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THE BATTALION 3 THEM GOOD MALTED MILKS We Still Make Them! King’s, Whitman’s and Pangburn’s Candies Holmes Bros. Confectionery Bryan Phone 221 LUCCHESE BOOT CO. Made to order Boots, Belts & Shoes. Write in for or der blanks. 215 Broadway, XAimWCA ^BtlOVA Never before have we offered a Bulova Bag uette at so moderate a price. With its long, slender lines and smart chain link bracelet, Miss America is the last word in style and value. See it today' Caldwell Jewelry Store Bryan, Texas ' S3 Musical Presentation Week Received By Student Body One more A and M tradition has been smashed—the idea, namely, that Aggies are too manly or some thing to enjoy that sort of music which cultivated people like to hear. As the guests of the Social Sci ence Seminar, a large and closely attentive audience, including sev eral hundred cadets, listened on Monday evening, March 28, with pleasure and admiration to the lec ture-recital by Paul van Katwijk, Dean of the School of Music at Southern Methodist University. The program on “Pioneers in Piano Music’’ was a highly success ful attempt to show the ordinary music loving laymen what five men, beginning with Scarlatti, an eigh teenth century Italian, and con cluding with Debussy, a modern Frenchman, have added to the beauty and complexity of the mus ical effects that can be produced on the piano. Dean van Katwijk followed his commentary on each of the five composers with the playing of two of his works, chosen to illustrate that composer’s particular contri bution to piano music. Scarlatti, born in the days of full-bottomed wigs and satin knee- breeches, of beautifully formal manners and clear-cut precision in speech, wrote music that reflected the character of his age. But he enriched and decorated his simple themes with runs, flourishes, and vai-iations, which, by the way, serv ed to reveal the lightness, deftness, and charm of Dean van Katwijk’s touch. With the coming of the romanti cism of the nineteenth century, the piano became, in the hands of Chopin, Lizst, and Schumann, the means of expressing the composer’s moods. Chopin made it as sensitive as the violin to his poetic melan choly, his home-sickness for Po- S. W. CONFERENCE SPORTS CHART Baseball Standing Team— W L Pet. T C U 3 1 .750 Rice 4 2 .667 Texas 4 3 .571 Baylor 3 3 .500 A and M 2 3 .400 S M U 0 4 .000 Last Weeks’ Results A and M 4, Rice 2, at Houston. Rice 4, A and M 3, at Houston. Baylor 6, Texas 2, at Austin. T C U 4, S M U 2, at Dallas. Baseball For This Week Friday—A and M vs. Baylor at Waco. Friday—Rice vs. Texas at Aus tin. Saturday—A and M vs. Baylor at Waco. Saturday—Rice vs Texas at Austin. Track Schedule For This W'eek Saturday—Texas vs Rice at Houston, dual meet. Saturday—T C U, Baylor, and S M U triangular meet at Waco. Give yourself a break by wearing one of these n Smart FLANNEL Suits. Smartly correct and at a new low price . . . $25 and $29.50 with two trousers SLEEVELESS SWEATERS $2.95 LINEN KNICKERS $2.95 FRIENDLY FIVE SHOES $5 A. M. Waldrop Bryan & College When You Take Your “Sugar” to Tea Or the Prom, or a show, or just for a walk . . . you want to look as smart as can be! You can do it inexpensively if you buy your togs here! Suits $19.75, $24.75 Hats $2.98 to $4.98 Shoes $2.98 to $4.98 J. C. PENNEY Company, Inc. Bryan, Texas land, and his patriotic reminis cences of the of the fiery spirit of his native land. Liszt, a great orchestra con ductor and composer, devised for the piano complex and grandiose effects which had hitherto been possible only through the use of many instruments. As the lecturer observed, the piano now became a microcosm or world-in-little of music, as the orchestra is its great world, or microcosm. Schumann, who was a poet as well as a composer, emphasized the poetic function of piano music—its ability to express thoughts and emotions—which Chopin had al- already indicated. Schumann even went so far, in three short compo sitions which Dean van Katkijk played, as to use music to sketch a sort of spiritual portrait of him self in his various moods, and of Chopin, whom he greatly admired. Finally Debussy, a modern Frenchman, working in deft and subtle suggestions, conveys an idea a picture, or an emotional mood in somewhat the manner of the im pressionistic painters, by a stroke here and a stroke there indicat ing far more than he actually ex presses. Responding to the urgent and spontaneous enthusiasm of the large audience, Dean van Katwijk at the conclusion of the program played a composition of his own, “Gavotte and Air,” the ingenuity and charm of which proved that the lecturer’s services to the piano have not been confined to his able exposition of the work of other men. Everyone who likes music will look forward to the possibility of Dean van Katwijk’s return next year. And we may add that most people, even most Aggies, would like music if they could be intro duced to it by such an able and sympathetic performer. OWLS— (Continued from page 1) Veltman in the second game was Walter E. “Sweetie” Davis, Fort Worth's chief contribution to A and M’s diamond. “Sweetie” not only hit well but as was Veltman’s, his fielding was spectacular, once go ing far into right field to rob a Rice batter of a hit. Klaerner For Rice “Smokey” Klaerner featured the Rice attack, although in a defen sive way, in both games. After pitching nine innings in the opener the big Fredericksburg “Dutch man” returned to the mound for seven frames in the second affair, holding the Aggies to four hits and one tally in that time. “Mitch” Mitchell’s timely single in the second, with three men on “iced” the game for the Aggies and assured Terrannella,, Rice start ing hurler, a trip to the showers. Strategy played a leading role in that ninth inning when Coach Higginbotham called a halt to the game to have the crowd moved back, which allowed Veltman to make his “circus” catch of an ap parently sure double a moment later. DEPRESSION SPECIALTIES For making cotton or linnen frocks hemstitching included, $3.50. Smartly sophisticated silks and georgett dresses to fit the form— the real key note of this season’s style, $6.50 to $8.00. ETTA PETERS Phone 382 EAT AT THE Green Lantern Special Club Supper 30^ Best Hamburgers in Brazos County (North gate) v' br. Tamar jones 7 Dentist X-Ray l Second Floor City National ! 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To these exotic places and a hundred others in the 30 countries of Latin America cov ered by Pan American, largest air trans port system in the world, on 20,000 miles of airways. This year these student group tours will be offered at 40% reduction from standard passenger rates, between June 1 and September 1. For example: this dis count brings air trips from Miami to Havana down to $16.80. From our Texas terminal to Mexico City, $36.60. From Miami to Panama, with overnight stop at Jamaica, luncheon stops in Cuba and Colombia, only $108. Same student re ductions to any point on our lines. If you feel that you have the personal ity, the social position and collegiate standing to qualify as representative of our company on the campus, write im mediately. Please give full particulars as to your personal qualifications and re sponsibility. Address: Mr. V. E. Chenea, General Traffic Manager, Pan American Airways System, 122 East 42d Street, New York, N. Y. 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