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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
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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.
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Lincoln Summer Program
Offers Many Diversions
Troop Pull Notice Promise^
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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.
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‘The buildings in College View
Avere not wired for this situation,”
Walker said, “and circuit break
ers are popping in many paris of
the area.”
Cooler weather will ease the
predicament but until then some
restriction to power usage must be
imposed, Walker said. Residents
of College View are requested by
Walker to consult the Student
Apartment Office before install
ing air conditioners or other large
appliances as power may not be
available for them.
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