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Robert Shaw Chorale Appears
In Concert Tomorrow at 8:00
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Robert Shaw, America’s num
ber one choral conductor, will give
a concert on the Town 'Hall Pro
gram Wednesday night, Nov. 9.
bringing with him an _ aggrega
tion of artists drawn from his Col
legiate Chorus in New York and
other professional vocalists.
_ He limits his chorus to | profes
sional singers only, who are in-
dividually responsible, both vocally
J^and artistically. His orchestra is
“"organized around the same idea.
The. result of -this arrangement,
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COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland),
Shaw points out, is a group j>f #>lo
artists and concertmasters
Shaw worked his way up to the
top of his ■ profession while serv
ing apprenticeship with other top-
notch! artists. He was feature d with
FVed j Waring’s jazz band, in Billy
Rose’s “Aquacade”, and staired in
Broadway revues. Evidence of Ijis
wide, variation of r experiem e will
be found in his presentation on
Wednesday night’s program
The 33- year-old Californian is
tall and boyish iin appearance. He
has the build of a husky football
hero and the pleasant expression
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B Battery Field Artillery was named winner of last week’s outfit
sign contest. The selection was itiaile by a corps committee, The
buttery will receive, in addition to $fi prize money from The Bat
talion, a sum collected from all the outfits on the campus.
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of a YMCA athletic instructor. He
specializes in teaching t amateur
vocalists to sing well together, and
his success in this undertaking has
brought him wide recognition in
the field of music.
Eminent conductors like Tosca
nini and Stokowski have selected
him as choral director for impor
tant workers.
Shaw works by the principle that,
while music is peculiarly a doer’s
art, With benefits in direct pro
portion to active participation, it
is th e performer’s business to get
out the way of music.
“Choral art stands in a unique
position to be of service to man
and music because it offers the
most immediate and accessible ave
nue of active participation,” Shaw
Shaw’s explanation for his suc
cess is simple. “Music is really
one art,” he says. “The chorus,
symphony orchestra, the virtuoso
recitalist ancj the string quartet
are not eorjipetitive ‘attractions’.
They are instruments of a single
craft, with | similar repsonsibil-
ities.”
Versatility and thoroughness are
reflected in his RCA Vivtor re
cordings. Hisi best known record
ing is that of Brahm’s “Ein Deut
sches Requiem,” in which he con-
ucts the RCA Victor Chorale and
ymphony Orchestra, with soprano
Sleanor Steber and basso James
ease as sqloists.
This work was the result of three
years of stuitly and preparation.
Other RCA Victor readings di
rected by Shaw include Beethoven’s
Ninth Symphony, . performed by
Serge Koussbvitsky and the Bos
ton Symphony Orchestra with
Shaw conducting the Berkshire
Festival contralto Marian Ander
son as soloist; an nlbum-.of “Christ
mas Hymns and Carol’*}. Irving
Berlin’s “The Freedom Train" and
"America the Beautiful”; andl many
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Hungarian Exile To Speak
On Russian Platis for War
BY BOB PRICE
From behind two Iron Curtains
and onto the stage of Guion Hall
will step a man with a message of
-prime importance to all freedom
loving people. Dr. Nicholas Nyar-
adi (pronounced Neer-radi) t Ex-
Minister of Finance of Hungary,
will speak at Guion Hall as 8 p. m.
on Monday, November 14. Admis
sion will be free.
Dr. Nyard should know well of
what he speaks. While in his posi
tion as Minister of Finance he
spent seven months in Moscow at
a Russian, Reparations Con|fer-i
ence. In Moscow he was closely
associated with Prime Ministers
Molotov, Mikoyan, and Marshall
Voroshilav, and three; closest men
to Marshal Stalin.
Nyaradi found that one of his
closest associates, four star Gen
eral of the Army, I. N. Merku-
lov, was the chief of the dreaded
Russian Seicfet Police.
' The Ex-Minister says there, are
two iron Curtains in Russia. Rus
sia not only Conceals her activities
from the Western World, he says,
bpt behind that first ill-famed bar
rier, maintains another—-designed
to keep her methods hidden even
from Eastern Europe, over which
she is achieving complete political,
military, and economic, control.
Nyaradi will speak on "Russia’s
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Hook to Speak 1
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Ralph C. Hook, associate
professor for retailing in the
Business Department, will
serve, as a 1 consultant and
speaker Saturday for a
'^‘Small Businesses” clinic to be
• held in Texarkana.
Hook. was asked to address the
clinic r-by the Texarkana Business
and Professional Women’s Ckib.
He will speak on “Marketing as
it Pertains to HomC-Madte Pro
ducts.”
The clinic is being held to ac
quaint women interested in small
""Businesses with the problems and
practices of retailing. It will be
gin at 8:30 a. m. Saturday.
In addition to Hook, several
other speakers . and consultants
have been invited by the city’s
BPW Club to attend and supervise
the discussions. They include the
head of the Art ! Department of
Arkansas A&M and the Bowie
County Demonstration Agent
Before coming to Aj&M, Hook
was connected with the Marketing
Department of the* University of
He teaches graduate and
undergraduate courses in retailing, .corps pictures is November 24.
Preparation for War” whdn he ap
pears in Guion Hall. He will di
vide his talk into three phased and
outline Russia’s plans for ] European
satellite states and for tie world.
Nyaradi resigned from his post
as Minister of Finance in 1948
when he learned of the cor fiscation
of American property in Hungary
and of the arrest of Cardinal
Joseph Mindszenty.
He went into voluntary exile
in the conviction that Hui gary, to
gether with other Cominfc rtn coun-
Annuals Issued
Thursday;
Schedule G
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Today is the final day
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on which
First and
leduled to
pictures
Woodall
unit commanders of the
Second Regiments are sc'
have their full lengtji
made, corps editor Jin
has announced.
Woodall added that thje remain
der of the unit commai der sche
dule calls for Third and Fourth
Regiment pictures to be taken on
November 9 through 17 and Fifth
and Sixth Regiment pictures on
November 18 through (
Unit commanders should wear
number one uniforms with boots
and “going places” hat, the corps
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Annuals Distributed
Another shipment of Aggieland
1949’s will be distri nited on
Thursday beginning at : :30 p. m.,
Rolanr Bing, student pjblications
manager has reported. The distri
bution will be made or the first
floor of Goodwin Hall, Bing added.
Non-corps editor Chuct Cabaniss
has announced that today is the
first day on which non-c< rps sopho
mores are. scheduled to have their
individual" class sectioi pictures
made.
All pictures are to be made at
the Aggieland Studio, Cabaniss
said, aind coats and ti !s are re
quired. The remainder of the non
corps schedule is a follows:
Sophomores ,; j' j;
Nov. 8, 9, & 10: A through N
Nov. 11 & 1^:^ Make-up for all
classes.
Nov. 14 & 15: 0 through Z.
Freshmen
Nov. 16, 17, 18, & 19: A through Z.
Make-Ups
Nov. 21, 22, 23, & 24: All classes.
Non-corps seniors ard graduate
students can have mi .ke-up pic
tures made anytime in the period
from now until November 24, the
non-corps editor stated! He j added
that the deadline fojr all non-
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porary extinction.
Nyaradi then came to the
United States with vital com
ments and revelations on what
Russia is doing in Europe and
what she plans to do in the
world. He does not mince words.
He states emphatically the facts
made available to him as Fi-
nance Minister and later as envoy
to RussiaJ
The Hungarian ex-minister was
born in Budapest and was educated
at the University of Budapest. He
is well verged in both the economic
and political status of Russia at
the present time.
It may seem incredible that a
Non-Communist could have learn
ed so much about the Communist
Regime as such a high level. This
is attributed to the fact that Nyar
adi was in such close contact with
the high jplanning groups of the
Russian government.
Nyaradds appearance at A&M is
sponsored j by the college adminis-
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Japanese Talk Peace;
Ask for American Loan
Tokyo, Nov 8 <i'P>—Growing talk
of an early Japanese peach treaty
has led Japan’s government to be
lieve it will get at least $100,000,-
000 (M) ib long term credit from
the United States, the newspaper
Asahi said today.
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Yell Practice Decision Stands
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The 1949 Aggie “T” turned out to perfection
under the guiding hands of senior yell leaders
Glenn Rothman, “Rett" Duke, and "Tex" Thorn
ton. The long ann of the “T” stretched from
one 17 yard line to the other and was 94 men
wide at the
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he bottom arm of the
"T" was 81 men wide and stretched from one
39 yard line to the other. By actual count from
the print from whim this picture was made,
there were 2,138 men : in the formation.
- An Editorial -
Capitol Considers
Index Variation
WASHINGTON, (A>>—The Labor
department is planning a major re
vision of its “consumers’ price in
dex" to conform to New American
buying habits.
The Senior Class must make a decision to
night. Upon that one decision may well rest
the future of the corps of cadets. The class
must dCctde whether or not it will hold a mid
night ytell practice in Houston Friday night.
The Class of ’50, when it makes that decis
ion, can prove one of two things. First, that it
has the depth and maturity to recognize a sit
uation for what it is, and to take appropriate
action ;ln regard, to that situation. .Or, second,
it can prove that it is short-sighted, immature,
and unable to cope with the responsibility for
which it has continually asked and which now
has been thrust upon it.
The Houston A&M Club, through George G.
Smith, chairman of the corps trip committee,
has notified Senior Class president Bobby Bying-
toh Sunday that, ‘‘It remains the consensus and
wishes (of the Houston A&M Club) that a mid-
nightf yell practice not be conducted in Houston
and that no demand be made on city officials
for an official hearing.”
It is obvious from Smith’s letter that the
Houston City Council does not wish to discuss
the subject of midnight yell practice any fur
ther.
It is only reasonable to assume that the
college, in view of Smith’s letter and the request
of the Houston City Council, will also say, "No
midhight yell practice in Houston.”
There are many students who do not like
this request by the Houston exes, and who will
hot like it if the college has to cancel midnight
yell practice. But the fact remains, the city of
Houston, the Houston former students, and, We
arg sure, the college are now against midnight
yell practice.
However, neither the Houston exes or the
college has said, "there will be no midnight yell
practice.” They are waiting for the Senior Class
to say that.
I To do this, the class must retract a motion
passed at its last meeting which committed its
membera to holding a midnight yell practice In
Houston. It Is a difficult thing for an Individual,
let alone a group, to stand up and admit that an
action taken in the past was wrong. It would
be easier for the seniors to stick by their former
statement, but the easiest way is not, in thla
case, the best way.
We ask this. Let every man in the senior
class consider the case by himself. It matters
not, now, what the preliminary facts were which
led to the Houston City Council’s refusal to
grant a permit for midnight yell practice. It
matters not what we, personally, think about
midnight yell practice.
What does matter is this. If the Senior
Class votes to hold an unauthorized yell practice
in Houston it will be directly and deliberately
violating the express Wishes of that city, an
important segment of the Former Student’s As
sociation, and the college-
The consequences for such action can, and
probably would, be drastic. But a threat should
not be needed to make the Senior Class reverse
its stand. It should be a realization that the rep->
utation of all Aggies—past, present, and future—
and the corps of cadets will be jeapordized if
the Senior Class disregards the wishes and orders
of those men in positions of authority and honor.
Is the Class of ’50 to go down in the record
books of A&M as the class of indecision which al
lowed itself to be swayed by a well-intentioned,
but an unthinking and extremely vocal minor
ity?
Or is the Class of ’50 to be remembered as
one which saw its duty and lived up to the re
sponsibility which that duty imposed?
The time for decision is tonights We are
convinced that there can be only one course of
action—The Senior Class must respect the wishes
of the city of Houston and its former students
by voting not to hold a midnight yell practice
next Friday night.
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Knight Recognized
At Meterman Meet
High tribute was paid to R. E.
Knight at the closing sessions of
the Electrical Metermen’s short
coiirse held at Texas A&M College
this week.
Knight is superintendent of the
meter department of the Dallas
Power and Light Company. He has
been connected with metering for
more than 30 years.
N. F. Rode of the Electrical En
gineering Department, made the
presentation talk.
“We of the Southwest Electric
Metermen’s Association wish to
express to. you our appreciation
for your 'many contributions to
solutions of various problems in
the metering field is giving excel
lent guidance and keen counsel in
the development of metering prac
tices in this area. But, most of all,
we want you to know that our
main appreciation is that of hav
ing been associated with you.
“As a token of our esteem, I
have been asked to present you
with this jacket May it warm your
heart with the warm affection we
have for you.” •
AGRICULTURAL STUDENTS
There will be an assembly
all studenta in 'the School of
Agriculture at 11 a. m. Thurs
day, Nov. 10, in Guion Hall, C.
N. Shepardson, dean of agri
culture said today.
Agriculture studenta will be
excused from class at that hour
for the purpose of attending
this assembly, Shepardson add
ed.
BY THE CO-EDITORS
The Houston A&M Club reiterated its stand on mid
night yell practice Sunday and requested that the Senior
Class not ask for an audience with the Houston City Council.
The request came in a letter received Sunday by Senior Class
President Bobby Byington, from George G. Smith, chairman
of the A&M Club’R jtforps trip committee. . I
I “It is the consensus and wishes (of the Houston A&M
Club)” the letter said, “that a midnight yell practice not be
conducted in Houston and that no demand be made on the
city officials for an official hearing;”
Thus, a we^k-long serial of ne- :
gotiaiions among a committee :
from the Senior Class, Smith, the ;
Houston A&M Club, and officials
or the Houston City Council came :
to an end; j
Smith had been asked by mem
bers of the senior committee to ;
try to arrange a meeting for them ■
with the city officials. Smith had :
visited on thp campus with the :
committee last Wednesday, The
entire’ yell practice situation was
reviewed at [ a luncheon held at
Aggieland Inn.
The senior committee had been
appointed last Monday by 'Bying
ton for the purpose of trying to
gain audience with the Houston
officials. Byington’s action came
during a Senior Class meeting at
which a request from the A&M
exes In Houston not to hold mid
yell practice Was heatedly
ASCE Men Elect
Wright to Post
Dr. S. R. Wright, head of the
Civil Engineering Department, was
elected vice-president of the Texas
section of the American Society
of Civil Engineers at the annual
meeting of the section in San An
tonio last week.
Other officers elected were, L. D.
Show, assistant chief engineer,
Gulf Oil Corp., Gulf production
division, Houston, president; F. M.
Davis, district engineer. State
Highway Department, vice-presi
dent and I. W. Santry jr„ Civil En
gineering Department, SMU, sec
retary.
Annual Slide
Rule Contest
Begins Nov. 22
Plans have been completed
for the annual Slide Rule corn-
test November 22. One con
test will start at the annex at
1 p, m. and the other on the
main campus at 3 p. m.
The examination^ iqpen only to
students registered in MechanicsB
Engineering 101 who haye had no
prior college work, will be a 50-
minute examination on slide rule
problems. Separate; awards will
be provided for those who compete
in the contest but jwho are ineli
gible for the principal contest.
Selection of contiistants will be
made by each instructor^ with no
instructor picking more .than vlO
per cent of the nuniber of students
in all his sections; j
The awards ceremony wll| bo
h«)d Dec, 13 in the gymnasium at
the Annex. Each contestant not
winning a major award will be
awarded a small nlaque which
bears a commendation from the
head of his rhajor department. First
and second prises will be given
the two studetns making the high
est grades In the content. ■ j
Within each branch, of the School
of Engineering,- tjhere will be a
first and second prize. Among the
contestants ineligible for the reg
ular vcontest, tnere will be awarded
first, second and third prizes, each
being a large metal plaque.
Further special awards will be
made ti ineligible contestants who
make the highest grades. Accord
ing to J. H. Caddess, chairman for
the contest, "there will be no; los
ers."
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Reeive Award
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Two outstanding seniors,
one in veterinary medicine
and one an agricultural : stu
dent who has pad at least two
courses in dairy husbandry,
will be presented scholarships
Thursday night
The scholarships, worth] $300
each, will be presented by Ar
Wentworth, public relations direCr
tor of the Borden Company, New
York. Ceremonies will be held at
a joint meeting of the American
Veterinary Association, student
chapter, and the Kream amj; Kow
Klub in the Chemistry lectur^ room
at 7:30 p. m. Thursday. i:
For a number of years the Bor
den Company has been interested in
promoting scholarships and; Scien
tific research id the field of agri
cultural related 'to human nutrition.
They have included; in their field
a $1,000 graduate Scholarship, to
an outstanding research worker in
this field.
Wentworth, * graduate of Iowa
State College, is a recognised auth
ority in (he field of dairy econo
mics and . consumer j relations. He
will address an assembly ojf; stud
ents at.Guion Hall at Hi a. m.
Thursday, at which time agricul
ture-students Will be excused from
classes to attend. He will talk on
"The Agricultural Outlook, Par
ticularly the Dairy Industry.”
At the scho arahip await! cere
mony he will talk on “Opportun
ities in Scientific Agriculture.”
“We are fortunate,” Dean C.
N. Shepardson !of the Schoo of Ag
riculture says,: “to have a;ihan of
Wentworth’s training and! ;fxper-
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Next Generation”
Glen Cove, !N. Y„ ^-Richard
Opalasti Smokes cigars. He tried
a pipe once, but he didn’t 'like it,
He 1 also likes half-a-glass [ of
wine or beer now and then. Nothing
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Tuesday with Dean of Students W.
U Penberthy :to obtain his approv
al and aid to help them obtain a
hearing wlthj the Houston Coun
cil.
Pepberthy ] promised to do his
best I to glvf the committee a
chance to b? heard In Houston,
and It was from his office that By-
ingtqn first contacted smith by
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“Hgnds Off’ Policy
Up until Inst night the college;
administration had kept a strictly
“hands off” | policy in regard to:
the senior's efforts to obtain a re-:
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At the request of ah A&M
sophomore student, Glen McCar
thy has made a highly restrict
ed offer of the grounds of his
Shamrock Hotel as a site for h
Houston midnight yell practice
Among the restrictions listed
in McCarthy’s letter to the
sophomore were that the college
must assume full financial re
sponsibility for any damage suf
fered by the Shamrock, and that
the yell practice must be ap
proved by the city council of
Houston and the college admin-
From the previous stand of
the Houston city council and re
cent statements by college offi
cials, Bobby Byington, chairman
of the senior class yell practice
committee, said he felt there
as |ittla chance of making all
aguMnu.
e Houston council had origr
inally informed the Houston
A&M dup that they felt a mid
night yell practice was unwise,
and later unofficially reiterated
(heir Statements to George
Smith, a Houston ex acting as
a go between for the city coun
cil and the senior clajss. • .
In separate statements this
morning,! Dean of Students W.
L. Penberthy said it was his
personsl opinion the college
ould not assume responsibility
or the Shamrock practice, and j
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th4 Shamrock manageria
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ttslion by phone this morn
According to Kemp, McCar
thy hpd answsred n request
from W; E. Coglin, an A&M..
sophomore, to use the groundf
^^^ujnor that McCarthy
(he use of the Sham
rock grounds was widespread
te] campus last night.
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