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»* 18,436 READERS THE ATTALION 6 More Class Days r til Christmas Number 203: Volume 55 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1956 Price Five Cents AIR FORCE 12TH MAN BOWL TEAM — Gets set for next Tuesday’s battle with the Army as Asst. Coach Bobby Conrad (left) gives- a few pointers to Cliff Hamby and Bob Patrick. Hungarians Protest Soviet Rule; Thousands on Strike BUDAPEST, Dec. 11—Tens of thousands of Hungarian work ers today launched a widespread protest strike in defiance of the Russian-imposed government of Premier Janos Kadar. Transportation in Budapest was badly crippled, but the work stop page did not appear to be 100 per cent effective. Some business ac tivity apparently was continuing under the pressure of guns of the Hungarian police and Soviet troops. But many workers did not report to their factories or sat idle when they reached their posts. The call to strike for 48 hours beginning last midnight was is sued by the Budapest Central Workers Council to protest the “antipeoples, antiworkers activi ties” of the government. It was not immediately known how effective the strike appeal had proved in the provinces, al- Ag Film Available The Office of Student Activities reports there are sitill sevetral prints of “We Are The Aggies” unscheduled that may be checked out by students over the holidays. C. G. (Spike) White says the film may be checked out with no charge to Aggies desiring to show them in their home towns over the holidays. though there were reports that stoppages had started yesterday in some outlying towns. Christmas Festival Set Monday Night The first annual College Christ mas Festival will be held Monday night, Dec. 17 in G. Rollie White Coliseum immediately following the student Christmas dinner to be held in the dining halls. The program, which was origi nated with the idea of being a con tinuance to the annual campus Christmas observance will feature the Singing Cadets and the Ag gie Band in a musical program lasting approximately 45 minutes. W. L. Penberthy, coordinator for the program, said that it was be ing sponsored by the college but the public was invited to attend. The center of the stage will have the traditional manger scene with the Singing Cadets on one side and the Band on the other. The Sing ing Cadets will sing three songs and the Band will play a medley of Christmas carols. The Band will also play the accompaniment for three songs for audience partici pation. In addition, the Christmas Story wil be narrated and Mrs. Ross Strader will furnish organ music The government again clamped down with a partial blackout on long distance telephone service outside the country. The Kadar government replied to the general strike call with new repressive measures, including a decree of martial law, the arrests of some worker leaders and a de cree dissolving the Central Work ers’ Council and its regional bod ies. Corps Review Set To Honor Guests The Corps of Cadets will honor SCONA II visitors with a graded review on the main drill field at 4:30 p. m. Thursday, according to Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant. On the reviewing stand will be Maj. Gen. Earle G. Wheeler, U. S. Army; Rear Admiral Charles A. Buchanan, U. S. Navy; Maj. Gen. Richard C. Lindsay, U. S. Air Force, and Asst. Secretary of State Roy Rubottom, Jr. Also scheduled to be present are, Henry Tanner, Foreign News Analyst for the Houston Post; Wil liam G. Avirett, special assistant to the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Philip L. Graham, publisher of the Washington Post; and J. R. Aston, Manager, Foreign Trade Division, Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., Houston. Sponsored by The Great Issues Committee in cooperation with the Student Conference on National Affairs, these men will lead panel discussions on world affairs Thurs day and Friday nights in the MSC and G. Rollie White Coliseum. Talk Opens SCONA II Tomorrow Wreck Victims Keep On Road To Recovery Condition of two Aggies continues to improve a week after they were injured in auto accidents as they were returning to A&M following the Thanksgiving holidays. Norman Joel Smith is “getting along very well,” officials of Scott and.White Hospital, Temple said last night in a phone conver sation with the Battalion. They said it was “too early” to say when Smith would be released, but he is off the critical list. He underwent an emergency operation Wednesday for a rup tured spleen, which was removed after he “took a turn for the worse”. But his father, H. N. Smith of Temple, says his son has remained “cheerful” despite his discomforts. But he said the time when Smith will get to return to College is indefinite. “He wants to get back,” the older Smith said. But he said they did not know how long the recovery would take. He hopefully mentioned “after the Christmas holidays” as the time for his son’s return to college. Charles Bone, freshman of C Infantry has started attending classes, though being kept in Col lege hospital for treatment. He was transferred from Heame hos pital where he spent several days after an accident. Officials at the hospital say his condition is “satisfactory”. Four Ag Fencers In A FL A Tourney Four A&M fencers fought their way to the finals in the Amateur Fencing League Association’s in dividual meet in Houston last week end. John Kirschke, Desi Trenvino and Gene Buie made the finals be fore being outpointed, and Eddie Baker was eliminated in the Semi finals. Kirschke placed third in epee and ninth in foil. Trevino took fourth in both foil and sabre. Buie grabbed sixth in foil. David Mc- Clung also entered the meet, but was stopped before reaching the finals. The Houston meet was open to all fencers of any ability. Aggie fencers reported the competition “pretty stiff.” The Aggie team will meet the Air Force Academy in a duel meet to be held here on Jan. 19. Senator Lyndon Johnson, SCONA Speaker U of H, ACC Win Debate Tournament The University of Houston and Abilene Christian College took first place in the Senior and Jun ior Divisions respectively, in the 8th Annual Invitational Debate Tournament held Friday and Sat urday in the Memorial Student Center. Pat Stallings and Don Alford, members of the Houston team, won the senior division and Lynn Camp and Bob Steward of Abilene took honors in the junior division. John Ensle and Larry Haile of the University of Texas grabbed second place in the senior division. Second place winners in the junior division were Dave DuBoise and Richard Caldwell of the University of Houston. Topic of the tournament, spon sored by the Aggie Debate and Discussion Club, was “Discontinu ing Foreign Aid,” according to David Dannenbaum, debate tourna ment publicity head. Southern Methodist University got special recognition with a “Hard Luck Trophy”. Three cars driven by SMU stu dents broke down while the stu dents were attending the tourna ment. One car had a burned out bear ing, another was in a minor wreck in Bryan and still another lost its tail pipe Saturday morning. Weather Today High broken clouds are forecast for the area. This morning’s 10:30 temperature was 58 degrees. High and low reading yesterday were 58 and 46 degrees. Johnson Will Give Report On Europe By JIM NEIGHBORS Opening tomorrow with a welcoming speech by Dr. Da vid H. Morgan, president of the college, the second Student Conference On National Affairs will get under way. Following Dr. Morgan’s welcome, Sen. Lyndon B. John son will give the first speech on the “Role of the U.S. in World Affairs.” His topic is “Report From Europe.” This session is open to the public and will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Memorial Student Center Ballroom. Hon. Walter H. Judd, congressman from Minnesota, is the second speaker at the session and will speak on “Where do we stand now in our world relations?” His talk is sched uled for 3 p.m. and will follow Sen. Johnson’s. + At the second session open to the public, Clarence E. Honor Roll For CHS Announced Forty - seven students at A&M Consolidated High School were listed on the sec ond six-week honor roll ac cording to J. J. Skrivanek, principal of CHS. The 12 seniors making the list were Lucy Rogers, Jo Anne Walk er, James Couch, John Skrivanek, Charles Delaplane, James Martin, Mary Lou Ergle, John Harrington, David Webb, Maurice Olian, Larry Leighton and Rosanne Phillips. Eight juniors were listed in cluding Jeanette Vance, Junius Clark, Jerry Mills, Christy Kent, Millie Caughlin, Mary Margaret Hierth, Elaine Chalk and Joe Randolph. Sophomores were Ora Lee Ram sey, Mary Varvel, Martha Esten, Billie D. Ledbetter, Helen Klipple, Don Avera, Nancy Rogers, Joyce Lorenz, Kim Johns, Jeanelle La- Motte, Patricia Jackson, Bill Jones, Sara Goode, Beatrice Luther, Ken neth Bailey and James Morgan. Rebecca McNeil, Howard Mit chell, Jane Ann Krenitsky, Dee Smith, Mike Denison, Cyndi Drake, Pam Sperry, Bruce Thompson, Don Zobel, Charline Matejka and Gloria Poole were freshmen listed. Folklore Contest The Texas Folklore Society will sponsor a contest for the best stu dent paper dealing with folklore in connection with the annual meeting in Austin next April. First prize will be $25. Information may be obtained concerning the contest from John Q. Anderson of the English Department. Manion, director of “Manion Forum of Opinion,” is the principal speaker. His topic is the “U.S. and Communism.” The meeting starts at 8, Wednesday evening and is also in the MSC Ballroom. SCONA II is an informal gath ering of students from 55 of the U.S.’s leading colleges and uni versities. The purpose of the meet ing is to discuss and evaluate some of the central issues of the U.S. foreign policy. Solving the problem of foreign policy is not the aim of the con ference, but the delegates do try and understand the problems with an eye toward their future role in life. They are attempting to be come responsible citizens with an awareness of what is happening in the world. For guidance in the discussions of the students, well-known auth orities on foreign affairs will de liver keynote addresses. Through the cooperation of the Great Is sues Committee, several of the sessions are open to the public. The Friday evening panel discus sion on the U.S. and global defense will be held in White Coliseum at 8. Participating on this panel will be Roy R. Rubottom, acting as sistant secretary of state for inter- American affairs; Rear Adm. Charles A. Buchanan; Maj. Gen. Earle G. Wheeler, USA and Maj. Richard C. Lindsay, USAF. Sponsored by Texas business and industrial firms, the conference utilizes a budg-et of almost $14,000. The highest single expense is for transportation aid to the delegates to the convention. SCONA I, which was held in December of 1955, was developed from the determination of three Aggies who attended a Student Conference on United States Af fairs at the U.S. Military Acad emy and came back to A&M with the desire to put on a similar pro- grar here. Mrs. I. Rupel Services Held This Morning Mrs. Ruth Petersen Rupel, wife of Dr. I. W. Rupel, head of the Dairy Science Depart ment, died in St. Joseph Hos pital at 1 p.m. Sunday. Mrs. Rupel, originally of Minneapolis, Minn., lived at 305 College View St., Bryan. Funeral services were to be held at A&M Methodist Church today at 10 a. m., with the Rev. Nolan R. Vance officiating. Burial was to be in the College Station City Cemetery under the direction of Hillier Funeral Home. Pallbearers included Dr. A. V. Moore, Dr. R. E. Leighton and W. R. Horsley of College Station and Fred R. Jones, G. G. Gibson and Otis Miller of Bryan. Mrs. Rupel was a member of A&M Methodist Church and an active worker in the women’s societies with the church. She had lived in Bryan for the past 12 years. Survivors include her husband. Dr, I. W. Rupel; a daughter, Mrs. Don T. Hegi of Petersburg; one son, John W. Rupel of Milwaukee, Wis.; two sisters, Mrs. A. G. Anderson and Mrs. Lydia Peterson of Chicago, Ill.; and five grand children. Automotive Group Dinner Set Today Tonight the Society of Automo tive Engineers will climax their activities for the year by holding a dinner-meeting in the Triangle dining room at 7 p.m., said Leroy Foerester. Capt. Emanuel Roth, M.D., Ran dolph Air Force Base School of Aviation Medicine staff member, will talk on “Medical Aspects of Space Travel,” Foerester added. Some fifty professional members of SAE from Houston are expec ted to be present as invited guests of the Aggie SAE chapter. The Houston members, long known for their interest in A&M engineers, have chartered a bus to transport them to Bryan. The dinner will begin with cock tails at 7:15, furnished by the Humble Oil Co. and at 7:30 a $3 steak with all the trimmings will be served as the main course. To tal cost for students will be $1.75. i lar \ \i lygiJP ns ilpKf DO IT THIS WAY—Don Watson (center), Army coach, gives Glendall Rand (left) and Lamar Smith (right) some pointers to help them when they battle the Air Force in the 12th Man Bowl next Tuesday afternoon on Kyle Field.