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1 The Ballalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas PAGE 2 Friday, October 4, 1957 Art for Aggies’ Sake By WELTON JONES Some comments have been reach ing the ears of this column con cerning the column’s content. The speakers had various things to say, some of which will be taken into consideration in future offerings. The column will not be so pat or trite as to say the usual beg ging, simpering speech of “this is YOUR column and we want to put in it what YOU want.” It most decidedly is not your column; for the owner’s name see above. However, the column will duly consider and possibly answer any legitimate comment, derogatory or otherwise, so—feel free. VARIETY—The biggest news of the week, entertainment-wise, is, of course, the return of the Four Freshmen to the campus under the auspices of the Town Hall organ ization. The popular vocal group, which set a new style for such quartets when they w^ere founded 10 years ago, was extremely successful on one previous appearance li^re and adequate on another. Keynote of the Freshmen is their individual versatility. If one man were to be picked as the voice giving their sound its distinctive quality, it would probably have to be the tenor, Bob Flanigan, who is also responsible for the rather crude trombone solos heard on their unaccompanied records. In addition he plays the bass viol. Other members are the effer vescent Ross Barbour, who makes introductions and handles a trum pet when he is not laboring over a meager set of drums, his broth er, Don Barbour, who is fairly con stant on the guitar and who belts the group’s wierdies such as “Cir cus”, and Ken Albers, vocal solo ist and sometime trumpet-mello- phone player. A more complete list of their ac complishments and qualifications may be found elsewhei^e in these pages, but may this column go on record as saying that the Four Freshmen, probably the best small musical organization of their type in the country, will provide an evening of entertainment worth the price of admission and time spent, MUSIC ON RECORDS—Follow ing last week’s comments about the state of the MSC Browsing Li brary’s record collection, this col umn talked -with Joe Harris, a harried individual whose job it is to purchase the $100 worth of new records allowed the MSC each year. Harris told the column that all is not as easy as it appears and having a cool one hundred to spend on records, an enviable position to most of us, is rather disconcerting when one has to please an audience such as the one at A&M. “Like last year,” he said. “There was a big cry for some Spanish- American music, so we bought a lot and now, well the records are just as new as they were last year.” Harris and this column join to gether in requesting all music lov ers, or those who even care at all, to either leave a note for Harris in the Library or write this col umn in care of The Battalion and give an opinion at least on the type of music you might enjoy. TELEVISION — Many readers may recoil at the mention of this young media in a column devoted so bravely to “The Arts”, and, to confess, this column finds the fact a bit distasteful also. Nevertheless, a Houston televis ion station, KPRC-TV, has pro duced a coup worthy of notice at this time. The station has just finished the first week of a new film series entitled M-GM Theatre, which will, each Monday through Saturday at 10:05 p.m. on channel 2, present most of the memorable film works produced by that stu dio. The list of titles and stars is much too lengthy to note here, but included will be such names to con jure with as the legendary Greta Garbo and Jean Harlow, the Barry more family (all three featured in one film, the only one they did to gether),' the Marx Brothers, Wal lace Beery and Sir Laurence Oli vier. In the future this column will attempt to carry some type of note when an outstanding feature is scheduled on this series. MOTION PICTURES—This Fri day’s offering by the MSC Film Society will be the always-popular musical play “Showboat”. The par ticular version featured will be that starring Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel and Ava Gardner. Cadet Slouch sloocm, rrs a TWA.T OS AGrGriES M&VE TO PAINT SOL.LV sSTOVL EVEKV poor BALI GAME? OTUEK SCWOOLS 'ain't e>EOsi SWOWIN’ MUCH INTEREST \ by Jim Earle Fletcher WlIlS la Engineering ■ 0 - ’ , Fan and Pad Best Method To Cool Hens This column remembers wonder ing at the time how Miss Gardner, who is adequately written about in gossip columns, would fit into a musical of the caliber of “Show- boat”. The most effective method of cooling hen houses during the hot summer months is the fan and pad method L. E. Deacon of B&D Mills in Grapevine told a group of men yesterday at the annual Texas Nutritional Conference in the Me morial Student Center. The fan and pad method is more effective than the other method of fogging in the cooling of hen houses in the critical summer months, said Deacon. Heat waves during this season yearly kill hundreds of laying hens by heat prostration, he explained. In the fan and pad method two fans on either side of the entrance of the hen house circulate the air through the building to a porous pad on the inside opposite wall of the house. Last year in an experiment here at A&M, continued Deacon, 3500 Arbor Acre White Rock breeder hens were cooled by the pad and fan system and 3500 were held for control, with fogging used to cool the controls. Pad and fan cooling wasn’t started until July, 1956 and by that time production hqd fallen to 33% due to a heat wave in June, he went on. There was an impressive 13.3 percent increase in hen day pro duction giving 65 cents per hen extra income with the use of the Pad and Fan method. Similar re sults were shown with another breed, Dekalb 101, the speaker added. Social Whirl Electrical Engineering Wives will meet for-a social at 8 p. m. Monday in the south solarium of the YMCA. Further information and transportation to the meeting- may be obtained by calling Norma Koch, VI 6-5492, after 5:30 p. m. * ** A business meeting of Agricul tural Economics and Rural Soci ology Wives will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the seminar room on the fourth floor of the Agri culture Building. * * * Petroleum Engineering Wives will meet at 7:45 p.m. Monday in the cabinet room of the YMCA. Election of sponsors will be held. * ** Agronomy Wives Society meet ing for next Tuesday has been can celled because of the agronomy field trip. The next meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22 in the Brooks Room of the YMCA. Many fine cooks use potato starch or arrowroot starch for thickening a sauce because of their transparent effect. Writing Contest Leroy S. (Skippy) Fletcher, senior mechanical engineer ing- major, was awarded first prize in the technical writing contest sponsored by The En gineer. His story entitled “They Test Tomorrow’s Airplanes” was pub lished in the March, 1957 issue of the magazine, a periodical for en gineering students on the A&M campus. Dr. John C. Calhoun, dean of the School of Engineering, presented the award, a check for $25 and a certificate of merit, at a meeting of the Engineers’ Council in the engineering building conference room. Three other prizes were awarded to students in the School of Engineering, two of whom have graduated. Skippy Fletcher is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Fletcher of 759 N. Rosemary Drive, Bryan. He is the student chairman of the Society of Automotive Engineers. Aggies, Jets Meet In Howling Battle A&M’s Bowling Team will play host to an aggregation of Bryan Air Force Base keglers Sunday af ternoon, October 5th, at the Me morial Student Center lanesj to roll a three game match. The Aggie squad is composed of the top five bowlers in the Bowling Club. These bowlers, and their averages, are Bob Zatopek, 184; Roger Bose, 179; Stan Workman, 177; Ken Savage, 177 and Pro But ler, 176. The air base Jets Will be strong ly supported Bob Schopfer, 175; Bob Veolker; 175; Henry Hopper, 175; Bill Littlejohn, 170 and W. E. Smith, 170. The match will begin at 2 pmi. g} CATERING for SPECIAL OCCASIONS Details to Me. Leave the * LUNCHEONS -K BANQUETS * WEDDING PARTIES Let TTs ]>» the Work — You He A (iuest At Your Own I’nrty MAGGIE PARKER DINING HALL W. 26th & Bryan TA 2-5069 Iw FOR COMFORT AND APPEARANCE, GO IVY LEAGUE A&M Men’s Shop YOUR IVY LEAGUE CENTER Dick Rubin, ’59 103 North Main North Gate Moms And Dads Of CHS To Meet' The Mothers and Dads Club of A&M Consolidated High School will hold their annual teachers re ception, Monday, Oct. 7 from 7:30 to 9 p. m. on the Patranella Slab of the high school. In case of rain the meeting will be held in the school gym. All parents are urged and in vited to attend. FRIDAY “TAMMY AND THE BACHELOR” with DEBBIE REYNOLDS — Plus — “HOLD THAT HYPNOTIST’ with HUNTZ HALL — SATURDAY — “THIS ISLAND EARTH” “THE BENNY GOODMAN STORY” “GUNFIGHTER” ALSO 4 CARTOONS What’s Cooking Hill County Hometown Club meets tonight at 7:30 in the Cab inet Room of the YMCA. Offi cers will be elected and the year’s activity plans discussed. TODAY & SATURDAY —f- — ALSO SATURDAY PREVUE Sunday thru Thursday COPYRIGHT 1957 THE COCA-COLA COMPANY* Traveler’s Aid At last count, Coca-Cola was delighting palates in more than 100 countries around the world. This news may not rock you right now. But if you ever get thirsty in Mozambique, you may appreciate the change from goat’s milk. 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