Page 2 THE BATTALION Tuesday, June 23, 1953 Call For Male Help In Annual Operetta School Administrator Cites Creative Leadership JAeed Gilbert & Sullivan’s “Pirates of Penzance” is scheduled for July 14th and 15th, at the Grove. The summer operetta is an annual community and college activity presented by the Student Activi ties Department. The production is under the di rection of Bill Turner, Music Di rector at A&M, and he is assisted by Mrs. Joe Barron, music teacher and director of First Methodist Church of Bryan. Miss Patricia Dillon, organist at the A&M Methodist Church, is the accom panist. “Pirates of Penzance” was first presented in 1879 and was an in stantaneous success. The intricate instrumental and vocal patterns High School Grads Receive 81 Scholarships Eighty-one top high school grad uates of this year have been named winners of four year Opportunity Award scholarships at A&M, it was announced by E. E. McQuillen, executive director of the A&M Development Fund. Winners were chosen by the Faculty Committee on Scholarships of the college through a statewide contest par ticipated in by 356 candidates. The Opportunity Awards are valued from $800 to $1600, re cipients receiving $200 to $400 each year for four years, plus em ployment provided by the college. Winners were chosen after care ful consideration of each candi date’s character, scholastic re cord, evidence of leadership and financial circumstances. The plan was started eight years ago by former students and is further supporied b y clubs, business corporations, foundations and in dividuals. Livestock Shdw At Beef Center Today Animal Husbandry 406 students will compete against each other in a livestock show at the Beef Cattle Center Tuesday at 2:00 p. m., said J. K. Riggs, associate pro fessor of Animal Husbandry. Last Tuesday the students were instructed on how to fit and show beef cattle classes. Each student was assigned to an animal that he will show today. The animals will be washed and brushed, their hooves trimmed and shaped, and the hair clipped on the heads and tails of some of the animals before being shown. The animals tised for this show are owned by the A&M Animal Hus bandry Department, according to Riggs. Students showing animals in the show are Curtis Boase, Felix Clemons, James Compton, Gil bert Davis, Luther Harvill, Mil- ton Hensley, Frank Rivera, David Simons, Harold Smallwood, Jesse Tate, James Weatherby, Walter Worthington, Joseph Lloyd, Gene Rydell, Lee Wilson, John Cer venka, John Campbell, Milton Butcher, William Davis, and Ed ward Rochen. 6 Point’ Graduates 2 Former Aggies Two Ex-Aggies, Jerry W. Nicks and M. L. O’Connor, were recently graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, N. Y. They received B. S. degrees and were commissioned second lieutenants in the Infantry. Lt. Nicks is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Nicks of Beaumont. Lt. O’Connor’s parents presently are living in Europe. are probably responsible for fewer productions in comparison with other Gilbert & Sullivan operas. The story evolves from a mis take made by a hard-of-hearing nursery-maid, Ruth, when she ap prenticed Frederic, while still a little boy, to become a pirate, in stead of a pilot. The scene opens with a band of pirates toasting Frederic on his graduation at the age of 21 as a full-fledged pirate. Frederic is unhappy as “a slave of duty” and wants to devote his life to the extermination of pirates. He pleads in vain with his friends, the pirates, to give up their* evil life. Ruth, seeing' that Frederic is determined to leave the pirates, begs him to take her with him. Al though she is many years older than he, Frederic, never having seen another woman, believes Ruth to be beautiful until he sees a bevy of beautiful maidens appear on their way to a picnic, Frederic re nounces Ruth and woos Mabel who returns his love. The pirates each seize a girl to marry and, in order to get his daughters released, the Major General tells the pirates that he is an orphan in the belief that the Pirates of Penzance are all orphans themselves and tenderhearted to wards all others. From this point on the plot thickens in true Gilbert and Sul livan style through such happen ings as a paradox, the revelation of the Major General’s lie, and a battle between Pirates and Police which is brought to term in Queen Victoria’s name. All ends happily when Ruth explains that the pirates are really “noblemen who have gone wrong”. The cast is as follows: Mrs. Lenore Silby as Mabel, the femine lead; Lamar McNew as Frederic, the male lead. Bill Guth rie will be the Major General; Billy Philp, the Pirate King; Ro land Bahlmann, Samuel. Mrs. Iris Bullard will be Ruth; Mrs. Shirley Smith, Kate; Mrs. Helen Crook, Edith; Miss Caralyn Thurman, Isabel ;and Buddy Vance, Jr., Ser geant of Police. There are still openings in the male chorus. Those who are in terested, come to x*ehearsal Thurs. evening, 7:30, in the Music Hall, Ttrrrrer-said. ~ - Square dancing, softball, pre school nursery, and arts and crafts are part of the Summer Recrea tion Program being enjoyed at Lincoln School. Every Friday night, there will be square dancing, with the ex ception of July 3. The caller is Sam Kennedy, and there is no ad mission charge. This pari of the program will continue until July 31. The softball program began June 8 and will continue through August. The Juniors play from 5:00 to 7:00 p. m„ Monday through Friday. Philip Steen is manager. The Seniors play on the light ed field at 7:39 p. m. Monday through Thursday. Manager of the Seniors is Raymond Sabbs. The aids and crafts meet from 9 to 11 a. m. Monday through Friday. This will continue through July. Instructors are Esterlene Wilborn and Ethel Steen. There is no charge for instructions and material may be pui*chased at cost. Pre-school nursery, from 8 a. m. to 12:00 a. m. Monday through Friday consists of games, stories, indoor and outdoor supervised play. This program is self-sup porting but non-profit, Avith the cost being 25 cents per day or $1.00 for the Aveek per child. Andry Ford is supervisor. The Summer Recreation Pro gram at Lincoln School is paid of The president of the American Association of School Administra tors said Monday that “we need to give challenging and creative leadership” to the schools of the United Staties. He cited several ex amples of such leadership and the advancement in education it had created. Dr. L. G. Dethrick, also super intendent of the Chattanooga pub lic schools, speaking at the 28th annual Conference of the Texas Association of Coulfty Superinten dents, the 17th annual Texas School Administration Conference and the third annual Conference Texas Association for Instructional Sup ervisors, declared that what is done this week at the conferences may have an everlasting effect on education. He urged the more than 300 school men and women, attending the opening general session in the MSC to “recognize people and the good in them” and not to “judge people idly.” The Chattanooga man asked his listeners to invent ideas — and “have faith and courage to see them through.” President M. T Harrington of A -&M—gave the welcome address. the College Station Recreation Council. Mrs. Armstrong Place is chairman of the program. Princi pal of Lincoln School is W. A. Tar- row. Council members are Ralph H. Rogers, president; A. E. Denton, vice-president; Mrs. Walter Dela- plane, secretary; E. E. Ivy, trea surer’s: George E. Potter, K. A. Manning, Mrs. C. D. Laverty, Her bert Thompson, Mrs. Armstrong Price, Mrs. J. S. Potts, Mrs. Nor man Anderson, Mrs. Fred Weick, R. L. Skrabanek, Les Richardson, Ran Boswell, and Carl Tishler, members. Sponsors and co-workers of the program are the Development As sociation and Chamber of Com merce, Community Chest, and the City of College Station. Repairs Progress (Continued from Page 1) units in College View are occupied by A^eterans. There are 59 build ings, housing a total of 466 apart ments. It has been the general plan to assign downstairs living quarters to families with children and upstairs apartments to couples. Only 16 apartments are unoc cupied this summer as compared Avith 100 vacancies A\ T hich were expected. The first general assembly was presided over by John O. Rodgers, superintendent of the Williamson County schools and president of the Texas Association of County Superintendents. Dr. A. T. Dyal, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Bryan, gave the de votional. General assemblies will be held each morning through Wednesday. Group sessions will be held fol lowing the general assembly. Dr. Kate Wofford, head of the Department of Elementary Edu cation, Unriersity of Florida, will give the main address at the Tues day general assembly, and Dr. DaAdd H. Morgan, dean of A&M, will deliver the main address at the Wednesday general assembly. Rural Churches Open Confab Here June 30 The eighth annual Rural _Church Conference will be held in the M SC June 30 through July 2. Three groups Avill be present: the Texas Rural Church Confer ence, the Executive Committee of the Christian Rural Overseas Pro gram and the Sears and Roebuck Rural Church Improvement Con test. Methods of improving rural com munities through the develop ment of industries in rural areas will be discussed. A panel dis cussion composed of E. B. Ger many, president, Lone Star Steel Company; R. E. “Bob” Smith, Gulf Building, Houston; J. C. Harmon, Southern Manufacturing Associa tion; and W. H. Shepard, Alcoa, Rockdale, will be held at 10:30 a. m. July 1. Winners of the Sears and Roe buck Rural Church Contest Avill be announced and the awards pre sented at 12 noon the same day. At a dinner to be held June 30 by the Christian Rural Overseas Program plans will be made for the shipment of a boat load of food and clothing to Germany. Last year a boat load of supplies was sent to Korea for the homeless ( and needy, reported Daniel Rus sell, Professor of Rural Sociology at A&M. East German Riots (Continued from Page 1) rule included reduction of AA’ork quotas, higher old age pensions and sick benefits, more workers clothing, more electric power for homes, more neAV housing. All over East Germany, the reb el workers had marched last Wednesday with identical de mands: lower AA’oi’k quotas and consumer goods prices, freedom for political prisoners, free elec tions, and the reunification of Germany. In Bonn, West Germany Chancel lor Konrad Adenauer sent urgent appeals today to President Eisen- ho\A*er, Prime Minister Churchill and former French Premier Rene- Mayer to “do all in our power” to aa in East Germany’s freedom through uiiification of the whole country. The East Germans, the Chancel lor said,^ had “fought unarmed against SoAdet troops and tanks to demand the rights of free men.” He urged joint Allied support for the Bonn Parliament’s five- point plan for free elections throughout Germany, creation of a free all-German govemment, con clusion of a peace treaty with this goA-ernment in Avhich the new Ger man frontiers A\-ould be fixed by free negotiation, and guaranteed diplomatic freedom for this gov ernment Avithin the framework of the United Nations. The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions “Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, is published by students four times a week, during the regular school year. During the summer terms, and examina tion and A'acation periods, The Battalion is published tA\*ice a w*eek. 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Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities Office, Room 209 Goodwin Hall. JEfcRY BENNET, ED HOLDER Co-Editors Bob Boriskie Managing Editor Frank DaA*is Copy Reader Carl Jobe Women’s News Editor John Campbell. David Chambers. Buford Dcbie. Marcus Hoeischer. William Klcpstsck. Dolph Motan. Leon Rochen. Gene Rydell. Michael Sliman. C. S. Smith. Douglas Symmank. R. M. A'an de Fas, Ray Walker Staff News Writer Lincoln Summer Program Offers Many Diversions Troop Pull Notice Promise^ (Continued from Page 1) ROK troops, you or President Rhee ? ” a newsman asked. “No,” Clark replied. “There is no doubt in my mind that I am, technically at least, the commander of the troops of the ROK. Now, as you know, there has been created the South Korea pro vost marshal general (Lt. Gen. Won Young Duk) and I understand that there has been an order issued Avhich I have not seen. “I did not discuss it with Presi dent Rhee but I understand that there is some order which passes to this independent provost mar shal general of Korea some se curity troops in the rear area. But there is no question as to the ROK army, navy and air forces that are fighting the war being under my command and there are no mis givings on that score between Pres ident Rhee and myself.” A newsman pointed out reports that release of the anti-Red prison ers was made possible by provost troops not under Clark’s command. “At the time those prisoners w r ere released, I considered that those troops were under my com mand,” Clark said. “I still consider that they are. But, as I said, there is some order I believe that passes . . . takes some of these troops and places them under some independent com mand. I haA^e not seen it yet.” Clark Avas asked about a report that Rhee had threatened to with draw South Korean troops from U.N. command control. Clark replied: “That has been discussed not only by me with President Rhee but by United States Ambassador (Ellis) Briggs with him and there alw r ays has been the understanding that if he (Rhee) felt the time had come to consider such a disastrous action that he would discuss it with me before he came to that decision. That time has not come in my opinion.’” Clark said on emerging from Rhee’s mansion that the “conver sations were more hopeful.” “I am not trying to be overly optimistic,” he added. “There are many problems as you know—deep rooted convictions on the part of various parties. So I don’t want to give the impression of over optimism at all. All I can say is that I feel somewhat more encouraged after the discussion today.” After saying he could sign a truce Avithout South Korea’s ap proval, Clark said such action not College View Mas Power Problems “A power problem exists in Col lege View”, says Knox Walker, Superintendent of Buildings and College Utilities. “The reason for it is a combination of hot weather and inadaquate wiring.” Hot weather has already added 189 window cooling units to Col lege View. These cooling units plus the heaA'y ice making chores of over 460 refrigerators have the apartments circuits loaded to capa city. <U BBEgl f IN TAXES PAID Ob YOUR TELEPHON IN 19 5 2! A.ST Tlie total taxes paid by the Southwestern States Tele phone Company in 1952, including local, State and Federal, amounted to $834,384.44, an increase oi $195,094.18, or 23.38%, over 1951. Federal incomel, taxes on 1952 operations amounted to $482,900.00,1 or 57.88% of the total taxes. i In addition to the foregoing taxes paid direct by thefjHY" Company, a total of $1,386,901.00 was billed and; collected from our subscribers at the Company’sIL™: expense, covering Federal Excise and State Incomem s, taxes on local and long distance charges for service, ouiri The total taxes, including excise taxes, paid during| 1952 amounted to $26.96 per average telephone in pi service during the year. Few things give you so rm for so little # # # Serving Texas,ArkanseScOklahoma.louisiono with