The Last Word
[Thursday, May 10,1951
THE BATTALION
Page 3
Senior Ring Dance
Holds Spotlight
POR WEEKS now the Senior wives out in the various col-
lege housing units for mamed students have been plan
ning and saving for the Serfior Ring dance. Most of the
dresses have been purchased and time , and time again the
student wives have “hinted” to husband that “This is one
time I must have flowers!” But,’burjed down in the body of
a story in Tuesday’s Batt was a bombshell that has burst the
bubbles of many would-be Senior Ring dance attendants. The
tickets this year will cost five bucks per couple.
. Those in charge of Senior Ring Dance activities feel that this
dance is worth every cent of that price and that there are no Seniors
who absolutely cannot afford the price. They state, furthermore, and
they are right in this, that when the price was set some months back
there was not a dissenting- vote . . . because, they say, not one of the
students who claim they can’t afford the price were present.
As things stand, there seems to be nothing that can be
done about the five dollar tickets.
Many married students will stay home. Contrary to the belief
of some committee members, there really are couples who cannot afford
five-dollar dance tickets, with all the plusses in cost that a dance
naturally entails.
Nor are married students the only ones who are protesting the
price. A great many single students who have worked their way
through A&M say their budgets won’t stretch to cover entertaining
a date for the Weekend, paying for her lodging, sending her flowers,
buying her meats, plus a nine-dollar dance price ($5 for the dance, $3
for the banquet, $1 for the picture.) For the married student the
price comes about as high when you think of flowers, plus a baby sit
ter.
The Dance Committee has spent endless hours on plans. They
admit the price is high, but .say their budget figures, (to be published)
show the cost to be necessary.
A few couples say the dance is not worth it, have given
up the idea of going and are now reconciled to the idea.
Others will stretch a point to go.
To Seniors there is no division in thought as to the importance
of the occasion^ It is the end of a dream; the great culmination of a
college career. For .some the ticket will be purchased out of pop’s
pocketbook. For others, it will represent better than a day’s earn
ings.
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"^The Aggie Players, who will present “The Milky Way,” a three-
act comedy, next week in the Assembly Hall, have an unusual actor
in their presentation. He is Rilaroc Michael, a pedigreed Labrador re
triever. Cast in the role of Mazie, the challenger’s mascot, Mike will be
making his stage debut. His brother, Brigadier, and his mother, Duch
ess Donalda of Avondale, will also have brief parts in the play. All
three dogs are from the kennels of Dr. Donald Hood of the Depart
ment of Oceanography and are registered with the American Kennel
Club. Mike has noi speaking lines in the play, but he will be heard
off-stage on several occasions. Accordingto Director C. K. Esteen, Mike
is enjoying the rehearsals and will probably give a fine performance.
AN ASIDE ON THE ROGERS-HOLLAND ENGAGEMENT. Some
weeks back we mentioned in these columns that Don Rogers soon would
wed, but we incorrectly identified his fiancee. Fortunately for him
(and for us) there was no such person as the girl we said Don would
Ved. Now everything is cleared up between Rogers and this columnist.
He will be married on July 1 ... in Dallas ... to Miss Harriett (you
jpell it with two r’s and two t’s!) Holland,
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Tonight in the Ballroom of the
MSG at 8 the Associate Women of
St. Thomas are presenting a re-
veiwer of unusual talent and abil
ity. She is Evelyn Oppenheimer,
brought here by Sanger Bros, of I
Dallas. We remember the first time ;
we ever heard Miss Oppenheimer. f
She came to Athens, Texas, where |
we were a grade-schooler and for
moje than an hour she held us
spetfbound on the edge of our
seats with her presentation of a
new book that was taking the na
tion by storm. The book was call
ed “Gone With The Wind.” We ex
pect an equal performance tonight
when we are among the audience to
hear Miss Oppenheimer reviewing
“The Cardinal” by Henry M. Rob
inson. The tickets will sell for one
dollar for adults and fifty cents
for all students and student wives.
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JOBS—LAST CALL. On Monday morning at 9 in the
Placement Office Field Enterprises, Inc., Chicago, will
have representatives present to interview all students and
student wives who are interested in selling Childcraft.
There is an opportunity for making good money for any
body who wants to sell. Field Enterprises is just opening
this territory. The job can be full time or part time;
the company offers a short training course. If interested,
come around at 9 a. m. Monday and ask questions of those
who know the answers.
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One group of student wives will mark the close of the year Sat
urday night when they entertain members and guests at a dinner-
dance. They are the Architectural Wives Society. The affair is plan
ned for Maggie Parker dining room, and offers an evening of unusual
entertainment for $1.75. All members and their husbands, faculty
wives and their husbands and architectural students and their dates
have been issued invitations.
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* THE ORANGED BLOSSOMED PATH. Jane Carolyn
Hairston and Henry Doak Neal, a junior pre-law student,
will be married July 27 in Christ Episcopal Church, San
Antonio. Jane is the daughter of Mrs. John T. Hairston
' Doak is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie R. Neal. The bride-
. elect is a student at Trinity University. She graduated
from Sullins College in Bristol, Va. Her husband-to-be
is a sergeant in H Sqd. of the Air Force.
Mother and Son
Miss Oppenheimer
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Mrs. Nancye Martin, wife of Cadet Colonel A. D. Martin, Jr.,
proudly shows off their son, Alfred Deloach, III.
Officials Applaud
Young Aggie Mom
This is, in a small way, a Moth
er’s Day tribute to a group of un
sung heroines.
Some months back when we first
took over the news reporting for
students and their wives, one wife
and mother said to us:
“If you want to do something
that will appeal to the wives, how
about some words of encourage
ment—not just to those who help
their husbands by holding jobs, but
also to those girls who stay home
with two or three children? We
often feel that a small pat on the
back would work wonders.”
“A Word of Encouragement”
For some months now, we have
been trying to give that “word of
encouragement,” but the truth is
there are no words nice enough to
say to that group of unsung Aggie-
wife heroines who day after day
stay home, keep their college apart
ments as livable as possible, settle
the childrens’ quarrels, do then-
own housework and their own laun-
di-y, who plan and cook the meals,
do the washing up afterward, act
as maid, servant, bookkeeper, who
sometimes are chauffers, psychol
ogists, nurses, teachers, counselors
and sirens, and who always are—
first and last—mothers and wives.
So on this Mother’s Day week,
this is a tribute to the mothers of
small fry Aggies. They are the
girls who forego, month after
month, the thrill of shopping for
a new dress. They are the girls
who type the term reports and cor
rect the English themes. They are
the girls who keep the socks wash
ed and the diapers blowing on the
back clotheslines. They are the
girls who smooth the tempers, and
(See AGGIE MOTHER, Page 6)
BAR Honors
Homemakers
A Dress Review and Tea this
afternoon in the Assembly Room
of the MSC honored Consolidated
High School Homemaking girls.
Hostesses for the entertainment
were members of the La Vilita
Chapter of the DAR.
The tea and review began at
2:30 p.m.
Members of the homemaking
classes modeled Spring dresses.
Their mothers were the girls’
guests.
The Homemaking Committee of
the DAR with Mrs. C. B. Reynolds
as chairman sponsored the pro
gram.
The program consisted of a dress
r-eview in the form of a skit based
on the conversation of a Colonial
family.
Reba McDermott played the part
of the Colonial mother. Margaret
Ann Arnold was the daughter and
Mary Lou Ergle played the 10-
year-old son. As the group dis
cussed the discomforts of colonial
dress and dreamed of a future
when styles would be based on
simplicity and comfort, members
of the homemaking classes modeled
their dreams coming true.
Judges for the review were Mrs.
Fred Elliott, Mrs. Jimmy Potts and
Mrs. A. E. Salis.
An added attraction to the style
show and review was the presen
tation of cash awards by John
Pruitt of Pruitt’s Fabric Shop. Mr.
Pruitt gave $50 in prizes, $10 each
to the first prize winner in the
first and second year homemaking
classes, $7.00 each to the second
place winners and $5.00 each to
the third place winners. He also
awarded a special $5.00 prize for
girls in general homemaking.
Architectural
Wives Elect
The Architectural Wives met in
their last regularly scheduled meet
ing for the term last night to elect
their officers for the coming year
and to complete plans for the din
ner-dance scheduled for Saturday
night.
The dinner-dance will be held at
7 p.m. Saturday in the Maggie
Parker dining room in Bryan.
Plates for the banquet are $1.75
each.
Mary Lou Gaulden, outgoing
president of the organization, will
be master of ceremonies. Sidney
Blake is in charge of arrangements.
Appointments at the banquet will
be in keeping with the theme:
“A Farewell t o ‘Graduating’
1 Wives.”
Holland-Rogers
To Wed July First:
Harriett Holland
Marge Dolan
Heads Dames
Officers who will lead the Dames
Club for the 1951-52 school year are
Marge Dolan, president; Laura
Holt, vice president; Myra Burk,
secretary, and Joanne Strickler,
treasurer.
Thees officers were named at a
meeting Thursday night. Margaret
Oakes is the retiring head of the
organization.
The Dames Club, organized on
the A&M campus last year, is a
chapter of the national organiza
tion. The only qualification for
membership is that a prospective
member be the wife of a college
or university student.
Hostesses for the election meet
ing of the club were Betty Gouge
and Mrs. Strickler.
At a tea given in the Dallas
Country Club Tuesday, the engage
ment and approaching marriage of
Harriett Holland and Donald L.
Rogers was revealed. Hostess for
the tea was Mrs. T. A. Ferguson.
Harriett and Don will be mar
ried on July 1 at the home of the
bride-elect, 4635 Park Place in
Dallas.
Don, a graduating senior in elec
trical engineering, is a Captain in
A Sig, a member of Tau Beta Pi,
engineering honorary fraternity, a
■fmember of Phi Eta Sigma, fresh
man honorary fraternity, and a
member of AIEE.
His bride-elect is a former stu
dent at Southern Methodist Uni
versity where she was an officer
in her social sorority, Kappa Al
pha Theta. She is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Holland.
Both Harriett and Don are Dal-
lasites.
Attendants in the wedding for
the bride-to-be will be Jo Ann
Whittle, Jo Anne Gilbert, Pat
Jones, Virginia Buettner, Diane
Truett and Mrs. Jane Knight.
Upon graduation in June, Don
will go with the Square D Com
pany of Detroit.
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