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Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1959
Number 37
Bonfire Nears Finish;
Blaze Set Tomorrow
Loading Area
A hauling crew is shown in top center bring- Bryan Civil Air Patrol’s plane, piloted by
ing a log to the waiting trucks at the load- Ward Boyce, ’59. The plane was furnished
ing area. These aerial photos were taken by the Bryan squadron free for The Bat-
by Battalion Editor Johnny Johnson in the tallion’s use.
Waring’s Stereo Festival
Pleases Town Hall Audience
Variety marked the success of
the Stereo Festival of Fred Wai’ing
and The Pennsylvanians at Town
Hall last night before a somewhat
sparse crowd in G. Rollie White
Coliseum.
Presenting “the sound that sur
rounds) 1 ’, thf^ Waring group
brought a variety of numbers,
some gay and some serious, all
done in a style that has made
Waring and The Pennsylvanians
a top musical attraction for four
decades.
The songs presented last night
were of a world-wide theme. There
was music with a Russian accent,
a bit of authentic Americana rep
resenting our own United States
in both words and melodies, some
Latin American strains and the
African background of the great
Negro Spirituals.
The most colorful and gay por
tion of the program was the open
ing numbers in which various mem
bers of The Pennsylvanians were
introduced by singing solos. They
sang songs with a love theme which
consisted of “Lover,” “Hello,
Young Lovers,” “I Love Life,”
“Love Is Where You Find It,”
“Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man of
Mine” and others. Sprinkled in
with this array of old favorites
was a present day top hit, “Mack
The Knife.”
In keeping with the nearing holi
day season, the group gave the
Aggieland audience a few Christ
mas songs, including “Jingle
Bells,” “Santa Claus Is Coming To
Town.”
Music representing the animal
kingdom also shared the spotlight
in an array of numbers entitled
“Who’s Zoo.”
Beauty was present in the form
of three former Miss America
contestants. Mickey Wayland, Miss
Tennessee of 1959, delighted the
crowd with haunty love songs and
changed the mood once by singing
“Dixie.”
The group climaxed the third
Town Hall presentation with the
original Waring interpretation of
the historic “Battle Hymn of the
Republic,” in which the audience
was allowed to join.
The Waring group presented mu
sic that would please every kind
of music lover. One of the bright
est stars on the stage was tenor
and folk singer Gordon Goodman,
who sang “On Top of Old Smokey”
in an unusual and pleasing man
ner.
Comedy, song and dance were
the key notes to a program en
joyed by all.
Stacking Rema ins;
Rain Again Fails!
By BILL HICKLIN
Battalion News Editor
The 1959 A&M Bonfire rode toward completion yester
day—despite a perennial appearance from Mother Nature.
Rain began falling shortly before dawn yesterday as Ag
gies invaded cutting and stacking areas to wind up final prep
arations for the annual blaze.
Joe Leeper, Bonfire head, said a full stacking schedule
was docketed for Monday night with double and possibly
triple stacking to continue through today and Wednesday.
The massive blaze will get the torch at 8 p. m. Wednes-
Lee Castle
leads Dorsey group
day at the Yell Practice prior
to the A&M-University of
Texas grid classic.
Robert L. Whiting, head of
the Department of Petroleum
Engineering and John L. Pedigo,
associate professor in that depart
ment, will head a group in fueling
the Bonfire shortly before ignition.
A $35,000 rig from Halliburton
Well Servicing will spray approxi
mately 500 gallons of kerosine
through a variable speed and press
ure pump.
Fueling iof the Bonfire will be
gin at 5 p.m. Wednesday and Whi-
ing said the entire operation would
take only 45 minutes at the most,
making the blaze ready for the
torch as early as 5:45 p.m.
The pair urged students and by
standers to remain outside the
200-foot area around the Bonfh’e
which will be roped off during and
after fueling. A number of au
thorized cadet officers will be on
duty to make certain no one en
ters the area.
A sufficient number of injuries
also dotted Bonfire labor with 37
accidents — none serious — re
ported by Dr. C. R. Lyons, director
of the Health Service of the Col
lege Hospital through 4 p.m. Mon
day. Ironically, the first Bonfire
injury did not occur during actual
construction of the blaze, but a
week before when an upei’dass-
man suffered a laceration while
sharpening an ax.
Guide Posts
“A good name is rather to be
chosen than great riches, and lov
ing favour rather than silver and
gold. The rich and poor meet to
gether: the Lord is the maker of
them all.”—Proverbs 22:1-2
■No Cranberries
Cadet Menu Features Steers
By The Battalion Sports Staff
With cranberries taken off their
Thanksgiving Day menu, the oft-
beaten, but never down-trodden
Aggies hope to supplement their
lean diet with a fair share of
Texas Longhorn Thursday after
noon on Kyle Field.
Dame Fortune has smiled at the
Steers with disturbing regularity
this year, and just as often the
fickle old lady has given the Farm
ers the back of her hand.
The Cadets are 0-5 in South
west Conference play up to this
tradition-studded game, and three
of those defeats have come about
in the way of last quarter tallies
by their opponents.
It is ironical that the tradition
minded Ags don’t have tradition
working in their favor in this
SWC game of games. In this 66th
meeting of the arch-foes, Texas
has the past records of their an
cestors working in their favor. The
Steers have won 43 to A&M’s 17
with five contests ending in a
frustrating tie.
Won-loss records are of no avail
in determining the winner of this
game, since in years past the low
ly has risen to smite the mighty
with no regard as to who has won
the most games or is the most
points favored.
A&M, with their three-six sea
son record this year, would do well
to take a walk in the past and
look at the 1948 contest. The
Farmers that year posted a 0-9-1
recoi'd, but that tie was against
a mighty Texas team that went
on to play and win in the Orange
Bowl. Talk about upsets in foot
ball!
If Dame Opportunity taps the
Steers on their shoulders Thanks
giving Day, they can be expected
to embrace the old girl warmly,
for it is she who has brought them
*■0 the threshold of a remarkable
season.
Victors of eight straight games
before bowing to TCU, the Long
horns have fashioned one of their
greatest years by capitalizing on
opportunities. Eighteen of their
27 touchdowns were rewards for
aggressiveness and alertness.
The Aggies, on the other hand,
have had nothing but rough breaks
to mar their season. Fumbles de
moralized them against a sti’ong
TCU team. A 60-yard runback of
a punt cost them a victory against
Rice.
Both teams will enter Satur
day’s fray with well-rested teams,
in top physical form. The Long
horns will come ranting at the
Aggies with mayhem on their
minds, trying to make up for their
previous week’s defeat by the TCU
Horned Frogs. That loss dropped
them from the undefeated ranks
in the nation, a No. 3 spot in the
national top ten, and undefeated
possession of No. 1 in the con
ference.
Texas must win this game if
they hope to see cotton New Year’s
Day. Currently they are tied for
first in the conference with Ark
ansas, and the Razorbacks have
finished their season. The Steers
can also look behind them and see
the Horned Frogs romping up the
trail towards a three-way tie.
A&M, on the other hand, has
everything to win and nothing to
lose, an old story for the Cadets
this year. By winning this game
they can turn an otherwise dismal
season into one that can be looked
back on in the coming years with
pride.
After all, only 17 teams can
boast of turning this trick in 66
years. Immortality of sorts could
greet the winner.
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
A&M
POS.
TEXAS
Ralph Smith
LE
Larry Cooper
Gale Oliver
LT
Larry Stephens
Wavne Freiling
LG
Maurice Doke
Roy Northrup
C
Jerry Muennink
Buddy Payne
RG
Babe Dreymala
Allen Goehring
RT
Dick Jones
Robert Phillips
RE
Monte Lee
Charles Milstead
QB
Bobby Lackey
Robert Sanders
I.H
Jack Collins
Randv Sims
RH
Rene Ramirez
Gordon LeBoeuf
FB
Clair Branch
Proclamation
WHEREAS, the 1959 A&M football team has displayed
both on and off the football gridiron the spirit to fight so
characteristic of the finest traditions of Aggieland, and
WHEREAS, these same Aggies have shown the South
west Conference and all sportsmen that a team, such as the
Aggies can boast, does not necessarily have to win to gain
the love and respect of a state who respects a fighting tradi
tion, and
WHEREAS, the Aggies have fought a full 60 minutes
in each game and have refused to be intimidated by either a
team’s reputation or record and have played to the utmost
of their ability, and
WHEREAS, the coaching staff has given a full
measure of devotion, experience and effort towards making
the aforementioned eleven a force to be reckoned with in
any athletic contest, and
WHEREAS, the trainers and managers of this same
team have given that extra “inch” towards making this foot
ball machine one of the best conditioned and equipped teams
in the Southwest, and
WHEREAS, the 12th Man, past, present and future,
have supported the A&M football team and added in no small
amount to the spirit and aggressiveness the team has shown
on the field, and
WHEREAS, the Aggies Thursday afternoon on Kyle
Field are facing their most traditional foes in the form of
the Texas University Longhorns, and
WHEREAS, we, the Staff of The Battalion, feei that
the 1959 football team merits the support and devotion of all
Aggies,
THEREFORE, the Staff of The Battalion salutes the
A&M football team and its coaching and training staff and
takes great pleasure in issuing this proclamation in their
honor, in full knowledge they are going to do their best to
beat Texas!
Signed: THE BATTALION
Dorsey Croup
To Play Here
Wednesday
Couples will be dancing to the
music of Jimmy Dorsey’s orches-
ti’a Wednesday night in Sbisa Hall
after the Bonfire. Tickets are now
on sale at the Cashier’s Window
in the Memorial Student Center at
$2.50 per couple. Proceeds will go
to defray expenses of the Bonfire.
Lee Castle, one of the best trum
pet players in the country, will be
directing the orchestra, with Jayne
Ames as the featured vocalist.
Castle has been considered the
“third son” of the Dorsey Band
and has been a member of such
bands as that of Artie Shaw, Glenn
Miller and Benny Goodman. He
joined up with Tommy and Jimmy
when they created “The Fabulous
Dorsey Orchestra,” as musical
conductor and featured trumpeter.
Jimmy Dorsey is credited with
putting the juke box industry on
it’s feet. Emphasizing a sweeter
style, Jimmy’s recordings of “Ama-
pola,” Maria Elena,” “Green Eyes,”
“I Hear A Rhapsody” and “Besa-
me Mucho” were a few of the
biggest juke box favorites ever
recorded. Jimmy Dorsey, who sold
over 40 million records, was also
responsible for one of the recoi’d-
ing industry’s first million sellers,
“John Silver.”
Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey are
credited with delighting audiences
from coast to coast for a period
of over two decades with fabu
lous music. They were responsible
for the first success of many top
vocalists, including Frank Sinatra,
Dick Haymes, Jo Stafford and
Connie Haynes.
Playing before their greatest
audience on CBS Television’s hit
program, “Stage Show,” the fabu
lous Dorseys won the favor of an
entire new generation of music
lovers.
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By Jim Earle
“Reginald, you know, I know and the newspa pers know that we have a better team, but
there seems to be a difference of opinion down here.”