U\. : li . -i ': * ! ” v - r ■ yfc&ques B& Here in January ■ * " i: ; ^ n?T~ i :i wi' 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. . • j Scholarships 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. ' J7 j - 4 '~ • !• 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 i y—7 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 | I • • /' I ( I • 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 fflji . : I •. j |.j if •: 1 .' J , 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, i j j ; ■ t.Mi i. •. 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 • > i v c \f ; [ • i : i || 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. ' • ! /' f ■. I { \ • i j 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 Roe 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 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