i.
The
HAIL RUINB COTTON
LIVKLUND, T««., Oct • (AP)
W®n field* in the LrrtU&nd are*
•C Weet Texaa lay in ▼irtaal
mlaiMMa faault of a devuteUnf
4<i minute hail atonn that eauaed
an eatlmated M,000,000 damatM.
PLAN HOUSTON TIOBO
HOUSTON. Taa^ Oet. I (API-
On file in Waahinfton today »aa
what waa believed to be U ^
appltoai on for a televialon
raatinf autlon in the aouth. filed
by atMmeve reyreeeatini W Al
bert Lee, HoMaton hotel owner.
> i mme mrnTA wits
a WO DR JANRIRO, Oet, » (AP)
’ Svnora Carmeia Dutra. wife of the I
C Nldent of Iraail, died ahortly
fore midnleht laat night of com-
nliratlon* following an operation
i for appendlcitla.
cio qinnoNs rai '
BOSTON, Oet I (AP)—The CIO
executive board ealled on the Jua
tke Department yeaterday to re
pudiate report* that FBI men are
Making "sleuthing gum ahoe, de
tective” inveatlgationa of CIO
Ilttral expendlturea.
Volume 47
Veterans’ Election
KslEnds Today at 6
ith nuil - ¥
Non-CampuN Ballots Due in Academic
Building by 5; Dorm Votes Due at 6
Thli afternoon at 6 p.m. the raco for praaidont and vice-
president of th« Veteran Student* Aaaociatlon will draw to
a done. Dormitory veteran* ahould turn In ballot* to thetr
reapectlve houaemaater or firat aerteant before 6 p. m. thli
evening, with non-eampua veter-T
po-
W V VIIIMH, w * we* Ifwi-%.eei«e^**v> ; WWW* “
ana' belloU due in the Aeademic
Building before 6 p. m.
Three cendidatea a«e in the run
ning for the V8A pretideao. They
art: I. C. Buntyn of Temple, John
O. Hancock of Corona, Now Mexi
co, and C. V. Slagle of Taylor.
In tho raco for vke-pn-sHi^m y
are four candidate#: William Otu-
neieen of Della*; Charle* D. Kirk-
ham Jr, of Ckburno, Go* W.
Lamp* of LaGrange, and John W.
JESTER BACKS TRUMAN
AUSTIN, Tox., Oct 9 <AP)-
Gov. Beau ford H. Jeater ha* called .
on the citiaoa* of Texaa to join 11*"?*
the front rank* of Americana who > Lau,en "* r t °‘ Arthur,
are willing to eavt food to help
feed hungry peitona in Europe.
Ho charaetarixod the proposal*
of President Truman a* “specific,
definite and realistic." I
HOUSTON WOMEN ACT
HOUSTON, TEX., Oct 9 (AP)
—A group of Houston housewives,
fed up with the high coot of liv
ing, have laid plan* to do some
thing about tie situation.
The womei formed the "com
mittee againit the high coet of
living” and announced plan* to
appear before the city council for
permiaaion to place booth* on
downtown stmts to they can ob-
EiSKS rfrr -ailAttend National
price* back to the June, 1946, level
and reinstate the 0. P. A.
.Three candidate* are running
alone for the aecreUry, treasurer,
and parliamentarian position*
Lauren D. Hobba of Pecos is eoie
secretarial candidate; E. 0. Cour-
tade of Waco is unopposed in the
treasurer's slot; and T. C Bn n
nan is running without opposition
for parliamentarian.
There is no candidate for ser
geant-at-arms. ;
ReaulU of the election will be
announced tn tomorrow's issue of
The Battalion.
US Robot Plane
Hits 1700 Mph;
Beats Sound
By ROBRRT S. BALL
(Staff Correspondent of The
Detroit Newt)
(Copyright. 1947. by The Detroit
News)
3 Faculty Members
ASME Conference
FREIGHT RATES UP 19%
WASHINGTON, Oct 9—(AP)
-A 10 per cent emergency freight | »nompaon, vut-c
rate irtfreeae amounting to f?w),-1 nfian of the South TSRSS
0. H. Tbompaon, vice<hair^
aao-
lonel:
Irginia Coast whe:
Advisory Committ
cs (NACA) has a
island
re the
eiy
|whei
mittee for
■■mall
000,000 annually has been granted tion of tho American Society
to the Nation's Rallreada, which 0 f Mechanical Knfineera, ac-
IfCt MotSfy*^ b# °* t lnt °l 0 «"'F« n ^ by C. f.
RXPICT U.B. APPROVAL
LAKK IUCCR8S, Oet. 9 (AIM
* A leading delegate te the Untied {
Ha Mail aeaembiy reported today
he hed been teki by a high state
department official that tM Uni
ted State* would support the pro
tamal far partition of Paleetlm
"with perhaps a few modiflea-
Uetta,".
■Crawford,
al engineering
H. Brwln, In-
DR 14 PHBC
DALLAS. Oct 9 -(AP) A
young Mexican woman whe toll 1
official* her fether had sold hoi
to a 90-year oki Coraicana Negro
ex-convict for 14 peaos, left ken
by bus for Mexico Tuesday night
r DOUBTS
HOUR
of bacheti
TQN. C
i-noloftii
in a fu
"BUG" WARPABE
Oet. 9 -(AP)—U«
rieal warfare aa e
weapon in a future war was dis
counted here by Dr. W. Alber*
> Noyaa, Jr.. President of the Ameri
can Chemical Society He aaid it
would not be used "unlees the user
nation ta back up against a wait."
* OREGON NIXES SALES TAX
PORTLAND, ORE, Oct 9 (AP»
—Oregon voters for the fifth time
in 14 yean rejected a sale* tax
and aleo turned down a 2-cent-a-
pack cigaret tax bv decisive mar
gins in a special aMCtion.
JOHN MEYER ARRESTED
NEW YORK. Oct P-(AP)-
John W. Meyer, press agent for
Howard Hughes, was anuated in
Ei Morocco night dub yesterday
on a warrant iaeuod in a paternity
^ action, and waa rdteaaod a short
time later under tMO bail.
head of the mechunical
department, and B
it rue tor of mechanical engineering,
the 1947 National Cpafer-
the American Society of
■9lhMMP llftaMn tn Houston,
Oetobor 1-1.
Tho conference waa held la die
sum new material*, refining pro-
fee*, and tranaportation of oil and
go* over the United State*. Craw
ford stated that many active mem
bar* of the American Society o(
Mechanical Engineers were A. 4
M. graduates.
Although ronducted primarily
for the benefit of oil and gas com
panies of Text* and Oklahoma,
many companies from South and
Central America wore represented
hiring the 4-day period.
The conference wo* concluded
with a banquet in the Rice Hotel.
Mwvemor Beauford H. Jester wo*
he speaker for the banquet, his
subject being "State Ownership of
CLEVELAND, Oct 9 (AP)-
American robot rocket planes have
crashed the sonic barrier at biie
tering speeds in the neighborhood
of 1,700 miles an hour, a high gov
ernment official revealed today.
The night* have been carried on
for months from a
off the Vi:
National A
Aeronautics
experiment station.
This. disclosure of American
progress in the field of supersonic
flight, which is flight faster than
the spaed of sound—was prompted
by pubBeation Wednesday of
counts from England of the 900-
mile-an-hour flight of pilotless
rocket craft
As in the English experiments
the American rocket ships *r»
launched at high altitude from
faat-flying bomber. Their controls
are pre-aot to send thorn diving
Into tho sea after a flight ofiT
to 90 miles.
PUBLISHED m THE IffTlREST OF A CHEATER A AM COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Affttud), TEXAS, THURSDAY. OCTOBER «. 1947
Commies ExpeHdf
From Chile For
Plot Against US i
SANTIAGO, Chile, Oct. 9 (AP)
Two Yugoslav diplomats, accused
by the Chilean government of fo
menting, on onion from home, a
Communiet campaign agalnri the
United Htatoe and hemisphere sol
idarlty, were expelled from Chile
last night.
An official statement said the
two men—Andrej Cunia, Yugoslav
Charge d*Affaires, and Dallbor Ja-
case, secretary of the Yugoelav
egation In Buenos Aires, a visitor
in Santiago- were acting fur the
new communist international head
quarters In Belgrade and had re
ceived Instruction* to:
"A. Intensify and coordinate a
campaign against the United
States of America In order to in
duce the greater Democratic ele
ments to join Soviet strategy
against the Western Dcmocrade*.
"B. Attack the policy of conti-
nental defense
“C. Develop a
production, ei
slowing work or causing strikes
and conflict* in industries pro
ducing raw materials."
Cunja and Jakaaa were token by
automobile to Mendoxa, Argentina,
just across the border.
It was announced officially just
before midnight that President Ga
briel Gonsales Videla had notified
President Juan D. Peron of Ar
gentina of his action to “counter
balance the energetically revolu
tionary plan of the Communist
party" and that Peron had inform
ed Gonzales Videla that he would
take the necessary steps to “de
fend Argentine sovereignty."
Officials aaid Foreign Miniater
Vergara Donoao told the Yugo
slavs they had "seriously infring
ed the hospitality of our country
and acted against its independence
with subvandve alms."
Number 43
Telemetering device# installed
the robot automatically transmit
pertinent data to obaarveiu aloft
and on the grqjund Radar alao D
uaed to track the racket plane
throughout Ha brief but im
tional flight.
"It will not bo many months lie
fore wo have a piloted ahwatt
break through the sonic barrier
(710 mile* an hour at 90.000 feet),
although he will be flying a turbo
jet plan* with a rocket booat." the
government spokesman said.
p a plan of sabotage
i, either by means of
Orchestra, Cadets To
Play in Stage Show
At Guion Hall Nov. 1
Bookings Taken in Music Hall For;
Aggiclandcrs on (JirinlniUM Jaunt
Tha Singing Csdata slid AfgUUtnd Orcheatra will begin
*4748 am ‘ifif ■(■
the '47>'4l aaa*on bn November 1 with a *Uge *how at
(iuion Hall BUI Turner, director, announced yenterdiy.
The Singing Cadet*, beginning the year with it* record
enrellmest of 69 members, meet every afternoon from 6 to 6
■ I 4'» I i*4lfi the Muelc Hall across from
George’s Confectionary.
The ch
JUNIOR CLAMS OFFICERS—Offlrem of this year's Junior
Claaa are, left to right: JOHN E. ORE of Bryan, preaktrat;
JACK 8CX)TT of Borger, secretary-treaeurer; and DON RAM-
FAR of Hhrtaer. vice-president
What’s Cooking?
Batin in Ramp F. C
Walton, Hart Hall*
Utility Companies
21 Praise Calculator
it current network
itina board located In Hoi-
according to L. M. Haupt, Islxira
lory director and profoaaor of eloc
trieal engineering
The latent Innovation In tho
elect rieal engineering department
ha* been In constant use since
June, 1947 and has a foil schedule
up to January, 1941, Haupt stated.
Utility companies have been using
the device In studying electric
power distribution end transmis
sion.
Letters have been received re
cently from Texas Electric Rer-
i. 7 p. m,.
AcademU
vice Company and Community
„ Public Service Company, both of
Battalion* "'ll be ln ] Fort Worth, exprtasing pleasure
y, .y*? ton H *l! **** tn J*amp over result* obtained and aasia-
C. Hart HaU, accord.ng to Roland t.nee and service rendered.
Biiu;. manager of student publi H» g p t u dirwrtl , pK.-, ^
f “ ,,on, • the calculator, assisted by R. D.
, , _ . Battalions will continue te be Cbenoweth. operator, and gradu-
Landa and Reeoarces Underlying placed in Ramp* 1, Law and Pur-1 ate atudents W. J. Kolb and C. W
the Marginal Sea." .. I year Hell. Wendlandt.
Chemist, Born in Old Gathrite
Makes First Visit Since 1911
By VICK L1NDLEY 1 names from the cornerstone of the
The 4*11, grey-haired man bent old chapel, now imbedded in the
over to read the inscription on the wall of Hart.
PRINTERS LASH BACK
SAN FRANCISCO, Oet. 9 (APj-
Woodruff Randolph, president of
the AFL International Typogiui
phtcal Union, aaid today the Ameri
can Newapaper Publishers
elation overstepped its authority
when it filed chargee of Taft-
Hartley AeV. violations against his
. NEW DALLAS PAPl l<
Austin, tex.. ocv 9 -(AP)
—Welcoming the Wall Street
Journal to Texas, Gov. Beauford
H. Jester aaid "tho south west
could receive no finer roeofnition
than. wo Wall Itrert IWIMre
^MMS 1» eotsbliehlng | eoulh-
wv*tern odllton ^
Jeetor imM ho was mfofaMi m
JaumaL Nalianal buolnoe# noWa-
paper, I* eotobllahlng • edathweaG
ern eiltlon In Dallas, with tho fiHt
a lthm to ha pHstod an nr ahaut
nrah I.
FARMERS g»vh pi rdob '
WASIUNOTON, Oft. 9 -(A9)-
Uadore af 'three majar ft
C nleatloM hava pledged Pres!-
m Truman "IIO per eant eaeaer
Ittnn" In the drive to mva t^M at
ham* to cn4#,to feed hungry
iueufeaha. 1
The pledge of tooperaUaa waa
extended to Mf. Tmmai' bp Albert
' 8. Goes, master of the national
grange; Bdward A. OVeal pre«i
dent af the American Farm Bureae
Federation, and Quentin T
t president of the National
of Farmer Cooprfativet
stone: "Site of Gathrite Hall, First
College Building."
“This is where I was born ” he
said softly.
It's the truth. Dr. William T.
sad. chemist in the research and
velopment section of the general
staff, 1). S. Army, was bom on the
campus of A. A M. College in old
^Gathrite Hall while that building
was being used aa a home for fac
ulty and staff. The year was 1R84.
The college consisted of few build
ings, for even Austin and Pfeiffer
had not yet been built Today they
are tha oldest buildings on the
campus, Gathrite having been tom
down some years ago.
Dr. Bead's father, Dr. Jaeeph D.
Read, was the flret college phy
sieian here. A Civil War Confed
erate veteran, he waa a strict dis-
ripllnarian, One* ho a mated cadet*
by taking hold of a rifle and Mall*
N hits aut of a possible 97, "I
A. A M. waa aa military as a
fort in those days. Read remarked.
Bugle calls sounded all day long,
including the beginning and end
ing of each claaa hour. Cadets _
driilod every day. atood sentry duty ^ he Uught "ch^miatry at Yak
at night Clad in grey uniform*. WM head of the chemistry
they marched to daaaes and to the at Texas Tech, then
department at Texaa Tech,
then for thirteen years
made many additional visit* to
AAM up until 1911, when he at
tended a Til football game here
Then, having graduated from Aus
tin and done advance work at Tex
as, he left the aouthsreat for Har
vard.
After receiving his doctor's do
ing 94 bits out of • possible 1*7. "I
had four yoare' iiraotoei, Ml te
14" he explained Dr. Read's ha.
pltei, 9 ono-ltery woaden build-
inf, was located not far from the
praoont Infinaarp,
A forgotten bit af
•1**1, then la aaa, waa "glm-
rider, for • altekal who pro*
loaded te W III. The word wa*
If ted from Vlrclala MIIHary
IneUlute, where the roltego doe-
ter had a horoo aamod QlaWi
aa which •todenta loo IN te walk
^ m m m 1 a — m h- ^^d m I
WWFw »BrriWfi 441 Ira#
Dr. Road visited the campus this
week for the first time since 1911.
He recalled that the college then
had a ehaplaht, who preached in
the old chapel. The cadet corps
old mess hail
Austin and Foster Halls and tha
old Chapel were constructed while
Dr. Read was a child on the cam-
E a. The only other permanent
ildii
(now
ing) the meas hall and the shop.
The aider Dr. Reed bad the
ealy telephone at the railage, aa
Ihat he could reach Bryan la
ease af amergearjr. There was
a* stfh eommaallr aa C*lt*i»
tilatiea-jaat Ike railraad station.
In thaae day* the annual Corps
Trip waa not te footlnill famo*. out
to Dallaa for the Texaa State Fair
The whole battalion would go. One*
• cadet folgncd siekneea, then sud
denly realised that la * few hours
the carpi would Inara for Dallaa.
coos la ted of on*
commandant eras Li Guy Carto-
of Hart Hall to
iflkaj
old familiar
dean of the chemistry school
Rutgers University. Four of his
X wr. fUthrlL. (ILI M.in Pap,,, nOW hM<U ° f C0,fc « r
were OaUirite, (Id Main japurtmente, one of them at Uni-
present Academic Build- v .Lri tv n #
the mesa hall and the shon* f Mou, “ m
me mesa sail amt me .nop. A-A.M-Taxa. football
game, were covered by Dr. Road
a. special correspondent for the
Houston Chronicle, when hr was
a TV student. a*d s member of
the Texan staff. He covered the
famous game at Houston In 1904
when riot* broke out after Taxaa
won, d 0, by using the brand-now
forward pass
Bui Dr Read rememhors an oven
earlier AAM football team that
earn* te Austin Callofe in INI.
S iring Ike old laced ranvasaed
lets, Ground waa gained ertty
rushing, and reporter, covering
game Itead about five ytrw
behind tho fullback It was safe,
herauae player* never ran. They
juet pushed.
This week, aa Dr. Read waa «•
rocted around the campus, remi
niscences poured out a* old scenes
were passed. Such names as Sbiaa,
Puryear. Rom, Nagle. Mark Fran
cla. moan fleeh-and blood people
to him. not buiUMnga. .
Looking at Sully Baas' statae.
Dr. Read remarked, "tfe a
He "rarararad" kurriodlv, but eM
Ah JmsI rapt Mm In bed until
• km IramA mill to Bra trakraM ftkra rratlmRrtoit
ugeto i•• o raiiniirap, ^Fra™*. weeN e^rfirav^rai
ondet wne turned teeee juet in time
for the to#
Once • major disaster was avert
ed when Cadet Bustamente, neph
#w of the famous Mexican general,
assured other cadets that If they
went ahead ewr ttrad • cannon
that steed in Urn hall of Old Main,
the building would fall down on
their he.ii- Hu-tameoto had seen,
in Meatee, what damage a cannon
could do.
The Readp left the AAM
pua In I
legc.
AGGIE WIVES CIRCLE (Meth
odist Church), 4 p. m., Monday,
Home of Mrs. Don Riddle at Rock
Court
AUSTIN CLUB, 7:90 p. at,
Thursday, Room 109, Academic
Building.
BAYTOWN CLUB, 7:90 p. m
Thursday, Room 100, Aeademi
■nfldlag.
BRAZOS VALLEY KENNKL
(t.l'H, spohaoring dog show. Octo-
berll 1 p. m„ Animal Husbandry
COOKE COUNTY CLUB, 7
Thursday, Room Ml
Building.
DALLAS AAM CLUB, 7:M p
m., Thursday, Y Chapel.
DEI. RIO CLUB, Following yell
practice Thursday, Reading Room
»f YMCA. •
GARDEN CLUB, 4 p. m., Fri
day YMCA.
INTERNATIONAL CLUB, For-
eign Student*, 7:90 p. m., Thurs
day. Room 10, C. K. Building.
TRANS-PECOS CLUB, 7 p. m.,
Thursday, Room 229, Academic
Building.
RIO GRANDE CLUB. 7:90 p. m.
Thursday. Council Room, YMCA.
VETERANS' WIVES BRIDGE
CLUB, 7:80 p. m., Thursday,
YMCA.
QUARTERBACK CLUB. 7:30 p
m.. Thursday, Assembly Hall.
DE MOLAY ORDER, Faculty
and student holders of Chevalier
Order, 7:30 p. m., Thursday.
JOHNSON COUNTY A AM
CLUB, 7:80 p. m., Thursday, Room
:U)d, Academic Building.
NAVARRO COUNTY A. A M
CLUB, 7:80 p. m„ Thursday, Room
224, Academic Building.
BADMINTON CLUB. 7 p
Monday and Friday, Gym.
HANDBALL CLUB, 5 p. m.,
Tuesday and Thursday, Physical
Education Office. -
TEXARKANA CLUB. 7:30 p.
m.. Thursday, Room 204, Academic
Building.
DISCUSSION AND DEBATING
CLUB, 7:90 p. m., Tuesday, Room
824, Academic Building. Organisa
tional meeting. All student! elig
ible.
SAN ANGELO AAM CLUBr
7:80 p. m., Thursday, Room 812,
Agricultural Building.
SAN ANTONIO CI.UB, 7:10 p.
m.. Thursday, Room 109 Ac. Bldg.
GREENBELT AAM CLUB, 8:80
fts tll*| Thursday, Youngblood's.
Barbecue.
DENTON COUNTY A. A M.
CLUB, 7:90 p. m« Thursday, Room
109. Goodwin Hall.
YOUNG. BAYLOR, and ARCH-
KB COUNTY CUim. 7:10 p. m. 1
Thursday, Boom 1*7, Aeademis
Bulk! ing
WTAW WORKSHOP, 7 p. m
Thursday, Studio A, Ailmlnlstra
Reid and Buechner
Join Fish and Game
Department Staff
Cecil W. Reid and Helmut
K. Buechner have been ap
pointed Inatructora In the
Fiah and Game Department
Dr. W. B. Deris, head of the Fiah
and Game Department announced
JEhigL'
•nrfir# tit |g rP# lit
from A. AM. In H
he w
lilt Wholiir
Flak and
1941; at that time
WaftNiaade an Inatruetor hare
and held this position until he en
tered the N*vy In November, 1941
Upon discharge from the Navy/
February, 194A, Reid became i
filiated with the Tegas Fiah and
Game (’ommlsslon in Austin, where
he was in charge of the anti-water
pollution program.
Reid returned to A. A M. Sept
1 a. assistant professor In the
department.
Buechner received his bachelor
of science degree from the New
York College of Forestry In 1941;
two years later he received his
master of science degree from A.
A M. in Wildlife Conservation.
Before joining the teaching staff
in the Fish and Gam* Department
here, Buechner spent 15 months
studying the pronghorn antelope
in the Trans-Pecos area of Texaa.
F A Committee
Sees Prairie View
Ag School, Campus
committee of seniors
from the A. -v M. FKA Chap
ter, composed of Jeff Davit,
Roy Dumr, Roy Sims, and
Ptalon fEGL visited Prairie
View A. A M. Collage Tuesday
afternoon, October 7.
George L. Smith, director of ag
riculture, and Oscar J. Thomas,
.tate advisor for the New Farmers
of America, directed the commit
tee through the school of agricul
ture and on a tour of the campus.
Smith stated that there are 298
students enrolled in the school of
agriculture, all of whom are from
Texas;
these i
cultura
very cloeety to that of A. A M
Prairie View will graduate cIom
to 44 students from the school of
agrteultur* this year.
I’rairie Vlaw graduate held
sponsible positions throughout Tex-
as as well m in other states, Nine
ty-eight per cent of tho if*) high
’ i, 'h'Hii vocational agriculture de
partment! are eupervlaod htf Prai
rie View graduates, and t
all of the Negro KxtoMl
•■pertinent station
'Item Mrt* eehuol.
uuure, an oi wnom are irons
i; approximately 60% of
are veterans. With an agri-
re curriculum corresponding
The choral group went to Grape-
lend laat week-end to sing at the
Goober Festival, with the neat
trip planned for December 4 to
TfCw. Other trips will be token
to North Texas State', College at
Denton, San Antonio, Fort Worth,
and Dallas. The latter four trip#
are sponsored by the A. A M.
Mothers' Clubs of the respective
cities.
At the Grapeland Goober Festi
val the Cadets presented a pro*,
gram of seven tonga, including the
Ukranian "Carol of the Bell*, the
Negro spirituals “Dry Bones",
"Nobody Knows the Trouble Pve
Seen", and "Set Down, Servant";
"The Erie Canal"; "I'd Rather Be
a Texaa Aggie"; and "The Spirit
of Aggieiand".
Additional entertainment waa
furnished by a barbershop quartet
composed of Tommy Gould. Ralph
Wheat, Bob Stinson, and Helmut
Quiram. They sang “It's a Sin to
Tell t Lie" and “Winter Wonder
land". The quartette will appear
on several campus programs this
year, i
Baaktos the duo-program of No
vember 1, the Singing Cadets and
Aggieiand Orchestra will perform
the following week-end on another
stage show. On November 24 be
fore the bonfire, they will be fea
tured In the Pigskin Review on
the stage of Guion Hall.
Roth teral and outride talent
will be obtained for the rampaa
\ &M teams Judjje
At Livestock Show
M. Will send two judging
to t he Inter • Col leg ta to
A A
teams 1 fo;; In* Inter
Judging Contests of tho American
Royal Livestock Show at Kansas
city, Octofor II, according to Dr.
J. C. Milter, head of the animal
husbandry department.
Twenty judging tea me from the
1 “ - -- - -r
mvrH it
tending Aa
in agricultural col-
Four Christmas data* have al-
reedy been booked by the Aggie
iand Orchestra for their annua)
holiday tour throughout the state.
Twe dance* have been arranged
at Wichita Falla ok December M-
I4| they will play at Brawn wood
nit December 25, and at Ran Angelo
oh December 24. J*.
Club* desiring the Aggielandm
for their Christmas dances can
contact Tifiter in the Muelc Hall.
SMITH STILL CHAIRMAN
AUSTIN, Tex., Oet. 9 (AP)—
R. E. Smith of Houston, chairman
of the Good Neighbor Commission
through recent month* of stormy
criticism, today was again chair
man of the reorganised group.
leges will offer the Aggie team*
keen competition, Dr. Miller stated.
The meats judging team te being
coached by 0. D. Buter, professor
of animal husbandry, while the
livestock judging team te coached
by Bill Warten, alto professor of
animal husbandry.
The livestock judging teem spent
two days at the Dallaa State Fair
the past where they judged
some 25 dattas of show animals.
This team is now composed of 16
men, but will be cut to 4 members
fqr the trip to the American Royal
Livestock Show.
Jttt k n Pantry Shop
Open.at North Gat«»
Jack's Pastry Shop, owned and
operated by Jack Cash, Is a new
buaineM opened at the North Gate
*to give better service and be five
mites closer to the people of Col
ife Station.
Cash caters to special orders and
occasions and always has a com
plete line of pastries, including
cakes, pies, cookies, and bread. He
plane to nerve hot doughnut* in
the afternoons as soon as cool
weather arrives.
m.,
Town Hall Opens October 13
With Met Star, Frances Greer
ia Ml,
the
.doctor
physician at Auatin Col
in. The younger
beard
a trite
pink checks.
always ea the go."
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i BulUtng.
Kmrinoor Kxpvrlment
[ylcf-Dtrector Ntmed
Dr. A. W. Melloh, formerly aseo-
elated with the Rtromburf i srl
son Corporation, Roehrater, New
York, wee recently appointed to
the position of vtee-direelor of tho
A. A M. Engineering Esperiment
Station.
Melloh received hie doctor's de
gree from the Univenity of Min-
During the
ing
the naval underwater research
oratortea.
with
By David Seligmaa
From church choir singer in a
■mall American town to prima-
donna at the Met is a jump which,
though not exactly common, ia
geUing to be more end more a
part of the career-pattern of Am
erica’s young opera stars and con
cert arttete. Juet such an example
Francos Greer, a leading sop
rano in the grand opera field, who
Ul eppear on the stage of Guion
Hall October 11 to open the 1947
Town Hell aeriee.
Strictly e "mad* In America"
artist, she received her flret lea-
•one In voice from her fatlwv. Her
eueeeeding training, though en
tirely done by outstanding vole#
Instructors, took place in thte
eountry,
A southerner by birth (In •
small Arkansas town) Mica Greer
graduated from Louisiana State
University sum laud White there
she geined experience by elnging
tn the New Orteana Opera Fteat-
as Her Ml were such rate* a*
Violetta Jto U Trevlaia ><nd Cte
Cio San In Madame Butterfly.
In the fall season of 1941 she
made her Metropoilten debut as
Mueetto in L* Bake**. Critic* pre
dicted that Franeoe Greer was her*
to stay-
in contradiction to the general
conception that a pood opera sing-
or muat have body svolrdupon to
have body tone quality, Mite Greer
te a shapely 12. Keeping trim te
such n strenuous task that aha
one* mad* tkie statement: "What
retire fn 4
the eendy I
FRANCKS GRRKR
do 1 waryt t* do when I
my cereetT Cat all 4
wnntt M
||| lift |n MmAs immiaSkAm B9 MM »-> t-mu
mm in N#w * wvmeMPi w
Greet hae eung com* 40 different.
rtiU* rate* in 400 appearances
te ineltdN a tour of Europe
he LIU symphony aa eolotet
after her graduation. Hor music
I'mtructor al LRV was the famous
MetrolHillton baritone Faequate
Eyas and Sammertiase. She hat
starred in tha Memphis Open Air
Theater, singing leads in such op
erettas as Tha New Muon, Roberta,
Naughty Marietta, and Rio Rita.
Her wide range of talent account*
for her frequent appearance on
radio network shows—more than a
thousand to data.
This ia Frances Greer’s third
transcontinental tour. She is an
old trouper when It comes to trav
eling performances. With tha
Charles L. Wegner travelling bp-
era company eho appeared thirty-
ran times in La Bokeme aad
jht Canadian appearances In
Taranto and Montreal. In the latter
city, Miss Greer's In iUalaerfu nu
ance* aa CharubiM In The Mar
riage af Fliara were made with
Sir Thomas Beeeham, who selected
hor to appear in tho I94A Montreal
Festival
i<Der
T?ll
On# of tho greatest thrills In
Ufo wne her pivftvnniw# af
teande In Pvltena MM Melts-
Ifh
Versatile enough to alng gar,
landing rotee of light opera ka ef
fectively aa thoee of grand opera's
tragic heieteoa, Miae Greer treats
audwacea to such all-time fav-
oritea
Gets in Year
Melisani
•nd# In the opera's ftml Rngl
preaentatten with Maurice (leeter-
Ithdk, author of the piny (mualr
by Debuaay) In the nudtewre.
Thte opera te the only on* ah*
te perttei to, usually ah* te enrried
away by any part she portrays end
•Inline te have no favorite. .
With such talent m France*
Greer peeaeoeee, Town Hell goer*
mm woll expect • top performance
on T October 11 wMi^gM
Guion Hall,
with hor sppeeranee in