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.