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 — <A>) _ 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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“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. Previously, he had bech an
assistant at Alabama, where he
starred as an end, and at Vander
bilt.
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