Top Corps Brass
Harrington Begins First
Regular Year as-President
A. I). Martin
Colonel of Corps
Waymon Nutt
Corps Executive
THE BATTALION
Page 2 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1950
Behind the Scenes . . .
Peck Stirs Emotions
In Tragic ‘Guniighter’
11 With three months of experience
11 as the “chief” now behind him,
I President M. T. Harrington begins
II his first regular session in his
new office this week.
Now holding an office no other
A&M graduate has ever held, Dr.
Harrington is the first A&M pres
ident to be selected from the ranks
of former students.
On June 3, Dr. F. C. Holton,
completing 41 years of service to
this college, handed over the reins
to his younger assistant and re
tired to modified service as presi
dent emeritus. Dr. Harrington’s in
auguration on Nov. 9 will be a
major highlight of the 75th anni
versary observances.
Class of ’22
A. 1922 graduate of this college,
Harrington joined the staff of
A&M in 1925 as an instructor in
chemistry. Establishing an early
reputation for his ability to make
clear to beginners the complexities
of college chemistry, and being a
sympathetic and capable teacher,
he has long been popular with his
students.
Since 1946 his rise on the aca
demic ladder has been an almost
year-to-year affair. It was then
that he took the duties of assist
ant dean of the college, in organ-
By FRED WALKER
(“The Gunfighter:” 20th Cen
tury Foxj now showing at Pal
ace Tuesday through Saturday;
starring Gregory Peck, Millard
Mitchell, Jean Parker, and Helen
Westcott.)
' Emphasized realism and fine act
ing by Peck, Mitchell, and Parker
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jell to produce 20th Century’s un
usual western, “The Gunfighter,” a
tension-packed story of the infa
mous Johnny Ringo, man, boy, and
unwilling killer.
The early West was filled with
men whose only claim to life’s
greatness was their success with
the gun. Good or bad, ruthless or
passionate, these men were still
shuffled together and dealt around
the table of the West but with one
identification—“Gunfighter.”
Some, in youthful folly, had
burned with the desire to be
known near and far for the
speed of their draw, the capacity
to kill a man, and then more
men, before he had fired his
gun, before he had even drawn
his gun.
A few of these fiery boys had
come to realize the fatality and hell
of maintaining these reputations.
For every man they shot down
another arose to kill the man who
had killed the man. Sick and suf
fering, these few tried to flee from
the young dream that had become
a hateful reality. It couldn’t be
done. The great Johnny Ringo can
testify to that.
Fifty at thirty-live, empty with
a full belly, exhausted after ten
hours sleep, Johnny Ringo (Greg
ory Peck) ..lides* rides,, rides.
“Tned” by another Johnny Ringo
of fifteen years past who cannot
visualize anything “so tough”
about the “big man,” Johnny flees
rather than face killing the boys
brothers.
Stopping at another town long
enough to see the wife and child
of eight years ago, Johnny sees
the personification of everything
that he has longed to forget—
another bartender verbally kiss
ing his boots, men walking on
the other side of the street, worn-
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W. B. Adams, ’51 L. H. Adams, Owner
nex. A year later he came back to
the main campus as dean of arts
and sciences.
Becomes Dean
In Sept. 1948 when Dr. Bolton
was elevated to the presidency of
A&M, Dr. Harrington became act
ing dean of the college, filling Bol
ton’s former office. And in Sept.
1949 he was elected Dr. Bolton’s
successor by the Board of Direct
ors after being, recommended by
Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist.
Harrington first came to the
A&M Campus in 1918. Four years
later he graduated with a bach
elor of science degree in chemical
engineering. In 1925, he began
working on his master’s and com
pleted it in 1927.
Taking leave of absence, he stud
ied at MIT, the University of
Michigan and the University of
First Baptists Set
Reception Sunday
First Baptist Church will hold a
reception Sunday honoring the Rev.
O. B. Richardson and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Bass, and Mr. and
Mrs. David Alexander at 7:30 to
9 p.m. in the Educational Building.
Singspiration and social hour
will follow for young people after
izing and directing the A&M An- reception.
Southern California before receiv
ing his Ph. D at Iowa State Col
lege.
He is a member of the American
Chemical Society, Sigma Xi, hon
orary research society, and Phi.
Lambda Epsilon, honor society for
chemists and chemical engineers.
Dr. and Mrs. Harrington are
parents of a 10-year-old son, John.
Commenting on his successor,
Dr. Bolton said, “Dr. Harrington
and I have worked together for
A&M for almost a quarter of a
century and I am pleased that I
will be able to relinquish the lead
ership of the college to such cap
able and experienced hands.
Apartments, Room
Needed — Boy er
Persons in this area having
apartments and rooms they wish to
rent, are asked to contact the
housing offices at A&M College.
“We expect to have need for a
large number of apartments and
rooms,” Harry Boyer, head of the
office, said today. “We not only
have need for apartments but
rooms over the week-end for both
men and women and rooms for
single men,” Boyer says.
Battalion Editors
Sid Abernathy
Campus News Editor
en gazing upon him with Joath-
ing and fear, children missing
just to look at the “great J'ohnny
Ringo” as they argued the speed
and greatness of famous gun
men.
The sheriff (Millard Mitchell), a
reformed associate of Ringo’s long-
dead gang, agrees to carry a mes
sage to Peggy Ringo, now teaching
school under another name. As he
waits for a reply, Johnny is almost
shot by a avenging father who
assumed his son was killed by Rin
go many years ago, but he is cap
tured by the gunman and locked in
the jail.
Peggy avows not to see her hus
band, but is finally persuaded by a
bar-room singer, one-time wife of a
dead gunman whose reputation had
finally caught up with him. Con
vinced by her illusioned husband
that they can find peace again in
a country where no one knows him,
Peggy brings the awed son to meet
the father he doesn’t know.
A touching scene takes place be
tween father and son as Johnny
tells the boy that Sheriff Mark
doesn’t carry a gun because he is
so “tough.”
Ringo barely escapes the dog
gedly pursuing brothers only to
be shot in the back by another
fame-seeking youngster who
Johnny had tongue whipped ear
lier. Johnny’s dying words are
not to hang his young assassin,
but to turn him into the world
as “the man who shot Johnny
Ringo.”
An interesting item to note was
the picture’s close association to
two of the three classic Greek Uni
ties. These unities, as set forth
hy Aristotle, are unity of action
(only one plot—no sub-plot), unity
of time (time elapsed, not more
than 24 hours), and unity of place
(action to take place on one loca
tion.) “The Gunfighter” parallel-
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The Battalion, September 18.
e,d the first and second, and but
for a small part, rose to meet the
third. In the modern theater and
cinema, these unities are all but
forgotten.
The picture was produced by
Nunally Johnson and directed by
the competent Henry King, who
called for realism, and got it—
down to every extra or action.
The performance of Peck could
easily go a long way in gaining
him honors. Depth and feeling
are poured into his greatest nat
uralistic demonstration.
Comment: Ranked above “The
Westerner” and “The Plainsman”.
—Unusual.
Frank Manitzas
Sports Editor
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