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Volume 45 * College Station, Texas, Wednesday Afternoon, March 20, 1946 Number 37 MARGARET SPEAKS, who will appear in joint concert with Conrad Thibault on A. & M.’s Town Hall. Thursday evening, began her singing career at the age of three when she stood up at a church entertainment and sang a solo. When she came on the Voice of Fire stone radio program as its soprano soloist, she had to give up four other programs on which she had been singing in quartettes and trios. Today her voice is a familiar one on the radio of homes from Maine to California, and she has been acclaimed in many of the capi tals of Europe. Three-Ring Sports Circus Is Scheduled For Weekend “You Can’t Take It With You” Enters Final Rehearsals Curtain Rises March 26 On Dramatic Club’s First Effort Since 1942 Going into its. final week of re hearsals is the Aggie Players’ first major production, Kaufman and Hart’s three-act comedy, “You Can’t Take It With You.” The newly-organized Texas A. & M. dramatics club will present the show in the old Assembly Hall on the A. & M. campus Tuesday and Wednesday, March 26 and 27, at 8 p.m. The Aggie Players, sponsored by F. L. Hood of the English de partment, “started from scratch” when it began production of the play, facing the bleak prospect of a theatre almost barren of equip ment and badly in need of repair. Cast of “You Can’t Take It With You”, in the order of their ap pearance, includes Jane Porter of Austin as Penelope Sycamore, Bet ty Smith of College Station as Es sie Carmichael, Anne Marie Elm- quist of College Station as Rheba, Roy Garner of Texarkana as Paul Sycamore. John Helm of Austin as Mr. De Pinna, Donald Waldrip of Wichita Falls as Ed Carmichael, J. D. Strickel of Fort Worth as Donald, Walter Norris of Mexia as Martin Vanderhof, Hazel McClendon of College Station as Alice Sycamore, Robert Swinney of Brownwood as Mr. Henderson, Billy Zoller of New London as Tony Kirby. Gregory Salinas of San Antonio and Del Runpon will give one per formance each as Boris Kolenkhov. Gay Wellington will be played by Louise Lyman of Bryan, Mrs. Kirby by Nancy Tucker of College Sta tion, Mr. Kirby by Hal Dungan of Wichita Falls. The three F. B. I. agents will be played by« A. D. Carr of Kansas City,' Kan.f James Boone of Shreve port, La., and Billy Yowell of Elk. Olga will be played by Sybil Ban nister of Bryan. The Aggie Players was organiz ed for those students, faculty mem bers, and student and faculty wives who are interested in dramatic production. Ambitious and eager to prove its worth, the new club has already laid plans for its sec ond production, which will also be the last of the current college season. The second play will be Chodorov and Field’s comedy, “Junior Miss,” also to be directed by the club’s sponsor, Mr. Hood. URBANOVSKY SERVES WITH VA IN DALLAS Elo Urbanovsky, formerly with the A. & M. College of Texas de partment of landscape art has been with the Veterans Administra tion in Dallas for a month serving as landscape architect. Mr. Urbanovsky had been on the teaching staff excepting for mili tary service since 1940. He grad uated in architecture from A. & M. in 1931. He was an assistant professor in landscape art. NOTICE Military Walk will be closed from 12:00 noon Saturday, March 23, until Monday morn ing for the purpose of taking pictures for the Longhorn. It is therefore requested that all cars be removed from Military Walk before noon Saturday and that no cars be parked on this street during Saturday after noon and Sunday. J. W. Rollins Dean of Men. EUSTACE TO LECTURE FOR AG ECO DEPT. Dr. Harry J. Eustace, noted au thority on agricultural marketing, has been engaged as a special lec turer in the Department of Agri cultural Economics at the Texas A. & M. College during the second week in April, according to J. Wheeler Barger, head of that de partment. Dr. Eustace is now Director of Research for Farm Market Rela tions with headquarters at San Francisco, California. He previous ly had served variously as Com missioner of Markets for the State of California, fruit and vegetable marketing specialist for the United States Department and head of the Department of Horticulture and Vice Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station at Michigan State College. He was educated at Michigan State College and at Cor nell University. In late years he has given lectures or served as consultant in a number of leading land-grant colleges and universities throughout the United States TIMM WILL SPEAK TO AG ECO MAJORS Tyrus R. Timm, economist in the Texas Extension Service, will appear before the Graduate Semi nar in Agricultural Economics on Wednesday. Mr. Timm, who served as Agri cultural Relations Adviser for the Office of Price Administration in Washington for several months, will outline the relationships among various government agricultural agencies and between those agen cies and the various farm organi zations. The Seminar is composed of the ten graduate students doing major work in agricultural economics at the College this semester. The pro grams are arranged by Professor J. Wheeler Barger, head of the Department of Agricultural Econo mics. Meetings are held in his of fice every Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 p. m. and are open to others who wish to attend. School Census is Being Taken by A&M Consolidated A census of children of school age in the A&M Consolidated School District is now under way, and all patrons of the District are asked to report to the office of Superintendent W. D. Bunting at 4-7624. Children to be included in the census are those who reached their sixth birthday on or before Sep tember 1, 1946 and who have not passed their 18th birthday by the same date. Each school child re ported on the census roll will be worth $30.00 in state appropria tions to the school district. % Boy Scouts Plant 4,500 Seedlings As Memorial Boy Scouts of Troop 102, Col lege Station, planted 4,500 walnut and pine tree seedlings Saturday on land near College Station as a memorial to Roland Nunn, former member of the troop, who lost his life in World War II. The plantings were made in a contest, with prizes awarded to boys planting the most trees. The area is located on Highway 6 about 3 miles southeast of College Station on land owned by L. D. Smith, city manager of College Station. Members of the troop doing the planting were: Johnny Lancaster, Homer LaMott, Clifford LaMott, Thurman Munson, James Prewit, Aden Magee, Billy Hale, Dicky Birdwell, Ide Trotter, Jason Magee, Billy Cooner, Sergie Villa, Daton Moses, and Petie Yarnell. The Scouts were assisted in the planting by C. A. Bonnen and A. C. Magee of the Experiment Sta tion who are both troop commit teemen, and D. A. Anderson, chief of silvicultural research, Texas Forest Service, A. & M. College. Robert Cherry is scoutmaster of the troop, and C. W. Manning is assistant scoutmaster. Vet Advisor Zinn Relates War Tales Before Kiwanis Bennie A. Zinn, veterans’ advisor at Texas A. & M. College, told the Kiwanis Club yesterday of some of his experiences in the combat areas of World War II. Zinn went to the European thea ter as a member of the 36th Divi sion, and was later transferred to the 82nd Airborne Division. As a colonel in the paratroopers, he was sent from the debarkation point in England to North Africa, and later took part in the Italian campaign, the Normandy operation, and the invasion of Holland. He described vividly the poverty and servitude of the African natives, the pitiful living conditions of the Italian people, and the efforts of German soldiers and civilians to escape across the Elbe River from the advancing Russian army in the closing days of the war. Zinn expressed concern as to the effectiveness of the American Mili tary Government in Europe, stating that the Germans were being treat ed too easily and that we had “muffed the ball too many times” in administration of the defeated nations. He praised the courage displayed by the American soldier in battle and called attention to the social and political freedom of the American women as compared to those of Europe. Zinn said that he had come to Texas A. & M. as veterans’ advisor after discovering a lack of aca demic freedom in the Texas school system in which he had been em ployed as a teacher before entering the Army. President and Wife Fete Student Wives Wives of students at A&M were entertained by President and Mrs. Gibb Gilchrist Tuesday night at Open House at the President’s home on the campus. The mansion was decorated with spring blossoms including pansies, snapdragons, purple iris, and much greenery. Greeting the guests were Pres ident and Mrs. Gilchrist, Wilma Parker, Lib Little, Naomi Sim mons, Helen DeBona, Jerry Thomp son, and Mrs. S. R. Wright. Others in the house party also assisted in welcoming the guests during the evening. Mesdames F. L. Thomas, Joe Mogford, L. P. Gabbard, and J. T. L. McNew presided at the refresh ment table during the party hours of 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Mrs. E. A. Salis and Mrs. A. C. Sears assisted with the serving of the dainty party plates. Violin, piano, and vocal selec tions during the evening were pro vided by Mesdames Gracie M. Krug, Ralph Steen, Chris Grone- man, and Paul Graham. Miss Texas ’40, ’41 Chosen Duchess By Veterans Club Miss Gloria Byrns, “Miss Texas 1940-41,” of Port Arthur, Texas, was nominated Duchess to repre sent the Veterans Club at the Cot ton Ball. Miss Byrns is 23, 5’4”, 112 lbs., and a student in business college at Port Arthur. She was nominated by a committee repre senting the Ex-Servicemen’s Club at a meeting held March 11, 1946. Miss Byrns’ escort will be Adri an Evans ’42, of Port Arthur, Texas, formerly a 1st Lt. Air Corps. SWC Swim Meet Heads Two-Day Athletic Card The sports program at Texas A&M College for Saturday some what resembles a three-ring circus with three of the Aggie teams in action/ against one outside team and four other conference teams. Topping the card is the confer ence championship swimming meet, with the Texas Aggies defending their lv45 title against the Texas Longhorns and Southern Metho dist University Mustangs. Coach Art Adamson says from all ap pearances based on past perfor mance this season, Texas will re gain the title they lost last year. In 1944 they shared it with the Aggies but before that it always has been a Longhorn title yearly. Preliminaries will be held Friday night if necessary and the battle for the title Saturday night at 8:00 o’clock. Diving will be run off Saturday afternoon at 4:00 o’clock and top men then give an exhibi tion during the meet that evening. James Stewart, executive secre tary of the Southwest Conference will be one of the officials. Over on the Kyle Field cinder track the thinly-clads of Baylor and Rice will compete with the Aggies in a triangular meet start ing at 2:00 o’clock Saturday after noon. Based on past results, this year looks like a Baylor victory, figures Track Mentor Frank And erson. Woefully weak on sprinters, where Baylor is strong, he says that alone will give the Bears the meet. Rice is also stocked with fast men in the short distances and a coming champion in the hurdle events. Not trying to be gloomy, (See, SPORTS CIRCUS, Page 3) Sports Facilities Ready for Vets’, Wives’ Recreation A lot of wholesome outdoor fun is available to residents of Walton Hall, Hart Hall, the Trailer Camp, the Project Houses, Bryan Field, Dorms 14, 17, and every other place were veterans live. “Spike” White, director of in tramural athletics, says that faci lities are available for tennis, soft- ball, volleyball, swimming, and probably anything else that in terest warrants. Arrangements can be made for participation by men, women, or mixed groups. In order to get started on these spring recreation projects, recrea tional representatives will meet Thursday night at 7:00 p. m. in the Veterans Lounge in Sbisa Hall. “If your residence area has not yet chosen a representative, male or female, or both, elect imme diately, or attend yourself,” said Spike. CHALK RETURNS TO ECO DEPARTMENT Alfred E. Chalk, resident of Col lege Hills, has returned after a three-year absence to continue teaching insurance in the economics department of A. & M. College. Chalk, who has been serving in the Navy on a LST, has been con- nected with the college since 1938. DANCE DATA AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION SATURDAY, MARCH 23 SBISA HALL 9 TO 12 AGGIELAND ORCHESTRA