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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.