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! (of 5 classification, a book sale to^be held In the near
iiriti^h before De-
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t Senate To
inal Meeting
T ! I • ; ,
r mnte will holt) ltd final nu'ctlnjc of thla
ftt 7 In Hbinu Hall, (’ImrloH Kirkhnm,pm-
H unnownciKl. Thin limil m««ti{nrof tho full
ji'ti will bo urecedotl by n banquet at which
Will have tnolf wlvca an gueat* am) anvoral
,Vo been Invited. M
1 Hemline the mrontln will lx* A
report from 1 tho Hcholnrshlp Oortl*
mittee. Bert Hitebrter, commlttM
chairman, will submit the commit*
tee's recommendations for a stu*
dent body sponsored scholarship.
At the Inst Senate meeting, held
earlier this month, the Senate vot*
ed to postpone final decision on
the scholarship plan until the last
meeting. However, the Senate did
vote to establish a Scholarship
Fund with the first money Into the
fund being money gained during
ters
Id To
14 !
tments
15 married
jieeit offered cam-
pccovding to Jkir-
thje housing
n applicants
lavtments at
250 applica-
_ ‘ived by the
d | Boyer. These
offered quar-
achelor Ofli«
: Field. These
niy by twenty-
divided by semi-
rej* rooms which
h ^electricity and
injthe living room
Outlet,
ntji rent for $12
xes furnished
future by the Exchange Store
The Senate will vote upon wheth
er A&M is to enter the TexasTn-
tereollegiate Student’s Association,
a regional association of student
governments. Dan Davis, Student
Senator from the Annex, was elec
ted vice-president of the TISA at
their organizational i meeting held
April 23 in Denton. The TISA will
become an official organization
cer when two-thirds of the twenty-
Oiree schoois present at the orga
nizational meeting ratify the con
stitution. North Texas, TSCW, and
Baylor are among schools who have
already ratified the constitution.
All standing committees of the
Senate will submit a report to bq
read before the Senate of their
, activities this year and their rec-
ddmUor^’fuS ° mmendationR for committe< * next
itelfuite with four.
f 1
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All M|d»i
SVedlti *
uf dol II
featuta
Id includes util*
tmgtov apartmenU
h4th veteran and
)Jfi jjtudonta, Boyer
wsmen
i
m
featl
utmou M
Pur miw
roe hi i
for surtimqi*!!
trlbut sf rei
envek pes,
ments for
each 4f thi
Thej list
eludes i J.
lery; 3. P
Tim Vord
Cushi ig, i fi
Bee
C. C M
Walk sir,
and Eert
nute Pick
Frei
corps ! G,
Iliad
M
ve volvmtwred
t camp report*
dion will moat
n. in the lounge
0. C. M unroe,
The BtttUlloa
meeting, Mun*
to outline' plans
i coverage, i dla*
fpi ns and stamped
. ikjl! make arranges
jinditg Battalions to
campi. ‘ . .
ptans I rail for publl-
‘ k 'i Battalion three
fining the sum-
P«r will be pub-
mcliy, Wednesday,
correspondents In-
(panning, field artil-
coast artillery;
hers; and Frank
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quartermaster;
cavalry; Lamar
at Brooks Field;
air force at Cha-
^i, transportation
tl, ordnance; |L. Q.
Holldbrandt, hriiky security agen-
LahdrUm
cy; C. E. Or
and Ralppj
warfar
Th« J mekir
longe r thi n
concluded.
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aid. signal corpa;
’[infeld, chemical
year. There are eight standing
committees and four Student Life
Committee members elected by tho
Senate ' bringing membership of
the Senate to 42. In addition to
those regular positions numerous
temporary cqmfnlttees have been
Appointed, Several of these tern*
pqrtry committees will submit re*
ports also In order that committees
next year will have something to
go by, Kirkhnm said, ;
A sort of "cnrelnker" Senate will
President F, C. Bolton buys the first block of
tickets for a Cancer Fond Variety Show which is
being written, sponsored, produced and directed
by nine-year-old Richard Reiser of College Sta
tion. Richard has been given free use of the
by owner Ben Ferguson for the
morning production. Richard’s class-
the third grade of Consolidated School
the cast of the show whose aim is to
ey for the current Cancer Fund Drive.
Mayor Gives Corhmendation
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function this summer to humllo
any student governh
‘ rl
... ovornmont buiins*
that might arise,.Ain example oi
tho summertime duties of the Sen
ate Is nsslstlaif the planning and
present at Ion of the lentertnlmnent
program enrHed on nt the drove,
Members of this year's Senate will
work with Keith Allstip, election
Little Man With Big Ideas
To Give Cancer Fund Show
committee cltalrmnm next fall to
conduct elections fol* next year's
Senate positions from dormitories
and housing areas. The elections
will bo held early in October
l)l»turl>ed by reports that Ura-
sos County was not doing so well
on raising Its quota In the Cancer
Fund Drive, Richard Reiser de
cided to do something about It, lie
rented a theatre, organised ami dl*
reeled a group of amateurs for a
snappy variety show, and launched
a tlCKOt-selllng campaign that pro
mises to boost j tho county's cancer
funds appreciably.
Richard Is nine years old today.
He Is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Ray
mond Reiser of College Station.
His father Is n research professor
In the Department of Biochemistry
ami Nutrition, <-
The cast, publicity and sales or-
local civic dubs, enlisting their
support. .)
The whole thing started two
weeks ago, when the diminutive
youngster with his hig Ideas de
cided to raise money fur the
rearer Fund, He pruposillloaed
Hen Ferguson to rent liiim his
CantpuN Theatre for the per-
formnnee, ami did such an ex
cellent Job (hat he aeeutled the
theatre rtoit-free. In order to
Interest the beat talent in ap
pearing nit his show he nijranged
to have the performance broad
cast over WTAW.
Monday ho launched Ids sales
campaign, with groups of! young-
stem offering Bryan and College
efforts of Richard and his group
and calling on all citliens of the
municipality to aupport the ram-
Mgn.
S' I •
Thu show will bo staged Hatur*
day morning at ten,
The mayor's proclnmnilon readst
’"Whereas, rancor Is one of the
most dreaded of scourges, taking
the lives of thousnmls of Americans
dally, nnd
"Whereas, the united effort of
nil cltliena to comhAt this dread
disease Is a "must" In the very
llfo of our nation, nnd
"Whereas, funds with which to
conduct menrch to control and
11 bo hold early In October. gnnizntion as well ns the other stem ohvhuk m,>«n nuui vuuvkv — - ... ,, , •
Bob Smith, secretary of the Sen- gVoups necessary to make such a Station merchants blocks olf tickets miminatc this disease ate needed,
e, Will 0 read the Senate a, com- community drive function are which they! could distribute on n
mendation addressed to the Stw- drawn largely from his own third complimentary basis to thejchildren
of their customers. j
President F. C. Bolton; led off
this campaign by buying ihe first
dent Body from the Council of the grade group at; Consolidated School
Association of Former Students just off the campus.
for A&M’s winning Southwest Con- Richard wrote his own Script, j ,
ferenee Sportsmanship Award this planned the show and is directing block of tickets from Rlchimj early
year. (the cast in regular rehearsals. In Monday, j /.
Presentation of Senate Keys is addition, ho has made his own ar- Mayor Ernest Langford of the
pending their arrival from the fac- rangements, and is even taking a City of College Station ihas is-
tory. little time off to make talks at 1 sued a proclamation praising the
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Krueger Award Winner Named
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To Receive Highest Honors !
James Leslie Live man, senior
biology major from Junction, has
been named winner of four awards
to be presented at the June 3 com
mencement program, according to
an announcement today from the
school of Arts and Sciences.
The awards, include a Certificate Knieger Award,
m the T<
of Merit fx-om the Texas Academy
of Science, the Distinguished Hon
or Award from the Schbol of Arts
and Sciences, a graduate scholar
ship to do graduate work Ngt the
California Institute of Technology.
He is the current recipient ofMo
His activities for contributions
to the Collegiate Academy of
Science, an undergradUatie orga
nization sponsored by thi* Texas
Academy of Science, hate been
outstanding. j
For example, he represented the
Texas Collegiate Academy at the
sAmerican Association fori the Ad
va;
nnd
"Whereas, the citizens of the
United States have taken it upon
themselves to raise said funds,
therefore,
"I, Ernest Langford, mayor of
the City of College Station, Texas,'
do hereby proclaim the days of
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, of the last
week of May, A. D. 1949, as Can
cer Researclx Fund Day's in the
City of College Station, and
"Call upon all citizens to aid
and abet the efforts of Mr. Rich
ard Reiser and his co-workers in
their efforts to raise funds for
this research program.
. "Mr. Reiser and his associates
are now planning and are in the
progress of staging a show at the
Campus Theater Saturday, May 28,
at 10 a.m. This is a voluntary act
on the part; of said Richard Reiser
and his co-Workers for the public
good. It behooves each and every
one of us as citizens of College
Station to get behind this move.
"Therefore, I, as mayor, com
mend this praiseworthy act on the
pax-t of these children of our com-
'Once.
place
her 1947,
The Kr
member
e la co-author of jibo first and hi« co-worker* to make of
er presented in! the Bi* thi* a successful undertaking.
"Signed, till* the twenty-third
day of May, in the Year of Our
Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Forty
Nine.
ologlral Science* section; at the
meeting heli| in Austin lr| Decern-
rtiege^award got* to tho
of the Junior vIas
is* who
ha* mode a hixh arimlAatle roe*
ord and I* rUaamed a senior for
the fall Nemeater of llM, Tho
roeipiont mual hive, dutink throe
prevluua yearn, earned ajupmul-
mutely f MO a year toward achnol
expense* through almlei
at the railage,
It la | an atmnnl award of I
It I* made available by 0. C, Krue
ger and W. II. Xniege
Krueger of Bon
was one of three grad<
4
„ r.) Karl Wyler, George WUlman,
Edwardst>n. Llnaeil James, amt -reaiuxt
Ml
Antonio.
Llverman was one of throe grail*
untlng senior* to bo selecited for
the Distinguished Hottdr Award,
He has taken a lending nnrt In,
activities on the campus.'lie
been a student assistant in the
ology Department for two year*,
n member of the .Student Art* and
Sciences Council, the Scholarship
Honor Society and a member of
tho Open House Committee, which
showed thousands of/Visitors the
workings of the department* of the
College on May 7, His work In the
Biology Department display wu
given high praise.
Llverman is the eon of Mr. and
Mrs. John A- Llverman of Junc
tion. He is married and the father
of a two-year old daughter.
Krnrat Langford,
Mayor, City of Collfga
Hlatiun, Texas"
1 ‘iMMMMMaainMHMaiai
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Silver Taps For
Brown Tonight
Mllvrr Tap* wttl bo held to
night at lOiM fur Mamm H.
/Hrown, Junior vet medlotno
student from WlehlU Fallai
who died yeatorday aftomoon
a* a result of Injuries received
la a motorcycle accident Sat
urday afternooa. A
Brown was driviag down
Coulter Drive In Bryan when
his motorcycle struck a patch
of loooe gravel and went out of
control. Ho waa thrown Into
a ditch and •artouMy injured.
He wan taken to the College
Hospital, but nevar regained
consclousneM.
The body waa taken to his
Battalion Su
Is Announc
Bill HilllnMloy, Mrtrviu Brown nml Clay*
Holph will hotul Out Aummor BnOhllon
Hon
Mtftff ltd ttnnouncwl
mnnntfcr of ntudeni nu
llll
ouncwl todny by Kolnml Blnri
ttudcnt publlentloiw.
BIlHngalpy, who itlotiR with Clnfk Mun*
Architect Cent
' P
Number
Winners Anno
Top three winners have been announced
ture department’s compel it lop among third y<
design a new building for the Byyan New$.
Wilson of San Antonio and Bob Stinson ap<
both of Dallais. , J ' k ] ■; i 1 J
ft" —H—In announclnj
Ii i I,
il
Town Hall WiU
Feature Varied
Program in Fall
By GEORGE CHARLTON
Entertainment to please
long hairs and short hairs a-
like will be featured in next
year’.q Town Hall program.
The list of entertainment in
cludes such musical artists as
Burl Ives, Jacques Abrams,
Josephus Szegetti, and the
Robert Shaw Chorale and Or
chestra.
A popular name band which ha*
not been chosen will tw included
In the program. Contrasting In
style, a symphony orchestra will
also bo selected to round ogt tho
schedule of entertainment.
Hurl lv*s, "Wayfarln* k
ar" of stage and screen will
the 1949*8(1 season up
97. lye'* folk song* h
IM
tho 1949-8(1 se*son
97. lye'* folk Mtngj
bran *n authentic exp
thi* land nnd It* prapl
Frequently rafetrod llo ni the
greatest ballad singer of nil times
Ives has Iwon iwntly feat tired Ir
thn
To My Hunrt.
the 90th Centui
Grass of Wyoming."
(I In
ney Film r'Ho Dear
" lie nlso played In
ntiy
tho WiU Disney Flfn
plhshd
the 20th Century Fox movie', "tlreon
Second on the Town Hall; pro*
gram will bo tho Robert Show
Chorale and Orchestra oh Novem
ber 9. Shaw and. his work with
choral groups was featured in the
December 25th issue of the "Sat
urday Evening Post" 114 tb' 1 *
ducted glee clubs for Fml War
ing and has nlso done work for
Billy Rose’s Aquacade. Shaw is
recognized by many as the greatest
choral conductor in the United
States.
Jaques Abrams, pianist from
Houston, will appear on the Jan
uary C program^, Abrams is past
winner of tho andual Federation
of Music Clubs contests and of
the Schubert Memorial Award.
He has appeared with the
Philadelphia Orchestra, the New
York Philharmonic Orchestra,
the NBC Symphony, the St.
Louis Symphony, and the Chica
go Symphony Orchestra.
Joseph Szegetti, violinist of na
tion-wide fame, will appear on
March 14. Szegetti has been ac
claimed by critics as second only
to Fritz Kriealer as master of the
violin.
Announcement will be made lat
er in the summer of the name band
and the symphony selected for
'' j'T# i
McCarley First In
Judging jConMt
Jack It. MeCatiev of D*nlran,
flrat nUra In thr annltomora
, V Judging Hold Hhwr*
day in the Dully llushandry Imml
urarlng Jih I point a mil nf u
E®»r»fr
Orr und (1.0. Britm r**|M
won fir*
dulr
don C. McCutchi
stnxctor, said tj
made no commi
new plant, blit
waa undertaken
dents a definite
for study. ,
Before beginning t
ing, the 21 menace
along with M
weeks visiting o]
er plants and
meats and i
visited the San]
thq Austin A
both regarded
lisher Walter
the,type plant*
new building pal
■ Five weeks
project, including;
Ing tiipc. A great
study went into
work, McCutchhpa
to inspection of
and paper used m
paper. Dlstnm’e [
meat* wow* mu*
and the cletmuu
unit. Writers, ra)l
wera (|ue*tlono<r
efficient nlaceidb
chines and desg
The wlnnln
customary
spaces, a nhotq 01
space fur Job u in
office suppllesi
Avnnmr
building Is
Ins said.
Judging
done by a
lecture facult
Kream
Officers | f
The Kream ^nd(
ted officers f<t w
at its meeting Tuk
New officera c
dent. Bill Hog
president, J'unjjPijjf]
tion; secretarj*,
etteville; trei
Dumas; reporter.
College Statiot t si
R. F. Beachbcttml If
ripaff
y Bing
lliiop of Tho Bnttullon nhxt
,’ulljvt* wJIiorfopjThk flnit
l»Ut Will not bo In nchooJ
wm ioi, T' : 1
Wpltl will bo ccwHlItom for
4h (iummer aemesten*.
|Qth«l!ilUff positions aunmincrtl
I'm .4 hnrles Ktrklmm, wire edl-
Ir, ahi t Travis Brock, sports edl-
F‘ '• inr [i,. 11... '■'»
; A Hm j, of stuff writers. Includes
-acour. Frank Welch, An-
I Davi
and David Haines.
[Thq,: uill stniff la ns yet incom-
letc, Bing solid, and anyone ^/ho
' inks re can write, qr wants to
te, ! for The Battalion should
tact Bing ih his office, in noom
, Goodwin Hall. / / *
Sumrher publication of the Bait
ml be three day* a week, Bing
Ided,
|une
three days a week
iigtld yitt probably
begin
ipi
bf
.ikTir
One of 11
Soldier” wil|!
. Prodm
jointly di
eretta will b
r rti
t
The contest
Darnell of
tfpartmenL I. W, Rural ^ _
same department Judged tho ran
test.
Winners e
warded gold
nrletors of I’ll
Co,, Canady's
Winners of tbr contest
ill
lough-Dansby
nky Park,
Jeweler.
Reese President
OfHort
Tb« Horti
tad Joel Ray
ture student
dent of the
school-year at
of the current
! 1
d
\j
Ai
yk
i;
eeting
Bight.
Sewer
Laid fo
fl
The roeont
laying on I
from we Mei
was to install
main, which
about half-wi
The tile lint
MtHUt«n hire
will he mrv(
in« at (ht> tiq
'H M
itnar,
A mil
Iiy fr
■gutiallyl
oTnU'r, lloThi
Inch tile tdpoi
Suspension date for this 4emes-
ris Batt will be Friday, May 97,
(■said;!! H •
All the summer editors have had
'qua experience on the Batt.
Wiley, a senior journalism
*rom Waxahachie, has been
tig editor Und wtre editor
during Ms two years on the staff.
Browjn has been on the Batt for
a y, dr as staff writer and make
up miuL Ho is a Management ma
jor from Edinburg. Selph has bran
a staf]! Writer and copy reader
during .his year qn the staff and 1
was ed tor of tho Little Batt dur
ing his, freshman year. Ho hr an
architecture major from A* ou,l *' on -
Kirill mm, who has boeh an edi
torial \yriter for a year, 1* a senior
manugx went major fn>m Cleburne.
Bx*oc1: has been a sports writer
for a ; ear nnd is an Agriculture
Adminiit^tlon major from Belton.
Current plans call for a four
rage Battalion on Monday, amt
WodnoSday, and ft six page edition
on Friday, Ring concluded.
Lothrqp Will Talk
To (Xiemical ('.laas
Dr* Viiiran C, Lutlirap, ittobtbarj
of the staff nf Arthur I). Llttbv.
Inc, win address the A AM sralliMi
of the jAmoriran (Ihemlral Hralsty
Itt the (edlura room uf tjne Chsmlk-
try Rulhliintf, tonight nt fl, accord
ing to F] W. Jensen, section se«|e-
tary,. [
Dr. Mthtbp I* nn nlumnus of
Harvaxtl iUniversity, where he ro-
reived ItlS A. B. in 1998, A.M. In
1935, dnd his Ph.D. In 1997. Dr.
Lathrol) Is u member of! tho Amer
ican C! ictnlcnl Society, tho Ameri
can Aqwfcltttlw tbe Advance*
lonce, and other profes-
I
in honm-
members
at the |A
mont o
stonal Organizations.
Dr. taftthron will discuss "Cpn-
and Performance of High
Explos|vi|s.”
, Ther n • vill be an informal dlnmjr
of the speaker for section
and thoir wives at 8.‘8C
tgieland Inn. j / ^
t
Fish &
Eledti
-Jtobert F,.
vllle was nar
Fish and 0*1
uual picnic
T. D. Carrol,
June. A
Other of
James E. Vc
nt from
l
s< ay
ior from
Haven, wa* «©<
cultural Council.
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P and (fejorge Dillavou, the op- A
rchestra and costumes
\udit '
King parts
parts >ifi bo held June 8 and 9
,(!te wit!
Audi
fill Team
e! Soldier’
of nll time, "The Chocolate
;he Grclv^ this summer.
Cadets and the Aggie Players
-
for approximately 97
singihel parts and 82 orchestral
ink< ,
respect vely at 7:30 ih the Music
ill. Anyone, whether he bo stu-
iot, u eligible to parti*
n| tho production. Girls in
will be ri'cruit
Hall,
dent *
ripute
the cas
local Ml
recruited from
'or the summer.
Chocolate
i. uSMKt on
nord Ijihaw'H brilliant
‘ » i*'Ai
Utont honw for tl
rirajfT’i
iti"
Mruclttfo
Mtlrr«ali ramsdy, "Arms and the
Man" c|0N«dy Yollowa ih« Inal*
dluallon*, and
Original story
Ihojii'
llttA
off*
Wi'n tWMftv
*01
the
twrah
Nad
diiught
loves
Who h
eoun
Blit
Burner!
etudi
tho
ting imgagviurat bo*
conflicting armitHi.
I* the Wautlful romantU'
i.f Colonel I’nnoff, Hh#
Ulus, n young BuIgMlhn
Ixwomc a hero among his
r'v- L ■ k '
long comes Lieutenant
n young Rwlan officer,
patrol and climbing into
xir of Nadina. His suave
ick wit, and compelling
force Nudina to con*
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«»«*ri*«»i«*a-
i Bumerti and Nadina.
situations also
the plot and
Lful songs a
ono ofithe most popular oper
of all (litre.
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