King and Queen Cotton
QUEEN JOANN DOBBS of Menard and KING EUGENE
VACEK of Wiemar will reign at the 13th Annual Cotton Ball and
Pageant tomorrow evening.
One-Time Cotton Ball Duchess
Now Director of Style Show
When the Cotton Style Show
was only four years old, Juanita
Cowsert of Junction was a duch
ess. Now, as Mrs. Manning
Smith, she is still taking an active
part in the Style Show as the dir
ector of the event tomorrow night.
Mrs. Smith—her friends call her
Nita—finished high school in Junc
tion, and attended Westmoreland
Junior College in San Antonio in
1933-35. She ranks high as one of
the 10 outstanding students there,
and was' voted as Class Favorite
her senior year. After completing
her work at Westmoreland Junior
College, Mrs. Smith entered the
University of Texas where she re
ceived her B.S. in physical educa
tion in 1937. While at the Uni
versity of Texas, she was president
of the Physical Education Majors
Club her senior year and a Blue
bonnet Belle in the spring of that-
year.
Following her graduation, Mrs.
Smith taught in the Alamo Heights
High School in San Antonio for
two years, and in 1939 she married
the Aggie she met at her first
Cotton Style Show three years be
fore. Since coming to A. & M. as
the wife of ex-coach Manning, she
has been active in the Girl Scouts,
having had charge of a Girl Scout
Troop each year, and having served
two terms on the Girl Scout Coun
cil as chairman.
Says Nita, “I’ll miss a good meal
any day to dance; at present,
square dancing is my hobby. We
have two children, the older, a boy
5 years old, Dee, who was the
crown bearer for King Cotton last
year’s Pageant; and a 2-year-old
girl, Sherry, the future Cotton Pag
eant Queen—I hope.”
Attention Seniors!
All Corps and Veteran se
niors will meet tonight in the
Assembly Hall at 7:30 to dis
cuss plans for the Senior Ring
Dance and Banquet. It is very
important that all seniors, both
corps and veteran, attend.
A Sneeze, False Teeth Clatter
To Table, Witness Continues
By Mack T. Nolen
Iron hand-clasps, great toothy smiles, banks of cigar smoke, and
“hail fellow, well met” keynoted the grand entry into the Senate
Chamber Monday night. Legislators, senators, and glad-handers wel
comed every slightly familiar face. The house-senate investigation of
A. & M. was resuming. -♦
Motivated by the law of Supply
and demand, chairs soon command
ed a premium in wachfulness. Re
lax the vigil one moment, and a
kindly old dowager would trundle
the chair right out from under
you.
People of all shapes, sizes, and
descriptions attended the hearings
for various reasons. Gay young
blades in lavender and chartreuse
ties, impelled by some devilish,
sadistic curiosity, listened with
mouths agape.
Stephen F. Austin, Jiefferson
Davis, Albert Sidney Johnston, and
others of the state’s history stared
down from the walls. It was im
possible to detect a single gleam
of sympathy in their stony cold
eyes. Obviously, they disapproved
of the entire proceedings.
Under the hostile eyes of these
revered gentlemen, the meeting
plunged headlong into apathy.
During Comptroller W. H.
Holzmann’s dollars-and-cents or
ation a gentleman near the ros
trum let go with a singularly
vivacious sneeze. His teeth chat
tered audibly on the table in
front of him. With a Wagnerian
scoop of the hand, he crammed
them back into his head to the
embarrassed snickerings of the
audience.
The Lord High Inquisitors, the
Thomas Torquemadas of the In
vestigating Committee, were good
for an occasional laugh. Sen. Dor
sey Hardeman became carried a-
way by the responsibility of his
position. With all the strength
and power of an Avenging Angel,
he plied question after weighty
question to Dr. T. 0. Walton, who
got so bothered that he began to
smoke a cigar and a cigarette at
the same time.
ChE Faculty Plan
Trip to Houston
South Texas Meet
Chemical Engineering faculty
members plan a mass exodus to
Houston Friday, to attend a meet
ing of the South Texas section of
American Institute of Chemical
Engineers, acocrding to Dr. J. D.
Lindsay, head of the department
and chairman-elect of the Houston
section.
Following an afternoon visit to
the Katy plant of the Humble Oil
and Refining company, the largest
recycling plant in the world, the
AIChE members will have dinner
and hear a talk on recycling by W.
L. Dixon, Houston consulting en
gineer.
Kite-Flying Contest
Held Last Sunday
The kite-flying contest which
was held Sunday afternoon on the
new drill field brought out a var
ied assortment of kites of various
sizes, colors, and shapes. The con
test was sponsored by the College
Station Recreation Council and was
open to youths from the age of
6 to 16.
The judges of the contest were
Dean H. W. Barlow, Carl Tischler,
“Spike” White, C. A. Bonnen, and
Frank Anderson, who judged the
43 entries which were entered in
6 events.
Events held were for the larg
est kite, smallest kite, best-made
kite, prettiest and most artistic
kite, highest-flying kite, and speed
iest kite. Prizes were awarded to
the top three entries of each event.
Jack Grant’s kite which measur
ed 10 feet won the largest kite
event while David Bonnen had the
smallest kite which measured 614
inches. Spencer Buchanan had the
best made kite, a red and white
two-sticker; John Gay had the pret
tiest and most artistic kite, a
French war kite, while Bob Bar-
low took high honors with his
high-flying kite and Gene Potts
won the speed contest. ^
New Members Sworn
Into Newman Club
Twenty-nine new members were
initiated into the Newman Club
at its first spring social held last
Sunday. The festivities inaugu
rated the new Newman Club
lounge, recently erected in the
basement of St. Mary’s chapel.
More than 100 were present.
The program was divided in
three parts: physical, social and
spiritual. The physical part wag
the initiation of new members. A
dance was held with the coopera
tion of the Catholic girls’ club
from Bryan. A devotional service
was also part of the program.
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VOLUME 46 - COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1947
Number 59
Best Band in|
Long Time!—’
Concert Shows
By Walter Lowe, Jr.
Musical enthusiasts packed Gui-
on Hall Tuesday night for a per
formance of the Aggie Band, which
appeared in concert for the first
time this year.
Under the direction of E. V.
Adams, the Aggie Band opened the
recital with “Castanets”, a Span
ish march. “Triplets of the Fin
est”, was given by a cornet trio,
composed of Phillip Kosub, T. D.
Prater, and W. L. Carruth, after
which, the band gave its rendition
of “The World Is Waiting for the
Sunrise”, a concert marche mili-
taire.
Changing the mood of the audi
ence, the entire drum section moved
into “Percussion Antics”. “Three
Trombonists” featured E. S. Ander
son, D. R. Howell, and John R.
Lauderdale. Then the band en
croached upon the religious theme
with the fantasie “Faith Eternal”,
followed b y “Los Toros” from
“Paso Doble”. That famed bugle
call “Reveille”, which means the
same regardless of how played, was
their ninth number.
As a climax to the evening’s
presentation, the band turned or
chestra to tender Schubert’s “Sym
phony No. 8 in B Minor” (Unfin
ished), which exemplifies all that
is finest in Schubert’s work. Not
originally scheduled was the march
“Army of the Nile”. The concert
closed with the Aggie War Hymn”.
The best-received number of
the evening was “Martha”, with
Schubert’s “Unfinished S y m-
phony” running a close second.
Lack of space on Guion Hall’s
“Tom Thumb” stage, forced a con
siderable number of the band be
hind the giant pillars to either
side of the stage. For this same
reason, the trio of cometists as
well as the trombone threesome
were unable to advance to the fore
ground for their features.
Despite all this, the band’s hard
work netted results in a praise
worthy performance, which was
heard by rapt devotees.
To sum it all up in the words
spoken by an elderly gentleman
as he proceeded down the steps,
“That’s the best band we’ve had in
a long time”.
Good Will ‘Special’
From Waco to Make
Short Visit May 3
Waco (SPL)—A special six-car
train equipped with a screaming
siren whistle and loaded with 65
Waco business men will arrive in
College Station, Wednesday after
noon, May 7, in the annual good
will tour of the Waco Chamber of
Commerce.
A 30-minute free musical pro
gram will be presented by the Lone
Star Playboys of radio fame, and
souvenirs including bubble gum
will be distributed. Bob Walker,
radio announcer for Station W-A-
C-O, will be master of ceremonies.
School officials are being con
tacted concerning the possibility
for a school recess during the pro
gram.
The Waco group will stop in 32
cities during a four-day tour of
the eastern section of Waco’s trade
territory. Last year the special
good will trip was routed through
West Texas in the policy of alter
nating the excursions from year
to year.
Leaving Waco Tuesday morn
ing, May 6, the good will ambas
sadors will spend the first night
of the tour in Austin, the second
night in Houston, third night in
Tyler, and will return to Waco
Friday night, May 6.
Cowpokes Wanted
For Summer Jobs
Any student who would like a
job for eight weeks this summer
and who can teach western style
riding and rope tricks should con
tact the Placement Office, Room
126, Administration Building, at
once. G. D. Morrison, Look Out
Mountain Camp For Boys, Cloud-
land, Georgia, will be on the cam
pus Saturday, April 19, to inter
view those interested. This Boy’s
camp, which is located near Chat
tanooga, Tenn., runs for an eight
week period and College students
are used as Counsellors.
Successful applicants are paid
a salary plus Room and Board.
Morrison secured two A&M stu
dents for the summer of 1941 and
hopes to secure two Aggies for
this summer.
A VC Founder Here
CHARLES G. BOLTE, nation
al chairman of the American
Veterans Committee, was sched
uled to speak in the YMCA aud
itorium this afternoon to the lo
cal chapter of the AVC. Bolte,
author of the best-selling book,
“The New Veteran” and named
one of the 10 most distinguished
of 1946 by the Junior Chamber
of Commerce, became a storm
center recently when the Texas
legislature refused to allow him
to address the body.
Joann Dobbs, Eugene Vacek
Reign At Cotton Ball Friday
Investigators
Take A Rest
No meetings of the senate-
house investigating committee
were scheduled as The Battal
ion went to press. It is believed
that the committee might meet
again next week, possibly on
the campus.
Brazos Aggies Invite All
To San Jacinto Day Muster
The traditional San Jacinto Muster of the Brazos County
A&M Club, to be held April 21, will be an all-community gath
ering, President Fred Hale announced. All residents of
Bryan, College Station and Brazos County are invited. Spe
cial invitations are extended regu--f
lar students, veteran students and
their families, and the faculty of
Sungold Trophy for Best Dog
Tops Kennel Club Prizes
A large array of prizes, topped by the flashy Sungold trophy,
will be awarded at the all-breed dog show of the Brazos Valley Kennel
Club on April 25, at the Animal Husbandry grounds.
The Sungold trophy, a yearly award of the club, goes to the best
dog in the show and is the highest-*
award given.
Dr. and Mrs. Henry Celaya are
offering as an addition special a-
ward, ten dollars in cash for the
best American bred dog in • the
show. The club also offers ten
dollars cash for the best dog in
each of the six variety groups,
and five dollars in cash for the
best of breed or best of breeds,
having five or more dogs entered
in competition.
The children’s classes, with eight
prizes of five dollars for each of
the firsts, three dollars for the
seconds, two dollars for the thirds,
and one dollar for fourth place,
are also expected to bring heavy
competition.
In the obedience trials, Pop
Hicks offers a travelling kennel
for the dog making the highest
score in the classes, and the club
offers five dollars cash for the
highest scores in each of the fol
lowing: novice, open, and utility.
Among the judges who will de
termine the awarding of the prizes
are Walter Reeves of Ontario,
Canada, who will judge all breeds
in hounds excepting Afghan
hounds, all working breeds, all non
breeds, all variety groups, the best
dog in the show, and miscellaneous.
.Reeves is one of the outstanding
judges in the country.
Children Instruction
Children who are entering the
(See DOG SHOW on Page 4)
Architectural
Students Win
Design Contest
How does it feel to win
$100? Just ask William W.
Chromaster, senior student in
architecture from Ft. Worth,
or Gene Summers, junior archi-
tecturad student from Bryan.
Both Chromaster and Summers
put their college training to use
when they entered a “Better Rooms
for Better Living” contest spon
sored by the Chicago Tribune, and
it paid off with a $100 jackpot
for these two enterprising stu
dents.
Chromastef’s entry was award
ed a $100 prize in the kitchen
classification of the nation-wide
decorating and furnishing compe
tition, and summers won his “first
$100” in the master bedroom classi
fication.
More than 18,000 persons re
quested copies of the rules for the
contest, which spearheaded a long
range Tribune program to stimu
late widespread public interest in
home furnishing and decoration,
and total entries exceeded 1,600.
‘Showboat’ at Gym Begins At
7:45; Dance in Sbisa 10 Till 2
The thirteenth annual Cotton Pageant and Ball will be
held tomorrow night starting at 7:45. Due to a mistake in
printing, tickets came out with the opening time scheduled
at 8 p.m.; however, the pageant will start as planned at 7:45.
Nearly 150 duchesses from all over Texas as well as many other
states and foreign countries will be present to represent various or
ganizations, cities, schools, and countries.
In the setting of old time “Showboat” scenery designed by a
special staff of decorators and display advertisers from Sanger’s in
Dallas, the program will begin
with a special arrangement of “Old
Man River” by the Aggieland Or
chestra. Immediately following
will be the crowning of Cotton
King Eugene J. Vacek by Gover
nor Beauford Jester. King Vacek
will then crown his Queen, Joann
Dobbs from Menard.
In conjunction with the crown
ing of the Queen, her 8 maids of
honor will be presented. There will
be two numbers by the TSCW
Caperettes and the magician
“Christy the Great”. These num
bers will be followed by a style
show featuring “all that is new
in cotton”, staged by Sanger Bro
thers of Dallas, with the aid of
their staff of professional models.
The grand finale will come when
the TSCW Caperettes and “Christy
the Great” perform a number in
conjunction.
When the duchesses from the
Southwestern Conference schools
are presented, their school songs
will be played.
Local children who will play a
part in the Cotton Pageant are
listed below:
King’s Crown Bearer—John Tur
ner, son of Bill Turner, Aggieland
Orchestra leader.
Queen’s Crown Bearer—Beatrice
Luther, daughter of Dr. H. A.
Luther of the Department of Math
ematics.
Pages to the Southwest Confer
ence duchesses include Jack Raw-
lett, son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Rawlett of the Architect Depart
ment; Don Avesa, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Stanley Avesa, College Sta
tion, David Langford, grandson of
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Langford,
Head of the Architect Department;
Dee Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Manning Smith, College Station;
Hardy Faulk, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Faulk of College Station; Bill
Fly, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lamar
Fly of College Station; and Jeff
ery Murdock, son of Mr. and Mrs.
P. G. Murdock, Petroleum Engi
neering Department.
Ann Elkins, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Elkins of the Economics
Department and Fred Brison, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brison of
the Horticulture Department will
model with Sanger’s.
The Cotton Ball, which is to fol
low the Pageant, will begin at 10
p. m. and last until 2 a. m. with
music furnished by the Aggieland
Orchestra.
Vienna Medical Student To
Speak at Newman Parley
The South Central Province of Newman Clubs, which in
cludes Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas will hold its annual
convention on the campus of A. & M. this week-end. There
will be approximately 125 delegates from seventeen colleges
and universities.
The outstanding event of the convention will be the formal ban
quet to be held in Sbisa Hall Sunday noon. The speaker for the event
will be Miss Verena Von Lieben, a medical student of the University of
Vienna, who has just recently come to this country from Austria. Miss
Von Lieben lived for two months-*
while stranded in Germany b y
trading the contents of two pack
ages of cigarettes for meals and
lodging.
Miss Von Lieben will speak on
behalf of the World Student Fund.
This 21-year-old medical student
is a capable speaker and has the
first-hand information about the
conditions of the campuses of the
universities and colleges through
out continental Europe. The New
man Club has received high recom
mendations on Miss Von Lieben
from several colleges and univer
sities where she has spoken.
The Veteran dorm representa
tives will hear Miss Von Lieben
tonight, Thursday at 7:15 in the
YMCA. Any teachers desiring
to have this young lady speak to
any class can call M. L. Cash-
ion at the YMCA.
The Newman Club is sponsoring
a picnic for the visiting delegates
Saturday afternoon. Any New-
manite on the campus may attend
this affair and bring their dates
along if they wish. The first
group leaves for the picnic grounds
at 2:30 p.m. from the basement of
St. Mary’s Chapel.
Dates Needed
Some forty girls from the New
man Clubs from Texas University,
TSCW, and Rice Institute will be
on the campus for the convention.
These girls would like to have a
date for the Cotton Ball and the
All-college Dance Friday and Sat
urday evenings. Any Newmanite
Miss Verena Von Lieben
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SPEAKER AT THE SOUTH
CENTRAL PROVINCE meeting
of the Newman Club is Miss
Verena Von Lieben, 21-year-old
medical student of the Univer
sity of Vienna. She will speak
at a banquet Sunday noon in
Sbisa Hall.
wishing a date with these girls are
asked to contact Bob Weiler in F-l
Walton.
Texas A&M College and their fam
ilies. Arrangements have been
made to bring in the students re
siding at the Annex at Bryan
Field.
If the weather allows, the Mus
ter will be held on the lawn just
east of the Administration build
ing. In case of rain the Muster
will be moved to the Livestock
Judging Pavilion. The Aggie Band
will start playing at 6:30 p. m.
with the Muster ceremonies slated
to start at 6:45.
College authorities have an
nounced the evening meal Monday
for all students has been moved up
to 5:45 p. m. to get it in ahead of
the Muster.
Seven events are listed on the
Muster program, which Mr. Hale
said would be short and snapy.
These in order are:
The Muster Tradition—W.
T. Moore, State Representative
and Chairman of the Muster.
Address of Welcome—Gibb
Gilchrist, President, A&M Col
lege of Texas.
Message from the President
of the Former Students’ As
sociation—Read by Fred Hale.
Roll Call for the absent—
Richard Gottlieb, A&M stud
ent.
Main address—R. L. Elkins,
former Colonel, U. S. Army.
Songs and Music—Singing
Cadets, joined by the crowd,
and Texas Aggie Band.
Closing Ceremony—W. T.
Moore.
College Delegates
To Attend Fire
Prevention Meet
Invitations to attend and parti
cipate in President Truman’s Con
ference on Fire Prevention to be
held in Washington, D. C., May
6-8, were received today by Direc
tor W. E. White and S. L. Frost,
chief division of education and in
formation, Texas Forest Service.
“The main objectives of the con
ferences are to emphasize to the
public the ever-present danger of
fire to human life and resources,
and to intensify the work of fire
safety,” Major General Philip B.
Fleming, general chairman of the
conference, said.
White will represent the Texas
Forest Service at the general ses
sions of the conference. Frost has
been invited to serve as a member
of the organized public support
committee which has the job to
recommend a plan which will help
intensify public approval and sup
port of the recommendations of
the conference.
trampling out
the vintage . . .
By Mack T. Nolen
Mary Ann Barrier
Chosen Junior Class
Cotton Ball Duchess
Miss Mary Ann Barrier, a jun
ior dress designing student at Tex
as State College for Women, Den
ton, has been chosen duchess for
the junior class at the 13th an
nual Cotton Ball and Pageant to
be held at Texas A. & M. College
Friday, April 18. She was Aggie
Sweetheart in 1945.
Miss Barrier will be escorted at
the Pageant by W. P. Dickson of
Waco, a -junior mechanical engin
eering student at A. & M. She
was chosen a princess at the an
nual Redbud Festival at T. S. C. W.
Dorothy Jacobs Is
San Antone Duchess
o
The San Antonio A. & M. Club
has selected Miss Dorothy Jacobs
as club duchess for the annual
Cotton Ball and Pageant. Miss
Jacobs, a junior at TSCW, has
been a princess at the yearly Red
bud coronation and festival for
the past three years.
She will be escorted by Dick
Dickerson.
It’s spring again. Ah, spring!
The trees see the robins’ brilliant
red breasts and turn green with
envy. In the fields and meadows
where last week brown weeds lay
fallow, this week soft green rushes
proclaim themselves to a cerulean
sky. Irises, marigolds, and delphi
niums peep up at the newborn sun.
Nauseating, isn’t it?
Spring is a season of gay col
ors and freshness. It is a season
of renaissance and rejuvenation.
It is disgusting and repugnant.
What is so rare as an acrid
arm-pit? That same newborn sun
discolors shirts and raises odors
reminiscent of the horse barns. It
freckles girls’ noses, and leads
to athletes foot.
At this time of year the mos
quitoes, gnats, ants, flies, and
bees wake again to continue their
pillage and nuisance which the
winter interupted. Snakes doff last
year’s apparel, slink into a new
spring outfit, and hie away to
surprise some moron whom the
season has encouraged to go hik
ing. Heart-failure can be fatal.
Spring affects men and women
in different ways. Women feel
ambition and industry in their
veins. Men want to sleep. Both
are somehow thwarted by the
discord of the scheme of things.
Little children assume a fish
complex, long to swim in abandon
ed quarries, do so, and are never
heard from again.
That abominable old American
custom, the picnic, rears its ugly
head, and it rains for forty days
and nights.
But what can be done about
it?