The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas
PAGE 2 Friday, March 14, 1958
Art for
Aggies 9 Sake
By WELTON JONES
This column extends its congratulations and best wishes
to Joe Buser, who was selected this week as the editor of
The Battalion for the coming year. Buser is a conscientious
worker and, more than a little, a friend of the arts.
While on the subject, this column will have to be passed
on, albeit with some regret, to a new proprietor for next
year. Whoever he is, and
he should be a student due
to the nature of The Bat
talion, he should be well
versed in the rather wide
field covered by the column.
Anyone interested in applying’
or recommending someone for the
position should contact either Bu
ser or myself.
VARIETY—Tonight at 7 the
Memorial Student Center Music
Group will unveil its seventh an
nual Intercollegiate Talent Show,
and if past efforts and the pro
gram for this one are any indica
tions, it will be a healthy success,
as usual.
Included on the program this
year are acts ranging from a bal
lad singer to a ventriloquist and
a romantic duet to a chorus line.
A&M will be represented by
John Warner, a pianist who sur
prised even his close friends this
year with his proficiency.
Undoubtedly the program will
be worth seeing, for it seems to
contain something for everyone.
The MSC Group sponsoring it,
and its advisor Miss Rosalie
Spencer, deserve a great vote of
thanks for their efforts in at-
tracting such a group of talent
here.
MJJSIC—Bill Turner and his
1958 version of the Singing Ca
dets will be heard in concert at
Guion Hall Tuesday night.
The Cadets have been heard by
this column only once this year,
and accounted for themselves
marvelously on that occasion, the
Christmas program sponsored by
the Student Senate.
DANCE—The biggest news in
dance, of course, is the Jose Greco
troupe due here for the last Town
Hall program of the year March
24.
Greco, considered generally as
one of the finest male dancers of
the Spanish idiom in the world,
and cei«tainly the best touring the
United States, is no newcomer to
A&M.
Last year, in a triumphant per
formance at Guion Hall as a
Town Hall “extra,” he and his
band of flamenco dancers brought
forth a second act shower of tu
lips, picked between acts from the
adjoining flower bed and used in
lieu of roses.
In another field of dance an
artist of no less stature, Miss Ce
lia Franca, paused here Wednes
day in the midst of preparing for
her National Ballet of Canada’s
Town Hall debut to make some
observations on the state of bal
let today.
“Isn’t it marvelous,” she ex
claimed, “that we can have a
prima ballerina named Smith and
a primier danseur named Adams.
Thirty years ago, no dancer had
a chance without a mysterious,
preferably Russian name.” Miss
Franca’s own real name was
“Franks” until it was changed
for her first job.
She was speaking of Lois Smith
and David Adams who danced the
lead roles in “Le Carnaval” hei'e.
But the whole company is rath
er phenomenal. Made up of “99
per cent” Canadian nationals,
they show a polish and coordina
tion which is unusual for a 7 year
old company.
Usually the real poise of a
ballet group comes when its chor
us begans to fill with dancers
trained in the company’s own
school.
However, Miss Franca and sev
eral able assistants have been
able to stage acceptably an aston
ishing repertoire of ballets in the
relatively short span of seven
years.
“It makes your dancers so ver
satile,” is the characteristic com
ment of this product of the fabu
lous British Royal Ballet (former
ly the Sadler’s-Wells).
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Letters To The Editor
Editor,
The Battalion:
During my four years at Texas
A&M; there has always been a
crisis ranging from probation to
co-education, and each year a
number of letters are printed in
the Letters to the Editor in which
the public expresses its views on
the issues of the day.
The issue at hand is co-educa
tion and a lot of letters have
been printed, some of which hold
merit both pro and con. How
ever, some letters printed are
signed anonymously.
A cute little high school girl
wrote about the American heri
tage and covered wagons and
then spoiled the whole thing by
signing her name as “name with
held for obvious reasons.” Anoth
er person signed his name as “a
true Aggie”. These are the peo
ple who turn my stomach. This
is the type of person who loves
to start a fight in a bar room and
then step back and watch the
fun.
The person who had his letter
printed in the Feb. 26 issue of
The Battalion falls into this cate
gory of cowards’; and it is to
him that I direct this letter.
First of all I would like to com
mend you on your usage of the
English language; however, your
knowledge of American history
is deplorable.
If you are a citizen of the free
world, why did you sign your
masterpiece with “name withheld
upon request?” This suggests
one of two things to me:
(1) You know nothing of what
you are talking’ about, or
(2) You are ashamed of your
name.
Which is it my friend ?
You call those who disagree
with your ideas “morons,” but at
least they will stand up and tell
everyone how they feel about the
issue and then sign his name.
Why not follow suit “citizen of
the free world?” I believe we
still enjoy freedom of the press.
I have served a hitch in the
Armed Forces and saw some good
men die for this freedom to speak
and print their ideas without
■fear. It’s a shame that you will
make their sacrifice a mockery.
If this anonymous letter writ
ing keeps up, Aggies, this college
we are so proud of will soon be
come decadent because of a hand
ful of misinformed people.
Proud to be an American, a
veteran, an Aggie, and a Corps
senior, I sign this letter.
Robert M. Dickey, ’58
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