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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1954)
Wednesday, December 15, 1954 THE BATTALION Pag-e 7 HI, SCHOOL ‘,'nSa By BETSY BURCHARD A&M Consolidated Correspondent The theme of “Blue Christmas” will be carried in the decorations for the semi-formal dance to be held Friday, in the activity room of the new high school. The senior class traditionally sponsors the af fair which will be from 8 p.m. to midnight. Admission is 50 cents, stag - or date. Eugenia Rush, senior business manager, is in charge of planning the dance. Anna Beaty, Jean Bud dy and Clifton Bates are on the decoration committee; Bonnie Car- I'oll, Elsie Richads, Patsy Nolan and Roy Courim are responsible for refreshments. Martha Blum, Betsy Burehard, Delbert Stanley are handling pub licity, and Eugenia Rush, Jean Ad ams, and Roy Courim will provide music. Chaperpnes for the dance are Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Rush, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Buddy, Mr. and Mrs. I. G. Adams and Mrs. Jim S. Beaty. —o— The student council decorated THE STAR—Pictured in the first act of the community Christmas pageant “The Star Shines Through” are, left to right, Mrs. David H. Morgan, Mrs. Ann Tishler, and Vic Wiening. The pageant played to a standing-room-only crowd in Guion hall Sunday. AAUW Hosts foreign Guests At Yule Party The International Rela tions committees of the Amer ican Association of Univer sity Women and the Campus Study club gave a Christmas party for about 50 students of 16 different countries at the home of Chancellor and Mrs. M. T. Har rington. The program consisted of songs and Christmas carols of the stu dents’ different homelands, ac companied by Clark Kimberling and directed by Harrington. Mrs. Tom King told “Birds’ Christmas Carol.” Refreshments were serv ed from the dining - room table cov ered with trays of Christmas sand wiches and cookies. Mrs. I. B. Boughton presided over the punch bowl. Students from Egypt, Inclia, In donesia and the Spanish speaking countries were present. Chancel lor and Mrs. Harrington were among the 30 hosts and hostesses of the party. Mrs. John Ashton is the chair man of the International Relations committee of the Campus Study club and Mrs. W. L. Russell is the chairman of the International Re lations committee of the American Association of University Women. AH Students Tour Union Stockyards The animal husbandry 437 class visited the Union stock yards in San Antonio last week, accompa- ni|d by F. I. Dahlberg of the animal husbandry department. Bill J. Humphrey, general su pervisor of the stock yards, ex plained to the group the functions of a public livestock market and then toured the yards with the class. CHRISTMAS GIVE THE REVISED STANDARD VERSION BIBLE THE PERFECT GIFT R. S. V. B. Genuine Leather $10.00 Buckram $ 6.00 illustrated editions $3.25 & $3.50 Come in and see our complete selection SHAFFER’S at the North Gate Indonesian Aggie Speaks To AAUW A. S. Bonto, visiting student in agriculture from Indonesia, spoke of the geography and culture of his country at the last meeting of the American Association of Univer sity Women. Assisting Bonto in the program were other visiting' Indonesians, Kotoet Soebagio, who spoke on his native Bali, Jann M. Gultom, Ha- tin Soedarm, Dirk Z. Sahertian, Reksoamidjojo Mas Soeprapto- hardjo, Ismangoen and Anwas Adi- wilago. The program was under the chairmanship of Mrs. William L. Russell of the International Re lations Study group. Color films of' Balinese dancers, recorded music and Indonesian art objects were also part of the pro gram. During a business session of the meeting, Mrs. Eugene Rush, pres ident of AAUW, heard a report of the Friends of the Library com mittee of which Mrs. R.' O. Berry is chairman. In her report, Mrs. Berry said that there are now 141 charter members in the Friends of the Li brary organization and that char ter memberships will be open-un til January 7. Interested persons may join at the Bryan Carnegie library. Bennie Zinn and Dr. James G. Hotter were guests at the meeting. Social Whirl The Extension Service club will meet at 3 p.m. Thursday in the Memorial Student Center. Mrs. R. R. Lancaster will be the guest speaker for the meeting. CHS Group To Give Play On Christmas The Dramatics club of A&M Consolidated junior high school will present a play, “The Christmas Bug,” by Edith Lar son, at the annual Christmas party in the gymnasium at 1 p.m. Friday. The play will be directed by Mrs. J. C. Brusse. In the play will be David McGuire, Janet Davids, Fat Wilkins, Barbara Beasley, Sharon Manning and Linda Chalk. The stage crew is Ann Elkins, Sally Ann Lear and Pamela Sperry. The story is about how the Christmas spirit causes a group of girls to discover the good qualities of a girl that they had treated as a social outcast. After the play, the students will exchange gifts and re freshments will be served by the room mothers. The three fifth grades will have individual parties in their rooms. President Changes Reception Date The president’s annual New Year’s reception for the staff, fac ulty, and friends of the college will be held on Jan 9 between 3 and 5 p.m. in the president’s home. The reception is usually held the first Sunday after New Year’s, but the late date this year is to avoid conflict with other Christmas holi day activities, President David H. Morgan said. Aggie Wives Club To Play Bridge-O The Aggie Wives Bridge club will have their fall semester Bridge-0 party Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Memorial Student Cen ter. Hostesses for the party will be Mesdames Ada Lee Williams, Mary Lou Hughes, Joy Baldexack and Chloma Burk. Winners of the last meeting were Mesdames Barbara Jones and Mary Lou Hughes. Sponsors pres ent at the last meeting were Mrs. J. J. Woolket and Mrs. E. E. Mc- Quillen. FRIDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 17 The Junior Class of S.F.A. Presents “One Foot In Heaven” — Starring - — REBECCA SHAWN GWINN THOMPSON At 8:00 O’clock in the S.F.A. AUDITORIUM Price 50c Slip f . v ■ -■! | Miss Katy Ruth Mann Miss Katy Mann To Marry Kettler Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mann of Brenham have announced the en gagement of their daughter Miss Katy Ruth Mann to Elwood Ket tler, A&M junior from Brenham. Miss Mann attended Brenham high school and was a majorette. She will graduate from Blinn jun ior college in January. Kettler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Kettler, was named honorable mention all-state his senior year as a quarterback on the Brenham high football team. Kettler is now all-conference quarterback. The wedding will take place at the A&M Methodist church Jan uary 30, the Rev. Lamb of Bren ham presiding. the schqol tree yesterday after noon in preparation for the party- assembly Fxfday. The assembly will be immediately after lunch and will feature music by the band and chorus and group caroling. Santa Claus will make an ap pearance and hand out gifts am students will be served cold drinks and cookies. Homeroom mothers have been requested to bring five dozen cookies each. —o— The FHA chapter held a short Christmas party in the cafeteria during their regular meeting per iod Monday. A short devotional program was given by Eugenia Rush and Barbara Curry. Jean Ann Smith sang the “Lord’s Pray er,” accompanied by Claire Rog ers. The group was then served cold drinks and cookies. —o— The Latin I class has been mak ing Christmas cards in Latin as their Christmas project. Each stu dent was required to make two, one to exchange and the other for the teacher, Mrs. A. R. Orr, to dis play. Professional Club Hold Yule Dinner The Bryan and College Station Business and Professional Wo men’s club held its annual Christ mas dinner at the Oaks last week. Mrs. John E. Huchison, guest speaker for the dinner, gave a Christmas story to the group. Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Devens were the guest soloists. They sang Christ mas songs and carols. Members were seated at a long banquet table which was decorated with over-sized Santa Claus boots filled with poinsettias and blue and silver eucalyptus. The menu consisted of baked turkey with dressing - , peas, con gealed salad and ice cream pie. Members exchanged Christmas gifts and sang Christmas carols following the program. CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS—Mrs. Ed Madeley, left, and Mrs. A1 B. Nelson, discuss the Christmas decorations they arranged at the meeting of the Brazos Dental auxil ary which was held Thursday in the Memorial Student Cen ter. 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