The Battalion
Number 116: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1956
Price Five Cents
Student-Prof Week
To Begin Monday
Professors and students will
have a special opportunity to have
informal meetings during the third
annual Prof Hospitality Week
which staits Monday.
The purpose of the week is to
give professors and students a
chance to have closer association
with one another, a phase of col
lege life often pushed aside during
daily routine.
Sophs Choose
Sweetheart
Saturday Night
Crowning of the Sophomore
Sweetheart will be the main fea
ture of the annual Sophomore Ball
to be heVd Saturday in Sbisa Hall.
Class officei-s have picked five
finalists who are as follows:
Miss Gaye Shewmzker from
Raymondville, submitted by Jerry
Ellington; Miss Glenda Poiver from
Fort Worth, submitted by Larry G.
Garrison; Miss Marilee May from
White Oak, submitted by Don
Wood; Miss Marlene Molina from
Dallas, submitted by Bob Balhorn;
and Miss Martha Berry from
Gladewater, submitted by Eddie
Thorpe/
Another highlight of the Ball
will be the Bobby Tinterow Or
chestra, house-band for Houston’s
Shamrock-Hilton Hotel for the
past three years. The dance which
will honor all sophomore instruc
tors this year, will begin at 9 p.m.
and continue until midnight.
Chairmen and committees for the
dance include: Arvill Newby and
Bob Surovik, Guest Committee;
Bill McLaughlin, Dance Committee;
Jerry Ellington, Program Commit
tee; Don Kirby, Sweetheart Com-
mitee; and Robby Martin, Tickets
Committee.
Admission to the Ball is by class
dues card or by tickets purchased
at the door for $3.
A&M Wins First
In Photo Contest
A&M won the second annual
Photog/aphy contest sponsored by
the Camera Committee in the Me
morial Student Center last week
end, according to Bob Stansberry,
chairman of the committee!
Individual winners were first and
second place, Glenn Wogstad, San
Antonio College student; and Aggie
Charles Jordan, thir d. Four schools,
including A&M were entered in
the contest. The participating
schools were San Antonio College,
Southern Methodist University, and
Sam Houston State Teachers Col
lege.
The winning pictures will be ex
hibited in the MSC for about 10
days and will then be sent to the
other three schools for display.
Tippitt To Speak
John W. Tippit, research econ
omist of the Texas Engineering
Experiment Station, will speak in
San Antonio today before the
Short Course for Chamber of Com
merce managers of South Texas.
His speech will be aimed toward
suggesting ways local foundations
can attract industry to locate in
their communities.
Dr. C. W. Landiss, chairman of
the Student Life subcommittee
which sponsors the week, expressed
hope that the week will be a suc
cess.
“I urge all professors and stu
dents to participate in the prof
hospitality week,” Landiss said.
He said the invitations for the
get-togethers are to be handled in
dividually by professors following
their own intuition in arranging
meetings with students.
Methods whioh have boen used
in the past for handling invita
tions are as follows:
1. Post an invitation with the
specified number of spaces on the
outside of your office door.
2. Notify classes where invita
tions are posted and invite your
students to sign up.
3. Make arrangements with an
other professor within your depart
ment or some other department to
invite a nnmber of students for
you.
4. Have students invite other
students for you.
5. Use your own ingenuity.
Landiss has asked in a letter to
all faculty and staff members that
they notify tho Student Life Com
mittee as to the number of stu
dents participating in the program.
Second Speech
On Marriage
Monday Night
Dr. Henry A. Bowman, as
sociate professor of sociology
at the University of Texas,
will speak on “Making Mar
riage Meaningful” at the sec
ond YMCA Marriage Forum at
8 p.m. Monday night in the YMCA.
Widely known, as a marriage
counselor, Dr. Bowman is the auth
or of a popular book, “Marriage
for Moderns.” In addition he has
written sevenel articles on mar
riage problems that appeared in
national magazines.
Several topics will be discussed
at the forum. A few of these in
clude; How to Handle Tensions,
How to Spend Money Wisely, Will
Budgets Work, FrsstrKtion or Ful
filment, What Holds Marriages To
gether and Immaturity—a Killer
of Romance.
After the talk an informal dis
cussion will, be opened. Questions
will be written. but unsigned so
that personal problems can be dis
cussed without embarassment.
These forums are designed to
hplp those who do not have imme
diate plans for marriage as well
as those who do and those already
married.
These forums are open to the
general public and admission is
free.
This is the second of a series of
forums to be held every Monday
night this month under the spon
sorship of the YMCA.
Next week the forum will take
up the “Importance of the Sexual
Factor in Martial Happiness.” Dr.
A. D. Jorjorian, Chaplain of St.
Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Medi
cal Center, Houston, will lead the
forum.
Newton Harris, sophomore from
Fort Worth, is student chairman of
the project.
Here’s
The
One More
We
‘ Promised
1, Yesterday
Talent Show Features
Songs, Comedy, Girls
Entertainment For Every
Tall Tales of Texas
Planned for Friday
Miss Martha Berry
Escort, Eddie Thorpe
All trails will lead to CoUege
Station next Friday and Saturday
as members of the Texas Folklore
Society gather at A&M for their
fortieth annual meeting.
Texas tales, legends, ballads and
songs will be s,ung and recounted
at the gathering which will fete open
to the public. Meetings will be in
the Memorial Student Center.
Papers will be presented by sev
eral well-known state and national
folklorists, prize - winning college
student papers will be read, and a
folk play will be givae.
Three members of the A&M Eng
lish Department will read papers.
Dr. John Q. Anderson, president
of the Society, will show the pop
ularity of social dancing on the
Southern frontier in his paper,
“Frolic: Folk Fun on the South
ern Frontier.” Sid Cox will discuss
frontier bee hunting in “Bae Lore,”
and Charles Lee Hurley will read
“The Wild Man of the Navidad,”
a discussion of his use of a south
Texas tale as the subject for a long-
poem.
A paper written by Noah L.
Cryar, A&M freshman, and enti
tled “The Wolf Girl of Zulch” will
also be read. Cryar’s paper was
one of six selected for honorable
mention in a state-wide contest for
senior college students sponsored
by the Folklore Society. The tale
concerns a legend of a small gii-1
who ran away from her home near
North Zulch, Tex., in the last cen
tury and became a member of a
pack of wolves. The legend was
told bo Cryar by Mrs. Walter Tay
lor of North Zulch.
Dr. Stith Thompson, internation
ally known folklorist and guest
lecturer in folklore at the Univer
sity of Texas, will recount some of
his experiences in “Recollections of
an Itinerant Folklorist.” Dr.
Thompson was the first editor of
the publications of the Texas Folk
lore Society in 1918.
Other well-known m«n to be
here include Roy Bediehek, Austin
naturalist; Wayne Card, of the
Dallas Morning News, folk music
by Margaret Yelvington of Seguin,
British ballads by Hallie Wood of
Austin, and an exhibition of banjo
playing by three Dallas balladiera,
Hennes Nye, Stan Richards and
Lee Osbourne.
Friday night following the
reading of the first-place student
paper, “Home Remedies for Ar
thritis,” by Walter Taylor of SMU,
a folk play by Percy Mackaye, “Na
poleon Crossing the Rockiee,” will
be presented by five members of
the Aggie Players, Jerry Neigh
bors, John Kessinger, Vic Wiening,
Ara Haswell and Ted Castle, with
music by Mrs. Chris Groneman.
Officers of the Folklore Society,
which was first formed in 1909,
are, besides President Anderson,
Hennes Nye, Dallas,
dent; Allen Maxwell, SMU, trea
surer; and Div.Mody C. Boatright,
University of Texas, secretary and
editor; and Dr. Wilson M. Hudson,
UT, associate edibor.
ABOVE—Paul Berlin, radio an
nouncer for station KNUZ in
Houston, will be master of cere
monies for tonight’s Intercolle
giate Talent Show at 8 in White
Coliseum.
s * *
AT LEFT—Miss Jeanette Pel-
lerin of LSU will appear in the
floor show of Cafe Rue Pinalle
tonight. The dance will begin at
9:30 with a floorshow at 11 and
will end at 1 a.m. Miss Pellerin
will also appear in the Intercol
legiate Talent Show tonight,
from which the rest of the Rue
Pinalle floor show will be drawn.
Tickets for the dance are 75 cents
per person. The game room of
the Memorial Student Center is
the place.
Freshman Badly Injured;
Condition Called ‘Critical'
BULLETIN
The condition of W. F. Curry
is still “critical” this morning.
Dr. Lyons reported that doctors
in Houston said Curry had a
rather bad night. Tentative
plans have been made for sur
gery at 2 this afternoon. Dr.
Marshall Henry, nouro-surgeon
is with the injured student.
William Fred Curry Jr., fresh
man architecture major from Co
manche, is in “critical” condition
in Methodist Hospital in Houston
with a fractured neck.
Curry was tak
en to the Houston
hospital last
night following a
gymnastic a c c i-
dent in White
Coliseum. He
—w a s practicing
W. F. Curry Jr. with the Gym
nastic Club on a trampoline when
the accident occurred. N. D. (Bud)
Matthews of the Physical Educa
tion Department was with the
group. Curry was doing a flip
and landed wrong.
Dr. Charles R. Lyons, superin
tendent of the College Hospital
who accompanied Curry to the hos
pital in the ambulance, said that
there was no change in his con
dition and that the spinal cord was
almost severed.
Doctors at the Houston hospital
said that special b a c k b oi»a r d
equipment on which Curry was
brought to the hospital there
probably was the only thing that
“saved his life.” The trip was
made in G5 minutes, and Manley
W. Jones said that Curry made a
“good trip.” He also praised Dr.
Lyons’ treatment of the injured
youth, saying “he treated him like
his own son.”
X-rays were taken at St. Jo
seph’s Hospital in Bryan, before
the trip to Houston was made.
Some Timely Quotes;
Texas A&M Federal
Job Calls
Friday
SOHIO PETROLEUM CO., Ok
lahoma, will interview mechanical
and petroleum engineers interes
ted in production operations in
cluding gas plant design and gas
processing.
W. T. GRANT AND CO., Hous
ton, will interview business ad
ministration, economics, and agri
cultural economics majors for man-
vice-prasi- * agerial training.
Federal Inspectors seemed to be
very impressed with the Corps of
Cadets, their actions and appear
ance.
Col. Wendell H. Langdon, chief
of the Army inspecting team, had
this to say:
“We (the inspecting team) were
impressed with the military ap
pearance, alertness, smartness and
courtesy of the A&M College Corps
of Cadets.
“Also, we are fully aware of the
time and effort put in by cadets
in preparation for the visit. Dor
mitories were outstanding in ap
pearance and marching ability was
similarly outstanding.
“We wish to express our appre- I
ciation to the cadets for their ef- j
forts.”
Col. James F. Risher, chief of
the Air Force inspecting team, said
he was “impressed with the Air
Force training on the campus and
also with what he saw of the Army
training while here.
“It was a privilege to visit A&M j
because I have known many offi- j
cers from this school—we have had ^
a very pleasant visit.”
Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant,
said, “I want to commend the j
Corps and express my appreciation
for a job well done.”
Lt. Col. Taylor W’ilkins, assist
ant commandant, said the comman
dant’s office “appreciates the ef
forts put out by the men regard
less of .the rating A&M receives
from the inspection.
Col. Langdon, when asked about
the A&M Band, said it was “in a
Taste Starts At 8 Tonight
The 1956 Itercollegiate Talent Show should provide some
sort of entertainment to suit everyone’s plain or fancy taste.
Fourteen acts, featuring songs, dances, comedy, instrumental
music and girls has been assembled for the fifth annual
show, which will be held at 8 tonight in White Coliseum.
“It’s terrific,” said Miss Shirley Cannon, program con
sultant for the Memorial Student Center. The MSC Music
Group is sponsor of the show.
“Ticket sales are booming,” said Mrs. Frances Shackel
ford, stenographer in the Center’s Directorate Office, from
which all of the work going into this year’s show has been
directed. “You better get your ticket!”
Joe Harris, show chairman,
earlier had expressed no fears
concerning the “jinx” Friday
the 13th date, saying, “We
believe this year’s show will
be even better than last year’s.”
Master of ceremonies for the
program will be a well-known
radio personality around Houston,
Paul Berlin, staff announcer for
radio station KNUZ.
Taking a quick run-down of
the program as it will appear to
night, things will start with an
overture by the Aggieland Orches.-
tra. Next to appear will be the
famous Kilgore Rangeretes, girls’
drill team from Kilgore Junior Col
lege. Fifty girls will appear on
the show in two acts.
Following the Rangerettes will
be the “Dukes of Rhythm” from
Southwestern Louisiana Institute.
The Dukes are a Dixieland band,
and the saxophone player was in
the band which first recorded a
familiar song around here, “See
You Later, Alligator.”
Next up is Miss Denise Foster
from Southern Methodist Univer
sity. She is a featured singer on
the radio show, “Early Birds,” sta
tion WFAA, Dallas. ’
Rice Institute will contribute
some “Hawaiian Dancers,” which
will be followed by the Aggie en
trant in the show, Ed Burkhead, a
tenor, junior from Lamesa. He is
a soloist with A&M’s Singing Ca
dets.
A dance team, LeRoy Ottman
and Becky Carson, come from Tu-
lane University and Sophie Nevv’-
combe College, respectively. Miss
Carson is a beauty queen at So
phie Newcombe.
The state of Oklahoma contrib
utes the final two acts before in
termission with “The Four Lambs”
from Oklahoma University and Joe
Cannon from Oklahoma A&M Col
lege. The Lambs are an. Ames
Brothers type foursome, with three
men singing and one playing the
piano. Larry Cohan, Jerry Rit-
terman, Sam Estei'kyn and Steve
Janger compose the group. Can
non is a trumpet player, who plays
semi-classical music.
The “Tiger Tappers” will start
things rolling after intermission,
featuring a novelty act composed
of one male and 11 females. The
act won a similar talent show at
Louisiana State University last
fall.
Mrs. TAMC
Deadline Is
Tuesday Nile
Four days remain to enter
applications for the Mrs. Tex
as A&M Contest which will
end at midnight, Tuesday. All
married Aggies are eligible to
enter their wives in this annual
contest.
The winner and runners-up will
be honored at the formal ball in
the Memorial Student Center, Sat
urday, April 21.
Entry blanks may be obtained
at The Battalion office or MSC
Directorate Office. Just fill in the
blanks, “I think my wife should be
Mrs. Texas A&M because . . . .”,
enclose a small picture of your
wife and mail it to the Battalion
office, main desk of the MSC, or
drop it by at either office.
Gifts for Mrs. Texas A&M in
clude a loving cup, bouquet, $25
in gift certificates, bracelets, hose,
maroon Aggie blanket, record al
bums, shampoo and wave set, din
ner for two, five lines of bowling,
Elgin-American compact, wrought
iron magazine rack, among others.
“Tickets for the formal dance
are $1 a couple—the price of a mo
vie,” said David Brothers, chair
man of the dance.
class of its own.”
Another view came our way from
Larry Kennedy, Corps commander.
“The Coi’ps’ showing during the
entire day was impressive in every
aspect,” Kennedy said. “The men
proved that they do have the nec
essary interest and desire required
for the further aggressive and
qualitative development of the al
ready fine Corps of Cadets here at
Texas A&M.
“All of the inspectors were high
ly impressed with the total pei’-
formance of the Corps—praise that
was well earned.”
(See TALENT SHOW, Page 2)
Weather Today
PARTLY CLOUDY
Partly cloudy and wanner is
forecasted for College Station. ^ es-
terday’s high was 79 degrees, and
low, 56 degrees. Temperature at (
10:30 this morning was 71 degrees.
INSPECTION TIME—Larry Kennedy, Corps commander,
left, and Dr. David H. Morgan, president of the College,
look on as Col. Wendell H. Langdon, chief of the Army
inspecting team, right, gives a close look to Douglas Von
Gonten, Corps Law Officer. Col. Langdon later said the
inspecting team was very impressed with A&M.