The Battalion
Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1960
Number 110
Activity - Filled Weekend
Planned For Parents’ Day
First County
Primary Set
Brazos County’s first Democratic primary of the year
will begin tomorrow at 8 a. m. with four boxes to be set up
in the College Station area.
Voting Precinct 3 box will be at A&M Consolidated and
Voting Precinct * 1
Annual Barbecue
Seniors assemble under murky skies for the the Association of Former Students and also
annual Senior Barbecue yesterday in The featured a brief talk by Dr. M. T. Harring-
Grove. The annual event was conducted by ton, chancellor of the A&M College System.
NEW OFFICERS INSTALLED
MSC Council Awards Given
To Thirty Eight At Banquet
16 box will be"f
adjacent ot the Culpepper Realty
Co., according to Glynn (Buddy)
Williams, county Democratic chair
man.
Precinct 13 will be located at
Crockett School in Bryan with
John H. Stockman as chairman.
Precinct 2 will be located in the
Wellborn Community Center, ac
cording to Williams.
Precinct Democratic conventions
are scheduled to begin at 7 :30 p.m.,
Thirty-eight awards were pre
sented last night at the MSC
Council’s special tenth anniversary
banquet last night in the MSC
Ballroom.
Distiguished service awards, the anan ^ Percy Mims ’ Rudy Schubert,
highest awards given by the Coun
cil went to Ronald Buford, retir
ing president; Hiram French, re
tiring honorary vice-president;
Mike McGuire, retiring Great Is
sues Committee chairman; Dr.
Paul J. Woods, chief Great Issues
advisor; Kenneth F. Keller, Scona
V finance chairman, and Marvin
H. Butler, who has served as Bowl
ing Committee chairman since the
MSC opened ten years ago.
Appreciation Awards were pre
sented Jack Hartsfield, Jarrell
Gibbs, Charles Bell, Buck Buch-
Charles Yost, John Pocina, Fran
cis Nivers, Ed Saenz, Gordon Rey
nolds, Wiley Bunton.
Don Zirkle, Bill Kuykendall,
Billy Ray Smith, Bernard William
son, Ed Abbott, Jose Buentello,
Walter Cannon, Jim Willes, Gates
Whitley, Bo Lee, Ronald Hampton,
Stirman Ruch McGinty.
Dr. Ide P. Trotter, Dr. David R.
Fitch, Dr. Harrison E. Hierth, R.
Saddle and Sirloin
Banquet in MSC
The annual Awards Banquet and Cattleman’s Ball of the
Saddle and Sirloin Club will be held tonight at 7 p. m. in the
Ballroom of the Memorial Student Center.
The banquet will feature the presentation of awards to
outstanding students, installation+ ■
of new club officers and the selec
tion of a club sweetheart.
Joe Joyce of San Marcos, chair
man of the event, said the session
will include the presentation of
judging team medals, outstanding
animal husbandry student award's,
the Annie E. Wilson Award to the
top senior in the Saddle and Sirloin
Club, Merit Trophy to the club’s
outstanding student and the
Brewer Award to the outstanding
senior majoring in animal hus
bandry.
Two honorary members of the
club for 1959-60 will also be pre
sented at the banquet. They are
Starling Evans of Houston, a
Santa Gertrudis breeder and a
member of the board of directors
of the A&M College System; and
T. A. Kincaid of Ozona, past presi
dent of the Sheep and Goat Raisers
Assn.
During new officer installation
ceremonies, gifts will be presented
to outgoing officers. A highlight
is the awarding of the traditional
pair of spurs to the outgoing presi
dent, Lovell Kuykendall of Chero
kee.
The Cattlemen’s Ball, according
to Chairman Leo Casas of Bena
vides, will get started shortly after
the awards banquet is completed.
Casas said a big attraction dur
ing the ball will be the naming of
the Saddle and Sirloin Club Sweet
heart from among dates present.
Joyce and Casas estimated that
approximately 200 persons are ex
pected to attend the banquet and
ball. Tickets, they said, are $1.50
per person and are good for both
activities.
L. Melcher, R. L. Elkins, Dr. J. R.
Milliff and Dr. B. H. Nelson.
Also Included
Also included on the banquet
agenda was a special recognition
ceremony for the outgoing direc
torate and the installation of next
year’s Council officers arid com
mittee heads.
Bo Lee, a senior agricultural en
gineering major from Houston,
was installed as 1960-61 president
to succeed Buford.
Mike Schneider, a sophomore
science major from Dallas, was in
stalled as the successor of Rush
McGinty in the vice president po
sition. Mike Hiram French, who
served as honorary vice president
for the year will have no successor.
Social Highlight
The banquet, which is the social
highlight of the MSC program for
the year, was featured along a
modern architectural theme in ad
dition to the tenth anniversary cel
ebration.
Buford, in announcing the win
ners of the Appreciation Awards,
stated that the number of people
receiving the awards was higher
than usual because it had been de
cided to increase the number of
awards because of the tenth an
niversary observance.
Mothers’ Clubs
Prexy Honored
Mrs. Alice Lorms, president of
the Federation of A&M Mothers’
Clubs, was presented an award of
appreciation by the Engineering
Promotion Committee of the De
partment of Engineering Drawing.
The award was presented this af
ternoon in the Memorial Student
Center at 2 in the presence of the
Executive Committee of Mothers’
Clubs.
The award, the first ever given
by the Engineering Promotion
Committee, was given to Mrs.
Lorms in appreciation for her sup
port, interest and work in helping
the committee promote A&M.
Under the leadership of Mrs.
Lorms of San Antonio, the Feder
ation of A&M Mothers has sup
ported a plan to attract students
to A&M.
Previous to the award, members
of the Engineering Promotion Com
mittee presented a brief program
to the Executive Council, which
outlined how the Mothers’ Clubs
could help. Members of the Engi
neering Promotion Committee who
presented the award and program
were: W. F. Adams, North B. Bar-
dell, and Jim Earle—all of the De
partment of Engineering Drawing.
just 30 minutes after the polls
close, said Williams.
College Station Precincts
Offices to be filled in the College
Station area precincts are Precinct
1 commissioner, Precinct 7 con
stable and the precinct chairman
from Precinct 3.
In the commissioner’s race, Ray
mond A. Nolan, G. B. Hensarling,
Jr., Curtis H. Williams and
Fletcher L. Pool are announcing
for the office.
Joe Norwood is running un
opposed for the constable post, and
F. C. Bolton is also unopposed in
the Precinct chairman race.
County Positions
Four county offices will be filled
tomorrow. Glynn A. Williams is
unopposed for county Democratic
chairman. Raymond B. Buchanan
is the only candidate for tax
assessor and collector, and D.
Brooks Gofer, Jr., is unopposed fox-
county attorney. J. W. Hamilton
and W. R. (Bill) Owens are on the
ballot for county sheriff.
In the governor’s race, Price
Daniel and Jack Cox are running
for the top state position. Ben
Ramsey and Don Yarborough are
running for lieutenant governor.
Lyndon B. Johnson is unopposed
for United States Senator and
Waggoner Cax-r, Robert Everett L.
(Bob) Looney and Will Wilson
have announced for attorney gen
eral.
Judicial Positions
Robert G. Hughes and Robert
W. Calvert are running for Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court.
Clyde E. Smith is unopposed for
Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court, Place 1, and Joe Greenhill
is the only candidate for Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court,
Place 2.
Lloyd W. Davidson, W. T. Mc
Donald and Jim D. Bowmer are
i-unning for Judge of the Court of
Criminal Appeals.
‘DIRTY WORK.
Play Opens Tonight at 7:30
By TOMMY HOLBEIN
Battalion Feature Editor
“Dirty Work at the Crossroads,”
will be presented by the Aggie
Players tonight in Guion Hall
stax-ting at 7:30 p.m., and the old-
fashioned melodrama offers enter
tainment for all who come to see
it, as part of the Parent’s Day
Weekend.
The play, which is sub-titled
“Tempted, Tired and True” is cop
ied after the melodramas popular
during the “Gay Nineties” when
such theatre was at its peak and
features actors regaled in oinginal
costumes of the late 19th Century,
combined with the most modern
sound techniques.
Humor In Pathos
This very new version of a typi
cal melodrama hilariously tells the
pathetic, heart-warming story of
Nellie Lovelace, a pool-, simple, and
beautiful countx-y girl who is hor
rendously taken advantage of by
the evil Monro Murgutroyd, whose
px-ofession is attempting to marry
girls who might provide him with
a good living.
Monro, the viper, has a wife,
Ida Rhinegold, the belle of the
New Haven Dance Halls who x-e-
turns to the scene to weave her
wicked web after being released
from the insane asylum where
Munro has committed her. But
this does not prevent Monro from
pursuing the innocent Nellie, driv
ing her only love, Adam Oak-
hart, to drink, blackmailing the
rich Mrs. Asterbilt or from en
ticing her daughter, Leoni.
The grand climax of this awe-
sum turn of affairs can’t be told,
but the success of the entire show
will be helped greatly by the par
ticipation of the audience when
ever the opportunity presents it
self.
During the show, the audience
will have liberty to boo and hiss
the villian, as well as to cheer on
the hero. Also sounds of deep
emotion such as sobs will be in
style as Miss Nellie carries thx-u
her sordid life after being sham
ed by the “snake”, Monro.
“This is one of the few shows
we have done in a long time where
such pax-ticipation is acceptable,”
said C. K. Esten, director for the
production. “But I guarantee they
will have plenty of chance to do
just about anything they want to
during the show. The participa
tion of the audience will be a
great factor in determining the
success of the show,” he added.
Selected Cast
Cast for the play includes Mar
lene Rushing as Nellie Lovelace,
Ed Herider as Monro Murgatroyd,
Welcome to Parent’s Day Weekend
CivilianDorm
Reservations
Being Taken
Applications are now being ac
cepted from civilian students fox-
room reservations for the 1960-
61 school year.
Students now in school who
wish to make reservations should
contact their housemaster by
June 4 in order to be assigned to
his Fall roster.
Then they should send in room
reservation cards and a $6 de
posit to the Fiscal Office by July
31. After that date assignments
will be made to summer students
and those who have sent in reser
vations.
Students making reservations
before the July 31 deadline will
have priority over students dur
ing the remainder of the sum
mer.
Students who go to Summer
School must use the same pro
cedure as students who do not in
order to insure obtaining desired
rooms in the Fall.
Law, Puryear, Mitchell, Hart,
Milner, Legett and Walton Halls
will be used next fall to house
civilian students.
Bizzell will not be used and
students now living there should
make arrangements to secure
rooms elsewhere.
Show, Ham Sale
Set To Begin
The annual Little Southwestern
Livestock Show and Ham Sale,
with 125 students competing in six
show classes, is scheduled to get
into full swing tomorrow.
Beginning at 7 a.m. with a cof
fee for judges and officials, the
day-long show will feature a swine
show, a sheep show, horse show,
ham show, beef cattle show and
at 4:30 the selection of the grand
champion showman.
At noon a special luncheon, fea
turing smoked cured ham, will be
served in the Animal Husbandry
lecture room for prospective ham
buyers, Saddle and Sirloin club
members and their parents.
Immediately following will be
a ham show of over 100 haxxxs, pro
cessed and cured by students, to
be judged on the basis of process
ing skill, neatness and consumer
appeal.
Festivities Slated
Through Sunday
Aggies and their parents are due for a weekend crowded
with activities when the annual Parents’ Day festivities begin
tomorrow morning.
Saturday’s activities include the 31st annual meeting of
the Federation of A&M Mothers’ Clubs beginning at 10 a. m.
in the Ballroom of the Memorial Student Center.
Mrs. Ellsworth S. Lorms of San Antonio, president of
the Federation, will preside over the meeting. Reports from
local clubs will be given and yearbooks and history books
will be on display from some 50 clubs from all over Texas.
Highlight of the annual meeting will be the election and
installation of new officers for the coming year.
Preceding the regular meet- - *"
ing will be a coffee delegates
with the Brazos County Moth
ers’ Club acting as hostesses.
All day Saturday students
and their families will have a
chance to visit various buildings
and spots around the campus.
The Sunday morning program
will be opened with the tx-aditional
flower pinning ceremony in front
of the cadet dormitories at 8 a.m.
The flower pinning will be pre
ceded by breakfast in Sbisa and
Duncan Dining Halls at 7 a.m. Im
mediately following the ceremony
will be the presentation of Best
Drilled Sophomore and Freshxxxan
award in each outfit. Apprecia
tion gifts will then be presented
to unit commanders, first serge
ants and faculty advisors.
A review of the Corps of Cadets
will get under way on the Main
Drill Field at 9 a.m. Following
the review, awards will be made
to the outstanding freshman, soph-
omox-e and junior in the Corps.
Other awards to be presented
Sunday are the flags to the com
panies winning class A and B in
tramurals, the awards to the best
drilled unit and the unit with the
highest scholastic rating and the
General Moore trophy to the out
standing unit in the Corps.
Following the review the Fresh
man Dx-ill Team will perform for
the assembled guests and will be
presented ribbons and keys for
their participation in the team dur
ing the year.
Following the Drill Field activ
ities, at 11 a.m., Church services
will be held in Guion Hall. The
program is specifically designed
to honor all Mothers and Dads
present, especially the newly chos
en Aggie Mother of the Year, Mrs.
Fred Curry.
A special drill by the Ross Vol
unteers at 1:30 p.m. on the Main
Drill Field will officially bring to
an end all planned activities.
Rice Professor
To Address
A&S Faculty
v
The annual spring program and
faculty meeting for the School of
Arts and Sciences will be held
Monday at 8 p. m. in the Ballroom
of the Memorial Student Center.
Keynote speaker for the occa
sion will be George Williams, pro
fessor of English at Rice Univer-'
sity since 1928. The title of his
talk will be “Professor vs. Stu
dent.”
The author of many scholarly
articles on Chaucer, Shakespeare,
18th century English literature and
modern British poetry, Williaxxxs
has also authored sevexml scientific
articles on orinthology.
Williams is also the author of
two college textbooks on writing,
“Creative Writing” and “Readings
for Creative Writers,” which have
been adopted by some 350 col
leges and universities.
In addition to his textbooks,
Williams is the author of the novel,
“The Blind Bull,” which was re
published by Pocket Books, Inc., as
“Flesh, and the Dream.”
His most recent book on the
pi’oblems of college education is
“Some of My Best Friends Are
Professors.”
The speaker was also instrumen
tal in founding the Museum of
Natural History of Houston and
was the first president of its
Board of Trustees. He is now
trustee emeritus. He is an elect
ed member of the Texas Institute
of Letters and the Amex’ican Orni
thologists’ Union.
Williams holds the bachelor of
arts and the master of arts de
grees from Rice. He also taught
and done graduate work at New
Yoxk University.
Perry Pope and Travis Madole al
ternating the parts of Adam Oak-
hart, the stalwart son of a black
smith, and Sara Pate as the Wido
Lovelace.
Also in the cast are Libby Alex
ander as Ida Rhinegold, Bill Stough
as Mookie Maguggins, Gail Wil
son as Mrs. Upson Asterbilt, Bar
bara Metzer as Leoni, Kathy West
brook as Fleurette, the French
Maid, and Sharon Garrison as Lit
tle Nell, who never had a father.
Specialties
Supplying background music in
x’eal “old-time” sty4e on a “tinny”
piano will be Mrs. Sue Medlin, who
will also play for the specialties
to be presented between acts.
Special features between acts
will featux-e “Entra Acts” includ
ing a female exotic dancer, a xxxale
quartet, magician and female sing
er.
In chai’ge of sets is Charles
Hearn, assisted by Henry Turner,
Gary Light, John Waddell, and
Joe LaRue. Lighting will be handl
ed by Don Reynolds, and handling
costumes is Mrs. Art Adamson.
“Dirty Work at the Crossroads”
... melodrama by Ag Players in Guion Hall tonight