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Sweat, Not Spirit
Burning Tonight The Classic Arts
R&F Turkey Shoot Falls Sliort of Goal
The Turkey Shoot sponsored year will probably be held away
Saturday by the Range and For- from the school with the contest-
estry Club was not as big a sue- ants shooting at live targets,
cess as expected, said Don L. Huss,
assistant professor of that depart
ment and club sponsor.
“To be a winner the contestant
will have to hit the bird in the
Huss said that the shoot next head,” Huss said.
Bonfire ’58 burns tonight and when it does a lot of sweat
and hard work will go up in smoke. Not so the spirit it
created—the Spirit of Aggieland will last long after the last
ember has cooled.
This year’s bonfire is a tribute to the Class of ’59 and
the leadership its members have assumed on the campus
Since September. Never has a bonfire included so many Ag
gies nor has one ever been so well organized. Never has the
work been so much fun. And equally as important, never has
a bonfire been so safe and sane.
A lot of the credit for tonight’s blaze goes to the “Smoke
house” himself, R. D. Hyde and his committee of planners.
Without men such as Billy (Bonfire) Blackwood, Jay Bisbey,
Len Dorney and Gary Hipps, it would have been too much
work for one man.
'Men from the ranks like Rudy (Simon Legree) Smart,
Don Cloud, Jay Roland, Ken Smith, Jimmy Payne and many
more all took over in the field and made £ure the job was
done well.
The 12th Man inu its entirety—freshmen, sophomores,
juniors and seniors—did the work with pleasure and with
pHde. Without them there could be no bonfire.
The blaze tonight, however, is for visitors, guests on the
campus and students out on the drill field for the first time
this week. Bonfire ’58 and its spirit has beep burning in the
hearts of the 12th Man since Thursday.
Interpreting
Fate of Democracy Ripe
For Philosophical Debate
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By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press' News Analyst
The fate of democracy is oc
cupying a large part of the at
tention of the world’s political
philosophers as Well as of Wes
tern diplomats these days.
There has been a rise of mili
tary governments recently in a
number of newly independent
countries. Despite the moderate
actions of Gen. Charles de Gaulle,
there is still much worry about
th£ future of France.
British and American publica
tions are full of explanations as
to the reasons—economic pres.-
suros, lack of administrative ex
perience, political immaturity and
the like.
Pakistan, Burma, Sudan, Eg-
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Pianists Please Crowd
By HENRY LYLE
Duo-pianists Mary Street and
Elmer Schoettle opened this sea
son’s Recital Series last night on
an enjoyable and encouraging
note. Presenting an intelligent
yet engaging program of fine mu
sic, the husband-wife team cap
tivated an audience which was
unusually large for such an event.
(Indeed, the program must have
been captivating since it man
aged to keep the bonfire-weary
freshmen who attended it awake.)
Schoettle, according to the pro
gram notes, is associate profes
sor of music at the University of.
Houston as well as the chairman
of the Graduate Committee of the
Department of Music. He and
his wife have appeared as duo-
pianists with several of the ma
jor symphonies in this country.
Opening with two Bach chor
ales, arranged for two pianos by
Schoettle, the program contained
selections by Schubert, Mozart
and Debussy. Although Mary
Street remained silent through
out the evening (as* a good wife
should), Schoettle saw fit to step
forward and preface one or two
of the pieces with a few remarks
concerning the history and nature
of the work. This business was
ypt, Iraq and Thailand are among
those falling under military dic
tatorship in the last few years,
many in the last few months.
The military is on the ascendant
in Indonesia. The pendulum is
always swinging in Latin Amer
ica.
Yet much of the .moaning fails
to take several factors into con
sideration. Many of these coun
tries are still in trial periods fol
lowing feudal or colonial rule.
None of the patterns can yet be
considered definite. If Latin
America has been unable to es
tablish permanent democratic
systems- in all its years of inde
pendence, shall we cry or rejoice
that definite progress has been
made ?
Who’s Here
Burton Has No First Name
By JACK TEAGUE .
J. C. Burton, junior petroleum
engineering major from Tyler,
probably has more trouble with
his name than any other Aggie.
Although his birth certificate
does read J. C., he said he finally
adopted another name—“initials
only.”
J. C. was born in Waco, moved
from there to Kerrville, on to
Baton Rouge, La., then to Hugo,
Okla., and finally settled in Tyler.
A graduate of Tyler High School,
J. C. said he was active, in social
activities but did find time to
study enough to make the Nation
al Honor Society.
J. C. admits he came to Aggie
land for two reasons—(1) to take
advantage of his Opportunity
Award Scholarship, and (2) that
A&M has a good petroleum en
gineering school.
“I didn’t, discover that fightin’
Texas Aggie Spirit until I was
here,” he said.
j ;. A Squadron'7-fix, J. C. is Cjorps
public information sergeant' this
year. His duties include gather
ing information sheets on cadets
to’ be Used for publicity releases,
writing news releases, and assist
ing the cadet officers over him.
He is also a Distinguished Stu
dent, writer for The Engineer,
member of the Petroleum Engi
neering Club, best drilled sopho
more in Squadron 7, and was a
member of the freshman Engi
neering Society and Phi Eta Sig
ma.
After graduation J. C. plans to
spend three years in the Air
Force. Right now he is under
a Category 3 contract (non-tech-
nical, non-flying) and doesn’t
know what to expect during his
service tour. After his tour, he
plans to work for an oil company.
For the past two summers, J.
C. has been employed by two oil
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companies—Gulf Oil Corp., and
Magnolia Petroleum Co. He had
a rather unfortunate experience
two summers ago while practic
ing for Aggie waterfights. It
seems that after a hard day’s
work in the oil fields near Odes
sa, he and several other roust
abouts figured the best way to
cool off was to have a waterfight.
J. C. was instructing the others
as to the best techniques—and
ended up with a broken nose.
very well received and added im
measurably to the enjoyment and
understanding of the audience.
His comments regarding the
Schubert selection—“En Blanc et
Noir” for two pianos—were par
ticularly valuable. Schoettle is
eminently qualified for these im
promptu additions as he is one
of the co-authors of the program
notes for the Houston Symphony.
The technical perfection of this
duo-piano teani (achieved, no
doubt, through the inherent com
putability of husband and wife or,
perhaps, through intensive and
continuous practice), was most
clearly evident in their rendition
of the sonata in F major for pi
ano, four hands by ivfozart.
Schoettle also converted this
work for performance by two pi
anos. The versatility of the duo
was evidenced by their spirited
playing of “Yen Valou,” two
pieces based on Haitian folk
sengs by John W. Work. The
evening’s program was concluded
by one of Schoettie’s own com
positions, “Toccata for Two Pi
anos.”
A pleased audience insisted on
an encore and Dr. and Mrs.
Schoettle complied with a beauti
fully played Brahms waltz in A
flat major.
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"Barefoot Boy with Cheek.")
THE CLOTHES YOU SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN
In this column we take up fashions for college men, which means
of course, the Ivy Look. Today’s Ivy Look clothes have made a
great stride forward. Not only do they have thin lapels, three but
tons, narrow trousers, and a minimum of shoulder padding, but
—how hear this!—this year they are actually covered with ivy!
This new development, while attractive beyond the singing
of it, nevertheless gives rise to certain hazards. For instance,
people keep trying to plant you on Arbor Day. Indeed, this is
precisely what happened to two SAE’s of my acquaintance,
Walter R. Gurlash and Fred Rasp. Before they could protest,
they were snatched up, planted, limed, and watered, and today
they, support a hammock iu Cut and Shoot, Vermont.
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Let us now discuss shirts. Again this year the pampas favorite
is-, the good old Oxford with button-down collar and barrel
cuffs. This is without doubt an admirable garment, but let me
ask you a question: if you don’t wear anything but Oxfords,
what cuff links people have been giving
you for ypqr t>.irt*lua.y since you were twelve years,old? x
Well sir, some fellows have their wrists pierced, but what E.
Mackenzie Sigafoos, a Chi Psi of my acquaintance, did was to
take a dozen pairs of his handsome gold monogrammed cuff
links and string them together in a charm bracelet for his girl,
Jo-Carol Isobar. ,
(It turned out, incidentally, to be a mistake. In short order
so many admirers accrued to Jo-Carol on account of her gor
geous bracelet that she grew tired of plain old E. Mackenzie,
and one night when she was seated on a bench in Lovers Lane
throwing sticks for E. Mackenzie to retrieve, she suddenly,
cruelly, without warning, told him they were through.
“I ani heartbroken,” said E. Mackenzie, heartbroken. “But
if go you must, give me back my charm bracelet.”
“No, I will keep it,” said Jo-Carol.
“What for?” said E. Mackenzie. “You can’t wear it. The
initials on the cuff links are all mine—E.M.S.”
“Ha, ha, the joke is on you,” said Jo-Carol. “Yesterday I was
voted Miss Chinese Restaurant of 1958.”
“So?” said E. Mackenzie.
“So,” replied Jo-Carol, “E.M.S. does not stand for E. Mac
kenzie Sigafoos. It stands for Eal More Subgum!’’
A broken man, E. Mackenzie today squeezes out a meagre
living as a pendulum in Cleveland. Jo-Carol was killed in a
tong war.)' '
But I digress. We were talking about well-dressed men, and the
one essential for every well-dressed man—and every well-dressed
woman too—is a well-dressed cigarette—neat, compact, (lavor-
ful, and correct for work or play, sunshine or shower, repose or
revelry, darkness or light. And where does one find such a per
fect companion? Just go to any tobacco counter and ask for
Philip Morris. Ask for it in long size or regular. Ask for It in.
soft pack or hard. But ask for it; that’s the important thing.
Don’t just stand there making cryptic gestures at your toboc-
conist. He may be armed. © iuss MuiSi.oimnn
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