ISSUE DATE: March 28, 1955; Vol. 38, No. 13

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COVER: "FLAMING LAVA LICKS AT PALM TREES". Flaming lava erupting from Kilauea paints the Hawaiian sky red (see pp. 18-25).

LIFE"s FEATURED STORIES:
FACE TO FACE WITH A VOLCANO: The earth unleashes its inner fires in an isJand paradise-and LIFE's cameras record nature's awesome show in all its violence and color.

ATHLETES WITHOUT OXYGEN: A high-level track meet in Mexico City (alt. 7,400 feet) turns into a scene of agony as Pan-American Games contestants fight the rarefied air.

A GENERAL'S LEGACY: On his deathbed "the greatest civilian soldier of our time" set down his ideas of what universal military training means to America.

SHOWCASE FOR TALENT: Since its founding 150 years ago the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts has presented some of the most famous figures in American art.

DAVE COLUMBIA TRIES OUT: What is it like to try out for the big leagues? LIFE follows a promising 18-year-old shortstop from Brownsville, Pa. to Florida to find out.

THE EASTER BONNET, 1955: In strong colors and fragile fabrics, the new spring hats from top U.S. milliners are shown as they would be worn to church on April 10.

Full LIFE Listing:
SPEAKING OF PICTURES: A roundup of the country's fanciest and funniest feminine TV weather forecasters.

A lung-busting track meet: At Pan-American Games in Mexico City athletes gasp for air but set new records.

Bad boy Bevan bounced out: A rebel is expelled but the split in Britain's Labor ranks widens.

The listening hand: Although both are blind and deaf, a mother and father care for new son.

Footnote to Yalta: Some new pictures turn up as the official records are released.

A Cook's Tour to Katmandu: Tourists invade hitherto inaccessible kingdom of Nepal.

MOVIES: Bad boys in the classroom: Movie "Blackboard Jungle" paints an exciting picture of public school delinquency.

New Easter hats: Strong colors and fragile fabrics set the style for spring.

Jelled and dripless: A new paint makes less of a mess for do-it- yourself decorators.

A school showdown wins a dress-up: Eighth-grade boys in Dover, N.J. shame jean-clad girls by wearing Sunday best on Tuesdays.

150 years of fine arts: Pennsylvania Academy has long presented the best in U.S. talent.

THEATER: Best comedy of the season: Pulitzer Prizewinner William Inge does a tender play, "Bus Stop," about some people stranded in a Kansas diner. Photos of Kim Stanley and Albert Salmi.

A pair of prima pachyderms: Alice and Trudy practice on a Hollywood animal farm for an eight-elephant act at St. Louis Zoo.

Unbookish look: Cincinnati finally acquires a modern library building.

Dave's big dream: Bid from the N.Y. Giants gives 18-year-old an All-American opportunity. Photographs for LIFE by Ralph Morse.

Hot work for toys: Hanford, Wash, scientists use miniature transport to cart radioactive chemicals.

U.S. freedom and UMT: The last message of General Raymond S. McLain exhorts U.S. to prevent H-war through military training.

A look at the world's week.
Letters to the Editors: The color and fury of a volcano: An old affliction returns to plague Hawaii as volcano breaks loose again.
Editorials: The source of Yalta's tragedy. The training of soldiers.
Miscellany: Warbler mother feeds her oversized cuckoo baby.
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