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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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