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The Battalion Number 107: Volume 55 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1956 Price 5 Cents SIXTEEN TONS—Workers have been busy the past few days pushing dirt from the lawn in front of Bizzell Hall. New dirt will be added to the area and grass will be planted as another step in the overall campus beautification program. Work should be com pleted by the end of the week. ‘Family Portrait’ Players Present Drama By HUGH LANKTREE “But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.” (Saint Mark 6:5). These words are as true today as they were nearly 2,000 years ago. In an age of high-pressure living, booster organizations and mass production, we are apt to overlook the fact that many of our nutstanding community leaders are tot products of our own home towns. If we reach into the pasts of these people who lead qfe, we will probably find that they were not recognized at home; that their ideas wei’e too radical, their pat terns of behaviour non-conformist and that like as not their own fam ilies were secretly ashamed of their actions. . Such is the theme of “The Fami ly Porti’ait,” a deeply moving drama written in 1939 by Lenore Coffee and William Joyce Cowan. Though not restricted by its theme to any certain period of the year, the play is particularly suited to the Easter season, during which it will be brought to the stage by the Aggie Players under the direction of C. K. Esten. Cooperating close ly with the Players will be the College Station Council of Church Women. . The plot of “The Family Por trait” deals with the last three years of Jesus' life, and while He is never shown in person, His ^thoughts and ideas are reflected in the actions of the people who had known Him. Following Jesus’ departure from Nazareth in fulfillment of the Scriptures, the play traces Him to | Capernaeum, where His popularity and prestige greafly increase, and then follows Him back to Nazareth where His words fall upon deaf ears and His own family rejects Him. It is here that Jesus receives His crudest blow, finding that He is regarded by His family not as a saviour but only as a man who left his home and his work at the height of the building season. Leaving Nazareth with the sad dened Jesus, the story goes with Him to Jerusalem, where a once- admiring crowd has turned to one of hatred and jealousy, and where a compassionate Mary awaits her son’s return from Gethsemane, while a mob outside calls for His crucification. The final scene is with Jesus’ family years later in Nazareth, where the uncompromising family refuses to believe in His greatness, that is, all except one, Mary, who knows that His truth has been pre- Art Gallery Group Sponsors Display A twenty-picture art exhibit, sponsored by the Art Gallery -Group, is now on display in the promanade of the Memorial Stu dent Center until April 2, accord ing to Mrs. Ralph L. Terry, in structor for the group. The exhibit is the Circuit “F” of the Texas Fine Arts Associa tion exhibit. It includes oil paint ings, water color paintings and pen and ink drawings. Two “Purchase Prize” winners are included: a drawing by Alice Buffington of Anderson, a former student of Mrs. .Terry, and a water color by Selma Waldman of Aus tin. Paul Ross, fifth-year ai’ehitec- ture student, is chairman for the group. Correction Wednesday of next week, not this week, is the last day for scheduling pictures for the ’56 Aggieland. Payment must be - made when schedule is made. Pictures may be made later, but Wednesday is the last day that pictures will be scheduled for the annual. Feature On A&M Planned For TV Texas A&M will be featured on the “Texas In Review” television presentation next week. The program will show all phases of Corps life. Military and air science classes, athletics, dormitory life, mess and pictorial scenes from the campus will be shown. The annual Military Day, held March 17, will be highlighted. General Randolph Pate, comman dant of the United States Maiine Corps, was guest of honor at the affair. “Texas In Review” can be seen Sunday on KPRC-TV, Houston, at 10 p.m. Other television stations will carry the program at their regularly scheduled time. served by some of His disciples now continuing His work. Among the huge cast assemble by Esten are Florence Delaplane as Mary; Bill Swann, Roy Cline and Don Fisher as Jesus’ brothers; Chris Pavelka and Gene Logan as the wives of Joseph and Simon; Evelyn King as Mary Magdalen and Charles Ware as Appius Ha drian. Alan Coulter will play the part of the boy Daniel, with Ardith Melloh portraying Mary Cleophas. Joe Dannenbaum is to be Mordecai and Iris Bullard, Hepzibah. Others in the cast include Toby Hughes, Helen Page, Lari Webster, Roger Clark, Roy Eckard, Helen Brady, Ronald Ruth, Rocky Arnold, Shirley Smith, Dan Ellington, Lane Coulter, Barbara Johnson, Jim Leissner, Phil McNemer and Pat Huebner. Costumes and musical back ground will be handled by the Council of Church Women, as well as the selling of tickets. Mrs. Beryl Baty is president of the Council. Serving as organists will be Mrs. Baty and Mis. A. B. Med- len, while solos will be rendered by Mrs. Robert Kamm and Kim Alex ander and Dorothy Butler. Five shows will be staged starting to morrow night. Curtain time for the shows is 8 p.m. in the Memorial Student Center ballroom. Prices for the tickets are 50 and 75 cents. Next Week’s Balt Out On Wednesday Only one issue of The Bat talion will be published next week. It will appear on Wed nesday. Following the Easter vacation period, the paper will reappear Wednesday, April 1, and then re-assume the reg ular schedule. Town Hall Presents AF Band Tonight Featuring 1 the Singing Ser geants, the United States Air Force Band will make its first appearance in this area as the Town Hall attraction tonight I Architecture 1 Hvision Celebrates^ \imi versa ry Slide Rule at 8 in White Coliseum. | The Sergeants were here last ; ICOt year as a bonus attraction with Town Hall. Capt. Robert L. Lan ders is director. The band is con ducted by Col. George S. Howard. Also featured on the program will be a harmonica soloist and several vocalists. The Air Force band performs any type of music, and programs are designed to satisfy music lovers from be-bop to opera. Twenty symphony orchestras and 16 dance bands are represented among the members of the group, which has made five concert tours of Europe and others in the United States and Canad. Several other countries have also been visited. Town Hall series tickets will be honored. Single tickets may be purchased at the Student Activities Office or at the dooi\ Prices are $1 and $1.50 for students and $2 and $2.50 for non-students. Absentee Vote Starts For School Absentee balloting for school trustees of A&M Consolidated School District began this week and will end at 5 p.m. April 3. In the drawing for positions of the ballot, Dr. Donald Weeks’ name was drawn first and heads the list. Ernest J. Redman Jr., Milton D. Wil liams and C. A. Bonnen, the other candidates, are listed in the order in which their names will appear on the ballot. Bonnen, incumbent from the Southside area, will be opposed by Dr. Weeks. Redman and Williams, who represent the Wellborn area, are incumbents without opposition. Mrs. C. B. Godbey is of the election. judge Armor Sophs Practice Firing Armor sophomores fired loaded Ml rifles at their instructor, Capt. F. J. Bloom, during a I’ecent class on rifle grenades at the Army Motor Pool. Firing from point blank to a range of 70 yards, the cadets fired with intentions of hitting their target—48-tbn M-47 tank driven by Capt. Bloom. There was no danger involved as the “bullets” were practice grenades filled with wheat flower. “A few hits were recorded — misses were in the majority, Capt. Bloom said. Maj. Thomas A. Geo rge, senior infantry instructor, was special instructor for the class. Tuesday At 4 The annual slide rule con test, sponsored by the Me chanical Engineering Depart ment, will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the lecture room of the ME Building, Robert H. Fletcher, contest coordinator for the department, has announced. The contest will be oiym to stu dents currently registered in M.E. 108 and M.E. 101 who are in the top 10 per cent of each section. Other guiding factors for eligibil ity are the student’s grade average after the “B” quiz, and those who are “A” students but not in the top 10 per cent of their section are eligible to enter". Although the main contest will be between Basic Division stu dents, those qualifying for the con test who are in degree-granting schools will compete for separate awards, Fletcher said. First and second place contest ants will receive plaques inscribed with the appropriate professional society and all participants will re ceive a souvenir for entering the contest. The degree-granting school contestants will compete for regular and pocket size slide rules as well as drafting and let tering equipment. An awards ceremony will be held about May 1, Fletcher said. The awards will be presented by de partment heads, the dean and the president of the college at a meet ing of all freshmen taking engi neering courses. Last year the top 10 per cent of more than 700 students competed for the awards. More are expected this year, Fletcher said. A&M Professor To Take New Job Sam R. Mclnnis, professor of chemistry at A&M, has been ap pointed head of the department of chemistry and geology at Tarleton State College, according to Tarle ton President E. J. Howell. The appointment is effective Sept. 1. Mclnnis, a faculty member since 1944, is due to receive his |Ph.D. degree this summer. Proir to joining the A&M fac ulty, Mclnnis taught chemistry in public schools at Comanche, Mel vin and Cisco. Later he taught chemistry and biology at Cisco Junior College. During World War II, Mclnnis was a major in the Chemical War fare Sei-vice, being an instructor in various Army service schools. April 13-20 Proclaimed Texas A rch itec Is Week The Architecture Division of A&M, one of the top div isions in the nation, will observe its 50th anniversary Sunday through Tuesday of next week in the Memorial Student Cen ter. Anniversary observances will precede “50 Years of Architectural Education in Texas”, theme of Texas Archi tects Week, April 13-20. Fifty years ago, the Division of Architecture was found ed here. A&M was the first school in Texas to establish such a division. Since then, the Division of Architecture has come a long way, and the special observance will find grad uates and former staff members, returning to the campus "“for the occasion. “Survival Through Archi tecture” has been chosen as the general theme of the con- ference, which will feature three seminars and talks by George Bain Cummings, president of the American Institute of Architects, John Lyon Reid and other noted architects. Walter McQuade, associate edi tor of the Architectural Forum will moderate the seminars and other speakers include John Knox Shear, AIA, editor-in-chief of the Archi tectural Record and Charles R. Colbei-t, AIA, architect and plan ner, of New Orleans. Ernest Langford, professor of architecture and head of the Divi sion of Architecture here since 1929, will be honored at a banquet Tuesday. Langford, a Fellow of the American Institute of Archi tects, who will go on modified service Sept. 1, will be the principal speaker. The 50th anniversary is spon sored by the former students and a committee, with associate profes sor Theo R. Holleman as chairman, is in charge of arrangements. The committee includes a committee of the Brazos Chapter, TSA-AIA, headed by chapter president Rich- ai - d Vrooman of A&M. Throughout the conference, there will be an exhibit in the Division of Architecture of woi’k old and new, both professional and student. American Institute of Architects president, George Bain Cummings will deliver his address Monday morning. A pre-conference get-together of former students and honored guests will be held Sunday afternoon. All sessions will be held in the Memo rial Student Center. Aunt Jemima Arrives Today For Festival Aunt Jemima,, famed Quak er Oats cook and feature chef for the Pancake Festival of the combined College Station and Bryan Kiwanis Clubs, will arrive in town sometime this after noon. A busy schedule has been pre pared before her appeai’ance at the Festival Saturday at the Bryan Country Club. She will be on KORA at 8:45 tonight, at Crockett Elementary School tomorrow morning at 8 and at A&M Consolidated at 10:15 a.m. and again at 2:30 p.m. At noon tomorrow she will at tend the joint meeting of the two clubs at Maggie Parker’s in Bryan, then go to Lamar Junior High School at 1 p.m. She will be at Travis Elementary School about 1:30. The pancake queen will broad cast over station KORA again Fri day, this time at 5:30 p.m. from Orr’s Minimax Super Market. Tickets for the festival are 75 cents and can be purchased from any Kiwanian in College Station or Bryan or at McCarty’s Jewelers in College Station and Sol Klien’s, W.S.D. Clothiers and Wick Massey Motor Co. in Bryan. The Festival will be held from 12 noon to 2 p.m. and from 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday. Entomologists Arc Needed For Jobs Students interested in working in the field of Entomology during the summer may find a job by con tacting Dr. J. C. Gaines, Head of the Entomology Department, i n room 102 of the Biological Science Building. “I have more jobs available than students to fill them,” said Dr. Gaines.” Students may have their choice of jobs over a wide portion of the state and some out of the state.” Pay for the summer runs from $200 to $400 a month, depending on the job, according to Dr. Gaines. Some jobs have allowances for ex penses. 50 YEARS OF ARCHITECTURE—The 50th anniversary of the estab lishment of the Division of Architecture at A&M will be observed March 25-27. John Lyon Reid, left, noted architect from San Francisco and George Bain Cummings, center, president of the American Institute of Architects, will deliver talks. Other noted architects will attend and hundreds of former students also will be on hand. On the right is Ernest Langford, head of the Division since 1929. AH 410 Students To Hold Field Trip Twenty-five students of Animal Husbandry 410, a sheep and goat production class, will begin a three- day field trip Monday. The purpose of the field trip is to visit well-managed ranches, en abling members of the class to get training for work along the lines they are studying, according to Dr. T. D. Watkins, professor of animal husbandry. Weather Today CLEAR Gradually clearing is the fore cast for College Station. Yester day’s high of 70 degrees dropped to 44 degrees last night. Tempera ture at 10:30 this morning was 49 degrees.