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