Talk Sunday Will Rogers Jr. « BATTALION Baylor Ducats Off Sale at 5 Publinhod Daily on the Texas A AM College Campus Numbgr 221: Volume S8 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22. 1958 Price Five Cents llth and 12th Hooka ,T7' •• •! AT t. Dr. Steen Sends fc'XCClltlVC LOUIlCli Votes BScfto^essl^ 0r ^^ n S ^ 0r ^ on fi re Many of thr more colorful stor- Dr Ralph Steen, professor and from out of the Texas past are Head of tha Departme’it of History undoubtedly the results of some i and president of the Texas State vivid imaginations," arcordinir to a noted historical writer here’ on the campus. Aggie Play ers Set Production Of 'Rainmaker* The Affgte Players will present their version of the motion pic ture and former Broadway pro duction, “The Rainmaker," Nov. 3-5 at R p m in the Memorial Stu dent Center Ballroom, C. K Ksten, director of the ffrnup, said yester day. The play’s cast includes Harry C.oodinK as H, C. Cyrry; Jimmy Best as Noah Curry; Raymond Simmons as Jim Curry; Janet Kol- wciler as Lisne Curry; Al Risien as File; Don Denmn* as Shenff Thomas; and John Gladwell as Bill Stsrbuck. Ksten xtill direct the play writ ten by Nancy Beard. Don Rey nolds and Sophie Boerhei are in tharje of lights. Mux and Shirley Took are handling publicity and eostumes ar^ under the supei vision ot Jim Puts. Stage manager for the produc tion it Toby Mattox. The stage crew roaaigta of John Marmo. Man uel Rodriguez Marshal Knapp. William Routt and Howard Hays. Jfouse manager is Dorothy Ash worth. "The Rainmaker,” is a laugh- packed comedy in which Bill Star- buck, a fast talking con man who strangely seems to have faith in bis ability to make rain, draws the Curry family into his confidence The Currys hire Stsrbuck to make rain. Liztie Curry, who is fast be rotning an old maid in her family's eves, is attracted to Stsrbuck by his strange philosophy of life, a philosophy that encouraged hei to have faith that she could have any thing m life the wanted bad enough und believed in. File is literally drug into the picture because the Curry’s are trying to marry Li»s>e off to him. He is the reluctant suitor Ln- tie'a brother tells her that she »a destined to.be an old maid, and that Starbuck s philosophy is just (See AGGIK, Page 41 Historical Association, has just had his llth and 12th historical books published. One of the books, “The I'nited States: A History," published by Prentice-Hsll of New York, and the other, “Government By the People," is published by the Steck Company of Austin. Ten of the twelve books written by Steen are on the history of Texas and in his efforts to give authentic accounts of the state's background, he has poured thru hundreds of frayed manuscripts and newspapers yellowed with age Th# authenticity of these book* is borne out by the fact that five of them have been adopted as text books in the public schools of*Tex as. One of these books, entitled "History of Texas," is in two edi tions and was first used in Texas achogla in One of the better known stories in which Steen takes little cred ence is the one about Col. William Barrett Travis using his sword to draw a line on the dirt floor of the Alamo and then giving his men a chance to cross the line and fight for Texas liberty or to es cape from the Alamo before the Mexican assault Steen gives several reasons for not accepting thia widely-known atory as factual. “First, on March 3. the date on whicii Travis sup poeediy drew the ime, the A tamo was completely anrin led and es cape was virtually impossible Sec ond, the story didn't come to light until 1877, a year after the death of Mrs. Suzanna Dickinson, the only white adult survivor of the Alamo." he said. In addition to his 12 hooks, Steen has written numerous his torical articles. About 40 of his articles have appeared in the "Handbook of Texas.” Other* ware in the "Southwestern Histor ic Quarterly," “Collier's Ency- elopedia" and “National Encyclo- Move Designed To Reduce Cuts The Executive Committee of the Academic Council haa declared Monday, Nov. 24, a holiday from clause* for under graduates to allow them to work uninterrupted on the 1959 bonfire. Dr John R. Pajre. dean of the college, made the announce ment of the holiday Tuesday. He said the move came after several suggestion* on methods to curb unnecessary class absences during the week prior to the A&M-Texas football contest. “We believe and feel that most of the students agree with us that the bonfire is a fine tradition, but that it can l>e built without disrupting the school,” Page said. * He pointed out that the ^ ill Rogers Jr. ToTalk Sunday w At (»real Issues "bigger than last year" idea could get out of proportion to the purpose of the Symbol of | eyery Aggie’s desire to beat the Cniversity of Texas. The dean i said the day of uninterrupted work seemed to be a reasonable solution to the problems of conflicting loy-j alties to studies and work, t ndergraduale Holiday Page said the undergraduate hol iday was being gianted only on the condition that work on the HICK BUCHANAN . . . SCON A l> a*»iata«t w Buck Buchanan Appointed Aide To SCON AIV Krunk B. (Buck) Buchanan, jun ior economics major from San An- DR. RALPH W. STKEN .. complete* latent hintorv hooks Hand Booetcrk Sponsor Bond Carnival Set for Saturday Final preparations are being Keith McCrary sketching pencil made for the annual Bund Carni- portraits: the “country store" op val to be held Saturday at A AM ernted by Mrs. Roy Hagler and Will Rogers Jr. will give a talk Sunday afternoon at ( in the Me monul Student Center Ballroom in one of a senes of programs spon sored by the Great Issues Commit tee, according to George Stansell, than Thursday, Nov. 2<* chairman of the committee j The son of "the boy from Okla- should he enough time to build a homa," will speak on “Our Chang- - bonfire and have some fun—with- ing America, From a Political! out losing two weeks of rotation,’’; Pfeuffer, etairmait, be said. Classes Resume Tuesday Classes will resume Tuesday and Wednesday, with the Thanksgiving receiw to begin at 5 p m Wednes i Viewpoint.” | Ha will arrive at Easterwood Airport Sunday morning at 11 15. After his talk in the Ballroom I there w ill be an open question and bonfire proper be started no earlier , lon, °* Tuesday night waa appoint- ed vice-chairman of the Fourth With proper organization, this i< onference on Rational Affairs, to be held Dec. 10-13. After extensive interviewing [Boh) Pfeuff* SCONA IV, appointed Buchanan because of kia interest In the con ference and because he h*a been a good worker. Jack Teague, SCONA IV publicity chairman, answer period for the audience to day as scheduled on the All-College * uw ^ dig further into the subject mat- Calender, Page said. Buchanan, who is intelligence ter, Stansell said. | He promised that ‘if students 2nd Regiment Staff, i* At 6 p m. Sunday, Rogers will cooperate by working on the bon- a member of the Finance Commit- be guest of honor at a dinner in fine only during off-peiiods in the *** a asajof He has had book reviews in the “Southwestern Historical Quarter ly,” "Southwestern Social Science j Quarterly,” “American Historical Review." "Mississippi Valley His- i toheal Review,” “Journal of South ern H>story'' and “Pacific Histor •cal Review " Consolidated Schools under the Mrs Garlyn O. Hoffman; and the sponsorship of the Band Boosters | ‘fi«h p«»nd" under the supervision ' r,,n * r, **" ,TU,n from Club. Features of the show- will in clude a community supper at 5 p.m. in the cafeteria and a puppet show by Miss Doris Goodrich Jones, of Waco, as well a« the usual booths of the Carnival, said ; Mott* and Eugene Rush will be in Mr*. Robert A Darrow, president | charge of the "spook walk " of the Band Boosters Club. j Refreshment and pie and cake the Assembly Room. At this din- ' five-day period from Thursday un- i ner he will be greeted by Presi-jtil Tuesday, recitations and exam- dent M T Harrington, Vice Pres- mat ions on Tuesday and Wednes ident Karl Rudder, Col. Joe E. Da-j day w ill be held to a minimum, vis and other college officials. Yell leader Pleased “He is quite an authority on' Dan (Smokey) Hyd«, head yell this subject since he has been a leader and bonfire organizer this part in getting apormon for the conference in Corpus Chrilti. He will aaaist Pfeuffer in tha overall operation of the conference As a leader on the campus, Bu chanan was chairman of the Me morial Student Center Bridge California, "so year, expieseed concern over the ^ directors a»- of Mr*. John Sperry and Mrs James Brazzel. A “beauty bar” for the young sters attending will be operated by M s* Janet Darrow and Mims Ann Holdredge. Dr Charles lai- it should be a g'>od talk," Stansell length of the work period but in- commented. dicated that the free day of work Tickets will be on sale at the would be an advantage over con- door and will be $1.50. They may ditions in the past. sistant last year. be purchased at the mam desk in the MSC prior to that time Other special event* will include stands will be under the super Steen is known throughout Tex- |f ame booths operated by the Col- j vision of Mr and Mrs H D Perry, as and th* South as an authority Station I.ions Clubs; Finest Mis. Floyd M Stephens and Dr. » (See DR STEEN, Page 4) Tanzer and his live “snake pit"; .John Sperry “If we could use juniors amd senior* on a strictly voluntary ba sis before Thursday felling trees in the cutting area before the en tire group began hauling them out —and if we can get enough trucks MS(1 ArtH (*roii|> Paintings should build the biggest bon- , dents, faculty and parents, prior The Creative Arts Committee of fire in the history of AA-M.” Hyde to the VAM Baylor football gam# Vt aco A&M CM To Host Aggies The Waco-MrLennan County AAM Club will be host to all for mer students and present-day stu- I the Memorial Student ( enter has said Carnival barker will be John H Southern Mr And Mra., Peter Dehlinger will be food chairmen for the com munity supper. Funds from the projects will be I used to purchase instruments and I unifort's for the 50 members of ; the band, under the direction of Walton Hinds, said Mis Darrow Terry. John Lester, Bessie Worn Mr and Mrs. Edwin S. Holdredge ble and Hazel Naylor ! are general chairmen of the cirfn *0 Foot Blaze Planned He srfid plans were to raise an 80-foot bonfire The biggest bon fire in history was the 1954, 71 foot blaze, he said. 12 paintings on display in the windows of lister’s Smart Shop in downtown Bryan These paintings were done by members of the committee and will be on display until Oct 31. The yell leader is seeking atu-I Center of 3600 Franklin Ave, Wa- They are painting* by Pat dents owning or having access t*> ' co, from noon until fame time. Sievers, Mae Goodlet, Nina Henry, flat bed trucks suitable for haul- ; Refreshment* will be nerved at played on the Saturday night at Waco, Dick Hervey, executive sec retary of the Assn, of Former Students hss announced. Headquarters will he at the Tex as Power and Light Co. Service Ralph L. Terry, Emalita Newton 1 mg logs during the work week and 5:3