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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1950
Page 7
Andres Segovia
Segovia, often acclaimed the “world’s greatest virtuoso on the
Spanish guitar, will bring that instrument to the stage of Guion
Hall March 28 in the last Town Hall program of the 1950-51
The
Nisht Owl
Go Hob
Workmen Uncover Basement Tombstone
Perry, la.—(A 5 ) — Mr. and Mrs.
Victor Cornelius have a tombstone
in their basement and they aren’t
very happy about it.
The grave marker, bearing the
date 1880, was uncovered by work
men digging out a basement area
for placement of a new furnace.
WELCOME AGGIES
Come in and say "Hello” . . .
when you’re at the Gate
Holick Boot Shop
Established 1891 at A&M
Gilbert Holick, ’39, Owner
College Station—enchanting, wicked mysterious College
Station—Baghdad on the Brazos, home of the uninhibited,
the impulsive, the carefree.
How naughty it feels to stand in front, of Smitty’s at
the witching hour—8:30 p. m.—pugnaciously sipping a lime
coke with a crooked straw, watching suave ag majors purr
glibb innuendoes at coy young five-thumbed waitresses.
What thrills abound at the Campus theatre’s midnight
saturnalias, where extra-salty popcorn is peddled to erotic
engineers who have come to sec the censored scenes from
“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.’’
Perhaps like myself, you find this scintillating modus viviendi a
shade too enervating for a full week’s participation, and seek spiritual
havens when the weekends arrive.
If so, scan with attentive eyes the information. This chronic hu
manitarian is about to point the way to Texas’ most efficient soul-
soothing sanctums.
Houston
Catalina Lounge—1905 Blodgett. If your definition of atmosphere
includes darkness, stifling cigarette smoke, unrestrained chattel',
and a dollar cover charge, the Catalina is your home. Drum and
vocal drooleries by baby-faced Sonny Marx make the trip worthwhile.
No dancing.
Marquis Lounge—1957 West Gray. On the plush and decorative
side, the Marquis is the most sophisticated lounge within the price
of weekending cadets. Unlike the Catalina, this poor man’s Cafe
Society is fairly well illuminatel, has carpeted floors. Music furnished
by the Johnny Johnson trio, bass, guitar, accordion. Dancing? No.
Congo Jungle—5704 Almeda. On your next visit to Houston, form
a safari and wind your tortuous way down Almeda until you reach
this remnant of old Africa. Judging from the interior, the Congo was
probably designed by a myopic pigmy aided by a drunk orangutan.
Ventilation and lighting date back to Cro-Magnon days. A cover charge
of three elephant tusks per person ($1) entitles you to have your
libido inflamed by barmaids attired in scanty leopard skins. Also,
dancing to Cole Nelson’s music.
Dallas
Pappy’s Showland—500 N. Commerce. With its amphi-theatreide-
sign, the cavernous Papp’s resembles an arena more than a night
club. Guy Anderson and the Showland orchestra put sharps and flats
together for the benefit of dancers, who have shelled out an almost
prohibitive $1.20 per person for the privilege.
Lou-Ann’s—Greenville and Lover’s Lane. Informality plus at Lou-
Ann’s, mecca of high-school and college sets. Dance and drink amid the
pine-knotted walls for a six-bit cover charge.
Burch’s—corner of North and Carroll. Dallas, too has its replica
of the dark, mysterious Africa. Here at Burch’s the walls are adorned
with jungle murals; everything else is engulfed in leopard-skin covers.
A colored gent, purportedly the deposed king of the Zambesi, plays an
ardent boogie piano. Can’t dance here.
San Antonio
■Kit Kat Klub—.'5600 Fredericksburg. Our favorite night spot, the
Kit Kat has everything from “horseracing” to a supervised nursery.
Music for dancing is provided by a Music Bar loaded with 20,000
records. A $1.20 cover charge per person includes dancing and setup;
buy a steak dinner and there’s no cover. Manager Dick Jones, a true
philanthropist, has given me about 300 Kit Kat Kollegiate Klub kards
to distribute among party-going Aggies.
Each card entitles the holder and his party to all dancing and set
up privileges and 60tf per person for the season, except Saturdays and
holidays. Drop by the office and pick up a couple. First come, first
served.
Club Sevcnoaks—5000 Austin Highway. A buck ninety-five gets
you dinner and dancing, with Cliff Gillette and his orchestra (?)
struggling with assorted instruments.
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Leading off the Town Hall
Series this year will be Leonard
Warren, Metropolitan Opera bari
tone. He will sing in Guion Hall
on Oct. 19.
Warren, who has become known
as “the world’s finest dramatic
baritone,” probably wouldn’t be
singing if he hadn’t lost his first
job for singing at his work. The
Metropolitan star graduated from
Columbia University in New York
with a business degree and had no
thought of studying music.
He began his first singing les
sons at 27 when he left the busi
ness world and got a job with the
glee club of Radio City* Music
Hall. Even then no one exclaimed
that he had “a wonderful voice,”
or that “he really must do some
thing with it.’
Radio City’s Loss
In fact Warren was fired from
the Radio City Music Hall chorus
while he was preparing for his
Metrolopitan Opera audition. The
reason—the management explained
that his voice was not virile
enough.
. The Met, however though^ dif-
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Aggieland Orchestra to
Audition New Members
By DALE WALSTON
With sparkling new arrange
ments especially written for them,
the Aggieland Orchestra is ex
pecting to please many dancers
both on the campus and off this
year.
Last year was a busy year for
the orchestra members, with many
successful campus dances to their
credit. Highlights included playing
for the Cotton Ball, the Final Ball,
and in the Aggie Follies.
Each year the group makes a
Christmas tour through several
Texas cities, playing for A&M club
dances. Last year’s trip included
Amarillo, Wichita Falls, Galveston,
ferently, and since his debut in
1939, Warren’s rise has been phen
omenal. Today the baritone has
starred in 22 operas although his
repertoire when he was auditioned
was limited to three arias. After
Warren became a member he per
formed the almost impossible feat
of learning seven operas in six
months time.
Four-Company Man
He is a member of four other
outstanding Opera Companies. Be
tween his operatic appearances, he
makes an annual concert tour of
the United States and Canada. He
has been guest artist on the Voice
of Firestone and RCA-Victor radio
programs.
Record fans rate Warren high
on their list of favorites. He has
recorded works from nine operas
including “Tales of Hoffman,”
“Faust,” “Falstaff,” and others.
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New Methods
Aid in Cancer
Paris—<7P)—A new blood test has
so far proved almost 100 per cent
accurate in detecting cancer in hu
mans, three swiss physicians re
ported yesterday.
They told the Fifth Internation
al Cancer Research Congress the
test is based on a chemical that
appears in the blood of persons
with cancer. The chemical breaks
down a certain kind of sugar, pen
tose sugar. The test is made by
adding blood serum from the per
son to the solution of the sugar.
The method was described by Dr.
Georges Menkes, Dr. P. Rentch-
nick and Dr. S. Steenmf, of Gen
eva.
The test was tried, they said,
on 200 persons with various kinds
of cancer. It was 95 per cent right.
An improved version was employed
on the second hundred. Dr. Men
kes said it was almost 100 per
cent accurate.
Blood from 42 of 44 healthy per
sons produced no reaction on the
pentose sugar, while 88 per cent
of 124 persons with diseases other
than cancer also showed negative
reactions to the test, the Swiss ex-
per said.
Rats were given a cancer-caus
ing chemical. The sugar-destroy
ing chemical appeared in their
blood at the same time as the
microscope showed cancerous chan
ges in the rats’ tissues.
The sugar-destroying chemical
seems to be a constant and probab
ly peculiar property of the blood
of cancer patients, Dr. Menkes
concluded.
Waco, and Marlin.
Popular Players
The Aggieland Orchestra has
been rapidly growing in popularity
with campus dancers. Students
seem to like their brand of music.
In fact, many students prefer the
Aggie aggregation to many of the
“name” bands who make their ap
pearance on the campus.
Heading the Aggieland Orches
tra is Bill Tux-ner, director of musi
cal activities. He is a North Texas
State College graduate, and plays
a trumpet in the orchestra.
The Aggieland Orchestra has
been a x-ecognized campus organi
zation for only seven yeax-s. There
have been student orchestras, how
ever, on the campus for many
years. One of the better known
early groups was called the Cam
pus Serenaders and was organized
20 years ago.
The number of members in the
Aggieland Orchestra is not rigid;
is varies from year to year with
available qualified players. Thex-e
are particular openings this year
for a tenor sax, a trombone, or a
trumpet. Anyone interested in play
ing with the orchestra can contact
Tuxmer at the Music Hall.
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