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SPECIAL EDITION
SECTION III
Battalion
Published By
A&M Students
For 75 Years
PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Number 109: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), Texas, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1953
Price Five Cents
‘Living Room of the Campus’
1500 Get Acquainted
Memorial • Student Center
Opens Doors to Freshmen
The Memorial Student Center
opened its doors Sunday afternoon
to 1500 new students in an informal
open house with local girls acting
rs hostesses.
The theme of the gathering was
“get acquainted with your MSC”,
said Wayne Stark, director of the
Center. Exhibits from every com
mittee in the MSC were displayed
throughout the corridors and rooms
of the huge Student Center from
2 until 5 p.m.
New students were given the
chance to join any of the commit
tees in which they may be interes
ted.
This open house program was
calculated to acquaint the new stu
dent thoroughly with all phases of
the MSC. Members of the MSC
Council, a group of students who
help guide the policies of the Cen
ter have been on the campus for
several days working out plans
for the coming year and preparing
for the open house.
Sunday afternoon’s program was
the largest in the history of the
MSC since it began operations in
September, 1950.
“'W >, e ; want to stress' to ' all the
new [students that the MSC doors
are open ,to them just as other
studcfntsU” said John Samuels, pres
ident of the MSC Council.
Samuels said in the past a few
upperclassmen have attempted to
Film Society
To Schedule
Movies Soon
The A&M Film. Society will
again offer an outstanding pro
gram of films selected to provide
a maximum of entertainment at a
minimum cost, Jerry Bennett, film
society president, has announced.
Included in the series to be
shown will be at least four foreign
and eight Hollywood films.
Encouraged by the response to
the summer program, Bennett said
every effort would be made to pro
vide films that should prove pop
ular with the greatest number of
patrons.
Admission will be by season tick
et only, which will sell for one
dollar.
Tickets may be purchased at the
Student- Activities Office and at
the Main Desk of the MSC, as
soon as the schedule has been com
pleted.
Film Society officials will be
Bennett, president; Bob Hendry,
vice-president; Bob Boriskie, sec
retary; and Ed Holderj treasurer.
prevent freshmen from using the
MSC facilities by declaring that
this was an upperclassmen’s privi
lege.
To Orientate Freshmen
“That is one of the main reasons
we have held this open house,
so that the first year students
could come in and look over our
vai'ious facilities,” Samuels said.
Music Committee members fur
nished organ music for the' after
noon in the Main Lounge of the
Center.
House Committee members of
the MSC were responsible for han
dling the informal reception with
a roster for those people serving.
The Reception Committee, which
is a part of the House Committee,
provided the welcome for Dean
Bertrand and his staff as well as
other honored guests.
Some of these guests included
Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant of
the school of military science, Lt.
Col. Taylor Wilkins, assistant com
mandant, and W. B. Penberthy,
dean of men.
The Art Gallery Committee of
fered a public exhibit, and opened
the Art Gallery for freshmen to
inspect. •
The Browsing Library Commit
tee members held the presentation
of their area( and maintained an
exhibit in the library during the
afternoon.
The Dance Committee also held
a presentation of its - area. This
is the cpmmittee which stages “Rue
Pinalle,” an Aggieland version of
a French night club.
“Rue Pinalle” is staged during
the semester on the Friday night
preceding a football game. Last
year the club became so popular
that it was in operation nearly
every week when a special event
was held on the campus.
The Camera Club and Radio
Club of the Center offered ex
hibits Sunday afternoon with a re
ceptionist on hand to greet the
freshmen and show them the
equipment used.
Crafts Committee
Crafts Committee members kept
their shop open and held dem
onstrations of their equipment.
Forum Committee and Junto
Committee members maintained
booths throughout the three hour
period to sign up any interested
freshmen.
These committees are of the dis
cussion type. They hold regular
meetings and talk over various
current topics.
Games Committee membei’s kept
the table tennis area ojlen. *
Members of the MSC Council
offered an exhibit in the presi
dent’s office with a picture display
of the council.
Laughton Will Star
Town Hall Show
Gershtein Concert
FT?* 5 ° F O •
Finish Series
By JERRY BENNETT
Battalion Co-Editor
Town Hall, A&M’s annual concert series, this year will
present a dramatic show for the first time in addition to its
regular musical programs.
Actor Charles Laughton, whose screen portrayal of
Henry VIII almost put Elizabethian table manners back into
the etiquette books, will offer one of the most ujnusual and
popular shows now touring the country.
Laughton will read to the Town Hall audience. He will
take selections ranging from Mark Twain to the Diciples.
His readings have cbme into such great demand that Life
Magazine predicts he has set a new trend in entertainment.
The programs are backed by Paul Gregory, former con
cert manager of a talent^
agency, who hit upon the idea
of the reading tour, after see
ing the actor do a similar pro
gram on television.
The show is scheduled for Dec. 7.
In addition to the sophisticated
growls of Charles Laughton, Town
Ha}l will present radio’s popular
“The American Album of Familiar
Music,” Nov. 17; the songs of Peg
gy Lee backed by Jan Garber’s or
chestra, Dec. 14; The San Antonio
Symphony Orchestra, Jan. 7; The
Westminster Choir, Feb. 4 and The
Gershwin Festival, Feb. 25.
Under the direction of Gustave
Haenschen, “The American Album
of Familiar Music” has long been
one of radio’s most popular musi
cal shows. The program is now in
its 19th'year-on the air.
The show is noted for its var
iety of music, ranging from clas
sical to popular; which is performed
by single vocalists, chorus and
straight orchestrations.
Peggy Lee had already made a
hit with pop fans with such num
bers as “Golden Earrings” and
“Manana” when she recorded ”Lov-
(Lee LAUGHTON, p. 4, Sec. Ill)
Town Hall
Will Play
In New Gym
Town Hall programs will be held
this year in the new Physical Edu
cation Building when it is com
pleted instead of Guion Hall.
Since more seating is available
in the new building, no reserved
seat tickets will be sold. Concerts
will be on a first come-first serve
basis.
Students will receive their Town
Hall tickets upon paying the stu
dent activity fee. Those not pay
ing the fee will be charged $2 for
each show. Non-student season
tickets cost $6.50.
All tickets go on sale Sept. 11
at registration. They will be sold
in the Office of Student Activities
starting Sept. 14.
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PREPARATIONS FOR FRESHMEN—The Memorial Student Center staff and various
student leaders have been working for the past week in preparation for the big Open
House which was held in honor of the first-year men from 2 till 5 p.m. Sunday afternoon.
The affair was informal and Johnny Samuels, president of the MSC Council extended tre
welcome to all freshmen to “drop by and get acquainted with their MSC.”
Question Mark
Vocalist Will
Sing Sept. 28
Joni James, the little brunette
who sang questions to the top of
the nation’s record sales will give
A&M a chance to answer Sept. 28.
Backed by Buddy Morrow’s
trombone and orchestra, the 26
year old vocalist will sing the pop
ular “Why Don’t You Believe Me?”
and “Have You Heard?” at a spe
cial concert.
Morrow band vocalists Frankie
Lester and Jean Terry will add
other songs to the show.
The performance will start at 8
p.m. Student tickets will sell for
one dollar and non-student’s for
$1.50.
Morrow and Miss James are
both recent hits in the music
world. Morrow’s band has become
one of the top musical groups
with dance fans. His RCA records
ai’e favorites with many disk jock
eys and record buyers alike.
Miss James, who gave up a
dancing career to sing, is one of
MGM Record’s top recording
stars.
Singing Cadets
Schedule Sites
Of Spring Tour
The Singing Cadets, a 55
voice choir, are tentatively
scheduled to visit Dallas, Fort
Worth, Denton, Brownsville,
New London, and Baytown
during their spring tour, Bill
Turner, director, has announced.
The group is a student organi
zation created to build up and sup
port musical interest on the cam
pus, and to furnish music for the
college assemblies, religious serv
ices, club meetings and special oc
casions.
During the past year, the Sing
ing Cadets presented concerts for
high schools, civic clubs, and A&M
clubs at different cities throughout
the state.
The membership is made up of
students who like to sing and en
joy the fellowship which singing
affords, and who have decided to
make the Singing Cadets one of
their extra-curricular activities.
Reheai'sals are held four times
a week, from 5 to 6 p.m. in the
Music Hall, Monday through
Thursday, and Turner stressed the
fact that music reading is not es
sential in order to participate.
Everyone who likes to sing is
urged to attend the rehearsals, he
said.
Recreation Council
Teaches Athletics
The College Station Recreational
Council offers a varied program of
social and athletic activities for the
benefit of people of all ages.
Sponsored by the city, the coun
cil gives free instnaction in all its
activities, and carries on its pro
gram throughout the year.
LOVER—Peggy Lee, pretty blonde vocalist who has scored
record hits with such hits as “Manana” and “Lover,” will
be one of Town Hall’s feature attarctions for the coming
season.
Fish 9 Registration
Begins Big Year
The Aggie “fish” started this
year’s college activities this morn
ing as they filed into Sbisa Hall
for registration. A full first se
mester is set up for students.
The semester’s activities will be:
September:
12—Registration for old students.
14— Classes Begin, All College
Night, Agricultural Council,
MSC Council.
17—Intramural Athletic Officers,
• Employees Dinner Dance Club.
19—Last Day for Enrolling or Ad
ding New Courses, University
of Kentucky Football Game at
Lexington, Ky.
21— Entries Close—Table Tennis,
Basketball, and Swimming,
MSC Directorate, Engineers
Council, Senior Class.
22— Intramural Athletic Officers’
Bar-B-Que.
23— Entries Close—Football, Horse
shoes, Bowling.
24— Student Senate, Quarterback
Club.
25— MSC Rue Pinalle.
26— Last Day for Dropping Cour
ses, University of Houston
Football Game (here, night),
MSC Afmr Game Dance.
28— Joan Janres and Buddy Mor
row Orchestra (tentatively
scheduled), Southwest Confer
ence Sportsmanship Week be
gins, Intramural Swim Meet.
29— Quarterback Club.
30— Entries Close for Open Hand
ball.
October:
1—Tarleton-Fish Football Game
Here, Student Senate.
3—University of Georgia Football
game (Dallas, night).
5— Arts and Science Council, Al
pha Zeta, Engineers Council.
6— Quarterback Club.
8—Baylor-Fish Football Game
(Here).
10—Texas Tech Football Game
(Lubbock, night).
12— Agricultural Council, MSC
Council, Basic Division Coun
cil.
13— Quarterback Club.
15— TCU-Fish Football Game
{Here) Student Senate.
16— Deadline on Subsistence Pay
ment.
17— Holiday, TCU Football Game
at Ft. Worth. (Corps Trip).
19—Alpha Zeta, Student Life Com
mittee, MSC Directorate.
22— Employees Dinner Dance Club,
Quarterback Club.
23— Aggie Rodeo, Service or First
Regimental Ball, MSC Rue Pin
alle, Deadline on Club Aid Re
quests.
24— B a y 1 o r University Football
Game Here), Aggie Rodeo
All College Dance, “Tex” Ben-
eke (tentatively scheduled).
26—Senior Class, Basic Division
Council.
29—Quarterback Club.
31—University of Arkansas Foot
ball Game at Little Rock, Ark.
November:
5— Student Senate, Quarterback
Club.
6— F o r m e r Student Reunions,
Rice - Fish Football Game
(Here), MSC Rue Pinalle.
7— SMU Football Game (Here),
Ray Anthony (tentatively sched
uled). All College Dance, For
mer Student Reunions.
9—Aggie Players’ production of
“Mr. Roberts”, Mid-Semester
Grade Reports, Begin Ordering
Graduation Announcements.
10—Aggie Players’ production of
“M r. Roberts”, Agricultural
(See CALENDAR, p. 4, Sec. Ill)
Korean Veterans’
Certificates Due
All students who are attending
A&M under the Korean GI Bill
should submit their Certificate of
Education to the veterans’ advisor
in Room 102 of Goodwin Hall and
complete registration forms before
registration day.
Bennie A. Zinn, veterans’ advi
sor, will be available for confer
ences pertaining to any GI Bill
problems or regulations.
Students who do not have the
certificates now should submit
them to Zinn as soon as they arei
received.