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Friday, Saturday in MSC The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas Thursday, April 19, 1956 PAGE 3 Texas Folklore To Be Featured Here Two Day Schedule Schedule for the two-day meet ing is as follows: Registratiort from 8 until 10 Fri day morning. Group 1 meeting .with John Q. Anderson of A&M as chairman from 10 until 12. George D. Hendricks of North Texas State College will read the 'honorable mention student papers. They are “The Pebble in the Dev il’s Shoe” by Faye Deeper of San Marcos State College and “The Wolf Girl in Zulch” by Noah L. Cryar of A&M. Also to be presented at this time are “Dialogue in Folktale and Song” by Robert C. Stephenson of the University of Texas, “Texas Folk Songs” by Margaret Yelving- ton of Seguin, “Hoofbeats of Old Steel Dust” by Wayne Gard of The ’ Dallas Morning News and “Walk ing on Borrowed Land” by Wil liam O. Owens of Columbia Uni- . versity. Group II meets Friday after noon from 2 until 4 with Hermes Nye of Dallas as chairman. Pre sented at this time will be “Some Aspects of British Ballad Tunes” by Hallie Wood of Austin, “Frolic: Folkfun on the Southern Fron tier” by John Q. Anderson, “Snake Yarns” by Lloyd N. Jeffrey of North Texas State and the reading of the prize winning student pa per, “Home Remedies for Arthri- tus”, by Walter Taylor of SMU. Papers receiving honorable men tion in the student contest will be read at this time also. They are “Sam Bass and The Stocking Coins” by Kay Williams of TSCW and “The Denton Mare” by Nancy Howard of North Texas. They will be read by Elton R. Miles of Sul Ross State College. The program Friday evening will begin with a Smorgasbord at 7 in the assembly room of the Stu dent Center. Toastmaster will be Martin Shockley from North Tex as. Papers to read at this time in clude “Tails: Functional and Folk lore” by Roy Bedicheck of Austin, “Recollections of an Itinerant Folk lorist” by Stith Thompson of the University of Indiana. At this time Taylor will receive his $25 award for having the best student paper on folklore. In addition to the reading of the papers, a play entitled “Napoleon Crossing the Rockies” by Percy Mackaye will be presented by the Aggie Players under the direction of Vic Wiening. Sessions start at 9 and last un til 11:15 Saturday morning with Mody C. Boatright as chairman. (See SCHEDULE, Page 5) IT’S ALWAYS fair weather, when folklorists get together—and get together they will tomorrow and Saturday as members of the Texas Folklore Society gather here for their 40th annual meeting. All meetings except the smorgasbord tomorrow night are open to the public. Meetings will be held in the assembly room of the Memorial Student Center. Seventeen 15-minute papers are to be read over the two-day meet ing, as members will sing and re count Texas tales, legends, bal lads and songs. Papers will be presented by several well-known state and national folklorists, prize winning college student papers will be read, and a folk play will be given. The Society will honor Dr. Stith Thompson, internationally famous folkloidst, who was the first editor of the “Publications of the Texas Folklore Society in 1916. Dr. Thompson, now guest lecturer at the University of Texas, will re count some of his experiences in “Recollections on an Itinerant Folklorist” at the Friday night ses sion. His talk will follow that of Roy Bedichek, Austin natm-alist and author of “Adventures of a Texas Naturalist.” BEDICHEK WILL discuss in his paper “Tails: Functional and Folk lore” fact and folklore of animals which he has gathered over the years. Also that night will be given by five members of the Aggie Players a folk play, “Napoleon Crossing the Rockies,” by Percy Mackaye. Featured in the play will be Vic Wiening of the Eng lish Department, and students Jer ry Neighbors, John Kessinger, Ara Haswell and Ted Castle. Music will be provided by Mrs. Chris Groneman. Rodeo Special 2 Pairs LEE’S $6.95 (Regular 2 for $7.50) LOUPOT’S McCALL’S Humble Service Station “Where Service Is First” East Gate VI 6-4922 Hy 6 TRIANGLE BANQUET ROOM Open for all: BANQUETS — DINNERS — LUNCHEONS RECEPTIONS and WEDDINGS (By Reservation Only) For Information Call: Mr. J. A. Ferreri — TA 2-8508 (Between 9 a.m. & 5 p.m.) Walter Taylor, senior English major at Southern Methodist Uni versity, will receive a $25 awai for winning first place in the stu dent paper contest sponsored b\ the Folklore Society. His P a P e ^; “Home Remedies for Arthritis, will be read at the afternoon ses sion tomorrow, and the award will be made tomorrow night. Included in Taylor’s “remedies” are such ideas as these: tie nine knots in a piece of twine, soak it in kerosene, and wear it for nine days; and an other, carry a raw Irish potato in the left hip pocket. TFS To Honor Thompson Honor guest for the 40th annual meeting of the Texas Folklore So ciety meeting here Friday and Sat* urday will be Dr. Stith Thompson, first editor of “Publications of the Texas Folklore Society.” An internationally famous au thority on the folk tale, Dr. Thomp son will speak at the Friday night session about his experiences as a folklorist during the 40 yeais since he edited the first volume for the society in 1916. He was at that time a member of the English De partment at the University of Tex as. When Dr. Thompson left, in 1918, his colleague, J. Frank Dobie became editor. From 1921 until last year, Dr. Thompson was a member of the English faculty at the University of Indiana. During that time, his work on the folk tale took him to (See THOMPSON, Page 5) TAYLOR, WHO has suffered from arthritis for 20 years, accu mulated his material by writing letters to the editors of four south- em newspapers requesting old and new home remedies. Hundreds of letters poured in, and although this was a year ago Taylor says he still is receiving cards, wires and phone calls. Wayne Gard of the Dallas Morn ing News will recount some of the tales connected with one of the most notorious of all rodeo horses, “Old Steel Dust.” And three members of the A&M English Department will read pa pers on the program. Charles Lee Hurley, widely published poet and author of sonnets currently appear ing in the Dallas News, will dis cuss how he used a south Texas folktale for a long narrative poem. (See FOLKLORE, Page 5) DR. JOHN Q. ANDERSON Folklore Society President Folklore Meeting Local Individuals Take Active Part DYERS'FUR STORAGE HATTERS morican i DIAL TA 2-1585 Students ... 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From the Brazos Valley Folklore Society will be Miss Hatfield, pres- COLLEGE MEN Earn $1,000 - $1,500 For Summer Work call Mr. Doug Snider -- VI6-5721 for interview Thursday 10-12 a.m. 5-7 p.m. Friday 10-12 a.m., 5-7 p.m. (Must Have Car) Famed Canadian To Be at Meeting The dean of Canadian folklorists, Dr. Marius Bai*beau, will be among the distinguished visitors here Friday and Saturday for the folk lore meeting. Associated for 40 years with the National Museum of Canada at Ottawa, the Canadian is an anthro pologist as well as folklorist. He is founder of a significant collec tion of Indian and French-Cana- dian folk material which numbers in thousajids of items. Dr. Bar- beau is author of articles in both French and English published in the “Journal of American Folk lore. An entire issue of the maga zine in 1950 was dedicated to him and his work in Canadian folklore. His most recent publication is The Tree of Dreams, a collection of legends of French Canada. Dr. and Mrs. Barbeau are vis iting Dr. Elizabeth Brandon, mem ber of the faculty of the University of Houston and a member of the Texas Folklore Society. Mrs. Brandon is a former student of Dr. Barbeau at Laval University in Quebec. ident, Mrs. Huggett and Mrs. Hud son. The English Club, student organ ization of English majors will en tertain Walter Taylor of SMU, first-prize winner of the student paper contest sponsored by the TFS. Bill Willis, president, Dave Bi-others and Bob Manning will as sist in registration. Aggie Player members Vic Wei- ning, English Dept., Ara Haswell, Jerry Neighbors, John Kessinger and Ted Castle will present the folk play “Napoleon Crossing the Rockies” Friday night. Mrs. Chris Groneman will furnish violin ac companiment for the play. (See MEETING, Page 5) Exclusive Summer Slacks $3.95 to $10.95 The Slaxatorium Don’t Skimp on The Picture To Buy Portable TV! 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