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SCONA And Other
Activities This Week
TONIGHT
7:30 p.m. “The Hunters”, Auditorium, Zachry Engr. Bldg.
8:30 p.m. “Fahrenheit 451”, Assembly Room, MSC
WEDNESDAY
10 a.m. “1984”, Assembly Room, MSC
2 p.m. First Round-Table Session/Introductory*
3 p.m. Arthur Miller, “The Assault on Privacy”, Ballroom,
MSC
5 p.m. Corps of Cadets Review, Drill Field
8:30 p.m. Ralph Nader, “Congress & Big Business: Who
Controls Whom?” in G. Rollie White Coliseum
♦Roundtables in MSC Rooms 2A/B, 2C/D, 3B/C, 3D,
Birch, Assembly, Art and Social Rooms.
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Free Films Offered
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Free film entertainment galore
will be available to all interested
students and faculty Tuesday and
Wednesday as the eighteenth
| SCONA conference kicks off ac
tivities with “Fahrenheit 461” to
night.
Other films open to the general
public include the showing of
"The Hunters” tonight at 7:30
in the large auditorium of the
| Zachry Engineering Center. The
film is sponsored by A&M’s Soci
ology and Anthropology Depart
ment.
Wednesday morning will bring
George Orwell’s “1984” to the
screen in the Assembly Room of
the MSC. This film is also being
shown in connection with SCONA
XVIII.
"461” is a British color film,
directed by Francois Truffaut
which depicts a society where in
dividual knowledge and thought
are brutally suppressed. The pos
session or reading of books is pro
hibited and anyone who disobeys
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the state is hunted down and
punished. The 1966, one-hour and
40-minute film will be shown in
the MSC Assembly Room at 8:30
p.m.
“The Hunters” is a 73-minute
film which presents a photograph
ic and ethnographic study of the
African Bushmen. The film is
recognized as one of the best
visual records of the original life
patterns of this Kalahari Desert
group of hunters.
The 1968 movie presents a brief
glimpse into the past customs and
life styles of an almost entirely
now-acculturated people. It will
also be shown Thursday in Room
108 of Nagle Hall at 11 a.m.
Orwell’s “1984” is a futuristic
political horror story in which the
citizen is an instrument of large-
scale totalitarian state. The Or
wellian world is one of the social
checks (“Big Brother is watching
you”) and paradoxical slogans
(“War is Peace”).
All three movies are open to
anyone.
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GEN. EARL RUDDER’S widow, Mrs. Margaret Rud
der, took part in Monday’s Rudder’s Rangers ceremonies by
presenting pins to 41 men completing basic Ranger training.
Here, Mrs. Rudder congratulates a Ranger as Company
Commander Ed Rumold looks on.
Mrs. Rudder Awards Pins
To 41 At Ranger Ceremony
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Mrs. Margaret Rudder, widow
of the late President of A&M,
Gen. Earl Rudder, took part in a
Ranger Company awards ceremo
ny Monday evening.
Forty-one cadets received the
diamond-shaped Rudder’s Rangers
badge which is awarded upon com
pletion of the basic Ranger train
ing. This training includes a swim
ming test, obstacle course, phy
sical training test, rappelling, and
field exercises.
Mrs. Rudder, who presented the
pins, said, “To Gen. Rudder the
Rangers were very close to his
heart. He had a great deal of
pride in the Rangers he command
ed.”
“The training that you have re
ceived will stand you in good
stead, but it is my hope that you
will never have to use it in any
war,” Mrs. Rudder said.
Company Commander Edward
Rumold commented on the his
tory of Ranger Company and re
marked that the Ranger pins were
designed after the original
patches worn by the Rangers in
World War II that were diamond
shaped.
“What you learn in the field
will help you in Ranger school and
summer camp and in any walk
of life will teach you to think on
your feet,” Rumold said.
Che Battalion
Vol. 67 No. 214
College Station, Texas
Tuesday, February 13, 1973
845-2226
MSC Groups Hosting Ralph Nader
Miller, Movies Kick-Off SCONA XVIII
Ralph Nader and Arthur R.
Miller will be the two keynote
speakers to kick off four days of
activity for over 170 SCONA
XVIII delegates Wednesday.
Nader, a consumer advocate,
will speak Wednesday in G. Rol
lie White at 8:30 p.m. sponsored
by Great Issues and Political For
um.
The 36-year-old lawyer has or
ganized several groups to help
fight consumer and environmental
abuses and challenge institutions
—whether government bureaucra
cy or large corporation — they
deem responsible.
The author of such books as
“Unsafe at Any Speed” and “Who
Runs Congress ? The President,
Big Business or You?” says his
only desire is for reform of the in
justices of twentieth-century
America and “making the govern
ment more responsive to the needs
of the people.”
Tickets are on sale in the Stu
dent Programs Office at $1 for
reserve seats for students with
activity cards and $2.50 for others.
General admission with a student
activity card is 50 cents and oth
ers are $2.
SCONA delegates began arriv
ing today for a conference on
string pulling and how it affects
people.
Most of the delegates will ar
rive Wednesday from 70 colleges
and universities, including 30 out-
of-state and two in Mexico, ac
cording to Chairman Chet Ed
wards.
This year the SCONA program
is concerned with various controls
exercised over and by society, who
manipulates them and what
groups benefit from them.
Arranged and conducted by a
student committee of the TAMU
student center, SCONA is funded
through contributions and gifts
acquired through student efforts.
The conference does not receive
funds from any other source, uni-
Arthur Miller
versity or state.
The slate of major speakers
begins at 3 p.m. Wednesday in
the Memorial Student Center with
Miller, Harvard law professor, on
“The Assault on Privacy.” Miller’s
presentation, along with other
SCONA speeches, is open to the
public.
“Miller contends that the pres
ent government’s collection sys
tem is a grave risk in the future
we could become a truly controll
ed society,” said Phillip Smith,
vice chairman for SCONA.
“Fahrenheit 451” will actually
start SCONA activities tonight at
8:30 in the Ballroom. “The film is
an example of controlled society,”
said Gary Taraba. “It is science
fiction but is not really too far
away from reality.”
“A Conversation with B. F.
Skinner” will be shown Thursday
at 10:30 a.m. and Friday at 12:45
p.m. in the MSC Assembly Room.
“B. F. Skinner represents the
dominant school of thinking in
psychology today,” said Taraba.
“Token Economy,” another B.
F. Skinner film, will be shown at
6 p.m. Thursday in the Assem
bly Room.
Information from speakers such
as Nicholas Johnson, commission
er on the Federal Communications
Commissions; FBI Director L.
Patrick Gray and from academic
sources will be hashed and rehash
ed by delegates in roundtables co
chaired by government and busi
ness leaders and A&M faculty.
Thursday’s speakers are Gray,
12 noon, “Control of Crime in a
Free Society,” and Johnson, 3:30
p.m., “Federal Control and the
Mass Media.”
Friday speakers include Dr.
Jack Michael, Western Michigan
University psychology professor,
10:30 a.m., “Behavioral Determi
nism and the Free Society”; Dr.
Paul Saltman, University of Cali
fornia at San Diego vice chair
man of academic affairs and biol
ogy professor, 1:30 p.m., “We
Shape Our Tools and Thereaft
er . . .” and U. S. Senator Walter
F. Mondale, 8:30 p.m., “The Con
trolled Society.”
Addressing delegates at an 11
a.m. final plenary session Satur
day will be Dr. Rollo May, clini
cal psychologist and Yale profes
sor, on “Freedom and Control in
a Complex Society.”
MSC Council Fills Positions
Two Former A&M Students
Released By North Viets
Two of the four A&M graduates held as prisoners of war by North
Vietnam are on their way home.
Arriving at Clark Air Force Base, Philippines, early Monday were
Maj. Robert N. Daughtrey of Del Rio, 1955 TAMU graduate captured
in August, 1965, and Capt. James E. Ray of Conroe, 1963 TAMU
graduate held captive since May, 1966.
POWs to be released at a later date are Capt. Alton B. Meyer, 1960
graduate whose wife and children live in College Station, and Capt.
John C. Blevins, 1961 graduate of San Antonio. Meyer has been a POW
since 1967 and Blevins, since 1966.
All are Air Force officers. Twelve other TAMU graduates are
officially listed as missing in action (MIA).
Both Ray and Daughtrey appeared to be in good health as they
walked from the medevac jet which brought them from Hanoi National
television covered the arrival of 116 POWs aboard three Air Force jets
early Monday U.S. time.
Ray had a broad smile as he walked down the ramp, a
characteristic familiar to all those who know him.
Ray was president of the Memorial Student Center Council and
Directorate in 1962-63 and received the organization’s Distinguished
Service Award.
A bachelor, he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Ray Sr. of Conroe.
Band, Sophomores
Name Sweethearts
Distinguished Honor Graduates
from both classes of Ranger
School this summer and six honor
graduates are involved in the
company. A&M had 13 graduates
of the U.S. Army Ranger School,
which is more than any other
university in the nation.
Linda Kay Goss was selected as
vice president of programs for
the 1973-74 Memorial Student
Council and Directorate in the
council’s monthly meeting Mon
day.
Goss is a senior psychology ma
jor with past experience on the
Host and Fashion Committee.
Other positions filled Monday
night include Keith Tyler, sopho
more economics major, as vice
president of issues; Jane Logan,
sophomore floriculture major, as
vice president of recreation; Mike
Hatch, junior computer science
major, as vice president of opera
tions; and Mike Perrin, sophomore
economics major, as public rela
tions chairman.
Second year elementary educa
tion major Shirley Ashorn was
chosen by the Council as public
relations organization director;
third year mechanical engineer
ing major Aaron Donatto as chair
man of the Black Awareness
Committee; third year pre-med
student Tom Campbell as chair
man of the Travel Committee; and
second year English major La-
Tonya Perrin as chairman of the
Arts committee.
Other chairman positions were
filled as follows: John Hoover,
Great Issues; David Gent, radio;
Philip Glass, recreation; David
Winter, basement; Kay Evans,
host and fashion; Thomas Wheel
er, Aggie Cinema; Darrell Cobb,
camera; and Carol Silverthorne,
New Tradition Singers.
The MSC Building Studies Com
mittee announced that applica
tions to rent cubicle space in the
new MSC will be accepted in the
Student Programs Office from
Monday Feb. 19 through 5 p.m.
Friday March 2.
Rental rates for a cubicle will
be $10 per semester or for the
summer or $20 per year. Organ
izations with questions concern
ing space and rental policies may
meet in Room 3D of the MSC
Feb. 22 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.;
Feb. 27, 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Room
2C; and on March 1, 7:30 to 9
p.m. in Room 2A.
In other action, the council
passed proposed revisions con
cerning MSC building policies.
Changes include ones such as
these:
“The MSC was built to honor
those former students of Texas
A&M who gave their lives in de
fense of their country. Please act
and dress accordingly.”
“The MSC Council shall have
the authority to make recommen
dations to the Board of Directors
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University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
Adv.
“HEY, THE BALL’S over here,” could have been this Aggie rugby player’s thought as
he prepares to lateral to scrumhalf during action here Saturday. The A&M Maroon team
overpowered Austin Black, 16-3, and the White team came from behind to defeat Austin
Gold, 15-6.
concerning the acceptance and dis
position of plaques, paintings,
sculpture, and other gifts that of
fered to the MSC building or
grounds.”
The remaining policies pertain
to Silver Taps, use of MSC facili
ties, food and drink in the center
and special purpose areas.
The committee also allocated
$100 to the Host and Fashion
Committee in order that the com
mittee may combine the spring
fashion show with the “Taste-
In.”
“We have come to the conclu
sion that not only would these
two programs be very compatible
in the interest groups which they
reach, but a combination of their
successful reputations would al
low us to set a reasonable but
profitable admission charge,”
stated Bill Fore, committee chair
man, in his request to the Council.
Coeds Lead
Manners Panel
Six A&M coeds will lead the
first Viewpoint Panel of the se
mester for the Student “Y” As
sociation Wednesday.
The panel, which will meet at
7:30 p.m. in Room 324 of the
Physics Building will hear Ag
gies’ problems concerning dating,
etiquette and behavior.
The first of three such panels,
this one is the only one to be
composed of A&M coeds. The
other two panels, on Feb. 21 and
28, will be made up of coeds from
Texas Woman’s University.
The panel, known as “Man Your
Manners” last year, discussed Ag
gie behavior during dates, proper
table manners and the general
aspects of social life.
“This year, we are trying to
show how the girls at A&M think
and feel about dating,” said Bar
bara Cowen of the Student “Y”
Association. “We just want a
place where students can come
and talk about dating and social
life on a not-so-personal basis.”
Cowen said that the audience
may write questions down and
submit them for discussion at the
panel’s preference.
The panel includes Leilani San
ders, Sue Matula, Lynn Bliss,
Becky Upham, Dianne Brown and
Linda Todd.
Becky Lofton, secretary of the
Texas Aggie Band, became its
1973 Sweetheart Saturday while
Gwen Flynt of Bryan was selected
sweetheart of the sophomore class
the same day.
Miss Flynt, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Truman O. Flynt of 3503
Tanglewood Drive, Bryan, is a
political science major.
She has been active in a num
ber of TAMU activities, lives in
Dunn Hall on campus and is a
Diamond Darling the past two
years.
The 20-year-old Stephen F.
Austin High School graduate was
elected during the Sophomore
Ball.
Mrs. Lofton was chosen from
five finalists at the Band Dance.
The wife of TAMU senior Larry
Lofton of Snyder works for the
Aggie Band Director, Lt. Col. E.
V. Adams, and associate director
Maj. Joe T. Haney.
A brown-eyed brunette, Mrs.
Lofton was introduced with other
finalists and chosen by vote of
band members. Band operations
officer Arnold England of Brook
shire presented her a dozen roses
and the traditional congratulatory
kiss.
Finalists were Cindy Schuelke,
Southwest Texas State freshman;
Kathey Hesse, Texas Woman’s
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University sophomore; Cathy
Chubbuck, TAMU senior, and
Jerri Blackwell, Stephen F. Aus
tin University junior.
Refrigerators
Available
Wednesday
Refrigerators will be distributed
Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. in front
of the Krueger-Dunn Dorm com
plex, announced distributor Steve
Hill Monday.
Students will also be able to
get refrigerators in the Corps
area on the west side of Duncan
Hall.
Under a new policy, students
will now be able to keep refriger
ators through final exams, Hill
noted. He said he would be giving
away posters with each machine
rented.
Hill said he may be reached
Tuesday and Thursday in his of
fice between 3:30 and 5:30 p.m.
at the laundry sub-station under
neath the University Hospital. His
phone is 845-6342. The Krueger-
Dunn representative, Rick Inman,
may be reached at 845-1496.
RECORD SETTING PERFORMER RANDY KNOWLES
hits two of his 42 points he scored Saturday against Ark
ansas. Knowles broke A&M’s records for most points in G.
Rollie White Coliseum and most field goals ever by an A&M
basketball player.