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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1951)
ASS'N FORMSRcST UDENTS 4 copies f .e. » College Station’s Official Newspaper; Circulated Daily To 90% of Local Residents The Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Published By Students of Texas A&M For 74 Years Number 66: Volume 52 COLLEGE STATION (Aggielancb, TEX AS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1951 Price Five Cents Yule Decorations Kiwanis Host To Students Scott Hervey, 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hervey, 603 Dexter, peeks at the Photographer as he takes a picture of the Hervey’s first place “outside tree” decoration. This real-life Rudolph, the “Red-nosed Reindeer,’’ got the nod from judges, taking first place, miscellaneous section, and prises for Mrs. C. C. “Spike” White, 702 Thomas St. This fireplace scene built at the kitchen window of B-10-I) College View took first place in the window section of the married students’ division, giving “Dot and Dee” Bryant a sockful of prizes. irdboard reindeer pra^^before stairs window of D-7-Z College View, first place, miscellaneous. sleigh outside the up- Robert Dry’s display took “Christmas is Christmas the world round,” said Vasant M. Doc tor, a graduate student at A&M, as he extended the season's greet ing to members and guests of the College Station Kiwanis Club Tues day. Doctor and Rafael A. Nunez, a sophomore civil engineering stu dent from Caracas, Venezuela, spoke to the Kiwanis Club on Christmas in other lands. Twenty-eight students from 14 foreign countries were guests of Kiwanis Club members at the noon meeting. During the program, each student present as a guest of a club member was introduced by his host. Foreign Students’ Day The Kiwanis Club is host for foreign students annually. The programs are presented by the Inter-Racial Committee. With the installation of new of ficers Dec. 11, the stage was set for the appointment of committee chairman for 1952. New committee chairmen are as follows: W. N. Colson, attendance; E. E. Ivy, boys and girls; J. R. Oden, business and civic develop ment; W. H. Fincher, church sup port; Dan Russell, crippled chil dren; G. B. Wilcox, education; and D. R. Davis, under-privileged chil dren. Committee Chairmen Other committee chairman in clude W. E. Briles, house and re ception; H. A. Miller, transporta tion; R. L. Elkins, finance; Rex Johnson, inter-club; R. 0. Berry, program; R. H. Robers, member ship and Kiwanis education; J. S. Mogford, entertainment and rec reation; and Isaac Peters, inter racial. W. A. Marvel, vocational guid ance; J. H. Sorrels, Kiwanis Park; Philip Goode, public relations and publicity; and Norman Anderson, goodwill, completes the list of chairmen. Burchard Editor D. D. Burchard, head of the department of journalism at A&M, will edit the Kiwanis Weekly Bul letin, KI-NOWA. The next regular meeting of the Kiwanis Club will be held Jan. 8. m # f i # # ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥, ClirijfmaA It was a cold night, two thousand years ago. Shepherds were watching over their flocks. Jo seph, a carpenter, and Mary, his wife, trod the streets of Bethlehem. They were weary. They could find no place to stay. A stable was the only shelter available. There the Christ Child was born “with only a manger for his bed.” Angels sang “Glory to God in the highest and Peace on Earth.” The wise men brought gifts. It was our first Christmas. Jesus born in a Manger is real to us. Christmas is his birthday. We may never visit the place where he was born, but we know that Jesus is born wherever men put away greed and selfishness and humbly walk with him. May our gift on this, his birthday, be a rededication of our own lives, striving to live and love and walk with him, who gave us an example of the perfect life. Die (Dattati "ion 1# # $ s s $ t# # $ Kids Christmas Party In CHS Gym Saturday Square Dance Callers Plan Jamboree Here A Christmas Square Dance House Party will be held Dec. 28-30 in the MSC for Texas and Okla homa callers and leaders. The house party was an out growth of a caller’s school conduct ed in Kerrville by Mr. and Mrs. Manning Smith, 1004 Ashburn E. At the close of the school, the group wanted to have a get-to gether later in the year, Smith said. The result was an invita tion to come to College Station A&M-TII Pictures Shown at Party Films of the A&M-TU foot ball game were shown Wednesday night at the annual Christmas party and dance for A&M Consol idated High School. The dance party was given by the senior class for Consolidated students and faculty members. Bob Barlow, senior class president, made arrangements with the ath letic department at A&M, to show the football pictures. Students spent most of Wednes day afternoon decorating the gym for the party. Maxine Wilson was in charge of decorations. She was assisted by Celeste Curran, Louise Street, Frank Vaden III, Jerry Leighton, Bob Barlow, and Sara Puddy. Decorations included a drawing of Santa Claus coming down a chimney. The drawing was made by Noel Stanley. Garden Club Sale Success Says President The results of the College Station Garden Club’s sale of Christmas decorations made by members at an all-day workshop Dec. 14 exceeded the.highest expectations, according to Mrs. R. E. Snuggs, president of the club. Decorations made at the work shop were sold by ■ members' at stands set up at Charlie’s Food Market, North Gate, and Madeley’s Pharmacy. “The response of the public was wonderful,” said Mrs. R. E. Snuggs, club president, "And the work put into the sale by club members was exceptional, too.” “We do not yet know the amount of money cleared, as our over head was high,” reported Mrs. Snuggs, “But we know we made' money,” she added. Profits from the project will be used by the club to produce more lavish flower shows, and to cover other club expenditures. during the Christmas holidays for a house party. “However when things got roll ing, there was so much interest we decided to have a jamboree, invit ing everyone to attend the ses sions,” Smith said. The group will hold discussion, learn new dances, and hold a big open dance the night, of Dec. 29 in the MSC. Approximately 500 letters were sent out by Smith. Last night re plies received included Chal Sny der, former president of the Okla homa State Federation of Square Dance Clubs from Oklahoma City; and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Knipp, callers from Hugo, Okla. Giber people planning to attend the jamboree include Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cowley, Marshall; Lloyd Adams, Mount Pleasant; Ace: White, Kingsville; Jimmy Moss, Port Arthur; Nathan Hale, Oak- ,wood, Red Warrack, Kilgore; Tom my Tomas, Trinidad; and Mr. and Mrs, William Burton, Monahans. Other replies have come from Herman Raglan, Houston; B. B. Willians, Baytown; Pete Runnek, Pasadena; and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bybee. Mrs. Martha Bybee was the winner of the woman’s callers contest last year, according to Smith. The annual Christmas Party of the College Station Recreational Council for all children in the community will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 Saturday night in the A&M Consolidated gym. Approximately 300 children are expected to attend the function which will feature a musical pro gram and gifts from Santa Claus, according to Les Richardson, chair man of the recreational council. Robert Boone, music director at A&M Consolidated, will be in charge of the musical program consisting of a solo by Boone and program by a girl’s banquet from Consolidated. “Oh Holy Night” will be title of the j number given by Boone. He will be accompanied by Jan ice Hildebrand, a senior at Con solidated. The girl’s accapella quartet plans to render three selections—“Bon aparte’s Retreat,” “Waitin’ for the Robert E. Lee,” and “Should I.” Recently while 1 presenting a pro gram for patients at Camp Hood, the girl’s quartet received a name Bait to Come Out During Holidays The Battalion will be published on Dec. 27 and Jan. 1 during the holiday period. Regular publication of five days a week will be resumed on Jan. 3, according to John Whitmore, editor of The Battalion. Local Resident Listed As POW About 200 Texans had been identified today on a communist list of prisoners of war in North Korea. As each was identified his name brought hope and rejoicing to some Texas family. There were official warnings that the communist list was unveri- ified. But fervent thanks were given in many Texas homes as relatives heard their fighting men were on the prisoners list. In College Station, Mrs. Elnora Washington, McCullough Addition, received a telegram from the War Department in Washington, D. C. only this morning, saying her son, Cpl. Hubert H. Hawkins, was on the list. “It’s a great relief,” Mrs. Wash ington said, “I received a letter Nov. 26 telling me there was hope, but I never knew.” Service Station Robbed In CS A glass pane in the back door of the local Texaco Ser vice Station was smashed Monday night by a burgler who entered the station tak ing a total of $13 in cash and cig arettes. College Station Patrolman Cur tis Bullock stated Wednesday af ternoon that the College Station police and the Bryan police were working jointly in attempt to catch the law breaker. The Sanitary Dairy ice cream store on Highway 6 was broken into the same night. Bryan Assist ant Police Chief Sam A. Tullous said entry was gained through a window in a rest room at the rear of the store. which the group has adopted, ac cording to Boone. “Four Little Girls in Blue” was the name suggested by a patient in one of the hospital wards at Camp Hood. “At first, the girls didn’t like it, but the more they repeated it, the more they liked it,” Boone said. The quartet is composed of Sara Puddy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Puddy; Flenda Brown, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Brown; Louise Street, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Street; and Wanda Goodwin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, C. J. Goodwin. Traditional Function The annual community Christ mas party was started many years: ago,” Richardson said, “for the purpose of making cadets who were unable to leave the campus feel at home, and for professors’ child ren.” The College Station Recreational Council picked up the idea several years ago, making it for children, said Richardson. Arrangements for the party this year were handled by Gordon Gay, assistant director of the YMCA; Mrs. J. D. Lindsay, a member of the recreational council; Mrs. O. K. Smith, a former member of the council, D. D. Burchard, council member; and Richardson, chair man. Student Wives Develop Child Care ‘Co-op’ Plan Cartwright Given AEG Fellowship One of 343 college and univer sity students in the United States holding Atomic Energy Commis sion sponsored fellowships is Tho mas Campbell Cartwright, grad uate student at A&M. He received the fellowship in October. The fellowships are for research and study on both the predoctoral and postdortoral level. Cartwright holds a BS degree in animal husbandry from Clem- son College. In 1949, he received his master’s degree in genetics from A&M. In the fall of 1950, he started work on his PhD de gree. Coming to A&M as a graduate assistant in genetics in 1948, Cart wright became an instructor in genetics the following year. He was a part-time instructor in animal husbandry in 1950. Homes Improved A&M Student Dies As Car Turns Over An A&M student who was to be married Jan. 27 was killed Wed nesday when his car overturned near Brownwood. James Terry Wells, 23, of Color ado City, a junior at A&M, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Medical Arts Hospital in Brown- wood following the accident. Deputy Sheriff Joe Townsend said Wells had passed a truck and apparently lost control of his car after straightening out. The car swerved into a bar ditch on the left of the road, traveled 150 yards down a fence, and then overturned, Townsend said. Sam Jeffers, Barnhart, who had ridden with Wells to Brownwood, said Wells was to have been mar ried Jan. 27. Three Aggie wives have worked out a system to avoid being “all in” from running after their active children every day. Turning a cold shoulder to high baby-sitters’ fees, Berta Bravo, Mallie Phillips, and Ina Mae Smith have perfected a “co-op” system of caring for their combined six children. These resourceful mothers, each Girl Scouts Sing Christmas Carols Twenty-five members of Girl Scout Troop 5 . sang carols around the twinkling Christmas tree in the MSC Wednesday noon. The singers are in the fifth grade at A&M Consolidated, and gave part , of their lunch hour to present the program, according to Mrs.. Walter A. Varvel, Troop 5 leader. Singing all the way, the Girl Scouts walked from Consolidated to the MSC. This is the second year the troop has presented the Christ mas program in the MSC, Mrs. Varvel added. The singers entered the east en trance of. the MSC, marched along the promenade, then gathered around the Christmas tree. Ap proximately 14 songs were pre sented. with two children, all live in build ing A-14, College View. Once upon a time, they, like many college wives, spent “twenty- four hours a day looking after” their children, because their bud gets did not include such luxuries as baby-sitters. • Big Change “Now it’s different!” the three exclaim happily. “I keep all six one day,” ex plains Berta, “and then I get two days “off” to go shopping, or to sew without interruption. “It’s like that for all of us,” adds Mallie. “It gives us an opportun ity to bake a cake, read a book, or take a nap.” “What’s really good about it all is that our schedule is pliable,” triumphantly smiles Ina Mae. “That way, our co-op really means freedom, and not another kind of slavery.” Husbands Watch Robert Bravo, animal husbandry major; Frank Smith, mathematics major; and Gene Phillips, graduate poultry student, look with bemused smiles upon their wives’ system. “It’s our wives’ party,” they agree, but all three admit that the co-op “works”. “Of course, it works!” laugh the girls . .. three emancipated student wives! Kids Co-Op College Homes Win Prizes In BattDecoration Contest Santa and his reindeer fly through a theatrical gauze sky in the prize-winning picture window at 1006 Taurus, belonging to Capt. and Mrs. Janies G. Mason. By PAT MORLEY Battalion Women’s Editor Winners in the city-wide 1951 Battalion Christmas Decoration Contest were, selected Tuesday evening by a committee of four College Station Garden Club mem bers, who judged all entries by day light and after dusk. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Richardson, 1103 Foster, E. College Hills, won first prize for their doorway deco ration. A gleaming fed oilcloth Santa Claus covers the Richardson door, and green light and cedar branches frame the entry. Prizes for the Richardsons in clude Dinner for Two, at the 12th Man Inn; $10 Gift Certificate, Henry A. Miller Hardware Co,; and $2.50 in groceries, Charlie’s Food Market. Best Window Display The winning window display was arranged by Capt. and Mrs. James G. Mason, 1006 Taurus, Breezy Heights. Newcomers to College Station, the Masons are stationed at Bryan Air Force Base. The large picture window of the Mason home, hung with dark blue theatrical gauze, features a snow scene with Santa in his sleigh pulled by eight reindeer flying above a snowbound house. Prizes for the best decorated I Gift Certificate, Madeley’s Phar- window awarded the Masons were j macy; Dinner for Two, B and B $19 Gift Certificate, Southside I Grill; and $5 service at the Laun- Food Market; Barber shop service dromat. for Capt. Mason at the Harris I (See COLLEGE, Page 5) Barber Shop at Southside, and Beauty Shop service for Mrs. Ma son at Pruitt’s Beauty Shop at Southside. Mrs. Hervey First Mrs. Dick Hervey, 800 Park Place S., won first place on out side tree decoration, with an im aginative Christmas tree upon her front door. Heavy mesh wire bear ing Christmas ornaments form the tree, which is framed by striped stove-pipe “candy-canes” by the porch steps. Prizes for this display were $5 Bertha Bravo, one of three student wives, who has a practical solution for the baby-sitting prob lem, takes her turn supervising the play of four “co-op” children, from College View.