Ellington Tickets
On Sale Thursday
BILK BIUJNOHI.RY
„ Tickets fo» the Dt<ke RIllriKton
Concert will go on Male Thurndey
momihjr In the Student Activities
office, with non-military students
getting a two-way jump on all
other buyers, Grady Kims, Assist
ant director of Student Activities,
announced this morning. -■ J
AH seats will be offered Thurs
day and, Friday to non-military
students only, Elms said, and after
that they wilt be sold to any and
all comers.
Reserved section seats are priced
at $1.25, and general admission
tickets go at 80f.
Concert tickets are being offer-
e d to non-hulitary students first,
Elms said, to compensate for their
not being able to attend the Mili
tary Ball, where Ellington and his
\ orchestra will play latOr that night.
Date of the concert-ball is Sat
urday, March 18, and the con
cert will begin at 6:30 p. m.
in Guion Hall and the Ball will
follow at 9 p. mr in Sbisa. An im
pressive list olrguests. has already
been announced by the Military
Ball committeei with more expect-
ed to be revealed later.
Ellington and his celebrated
dance aggregation are making
their Aggielahd stop /on a rapid
swing from" West coast to East
coast. Elms said, thus making their
local appearance one of their few
mid-continent stands of the sea-
eon.
The Ellington group will be^the
third' name band to visit the cam
pus this year, following Tommy
Dorsey and Frankie Carle whose
bands were here during-the Fall
semester.
Since Ellington is playing here
on a travel stop-over, rather than
ojn .an organized cross-country tour,'
Student Activities is confident
thh Ellington band will be . intact
with-all it’s outstanding sidemen,
unlike many of the touring bands.
Many .students expressed displea-
sure, particularly after the Dorsey
' date here, at the touring bands
for h}ring local, musicians to swell
Ij the Aggie dancers had expected
from recordings and previous views
d-
Consolidated Jr.
High Adds to Staff
The addition of two new teach
ers And the appointment of a new
social chairman were recent chan
ges made in the faculty of A&M
Consolidated Junior High School,
W. T. Reidel, principal, said this
morning. _ V .
Mrs. Ann Barnes, junior high
mathematics instructor, replaces
Mrs. Gloria Stroud who is leaving
for Houston. Mrs. Barnes, a Uni
versity of Texas graduate, has a
Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree
hi mathematics.
•“i-The • other replacement is that
of Mrs. Dorothy Rush for Mrs.
Florence Mohr as English instruc
tor. Mrs. Rush attended Baylor
University, after which she taught
two years in Liberty, Texas and
two years in Waco.
The appointment was- that of
Mrs. Rowena Creswell, principal
of the name outfits.
Ellington is almost as welt
known for th« noma sidemen he
has developed In his orchestra ns
for the orchestrations and songs
he has produced. He is the author
of “Sophisticated Lady”, “Mood
Indigo", “Black and Tan Fan-
tasiad, “Pink Cocktail for a Blue
Lady”, and over 200 other publW
ed, and many of them hit para<
caliber, ..songs.
Who's
Dave! Coslett
Js—
^Consolidated Elementary over
School, as social studies chairman
for 7 the elementary school prin
cipal’s convention to be held April
14 in Sah Antonio.
Weick Discusses
Plane Progress
In Fort Worth
Fort Worth, March 7— :
(AP)—An all-metal, low-
wing airplane being built by
hand A&M was described
1 yesterday at the sec-
iai Nattonai Agricultural
Aviation Conference being^held in
Fort Worth. ~ |
Fred Weick, director of re
search for the plane, hopes it will
be the ideal craft for use in agri
cultural and farm operations.
Weick, member of the Aeronautic
cal Engineering department! at the
college, told a crowd of 400 about
work under way at College Sta
tion. ' r
The project is being sponsored
jointly by A&M, th^U. S. Depart
ment' of Agriculture, the Flying
Farmers Foundation and the Civil
Aeronautics Board.
Weick said this airplane will
have a flat engine and will be de
signed to give maximum and minij-
mum speeds required in the tricky
and dangerous work of spraying
and dusting crops. |
Safety of the pilot is being con
sidered, he said, with the low wings
giving protection in case of a
crash. Visibility, will be insured
at all times, something lacking ip
today’s planes.
The fuselage will serve as a hop
per for the materials. A payload
of 800 pounds is planned.
Weick'was one of several speak
ers who gave a thorough goinj
annan
1
BMed on A$
epanaion of
ic and f<
tralninj
yeate
Jl5c
mittee
turo Fi
The fi
and rajich group drew
up a teptative resolution calling
was
edera
form
Reports
A&te’s do-
reign trade
i -ecommended
in Austin by a com-
the T^xas Agricul-
ieratlon.
gr.
Hoi
the Brannan plail “worse than
noria at all,” and offered a sub-
stit ite agriculture program
The expansion <f the domestic
am foreign trade t raining at A&M
wa included in ' he suggestions
off red by the committee’s reso-
lut in. Other sugi 'estions includ
ed :reatipn of a Texas Marketing
Coi i unisaion to study the market
ing status of Texas products.
1 . B. .Stiles of Hamilton head
ed the committee, which offered
an “eight-ball’ fa m program to
get the federal go 'eminent out of
the farming business.
Said the tentative resolution in
part: “Since Cong: ess, agriculture
and the American public are be-
hirl i the eight ball due to the cur-
L explosive federal farm pro-
m,
offered
for adoption as the future
onal farm policy.’
-Commission Brannan Plan
le plan would allow the gov-
ment! 18 mont is in which to
ume its responsibilities for
ning | world m trket, trim the
sal s of the presen; farm program,
bring it into Iry-dock for de
mission.”
three-point 1 ederal program
i offered. First t suggested that
federal goverrment dispose of
cqiimmodity icldings by the
of 1951, retai ling only a rea
sonable stock sup >ly for national
security-
cond, the resolution urged use
ofpthe present la Vi on price sup-
pofrts, acreage alio ments, and mar
keting quotas onlv , through 1950,
with corrections o be made for
1951, and these pn grams to be dis-
continued by Jan. 1962.
Httorer Recommendations t|rged
ird, a prompt enactment of
tiqns on agriculture into law was
I i/f’
At the state level, the resolu
tion recommended L that Texas
the eight ball
A “Class of 1952” carved from hundreds Of pounds of ice was
probably one of the most unique and unusual at tractions ever
placed in Sbisa Hall. Prepared by Class President Dick Ingels,
right, and Dave Nelson, left, the carving featured decorations for
Sophomore Sweetheart Ball.
Singing Cadets Go
On Tour Tomorrow
Sixty Singing Cadets will leave drive back to thle Dallas studios
I Ji.l-T? i Turin A A OOA
faipnera not join
production and
gratns after 1950
grams are improv
[On a county
ranch people were
agriculture counc
riculture inventor
farm labor probl :ms, to promote
rural development of housing, hos
pital, schools, churches, roads, and
utilities.
any government
mat-keting Ipro-
unless the pro-
ed-
:>asis, farm and
■ advised to form
Is, to make ag
es, to solve the
Thursday morning for an extend
ed week-end singing tour of North
Central Texas.
The. Cadets — along I with di-]
rector Bill Turner, assisjtant direct
or Leonard Perkins, and accom
panist YaVerne • Hunt—ydU gave
six concerts and record a 30 min
ute radio program during their
four-day tour, which will cover
five cities. :
Leaving College Station at 7:30
a. m. Thursday, they will drive to
Arlington State College: for a 1
p. m. concert. From Arlington,
they will motor across to McKin
ney for an 8 p. in. concert in the
McKinney High School auditorium,
under the sponsorship of the Mc
Kinney A&M exes.
They will spend the night in
McKinney and drive to Dallas
Friday morning for a 10 o’clock
concert at the Highland Park
school for that school's stu-
bodyjiud faculty.
rom Dallas they go to Fort
Worth Polytechnic high school
auditorium [for a similar 1:15 p.
m. program for that student body
and faculty*. j ,
Later that afternoon they will
•- Who's Who at A&M -
tend- of WFAA- 880 to cut a transcrip
tion, which will
that station Saturday from 4 un
til 4:30 p. m.
Friday night
dets will appear
Alex Spence Jr.
the Singing Ca
in concert in the
High school au-
Thirty minutes
will be televised.
Friday night in
urday night, ani
lege Station Sur
be broadcast on
ditorium, under tie sponsorship of
the Dallas A&M Mother’s Club.
of the- program
They will spend
Dallas.
Net Campus Chest
At noon Saturday they embark
for TSCW for the final concert of
their tour in the main auditorium
at 7:30 p. m
They will remtiin in Denton Sat-
retum to Col-
day.
; r riuui
concer
high! i
dmkb
Froi
‘Pinkie 9 First
In Chest Drive
P. L. “Pinkie” [Downs, Jr., was
the first nian to Contribute to the
Campus Chest drive. During a
speech at Monday’s evening meal
in Duncan Hall, he presented con
tributions fori six [Aggies who have
died during the past year and for
himself.
hs were given in
i;an D. Roberts,
ferry O. Bisson,
San Antonio, Texas; Norbert J.
Lucas, Marlin, Texas; Hugh R.
Wood, CorsifcanaJ Texas; Marcus
K, Brown, Wichita: Falls, Texhs;
and Warren J. Melton, Ft. Worth,
Next concert tour for the Ca
dets, according tj Perkins, will be
an April 22 tour to Corpus Christ!.
This weekend’s! tour will be made
. In.!tSA ctoftorod | Uuagw and * pri
vate car, Perk ini added.
Watson Joins
Agronomy Staff
Dr. James E. Watson, Jr.,
first A&M graduate to obtain
an advanced degree in turf,
will return March 15 to the
Department of Agronomy to
lead turf investigations and in
struction, according to Dr. J. Ej
Adams, department head.
Since graduation here in 1947i
Watson has been doing advanced
studies in . turf at Penn State Col
lege under the sponsorship of the
U. S. Golf Association. A degree
of doctor of philosophy was recent
ly conferred upon him by that inj
stitution. .
While completing his last year
Here Watson was a graduate as
sistant in the Department of Ag
ronomy
Boatner Talk
On Training
Given in Sbisa
By CURT EDWARDS
Col. H. L. Boatner, com
mandant and PMS&T' spoke
on A&M’s ROTC program
yesterday at the weekly
luncheon of College Station’s
Kiwanis Club held in Sbisa Hall.
Vice-President A. C. Magee pre
sided over the meeting in the ab
sence of President Joe Motheral.
Motheral is attending a meeting
in Washington with the Bureau
of Agriculture Economics, and the
representatives of the Land Grant
Colleges.
The primary objective of the
military training of A&M is to
develop leadership, Col. Boatner
told the group in an after-dinner
speech.
X good military leader makes
a good civilian leader and a good
civilian leader makes a good mili
tary leader, he said.
The exact time of any possible
future war being so uncertain, he
continued, a man graduating from
A&M may enter the service im
mediately or he may wait several
yeays if he enters at all. During
his [wait he forgets much of the
nomenclature and details of mili
tary life but what leadership he
has learned stays with him.
Boatner praised the citizens of
the community and college offi
cial* for their splendid coopera
tion in the past “With your kind
of cooperation from everyone, the
corps of cadets will continue to
achieve the rating of “pre-immln-
ently outstanding” received in last
year’s federal inspection,” Boat
ner said. * •
Earlier in the meeting, W. M.
Potts, chairman of the underprlv-
ileged children’s committee, re
ported that the primary need of a
of local school children was
Much needed eye and
care is being arranged for
ugh the state and local prac-
tioners.
The teachers of the Negro school
have provided a list of seven girls
who are in need of dresses in the
following sixes: three girls, four
feet tall, weighing GO pounds;
two girls, four feet-si* inches tall,
weighting 70 pounds; and two
girls, four feet-six inches tall,
weighing 60 pounds a piece.,;
By RID ABERNATHY all-fiuiuUy ori'hsstraiu
Ths Campus Chest last night iut- [fi#* followed'by /'I Bawl
ed approximately $400 towafd polka".
Its $4)000; goal with the presenta
tion of the Campus Chest'Variety
Show in Guion Haiti
Entertainers from Bryan and
College Station combined talents
to provide a lui-ge crowd with! a
variety of entertainment.
H. W. '“Bud” Barlow and his
good as
of work
Scribe
ress Talk
ournalists
newspaper is only as
clothing,
teeth car
Loveless, Stockwell
ORC Representatives
Lt. Colonel Sidney L, Loveless,
ORC Unit Commander, and Capt.
Albert W. Stockwell, ORC In-
striictpr, will represent College
Station at an Organized Reserve
Corps conference at Fort Sam
Houston on .March: 9 and 10.
The purpose of the coinference
will pe to work with an indoctrina-
tion ' team, appointed by the Sec
retary of the Army, to implement
the Restudy of the Organized Re
serve Corps program.
the type and quality
put into it,” Wi. R.
Beaumier, vice president and
general manager of the Luf
kin Daily News told journalism
Students last night.
The veteran newspaperman of
16 years explained that the suc
cess of a paper depends on the de
sire of the workers and the com
munity service of the paper. A
newspapejr has no right to exist un
less it exists for the benefit [of
the comdiunity, Beaumier added.
Publisher Beaumier told listen
ers that pince he had entered Jhe
newspaper profession in 1924,
wheels in the newspaper world
have turned- to the extent that
no longer are journalism graduates
frowned upon by editors of the old
school of] apprenticeship and-slow
advancement.
The Lufkin Daily News under
Beapmie|’s supervision last! year
was awarded third place in com
munity service by the Associated
Preps Managing Editor’s Confer
ence, This award was presented
by the APME after reviewing the
New’s crusade against jopen gar
bage cans in Lufkin. *
“A'he^spapcfhnln ' m\iil ' :1ave
pride in his production, the Will-
ingnms to wotk, and; the native
ability to write,Beaumier con
cluded. [ ■ ' ■ r; ] ■ !T
he show
War
Featured with (ItirloW'e bond
was a junior high school trio com-
Ellen HUMPH, 1
I
sed of Mary
3$:
A'it hi the
turifc
.Jiersfljjf !
r Hi|tri
id ninde
—'teST sui
I’lcWii
. Mury
ijma Ixils
aund won
Joe Bar-
Darnell,
gton nnd
enld sever-
as “Oh
Mama”,
cl i
in
eti Do
aylor. |
ured witf
u duet composed
ran and Miss Ms:
both music teachei-sjp ,
Edwin L. “Ed” HlUtrin
his hillbilly band
at old time favorite:
Johnnie”, f'Pistol PL. r „
and “More Beer”. If
W. P. Singleton,
gi nee ring [ major,
ceremonies and pra
for the epowd'with]flie
hand tricks and easy goir
Singing Cadets
The Singing Cadrt*
the live itariion of; [the
singing such favoriteil; as
Like a Dame’’. “In t
Night”, ahd “I LovC Y<
The audience pirtiripated in
singing “Spirit of A$gie|and”, the
.,pK
;h];m
syl-gc
■i
leum en-
njiaster of
laughter
slight of
umor.
Sllg
g hi
wound up
show by
“Nothing
Itillof the
last number on *th«
Before the showi:
dgram.
the film,
ced”,Mon-
T of
We’ve Never Beenj^ick-- ,
tv Montgomery, chairman of the]
chest drive, gave a, report on re
ceipts for the night ;|tnd total dor
mitory collections uj} to date.
Funds Rii
Final tabulation llijr dormitory ;
contributions at 4:3(L p. n. yester-;
day was $928.
Approximate re<4jbts for the]
show were $400, liitking a totpl;
of approximately $li80(l contribu
ted to wal'd the goaljii-
The Campus CheMf:plans to set
aside $2j000 of thf glal for a;
Twelfth Man Srhq^^rsliip- 1 This;
will be a student spqpsored schol-;
urship which will *■ liable some de-;
serving youth to c^^plcte his ed
*t of the! ’tunids will go;
H I “ ‘eiit Service;
i Indent nr
ucation.
A -qua
for the [ World S
FunVan jlntcrontloi™ —r
lief fund. jp
Remaining funds ’will bt> held ns
a reserve fund to jbletj the needs;
of the student body f .
Student Drops From
Floors Unsepecting
1
P
\[\
Another Mrs. Reynolds Proje ct
j By JOHN TAPLEY
“I’ve seen thousands 1 of them
oome through the door, but that’s
the first one that ever c*me
through the roof to see me.” This
unusual remark was voiced today
by R. A. “Pop” Downard of the
Industr|al Extension Service.
He w!as speaking of Douglas ; C.
Osburnj a 233-lb. senior, who step
ped off a ladder last Thursday af
ternoon! and landed op Pop’s Head
about |8 feet; later.
Osburn had ibeen climbing a :lad-
der to [ fix an aerial, for the re
cently held Industrial Education
Conference. The ladder began to
slip backward, and Osburn, seeing
the firm looking M
decided tb jump ontfrijt.
When he hit it, r
beslos roof Hhatuji
Osburn was delive:
ward
Luckily, no
jured. pownard.
•1
Bin Billingsley
The Religious Emphasis Week committee was en
tertained at a banquet last Thursday night by
the YMCA. Successes and failures of the var
ious phases of the past .RE Week were dis
cussed and plans were mad* for next year’s week
of inspiration. Members of the committee are
first row: Gordon Gay, King Egger, Curtis Ed
wards, David Rice, Don Hinton, Lditia Bruecher,
and Allan Eubank. Second
Jarvis Mille y
Charles Russell, M. L. Cashion,
r Lindig, N
Wenter
Thifd row:
C- O. Smith,
Fred Brisen,
Treiman, Lie yd Man
Patrick, C. I. Ram
Sneed, F. C. Bolton.
r. rJvr
T -1
.iv
j.-;
Davis,
lig, Nlorman Braslau,
Willis m Irvine, Josh
anjeot, Walter Manning, R. L.
isdeli, W. L. Penberthy, James
w.
Bennie Zinn,
Doran, Mrs.
lack McCarley,
Cates to Speak
In Issues Class
f John M. Cates, public liai
son officer with the State De
partment, will be the main
speaker tonight before the
Great Issues Class, Dr. S. R.
Gammon, head of the History De
partment, said this morning.
Cates is an expert on the work
of the United Nations, Gammon
said. His subject for tonight’s talk
is “Accomplishments of the Uni
ted Nations.”
Cates will come to A&M from
Dallas where he spoke yesterday.
After spending the night here, he
will continue on to Houston where
he will deliver another talk.
Tonight’s talk will take place
in Room 301 of the Electrical En
gineering Buildings. All students
enrolled in the Great Issues class
were asked by Gammon to. be pre
sent. Any other persons Interested
in hearing Cates’ £alk are also in
vited.
The talk will begin at 8 p. m.
Yesterday’s Great Issues Class
was canceled, Gammon said, so
that students would not have to
spend more than the required num
ber of hours in actual classroom
work.
The next Great Issues speaker
after Cates will be Harrison For
man. His talk is scheduled Mon
day evening, Dr. Gammon conclud
ed.
Civic-Conscious Housewife
Plans School Days ’ Drama
receive a cut on tH
jured vertabra anc
Osburn suffered
sore fingers. Pop j
“if he hid landed
er to me he would'
neck. As it was,
glancing 1 blow.”
Two either persor
at the time, wer
down. Downard
for a few minutes,
the only 1 damage
Pop added thati
had been eight ii]
the right, he mi*
fatally injured
Pop relates thatl
utes ’til |ll Thursdi
I was in the tool
( student. Then the
■l come down on us."
Shop roof,:
irittle as- !
and thus r
i ito Dow nf ;
one seriously in-;
ard, hib w e v e r, did;
■! h'ad, an in-;
tore' ankle.; j-
fon y several]/
fleeted that
inches clos-
e broken’ my]
was only ui
By GEORGE CHARLTON
A gray-hair«id College Station
lady with a friendly way about
her and a long list of past achieve
ments on record is presently
managing, casting, and directing
a local production called “The Dis
trict School of Blueberry Cor
ner" to be presented on the Con
solidated gym stage March 17. Her
name is Mrs. E. B. Reynolds.
Not only is she ramroding the
entire affair, but she is also
writing-in special parts.
Mrs. Reynolds at one time Mr
another has been in charge of the
Cotton Pageant on the campus, a
regeant of the LaViliita Chapter
of the DAR, treasurer of that or
ganization, president of the Moth
ers and Dads Club, treasurer of
the Brazos County A&M Mothers
Club, in charge;of the book fair at
Consolidated la: it fall, member of
the Girl Scou; Council, and
Gi-ey Lady during the war. In t
she Was partic
latter capacity,
ariy active in
Field area.
During the
regular parties
dents and offered her home
the Bryan A i -
war, she scheduled
for wives of sty-
meeting place
organisations. She regularly enter
tained Aggies
: :
for their various
when her son was
a bunch of boys,” she says con
cerning the time. The boys liked
to visit Mrs. Reynolds house so
much that they came to call it
the “Holiday Inn.”
Her latest endeavor, this March
17 production, is in three acts
and concerns the goings-on in a
typical little red school house of
the old fashioned variety. Coun
try educational institutions in
those days consisted usually of
one room in which all grades were
taught.
AU scenes during the play
will take place in the school-
house equipped with such props
as benches, blackboards, teach
er’s table, dunce stool and cap,
oaken backet, and gourd dip
per. All costumes will be auth
entic to the period of about M
”0 years ago.
ying the part of
to 79 years ago.
Playing the pai
er, one Hezechiah Pende:
the
irgai
he English
O. G. Hel-
ectory has
teach-
iHii
be C. K. Esten of the
t. Reverend
of St Thomas I
taken another outstanding role,
t of the little 4-year-old stu
dent bedecked in rompers. When
the play was last produced in Col
lege Station 12 years ago, Ike
his band in a concert before cur
tain time and during intermissions.
All members of the band will be
appropriately dressed for the oc
casion. Barlow’s band will provide
musical background for dancing
in the; gym after the play. [ [
Other members of the cast con
sisting of approximately 30 per
sons have been selected but have
not been cast in roles yet. Final
assignments to roles will be made
next Sunday at rehearsals.
Profits from the affair Which
costs 50 cents for adults and 26
cents for school age will be used
in helping to raise money for the
Consolidated Band which was or
ganized only last year. Announce
ment of wheire tickets maybe pur
chased will be made at a later
date, i ]
admission will pay for
ly and dniwing after-
ikes will lie sold at the
lr * ' .
Mrs. Reynolds was ap
proached in an interview concern
ing this, her latest project, she
was also busily working on the
State DAR scrapbook. The huge
volume when completed will in
clude all newspaper clippings of
all chapters of DAR’s throughout
the state. R will be sent to Dallas
Perhaps this proves )what many
■ know—thaj.; anything cap
at A&Mli| Tl un roof i,n
Pop is hepBng, ~
, and Ozzy
re ladders.
| already
happend
patched. Pop
.isn’t climbing anjjinore
Exes’ Loans Boom,
Exceed $180,000 j
J
, i i the room
tbo knocked
unconscious
le r than that,
a torn roof;
; the “visitor”
further to,
I lave been :
j a machine, j
it was (Lminl
morning, and
mr helping u
if seemed to
If/'
''[[if'
■ivi '
ill
I '■
Loans totaling 026 were
made tci Aggies iw 1949 by tip)
Student Loan Fund; of the Asso
ciation pf Former S|tyd''nts accord-
B. Locke [of he associd-
\:
ing to
tion.
“The
said
short
studen
This
plished
a student on tie campus. ... ...
“Our house w|»s always full-with engineering, will once again lead
ri
and from
be judged
etate sera;
to Washington to
a national contest of
L ,
rpose o
“is to
it deservi:
to get
urpose w
in 1,900
— i to the
of the association,
dents which commi
ing a board meetii
Any student w!
A&M at least pne
at least a 1.5 gr*
eligible for a Ion:
is not obligated to]
dent loan fund,
loans is. a minimi
percent interest
loans
charge.
At the end of the loan fund
totaled
$246,109,
these loans]”
ow financially
and capable
iu|gh school;”!
yell accoia.
para to loan* ,
cutive board
Former Stti-
ec Locke dnj'-
Sunday.
has been
ter and ha:
p<tiint ratio i
providing
y other sty
charge for
of 60*. Four
charged on
the mipimoin
f d
'
Locke.