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^ > I ■i 1 Monday, February 12, 1951 THE BATTALION Page 3 On ‘Heaven and Hell ASABAB Shows Life in Hereafter By B. F. ROLAND “Heaven and hell” was displayed in large quantities at the Archi tectural Society’s Annual Beaux Arts Ball —ASABAB— Friday night in Sbisa Hall. With the purgatory vs. piety theme giving the architects plenty of room fon thought, costumes and decorations from devils to angels were abundant. First prize in the costume con test went to John C. Calhoun and his date. Calhoun, a freshman ar chitect from Hempstead, was clad in ecclesiastical clothing and spent the evening trying to “convert” his date, dressed as a French street-walker. Junior architect Bob Kirk and his date took second prize in the contest. Kirk was dressed as a harp, his date as an angel. Calhoun and his date received $5 each for winning the contest. Those costumes were judged the best, but competition was close. Letting their imaginatiion stretch to infinity, the late-hour lads came up with plenty of ideas to repre sent the opppsite ends of destiny. Frank Welch, fifth-year man and former Society president, lugged around a king-sized gin bottle dur ing the evening. He was dressed i as an Army sergeant who had seemingly just discovered Stanley , and Livingstone. Welch and his date, who delight ed in spraying other dancers with . atomizers filled from their bottle, were representing “We Smell to High Heaven.” “Notes” To You One of the most unusual of the costumes was worn by Lyman Reed of Bryan. Disguised as “One Hellu va Note,” Reed placed himself in side a huge paper-mache musical note. His dancing seemed unen cumbered, although only his eyes and feet were recognizable. Jim G'oodrum and his date gave an interesting view of the pearly gates, interpreted by some as the “swinging doors.” Not only the costume parapher nalia gave ASABAB its unique ap pearance. Decorations with the Aluminum Tram Cars Budapest—(A*)—Hungary’s first electric trams made of aluminum will be made ready this year, a news agency here reports. The new cars will operate on the Budapest subways. TODAY & TUESDAY FIRST RUN —Feature Starts— 1:13 - 3:28 - 5:30 - 7:45 - 10:00 LAST TIMES TODAY “Three Came Home” Tuesday & Wednesday (iMiTSIj H&H theme strongly upheld the motif. As Architectural Society presi dent Jack Stansbury said, “the en trance was hell, the dance was heavenly.” And that’s just the way it was. The entrance was practical ly all brimstone and fire, while the next sight was one of bliss, com plete with heavenly clouds, trees, angels, et al. Centerpiece for the ball, de signed by Jack Brandt and Don Williford, was a statue of Venus, with her arm resting on a wicked David’s head. Committee Lauded Aiding Stansbury in the ovei*- all supervision of ASABAB plans I was Frank Welch. Other archi tects contributing to the dance’s success were Milt Patterson, Dave Carnahan, and Hal Moseley, fresh- | man architecture prof. Supplying appropriate music for ASABAB was Glenn Dewey and his combo, a group o£ local musi cians who greatly impressed the dancers. A&M’s delegation to the TISA executive com mittee meeting here Saturday gather in a round table discussion during a short recess in commit tee work. Left to right are Bill Parse, Senate president; Joe Fuller, TISA Parliamentarian; Charlie Royalty, TISA executive seecretary; Al lan Eubank, executive vice-president of the organ ization; and Senators Autrey Frederick and Bob Sturdivant. Anniversary Queen Scores Again Lennie Garrard is Chosen Class of ’52 Sweetheart Lennie Garrard, who is rapidly becoming A&M’s choice for “beau ty of beauties,” now reigns as Sweetheart of the Class of ’52. The University of Houston lass won the votes of the judges and the hearty approval of the class Saturday night at the Junior Prom when she was selected over five other finalists. Escorted by John Tapley, A Squadron first sergeant and jun ior yell leader, Miss Garrard took her second major beauty honor of the 1950-51 school year. In Novem ber she won the title of “75th An niversary Queen” in a contest sponsored by The Commentator. Competing in the sweetheart contest were Ruth Ann Tipton, junior journalism major at TSCW, escorted by Russell Smith; Gayle Mackie of Houston, a Texas Uni versity girl who had Bob Bynes as her proud date; June Peevy, from Austin High in Houston, es corted by C. L. Ray; Mary Ann Pruitt of Fort Worth, George Grupe’s beauty entry; Charlene Thurman, whose blue eyes and blonde hair shine like the San An tonio sun that she sees daily, the date of Bob Dobbins; and, of course, winner Lennie. The class’ sweetheart was select ed by a committee composed of college dignitaries, honored guests at the Prom. A humorous note Junior Sweetheart !*i« f, Lennie Garrard . . . officially became the Class of ’52 Sweetheart Saturday night at the Junior Prom. The University of Houston beauty, escorted by John Tapley, took the judges’ vote in competition over five other attractive young ladies. Lennie won a similar beauty honor in November when she was named “75th Anniversary Queen.” C of €, City Council MeetingsSetToday Both the College Station City Council and Board of Directors of the College Station Development Association and Chamber of Com merce will hold regular meetings today. The Chamber of Commerce di- vene at 7:30 p. m. at the same place. A membership drive now in pro gress will be the principal topic of discussion at the chamber di rectors meeting, while the city rectors meet this afternoon in the council is expected to issue a por- council room of the City Hall, tion of the recently voted $200,000 while the City Council jvill con- utility bonds. ■" ,l " •% OY DYERS'FUR STORAGE HATTERS Loupot’s Trading Post—Agents broke the tension of the affair when Miss Pruitt was introduced. She is actually Dr. Pruitt, pos sessing a full-fledged degree. Up on learning this, males in the audi ence immediately emitted groans and moans of pain, but the good doctor let them suffer. Hielscher Speaks C. N. Hielscher of the Engineer ing Drawing Department was prin cipal speaker at the class’ ban quet, which preceded the Prom. Hielscher took the speaker’s stand and immediately began to “rib” all class officers and committee chair men. The speaker then shifted into high, humorous gear to tell of the “Proper Attitude in Class rooms,” a satirical story of grade- point gathering. Hielscher wound up his talk on a more serious note, telling of the Religious Emphasis Week program scheduled to start on the campus today. He received a solid round of applause from an apparently well- satisfied audience. Held in Sbisa Hall, the banquet got underway at 7:15 p. m. From mere the juniors, their dates and guests went to the Memorial Stu dent Center Ballroom for the Prom. Ice-Carving is Hit Highlight of the decorations in the ballroom was a spectacular ice carving which showed, in figures several feet high, two hearts with an arrow binding them together. The display was carved by Dick Ingels, class president during the 1949-50 year. Ingels had done a similar carving for the Sophomore Sweetheart Ball last year, where he had a large “Class of 1952.” The hearts-and-arrow ice dis play was placed on a table near the rear ol the ballroom, surround ed by gladioli and ferns, with a red light shining upon it. Supplying music of all types for the dance was the Aggieland Or chestra, led by Bill Turner. Rrefreshments of punch and cake were served at the dance. With tickets being taken at the base of the MSC stairway, the class had the entire second floor—lounges, ball room, and Starlight Terrace— in which to steer its large crowd. “One of Best” “I believe we had one of the most successful dances in our class history,” Class President Harold Chandler said after the Prom. “Without excellent cooperation from our committee chairmen and the men working with them, and of course, from those who attend ed, such a successful dance would have been impossible.” Chandler thanked particularly, the group of sophomores who ush ered at the class banquet. “They did a wonderful job,” he said. Committee chairmen for the dance were Eric Carlson, Bill Dal- ston, Ted Stephens, John Tapley, Jack Brandt, and Dick Ingels. Songs of A&M Go on Sale At Guion Premiere The schedule for sale of re cently-cut A&M Record Al bums was announced yester day by C. G. “Spike” White, assistant dean of men for ac tivities. First student selling wave will begin Feb. 19 at the premiere con cert of music in the album. On the program for the night are the Singing Cadets, the Aggieland Or chestra, and the Aggie Band. Booths will be set up in the lob by after the program where stu dents may buy their albums for $3 each. In charge of the four booths will be Ken Wiggins, John High tower, Tom Savage, John Ready, Joe Pike, Ronald Foshee, Boh Blissard, and Marvin Levine. Student Activities will not sell albums to students until a week after the concert night. At that time student salesmen will go through the dorms with the al bums. Mail orders will be taken by Student Activities Office from the 20th on, White said. After the premiere-concert, re cording artists and song compos ers will be available for autograph ing of albums. Negro Delegations May Visit TISA Convention By DEAN REED A&M’s TISA committee will be empowered to invite Negro colleges to observe at the convention here March 15- 17, if two-thirds of the schools voting give their consent. This agreement was reached Saturday by the executive committee of the Texas Intercollegiate Students Association, holding its annual spring meeting in the Memorial Student Center. A ballot will be conducted by mail between now and March 1. Providing a quorum of the association’s member ship votes, a two-thirds “yes” vote will pave the way for Negro colleges to send observing delegations here in March. With 28 members, a quorum is 15. Bill Farrow of Austin College (Sherman) was elected vice-presi dent of the TISA at Saturday’s meeting. The election was neces sitated by two resignations of the Presidency since last Spring’s con vention. Elected president at that time was Earl Lord of Stephen F. Aus- tin (Nacogdoches). Lord later resigned and the office went to vice-president Sterling Steves of the University of Texas. Eubank is Head Then Steves left the job to be come military aide to the governor. Tom Eubank of Rice was elected president at a December executive committee meeting in Houston. Farrow’s term will be a short one—until the convention ends March 17. During the convention, officers for 1951-52 will be elect ed. Discussion of convention pre parations took up much of the afternoon meeting. A&M’s Allan Eubank told the committee of his plans for the convention, with oth er A&M students reporting on housing facilities, banquets, regis tration, and entertainment planned. The executive committee acted on eight selected topics for panel discussion at the annual conven tion, with schools named to lead the “workshops.” The University of Houston will lead discussion of “Stimulation of Interest in Student Goveimment and Student Elections.” “Student- Faculty Relations—Their Better ment” will be the subject of a panel led by Austin College. “Extent of Student Control over Student Activities and Administra tion Procedures” will be led by both Trinity and Texas Universi ties. “Student Government Finance” will be discussed by another group with Texas Tech in the driver’s seat. “Promotion of School Spirit” will be led by SMU, while “Faculty Evaluation by Students” will be Rice’s contribution. City Receives 15% Credit On Fire Insurance College Station was listed among cities in Texas receiv ing credits to the basic rate of fire insurance to become ef fective March 1 with a figure of 15 per cent deductable from the basic rate. Listed in the same report issued by State Fire Insurance Commis sioner Paul H. Brown, Bryan was given a minus or debit 15 per cent by record. A College Station city official said last night the local rate is the same as set by the State Fire In surance Commission last year. Brown informed fire insurance underwriters that the new fire re cords, determining whether cities have increased or reduced fire insurance rates, will become ef fective March 1. Other cities and their records re ported by the Associated Press re lease are as follows (the figure fol lowing the name indicates the per’- centage of credit against the basic rate. Debits or charges are in di- cated by the word “minus”) Abilene, 20; Alice, 20; Amarillo, 15; Belton 0; Big Spring, 5; Bon ham, minus 15; Borger, 5; Brown field, 5; Brownsville, 25; Bryan, minus 15; College Station, 15. Also Harlingen, minus 10; Jack sonville, 15; Kerrville, minus 5; Kilgore, 20; Kingsville, 15; Laredo, 15; Longview, 5; Lufkin, 10; Mc Allen, 25. Also, Marshall, minus 15; Mid land, 20; Mission, 25; Odessa, 15; Orange, 0; Palestine, 10; Pampa, 25; Paris, 0; Perryton, 15; Plain- view, 25; Port Arthur, 20. Also Sherman, 10; Sulphur Springs, 0; Temple, 15; Texarkana, minus 5; Texas City, 25; Tyler, 20; Uvalde, 20; Vernon, 15; Vic toria, 25; Waco, 0; Wichita Falls, 10. Norway Chosen to Get Student Scholarship Norway will apparently be the European country from which a student will be brought to A&M next fall. The student body voted Thursday night in an election to determine the nationality of the foreign stu dent who will receive a scholarship now being prepared by a Student Senate committee. Norway, Germany, and Austria were listed on the ballot, with a blank left for write-ins. Voting was preferential—-that is, with the voter showing first, second, and third choices. For a first-place vote, the coun try would get three tallies. For second place, it would receive two, and for third place, one. Germany Second In this manner, Norway received 5,305 votes, Germany 5,234, and Austria third with 3,352. Numer ous write-ins were listed, although none received a substantial vote. Almost 3,000 votes were cast. The scholarship idea was origi nated in a Student Senate several months ago, and grew in favor with the Senators until a commit tee was named to investigateq?ossi- bilities of obtaining a foreign stu dent. Following a favorable report from the committee, the Senate de cided to incorporate the foreign student scholarship into the Cam pus Chest drive, scheduled this spring. OPEN LECTURE “What the Episcopal Church Stands For” ST. THOMAS’ CHAPEL, SOUTHSIDE Every Tuesday 7 - 8 p, m. Rev. Lawrence L. Brown or Every Sunday T - 5 p. m. Rev. O. G. Helvey ALL WELCOME — NO OBLIGATION! • As usual, A&M voters had their “fun” in the election to select a foreign country for a new student scholarship. Ballots were cast for almost any country you can name, from Afghanistan to Iceland. The students wanted someone from French Indo-China, India, Pakis tan, and any number of other nations. They voted for Lower Slobbo- via, naturally. And even Upper Slobbovia. Someone wanted Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Ar kansas. One student asked that the scholarship be given to an Ethi opian and that he be made presi dent of the Student Senate, orig inating body of the scholarship. The vote came from “B” Engi neers, home of Bill Parse, Senate president. “Honest Joe” Fuller . . . A&M’s TISA parliamentar ian and Possum Trot’s contribu tion to politics, discusses Negro attendance at the Texas Inter collegiate Student’s Association convention here March 15-17. Fuller and eight other A&M stu dents represented A&M at the executive committee session in the Memorial Student Center Saturday. Entertainment Circuit Baylor will head discussion on “Cultural Entertainment for TISA Member Schools.” This will include a discussion of the possibility of securing nationally famous enter tainers at reduced rates, with em phasis on administrative procedure. Last of the eight topics will be “Sportsmanship, and Inter-Collegi ate Relations,” led by TCU. The TISA was formed two years ago in Denton and now has 28 Texas colleges and universities listed as members. Its main pur poses are to foster student govern ments,- establish better relations be tween Texas schools, and to ex change ideas on various phases of student life. The executive committee is com posed of all TISA officers, plus one representative from each school not having an officer. A&M, therefore, had three votes in Saturday’s meeting. Joe Fuller, Long Time No See Williamsport, Md.—(A 5 )—George Magoutas’ pet tomcat left its fav orite place under the«refrigerator two years ago and stalked out of the house. The other day, the cat came back and resumed its interrupted nap under the refrigerator. parliamentarian of the Student Senate, is also TISA parliamentar ian. Allan Eubank is executive vice- president and Charlie Royalty ia executive secretary. These executive positions are left open to schools which will host the annual convention. They com pose the nucleus of a Senate com mittee which is making plans for the convention. In addition to the three TISA officers, other students represent ing A&M at the meeting were Bill Parse, Senate president; Bill Cor nish, Bob Sturdivant, Bill Brab ham, Duane Vandenberg, and Dan Davis. “Who’s Who” Proposed Texas Tech’s delegation present ed a plan for establishing a TISA- sponsored “Who’s Who in Texas Colleges.” Another report will be made at the convention, at which time action is expected to be taken on the subject. Delegations attending were from Rice, Trinity, Lamar Tech (Beau mont), SMU, Austin College, TSCW, Hockaday, TCU, Baylor, Texas Tech, University of Texas, University of Houston, and A&M. SAFETY! eoumsYt ^ ECONOMY! SAFE-T-WAY TAXI Phone 2-1400 is Coming . . . Sew What?? So this is good news , , . MALLINYL . . . Cotton & Nylon Fabrics by . . . MALLINSON. AND LOOK . . . washable, quick drying— easy ironing Only $2.39 Yd. Druitts % * dSeauly Southside ^alric SHOP Phone 4-1169 Dr. Carlton R. Lee OPTOMETRIST 203 S. 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