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Vol. 66 No. 61
College Station, Texas
Thursday, February 4, 1971
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‘Catastrophic times’ face
on race problems
JUDY, A MONKEY who wants to be a mother, perches in
a tree with a six-week-old pup which she carries with her
24 hours a day. Feeding the dog gets to be dangerous at
| times since Judy will fight anyone who tries to take the
pup away from her. Judy Muse, 15, the owner of Judy has
put up with the monkey’s mothering of baby animals for
the past three years. (AP Wirephoto)
By DOUGLAS GIBBS
Battalion Staff Writer
The time for asking some im
portant questions about racism
is now in order to avoid “catas
trophic times ahead,” a Berkley
official said last night in a Great
Issues presentation.
“I don’t believe there will be a
bloodbath before something
changes, but it can happen,” said
Dr. Kenneth G. Goode, vice chan
cellor for Special Projects at Ber
kley.
Speaking on the “Black Man’s
Place in American History,” Dr.
Goode gave a capsule history of
the black in America and ended
with some questions he said we
must ask ourselves.
Goode documentated a history
of black people which attempted
to explain why “racism prevades
Youth protest in
Russia: ‘Y’ talk
9>.
Nicholas T. Goncharoff
By STEVE DUNKELBERG
Battalion Staff Writer
Youth protest, the “Technical
Intelligentsia,” the armed forces,
and the Communist Party are the
four pressures which influence
the internal order of the Soviet
Union, Dr. Nicholas T. Gonchar
off said Wednesday night speak
ing on “Current Political and Mil
itary Strategy in the Soviet
Union.” The National YMCA
Council executive stressed that in
looking at the Soviet Union one
must look at the country rather
than the current political system,
and that too often people rely on
what they read or hear rather
than first hand knowledge of a
country.
“You must deal with Russia in
respect to ten centuries of civili
zation piling up,” Goncharoff
said. “Russia has had Communism
only fifty years. In respect to ten
centuries that isn’t a very long
time.”
Speaker’s death cancels talk
Texas A&M’s University Lee- Service at the University of Flor-
ture Tuesday has been canceled
because of the death of the sched
uled speaker, Dr. Gladys M. Kam-
merer.
Announcement of the cancella
tion was made by Dr. Wendell A.
Landmann, chairman of the Uni
versity Lectures Committee.
Dr. Kammerer, professor of po
litical science and director of the
Public Administration Clearing
ida, was to have lectured on
“Dangerous Trends in Federal
Administration and Budgeting.”
Landmann said the next and
final lecture in the 1970-71 series
will be presented April 21. Dr.
Dante G. Scarpelli, professor and
chairman of pathology at the Uni
versity of Kansas Medical School,
will discuss “Disease and Civili
zation.”
The youth of Communist Rus
sia have been protesting ever
since the 1915 revolution, accord
ing to Dr. Goncharoff. He cited
such authors as Pasternak, and
others that have been imprison
ed or banned in Russia because
of their critical literature, which
Goncharoff labeled as “youth’s
artistic search for the truth.”
The author or poet, is a partic
ular enemy because he can say
things better than politicians be
cause of his lack of political ambi
tion, his eloquence and his higher
intelligence, the international ex
pert explained.
The “Technical Intelligentsia,”
Goncharoff stated is made up of
professional people of Russia—
doctors, scientists and professors,
who are exposed to the West
through scientific publications.
They are eager to exchange ideas
with the West more freely.
Also, from the Technical Intel
ligentsia there is a middle class
developing in Russia, which Gon
charoff says is contrary to Com
munism’s intent.
The armed forces poses anoth
er pressure in modern Russia,
Goncharoff said. They are very
nationalistic and have seen
their power put to use in the sys
tem, having helped instate and
dethrone Krushchev, he added.
The Communist Party was giv
en as another pressure. The party
was divided, Goncharoff said after
(See Youth protest, page 4)
every segment of our society.”
For example, the constitution
defined the black man as sub
human, a special form of cattle,
and as three-fifths of a man,
said Goode, while when the Dec
laration of Independence said
“white,” for many it meant “white
only,” and still does today.
Senate topics
Taps, revised
constitution
Student senators tonight will
continue consideration of a pro
posed constitution which would
establish a student association at
Texas A&M, Vice President Rog
er Miller said Wednesday night.
The Senate will meet in the
conference room on the second
floor of the library at 7:30.
Senators also will hear a rec
ommendation from the Sweet
heart Committee that the Aggie
Sweetheart be selected from
among both Texas A&M coeds
and Texas Woman’s University
students.
Also on the agenda is a report
by a special committee on Silver
Taps. Miller said the committee
will recommend that Silver Taps
be held for any student who dies,
regardless of who he is or the
circumstances of the death.
The recommendation arises
from the decision a few weeks
ago not to hold Silver Taps for
a student shot by Brenham police
while fleeing the scene of a sus
pected robbery.
Also scheduled for the meeting
are the usual committee and of
ficer reports, Miller said.
“The concept of a superior race
is still being shared by some
white people in power positions,”
he said.
Goode stated blacks are tradi
tionally thought of as grown-up
children with whites in the posi
tion of strict fathers.
“The U.S. has crowded into two
major racial castes—blacks and
whites,” he said.
Goode believes we are going
through a social revolution today
whose only historically similar
forerunner was the reconstruction
period.
He said he accepts the view
that “one of the most important
forces for change in American
race relations is the guilt of
most white people over the dis
crepancy between the american
creed and the treatment of blacks
and other ethnic minorities.”
Addressing the audience, Goode
commented that no blacks present
were wearing clothing which told
of their African background, in
cluding himself, which he describ
ed as “Madison Ave. to the bone.”
Goode says he believes ideologi
cal and political developments in
the U.S. can take two directions.
“On the one hand, there can be
a generalized political radicaliza-
tion of American society along
new left lines with the clear real
ization that race is not a pheno
menon but an ethnic phenomenon
devoid of intrinsic significance,
and that present conflicts and
problems transcend race.
The other alternative, of course,
is militant black separatism for
demographic, if for no other rea
sons, black separatism does not
have much of a long range future,
but it’s potential short range
chaos is very impressive.”
Goode asked students what the
black man’s place in the U.S. is,
and what would be his future
place — “that is the important
question.”
Five faculty, Borman
head round table list
Former U. S. astronaut Col.
Frank Borman, foreign embassy
and government officials and
educators will co-chair round
tables of the 16th Student Con
ference on National Affairs.
Heart of the Feb. 17-20 con
ference on “Student Responsibili
ties in the ’70s,” round-tables
provide the SCON A forum for
participant examination, analysis
and debate of issues raised by
keynote speakers.
With Borman in the vital posts
are Joseph Rhodes Jr., Harvard
law student and President’s Com
mission on Campus Unrest mem
ber; U. S. State Department pub
lic affairs officials, Yukio Sato
of the Japanese Embassy in
Washington and five Texas A&M
faculty members headed by lib-
Williams to have
April inauguration
eral arts Dean Dr. W. David
Maxwell.
“They are an outstanding
group that provides a cross-sec
tion of ideologies on student is
sues,” commented Ben Thurman,
SCON A vice chairman of Dun
canville.
“The strength of the confer
ence lies in the quality of the
round-table co-chairmen,” the
junior political science major
added. “We feel these co-chair
men will keep the round-table
discussions at a simmer.”
SCONA XVI co-chairmen in
clude Edward J. Blakely and Mrs.
Mary Ann Parsons, both in the
State Department Bureau of Pub
lic Affairs; Miss Carolyn Colwell,
Library of Congress legislative
reference service; Rayburn Hanz-
lik, youth activities division di
rector, White House Conference
on Children and Youth; Sato;
S.A.R. Matinuddin, Pakistan Em
bassy education attache; Capt.
James F. Wheeler, political
science professor and assistant
director of the U. S. Air Force
Academy Assembly; Maj. How
ard Graves, Social Sciences De
partment, U. S. Military Acad
emy.
Also, Dr. George R. Woolfolk,
Prairie View A&M History De
partment head; Dr. Murray Mil
ner, 1957 A&M graduate and
New York University sociology
professor; Rhodes; Rev. John E.
Boyles, minister to Bryn Mawr
and Swarthmore College stu
dents; Joe Stork of Washington
and Mrs. Bobby Richi of N e w
York.
Texas A&M faculty serving as
co-chairmen with Dean Maxwell
are Dr. Clinton A. Phillips, Fi
nance Department head; Dr. B.
Douglas Stone, management pro
fessor; Dr. Thomas K. Saville,
psychology professor, and Dr.
Barbara Coe, marketing profes
sor.
Inaugural ceremonies for Dr.
Jack K. Williams, new Texas
A&M University president, will
be conducted April 16, announced
Clyde H. Wells, president of the
Texas A&M University System
Board of Directors.
Dr. Williams, who succeeded
the late Gen. Earl Rudder, took
office Nov. 1 as 17th president
of the university and fourth pres
ident of the system.
Wells said Dr. Williams’ formal
installation will be in G. Rollie
White Coliseum.
More than 1,000 colleges, uni
versities, learned societies and
professional organizations are
being invited to have representa
tives participate in the inaugural
ceremonies.
Wells noted inaugural activi
ties will include cultural and so
cial events beginning the day
prior to the installation.
Dr. Horace R. Byers, Texas
A&M academic vice president,
has been named general chair
man for the university’s inaug
ural committee.
5 4 C’ vice presidential slots
open for next year’s council
Students can now apply for
five positions on the 1971-72 Me
morial Student Center Council.
Applications for the office of
executive vice president and vice
presidents of issues, operations,
programs and recreation will be
accepted until 5 p.m. Monday, an-
n o u n c e d Directorate Assistant
Mickey Wiesinger.
He said applicants will be in
terviewed by the nominating
committee in its second session
Wednesday.
Minimum grade requirements
for vice presidents are an overall
GPR of 2.5 and a 2.5 or higher
in the previous semester. Appli
cants cannot be on any proba
tion.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
The inquiring Battman
Should your grades be sent to you or your parents?
Rudy Bernhard
freshman
“Both should get the grade
reports, the students first so they
can think up some good excuse
to send home.”
Lois Wink
junior
“I think the student should get
the grade report, definitely!"
Jon Imler
senior
“I think both students and par
ents should receive grade reports,
especially in the case of married
students who pay part or all of
their education expenses.”
Bobby Harrell
freshman
“I think a copy should be sent
to both the parents and the stu
dents until the student reaches
the age of 21 or unless the stu
dent pays for his own education.”
Mary Hanak
j unior
“I think the students should
get their grade reports because
so many of the students today
are paying for their own educa
tion.”
David Butler
freshman
“The parents should. The stu
dent can always find out his
grades from them if he does not
already know them.”
Larry Hogge
freshman
“I feel that it should be sen
sible for both the parents and
student to receive the report so
both parties know the exact sit
uation.” Photos by Patrick Fon
tana)