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■ ■ ■' ■' ' • ' ■ ' : ■ : Che Battalion Moon landing see page 3 Vol. 66 No. 62 College Station, Texas Friday, February 5, 1971 845-2226 . provides New students bigger trd, whid But wfe i with a; ers ome of 1 'lack plm Rhodes n r and llito punt reta onsidered: by ones this M : players i Harris, lit eshman lit Harris is ■ back u is a dtfs who was i ylor is Florida Sti) di scours! and side® f the esr. out that 11 'layer lesd clean sba Senate President Kent Caperton goes over a proposed new constitution with senators during Thursday night’s meeting. (Photo by David Middlebrooke) By DAVID MIDDLEBROOKE Battalion Editor A proposed new constitution for the Texas A&M student body would allow students a more im portant, more direct role in the student government process, Stu dent Senate members learned Thursday night as they contin ued to study the plan. Senators also voted to hold a belated Silver Taps for sophomore cadet Charles E. Wolfer, slain Jan. 22 by a Brenham police of ficer while supposedly fleeing the scene of a crime. They also heard reports rec ommending that Silver Taps be held for any person who dies while a student at Texas A&M, and for the second time sent a Goncharoff’s day with students R 'c By STEVE DUNKELBERG Battalion Staff Writer The YMCA-sponsored Chang ing World Events Seminar kept its speaker, Dr. Nicholas Gon charoff hopping both Thursday and today. Thursday Goncharoff, Russian- born National YMCA Council executive, toured the campus and visited political science and Rus sian classes after an early break fast. “You sure believe in starting early here,” he laughed when told he was meeting with an 8 a.m. class. He then spoke to a noon gath ering in the Social Room of the MSC. After lunch the international affairs specialist toured the cam pus more and spoke at various classes. At 6:30 p.m. he addressed students in a forum sponsored by Schumacher and Walton Halls. He ended his day in a special meeting of the YMCA Cabinet at the Pizza Inn. Friday morning he observed the Corps of Cadets’ morning formation and breakfasted with YMCA officers. After breakfast there was another strenuous schedule of classroom appear ances topped off by a noontime luncheon with local YMCA offi cials. He then departed for Dal las. During his stay, Goncharoff stressed the desire for an expand ed cultural exchange program with all countries. “I think it would be wonderful if we could take $5 billions of the defense budget and use it to set up new intensive waves of cul tural exchange,” he said, “involv ing hundreds of thousands of sci entists, students, orchestras and artists to study the mentality of other peoples and see how the human heart ticks.” Goncharoff explained several aspects of the YMCA which help to “bridge the gap” between the United States and communist countries. He said that through their many exchange and seminar programs they are trying to “mediate,” and repudiate many false conceptions that one coun try may have about another. “ ‘With the splitting of the atom everything has changed ex cept our thinking’,” the Russian native said, quoting Albert Ein stein. “We on earth have been devel oping in our human relationships at a donkey, horse body speed and at a donkey, horse mentality,” he said, contrasting scientific achievements with social and po litical achievements. “We think about it and would like to do something, but don’t do a thing,” he added. “I would like to just make a little contribu tion.” “Thank goodness my wife feels this way,” he laughed, “or I would have a revolution at home and that’s too many revolutions!” In speaking of Russia, Gonchar off explained that a system of Communism as Marx, Lenin, or Stalin knew it does not exist in Russia any more. The impact of scientific technology and the in ability of the obsolete Communist ideology to cope with the changes, couple with the rising of a new rebellious youth who have not been indoctrinated in pure Com munism and cannot remember the 1917 revolution, has created a “spiritual and intellectual vacuum.” Goncharoff, a naturalized U.S. citizen, said he felt that one of the best ways for Americans to understand their country and themselves, as well as other coun tries, was to “articulate the American heritage. “Not in the flag waving, rous ing manner, which is an easy escapism,” he said, “but through knowing your forefathers like Jefferson, Washington, Madison and people like that.” recommendation on the selection of the Aggie Sweetheart back to committee for further study. The constitution under study by the Senate was first unveiled last week. Under it, Texas A&M would have a student association, to which every student aiid every student organization would be long. The Student Senate then would be the governing body of the association. Senators this week looked at the executive and judicial branches of the proposed new government, which parallels in structure that of the United States. The legislature makes the policy, the executive branch car ries out that policy, and the ju dicial process provides for re view of the policies implemented —judicial interpretation. Last week senators were told students would have power, under the plan, to recall a senator if they felt it were necessary. In addition, according to the second half of the constitution handed out Thursday night, students would have the rights of initia tive and referendum. Initiative is the right of the people to petition for legislation that a legislative body refuses to enact. Under the plan, 20 per cent of the student body could petition the Senate concerning a proposal the students felt was needed. The Senate then would be required to call an election to put the meas ure up for popular vote by the student body within 20 class days. Referendum gives the students an opportunity to reject enacted legislation they feel is bad or not needed. Again, 20 per cent of the student body must sign a petition asking for the referendum, and upon presentation of the petition an election must be held within 20 class days. The student association presi dent would be given a veto power under the new plan, but he would be specifically barred from veto ing any measure passed by initia tive. The Association president would be required to either sign or veto part or all (thus, an item veto) of all legislation presented him by the Student Senate. Fail ure to sign act within the 10 days would allow the measure to be come effective automatically. All legislation passed by the Senate would have to receive some sort of action from the as sociation president. The association vice president would have powers similar to the powers given the vice president of the United States, except the association vice president would be allowed to vote in the Senate whenever his vote will change the decision, not just to break a tie. With that provision, the vice president could cast a vote pro viding the two-thirds required to pass a bill, or cast a vote creat ing a tie and thus causing a measure to fail. Any student association officer would be subject to recall upon submission of a petition signed by 20 per cent of the student body. Membership in any committee of student government formed by the executive branch would be open to any interested student. The judicial section provides for a nine-member judicial com mittee appointed by the associ ation president and approved by the Senate. Many of this body’s powers were vague, and further committee study was recommend ed by senators. Public Relations Chairman Jimmy O’Jibway presented a spe cial report to senators from a recently formed Silver Taps com mittee. The committee was form ed to answer questions raised in a memorandum from Dean of Stu- (See Senate Votes, page 2) Julliard strings to perform One-tenth of A&M students women Women now account for more than 10 percent of total enroll ment at Texas A&M University. Official registration figures re leased Thursday show 1,411 wom en included in Texas A&M’s rec ord 13,403 spring enrollment. Current coed enrollment is up 178 from the fall semester and 382 from last spring. Women were first admitted to Texas A&M, on a limited basis, in 1963. Registrar Robert A. Lacey said the total spring enrollment rep resents an increase of 327 over the same period last year. He noted, however, spring en rollment is traditionally lower than in the fall. Registration last semester totaled 14,406, but 930 of those students were graduated at mid-term. Included in Texas A&M’s en rollment are 387 veterinary medi cine students and approximately 3,000 graduate students. The fig ures also include 82 cadets at the Texas Maritime Academy in Gal veston. Chamber music that has been enthusiastically received in a Java village, American embassies in Asia, Russia and. most of the. rest of the world will be pre sented here Tuesday by the re nown Julliard String Quartet. An artists Showcase presenta tion of the Memorial Student Cen ter Hown Hall committee, the 8 p.m. performance in the MSC Ballroom promises to be a spotr light attraction of the 1970-71 series. The group acknowledged world wide for its virtuosity, broad rep ertoire and exceptional playing skill is composed of first violinist Robert Mann, second violinist Earl Carlyss, violist Samuel Rhodes and cellist Claus Adam. “They played as if the instru ments were parts of their bodies,” commented Alexander Sveshnikov, Moscow Conservatory director. In 1961 they were the first American string quartet to visit the Soviet Union. Since its 1946 beginning, the quartet has built a repertoire of 135 works, ranging from the clas sics—Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert—to the moderns—Bar- tok, Webern, Schoenberg, Ginas- tera. Champions of American com posers, they bring to an ever in creasing public, works by Cop land, Schuman, Sessions, Piston and Carter. The Julliard Quartet is regu larly invited to help celebrate the opening of new halls, among them Houston, Colorado Springs, New York’s Philharmonic and Tully Hall, the New York Lincoln Cen ter’s new auditorium for chamber music. On their 20th anniversary four years ago, the group’s aura of excitement and glamor surround ing appearances was examined by Newsweek: “The extraordinary unity the Julliard Quartet achieves is not the compromise of four musicians mixing a rich harmonizing brew with every music ingredient at hand; instead, the players dy namically assert their individual ity, intensifying the tension be tween the one and the many. The Julliard’s uninhibited perform ances crackle with electricity as they gamble on a promised fusion that can be almost nuclear in its explosiveness.” Town Hall chairman Bill Left- wich noted that Town Hall season ticket and Texas A&M activity card holders will be admitted free to the Julliard performance. A&M student date tickets are $1, other student $1.50 and faculty-staff- patron, $3. He said seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. Looking for something to do? Activity abounds at the ‘C Senior Jack Abbott per forms in the basement at the Memorial Student Cen- Above, Virginia West, David Anschutz and Tom Bauch explain the Aggie Cinema at the Kendra Ward waits to tell ter open house Thursday open house. In the lower picture, Vernon Lewis, left, Virgil Gay and William Grays guests about The New Tra- exhibit. (Photos by Bob Cox) night. discuss the Black Awareness Committee with a browser. dition Singers. President Dr. Jack K. Williams views the Chess Club’s