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The conference is designed to give the student leaders a chance to exchange ideas and viewpoints, and to discuss improvements needed in student government. Nowlin said that students who feel that problems with the sys tem cannot be corrected by the system don’t have any construc tive or well-developed ideas or alternatives. “It is easy to criticize, but it is very difficult to offer con structive solutions,” he said. Nowlin said he believes the voting age should be lowered and that a bill he presented to lower the voting age to 19 was defeat ed three times. Public attitude towards dem onstrations has kept the voting age from being lowered, accord ing to Nowlin. “Governor Preston Smith talks in favor of lowering the voting age, but I don’t believe he is really in favor of it,” Nowlin said, “but Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes and Speaker of the House Gus Mutscher are supporting lower ing the age requirement.” Nowlin said that there are many problems facing the state legislature, and that unfortunate ly that not enough people are in terested in what is taking place.” “I think that Texas ought to have a strong conflict-of-interest law for state legislators,” Now lin commented. He explained that he could, as a lawyer, be on retainer for any company or special interest group, receiving any pay, and still vote as a legislator on controversial issues affecting every citizen. “That is not a very healthy atmosphere,” he said. Special interest groups in the state have prevented the passage of an effective pollution control law, one that is needed badly, Nowlin said. New Party Movements Subject of PF Talk Dr. Harvey Wheeler, member of the Center for the Study of Democratic Instituitons, will dis cuss “New Party Movements” here Tuesday in a Political Forum presentation. Fellow-in-residence at the fam ous “talk tank” in Santa Barbara, Calif., Wheeler is a recognized authority on contemporary and future political concerns. He was the first of seven senior fellows personally selected by Center director Dr. Robert M. talk will be at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Student Center Assem bly Room. Hoffman noted admis sion is free. Wheeler, co-author with Eu gene Burdick of the novel “Fail- Safe,” jointed the Santa Barbara Center in 1960 from Washington and Lee University where he was professor of political science. He earned degrees from Indi ana University and the Ph.D. from Harvard. The speaker taught at Harvard and Johns Hopkins after serving in military government in the European the ater during World War II. Wheeler has written mono graphs on political science and political theory in numerous aca demic and polemical journals. In 1968, “Democracy in a Revolu tionary Era” was published in book form and by “Encyclopedia Britannica” as part of the 200th anniversary “Perspective” series. Also released in 1968 were his contributions to “Alternative to Violence,” an anthology including Dr. Wheeler’s “Moral Equiva lence to Riots.” About the same time, Nigel Calder’s “Unless Peace Comes” was published. In it, Wheeler discusses “The Stra tegic Calculators.” His work at the center is a project on federal control of scientific research. “The government is going to have to work with business ac tively to solve the pollution prob lem,” Nowlin commented, “but we’ve been talking about these things for 20 years. It is time for specific safeguards, which are strictly enforecable, to be put into the law.” He said that he did not believe such laws were possible until after 1970, or unless a major catastrophe occurs somewhere like at the Houston ship channel. “It took the assassination of John Kennedy to get any type of gun-cohtrol laws,” Nowlin said. After the 1970 census and re districting, the urban areas should have much more power in the state legislature, according to Nowlin. “Maybe then some laws, strong laws, will be passed,” he said. Nowlin also said that he be lieves special interest groups also cause problems in financing cam paigns. “It is very difficult to get elected to any office without using the mass media, and that is very expensive,” Nowlin re marked. He added that too many legis lators have to depend too much on lobbyists to finance a cam paign and that this economic de pendence affects the quality of legislation. Nowlin said that he believes assuring every candidate free television time would create many more problems than it would solve. “My most effective method in raising money is fund-raising dinners,” he said. / Nowlin said that getting con tributions is very difficult and not too successful. “The silent majority is par ticularly silent when asked to donate money to their favorite candidate,” Nowlin said. 3 A&M Faculty Will Be SCONA Mem hers Leaders t on son| anting ;now thi isive mi ft cackle action, ro Pui [1 not s replacer- irmed t in contii pain, W all andt It in a I 5 WHEELER Hutchins in setting up the “talk tank’s” self-perpetuating ruler- ship. Political Forum chairman Charles R. Hoffman of Green- belt, Md., said the former Har vard and Johns Hopkins Univer sity political science professor’s Funeral Rites Held Today lor J. D. Rudder J. D. Rudder, 70, brother of A&M President Earl Rudder, died Wednesday afternoon in a River side, Calif., hospital. Funeral services for Rudder were to be held at 11 a.m. PST (1 p.m. CST) today at Simons Mortuary in Riverside. Survivors of the president’s elder brother include his widow, a daughter and two brothers. President Rudder is in Cali fornia to attend the funeral services. WEATHER Friday — Cloudy, light inter mittent rain showers. Easterly winds 5-10 m.p.h. High 74 de grees, low 51 degrees. Saturday — Cloudy. Southerly winds 10-15 m.p.h. High 76 de grees, low 55 degrees. Fayetteville — Cloudy, light rain. Southerly winds 10-12 m.p.h. 66 degrees. Texas A&M faculty members known for outstanding student relationships will serve as round table co-chairmen next week for the 15th Student Conference on National Affairs. Dr. Allen R. Waters, economics professor with seven years ex perience in Africa; Dr. J. George H. Thompson, mechanical engi neering, and Dr. Charles A. Ro- denberger, aerospace engineering will fill the SCONA slots. The professors will co-chair 25- member student round - tables which will account for the ma jority of SCONA JV’s idea ex change on “Black Africa—The Challenge of Development.” Student participants will in clude 90 delegates from A&M, 140 from U. S. colleges and uni versities, 10 from Mexico and from Africa. A specialist in monetary theory, international finance-trade and economic development, Waters served with the British Adminis tration in Kenya from 1953 to 1956, for which he was awarded the African General Service Med al with clasp. During 1956-60, the two-year A&M faculty mem ber was with Caltex (Africa) Ltd. at Kampala, Uganda. The University of North Calo- lina and Rice University grad uate speaks four languages, in cluding French, Kiswahili and Spanish. Thompson received the Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award for Outstanding Student-Teacher Relations in 1959, was named Piper Professor of 1968 by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation and was elevated early thi,s year to the rank of Fellow in the American Society of Mechanical 1 Engineers. The Penn State and A&M graduate has taught 29 of the last 30 years and has seven years engineering experience. Rodenberger, Halliburton Chair professor in the College of En gineering, received the Faculty Distinguished Acheivement Award in Teaching in 1962. The aero space engineering professor who stresses team concepts and close student-faculty-industry relations in teaching, heads A&M’s Hyper velocity Laboratory, where he is developing a new concept in ac celerating objects to extremely high speeds. He has worked for the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston and General Dynamics Astronautics in San Diego, Calif. His degrees are from Oklahoma State, SMU and the University of Texas at Austin. BB&L. Bryan Building & Loan Association. Your Sav ing Center, since 1919. —Adv. STRATEGY CONFERENCE Coach Shelby Metcalf, center, talks with the Aggie basketball team during the third quarter of Thursday night’s season opener against Northwestern Louisiana State Uni versity. The Ag cagers lost, 73-71. See story, page 4. (Photo by Mike Wright) gr TALKING IT OVER LeeRoy Yarbrough, left, discusses strategy with his car builder, former champion driver Junior Johnson during qualifying runs for the Texas 500 to be held Sunday at 1 p. m. at the Texas International Speedway. (Photo by Hans Adam) Pole Position for 500 Occupied by Baker By Hans Adam Battalion Staff Writer The prestigious pole position for the first running of the Tex as 500 at Texas International Speedway was nailed down by Buddy Baker, who pushed his 1969 “Daytona” Dodge Charger to an average speed of 176.285 miles per hour. Qualifying, at which 16 drivers were competing for the top 12 starting positions, lasted all afternoon at the 2-mile banked oval of TIS for Sunday’s 1 p.m. running of the first NASCAR grand national stock car race ever to be conducted in the state. The first car to attempt quali fication was David Pearson, driv ing a Holman & Moody-prepared 1969 Ford T a 11 e d e g a, whose 175.751 mph was good enough for the outside slot in the front row. LeeRoy Yarbrough, NASCAR’s leading money winner for the year with $187,000, ran into bad luck as he started his qualifying attempt. The right front tire, on his Junior Johnson prepared 1969 Ford Talledega, went flat in the first 1,000 feet, causing Yarbrough to drive at reduced speed back to the pits. The almost two miles of re duced speed driving caused his engine to overheat badly and it was still hot when he returned to the track within the required five minutes to finish his quali fying attempt. After only one lap the engine “let go” and Yar brough had to settle for the in side spot on the second row be side his team mate Cale Yar borough who qualified fourth at 175.546. Richard Brickhouse, driving for the injured Charlie Clotzbach, managed to just hold on to fifth qualifying spot ahead of hard charging Donnie Allison. Brick- house, who was the winner at the inaugural Talledega 500 in September, had a best speed of 174.296. Conspicious with his absence from Thursday’s qualifying, was Richard Petty. Petty had blown an engine during the morning’s practice laps and his crew was unable to effect repairs in time. To add to his troubles the “new” engine that was finally installed late in the afternoon only lasted three practice laps and when last seen the Petty crew was install ing a third engine. Petty is the all-time race and money winner in NASCAR’s grand national division. A vic tory here would push his total to 102 career victories and his total earnings would pass the $700,000 mark. The top ten qualifiers yester day and their speeds, in the order of their position, are: Buddy Baker, 176.285; David Pearson, 175.751; LeeRoy Yarbrough, 175.601; Cale Yarborough, 175.546; Richard Brickhouse, 174.296; Donnie Allison, 173.900; Bobby Isaac, 173.661; Bobbie Allison, 171.977; Ray Eldeir, 171.760, and Dave Marcis, 170.342. Ph.D. Program in History To Be Offered This Spring Texas A&M University will begin implementing its recently- approved doctor of philosophy degree program in history start ing with the spring semester, an nounced Dr. J. M. Nance, His tory Department head. A&M’s Ph.D. program will have special emphasis on Ameri can history, Dr. Nance said. The program was recently approved by the State Coordinating Board for Texas Colleges and Universi ties. “Already there has been con siderable interest expressed in this new degree program, a pro gram which adds a new dimen sion to the steadily growing graduate programs in the Col lege of Liberal Arts,” Nance re marked. A&M’s program calls for a minimum of 48 semester hours of course work plus completion of an acceptable dissertation based upon the use of original source material. “After completion of an ac ceptable dissertation, the student must pass a comprehensive oral examination covering his disser tation research and the field it is a part of,” Nance explained. Doctoral students also must demonstrate a satisfactory read ing knowledge of two foreign languages, normally French and German, unless the student’s principal area of concentration and research requires the use of some other foreign language, Nance added. The department head noted that one language requirement must be completed by the end of the first year as a doctoral stu dent. Nance also noted that, as he (See Ph.D. Program, page 3) 69 Student Organizations Receive $30,000 in Funds Sixty-nine Texas A&M Uni versity student organizations will share in $30,000 proceeds from Exchange Store profits, accord ing to Dean of Students James P. Hannigan. The Texas A&M University System Board of Directors ap proved the distribution of profits Nov. 26, acting on the recom mendation of the Exchange Store Advisory Board, headed by Han nigan. The $30,000 was divided after consideration of all club requests, Hannigan said. The club’s budget from last year, the funds received from the Exchange Store last year, the amount of money per cap ita raised by the club and the per capita amount requested are considered in the allocations. “We’re able to handle an amaz ing number of activities,” he said. “Most of the funds are spent on travel to national conventions and some for speakers or films.” The largest allocations went to the reserve fund for national meets, money used to host na tional conventions on campus and sudden trips to national conven tions, $2,935; Band Awards and Trips, $2,800; Singing Cadets, $2,000; Saddle and Sirloin Club, which has the largest budget on campus, $2,000; Dormitory Ath letic Equipment, $1,620; Bonfire, Reveille, Yell Leaders Commit tee and All University Calendar, $1,500; Also, Freshman Drill Team, $1,500; Civilian Student Council, $1,000; Ross Volunteers, $1,000; and University Women, for ori entation teas and the publications of a female students handbook, $1,000. The Advisory Board also rec ommended that participating stu dent organization give the Ex change Store an opportunity to bid on purchases made of items handled by the store, Hannigan said. He said that the Advisory Board also agreed that the allo cations should not normally cover the full costs of a club’s trip. Approval by the Board of Di rectors of the fund allocations was required because the funds are not staying within the busi ness structure of the Exchange Store but are being distributed elsewhere, Hannigan said. Other Advisory Board mem bers are: S. S. Cox, R. C. Diebel, A. G. Kemler, T. A. Moyes, G. T. King, Don Stafford, George I. Mason, Joe M. (Mac) Spears, Marcus Hill and Larry Schilhab. Students having questions re garding Exchange Store opera tions or policies are invited to contact one of the members, Han nigan said. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv.