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Safety Is Subject
For Extension Club
Four persons in twenty minutes
lose their life because of an acci
dent. That statement was made
by John W. Hill, guest speaker at
the Extension Service club meeting
yesterday.
Introduced by Mrs. Grace Mar
tin, chairman of the club’s safety
committee, Hill explained that liv
ing in a society as complex as ours
demands that we be ever conscious
of accident hazards and attempt to
prevent mishaps that lead to injury
or death.
Hill said that the total economic
Dames Club
To Hear
Engineer
Richard A. Downward, super
visor - trainer at the Engineering
Extension service, will speak on
human relations at a meeting of
the University Dames club at 8
p. m. Tuesday in the South
Solarium of the YMCA.
Downward, who has been at
A&M since 1947, will direct his
talk to young people and their
problems.
He has more than 20 years ex
perience in the fields of industrial
engineering and human relations.
For several yeai's he served as a
pi'ivate consultant.
During World War II he was
with the War Labor and War Pro
duction board as management ad
viser. \
Husbands of the club members
have been invited to attend this
meeting.
A short business meeting fol
lowed by refreshments will be held
after Downward’s talk.
loss to our country last year due
to accidents was over eight billion
dollars.
In Texas, he pointed out, there
ai’e six traffic fatalities per day
and the cost to Texas per day is
a half million dollars due to acci
dents.
He stressed the importance of
driver education and felt that it
should be a regular part of our
public school program.
Pointing out the accident hazards
in the home, Hill said that 29,000
people lose their lives in their
homes every year.
He cited that such public organi
zations as the National Safety
Council, National Red Ci'oss and
trade organizations were doing a
lot to emphasize public safety.
Hostesses for the meeting were
Mrs. Mai’tin, Mrs. P. G. Haines,
Mrs. Richard Buxdeson, Mrs. G. W.
Orms, Mi’s. J. W. Potts and Mrs.
D. L. Weddington.
Potted plants of white and
bronze chrysanthemums adorned
the speakers table and the tea ta
ble. Tea, coffee and sandwiches
were served after the meeting.
School Contracts
To Be Signed Soon
Contracts for the proposed A&M
Consolidated high school will be
awarded about Tuesday, said L. S.
Richardson, superintendent.
The contracts will definitely not
be signed before Tuesday, he said.
A federal regulation prevents
signing contracts before Nov. 24,
if federal aid is received.
Architects and contractors are
still working on details of the
building’s, construction,
Manufacturers had to be con
tacted about substituting construc
tion materials.
Business Sorority
Picks Miss Brown
Miss Glenda Brown has been
pledged to Phi Gamma Nu, na
tional honorary business sorority
at Baylor university. Her Formal
initiation will be in December.
Miss Brown, daughter of Mi\ and
Mrs. E. E. Bi’own, 1403 Sulphur
Spi'ings x'oad, is a graduate of
A&M Consolidated high school.
She is class editor of “The
Round-Up”, the Baylor year bo.ok.
She is also u pledge of the Peer
club, a social club at the Waco
school.
At a recent national convention
the Baylor chapter of the sorority
received an award for maintaining
its high scholarship. A ‘B’ average
is necessary for membership.
Better Reading Winners
ToBeAnnouncedTodav
Winners of a better reading con
test, sponsored in nine elementary
schools in College Station and Bry-
gn will be announced over WTAW
at 5:45 this afternoon.
Three hundred and sixty-six chil
dren will be judged for the final
Methodists Co To
State Conference
The Wesley foundation is send
ing representatives to the state
Methodist student conference at
SMU Nov. 27-29.
The theme of the two-day con
ference is Christ Way—Our An
swer.
The conference is expecting
about 200 representatives from col
leges throughout the state.
The Rev. R. C. Sneed, minister
to students pf the A&M Methodist
church, is taking 11 A&M students
and four College Station girls to
Dallas for thd conference.
A&M students are Wallace
Birkes, Holman King, Harry
Scott, Holman Griffin, Paul Rob
erts, Charles Collins, Brad God
frey, Bill Wiseman, Gerry Ramsey,
Bill Riviere and Frank Dunn. < t
College Station girls attending
the conference are Barbara Bird-
well, Kathryn Smith, Cora Ann
Smith and Ernestine Smith.
prizes. Eight will receive prizes.
Thei’e will be a first and second
prize for white schools in College
Station and a first and second pxhze
for coloi’ed schools in College Sta
tion.
Thei’e will be a first and second
prize for white schools and a fii’st
and second prize for coloi’ed schools
in Bryan, said Mrs. Frank MacFar-
land, chairman of the contest judg
ing committee.
SAMMY KAYE VOCALIST—Kathy Collin, featured vocalist with Sammy Kaye’s or
chestra, will be here for a concert and dance, Wednesday, Nov. 25, before the Texas uni
versity game. The Sammy Kaye concert is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. and the dance for
9:30 p.m.
Twelfth Man Offers
Guards Free Coffee
The Twelfth Man Inn, North
Gate, is giving free coffee to bon
fire guards.
“The boys can come in and get
coffee any time they want it,” said
Mrs. Katy Arhopulous, wife of the
owner.
“We’re glad to do anything, for
the boys anytime,” said Tom Ar
hopulous, her son and donor of
some of the timber for the bonfire.
The restaurant will stay open un
til 2 a.m. during the bonfire guard
ing.
Veterinary Wives
See Fashion Show
A showing of holiday fashions
was the lighlight of the meeting of
the American Veterinary Medicine
auxiliary Wednesday evening in
the social room of the Memorial
Student Center.
Sophomore class wives were
models for the show. Clothes were
furnished by Lester’s Smart Shop.
Mrs. C. E. Gray of Gray Piano
company, played background music
for the show.
After the meeting a short social
was held with the sophomore class
serving as hostesses for the re
freshments.
Aggie Talent Show
To Select Twelve
Twelve of the 20 persons who
auditioned for the Aggie talent
show this week will be selected
for the show, according to Mar
garet Long, Memorial Student Cen
ter program consultant.
The show will be in the MSG
ballroom in December. No date had
been set yet.
Talent from other Texas schools
will also appear on the show.
Decorations Class
Taught in Center
The floriculture and landscape
architecture department will hold
classes for persons interested in
learning to make Christmas de
coration pieces. The workshop will
be Dec. 8-10.
A $3 registration fee will cover
all expenses, including a packet of
materials said, L. J. Tolle jr. of the
department.
Two-hour sessions will be morn
ings and afternoons Dec. 8 and 9,
and a single session will be held on
the morning of Dec. 10
The same information will be
offered in three - hour night ses
sions beginning at 6:30 p. m. each
day.
The subject of each session will
include line, mass, focal point,
color, novelty and assembly.
Women’s Clubs
Plan Workshop
A Parliamentary Law workshop
will be conducted at' the Fourth
District Texas Federation of Wo
men’s Clubs board of directors
meeting at 10 a. m. Dec. 1 in Waco.
Mrs. W. H. Benton of Houston
will direct the work shop at Hamil
ton house. Mrs. Glen Capp of Waco
will lead a discussion on speaking
effectively.
Following the 2 p. m. adjourn
ment, Mrs. Marvin Fergus of Kil
leen will conduct an antique tour
to the homes of Mrs. John K. Ros-
son Jr. and Mrs. V. A. Kelley in
Waco.
Registration fee is 50 cents, and
a $1.75 luncheon price will be
charged. Reservations for the
luncheon are required and must be
made by Nov. 27 with Mrs. Haynes
Redding^ 3200 North 28th, Waco,
;said Kate Edmond, press and
publicity chairman.
Band Wines Plan
Picnic Tomorrow
The Band Wives club will have
a picnic tomorrow for the married
band members and their wives.
The couples are to meet at the
band dorm at 5 p. m. Saturday
and from there they will go to
Arrowmoon Boy Scout camp where
the picnic will be held.
Dormitories to Stay
Open During Holidays
All dormitories will remain opeii
during the Thanksgiving holidays.
Enough students Will be staying
in the dormitories to justify leav
ing them open, said Harry Boyer,
chief of housing.
Students are cautioned to lock
their rooms before leaving for the
holidays, Boyer said.
Kiwanis Sell Box
Lunches Thursday
The College Station Kiwanis
club will sell box lunches before the
A&M-Upiversity of Texas football
game Thursday.
Roy Scouts will assist the Ki-
wanians with the sales.
‘‘The lunch will consist of two
pieces of chicken, bread and butter,
pickles, olives, cup cakes and an
apple,” Said W. E. Briles, chair
man of the entertainment and rec
reation committee.
The Kiwanians have sold lunch
boxes at other games this year and
expect to have all lunches sold
by| 12:15 Thursday, Briles said.
The lunches sell for $1 each
and proceeds will go to crippled and
underprivileged children.
MSC Plans
Formal Dance
For Dec. 1
The Memorial Student Cen
ter dance committee will
sponsor a formal dance Dec.
1 for 8 to 11 p. m. in the
MSC ballroom.
The dance is for all members of
the dancing classes, ihcluding be
ginners.
Miss Margaret Long, MSC pro
gram consultant, said that a large
crowd is expected to attend the
dance. It will have a Christmas
theme and the Aggieland Combo
will play.
Oscar Garcia, chairman of the
dance committee, said that the
dance Will give the members of
the dance classes a chance to usa
what they have learned in the
dancing classes this semester.
Members of the MSC dance clast
committee will be in charge of th<
dance . and the program. John
Matush is chairman of this com
mittee. Others on the committee
are Don O’Neal, Earl Schumacher
and Pat Lackey.
Batt to Be Published
Two Days Next Week
The Battalion will be published
only Tuesday and Thursday of
next Week because of the Thanks
giving holidays.
This is the newspaper’s regular
holiday and summer schedule.
In case of a holiday the Monday
after the scheduled holidays, The
Battalion will still publish its re
schedule.
LATEST
Lutheran Students
To Attend Meeting
Rev. Thomas H. Swygert and
seven members of Our Savior’s
Lutheran church are leaving this
afternoon for Houston to partici
pate in the annual Fall conference
of the Gulf Region Lutheran Stu
dents Association.
The members, who are partici
pating in the conference and who
are going to lead the Bible study
during the conference, are: Theo
Linbig, mission secretary for the
Gulf Region, Glen Sprecht, John
Stacha, Louis Wernert, Milton
Crenwelge, Bernaid Halverson and
Charles Jermstad.
The group will return Sunday
afternoon.
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