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'W - - PAGE 2 ■ ■ THE BATTALION Thursday, January 14, 1960 CADET SLOUCH Worth Mentioning By Johnny Johnson • ' With finals approaching much faster than most of us prefer, the activity calendar grows smaller as the remaining number of days on this semester’s calendar do^ but still com ing up this semester are several top events. The talk tonight by Ernest K. Lindley, chief of News week’s Washington Bureau, will be the second presentation •for the Great Issues Committee of the Memorial Student Center. Earlier this year they presented Robert Kennedy, former chief counsel to the Select Senate Committee on Im proper Activities in the field of Labor and Management and brother of one of the announced Democratic Presidential . nomination candidates, John Kennedy. Brooks Hays, former U. S."* ‘Congressman from Arkansas and now a member of the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors will be presented during February by the committee. The Great Issues Committee has presented this year possibly £f;jthe most impressive list of speak- »iS : ers that it has has in recent years. (53* Much of the credit goes to Chairman Mike McGuire, Vice Chairman Wally Cannon and three faculty advisers, Dr. David A. Fitch, professor in the Divi sion of Business Administration; Dr. P. J. (Jock) Woods, associ- by Jim Ear If* Worthy of respect and notice by the Men of Aggieland. Officers this year are Don Rey nolds, president; Ray Simmons, vice president; Dorothy Ash worth, secretary; and Ed Herider and Ray Simmons, representa tives to |the Arts’*, and Sciences Council. • Under the#'direction of Esten since 1950, thd Players have been in existence for many years, ac cording to Esten. No,exact esti mate is available as to how long Texas A&M, all too often thought of as a strictly technical school, has had an organized drama club. A check of the microfilm files of The Battalion last night con tained mention of a production planned in January, 1890, by a dramatic society. The story in The College Journal, the fore runner of The Battalion, indi cated the production would be the initial performance by the group. Dramatics may be rela tively unknown at Texas A&M, but they are by no means new. ate professor in the Department of History and Government; and joJ’Earl, H. Knebel, associate profes- SB sor in the Department of Agri- cultural Education. ★ ★ ★ While on the subject of events for the Men of Aggieland, next <• ..semester will bring on the sec- 'A'ond presentation of the A&M Fine Arts Festival. One of the organizations taking part in this festival is probably the most-un derrated and little mentioned student group on the campus— The Aggie Players. During the festival, the Aggie Players, will not only be present ing a Shakespearean comedy, ‘‘The Twelfth Night,” but will be doing it in a new style—in the round, the same method used in producing “Bus Stop” earlier P. in the semester. A According to C. K. Esten, di rector of the Players and an as- sistant professor in the Depart- PROOVES HIS POINT v .ment of English, the Players’pro- SAN DIEGO, Calif. UP)—Bob duction of the ^hakeSpe^re play Steele, a technical writer at con- in the round will' be* a'historical vair Astronautics, promised a wo- event. Esten said ds far as he man writer that she’d meet lots knows a Shakespeare play has of bachelors if she joined fhe staff, never been successfully presented She did just that and married one in the round. of them. Now, both have left the So, the Players are certainly plant. w Si :.r •' O is the best time to get your season ticket for Great Issues — Recital Series •‘j * January * February * February * February 14, 12, 28, Washington Editor of NEWSWEEK Earnest K. Lindley Violin & Piano Artists Grishman — Ryce Duo Pianist David Bar - Ilian Former Congressman from Arkansas — Brooks Hays * April 8, Soprano Betty Bjoerling On your way to the Ballroom to hear Earnest K. Lindley get your ticket at the MSC main desk. SEASON TICKETS — 5.00 INDIVIDUAL EVENTS — 1.50 THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu dent writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax-supported, non- profit, self-supporting educational enterprise edited arid op erated by students as a community newspaper and is under the supervision of the director of Student Publications at Texas A&M College. the Student Publications Board a Members of uolicat :hool ot ibqgt • JS. D. McMurry, School of Veterinary Medicine. K. J. Koenig, re L. A. Duewall, director school of Arts and Sciences ; Student Puolications, chairman ; Dr. A. L. Bennett, Sc , School of Kqgineering; Otto R. Kunze, School of Agriculture; s ; Dr. nd Dr. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A.&M. Station, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday September through May, and once is published in College lay, and Monday, and holiday periods, week during summer school. : «n College Station, Texas, ’under the Act of Con- fcress of March 8, 1870. MEMBER: The Associated Press Texas Press Ass’n. Represented nationally by t i o n 'ices, icat and San Francisco. iresented nationally N ational Advertising Inc., New York igo, Los An- Services, City, Chic geles The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all ne it or not otherwise credited in the Rights of republication The Asaociat "Bispatches credited to it or not ot] spontaneous origin published herein. ‘in are also reserved. J* Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per semesb Advertising rate furnished on request- college Station, Texas. ws in the paper and local news of " tion of all other matter he all other matter here- er. $6 per school year, $6.50 per full year. Address: The Bpttalion Room 4, YMCA, . News contributions may be made by telephoning VI 6-6618 or VI ’6-4910 or at the editorial office. Room 4, YMCA. For advertising or delivery call VI 6-6415. JOHNNY JOHNSON EDITOR bill Hicklin Managing Editor Bob Weeklfty Sports Editor Robbie Godwin t News Editor Joe Callicoatte Assistant Sports Editor Ben Trail, Bob Sloan Assistant News Editors Jack Hartsfield, Ken Coppage, Tommy Holbein, Bob Saile, A1 Vela and Alan Payne Staff W’riters Joe Jackson Photographer Russell Brown CHS Correspondent “Okay, okay again!” come back in and I’ll check your grades What’s Cooking Poll Tax Payable In MSC This Week People in the College Station area may again pay their poll tax in the Memorial Student Center this year. The Social and Educational Department of the MSC will open the polls Jan. 11-29, from 8 a. to 5 p. m. Mondays through Fridays. The following clubs and organ izations will meet tonight: 7:30 Marshall Hometown Club will niieet in the lobby of the YMCA. Wee Aggies We Agglee like to read about Wee Ag gies. When a wee one arrives, call VI 6-4910 and ask for the Wee Aggie Edi tor. . . A future Corps Commander was born at 8:23 a.m. Jan. 5 to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald T. Smith, ’(>0, C-3-D College View. Ronald Tyler Smith Jr. arrived at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bryan weighing 8 lbs. 2 oz. A future Corps Commander was born to Mr. and Mrs. Rich ard P. Jones, ’61, 167 Mobil Dr. Michael Paul Jones,- 8 lbs. 2 oz., was born at 11:05 p.m. Jan. 5. Mr. and Mrs. David I. Miller, ’60, of 4405 College Main, are the proud parents of a future Aggie date. She is Marjanna Lynn Mil ler, born Jan. 6 in St. Joseph’s Hospital. Marjanna weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces. Another future Aggie date, Beverly Jane Martin, was born Jan. 12 at 11:46 p.m. in St. Joseph’s Hospital. She weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces. The proud parents are. Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Martin, ’61, of D-3-Z College View. ■ History Prof Writes Article Haskell Monroe of the Depart ment of History and Government has an article appearing in the latest issue of the North Carolina Historical Review titled, “ ‘The Road to Gettysburg’—The Diary and Letters of Leonidas Torrence of the Gaston Guards.” LAST DAY {fob thtjofify ROBERT STACK MAR ISA PAVAN MACDONALD CAREY ERIN O’BRIEN TECHNICOLOR TECHNIRAMA PALACE Bryan 2'8879 STARTS TODAY CARY GRAND TONY CURTIS OPERATION Hi PETTICOAT ARTHUR O'CONNELL . m Eastman * J* COLOR i smut mum > iimb* Mmn QUEEN DOUBLE FEATURE “Web of Evidence’ & “Wichita” Midland Hometown Club will meet in the YMCA to choose the club sweetheart. Abilene Hometown Club will meet on the second floor of the Academic Building. Angelina County Hometown Club will meet in the Fountain Room of th6 Memorial Student Center. Shreveport Hometown Club will meet in the Gay Room of the YMCA. Waco Hometown Club meets in the Reading Room of the YMCA to make plans for a party be tween semesters. San Antonio Hometown Club will meet in Room 128 of the Ac ademic Building. El Paso Hometown Club meets in Room 126 of the Academic Building. THROUGH FRIDAY “TEMPEST” With Van Heflin Plus THE MAN IN THE NET’ With Alan Ladd THURSDAY & FRIDAY 2a I pqoooction op ‘MSEJS EfeGKBS COLOR by DC LUXE OnemaScopE— R*T ' ‘""ckS'.STlNe V: K. $: :■ To^V S^epes GaQV R?eO SMOiCM Show Opens 6 p. m. Civilian Student Portrait Dates Set Civilian Students will have their portrait made for The Ag gieland ’60 at the Aggieland Studio between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. according to the following schedule. Coats and ties should be worn. Civilian Senior and Graduates (Including Jr. and Sr. Vet Med., 5th Year Architects) Jan. 11-12 E-K Jan. 13-14 L-R Jan. 18-19 S-Z Whiting Has Had 29 Years' Experience, 14 Years Here By TOMMY HOLBEIN Battalion Staff Writer Robert L. Whiting, head of the Department of Petroleum Engi neering, is a man with eight years of industrial experience and 21 years teaching experience, the last 14 of which have been spent at A&M. Whiting received his B.S. from the University of Texas in 1939, and his M.S. from the University in 1942. His teaching experience includes serving as a graduate as sistant in the Department of Pe troleum Engineering at the Uni versity of Texas from 1939 to 1943, and he was an associate pro fessor at the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy until 1946, when he came to A&M. Besides his teaching experience, Whiting has had a great deal of full-time industrial experience in is field. He worked for the Sin clair Oil and Refining Co. as roustabout, roughneck, and on a connection gang for 15 months from 1937 to 1940. He served four months as gas engineer for the Railroad Commission of Texas at Pampa during 1940. Stanolind Oil and Gas Co. hired him for 24 months of service from 1941 to 1945. During this time, mittee at Austin and College Sta- he worked in Texas, Louisiana, and tion for 13 months from 1951 to Oklahoma as apprentice engineer, 1953. mud engineer, petroleum engineer, Whiting’s part-time industrial research engineer, reservoir engi- experience includes serving vari- neer, and in consulting and re- ous clients, particularly in the search departments. • field of reservoir engineering, Whiting has worked for the drilling, production, and oil and Magnet Cove Barium Corp. of gas valuation from 1940 to 1957. Houston as mud engineer and con- whiting was born in San An- sultant from 1947 to 1953. He has tonio> Tex<j on Feb- 2 5, 1918, and also served the Texas Engineering since that time he has lived in Experiment Station at College San Antonio, Houston, Austin, Station as an associate research p ampa) JenningS) La-j TuIsaj 0 kla., engineer with 12 months of serv- Rolla> Mo-j and College Station, ice during 1947 through 1951. He He and b i s family, which includes served as acting director of the his wi f e> Nina) and their three Texas Petroleum Research Com- children, Robert Louis, Sharon Ca rol, and John Vance, reside at 1031 i. Ed. Wives’ Clul) Walton Drive in College Station. Slates Luncheon The Industrial Education Wives’ Club will hold their PhT Luncheon at Clayton’s Saturday at 1 p.m. Tickets for the luncheon are $1.75, and reservations must be j It takes two to fill the bill made with Maxine Griffith, at VI 6-7429, by Saturday. 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