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PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1952
Town Hallers to Hear
Nation’s Tops in Music
Five concerts headed by outstanding mu
sical artists have been scheduled for the
coming Town Hall season.
Town Hall is A&M’s annual series of
concerts held in Guion Hall which features
performances by America’s top orchestras
and musicians.
Scheduled artists and dates of their ap
pearance are Ray Anthony and his orchestra,
Oct. 6; Lucille Cummings, nationally famous
Telephone Hour contralto, Oct. 21; Mis-
hel Piastre conducting the Longine Sym-
phonnettes, Dec. 9; the Houston Symphony.
Orchestra under the direction of Efrem
Kurtz, Jan. 8; and The Fred Waring produc-
College Calendar
For 1952-53 Year
tion, Festival of Song, under the direction of
Lara Hoggard, Feb. 12.
Student and non-student general admis
sion and reserved seat tickets are sold at the
beginning of each school year. Only season
tickets are sold. No tickets for individaal
performances are available.
Student tickets will be sold on Sept. 12
and 13 at registration and later in the dorm
itories.
“Confusion in sales can be avoided and
new students' can keep better check on their
finances if they buy tickets when registering
instead of waiting until later,” Pete Hardes
ty, business manager of Student Activities,
■♦■said.
Non-student tickets will go on
sale at 7 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 2,
at Guion Hall. Thereafter, they
will be sold at the Student Activ
ities Office in Goodwin Hall.
Student general admission tick
ets sell for $3.50 while student re
served seat tickets sell for $5.50.
Non-student general admission
A&M’s Town Hall Attractions
Five musical concerts make up the Town Hall schedule
for 1952-53 which will be presented in Guion Hall. Mak
ing up the season’s entertainment include: (top row,
left to right) Lucille Cummings, contralto star of radio’s
Telephone Hour; Fred Waring’s production Festival of
Song with 33 youthful singers, dancers, and instrumen
talists ; Ray Anthony and his orchestra including The
Skyliners with Marcie Miller. Bottom row: The Hous
ton Symphony Orchestra with Efrem Kurtz (left) con
ducting, the Lingines Symphonettes, and Orchestra
Leader Ray Anthony. Tickets are on sale in Student
Activities Office in Goodwin Hall.
Billy May, On The Way
Carle’s Piano To Tinkle
Here Following TCU Game
By JERRY BENNETT
Battalion News Editor
No traveling or expensive cover
lharge will be required of Aggies
this year for dancing to the best
t bands in the land.
Reason: Two name bands are
signed, sealed and delivered to
perform here with one other bal-
. ancing the line.
4 Ray Anthony and his orchestra
Will give a Town Hall concert Oct.
6, and two other bands are sched
uled for dances following the Tex
as Christian and Rice football
games here.
Frankie Carle and his orchestra
will provide rhythm and lyrics for
the sail-college dance after the
TCU game Oct. 18. The night of
the Rice game, Nov. 15, either
Billy May, Tex Beneke, Ray Mc
Kinley, or Russ Morgan may be
conducting his orchestra.
No Agreement Reached
May and his sexy saxophones
has played touch-and-go with Stu-
0 dent Activities officials, but no
final agreement has been reached,
said C. G. (Spike) White, director
' of Student Activities.
“If we don’t get May,” < White
* said, “one of the other bands
probably will be signed.”
Along with Frankie Carle’s or
chestra, will be Joan House, Bar
bara Luke, and The Sunrise Ser-
enaders who will supply vocals to
match the smooth rhythm of
Carle’s piano and musicians.
One of the most popular bands
in the country, the Carle aggrega-
Frankie Carle ^
Signed, Sealed
tion currently is setting new box
office records in theatres and ball
rooms from coast to coast. ■
His theme song, “Sunrise Sere
nade” established Carle as a hit
composer which adds to his fame
as one of .the nation’s most popu
lar pianists : and band leaders.
Top* Recording Artist
Included in his list of compo
sitions are “Lover’s Lullaby,”
“Falling Leaves,” “Oh What It
Seemed To Be,” and “The Busiest
in My Home Town.”
Billy May
Maybe Yes, Maybe No
Aggie Players Set
Three Productions
Aggie Playei'S again will provide
great entertainment when they re
vive three outstanding stage pro
ductions during the 1952-53 season.
“All My Sons,” a three act play
by Arthur Miller, will be presented
in an unusual setting at the MSC
Nov. 17-18, C. K. Esten, director,
announced.
The broadway drama won the
Now York critic’s award as the
best play of the 1946-47 season.
The modern version of the
French classic “The Miser” by Mol-
iere is scheduled for March 2-3,
Esten added.
“Harvey,” the long run broad
way comedy, will bring to life Ell-
wood P. Dowd and his rabbit
friend in the player’s last produc
tion of the season. The play has
been planned for April 27-28.
Recording on Columbia discs,
he holds a major distinction as a
leading solo piano artist and as
an orchestra leader. His record
sales number in the millions.
Dubbed “The Golden Touch” in
some music circles, his piano art
istry alone has been enough to
make his name well known.
Coast to coast, at all the lead
ing band locations and theatres,
the Carle group is an annual fea
ture presentation. It has manag
ed to increase its popularity eve
rywhere, usually breaking records
set during previous engagements.
Realizing the majority of people
like songs because of their prin
cipal melody, Carle does not over-
arange the basic theme. Conse
quently when Carle heads the
bandstand, the music is played as
it was meant to be heard and
not concocted into some obscure
arrangement.
MSC Plans
Well-Rounded
Entertainment
A continuous and well-
rounded entertainment sched
ule is planned this year by
the Memorial Student Center.
The Center’s French - type
night club, Cafe Rue Pinalle, will
open its doors about 10 times dur
ing the year with wine (soft
drinks), women (real) and song
(also real), according to Miss Bet
ty Bolander, MSC social secretary.
Last year marked the opening
of the night club and it met with
great success. Miss Bolander ad
ded.'
Sponsored by the MSC Dance
Committee, Cafe Rue Pinalle op
erated for 13 nights, each having
its own form of entertainment from
can-can girls to male quartets.
“Pinalle” was operated on foot
ball weekends and weekends when
a large crowd was expected on the
campus.
All performances were on Friday
nights and as a general rule, ov
er-flow crowds prevailed. Miss Bo
lander continued.
Sept, to Offer
No Entertainment
A&M students probably will
spend less time here during
September week-ends than any
other month.
Tomorrow is registration
day and the first Saturday on
the campus. For most, it will
be their last during the initial
month of the year’s schooling.
The following two week
ends, football games at Hous
ton and Dallas will keep the
highways filled with Aggies.
Activities for the college year
hit a high pace Monday as All-
College night heads the long list
of functions already scheduled for
the school year. The last event
scheduled is final review May 30.
The schedule is as follows.:
September
15 Classes Begin, College Night.
17 Lawn Party—Newcomers Club.
18 Intramural Athletic Officers
Meeting, Faculty-Staff Club,
Quarterback Club.
20 Last Day for enrolling or
adding new courses, University
of Houston football game—
Houston.
22 MSC Council Meeting, Begin
Filing-Student Election.
23 Intramural Athletic Officers
Barbecue.
25 Quarterback Club.
27 Last Day for Dropping Courses,
Oklahoma A&M Football Game
—Dallas.
October
2 Close Filings—Student Elec
tions, Quarterback Club,
Kilgore Fish Football Game—•
Kilgore.
4 Former Student Reunions,
Kentucky Football Game—
here (night).
7 General Student Election.
9 Student Senate Meeting, , -
Quarterback Club.
10 Baylor Fish Football Game-—
Waco.
11 Michigan State Football Game
—Lansing, Mich.
13 MSC Council Meeting.
Student Senate Meeting,
Faculty-Staff Club,
Quarterback Club.
Aggie Rodeo, TCU Fish
Football Game—Fort Worth.
All College Dance, Aggie
Rodeo, TCU Football Game—
Here.
Student Life Committee
Meeting.
Lucille Cummings—Town Hall
Concert.
Quarterback Club.
Baylor Football Game—Waco.
Quarterback Club.
VIVACIOUS BEAUTY—Barbara Luke, 5’ 6” brunette
with sparkling blue eyes, is one of the major vocalists
with the Frankie Carle Orchestra scheduled to play here
after the Texas Christian football game. Although
Barbara started singing at the age % of 15 with a high
school dance band, she claims to have been a fan of
Carles for many years. She has recorded several hit
tunes, including “Wheel of Fortune,” “Anytime,” “Can’t
Help Lovin’ That Man,” and “Because of You.” Her
favorite song is “Embraceable You.”
November
1 All College Dance, Arkansas
Football Game—Here.
4 Quarterback Club.
6 Student Senate Meeting, Rice
Fish Football Game—Here.
8 Holiday, SMU Football Game—
Dallas.
10 Mid-Semester Grade Report,
MSC Council Meeting.
13 Quarterback Club.
14 Second Regimental Ball—Sbisa
15 All College Dance, Rice
Football Game—Here.
17 Aggie Players—“All My Sons,”
Student Life Committee
Meeting.
18 Aggie Players—“All My Sons.”
20 Student Senate Meeting,
Faculty-Staff Club,
Quarterback Club.
22 Texas University Fish—Here.
27 Texas University Football
Game—Austin.
27-30 Thanksgiving Holidays.
December
4 Student Senate Meeting.
8 Phi Eta Sigma Initiation, MSC
Council Meeting.
9 Longines Symphonette—
Town Hall Concert.
11 Ross Volunteer Initiation
Banquet.
15 Student Life Committee
Meeting.
20-Jan. 5 Christmas Recess
January
6 Baylor Basketball Game—
Waco.
8 Houston Symphony—Town
Hall Concert, Student’s
Matinee.
10 Arkansas Basketball Game—
Here.
12 Student Life Committee
Meeting, MSC Council Meeting.
13 TCU Basketball Game—
Fort Worth.
15 Student Senate Meeting.
17 Texas University Basketball
Game—Here.
19-23 Semester Examinations.
24 Rice Basketball Game—
Houston.
30 Registration—New Basic
Division Students.
31 Registration—All other
students.
February
2 Beginning of Classes.
3 SMU Basketball Game—Here.
5 Intramural Athletic Officers
Meeting, Student Senate
Meeting.
7 Last Day for enrolling or
adding new courses, Baylor
Basketball Game—Here.
9 MSC Council Meeting, Festival
of Song-Town Hall Concert.
14 Last Day for Dropping Courses,
Rice Basketball Game—Here.
Air Force Ball—Sbisa Hall.
16 Arkansas Basketball Game—
Fayetteville.
16-20 Religious Emphasis Week.
23 Student Life Committee
Meeting.
24 SMU Basketball Game—Dallas.
26 Student Senate Meeting.
28 Junior Prom—Sbisa Hall, TCU
Basketball Game—Here.
(See CALENDAR, Page 4),
tickets are priced at $5.50 and non
student reserved seat tickets sell
for $7.50.
Selection Group
This season’s Town Hall Selec
tion Committee included James Ba-
ty and Joe Sorrels, both of the Civil
Engineering Department, W. M.
Turner, director of the Music Hall,
and C. G. (Spike) White, director
of Student Activities.
Student members of the commit
tee were John Davis, James McGee,
Guy Shown, Ken Wiggins, and
Lyle Wolfskill.
Ray Anthony and his orchestra,
who will open this year’s Town
Hall concerts, have earned the ti
tle of the No. One dance band in
the United States. Featured with
the Anthony orchestra will be vo
calists Tommy Mercer, Marcie Mil
ler, The Skyliners and The An
thony Choir.
Anthony’s Program
Led by Anthony and his trum
pet, the group will present a pro
gram of top tunes and dance num
bers that have skyrocketed it to
a i top position in the music world.
Plenty of vocals along with
straight orchestrations will add
variety to this pop concert.
In addition to their many per
sonal appearances across the na
tion, the Anthony musicians ai-e
popular recording artists, receiv
ing praise from disk jockeys
throughout the country.
Lucille Cummings, called by
many music critics “the foremost
contralto in America”, has been
featured on the famous Telephone
Hour, heard from coast to coast
every Monday night. In addition
to concerts and radio performances,
she has appeared on the stage at
Radio City Music Hall in New
York and ha^ sung in opera.
Cummings Past Productions
At Radio City Music Hall, Miss
Cummings appeared in the produc
tions “United Nations”, “Christ
mas Nativity” and “The Glory of
Easter”. This season found her
holding the leading role of Amer-
is in the New York City Center
Opera Company’s production of
“Aida.”
Shorter selections of the world’s
great composers combined with
popular melodies will be present
ed by the Longine Symphonette.
Directed by Mishel Piastre, the
symphonette has been broadcasted
nationally every Sunday afternoon
for several years. This musical
group is often identified as “the
world’s most distinguised ensem
ble presenting the world’s most
honored music.”
The Houston Symphony Orches
tra will present the fourth Town
Hall concert. Under the direction
of Efrem Kurtz this symphony is
said to be “comparable throughout
to the Northern orchestras and
among the beter symphonies in the
country.
Great music of the ages is in
cluded in Festival of Son, a Fred
Waring produced ensemble under
the direction of Lara Hoggard,
choral director for Fred Waring
productions. The show includes 33
singers, dancers, and instrumental
ists.
Oakes Travels 3000
Miles in Taxi Trip
Harvey Oakes, class of ’32, took
a 3,000 mile taxi trip recently.
Oakes, who is in Turkey on a
Point Four assignment to organize
a soil survey of that country,
found it necessary to take a taxi
to an important meeting when his
own car broke down.
He went to Turkey with his fam
ily in June.