‘Mikado’ Operetta Planned By
Singing Cadets, Aggie Players
By Vick Lindley
The Aggie Players and the Singing Cadets will present
Gilbert & Sullivan’s satirical operetta, “The Mikado” during
the latter part of the first summer session. This burlesque
of Japan and Japanese ways has been popular for more than
seventy years and seems as mod
ern as though it were written this
year.
Cast and orchestra for the pro
duction will be composed of stu
dents, student wives, and other
members of the college community.
Auditions for musicians, singers
and actors will be held at the Mu
sic Building (opposite George’s)
at 7 p.m., Thursday evening, June
12.
Last summer the same groups
cooperated in producing another
Gilbert & Sullivan work, “H.M.S.
Pinafore," which was a sensational
hit, with crowds that jammed the
Assembly Hall for two nights. De
mands for a similar production
this year have resulted in sche
duling of “The Mikado.”
Arnold Biello of the English de
partment will stage the dramatic
aspects of the production, and will
also be responsible for technical
effects such as scenery and light
ing. The Aggie Players will fur
nish the technical staff as well as
some of the cast.
Bill Turner, director of the Sing
ing Cadets, will be responsible for
musical aspects of the production.
According to Turner, the great
est need now is for string musici
ans. However, there are openings
in cast and staff for musicians,
actors and staff of all classifica
tions.
Marvin Brown and Leonard Per
kins will be accompanists during
rehearsals.
Student Receives
AAPG Membership
R. H. Abbott, Jr., of San An
tonio, a senior petroleum engineer
ing student, has won an associate
membership in the American As
sociation of Petroleum Geologists
for a paper presented before the
Houston Geological society.
Abbott’s paper was entitled “Pro
ductivity Index and Proration”. A
paper on “Oil Mining” was pre
sented at the meeting by M. W.
McCall, senior student from Wich
ita Falls.
The Battalion
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Tuesday, June 10, 1947
Physics, E E
Majors Needed
By Foundation
Eight Physics or Electrical
Engineering majors are need
ed by the A.&M. Research
Foundation for work with the
oyster survey which will be con
ducted on the coast of Louisiana,
Lucian M. Morgan, assistant di
rector of the Placement Office, has
announced.
Men interested in summer and
full-time employment are needed,
and single men are requested be
cause of the living conditions in
the area. It is expected that this
work will last two years or more.
Men will live in one the Texas
Company camps, and the cost of
living will probably be about $1
a day, Morgan stated.
The pay scale is as follows::
Graduates with B. S. degrees,
full time work, $300 per month.
Graduates for summer work only,
$250 per month.
Junior students for full time
work, $250 per month.
Junior students for summer
work only, $225 per month.
Sophomore students for full time
work, $250 per month.
Sophomore students for summer
work only, $200 per month.
Students who are interested
should contact Dr. C. C. Doak,
Head of the Biology Department,
Science Building at once.
ASCE Commended
By National Group
A. & M.’s student chapter of the
American Society of Civil Engi
neers has been awarded a certifi
cate of commendation for excel
lence in the effective and meritor
ious conduct of its affairs during
the past school year.
Announcement of the award was
made by Colonel William N. Carey,
executive secretary of the society,
at national headquarters in New
York.
This is the second time that A.
& M.’s chapter has won such an
award lauding the ability and pro
fessional diligence of its chapter
officers, members, and faculty ad
visor, Colonel Carey stated. There
are 125 student chapters in the 94-
year-old ASCE, oldest national en
gineering organization in the coun
try, whose membership totals some
22,000.
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4 Short Courses, Conferences
Scheduled for Middle of June
Sponsored by the Education and Psychology Depart
ment the 11th Annual Texas School Administrators’ Confer
ence will take place on the campus from 9 a.m., June 17, to
noon, June 19. There will be a 50-cent registration fee and
$1 per night fee for rooms in Dormitory 15.
Attendants at the conference will register in the lobby of the
YMCA from 8 a.m. to noon, June 17, and all meetings will be held in
the Assembly Room.
A. and M. Among
3 Colleges Slated
For Security Unit
A. & M. has been selected as
one of three institutions to
sponsor a n Army Security
Agency unit in conjunction
with the other military units, Gibb
Gilchrist, president of the college,
has announced. Activation of the
ASA, along with the Transporta
tion Corps, will begin during the
fall semester.
These units are designed to pro
vide reserve officers for the Army
Security Agency, which, under the
supervision of the Director of In
telligence of the War Department
General Staff, is charged with the
responsibility of providing signal
intelligence and communication
security for the army.
World War II showed the need
for expansion of those activities
during an emergency and the ne
cessity of haying available for
duty the required type of highly
trained specialists. With the close
of the war, the ASA has turned
its attention to training a reserve
force jn these fields.
Both signal intelligence and com
munication security requires alert,
persistent, analytically - minded
students, with special appeal for
mathematics, engineering, physics,
and business administration stu
dents, Colonel Guy S. Meloy, com
mandant, stated. Detailed infor
mation may be obtained at his of
fice in Ross Hall.
Graduates Other Than
Law, Accounting Now
Needed as FBI Agents
Information from the Federal
Bureau of Investigation states
that there are opportunities with
that service now for men with a
college degree in fields other than
accounting and law. The qualifi
cation has been added that appli
cants possessing a college degree,
and being otherwise qualified, will
be considered for the position of
Special Employee Agent.
Those appointed to the position
of Special Employee Agent will re
ceive an annual salary of $4,149.60.
They will carry regular Special
Agent credentials and at the ex
piration of one year will be con
sidered for designation as regular
agents.
They will attend a new agents’
training school of ten weeks and
will be required to perform the
regular investigative duties as
signed to Special Agents in the
field. Special Employee Agent ap
plicants will be given the regular
Special Agent examination.
Interested applicants should ar
range ' with the Placement Office
to furnish complete credentials to
the proper service officer.
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A. M. Tate, superintendent of school, Marlin, is head of the con
ference committee.
★
Scheduled for the same 3-day
period is a County Superintendents’
Conference, also under the aus
pices of the Education and Psy
chology Department. Registra
tion will be from 8 to 12, June 17,
in the YMCA lobby. Women will
be housed in Walton Hall and men
in Dormitory 15.
R. C. Pickett, superintendent of
schools at Victoria, is head of the
short course committee.
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“Child Welfare” will be discuss
ed at the County Superintendent
and Supervisor Conference, while
the Texas School Administrators’
Conference will study school fi
nance, the modern school plant,
and supervision of teachers in the
classroom. Both groups will meet
in joint session daily with Dr.
Merle Prunty, director of student
personnel at Stephens College,
Missouri. He will speak on sub
jects related to the general theme
of the conferences.
Opening the superintendent’s
conference will be Dr. L. A. Wood,
state superintendent of education,
speaking on “The Educational Wel
fare of Texas School Children.”
The “All-year School as a Child
Welfare Measure” will be proposed
by L. H. Griffin, Bowie County
superintendent.
The administrators will discuss
four phases of educational plan
ning: “A Research of School Fi
nance in the Light of Present Eco
nomic Conditions”, “Economics to
Be Affected”, “School Buildings—
A New Approach to Planning”, and
“Supervision in Service Training
of Teachers.”
A joint banquet of the Texas
School Administrators’ Conference
and the County Superintendents’
Conference will be held in Sbisa
Hall at 7 p.m., June 18. Tickets
at $1.50 per person may be pur
chased at the registration desk.
★
A Rural Church Conference, un
der the sponsorship of the Rural
Sociology Department, will be held
on the campus June 30 to July 4,
according to Dan Russell of that
department. Registration will take
place from 5 to 7:30 p.m. in the
YMCA, June 30, and from 8 to 11
a.m., July 1, with a $1 registra
tion fee, it was stated.
Attendants at the second Rural
Church Conference will be housed
in Puryear Hall, and they will be
charged $1 per night for linens
and other facilities.
All meetings will be conducted
in the YMCA Chapel, except Wed
nesday afternoon, July 2, when
they will be held in the “Y” As
sembly Room, Cabinet Room, and
Chapel, and Rooms 202 and 203,
Goodwin Hall.
Included on the list of personages
to appear on the program are:
Monsignor Luigi P. Ligutti, head
of rural church work of the Cath
olic Church, Des Moines, Iowa;
Venerable Robert G. Purrington,
head of this type work for the
Episcopal Church; Dr. Elliott L.
Fisher, leader of rural church work
for the Methodist Church, New
York City; Dr. John D. Freeman,
of the Southern Baptist Conven
tion, Atlanta, Georgia; Dr. Henry
W. McLaughlin, Presbyterian
Church leader; and Dr. E. W. Muel
ler, rural church work leader for
the National Lutheran Council,
Chicago
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Arrangements for the 19th An
nual Short Course for Cottonseed
Oil Mill Operators, to be held on
the campus from 2 p.m., June 15,
to 5 p.m., June 21, have been com-
pleted. Sponsored by the Cotton
seed Products Research Labora
tory, meetings will take place in
the Research Lab and the Petrol
eum Lecture Room.
A registration fee of $3.50 will
be assessed attendants at the
course, and they will be charged
$1 per night for rooms in Puryear
Hall.
On June 17 at 7:15 p.m. a ban
quet will be held in Sbisa Hall.
Tickets at $1.50 per person may
be bought on registration day.
★
The third annual Air Condition
ing Conference, which began June
8, will end tomorrow afternoon. It
is under the sponsorship of the
Mechanical Engineering Depart
ment.
Architects, plumbers, indepen
dent engineers, factory representa
tives, medical scientists, and agri
culturalists are attending the con
ference.
Shell Boxes Used
For Lab Apparatus
GIs at the George Washington
University are learning chemistry
with the help of old 4.2 mortar
shell boxes which some of them
helped empty in combat.
Three times as many students
as before the war are being taught
in the same laboratories. This is
made possible through use of ap
paratus lockers made from a truck-
load of wooden shell boxes sal
vaged from Aberdeen Proving
Grounds by Dr. B. D. Van Evera,
head of the chemistry department.
Each student keeps his chemical
material in the space formerly oc
cupied by the shells. Only change
in apparatus necessary was use
of a smaller wash bottle of dis
tilled water.
The laboratories are in use from
8 o’clock in the morning until 10
o’clock at night due to the demand
for chemistry classes.
Musicians, Singers
Needed for Mikado
Auditions for the Gilbert and
Sullivan comic operetta, “The
Mikado”, will be held in the Mu
sic Hall across from George’s
Confectionary Thursday even
ing, June 12. Both instrumen
talists and singers are needed,
and all are asked to meet at the
Music Hall at 7 p.m.
“The Mikado”, to be produced
under the joint sponsorship of
the Singing Cadets and the Ag
gie Players-, will be directed by
Arnold Biello of the English
faculty and Bill Turner, director
of the Cadets.
Anyone interested can call Tur
ner or Leonard Perkins at the
Music Hall, telephone 4-1253.
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