Battalion
Number 106: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1956
Price 5 Cents
June Christie
One of Six Featured Acts To Re Here April 4
Six Featured Performers
Top Show Planned April 4
A&M will feature “stars” a^ain
April 4, but this time the stars
won’t be oh the shoulders of gen
erals.
A top troupe of showmen and
fromen is being presented that
/light in White Coliseum as a fea
ture production sponsored by the
Student Activities Office.
The program will include Nat
King Cole, June Christy, The Four
.Freshmen, Gary Martin, Patty
Thomas and Ted Heath and his or
chestra.
This is not a Town Hall Show,
"and tickets must be purchased for
the evening’s entei-tainment at the
office of Student Activities, second
floor of Goodwin Hall. Prices are
Deadline For Soph
Beauty Pictures
Pictures for the Sophomore
Sweetheart must be turned in to
the Office of Student Activities
before March 28. Students enter
ing pictures in the contest must
include with the picture their name,
box number, and dorm and room
number, as well as the girls name,
measurements, and hometown.
The Sweetheart will be named
at the Sophomore Ball April 14.
$2.50 and $2 for reserved seats and
$1.25 for general admission.
The group has assembled for a
cross-country tour under the title
of “Record Star Parade of 1956.”
First show is to begin April 1 in
San Antonio.
Cole is one’of the singing “idols”
of America, having recorded such
hit records as “Mona Lisa,” “Too
Young,” “Pretend,” following one
of his early favorites, “Nature
Roy.” He also has been in numer
ous movies, including “Small Town
Girl,” and “Story of Nat ‘King’
Cole.” Television also has played
an important part in his , career,
and he also has made many tours.
Co-featured with Cole is the Bi-it-
ish band of Ted Heath, making its
initial appearance in America.
Heath is making this tour on an
exchange agreement, with Stan
Kenton and his orchestra going to
Britain. Record sales on Heath’s
band have reached a figure of
about 12 million.
June Christy is a former singer
with the Kenton band, having got
ten the job when Anita O’Day left.
She had hit records with the band,
including “Tampico,” “How High
the Moon,” and “Willow Weep for
Me.” She went along on, her own
for a while, and is now enjoying
success in niteries, records and tele
vision.
The Four Freshmen need no in
troduction to A&M, having made a
Town Hall appearance here last
semester. On the popular quartet
are Ross and Don Barbour, broth
ers, and Ken Errair and Bob Flani
gan.
Handling the humor for the pro
gram will be young comedian Gary
Morton, who calls himself “likeable,
comical and available.” He is best
known for television appearances
and vaudeville stints in theatres
and clubs around the nation.
Rounding out the “Star Parade”
will be fast-tapping Patty Thomas,
long time dancer with comedian
Bob Hope’s “Favorite Trio.” She
has appeared on many television
shows, including programs with
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Ed
die Fisher and Bob Hope.
500 Freshmen Muster Day
lo Participate J
In Fish Airlift
More than 500 A&M fresh
man Air Force ROTC cadets
will participate tomorrow in
what is probably the largest
airlift of college A F R O T C
students ever undertaken in the
United States.
The cadets will be divided into
two groups, including 18 juniors,
some seniors and staff members
for the air trip to Carswell Air
Force Base at Fort Worth, weather
permitting.
“Operation Freshmen,” as the
flight is called will be in the charge
of Col. Henry Dittman, professor
of air science at A&M. The airlift
is part of the orientation of air
force training in the Air Science
Department.
The first group will leave Easter-
wood Airport at 6 a.m. and return
at 4:15 pan. The second group will
take off at 8:45 a.m. and return
at 7 that night.
Planes, pilots and co-pilots for
“Operation Freshmen” are being
furnished by Kelly, Carswell,
Brooks, Goodfellow, Ellington, Bry
an and Foster Air Force Bases.
The Air Science Department at
A&M is making efforts to influence
more students to consider the Air
Force as a career, according to
Col. Dittman.
The department hopes to fly
every cadet, every year, to some
military installation. Trips' this
year have been to Carswell, Ed
wards and Ellington Air Force
Bases.
The basic air science coui’se is
designed to teach students how to
accept responsibility and to show
them opportunities offered by the
Air Force. The advanced course
gives cadets rigid training in prep
aration for service.
Friday Last Day
To Pay Soph Dues
Friday is the last day for sopho
mores in the Corps to pay their
class dues through company clerks.
Civilian sophomore students may
pay their dues either through their
dorm representatives or in the of
fice of Student Activities. After
Friday, Corps sophomores will
have to pay their dues in the Stu
dent Activities office.
The money collected from these
dues will be used for class func
tions such as the Sophomore Ball,
April 14, according to Robbie Mar
tin, class treasurer.
Will Be Held Earlier
Texas Land Commissioner
Will Deliver Main Speech
A&M’s annual Muster will be held at 6:30 a.m. on the
lawn of the Memorial Student Center April 21.
Earl Rudder, Texas Land Commissioner and class ’32,
will be speaker for the occasion. Ceremonies will be held
in White Coliseum if it rains.
Larry Kennedy, Corps commander, will speak on behalf
of the Corps of Cadets and John Jones, Civilian Council pres
ident, on behalf of the civilian students. B. A. (Scotty) Par
ham, Student Senate president, will speak on behalf of the
student body.
Others to be on the program include Corps chaplain
Harry Scott, Paul Holladay, head yell leader; Allen Greer,
senior class president; W. Ifc 4
Ballard, president - of the
Former Students Association;
the Ross Volunteers and the
Singing Cadets.
The Muster Committee, composed
of Gus Mijalis, Tommy Short, Bill
Swann, Jack Edwards, Richard
Tachibana, Byron King and Brad
Crockett, felt that A&M should
hold the first Muster in the state
since “A&M is the parent school
for Muster and the source.”
This will be the 53rd Muster held,
and will be one of more than 400
ceremonies scheduled for all parts
of the world.
The Muster ceremony, which is
held on the anniversary of the Bat
tle of San Jacinto, honors A&M’s
deceased students as well as the
Texans who won their independence
in 1836.
Probbaly the most famous Mus
ter was the one held on Corregidor
a few hours before it fell to the
Japanese in the first days of WW
II.
Rudder, who was appointed land
commissioner early last year, also
spoke at the FSA’s barbecue honor
ing graduating seniors last year.
Whal’s Cooking
5:00
Fort Worth A&M Club will have
their picture made in front of the
Administration Building.
5:15
Lower Trinity Valley Hometown
Club will meet on the steps of the
Memorial Student Center in win
ter uniforms to have picture made.
7:15
Newman Club will meet in St.
Mary’s Student Center to discuss
their softball game with TU this
weekend.
Easter Newspaper Work
Students Will Take Over
Fourteen journalism students
from A&M will spend the Easter
holidays in Hondo and Navasota
publishing the weekly newspapers
in those two cities.
Seven students will leave for
Navasota and seven for Hondo
March 29. They will have the re
sponsibility of gathering and edit
ing news, and selling and planning
advertising for the April 5 issue
of the Navasota Examiner and the
April 6 issue of the Hondo Anvil-
Herald.
Editors for the week will be Jim
Bower, senior from Victoria, at
Navasota and Ralph Cole, senior
from Gainesville, at Hondo.
The editorial staff at Navasota
will include J. B. McLei’oy, junior
agricultural journalism major from
Fort Worth; Joe Tindel, sophomore
journalism major from Athens; and
Leland Boyd, junior agricultural
journalism major from Chilton.
On the editorial staff at Hondo
will be David McLain, sophomore
journalism major from Cameron;
Barry Hart, junior journalism ma
jor from La Marque; and Connie
Eckard, junior journalism major
from Irving.
Heading the advertising staffs
will be Jim Bemis, senior journal
ism major from Prescott, Ark., at
Navasota and Ronnie Greathouse,
senior journalism major from
Kaufman, at Hondo.
The advertising staff at Nava
sota will include Norman Davidson,
senior journalism major from Bry
an, and David McReynolds, junior
agricultural journatfsm major from
Palestme.
Jerry Weatherby Jr., junior jour
nalism major from Fort Worth, and
Mark Smith, sophomore major
from Dallas will be the advertising
sthff at Hondo.
The trips are being made by spe
cial arrangements between the
A&M Journalism Department and
the editors of the two papers. The
program is designed to enable jour
nalism students to get practical ex
perience in the problems of pub
lishing and selling newspapers.
Aggie Players
About Ready
For Production
The Aggie Players are now
in final rehearsals for their
presentation of “The Family
Portrait” March 23-27 in the
Memorial Student Center ball-
“The Family Portrait” is a re
ligious drama depicting the family
of Jesus. Under the direction of
C. K. Esten, the play will be pre
sented in the round.
The cast consists of 30 chai’ac-
ters, with Florence Delaplane in
the role of Mary, mother of Jesus.
Ardith Melloh will make her debut
as Mary Cleophas.
Other parts have been assigned
as follows:
Joseph, Bill Swann; Naomi, Chi-is
P^velka; Judah, Don Fisher; Reba,
Gene Logan; Simon, Toby Hughes;
James, Roy Cline; Mordecai, Joe
Dannenbaum; Selima, Helen Page;
Eben, Lari Wester; Mathias, Roger
Clark.
Disciple (Judas Iscariot), Connie
Eckard; Amos, Bill Fink; Hepzi-
bah, Iris Bullard; Appius Hadrian,
Charles Ware; Anna, Helen Brady;
Mendel, Rocky Axnold; Rabbi Sam
uel, Ronald Ruth; Magdalen, Eve
lyn King; Nathan, Dan Ellington;
Esther, Barbara Johnson; Beulah,
Pat Huebner; Leban, Jim Leissner;
and Joshua, Phil McNemer.
Lane Coulter will appear as Dan
iel in Acts I and II and his brother
Allan will carry the role in Act
TIL Shirley Smith will be the
woman-at-the-well; Bill Fink will
be seen as a waiter; Clint White
and Lari Wester as tavern custom
ers.
Ken George is serving as stage
manager with a stage crew of Paul
Ross, Jack Campbell and Joe
Wendt. Ken Wood is in charge of
props, Jerry Neighbors will be the
hou|e manager.
Only Ten
Days Left
To Let License
Local residents have just 10
more days in which to buy
their 1956 license plates with
out penalty, announced Mrs.
James R. Wood of the Brazos
County tax collector’s office. She
urged those who have not yet pur
chased their tags to do so to avoid
the last-minute rush.
The deadline is Saturday, March
31. The county tax collector’s of
fice at 214 E. 25th St. in Bryan
will be open until 6 p.m. that day.
Those who purchase license plates
after that time will have to pay a
20 per cent penalty.
License plates will remain on
sale in the gift shop area of the
Memorial Student Center until
noon Monday, March 26.
Students are reminded that they
may buy Brazos County plates
even if their parents live in another
county.
“Students may buy them here if
they have a college address,” said
Miss Evelyn R. Cahill, who is sell
ing the tags in the MSC.
Mrs. Wood said that although
5,500 auto plates have been sold so
far, 3,500 passenger cars in Brazos
County have not yet been tagged.
Car and track owners should
bring their titles and 1955 license
plate tax receipts, she added. Those
with out-of-state plates will need
an identification inspection by a
law enforcement agent before pur
chasing their license plates.
Speeclimasters
Plan New Group
of A&M still have a
improve their speech
Students
chance to
habits.
Organization of a second group
of the A&M Speech masters Club
will be discussed in their weekly
meeting Wednesday at 5:15 p.m.
in rooms 3A and 3B of the Me
morial Student Center.
“Due to the many requests from
students and citizens of the Col
lege Station-Bryan area,” said Don
McGinty, administrative vice-chair
man of the group, “we are. plan
ning to organize another group.”
“Persons interested in joining
this group are urged to register at
the main desk in the MSC before
noon Wednesday”, he said.
According to McGinty, a second
group will be established if there
are at least 15 interested persons
attending the Wednesday meeting.
The tentatively appointed chair
man for the second group is Rob
ert Francis, senior accounting ma-
I jor from El Paso.
ALL SMILES—Maj. Charles H. Brown, sponsor for the
Ross Volunteers, and Ernest F. Biehunko, RV commander,
are all smiles after receiving an appreciation medal from
King Rex. The medal was sent to the RV’s after their
recent participation in the Mardi Gras parade in New
Orleans.
Weather Today
THUNDER SHOWERS
Occasional thunder showers are
forecast for College Station. Yes
terday’s high of 65 degrees dropped
to 49 degrees last night. Temper
ature at 10:30 this morning was
61 degrees.
Juniors Travel
To Demonstration
More than 200 juniors traveled
to Fort Hood today to attend
the field day demonstrations pre
sented by the Fourth Army, said
Col. D. P. Anderson, PMS&T.
The juniors ate breakfast at 4
a.m., loaded buses at 4:30 a.m. and
activities started at 8:15 a.m. at
Fort Hood.
The group will see demonstra
tions of the tank and infantry in
attack; tank companies in defense;
fire power of armor, infantry and
ax’tillery; liaison planes in action
and various other maneuvers of the
United States Army.
MUSTER ENTHUSIASTS—From left to right, front row, Brad Crockett, Tommy Short,
Bill Swann, Gus Mijalis and Byrorr King from this year’s Muster Committee. Also on
the Committee, but not pictured are Jack Edwards and Richard Tachibana. Shown in
the rear are, left to right, Jim McMullan, Jr., Harry Scott, Frank Westmoreland, Her
bert Whitney, John Jones and B. A. (Scotty) Parham, all participants in the Muster
Day ceremonies April 21.