Battalion Editorials Page 2 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1954 Unity Means Progress For A&M Athletic Program A&M is noted for its trouble with ath letics. This has come about since the last great teams during the “Golden Era” of Ag gie football history in 1939, 1940 and 1941. Rumors shrouded the truth in so many cases that the record sounds like a report on a head-hunting colony. It would be the un derstatement of the year to say this record is black. But what does it all mean ? It means pro gress. Whenever and wherever this progress will come, no one knows. What will bring this progress about, no one knows. But through the din and turmoil, there always will be the hope for progress. And if this hope were absent, as some evidently think, the bickering and struggling wouldn’t ever have taken place to begin with. There have been mistakes—and big ones. The way in which the new coach was hired was a mistake. The entire sequence of events, from beginning to end, points to bungling and chaotic thinking. It points to personal ity versus personality, and financial backing versus voting power. It points to boss ver sus employe. There are many things yet to be ironed out. But the thing is dying down. A&M has a new coach. People might get somq sleep now. And maybe at last, the opposition can step to the line as the men they are, and of fer the hand of cooperation in order to span the differences and dissention which now is history. Whether a group wanted a coach with a big reputation or one who was hardly known, its unification with all other groups might well bring about the peace and cooperative spirit which all A&M supporters ultimately desire. Aggieland soon will welcome its new coach into the fold. Every step taken to support this man to the infinite degree will be a step to wash from the slate both the poor record of wins, and the injured reputa tion which shrouds A&,M’s athletic program at the present time. Campus Film Snaps Fears Increase For Pope’s Health With Entertainment By BOB ALDERD1CE Battalion Staff Writer ‘RED BARTERS’ — Starring Rosemary Clooney, Jack Carson, Guy Mitchell, Pat Crowley, Cass Daley, Pat Crowley and Joanne Gilbert—Campus Theater. With a whoop and a holler, and not much more, Paramount Studios have turned out a rollicking west ern dedicated to people who have spent too many Saturday after noons in front of TV sets. The title song poses the question: “Red garters on a dancin’ girls leg. Now ain’t that the purtiest sight?” And Rosemary Clooney proves the point. A quasi-plot about the code of the West (Tip yore hat, son!) is supremely decorated with an over load of hit-parade possibles, ably delivered by Rosemary Clooney, Guy Mitchell, Pat Crowley and Joanne Gilbert. a Happy Guy” are right up his alley. AH of the eleven songs from “Red Garters” are hit parade ma terial and it’s an even bet that records from the sound-track are forthcoming. Music and Girls Matching the mood of the mupic and the girls, Paramount has used imaginative sets, consisting of bright blue sky, suggestions of buildings and yaller sand. But the “low-overhead” theory has given dividends to the customers. What is missing in elaborate sets is more than made up for in excel lent talent. “The fool said that movies should be more life-like. The wise man said that life should be more like the movies,” reads the preface to “Red Garters.” Living up to that makes it a show worth seeing— twice. VATICAN CITY — ) _ Tight- lipped silence at the Vatican today increased apprehension that Pope Pius, 77-year-old head of the Ro man Catholic Church, may be worsening. The Pontiff has now been ill for more than 10 days. Scanty, occa sional communiques have persist ently maintained that he continues to improve. But anxiety for his health increased today when even this assurance, for the time being, was lacking. A&M Scholarship Won in Houston HOUSTON, Feb. 5—*7P>—Bobby Nichols, 16, 4-H Club boy from Bangs, won a $2,000 scholarship last night to Texas A&M. He prevailed at the Houston Fat Stock Show for the most outstand ing record among the top 10 youths who won beef scramble calves at the Houston show. Scholastic rec ords count heavily. Sixteenth Note “Red Garters” is Mitchell’s first film and it fits him to a sixteenth note. He portrays a roving cow boy forced by the code of the west (1 said tip yore hat!) to find that rat that dry-gulched his brother and give him a dose of the same. This “plot” is hypo-ed by fast, witty dialogue and the slapstick antics of Jack Carson, the local sheriff, and Cass Daley, an Injun squaw. Music is the key-note. Rose mary’s blues-y voice is given a loose rein on “Brave Man,” “The Robin Randall Song” and “Vaq- uero,” while Guy Mitchell lyrics furnish him more of the same kind of songs that made him fame and fortune on records. “A Dime and a Dollar,” “Lady Killer” and “Meet Town Choir Hall Gives Program By BOB HENDRY Battalion Feature Editor Classical and folk music flowed from Guion hall last night as the Westminster Choir presented A&M’s fifth Town Hall program. The 40 voice group from West minster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey, sang “Vesperae Do minica” by Mozart, “All Breathing Life, Sing and Praise Ye the Lord” by Bach,” “Avc Verum Corpus” by Byrd. 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McGowan .Staff Writers Garduer Collins - Exchange Editor Bob Palmer, Tom Skrabanek ...Advertising Staff James Earle : Staff Cartoonist Seymour Smith, WflJ Hcl!ad4y, John MsetJier. . .Staff Photographers Larry Llghtfoct ! - Cirsigaiica Managw Eilsid Baird, Jawal B.aymcjd. ISoxras Cdam, Tam Cylsr, Baddy Williams Bussell Heed .j CircuiaUoa <15 it 15 6»»wltlJJg JilUJiC. “Crucifixus” by Lotti, “Hodic Christus Natus Est” by Palestrina, “Norwegian Peasant Dance” and “Children’s Song” by Grieg, “The Impressario” by Mozart, “Haste Thee Nymph” by Handle. ‘Sunrise Call’ “American Suite for Solo and Piano and Chorus” by Martin, “Sometimes I feel Like I Want to Go Home,” “The Creation,” “Let’s Have a Square Dance,” “Sunrise Call” by Scott and “1 Want Jesus to Walk with Me” by Lynn. The group sang “Celestial Voices,” a song without words, as aa encore. The program is one in a series of tours which were begun 32 years ago. In 1922, a young man by the name of Dr. John F. Williamson decided that people had rather lis ten to group singing than soloists. He originated the Westminster Choir College in Dayton, Ohio, to make his dream into a reality. Al though now located in Princeton, New Jersey, the college is still the only one of its kind in the world. Williamson is president of the college as well as the Choir’s con ductor. Westminster now has an enrollment of 260 students, all mu sic majors. The choir, or his “pet” as Wil liamson calls it, is composed of the best voices in the school. The group tours the United States, and a usual trip consists of 8,500 miles travel, 44 days and 46 perform ances. High grades and music ability arc the main requirements for en trance into the college, Williamson said. An applicant must have at least an 85 high school grade aver age, three years musical experience and be of Christian or Jewish faith. Everyone enrolled at the college plays at least one musical instru ment and sings. The choir is com posed mainly of juniors and seniors and 20 sophomores. No freshmen are allowed. Dr. Williamson arranges all the choir's programs. “I don't have any preferences, he said, “as long Speculation (Continued from Page 4) The Battalion that he would have to wait until contacted by Bryant before he could say whether or not he would stay at A&M. Michalske was the only actual applicant left on a list which started with over 40 names on it. Irvin to Remain Until Year’s End Irvin said, “I’ll remain here un til the end of the year regardless. I think they got a very fine man, and he should do a good job here.” “It is the hope of the council he (Bryant) will of his own choice retain as many as possible of those remaining because the council rec ognizes and appreciates the fine job they have done.” He called Bryant “a good coach and a good man,” and said, “We think he’ll do a fine job for the in stitution, on and off the field.” What Some Players Say Back Don Kachtik — “I think we’ll get good results under Bry ant. Apparently he must be a plenty good coach.” Guard Ray Barrett — “I don’t know very much about Bryant, but I sure hope he keeps Mike (Michal ske) on his staff as line coach.” Tackle Larry Winkler — “He (Michalske) is a good guy and knows plenty about coaching line men. T hope Bryant keeps him.” Back Charles Ritchey — “I thought it would be Michalske.” Ritchey a split-T quarterback in high school, said, “I naturally like it from that angle” when asked how he felt about Bryant using the split-T in 1952 and ’53. End Donald Robbins—“I hope Mike stays—I think those two (Bryant and Michalske) are two of the best coaches in the South.” Tackle Henry Clark—“I don’t care what kind of guy he (Bryant) is, so long as we win.” Center Fred Broussard—“I don’t care who they get for head coach, just so long as they keep Mike.” End Bennie Sinclair — “I sure would like to see Mike stay.” In eight years at Kentucky, four of Bryant’s teams played in bowl games. The Wildcats beat TCU in the ’52 Cotton Bowl, downed Oklahoma In the ’51 Sugar Bowl, lost to Santa Clara in the ’50 Or ange Bowl and defeated Villanova in the ’47 Great Lakes Bowl. Last eeutlki the Wildcats lost to A&M, 7-6, after defeating the Ca dets, 10-7, in ’52. Kentucky beat Cotton Bowl champ Rice last year. For the last two seasons. Bry ant bad used the splic-T offense at Kentucky. He had a record there of 60 wins, 23 losses and 5 ties, in eight seasons. He was head coach at Maryland in ’45 before going to Kentucky in 1946. 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