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Glass--Held Over
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lliis display, featuring a punch bowl with a hollow base made by
the W illiamsburg Co., is part of the MSC glass display being held
over in the Social Room until Mothers’ Day. A new display of
glass from the Viking Co. has been received and will be put on
show, according to Mrs. Helen Atterbury of the MSC.
Red Cross Nurses
Urged to Register
By VIVIAN CASTLEBERRY
Battalion Women’s Editor
TfVE'RE STILL bubbling with enthusiasm over the success
” of the first Bluebonnet Ball and thrilled over the selection
of Virginia Hendricks as Mrs. Texas A&M College. The only
cloud was that each of the finalists couldn’t have had the
high honor. All of them—Myrtle Schick, Peggie Young, Eula
Talbert, Ida Goff and Rosie Goats—were equally deserving,
as were any one of several hundred other Aggie wives.
Many questioners have wondered how we reached the decision.
Briefly, it was this way: this column asked for nominations; the period
for this was open for two weeks. Then to each of the nominees a
prepared form was sent. We asked the girls to return the completed
forms together w r ith a picture.
Then the judges—Clayton Selph, Leigh Crozicr, Carl Molberg,
Odell Frazier and Margaret Price—met and selected the finalists.
This was done on the basis of length of time at A&M, employment
> and outside interests, special training and interests, children and the
amount of help each wife had been to her husband. From these finalists
the judges saw the gills when they entered the dance Friday night—
the winner was chosen.
The Aggielaml Combo was good; Roger Sherman, who presented
Mrs. AAM with her gifts, was magnificent in his impromptu role. We
were pleased to have him and Mrs. Sherman and Dean and Mrs. John
Bertrand as our guests.
We are especially grateful to College Station and Bryan
merchants Black’s Pharmacy, Pruitt’s Beauty Shop, Orr’s
Food Center, Sankey Park Jewelry Store, Lester’s Smart
Shop, Hot ai d's Cafeteria, Norton-Newman Printing Co.,
Caldwell’s Jewelry Store, Beverley Braley’s, Immie’s Chil
dren's Store, Central Texas Hardware Store, Stiles Florists,
and A. M. Waldrop and Co.—for making possible such a
lovely array of gifts to our winner.
,, The possibility that this dance,, honoring couples and •yupsenting'
Mrs. may become an animal affair istgood— Lately 4ts. con
tinuance will depend on the interest of students and their wives who
).re back next year.
Cooperation from all sources was wonderful—from The Battalion
And all its associates, the MSC dance committee, the candidates, the
judges, the merchants and those who came. By this means we extend
a personal votF of thanks to each of you who had something to do
with making the dance a success.
NOTE TO RN’S. The local Red Cross wishes to contact
all registered nurses who are Red Cross nurses and all
others who wish to become Red Cross nurses. This list
will comprise a uermanent roster to he put on file and
kept handy at all times so that a ready list will be avail
able in ease of emergency or disaster of any kind. Reg
istered nurses who wish to comply with this request may
register by casing Mrs. W. M. Dowell at 4-8159. Mrs.
Dowell stressed that this list will not be used unless an
emergency arises. She cited several instances where, when
disaster struck, nurses had to be called from surrounding
towns because no local lists were available.
MARRY-GO-ROUND. June 9 has been selected by Carl H. Hagan
and Norma Davidson as their wedding date. Hagan and the bride-to-be
nre both from Houston. He will graduate in June from the Business
School. He is a captain and commanding officer in the Coast Artillery.
The graduate engineers and business majors have had marriage
on their minds if the number of recent weddings among their ranks
is any criterion.
A Sunday Houston wedding united Barbara Ann Bennett and Percy
James Bennett, Jr., ’50 C.E. The couple will live at 2511 Columbia St.
in Houston.
Bobby Roy Brown, ’49 M.E. and Bernice Lucille Klauberg were
wed in the bride’s home in Houston Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Brown also
live in Houston.
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Mary T. White and Norman Clifton Heffron, will have a
June wedding in Victoria. Mary attended Incarnate Word
College and received her degree from the University of
Texas. She is a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority.
Her fiance completed his BS in double E last year and in
May will be graduated with another degree in ME. He is
a member of Tan Beta Pi and Phi Kappa Phi fraternities.
Former basketball star James E. Kirkland and his bride, the former
Barbara Kirksey, are honeymooning in New Orleans after their mar
riage last Wednesday.^ Kirkland is a ’49 graduate in accounting. His
wiio is a graduate of SMU where she was a Kappa Kappa Gamma.
She is now a member of Dallas’ Slipper Club.
A slight shake-up in the
production of “The Milky
Way,” Aggie Players produc
tion now in rehearsal, places
Alice Burke in the role of
Anne Westley, sophisticated girl
friend of the fight manager.
The play, a three-act comedy,
will go before the audience on May
14 and 15 in the Assembly Hail.
Miss Burke, who originally was
cast in the role of Mae McFarland,
switched over to the present role
when Barbara Hodges left the cast
recently.
Alice, a versatile actress and vet
eran in theatrical productions, will
not be new to Aggie audiences.
She played the lead in the Decem
ber production of “Kind Lady,” and
provided the production hand be
hind “Antigone.”
Previous to her work with the
Aggie Players, Miss Burke has
worked with The Palestine Civic
Theatre, Palestine, the Waco Little
Theatre and the Baylor University
Players.
Miss Mary Eleanor Vaden, who
was serving as production manager
for “The Milky Way,” will be seen
in the Mae Sullivan role.
C. K. Esten, of the English De
partment, is directing “The Milky
Way.”
Grads Begin
Preparations
For Services
Although no definite plans have
been made, committees have been
organized and have begun planning
the commencement and baccalaure
ate services for the A&M Consoli
dated High School Seniors, accord
ing to L. E. Boze, principal.
“Commencement exercises are
scheduled for May 25, at 8 p. m, in
Guion Hall on the A&M campus.
The principal speaker for the occas
ion has not as yet been selected al
though he will probably be a prom
inent A&M professor,” Boze con
tinued.
The 20 graduates may invite
their families and friends and it is
estimated that approximately 500
people will attend the ceremonies.
Baccalaureate services will be
held at the morning worship service
of one of College Station’s church
es although the exact church has
not been named.
Alice Burke
GJL
Has Title Hole
UUomen J
In ‘Milky Way’
jpa<^e
Dames Will ‘
Elect; Hear
Mrs. Shuffler
The Dames Club will hold its
final business meeting of the year
tonight at 7:30 in the Cabinet
Room of the YMCA.
On the agenda is the election of
officers for 1951-52 and a humor
ous reading as the program.
Mrs. Henderson Shuffler, noted
in this area for her quick wit and
outstanding ability as a book re
viewer and public speaker, will
give the program.
Plans for the evening include
refreshments at the close of the
meeting. This social hour will be
especially in honor of Dames whose
husbands are graduating this year.
Hostesses will be Betty Gouge
and Jo Ann Strieckler.
Cadet Singers Give
Hockaday Program
Forty Singing Cadets, under the
direction of Bill Turner, presented
a conceit at the Hockaday in Dal
las Saturday evening.
The Cadets offered the girls a
wide range of music including spir
ituals, sacred music, folk songs,
semi-classical music, and novelty
tunes.
Soloists included David Haines,
Harold Hughes, Tommy Savage,
Don Rorney, A. J. Haddock, and
Bob Tate.
The 40 boys making the trip
traveled by chartered bus and re
turned home Sunday evening.
Tea-Reception
Fetes Members
Of Study Club
The new members of the Campus
Study Club were honor guests at
the closing tea of the year. Held
in the Assembly Room of the Me
morial Student Center, the new
members formed the receiving line,
greeted by old members as they ar
rived. New members are the Mes-
dames: John S. Denison, T. Y.
Hicks, W. Floyd Hill, Sam Hoyle,
J. A. Lewis, S. E. McFarland, Chas.
L. Rich, O. Byron Richardson, Mel
vin Rotsch, R. F. Smith, T. H. Swy-
gert and E. R. Wagoner.
Mrs. Gordon T. Hill, General En
tertainment Chairman, presided
during the program. Le Mar Mc-
New, accompanied by Mrs. J. B.
Baty, sang two solos, “Invictus”
and “Wonderful One.” Mrs. Low
ell Parrish rendered a well-received
reading of A. A. Milne’s play, “The
Ivory Door” — an allegory which
shows how hard it is to search out
and find truth, how much easier to
accept legends that have always
been believed.
The setting of this drama is a
castle in the middle ages. There
a certain ivory door is avoided be
cause none are supposed to return
who go through. When a certain
king proves the falseness of the
legends people give up their king
rather than the legends. How many
ivory doors are shunned and avoid
ed today rather than walked
through and explored!
At the close of the program Mrs.
Raymond Reiser, incoming presi
dent, presided at the tea table. The
table planned by Mrs. Fred Jensen
and Mrs. R. R. Lyle, had as its cen
terpiece a maypole with doll danc
ers and May baskets filled with
pansies. Other members of the
Entertainment Committee were
Mrs. J. S. Mogford, Chairman,
Mi's. P. T. Montfort, Mrs. E. H.
Templin and Mrs. Dale Wretlind.
Thursday, May 3, 1951
THE BATTALION
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Five & Two Plans
Officer Election
The Five and Two Club will meet
Thursday night at the Mrs. Linda
Holden’s apartment, B-14-Z, Col
lege View.
Officer for 1951-52 will be nam
ed. Meeting time is 7:30 p.m.
Refreshments will be served at
a social hour.
Reception to
Honor Students
In Grad School
Dean and Mrs. Ide P. Trotter
will entertain in their home on
College Road Sunday afternoon
from 3:30 until 5:30 honoring grad
uate students and their wives or
dates.
Receiving will be the Adminis
tration officials of the College.
The reception is informal.
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—' WE DELIYEE
College Station
The Hendricks—Burl, Virginia and Fred—relax
in their College View home. The two men in the
family are pretty
Texas A&M College.
proud of their new Mrs.
Mrs. A&M Came to College
Via North Dakota, California
A diminutive Aggie wife, born in
Minnesota, reared in North Dakota,
married in California and “forever
afterward a Texan” is Mrs. Texas
A&M College, representative of
student wives “who beyond the
line of duty have helped their hus
bands in pursuit of an education
at Texas A&M College.”
Her name is Virginia Mattheis
Hendricks, and for two years she
has been a resident of Aggieland,
most of that time in College View’s
Apartment A-14-B.
The honor that came to Virginia
last Friday night at the Bluebonnet
Ball honoring married couples is
still “too good to be true” to the
title-holder.
“More Than Worth It”
The winner said it this way to
her husband:
“For all these years we’ve been
struggling, sometimes hardly
knowing how we would get through
the week, taking any job that came
along and constantly *plrigging,
plugging—and then something like
this happens and suddenly it’s all
more than worthwhile.”
Virginia, who stands five feet,
one one-eighth inches (“I want eve
ry fraction of an inch of that
height!”), weighs 118 pounds, has
(See MRS. A&M, Page 6)
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