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The Battalion Number 8: Volume 55 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1955 Price Five Cents Band To Go To Game Cost Individuals, Clubs Aiding Band Trip Fund Contributors to the fund for sending the Aggie Band to California for the UCLA game are as follows: A&M Clubs — Pecos, $80; New Mexico, $100; Cooke County, $100; Limestone County, $119; Beaumont, $200; Guajillo, $19; Wichita (Kansas), $15; Midland, $80; Deep East Texas, $200; Pano la County, $50; Wichita Falls, $590; New Braunfels, $30; Amar illo, $592; Houston, $2,500; Arkan sas, $80; Waco, $200; Galveston, $100; Fort Worth, $100; Oklahoma (Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Lawton-Fort Sill, $240; Wash ington County, $35; Capital City, $265; Dallas, $2,500; San Antonio, $2,500; Southern California, $480; Central West Texas, $500; Baton Rouge, La., $35; Shreveport, $400; Guadalupe County, $160; and Sac ramento, Calif., $65. Individuals—G. R. White, $80; Herman Keep, $1,000; Lon C. In gram, $80; A. F. Mitchell, $160; T. M. Smith, $100; F. W., F. W. Jr., Hugo C. and James R. Helden- fels, $1,000. The grand total yesterday morn ing was $14,775, but Dr. Morgan said that since this report the to tal figure had risen. About three- fourths of the $21,000 needed has been pledged or sent in, he said. About $21,000 %ths Pledged So Aug. 3 Deadline On Announcements Wednesday, Aug. 3, is the last day for ordering graduation an nouncements, according to Mrs. Doris Bahlmann, cashier in the De partment of Student Activities. The French fold announcements are priced at two for 25 cents; the cardboard bound, at 45 cents each; and the leatherbound, at 95 cents »ach. One hundred printed cards are $1.25, and the same number of en graved cards costs $2.95. The announcements will arrive sometime around Sept. 1, said Mrs. Bahlmann. An additional 25 cents will be charged those who wish to have the announcements mailed to them. Far, Says A&M President “California or Bust” will be the*theme song of some 250 musicians of the band referred to as the largest marching band in the world—the Texas A&M College Band, otherwise known as that “Fighting Texas Aggie Band.” What has been tried several times before with no success has at last been realized through the efforts of Dr. David H. Morgan, president of A&M, and the generous support of A&M Clubs and ex-students in this and other states. Just before kickoff time at the A&M-University of Cal ifornia A&M-UCLA football game, the Aggie band will march on the field and play the national anthem. In between halves it will put on its famed precision marching and music before a crowd expected to reach 80,000. Lt. Col. E. Verne Ad ams is director of the band. The group will leave Cald well at 5:30 a.m. Sept. 15 and will arrive at Los Angeles, Calif., at 12 noon Sept. 16. Traveling on a streamlined Santa Fe special. ,CS All-Stars Will Sing At Hideaway A floor show presented by the All-Star Singers of College Station will highlight the Hide away dance Monday night at the Memorial Student Center. This group, whose members are Arthur J. Lotts, Andrew Waldon, Willie Lee Williams, Nathaniel Sterling, Jeremiah Waldon and Wesley Sterling, will sing at 9 p.m. during the intermission. The dance will be held in the ballroom from 8 to 11 p.m., and will feature music by Ernie Martelino’s Capers Com bo. Admission is 25 cents per person. Clouds, Showers Prevail in Area Partly cloudy with occasional showers this afternoon, clearing by 8 or 9 p.m. High temperature was 99 degrees, low 73. At T he Grove Thursday, July 28 — “Personal Affair” with Gene Tierney and Leo Genn. Monday, Aug. 1 — John Wayne and Nancy Olsen in “Big Jim Mc Clain.” Tuesday, Aug. 2 — “Wings of the Hawk.” Wednesday, Aug. 3 — “Miracle of Fatima,” starring Gilbert Rol and and Angela Claik. Thursday, Aug. 4 — “Victory at Sea.” with reclining seats, stainless steel equipment, with two dining cars and two lounge cars, the band members are assured the finest of accommodations for the longest trip the band will have made to date. It has traveled to Nebraska, Norman, Okla., Baton Rouge, La., Fayetteville, Ark., and the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans for football games. Back for School The return trip will begin at 8 p.m. Sept. 17 with arrival at Cald well at 8 a.m. Sept. 19. The mem bers will not miss the opening day of classes, Sept. 19. The travelers will include all old members, sen iors, juniors and sophomores for this year and entering freshmen cadets who have indicated a desire to be in the band on their advance room reservation card, Col. Adams said. Letters are being sent to all members of the band, asking them to report at A&M Sept. 5, he said. “If any fail to receive the letter, they should consider this news story as official notice, the director added. The band has three drum majors, one of whom is head major. The size of the band makes this neces- (See BAND GETS, Page 2) Criminal Law Course Opens A criminal law course designed exclusively for peace officers, the first of its kind in Texas, began Monday at A&M and will continue through August 5. It will consist of 80 hours of intensive practical training in criminal law. Conducted by the Texas Engi neering Extension Service, the course is open to all law officers and is scheduled to be held every two years, with outstanding law and peace officers from over the state serving as guest instructors. Wallace D. Beasley, coordinator* of police training for the T.E.E.S., Four Still Living 13 Members In First Band When the Aggie band, 250 pieces strong, breaks into the War Hymn, it is quite possible that four el derly men might be present to stick out their chests and exclaim, “Yessir, our band has come a long, long way.” The four would be Dudley (Cy) Perkins, McKinney; John K. Woods of 5645 Gaston, Dallas; Adolph W. Amthor, La Feria; and Joe Hol- ick, College Station, the only known surviving members of the first A&M band, organized in 1894. And what a story they would have to tell! Arthur N. Jenkins, the corps bugler, and Holick, a boot and shoe mei'chant for the cadets, were tal ented musicians who were inter ested in both band and or*chestra music, so they organized not only ——— x Aa-trie Band, organized in 1894, looked as 1894 AGGIE BAND—This is how the lirsr Morse These original members were they lined up behind their drum majoi, nmrean, A. W. Amthor, P. B. Bittle; muld front row, left to right: J. K. Wood ?; ^ : -hneider, and W. C. Carothers; rear row ;. , * row: A. N. Jenkins, H. D’Echaux, W. Breton ^ (head showing over drum major s Kohn, W. N. Mathis, H. L. Williams, and O. Gej to survive They are Woods, now shoulder. Of the original band, only toi ‘ ^ ^ d j Holick, College Station, who of Dallas; Perkins, McKinney; Amthor, La rena, a is not pictured but w’as the first bandmaster. the first band, but the first or chestra. Jenkins was considered a particularly talented cornetist, while Holick, although preferring the clarinet, played a half dozen other instruments equally well. Extremely popular with the ca dets, the two organizers had lots of talent and j^ts of spirit, but very little money. In fact, they had only a few instruments and no money, but they did have a good friend in Robert F. Smith, A&M pi*ofessor, who gave $10 to help the original thirteen members get organized. Needing instruments badly. Ca det Woods, former member of a disbanded band in Del Rio, borrow ed instruments from several of the members and brought them to A&M for his fellow cadets to use. With the aid of some smaller do nations from other friends, the band was able to function. First drum major for the band was a fellow with the unlikely name of California Morse, whose fistic proclivities kept audible crit icism of the band at a minimum, but which also forced him to leave school before the end of the year ' despite the fact he was considered ! a great football player. Perkins, who has been a prom- I inent business man of McKinney j for more than half a century, suc- I ceeded Morse. Also a football play- | er who was handy with his fists, | Perkins continued to provide the | protection that permitted the strug- j gling young group to survive. Like a great many Aggie bands | which followed them, the original | thirteen played as the corps march ed to evening meals to the tempo of such numbers as “Washington (See 1894 BAND, Page 2) is director of the school, assisted by Ira E. Scott, Extension Service police instructor. Guest instructors for the first course include Jack Heard, chief of police, Kellis Daniel, attorney, Al- cus Greer, fire department chief arson investigator, Carl Shuptrine, police department inspector, uni form division and Larry Fultz, lieu tenant, police department crime prevention bureau, all of Hous ton; Miles B. Smith, special agent for the National Board of Under writers, C. C. Benson, manager of the National Auto Theft Bureau and Charles Bachelor, police de partment deputy chief, all of Dal las; W. A. Morrison, presiding judge. Court of Criminal Appeals, Bill Kavanaugh, administrative as sistant, Department of Public Safety, Luke Robinson chief legal examiner, Texas Liquor Control Board and T. G. Ferguson, cap tain, drivers license division, De partment of Public Safety, .all of Austin. Roland R. Howerton, assistant police chief, Ft. Worth; Sam Gard- ner, captain, highway patrol, Waco; and B. H. Dewey, state rep resentative 44th Distinct, W. C. Davis, city attorney and Victor Ehlers, Brazos county youth coun selor, all of Bryan. Sorenson Replaces Robertson in AH Dr. A. M. Sorenson will join the staff of the Animal Husbandry Department, effective August 1. He will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of G. L. Robertson, who accepted a position with Lou isiana State University. Dr. Sorenson comes to A&M from Mississippi State, where he has been an assistant professor in the AH Department for the past two years. He holds the B.S. de gree from A&M, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell Uni versity. He and Mrs. Sorenson have two children, a boy and a girl, ages six and three. They will live on Walton Drive in College Station. Registration Total Stands at 1,629 The registration for the second summer term at Texas A. and M. College, totals 1629, compared with 1289 for the same term in 1954, H. L. Heaton, registrar, an nounced. Registration ended last Thursday. The total includes 158 at the Junction Adjunct, a summer school for entering freshmen and other students. The second term ends August 26. The Executive Committee gave 40 ROTC students permission to register last Monday. They could not get away from the summer camp they were attending until that time. Two With TAES To Address THDA G. G. Gibson, director of the Texas Agricultural Extension Serv ice, and Dr. Jessie Whitacre of the Department of Rural Home Re search of the T.A.E.S. will deliver addresses at the annual meeting of the Texas Home Demonstration Association. The meeting, to be held in Fort Worth Aug. 3 to 5, will be the 29th annual meeting for the association, which is a federation of 2,400 home demonstration clubs with more than 43,000 members. The program for the conference will include workshop groups con ducted by chairmen of citizenship, education, recreation, civil defense, health and safety, and 4-H commit tees. More than 1,000 club members and guests are expected for the conference. \ antis to Receive Degree from OSU Theodore R. Yantis of the Bus iness Administration Department recently successfully passed the examination of the Ph.D. degree at Ohio State University. The de gree will be awarded him in late August. Yantis has been 'with the BA Department since 1952. He receiv ed his A.B. degree at Otterbein College in 1947 and his M.B.A. at Ohio State University in 1949. He teaches courses in marketing at A&M. SPIRITUAL LEADERS—The College Station Kiwanis Club had as its guests this week the leaders of the churches in the city. Attending the meeting in the Memorial Stu dent Center were left to right, back row. Rev. Clarence Ketch, A&M Christian Church; Rev. S. M. Murphy, St. Matthews Baptist; and Father Charles Elmer, St. Mary’s Chapel. In front are, left to right. Rev. Robert L. Castle, College Hills Baptist; Bob Davidson, assistant pastor, A&M Presbyterian; James T. Fowler, Church of Christ; Rev. Norman Anderson, A&M Presbyterian; and Rev. L. \Y. flowers, Washington Chapel Baptist.