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V Robert Shaw Chorale Appears In Concert Here November 9 By LOUISE JONES Deutsches Requiem,” in which he conducts the RCA Victor Chorale America’s number one choral and Symphony Orchestra, with conductor, Robert Shaw, will give soprano Eleanor Steber and basso < * a concert here November 9. His James Pease as soloists. * recorded performance of Bach’s The actual recording of the B Minor Mass for RCA Victor work climaxed three years of in- earned the Recorded Music Award tense study and preparation. " for 1947. Shaw pointed out that his The Birmingham News-Age- choral group is really a group Herald acclaimed the conductor with “greatness” last year. It said further that the quality is “only 1M yery rarely attained in concert.” Shaw, t who is tall and husky looks like a gridiron hero, is re garded by his singers as the high priest of choral art. His specialties are teaching amateurs how to sing "together and achieving the kind of artistry that has made eminent conductors like Toscanini and Stokowski select him as choral director for important works. Distinguished conductors, in strumentalists, and singers cite his remarkable thoroughness and painstaking care for every detail. An illustration of this is his Victor recording of Brahms’ “Ein of solo artists and concertmast- ers because he has limited it to profesional singers. Other Shaw RCA Victor Red Seal recordings include five vocal miniatures for female voices and two children’s albums, “Kanga and Baby Roo,” and “In Which a House is Built at Pooh Corner for Eeyore.” Ann Hilliard Helps ‘Troubled’ Fish By BILL COLVILLE Whenever Freshmen feel like unloading a few mental burdens, Mrs. Anna Maze Hilliard, director of the student center at the an nex, is always ready to listen. From girl troubles to “I just can’t seem to pass Math 101,” Mrs. Hilliard is always on hand J I §|1 w Robert Shaw, America’s number one choral conductor, will bring his famous Chorale here November 9 for a concert on the 1949-50 Town Hall series. in her office at the student center to lend a sympathetic ear and a great deal of good advice. Born in Rogers, Texas, Mrs. Hilliard came to the College in 1941 as a secretary in the Place ment Office, and held that position until she became director of the Annex Student Center in 1946, the first year Freshmen wei’e housed at the Annex. Her main duty is working with the Freshmen in planning all of the parties, dances, and other dif ferent forms of recreation that are held at the annex throughout the year. 1 She also arranges for rooms for parents and sweethearts when they come to visit the Freshmen, and corsages for the dances. “The Student Center is open from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.,” says Mrs. Hilliard, “and has at the disposal of the Freshmen a piano, juke box, magazines, pool tables, cards, dom inoes, or almost anything else along that line that the Freshmen could want.” Mrs. Hilliard has a phonograph and a good collection of records in her office, and students may use these anytime they wish. “Any games or recreational fa cilities that the students might want,” said Mrs. Hilliard, “I al ways try to get for them.” So if any Freshmen are beset with worries, and feel the need of a little feminine understanding, Mrs. Anna Hilliard is the person to When 1949 football practice be gins, Barlow (Bones) Irvin of Tex as A&M will be out of gridiron toggery for the first time in 31 years. Now the Aggies’ athletic director, Irvin played and coached high school, college and pro ball during that long span. Regulation Uniforms Make our store your Headquarters for Regulation Uniforms and Equipment J. / ■. 1 : n Our prices are right ... so be •sure to stop in to see us before you make your Fall purchases. Reg. Khaki Shirts Reg. Khaki High Back Cotton Slacks Reg. Green Elastique Slacks - High Back Reg. Pink Elastique Slacks High Back Reg, Socks . . . Ties . . Belts . . Caps . . . Shoes J. H. CONWAY, JR Class ’31 RAY COPUS Class ’47 DICK HOLMGREEN . . . Class ’47 Conway & Co. 103 N. MAIN BRYAN “Where the Aggie Bus Stops” THE BATTALION Page 2 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1949 A ■u % -V li Nnl Frankie Carle, his orchestra, and his daughter Marjorie, the orchestra vocalist, will start the 1949-50 Town Hall series with a concert in Guion Hall October 21. 60 Years Priesthood Rev. Gleissner Completes 45 Years of Service Here By LOUISE JONES Few Texans have such a record as that of Rt. Rev. J. B. Gleis sner, Catholic priest of Bryan and College Station. A true Texan, he came here in pioneer days and passed his 60th year -of priesthood on July 10 this year. He has spent 45 years of that time in Bryan. During that time Monsiegneur Gleissner has been father, guide, and friend to people all over the state. Coming to Texas in 1889, he spent 14 years working in Tex as missions; he has started several parochial schools; and he has lived to see his beginning A&M con gregation of 6 Catholic Aggies in crease to well over a thousand people. The 84 year old Father is a modest man who speaks with energy and enthusiasm of his work. “I decided to come to the United States,” he said, “to help priests in the German-speaking communi ties.” Born in Bavaria, a section in southern Germany, the Father studied in Holland and completed his education at Niagara Univer sity in New York when he was 24. Monsigneur Glissner recalled that he was the only German speaking boy among his Irish classmates. “I certainly learned to Gen. George Moore Retires After 40 Years Active Duty Major General George F. Moore, class of ’08, retired^ during the Summer after 40 years of active service. A na tive Texan, Moore began his military career as a coast artil lery officer after graduating from A&M. Moore, who commanded the Manila Bay defenses against superior Japanese forces until-F ordered by higher authority to sur render Corregidor, was honored on his retirement at Sixth Army Headquarters. Army, Navy, and Air Force of ficers attended, including surviv ing prisoners of war from the Philippine Defense Campaign, who shared confinement with Moore in Japanese prison camps. His long army service ended aft er a year’s service as deputy com manding general of the Armed Forces Headquarters for Unifica tion of Facilities and Service. Commandant At A&M Part of Moore’s service was spent! at A&M, where he returned in 1937 as Lt. Colonel and Pro fessor of Military Science and Tac tics. He was commandant until he was transferred to the Philippines in 1940. Serving with the coast artillery end at times with the Ordinance Department, Moore was stationed at Fort Monroe, Virginia; Fort Worden, Washington; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Fort Adams, Rhode Is land; Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Stockton, California, the War De partment, and four tours of duty at Corregidor. Commanded Manila Defenses Early in 1941, he became a brig adier general and assumed com mand of the harbor defenses of Manila and Subic Bays, with head quarters at Corregidor. Throughout the bitter Philip pine Defense Campaign, he com manded these fortifications, and was entirely responsible for their air, sea and land defense against the Japanese attacks from Decem ber 7, 1941, until May 6, 1942, when his battered, half-starved command was ordered by the Com manding General, U. S. Army Forces in the Philippines to sur render Corregidor. POW For 3 Years With survivors of his gallant force, Moore, a major general since January 9, 1942, was a pris oner-of-war. He spent three years and four months at Japanese pris on camps in the Philippines, For mosa, Japan, Korea and Man churia. When Moore returned to A&M after his release from Japanese prison camps, to receive an honor ary degree from the college, Bryan and College Station held a “General Moore Day.” A dormi tory here bears his name. Welcome Back Aggies Following liberation and tem porary duty in the United States, Moore was in turn commanding- general of the Hawaiian Artillery Command, of the Army Forces, Middle Pacific, ‘and of the Philip pines Ryukyus Command. He re turned to the mainland last year to join the Armed Forces unifica tion organization. Awarded Citations For extraordinary heroism at Corregidor, Moore was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. The citation told of “his great gallantry by continually visiting the most exposed elements ctf his command, giving encouragcJient, directing operations . . . inspiring heroic efforts of his command.” General Moore also received the Distinguished Service Medal. The Philippine Commonwealth awarded Moore its Distinguished Conduct Star. During his post-war command in the Philippines, he was awarded the republic’s highest decoration, Commander, Philippine Legion of Honor, for war service, his post war acitvities in strengthening U.S.-Filipino friendship and re-, building the Philippine anned forces. Lancaster to Make Study of Pastures R. R. Lancaster, extension pas ture specialist here will attend a conference in Woodward, Oklaho ma at the Great Plains Field Sta tion that will deal with pasture problems in that section, according to G. G. Gibson, director of Texas Extension Service.' The conference is the first in series to be held along with a tour of the West Texas range country, says Gibson. Representatives from the USD A and departments of the A&M System under the guidance of the Texas Production and Mar keting Administration will make the tour and will participate in the discussions. They will be studying the need and opportunity for shrub control work in that section of the state. Vice Chancellor for Agriculture D. W. Williams, will join Lancas ter at Woodward and will accom pany him on the tour of West Texas. C. N. Shepardson is Dean of the School of Agriculture. Aggie Freshmen Meet Ole Lou $ A V E • He’s Right With You $ A V E SAVE Vs to t/2 On Books & Supplies SAVE LOUPOT’S Trading Post N. Gate English!” Remarkable to say, the Father wanted to come to Texas because of what he had heard about it. “People told me that if you wanted to go anywhere in Texas, you had to take an ax to cut down the trees and make a road as you went; they talked of rattlesnakes as big as trees,” he said. Ordained in the Galveston diocese on July 10, 1889, he found a Texas full of many things that people hadn’t spoken of. Father Gleissner lived for a time six miles from the nearest post office and often had to pull his horse out of mires in wet weather. He remembered that the trip from Caldwell to Bryan via horse and buggy took three hours in good weather. “Those were pioneer days, but happy ones,” he said. Monsiegneur Gleissner spent seven and a half years in Tours, near Waco, where he started a parochial school which is still in existence. Stationed at Hearne for the next seven years, the Father said that he lived there because it was a central railroad point for the missions he visited. His mis sion territory extended from Mex- ia south to Waller near Houston. Moving to Bryan in 1904, he said, “We thought A&M was a big school with its 400 enroll ment, and if anyone had told us it would be this big today, we might have been skeptical.” Father Gleissner organized the first denominational church on the campus. Although his congrega tion consisted of 6 Aggies for while, it soon grew. Since there was no chapel, mass was held on the fourth floor of the Academic building in the architecture de partment. “Having just conducted mass in Bryan, I often had to run up the four flights of stairs to be on time.” The rapid pace began to get rather tiresome so eventually mass was changed to the CE building. “It was about 20 years before we got our own chapel,” the Fath er explained. The Knights of Col umbus financed it. He added that he thought the 300 person seating capacity of the new chapel would never be filled. “Now we don’t have enough room.” Particularly vivid in the Fath er’s memory was the influenza ep idemic at A&M after the first World War. Flu was a dred sick ness then due to lack of medical knowledge. He remembers the hor ror with which it struck the col lege. He said that the “small” boys usually pulled through, but it was the “big” boys who often develop ed pneumonia. Today Monseigneur Gleissner speaks with pride of the six Cath olic churches and parochial schools in Bryan and College Station. Five Aggies from his congre gation are now priests and five others are in training at La Porte. His congregations have become so big that he has Father Timm Valenta and Father Edward Mat- acha to help him. For only 3<j a word you can talk to 10,000 people a day through BATTALION classified ads. Call 4-5324. Each of the 29 backfield can didates at Texas A&M played high school football on a Texas team. I We’re not running a date bureau, but if you’re looking for anything else, a BATTALION classified ad will do the job for you. Call 4-5324. She Wants a CORSAGE for the Game! a Why Not Order it Now from STSLES FLOWERS We know what kind of corsage she wants . . . and we also know what a week-end costs! 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