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The Battalion Number 60: Volume 55 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1955 Price 5 Cents Maj. Gen. William .7. Donovan Initiation Banquet To Be Held Tonight For 83 New RV’s The annual Ross Volunteer Ini tiation and Banquet will be held tonight at 7 p.m. in the MSC Ball room, according to Ernest F. Bie- hunko, commanding officer of the *RV company. “Brigadier General Robert M. Ives, assistant division command- _ ir of the 36th Infantry Division, Texas National Guard, will speak at the banquet,” Biehunko added. After the banquet the 83 new members of the company will be initiated. .Requirements for membership in the RV’s are that a student must be of high moral character, be an academic junior, have a 2.0 grade point ratio in military or air science and a 1.5 overall ratio and must be approved by the sen ior members of the company. New members ai’e as follows: Herbert: H. Acheson, Thomas W. Adair, Michael J. August, Harless R. Benthul, Jerry M. Betsill, Geo. H. Boyett, James S. Cassity, War ren W. Chapman, William S. Cob- lentz, Jerry Lee Cremer, James M. Dellinger, Murry B. Denton, Char les R. Dollinger. Jack M. Dreyfus, Dean E. Dun can, Charles L. Edwards, Sammy B. Edwards, Royce A. English, John H. Ferguson, James C. Fitz- william, Leroy C. Foerster, Dannie E. George, Robert L. Glazner, John B. Glover, Henry F. Grupe, Ted Harrod, John F. Heard, Robert C. Hill, Bert J. Hoff, Cyrus H. Holley, Richard L. Howards, James P. (See RV, Page 5) Three Guests For SCONA Surrounding this article are three of the men who will be here next week for the Student Conference on National Affairs. Gen. William Joseph Donovan, U. S. Army, retired, has served as district attorney for western New York, assistant to the Attorney General and Director of Strategic Services. He was the only mem ber of the American forces to re ceive all three of the nation’s high est military decorations: the Dis tinguished .Service Medal, the Dis tinguished Service Cross and the Congressional Medal of Honor. Lamar Fleming Jr., chairman of the board, Andersoh, Clayton & Co. Inc., is presently a resident of Houston. He became president of the company in 1939, and is a tims- tee of Rice Institute and a regent of the University of Houston. Among his governmental services he has served as vice-chairman, Commission on Foreign Economic Policy (Randall Commission), 1953- 54; and was a member of the U. S. delegation to a conference of 34 nations at Geneva to review and ■♦•revise the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, 1954. Omar Burleson is a U. S. Con gressman from the 17th District of Texas, and is from Anson. He attended Abilene Christian College and Hardin-Simmons University. He received his LLB degree from Cumberland University in Tennes see, and did post-gradaute study at the University of Texas. Burleson is district governor of the Lions International and the international counselor, of the Lions Club. Also Lamar Fleming' Jr. Congressman Omar Burleson SCONA To Open Wednesday he was a special agent for the FBI and a Lt. Commander of the U. S. Naval Intelligence. Appreciation Given To A&M Students An appreciation card addressed to the A&M student body, has been received from the family of Don Schilling, sophomore chemi cal engineering major, killed in an automobile accident Nov. 13. The card read, “During a time like this, we realize how much our friends really mean to us. . . Your expression of sympathy will always be remembered by the family of Don Schilling.” News of the World By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS i indicated a desii’e to discuss the UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.—An | project. Operation of the reactor, overwhelming majority of the United Nations yesterday approved a proposal which would bring 18 new member's into the U.N. under a package deal. By a vote of 52 in favor, two against and five ab stentions, the 60-member U.N. Spe cial Political Committee called on , the Security Council to consider favorably the applications of the 18 countries, including five Com- munist states. *'*-'*' NEW YORK—AFL-CIO Presi dent George Meany said yester day the National Assn, of Manu facturers has agreed to try to work out a “live and let live” labor-industry agreement. The NAM denied it. ★ ★ ★ HOUSTON—An atomic reactor * for scientific and industrial re search may be located in the Hous ton area. Dr. R. Lee Clark, di- ■ rector of the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tu mor Institute, and Rep. Albert Thomas D-Tex said yesterday Lewis L. Strauss, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, has ’57 Class Selling Aggie Song Album The Class of ’57 is selling the world’s largest selling college al bum, “The Songs of Texas A&M,” as a project to raise funds for the class treasury. The recm'ds come in 78 r.p.m. and EP 45 r.p.m., both selling for $3. The 78 has two records in the album, the 45 one. Included are the songs “The War Hymn,” “The Spirit of Aggieland,” “Twelfth . Man,” and “Silver Taps.” The albums are being sold thru dormitory representatives. “The albums are the ideal Christmas gift,” said Dick Ho ward, president of the junior class. if located hei'e, would be a joint project for the University of Tex as, Texas A&M, and the Rice In stitute. ★ ★ ★ MIDLAND, Tex. — Ed Price, for five years head football coach of the University of Texas, spik ed rumors that he would resign yesterday when he announced that he would fulfill his contract that has two more years to run. "A" WACO, Tex.—Dist. Judge D. W. Bartlett, presiding at the Harry Washburn murder trial, indicated yesterday he will permit future trials to be televised live. Station KWTX-TV, Waco, made histoi'y Tuesday when it began sending proceedings of the trial direct to viewers. It was the first time in history a live telecast had been made of a murder trial. ★ ★ ★ WASHINGTON —T h e Navy’s new SeaMaster, a huge jet sea plane with a speed of 600 miles an hour, exploded in flight yes terday and fell iu shattered pieces into Chesapeake Bay. 5-Man Team Winds Up Tour Of Journalism A five-man team from the American Council on Educa tion for Journalism will wind up their three-day inspection of A&M’s journalism facilities this afternoon. The team consists of Dr. I. W. Cole, executive secretary of ACEJ fi’om the University of Illinois; Dr. Earl English, dean of Journalism at the University of Missouri; Ralph Lashbrook, journalism direc tor at Kansas State College; Dr. Quintus Wilson, journalism direc tor at the University of Utah; and Joe Cook, publisher of the Mission (Tex.) Times. The visitors have spent the last two days attending various jour nalism classes and the college in general. The ACEJ representatives were x'equested to come to A&M by Pres ident David H. Morgan and the Journalism Department. This was made with a view to accreditation by the Council. Results of the inspection will be announced April. Class of 1956 Likes Ike, Peale The senior class voted President Eisenhower as their first choice for commencement speaker and Norman Vincent Peale as their first choice for baccalaureate speaker, at a meeting Tuesday night. Following the speaker selec tions, the seniors decided to follow the original format of commence ment exercises. They also pledged to support the 12th Man Bowl. After some discussion, it was decided to have the traditional A&M ring on the cover of the 1956 Aggieland. In other business, Joe B. Foster, social secretary, an nounced Ring Dance Committees AGGIE TALENT—E. L. Pix- ley, junior civil engineering ma jor, demonstrates some of the talent that will participate in the Aggie Talent Show Friday night. The show will be pre sented in Guion Hall at 8 p.m. Dress rehearsals are being held tonight. Conference To Attract Nation Wide Attention A&M’s first Student Conference on National Affairs, to be held here next Wednesday through Saturday in the Me morial Student Center, begins to look more and more like a “meeting at the summit.” National attention will be directed here when top stu dents from 44 colleges in 15 states and Mexico assemble for the meetings. Delegates will hear such speakers as Thur ston B. Morton, assistant secretary of state; Lamar Fleming Jr., chairman of the board of Anderson, Clayton & Co. Inc.; George C. McGhee, former assistant secretary of state; and Maj. Gen. William J. Donovan, founder of OSS. The conference promises to attract national publicity, following the efforts of Har-> old Sellers in New York last week. ' Commitments for rep resentatives here were obtain ed from Look, Life, Time, News Week and U.S. News and World Report (magazines); New York Times, New York Hei'ald- Tribune (newspapers); Associated Pi-ess, United Press and Interna tional News Service (wire associa tions); and Monitor (radio). On the local front, invitations have been sent to all of the major news papers in Texas, including the Dal las Morning News and the Post and Chronicle in Houston. Sellers will be interviewed over Exerett Colliers’ Sunday KTRH ra dio program, telling about the con ference. Traffic Circle Maze Will Amaze No More Dress Rehearsal A dress rehearsal for the Aggie Talent Show will be held tonigh t at 7:30 in the Assembly room of the Memorial Student Center. This is an important rehearsal and members of the show are urged to be present. By DAVE McREYNOLDS Have you ever gotten up a little later than you expected and while trying to get to class on time found yourself in the maze of cars that collects at the traffic circle at College and Sulphur Springs Roads about that time ? I’m sure that a few of you have found yourself in such a predica ment, and wondered just who does have the right-of-way in the circle. We received a letter from E. C. Breitenkamp of the Modern Lan guage Department yesterday and undoubtedly he is one of these un fortunates who have found them selves in this mess at one time or another. He has this to say: “Like many other people on the campus I have been confused on the question of the right-of-way at the traffic circle. So I wrote the people in Austin and asked for their opinion, and it indicates that cars ah’eady in the circle have the right-of-way. At present this prac tice is not being followed. ” Breitenkamp enclosed his reply from the Texas Department of Public Safety which we looked over and found this quoted from the Uniform Traffic Act: “Sec. 71. Vehicles approaching or entering intersection, (a) The driver of a vehicle appi’oaching an intersection shall yield the right- of-way to a vehicle which has en tered the intersection from a dif ferent highway. (b) When two (2) vehicles en ter an intersection from different highways at approximately the same time the driver of tho vehicle on the left shall yield the right-of way to the vehicle on the i-ight.” So, just to clarify a few points we thought that perhaps the above would serve a good purpose. The credit goes to Breitenkamp. Its strange that whenever a po lice car is present at the circle that the traffic always goes through a little smoother and faster. The program will get underway it 3 p.m. with the opening address by Fleming in the ballroom of the Center. A&M president, Dr. David H. Morgan, will make the intro ductions. McGhee will speak at 8 p.m. in the ballroom. Thursday night a five-member panel will discuss the subject “Is Our Present Foreign Policy Making Progi'ess Toward Peace?” This is a combination SCONA-Great Is sues program and will begin at 8 in the ballroom. Texas Congress man Omar Burleson is in charge, and other members of the panel are Morton, Col. G. A. Lincoln, U.S. Military Academy; McGhee; and Col. Thomas L. Crystal, U. S. Air Force Academy. A banquet will be held at 7:30 Friday night, with Gen. Donovan scheduled to speak on “The Com munist Challenege in Asia.” Delegates to SCONA will attend round-tables on the conference theme, “The Role of the United States in World Affairs.” (A (See SCONA, Page 2) Army Students All army students who will re ceive their commission in Janu ary, June, July, August, or sum mer camp of 1956 and all army students whte will be commission ed in January, 1957 will meet in the Chemistry Lecture Room at 4 p.m. today. Parties Planned For Children Friday Night Several units of the campus are planning Christmas par ties for underprivileged child ren this year instead of their regular Christmas party. One such party, sponsored by 1 “D” Infantry, will be held Fi'iday night in the Presbyterian Student Center, complete with gifts foi’ all and a Santa Claus to distribute them. The Center will be decorated, Christmas tree and ornaments with the usual Christmas decorations, and will hold the spotlight for 29 underprivileged children from this area. Mrs. Jackson, of the Texas Public Welfare, obtained the child ren for the party. There will be organized games, a short program, singing, ice cream, cake, cold drinks, gifts from Santa Claus to delight the under privileged childrens’ holiday spirit. Ken Kuykendall, company com mander, said his outfit felt that this was one way of really showing the Christmas spirit and the men in the unit could have just as much fun. The idea of such a party origina ted with Kuykendall and his execu tive officer, who hope it will be carried through all units in the years to come. This is the first attempt at giving a party to a group of underprivileged children around the College Station-Bryan area by a cadet unit. Hari*y Scott, Corps Chaplain, will attend the party and help with the arrangements. There are 72 men in the outfit. Employes Dinner Tickets on Sale Tickets for the annual Christ mas dinner for employes of the Texas A&M Colleg-e System, are on sale at the main office of the Agricultural Experiment Station, Dean Walter Delaplane’s office, Dean J. E. Adams’ office, Dean John Calhoun’s office, the Me morial Student Center, Dean W. W. Armistead’s office, H. D. Bear den, Engineering Extension Ser vice and the A&M Press. Tickets will be on sale until 5 p. m., Wednesday, W. R. Horsley, general chairman, announced. They are $1.25 each. The dinner will honor some 30 persons who have been with the System for 25 years and will be held in Sbisa Hall Dec. 16 at 7:30 p.m. Weather Today Debate Tourney Op ens Tomorrow Seventy debate teams from 18 colleges are expected to partici pate in the seventh annual A&M College Invitational Debate Tour nament here Friday and Saturday. The A&M team will not be en tered because all membei's will be needed to manage the tournament. This year’s debate topic is “Re solved: That the non-agricultural industries of the United States should guarantee their employees an annual wage.” The schedule for debates is as follows: CLEAR Forecast today is clear with winds diminishing after dark. Yes terday’s high of 75 degrees dropped to 46 degrees last night. Tem perature at 10:30 a.m. was 54 de grees. 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.