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Thursday, December 29, 1955
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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.
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