Number 108: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1956
Price 5 Cents
Aunt Jemima Set
For Pancake Fry
AGGIE PLAYERS—Shown above are Chris Pavelka and
Allen Coulter, stars in the Aggie Players’ production of
“Family Portrait”. Appearances begin tonight at 8 in the
Center Ballroom and continue nightly through Tuesday.
Ticket prices are 50 and 75 cents.
Aunt Jemima-, guest chef for the
annual College" Station-Bryan Ki-
wanis Club Pancake Festival ar
rived yesterday and immediately
began a rigorous schedule of pub
lic school appearances in prepara
tion for the Pancake Festival
which is to be held Saturday at
the Bryan Country Club.
Serving as head chef of the an
nual festival, Aunt Jemima said
she was more than pleased to
“cook for the benefit of under
privileged children in College Sta-
! tion and Bryan”, in whose behalf
the Festival is held.
Aunt Jemima, also commonly
known as “Mammy” is a trade
mark for the Quaker Oats Com
pany.
The festival will be held from
noon until 2 p.m., and again from
4 p. m. to 9 p. m. at the Bryan
Country Club on College Avenue
between Bryan and College Sta
tion. Tickets are 75 cents for
everyone but pi’e-school children.
“Anyone who cannot attend the
festival, but would like to con
tribute to our under-privileged
children fund should buy the tic
kets anyway,” said W. E. .“Woody”
Briles, general chairman. “All
tickets not used will be turned
over to the U.S.O. in Bryan, in or-
Fiftietli Anniversary
Architects Will Have Ball
The Architectural Society Annual
Beaux-Arts Ball will be the fii'st
attraction in the fiftieth anniver
sary celebration of the Division of
Architecture.
Dancing will begin at 9 p.m. in
the Maggie Parker Dining Hall in
Bryan tomorrow night and will
continue until everyone has left.
The Sonny Mai'x Trio from Hous
ton will provide the music and
floor show for the Ball.
Theme for this year’s Ball is
“Nightmares.” Those attending
will wear costumes having some
ClassOfficerFiling
Closes On Tuesday
Filings for class offices for the
1956-57 school term will close
Tuesday at 5 p.m., according to W.
D. (Pete) Hardesty, organization
advisor of the Department of Stu
dent Activities. The election will
be held April 11.
. Members of the classes of ’57,
’58 and ’59 may file for positions as
president, vice-president, secretary,
social secretary, treasurer, parlia
mentarian and sergeant-at-arms.
The class of ’57 will elect two
yell leaders and a student enter
tainment manager. The class of
’58 will,elect two yell leaders.
The Election Commission states
that primaries of any form, with
out the consent of the commission,
ai’e illegal.
connection with the theme. All
decorations will be planned with
the theme in mind.
Highlighting the Ball will be the
Grand March. Each person attend
ing will pai'ade befoi-e judges, and
the best costume of the night will
be chosen. Winner will receive a
cash award.
The Ball is an annual event
which has been held for almost as
many years as the Architecture
Division has been here, according
to Key Colb, president of the stu
dent chapter of the American In
stitute of Architects. It is spon
sored each year by the AIA.
Other officers of the AIA are
Norman Ufer, vice-president; and
Jack Yardley, secretary-treasurer.
Fiftieth anniversary observance
of the founding of the Ai'chitecture
Division will begin Sunday and last
through Tuesday. “Survival
Through Architecture” will be the
theme of the conference.
Fifty years ago, the Division of
Architecture was founded here.
A&M was the first school in Texas
to establish such a division. Since
then, the Division of Architecture
has come to be one of the best in
the nation, and the special observ
ance will find graduates and former
staff members returning to the
campus for the occasion.
Throughout the conference, there
will be an exhibit in the .Division
of Architecture of work old and
new, both professional and student.
Publications Offices
To Move Next Week
Class of 1921
Holds Reunion
The members of the class of ’21
will observe their 35th anniversary
at a class reunion in the MSC to r
morrow and Sunday.
Members of the class are sche
duled to ai-rive during the day Sat
urday and the first official func
tion of the reunion will be a din
ner at 8 p.m. in the Assembly
room of the MSC.
Special guests of the class will
be Dean Emeritus E. J. Kyle, in
whose honor Kyle Field is named,
and President Emeritus F. C. Bos
ton.
Other activities of the reunion
will include a breakfast in the As
sembly Room at 8 a.m.
A small group of members of the
class of ’08 will gather on the cam
pus Sunday for an informal get-
together to plan the groups’ Gol
den Anniversary to be observed in
1958. These former students will
meet informally with professors
and faculty members who were at
A&M when the class was here and
will have a dinner in the Assembly
Room Sunday night at 7 p.m. and
a breakfast Monday morning at 8
a.m.
By Wednesday of next week, all
student publications offices will be
housed in their new quarters in the
basement of the YMCA.
The basement has been under
extensive remodeling constniction
in preparation for the office facili
ties which also are to include the
office of Student Affairs. A t
present, however, only the publica
tions offices are ready for occu
pancy.
Offices in the move are tlie Com
mentator’, The Battalion, Aggie-
land, Southwestern Veterinarian,
Engineer, Agriculturist and Office
of Student publications.
The four magazines and the Ag-
gieland will have their offices in
the east wing of the basement.
Also in the east wing are a libra
ry, conference room and darkroorq*
The Battalion and Student Publi
cations offices are located in the
north wing. These offices and the
darkroom will be air conditioned.
The Aggieland and magazine of
fices will not.
New desks, filing cabinets and
29 secretarial-type chairs will be
used in the offices. Very little old
furniture will be moved from Good
win Hall since most of the offices
are equipped with completely new
facilities.
As soon as all of the offices now
occupying Goodwin Hall are moved
to the YMCA, the Department of
Oceanography will expand its of
fices to the second floor of Good
win.
der that they can pass them out
to personnel at B.A.F.B.”
Included on the menu besides the
featured pancakes wil be bacon,
eggs, sausage, maple syrup, milk,
coffee and many other items. Sec
onds will be served on everything
but milk.
“With increased grill space avail
able this year, no one should have
to wait moi'e than 10 minutes to
be served,” Briles said. “Last
year, in spite of the over-worked
cooks, we made over $800.”
Aunt Jemima was occupied toj
day with a rapid round of public
appearances. Last night she ap
peared on radio station KORA, and
today she has appeared at Crock
ett, Travis, and A&M Consolidated
elementary schools, Lamar Junior
High in Bryan, and a joint meeting
of College Station and Bryan Ki-
wanis Clubs at noon. At 5:30 p.m.
today, she will be heard again over
KORA, from Orr’s Super Market.
Tickets can be bought at Sol
Klien’s, W.S.D. Clothiers, and Wick
Massey Motors in Bryan, McCar
ty’s Jewelers in College Station, or
from any Kiwanian in either city.
Men with sandwich boards adver
tising the festival Will be on the
streets of both cities tomorrow,
and tickets may be bought from
them.
City Election
Will Be Held
Here April 3
April 3 has been set as the
date for the city elections, ac
cording" to Ran Boswell, Col
lege Station city manager. A
mayor and three councilmen
will be elected.
Only candidate for the mayor’s
post is Ernest Langford, head of
the Architect Department. D r.
Langford is mayor at present.
Candidate for counsilman, first
ward, is Marion Pugh; second
ward, Joe Sorrels; and third ward,
A. P. Boyett. Pugh, Sorrels, and
Boyett also are incumbents.
Two councilmen are elected from
each ward, one each year, to serve
two-year terms. The mayor, elect
ed at large evei’y year, makes the
seventh member of the council.
Councilmen completing the ifirst
year of a two-year term include
Ernest Seeger, ward thi’ee; J. A.
Orr, ward one; and G. W. Black,
ward two.
Ward one includes all of south
College Station, ward two is the
east part of the city and College
Hills, while the thii’d ward con
tains the North Gate area.
Rodeo Arena Work
Rodeo Club members ai’e con
structing new walkways around the
stands of the A&M Rodeo Arena.
At the same time, rotten and
broken benches are being replaced
and pens and chutes are being
painted with preservation paint.
Mom ~s Fund
Has $750
In Donations
More than $750 has been
collected in the Ross Volun
teers money drive for Mrs.
Irene (Mom) Claghorn, as
sistant hospital superinten
dent injured in a recent auto
mobile accident near Dallas.
Wednesday night, $410 was
collected from dormitories
over the campus. Tubs in the
Memorial Student Center have
attracted $20 and former stu
dents and friends have sent
$220 through the mail.
“Mom is progressing nicely
and will be strong enough for
an operation on her leg Sat
urday morning,” said Dr. J.
E. Marsh, head of the College
Hospital. She is in Baylor
Hospital in Dallas, room 611.
Collections from students will
continue through Tuesday but
will last about a month longer
for former students.
The committee in charge of
raising funds, has asked The
Battalion to extend their
“thanks” to those who have
contributed to the Mom Clag
horn fund.
Those wanting to contribute
may send their money to the
Mom Claghorn Fund, Box
4538, College Station.
Miss Jeaneane Dowis
Monday Night’s Recital Series Attraction
Jeaneane Dowis
Recital Series Has Pianist
The Memorial Student Center
Recital Series will present Miss
Jeaneane Dowis, described as a
“remarkable young artist”, Mon
day night at 8 in the Memorial
Student Center.
Miss Dowis, who played her first
recital at the age of five, entered
high school at 10 and graduated
Education Analysis
To Be Given on TV
A 90 minute analysis of the de
velopment of education in the Uni
ted States on the college and uni
versity level will be presented on
the TV program “Omnibus” Sun
day afternoon.
In order to concentrate the an
alysis in one place, the program
will originate from Harvard Uni
versity, the oldest college in this
country and the direct link with
European Universities.
The traditions, methods, prob
lems and accomplishments of the
past 320 years of education in
America will be presented.
Also, examples of extra-curric
ular activities and their place in
[education will be shown.
Senior Classers
May Submit
Girl’s Picture
Any member of the Class
of ’56 is eligible to submit a
candidate for Vanity Fair, ac
cording to Kurt Nauck, editor
of the ’56 Aggieland.
This may be done by submitting
one full length and one bust shot,
either 5x7 or 8x10, to the Office
of Student Publications by May 1.
Any senior may enter his favor
ite girl, wife or mother in the
Senior Favorite section of the Ag
gieland. This may be done by
submitting a 3x4 or 3x5 glossy
pi’int bust shot to the Office of
Student Publications by April 15.
There is a two dollar charge for
these pictures.
Sophomores are reminded that
they must have their picture for
the class section of the ’56 Aggie
land made by Easter. There may
be no time left for make-ups.
All club pictures must be re
served in the Club Section before
Easter. This may be done at the
Office of Student Publications.
at 13 aftei'which she attended the
North Texas State College in Den
ton.
She had already won such con
tests as the Piano Teachers Guild,
Mu Phi Epsilon, played recitals at
several universities and toured
with the North Texas State Col
lege Orchestra throughout Texas
and Oklahoma.
She studied with Adele Marcus
and more recently with Rosina
Lhevinne at the Juilliard School of
Music. Upon receiving her degree
from Juilliard, she was presented
the Carl Roeder Award granted
“to the pianist most outstanding
in talent and achievement.” She
had previously received both the
Josef Lhevinne Memorial Scholar
ship and a grant from the Olga
Samaroff Foundation.
Other honors for Miss Dowis in
the past few years include the Cho
pin Awai’d of the Kosciuszko
Foundation with its $1,000 prize,
twice winning a recording award
of the National Piano Teachers
Guild, playing with the Juilliard
Orchestra under Jean Morel after
winning the Juilliard Concerto
Competition and performance as
soloist with the Far Rockaway
Symphony and the Little Orches
tra Society.
Tickets are $1.50 except for Stu
dent Activities Card holders who
are admitted free.
Aggie Players Give
Easter PI ay To night
The Aggie Players will present
the first performance of “The
Family Poi’trait” tonight at 8 p.m.
in the Ballroom of the Memorial
Student Center.
Prices for tickets are 50 and 75
cents. They may be bought from
any member of the Council of
Church Women or at the door.
Other performances' of the play
will be held each night through
Tuesday.
“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.
Tickets On, Sale
For Annual Rodeo
Tickets for the seventh annual
Intercollegiate Rodeo, April 19-21,
are now on sale and may be pur
chased from any member of the
Rodeo Club.
Ticket holders are eligible to
win a Shetland pony, to be given
away at the Saturday night per
formance and do not have to be
present to win.
HEAVE HO—Workmen are shown above unloading one
of the new desks that will be used in the new student
publications offices in the basement of the YMCA. All
offices are expected to be moved into their new quarters
by Wednesday.
Horticulture Class
Visits San Antonio
Seven horticulture students will
i leave April 8 to visit the San
| Antonio Produce Terminal Market,
Lthe Van Dewalle Farms, and sev-
! eral average sized vegetable farms.
The annual field trip to the San
Antonio area is taken by students
| enrolled in vegetable crops man
agement. It is designed to supple
ment the theory given here on the
campus.
Contestants from 15 colleges an( j
universities will participate i a
rodeo—each school sending a rodeo
team consisting of eight members
Added attractions will be a VO p
ing contest between Tommy Holli
day and Brazos Varisco of Bryan
and a Champion Cutting Horse
Contest. Other events are bare-
back bronc riding, saddle brone
riding, steer wrestling, calf r 0 pi n g
bull riding, girls barrel race anq
girls goat-tie.
Prizes donated by local mer-
! chants from surrounding areas win
be given to the winners of eac b
event. The all-around cowboy will
; receive a trophy saddle and the
winner of each event will receive
a trophy buckle.
Admission is $1 for adults and
60 cents for students and men ip
uniform. Advance student tickets
j sell for 50 cents.
Melloh Resigns
After 9 Years
Here At A&M
Dr. A. W. Melloh, vice dir
ector of the Texas Engineer
ing Experiment Station since
1947, has resigned, effective
April 30, it was announced
here today. Fred J. Benson, direct
or of the A&M System’s Transpor
tation Institute will serve as act
ing vice-director of the expex’iment
station, upon Dr. Melloh’s resigna
tion.
A native of Wrenshall, Minneso
ta, and graduate of the University
of Minnesota, from which he holds
M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electri
cal engineering, Dr. Melloh came to
Texas from Rochester, New York,
where he had been serving as Sen
ior Engineer for Stromberg Carl
son Company. He joined the A&M
System as vice-director of the En
gineering Experiment Station, dir
ecting statewide research on en
gineering and industrial problems.
In the nine years Dr. Melloh has
headed its work, the Engineering
Experiment Station has shown
steady growth. It had a staff of
18 people working on some 15 re
search projects in 1947, with an an
nual budget of approximately
$100,000. The station now has an
average staff of 100 people, work
ing on 60 projects with an annual
budget of some $600,000.
Outstanding contributions of the
station during Dr. Melloh’s admin
istration have been in the fields of
architectural research, industrial
economics and the expansion of
fan-testing and other service lab
oratories.
Weather Today
CLOUDY
Partly cloudy with possible
thunder showers tonight is fore
casted for the College Station area.
Yesterday’s high of 56 degrees
dropped to 49 degrees last night.
Temperature at 10:30 this morn
ing was 61 degrees.