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Vol. 68 No. 75
College Station, Texas
Tuesday, February 18, 1975
Consolidated board
calls April election
By JOHN COLEMAN
Staff Writer
April 5 was officially designated as
the election date for a trustee elec
tion called by the A&M Consoli 1
dated school board at its regular
board meeting Monday night.
The election was called to fill vac
ancies on the board that will be
created when the terms of board
President Charles Hensarling and
Trustee Joan Teer expire April 1.
Hensarling and Teer currently oc
cupy positions No. 5 and No. 6 re
spectively.
In other action, the board ap
proved an amendment to the
budget for the current school year.
Supt. Fred Hopson said that when
the budget was first approved in
August several factors were not
adequately considered in the
budget recommendation. These in
cluded degree of student participa
tion in the Instructional Develop
ment Institute and the Title III De
ntal Health program. The amend
ment also included a revision in the
Board of Equalization figure and a
report on delinquent tax collection.
March 10 was set as the first date
for consideration of the annual Prin
cipals’ Report. The Board will have
the opportunity to review personnel
and to get feedback from the Ad
ministration on personnel matters.
Other reviews will follow on March
11 and 13.
Dr. H.R. Burnett, assistant
superintendent of instruction, pre
sented the hoard with a general
overview of curriculum changes an
ticipated when the quarter system is
initiated next fall.
Voting for the trustee election
will be in the Middle School gym
nasium. Polls will be open on April 5
fiom 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Mrs. George Draper was ap
proved by the hoard as election
judge and H. E. Hampton as assis
tant election judge. Luther Jones
will be presiding judge of the cen
tral counting station.
Drawing for places on the ballot
will he held March 7 at 12:30 p. m. at
100 Anderson, which will also he
the location for the casting of absen
tee votes. Dolores Nelson was con
firmed as absentee election judge.
Canvassing of votes will take
place April 7 at 7 p.m. in the Board
Room in the Special Services Build
ing on Jersey.
Calendar of Election Events
Fphmarv 19 — first dav to annlv
for positions
March 5 —
tions
March 15 -
tion date
March 17-
voting
April 1 —
voting
April 5 —
April 7 —
on the ballot
— last day to file for posi-
— last day to call elec-
— first day for absentee
last day for absentee
Election Day
canvassing of votes
Burnett said the staff has been
participating in identifying critical
curriculum areas based upon a
questionnaire given to the board.
Results of this study are being
drawn together in tentative prog
rams.
With no further business, the
board retired to executive session to
discuss personnel matters.
Photo by Kevin Fotorny
ienli
The American Brass Quintet
Members (L to R) Robert Biddlecome, Louis attraction Monday night in the Rudder The-
Ranger, Raymond Mase, Edward Birdwell, a ter. The five men played classical pieces
and Herbert Rankin performed as an OPAS on brass horns.
Wright words:
Birchers will be safer
if the communists come
By MICHAEL PERRIN
Special to the Batt
Join the John Birch Society and
be safe if the Communists ever take
: over.
I This advice was given to the audi-
| ence gathered to hear Ron Wright, a
I Los Angeles broadcaster and lec-
I hirer. In a Monday night speech, he
I gave the reasoning behind his
I statement, “The Communists are
I masters of terror. If they should take
I over, then one bright sunny morn-
1 ' n g, they would come marching
I down the streets in search of vic-
| ^ ms ' Oh, boy, say the neighbors.
I J°e is a member of the John Birch
I Society. He’s had it. But this won’t
happen because the Communists
know that the neighbors can’t relate
u to a John Bircher being tortured. So
they will go on past his house and
pick an ordinary neighbor to tor-
1 tore. The community can relate to
I this and they will be intimidated.
I Wright advocates taking “the
U.S. out of the U.N. and the U.N.
I ontofthe U.S.” The Russians fought
f to get the U.N. located in the U.S.
i 50 that they could use it for a base of
; es pionage, he said.
Wright asserts that the U.N.
charter was largely written by Alger
I hiss, a Communist. He also says
| that a secret deal was made so that
I U.N. forces would always be under
I Communist commander and offers
as evidence the fact that this has
been true so far.
The real power behind the U.N.
is the Council on Foreign Relations,
which was formed in 1919, accord
ing to Wright. This group is dedi
cated to bringing in a world gov
ernment. All Presidents since Wil
son have been controlled by the
Ron Wright
CFR, says Wright.
The CFR now has 1600 members,
among them such “phony conserva
tives” as Ronald Reagan, Lloyd
Bentsen, and William F. Buckley.
Wright also asserts that all but a few
members of Congress are members
of or controlled by the CFR. The
few independents remaining are
Jesse Helms from North Carolina,
Phillip Crane from Illinois and two
or three others.
There are no members of the jud
icial or executive branches of gov
ernment who are still working for
the people, he said.
Wright claimed that the Rock
efeller family is the most evil family
in America.” He says that they are
following the Platonic ideal of a
higher class ruling a lower class.
Wright says that the U.S. is close
to being completely controlled and
disarmed by the United Nations.
But, he says, it is not too late to get
out of the mess.
He says that if more people will
get involved in organizations which
“deal only in 100 percent truth” like
the John Birch Society, then
America can make a comeback.
Wright says that the full motto of
the Society is “less government,
more individual responsibility, and
with God’s help, a better world.”
Animal heads will not be back
And nobody seems to know who owns them
The future of the ani
mal heads formerly in the
MSC student lounge is
uncertain, but they will
not reappear in the
lounge, the interior de
signer and administrator
agree.
The interior designer,
William Pahlmann said.
“It was suggested to me
that they be removed . . .
and I don’t know what’s
going to happen to
them.’
Pahlmann said he had
considered the collection
“rather proper for that
sort of place (the lounge)
and this sort of an institu
tion.
“But certain elements
apparently found them
not satisfactory so I had
them removed. But I’m
not upset. I certainly
can’t sit here worrying
about them.’
Several “environmen
talists had complained,
Pahlmann said of the exis
tence of several en
dangered species among
the collection.
President Jack K. Wil
liams said he had re
marked to Pahlmann that
“I didn’t think the animal
heads fit in with the
Southwestern motif of
the lounge.
There is also a question
about the present owner
ship of the collection
which dates to the turn of
the century and was
purchased at an auction
in New York.
Pahlmann said it be
longs to the University
and “all I know is that
they’re in storage.”
President Williams
said the collection is
Pahlmann’s and he’ll
have to decide on their
future.
As to the wood wall
where the Rhinoceros,
Ibex, Bontehok Gerenuk
and Bighorn heads were
located “for the moment
it will stay like it is,”
Pahlmann said. Future
wall decoration may in
clude a Venezuelan
tapestry, Pahlmann said.
“It will require some
searching though. In
terior design is not some
thing you can go about
quickly without think
ing.”
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What did you think of the SCONA conference?
Susan Rudd, A&M,
Pre-med
c ^ 0u gkt it was a real outstanding
£ n , erenc e. The speakers were
w ° • A lot of valuable information
P rese nted. I think it opened a
l0t People’s minds.
Michael Harmon
George Washing
ton University.
I was extremely impressed, more
with the delegates than the speak
ers. I thought there was a wide di
versity of opinion in the speakers
and also in the quality of what was
said. I think the SCONA people did
a wonderful job.
Angela Shepard, Texas
Tech, Pre-med
I thought it was real good. I en
joyed visiting with the students
more than the lectures. A lot of the
lectures were over my head.
Fathallah Mohammed,
A&M, Urban Regional
Planning
I thought it was very rewarding
because we exchanged so many
ideas. Hopefully, SCONA can ex
pand worldwide so we can have
a better world to live in.
Shane McCardell, Baylor,
Pre-law
I thought it was very good. The
most important thing was the idea of
looking toward the future to solve
problems before they happen.
We’re preparing ourselves to the
problems that are coming.
John Sloan, Business Pre
law, Baylor
I really enjoyed it. It widened my
scope. Sometimes I just think about
what goes on in my little world. It’s
going to make me a more informed
person.
Betsy Gintz, Sam Houston
State University, Biology
and Music
I thought it was fantastic. Just the
overall interest the people have in
what’s going on is great. It was very
well organized.