The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, May 2, 1969 Page: 1 of 4
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30 SMU Blacks Take President’s Office
CONVOCATION
Today marked SU’s Spring Con-
vocation. Due to copy and picture
deadlines, we have postponed cov-
erage of the Convocation to next
week’s issue.
Receiving honorary degrees at
today’s ceremonies were Charles
N. Prothro, Rev. Charles W. Wil-
liams, Rev. Morgan Garrett, and
Henry Martin Rockwell.
Congress Hears Proposals for New Operating Procedures
The first meeting of the admin-
istration headed by DeWayne Var-
nadore saw Student Congress mem
bers continue end of the year busi-
ness Tuesday evening. Congress
heard several reports from com-
missions, referred two bills to the
Student Government Commission
and then listened as President Var-
nadore gave his thoughts on the
future of his administration. (See
speech elsewhere in this issue.)
Mary Kern, reporting for the
student welfare commission, read
the results of the January course
evaluation which was sponsored by
the Congress. She noted that the
student participation was some-
what lower than had been hoped;
about 35% of the campus respon-
ded. (See results elsewhere in
this issue.)
Jim Swift reported that he and
Donnie Und 'rwood had contacted
Dr. Fleming concerning the let-
ter from the Congress to the fac-
ulty relative to the proposal con-
cerning the selection of Student
Life Council members. Dr. Flem-
ing has agreed to allow the stu-
New Congress President
Discusses Plans for 1969-70
To improve Student Congress
membership and to prevent recur-
ring re-election of Congressmen
due to excessive absenteeism or
resignation, a new student orien-
tation as to the functions, duties
and responsibilities of the Student
Congress will be instigated at the
first of next year.To follow through
with improvement of the Congress,
I see a need to improve the Com-
mission system by requiring rolls
to be checked and mandatory meet-
ing times established. Commission
chairmen will be chosen on past
experience in Congress, desire to
serve, and responsibility.
The Student Congress isTHE rep-
resentative body of the students at
Southwestern. To improve liaison
with this representative body, I
feel that the at-large members
to the Student Life Council should
be responsible to the Student Con-
gress for information as to the ac-
tivities of Student Life and regard-
ing the initiation of new proposals
to the Student Life Council. This
aforementioned effort to make the
Student Congress the representa-
tive, therefore the political body,
on this campus, seeks to make the
Congress more responsible to the
gress.
To be more specific as to the
individual acts of legislation that
I seek to have adopted, I feel that
the Congress should delve more
into the academic functions of
Southwestern. I wish to promulgate
a program that will take emphasis
away from grade-making and place
emphasis on scholarship. This
would include proposals pertaining
to a pass-fail system for this
university. I also want to contin-
ue the; program of faculty and cur-
riculum appraisal. This would in-
clude a pamphlet, to be published,
which would cover information
dealing with faculty and curricu-
lum rating. This is not an original
idea, for this type of publication is
produced at schools such as the
University of Texas and The Uni-
versity of Arkansas.
In the area of social improvement
and living conditions. I would like to
promote bills that would cover the
topics of off-campus housing and
co-educational dormitories. This
school is behind the times in this
area of student life.
I want to thank the students for
electing me as the new Student
Congress President. I will try to
handle my job with dignity and re-
sponsibility. Let me add however,
that Student Congress will not be
an organization full of somber,
“corporation-type” individuals. I
want to make next year’s sessions
as much fun as possible. I plan to
have at least two retreats and two
parties to improve communication
within this group and to enliven it.
Finally, I offer an open invita-
tion to each and every student to
come to the Student Congress, to
express their ideas and to take
part in the discussion of problems
that affect our campus.
—De Wayne Varnadore
dents (Underwood and Swift) to
speak to the next faculty meeting
on the subject.
Swift also told the Congress
that he had received an invita-
tion from Dr. William B. Jones
for four students to attend the
next meeting of the American As-
sociation of University Profes-
sors to discuss the request for
reconsideration of the faculty ac-
tion. Swift said he, Underwood,
Roy Fuller and President Varna-
dore were to attend.
Everett Schrum reported from
the final Union Governing Board
meeting of the year. He said the
Governing Roard had spent most
of its last meeting discussing its
activities this year and its plans
for next year. He noted that the
Union hopes to carry out a mor^
personal recruitment campaign
next fall. He also told the Con-
gress that Union President Floyd
McSpadden had expressed hope for
better communications between the
Governing Board and Congress
next year.
Dr. H, Ren Kent offered his
resignation to the Congress after
serving this year as advisor. The
Congress accepted the resignation
and Pres. Varnadoreexpressedthe
Congress’ appreciation for Dr.
Kent's advice and help this year.
He also told Dr. Kent that he hoped
he would continue to attend Con-
gress meetings whenever he could.
Kent Hutton introduced a bill
which would change the operating
procedures of Congress next year.
Essentially Hutton’s proposal has
Richard Linde
War Strife Continue InMiddle East
the Middle East” theme with a
students by letting it be a forum travelog, Richard Linde presented
for student problems. This would
help to alleviate the “rubber-
stajnp” stigma that the Congress
has presented to many people.
We must seek to avoid the polar-
ity that has developed between stu-
dents and faculty, Congress and the
Student Union, and Congress and
the faculty. It is only when these
groups can come together and ex-
press themselves through mean-
ingful dialogue that our problems
can be worked out. However. let
me state that I intend that theStu-
dent Congress will meet each prob-
lem head-on. There will be no
“pussy-footing around” so as to
prevent any substantial improve-
ment in the representative and
legislative powers of the Con-
Embellishing the “Tinderbox in oil in the Middle East, according
to Mr. Linde, they would have an
excellent propaganda weapon.
The Arab-Israeli war of 1967
ruined gains made over seven or
eight years by Egypt. Egypt had
gone to West Germany for help in
getting industrialized after being
turned down by both the United
States and the Soviet Union; Egypt
had modern blast furnaces going,
some of which have not been relit
since the war.
the year’s last “The World Around
Us” lecture, sponsored by the Un-
ion. Mr. Linde personally nara
ion. Mr. Linde personally narrated
his sixteen-millimeter color film
Wednesday evening in the Faculty
Lounge.
Mr. Linde noted that the Arabs
and the Israelis are at war and
that infiltration goes on night and
day. The intense heat, he ventur-
ed, may encourage the tension be-
tween Arab and Jew. Oil is another
great problem, Mr. Linde dis-
closed, for it is the “real power
of the Middle East.”
Because of the oil reserves there,
he indicated, the Russians want in-
fluence in the Middle East. If the
Russians were to have access to the
Mr. Linde said that the common
trialization, become able to eat
meat as often as once or twice a
week instead of once or twice a
year. The building of the Aswan
High Dam, Mr. Linde related, stop-
ped the frequent flooding of the Nile
that hurt Egyptian agriculture for
T
Endowed Chair For Senator Tower At Southwestern
Southwestern University has established
an endowed chair to honor U.S. Sen. John
Tower - a 1948 alumnus of the University.
Announcement of the chair came Satur-
day, April 26, when Tower was honored
with the University’s Distinguished Alum-
nus Award.
Dr. Durwood Fleming, president of the
University, said that $50,000 had been
raised thus far in the drive to endow the
chair and that another $50,000 was expect-
ed within the next several weeks.
Total goal of the chair is $450,000.
The chair drive is part of the Univer-
sity’s Challenge Grant campaign, which
thus far has raised $2,607,633 in funds
for endowment and capital improvements.
r i
Tower received a
’Distinguished Alumnus Award”
thousands of years. The dam cre-
ates a 320 mile by ten mile Lake
Nasser. The agricultural gains,
Mr. Linde commented, have been
wiped out by the population ex-
plosion.
The oil-rich sheiks of Egypt
invest in Lebanon, where they own
the hotels, Linde reported.
The Jewish population of Yemen
was transplanted into Israel about
twenty years ago when the Yemeni
government decided that the Jews
there had to convert or leave. The
Israeli government had them fully
instead of segregating them as
some had advocated, Linde said.
Much of the Israeli port of Elath,
including the water supply, was
first brought in by airplane, Linde
pointed out, and now it is an es-
tablished port city. He noted that it
was the obstruction of the port by
the Arabs that sparked the June
1967 war.
A see-the-sights tour of some
of the more noted landmarks was
included in Mr, Linde’s film. His
presentation on Egypt featured
looks at Cairo and Luxor, thepry-
amid of Cheops, the Colossi of
Nimnon and the tombs of Queen
Hotshetsup, King Tutankhamen and
King RamesesII. Lebanon, accord-
ing to Linde, has the oldest Rom-
an ruins in the world at Karnak,
as well as a place still standing
for worship to Ba’al.
Mr. Linde visited the Dead Sea
and the caves where the Dead Sea
scrolls were founded.The Jerusal-
em tour opened with a view of the
See “Tinderbox,” Page 3.
five provisions:
1) All bills must be numbered
and printed and available to all
Congress members before final
consideration.
2) An agenda must be printed
before each meeting.
3) Congress should follow par-
liamentary procedure as specified
in Robert’s Rules of Order.
4) Written commission reports
should be made to all meetings.
5) An updated list of members
should be available for all roll
call votes so that the record of
the voting can be attached to the
bill.
The bill was referred to Stu-
dent Government Commission for
a week, after being seconded by
Jim Swift.
Hutton next introduced a resolu-
tion to provide a 1969-70 Student
Congress notebook for all mem-
bers. The notebook would contain
rules of procedure, a sample meet-
ing, a diagram of student govern-
ment structures and administrative
channels, copies of all the student
government constitutions, and any
other items deemed necessary by
Congress. The resolution would
appropriate $20 of Congress funds
for the cost of printing.The resol-
ution called for the notebook to be
produced this summer s>o as to be
ready for use early next fall.
This resolution was also second-
ed by Jim Swift. It was referred
to the Student Government Com-
mission for consideration and was
to be considered by Congress next
week.
Bruce Barrick told the Congress
he was concerned about certain
actions he has heard about recent-
ly which may involve academic
freedom. He told the Congress he
had heard that Mr. Jim Meurer
and Dc Sanchez de Bustamante had
not been rehired for other than
academic reasons. He asked the
Congress to investigate.
Ronnie Underwood said that he
thought Congress should study the
matter but Dennis Stout, Congress
treasurer, said the Congress
shouldn't move on the mattt* Mn-
til “we know what’s happening.”
Pres. Varnadore asked Bob
Grayson, student member of the
Academic Affairs Council, to look
into the matter of how and why
professors are hired or not rehir-
ed.
A rather lengthy discussion fol-
lowed on how the students might
gain some voice in the hiring or
rehiring of professors but no
clear-cut decisions were made.
Congress decided to wait until
more information was available
from the Academic Affairs Coun-
cil.
Before closing the meeting,
Pres. Varnadore announced that a
special meeting will be held today
at 4:30 p.m. in the Union by t!l&
Orientation Committee of Student
Life Council. The meeting will
cover the possibility of deferred
rush in the future years at SU.
\
NEA Picnic Tuesday
There will be an N.E.A. picnic
Tuesday, May 6 in San Gabriel
Park from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Ali
education majors are urged
come, whether are not they ane
members of N.E.A.
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