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College Station, Texas
Wednesday, December 9, 1970
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Birch Bayh to address
SCONA, public Feb. 18
Sen. Birch Bayh, who has been
5 . right? L n tioned as a possible Demo-
ay, ana fjtjc contender for the presi-
t them jncy in 1972 will be a featured
nough' peaker Feb. 18 at Texas A&M
likely to | r the 16th Student Conference
at point a National Affairs.
Jo your The Indiana Democrat who has
ivolved himself in domestic
^snnnci. -’a 15 legislation during his eight
ars in the U. S. Congress will
alrl! :P® on the SCONA XVI pro-
rjde (h ram avdth Dallas philanthropist
6 Ross Perot and tentatively,
r, S. I. Hayakawa, president of
Francisco State.
Bayh (pronounced bye), 42,
ill speak on “The Role of Stu-
pts in Politics” at SCONA
VI, which will be concerned
t’s talk jjh "Student Responsibilities in
nething. B 70’s.”
“The senator is a youthful, dy-
imic and intelligent public ser-
mt,” Dave Mayfield, SCONA
airman of Waco, said.
Mayfield and SCONA commit-
member Ben Thurman of
imp Lejeune, N. C., met with
jyh recently in Washington.
“He is sincerely interested in
h role of young people in the
ilitical process and is genuine
:his efforts to involve them in
hernment,” the chairman add-
L "He also expressed concern
for what is happening today
among the student generation
and their attitude toward the ‘es
tablishment’ and the institution
of this country.”
The author and guide to pas
sage of the 25th Amendment
dealing with presidential inabili
ty and vice presidential succes
sion tells the story of its incep
tion and passage in his book,
“One Heartbeat Away.”
Bayh is currently working on
what he hopes will be the 26th
Sen. Birch Bayh
Constitutional Amendment. It
would give people the right to
vote directly for president and
vice president, abolishing the
Electoral College.
He is a leader in women’s
equal rights legislation, was Sen
ate leader in seeking extension
of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
and currently serves on the Dem
ocratic Party’s Commission on
Party Structure to revise dele
gate selection procedures for the
national convention.
Bayh has been one of the prime
forces behind the movement to
lower the voting age to 18.
He has called for re-ordering
of U. S. priorities and mobiliza
tion of resources to deal with pol
lution control, poverty, poor
schools and inadequate health
care.
Member of the Subcommittee
on Air and Water Pollution of
the Senate Committee on Public
Works, the solon has been in
volved in all major legislation on
environmental improvement since
1963. He also is known for ef
forts to improve federal relief
for major disaster victims and
insistence on careful management
of foreign aid funds.
After returning from Vietnam
in January, 1968, Bayh urged
that the South Vietnamese take
more responsibility in the con
flict and, at that time, asked for
U. S. troop reductions.
The SCONA speaker served
eight years in the Indiana House
—four as Democratic leader and
two as Speaker—after election
to the Indiana House of Repre
sentatives in 1953 at age 25. He
upset 18-year incumbent Senator
Homer Capehart for election to
the Senate in 1962.
The three-year Indiana Easter
Seals campaign chairman and
Jaycees’ Outstanding Ten Young
Men in the Nation in 1963 is mar
ried and has one son. The Indi
ana University law degree recip
ient owns and operates a 340-
acre family farm in his native
Vigo County, Indiana.
1,166 to graduate
at 9:30 Saturday
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MSC Ballroom
’esticide talk Monday
_ Dr. Emil M. Mrak, chancellor
leritus of the University of
ilifornia at Davis, will present
lecture entitled “Pesticides in
e Modern World” here Monday.
The 7:30 p.m. talk in the Me-
•irial Student Center Ballroom
part of the Range Science De-
utment’s Distinguished Lecture
togram.
Mrak served as chancellor of
e University of California’s
svis campus from 1959 until
it year. He joined the Univer-
iy of California at Berkeley in
87 and was named chairman
the Food Science and Tech-
tlogy Department in 1948. The
department was moved to the
Davis campus in 1951.
He earned B.S., M.S. and Ph.D.
degrees at Berkeley.
As a food scientist, Dr. Mrak
has become increasingly con
cerned with food problems, par
ticularly in the developing na
tions.
Last year he received the De
partment of the Army’s Out
standing Civilian Service Award
for his contributions in the de
velopment of rations which could
stand climatic extremes and the
rigors of military handling.
He also was appointed chair
man last year for the Health,
Education and Welfare Depart
ment’s Commission on Pesticides
and Their Relationship to Envir
onmental Health.
Mrak currently serves as chair
man of the HEW secretary’s
Pesticide Advisory Committee.
Earlier this year he was elect
ed a fellow of the Institute of
Food Technologists and holds all
three awards presented by that
organization.
Texas A&M’s mid-term gradu-.
ation ceremonies will be conduct
ed at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in G.
Rollie White Coliseum.
A record 1,166 students applied
for winter graduation, with 129
scheduled to receive military
commissions in separate cere
monies at 1:30 p.m., also in the
coliseum.
Commencement speaker will be
Dr. Charles L. Allen, pastor of
the First Methodist Church of
Houston.
Featured speaker at the com
missioning ceremonies will be Lt.
Gen. Richard G. Stilwell, the
Army’s deputy chief of staff for
military operations.
Dr. Jack K. Williams, Texas
A&M president, will preside at
both events.
Allen’s address will be preced
ed by brief remarks by Clyde
Wells, president of the univer
sity’s board of directors.
Among the students applying
for graduation were 694 seeking
undergraduate degrees, 333 for
master’s and 139 for doctorates.
The Army is expected to ac
count for 92 of the commissions,
with the Air Force having 34
and the Marine Corps three.
There will be no limitations on
the number of guests students
can invite to the Saturday exer
cises, university officials noted.
A limit of four guests was im
posed for spring commencement
because of seating.
The ceremonies, however, will
again be transmitted via closed
circuit television to the Memorial
Student Center ballroom for the
benefit of any guests who might
be unable to find seats in the
coliseum.
DO THEY COME WITH THE TREE ? Things are different
up north and unseasonally high 70 degrees temperatures
forced Betty Schepman (foreground) and Charlotte Conant,
freshmen at Butler University in Indianapolis, Ind. to shop
for their Christmas tree in bathing suits. The PI Beta Phi
pledges said it was warm enough except for the still cold
ground under their bare feet. (AP Wirephoto)
Nelson says
Naturalist
community hero
By BRUCE BLACK
Battalion Staff Writer
“Many times the naturalist is
so needed that he becomes a hero
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Design students to plant tree
in memory of dead comrade
Williams to be on KTRK-TV
Texas A&M President Jack K.
ams will be the guest on
TRK-TV’s Issues and Answers
' ai 't 1) program at noon Sun-
announced John Gehbauer,
*s director for the Houston
ation.
Gehbauer said the program
will be repeated following the
Dick Cavett Show Monday night.
Dr. Williams will be inter
viewed by Dave W^ard and one
other member of Channel 13 s
“Eye Witness News” staff, Geh
bauer noted.
Students in the College of
Architecture and Environmental
Design will plant a tree Friday
in memory of Arthur W. Licht,
who was killed in an auto acci
dent Feb. 2.
Licht, in whose honor a schol
arship program has been estab
lished here by family and friends,
was a sophomore architecture
major from El Paso.
Doyle Borman, junior environ
mental design student coordinat
ing the memorial ceremony, said
the tree will be planted at 10 a.m.
on the Architecture Building
lawn.
Licht, son of Mrs. Richard H.
Licht of El Paso, was killed when
his car hit a bridge and plunged
into a deep ditch on State High
way 21 eight miles west of
Bryan.
Christian Nelson
Conservation Council Merit
Award, said Tuesday.
Speaking on the topic of
“Teaching Environmental Val
ues” to a group in the Parks and
Recreation Department, Nelson
said that education still plays the
key role in becoming a- naturalist.
The naturalist not only has to
know the names of the wildlife
forms in his area, but he must
also know how to express himself
in his nature talks, Nelson said.
Many people, particularly chil
dren, he said, can’t comprehend
the forest. They’ve never seen a
tree bigger than the one in their
back yard, and they think the
woods are full of bears. The most
you can hope to accomplish in
this case is to convey a feeling.
On the other hand, the natural
ist is also expected to help Boy
Scouts with their merit badges,
biology majors with problems in
ecology and church groups with
lectures on God and nature, he
said. This involves such courses
as public relations and public
speaking as well as the basics in
nature studies.
“You have to become totally
in the community,” Christian
Nelson, winner of the California
involved,” he explained. “There
is no such thing in park service
as working eight-to-five.”
On the other hand, he said,
there is nothing worse than
working in a “green prison”
where the naturalist has to go
through the same routine day in
and day out with no chance to be
creative.
As chief of the East Bay Re
gional Park District Interpretive
Department in Oakland, Calif.,
Nelson said he is doing every
thing in his power to prevent this
from happening in park service.
But he says he needs the com
munity’s help.
“The community can see a need
for a new swimming pool, but not
for a new nature center or a cou
ple of natux-alists,” he contended.
Changes are coming about,
however, he added.
“Two park bills have been
passed in California in the last
year,” he said. “Someone’s been
reaching the people; we like to
think it’s the naturalists.”
Umveirsifcy- National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
The inquiring Battman
Do you like ending the semester before Christmas?
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James H. Jones
about time A&M has come
Un<a and realized the advant-
c s that this system has to of-
F the students.
Ronny White
senior
“It’s much better. It gives the
student a longer ^
from school and get ready for tbe
next semester.”
M. Scott Kelley
j unior
“It’s great! It gives me more
time to spend at home with my
family. There is more time so a
guy can work over the holidays.
You don’t have ^ finals hanging
over vour head.”
Patrick Fynn
sophomore
“It’s good, but it doesn’t really
give us enough time to study
after Thanksgiving.”
Bill Leftwich
senior
“I think it’s great! Having a
month off gives a person time
to work and make something to
carry him through next semester.”
Craig Colwick
freshman
“I think it’s great because you
don’t have to worry about exams
during your holidays, and you
can enjoy it more.”
Grant D. Gordon
senior
“It is a much-needed change,
giving us a chance to finish finals
before Christmas. This gives us
much more time to spend in job
hunting.” (Photos by Patrick
Fontana)