The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, October 02, 1951, Image 6

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THE BATTALION
Tuesday, October 2, 1951
A&M Social Club Hears
Interest Group Chairmen
Senior Favorites
By PAT MORLEY
Battalion Woman’s Editor
Approximately 250 College Sta
tion women were guests at the
A&M Social Club tea Friday from
3 until 5 p. m. in the MSC Ball
room.
Club treasurer, Mrs. Walter H.
Delaplane was the chairman of the
registry committee, which received
guests in the second-floor lounge
of the MSC. Assisting Mrs. Dela.-
plane were mesdames Fred Ferrar,
I. W. Rupel, Cecil Womble, Robert
Barrow, I. G. Adams, Joe Woolket,
and Carl Lyman.
Mrs. P. W. Burns, club president,
welcomed new members to the or
ganization, which was begun years
ago by a few faculty members.
The purpose of the club today is
the same as when it was organized:
to make faculty wives and staff
members and wives love A&M, and
to furnish outlets for special inter
ests shared by club members.
Officers Introduced
After her welcoming address,
Mrs.. Burns introduced the rest of
the officers: vice-president, Mrs.
Fred Weick; secretary, Mrs. Ed
ward F. Sauer; treasurer, Mrs.
Walter H. Delaplane; parliamen
tarian, Mrs. C. W. Simmons; re
porter, Mrs. Billy Hensel; and
general chairman, Mrs. M. P. Hol-
leman.
Honorary presidents of the Soc
ial Club are the wife of the Chan
cellor of the A&M System, Mrs.
V. W. Bridge Club
Has Weekly Meet
The Veterans Wives Bridge Club
met in rooms 2C and 2D of the
MSC last Thui'sday. Winners of
high score were Laverne Bicarri
and Norma Cavanaugh.
Five tables of regular players
progressed, and twenty beginners
were given playing instructions by
Mrs. D. W. Williams and Mrs. E.
E. McQuillan.
Membership of the club is open
to all veterans wives who are in
terested in meeting each Thursday
at 7:30 p.m. to play bridge, or who
want to learn the game, according
to Jewell Marshall, president.
Hereafter, she continued, the club
will meet in rooms 2A and 2B, and
playing will begin promptly at
7:30.
Coffee and cokes will be served
at intermission each week, and
Mrs. Marshall cordially invites
prospective members to attend next
Thursday evening.
Gibb Gilchrist; and the wife of
the A&M College president, Mrs.
M. T. Harrington.
The feature of the afternoon en
tertainment was invitations to all
club members to participate in one
or more of the eight special inter
est groups sponsored by the club.
Mrs. Fred Weick, vice-president,
introduced the chairman of each
interest group, who in turn re
ported the activities of the group
she represented.
Ballet Group To Meet
Thursday, Oct. 4, at the Country
Club was the time and place set
by Mrs. Hal Moseley for the first
meeting of the Ballet group, to
study the theory and practice of
ballet. Mrs. Clara Howard will
teach this dance group.
Mrs. Margaret LeRoy, chairman
of the Foods group, set regular
meetings for the third Friday of
each month at 3:15 p. m. at the
A&M Christian Church on Old
Highway 6. This branch of the
club will have one entertainment
each month, featuring the excellent
preparation and serving of a par
ticular type of meal.
The Golf group, which will meet
at the A&M Golf Course, is head
ed by Mrs. A. D. Folweiler. Club
members were invited to join the
Golf group, and also the Handi
craft committee, under the direc
tion of Mrs. Ralford Chalk.
The largest interest group spon
sored by the Social Club is the
Newcomers’ Club, whose president
is Mrs. Melvin Rotsch. This organ
ization has the same purpose as
the Social Club, but emphasizes the
welcoming of all new members of
the faculty and staff to A&M.
Activtites Reported
Mrs. William McCullie, chair
man of the Swimming group, in
vited those attending the tea to
join the rest of the swimmers at
the Natatorium. Mrs. E. L. Angel
reported the activities of the
Neighborhood Bookclubs, and in
troduced the neighborhood chair
man of her special inter’est group.
Mrs. J. D. Lindsey, chairman of
the Letters committee, was given a
special ovation for directing the
committee which sent out over 900
letters to enlarge club membership
this fall.
After hearing a report from each
committee chairman, guests were
served refreshments from two tab
les, each laid with a white cover
and featuring an artistic arrange
ment of cockscomb and elephant
ears. The table decorations were
planned and the floral arrange
ments prepared by Mrs. H. W. Bar-
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bandry and who has the highest grade
point ratio among such students. Any
senior student in Agriculture who has
a grade point ratio of 1.8 or higher is
requested to leave his name with the
secretary in the Dairy Husbandry office,
213 Ag. Bldg., by Oct. 10.
I. W. Rupel
Head of Department of
Dairy Husbandry.
The Physics Department invites appli
cations for Student laboratory assistant-
ships for the current semester. Men who
have completed sophomore physics courses
with superior records are wanted to as
sist with instruction, grading, and' the
handling of apparatus in the laboratories.
The scale of compensation is .70 per hour
for new assistants and .75 per hour for
experienced assistants. The opportunity
for experience, as well as earnings, should
b considered.
Applicants should call at the office of
the department at their earliest conven
ience. There are openings at hours
throughout the entire week, and the de
partment is especially in need of addition
al assistants Tuesday morning, 8-11.
J. G. POTTER
Head, Physics Department
low, Mrs. Armstrong Price, and
Mrs. A1 B. Nelson.
Serves Refreshments
Mesdames D. W. Williams, C.
C. French, J. P. Abbott, and I. B.
Boughton presided over the re
freshment tables the first half of
the social hour. During the final
half, refreshments were served by
mesdames R. D. Lewis, Ide P.
Trotter, G. G. Gibson, and A. D.
Folweiler.
Friday’s tea, considered by offi
cers and attendng guests a success
ful and entertaining event, was ar
ranged by Mrs. J. E. Adams. Mrs.
Adams was assisted by mesdames
J. B. Page, M. E. Thomas, A. V.
Moore, Reed McDonald, J. R. Wat
son, H. E. Hampton, L. C. Kapp,
W. D. Scoates, and J. D. Simpson.
The next meeting of the Social
Club will be a luncheon honoring
new members, at the MSC on Oct.
25.
Movie Stars Will Visit Mere
College Station and Bryan have
been named two of the cities for
the motion picture star tour of
Texas, which is a part of the
“Movietime in Texas” campaign,
according to Phil Isley, Dallas
I theaterman in charge of the tour,
and Raymond Willie, assistant gen
eral manager of Interstate Thea
ters.
The tour, which is also in cele
bration of the Golden Jubilee of
j Motion pictures, will bring five
well-known screen actors and sev
eral members of the motion pic
ture industry to the campus for a
dinner at the MSC at 6:30 p. m.,
Oct. 11. Prior to their arrival at
A&M, the group will make a public
appearance in Bryan at 5:40 p. m.
The list of Hollywood personal
ities making the tour includes John
V/ayne, Dan Dailey, Jeff Chandler,
Keenan Wynn, and Chill Wills,
Producer Jesse Lasky, Sr.; and Di
rector King Vidor.
Chandler was added to the list
of stars to replace Wendell Corey,
who had to be dropped from the
list because of a new film commit
ment. Glamour will be provided for
the tour by Paramount’s Golden
Circle Players, which includes a
group of young film actresses.
The film stars will arrive in Dal
las Sunday from Hollywood. They
will then motor to Austin in a
bannered bus to begin the six-day
tour of 22 cities in Texas.
Texas theatermen will accom
pany the Hollywood personalities
on the whirlwind tour.
Rotarians Slate
Variety Show
For February
The third annual Rotary
Variety Show will be present
ed by the Bryan-College Sta
tion Rotary Club at the Ste
phen F. Austin High School
in Bryan on Feb. 7 and 8, Dean H.
W. Barlow announced yesterday.
Because of the success of the
show in past years, the Board of
Directors of the Bryan-College Sta
tion Rotary Club, at a recent
meeting, unanimously voted to pre
sent the show again this year. Bar-
low, Dean of the School of Engin
eering at A&M was named general
chairman in charge of the show.
Dean Barlow stated the show will
be of the same type as last year
and, that, by popular demand, some
of the best liked features of last
year’s show will be repeated this
year.
The novel program of this year’s
show will be of the same type as
that which caused so much fun,
comment and entertainment last
year. The authors of this year’s
program have guaranteed it will
be read from “kiver to kiver”, ads
and all.
Dean Barlow named the follow
ing Rotarians to assist him in pre
paring for and presenting the
show: Joe Woolket, director of the
show; Ralph (Bob) Braley, master
of ceremonites.
Dr. Joe Cox, director of finance
and sale of tickets; the Rev. A. T.
Dyal and Joe Vincent, preparation
of advertising copy; Tyrus (Ty)
Timm, preparation of script; Allis-
ter Waldrop, director of advertis
ing posters.
Green Buchanan, stage manager;
C. B.; (Buddy) McGown, Jr., di
rector of music and Sam Hoyle,
director of publicity. Other Rotar
ians will be named later and all
members of the local Rotary Club
will be expected to help with the
show in some capacity.
Intramurals
(Continued from Page 5)
“bleeder” for C Arm was Robe as
he scored their lone point.
A CWS ran wild over B Comp in
beating them 23-2. Ace scorer for
the Chem Queers was Ben Fort
while the best that B Comp had
to offer was Davis with two points.
Entry blanks for open handball,
both doubles and singles, are still
being taken according to Barney
Welch, director of intramurals. En
tries will continue to be accepted
bntil 5 o’clock Wednesday, Oct. 3
Welch added.
Anyone who needs an entry
blank can secure one by coming
by the Intramural Office Welch
said.
Directory of
Business Services
ALL LINES of Life Insurance. Homer
Adams, North Gate. Call 4-1217.
Official Notice
NOTICE TO STUDENTS OF
AGRICULTURE
The editorial staff of The Southwestern
Veterinarian, the leading Veterinary jour
nal of the Southwestern U. S., would like
to invite all students of agriculture to
join the ranks of our readers. The South
western Veterinarian contains current in
formation partaining to every field of
agriculture and dealing with every breed
of livestock, including poultry. It Is pub
lished four times during the school year
by the Junior Chapter of the AVMA. A
special subscription rate of only $1.00 per
year has been provided for students of
Texas A. & M. Now is the time to sub
scribe. Address all correspondence to:
The Southwestern Veterinarian
Goodwin Hall
Texas A. & M. College
College Station, Texas
The Borden Award In Dairy Husbandry
will be made to the newly classified Sen
ior student in Agriculture who has com
pleted 2 or more courses in Dairy Hus-
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Conveni ent daily return
flights leave Austin at 1:00
p.m. This new mid-day flight
now gives you 3 flights daily
— morning, noon and early
evening to Houston.
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Louise Street and Sergio Irevino were elected senior favorites at
A&M Consolidated High Sschool last week. Their pictures will
appear in the “Tigerland ’52”, Consolidated yearbook.
What’s Cooking
A I I E: Tuesday, 7:30 p. m.,
MSC room 3-B.
BUSINESS SOCIETY: Tuesday,
after yell practice, MSC ballroom.
Organizational meeting.
ENTOMOLOGY SOCIETY:
Tuesday, 7:30 p. m., room 104 Bio
logy Bldg. Plans to be made for
club party.
HOUSTON CLUB: Tuesday,
7:15 p. m., room 301 Goodwin.
Election of officers; make plans
for Shamrock Dance; organize
chapters.
MODERN LANGUAGE CLUB:
Tuesday, 7:45 p. m., MSC room
3-D. Organizational meeting.
POULTRY SCIENCE CLUB:
Tuesday, 7:30 p. m., room 2-A
M S C. Guest speaker from USDA
grading service.
PRE-LAW SOCIETY: Tuesday,
7:30 p. m., Cabinet room YMCA.
Organizational meeting; Freshmen
invited.
RANGE & FORESTRY CLUB:
Tuesday, 8:00 p. m., Ag. Eng.
Bldg. Movies and refreshments.
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION
CLUB: Tuesday, after yell prac
tice, Room 3-C MSC. Film entitled
“Football Highlights of ’51” will
be shown. Coffee will be served.
Poultry Department Sets
Short Course Oct. 2-4
A turkey and chicken shoilt
course, sponsored by the Poultry
Husbandry Department, began here
today and will last through Thurs
day. Professor E. D. Parnell of
the department is in charge of ar
rangements for the occasion.
Five & Two Club
Sets Next Meeting
The “Five and Two” Club will
have its next meeting the first
Monday of November at 7:30 p. m.
in the Cabinet Room of the YMCA.
About 30 members attended the
club’s first meeting at the “Y”
Sept. 24. Composed of wives of
Veterinary Medicine students of
the Class of ’52, the organization’s
purpose is to allow student wives
of the department to become ac
quainted with each other.
Jeanne Harper is the president,
Eileen Kendricks vice-president,
and Jean Henderson is secretary.
Treasurer is Nelda Holcomb, and
Louise Swope is reporter for the
club.
Mrs. Harper urges all wives of
senior Vet Med students to attend
the Nov. 5 meeting, and enjoy the
social. Refreshments will be.served.
Fellowship Awards
Given Geologists
William L. Alexander of Sny
der and Eugene W. Tynes, Jr., of
Dallas, have been named recip
ients of the Michel T. Halbouty
Graduate Fellowships in Geology
at A&M.
Alexander received his under
graduate degree from A&M in June
of 1951. The fellowships are pro
vided by Michel T. Halbouty, Hous
ton geologist and petroleum en-
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