Number 59: Volume 55
The Battalion
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1955
Price 5 Cents
Two Southern Schools
Make Bowl Decisions
Ga. Tech Faculty
Cheer President
Who Stood Ground
* ATLANTA — <JP> — The Georgia
Tech faculty yesterday gave a
standing ovation to school Presi
dent Blake Van Leer who refused
to cancel Tech’s Sugar Bowl con
tract because of the race issue
raised by Gov. Marvin Gx-iffin.
The Geoi’gia University system
boax-d of x-egents yestei’day also i’e-
fused to order the contract can
celed because Tech’s opponent,
Pittsburgh, has a Negi'o player and
because thex’e will be no segrega
tion in sale of Pitt’s tickets. But
Van Leer came in for some criti
cism fi'om several regents.
A Tech spokesman said the Tech
faculty of approximately 300 stood
and cheei’ed for more than five
minutes yesterday when the presi
dent walked into a faculty meet
ing. Van Leer later told newsmen
he was touched by the ovation.
* Segregation Policy
When the conti’ovex’sy was touch
ed off by Gov. Gi'iffin’s request to
Regent Chairman Robex*t O. Ax-nold
for an athletic segregation policy
that would bar Tech fi’om the Su
gar Bowl, Arnold said he thought
it was a matter for Tech authori
ties.
Van Leer said at that time in
his 60 years he had never broken
8. contract and didn’t intend to do
go now.
Miss. College
Gets Warning
Of Fund Loss
JACKSON, Miss.—UP)—The Jack-
son Daily News warned in a front
page editorial yesterday that the
1956 Legislature may cut off ap-
pi’opn'ations to Jones County Jun
ior College because it left yestei’day
for Califoimia to play against Neg-
roes in the Little Rose Bowl foot
ball game.
Jones JC was selected to oppose
Compton, Calif., JC in the Little
Rose Bowl at Pasadena Satui’day.
Compton has five Negi'oes on its
team, including star back Jim Wad
dell.
Satui’day, the Mississippi Assn,
of Citizens Councils, a white group
which opposes racial integration,
labeled the proposed game “an ex
ample of how integration starts in
small doses.”
The newspaper reiterated this
statement and warned:
“If the team goes to California,
then a determined effort will be
made at the approaching session
of the Legislature Jan. 3 to elim
inate their college from the bien
nial appropriation for junior col
leges.
“Furthermore, such an effort
would more than likely succeed.”
The editorial did not state who
would make the “determined ef
fort.”
Left-Over Tickets
Must Be In Monday
All tickets and money for the
12th Man Bowl football game on
Kyle Field Dc. 15, must be turned
in by Friday, according to Glenn
Buell, chairman of the 12th Man
Bowl Committee.
No estimate is available at this
time as to the number of tickets
Bold. Hugh Lanktree and Don
droves are in charge of civilian tic
ket sales and Cyrus T. Johnston
is heading ticket sales for the
Corps.
More than just entertainment is
derived from the 12th Man Bowl
football game each year. It is the
sole source of income for two bene
ficial programs — the 12th Man
Scholarship and the Student Aid
Fund.
The SAF is designed primarily
to help students in time of emerg
ency. Some of the uses in the
past have been ‘ helping- students
pay medical expenses for them
selves or their families. It has, in
turn, enabled some students to
. stay in school.
* The 12th Man Scholarship is
used to help a student attend A&M
who would otherwise be unable to.
Money for the scholarship is turn
ed over to the Opportunity Awards
Scholarship Committee. It is
handled on the same basis as other
scholarships with need, scholastic
ability and attitude as primary
considerations.
A review, with the Wharton
County Junior College Starlettes
as guests will be held at 1:30 the
day of the game. During half
time ceremonies, these 54 girls,
with another 25 in the WCJC
Band, will perform. The Starlettes
will be guests of the student body
at the annual Christmas dinner
that night.
Freshman Filings
Close Today at 5
Filings for freshman class offi
cers and one senior position on the
Student Senate close this afternoon
at 5 •
Approximately 100 freshmen
have filed for the class officer pos
itions. Ten seniors have filed for
the Senate vacancy.
The elections will be held Dec.
14 in the Student Center.
Kiwanis Club
Will Sponsor
’55 Toy Drive
The Annual Kiwanis Club
Christmas Toy drive began
this week, with toys already
being repaired in the Consol
idated High School shop, ac
cording to Luther Jones, chairman
of the drive.
“Anyone having extra toys,
whether they are damaged or not,
is asked to contact Taylor Riedel
at Consolidated High School, or
Luther Jones of the Agronomy De
partment.”
“We will be glad to pick up do
nations anywhere,” Jones said.
The first of four work sessions
will be held in the CHS shop at
7:30 p.m. tomorrow. The other
three will be Dec. 12, 15 and 19.
“Anyone interested in helping re
pair toys is welcome to come and
stay as long as they like any of the
nights,” said Jones.
The toys will be distributed by
members of the club to needy fam
ilies in College Station. Families
will be picked on recommendations
by the local charity organizations.
The club also invited anyone
knowing of families, who would
enjoy the toys, to contact Luther
Jones through the Agronomy de
partment.
Graduate Lecture
By Physicist at 8
Dr. P. R. Bell, chief physicist,
Oak Ridge National Laboratories,
Oak Ridge, Tenn., will deliver a
graduate lecture tonight at 8 in
the lecture room of the Biological
Sciences Building.
His subject will be “Scintillation
Spectrometry, Including Medical
Applications.” The public is in
vited, Dr. Ide P. Trotter, dean of
the Graduate School, has an
nounced.
“This is a return speaking en
gagement for Dr. Bell on our cam
pus,” Dr. Trotter said. “When he
spoke before the A&M Physics So
ciety early in 1951, he captivated
his audience with his abounding
zest for scientific investigation and
his knack for enthusing an audience
over a field with which most peo
ple had comparatively little pre
vious acquaintance.”
Professor Assists
In Preparing Guide
O. M. Holt, assistant professor
of Agricultural Education, has as
sisted with the preparation of a
“Forestry Teaching Guide” which
was published recently by the Tex
as Forest Service.
The guide is free to all teachers
of vocational agriculture in East
Texas, Holt said.
News
of the
World
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK—One of the na
tion’s great research centers said
yesterday “there seems now to be |
good reason to believe that we
have a rational approach to cancer
control.” The announcement came
in a two-year report by the Sloan-
Kettering Institute for Cancer Re
search.
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WASHINGTON—Secretary of
State Dulles yesterday accused
Russian leaders of trying to pro
voke India into vising force in its
quarrel with Portugal over the
Portuguese colony of Goa. Dulles
told a news conference that So
viet Premier Bulganin and Ni
kita Khruschchev, the Communist
party boss, appear to be using
their tour of India, Burma and
Afghanistan for the purpose of
spreading hatred and prejudice.
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RANGOON, Burma—Burma and
Russia reaffirmed in a joint com
munique last night their support
of Red China’s claim to Nationalist
China’s Formosa island stronghold.
This development was accompanied
by a fresh oral barrage against the
West by Soviet Communist Party
Boss Nikita S. Khrushchev. This
time, Khrushchev included Sir Win
ston Churchill among his targets.
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WASHINGTON — Vice Presi-
dent Nixon yesterday was re
ported awaiting word from Pres
ident Eisenhower on whether he'
will run again before making any
decision on entering Republican
presidential preferential prima
ries.
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PIANO QUARTET—Stars at the Town Hall attraction last night in White Coliseum were
the four members of the philharmonic piano Quartet. They are, left to right, Herbert
Rogers, Moreland Kortkamp, Gisella Richter and Emmett Yokes. Town Hall was delayed
until 8:30 to allow students plenty of time to take advantage of the Freshmen Open
House, held in all departments.
Appeal Made
Negro Woman Needs Help
The future for Mrs. Kate Smith
looks a lot brighter today than it
did a week ago.
Last Wednesday, the aged Negro
woman’s house, which included all
her possessions, burned to the
ground while she was at a neigh
borhood grocery buying feed for
her chickens.
Now she is busily cleaning an
other house, preparing to rent it
Debate Tourney
Set. For Weekend
debate teams from 18
are expected to partici-
Seventy
colleges
pate in the 7th annual A&M Col
lege Invitational Debate Tourna
ment here Friday and Saturday.
The A&M team will not be en
tered because all members will be
needed to manage the tournament.
Trophies will be awarded to
first place winners in the senior
and junior divisions. Winners will
be picked by number of debates
won, team ratings and speaker
ratings. There will be six rounds
of debate with two rounds Friday
afternoon, two rounds Friday
evening and two rounds Saturday
morning.
All interested persons are invi
ted to attend the debates. Infor
mation as to where the rounds are
being held may be obtained from
the debate desk which will be lo
cated near the main desk in the
Student Center.
This year’s debate topic is “Re
solved: That the non-agricultural
industries of the United States
should guarantee their employes
an annual wage.” Each team will
have the affirmative side in three
debates and the negative side in
the other three.
The schedule for the debates is
as follows:
Friday: 1-2:15 Round one
2:15-3:15 Coffee for
visitors
3:30-4:30 Round two
7-8:15 Round three
8:45-10 Round four
Saturday: 8:30-10 Round five
10:15-11:30 Round six
Winners will be announced at
the luncheon for participates at
12:15 Saturday. Music for the
luncheon will be furnished by Ted
Stecki’s combo.
Colleges expected to participate
in the tourney are Rice Institute,
University of Texas, University of
Houston, Tulane University, Mc-
Murry College, Sul Ross, St.
Mary’s, Southeastern State Col
lege of Oklahoma, Abilene Christ
ian College, Southwest Texas
Teacher’s College, Texas A&I,
Sam Houston State College, Blinn
College, St. Edward’s University,
Hardin-Simmons University, Bay
lor University and Texas Lutheran
University.
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WHARTON TWIRLERS — Heading the group of girls from Wharton
County Junior College performing here for the 12th Man Bowl are Shirley
% Horton, Arline Gertson, Carole Crim, Sandra Green and Agnes Polasek.
Miss Louise Taylor, director of the Starlettes, will bring 54 girls for
the performance which will be given during half-time activities. The Star
lettes wear western-styled uniforms in the college colors of red and gray
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while twirlers wear all-white. Their uniforms are set off with white Stet
sons and boots. The group was organized four years ago and have been
to A&M on two other occasions. Musical acompaniment is given by the Pi
oneer Band, which is made up of 25 girls and 15 boys. Miss Billie Ruth
Mote is choreographer and plans all dance arrangements. The game will
be played Dec. 15 on Kyle Field.
with the help of the local charity
chest. The chest is paying the
house rent for the time being.
The Salvation Army has contrib
uted groceries and shoes for the
woman and she has been staying
in the homes of friends for the
past week. The fire destroyed ev
erything she had.
Bob Reed, chairman of the local
chest charity, said he was making
an appeal to the residents of Col
lege Station for any and all items
she might use.
He said the effects of the fire
were so complete that the Commu
nity Chest alone could not take care
of everything without depleting
their funds.
So far, Mrs. Smith has received
a bed and stove from neighbors.
Reed said she still needed bed
clothing, cooking utensils, tables,
No Worry;
He Won 7 Sue
For Slander
Ronnie Greathouse, Battal
ion Sports Editor, made the
following statement “to whom
it may concern:”
“Despite the proclaimment
of the Commentator pamphlet
that I am the Sports Editor
for them, this is not true.
“I have written no stories
for that publication this year,
and it is my understanding
that their sports editor is J.
Paul Savage, senior from
Dallas.
“I am in no way associated
with the magazine, being a
student in the School of Arts
and Sciences.
“Let me assure all persons,
and the editors of the Com
mentator, that I am not Mad—
and have no desire to be.”
Christmas Seals
Collect $2,307
The 1955 Brazos County Christ
mas Seals sale has collected $2,-
307.65 since the start of the sale
last week, according to Mrs. A. Y.
Moore, Brazos County Sale Chair
man.
“Letters sent to A&M students
have been coming in quite well
with their donations,” Mrs. Moore
said. “Contributions from College
Station residents are quite good
so far also.”
This is the first year that the
T. B. Christmas Seal Sales have
not been included in the College
Station community chest and the
Bryan United Fund. Letters con
taining two sheets of seals have
been sent to all residents of Bra
zos County; A&M College students
have received one sheet in their
letter.
“Sales so far are about even
with those at this time last year,”
Mrs. Moore said.
chairs, silverware and clothing.
Mrs. Albin Krolczyk at the gro
cery store on old Highway 6 is
acting as chairman for contribu
tions. She has made the grocery
store headquarters for all dona
tions.
Less than a month ago the people
of College Station responded to
such a plea and completely refur
nished a house and clothed a family
of six after their home had also
been destroyed by fire.
Adams Gives Tips
On Mailing Parcels
A few timely tips have been
handed down to citizens of College
Station by Postmaster Homer
Adams on how to mail packages
for the Christmas season.
A new illustrated pamphlet,
“Packaging and Wrapping Parcels
for Mailing,” lists hints that will
help with special Christmas mail
ing problems and may be obtained,
free, at the College Station Post
Office.
A few do’s and don’t’s given by
Adams are as follows:
• Don’t use flimsy light card
board and paper boxes. Instead,
use strong containers in good con
dition. Cushioning material should
be evenly and firmly placed on all
sides of the item.
• Don’t mark the wrapping
with unnecessary wording. If it is
desired to expedite delivery of a
parcel, use special handling or spe
cial delivery service.
• Do address plainly and prop
erly, using postal zone numbers
where available. Addresses should
be printed in ink or typed, and a
return address should appear on
every parcel.
• Do mail your packages early.
A&M Book Store
Opens Sale Today
More than 3,000 volumes with
subjects for every reading taste
went on sale at the Exchange
Store at 8 a.m. today, Carl Bird-
well, manager, said.
The Exchange Store is sponsor
ing the book sale as a service to
students and College Station resi
dents. Prices will range from 19
cents to $3.98 a copy, Birdwell
said.
Included in the sale will be such
books as Thomas Mann’s “The
Holy Sinner”.
“Most of the books will be lim
ited, as we have only a few cop
ies of each,” Birdwell said.
Weather Today
PARTLY CLOUDY
No change in present weather
conditions are forecast for the
College Station area remaining
partly cloudy. Yesterday’s high of
63 degrees dropped to 44 degrees
last night. Temperature at 10:30
a.m. was 63 degrees.