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AUSTIN, Tex.—Some cheered
and some wept, but none will soon
forget the eventful, suspenseful
opening day of the House of Re
presentatives of the 56th Legis
lature.
Waggoner Carr became the
third man in recent history to win
a second term as Speaker of the
House; and Joe Burkett became
the only one in many years to
lose by so close a vote—79 to 71.
Burkett and Carr had been in
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a hard-fought contest for a year
and a half. Burkett, from Kerr-
ville in the Hill Country, is a
staunch conservative. Carr, from
Lubbock in the South Plains, had-
more liberal support.
When the day came, every re
presentative was present, and the
floor and galleries were jammed
with spectators. Secretary of
State Zollie Steakley served as
temporary presiding officer. An
elaborate voting procedure was
| agreed upon to safeguard secrecy
and assure fairness.
Representatives filed to the
front of the chamber, one by one,
had their folded ballots initialed
by the clerk and then placed them
personally in the ballot box. Six
watchers, three representing each
candidate, stood by.
The ballot box was opened and
the results called out, one by one.
Only sound in the large chamber
was the scratching of the pens
of many score keepers, and the
. occasional fidgeting or gasping
as the lead see-sawed between the
i candidates.
A cheer went up as Carr receiv
ed his victory-assuring 76th vote.
A round of hand shaking, back
slapping and congratulating be
gan. Following the final count, a
procession composed of Carr’s
family and supporters escorted
the Lubbock i-epresentative to the
rostrum to take the oath of of
fice.
ON WITH THE SHOW—After
the opening dust 'Jiad. . settled,
Legislators turned to their every
day concerns.
Most immediate and pressing
problem was finding money to op
erate the Legislature. Since the
state’s main monetary cupboard,
the general revenue fund, was
bare (worse still, in debt), there
wasn’t so much as a nickel on
hand to pay salaries of the law
makers and their helpers, nor
even for stamps, stationery,
phone calls and travel. A bill
was offered to appropriate
$2,300,000 that had accumulated
in two special funds.
Several plans were being
talked about to solve the even
more vexatious long-term prob
lem of overall budget balancing.
To do so will involve finding mon
ey to pay off an expected general
fund deficit of $65,000,000 plus
some $130,000,000 in new money
to meet expected expenses for
1960-61. Only alternative would
be numerous and painful econo
mies.
Generally, there seem to be two
schools of thought developing on
taxation: (1) those who hope to
avoid a new tax by upping many
present levies, such as selective
sales taxes, removing several
exemptions and re-shuffling
funds here and there and (2)
those who say the present tax
blanket can’t be stretched any
further and that “pot shot, patch
work” taxation should be replaced
by an overall plan to distribute
the increasing cost of government
among more people.
PANORAMA—Other items for
the record of what promises ‘to
be an historic Legislature:
SENATOR GEORGE PARK-
HOUSE of Dallas is new presi
dent pro tempore of the Senate,
and as such, third in line to the
governor. An outdoor advertising
executive, Parkhouse is beginning
his third Senate term.
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solved Senators in one of their
first official acts, a resolution to
quit bn the dot May 12 when the
120-day period runs out. House
members cheered the announce
ment.
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Fine Arts Festival Bringing
Art for Aggies Next Month
By HENRY LYLE
Amusements Editor
The most spectacular bright
spot in AMC cultural history will
greet returning Aggies the first
week of next semester.
A genuine Fine Arts Festival,
an institution usually reserved
for liberal arts universities, opens
Sunday, Feb. 1 (this is for the
benefit of those hillbillies who,
seeing five unexplained artistic
presentations in a row on the
All-College calendar, are making
plans to leave town) with a Re
cital Series offering tenor Leslie
Chabay.
Though not generally recog
nized as a singer of the first
rank, Chabay has performed with
the best opera compaines in this
country, including the Metropoli
tan. This observer had the op
portunity to hear him several
years ago in Houston when he
appeared with the Met touring
company, and on that occasion he
was, as the noted critic Hubert
Roussel remarked, “phenomenal.”
On the following evening, Town
Hall brings the Boston Pops Or
chestra for a return engagement
after their well-received perform
ance during the ’56-’57 season.
Under the baton of Arthur Fied
ler, the Boston Pops has become
one of the most popular symphon
ic ensembles in the country, both
in the concert hall and on records.
It gives me a great deal of plea
sure to report that Fiedler is
leaving all the old warhorses in
his repertoire in Boston. This
program is an extremely interest
ing one, including Rossini’s Over
ture to “The Voyage of Rheims”
and the Totentanz for Piano and
Orchestra by Liszt, featuring
Ozan Marsh as soloist. For bet
ter or for worse, the Pops will
play two hit musical comedy
numbers.
Tuesday and Saturday, the Ag
gie Players will offej: Sophocles’
famous Greek tragedy, “Anti
gone” in recital reading with or
iginal music by Allen Schrader.
This staging is directed by Vic
Wiening and produced by C. K.
Esten.
Wednesday evening the noted
artist, author and lecturer Amy
Freeman Lee will speak in the
MSG Ballroom under the sponsor
ship of the Creative Arts Com
mittee.
Regular readers of this column
(if there are any besides the lino--f
typist) will recall the name Phil-
lipe Entremont. This 24-year-old
French pianist, the toast of four
continents, will appear on THIS
campus (specifically the MSG
Ballroom) Thursday, Feb. 5, in
what undoubtedly will be the
highlight of the Fine Arts Festi
val. This office has received no
information concerning the se
lections he will play, but the pro
gram probably will include Cho
pin and Liszt, his specialties.
Last, but certainly not least,
the Hollywood String Quartet in
vades the Ballroom on Friday
evening. Once again we have the
Recital Series to thank—this time
for the outstanding chamber
group in this country and one of
the foremost in the world. Felix
Saltkin, the first violinist, is also
widely known as a conductor.
This Fine Arts Festival, the
first in the history of A&M, has
Extensive Study
On in Big Bend
The Big Bend Region of Texas
is the center for a detailed
ecological study by a research
team from A&M.
The study is directed by Dr.
Charles O. Wallmo, assistant
professor of Wildlife manage
ment.
The study, initiated in 1955
for the Texas Game and Fish
Commission, is directed toward
accumulating new information
of the biology of the area.
The researchers are trying to
determine the present plant and
animal communities, the distri
bution of populations of verte
brate animals, the trends o f
plant and animal communities,
and the relation of mule deer
distribution to the vegetation,
tapography, soils and climate
factors.
The researchers have found
many species of rodents and rep
tiles which were unknown in the
region before.
long been needed to fill an im
portant gap in aesthetic appreci
ation and education here. One can
only hope that it will receive
enough support to warrant be
coming a permanent fixture.
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A Campus-tc-Career Case History
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John O’Neil likes the interesting contacts Ids job gives him. At left, he talks with Bill Shaw,
Manager of radio station KSFO, about the baseball reporting service John helped develop. At
right, he discusses a private-line telephone service with R. E. Kaehler, President of The Pacific
Coast Stock Exchange, San Francisco Division.
He sells ideas-to sell
communications
San Francisco baseball fans don’t know
it, but they’re indebted to John R. O’Neil
of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
Company.
John made it possible for them to get
up-to-the-minute reports on Giants base
ball games last season. He sold rgdio
station KSFO on the idea of recording
inning*by-inning announcements using
automatic answering equipment. Fans
would simply dial an advertised phone
number. .The sendee began last August,
and was a big hit.
That’s an example of the kind of cre
ative selling John does. “We really sell
an idea and then provide the equipment
to do the job,” is the way John puts it.
John joined Pacific Telephone after
graduating from the University of Cali
fornia with an A.B. degree in 1956. He
wanted to work into management through
Sales and was impressed with the train
ing program and advancement opportu
nities offered by the Telephone Company.
“As a Telephone Company salesman,
1 deal with owners and managers of top-
level businesses,” John says. “Every
contact is a challenge to solve a commu
nication problem or to sell an idea for
better service. What’s more. I’m getting
valuable experience that will help me
move ahead in the telephone business.”
John O'Neil is one of many young men who are finding in
teresting careers in the Bell Telephone Companies. Find
out about the opportunities for you. Talk with the Bell
interviewer when he visits your campus. And i^ead the
Bell Telephone booklet on file in your Placement Office.
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The A&M College of Texas
proudly invites you to the
FIRST ANNUAL
A&M Fine Arts Festival
Presented by
G TOWN HALL
# AGGIE PLAYERS
G MSG RECITAL
SERIES
• MSC CREATIVE
ARTS COMMITTEE
ARTHUR FIEDLER
Boston “Pops” Orchestra
February 1-8, 1959
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Sun., Feb. 1 MSC Recital Series LESLIE CHABAY, Tenor 3:00 PM MSC Ballroom
Mon., Feb. 2 Town Hall BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA 8:00 PM Coliseum
Tues., Feb.'S Aggie Players "ANTIGONE" 8:00 PM MSC Ballroom
Wed., Feb. 4 MSC Creative Arts AMY FREEMAN LEE 8:00 PM MSC Ballroom
Thurs., Feb. 5 MSC Recital Series PHILIPPE ENTREMONT 8:00 PM MSC Ballroom
FrL.Feb.G MSC Recital Series HOLLYWOOD STRING QUARTET. 8:00 PM MSC Ballroom
Sat., Feb. 7 Aggie Players "ANTIGONE" 8:00 PM MSC Ballroom
Sun., Feb. 8 Aggie Players "ANTIGONE". 3:00 PM MSC Ballroom
Tickets for the RICITAL SERIES, TOWN HALL, and AGGIE PLAYERS presentations arc on
sale at the MAIN DESK, MEMORIAL STUDENT CENTER and at the OFFICE of STUDENT
ACTIVITIES. r .
A Recital Series - Great Issues season ticket ($5.00) will admit you to the three presentations
of the Festival and to the RECITAL SERIES 1 ’ last presentation of the season in March.
High School and Grade School Students . . . HALF PRICE
STUDENT ACTIVITIES Recital Series and Town Hall Tickets Will Be Honored
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