THE BATTALION
Y, MARCH 3, 1950 ; ^
o*8 Who at A&H
fa ‘Sweetfae
aturday Nigh
hi ndlc to Angieton
will b* the aeene of
hndorUktng of the
for. thin year—Satur-
M b !>f L »B2 for th! .
night’* Sophomore Sweat*
, tth the Aggieland Orchestra
*u >plyinjg _nusic for the oecasipn,
fentivltiCH will get underway at
8:10. [
Six beaudes, representing Texas
cities from Paducah near the Pan-
ar the
aft Soph-
George Kadera
Tom Calhoun
morrow night by a five-
group of college officials arid
imbers.
Included in the sextet will be
Mary Louiie Lilies, ah 18-year-old
fVeshman at the University of
] foustonAl [iss Liiies, B’S" and 109
Ips. of 'feminine charm, will be es-
a sophomore
Miss Jackson,
lasitc, will be
Grover Ellisor
Shirley
the way from
cipate in the fi
senior, Carl- Mei
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_aC vICo win TFB
With a height
et is hr
brown hair.
Houston’s
give added
•Jhe appears
Kay Jackaon t
n. Dallas school.
0-year-old Dai-
other entries and wja* named one
of tomorrow night' i ' finale. Tho
blue-eyed, broom-) hired North
Toxae State studeht will enter
Sbiea on the arm of 'I 'om Mabray of
“A” Coast Artlller; >.
Mary Margaret 'Smith, to bo
dated by Thurmonrl Munson of
“A’’ Company A. S. jyLr completoe
i”, MIS. W;
with chestnut
tdaon will
to the Ball when "!
*! escort Jack v
ndt r oT “A” Plight Air F.
19-year-old ‘®tg H” pi
asW
is 5’ 4” and tips the seal
with ’hair and:
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Anita McDonald Of Dallas, wb
withstood competition from m*jny
Campus Chest Plans
A&M Variety Show
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Filing Deadline Nearing
Bat Competition Slim
I As the filing deadline for the ( man of Ward 111, has filed for re-
city election draws near, only two! election and to Idate is unopposed,
of the five city elective officers! Earnest Langford, veteran may-
are being competed for, according or of College vStatipn, is unop-
v to reports from Cityr Hall. Fof posed for the city’s top position
i councilman of Ward II, the com- 1 a8 ift C. J. Gor?ycki, present cor-
petition is quite keen between four : poration court Recorder, who has
-candidates. Two men have filed filed for re-election.
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for councilman of Ward I.
The rest of the city offices are
running true to the form of past
years with only one man filing
for each office, these being the
present office holders.
" R. B. Halpin, present council-
m»A of Ward II, and Billie Mitch
ell, College Station insurance man,
filed Wednesday for the Ward II
, position making it ajour-man race
with L. S. Berrymait of the A&M
mechanical engineering depart
ment, and Jack Keesc of the civil
engineering department.
Competing for the Ward I coun
cil position will bo J. A. Orr, pre-
flont councilman and professor in
the C. E. Department, and Homer
8. Adams, Coliege Station realty
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E. E. Ames, incumbent councii-
The moVie “We’ve NeVer Been
icked”, pean Bud Barlow’s ot-
hestra, ajnd the faculty hillbiliy
land will!be featured next Tues-
i lay evening in a spedal Guion
lall program sponsored by the
tudent Campus Chest committee.
Admission price will be fifty
:ents, Monty Montgomery, Caro
ms Chest chairman announced.
This' p rogram beginning at
17:30 was. permitted by special
iction of the Student Life Commit-
I ee after hearing Mongomery’* re-
juest on behalf of die Campus
Shest. One showing of “We’ve
Mover Been Licked” will be made
Tuesday evening.
"We’ve Never Been' Licked” i*
» movie made on the A&M cam-
jus. The film attempts to cap
the spirit of Aggieland i
sarly days of Wofhl War II
licture has boon shown many time*
on the campus to Aggies who
oever seem to tire of seeing it,
Montgomery commented.
Dean Howard Barlow’s faculty
band has achieved State-wide re
cognition over the past several
years through their music in-the
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Debate Society
Tourney Is Set
For Mar. 10-11
The A&M Discussion and
Debate Society will be host
to 10 or 15 debate teams from
all over the state at the de
bate tournament to be held
here March 10-11, Joe Fuller, pres
ident of the local society, announ
ced today.
“Whether or not the United
States should nationalize the basic
non-agriculture industries” will be
the debate question.
Senior division of the Aggie de
baters is; composed of; James
.Farmer and Dan Davis; Joe Perry
and Douglas Hearne; Bill Stephen
son and George Grupe; Charley
Kirkham and Joe Fuller.
1 Both senior and junior colleges
will compete in the tournament.
Invitations have, been sent to 30
colleges and acceptances have been
received from five.
The first four rounds will be
held Friday afternoon. The six
teen best teams of each group
will compote Saturday in the eli
mination bracket.
Many men are needed to act
aa chairmen, keep time, and intro
duce the teams.
Anyone fhtereftted should con
tact Harry Hierth of tho English
Department, Fuller said. ^
A&M League Hosts
To SHSTC Group
The College Station
ian Student League wil
to a group from the Cc
byterian League of Ht
a supper and tour of
the list
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Qualifications
To be eligible for election, a
candidate must have lived in Texas
one year, and, in the case of the
councilmen, he must have 'resided
for six months in the ward for
which he runs.
Those people who have paid their
poll tax or have their exemptions
and^ live within the respective
wards are qualified voters.
The parts of College Station in
cluded in Ward I are Oakwood Edi
tion, College Park, West Park
Breeze Heights, Holick Edition,
aind the part of Southeast Collegi
Park that is within the cify lim
its.
Ward II includes the area soutlji,
of Sulphur Springs road and wea
of Highway 6; taking in Collegi
Hills.
The part of the city north o
Sulphur Springs road, including th
North Gate area and all of th ■
campus, composes Ward HI.
The election will be be nresic ■
ed over by Professor A. Mitchcl ;
acting election judge. ‘ i
La Fiesta
f REGULAR PLATE
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Chalupa ' Compi
Tamales Ench"’
Frijoles Chili
Rice Tortillias
Tea or Coffee Pralines
Bilan’s Original
Mexican Restaurant
303 N. College Avenue
annual Aggie Follies, presented
each year on the evening of All-
College Day. The band has a
board repertoire of popular danoe
selections as well as numerous
novelty numbers. ’
Dean of Engineering Barlow
serves in the capacities of band
leader and drummer. The band
has 26 pieces with Burl Erwin,
ME Department, vocalizing.
{Catering to those who prefer
hillbilly music, a faculty hillbilly
band will be oh hand to render
several folk songs. This band is
led by Uncle Ed Harrington of the
CE Department. He leads, sings,
and strums the guitar. “We’re an
ol<{ time band who plays the old
time songs like the oldtimers like
to hear,’’ commented Uncle Ed
when asked what his band was
like.
, To Raise Funds
As additional features to the
Campus Chest program, two vocal
groups of girls will appear With
Barlow’s band. One is a duet and
the other, a trio from Stephen F.
Austin High School in Bryan.
Wv P. Singleton, Petroleum ma
jor living in Hart Hail, will be
on -hand to execute a few Slight
of Wand tricks.
The famous Aggie Singing Ca
dets will also participate on the
hour - and - a-half - long Campus
Ci^est program of live talent being
presented prior to the showing of
“We’ve Never Been Licked.”
Tickets for this program will go
on sale' Monday morning in Stu
dent Activities office, Montgomery
reported.
This program is designed to
raise funds in the Camftas Chest
campaign being launched Monday,
March 1. The campaign will con
tinue through Wednesday of next
week, Montgomery said.
In addition to the program the
Campus Chert campaign will con
sist of personal solicitations to
be conducted through the dormi
tories on the main campus and the
barracks at the Anhex. Half of
the $4,000 quota set by thp Cam
pus Chest Committee will go to
the sudent body sponsored Twelfth
Man Scholarship. Anotheir quartfeb
of the quota has been allocated
to the World Student Service
Fund, an intemation student to
student relief organization wqric-
i n g through G A R E. The
remaining 25 per cent of the Chest
money will be held in a reserve
fund to meet charitable needs of
the student body from time to
time, Montgomery said.
Montgomery reported that the
film “Romance On The High Seas”
will be shown at the Annex next
Thursday evening, March 9. Like
the Guion Hall program, the An
nex show will be sponsored by the
student senate Campus Chest com
mittee. The film will be shewn at
the Annex Starting at 7:00 in the
idges Named
Judging the select group will he
Grady Elms, assistant to the di
rector of Student^Activities; Sid
ney L. Wise, assistant manager of
tudent Publication* J Lt. Col. John
Kelly, U. S. Air Force; Dr. J. P.
Abbott, deap of the School of
Arts and Sciences; and M. T. Har
rington, president-elect and dean
of the college.
Selection at the sweetheart will
take place approximately midway
through the dance.
The sweetheart, who will be the
class’ duchess to tfae Cotton Ball,
will be presented a gift by class
President R. A. [“Dick” Ingels.
Sbisa’s ceiling wiH be figura
tively “lowered”,-!' according to
Eric Carlson, chairman of the de
corations committee. With multi
colored crepe paper draped acrofts
the ballroom only a few feet above
the heads of the dancers, a bet
ter apffearance should be obtained.
Carlson said. Light yellow and
green is the general color scheme,
and balloons will be suspended
from the center of the hall. Ferns
will add to the surroundings.
Carlson issued an appeal for
workers last night, as he and his
crew began work on the decora
tions. Anyone interested in help
ing should meet hhn at 7:15 to
night in SblsaJ
The orchestra will play from the
east end of the ha|l Saturday night
instead of the usual north position,
Carlson added, j
Other members of the decora
tions committee are David Carna
han, John Richardson. Phil Huey,
Don Austin, Luther Lentherwood,
James Lehman and Doak Neal.
Last-Minute Sales
Invitations will be available
through unit i-ejiresentatives un
til noon tomorrow, John Tapley,
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City Makes
In Short 12
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This
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tty GEORGE CH
(Editors Note—this la thi
l*at In a series of stories on th<
development of the City of Col
lege Station.)
With tho cstabltsiWiont of its
office in a 12 by 2j0 foot room
over Aggieland Studio, tho neW^y
formed government of Collogc Sta
tion was ready to settle Aown and
begin business.
Councilmen rented ; city govern
ment offices, "hired a .secretary,
bought a typewriter, and put her
to work.” ;
Now; they were ready to
the money si(tuai
rily haU been so
remedying the
which temporal
by a $1,000 k
tax collector, local
estate men, and citizens, the
cfl found out who owned pi
ty within city
they set up values
taxes.
Arid in an editorial' i
shortly after
fi‘l . ’“^7
supper
campus
cording
pastor
Church.
Presbyter-
will play host
front the College Pres-
Huntsville at
nd tour of the A&M
turday afternoon ac-
Rev. Norman Anderson,
A&M Presbyterian
Class Meet Changed
All Kuril Sociology 408 Class-
at the Bryan Country
2130 p. m. Sunday, Dr.
Russell, sociology department
said today. ^ vV
All 408 students will be dismtsft-
ed from next Thursday’s Ciasa,
ah Kunu
es will meejt i
Club at 2I3C
Dan Russell,
h th<
Hhnor, which wil
be held in; the Country Club.
Dke flew IJorLi
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Mayor Earnest Langford
Mayor Langford has announced a
that he will ran for re-election
t* Ms present post. Filing dead- i
line for eity offices Is this/Sat
urday. r *f; -y
expressed
appreciation concovning tho pop
ulace’s acceptance; of thu tax,. It
road:
“The board of; aldermen of
the City of College Station are
glad that the I habit sals of thl
city are accepting the taxes As
set up by the ejquklisatloh board
with *heir -whole hearted ap
proval. It is of the general opin
ion that the tape* are equitable
and on the right level. When the
residenta Of e locality band
themselves together and resolve
to make theirs a better com-
munity hi wMch to live and hc-
eept the burdei of financing the
W to nake it such, then
Is belig made.”
Perhaps not like a whirlwind,
vas! being made,
revenue! coming in from
first tax, College Station was
t* pay ba:k;its $1,000 debt
and buy more le»ks, typewriters,
and chairs for it* city office.
In 1948, pity offices were moved
and expanded at the Burgess
Building ait SjUth Ga,te. Paper
■work was hecoi nihg to* big a job
for one secretary, so a second
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was then hired. ,
Thcfi came n complete tumsboul:
In Qolleir* Station city government.:
mhor* of tho council) Istlll nil!
members of the college' faculty or
heads of departments, could hardly'
serve In tfielr official city capa*'
cities and fully perform \thcit
school duties at tno amnio time.
The be*t solution, presented \wa*
tho city manager plan of *(ty
government.
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