ASSRAB Rims Amuck in Sbisa Hail
Architects In Song Title Costumes
Turn Out Some Unusual Spectacles
‘So You Know A&M?’
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ORDINANCE NO. 124
PROHIBITING THE OPERATION OF
ANY DEVICE, MACHINE, APPARATUS
OR INSTRUMENT TO INTENSIFY OR
AMPLIFY OR REPRODUCE THE HU
MAN VOICE OR ANY OTHER SOUND
ON ANY PUBLIC STREET OR IN ANY
BUILDING WHEREBY THE SOUND
THEREFROM IS CAST DIRECTLY UPON
THE PUBLIC STREETS IN THE CITY
OF COLLEGE STATION TO PRESERVE
THE QUIET AND GOOD ORDER OF
THE CITY AND TO PREVENT THE
DISTURBANCE OF PERSONS OWNING,
USING, OR OCCUPYING PROPERTY
ADJACENT TO THE PUBLIC STREETS;
PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE
VIOLATION THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE
STATION, TEXAS:
Section 1. That it shall be unlawful
for any person to use or operate, or cause
to be used or operated, any mechanical
or electrical device, machine, apparatus or
instrument to intensify or to amplify or
to reproduce the human voice, or any
other sound, on any public street within
the corporate limits of the City of College
Station.
Section 2. That it shall be unlawful for
any person to use or operate, or cause to
be used or operated, any mechanical or
electrical device, machine, apparatus or in
strument to intensify or to amplify or to
reproduce the human voice, or to produce,
reproduce, intensify or amplify any other
sound, in any building or on any premises
in the City of College Station, whereby
the sound therefrom is cast directly upon
the public streets or places or where
such device is maintained and operated
for advertising purposes or for the pur
pose of attracting the attention of the
passing public, or which is so placed or
operated that the sounds coming there
from can be heard to the annoyance or
inconvenience of travellers upon any street
or public place, or of persons in neigh
boring premises.
Section 3. The purpose of this ordi
nance is to prevent any noise in, on or
near any public street which is reasonably
calculated to disturb the peace and good
order of the neighborhood or of persons
owning, using or occupying property ad
jacent to such public streets.
Section 4. That every person convicted
of the violation of this ordinance shall be
punished by a fine of not more than
$100.00.
Section 5. Each day on which such
violation of this ordinance occurs shall
constitute a separate offense, punishable
as herein prescribed.
Section 6. Since the peace and good
order within the city is now disturbed by
the amplification of sound from equipment
on trucks operating on city streets, and
since no measures are available to stop
such disturbance, an emergency exists and
is hereby declared to exist, and the rule
requiring that ordinances be read at three
successive meetings is hereby suspended,
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“Nuts! The whole school is nuts”
said a visitor to the campus Sat
urday night as the ASABAB crowd
was materializing.
And any normal, well-balanced
person would have believed it if
he had been treated to the same
sight. Huge mottled fowls, over
sized walking cigarettes, six-foot
six babies, Arabian sheiks, and
German sgldiery strutted uncon
cernedly here and there in a back
ground that not even the most lib
eral would call “academic.”
It was a scene which if repro
duced in the right places would
have done more for the WCTU
cause than any amount of saloon
chopping. It was the perfect
drunk’s delerium.
Sbisa Hall’s decor consummated
the madness. The path of entry
led through a door broken in an
oversized phonograph record down
a long, serpentine passage done up
to represent Tin Pan Alley—tin
pans littered the floor. At one
stop a blackamoor was asking
Richard to open the door. The
Goddess Terpsichore perched in a
tree, and gigantic musical notes
hovered in the air all through the
hall.
While the Prairie View Sep
tet twanged and tooted in the
approved professional way, the
assembled architects of the col
lege swayed and careened in the
Dali-esque setting of their an
nual Beaux Arts Ball. The song
title theme for this year’s fes
tivities accounted for everything
from light opera to American
folk music in the way of haber
dashery.
Cecil K. Smith as “The Barber
of Seville” at one point unleashed
his razor to give Oscar Stewart’s
“Great Speckled Bird” a once over
lightly. Marilyn Johnston of San
Angelo as “Madame Butterfly”
tripped the light fantastic with
Richard Baldwin who came as “The
Twelfth Street Rag” rather than
Lt. Pinkerton, Butterfly’s usual be
loved.
Mrs. W. G. Rucker came as
“Paper Doll” and went away with
first prize in the ladies’ division.
Her outfit was crepe paper and
cellophane of many hues and en-
twinings. ,
Mrs. Ann Crook, following the
“Bird in a Gilded Cage” motif,
trapped the second prize among
the ladies. The “Grandfather’s
Clock” escorting her was Jack
Crook, the president of the Archi
tectural Society. He swears that
his affiliation with her had noth
ing to do with her winning except
insofar as he helped her with her
costume.
First prize among the men
went simultaneously to Jimmy
Gatton and Fred Buxton. They
were “Frankie and Johnnie,”
Frankie (Sinatra) and his out
house (John, get it?).
Second prize was given to Oscar
Stewart who warmly portrayed
Roy Acuff’s “Great Speckled Bird”.
The bird was a tall, gold and green
structure that prevented Stewart
and this ordinance shall be in full force
and effect beginning March 1, 1949.
Passed, approved and ordered published
on this the 16th day of February A.D. 1949.
ERNEST LANGFORD
Mayor
ATTEST:
n. m. McGinnis
City Secretary
LIT ABNER
When It Gotta Go It Gotta Go
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from dancing, sitting or breathing.
Also rans were “Two Cigarettes”
by Mr. and Mrs. J. G\ Carroll,
“Right in der Fuhrer’s Face” by
Emmett Trant, “Bicycle Built For
Two” by Charlie Murray and Bet
ty Ballerstedt, “Twelfth Street
Rag” by Richard Baldwin, “Mam
my” by C. M. Boatwright, “Sheik
of Araby” by George Brown, “How
Deep is the Ocean” by Jack Simth
and “Woody Wood Pecker” by W.
G. Rucker.
Jack Cross arrived in black face
as “Old Black Joe” while his wife
came as “Green Eyes.” David
Faulkner dressed himself up in a
short white robe and brought a
wooden harp to personify “Little
David Play on Your Harp.” His
wife, Dorothy, looked as if she
had fallen asleep on her side while
sunbathing. She represented “Night
and Day”, one side of her face and
body being black, the other white.
Billie Wales weirdly told us
that hg was “The Ghost of Bar
rel House Joe” and we believe
him. His face was as pale as ala
baster with deep ebony lines and
his pate was covered over with
some more white stuff. His black
suit set the thing off so effective
ly that we steered clear of him
all evening.
W. R. “DeDe” Mathews appear
ed to have lost everything in a
poker game but “Beer Barrel Pol
ka” explained his beer barrel cos
tume. He danced with the cum-
brance around him.
Sut Matthews, his wife, was a
breath of the Old West as “Pistol
Packin’ Mamma.”
S. M. Gibson’s striped get up
and his ball and chain proclaimed
him a “Prisoner of Love,” while
his wife, Betty, brought “School
Days, Dear Old Golden Rule Days”
to life with her short dress and
school girl accountrements.
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the pictures as easy to tag as
the Blacksmith’s Shop’s weather-
vane. If so, everyone in the school
would be eligible for the first
prize “Boot” lighter.
The form for this week’s pictor
ial quiz may be found on the
back page. After you’ve written
in the location of the ornate vase
pictured today, clip out the blank
and keep it handy until its com
pletion Friday.
In the event additional space is
available for the contest’s photos,
two pictures may be featured in
one day’s paper. So don’t quit after
finding and identifying one un
named object; cruise on through
the Batt’s pages in the standard
Easter-egg hunt style. The printed
entry allows sufficient space to
give the information concerning
both photos in the correct-day’s
space.
The prizes are waiting; just keep
looking. And you’ll be able to
prove that you do know A&M.
The Battalion
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1949
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BUSINESS SERVICES
HAVE your themes, thesis, typed by ex-
• perts. Phone 2-6705. THE SCRIBE
SHOP, 1007 E. 23rd.
TYPING done at home. Phone 4-9448.
Duplex at College Main and Clay.
LOST AND FOUND
LOST—K.E. slide rule in black case bear
ing name “J. C. Fails 6-219” in side top.
Number can be furnished. Address any
reply to above A Flight. Reward! Jerry
Nemec free show at Campus.
FOR SALE
FOR SALE—1948 Philco advanced design
refrigerator, Model 885. 8 cu. ft. capa
city with freezer locker, humidity con
trol. Used 8 months. 20% off list price.
R. B. Mayes, Apt. C-3-A, College View.
What’s Cooking
A&M RADIO CLUB, 7:15 p.m.,
Monday, Room 102, Electrical En
gineering Building.
AGGIE RUTH CIRCLE, 7:30 p.
m., Tuesday, D-5-Y, College View.
AGGIE WIVES CIRCLE, A&M
Methodist Church, 7:30 p.m.,
Tuesday, home of Mrs. Ferris Bak
er, 210 Foster St., College Hills.
BUSINESS SOCIETY, 7:30
p.m., Tuesday, YMCA Chapel.
INTER-COLLEGIATE DE
BATE, 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Room
325 Academic Building. Organiza
tional Meeting.
NEWMAN CLUB, 7:15 p.m.,
Monday, Basement, St. Mary’s
Chapel.
PORT ARTHUR A&M CLUB,
7:30, p.m., Thursday, Room 225,
Academic Building.
PRE-LAW SOCIETY 7:15 p. .m.
Monday, Assembly Room, YMCA
RANGE AND FORESTRY
CLUB, 6:30 p.m., Monday, Third
Floor, Agricultural Engineering
Building.
SAM 7:30 p. m. Tuesday Room
301, Goodwin Hall.
SAM WIVES, rather than SAM
as previously announced, Tuesday
7:30 p. m. Solarium YMCA.
SOCIOLOGY CLUB, 7:30 p.m.,
Tuesday, Room 6, Agricultural
Building.
TEXAS AGGIE' RODEO ASSO
CIATION, Monday night, Library,
AI Building.
FOR SALE—Pair senior boots, 9%D with
accessories. Boot pants, 32 waist. Very
reasonable. Box 284, F. E. Thomas
Crittenton Alderson free pass to Campus.
FOR SALE—1940 Ford deluxe 4-door se
dan—$500.00. Phone 4-8771.
MISCELLANEOUS
LADIES, let me do your spring sewing.
College View, D-8-B.
HAVE room for 3 girls from Vet Village
to Bryan. Hours 8 to 5. Call Mrs. Haass,
City Hall. Phone 2-2055.
CHIROPRACTOR
Geo. W. Buchanan, D.C.
COLONIC X-RAY
805 E. 28th St.
Phone 2-6243
SEAT COVERS
Plastic or Straw
JOHNSON’S
UPHOLSTERY SHOP
Back of “Eagle” Office
Bryan, Texas
Phone 2-1232
EXPERT SHOE REPAIRS
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Southside
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beautiful flowers in stock.
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any time.
AGGIELAND FLOWER SHOP
North Gate
Phone 4-1212
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North Gate Phone 4-8531
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North Gate Phone 4-8531
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BALSA WOOD
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SHAFFER’S BOOK STORE
North Gate
Phone 4-8814
MONOGRAMMED STATIONERY
HALLMARK CARDS
WEDDING INVITATIONS
A complete line of variety store
merchandise
TAYLOR’S VARIETY STORE
North Gate
Shaeffer Pen and Pencil Set
See the handsome “Threesome”
Also colored inks in 8 different
shades.
SHAFFER’S BOOK STORE
North Gate
Phone 4-8814
New York
Cafe
118 S. MAIN
BRYAN
JOHNSON’S
UPHOLSTERY SHOP
SEAT COVERS
Plastic — Straw
Convertible Tops
Back of Eagle Office
BRYAN
FOR THOSE WHO
DEMAND THE BEST . .
College Shoe Repair
North Gate
Eyes Examined and
Glasses Fitted By
DR. JOHN S. CALDWELL
—Office—
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Bryan, Texas
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