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THE BATTALION
Wednesday, April 21, 1954
CHS Parents
To Participate
In Charity Day
Melvin Free was chosen “Citizen
of the Month” at A&M Consoli
dated high school this week by the
student council.
He was to be
honored by the
College Station
Rotary club at a
luncheon today.
Melvin is the
son of Mr. and
Mrs. Claude
Wallace Free. A
senior, he plans
to attend A&M
next year. He is
a member of the student council
and sings in the high school choir.
He plays on the baseball and foot
ball teams.
Tickets go on sale Friday for the
opera to be presented at the high
school April 28 and 29.
Tickets may be bought from any
member of the chorus or at the
Jiigh school office. Prices are 50
cents for adults and 25 cents for
students.
The art classes are working on
the posters and scenery this week.
Three high school girls will leave
early Thursday morning for Fort
Worth to attend the state Future
Homemakers of America meeting
there.
They are Anna Beaty, new area
president and incoming chapter
president; Bonnie Carroll, chapter
incoming first vice president; and
Elsie Richards, incoming second
vice president.
The meeting will last through
Saturday. State officers will be in
stalled at that time.
Marcia
Marcia Smith
entertained
several of her
friends at a
slumber party at
her home Sun
day night.
She is the
daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. E. G.
Smith, 505 Dex
ter.
the menu committee. Committee
members are Elsie Richards, Marie
Lewis and Bonnie Carroll.
Senior class girls have been in
vited to a luncheon honoring
Yvonne Smith and Carolyn Landiss
at 12:30 p. m. Saturday.
The luncheon is being given by
Mrs. Robert Smith at her home
on Highway 6.
Martha Ann
Williams has
been chosen as
r e p r e sentative
for the high
school at the an
nual cotton ball.
Martha, a sen
ior, was chosen
by the faculty
members as
duchess and will
be presented at the dance Friday
night at the Grove.
Martha Ann
May 4 has been set as the date
for the annual FHA Mother-
Daughter banquet.
Installation of officers will be
held and degrees will be awarded at
that time.
Ronald Gandy and Charles
Delaplane placed third in spelling
at the annual Texas Interschola
stic Literary league contests at
Blinn college recently.
A group of students for the high
school held an informal dance
Monday night at Hensel park cabin.
About 30 people attended.
The date of the junior plays has
been posponed to May 11 because
of conflict with the opera.
The plays are “Wildcat Willie
Gets Gill Trouble” and “Where Is
My Wandering Boy Tonight?”.
A group of speech therapists
from San Marcus state college are
visiting the College Station schools.
They are testing all the stu
dents’ speech and hearing.
The Mothers and Dads club
of A&M Consolidated school
will participate in the Texas
Service Stations’ Appreciation
day May 4.
On that' day, 10 per cent of the
service stations’ profit will be do
nated to a charity named by the
buyer. The buyer can name any
charity he wishes.
“Since you will not only be help
ing your school but will be show
ing your appreciation to those serv
ice stations who are interested in
civic affairs and willing to help
various organizations in College
Station and Bryan,” said Mrs. Joe
E. Davis, president of the Mothers
and Dads club, “I urge all parents
of A&M Consolidated and friends
and citizens of the community to
participate in the Appreciation
day.”
The Mothers and Dads club will
use money from the Appreciation
day for ifs needy children fund,
Mrs. Davis said. In the past 14
years, the club has given $2,090 to
needy children.
Eisenhower Plans
Golfing Weekend
AUGUSTA, Ga., April 21—<A>)—
President Eisenhower’s vacation
headquarters announced yesterday
he will return to Augusta for a
weekend of golf after making
speeches in Washington, New York
and Kentucky.
The President will leave here by
plane Thursday afternoon and fly
back from Kentucky Friday night.
He and Mrs. Eisenhower will re
turn to Washington Sunday night,
ending an Easter holiday which
started a week ago.
On his arrival in Washington
Thursday afternoon Eisenhower
will go to Constitution Hall for a
brief informal talk at the annual
convention of the Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Then he will fly to New York,
where that evening he will make
a major address before the Ameri
can Newspaper Publishers Assn.
A “Black and White Ball’ will be
given by the freshman class at the
high school cafeteria May 1.
All guests are
asked to come
in black and
white costumes,
and prizes will
be awarded for
the best ones.
Admission is 50
cents.
Dance chair
man is Ann
Hite. She will
be assisted by Marcia Smith, Helen
Holmes, Mary Beth Hagler, Lucy
Rogers, Nell Ross, Larry Leighton,
Donald Patton, John Harrington
and Joe Ann Walker.
“Evening in Paris” has been
chosen as the theme for the junior-
senior banquet to be held May 15
at the Memorial Student Center.
The committee in charge of
theme and decorations is composed
of Anna Beaty, Elsie Richards,
Jean Puddy, George Litton, Bubba
Englebrecht, Helen Ross and Jerry
Oden. i m#'
The program committee members
are Roy Courim Jerry Oden,
Eugenia Rush, Carole Williams and
Betsy Burchard.
The committee in charge of in
vitations includes Helen Ross,
Patsy Nolan and Bonnie Carroll.
Mrs. Mildred Byrd will advise
Nixon Explains
Indochina Policy
CINCINNATI, April 21 — UP) —
Vice President Nixon said last
night the Republican administra
tion’s aims and purposes are to
develop policies “which will keep
us from having to send American
boys to fight in Indochina or any
where else.”
He made the statement in a
speech before the 20th annual Uni-
Vei’sity of Cincinnati’s Founders’
Day dinner, dedicated to the mem
ory of the late Sen. Taft R-Ohio.
It was the first statement on the
Indochina situation by the vice
president since he told the Amer
ican Society of Newspaper Editors
last Friday it might be necessary
to send American land troops to
Indochina if the French pulled out.
Four Offices Open
In New PE Building
Four members of the athletic de
partment have moved into offices
in the new physical education build
ing.
John Floyd, basketball coach;
Beau Bell, baseball coach; Frank
Anderson, track coach; and Jones
Ramsey, publicity director, now
have offices in the new building.
Water Problem Hit
By Yarborough
HEMPSTEAD, April 21—UP>—
Ralph Yarborough, probable candi
date for governor, laid the blame
for Texas’ water problem on inac
tion at the state level last night.
“Today, 85 per cent of all the
flood waters that reach our rivers
flow untamed and lost forever in
the briny vastness of the Gulf of
Mexico. That situation hag existed
for years and years, but we hear
only talk, and see no action,” Yar
borough said.
He made his statement in a
speech prepared for delivery at
the annual banquet of the Hemp
stead Chamber of Commerce.
Two Dallasites
Support McCarthy
DALLAS, April 21 — (A 1 ) — Two
women today said they were going
down to Houston to let Sen. Mc
Carthy know that “womanpower
for Eisenhower” in Texas also sup-
poi'ts McCarthy.
The two are Mrs. Margaret Wo
mack, state general chairman of
the women who organized the 1952
campaign for Eisenhower, and
Mrs. Joseph Kennedy. Both are
from Fort Worth.
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Official Notice
The final oral examination of Mr. Rob
ert L. Ory, candidate for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy in the field of Bio
chemistry and Nutrition, will be held at
1:00 p.m., April 22, 1954, in the Animal
Industries building, room 203. Mr. Ory
will present and defend his dissertation
entitled “Synthesis of Arginine, Tyrosine,
and Phenylalaanine by Lactobacillus Arab-
inosus.”
The examination is open to all members
of the graduate faculty.
Ide P. Trotter, Dean
The final oral examination of Mr. Law
rence S. Dillon, candidate for the degree
of Doctor of Philosophy in the field of
Entomology, will be held at 2:00 p.m.,
April 22. 1954, in room 207, Biological
Science building. Mr. Dillon will present
and defend his dissertation entitled “Re
vision of the Tribe Acanthocinihi of Amer
ica North of Mexico.”
Yhe examination is open to all members
of the graduate faculty.
Ide P. Trotter, Dean
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The final oral examination of Mr. John
K. Ward, candidate for the degree of Doc
tor of Philosophy in the field of Physics,
will be held at 1:30 p.m., April 21, 1954,
in the Physics department. Mr. Ward will
present and defend his dissertation en
titled “Application of the Franck-Condon
Principle to the 3000-5000 Absorption Spec
trum of C10„.”
The examination is open to all members
of the graduate faculty.
Ide P. Trotter, Dean
Ring orders are being taken for those
students who become eligible for the ring
with their preliminary grades for the Spring
Semester. The Ring clerk is on duty
Tuesday through Saturday from 8:00 a.m.
until 12 noon.
Delivery of these rings will be made
August first.
Rings will be delivered in person to the
individual or they. will be mailed to the
owner at an additional charge of twenty-
five cents. No rings will be mailed to
summer camp addresses. All rings must
be paid for in full (including mailing
charge) when the order is placed.
H. L. Heaton,
Registrar.
Classes will be dismissed at 4 p.m.
Wednesday, April 21, in’order that all stu
dents and faculty members may attend hte
Annual Aggie Muster Program at which
Governor Allan Shivers wiil make the
principal address.
J. P. Abbott
Dean of the College
Dr. Carlton R. Lee
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Esten To Speak
To Social Club
Local Girl
In Program
At College
Miss Bonnie Cox of College’
Station, a graduate student
in the College of Home Eco
nomics at Cornell University,
Ithaca, N. Y., will be on the
program for the 26th Annual
Leadership Training confer
ence to be held at the college
April 20-22.
Miss Cox is a member of a
panel of six graduate students
who have worked in home dem
onstration and 4-H club pro
grams in other states. She will
tell her experiences working
in Texas.
Two-Headed
Child Dies
In Indiana
WASHINGTON, Ind., April
20 — UP) — The two - headed
child of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
Hartley, died late today of a
respiratory difficulty.
The child had been taken to the
Daviess County Hospital from the
Hartley home in nearby Peters
burg by their family physician an
hour before he died.
The hospital said both heads of
the child were blue when it was
admitted, and that the two heads
died simultaneously.
The baby was born Dec. 12.
The Hartleys had named the two
heads Donald Raye and Daniel
Kaye. Less than a month ago the
child was taken to the James Whit
comb Riley Hospital for Children
in Indianapolis with pneumonia in
the left head and chest.
He was released about two weeks
ago and returned to the family
home in Petersburg.
The baby weighed 10 pounds
eight ounces at birth. It was kept
in a hospital for five weeks and
then w as taken home. Doctors said
at the time it was functioning nor
mally and did not need hospital
care.
It had two heads, two sets of
shoulders, four arms, three lungs,
two hearts and two stomachs.
Horne To Talk
Harold H. Horne, associate
secretary of the National
Council of YMCA of India,
Pakistan, Burma, and Ceylon,
will speak to the United Na
tions club at 7:30 p. m. Friday in
the assembly room of the YMCA.
Mr. Horne first served as re
gional secretary for South India
where he supervised Martandam,
scene of D. Spencer Hatch’s ex
periments in scientific agriculture.
Other projects under Horne’s
supervision were the YMCA col
lege, foremost physical education
school of the East, and Boy’s Town,
both in Madras.
Other parts of his work included
setting up training conferences,
distributing program and edu
cational materials, and helping
with programs, finances, and lead
ership training.
In addition to speaking Horne
will also be present at an open
house from 3-5 p. m. Friday after
noon in the cabinet room.
Dames Club Picks
Cotton Duchess
Mrs. Marge Parsley was elected
last Tuesday as a duchess to the
Cotton ball to be a representative
of the Dames club.
Final plans for the family picnic
were set for May 1 at 3:30 p. m.
in Hensel park.
A nominating committee chosen
by Mrs. Bobbye Reich to nominate
a new slate of officers will be com
posed of Mesdames Sally Jochim-
sen, Virginia Du Bose and Frances
Wendell. The election will be held
at a next meeting next Tuesday.
Following the business meeting,
bridge and canasta was played and
refreshments were served by
hostesses Mrs. Priscilla Dunlop
and Mrs. Eleanor Holland.
BA Wives Will Hold
Meeting Tomorrow
The second meeting of the Busi
ness Administration Wives club
will be held at 7:30 p. m. Wednes
day.
The meeting will be held in the
assembly room of the YMCA and
plans for a picnic will be made.
C. K. Esten, director of the Ag
gie Players, will be the featured
speaker for the meeting of the
College Women’s Social club at
3 p. m. Friday at the Memorial
Student Center.
Esten said his subject, “First
Six Lessons in Acting,” will offer
something unexpected to the club
members.
In addition to the speaker, the
seven interest groups of the club
will each present an exhibit of
their work during the year.
Persons in charge of the exhibits
are Mrs. J. H. Caddess, arts group;
Mrs. Charles Richardson, foods;
Mrs. John G. McNeely, golf.
The handicraft group will be re
presented by Mrs. George Potter
with leather and ceremanics and
Mrs. H. E. Rea for the rug section.
Mrs. Ray George will represent the
neighborhood book club; Mrs.
Keith L. Dixon, newcomers club;
and Mrs. H. G. Barlow, swimming
group.
Hostesses for the meeting are
Folk Lore Society
Meets Tomorrow
The Brazos Valley Folk Lore so
ciety will hold its quarterly meet
ing tomorrow in the south solarium
of the YMCA.
Ernest Langford, College Sta
tion mayor, and A. S. Ware, coun
ty judge, will be the speakers. They
will discuss the history of Ander
son, Tex., . events leading to the
forming of the Republic of Texas,
and the selection of Washington on
the Brazos as the capital of Texas.
Mrs. J. P. CoVan, chairman, and
Mesdames J. E. Roberts, M. P.
Holleman, J. C. Gaines, Dell Bauer,
H. T. Blackhurst, L. J. Horn,
George Draper, A. H. Walker and
L. S. O’Bannon.
Esten has been director of the
Aggie Players since 1950. He did
his undergraduate work at Brown
and at Baylor university and grad
uate work at the University of
Texas.
He worked as actor and director
for stock companies while head of
the high school English department
at Medway, Mass.
He came to A&M in 1946.
Study Club Hears
Poetry By Texans
Mrs. Milton A. Huggett present
ed readings from the Texas poets
at a meeting of the Campus Study
club yesterday afternoon at the
YMCA.
At the business meeting, presid
ed over by Mrs. Carl M. Lyman, the
club voted to give the YMCA a
gift in appreciation of the courtesy
shown the club during the past
year.
Hostesses for the day were Miss
Jennie Oliver and. Mrs. Robert N.
Craig.
Members are invited to bring
guests to the next meeting of the
club May 4.
This will be a garden party at
the home of Mrs. W. L. Wilson.
New officers will be installed at
that time.
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