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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1949)
I " rit r ; i i if • ! Beckner arid Lowery Lead Off Season’s Vaudeville Shows j! i i ■ ' . r 4 i RY JOHN TAPLKY Frankie Girle Not t« Appear Here BY JOHN TAPLKY Six of the nations outstanding j be presented at Galon Hall on The two-hour show will feature such outstanding ities as Fred Loweiy,” America’s Foremost tUoso”; and Eddie Peabody, “King of the Banjo”. Denny Beckner, acting as tnaa-f ter of ceremonies, and his orches tra; the Winter Sisters, “interna tionally famous acrobatic /team”; and the Troyans, billed as ^he greatest handbalanciiig act in the Americas”, and Pryde and Day, .jaj juggling act which fllpfi Indian f Clubs around the stage, ‘will also .appear. f7 First Show ,■ This is the firs^ big tbow offer ed at A&M this year and two per formances will be held. The first show starts at 7 p. ?n.' and the last show’ at 9 p. m. ( i: ■ Rescn-ed seat tickets; will eoat one dollar, tax included and gen- Jeral admission will be seventy ! cents, Tickets will go on sale In ‘’Spike White’s office hi Student Ac- ; tiyities Thursday. First come, fltf t ' served is tho rule on ticket sal Wlilta aald. " ; v Fred Lowery, “the blind whli lor”, has been featured on rai shows, night chibs and recordings, lie htarted whlstllnr while a boy tn PalcsUue, 'IVgwi, and was en couraged to make the: tuneful pastlum u earijer. l/»wery took his step toward ratne with Frankie Carle and hli or- ghter- will first big V mount Im Later estra, including d Vocalist Marjorie Hug] hot appear on the campUs on :t. 21, the week end of the Baylor game, C, G. Whljte,! Inssis- tant dean of {students for activities announced today. i Carle’s original agreemefit to play for a dance hero on that woek-end was hinged on an agreement at lloustou’a Shamrock tHotol' {{which was cancelled, White said. [:/ Student Activities office ijs cur rently dickering with;Carlo and his orchestra for an amwOrupce on Nov, >1 and 6, which In »h< of the MMU game. i i lie will do a two hour concert from 7 to 9 im Saturday ydth a dance from 9 to Ig. Hlnro October 27, White sa(d, he had] a written agreement^: with Car Ik but Had not slgnodhia corl- trici. It In agent baek*«l opt^WuM he wmldn’t line up enough appear, anjrieii In Mile area, P Twent - I li Non-Corps and Day, attractive juggling team, famous from coast to »st, will appear in the show ut Gulon Hall Wednesday evening, October 12. C. G. White, assistant dean of students, $tated that this show is one of the best put on in several years. wMkoSd Stalin Scratoheil • • fills fixHiurhtly White Loppa's orchestra, 1h» nppMrml with llororo Hddt and I Ills oroimstra. lie has uton rrltlcii) iwOMtilliun from John Charles Thomas and Frits Krelskr. 11« whistles everything from animal soiiikIm to th> "Indian ls>vt' Cali”, Former Commsoder , Fddlo Peobody, “tho wizard of the Jginio” Is formerly h Nuyy cotnhmndor. During Uto war he vis- Ttml inuny Pacific oases ploying his banjo as a troop eiitertaliwr. " In six months hi olaywl 7119 shows hnd travelwl 126,000 miles. Recontly he appeftred in some of the nation's top,night clubs, hotels, and theaters, j - ‘ i ’ . The Troyans,. nn .International handbalancing net, were crowned handbalandng champions of Mex ico in 1SM6- They have appeared at the Pol- ^ L , fergwe, where they were a ^ meni. Dr. Thomas addressed . the an nual meeting of the TeM« Bee keepers’ Association on ithe campus which began Monday ^ Lng ended yesterday of officers. More thah He said that the in the bee industry ,.. m about primarily through the util ization of bees as pollination agents on legumes and using honey as a Featured with his orchestra are I byproduct Dr. Thomas estimated The Harmony Hilltoppers and The that beekeepers and leghthe farra- Gleo Club- Beckner and his orch-1 era could realize betweenjjllB and estra have been featured in top, 250 times as much through the pol- ! Collectors to Vi In Pipe Con test Do you have n good colhsdloh of Frank Medico pipes 7 Then here Is Tour i-ham’c to add xlx inorf ‘>M'lmens UbMihiteiy free by tdin» ply entering your asNOrtiiU’ut la this year's Maltalhm Mpe Hmokln CoitMt, ia|d, since you niv lure of sit artists upbearing out on tlw stnge. , *’t*T*“ fi •" .i' Beekeepers In Beekeeping ih now enter- ine- upon a period of change pip,> " Co,wt ltute only one of thf ed as revolutioi every Battaliou reader will gift his chance to via With his fellow nico- tiitc slaves in almost every phase corfnccted with pipes and smoking. ThC half dozen Frank Medici famous of great success. Later they headlined at tlw. luxurious Sans Soud for more than nine weeks and ap peared at the world premiere Of “Bad Boy" In Dallas. Beckner Emcees Denny. Beckner, “The Mad Cap Merrymaker", will be^ master of ceremonies during the Gulon per- ' Tomances. Ills famoua-orchestra will play and-also furnish back ground music for the show. accord ph>- pqpart- ti* meet- llectkm ery one but Joe Mtalin wilt h« eligible to enter. Stalin, one Malcolm Orchard Speaks Thursday J Malcolm Orchard, editor of the Southern Agriculturist, will; be In of the most famous of nil pipe smoker*, was dls*|uat|n«Ml fol lowing last weelkTs tkiiiiPtmcrMeiif of the ItipMlan Admmk It was feared {that till'' hUipbet OiHt Moscbvlt#{ milght secruth a stray bomb III ithd Idiwl of his enormous plpt 1 n.nd usiif the con test US n pretence tor planting it In thil country. ! . J Others, thmigh, win lej given ample opportunity lo pllff t«i IhblV heart’s content. And fofj those who don’t have n preferenej'i for pipes, other competitioma have] been plan- ned. i ' ; j j r i Adroit fag-fjixhiqners will dash in a cigarette'rojUing ConUait. 'Fhe finished product (will be Judged on appearance and servictjiioility. The main factor, of Course,| will , be- the epeed of the content. ! li. ' ' ]‘ ( The puffing meet wf I be judg ed much as it was last! kear. Each entrant will light his ; pipe, set- Library Head Quits Position Oh October 29 j. \ Paul S. Ballante has tend- sd his resignation as librarian of the Cushing Memorial Li- brarjy and the Texas Engin eers Library. He Will be re lieved of Ids duties October 29, ac cording to Dr. F. C. B dton, presi- of the college. llaneo came to A&M in 1943 organized the ’ Texas Engin- Library. The following year, took charge of the main li-i brary and also continued as head of t! to Engineers Library, He received bis BA Degree froii North Carolina State College arid latei did graduate work at Colum bia University where he received his Bachelor of Library Science. B(,Uance will return to his native stab' of North Carolina to be bend Hbirjxian of the Qrtensbprough Public LibnpY- According to Ballonce, he resign ed bcenuno the climate In this part of t ie country Is very bod for his wife’s healtli. Ho also wants work nontcr hits home. | is d Sixteen —y, . \ ; i ii# i en an lected to Sen llabani^fbo kudent Life [ik r Jlatiki . It hotels and night clubs throughout the nation. Beckner’s hobby is flying, and . on one occasion, he was flying over Bryan to play an engagement In Dallas. But the motor of his single engineo plane fell ou£ Surprising !y he made a successful landing in a nearby field, i \ Three Slaters The Winter Sisters are three lovely girls with fabulous acrobatic > sblUty. They have been featured at the Latin Quarter In New York City for a year, The Capitol Thea-i ire, New York, and Milton Betfafs Television show. ‘ | * I Tlioy have become international favorites, having played in Lon don, Pario, Stockholm, Copenhaf* en and Holland. Once they enter tained the Shah of Persia. Appear ing in many, motion pictures,; they have been rated a Class A Vaude ville team. Pryde and Day, are an attractive couple and famous juggling act, have appeared in top night-clubs, hotels and theatres all over the *" nation. lination services rendered 15 and 20 times as much through tho pol lination services rendered by the hey could from the sale of honey. He said the main problem facing the beekeepers was to con vince the legume fanners th^it hon eybees could render such a .valuable pollination service.' j A systematized pollinating sys tem wou d double the normal yield of legunlo seed, is waa pointed out. !-—H *■ i - '"n-Ml College Station Thursday aijd will tie back,'andJtiUeindt to best speak at 4 p. m. that day, acdordiiig i his opponents at keeping the to D. B. Burchard, head of the Jout-1 embers alive, naliam Department. i I Smokers will be diVidcd into prehard, an Aggie ex-student, | is ] groups in accordance witii pipe arriving from Nashville, said Bur- j style and size, Tobaheo will be chard, to discuss agricultural writ- j furnished. iug at the meeting. r, ! Additional ideps proposed for the Sponsored by the Journalism De- conte8t inclu d c a smoke-ring con- t u j ’J 11 " 6 . j 0 p | ^ i test. Serious consideration is be- Ihari** ^ 00 ^ W ^ n Hall, said Bi|r- mg given, toward awa rping a prize Jap Housing ‘Making Progress Backwards’ Tokyo, Oct. 5 tfi—Japan is “milk ing progress backwards” on hops- ;ing, Constniction Ministry Chief Hldeji M&sutani said toilny. Earth- luakes, typhoons and floods are estroying homes faster than they a can be built, he said. for the liest all nroujijd pipe col lection entered. This would be in addition to the Flunk Medico award to be donated py the S. M Frank Co. More siwcific detai the contest will; appea concerning in Friday’s paper along With an ei try blank for tho affair. The contest date, in cidentally, has been i|<jset to Wod- nesday, Oct. 26, Casha^a^hy ; j { ■ h, | jj petting Full Face Value On Shaw’s Chorale Leaves on Tour Nhv York, Oct. 5 (Hpl.)- ?})« Robert Hhitw Chorale, with HoLmtI Shaw conducting, louffoM Oct. 2 on a 10 wceku’ cor cert tour. During thin per iod the chorale will sing <10 Qon- certs with th* first one in Hamil- Urn, New York, on Oct, 2. Some of the dtles to be visited are Chicago, KnnsiM City. Dallas, Kai: Antonio, Miami, AUnnta, Phil- ndc phia. Thiv xeuron’s plans originally called for a six Weeks' tour in the fall ami another Jtour in the spring. Because ut requests for repeats, tne ful{ tour has been extended to ten we<‘ks. Some of the cities to re-en gage the choraiej are Chicago, Ced ar Kails, Philadelphia, Kansas City, Stillwater, Pensacola and Atlanta. An extended spring tour to start in March is also being aiTanged. ({Editors’ note: — The Robert Shaw Chorale will appear at Guion Ilajll on the Towm Hall Nojv. 9.) r ■ Jl : i - J . ; n Paul Ballance. abo\ne, leaves for North Carolina after heading Cushing Memorial Library shtce December, 1944. > program Holt Outlines TB Network ■it ; -1 j , Alt outline of tho oiYttQiia* lion and general gpending of the National IMbereulofll* Ah- Hociution wot presented by the president or tho atate or* gunlzHtlon U'foro a mvetlug of th« Ihnzds County Tub«rculo«l> As- sodittlini yoMtimlay, l i : Dr. R K. Holt, pivsldent of Imth the luni nnd suti* umoeiatlonn, pro- Hi'iitisl his outiino to a inoetlng of thirty asAoi'latlnn inombtmi at the ftrn/o* MDsoclatiun's headquarters ht Bj Van's Masohle bulldtiig. Tho mooting was prlmArlly. im organljuitlonal move tp prt'pAro for the annual sale of Chrisllnms Heals which bogins Nny. 21. f Of] the fumU reaiizod from the 4ale of teals, K2'<r is kept fb^ lo cal campaigns against TuUTrtilO- iis, l8'"r goes for state work, nnd f» f r is sent to the iiational organiza tion to fight thojdjsfiosei, Drl Holt tela. T | '] Plaas aro being mode now f nnothor X-ray survey of the Hrya College Station urea, Holt Said. Last year tiicre Were Cfi new, case* of TB reported, 6 deaths occurred, and there were 310 known! cases in the community he said, j From the college, between* five and six thousand chest X-rays of sjtudents were made, 1 Hojlt con- eluded, i . j .* -j v | Floyd H. Henk r Ja lerman, and Bob S lorning as the five ledtlon committee cl Although the exact, 0 ' m ere tors-at Keith CIIWD as A& i siati short coupes and confep] >nces have been scheduled at TeX- &M during October. Texas Bookkeepers’ Ajtso^] ion met October; 3-4. Nel son Ross of Corsicana is jph 0 * 5 ** dent of the association. More thaii 100 attended. ' ■ f ' The Instrumentation for tlie cess Industries Short Course 300 attending, will be held ] her 12-14. G. L. Oarrar of i thA; Chemical Engineering Departuieoft is chairman, ’ | ! ]| The Junior College Conference will bo held October 17*18. Ah at tendance of 260 I* expected, pr, T*| I). Brooks is chairtnan, , I The Texas Nutrition Confijrcbciv with J. R. Couch, of the Bi istry nnd Nutrition Dqpar a* chairman, is schedulml fo| ober 20-21. Atti'nidanco Is ed to roach 160. On October 21*22 the Association of I wans and ora of Men will meet. W, berthy, dean of studmiti, secrotary-troasuivr ami W Tate; dean «/f students; HM oharge of the protrrnm. imntely 40 men are 0; tend this meeting. The Atilninl Husbandry ‘ormallj Imp. count of vot completed as ye ; pluralities hilvp ami all winnertl “Chupk” Cabs and B<d) Page tiibtnliors; of the 1 mittee.iOhly thr of which are the military rei, a committee are i fill They qro the cadet dent of the ‘ Sinlolr de^t Of ithp Junior co-ed | share jra of me orte votOi I New Sen tlje three new t Life. Com- oj-e chosen, all smen since kejntjatlves on the by position, dohcl/preej- Class, presj- C ass, and the Battalion, who ? Tr ,'. II itors Othljr now Student Senators are L, E. ICfirt'dl from Dormitory, 14. B. 0. Houser of Darinitory 16; A. rneiit and the Ameilcfti Horen Ammcbitloh I# spo Quarter Horop Type (,'nnfi Is* held October- 28-29. li. Is chairman ami 160 lire es Quarter Horse Conference To Be Held Here October 28 - 29 - The Animal Husbandry Depart ment and the American Quarter Horse Association aro sponsoring a Quarter Horse Conference here October 28-29. ! ! * j Total of 3,000 cattlemen from Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, ,;and held October 28^9. ehown following the supper.; Annual Rodeo J , At 8 p. m. timse attending the conference will be entertained by the Saddle and Sirloin Chib’# An nual Rodeo which is also to bo Band Travels Tn LSU Game Friday Continuing drill practice through • this week desplte inclement wefttn- "v ep, A&M's 170-piece marching band plans to perform at.the LSU-A&M game, according to Lt. Col. E. V Adams, director. Action on the Tiger field by the X band is styled to include precision, drill, and showmanship. A “wander- . - lng Indian" counter-march, a scat tered band drill, a formation spell ‘ lng "Tigera" In script letters, i formation saluting A&M, and i ?' special execution of letter march ing will be performed. IpF , The band will leave for the game ) Friday night at 7:30 with the foot- i ball teaih. 's' ; ' ."ia.. • ' '•■':■ J » . By JOHN WH Ever try to cash a strange town? If Vour answer is in the affiratetive,; you need go no further. It U for the uninitiat ed Aggie that the following words have been written, j It was only ’ through the most diligent work that I wail able to uncover this most commonly used and proven method of converting lifeless paper into genuihe United States currency. The L first jstei proaching the unsi _ er —I perhaps we should use the Partially Full Face heck in a resent* the problem of wihnt persuasion he conserjlis to tho loan of his battered ink-dlijponser. Having coinjillmenuid him on the way the fine j old ham 'vrites, you hand him the finished product During the long silence that fol lows our friend scrutinizes the sig* {step consists of ap- suspecting suck- should u: more formal connotation of “long-; lefactor — am lj introduce This is a definite step ends and ipfluencing lost yoursel ih win check Ha malitie{s you work and force vulge hU name, ability; will be!; which iwill be Coni nounced during the ii second step will: take (for the call him to see your jtion I is to y .'A m lly mispro- casher illustra- Smulchj {Thjp r n m m will best serve to designate you /rom your fellow humans! and eth er Aggies. Rome people use draft cards or drivers’ licenses or even letters from home. The author used ar old, worn T. S. card. Now—what to do for a check blank? Ninety-three times out of 106, the Aggie does not !carry| his check book with him, nor does he know- what it looks like. This lack of a proper check book goes over like a black sheep at a family re union With friend SmulchN^ After Mr. Gulch—I mean Smulch —is convinced that you do have a checking account at the alleged bank (its left for you to convince him), he will ask how big a check is to be cashed. After 32 minutes of debate (in some eases as Imuch as 34 art re quired) a sum Js agreed upon and the actual wprk of ur check is about to start. At this point It is tradli to have a pen. Almost in the time-hallowed manner, Mr. is reluctant to let anyone u ($ .98 Watterplug. After a the c) on vM Mf/Vtti writing rt * nature on th it With that card. He also pu volume writing r . x ._. thoughtfully while mittant grunts and snd compares identification j 1 I tuki out; a of PlamorV S Analysis, 1 well-worn Sure Hand- s it over ttering inter- ther forms of gibberish, and then; roaches into the till to extract tjv sum. Of coupse, 3 to cover collection fees. hTo round tihe mat Aggie fashion, the money invariably from his new-found Two hours later t forth from the Jo< borrowed cmrettie, f8 that he now cf the realn|ij and vrild week-i <Editorial te with the k little mated j. ; agreed upon is taken out »nd exchange ir out in true lipient of. the ims a Fatima ’riend. ic hero strides smoking his ounts out the in the coin immences bis is keeping u icnt’s eef : T m ~ : - ■ i Npw Mexico have been invited; ac cording to B. Ii. Dana, chairmbh of the Quai-ter Hbrsc (kmuuittiih- “The purpose of the confei&ncc is to get breeders, judges, auq in spectors of quarter horses togeth er to crystallize their; idea.4 lis to what constitutes a good qi&rter home’’ said Dana. I j | ■; Starts Friday The conference will get tinder way at 1 p. nv Friday, October 28, with a discussion of various jparti of the quarter horse. Some of tho speakers slated for the program will N Dr. Jf- K. Northway from tho King Ranch, Kingsville, Texas; D. !W. Williams, vice-chancellor for agriculture', Dr. J. C. Miller, head ol* tho Atiinial Husbandry Department; Dr. A. A. Lenert, of the 8chi>ol of Veterln- cry Modi cine; and Dr. D. B. Scrota, KiUeen, Texas. At 6:30 p. m. Friday an infortnal Supper will bo served in Sblsa Hall to those attending the conference. A technicolor movie Jentitled ‘‘The American Quarter [Horse’* will be amos and Will.nan b Head Players [ Lindy James was elected presi- lent of the Aggie Players at that p’s first meeting Thursady t Other officers elected for he ensuing term were George Will- nan, vice-president, and Countess (Jones, secretary-treasurer. j In the discussion Which followed the election, the dub decided to present the play, “K.U.R.," in De cember. Plans for speakers at reg ular meetings and better or tion of the dub composed of the meeting's agenda. Saturday morning will be a quarter ho; contest which will be at Bi there, orse judging ; open to all tho$e attending! tlie conference. There will bo three classes: stal lions, mares, und wcanlhtg*i. Prizes will bo awarded to the top judges. liMemliers of the Quarter Horse Committee working with Dana are W. M. Warren, P. I. Dahlberg, D. W. Williams, R. W. Bnyder, and A. L. Smith. Students Ma Apply for Degree Applications for degrees to be awarded ut the end of thf Fall semester aro now being aj ed in the Registrar's OffR cording to H. L. Heaton, tear. j, ' I, r All students who expect to complete tlie requirements for a degree during the currOnt ho mester should call by the r» glk*!; Yrnris office at their earliest convenience and file formal ap plication for the degree. J - This applies to candidates for the Master’s Degree its welFa# candidates 1 for the BacnedorV Degree. .. ; j},- ■ 4 RhOrn fMi PK . Gi Hu)za from Dorinltory 16, and H. E. iStringor of Dofmltory lJ* Frejn is the! n ! I Milner; 1. new senator, E. Ail Ingram j wn Mitchell electejl C. itii Nprcsentqtlve. / Profit Legatt|Toi the now senator, 1 tt. F^jilbr, Keith Allsi ryonr, sml I larno Royalty got Wf R, Mosijftndf wero nlocted m i)aj a tins; nnd W.j D, 1 ciut*' elvctlotf ljf< ( j Monts ’ftlltoun U chided Jog was chosen Ha t Hall, > ni*l, I 1 B, Korsvih Ituduht Hmi- mt wmi ti»e illegie View, lea, Ci H. rntulJC.K Kl.Hd>n- ctedi liArry ng '|i<temn* ■■ re. Prim tlw frailer] Ituluiy I* tho ttnw mi flfarjnan is the Bryi alter.; V»jt V Hinge Ramiy and th« A ••leetH Jiatk li ll<ir Tr . , Krtmtie wlnlicr* from IRpmltorl* (miOne Ihrottgh Twtilyn were an- non ii cod in jliestenlay'a MatlollUi and lire ns fhllowst Dormitory Om, Ham Itorir Two, Frank Clel Rory Three, Uuls Bpl itory Four, <1 en Dun lory Five, Kim Land) llorg Six, Bun Grant Scvitii, Jlmmlv Magnj tory Teh, '’Bruce'' Dormitory ER-vf-n, a; jeo(; of Donditqry , r |' ‘New )|«Mtpre I 1 Newly elected stud ill; meet tojii Hat tall! , I), Fox of ox of Domtei u<l of Dorm- nk of Dphn- o of Dorml- pf l)onii- Dofmttory r pf porml' jompson* pf Loyd Mah- ■pBri eet a tors Intramural SCHEDULES FOR; WEDNESDAY BASKETBALL I Court! Team vs SR CO K AF . , D AF C AF Team A TC C INF E VET A QMC C FA C AF A AF D INF B QMC I AF] ■ DENNIS A VET, U;3, .1 B COMP;! 4M i E AF 7M-i B AF 10, A ENG j 13;1 B TC 16,1 meet tonight wi senate ail 7:30 I; Chitpel, announced Cl ham, retiring presi e moot ng will members of the Sena— tuplty to report tho r work of the past ne'w senatoi-K Kirkham sens fSrCA the tho Y1 J . ties K^- of the,ten- of the eight atahding e old schalte wi mittees of the the new senatp rnembel. duties in the various lommitte*#. This meeting, as arc all senate meeting#,. 1 s open to tho and visitors are welcome ve retiring the oppor- ■ijmfllH year I to the said. Mem* te WiilTll \ | rs of their mentioned. j - There are approximately ten old ators on the campus. The new late has only 42 membert be- !'(Ktt»e the Freshmen and Sopho- ore clussc-a have not dlceted class fleers. , J I'bc vice-presidents of ouch cloaa automatic member#; of tho ren te. Two scats ore hold in the new caate by the co-vlce-presldehts of thoSah irganiga- Wo the rest | for Corifci Trip* planning. “ egatlon and Aggie I 1 , - h , * tvli i.!: Corpa Trip weekend. ii: " M i ,| 4' jj I ii--. ..iii alter Price. a ajKi and W. L. +T