THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 12, 1946
THE BATTALION
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Town Hall Brings Oscar Straus Competitive Club Program Announced
Orchestra as First Attraction For Semester; Meeting Days Scheduled
Town hall will bring many stars
of stage and screen to Gnion Hall
during the current school year ac-
Oscar Straus
cording to Town Hall Manager Joe
Putegnat.
Putegnat says that Town Hall
tickets will go on sale to students,
Tuesday, September 17. Season
tickets will cost $3.00 for students.
Faculty tickets will go on sale
Monday, Sept. 23 and will sell for
$6.50.
On October 20, Town Hall will
present the Strauss Festival under
che direction of Oscar Straus,
composer of America’s most pop
ular operetta, “The Chocolate Sol
dier.” Straus will lead a 30 piece
orchestra rendering a medley of
Strauss waltzes and excerpts from
his own popular “Chocolate Sol
dier”.
Oscar Straus was born in Vien
na but is not related to Johann
Strauss. His only tie-in with
Johann Strauss came long ago in
Vienna when the older composer
advised the younger to give up
more serious music and compose
light operas and waltzes.
When the Germans occupied
Vienna, Straus fled to Paris, his
second home. After the Germans
occupied Paris, Hitler banned his
music in Europe. Straus came to
the United States from Europe in
THRILLS - SPILLS - CHILLS
at
THE SPORTSWAY
Inauguration of a new club pro
gram in which awards will be given
to student clubs with the best
rounded , programs was announced
by Grady Elms, Club Advisor,
Student Activities Office.
Awards will be given on the basis
of quality of programs presented,
attendance at meetings, participa
tion of members in programs and
completeness of financial records.
A uniform meeting schedule has
been arranged and all clubs will be
required to meet on designated
dates. Elms pointed out that those
clubs which had been given meet
ing dates unsatisfactory to them
could have their meeting dates
changed by addressing such a re
quest to the Student Activities
Office.
Elms has requested that each
organized club submit a copy of its
constitution to the Student Activi
ties Office. All club funds must
also be deposited with Student Ac-
1940.
Upon leaving Paris he had to
leave behind a trunkful of manu
scripts valued at more than $1,000,-
000. His friends hid the trunk from
the Gestapo and it has been found
and restored to him.
Other attractions to be present
ed include: Arthur Whittemore and
Jack Lowe, duo pianists: Lawrence
Tibbett, baritone of Metropolitan
Opera fame; Mona Paulee, bril
liant mezzo soprano; Particio
Travers, violinist; Donald Dickson,
baritone; The American Trouba-
dors; Sam Houston College A Cap-
ella Choir; and Dr. Franz J. Pol-
gar, hypnotist.
on
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th
McGregor Tract
Assured for A.&M.
Posession of the 18,000 acre
Bluebonnet Ordnance plant tract
-at McGregor by the A. & M. Sys
tem at a 100'% discount was vir
tually assured by a recent ruling
of the U.S. Attorney General gov
erning war surplus distribution to
non-profit institutions.
Present plans for the tract, ac
cording to J. T. L. McNew, vice
president of engineering, include
the establishment of scientifically
regulated farms in the rich black-
land area, and the utilization of
present buildings as classrooms
and dormitories for short courses.
With an inventory value slightly
in excess of $5,100,000, the deal
will have to be submitted to Con
gress for approval before the deed
can be transferred, according to
present regulations.
BOOT & SHOE
Repairs
Superior Service by Experienced
Craftsman
HOLICK’S
BOOT SHOP
NORTH GATE
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev R. L. Brown, Pastor
A Hearty Welcome to Every Aggie
— — SERVICES — —
9:45 A.M. Sunday School 10:50 A.M. Morning Worship
6:15 P.M. Training Union 7:15 P.M. Evening Worship
ONE BLOCK FROM NORTH GATE
TIME TRIALS 1:45 FIRST RACE 2:30
and
every SUNDAY thereafter
LOCATION
ONE-HALF MILE OUT CALDWELL HIGHWAY
- — ADMISSION
Adults, 75^ plus tax Children, 400 plus tax
tivities. Each club will be required
to make a monthly financial state
ment of its accounts.
Clubs needing money for send
ing representatives to meetings for
which the college supplies no funds,
for outstanding speakers and ex j
penditures of a similar nature
should make application to the
Student Activities Office for al
location of funds between Septem
ber 25th and October 2nd. These
funds may be allocated only to
dues-paying clubs.
All clubs should furnish Elms
with tbe names and college address
of their officers and their spon
sors. They should also furnish
him with a complete roster of their
membership.
Those clubs that have not been
been assigned meeting dates should
contact Elms at once.
A schedule of days set for club
meetings may be found in Official
Notices on Page 6.
CLUBS
OFFICIAL NOTICES
Club Meeting Schedule
MONDAY
Y. M. C. A. Cabinet
Ex-Servicemen’s Club
Non-Military, Non-Veteran’s Club.
Mathematics Club.
Round Table Club.
Economics Club (1st & 3rd).
Entomology Club (2nd & 4th).
TUESDAY (1st & 3rd)
A. S. A. E.
A. S. C. E.
A. S. M. E.
A. I. M. E.
A. I. E. E.
A. I. ChE.
Institute of Aeronautical Science.
Student Branch Automotive Eng.
Society of American Military Eng.
Fish & Game Club.
Agricultural Engineering Society.
Horticulture Society.
Kream & Kow Klub.
Landscape Arts Club
Poultry Science Club.
Saddle & Sirloin Club.
Jr. FFA.
Architecture Society.
Petroleum Engineering Club.
Pr'e-Med Society.
TUESDAY (2nd & 4th)
Agronomy Society.
Biology Club.
United Science Club.
American Chemistry Society.
A. V. M. A.-Jr. Chapter.
Accounting Society.
Industrial Education Club.
Geology Club.
WEDNESDAY
Class Meetings.
Junior Y. M. C. A. Council.
Senior Y. M. C. A. Council.
THURSDAY
All Home-Town Clubs.
Latin-American Club.
Student Engineering Council.
Student Agricultural Council.
FRIDAY
Scholarship Honor Society.
Hillel Clubs.
SUNDAY
Lutheran Student Association.
A. & M. Luthern Walther Club.
Newman Club.
Camera Club.
Radio Club.
ONE DAY
SERVICE
ON
Watch Repairs
Stems, Crowns
and Main Springs
One Week for
Cleaning and Staffs
Just off
the Campus
North Gate
T.C.HINMAN
Lauterstein Bldg.
Tennis Racquet
Re-stringing
Bring your Racquet to the
North Gate for 3-day
service.
NYLON and GUT
SMITH’S
North Gate
Student Activities Office Sets
Pace for Aggies Entertainment
The Office of Student Activities,
located in the Administration
Building, directs the major part of
the entertainment and activities on
the campus.
Headed by Joe Skiles, the office
is an integral part of the Dean of
Men’s organization, and works
closely with the students in extra
curricular activities.
Perhaps its greatest venture is
into the field of entertainment.
Guion Hall movie house, in which
new senior section seats have rec
ently been installed plays second
run flickers for the lowest admis
sion price in the college area. Town
Hall shows are also staged ten
times yearly in Guion.
Music Makers
The Singing Cadets and the Ag-
gieland Orchestra, under the dir
ection of Bill Turner, furnish the
“charms that sooth the savage
breast”. In addition to concerts
for the Aggies themselves, the
Singing Cadets make frequent trips
to the larger cities of the state,
performing at conventions, club
meetings and concerts. During the
summer, the glee club cooperated
with the Aggie Players, campus
dramatic organization, in present
ing the operetta H.M.S. Pinafore,
and plans are being made for fur
ther such undertakings. Students
who attended this summer acclaim
ed the operetta a success. One New
Yorker visiting on the campus at
tested that the Aggie production
of Pinafore was the best amateur
production he had ever witnessed.
To Rep. Teague, ’32
American Embassy
Guatemala, August 16, 1946
Dear Tiger:
Many, many hearty congratula
tions for the wonderful victory
that you won. All of us Aggies
feel a personal interest, and there
fore, a personal pride in you.
You won fame on the battle fields
fighting for your contry. Now I
feel sure that you are going to
win a great name for youself in
the halls of Congress. My best
wishes shall go with you con
stantly.
Sincerely,
Your Friend,
Edwin J. Kyle,
American Ambassador
Do not memorize whatever is
more efficiently learned by associa
tion. The idea is more important
than the sentence itself.—A. & M.
Handbook.
Pay close attention in class to
what is going on. Get into the dis
cussion with a contribution.—A. &
M. Handbook.
The Aggieland Orchestra, college
dance band, built itself into a first
class musical aggregation last year,
playing for the majority of the
corps, unit, and class balls. Book
ings - of “name” bands have been
infrequent due to wartime difficul
ties and low attendance, and al
though more famous bands will he
coming to the campus in the next
year, the Aggieland Orchestra
will still play for many of the
dances.
Five Publications
Student Publications with edi
torial offices in the basement of
the Ad building are also under
jurisdiction of Student Activities.
At present, the only periodicals
published are The Battalion and
the yearly Longhorn. If printing
and editorial obstacles may be
overcome, the Engineer and the
Agriculturist will come back into
circulation. Dead since the war,
the old comic Batt Magazine may
return to lighten spirits and en
rich conversation.
Since the great influx of vet
erans to continue their training,
the Office of Student Activities
has maintained a lounge in Sbisa
Hall for the exclusive use of ex-
servicemen and their wives. This
lounge is equipped with easy
chairs, sewing machines, periodi
cals, and billiard tables.
Profits Returned
The outstanding feature of the
Student Activities Office is its re
turn to the Aggie, in the form of
added entertainment and recrea
tional benefits, all profits made by
handling concessions, dances, Guion
Hall, and student publications. An
example of this rebate is the recent
installation of new more comfort
able seats in Guion Hall.
ST. THOMAS Episcopal Chapel
Welcomes all new and returning Aggies and their
families to all services and activities.
Holy Communion—9:00 a.m.
Coffee Club—9:45 a.m.
Church School—9:45 a.m.
Morning Prayer'and Sermon—11:00 a.m.
Young People’s Service League—6:00 p.m.
Rev. Orin G. Helvey, Chaplin
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