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Vol. 66 No. 54
College Station, Texas
Tuesday December 8, 1970
Wednesday — Partly cloudy to
cloudy. Winds southerly 10-15;
mph. High 71°, low 56°.
Thursday — Partly cloudy.
Winds southerly 10-20 mph. High
74°, low 61°.
845-2226
70 needed from A&M
Students
can
apply
for SCONA soon
$3 ■
Applications for 70 delegate
positions to Texas A&M’s 16th
Student Conference on National
Affairs (SCONA XVI) will be
accepted at the Memorial Student
Center Director’s Office begin
ning Thursday.
Dean of Students James P.
Hannigan said 40 upperclassmen
or graduate students, 10 sopho
mores, 10 freshmen and 10 inter
national students will be selected
as official delegates for the Feb.
17-20 conference on “Student Re
sponsibilities in the 70’s.”
Award methods topic
at MSC council meet
INTENSE CONCENTRATION AND PERSERVERANCE may do the trick. Bruce Rin-
tus does some close work Monday. Finals start Dec. 16. (Photo by Bob Cox)
Campus unrest study
uggesled by Caperton
Student body president Kent
Caperton Friday proposed the
Coordinating Board conduct an
in-depth study of campus unrest
Texas and suggested estab
lishment of a statewide student
tommittee to help generally in
(tiding higher education.
Caperton, senior finance major
•C Caldwell, made the recommen-
lations during a Texas A&M
iffiefing for Coordinating Board
Members following the state
[roup’s business meeting here.
Hie briefing included talks by
l&M President Jack K. Williams
'I'd other university officials.
Coordinating Board Chairman
fenuel DeBusk of Dallas told
Caperton he would study the rec-
ttmendations.
Earlier, at the board’s business
meeting, DeBusk appointed a
committee to study educational,
work and behavioral standards
for college faculty and adminis
tration. That committee is com
posed of Coordinating Board
members.
Caperton said an in-depth
study of campus unrest should
include listening to administra
tors, faculty, students and con
cerned citizens.
He noted such a study should
analyze and evaluate the unrest’s
root causes, as well as propose
possible solutions.
The statewide student commit
tee proposed by the A&M student
leader would report directly to
the Coordinating Board.
“This committee would offer
direct student input and opinions
Williams will tour
TMA Wednesday
on areas deemed mutually impor
tant by the Coordinating Board,
appropriate government officials
and the student membership,”
Caperton explained.
He said some of the topics for
consideration by such a commit
tee might be curriculum rele
vance, costs of education and aca
demic excellence.
“I think the important point
here is that good communications
foster understanding and cooper
ation,” Caperton observed, “and
hopefully a mechanism of this
type would serve in that role.”
“Although our state has not
been plagued by widespread de
structive violence, campus unrest
has been and is visible at many
colleges and universities through
out Texas,” he continued. “Cam
pus unrest is a real thing in this
state. I am afraid that to think
otherwise is only to dilute one’s
self.
“The important thing,” Caper
ton concluded, “is why and what
can be done about it?”
By FRAN HAUGEN
Battalion Managing Editor
Procedures to shorten the an
nual Memorial Student Center
(MSC) Council and Directorate
Awards banquet and make the
awards more meaningful were
discussed at the MSC Council
meeting Monday night.
The Awards Research Commit
tee, chaired by council member
Dr. Richard E. Wainerdi will re
study their proposals and present
a resolution at the next council
meeting Feb. 1.
The committee’s proposals in
clude:
1) Limiting the awards present
ed at the banquet by presenting
only one class award for each
class, presenting the Thomas H.
Rountree Award, the Lawrence
Sullivan Ross Award and the
Elizabeth Todd Chapman Award
if it is established;
2) Presenting Appreciation
Awards at the committee or coun
cil level, not at the banquet;
3) Publishing the Distinguish
ed Service Award in the banquet
program, but not presenting it
at the banquet; and
4) Disqualifying anyone who
promotes himself for an award.
The committee also recommend
ed that the outgoing president
write a State of the Union ad
dress which would be published
in the Banquet program instead
of giving a speech.
Bill Webster who served on the
committee said reducing the num
ber of class awards (from three)
would cut down on the price of
the awards.
Don Mauro, executive vice pres
ident, said that the awards’ cost
exceeded the $700 budgeted for
them last year.
Awarding appreciation certifi
cates in committee or council
meetings would have more mean
ing, Fitzhugh said.
“I actually know people who
have laughed at their Apprecia
tion Awards because of the man
ner in which they have been giv
en,” he said.
Bill Webster presented a pro
posal to establish the Elizabeth
Todd Chapman Award. Mrs.
Chapman, who died in an auto
mobile accident last summer, was
manager of graphic arts for sev
eral years.
The council discussed what the
award’s recipient’s qualifications
should be and what form the
award should take.
Silver Taps
set tonight lor
sophomore
Silver Taps will be held at
10:30 tonight for Squadron 3
sophomore William F. Dent, po
litical science major from Port
Angeles, Wash.
Dent died in the emergency
room of Houston’s Methodist Hos
pital early Friday morning after
being seriously injured in a one-
car accident about 5:15 p.m.
Thursday on FM 60. He first was
taken to St. Joseph Hospital in
Bryan, then was transferred to
Houston because of his head in
juries.
Michael Seymour, freshman mi
crobiology major of Stanford,
Conn., and a passenger in the
car, suffered only minor leg in
juries. He was treated and re
leased at St. Joseph.
Secretary-treasurer J. Wayne
Stark suggested that instead of
a plaque, the Council might wish
to purchase a painting and in
scribe each year’s recipient’s
name under it. Mrs. Chapman was
fond of brightly-colored paint
ings, he said.
Stark said $200 to $300 was
made on musical “George M!,”
but that $2,200 was lost on
National Player productions
“Twelfth Night” and “Arms and
the Man,” and $600 was lost on
the 5th Dimension show which
sold out.
Council consultant Jim Wiley
said that the 5th Dimension used
the same jokes they used when
they were here in the spring of
1969. He asked if the Council
could do anything to prevent that.
There were no solutions offered.
Stark said 126 have arranged
to go on the Ski the Alps trip
over the holiday break. Three
planes will depart from Texas
carrying students from six or
seven Texas schools, Kansas State
and the University of Kentucky.
Overseas National Airways will
carry the flight.
Contemporary Arts Chairman
(CAC) Robert Riggs told the
council about his committee’s
plans for next semester.
New York City poet Diane
Wakowski will be here Jan. 27;
classical guitarist, Robert Guth
rie, March 17, and Daniel Keyes,
author of the novel which was
made into the movie “Charlie,”
sometime during the spring.
Riggs said CAC is currently
updating the film series to make
it more contemporary.
A supplemental budget of $450
for Spring Open House Feb. 4
was approved.
Shooting result of attempt to stop graffito
LAWRENCE, Kan. <A>) _ A
University of Kansas student
tried to prevent the painting of
a “strike” sign on a wall at the
campus library and was shot as
he scuffled with one of two Negro
youths Monday, police said. The
youths fled after the shooting.
Harry Kirke Snyder, 22, a
white, was listed in good condi
tion at a hospital. The bullet
lodged in his neck.
A warrant was issued for the
arrest of a black student by Mike
Elwell, Douglas County assistant
attorney, who said he would with-
Texas A&M President Jack K.
illiams will visit Galveston
e dnesday for a first-hand look
Mthe Texas Maritime Academy
MA) and other university in
flations in the port city.
The trip will be Dr. Williams’
lr st Galveston visit since assum-
% the Texas A&M presidency
! ov - 1. He will be accompanied
M Elyde Wells, president of Tex-
18 A&M’s board of directors.
^- Williams will inspect Texas
ritime Academy cadets at
30 a.m., tour the construction
at the university’s new Mitch-
Campus at 11 and attend a
luncheon aboard the TMA train
ing ship, “Texas Clipper.
Adm. James D. Craik, TMA
superintendent, said invitations
to the luncheon have been extend
ed to several Galveston-area oi -
ficials, including State Sen. A. R.
Schwartz and Reps. Ed Harris
and Dean Neugent and Mayor
Edward Schreiber. Also invited
to the luncheon is Emmett Kirk-
ham, chairman of the Texas Mar
itime Academy Board of Visitors.
Dr. Williams will conclude his
Galveston visit with a 2 p.m. tour
of the university’s Marine Labo
ratory at Fort Crockett.
hold identification pending the
man’s apprehension.
The shooting occurred on the
first day of a campus-wide strike
called by the Black Student
Union, which is demanding the
reinstatement of a black univer
sity staff member.
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fish say holiday lights stolen
for room decoration deadline
Two A&M Corps of Cadets stopped at E. 32rid and Coulter on
Ashmen admitted stealing ligrhts ItdtT
Eryan Sunday night and told
When the students admitted
stealing the lights, they told of
ficers there were more stolen dec
orations at their dormitory.
When Bryan policemen and
campus security officers searched
dormitory rooms, they found 18
Br yan policemen found the dec- items the occupants had admitted
’fions, a string of Christmas stealing.
r yan policemen that upperclass-
? en had told members of their
ass 1° decorate their dormitory
|° 0 nis by Monday morning “one
or the other.”
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K S tutm s "ca^hen 0 ^ were Teen fUed in the case Monday. plate the next move at the annual Brazos Open Chess
Tournament Sunday. Hall won top honors in the tourna
ment. (Photo by Bruce Black)
SCONA applications will be
accepted Thursday through Dec.
22 and Jan. 18-21.
Selection will be made by fac
ulty-student committees orgatiia- ’
ed by Hannigan for President
Jack K. Williams during Jan.
18-27.
Nominations also will be made
by college deans, Civilian Student
Activities Director Howard S.
Perry, Foreign Student Advisor
Robert Melcher, Col. Jim H. Mc
Coy, commandant, and Associate
Dean of Students Don R. Staf
ford.
Major field of study will not be
given preference “since students,
of all interests become the lead
ers of tomorrow,” Hannigan addl
ed.
Applicants must have an over
all grade point ratio of 2.8 or
higher, a 2.8 or better GPR for
this semester and must not be
on academic or conduct probation,
he said.
Freshman applicants can quali
fy with a CEEB total aptitude
score of 1,000 or more.
Authorized absence from class
es is granted delegates to SOO-
NA.
SCONA XVI chairman Dave t
Mayfield of Waco said the slight
reduction in number of A&M del-,
egates from 1969 will prevent
domination of roundtables by
A&M students.
“There will be seven Aggies
among 20 students on each round-." .
table,” he explained. “With this ' .
breakdown we will have four sen-
iors and juniors, d sophoftiGre, .
freshmen and international stu
dent per table.”
He noted that 75 colleges and
universities located in the South, y.
Southwest, Mexico, Canada and
Africa were represented at last
year’s conference. Delegates from 4^ i
175 colleges and universities of ' 1 '
the U. S., Mexico and Canada, v
have been invited to participate V
in SCONA XVI.
The conference will have H.
Ross Perot of Dallas as keynote ^
speaker. Others will include Sen-'’
ator Birch Bayh of Indiana and,?*-/';^"-^
tentatively, Dr. S. I. Hayakawa, ■£.?..
San Francisco State College pres- f . .
ident. ' v •
Roundtable co-chairmen will be
representatives from Pakistani
and Japanese Embassies, the U.
S. Department of State, Health,
Education and Welfare, the
White House Conference on Youth Vi*'
and the President’s Commission J
on Campus Unrest.
Mayfield said the topic, “Stu
dent Responsibilities in the 70’s^J
will be subdivided into the role
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Master wins
chess tourney
here Sunday
A rated master of the United
States Chess Foundation (USCF) ; ;j ;
won the annual Brazos Open : /
Chess Tournament here Sunday. j.* . ; -
John Hall, University of Texas
at Arlington student, finished
first in the overall competition
with a score of four and a half
out of a possible five points. The
prize consisted of $100 cash. j
Bill Wheeler from Texas A&I .] ; T
and Lewis McClary of Dallas tied / 4
for second place with four points/ i-.■■
each and were awarded $20 ,' v ^
apiece.
Robert Chalker of College Sta
tion won first place in class A
standings, while Norman Snapp"
placed first in class B competi
tion and Robert Hagenmaier, an v
A&M student, won the class C
match.
Bill Mapes of Dallas took first
place in the unrated category.
Membership in a class is decid
ed by the individual’s rating from
the USCF. At the end of a tour
nament, winners must choose be
tween a class prize and a tourna
ment prize.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
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