The Battalion
Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1960
Number 125
President Announces
New Administrative Posts
Changes Necessary
After Board Action
‘Oklahoma!’ Cast in Rehearsals
The cast of Oklahoma! a musical comedy Student Center. Mrs. Billie Jean Barron of
to be presented Tuesday and Wednesday Bryan is director of the show. In this pic-
nights. in The Grove, was hard at work ture, Barbara Gibbs, who plays “Laurey”;
each night this week rehearsing in p^epara- Charles Mitchell, portraying “Curley” 1 and
tion for their presentation. The show is John Paxson, “Will Parker” in the play;
being produced by Dr. William Turner, rehearse one of their scenes as other njem-
musical activities director of the Memorial bers of the cast look on.
‘Oklahoma!’Production Set
Tuesday, Wednesday Nights
“Oklahoma!”, a musical comedy,
Avill be presented by community
and college talent Tuesday and
Wednesday nights of next week
at 8 p.m. in The Grove.
The production has a cast of
approximately 30 and an orchestra
of 20, according to Dr. William
Turner, Memorial Student Center
music activities coordinator and
producer and musical director of
the show.
The cast of the production has
been rehearsing for the past month
in preparation for the show.
“Oklahoma!”, a musical version
of Lynn Rigg’s play, “Green Grow
the Lilacs,” was written in 1943
by Richard Rodgers and Oscar
Hammerstein II. With its simple
and graceful music modeled after
the patterns of American folk
songs, the operetta marked a new
advance in the development of the
American musical theater.
Introduced Ballet
The production of “Oklahoma!”
introduced the use of ballet in
Broadway musicals and generally
violated many of the then-accepted
rules of the musical stage. Its
unusual style earned it a special
award from the Pulitzer Prize
Committee in 1944. One of the
greatest Broadway hits during
World War II, “Oklahoma!” was
also made into a motion picture.
Cast Announced
Doris Allison has the role of
Aunt Heller; Charles Mitchell
plays Curly; Barbara Gibbs is
Laurey; Lane Lynch is Ike; John
Paxson is Will Parker; Bill Dans-
by is Jud Fry; Ado Annie is played
Invitation Sale
Closes Wednesday
Deadline for ordering an
nouncements for August gradu
ation is Wednesday at 5 p. m.,
according to Mrs. Wynelle Davis,
Memorial Student Center cash
ier.
The announcements may be
ordered at the Cashier’s Win
dow of the Memorial Student
Center.
by Janie Rae Fasket; Richard
Moore and Justin Kidd alternate
in playing Ali Hakim; Charles
Arnold plays Andrew Carnes; and
Carolyn Barnett plays Gertie
Cummings.
Ann Elkins, Lynda Chalk, Pat
McEwen, Trudie Adam, Sandra
Bell, Patsy Varvel, Miriam Chumb-
ley, Dorothy Grim and Julia Mc-
Culley are members of the girls’
chorus.
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Men’s Chorus
Jim Pat Hudson, Carroll Brum
son, Bob Blakewood and Alex
Quisenberry are members of the
men’s chorus.
Vera Sorg, Kathy Mohr, Su
zanne Sorenson and Mary Ellen
Scoates are the ballet group for
the production. Miss Sorg is also
choreographer for the show.
Mrs. Billie Jean Barron is di
rector of the show. Stage and
lighting is being done by Charles
Hearn, Marcia Ransom and Pat
Nash.
Admission will be 75 cents for
adults and 25 cents for children.
The naming of a new dean of the School of Agriculture
and the creation of two new administrative posts—a vice
chancellor for development and a director of Agricultural
Instruction were announced last week by President Earl
Rudder in a memorandum to deans and heads of depart
ments.
The changes, all effective July 1. were made necessary
when the Board of Directors meeting here in June placed the
Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, the Texas Agriculture
Extension Service, the Texas Engineering Experiment Sta
tion. including the Texas Transportation Institute, and the
Texas Engineering Extension Service under Rudder.
f rjn^g f 0lir organizations had
formeUv been a part of the
A&M relieve Svstem under
Chancellor M. T. Harrington.
Dr. R. E. Patterson, former
vice chancellor of agriculture for
the A&M College System, has been
appointed dean of the School of
Agriculture with the responsibility
for total agricultural activities of
the college, reporting directly to
Rudder.
C.C. Hedges, 75,
Retired Prof,
DiesWednesday
Dr. C. C. Hedges, 75, retired
head of the Department of Chem
istry, died suddenly Wednesday
morning at his home, Fourth and
Brookside, Bryan, of a heart at
tack.
He retired from the college in
February, 1957.
A native of Walton, Ky., Hedges
joined the Department of Chem
istry in 1912. In 1913 he was pro
moted to head of the department
and served in that capacity until
1949 when he went on modified
service. During the period 1936-4Q.
he also filled the position of vice
dean of engineering.
Hedges received his B.S. degree
from the University of Kentucky
in 1906 and continued his studies
at Cornell University where he re
ceived the Ph.D. degree in chem
istry and bacteriology in 1912.
From Cornell he came directly to
A&M as associate professor in the
Department of Chemistry.
Hedges was instrumental in es
tablishing short courses for fire
men, cotton seed oil mill operators
and water and sewage plant oper
ators here.
He was a member of the A&M
Christian Church, a Mason and
Rotarian. For many years, Hed
ges was a member of the Brazos
County Parole Board. He was an
active community worker.
The Hillier Funeral Home of
Bryan is in charge of funeral ar
rangements.
G. W. Watkins
. . . takes new post
... -^ £
Fred J. Benson
. gets all engineering
John C. Calhoun Jr.
. . . new development chief
For High School Students, Sponsors
“6 T5
J’ Workshop Begins July 24
Plans are being completed and
final preparation made for the
second annual High School Jour
nalism Workshop to be held here
July 24-29, according to Donald D.
Burchard, head of the Department
Second Term Room Reservations
Opens Monday Morning at 8
Students who expect to attend the second term of the
summer session may pay fees and reserve rooms beginning
Monday at 8 a.m., according to Harry L. Boyer, housing
manager.
Students who wish to reserved—
the rooms they now occupy may
reserve rooms between 8 a.m. Mon
day and 5 p.m. Tuesday. Students
who wish to reserve any room
other than the one they now oc
cupy, including students changing-
dormitories, may do so between
8 a.m. Monday and 5 p.m., Tues
day by presenting a signed room
change slip from the housemaster
of the new dormitory concerned,
said Boyer.
Students now residing in Hart
Hall, which will not be used dur
ing the second term, may register
between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.,
Wednesday for rooms not reserved
on Monday and Tuesday, Boyer
said.
AR students may register for
rooms on a first-come, first-served
basis from 8 a.m. Thursday, July
14, until noon, Saturday July 16.
All students, including those liv
ing in College Apartments, who do
not plan to live in dormitories dur
ing the second term of the summer
session must secure or renew their
day student permits at the Hous
ing Office before paying fees. Such
students are urged to do this be
fore registration day July 18, in
order to save time for all concern
ed, added Boyer.
of Journalism and newspaper direc
tor for the conference.
To date 307 high school students
and publications sponsors have
registered with registration appli
cations continuing to be sent in,
Burchard said.
The conference will be divided
into newspaper and yearbook sec
tions for the conference. In addi
tion a special photography session
will be held. Joseph E. Redden* is
in charge of the yearbooks session
and director of the workshop and
Wesley D. Calvert will handle the
photography workshop. Both men
are assistant professors in the De
partment of Journalism.
Under the sponsorship of the
Department of Journalism,- the
conference is also sponsored by the
Texas Daily Newspaper Assn, and
the Texas Press Assn.
The Newspaper Fund, Inc., The
Dallas Morning News, The Dallas
Times-Harold, The Houston Chron
icle, The Houston Post, The Hous
ton Press and The Fort Worth
Star-Telegram contributed money
to be used as scholarships for high workshop.
school journalism teachers to at
tend the conference. Thirty-six
teachers received scholarships, said
Burchard.
While at the conference the stu
dents will attend general sessions
where they will hear speakers from
the journalism field, and will also
attend workshops in either news
paper, yearbook or photography,
said Burchard.
Included in the list of special
speakers are Don Carter, News
paper Fund, Inc.; Bill’ Barnard,
southwestern news executive for
the Associated Press; J. Q. Mehaf-
fey, editor of The Texarkana
Gazette and Daily News; Mrs.
Anne Rosnovsky; Dick Peebles,
sports editor of The Houston
Chronicle; and Frank King, execu
tive editor of The Houston Post.
King will be the speaker at the
final session of the workshop at
noon, Friday, July 29.
Dr. G. M. Watkins, former dean
of the School of Agriculture, has
been named to the newly-created
post of director of Agricultural
Instruction. Watkins will be re
sponsible for on-campus agricul
tural instruction, reporting directly
to Patterson.
Dr. John C. Calhoun, formerly
vice chancellor of the A&M College
System for engineering, has been
named to the position of vice
chancellor for development.
“This internal reorganization will
be successful if those parts of the
System involved will adapt them
selves immediately to the chan
neling of all questions involving
programs, plans and fiscal affairs
to the President of the A&M Col
lege through the proper channels,”
Rudder said in the memorandum.
Director of the Texas Agricul
tural Experiment Station Dr. R. D.
Lewis will still be responsible for
agricultural research, reporting to
Patterson.
John E. Hutchison, director of
the Texas Agricultural Extension
Service, will continue to be respon
sible for agricultural extension and
will also report to Patterson.
Fred J. Benson, dean of the
School of Engineering, has the re
sponsibility for the total engineer
ing activities of the college.
The director of the Texas Engi
neering Experiment Station, a post
held by Dr. Aaron Rose who has
announced his resignation effective
in late August to take a job with
an aircraft corporation in Cali
fornia, will be responsible for en
gineering research and will report
to Benson.
H. D. Bearden, director of the
Texas Engineering Extension Serv
ice, is responsible for engineering
extension and also reports to
Benson.
89 High School Grads
Win Opportunity Awards
Eighty-nine high school grad
uates have been named winners of
four-year Opportunity Award
Scholarships at A&M, it was an
nounced Monday by Dr. J. B. Page,
dean of the College and chairman
of the Faculty Committee on
Scholarships.
An additional 12 students have
been listed to receive other schol
arships.
Winners of the Opportunity
Awards were chosen by the Fac
ulty Committee on Scholarships of
the college following statewide
competitive examinations given to
more than 600 candidates April 23
and April 30.
Opportunity Awards are valued
at from $800 to $1,200, recipients
receiving $200 to $300 a year for
four years plus part-time employ-
Twelfth Man Holds
Wide Recognition
A&M’s Twelfth Man tradition enjoys long-time far-
reaching fame and proof of this was sent to The Battalion
recently by Ben Trotter, ’59, who is stationed at Fort Banks,
Mass., near Boston, Mass.
The clipping is from The Boston4
“The workshop will be a concen
trated course of instruction in the
fundamentals of high school jour
nalistic work,” Burchard said in
explaining the purpose of the
Frances Carr
Sings Tonight
At 8 in MSC
Frances Carr, mezzo-contralto
from Austin, will give a vocal
recital of light and semi-classi
cal music tonight at 8 in the
Memorial Student Center
Lounge.
Miss Carr, minister of music
at the University Baptist Church
in Austin, holds a master of mu
sic degree from Westminister
Choir College in Princeton, N. J.
While attending Westminister,
Miss Carr sang with the famous
Westminister Choir.
Miss Carr has also performed
with the University of Texas
Symphony Orchestra and the
University of Texas Opera Work
Shop.
There is no admission for
Miss Carr’s presentation.
(Mass.) Herald and is a reprint of
a May 15, 1946, column of noted
Sports Columnist Bill Cunning
ham. Cunningham died recently
and some of his best columns are
being reprinted.
First-Hand Account
Following are excerpts of the
column which give a first-hand ac
count of the Twelfth Man tradi
tion:
“There’s been a little touch o’
Texas around heah lately, Strang-
uh! For one thing, an old Fort
Worth boy, Col. (Kentucky, that
is) Alvin N. McMillin, has been
here brushing up on his culture.
Amongst those he’s been brushing
it up with is an old Dallas boy,
Col. (likewise Kentucky, that is)
E. William Cunningham, who
chances to be oversigned.
“We’re a couple of black land
mavericks who strayed long ago,
darned nearly strayed together as
a matter of fact, but didn’t, and
it was funny to find ourselves sit
ting side by side as imported
guests at the very happy banquet
of the local chapter of the Univer
sity of Indiana Alumni. There
was nothing funny about Col. Mc-
Millin’s being there. He is the
distinguished coach of the Cream
& Crimson Fighting Hoosiers, who
last season won the football cham
pionship of the mighty Western
Conference, and landed the Col. in
the top spot as “Coach of the
Year.”
“Myself? I was present to pay
my respects—with a few well
chosen words—and I paid ’em.
“The Col., of course, is the
famed Bo McMillin, the Centre
College All-American quarterback
of 1919-20 and the gentleman who
won fame in his time by defeating
Harvard singlehanded with one of
the most sensational solo feats in
the history of Harvard Stadium.
Cunningham from Dallas
“Bo was the rabbit-legged quar
terback and captain, to the best of
my memory, of the North Fort
Worth High School eleven. I was
the dashing center rush and cap
tain—no, come to think of it, I
was a blocking back that last year
—of the Terrill School team of
Dallas.
“The local A&M alumni of the
region were very active, to state
it quaintly. Uncle Charley Moran
was the A&M coach, but he got
himself into conflict with the
powers that were and quit, or he
was fired. I never knew which.
He promptly came up, however,
with a new connection far to the
northeast of our native prairies.
(See TRADITION on Fage 4)
ment provided by the college. Win
ners are chosen after considera
tion of each candidate’s scholas
tic record, character, evidence of
leadership in high school and fi
nancial circumstances.
The plan was started at A&M
14 years ago and is supported by
the Association of Former Stu
dents of the College, clubs, busi
ness corporations, foundations and
individuals.
Since its beginning, in 1946, the
plant has helped more than 1,300
capable high school graduates to
enroll in college. Ninety per cent
have either graduated or are still
going to school on Opportunity
Awards.
The 1960 winners of four-year
scholarships are:
ABILENE: Cyrus James New
man, Jr. of 849 Ballinger, Marvin
Cleveland Powell of 518 Palm and
Mansil Alvis Williams of 208 Mer
chant.
ALAMO: Roy Loring Netz.
ALPINE: W. R. McAfee, Jr.
ALVIN: Jack Edward Davis.
ARLINGTON: Charles Allen
Blackwell of 414 N. Pecan.
BAYTOWN: Billy Wayne Nance
of 1520 Cedar Bayou Road.
BELLAIRE: Cyril Joseph Dur-
renberger of 5218 Brae Burn
Drive.
BELLEVUE: Kenneth Lynn
Gill of Rt. 2. .
BISHOP: Grafton Clinton Dean,
Jr. of Rt. 2.
BLESSING: John William Fon-
don of 404 Hickory St.
(See AWARD on Page 3)
50-Star Flag Flies over College
Monday, July 4, the new 50-star U. S. flag became official
and A&M unfurled the flags on the campus. Here, James
Riggs, A&M Consolidated High School senior employed in
the Housing Office this summer, holds out the new flag
before raising it on the flagpole in front of the Academic
Building.