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Number 203: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1956
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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.
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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.