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College Station, Texas Friday, March 15, 1968 CADET SLOUCH

Diversified SCONA ConferencesNeeded

It may be noted in Thursday’s Battalion that the groundwork for the 14th annual Student Conference on National Affairs (SCONA) is being- prepared.

As in any year there is the question of what to have for a topic.

In the past the topics have been international in scope, with the best possible speakers and experts in the areas being- covered, most recently Southeast Asia.

Topics under consideration for next year include “Com­munism in the Americas,” “The Three Brands of Commu­nism—Russian, Chinese and Eastern Bloc.” and “The Mid­dle East.”

The national topic, “The Crisis in the Cities and Civil Justice” is also being- considered.

To be sure, each of the proposed topics is interesting- and vitally important to Americans and to our foreign policy, but none of them in themselves merit the time, effort and attention which an $18,000 budget deserves.

A&M invites student delegates from colleges and uni­versities throughout the country. They are here for the sole purpose of attending all phases of conference activities.

But the real effort should be placed on informing the home student body and attracting the largest possible au­diences on a continuous basis.

It would seem that the task of lining up all the top men in a particular field would be extremely difficult and with the result that “understudies” are often sent or accepted in their stead.

Wouldn’t it better serve the students if SCONA took the “World” as its next topic?

The complexities of the total international scene are huge, the crisis spots of today are not those of next year, the interest in one specific topic today might not exist a year from now.

A combination of topics would provide a little insight into many areas, and the problem of securing the top man in each field would be decreased. It would seem easier to obtain one expert in a particular area than trying to pro­gram five.

There would not be as much time for detailed question­ing and understanding but each day would provide a fresh topic, a top speaker, and a better understanding of the in­terconnection and total context of world affairs.

by Jtm Earle ‘Curious’ SFA Youths Accused Of ‘Interfering With The Dead’

NACOGDOCHES <A>>—A group of youths identified by Constable Smith Parmer as Stephen F. Austin State College students, were charged Thursday with “in­terfering with dead bodies.” Some of those charged, as well as others, face theft and marijuana complaints.

Police Chief M. C. Roebuck accused several of the students of digging in graves at Stone Cemetery eight miles west of Nacogdoches.

The digging took place about March 7.

Parmer said the youths could give no reason for their action except that they were curious.

Parmer said officers recovered one skeleton, apparently the only one removed.

“When are you going to have a chance to develop a system if you spend all of your time studying?”

Charged before Justice of Peace Carl Burrows on four counts of interfering with dead bodies at the Stone Cemetery were Donald Ray Wood of La- Grange, Leonard Murray Randall of Port Arthur, David Earl Woi’d of Houston and Kent Rayford McDowell of Longview.

Charged with the same offense at the Post Oak Cemetery were McDowell, Word and Randall.

At The Movies by Mike Plake

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In view of innumerable recent instances that have been brought to the attention of The Battalion, we have decided to award a monthly title to the public relations director for some individual in the public eye for exhibiting those qualities of sincerity, humility, intelliengence, and tact which distinguish inspired PR work from mere shoddy drum­beating.

The first monthly winner is the PR man for Preston Smith, candidate for governor. The following, which arrived Thursday, accompanied by the photograph it describes is the prize-winning entry:

Lt. Governor Preston Smith and his wife Ima took time from his busy campaign schedule to celebrate his birthday recently. On this occasion, Smith said, “On your birthday, happiness is knowing that you are the leading candidate in the governor’s race and that you will be elected the next governor.”

—The Battalion Editors

“Playboy” has written that “The Penthouse” sets degrada­tion back a hundred years.

I heartily concur.It begins thus:TWO MERRY young men, Tom

and Dick, make their way up to the only occupied apartment in a many-storied building outside a large British city. In the pent­house, they find Bruce and Bar­bara, a real estate agent and a shop girl, taking residence for the night.

They enter the penthouse with Barbara’s permission under the guise of “meter men”. This is natural enough. The movie was taken from an English play by C. Scott Forbes called “The Meter Man.”

Only the two men read any­thing but meters. Once inside the penthouse, they have a “par­ty.” They tie Bruce up tidily with bright ribbons. They pump booze and puff pot into Bar­bara. Then for the next 24

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hours they play “pin the degra­dation” on Bruce and Barbara.

WITH FLASHING knife and choking nylon they hold Barbara and Bruce at bay, making them yield and bend and yell and cry.

They do so much yelling, screaming and bending that it gets a little boring.

Then the pair decide to go, or at least leave that impression on Bruce and Barbara. That’s when Harry makes the scene.

With Tom, Dick and Harry, the degradation begins a whole new swing.

The best part of the movie is a five-minute segment in which Tom gives an alligator soliloquy. The camera starts twenty feet from him as he begins the mon­ologue, and second by second draws closer and closer. Finally, at the end of the tale, it is so close one can almost sense the anguish in his face.

FOR IT IS not about alligators he speaks, but about people. The words of this passage compel you to listen, if not understand.

Five fine British actors, espe­cially Tony Beckley and Norman Rodway. carry this script.

But although their efforts are evident, and the morality of the

alligator tale rings loudly, the film does not move.

It shatters the audience, but attempts to overcome them with too much of the same thing.

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A surrealistic winter scene pho­tographed by Dan Hatzenbuehler of Dallas took top honors in a Texas A&M camera committee contest Monday.

Harry Culler Jr. of San Antonio, Bob Stump of Bryan and James Murphy of Galveston entered oth­er photographs that won the right to represent the club in Gulf Coast Camera Club Council com­petition.

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