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By LEWIS BLRTON
Guion Hall will resound
the thunderous ax
of the Town Hall audience, January 5 when Jacques Abram,
celebrated pianist makes his appearance there.
1 Since his electrifying Carnegie Hall Concert in 1946,
Jacques Abram has won an international reputati
one of -the big pianists of front* ;—“
rank stature.
He Has been acclaimed by such
national magazines as Life, Lfo<
ertypand Harpers Bazaar. In the
course (>f his brilliant six week
tour off South and Central AmerU
ca during 1947 critics spoke of him
as “one of the greatest masters
; of the piano.’’
Earfy Days
. Vt At the age of five,. Abram start*
ed off on\ the road to becoming a
concert pianist. It began with a
visit to his grandmother at Lufkin, <
Texas. la the home -wium piano
on which an .older cousin was tak
ing lessons at the time.' ’ 4 '
The second morning the house-
' hold was awakened at daybreak
by Jacques, perched on the stool
in his night clothes, trying to pick
out a tune. Each morning there-
| alter he was up at dawn for the
eami purpose.
Although Jacques’ mother was
innately musical, no other member
of his family had thought of music
as a career ■for him.
Yet from the time of. that first
introduction to the piano young
Abram could not "be held back.
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At ten, Abram was awarded a
scholarship to the Curtis Institute^
: Three years later' the Juilliard
Graduate School gave him a fel
lowship. In 1938 he won first prize
of the 'annual Federation of Music
Clubs contest and the Schubert
Memorial Award.
v He then made his formal debut
as ; solist with the Philadelphia
Orchestra under EugemTOnhandy
in Philadelphia Academy of Mu-
ic and then in Carnegie Hall.
Lives in New York
^ Although Abram was born in
Lufkin and his family resides in
Houston, he now lives in New
York when not on tour. He has
^ a studio' apartment on New
York’s street of music—57th
I street—also known as “Musicians
1 How.”
Not too far from Abram’s apart
ment is the mecca of pianists, the
, basement of famed Steinway Piano
Company,
Tike any normal day and you
will find half a dozen of the
world’s great pianists making their
way to the, 20 pianos in the base
ment, hearing their colleages play,
\ exchanging fhop talk, and arguing
'1 fine points with tire piano ,tuners.
, Huge Audiences j '~
When Abram appeared with the
Symphony Orchestra of Mexico at
the Place of Fine Arts in Mexico
City, audiences of standing room
only proportions greeted his play
ing of the Brahms’ First Piano
Concerto With tumultous ovations.
Fifty thousand gathered to hear
1 tus performance of the Rachman
inoff Second Piano Concerto at
Grant Park in Chicago in August
1947. • f-
' Critics Comments
Abram’s return to music-making
it Carnegie^ Hitt, after four years
of war service, provided one of the
. most stirring concerts in New
York’s crowded music season.
The NeW York Sun placed il
“among our foremost pianists,’’ the
New York Herald Tribune R
» er called him “a pianist of
ional gifts, fiery tern;
driving force, and'.
j spirit.” . I
The Houston Post Said “the
*■ beauty oif his performance was
of the sort that tightens the throat
and dims the eye.’’ j |
| :. Tqwn Hall Tickets
TbWn Hall student season tick
ets will be on sale at registration
on August .27 and' September 17.
They may ! also be purchased at
the Student Activities Office.
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Price for students is general
admission, $3.50; reserved seats,
$5.50. j ■ > s
Non-student season tickets will
not go on salb until October 12,
but at that tinie they will be of
fered on a first-come first-served
basis, according to C. G. White,
director of Student Activities.
William G. “Breezy”;
zetile,
Coming from Crockett! Br
zeule received his B.A. in 1^35.
rea-
asaistant director of
Student Affairs, has been
named Dean of Students at
the Annex for tne 1949?50
school year, acordinf j to .W. L,
y, dean of atudenu, ' ,
sale has been on tpe col
lege staff since 1945. holds
B.A. and M.A. degrees in Indus
trial Education. | “ t
Brea-
He
WEATHER
t TEXAS—Qen
ternoon, tonight
erally f4dr
tonight and Thurs
day; not much
change in tem
peratures; mod
erate east and
southeast'winds
on the coast. 1 ,
west"tSx-1
AS — General-
i ly fair this af-
fternoon, to
night an d
Thursday; e.x-
pk a few scat-
SUNNY u£d‘ rx:
wers In Panhandle Thursday
showers in Panhandle Thursday
afternoon; not much change in
temperatures.
won .three letters and one hi
in- basketball while in school here.
fHe also won a letter in,
Breazeale captained the
basketball team yi 1935.
Serving in the Pacific Theatre
of Operations during World War
II, Breazeale attained the rank of
major. He served with the 147th
Infantry.
are very fortunate lixl hav
ing Breazeale at the annex as
Dean of Students and I know that
he wiR doj a good job,” Dean W.
L. Penberthy said.
. /‘He will be a lot of help to the
new students,” Penberthy added.
Town Hall Tickets
For Non-Students
n M ■! I- | I. J . IF:.
Emphasis was placed today on
the fact that non-student season
tickets for Town Hall may not bje
purchased) until October 1 12, by
C. G. White, director of Student
Activities.
White also said that non-student
tickets could not be purchased by
phone or mail, but would be sold
only at the Office Of Studenrl Act
ivities in Goodwin Hall. |
No personmay buy more than
four non-student, tickets. !
VA Office Hedds
Here Thursday /
Two representatives of [the* Vet
eran’s Administration regional of
fice in Waco will be on the cam
pus Thursday, August 25; accord
ing to Taylor Wilkins, College vet-
erajns advisor. v
They will be at room 200 Bizzell
Hall from 9^30 a.m. to 2:30 p.im
or i may be contacted by! phoning
4-1210 between these holirs.
'FAtty veteran, whether a stu
dent jat A&M or not, who has any
discrepancy with VA matters or
“ins that local rep-
mnot aniwer, is
ese representatives
Wilkins said.
tarts Saturday;
p Ends Thursday
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Student Identification Cards
To Be Prepared at Registration
Student identification cards Will be prepared for all
students and any college staff members who {desire them,
according to Bennie A. Zinn, assist
The cards wUL be prepared
Visual Aids Laboratory and will
trar’s Office.
pre
t dean of men.
the ^Photographic and
issued by the Regis-
Water Carnival
ToEni
Billie Jo Nevills, Bryan High School’s entry in the twirling contest
on Kyle Field September 17, has won five first places in twirling
meets. She will be among the beauties* who will lend color-to the
occasion when the Aggies open against Villanova under the arcs.
. Library Recalls
Books on Loan
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Student* and faculty are re-
quested to return all library
books to the; Library, by Fri
day, August 26, Paul S. Bal-
lance, librarian, said today.
A Bunch of Old Fossils
Schedule Changes
Made by AH Dept.
Schedule changes have been
made in animal husbandry classes,
according to O. D. Butler, assistant
professor of animal husbandry.
AH 307 laboratory sections will
meet 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through
Friday. Sections 500 and 505 will
meet i Monday,\ sections 501 and
506 Tuesday, 502 Wednesday, 503
Thursday, and 604 Friday.
AH j 431 for which hours were to
be arranged, is scheduled to meet
Monday and Wednesday at 8 a.m.,
and the lab will meet either Mon
day dr Wednesday 1 to 6 p.m.,
Butler sjtid. 3 f | N
Physics Lab Book
Is Being Published
laboratory manual for
Physics 201 and 202 is
A new
how {being
published and wQl be ready for
use at the beginning of th* Fall
semester, says C. H. Bernard, au-
thof of the book.
The title of the Manual is
Laboratory Experiments! in Col
lege Physics, and, is being publish
ed by Ginn & Co.
Although the book is to be used
in both courses, those students who
alreadpr have tHe mimeographed
copy of it frotnj their 201 bourse
may use it in 202 this semester,
Bernard said. | j ,
This manual has already gained
widespread recognition throughout
the state and is used in four other
colleges. M | |
The book was designed to be
used with the simplest apparatus
and can be used in conjunction
with any text book, Bernard add
ed.
nd Summer
Recreation
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Two water carnivals will
climax the College Station
summer recreational program
this week. Both will be held
at the A&M swimming pool
under the direction of Art
Adamson, Aggie swimming
' The first carnival will be held
Wednesday at 8 p.m. Taking part
in the event will be low beginners,
Class C; low intermediates, Class
A; high beginners and the ad
vanced class.
The second carnival will be held
Friday at 8 p.m. It will! include
low beginners, Class A; low begin
ners, Class B; and low interme
diates, Class B. • i!
On both nights the program will
include comedy diving, exhibition
of fancy diving, and individual
competition in several events.
On Wednesday night boys 13
and under will compete in a two-
lOngths back stroke race and girls
13 and under will compete in the
2-lengths free style.
Friday night three races will
be Ijeld: two-length breast stroke
for girls 13 and under, one length
back stroke for girls 11 and under,
and one free style for boys.
SAM Wives Club
Completes Plans |
The Sam Wives Club met Tues
day night in the Cabinet Room
of the YMCA to complete plans for
an open house to be given Thurs
day, September 22 from 7:310 to
8:30 p.m. in the South Solarium
bf the YMCA.
All wives of management en
gineering majors and their hus
bands are invited to attend, Mrs.
llick Trainer, acting chairman,
said.
The | first business meeting of
the semester Will be held Septem
ber 29 to elect officers.
All wives of management en
gineering majors interested in
joining the SAM Wives Club are
urged to attend this meeting in'
order that they may vote for the
officers for the Fall semester,
Mrs. Trainer said.
college agencies may require
tation of thS card at any
time ^identification held be made.
Sucfol agencies requiring identifi
cation will be the Athletic Depart
ment!' in allowing ; admission to
athletic con testa; the Memorial
CenUr In allowing the cashing of
checks; the College,Library in al
lowing the issuing of books, etc.
The cards will be protected- by
a laminated plastic covering and
wiU bear the student’s name, sig
nature, picture, coicir of eyes, color
of hair, weight, height, age, birth
date and home address.
Arrangements will be made for
college staff members to secure
cards during the month of October,
Zinn said. jT.
Procedure
Procedure to be followed by stu
dents will be as follows.
Veterans will repprt to booth in
Sbisa Hall, during registration
either August 27 ^or September 17,
place signature on card, fill ‘ out
information card, with complete^
legal name, and hive photograph,
made.
Cadets will report to lounges
in Dormitory area as directed by
the assistant commandant, and
will follow the same procedure as
veterans. •
Freshmen will follow the same
procedure at the booth in Building
T-l, at the Annex,
Cards will be delivered by house-,
masters and cadet commanders.
Graduate Students '
Graduate students will receive
a card of different ’color from un«j
dergraduate cards, i The csjrd may!
be used in the Library to replact?
thq usual "graduate card.”
Students jyho faij to have their
photograph made and data com
plete In accordance (with the usual
procedure, wUl report to the Pho
tographic and Visual Aids Labora-
tory, Administration Budding
basement, during, the hours of 3
to 5 p.m., commencing October 2.
If Card Is Lost,
As soon as a student loses his
card he should report the; loss to
the assistant commandant or as
sistant director, complete neces
sary forms and pay a fee pf $1 for
a new card.
Fee will be paid at the Photo
graphic'-sad Visual; Aids labora-*
tory when the cards is received,
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Bock
Hunters Gleefmfy Snoop Out
Stone Supply; Capture Dead Crab
By OTTO KUNZE
Have you ever watched a baker
mix the ingredients of!a cake?
Perhaps you haven’t. But If you
have been around the AAM Cam
pus during the past sujmper se
mester you have probably seen
what mixing it takes to teach a
geology field course which is re
quired for geologists ht the Uni
versity of Texas.
The only difference in this case
is that the constituents of the field
Course did not have to be “beat
well” as Is required in the mixing
ok most cake ingredients, j
The whole affair has! caused a
rather unique situation on the
AAkt Caihfms. Although the ge
ology course is being tapght here,
no members of the co!
are being used. Prof
the Louisiana State Uni
from the University of
an instructor from the
of Texas are doing all
faculty
rs from
tyand
and
hlverslty
the teach-
The 39 students constituting
the class are also from the 'forty
acres’. ji'
Director of the coutie Is Dr.
G. W. Murphy, professor of ge
Doctor’s degree there in IHl.
After receiving his Doc
did geology work for
nolla Petroleum Dam
CbosiMjr for
seven years. i ' V
During the past year he has been
a professor- of geology at LSU.
Dr. Murray is among the most
outstanding authorities in the
United States on gulf coast and
Tsjrtiary deposits.
Assistant director of the course
is Dr. H. A. Ireland, professor
from the University of Kansas.
He received his Doctor’s degree
from the University of Chicago in
1935.! 1
After receiving his Doctorate*
he served as geologist for the
United States government for ten
years. He taught at the Univer-
sity of Oklahoma for a number
of years and for the past two years
he has been a professor of geology
at ithe University of Kansas.
. Dr. Ireland’s specialty Is in
the study of older stratified
rocks In central United States
and deposits of the ice age
which are referred to In scientif
ic circles as the Pleistocene se
ries.
Clarence O. Durham from the
University of Texas has acted in
the capacity of instructor during
the course. He plans to attend
Columbia University this Fall to
get his Doctor’s degree.
The purpose of the course is to
teach the boys geologic field map
ping with the use of aerial photo
in field work, Dr. Murray
explained.. It also teaches the
student I how to collect geologic
samples and how to utilize the
principles of geology which they
have studied in the class rooms.
The final objective of the course
is to teach the student how to coi*
ordinate and present the data ob
served in the field in an under
standable written! report.
The class has made large col
lections of fossilized sea life. Pro
fessors Murray and Ireland have
each sent approximately a ton of
these to their respective schools.
The specimens will be used for
class room study.
When asked at
location where th
were made, Dr. Murray smiling
ly replied, “Can’t afford to tell.
If I did, the whole student body
would probabMr/be down there
looking for specimens.”
Dr. Murray had an interesting
example of a fossil crab which was
about sixty million years old. “Gf
course”, he admitted, “the actual
age may be a million years more
or less.” f r
^The features of the c
very distinct. A
readily identify] thejcla
and the shell. All these ‘
normal markings even in
to color to a great extent.
Dr. Ireland went on to Inlst
that the crab could be Identified
as a female. There was aO argu-
memt. .!!
The geology group and ijheir In
structors have been living Ih Hart
Hall. During their stay here, they
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have been mapping the rock for
mations southeast and northwest
of College Station. For their en
tertainment, they entered a soft-
ball team in the intramural soft-
ball league.
The group left last Saturday for
a week's travel in Louisiana and
Mississippi to examine the same
and associated settlements
found in this vicinity. The
will return to A&M on Thursday
and will then return to the Univer
sity of Texas on Friday. j
Dr. Ireland is thoroughly con
vinced that this is one of the fin
est areas in Texas for the study
of Tertiary settlements. He was
very complimentary toward the
A&M Administration for allowing
the group to use the college dor
mitories and class rooms for the
eburse. ' > • j; .
Dr. Luther G. Jones of . the
A&M Agronomy Department ad-
dressed the group at a-resent
meeting. He spoke on the fun
damentals of soli and soil de
velopment and its application to ,
geology. Dr. Jones used some
colored slide* to Illustrate his
t*lk.
Dr. Ireland was very much im
pressed with the splendid coopera
tion aiid the good feeling that ex
isted between his group and the
A&M students. He concluded by
saying “This is the most cordial
and compatible bunch of boys at
A&M I have ever seen'!
What’s Cooking
BRYAN - COLLEGE STATION
NURSES CLUB, 7130 p.m., Wed
nesday, August 24i, Chamber of
Commerce Room, Varisco Build
ing, Bryan. ! '
PETROLEUM WIVES CLUB,
6. p.m., Friday, August 26, Wiener
Roast at Sue Haswell’s park in
Bryan.' i .]T
BRAZOS CHAPTER TSPE, 5:15
p.m., August 26, Court House lawii
Bryan. Inspection pf; sewage dis
posal unit and pow^r plant. Dutch
supper being arranged.
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Preliminary registration procedures got underway here
yesterday as students commenced to pay their fees land get
their new room assignments for the Fall semester J
In order to keep the ropni: ^hlch they now ociupy, all
students now enrolled who expect to attend school during]
Fall fertiester should pay their j
fees and register for the it* rooms)
befpre 1 p.m. tombrro^. "i ' -
] : Students jn school under the Gl
Bill of Rights Should secure their
fee wiaiver jdips from the Veteran
Advisor's Office in Ro<m 104.
Goodwin Hall. Ail [student* should
pay their fejes at the Fiscal Office!
Keprcseutiativcs from the Fiscal
Office will ; bo In Goodwin HaHr
Room 100 on Tuesday and.Wednes
day, August 23. and 24. Afljer Wed
dicsday students will be requltet
to pay their fees in the Adminia
tration Byjiding. -, : j' ; jp
. I Room Reservations ‘
! Students who wish to! reserve
the rooms they bow occupy or the
rooms they occupied during tl>e
poring semester in dormitories now
closed should register for their
rooms immediately. Thursday
noon, August 25, is th£ deadline
for this purpose. Students who
wibh to change rcotrth wlthlii tho
do|rmitory they now occupy may
Ido so by presenting a room change
slip signed by the houseniaslter
prior to Thursday noon.
Students! who fall Into ariy cat-
eglory not i listed abov<j may sign
for rooms ! on a first-come-first-
served basjs beginning at 1 p.m.,
Thursday, August 25. 1 j L
The Athletic Department will
halve representatives in Room 19.0
of Goodwin Hall until Friday aftap.
norin to issue coupon bookSfi to
students w^ro have paid'their
Deadline for fyoving
All, students must be moved to
their newly assi£n«|d rooms by .6
p.m. on Safjirday August 27. This
Willy F. Bohlmann Jr. has been
named colonel in. command bi
the Sixth Regiment fer 1949-50.
Bohlman is majoring in civil,
engineering.
Lay Away Rook
Plan Offered ||
By Book Store
If you don’t like to stand
in line and wait to purchase
your books, you should take
advantage of the “Lay Away
Boolf Plan” which is being
offered by (the Exchange
Store, Carl Birdwell, mana
ger Aaid today. i
He : pointed opt that students
participating in this plan: would:
be under no obligation when they
returned, in September. The only
action required of the student i)dvf
is that he make a list of the books
which he will need for the Fall
semester, then take this list and|
turn it in to the Exchange Store.
The Exchange Stare will accept
this list and will package all of
the enumerated supplies so that
when the student returns in Sep
tember, all that he will have to do
is present his claim check together mjthi
with his GI orders pr cash and the
supplies wiR be deliyered to him.
Arrangements are being made tp
use the eaijt window of the Ex
change Store for this purpose,
Birdwell said,.
If the student finds upon his
return that he does not heed all
the books which he had previously
listed, the unnecessary books will
ning on
which
includes all tstude^is who are plan
a moving into a dormitory I
is now c osed, /All domii |
lories will be open on Thursdi
and Friday from
Saturday {dl doriniter
open from;8 a.m. until
doors will; be unlocked for this!
pUrpoM.
requested
ifrty'ana to get |
their receipts! stamped at
Day students are also
to pay their
be removed from the package. By
taking advantage of tne plan, the
student will be able |to accomplish:
in five minutes what otherwise;
may take hours, to do.. Birdwell.'
hopes that between 1000 and 1500
students wil take advantage of
the plan.
All reserved packages not called
for by September 24 will be re
turned! to the stock, Birdwell con
cluded! , y ■ ■ m’.
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Aims!
i Jacques Abram, celebrated concert plan
|. Hall,.January 5. Born in Texas, Abram received his early training!!.
heVe. National magazines have praised him aa being “one ofthf !
Mg pianists of front rank stature.”
UMii
r fees ei
efpts f ’
Housing 'Office;
The Photographic, ajnd
Aids Laboratory will hhve.A booth
in the Sbisa. Hall Annex all day
Saturday for the purpose of tak
ing pictures for the identification
cards. Registration cards will be
issued to graduate and undcrgnid-
nfttc students at tiho east entrance
to Sbisa. )
Registration Schedule | i
The following schedule will be
followed for the registration on
August 27 and on September
8 to 9 J.nt-4-AH whose surnainea
begin with A, B.
9 to 10 a.tn.—All whose sur
names bejfin with T, U, V, W, X,
'l0 to f 1 ] a.m.—-AH 'whose! sur
names begin with L, M* N, Oj
1 to 2 p.m.—AU whoso surnames
begin with P, Q, R, S-
2 to 3 p.mC-rAll whoso surnames
begin’ with C, D, E, %
3 to 4 p.m.—All whose surnames
besfin wiftt G, H, I, J, K.
In order to protect student
property! all dormitories will;
closed aind .locked iat 5 p.m.
er T «d|H
property| all dormitories
Saturday, August 27 1 . T|h«i only! ex
ception will be Dormitory 14 which
Will remain open for students re
maining !bn the campus (Juringlthe
interval between semesters.
Students Staying j On Campus
Students remaining on the cairn
pus between terms may register
for Dormitory 14 by paying room
rent'pf $6 at the Fiscal Office nnd
presenting the receipt at the Hous
ing Office in Goodwin Hall. This
includes students who will live in
Dormitory |4 this Fall.
This registration must be com-j
pleted Iprior; to 5 p.m. on Satur
day.; Studenlts who will not live
in Dormitory 14 this Pill but who
|will live there between terms
Should movei the bulk of trielf be
longings to the room which they
will occupy in the Fall and take
only what will be required for a
few weeks to Dormitory 14.
Students must be moved to thplr
new rooms prior, to 5 p.m. Satur
day, ah the;students from last
spring will be arriving fot regis*
tration September 16 and 17 and
will be moving into their .rooms,
some of which are now occupied
stupents
Schedule
le Campus Corn
•I lowing schedule
Both establish
osed on August
4, 11, 12, add
be open! from
i September 3.
r will be closed
er ;
feet
The Cave
er will have
between! ter
ments will
28 and or
13. The Ca>
August
The Campus
during this
[ The Cam
during Sep
and on Sepf
ing this
dosed.
i J. G. Pcniston, subsistence chief,
Stated that the qafetarla will close
fhis Saturday a
on September lo or
»mef will be open
tr 5 through M
14 and 13. Dur-
Ithe Cave will be