Second-Place Winner
But Delilah Started It Anyhow .
Lady Barber Operates
In North (tale
Viewing her second-place winning arrangement of fruit depicting a
Thanksgiving scheme at the A&.M Garden Club Flower Show is
Mrs. W.‘ W. Armistead who took sweepstakes honors. Mrs. Armi-
stead also entered an arrangement of chrysanthemums which re
ceived a first place ribbon.
Study Club Hears
Museum Director
Robert _ Preusser, co-director of elements is his own business. What
the Museum of Contemporary Art r individuals see in a picture varie^
tin Houston, spoke to the Campus
Study Club Tuesday afternoon.
Frank Coulter introduced Preus-
" ser who spoke on American paint
ing in the past 25 years. He said
too often the statement, “I don’t
like modern art means I don’t un
derstand it. We learn to under
stand contemporary art only by
exposure.
“An attempt to explain it is
baffling though it parallels the
abstract qualities in music and
an engineer might understand it
■ in terms of balance, weights and
tensions.
The basic principle is that ele-
"ments in a painting- have, meaning
only when in relation to each other.
What a painter does with these
Greece, Turkey
Extentionists
Visit Campus
Five representatives of the
extension service of Greece
and Turkey are visiting the
A&M campus this week.
They are studying Agricul
ture and Extension Service work
of each state they visit, according
. to Izzet Baykol, assistant director
of . the agriculture school, Adana,
Turkey.
' 'Other visitors are, Christas Pap-
.agearian, director of agriculture,
Eubes Island, , Central Greece;
George Papanaaus, director of ag
riculture, Kavalla, North Eastern
Greece; Albert M. Simantov, assist
ant to the chief of extension train
ing and research, Athens, Greece;
and, Neurttin Madran, chief of cot
ton experiment sub station, Man-
isa, Turkey.
While they are on the campus
they will visit various extension
service facilities. Included are vis
its to the Brazos River field lab
oratory and horticulture farm, the
beef cattle center, dairy cattle cen
ter, poultry farm, entomological
laboratory and agricultural experi
ment station and laboratory.
The group has visited some east
ern colleges and universities and
the states of Michigan and Arkan
sas, Simantov said.
The five men came to Texas
under a technical assistant pro
ject of the Economic Cooperation
Administration and plan to stay
•until December 1, when they will
resume their trip.
with their own experiences, Preus
ser said. Contemporary art requires
both an intellectual and an emo
tional approach. Only experience
can help one determine what is
good in contemporary art.
Preusser said men painting to
day have been influenced by the
men who departed from the Re
naissance, notably Cezanne. Dur
ing the Renaissance looking at a
picture was a static experience.
The movement in painting known
as cubism no longer exists.
It was a period of experimenta
tions. There was a supremacy of
design over contents. The tradi
tion of experimentation, however,
has remained. The artist attempts
to stimulate the imigination of the
observer.
Modern architecture, streamline
designing of modern cars, the
functional beauty of modern furni
ture all have been influenced by
the new concepts in modern art.
Preusser illustrated his talk
with colored kodachrome slides
showing works of modern artists
including his own compositions.
In closing he said he believed
a beginning artist should be stim
ulated to find his own technique,
to have a creative approach.
Uy GEORGE CHARLTON
Ever since Delilah gave Samson
that first historical haircut, there
have been female barbers clipping
their way down through the cen
turies. Maybe not many of them,
but they’ve existed just the same.
In the last few years, their num
ber has increased two-fold. And,
upcoming, progressive little com
munity .that we are, there’s one
right here in College Station.
Her place of business at North
Gate, appropriately enough, is call
'd the Queen Barber Shop. For
that’s exactly what she is, in the
lenient sense of the word. Tall with
clear green eyes, auburn hair, and
definite good looks describes her.
Armed with a pair of scissors and
a shaving brush, she’s unbeatable.
Hilda Varner is her name.
There’s another barber at North
Gate named Varner—her hus
band. His shop is just down the
street.
“The people around here are
much nicer than most places, and
they at least don’t stare when they
come in and see me cutting’ hair,”
she says.
She doesn’t have particular
trouble with finicky people. Her
customers are usually polite, and
“if they don’t like the way I cut
their hair, they just don’t come
back—so I know by the number of
customers when I’m doing all right
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News - Society
THUR., NOV. 16, 1950 Page 3
Hospitals Report
New Babies Born
The St. Joseph Hospital of Bry
an reports the birth of a 6 lb. 14
oz. girl to Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Wil
liams of Bryan. The baby was born
at 4:42 a. m., November 14. The
father is a business major at A&M
and hails from Waco.
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Hebert are
the proud parents of an 8 lb. 1 oz.
baby boy born yesterday at 2:08 a.
m.
H. E. Hampton, professor in the
Agronomy Department of A&M,
has been admitted to St. Joseph’s
Hospital as a surgical patient.
Hampton resides in College Sta
tion.
State, Local KC
Officers Meet,
Plan Program
/ v r rl i ..on
M. J. Babin Jr., state de
puty of the State Council of
Texas of the Knights of Col
umbus, has been in College
Station discussing the Colum
bian Squire program with Lt. Col.
Walter H. Parsons Jr., state chair
man of the program.
Babin approved the addition of
one member to the state committee
from each of the following diocese:
Abilene, Corpus Christi, Amarillo,
El Paso, and two additional mem
bers from the Arch-diocese of San
Antonio.
Names of the new members of
the committee will be announced
early next week, said Colonel Par
sons.
The next meeting of the state
committee will be held in San An
tonio during December. The exact
date and place of meeting will be
announced later, Colonel Parsons
added.
A&M Film Society
Sets Second Meet
“The Last of the Line” and “Civ- j
ilization,” two early films produced
by pioneer movie-maker, Thomas
Dice, will be featured at the sec
ond meeting of the A&M Film
, Society Monday night, at 7:30, in
the YMCA Chapel.
Ince, along with D. W. Griffith,
was one of the earliest innovators
,in motion picture history. Much of
our present day technical skill in
Hollywood can be traced to ground
work laid by Ince.
Among films scheduled for fu
ture meetings are “All Quiet On
The Western Front,” “Intolerance,”
and “The Thin Man.”
Coffee will be served after the
‘ meeting, Herman Gollob, presi
dent of the Film Society, said.
•Dairymen Slate Short
Course December 6-7
A dairyman’s short course will
be held here Dec. 6 - 7.
The course is designed to serve
the dairyman and plant field men
who do not have the time for more
extensive training in dairying or
refresher work.
• Outstanding men in dairying will
be on the program which will be
climaxed by a dinner Dec. 7.
or not.”
Working a 60-hour-a-week sche
dule, Mrs. Varner still finds time to
keep house and give her two child
ren and husband an occasional
haircut. She cuts her own hair
also.
About Hire years ago, she first
got the urge to enter the hair
shearing profession. Before that
time, she had done office work
which she calls “not very inter
esting.” Barbering paid more,
too.
Mrs. Varner paid the college tui
tion, and as she says “I couldn’t
back out then. We couldn’t get the
money bark. I got cold feet a few
times—being in a class with over
60 men.”
At first her male class, asso
ciates resented her every action,
she says, but sooij enough they
took all in their stride and were
nice to her. Six months later at
the Mohler Barber College in Fres
no, California, she passed her ex
amination. Upon coming to Texas,
she had to take another test for a
state practicing license.
Mrs. Varner has barbered in
Austin and Lufkin. As far as ad
justing herself to the College
Station barbering routine, she
says “The hardest thing to learn
to do properly was how to give
a good freshman burr cut.” The
most hectic times in the shop are
before reviews and big weekends.
She tells the story of how an
Aggie one day went up to Mr. Var
ner and asked him how he felt
about “that woman barber down
the street taking away some of his
business.” Varner played along a
little while and then finally told the
cadet the truth—that it didn’t make
too much difference. On pay day,
the checks went in the family
fund.
An avocation with Mrs. Varner
is writing. Teachers in high school
encouraged her short stories and
poems and even went so far as to
suggest she send some of them to
magazines as publication material.
Her knowledge of College Sta
tion did not begin when she came
down here to live one and a half
years ago. While in high school
at Dickens, Texas, she came to
the campus many weekends to at
tend football games.
When asked whether she thought
she would get more business mere
ly because she was a woman, Mrs.
Varner said: “I don’t think it
makes any difference whether
you’re, a man or a woman barber.
The quality of the job is always Iho
determining factor.”
CS Chest Drive
Gets Extension
The College Station Com
munity Chest drive will be
extended until noon Saturday,
John B. Longley, Commun
ity Chest secretary-treasurer
has announced.
The reason for the extension of
the drive was that there have been
several conflicts during tbe drive
such as President Harrington’s in
auguration, the Corps Trip, and
quizzes Longley added.
People who have contributed to
the Community Chest and who
want Tuberculosis Seals may re
ceive them by calling Longley at
his office or by phoning 4-1139.
If contributors to the chest drive
receive Seals through the mail,
they may keep them without mak
ing an additional contribution
Longley stated.
A&M Officials to Attend
Land Grant Convention
Twelve representatives from
A&M will meet with 600 other
educators from 54 colleges and uni
versities in Washington, D. C. next
week for the sixty-fourth annual
convention of the Association of
Land-Grant Colleges and Univer
sities.
General theme of the conference
will be the importance of the indi
vidual, whether he be student, staff
member, or seeker of extension in
formation, in the work of the grant
institutions, A. S. Adams, Associa
tion president said.
More intensive work of the con
vention will be carried on in ses
sions of special interest divisions,
he said.
Major units of the Association
are divisions of Agriculture, Arts
and Sciences, Engineering, Home
and Councils on Graduate Work
and Instruction.
Within these units, Adams ex
plained, are sections, groups and
committees covering the many
fields in which land-grant colleges
operate, with emphasis given to
extension work and research as
well as to resident teaching.
Attending the convention from
A&M will be M. T. Harrington,
President of the College; C. C^
French, Dean of the College; Gibb
Gilchrist, Chancellor; C. N. Shep-
ardson, Dean of Agriculture; H.
W. Barlow, Dean of Engineering;
J. P. Abbott, Dean of Arts and Sci
ences; I. P. Trotter, Dean of Grad-,
uate School; and I. B. Boughton,
Dean of Veterinary Medicine.
R. D. Lewis, Texas Agriculture
Experiment Station; G. G. Gibson,
Director of Agriculture Experiment
Station; Bonnie Cox, Organization
Service; and Marine Hearn, State
Home Demonstration Leader will
also attend from College Station.
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“Sandy”, a snow-white Angora goat, was the prize winner of the
grand parade held at the eleventh annual A&M Consolidated Pet
Show Tuesday night, feeding the goat is Betty Jean Williams who
entered it in the contest.
Corsages for Friday’s Ball
Orchids
Gardenias
Vandas Roses
Mums for Saturday’s Game
I. COULTER SMITH
1800 S. College Ph. 3-6725
FRIDAY and SATURDAY SPECIALS
EK17-18
Mixed, Medium Size (21-22 Oz.)—Guaranteed
In Paper Bags
Eggs ......... doz. 43c
Smooth or Krunchy—Peter Pan
Peanut Butter jar 29c
Pard Dog Food . . 2 cans
For Automatic Dishwashers-
Calgonite
-Big Pkg.
. big pkg. 37c
Giant (“25c”) Bars
Hershey Candy
2 bars 35c
Pink
Beauty Brand—Tall Can
Pink Salmon 49c
Kraft’s Salad Dressim
iracleWbip pint 33c
8 Oz. Kraft’s MIRACLE — Bottle
French Dressing . .
15c
For
a Quick, Economical Meal
Kraft Dinners 2 for 19c
One of the Better Brands—Red Crown
Vienna Sausage
can 15c
Potted Meat 3 cans 23c
No. 2 i /2 Cans Libby’s
Fruit Cocktail
3 cans $1.00
No. 2J4 Cans Libby’s Halves
Peaches can 27c
PART - DAY HOLIDAY
In order for our employes to attend the
Charity Shrine Crippled Children’s Ben
efit Football game between the Texas
A&M - Texas Freshmen next Thursday
afternoon at Kyle Field, we will close that
day between the hours of 1:30 — 4:30
P. M.
Top Grades—Colored Quarters
Dixie Oleo lb. 27c
Sweet Cream—Meadowgold
Quarters
Butter
. . . lb. 73c
Popular Brands
Cigarettes . . . .
. carton $1.86
No. 2*4 Cans—In Syrup—•Airmail
Halves Apricots
.... can 19c
fruit Cake Ingredients
Full 2 Lb. Jar Schimmel’s Pure
Peach Preserves . . . .jar 39c
Crisco 3 lbs. 35c
New Everyday Prices—Folgers or
Maxwell House Coffee lb. 83c
Sunshine
Butter Cookies pkg. 25c
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A Montz Brand
Strawberries
12 oz. 41c
Snow Crop
Orange Juice
cans
41c
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BABY BEEF
Broad Breasted Turkeys
Toms
. .11*. 55c
Hens
. . lb. 65c
(These are Heart o’ Texas Extra
Clean Pen-raised.
Heart o’ Texas
Hens
. lh. 45c
Fryers
. . lb. 55c
Well Seasoned—Home Made Pure
Pork Sausage ....
. . lb. 49c
Armour’s Dexter Cello Wrap
Breakfast Bacon . .
. . lb. 49c
Hams, whole ....
. . lh. 55c
Shank Piece
. lh.55c
Butt Piece
. . . lh. 53c
Grade A Calves—Loin or T-Bone
Steaks
. . 1b. 69c
Shoulder Pot Roast .
. . lb. 63c
FRESH
Fish Oysters
Shrimp
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Russett Potatoes . .
. . bag 39c
1 Lb. Cello Bag
Cranberries
. . lh. 19c
Medium Size Fresh
Coconuts
. 2 for 25c
Red Emperor
Crapes
2 lbs. 25c
5 Lh. Bag
Texas Oranges . . . .
.... 31c
No. 1 Yellow
Onions
. 2 lbs. 7c
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