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Tk0 Battalion Collage Station (Braoot County), Tnxtu PAGE 2 Friday. October IT. 1958 ‘Infant Care ’ Book * Gets Recognition CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle - fc* w ^ Hy ARTHfR HMON WASHINGTON Th.* f«v- crhment’a most popular publira- tion, "Iifant Caiv.*’ iearh«d it* 40 millionth crtpy Thurmtiiy, an event important enough to re ceive sparial recognition by the White House So here came Mr. and Mrs Jerry Levelsmier of Carbondaie, 111., with their two “Infant ( are'’ product*, Steven, 2, ami Terry Lynn, 1. Reporters were not admitted for the ceremony. Mia. Levels mier later said that President Lraenhower had put Steven in the presidential chair, and then had trouble getting him out of it. Steven ian't the first to hang on like mad once he got into that chair. Steven also wh ried the presi dential globe around with great satisfaction, which fretted his mother. Kisenhowei, w ith grand- fatherly tolerance, said, oh, let him do it a* long a* he doesn't hurt himsJlf. Eisenhower, in handing Mrs. Levelsmier copy No. 411 million, said she might as well have it since he probably wouldn't need it until his great grandchildren come along. The Eisenhowers’ only son, John, has four children. Since the oldest, David, is but 10, great- any grandchildren shouldn’t be imtnediate problem. The Levelsmiers, by the way, were chosen for a couple of rea sons. The Health, Education and Welfa re Department wanted someone who had used “Infant Care.’’ The Department thought h would be nice if this someone came from near the nation’s center of population. Illinois health authorities helped make «he choice. It proved to be i» happy one When Mrs. levelsmier was asked about the book, she said: “I’m enthusiastic about it.” Appar- fntly a lot of mothers have been. The booklet, which takes the baby up to the age of one, fust came out in 1!*14 The author was Max West, a widow with five children, who had tie mendou* difficulty in digg ng up reliable information since child care literature was scanty then. Although Mrs West did a good job, you’ll get some idea of how times have changed from this: Nowhere did she say anything about vitamins, cod liver oil, or immunization measures. Baby -raising psychology has changed, too. Following the ex perts of her day, Mrs. West ad vised a stern schedule. Today’s ad vice is: Hide with the punches, let baby set the pace. SCONA IV Has Eight Working Committees 'IT’S CEKTAiULV kilCE OP THE COUlS&E TO OWE 04 DATES A WWOLt DORM TO OOCSCLVE4 COB TUB wESKEuD.' * Clio's Here at Vggielaml ’Cajun' Aggie Enjoys Flying ami miter Skiing How does SCONA function? Just how does a student-run col lege activity function? And ee- pertally one carrying a payload of SI4.,MM). The conference committee is di vided into eight separate com mitters, each responsible for some phase of SCONA. An over all chairman is selected, and a secretary and conference manag er are announced These stu dents, together with the Memor ial Student Center Council pres ident and Great Issues Committee chairman, compose the Executive Committee of SCONA. These IS students advised by the director of the Memorial Student Center, J Wayne Staik, and professors and other mtere>ted persons, lay the groundwork through many discussions and considerations. Each committee chairman com- ples a budget which he must work with md submits to the SCONA chairman. Thus, the entire SCONA budget is found and the “money-making” begins. Through out the summer SCONA mem bers tour Texas and Mexico look ing for possible financial spon sors of SCONA. As the year progresses, each committee chairman meets with the students of his committee who were selected the preceding year through interviews. He out lines w hat they must do to meet their part of the overall goal. And. . they go to work. The Program Committee spends many hours lining up the tenta tive program for their December performance. With the grateful help of their advisors, they ar rive at what they consider a “perfect theme.’’ The Planning Committee then begins to think about speakers and compiles a long list of tenta tive “keynoters’’ and “round-ta ble co-chairmen” to fill the spots which soon are not to he vacant. Colleges throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico are selected to send delegates to SCONA. It is these persons for whom the conference is being held and careful selections are made, both here at at their col lege. (One of the unique features of SCONA is that it pays for most of the expenses thst these stu dent# will incur while here, and also their travel expenses.) lietters are sent to presidents InttTpirting Peace and War: By J M ROBERTS Asnoriatcd Pre»* New* Analyst Through the long ages men have searched their minds for a workable peace formula while all the time preps 1 mg for war. Since World War II the search has been paiTicularly chaotic. The atmosphere has been such that no peace conference in the traditional sense ha* berm held. There ha ve been conferences, to be sure, many of them center ing around the United Nations, but all of them have taken on the aspects of rrdie committee meetings Nearly all have been enveloped in hopelessness from the start. Adolf Hitler followed a plan for peace which has suggested itself to simple and unmoral men repeatedly When he had con quered the world, he would im pose international peace But one of his tactual approaches wa« to eliminate minorities. He exesut- *-d millions. They call it geno cide All of the dictatorships have expressed in one way or another a lark of confidence in morality as a w oikatde buo* for peace. Through killing off the opposi tion first and then providit^t eco nomic sufficiency for the lemam- dcr, they would eliminate inter national wars but leave no room for peace in the heart of man. The free world also has adopted economic sufficiency as its chief hope. Any compendium of ideas for peace, such as the one produced at the current international con vention of Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ), shows this emphasis. Get all countries including Ked China into the U.N., they sug gest, and then attack the major field* in which international com petition is produced. Money and b-chnical help for the ha'e-nots, freedom for colonies and satellite rountiies, (anal equality, free dom of communication, fieer trade, birth control for overpop ulated anas. All of those have fundamental economic aspects. And everything which has an economic aspect involves a basic human trait, selfishness. All of the world’s great re ligions have as one of then basic objectives the elimination of per sonal and collective selfishness. So far, since Woild War II, selfishness has not led to war purely because of the old school yard formula of “Both of ’em are sc a rod, and the other one is giad of it.” By J At h TEAC.l E Joseph (Leroy) Bergeron, a true “Cajun” straight from the heart of Louisiana, is an Aggie that really took over his high school. Leroy was bom in Church Point, La., and moved to Ham- shtre, Tex., about 12 years ago. A giaduate of Hsmshire High School, Leroy really went to town there During his four years there, he earned 1H sports letters in football, basketball, baseball atid track. He was salutatorian of his class, was editor »f the school paper, editor of the annual his senior year ami president of his class for three years. He was alao vice-president of his class hi* sophomore year, was an offi cer on the Junior Red Cross Council and was Civil Air Patrol commander for the Beaumont CAP squadron. He was also named the most representative boy of his junior class and "Mr. Cu I pepper's Jewelry TOWNSHIKE SHOPPING CENTER • IHnmonds • Watches • Silver Rppair* Watches — Jewelry CARL MIZE Small Electrical Appliances and Shavers KENNETH CHANEY MRS. FRANK LSH, Manager THE BATTALION (Jpxmtont eiprtssed in The Battalion are those of the stu dent writers only. The Battalion is a non-taisupported non-profit, self supporting educational enterprise edited ana operated by students as a community newspaper and is gov erned by the Student Publications Board at Texas A. &. M. Colltge. la Colls** Stalls*. Tsiw. ~M Aet of Con- sf More* S. U7S ur.war.M The Associated Press Texas Press Ass n. R*fHso»nt*4 nsMonoll* ho K * 11 o n ■ ! Ad'er uuii Ser.lcs* In*.. New YoH CNy. CtMraso. l a As •*)**. s»d Sss Frsae'MO Tfce Aaooolstod fr«a* a ental#* esstuanrotr Is tS* mo fur r*t>uWlcstMn of *11 new, SWe*W-ha* credits* Is t or imH uihsrwW* efsSHsd tn the p*e*r *nd lor*! *ew> o' StsM* of rreuMwoUoe of all other Batter hors Man tun* nptloss *r« SX M> per eemeeiei A<rvem«in* rale ( .rallied us refuse! Address »« per aelxMM rear. SS M) par full year The Battalion, Room 4. YMCA. Cm New* eoatrlhutton* stay he Made by IMonai office, Buum 4 YVCA. For adeartiain* Vt 4-SSIS or VI 4 4*IS or at the *Overy call VI 4441b. JOE BUBER Fred Meurcr. ...EDITOR Managing Editor We Afgie* like to read about Wee A* lie* When a we* on* arrivea rail VI t 49 01 and a*k for the Wee Ass 1 * £d>- A future Corps commander was Irons to Mr and Mrs Ja<k C. Malone ’•'>#. C-20 College \ leu The little boy arrived at 111 p m. in St Joseph's Hospital • • A future Aggie date was b*>rn to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Brad- berry ’59, Box 5X6. Bryan Tammy Denise arrived at 3'45' [i m m Bryan Hospital The addition to the family of Mr. and Mrs. I.owie Rice ’59, ar rived Oct. 13 not Oct. 14 as stated in Tuesday's Battalion Hamshiie'' h * senior year Leroy has always been inter ested in flying, and it was this reason that sent him to Aggie- land. He seriously considered a military career and came to A&M to lea n ‘‘more about military life.” He ha* since changed his mind about a military career but he does plan to enter the Air Force for five year* as a pilot. Here «t Aggie land. Leroy is a member of tlte Newman Club, Math Club, a former boxing team member, a Ross Volunteer, Fly ing kadets member and was vice-president of the Ails A Sci ences Council his junior year. He was also Sgt Major of the Sixth Group last year and is now that group's commander. Leroy got his private pilot's license his senior year in high school and considers flying the ideal pastime. He has logged about 250 hours in the air. He thinks his most interesting experience was his first solo cross-country flight from Lafay ette, La , to Beaumont. The trip over was fine, he says, but when he returned, he found himself in the middle of a thunderstorm aid completely lost. “I came close to running out of fuel.” he says, but lucked onto a landmark that put me back on couise again. No sweat.” Lero y is a mathematics major, and will giaduate in January. He repor's to the Air Force for ae live duty June 9. After ttqs tour his plans arc pretty incomplete and he feels the Air Force will help him choose a career in some field. Besides flying, Leroy’s favor ite sport is water skiing, which he does a lot of in the bayous near Hamshire. And his great est love is. of course, girls, and one in particular. H hut'h (.(utkin# The following organizations w ill meet tonight: 7 :3ft Guadalupe \ alley Hometown Club'will meet in Room 2A of the MSC. Weather Students Play Willi Ballons Several meteorology students have been devoting their after noons to “playing with balloons,” on the mam drill field in front of the Memorial Student Center. Actually they are using the bal loons to determine the direction and velocity of upper air cur rents over the campus. Tbs balloon work is a pail of Meteorology 318, which consists of the study of meterological in strument*, observations and com munication. Most of the student* in the r!a*s are graduate stu dent* who have been sent here by the Air Force to study me tenrology. Their course calls for two regular semesters and two auinmej *4UMUona for com pletion, at which time they will become Air Force weather offi cers. They turn the balloon* loose and measure the angles of ascent with a telescopic instrument call ed a the-niolite. By recording these angles of ascent they are able to determine the direction and velocity of air currents at different altitudes above the eam-» pus. of the select ad ro I leges asking them to pick their delegates (usu ally two from each college). When this has been 8on«, their names are sent bark to SCONA headquarters in the M$C. And now the “non-glory” work of keeping books, records and aueh really begins. Speakers are chosen either by letter or by personal contact. Thiwe that respond are from the 40 or 50 ‘top men” the Planning Committee invited. Fnally the big day arrives and a big welcome is given to all. The conference itself consists of a series of four major address es, covering the large topics cov ered by the program. But the real heart of the conference is the round table discussions, and it is here that each student dele gate devotes a major portion of his time each day. These round tables are staffed by ro-chairmen who are men of experience and reputation. The round tables provide the rett.ng for a serious exchange of student ideas sought in planning the conference. Speeohea and panel discussions aet the stage by providing immediate informa tion and opening new area* for further study. * As SCONA is held annually during the month of December, the conference usually closes with a Christmas carol songfeat in the main lounge of the MSC. The students then leave for ther individual colleges, taking with them a new knowledge of problems critical to the world Have YOU B«U|{li( tour PINKS Vet? TIME IS UMITE1) — OltDKK NOW ONLY LOUPOTS See Lou Kefore You Huy bev«rley braley lovn • travel sarvici Planning to Paint RUBBER BASE PAINT $.195 gal. ROLLER AND PAN $1.29 WHITE HOUSE PAINT $3.95 gal CHAPMAN'S PAINT STORK Next to IN**! Office. Bryan Fhe two fastest deodorants in the world! Old Spicg Stick Deodorant is built (or speed. Plastic esse 1* applicator Nothing to take out. no push up, push back Just remove cap and apply Prefer a spray? 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