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COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1953
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■ High School,
litorium Planned
• Consolidated
'lARRI BAKER
Alien -City Editor
Consolidated School
custees proposed last
}85,000 bond issue for'
facilities.
* r ' facilities will include a
*«1, an auditorium, and
ucation rooms for Lin-
■—. for Negroes.
or the bond election has
I n does not include an
school. A $650,000
for a high school and
school was voted down
proposed plan, the
^j/h school building would
over to the junior high
j,~Cie new high school would
® ‘"djacent to the present
pii land across Holick
c y
u ed at the meeting was
se of at least one more
to provide free trans
fer all students in the
d school distinct. This
linaie the necessity of
PH Gills students having to
.way 6 unassisted.
Budget Set
d ,tative budget for the
|>nd issue is as follows:
rooms $150,000
auditorium 160,000
vapem sj offices,
lavatories ... 34,000
or Lincoln
35,000
£ e . [' 14,000
(1 per cent) 35,000
'*i- t’s fee (6 per-
| r: . 17,400
ilitias 25,400
$385,000
gures are based on ar-
lliam W. Caudill’s esti-
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school plant and discuss the pro
posed bond issue.
The board also voted to increase
the evaluation rate for school taxes
to approximately double, and cut
the tax rate to meet further needs.
The evaluation raise will not
take effect until April 1. The tax
rate will not be set until August,
and will not take effect until 1954.
The school board election has
been set for Saturday, April 4.
Sam M. Cleland will be election
judge. The polls will open at the
school from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Deadline for filing will be 5
p.m. March 27. Absentee ballots
will be accepted until April 2.
Rains End
WT Drought
Light rains and drizzle are
expected here again this af
ternoon as Texas’ drought ar
ea received yesterday its first
heavy rain, ending a 29 month
dry spell in West Texas.
During the last 24 hours,
only .52 inches of rain fell
here. A low overcast kept the
temperatures between the high
of 62 degrees and the low of
50.
Other parts of Texas to get
rain were: San Angelo 4.68
inches, Del Rio 1.85, Big
Spring 1.75, Dallas 1.77, Fort
Worth 1.63, Waco 1.50, Gar
den City 2, Stanton 2, Junc
tion 1.16, Rankin 1, Hillsboro
1.22, Colorado City .89, Sweet
water .75, Snyder 1.05, La-
mesa .63, Corsicana .92, Lub
bock .62, Abilene .53, Wichita
Falls 48, Texarkana .61, Min
eral Wells .60, Alice .78, Ty
ler .37.
‘Down in the Valley 9
Last Show
Tonight for
Staged
Opera
alt
!: zens gi’oup for schools
5t week was invited by
to make a tour of the
By BILL ROGERS
Battalion News Staff
The first performance of “Down
in the Valley”, an American folk
opera, was presented Monday
night in the A&M Consolidated
Gymnasium. Curtain time is 8:15
tonight for the final performance.
A light opera written by Kurt
Weill, it is based on five folk
songs. Besides “Down in the Val
ley,” the play is based on “Lone
some Dove” “Little Black Train,”
“Hop Up, My Ladies,” and “Sour-
wood Mountain.” Weill is author
of “September Song” and the mus
ical comedy “Connecticut Yankee.”
Proceeds fi’om the program will
be used by the A&M Consolidated
music department to purchase new
choir robes. Admission is 50 cents
iRIEFS
“SU Banquet Packed;
tons Club Initiates 1
YAliian ^ 200 students and
ended the Baptist Stu-
on Banquet Saturday
l»/he MSC Ballroom.
Inlih by Joe -Atchison, ’49,
.ic Faith highlighted the
program, according to
R L'unnagan, BSU Council
]AJii * * *
dowers of the business
' e ‘ 1f tion department was in-
\ jjipo the College Station
,b yesterday at the or-
! Col’s weekly meeting.
Harrison, junior, played
3 ST; am i sang several hill-
- western songs for the
* * *
Hthllipus and Joe Blanch-
)e sportscasters for Ag-
ill games broadcast by
ns season.
*
*
iupt. electrical engineer-
jonent, has been appoint-
in of the Program Plan-
littee of the sixth an-
Jrence for Protective Re-
ither Today
^XTIMED WET
IER TODAY: Continued
lAh fog and light drizzle.
mum temperature is ex-
"Riybe in the low 60’s.
lay Engineers. Dr. David H. Mor
gan, dean of the college, will give
the welcoming address at 1 p. m.
in the MSC. Registration will be
held March 23, and the conference
will last until March 25.
* * *
Lt. Col. Jim McCoy, ’40, has
been named Chief of Logistics of
the Military District of Wash
ington bv MDW commander Maj.
Gen. E. K. Wright.
sjc
The Browsing Library of the
MSC was visited by 10,881 stu
dents during Februai’y. Newspap
ers were read by 4,683 students,
magazines, 5,248, and books, 616.
Of the total number, 334 used it
to study.
* * *
Jesse Jame’s western band will
play for the Cattleman’s Ball
Saturday April 25. Plans for the
ball hbve not yet been completed
but tickets will soon be put on
sale and can be obtained Prom
any member of the Saddle and Sir
loin or Kream and Kow Klub.
* * *
Richard Vrooman, instructor in
the architecture department, will
speak on “Color in Architecture” to
the Architectural Wives Society
at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the
YMCA South Solarium. Plans for
the midnight supper will be com
pleted following the speech, said
Mrs. Helen Wiengler, presiding of
ficer. Hostesses for the meeting
are Mrs. Janet Newman and Mrs.
Bobbye Sholar.
for adults and 25 cents for child
ren.
The problem of bad acoustical
facilities, which has kept many
from attending past programs, has
been eliminated, said Robert
Boone, director of the musical.
Three microphones have been plac
ed on stage to pick up musical se
lections and dialogue.
Boone was exceptionally pleas
ed with the lead performances of
Janet Folweiler as Jenny Parsons
and Jimmy Bond as Brack Weaver.
Jimmy Richards also did an out
standing job in portraying the vil
lain, Thomas Bouche, he added.
The story opens with the narra
tor telling of Brack in Birming
ham jail for the murder of Tho
mas Bouche. Brack breaks out of
prison and goes to Jenny. A flash
back shows the events leading to
Brack’s imprisonment.
Jail Set Used
A mobile jail and house set de
signed by Sara Puddy and painted
by Noel Stanley lends atmosphere
to the program. The musical is in
one act and as one scene takes
place another is set up. The 22-
voice chorus is silhoutted in blue
lights rather than being visible
to the audience.
Betty Bolander and Margaret
Berry provide instrumental music
with a twin-piano accompaniment.
Other members of the cast in
clude Bobby Jackson as father,
Fred Anderson as the leader,
Pinkey Conner as the guard, Tra
vis Englebrecht as Peters, and
Jean Adams and Eugenia Rush as
the gossips.
(See OPERA, Page 4)
Military Department Initiates
Crack-Down Policy on Corps
McBrierty Chosen
1953 Cotton Queen
By CHUCK NEIGHBORS
Battalion News Editor
Jane McBrierty, TSCW junior
from Ennis, was chosen Queen of
the 1953 Cotton Ball and Pageant
by the Agi’onomy Society.
The nine-man gi*oup which se
lected Miss McBrierty was headed
by Cotton King Harold Scaief.
Remainder of the court consists
of Duchesses Allie Jeanne Glass
of Bryan and Margaret Robinson
of Fort Worth, both seniors; Cora
Jane Becker of New Braunfels and
Gloria Bendy of Smithville, jun
iors; Jonetta Lovett from Memphis
and Mary Helen Winston from
Houston, sophomores; Lucinda
Bailey from Bartlett and Barbara
Ann Stewart from Hargill, fresh
men.
Announcement of the queen and
her court was made in Virginia
Carroll Lodge at TSCW after a
breakfast there Sunday morning.
The committee from the Agron
omy Society had three sessions
Sunday morning in which they nar
rowed down the field of 32 candi
dates selected at TSCW student
election last week.
Ball in April
April 24 is the date for the dance.
Four seniors besides King Cot
ton Harold Scaief were on the se
lection committee; they are Fritz
Welsch, Leonard Thornton, Bob
Johnson and Tom Payne.
Jerry Buster, Ernie Enloe and
Leonard Stasney were junior mem
bers of the group. Frank Ford
was the only sophomore on the
committee.
A picnic for the prospective
duchesses and the Cotton Court
was given by appointees from the
senior and junior classes at TSCW
Saturday afternoon. The hostesses
were supervised hy Student Coun
cil of Social Activities President,
Betty Ann Timmerman.
Katherine Laros was co-chair
man of the hostess committee. As
sisting her were Joan Branch, Ann
Minick, Betty Shaw and Lynda
Massey.
A dance was held Saturday night
for the court and durhess candi
dates in the Recreation Room of
Stoddard Hall. The 32 girls asked
the boys to dance and thne out in
on each other so they could famil
iarize themselves with the male
members of the court.
Last year's King and Queen Cot
ton were Bill Lewis of College Sta
tion and Pat Martin.
Clarence Watson of the agron
omy department and Miss Frances
Navy Officer to Conduct
Tests Here March 16
A member of the Office of Nav
al Officer Procurement will be in
Room 3-D of the MSC, March 16,
to interview and give students of
ficer qualification tests.
To be eligible, the student must
be a civilian, a senior within 120
days of graduation or a graduate
student. He must also be between
the ages of 19 and 27.
Candidates who successfully
complete training will be appoint
ed to the grade of Ensign, USNR*
Over 1000
Go To HS
Letters
Seniors
Over 1000 letter of invitation to
the annual A&M High School Day,
March 13 and 14, have been sent
to high school seniors and gradu
ates all over the state.
Officers of home-town clubs here
gave names of hi school students in
their towns who might be inter
ested, to the office of student ac
tivities. Former students in var
ious communities have offered to
provide transportation.
Invitations have been mailed to
individual students. The annual
event is sponsored jointly by form
er students, the athletic department
and the office of student activities.
Acquaint With Campus Life
“It is felt that this is probably
the best way to acquaint high
school students from all over Tex
as with life here at A&M,” said W.
D. (Pete) Hardesty, office of stu
dent activities.
A high point in High School Day
week-end is the sports exhibition
put on by the athletic department.
The “T” Association furnishes free
tickets to the events for all high
school visitors.
Visitors will be allowed to visit
classes on Friday afternoon with
student home-town friends. They
will be encouraged to visit any de
partment of the college which in
terests them.
“Students here have always been
more than willing to co-operate by
answering any questions. It is
hoped the same conditions will pre
vail this year,” said Hardesty.
The program for next weekend
follows:
Friday, March 13—Registration
for early arrivals at Housing Of
fice, Goodwin Hall.
Saturday, March 14 — 8 a. m.—
Registration in Guion Hall lobby.
9 a. m. — Orientation meeting
in Guion Hall with speech by Pres
ident Harrington, several student
leaders and by a representative of
the military department.
10 a. m. — Group tours of the
campus.
12:00 Noon—Dinner, Duncan or
Sbisa Hall.
12 p. m. — Free time for visiting
with home town friends.
2:30 p.m.—Sports Day program.
Baseball game, swimming meet,
tennis match and golf match.
5:30 p.m.—Supper, Duncan or
Sbisa Hall.
7:30 p.m. — Inter-squad football
game. The maroon and white
teams play on Kyle Field.
Sunday, March 15—Visitors will
be urged to attend services at lo
cal churches.
(Tidge) Rattan, director of the
Cotton Pageant, accompanied the
committee of judges and acted as
chaperons.
The Pageant will consist of en
tertainment from the College Sta-
tion-Bryan area and from other
schools around the state, said Miss
Rattan.
Flanagan Will Play
For Military Ball
Ralph Flanagan and his orches
tra will play for the Military Ball
March 28.
The orchestra will give a con
cert in Guion Hall before the ball.
Time for the concert will be 7:15
p. m.
The dance will be held in Sbisa
Dining Hall from 9 p. m. to 12
p. m.
First Sergeants
Tickets will go on sale soon,
said Pete Hardesty, business man
ager of Student Activities. They
will cost $2.50 and will be sold
by all first sergeants and in the
Office of Student Activities.
Fifteen members of the Ross
Volunteers will act as escorts at
the dance for all distinguished
guests. In addition to high ranking
military personnel, Congressmen,
and state officials invitations to
the Military Ball have also been
sent to all members of the Aca
demic Council and ROTC units
throughout Texas.
Citizens Group
Names LaMotte
First President
A citizens group for. public
schools was formed last Fri
day with the election of offi
cers and a discussion of ob
jectives.
Dr. Charles LaMotte was elected
president of the group, with Dean
Chai’les Morgan as vice-president
and Mrs. Walter Delaplane as sec-
retary-ti’easurer.
After the discussion of objec
tives, the formation of a constitu
tion and by-laws was left to a com
mittee appointed by LaMotte.
“I hope sincerely that this will
not become a pressure group of
any kind,” LaMotte said. “We‘want
a group to work, not to debate.”
He said that the main function
of the group would be to serve as
a fact-finding committee, keeping
the citizens in contact with the
school.
In discussing the National Citi
zens Committee for Public Schools,
Moi'gan said, “The job of the cit
izens should be to keep those in
charge of education aware of the
changes in the community.”
A citizens committee should not
represent any pressure group, but
the citizens as a whole, Morgan
said.
More than 75 people attended the
group’s first meeting. LaMotte
said another meeting would be
called as soon as the constitution
and by-laws were written, possibly
next week.
Article 28 Will Be Enforced
To Improve Cadet Appearance
A&M is “going military.”
The military department is initiating a crack-down policy
calculated to step up the appearance, attitude and conduct of
the corps of cadets.
Article 28 of the College Regulations, the wearing of the
uniform, will be more strictly enforced, Col. Joe E. Davis,
commandant, declared yesterday.
“Conditions have advanced to such a state that some
thing had to be done,” said Davis when asked the reason for
the new policy.
As a result of the crackdown campaign which began last
week, Lyle A. Wolfskill, regimental commander was reduced
■♦■in rank from cadet colonel to pri
vate for throwing bread in the din
ing hall.
Wolfskill is the fifth cadet to be
removed from his duties this yeaia
He is also the highest ranking.
Although the campaign includes
stiffening of all the regulations,
the drive is specifically designed to
improve the poor appearance of
some cadets, said Davis.
The new policy will not affect
cadets who normally appear in the
correct uniform with hair cut,
brass and shoes shined, and clean
shaven, he said.
Demerits received by cadets will
be reported to the military science
insti-uctor of the man receiving the
“rams.”
Any cadet who continues to re
ceive excessive demerits may be
reduced in rank according to Col
lege Regulations and may have to
appear before Senior Court, said
Davis.
“Our solution to the problem is
to empower all military officers
on the campus to ‘ram’ cadets,” he
added.
Col. Davis blames some of ’the
present attitude of the corps on too
much class distinction.
Speaks to Mothers
Referring to a speech made to
the Beaumont A&M Mothers Club,
he said a group of former stu
dents who were attending the meet
ing with their wives came to the
front of the auditorium.
They told Col. Davis they would
be glad to come to A&M and speak
to the corps about “how things
were in the old days,” and “what
is traditional and what is not.”
Col. Davis thinks a program of
this type would be beneficial in
straightening out the misconcep
tion of many Aggies in today’s ca
det corps.
Cars will be provided to take
distinguished guests to and from
the dance. Cadets will not be re
quired to wear caps after 8 p.
m. the night of the dance, said
Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant.
Reason for not wearing caps to
cut down on wraps that must be
checked and cared for at the
dance, he said Cadets will have to
wear caps if they leave the cam
pus, Col. Davis said.
The usual corps review will be
held the afternoon before the ball.
Corps Sgt. Major
To Be Chosen Soon
Sergeant-major of the cadet
corps will be announced the latter
part of this week said Col. Joe
Davis, commandant.
Col. Davis said a new system
is being employed this year in
choosing the top junior post.
Pi-eliminary inteiwiewing has
been completed, and the final rec
ommendations are being turned in.
Under the new system, four
groups recommend men for this
post. The PAS&T, PMS&T, mili
tary dorm councilors and top ca
det officers make preliminary rec
ommendations.
The final choice will be made
from these recommendations.
Malenkov Faces Fight
For Supremacy—Scott
Two Unopposed In
Municipal Election
J. A. Orr and Emest Seegar
will be running unopposed for Col
lege Station City Council posi
tions in the April 7 municipal
election. Orr represents Ward One
and Seegar represents Ward
Three.
Harry Boyer will be running
for re-election against G. W. Black
for Ward Two councilman.
Only these four men have filed
for the election. Deadline was Sat
urday.
A struggle for power will oc
cur in Russia within a yeai - , with
Malenkov emerging as victor, pre
dicted John Scott, Time magazine
correspondent who has reported on
European affairs for 20 years.
Speaking to more than 200 peo
ple in the MSC Ballroom Friday
night, Scott said the contest for
power will be between Malenkov,
Molotov, Beria and Bulganin.
Since the death of Stalin last
week, Malenkov has taken over the
Russian government.
Scott preceded his talk with his
opinion on Stalin’s successor at
the request of the audience.
Switching to his announced top
ic, “America’s Impact on Europe,”
Scott said there has been great
progress made toward a European
Union since World War II.
Two Factors Responsible
He said two factors were re
sponsible for the uniting trend:
the welding of Russia’s satellites
into a unit, and pressure from the
Uhited States favoring unification.
“This Pan-European attitude is
the most basic change since World
War II,” Scott said.
Scott considers military opera
tions in Europe unlikely for at
least two years, hairing unfore
seen events.
Aggieland ’53 Sets
‘Favorites , Deadline
The deadline for turning in sen
ior favorites pictures will be April
7, said Kent Marshall, co-editor
of the activity section of the Ag
gieland. Pictures should be turned
in at the office of Student Activ
ities, second floor of Goodwin Hall,
Marshall said.
Russia does not have enough
superiority of numbers to warrant
an offensive on their part, Scott
said. Russia has 102 divisions in
Western Europe, as compared to
75 divisions representing the free
nations.
“Western Europe is militarily
defensible,” he said.
Scott spoke highly of the re
building progress Germany has
made since World War II.
“The Germans have made more
of their defeat than the British
have made of their victory,” he
said.
In closing, Scott said all the
states of Europe want to achieve
“economy of freedom and plenty.”
CHS Study Group
Formed Yesterday
A group of parents of Consol
idated High School children form
ed a study group for the CHS
Mother and Dads Club yesterday,
said Mrs. A. D. Folweiler, who
presided over the group.
The group, which has been
meeting to plan for a Teen Town
Canteen, will sponsor several par
ties for College Station youth.
Mrs. Eugene Rush, member of
the study group and of the com
mittee planning the Canteen, said
CHS students have shown enthus
iasm toward the possibilities of
having a Canteen in College Sta
tion.
“In a questionnaire distributed
by Principal J. J. Skrivanek the
students voted unanimously for
having such an organization here,”
Mrs, Rush said.