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es m Page 1) match. Both t 10-0 records, and Maryland bowl engage- conference rul- appearances by successive sea- mpts of Geor- Griffin to pre- from entering cause a Negro rgh team which 2, the Wrecks other of their nces. Tech had was rated No. itt, making its nee since 1937, d a No. 11 ra- vill feature the uburn (8-1-1) *cd Vanderbilt ■edictions. Ron- attalion Sports own (at Dallas ) and the pres- t know much he found a that had been uracy and de- here goes: sippi 13. 28-UCLA 7 Iaryland 14 \uburn 14 the pooj) that » tort fans. Thursday, December 29, 1955 THE BATTALION Page B ru Friday RES OF UUSOE” PASSAGE” \MERON ERS HEONS HALL Walt Kelly W 1 "eue ?N'T &IGHT ) 5H0 VO. 1^5 . NA/M* ae 'AUNT LLU5 ECNT. Bait’s 1955 (Continued from Page 2) ball game with Rice. “Bonfire Work To Begin Monday” Nov. 15. “Aggies’ Sudden. Rally Stuns Owls” “Fish Tie Slimes 19-19, Still Hold SWC Lead”, “A&M Student Killed In Wreck”, “Community Chest Ex tends ’55 Drive”, “Trees Start Falling As Work Begins On An nual Bonfire” A&M now is eighth in nation. Nov. 17. Four Children Res cued From Burning Home”, “Chest Drive Nears Goal” “A&M May Go To Bowl Says Unknown Source” Student body receives 500 ad ditional tickets to the UT game. Bonfire work “behind schedule.” First of a series of athletic mishaps for A&M: “Texas Knocks Fish Out of SWC Title” And: “Texas Wins Cross- Country” “Student Critically Hurt In Guarding Accident” — Nov. 22 edition. “Burned-Out Family re ceives Local Aid” “World’s Largest Bonfire Burns at 8” “Aggies Get Favor ite’s Role In Annual Turkey Day Clash”, “Five Get FSA Achieve ment Awards” “Nov. 29. “Next Year, O 1 d Army!”, “Steers Hand Frogs Shivers Urges All To Pay Poll Tax AUSTIN—CP) — Urging Texans to pay their poll taxes, Gov. Shiv ers has said that lethargy, indif ference and neglect “are the most formidable enemies of democracy.” The Governor designated Jan. 10 -21 as “pay your poll tax week.” Poll taxes must be paid by mid night Jan. 31. Ambulance Nos. If you need an ambulance here are the numbers to call now that the new numbering system is in effect: Callaway Jones—TA 2-3717; Hillier—TA 2-1572; McDonald—TA 3-2131.. SWC Title With Stunning Upset of Aggies”, “Silver Taps This Evening For Sarran”, “Rites Held Today For Dr. Fraps” Jan uary graduates will have a mid term commencement. “S-D Day Proclaimed Tomor row By Mayor” College Station stays safe, but the rest of the nation paid no attention. December A&M Cagers lose to Tulsa, then follow with two more losses. Ti gers lose a pair to Bellville. Students are hard at work pre paring for the 12th Man Bowl which will be played Dec. 15. “Ne gro Woman Needs Help,” “Two Southern Schools Make Bowl De cisions” “SCONA To Open Wednesday” “Aggie Freshmen Lose 72-75 Tilt To Allen Cagers” Citizens come through on the appeal made in behalf of the Negro woman and help her get her home set up. A Dec. 12 win over Tulane gives the Aggies their second win of the season. “SCONA Opens Tomor row”, “27 Students Elected To ’55-’5G Who’s Who” Dec. 14. “Eager Maroon, White Elevens Collide”, “Consolidated Loses Twice To Hearne” Local Ne gro citizens organize a panel with the goal of “impi'oving the eco nomic, recreational, health and wel fare of Negro residents in the community.” This issue is the an nual Safety Edition. “One Aggie Could Die This Christmas”, “Ac cidents Kill Three This Semester”, “’55 National Safety Council Award Presented To City” “Fish Nose Out Kittens 73-68” “UH Uses Sharp Attack To Jolt Aggies 78-44”, “SCONA Draws 110 Delegates” “Christmas Vacation Starts tomorrow At Noon”, “A&M’s First SCONA To Close Tomor row”, “Seal Drive At A&M Ends”, “CS Churches Prepare For Christmas”, “Whites Blank Maroons 13-0 In 12th Man Bowl” Dec. 21. Merry Christmas! Today. Happy New Year! The Battalion will return to its regular schedule next Wednes day. And we’ll start compiling what happens in 1956. See you then. CHS-Kiwanis Tournament To Open Jan. 6 Eigrht teams will battle in the tenth annual Consolidated High School - College Station Kiwanis Club basketball tour nament which will be rolled off at Tiger gymnasium Jan. 6-7. Norman Anderson, chairman of the Boys and Girls Committee which is sponsoring the tournament, has announced the following schools as participants: A&M Consolidated, Somerville, Navasota, Cypress-Fairbanks, Bell ville, Allen Academy High School, Hempstead and Kincaid (Houston). Tickets for the entire tournament are $1 for adults and 50 cents for students, including Aggies. Indi vidual game tickets are 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for stu dents. Profits from the tourna ment will be put into a fund for use in future construction of a side- w a 1 k west from Consolidated Schoo^. Last year, the money was used to help construct an asphalt walk from the school east to High way 6. Last year sharp-shooting Som erville ended A&M Consolidated’s two-year reign as tourney champs, beating Tomball 69-47 for the title. The Tigers downed Fairfield 64-47 for the consolation championship. Fairfield’s Joe Lane provided a 51- point scoring spree jn his team’s 75-51 victory over Navasota in the loser’s semifinals. Meigbers of the Boys and Gilds Committee, besides Chairman An derson, are Jim Baty, C. A. Bon- nen, Charles Byrd, Don Dale, Phil ip Goode, Raleigh Jackson, John McNeely, John Page, Wayne Stark and Ralph Terry. Maurice Olian, Consolidated sports correspondent for The Bat talion, will provide coverage for the tournament games. Dick Scott, former A&M center, won the most valuable player award on the 1955 All-Air Force football team. Connie Magouirk also made the Air Force team. MISSILE AND CONTROL EQUIPMENT DEPARTMENTS • NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION • DOWNEY, CALIFORNIA RHYSICI MATHEMATICIANS important on-campus I North American Missile and Control Departments Representative Will Be Here Jan. 5 You’ll learn first hand about the advantages and opportunities in choosing a career with a future at North American. Here engineers and scientists are now discovering new frontiers in four exciting new fields: ELECTRO-MECHANICAE Missile Guidance Systems Fire and Flight Control Systems Computers, Recorders ROCKET PROPULSION High Thrust Engines Propellants Pumps SUPERSONIC AIRFRAMES Structures Thermal Barriers Vibrations and Flutter NUCLEAR ENGINEERING Research Reactors Medical Reactors Power Generation Reactors Contact your placement office today. Make an appointment to see North American representative, Mr. D. C. Harpole on Jan. 5 Interviewing hours 9 A.M.—5 P.M. Or write, Engineering Personnel, Missile and Control Equipment Depts. 91-20COL, North American Aviation, Downey, California ENGINEERING AHEAD FOR A BETTER TOMORROW H ORTH AMERICAN AVIATION, INC. First Regiment Gets New Crest The First Regiment of the Cadet Corps has adopted a regimental crest. The proposed design of the crest has been accepted by Col. Joe E. Davis. Authorization has been given for the cadets of this regiment to wear the crest, one on each epaulet, dur ing corps and regimental reviews. The adopted crest is shaped like a shield and has for its colors ma roon, white and silver. A black diagonal line cuts the shield ap proximately in half. The upper half of the shield is maroon and the lower is white. Centered is a large silver-colored arabic numeral one. Below the shield in black let ters on a silver background are the words: “First Regiment.” All edg ing around the shield is in black. The crest was chosen by a com mittee composed of Roy B. Bert rand Jr., chairman; William W. Fink; W. Leroy Campbell; Edward W. Reeder; George A. LaHood; and Wendell T. Hulse. Wagoner To Leave A&M Sherry is the only wine whose taste is not marred by tobacco smoke. Tl’L ABNER Lt. Col. E- R- Wagoner, reserve information officer for the 9807th Air Force Reserve Squadron, has accepted the position of executive sercretary of the Texas Forestry Association in Lufkin. He will leave his present position of asso ciate forestry educator, Texa^ For est Service of A&M College, some time in January. Col. Wagoner will continue his reserve membership with the 9874th Air Reserve Squadron in Lufkin. He was active in the AFR in North Carolina before coming to A&M in 1949. He entered ac tive duty with the Air Force in 1942 and served in the Philippine Islands in 1946-47. A graduate of the University of Georgia in 1941 with a Bachelor of Science in Forestry, he received his Master’s in forestry from Duke Weeks Set Aside AUSTIN—(A 5 )—Gov. Allan Shiv ers has set aside Feb. 12-18 as Distributive Education Week in Texas. He designated Jan. 29-Feb. 5 as Christian Endeavor — Youth Week in the state and Feb. 26 - March 3 as Student Council Week. University in 1949. In addition to his duties with the Texas Forest Service in the Education Section, he has been editor of the Texas Forest News. He, his wife Dorothy and their son Donald have also been active in scout work while the family was connected with the Forest Service. Staff, Six Students ilelp in Beef Study Two members of the Animal Husbandry Department and six members of an advanced class went to Texas Agricultural Ex periment Substation No. 23 at Mc Gregor recently to help start a beef cattle study. John K. Riggs and J. H. Jones are the staff members. Students who accompanied them, from AH 605, Advancements in Beef Produc tion, are: Harold Franke of College Sta tion; Johnny Huntiginger of Lo- rena; Amado Mananzan Monte- mayor of Husuan, Bukidnon, Phil ippine Islands; Cortes Gerardo Pena of Bogota, Columbia, South America; Oliver Crete of Mason, and Lloyd Joyce of lag-o and Col lege Station. E. R. Wagoner Going To Lufkin A&M Press Nos. The A&M Press has two new numbers, replacing the old ones that went out in the switch yester day from the old system to the Metropolitan Dialing System. The numbers are VI 6-5744 and VI- 6-5745. IS DIS- aUSTIN TO SEE VOU. WAS A AVERAGE ROTTEN DAY/'/’ NOW IS A TOTAL LOSS IT By A1 Capp WANT T WHAT ^ TO /I CARE? RENT S I IS ^ NOT T F FIT / AN N/f. r FOR PIGS!' • Off.—All riQMt r*Mi AH D-DON'T DAST AX ANY BODY T'GIVE US SHELTER.’!' .. & f-THEY'S MAMMY AN' PAPPV'S OLDEST ' CHUMS!/-IT'S SAFET'GO IN//’— FRIENDSHIP MEANS MORE. r N MONE.V,T'FOLKS LIKE THE.Mf/’- (u>apar)ts CjS/2. 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