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Christmas Vacation Starts Tomorrow At Noon
The Battalion
Number 65: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1955
Price 5 Cents
Ten To Attend
SVM Meeting
Ten A&M students will attend
the 17th Quadrennial Conference of
the Student Volunteer Movement
in Athens, Ohio, Dec. 27 through
Jan. 1.
Buses are leaving from Dallas
and Austin to carry representa
tives from Texas colleges and uni
versities to the affair held on the
"University of Ohio campus.
Attending from A&M are Kihlo
Park from Pusan, Korea; Max
Casalta, Venezuela and Konrad Lo-
sen, Peru; Richard McGlaun, Stew
art Coffman, Robert Coffman, Har
ry Scott, Joe Blair, Steve Love and
Bill Riveire. The Rev. Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Monk, director of Wes
ley Foundation, will accompany
the students.
Three main spoakei's scheduled
for the conference are the Rev. M.
Richard Shaull, Dr. John McKay
and the Rev. Mr. M. A. Thomas.
The Rev. Mr. Shaull is the au
thor of “Encounter with Revolu
tion,” one of three study books
used in preparation for the confer
ence. Dr. McKay is president of
Princeton Presbyterian Theological
Seminai*y and the Rev. Mr. Thomas
is pastor of Mar Thoma branch in
Travancore, India.
There will be approximately 1,500
U.S. and 1,500 international stu
dents at the convention which will
have as it’s theme “Revolution and
Reconciliation.”
Lions Club Sells
Trees for Charity
The College Station Lions Club
is selling Christmas trees and will
use the pi*ofits for charity pur
poses, according* to Dr. Leland C.
Grumbles.
Trees are being sold at the old
Western Auto Stoi*e at the East
Gate. Although there are a lim
ited number of trees, all of them
fli’e of a top grade.
Table decorations, artificial
snow, fireproofing compounds and
other articles of this type will also
be sold.
The proceeds from the sale will
be used for the Boy Scouts, buy
ing glasses for underprivileged
children, and other charitable pur
poses.
The stoi'e will be open from 3
to 7 p.m. on week days, and from
3 to 9 p.m. on Friday and Satur
day.
The trees will be sold until
Christmas Eve.
POWER IN THE LINE—White shifted blockers rush—and leap—to g-et in some blocking
for an unidentified ball carrier (arrow) for the White team in yesterday’s 12th Man Bowl
game. The White eleven beat the Maroon team before a sparse crowd in Kyle Field
13-0. Profits from the game are used to support the 12th Man Scholarship and the
Student Aid Fund. Game story is on Page 3.
Program Consultant
UT Girl To Join MSC
A 20-year-old brunette whose
hobbies are dancing and drama will
soon live in Aggieland.
Coming from the University of
Texas, Miss Shirley Cannon will
replace Mrs. Betty Traganza as
Student Center program consultant
Jan. 3.
Miss Cannon will not be new to
Aggies, at least not to those who
saw the Intercollegiate Talent
Show last year. She is the girl
who kept the crowd cheering with
her performance of a Spanish dance
routine.
According to an article in the
Daily Texan, Miss Cannon has “all”
of the qualifications necessary for
work. Last semester she took 21
academic hours and performed in
Physical Education
Gets Scrutinization
Various phases of physical ed
ucation were discussed at the re
cent annual Southwest Conference
Physical Education meeting on the
campus.
Speakers included Lloyd Russell,
Baylor University; Berry Whit
aker, University of Texas; and W.
L. McGill, state coordinator of civil
defense.
Sixty physical educators repi*e-
sented the seven conference schools.
BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE—It was cold weather yes
terday for the 12th Man Bowl game, but it didn’t bother
the Wharton Junior College Starlettes who performed dur
ing halftime. And here is head majorette Shirley Horton,
who headed the 54 girls.
various campus musicals.
She even was an assistant to the
director of one musical while coach
ing a separate part at the same
time. Having been at UT only
two years, she has been a finalist
in two beauty contests, the “Blue
Bonnet Belles” and “Miss Austin.”
Some of her summer activities
include modeling at Neiman-Marcus
in Dallas and performing for char
ity purposes at different hospitals.
Her home is in Grapevine.
But beauty and ability aren’t the
only talents Miss Cannon has.
A member of a group of girls on
the UT campus called the Trigger-
ettes, Miss Cannon holds medals
for being the outstanding female
rifle shot on the UT campus.
A&M’s Firs I SCON A
* *
To Close Tomorrow
30 Honorees
Christmas Dinner
For Staff Tonight
Leland S. Paine of the Engineer
ing Experiment Station will be
master of ceremonies tonight at the
annual Christmas dinner for em
ployees of the A&M System. Thirty
employees who have completed 25
years of seiwice in the system will
be honored.
The dinner will start at 7 in
Sbisa Hall. The Rev. Robert Dar-
wall of the Episcopal Church will
give the invocation, and Chancellor
M. T. Harrington will deliver the
annual Christmas message. The
Singing Cadets under the direction
of Bill Turner will furnish musical
entertainment.
Honorees on the staff of A&M
College this year are J. Wheeler
Barger, Department of Agricul-
tm*al Economics and Sociology;
Arthur L. Cook, Department of
Building and Campus Utilities; T.
R. Hamilton, Department of Bus
iness Administration; Claude Wal
lace Free, Department of Dairy
Husbandry; L. M. Haupt, Depart
ment of Electrical Engineering;
Frank Huback, Memorial Student
Center; John H. Jones, Depart
ment of Animal Husbandry; Shir
ley A. Lynch, Department of
Geology; Hai'ry Boyer, Housing;
Albert Ward, Security and Eula
Mae Riley, A&M Press.
From the Texas Agricultural
Extra Aggielands
Given To Schools
A total of 391 surplus Aggie
lands weighing 2,937 pounds were
given away in two days as Home
town Club presidents staged a
“gold rush” on the Student Publi
cations Office.
Most of the books taken were
of the recent models but some of
them dated back as far as 1932.
The club presidents were re
sponding to a letter sent out by
Spike White, Student Activities
Office, requesting them to carry
the yearbooks to their hometown
high school libraries.
Had the 391 books been mailed,
the postage would have cost more
than $200.
Extension Service, honorees are:
R. G. Burwell, Stephenville; Ruth
Causey, Kountze; Juanita Fowler,
Vernon; B. F. Hudson, Texarkana;
Pauline Lokey, Amarillo; Claude
McAdams, College Station; W. S.
Millington, Angleton; Guy Pow
ell, Kerrville, Nena Roberson, Col-
(See Dinner, Page 2)
Five To Attend
Sportsmanship
Meeting Jan. 1
Five A&M students will at
tend the Southwest Confer
ence Sportsmanship Commit
tee meeting* in Dallas Dec. 31.
They will also be guest of the
Cotton Bowl Athletic Association
for the annual Cotton Bowl game
Jan. 2.
The students to attend from
A&M are Byron A. Parham, Stu
dent Senate president; Gus Mijalis,
senior yell leader; Ronnie Great-
house, sports editor of The Bat
talion; Ralph Cole, managing edi
tor of The Battalion; and Jim Bow
er, executive secretary of the com
mittee and Battalion news editor.
Activities will kick off at 5:30
Dec. 30 when student representa
tives from Southwest Conference
schools will be feted with a din
ner at the Dallas Club. At 8:30,
the same night, the Broadway mu
sical, “Plain and Fancy,” Mull be
presented at the State Fair Audi
torium.
A fashion show at Neiman-Mar
cus will take the spotlight for fem
inine guests of the Committee
members Saturday morning, Dec.
31. Following a luncheon in the
Baker Hotel, a closed business
meeting will be held.
Sunday, delegates to the meet
ing will see “Cinerama Holiday”
at the Melba Theater, and on Mon
day, the Cotton Bowl game be-
tv^een Texas Chi’istian University
and Mississippi.
A dance will be held New Year’s
Eve on the Southern Methodist
University campus. All students
in or around the Dallas area are
invited. The Cell Block Seven will
begin playing about 9 p.m. and the
dance will end at 1 a.m.
The University of Texas nov r
holds presidency of the SWCSC.
A&M will be host school for next
year. TCU won the trophy last
year and this year’s winner will
not be announced until the half
time ceremonies of the Cotton
Bovd game.
Letter Received
Seal Drive At A&M Ends
The 1955 Christmas Seal sale
ends for A&M students today, as
the Christmas vacation begins.
However, many letters containing
seals sent out to students have not
been returned, according to Mrs.
A. V. Moore, seal chairman for the
National Tuberculosis Association
in Brazos County.
“We have already collected
$4,095.GO,” said Mrs. Moore, “more
than M T as collected at this time
Weather Today
CLEAR
The forecast for College Station
area is clear and cold. Yesterday’s
high of 49 degrees dropped to 29
degrees last night and continued
dropping to a low of 22 degrees
early this morning. Temperature
at 10:30 a.m. was 38 degrees.
any year in the past with the ex
ception of last year.”
This is the first year that the
TB Association has not been in
cluded in the College Station Com
munity Chest, and it depends en-
tii-ely on the sale of seals to carry
on their program for the prevention
and curtng of tuberculosis in Braz
os County.
The following letter, addressed
to the A&M student body, M f as re
ceived by The Battalion:
Dear A&M Students:
Before the campus empties for
the holidays, I wish to express my
appreciation to each one of you
who have answered the Christmas
Seal Letter. We have felt quite
proud of your generous and prompt
response.
I hope you all have a very fine
and satisfying holiday season. Be
fore you leave, won’t each of you
please check on whether you have
taken care of your Christmas
Seals? It’s so easy to forget.
I believe every serious thinking
student realizes the importance to
the health of the community of the
work of the Brazos County Tuber
culosis Association and wishes to
help support the organization. The
Guion Will Close
Guion Hall will close Sunday
for the Christmas holidays, ac
cording to Tom Buddy, manager.
Opening date will be Jan. 3.
Banquet Tonight in MSC;
Gen. Donovan Will Speak
A&M’s first annual Student Conference on National
Affairs will close tomorrow, but delegates report no flagging-
interest in the vital issues which are being discussed.
“The Role of the United States in National Affairs,” the
continuing theme of the conference, is being explored from all
angles by a combination of 110 delegates and top-flight men
connected with the vital world affairs of our nation. Speech
es have been given, round-tables and panels held, and reports
will be given tomorrow at 12 noon on the observations and
conclusions reached by the delegates. This will be the final
session of the four-day conference.
This afternoon is being taken up with the third round-
♦table meetings, and the topic
of interest is: “Does Ameri
ca Need Friends?” The fourth
and final round-table meet
ings tomorrow morning will
be on the pei'tinent question: “Is
Peace Possible?” ,
A banquet for the delegates and
honored speakers and advisors will
be held at 6:30 tonight in the Me
morial Student Center ballroom.
Gen. William J. Donovan, former
Ambassador to Thailand, now re
tired, will deliver the third prin
cipal addi'ess at this banquet. He
will talk on “The Communist
Challenge in Asia.”
Yesterday afternoon following
the Corps Review, Thruston B.
Moi'ton, Assistant Secretary of
State for Congressional Relations,
spoke on “The Mechanics of Form
ulating United States Foreign Pol
icy.” Excerpts from his speech
follow:
“In this modem world material
means ai’e also required if fight
ing* begins — and to discourage
those Mdio M r ould fight. We have
those means. But in an age vdien
violence once begun could have
almost no limit, our survival as a
free nation, as a civilization, also
depends upon programs and poli
cies that can protect our interest
by means short of violence.
“One of the strongest M r eapons
we have for protecting ourselves is
the health and success of our re
public. It is difficult for those who
oppose our economic and political
system to promote their’s if our
system is flourishing and their’s
is not; if we are actually giving
to people the benefits they claim
they will give someday.
“The first principle of our for
eign policy is the first principle of
our life as a nation. It is the
fact that we are a government of
the peqple, by the people and for
the people.”
He also emphasized that the
United States must work with oth
er nations in shaping our policies,
and that by adhering to the United
Nations Charter, our country has
expressed its Mali to cooperate M T ith
other nations of the world.”
If You Come
Here, You 've
Got To Work
A visiting delegate to the
Stude7it Conference o n Na
tional Affairs was put to work
yesterday—if you call what
the U. S. Military Academy’s
Lewis S. Soreley III did was
work.
For perhaps the first time
in the history of A&M Col
lege a visiting cadet served
as acting adjutant at a review
of the Corps. And Soreley,
who is from San Antonio and
a Bi'igade Supply Officer at
West Point, served in that ca
pacity. He is* a senior at the
Academy and one of its two
delegates to the conference.
Now what would Emily Post
say about having guests
M 7 ork ?
Merry Xmas
and
A Happy
New Year
Christmas Seal Sale is its sole
means of fund. So, how about it?
“Merry Christmas”
Mrs. A. V. Moore
Christmas Seal Chairman
RELAXING—Delegates to the Student Conference on Na
tional Affairs have been very busy, so it’s a break for
them to take time to relax. Enjoying the comfort of the
MSC are, seated, left to right, A&M’s Walter Raynaud;
Agnes Sullivan of St. Louis University; and Roy Heenan,
McGill University, Montreal, Canada. In back is Dick
Holden of the University of Montreal. We don’t know who
the curly-headed fellow holding up the lamp is.