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THE BATTALION
Wednesday, October 20, 1954
HI, SCHOOL
Tiger yell leaders will touch off
not only the homecoming bonfire
but CHS spirit as well at yell prac
tice tomorrow night at 7:30. The
band will be present to pep things
up.
Wood gatheiing began Monday
afternoon after school and will
continue through Thursday. The
big blaze, originally set for Friday
was moved up so the football squad
could attend.
Agfain this year the homecoming
queen will be crowned at halftime,
be given a football autographed by
the team and yell leaders, have a
corsage, and be escorted with her
two runners-up around the field in
a convertible. Corsages for the
queen and two princesses will be
donated by Aggieland Flower Shop
and J. Coulter Smith.
Nearly 1,500 cookies and 600 cold
drinks will be on hand at the home
coming dance after the game Fri
day. The student council has re-
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quested each of the ten homerooms
to donate 12 cookies each to be dis
tributed free to the students and
exes.
The junior high school now has
entered the field of journalism.
The newspaper club, sponsored by
R. A. Owen, plans to publish a
semi-weekly and a contest for nam
ing the paper is in progress.
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Two more additions to the high
school terrace, the gathering spot
of the clan, increase its popularity.
Two ping-pong tables and acces
sories have been obtained and may
be used before and after school,
qnd during activity periods.
As students who bring their own
lunches have been granted the priv
ilege of eating them on the terrace,
a trash container has been provid
ed for their convenience.
Bridge Club Meets
Thursday Night
The Aggie Wives Bridge club
will meet Thursday night, Oct. 21,
at 7:30 in the Memorial Student
Center.
Hostesses for the meeting are:
Mesdames, Patty McAlexander and
Ada Lee Williams for the regulars;
Mrs. Judy Hayes and Mrs. Cynthia
Allen for the intermediates; Mrs
Violet Palmer and Mrs. Lillian
Jack for the beginners.
Winners of the last bridge meet
ing were: Mesdames Dottie Bell,
Mary Mankin and Janette Willi
ford for the regulars, and Mes
dames Kathi’yn Harms and Kath
ryn Martin for the intermediates.
Newcomers Club
Meets Today
The Newcomers Bridge and Ca
nasta party will meet today at the
home of Mrs. M. T. Harrington,
Throckmorton St., College Station,
Oct. 20, at 2 p.m.
Mrs. R. P. Marstellar and Mrs.
G. W. Adriance will instruct be
ginners on how to play the two
card games.
Special arrangements have been
made with Mrs. E. S. McCullough
at the Oaks Nursery, 601 Maryem,
to keep club members’ children on
club days. Mrs. McCullough
charges 75 cents an afternoon per
child over two, or one dollar for a
family of children over two. For
each child under two, Mrs. Mc
Cullough charges 25 cents per hour.
*Dr. S. S. Morgan
CE Wives Speaker
Dr. S. S. Morgan
Will Be Speaker
Dr. S. S. Morgan, head of the
English department, will be the
guest speaker for the Oct. 20 meet
ing of the Civil Engineering Wives
club in the Memorial Student Cen
ter social room at 8 p.m. Wednes
day.
Dr. Morgan has been head of the
English-depai’tment since 1952 and
has been with the college since
1921. He attended the University
of Cincinnati, received his PhD
and taught at Ohio State univer
sity. He also did some work at
Miami university and Harvard. Af
ter World War II, Dr. Morgan
taught at Biarritz American uni
versity in Biarritz, France. This
university was established by the
US Army.
The topic of Dr. Morgan’s dis
cussion will be “Literature and De
mocracy”. He will emphasize the
importance of sovereignty owned
by the people as opposed to sover
eignty owned by the state.
Hostesses for the meeting will
be Mesdames Dorothy Stay, Joan
Miller and Laura Mittel.
There will be a short business
meeting to discuss plans for the
Christmas party. Refreshments of
cookies and coffee will be served.
All C.E. wives are urged to at
tend.
Next time you are making meat
loaf, add monosodium glutamate to
the meat with the other seasonings.
A half teaspoon will be enough for
a pound and a half of beef.
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Dinner Club
Sets Dance
Tomorrow
Claude Harris and his all
student orchestra will play for
the Halloween masquerade
dance of the A&M college Em
ployees Dinner club Thursday
evening in the assembly room of
the Memorial Student Center.
Those attending are urged to
come in costumes or wear a mask,
if they desire.
All permanent, part time and
graduate employees of the A&M
system are invited as well as their
wives, husbands and dates.
The dinner menu consists of: bat
in the basket, spider legs, cat
paws, bee juice, witches brew and
witches goo. A. F. Isbell, chair
man of the Dinner club committee,
said the only way to know just
what really is on the menu would
be to “come and find out.”
The members of the committee
are: A. F. Isbell, G. W. Schlessel-
man, T. H. Libby, L. P. Thomp
son, D. R. Fitch, J. F. Peirce, W.
T. Matzen, J. W. Stark, ex-officio.
Mesdames D. D. Burchard, D.
H. Kimberling, K. A. Manning and
Henry Rakoff, chairwoman of the
menu committee.
Radio Program
The A&M Methodist church will
sponsor a radio program Thursday
morning at 9:30 over WTAW. Mrs.
John J. Spei’ry will speak on “The
Christian Family and Community
Working Together”
Social Whirl
The College Womens Social club
will meet Friday at 3 p.m. in the
ball room of the Memorial Student
Center. Guest artists will be the
Singing Stars of Texas from Tex
as State College for Women.
The American Veterinarian Med
ical Association Student Wives
Auxiliary will meet Thursday at 8
p.m. in the social room of the Me-
moinal Student Center. The class
of ’56 will hostess.
ME Wives Club
Elects Officers
The Mechanical Engineering
Student Wives club held their or
ganizational meeting in the Me
morial Student Center, last Monday
night.
The purpose of this organization
is to bring- closer relationship bet-
tween the ME wives by promoting
programs and entertainment of in
terest to all members of the club.
A constitution and by-laws were
voted on and the following officers
were elected: Mesdames Ann
Perryman, president; Joyce Crix-
ell, vice-president; Doris Bahl-
mann, secretary; Sue Petty, treas-
ui-er; Laura Griffin, reporter; Mrs.
Warren Rice is the club’s faculty
sponsor.
The following standing commit
tee was appointed to present be
fore the club suggestions for pro
g-rams of interest: Mesdames Janet
Hanley, Dixie Bi-oesche and Buff
Hensley, chairman.
Conference Plans
Underway Here
Planning committee for the Ecu
menical Student conference, to be
held March 11-13 in the YMCA
building, met Friday night at the
YMCA.
Representatives from Faith
Evangelical and Reformed church,
Presbyterian student association,
Wesley foundation, and the YMCA
were present. •
The Ecumenical Student confer
ence, which originated at A&M in
1953, is a non-denominational
Christian students’ association.
Student religious groiips from oth
er campuses throughout the state
are invited to the annua] confer
ence held here in 1953 at the Pres
byterian Student center and in
1954 at the Wesley foundation.
Student leaders who were pres
ent were the Rev. Thomas Swy-
gert of Our Savior’s Lutheran
church, The Rev. Robert Monk of
the Wesley foundation, the Rev.
Charles Workman, Presbyterian
minister of campus Christian life,
and YMCA secretary Gordon Gay.
New Radio Show
The Troubador Story league ojfc
College Station and Bryan is spon
soring a new radio program each
Tuesday afternoon from 4:45 till
5 J).m. The Troubador Story Time
for Children can be heard over sta
tion WTAW.
Mrs. Donald F. Weekes, leader
of the Troubador league sincerely
hopes that all College Station and
Bryan children will tune in.
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