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e Battalion Cloudy, windy, cool Thursday — Cloudy to partly cloudy, afternoon rainshowers. Winds southerly 10-15 mph. 58°- 72°. Friday — Cloudy to partly cloudy. Winds northerly at 10-15 mph. 48 0 -53°. Vol. 66 NO. 60 College Station, Texas Wednesday, February 3, 1971 845-2226 last Monday and predicted that the structure would be leveled last week. What remained Tuesday was piles of debris and the building’s front, reminiscent of Green ruins. (Photo by Bob Cox) Russian navy strong: Smith HEW official to help begin SCONA By BRUCE BLACK Battalion Staff Writer Over the past few years, there has been a rapid and complete shift in the world’s seapower in favor of the Soviet Union, Dr. William R. Smith, head of the Department of Psychology, said Tuesday night. ‘‘We see activities in the ports,” Smith told a group of Army ROTC cadets, “and know that the U. S. merchant marine cannot compete with the Soviets.” While the U. S. is steadily de clining in all aspects of ship building, Smith said, the USSR has increased their capacity and capabilities of all types of ocean going vessels. What has happened to our ship yards in Boston, New York and San Francisco? These yards are extremely out of date, Smith said, producing vessels with much too great a draft to navigate efficiently in many of today's harbors. ‘‘Most of the Soviet marchant ships are sophisticated, sleek and highly technical,” he continued, ‘‘while most of ours are still of the old World War II variety.” Smith blames the U. S. ship shortage on the economy, stat ing that if we even try to keep up with the amount and quality of Soviet ships with the present price of production and labor, the country would probably be forced into depression. Still, Smith went on, 98 'per cent of the troops and military capabilities in Southeast Asia are transported by seapower. The uniqueness of the Vietnam crisis demands our every sealift capa bility, he said. “There have been over 50 wars in the last 23 years,” he said, “and most have involved the maritime in some respect.” Election Commission, presented his resignation to the executive committee of the Student Senate yesterday. George Walton, a senior aero space major, will become presi dent, moving up from the execu- In summing up the U. S. and Soviet statistics, Smith showed that we are ahead of the USSR in the field of aircraft carriers only. The Soviets have the largest, best equipped submarine fleet in the world, and have swift, highly technical classes of destroyers and other attack vessels. Russia is even ahead of the U. S. in the field of oceanogra phy, Smith concluded, training over 70,000 researchers and em ploying over 150 vessels. tive vice-president’s position. Wiebe’s resignation leaves eight members on the comhnission. Wiebe’s a senior in Electrical Engineering, gave the reasons for his resignation as an academic over-load, 19 hours, duties as a husband, and having a part-time job. A Department of Health, Edu cation and Welfare public affairs official will be the second keynote speaker for the 16th Student Conference on National Affairs (SCONA) here. Stanley B. Thomas Jr. is deputy assistant secretary for youth and student affairs at HEW. The 28-year-old former aide to New York Mayor John Lindsay will follow computer magnate and philanthropist H. Ross Perot on the first day of the conference, setting up discussions of “Student Responsibilities in the ’70s” for the final three days. “Mr. Thomas’ viewpoint from daily, intimate involvement in student affairs will complement that of Mr. Perot, a generalist who will make the opening Center holds open house Thursday,7-10 Booths, entertainment and re freshments will be featured at the Memorial Student Center Spring Open House from 7-10 p.m. Thursday. Directorate Assistant Mickey Wiesinger said the purpose of the open house is to make students aware of the benefits they re ceive from the student services fee they pay, and provide an understanding of the programs and activities offered at the stu dent center. A model of the new expansion program of the MSC will be on display and brochures listing up coming events will be distributed. conference address,” commented SCONA chairman Dave Mayfield. Politically oriented views will be expressed by Sen. Birch Bayh, D. -Ind., and former Sen. Charles E. Goodell of New York. “SCONA roundtables are not going to be a discussion of opin ions about student responsibili ties,” Mayfield said. “With Mr. Thomas and other speakers set ting the tone, discussion sessions will have to be factual.” Delegates will get the more extreme view from a panel of student body presidents to be moderated by Dr. Frank Vandiver. Thomas has been with HEW nearly two years. He chaired the department’s committee for the 1970 White House Conference on Texas A&M’s 71 delegates to the 16th Student Conference on National Affairs have been named by President Dr. Jack K. Wil liams. Graduate student delegates are Kusum A. Luther, M. D. Abdur Razzaque, Thomas H. Harding, Fakhrul Alam, Firooz Ghaffair, Ralph C. Hampton, Frank M. Mul ler, Myron G. Britton and Fried rich G. Mack. Senior delegates include Charles F. Hicks, Robert L. Keeney, Don B. Mauro, Gary J. Martin, Mark Olson, Kent Caperton, Douglas P. Fontana, Carolyn J. Haley, Thom as B. Henderson, Charles R. Hoff man, William S. Leftwich, Carole ann Murphy, David H. Reynolds, John P. Smith, Edwin E. Clarke, Richard H. Rau, Paul A. Scopel, Children and Youth and HEW’s Management Development Com mittee. The 1964 Yale graduate also served as a member of the HEW’s Surgeon General’s Task Force on Drugs and the Presi dent’s Council on Youth Oppor tunity. Before going to D. C., Thomas was secretary to the anti-poverty operations board of his native New York, a college bureau man ager for Time magazine and a tobacco corporation personnel re lations manager. The SCONA keynoter is a mem ber of the Youth Advisory Com mittee of New York’s National Urban League and serves on the trustees board of Horace Mann School, Thomas’ Bronx alma John Vogelsang, Myles A. Yanta and Carlos De La Torre. From the junior class will be Mina R. Akins, A1 L. Bradley Jr., Beth C. Bradley, Michael R. Kren- ek, Marilyn Ann Melcher, Roger Band to name sweetheart Five finalists for Texas Aggie Band Sweetheart have been se lected, according to Stephen W. McDaniel, band operations offi cer. The 1970-71 Aggie Band Sweet heart will be chosen by ballot of bandmen at the Feb. 13 dance in the Memorial Student Center Ball room. Band Sweetheart finalists are Randye Ann Campbell, Texas Uni versity at Austin freshman; Cathy Lynn Chubbuck, TCU freshman; itaren Fitzmann, Co lumbus High School junior; Gwen Mosely, Winston Churchill High School senior of San Anto nio, and Carolyn Spinks, Univer sity of Houston sophomore. XVI mater. He was invited to address SCONA after Mayfield and SCONA advisor Ed Cooper, A&M admissions director, heard him at a Texas Intercollegiate Students Association meeting in Austin. “Mr. Thomas demonstrated a great deal of knowledge of young people, how they think and their attitudes toward the world around khem,” Cooper said. “He has ■traveled extensively and obviously communicated with a lot of young people and people who work with the young. “He is sensitive to problems young people concern themselves with,” Cooper added. “He’s also alert, articulate, a quick thinker and has a sense of humor.” P. Miller, John C. Dacus, Scotty G. Griffin, William Hartsfield, James H. Summers, William W. Webster, Fernando Giannetti, Kirby Brown, John F. Brunjes, Bruce N. Clay, Gregory M. Eastin, William T. Hamilton and John S. Sharp. Sophomores to participate are Charles R. Berg, William R. Lum- ry, Gary N. Reger, Albert M. Shannon, David M. Stockard, Ju lie McCall, John Shepherd, Denys L. Girard, Luis A. Roman-Trigo, Nancy L. Evans, Michael K. Lind sey and Gordon A. Pilmer. Freshman delegates will be Thomas M. Blakemore, Caroline Most, Harry W. Schroeder Jr., Steve Wakefield, Donald A. Webb, Thomas C. Edwards, Rebecca Sue Ferenz, Paul T. Gibson, Marvin L. Bridges, Patrick L. Coyne, She ila Wilson and Salahuddin S. Yo- sufzai. Interviewing committees were composed of faculty members and student leaders. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Sophomores plan big weekend; Election group head resigns Mike Wiebe, president of the 71 delegates from A&M Charlene Allison 10 to vie for class sweetheart One of ten young ladies’ mid winter night’s dreams will come true Saturday night when she is crowned sweetheart of the sophomore class at this year's Sophomore Ball—“A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The evening is the highpoint in a weekend chock full of activities for sophomores, Sophomore Class President Nick Jiga announced. Ten finalists, chosen by a com mittee headed by David Dacus will be presented at a sock hop Friday night. At this time, judges will pick five finalists. Saturday night at the ball, each couple will retain their ticket stub and vote for a finalist. The ballots will be counted at the ball and the winner will be announced. The ball will be in Duncan Din ing Hall from 9 until 1. Dress is semi-formal or formal. Cost is $5.00 per couple. Top rock group “The Fifth Au tumn” from Baton Rouge, La., will play, Jiga said. The group, 3 men and two women, feature the music of “Chicago,” “Grand Funk,” “Creedence Clearwater Revival,” “The Beatles,” and “Santanna.” “This year we are trying to incorporate many activities into a whole weekend rather than just one night,” Jiga said. Dress for the Sock Hop Friday at 9 p.m. is casual for both Corps and civilian, he stressed. Cadets do not have to wear uniforms. Entertainment will be a large sound and light system presented by the Sound Shop at North Gate, he added. The hop is free for ball ticket holders and $.50 for others. Sophomores and dates with tickets for the weekend can be admitted free to films by W. C. Fields and others Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Memorial Student Center Ballroom. Price for non ticket holders is $.25. Sunday a special chapel service for sophomores and their dates will be held in the MSC Ballroom. Sweetheart semifinalists are as follows: Charlene Allison is a sopho more at Stephen F. Austin State, majoring in Secondary Education. She is 19 and has brown hair and eyes. Michelle Brown has brown hair and eyes. She is a 17 year old senior at MacArthur High School. Sandy Combs is a blue-eyed blonde. She is a senior at Waltrip High School in Houston. Vandetta Dinkins is a fresh man Nursing major at Texas Woman’s University. She is 19 and has brown hair and eyes. A senior at MacArthur High, Jenice Graham is 17 and has brown hair and blue eyes. Candi Lesh is 18 and also has brown hair and blue eyes. She is a senior at Rider High School in Wichita Falls. Marilynn Lewis is a sophomore Psychology and Education major at East Texas State University. She is 19 and has brown hair and eyes. Janie Patterson has brown hair and hazel eyes. She is 18 and a senior at Sunset High School in Dallas. A blue-eyed blonde, Judy Sue Romer is a freshman Radio-TV Broadcasting major at Texas Christian University. Pam Schiefelbein, a Zoology major, is the only semifinalist from A&M. She is 19 and has brown hair and hazel eyes. Pam Schiefelbein Judy Sue Romer Michelle Brown Sandy Combs Vandetta Dinkins Jenice Graham Candi Lesh Marilynn Lewis Janie Patterson