|" rot/mi students now f enn edndsdny, a Mild at : Admlni*-; «day and' Joseph Szigetl, world-famous violinist will appear on the Town Hall series in March. Szigeti to Appear On Town Hall Here By LOUISE JONES Joseph Szigetl, named by the 600 leading music critics of the United States as one of the top three violin personalities of 1948, will .appear in March as one of the main attractions on the Town Hall series. | * j j 1. | I Lauded by critics as “one fOf the great names of music,” he has made two round-the-world tours and makes annual coast-to- ,coast tours of America. He made >his American debut in! December, :i925, with the Philadelphia Or chestra under Leopold Stowowski. Szigeti’s art has been honored. 5He was/awarded the Legion of pHonoir in France, Was made Com- pmander of x the Order of Leopold In Belg|um, bod received the Of- if leers Cross “Ordre pour le jnerite,” in Hungry. !, During the past year his long fairing of honors has grown, His Brahms Violin Concerto with the s , Philadelphia Orchestra, under IhK _ gene Ormany, was fahosen by a 1 "" nation-wide poll of leading critics fas the best concerto recorciing of the year. at the Geneva Conservatory, which he held from 1917 to; 1924. Stok owski invited him to come to the United States, and in 1925 he made his American debut. Master of all styles, classic, ro mantic, and modepn, Joska started the vogue for many concertos sUch as Prokofieff, apd Tartini, and for many compositions from mien such as Stravinsky, jBela Bfartpk, and Ernest Bloch. Szigeti calls his autobiography a communication to the rfaanyjwhom he would like to see personally and can’t. He wrote U in the coujme his sold-out American pfaan concert tours, jotting notes on whatever scraps of .paper that ,were handy when he had u spare minute. A fitting tribute to his great ness, Fritz Kreisler said of alSgcti twenty years ago, “He is the most talented violinist in Europe/ Town Hall .season tickets go on sue room* they now occupy, who exited to attend A&M ltd* Pall should follow this procedure, Zinn saldj. ' Student* attending A&M Under the (L I. Hill of KiehU slfioulri se cure fee waiver slips fjrom the Veteran Advisor’s offlcfa,, Boom) 104, Gohdwlh Hall, beginning ntA Tuesday morning. / ' A flscul office representative will he in Hoorn 100, Goodwin Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday to collect . fees. After Wednesday, August 24, fees must be the Fiscal Office in the tration Building. Between 8 a.m. Tuesda noon Thursday in the Housing Of fice students may reserve rooms they now occupy, or rooms occu pied during the Spring ’49 semes ter in; dormitories 16, 16 and 17 •Which'are now closed. Dormitory Room Changes Students who I wish to f change i rooms within the dormitory they now occupy may Uh so by present* ing a room chance |8lip signed by their housemaster prior' to noon Thursday, August , 25, 1949, Students who| will live in the Cadet Corps mfay also sign for their rooms in the-Housing Office o n Tuesday, Wednesday^a n d Thursday of next week. Beginning at 1 p.m 1 , Thursday* August 25, students •Who do not fall into any of the categories listed above may register for rooms on a first-come-first-smed basis, Zinn said. j ■ Moving Deadline All students must be moved into, their: newly assigned rooms by & p.m. Saturday, August 27, includ ing students moving to a dormi- ; tory now closed, Zinh stated. Ar- . rangements have been made! to ,un- ' lock all dorms now closed during ;j the following hottrs:14i|(.m., Thursday; 1-5 p.m., Friday; {and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Day students, including those living in College View, imay save considerable time when registering by paying their feet early and getting their receipts stamped at tho Housing Office, Zinn said. Day students must secure Day Student Permits/before paying feta.. Coupon Books Tho Athletic Department will have representatives! in Room 100, Goodwin 'Hal! Au^u^t ^ sale hcri 1 . August 27» twin Hall August 23*20 to is- f Coupon books tpj students who have! paid their fces{ ;i, . , Szigeti’s> autobiography, “With |Strihgs Attached,” wjas hailed by was organized nearly three years the Book-of-the-Mbnth Club as ago. Dean Shepardson has served as its president for the past two years. \ CV ParkingAre^s To Be Evacuated r ' . ■ M . •In carrying out the program of improving the streets jm'the Col lege View area, Fred Hickman of the Campus Security office an- nounces that blade work will be done bn the parking areas Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. It is requested that students us- k&Hf ing Avenues A and C refrain from parking their can on those streets Friday afternoon, Hickman said. Students using Avenues B and D are asked not to park cars on those streets Saturday morning beginning at 7. ; This work is not two hours id. warned tihat sometime then is going asphalt work done in that same area and it| is advised that no clothes be hung out during this time. Also children should be pre vented from coming contact with the asphalt as it is very ir- tating to the skin, Hickman con- jr; m ft In Days of Ybre ... Composing Texas Musical Drama is Work of Ex-Prof By BARRY SMITH 3 “ ' I i I - i I j.J Gathered around every college campus can be found that group of men who, When their teaching days are over, are not content with merely sitting back and doing nothing, but devote full time to some project which has been a lifetime ambition, j j. j The A&M campus is no excep tion to this rule and one of its most active retired professors is Dr. S. E* Asbury. Originally Dr. Asbury was a chemist, but unlike most profes* sional men he completely ignored his training and turned to the arts for his post-teaching work. Dr. Asbury is one of those live-alone-and-like-it men who, because of his bachelor status has more time to accomplish hi*, ambitions than fellows afflicted with ball and chain. Strange to say tho former chem ist has chosen Texas History ihd music as his work since his re state. He is accredited with discover ing quite a few revealing docu ments pertaining to the War for Texas Independence which might otherwise have gone unnoticed. His musical aspirations center around a musical drama based on the history of Texas, and the to be characters involved in the work are authentic. Dr. Asbury is admittedly no 1 musician, bui his love of fine music and his presistence has netted him an enviable reputa tion as a composer. ~ . His music ifk all written on a folk theme, and depicts quite ac curately the lives and customs of the early pioneers in Texas. Dr. Asbury writes all the melody to his work, but has to rely on the experience of more accomplished musicians for the harmony. Dr. Asbury has studied Texas 'bout 25 yea has published many irears, during history for about 25 which time he has P papers which have been invalu able to historiansi When asked why he didn’t pub lish textbooks on the subject he replied that he was a “searcher and not; a writer.’> History has be come a hobby with Kim and there are always aj few unsolved histori cal mysteries on hand. His presentation of the musi cal drama is somewhat unique in that it is actually never put on before an audience. ‘The en joyment in art is in its creation,” said Dr. Asbury, “and as soon as a production j is rehearsed to perfection it should be i discarded and a new one started.” In his drama the fact that there is no audience does not exclude the majority of people from seeing it. He intends to have everyone interested in the work participate in some capacity or other. The music being on a folk theme requires a large chorus and the number of people in this chorus may reach into the hundreds. Creation being the uppermost goal,, Dr. Asbury has designed his work so that everyone may par ticipate in its erection. He is mere ly composing the first one him self to get the idea across. Dr. Asbury has even designed an auditorium in which the work is to be rehearsed and the ;one complete drama performed.' It consists of eight stages, .all com plete in every detail, which slope downward toward the center where a conductor directs the entire work. Possibly the most unique thing of Dr. Asbury’s is his house. On first entering one is reminded general store which of the old boosted of everything from - horsecollars to rat hides. The only difference is that his col lection consists of just about! everything cultural that exists, i At one time his collection of books became so large that to keep from having to move out doors he; donated a large part of them to the college library, thereby start-; ing the Asbury Browsing Room. About 27 years ago Dr. Asbury went into the art business and pur chased a large number of repro ductions of famous paintings.; When the deal fell through an ' the companies from which he h» bought the paintings refused t take them back, he was _ left in somewhat of a mess. Rather than sell at a great log or give the paintings away he tool them home and put them all ove: the walls and ceilings. The amount of wall paper left in the entire house probably wouldn’t cover d book. In order to keep his notes and findings that he ran across whil studying Texas history he bull Urge cabinets which reach almos to the ceilihg. Each drawer ii labeled with a particular sectioi of the state, historic battle other crises. ' His collection of classical ords is one of the most compl in this part of the country contains in it some original rec- such great artists I'M ,“far and away the best book of memoirs by- a musician.” Bom in Budapest, Hungary in 1892, “Joska,” as he is called by his friends, wis taught first by his father, then placed under the guidance of the noted violinist and teacher, Jeno Hubay. Szigeti performed as a child prodigy in Hungary/Germany, and England. When Joska was 12 he was brought before Joachin, great* est violinist of the 19th century, who accompanied th|e boy at the piano,'as he performed the Beet- hoven Violin Cohceirto, then en thusiastically predicted a great future. For six years, he concertjzed in England. Then, touring Europe, he established himself as a major vir tuoso of the violin. After repeated tours, Szigeti ac cepted the professorship of violin GROVE SCHEDULE Wednesday, August 17—Juke box dance. 1 . ' • T 11 Thursday, August 18—Free movie, “call James Freshman Week Will Begin At Annex Sunday, September 11 Freshman Week for all students enrolling at A&M the first time and for students transferring less thai^ 16 hours of college credit will begin at the Annex at/lsp. nj., Sunday September 11, according to H. L. Heaton, registrar. Activities'-will begin with registraiton for housing on ^September; 11 and wUl\ corvtjnue Jackson tfa Teach Bibleat AMigh through registration on 1 Scptenv her IB. Regular classes for tMl freshmen will begin on ScZitem- H 20 - rp During the week the new stu dents will secure equipment>and : uniforms, take testa, and co'nault with college advisora. In the even ings cdllege officials will speak, and thfa students will participate prac- The Reverend James Jackson, pastor of the A&M Methodist church, has been selected by the College Station Ministerial;; AssO- in group singings and yell ciation to teach Bible in CJfansfali- tice. dated High School this fall.; Consolidated Biblie< classics fare offered every i other year. The Rev. Norman Anderson,’ Presbyterian pastor, and the Rev. Oran Helvey,: Episcopalian pastor, taught; thej classes in 1947-1948. T / Rev. Jackson ha? been; pastor of the A&M Methodist church for two and a half yearfa. / IT ' iilli ft-"*’* *L 4* II 'jJ- rffij Dr. Frank C, Bolton, president of the college; Tyree Li Bell, member of the A&M System board Of Idlrectors; W. Li Penberthy, dean of men; Colonel H. L. Boat- commandant; and Lt. Col. Y." is,- J but he hasn’t d on the history pioneer*; Asbury ary Is named in \ ii > 1 ■h L. Melcher, assistant to add; Iress the nei\ c< SSetfc . . the commandant, will new/jitjidents. Counseling will be conducted by Deans H. W. Barlow M. T. Har rington. Students will attend in- dividjal conferences later with college adyisors. The president’s reception will be held inj the Student Center at the Arjnex at 7 ;30 p.m., September 16, Lewis to Present Paper at UV Meet Job Inc cease !r Dr. R. D. Lewis, Director of the Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, is at Lake Su< < < hh today taking part in the 1 inked Nations Scientific Conferem e‘> on tjhe Con* servatiotn and Util zation of Re source*. He |is presenting! a paper en titled trined is presentins a paper er ‘‘Cropping Systqnt* for Sui Production/ 1 fSscwi ment. ft,; > ',V A ■ Uf. I : 17 UPl— r Tobin forecast use of a million the year and - *- uneroployJ ft. I. V •