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Th PA 12 P01 cas ■wir tea to C wil the qtn gUi sta ] tht The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas PAGE 2 Wednesday, December 19, 1956 Morgan’s Holiday Letter To the A&M Student Body: In keeping with the most meaningful of all our tradi tions, a very special wish for a Joyous Christmas Season to every student and his family from the faculty and staff of A&M College! May you enjoy a safe and happy holiday and return to your tasks with renewed energy and determination to make the spirit of Christmas prevail throughout the year. David H. Morgan President To Aggies At Christmas Dear Aggies: We of the staff wish for you the full joy of the Christ mas Season and hope that 1957 will be a pleasant year for you! Soon you wall be leaving for your homes throughout the country. We hope, wherever you are, that you will be mind ful of opportunities to serve as “goodwill ambassadors” for Texas A&M College. We urge you (and particularly those of you who will be driving on the highways) to exercise every caution, so that our holidays may be spared of tragedy. Finally, as you once again sing the familiar Christmas carols, participate in family gatherings, and generally share in the activities of the Season, it is my hope that you may experience the true and full meaning of the Christmas Mes sage. Sincerely, Robert B. Kamm Dean of the Basic Division & Student Personnel Services LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler "irs youk Time to wind tub alarms romea RECORD GIFTS Make their Christmas ex tra merry with gifts of their favorite records. Our complete selection includes music for every taste, from jazz to show tunes and great classics. — ALSO — Hi-Fi Radio Phonograph Top-quality console model will give hours of listening pleasure MANY TO CHOOSE FROM The Fidelity House Located in the Plantation Shopping Center 2014 Texas Ave. Phone TA 2-6155 The Battalion The Editorial Policy of The Battalion Represents the Views of the Student Editors The Battalion, dally newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station, is published by. students In the Office of Student Publications as a non-profit educational service. The Director of Student Publications Is Ross Strader The governing body of all student publications of the A.&M. College of Texas is J.he Student Publications Board. Faculty members are Dr. Carroll D. Laverty Chairman; Prof. Donald D. Burchard, Prof. Tom Leland and Mr. Bennie Zinn Student members are John W. Gossett, Murray Milner, Jr., and Leighlus E. Sheppard, Jr., Ex-officio members are Mr. Charles Roeber, and Ross Strader, Sec retary The Battalion is published four times a week during the regular school year and once a week during the summer and vacation and examination periods. Days of publication are Tuesday through Friday for the regular school year and on Thursday during the summer terms and during examination and vacation periods. The Battalion Is not published on the Wednesday immediately preceeding Easter or Thanksgiving. Sub scription rates are §3.50 per semester, §6.00 per school year, $6.50 per full year, or $1.00 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. Entered aa second-class matter at Post Office at Colleire Station, Texas, under the Act of Con gress of March 8, 1870. Member of: The Associated Press Texas Press Association Represented nationally by National Advertising Services, Inc., a t New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Fran cisco. JIM BOWER . Editor Dave McReynolds Managing Editor Barry Hart Sports Editor Welton Jones- City Editor One Service Graduation Set In January Baccalaureate and Com mencement exercises will be combined for the first time when 260 students will be graduated in the midyear ceremony to be held in Guion Hall, Saturday, Jan. 19. The procession will start at 10 a.m. and will be followed by the in vocation. A&M’s president will make announcements and intro duce Dr. M. Norvel Young, minis ter of the Church of Christ in Lub bock, who will give the address. After conferring of degrees the “Spirit of Aggieland” will be sung and the benediction given. This is the program tentatively set up, according to C. E. Tishler, chairman of the Convocations Committee. “There might be some minor changes,” he says. Of the 260 graduating students, 54 will receive graduate degrees and the remaining 206 will receive B.S. degrees. Seventy-two are to receive degrees from the School of Agriculture; 46 from the School of Arts and Sciences; 88 from the School of Engineering. India’s Nehru Says ‘Peace Will Triumph’ WASHINGTON, (JP)~ Prime Minister Nehru of In dia told the American people last night “the danger of war is not past” but “peace will triumph.” In a talk prepared for a 15- minute national radio - television broadcast Nehru reported on his day-long talks with President Ei senhower Monday at Gettysburg, Pa., said: “I sincerely hope that an op portunity may be given to us be fore long to welcome the President in our country and to demonstrate to him the high respect and esteem in which we hold him.” Nehru did not go into detail on what topics he and Eisenhower discussed, but he said: “We have discussed many prob lems which confront the world. “I can tell you that I have greatly profited by these talks. I shall treasure their memory and they will help me in many ways in my thinking.” Nehru said “preservation of peace” is the core of India’s policy, and he added: “The danger of war is not past, and the future may hold fresh trials and tribulations for humani ty; yet the forces of peace are strong, and the mind of humanity is awake. I believe that peace will triumph.” Masked Pair Tell Of Russian Crime WASHINGTON, (A 5 )—Two mask ed Hungarians yesterday gave the Senate Internal Security sub-com mittee fresh evidence that Russia engaged in mass deportations in an effort to crush the Budapest revolt. One of the witnesses, using the assumed name of Istvan Kovacs, said he was herded into a cattle car with 80 other freedom fighters but managed to escape with them after they got word they were bound for Russia. Kovacs testified he was unable to estimate how many Hungarians had been deported but that many trains of cattle cars filled with yelling and screaming Hungarians moved across the border into the Soviet Union. Sen. Olin D. Johnston (D-SC), who presided at the public hear ing, said a transcript of the testi mony w r ould be sent to U. S. Am bassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. at the United Nations so the U. N. would be informed “on Soviet tac tics” in Hungary. CATERING FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS Leave the Details to me. LUNCHEONS BANQUETS WEDDING PARTIES Let Us Do the Work—You Be A Guest At Your Own Party Maggie Parker Dining Hall W. 26th & Bryan TA 2-5069 DRIVE CAREFUUt. AGGIES HOW ABOUT SPARING ME ANYMORE OF THOSE SH.VERTAPS RINGSIDE SEATS AFTER CHRISTMAS f Yes, to the students and faculty of A&M College, we wish a Happy Holi day Season. May it be a very joyous, pleasant, and safe one. DICK RUBIN, ’59 Owner A&M MENS SHOP 103 MAIN NORTH GATE Nothing Down . . . $1.00 Weekly Olympia German Precision Typewriters Royal Smith-Corona Remington Underwood PORTABLES We have hundreds of combinations of special type for your Olympia Port able !! (the finest precision made portable). ALSO FEATURING THE EXTRA SLIP ON TYPE! BRYAN BUSINESS MACHINE CO 429 South Main Street BRYAN TA 2-1328 S&S Club Electl Officers Saddle and Sirloin Clubers’ elected Melvin Lebo of Austin for their new president in a meeting last night in the Animal Industries building. Others elected are John Kiker of Farinette, vice-president; Larry Waldrip of Staples, treasurer Stanley Keese of Llano, secretary and Ted Montgomery of San Angelo, reporter. Gene T. King was voted out- standing in student-professor re lations. On Campus with MaxQhufom (Author of “Barefoot Boy With Cheek,” etc.) THE GIFT HORSE The college life is a busy one, especially at this time of year. What with going to classes and studying for exams and pursuing a full social schedule and construct ing rope ladders to foil dormitory curfews, the average undergrad is so pressed for time that he cannot do justice to his Christmas shopping. Therefore, to aid you in your Christmas shopping, I have gone into the market place and selected for you a list of gifts, notable for their originality. Perhaps the most original gift of all this year is a carton of Philip Morris Cigarettes. “Oinginal?” you ex claim, your bushy young eyebrows rising. “Why, we have been giving cartons of Philip Morris for years!” True, I reply, but each time you give Philip Morris, it is a new treat, a fresh delight, a pristine pleasure. Each carton, each pack, each cigarette, each puff, is just as good as the first one you ever tried. Another gift destined for certain popularity this year is a gift certificate from the American Dental As sociation. This certificate, good at any dentist’s office in America, is accompanied by a handsome gift card upon which is engraved this lovely poem: Merry Christmas, little pal, Do you need some root canal? Prophylaxis? Porcelain caps? Bridgework to close up them gaps? Shiny braces that will straighten? Inlays? Fillings? Upper platen? Merry Christmas to your teeth. And the rosy gums beneath. Another gift that is always welcome is a book, espe cially to people who read. This Christmas the selection of books is particularly attractive. For lovers of an thologies, there is William Makepeace Sherpa’s A Treas ury of the World’s Great Treasuries. For those who fancy inspiring success stories, there is the stirring autobi ography of William Makepeace Pemmican entitled How I Got a Forty Pound Monkey Off My Back and Started the Duluth Zoo. For devotees of skin-diving, there is 1 Married a Snorkel by Lydia Makepeace Watershed. For calorie counters and waistline watchers, there is Harry Makepeace Wildfoster’s Eat and Groiv Fat. My own favorite book this season is a pulse-pounding historical novel from that famous author of pulse-pound ing historical novels, Daphne Makepeace Sigafoos. This one is called Egad and Zounds, and it tells the poignant romance of two young lovers, Egad and Zounds, who, alas, can never be married, for fiery Egad is but a gypsy lass, while tempestuous Zounds is a Kappa Sigma. They later become Ludwig of Bavaria. My final gift suggestion is one that a great many people have been fervently wishing for since last year. Do you remember the introduction last Christmas of tiny personal portable radios that plugged into your ear? Well, this year, you will be delighted to know, you can buy an ingenious pick to get them out. ©Max Shulman, 1956 Old Max said it, but it bears repeating: A carton of Philip Morris, made by the sponsors of this column, is a Christmas gift that’s bound to please everyone! LI’L ABNER By A1 Capp WHUT IDIOT )