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The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas PAGE 2 Tuesday, November 4, 1958 Weekend Encouraging If this weekend past be an example there is no limit to the good things Texas Aggies can do with encouragement. Yell practice at midnight was a vast improvement over previous sessions of spirit. With few exceptions, the men came to listen and to have their spirit strengthened. For the first time this year, they found the things they sought. “Smokey” Hyde and his staff are to be commended for their part in making this last yell practice one to pattern others around. ★ ★ ★ First results of the Campus Chest collections Saturday are encouraging. Once again, the men of Aggieland are re sponding to the needs of a buddy. And this is as it should be. Collections will continue through the remainder of the week and Senators have asked that men not contacted Sat urday bring their dollars to the Office of Student Publica tions. Certainly everyone will want to be included in this drive. It will be the only chance this year to offer help to an Ag un named as yet but surely to be in need before the year is out. ‘Rainmaker’ Wins Praise Despite Technical Errors By HENRY LYLE Battalion Fine Arts Columnist “The Rainmaker”, a laugh- packed Broadway success of 1955, came to the MSC last night and, aside from a few rather glaring technical errors, the Aggie Players presented it splen didly. The play, a delightful roman tic comedy, concerns the efforts of the Curry family to obtain a husband for Lizzie, the spinster of the household. A severe drought has descended upon this farming community and brings rainmaker Starbuck into Lizzie’s life. “The Rainmaker” brings forth a conflict between an almost bru tal materialistic philosophy (rep resented by Lizzie’s brother, Noah) and the impractical philo sophy of dreamer Starbuck. Its herione, enchantingly played by a startlingly unpredictable young lady named Janet Folweiler, is caught between Noah and Star- buck and finally resolves her di lemma much to everyone’s satis faction. From a purely acting stand point, last night’s production was a pure joy. Miss Folweiler’s sin cere and genuinely sensitive per formance made us forget, in the final analysis, her few moments of unwarranted overwroughtness. John Gladwell was perfectly be lievable as the imaginative Star- buck (and that is no small task). Jimmy Best gave us a dynamic Noah, and the rest of the Curry family, Harry Gooding as the pa triarch and Raymond Simmons as Jim, Noah’s brother, left nothing to be desired. Don Demming as the local sheriff and A1 Risien as Deputy File produced some of the funniest moments of the evening. Aside from the expected er rors of human fallibilty (Effie says, “Get the telephone, will you Noah?” just befoi’e the tele phone starts to ring. Noah ob serves that it surely must be thundering just before the aud ience hears a rather poor version of the sound of thunder), most of the production lapses can be blamed on the semi-arena ar rangement of the stage. All but two scenes of the play were presented in an area sur rounded on three sides by the audience. As in all arena produc tions, the proximity of the aud ience is such that the most min ute mistake is detected. But these technical -errors, dis tracting as they may be, are not beyond correction and cannot blemish what is otherwise an impeccable production. Perhaps tonight and tomorrow night act ors whose lines complain of in tense heat will not wear long- sleeve shirts, the critical com ments above will no longer be valid, and a play which is al ready a must for people interest ed in good theatre will realize its full potential. LONG SLEEVE SPORT SHIRTS ■SKBBHH&flHB EVE Styled Just For You A&M MEN’S SHOP Student Charge Accounts Invited 103 N. 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EDITOR Fred Meurer Managing Editor Gayle McNutt Executive News Editor Bob Weekley Sports Editor Bill Reed, Johnny Johnson, David Stoker, Lewis Reddell....News Editors Tommy KeiMx Sports Writer Robbie Godwin, Jay Collins, Bob Edge, Bill Hicklin, Jack Teague, Henry Lyle Staff Writers CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earlr “I told you to stay on the sidewalk.” JL K IFTER S What -s Cooking Wee Aggies We Aggies like to read about Wee Ag- s. When a wee one arrives, call VI 910 and ask for the Wee Aggie Edi tor « A future Aggie date was born to Mr. and Mrs Roger Zimmer man ’GO, 3708 S. College at 8:33 a.m. Oct. 25. Deborah Ann ar rived at Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler. A future Aggie was born to Mr. and Mrs. Darwin H. Plum mer ’62, 507 W. 26th> Bryan on Oct. 4. Stephen Randall was born in Hermann Hospital in Hous ton. Editor, The Battalion: I was just reading in the Battalion about the Campus Chest ... I want to give, too, for the Aggies are very dear to me. I don’t know what I would have done without their help two years ago when I was injured in a car wreck. . . Aggies all over the woi’ld came to my rescue and 1 love everyone of them dearly. “Mom” Clagborn 900 Gilchrist’ The following organizations will meet tonight: Pre'Med-Pre-Dent Society will meet in the Biological Sciences Bldg. A film will be shown. AIEE-IRE will meet in Room 301 of Bolton Plall. BEER BARON LOUISVILLE, Ky. (^P)—Virgil F. Gilmore has 126 bottles of beer he collected in 46 states and sev eral foreign lands. He doesn’t drink the beverage, though. He doesn’t like the taste. ALBUQUERQUE Lv. 7:02 A.M. LUBBOCK Lv. 7:02 A.M % 1 sm . CONTINENTAL '-.airlines; • • • • Who’s Here at Aggieland Jim Vrba Had Visions via air-conditioned. Radar-equipped SUPfA COliMlH Call your Travel Agent, or Continental at VI 6-4739. By JACK TEAGUE James M. (Jim) Vrba Jr., 21- year-old Hart Hall senior from Houston, is an Aggie who has visions of baseballs dancing through his head. Born in Tulsa, Okla,, Jim moved to Houston when he was five, just in time to get that Texas “howdy” down pat. A graduate of Lamar High School, Jim was in the Awahoo social club, Boys Chorus, and was a standout on the baseball team. A 3-year letterman, Jim played in two baseball tourna ments while in high school, one in which the Lamar nine came in fourth. Chosen as an outstand ing Houston player, Jim played with a championship summer team which went to state finals GmemaScopE i A UN | VEPSAt . couo»] if ~ T, r 41 P ] WILL ROGERS, JR. % ' i MAUREEN O’SULLIVAN ’ssammmmmEr' PALACE Bryan2'S&79 LAST DAY ‘A CERTAIN SMILE’ STARTS TOMORROW SUDDBM D&ATif OrV TxUMM&M'® WMh*S QUEEN TODAY & WEDNESDAY June Allison & Martha Hyer In “MY MAN GODFREY” his' senior year in high school. Jim, a physical education maj or, came to A&M in hopes that he might play baseball. As a “fish” in C Infantry, Jim tried out for the fish baseball team. He made the squad, but not as a pitcher. The coaches felt that “Big Jim” had enough power to hit a few over the wall, so they put him at shortstop. This year Jim takes another shift, this time to outfield. A man who Iflces a challenge, Jim plans to go to jump school as a starter in his military ca reer. Upon completion of jump school, he plans to go to ranger school. Jim says that he has checked both schools, finds them to ( be tough, and says “this will be a real challenge.” ^ ; in \ N* k I. VI'ACV IRCI TUESDAY “THE NAKED AND THE DEAD” Plus ‘A FACE IN THE CROWD’ TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY SUSPENSE LIKE YOU NEVER FELT BEFORE! ELROWHIRSCH GEOFFREY TOONE JERRY PARIS will, CAROLE EDEN Produced by Directed by JOHN C.CHAMPION-HALL BARTLETT Screenplay by ARTHUR HAILEY, HALL BARTLETT a n,J0HN C. CHAMPION from a story by Arthur Hailey *A Paranlount Release “Anyone who likes people—and selling—would like my job” When Robert C. Schropp was a senior at the University of Omaha, he had definite ideas about his future. “I wanted a job dealing with people — in sales or the personnel field,” says Bob. “When the Bell interviewer ex plained how much emphasis the tele phone companies put on sales and customer contacts, I knew immediately that was for me.” Bob graduated with an A.B. degree in Business in 1954, and went immedi ately with Northwestern Bell Telephone Company, in Omaha. Today, he is J a sales supervisor with seven men report ing to him. His group is responsible for recommending and selling com munications facilities like PBX switch boards, “hands free” speakerphones and “push button” telephone systems for all kinds of businesses. “This is selling at its best,” says Bob. “Customers respect the telephone com pany and the advice and service we can offer them. So they welcome our, visits. And I’m getting valuable experience in business operations and in supervision that should help me move ahead. “Anyone who likes people —and sell ing—would like my job.” * * * Why not find out about career oppor tunities for you in the Bell Telephone Companies? Talk with the Bell inter viewer when he visits your campus. And, meanwhile, read the Bell Tele phone booklet on file in your Place ment Office. Bob Schropp holds frequent training sessions (left) to polish sales techniques. At right, he points out some advantages of a key telephone to a customer while on a field coaching visit with one of his salesmen. BELL TELEPHONE COMPANIES PEANUTS By Charles M. Schulz PEANUTS /HOii) come you're CHEERING FOR THAT TEAM? AREN'T YOU FOR THE UNDER-DOG? x no, i Always cheer for the UPPER-DOG THE OVER-DOG? THE ABOVE-DOG? THE HIGHER- DOG? THE 10FTIER-D0G? PEANUTS /vou and Your^ ( OL' BEETHOVEN' HE WASN'T 50 WHAT DO Y00 \ /jU5T MEAN, HE WASN'T ( COHAT I 60 GREAT ? SAID! HE NEVER GOT TO BE CLUB CHAMPION, DID HE? HVH7VID