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Official Newspaper
Number 140 f i Volume 49
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By GEORGE CHARLTON,
Musical background for the Sen
ior Ring Dance will be in a nos
talgic mood, May 20 as one of the
most versatile exponents of fam
iliar music; Benny Strong^ beck
ons his orchestra with the baton
on the Grove bandstand.
The “man who sings the old
songs,” as he is called, must live
Up to his name on records as well
as unlive presentations.xThe trade
papers and disc-jockieS through
out the country acclaimed Benny’s
recording of “That Certain Party”
as one of the top records of 1948
and his 1948 release of'“Five Foot
TWb” as another hit.
'A description of Benny Strong’s
music on, records appeared recent
ly in the Los Angeles Daily News:
“When you listen to Benny Strong,
you can 'leave the ketchup bottles
on the r shelf. You will _ have no
need of condiments.”
Benny’s Capitol recordings
out-on the market now include: -
“Dear Hearts and Gentle Peo
ple,” “I Never.', See Maggie
Alone,” “The Shiek of Araby,”
“Mary I.ou,” “I’d Have Baked
a Cake/’ "Button Up Your Over
coat,” “Baby Face," " “Sweet
Georgia Brown,” and many
others.
■An interesting story About Ben
ny began when be was 13 years
old and was invited to sing at u
political rally in Chicago, then his
hometown, A number of important
people were present naturally, and
an intiAuluetlon to, one of them,
who turned out uf be manager of
the highest HongJpubiishiog house
al the time .WiMeraun, Berlin, A
Hn,viler .IrylMfit Jlerlln’H firm, re
mitted Id- lijl/iprtfe Strong his first
Jolt, r
In order to gel the Job, Strong
lied that he was 111, He was hilled
ah thin. "Slngmg , Newsboy" ami
(fot 1 a week.I
Bandleader t’nul Ash Heard
Henny slag “Mary IxiUi" Ids
most popular song, one night
J?nnd was so impressed with his
voice and bright personality that
lie toole ihtm “to the priental
Theatre with him us his protege.
Later, while his voice was chung-
irigi Strong finished his schooling
and studied drams, dramatics,
and tap dancing.
Strong then became a Master
of Ceremonies' for Publix Theatres
and later'for the Blackhawk Res
taurant in Chicago., He worker!
there for four months with Kay
Kyser, who encouraged him to
1 become a bandleader.,
His first engagement—at the
Brown Hotel in Louisville—-lasted
three years. One night he sang
. some old songs to see if they still
had popular appeal. They were a
big hit, and his most requested
songs were “Baby Face,” “Sweet
Georgia Brown,” and “Mary Lou.”
The popularity of well-loved
favorites soon grew to such pro
portions that Strong decided to as
sociate them with himself as a
sort of musical trade mark.-.
His orchestra presents an entire
Door show when the occasion re
quires, for which Strong has es
pecially written- material featur
ing himself; his [girl vocalist, and
other members of the ensemble.
The show sometimes last as long
as 45 minutes.
'featurea.—the entire orchestra,
dressed in costumes of the roar
ing twenties, complete with rac
coon coats, iiknd ukuleles to give
a performance of the dance by
the same name.
He has been responsible for in
troducing to the public some of
the biggest modem song hits of re
cent years. Among many have been
“The Gypsy,” “I Wonder, I Wonder,
I Wonder,” “Laughing on the Out
side,” and “Dear Hearts and Gen
tle People.”
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THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Council Names
cDaniel New
ineer Ed.
Robert W. McDaniel, civil
engineering student from
Bellaire, was named editor of
the 1950-51 Engineer maga
zine, student publication of
thy School of Engineering, last
nif^ht by the Student Engineers
Council, Emmitt Ingram, president
of the Counci), announced this
morning.
McDaniel is presently a member
of The Engineer staff, lie was re.
commended to the Student Engin
eers Council by the present editord
of The Engineer, Charles Sehwab
and ! Dave Sunders, and also by
Thp Engineer, jcuiiiniittee of the
Council. The approval given to
MciDutiiel'ii editorship was ununlt
muius by the Council, Ingram re
ported.
Hn is first sergeant of B Kn.
glileers and a member of Tan Beta
Pi, Jtnglneer honor fraternity,
tlstlng his plans for next year’ll
Engineer, McDiiniel told the En-
lneer committee of the Council
hilt'! he hopes to achieve closer
urltact between the magazine and
he students and professional so-
■ieties of the Spl^ool of Engineer-
ng through The! Engineer when
ever possible dpring the 75th an
niversary celebrations next year.
, The Engineer committeemen ex
pressed satisfaction with McDan
iel’s abilities and plans for the fu
ture, Ingram s^id.
Final Election
Count Released
Filial tabulations of the
sophomore run-off election
The “Charleston Rdvue’', one f or nex ^ y ear ’ s junior class
of the most current, numbers, --- ” J J
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Hillbilly Candidate
Files for Governor
.Houston, May 2— ( -T)—:A war
veteran with a hillbilly band an
nounced Monday-for governor.
He * is Wellington Abbey, 32,
business manager of the “Cotton
Digest.” He plans to finance his
campaign with “chain support"
Similar to the Pyramid Clubs of
test year.
j Abbey said W. Lee O’Daniel, the
former Texas governor and U. S.
senator, ; “borrowed” the hillbilly
band idea from his uncle, Jake
Cripe, in Kansas. r
Softball Tonight
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Tonight at 7:3* on the lighted
softball diamond, the A&M soft-
hall team will take to the field
against the strong University of
Texas soft bailers. A double
hesder Is scheduled to take
place, unless postponement oc
curs’ because of*iwet grounds.
ROTC Applications
Being Accepted
Application for advanced ROTC
contracts are now being accepted
by the School of Military Science,
IU hay been -announced, /
Application blanks can be ob
tained from the senior branch of.
fleer of the hraiiclv desired by the
student, The blnnlte should he fill
ed In and returned as soon as
noMsIhle* between May[! and June
1 for a. personal Interview,
To he eligible for a contract,
the studetU must he y classified
junior In his major course, have
a grade point ratio of 1, and be
physically qualified.
offices were released today by
Dick fugles, sophomore class
president.
Total count showed no difference
in ivijnning candidates for the pos-
itions.
Results released were:
.President—Harold T. Chandler,
266; Eric W. Carlson, 241; Dean
Reed; 219.
Vice-presidents Duane “Van”
Vandenberg, 304; E. R. “Rip” Torn,
252; Hobart Fatheree, 214. ,
Sqjcial Secretary—Ralph W.
Rowe, 254; Paul Shaffer, 252; Don
Hinton, 226.
Secretary—Bill “Doggy” Dal
ton, 278; Ken Wiggins, 244; Davis
Terry, 19L
Treasurer—Ted M. Stephens,
289; O. E.,“Skippy" Johnson, 238;
Don F. Williford, 191.
^Parliamentarian — Phil Huey,
273; Dale E. Walston, 253; Carl
A. Peterson, 185.
-Sergeant-at-arms—Leon Noack,
IIJH; Don* Austin, 225; Roger II.
Jenswold, 107,
Reporter-historian A, C, Burk*
haltety302; Tom Munnerlyn, 217;
James .Lehman, IH7,
Junior Yell Leaders - (two sr.
Ireted) John T. Tapley, 271, and
Lewis Jobe, 256; Charles It. (Bob
by) Dunn, 240, Bibb Underwood,
227; D. L, "Curly" Marshall, 193;
Boh Llncecum, 173,
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1950
Nation’s Top
Collegiate Daily
NAS 1919 Survey
Anxious Gunner Quiets
■ mice With A Smile’
/Rensselaer, N.Y., May 2—'A*!—Thomas Davidson, 19,
thought he had seen a prowler so he grabbed his rifle and fired.
/ His shots put 76 telephones and state police radios out of
order in nearby East Greenbush yesterday. Two bullets hit
a neighbor’s! car.
Davidson was fined $25 in city court today for discharging
a rifle illegally in public. t
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Phi Eta Sigma Sets
Initiation, Banquet
Phi Eta Sigma, freshman hon
orary fraternity, will initiate 104
students ns new members tomor
row night, with the ceremonies to
be followed by the annual ban
quet.
Initiation ceremonies, which also
include honorary Initiates, will be
held In the Physics tee tore Room
at 5 p. m. The' banquet will lie
held in Shisn Hall at 7:30 p. m,
Professor J, W. Smith, associate
faculty adviser, Will he ip charge
of the Inttlutioitu
Faculty adviser to Phi Eta Sig-
RV’s Will Mold
Ball, Banquet
Friday Night
The Ross Volunteers Com
pany will celebrate Friday
with its apnual ball and ban
quet, the latter beginning at
7:30 in Sbisa Hall, according
to D. P. McClure, commanding of
ficer.
Tentative plaps have been ar
ranged for the dance to be held
at the Grove. It will begin at 9,
and musical background will be
provided by the Aggieland Orches
tra. DecOrations will be in crepe
paper of the colors of the com-
pany.
, Guests of honor are Chancellor
any* Mrs. Gibb Gilchrist, President
atrd Mrs. F. C. Bolton, Dean and
Mrs. M. T. Harrington, Colonel
and Mrs. H. L. Boatner, Dean and
Mrs. W. L. Penberthy, Lt. Colonel
and Mrs. J. E. Davis, Lt. Colonel
and Mrs. J. H. Kelly, Major and
Mrs. L. R. Walker, Captain and
Mrs- J. G. Otts, Mrs. Irene Clag-
horn, Mr. and Mrs. P. L; Downs,
and Sgt. First Class arid Mrs.
Stroud.
Members of the banquet commit
tee are Allen Eubank, chairman,
Charles P, Crosby, Lloyd H. Man-
jeot, William F. Foekleman, and
Bob Wimberly, Ray Itengst is
chairman of the decorations com?
mittee, Assisting him are Don
Joseph, James Pianta, R, !>. Mar
tin, Jack Haley, ami Jack Tanner,
Heading the guest committee Is
Jarvis Miller, Assisting him are
Dare Keeldn, Malcolm Stokes, and
Bryan Zimmerman,
Boh Mitchell Is chairman of the
program committee, Assisting him
are George Charlton, Noble ("lark,
and Bill Thompson.
O Mattress Mine!
Aggie Players More Work
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Than Play—Ask Any of ’Em
By WAYNE DAVIS
If you think a play begins when
the opening curtain on Opening
Night, then talk to Duane Evans.
He doesn’t think so. “Begins?”
Evans says. “It’s practically over.”
Evans, together with Howard
Davis, Pete Carson, George Will-
man and David Mitchell, are on
Polly Marst^ys’ stage crew for the
forthcoming Aggie Players produc
tion, “O Mistress Mine,” being held
in the Assembly Hall May 3, 4 and
6.
The play, written by Terence
Rattigan and produced in London
as “Love in Idleness,” was a Lon
don hit for two and a half years
before Lunt and Fontaine brought
it to America under its new name
for; a year and a half run on
Broadway.
Laid against a background of
wartime England, the plot cen
ters on the extramarital activ
ities of an English Cabinet Mem
ber and a lovely widow, and such
a plot requires, naturally enough,
a fairly sumptuous set reflect
ing upper-crust English life.
\“Thst,” said Evans, “meant
trouble.”
He wasn’t footing. For the past
three weeks Iwr-vulong with the
rest of the stage crew, has been
feverishly assembling flats, props,
furniture, ‘ drapery, and all the
other little odds and ends of an
elite apartment.
Added to thi* ,woo waa tjie fact
that u complete change of furni
ture Iwas necessary for the third
act. Lacking extra flats—the big
panels that make up a set—meant
that Evans and his crew would
have to find means to make a high-
class set look sleazy, or vice
versa, The problem was solved, all
right; but only after considerable
loss iff sleep.
Tlie problem of furniture was
another thing altogether. No way
yet has been found to change
the appearance of a living room
suite, but members of the crew
came through with several auth
entic-looking used pieces and the
main set was borrowed from R.
T. Dennis, McCullough-Dansby,
and Kraft Furniture Company of
Bry^n. The vglue of the bor
rowed . furniture alone comes to
well! over $2,500, which is
enough to outfit quite a sump
tuous room, indeed.
Another of the Players staff
who pas been sjweating profusely
since the inception of the play is
its director, George Dillavou, of
the English Department. From the
ipomsnt it was decided to produce
the |ijluy, Dillavlou has appointed
the Various committees and crews,
Oo-ond United their activities, ex
pedited their furniture and prop
negotiations, rehearsed the cast
nightly, and worjeed himself into a
nervous breakdown over a thous
and and one little details which a
play’s audience never knows exist.
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“And all for love,” Dillavou said.
“I don’t get a penny for it.”
No one does, as a matter
of fact—not even the furniture
companies who furish the sets.
An Aggie Players production is
sponsored by Student Activities,
who take care of all experoes and
use the'profits for further pro
ductions and Student Benefits.
Depending on the type Of play
being produced, expenses may run
from $200 to $500, the difference
between the two lying in cos
tumes, royalties, .expendable sets
and miscellaneous expenses. As
might be expected the cost of pro
ducing an amateur play is low be^
cause all workers donate their
time.
This is handy, because Polly
Masters’ stage crew has put in
nearly three hundred hours of
work 6n the set; at $2.10 an hour,
the average stage - employee’s
wage, this would run production
cost up to a truly awe-inspiring
figure.
Still, as far as the audience is
concerned, the opening curtain
means a play’s beginning. But for
Dillayou, Duane Evans, Ppl)y Mas
ters and the backstage crjew, it's
all over but moving Furniture be
tween acts, moving flats, keeping
the cast from stumblinijr over
props, pulling curtains sweating
out possible damage to borrowed
furniture, and keeping the whis
key glasses filled with tea—noth
ing to ^lo at all.
I .
ma is Dr. J. P. Abbott, dean of
the School of Arts and Sciences,
Tomorrow night’s Initiation will
adil to the present total of Nil
members.
Aiding In the situation will
he the Phi Eta Sigma officers,
They are V. It. Burch, president;
Eric W. Garlson, vice-president;
Paul J. Fleming, secretary; (Heim
Llppmnn, treasurer; and Ernest A.
Klmendorf, historian.
The banquet will begin with an
invocation given by J. W. Dulston
and a welcoming speech by Burch,
Dr. T. D. Brooks, dean emeritus
of the Graduate School, will be
principal speaker of the evening.
Dr. Abbott will make the closing
remarks.
Honorary initiates of the chapter
are Professor J. R. Bertrand, as
sistant to the Dean of Agriculture,
Dr, - Brooks, and Professor C. H.
Ransdell, assistant to the Dean of
the College for the Annex.
To be initiated as members are
P. A. Alessandra, R. L. Andrews,
R. E. Arhelger, R. S. Atmar, J.
T. Batchelor, C. E. Beavers, Bill
J. Bell, G. W. Berner, Shelton
G. Black,. Bobby K. Boyd, Leo B.
Bockholt,’ O. D. Bretches, R. T.
Brown, J. S. Bryant, J. C. Burke,
M. L. Cashion Jr., T. L. Colley,
Ralph F. Cox, W. A. Crabtree, W.
G. Crane, A. B. Crowther Jr.,
Jimmy E. Curtis, and G.'C. Det-
weiler.
J. iC, Diebel, W. A. Dunn, Rob
ert E. Evans, R. C. Faulkner, G.
A. Flores, John R. Frey, G'. E.
Fridel, C. M. Galindo, H. W. Gam
ble D. Z. Gayle, R. L. Giesecke,
J. L. Gough, F. L. Gray, G. A.
Green, F. R. Grote, S. H. Harper,
John Carl Heft, E. W. Hegmfinn,
L. 0. Hill, R. H. Hubbell, A. W.
Hubertus, J. A. Hudson, R. E.
Huffman, W. M. Huffman, C. M.
Hudgins, Sherrill Jennihgs, An
drew J. Johnson, B. P. Jones, J.
I. Jordan, Robert B. Killian, W. Df
Kruger, J. B. Kyser, B. L. Lan
drum, R. E. McCarley, D. H. Mc
Clure, B. F. McLemore, and A. R.
Martin.
J. B. Mattel, J. D. Merrytnan,
J. C. Miller, J. B. Mugg, William
Ford Munnerlyn Jr., F. G. Nedbu-
lek, A, E. Noak, D. P, Olsen, L.
J. Phillips, O, A, Prather, L. R.
Radford, ft. W. Ramming, B. J,
Rankin, J.^B, Raynaud, J. R. Rel-
yea, K, P, Kudrimiex, W. G, Sch-
ialher, (V K, Belfert, J. J, Hellg-
man, Vy, (I, Shown, F, C, Simniunk,
II. Simon, ami William I'onn
Singleton,
Charles I„ Smith, Wllllani H,
Stalter, It. 1), Stearns. Gen* E.
Steed, U. 11. Teik.,-J, It. Thomas,
0. Thompson, W, S. ThornCon,
II. C. Tucker, J. 11. Walker, J. J,
Walker, J. C. Wallace, Lawrence
M. Whaley, T. B. Williams, L. A.
Wolfskill, J. D. Young, R. M.
Zeek, C. R. Zelgler, S. M, Hauser,
and E. J. Madeley.
FFA Seniors Visit
Houston Industries
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A group of graduating seniors
of the Collegiate Chapter of the
Future Farmers of America and
their sponsor. Professor W. W.
Mcllroy of the Agriculture De
partment, were guests of the
Houston Chamber of Commerce,
Saturday, April 29 for an all-day
inspection tour of various places
of interest in Houston.
The group toured the Uncle
Johnny Mills, the Houston Chron
icle; and the Mathieson Chemical
Plant. At noon, several of the sen
iors appeared on the noon farm
program presented by station
KTRH.
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News Praises
Annual Cotton
Pageant Here
A&M’s 16th annual Cotton
Pageaiit was paid tribute yes
terday in the columns of The
Dallas Morning News. In an
editorial entitled “Cotton Pa
geant,’’ The News noted thje in
crease in attendance at last week’s
pagenat here and commented on the
decrease in the number oil pa
geants in Texas honoring jKing
Cotton.
“We have heard more and 'more
of the Yamboree, Rose Festival,
Forest Festival, the livestock khuws
and the fairs paying especial at
tention to citrus fruits, rice, grain
sorghum*, wheat, ami evtin such
newcomers us flax," The News
said, “There has been a jgood
omen In this rise of the new gen
try In the field of agriculture.
King Cotton's daspotlsm waft be
ing broken down.
"'Yet Cotton In still king In Tex
as agriculture.” The News i con
tinued. “It wilt he for a | long
time. It Is a reformed King, No
longer does it rule to the exclusion
of other crops. No longer does it
oppress Its tolling subjects, ns in
the past. King Cotton’s former
absolute monarchy is now a limit
ed one.
“So we can afford to paji tri
bute to King Cotton ugain4-tri-
bute to higher yields, better qual
ity, and also to the march of Scien
tific research which is incregsing
the array of cotton products.
“There is a good omen iij the
increasing attention to the cotton
festival,” The News concluded.
“King Cotton now rules over the
Empire of Crop Diversification.”
Employment Office
To Aid Graduates
Some 48 college and university
placement bureaus in Texas will
join hands with the Texas Em
ployment Commissipn this yegr in
an effort to find jobs for an esti
mated 21,000 college graduated,
R. L. Coffman, assistant admin
istrator of the Texas Employment
Commission, said today.
The TEC office serving this area
is located at 210 Varisco Building
in Bryan, and is in charge of
J. B. McKinley, office manager,
Coffman said.
TEC has been rendering place
ment services to college graduates
for several years.,pot the agency
is increasing its efforts this year
to help graduates as a result of
an ever tightening labor mdrket,
he concluded.
Officer^
In Run-
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Price: Five Cents
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By DEAN REED
The Class of ’61 meets tonight at
7:15 in the Chemistry Lecture
Room for a run-off election for
next year’s senior class officers.
Featuring tonight’s bal|dtihg
will be the selection of an advis
ory non-corps vice president, an
office which the class decided to,
ouen at its meeting last Thursday!
night. Three candidate*„hnv« filed
fur the iMisitlun.
The candidate* are Ray N. Wil
liams, civil engineering kUidnit
'[Bob"
ell-
from Fort' Worth; J. It
Allen, Galveston mechanical
getoer
ijfousi
Presidential Candidates
eting in the run-off election
resident will be Dare Keelan,
Johnson, and Lloyd Manjeot.
dung for vice-president are Bill
, Ralph Gorman, and^ Noble i
l the secretary treasurer race
jlhivld Haines, Gale Hruhdrett,
J Ruble, and Herb Mills, Op
posing each other for social sis'- .
rotary are Kenneth Hchuakc, J.
Hlnton. and^ohn (lossstt,
eorge : Charlton, Gordon 1 Ed-
. ami Robert Corbett will meet
be run-off for historian. '
on Joseph, Jimrity Planla, anil
Bll} Richey are candidates for the
tw< senior yell leader positions.
Cad Molberg and Roberu Fitts
met t In the race for corps repre-
sen alive to the Athlejje Council.
Two already peclded
Two positions Wire decided In
thej first ballot/lost week.; They
The YMCA will prenent a w(, ' e that of Aggieland ’Bt editor
geij Roy Nance was unopposed for
the| editethdiip, while .Douglass
rne/polled a majority of votes
th4 first election to win the
jktion. 1 I J- ' 'f
Tjf a majority is not obtained in
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For Two Nights
Hei
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Dumas to Talk
To Journalists
The Journalism Depart
ment will sponsor the seventh
in a series of assembly pro
grams tonight at 7:30 p. m.
in the YMCA Cabinet Room,
dtis Miller, Associate Professor
of Journalism said today’, fbeVan
H. Dumas, local advertising man
ager of the Houston Chronicle, will
speak.
Dumak is well qualified to jspeak
on his announced topic, “(Oppor
tunities in Advertising,” accord
ing to Donald D. Burchard, j head
of the Journalism Department.
Twenty-one years newspapet ad- ,
vertising in'two cities has given as a v " ,u “ 1 introduction to opera
Dumas u broad knowledge of the
businoks.
Ht/ served as national advertis
ing manager of 4he Mobile,! Ala.
Pre#s Register from 1929 through
1930. Since then he has be«)n on
the local staff (if the Houston
Post and The Houston Chrofiilcle,
except fur three years spent Ijn the
service,
An informal dinner will he bald
in honor of Dumas at the Aggie-
land Inn preceding his talk.!
All Journalism and adverljlslng
students ami faculty memhaijr, In
terested In advertising are iijvlteil
to attend the program, accoirdlng
to Burchard.
program of music consisting
of the comic opera, The Bar
ber of Seville, and Schubert’s
Unfinished Symphony, Thurs
day and Friday at 7:15 p. m. in
the YMCA Chapel, M. L. Cashion,
secretary of the YMCA, said this,
morning.
The symphony is performed/by
the 84-piece Radio Philharmonic
Orchestra of Italy, under the di
rection of Fernando Previtali. The'
running time for the production
is 20 minutes, Cashion said.
The Barber of Setdlfe is a pro
duction of OfficiaL Films Inc., and
was photographed on the stage
of the Rome Opera House. The
film features leading artists of
the lyric stage such as Tito Gobbj
and Clo Elmo.
Editing of the film has cut it
to a span of 25 mii.uies to hol<|
the attention of the average aud- a Uafc in
iemee, Cashion aaid, although this'
editing has not ruined the con
tinuity and completeaess of the
plot of the production.
English commentary has beep
added to aid. musical appreciatior).
Olin Downes; music critic of the
New York Times, is narrator.
The Barber of Seville serves
and operatic literature,, and pn|
nrnes lasting pleasure to lovers
of the lyric stage, said Cashion.
Ainaler Still ‘Out’,
Hun 50-50 Chaiioe
Robert L. "Hobby" Amsler,
"1" Kllifht cadet .Injured In an
auto m’rlilent near Hcmpateiiil
Saturday, has nut yet regained
eonscluusness. aecunllng. to re,
ports received here as The Bat
talion went to press today. Due-
tors are giving him a 50 5o
chance of survival. Yesterdiiy,
doctor’s held no hope for his re
covery.
"If he lives through the mjxt
12 hours," a Houston doctor
said, "his chances for complete
recovery are good." He Is being
attended by Dr. J. Greenwood,
Houston bruin specialist.
Amaler suffered a brain con
cussion and skull fracture when
... the car In which he was riding'
^ struck a culvert between Sehly
and Hempstead. He was thrown
; from the left side of the car.
Latest reports concerning Jhe
accident indicate that the caij in
which Amsler and three other
persons were traveling struck
the culvert after being blinded
by the lights of an oncoming
car.
Also injured in the accident
was Bonnie Lange, from Rac
coon Bend, who received a fi
tured ankle and a broken n^se.
Others in the car were Bob
Gualle of Hempstead and
lores Hancock of Bellville.
outstanding infantry COMPANY
The outstanding company in the Infantry Regiment will be awi
ed thia flag at the Mother’s Day review, The flag, donated by Maj.
Gen. H. Miller Ainsworth’s 36th Division Association, will be
carried b& the winning company for one ytajK Members of the
company^wlll also be authorised to wear a badge of croaked
rifles mounted on a seal of the college surrounded by a silver
wreath. ' | ,
A&M Students Ii
Auto Accident
Two A&M students, Edgar
Smith , and James C. Higgins
ceived minor injuries, in an. Auto
mobile accident west of ,Caldwell,
Saturday.
These two students were riding
in g Car driven by Richard Graey,
that turned'over.
Smith is a freshman in A_...
cultural Education and he is from
Austin. Higgins is a aoph?mpre
in Architecture and he comes from
Dallas.
(Iracy, the driver of the car that
turned over is a freshman studenj;
in Agriculture and his home is al
so! in: Austin. I
John M. Yantis, freshman stu
dent ui Industrial Education, tried
to alow the speed of the car tyat
he was driving as he akgred
■eerie of the wrecked car d:
by (Iracy. The car driven by
tis skidded ‘ ‘
Yiih.
and alao turned over
gir rering major; and Doyce L.
Aaron, management engineering
pa, management
student from Houston.
eacli race of tonight’s election, an-
oth- -r ruti-off will be held, until
one man receives a clear majority
of j he votes, W. D.' “Pusher”
Barnes, junior class president, said
thia morning.
ny second run-off would be
scheduled Thursday night, Batnes
jjalc. I ■ • |.|] ■.'!Li ’
New Post
T no non-corps vice-presidential
pos' was added to the list of class
es i fficersj by a vote from the floor
at ast week’s meeting. The ori
ginal mbtion was revised with a
stipulation that the post not receive
‘ 1960-51 Student Sen
ate 1 , and that the elected officer
an l it in an advisory capacity, vot
ing 1 only on class affaira..
The non-corps vice-president’s
off) :e will the voted on by the en
tire class,; instead of by the non-
corps group alone. Likewise, the
entire class—both jeorps and: ridn-
eoi[;s—will elect all other officers,
as hey have done in the pgst.
T)' might’s election results will
be printed in tomorrow’s edition
of "he Battalion, along with any
rup- off races scheduled for Thurs
day night.
Voles Tabulated
(V ite* will be tabulated k» ""“b
aa all ballots are eolleoted. Banie*
sali;, Tabulation will be Jlone by an
aiuRiInted elect lull committee, under
the!'supervision of Unriies,' alem-
litM'H of the committee are Rill
Dunlap, Autrev Frederick*, John
MaMfleld, and Rill Noll.
balloting will he handled as 'It
Whs Id the meeting lust Week,
Barites said. Glass members willf
rece|ivf a sheet of naper listing the
offjjfeS to he voted on. Gandldstos
fpr! [the offices will be listed on »
blackboard In the front of the
rooh.
’SO Census Behind,
Nears Completion
Homer Adams, College Station
CenSus Supervisor, reported yester
day that the 1950 census enumera
tion for College Station, lagging
behind the expected completion
datp, is scheduled fof completion
May 5.
Adams said that students in the
dormitories still hav^ to be con
tacted and that there will be-
some mopping-up oiuTatlons after
May 5. The Brazos County cen
sus is being taken as a group and
no ijeparate figures have been com-
piRil for either College Station dr’
Brj in.
-
T
T
happened at a weekend picnic
one of the many small lakes
3 he found around the College
tation-Bryan territory. A group
-f IdeydetB and dates were playing
atei with a softball.
C| le wild pitch went high over
lead of a company commander,
ing up rapidly he yelled, “ITI
it, HI get it” Further and
me back he ran while picnic-
and ball players alike looked
All of A sudden he disappear-
com view. A loud “SPLASH”
3 a fountain of spray marked tRe
at the edge of the lake when
litappuured.
ie ball hasn't been found
CO’a dothea are Just now
nut.
I .