
Other freshman candidates were
David Moore, 180; Jon Randall
Thompson, 105, and George Kre-
zinski, 69.
DANNY SWORDS is the secre
tary-treasurer for next year’s
senior class. He polled 386 votes,
while opponents David Craighead
received 118 and John R. Drewien,
115.
In the ’71 race for secretary-
treasurer, the run-off will decide
the winner. Randall Betty and
Bobby Christie are the candidates.
Betty had 256 votes cast for him,
while Christie polled 173. Other
candidates were Charles Nelson,
152, and Robert Patten, 95.
The freshman candidates for
secretary-treasurer also battle in
the run-offs. Steve Young, with
AT THE POLLS
An election commissioner punches the activity card of a
student waiting to vote in the basement of the Memorial
Student Center. According to Gerald Geistweidt, commis
sion president, having two polling places, the other in the
basement of the YMCA, greatly diminished the long lines
that formed at a single polling place last year. (Photo by
Mike Wright)
273, and A. L. Bradley with 162,
were the top men of the long list
of candidates. Craig Bradley re
ceived 158; Robert Chapman, 144;
Robert Hobbs, 117, and Thomas
Ryan, 75.
James St. John will be senior
social secretary. He polled 340
votes, while Edward Rodgers re
ceived 278.
The class of ’71 decided William
Stockton will be next year’s social
secretary with 366 votes. Kenneth
Doskocil captured 140 votes;
David Woods, 111, and Thomas
Perry, 69.
Freshmen decide between Wil
liam Loveless and James Perry
for social secretary. Loveless had
393 votes cast for him, while
Perry received 177. Other candi
dates were Mike Weynand, 136,
and Lee Wallace, 152.
SENIOR historian is Richard
Hodge with 365 votes. Opponents
James Fyock and Charles Frank
received 186 and 82, respectively.
The class of ’80 also decided
upon next year’s concessions man
ager, William Seele with 375
votes. Carl Payne polled 215
votes.
Election commission winners
for the junior class were Mark
Powell, 332, and Rusty Chand
ler, 275. Jose Velasquez, 214;
Darwin Link, 137, and Donald
Birkelbach, 91, were the other
candidates.
For the sophomore class, win
ners were Steve Clark, 332, and
Mike Wiebe, 305. Other candi
dates were Bruce Hamel, 217;
Thomas Girdner, 216; Paul Am
mons, 151, and Allen Lockhart,
144. For the freshman class, Joe
D. Anderson, 409, and Michael
Bell, 248, are new election com
missioners. Opponents were
James Alexander, 238; James
Brown, 158; Albert Haeglin, 129;
Doug Howland, 108; Larry Pat
terson, 162; Alan Sims, 183, and
Doug Waters, 91.
JUNIORS must decide between
John Cunningham, 254, and John
Bailey, 231, for MSC representa
tive. Candidates Jess Rhoden and
Alberto Beale polled 73 and 54,
respectively.
Sophomores will choose between
Thomas F i t z h u g h, 256, and
Mitchell Timmons, 177, for their
MSC representative. Robert
Smith polled 140 votes and Albert
Kinkead received 100.
Glenn Garrison and Patrick
Castle vie for the MSC position
with Garrison receiving 391 votes,
while Castle captured 312. Wil
liam Hamilton polled 215 votes.
L'niversity National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.
—Adv.
Appea Is Panel Gels
Senate Go-Ahead
By DAVID MIDDLEBROOKE
Battalion Staff Writer
The Student Senate Thursday
night voted to reapportion itself
for next year, with provision for
reapportionment study every two
years.
The Senate also took action on
a recommendation to set up an
appeals committee to give a final
ruling on certain disciplinary ac
tions taken by the university.
“Tonight we have an oppor
tunity to vote for something that
has been talked about for years,”
Bill Holt, Civilian Student Coun
cil representative, argued as he
proposed the reapportioning, “but
it has never been brought to a
final plan of action. It is our
responsibility to represent the
student body in the fairest pos
sible way.
“By passing one of these two
plans I believe we will come
closest to accomplishing this.”
Holt presented two plans, one
which would give the College of
Geosciences three representatives,
the other only one. Tom Fitzhugh,
sophomore Geosciences represen
tative, opposed the second plan,
one representative to the end, and
led Senate opposition against it.
THE PLAN passed by the Sen
ate is based on one representative
for every 200 students in a col
lege academic class, with an ad
ditional representative for every
additional 100 students acquired.
Each college is guaranteed at
least one representative on the
Senate. New representation next
year will be:
College of Agriculture, two rep
resentatives per class for a total
of six; Architecture, one, three;
Business Administration, two, six;
Engineering, three, nine; Geo
sciences, one at large; Liberal
Arts, two, six; Veterinary Medi
cine, one, three; Pre-Vets, two at
large; Graduates, seven at large;
Freshmen, five at large.
According to the constitutional
amendment, the Senate will next
consider reapportionment during
the 1970-71 school year.
“This plan, hopefully, will give
the senators closer contact with
the students they represent, and
we will get a better outlook on
what the university believes,”
Holt explained during his presen
tation.
“I DISAGREE strongly with
Mr. Holt’s basic premise,’
stressed Tommy Henderson, soph
omore pre-vet representative as
he argued strongly for the second
plan, “that we are to operate
strictly as a house of represen
tatives on a one-man, one-vote
basis. Because we are a unicam
eral legislature for the student
body of Texas A&M, we must
assume the responsibilities of a
house of representatives and of
a senate.
“In orded for us to serve as a
senate, we must represent certain
interest groups as is true in the
U. S. Senate,” added Henderson,
who later voted for the new plan.
“This is why we have the college
plan to begin with. A one man,
one vote, situation does not ap
ply to us.”
“We should adopt the first plan
for just the reasons Tommy stat
ed — equitable representation,”
(See Senate, Page 4)
Mutscher, Rudder Participate
In Speedway Groundbreaking
Speaker of the House, Gus
Mutscher and Lawrence H. Lo-
Patin, president of Michigan In
ternational Speedway, jointly
triggered a huge dynamite blast
in a blackland field eight miles
south of here Thursday and con
struction officially began on the
$6-million Texas International
Speedway.
Some 500 other governmental,
civic, business and racing digni
taries were also on hand for the
ceremonies followed by a Texas-
style barbecue luncheon.
A&M President Earl Rudder
welcomed TIS officials to the
Bryan-College Station area and
presented LoPatin with a plaque
from Gov. Preston Smith making
him an honorary Texan.
OTHER LOCAL dignitaries,
including Bryan Major Jack
Conlee, College Station Mayor
Pro Tern O. M. Holt, Brazos
County Judge Bill Vance and
District Judge Bill Davis, pre
sented western hats to other
track officials.
Buck Weirus, executive secre
tary of the A&M Association of
Former Students made Leslie
Share, TIS executive secretary,
an associate member of the For
mer Students. Share was sta
tioned briefly at A&M during
World War II.
LoPatin announced at the
groundbreaking program that
Leo Margolian, formerly general
manager of Stardust Interna
tional Raceway in Las Vegas,
Nev., would be general manager
of the new facility here.
Speaker Mutscher expressed
his gratification at having the
new speedway built in Texas and
cited the planned major races as
events that should give a big
boost to the state’s tourism pro
gram.
THE NEW Texas racing fa
cility is located on some 2,600
acres just off State Highway 6.
Initial grandstand seating will
accommodate 25,000 spectators.
When LoPatin announced con
struction of the track earlier this
year, he said that the Central
Texas location was chosen to
make the track within easy driv
ing distance of Texas’ four larg
est metropolitan areas—Houston,
Dallas, San Antonio and Fort
Worth.
All forms of major auto racing
competition will be accommodat
ed on the Speedway’s four cir
cuits, consisting of a two-mile,
22-degree, high-speed “D-shap-
ed” banked oval; a road course;
an infield road circuit designed
for high performance driving in
struction and testing by the au
tomotive industry, and a 2.75
mile grand - prix road - racing
course. A skid pan will be in
cluded within the oval for driv
ing school use and testing pur
poses.
CHARLES MONEYPENNY of
Daytona, Fla., well known auto
motive race facility designer, de
signed the road and oval courses.
Others associated with the
Speedway, in addition to LoPatin
and Magolian inculde Leslie
Share, executive vice pres
ident; George Kawamoto, secre
tary-treasurer; Les Richter, vice
president in charge of operations,
and directors John Mecom Jr. of
Houston and David A. Witts and
Thomas J. Tierney of Dallas.
When the initial racing event
for the new track was announced
by William France, Sr., presi
dent of the National Association
for Stock Car Auto Racing, he
predicted a thrilling event. “Since
this will be the final race of the
1969 NASCAR Grand National
Series, it should climax an ex
citing year of both Driver and
Manufacturer competition and
could decide the 1969 cham
pions,” he said.
Both France and LoPatin
have revealed that a long-term
agreement between Texas Inter
national Speedway and NASCAR
guarantees the final event of
each Grand National season to
the new track.
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