The Battalion
Volume 69
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1960
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Conniff’s Girl Chorus On Stage
, . . please audience of more than 5,000
ORIGINAL, MAJESTIC MUSIC
Ray Conniff s ‘Concert In Stereo
Pleases Over 5.000 In Coliseum
By TOMMY HOLBEIN
Bay Conniffs “Concerto in
Stereo” provided two hours of
original, majestic music for an
audience of more than 5,000 last
night at Town Hall held in G.
Rollie White Coliseum.
Highlighted by a complete stereo
phonic sound system, the Conniff
Orchestra and Chorus presented a
program of 28 selections taken
from their 11 albums recorded on
Columbia Records.
An intricate lighting system
was also used to gain atmosphere
to correspond with the certain se
lection being played. The lights
varied from a brilliant orange cov
ering the entire stage, to a soft
blue centered on Coniff as his
group played George Gershwin’s
“Rhapsody in Blue” in true Conniff
original style.
Informality was prevalent on
stage, as the orchestra and chorus
presented their concert. At no time
were any of the musicians or sing
ers, or .especially the youthful-
looking leader of the nation’s No.
1 record album selling group stiff
or formal. The total opposite was
true throughout the performance.
Chest Workers
Still Plugging
Toward Goal
Committeemen for the College
Station United Chest are still
plugging away in an effort to
reach the goal of $15,150.
Dr. Dale F. Leipper, chairman
of the drive, said last night he ex
pected to receive reports from sev
eral team captains today that will
give him a much better overall
picture of the campaign.
“I am able to see new that the
lag in the drive was a general
trend and not confined to just sev
eral sections,” said Leipper.
“We still have a couple of out
standing accounts out. A more
complete figure will be available
when these reports are in,” he
added.
The drive officially ended Tues
day, but checks from persons who
have not yet contributed are still
being accepted.
So far the amount collected is
far short of the expected total, but
drive officials are continuing their
efforts.
From the quick, rhythmic sounds
of “Lullaby of Birdland” to the
majestic music of the ‘"Warsaw
Concerto,” Conniff held the audi
ence spell-bound through his treat
ment of each selection and the
usage of the $30,000 worth of
stereo equipment.
Sound engineers were located in
the. audience with dial controls bal
ancing sounds from the brass and
reed sections of the orchestra with
the vocal supplements. Result was
all three sections evenly balanced
with the audience receiving the
full effect of the music.
A special treat was in store
when Conniff presented Mary Lou
Lyons, a member of the four-girl
chorus, singing a solo, “It’s Nice
to Have a Man Around the House.”
Miss Lyons was swamped with
autograph seekers following the
concert, and many members of the
audience left G. Rollie White with
her signature on their programs.
Other special performers in the
orchestra and chorus included Miss
Elaine Fenimore playing two selec
tions on the harp, “Autumn” and
“Tea for Two.” A request was
mad,e that everyone be totally
silent before she began playing;
within a few seconds, one could
have heard a pin drop in the large
coliseum.
Michael Wesley, 20-year-old
singer ffom Rosemead, California,
is the nevfest addition to Conniffs
group and was presented to sing
three songs accompanied by his
own baritone uke, with bass violin
and guitars for background. In
cluded in his selections were “The
Yellow Rose of Texas” and “When
the Saints Go Marching In.”
Conniff explained to the audi
ence the reason they had not gone
on tour before:
“I didn’t feel it was right to go
on concert tour until we could
duplicate the sounds heard on our
recqrdnigs in auditoriums, and our
elaborate stereo equipment was de
veloped for this purpose.”
“Our recordings have sound ef
fects that can only be accomplished
through electronic techniques, and
when we were able to develop
equipment to reproduce these for
large audiences, we were ready,”
he added.
“It was a very receptive and
most ‘original’ audience and we en
joyed playing every minute for
them,” said Conniff following the
concert.
The group is scheduled to play
at Baylor University tonight, and
in Austin tomorrow night. They
have been on tour since Oct. 12,
for the first time during their sen
sational career as recording artists.
There’s no doubt that a fully
pleasureful evening was spent by
the large number of people hear
ing Conniffs “Concert in Stereo.”
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Frosh After Yearling
15-Game Win Streak
Kyle Field Clash
Saturday at 2 p.m.
By LARRY SMITH
The Texas Yearling put their 15 game unbeaten streak
on the line Saturday afternoon in Kyle Field as they take on
the Aggie Fish.
The Yearlings are supporting a 4-0 record this season
which include victories over the Baylor Cubs, Rice Owlets,
SMU Colts and the TCU Wogs. The Fish come in the game
with a 3-1 record with wins over the Baylor Cubs, Houston
Kittens and the Rice Owlets. Their only loss has been to the
hands of the TCU Wogs in the season opener.
The fast-improvinc Fish will try to wind up this season’s
action, by ending the Yearlines streak. The Fish have not
beaten the Yearlings since 1954. the John Crow and Charlie
Krueger era, when they won
20-7.
Two Fish will definitely
miss the Yearling game,
guard Wavne Cent and cen
ter David Hill. Speedy halfback
George Hargett reinjured his
shoulder this week in practice, but
is expected to see some action.
Other than these three, the Fish
will be in top shape.
The Yearlings, who are said to
have the best team in about six
years, are led by quarterback Duke
Carlisle of Athens, fullback Har
old Phillips of Olney and halfback
Tommy. Ford of San Angelo. The
main reason for the Yearljing’s suc
cess this year is based on Carlisle,
according to Fish Coach Travis
Hughes. They are blessed with fast,
shifty back and big, quick line
men. Hughes added that the Fish
backfield is the faster of the two
teams.
The bread and butter plays of
the Yearlings are the option play
both ways and the fullback off-
tackle while the Fish depend on
fullback slams and quarterback
keepers.
Saturday afternoon will be a
hometown get together for four
Texas towns, except the boys will
be playing across from each other
this time. Jerry Rogers of Corpus
Christi Ray will meet two former
high school teammates who are
now playing for the Yearlings, Ben
House and Jim Besselman. Other
starters from the same hometown
include Fish Larry Crutsinger and
Yearling Robert Young of Brown-
wood, Fish Ken Bode and Yearling
Scott Appleton of Brady, and Fish
Mike Swan and Yearling Duke
Carlisle of Athens. This should
give the annual battle an added
spark.
The game is sponsored this year
by the Brazos Valley Shrine Club
and game time is 2 p. m.
Seven-Part
Broadcast
Plans Final
Aggieland, its spirit and tradi
tions, will be featured on a national
broadcast this weekend by the
“Monitor Goes Calling” program
of the National Broadcasting Com
pany.
Seven broadcasts over the week
end will make up the whole of the
presentation on Aggieland. Each
30-minute broadcast will be com
pletely different from the others,
and will take up different aspects
of life at A&M.
Information needed for the pro
gram was sent to the representa
tives of the National Broadcasting
Company over a month ago by the
Department of Student Publica
tions.
In a phone call to a representa
tive of The Battalion staff, Elliott
Drake of NBC told of the proposed
schedule of programs and the
times for the programs.
The time schedule is as follows:
flistory and growth, Friday at 8
p.m.; Muster, Saturday at 2 p.m.;
Bonfire and Yell Practice, Satur
day at 5 p.m.; Parents’ Day and
Final Review, Saturday at 8 p.m.;
the 12th Man Tradition, Saturday
at 11 p.m.; other traditions, Sun
day at 5:30 p.m., and academic
activities, Sunday at 8:30 p.m.
These times are New York times,
(EST), one hour behind local time.
World Wrap-Up
By The Associated Press
Congo Surprises UN with Parade
LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo—Col Joseph Mobutu star
tled the United Nations yesterday with a parade of his
crack army units.
It was one of Mobutu’s most impressive moves to assert
himself as the Congo’s military strongman and challenge
UN charges that his armv is a “disorganized rabble.”
The foe of leftist ex-Premier Patrice Lumumba also im-
nrps=sed his friends among Western diplomats. Said one:
“This was the most effective proof that Mobutu means busi
ness. Lets hope he keeps it up.”
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Killer of Three Women Confesses
OTTAWA. 111.—A stocky ex-dishwasher confessed yes
terday that he bludgeoned three women to death last spring
in a canyon of Starved Rock State Park.
The slayings first were admitted by Chester Otto Weger,
21, of nearby La Salle, in a semihysterical. sobbing confes
sion. Then afterward, showing almost exubehant relief, he
re-enacted the killings of last March.
They haopened, he said, because his victims wouldn’t
cooperate in his attempt to rob them.
Authorities said the web of accusing circumstances had
been closing around Weger for many weeks. He had worked
in Starved Rock State Park Lodge at the time of the slayings
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Cuba Brushes Off US Protest
HAVANA—Cuba rejected yesterday a U. S. Embassy
note protesting what the embassy called the Roman circus
trial and execution of three Americans seized with an anti-
Castro invasion band.
A Cuban reply warned that any future invaders “Whc
are not left on the field of battle mixing their blood with
the dust of our land will face the same revolutionary justice.”
The note from Carlos Oliveres, acting foreign minister,
was delivered to Daniel M. Braddock, U. S. charge d’affaires.
Cuban Foreign Minister Raul Roa is currently at the United
Nations session in New York and U. S. Ambassador Philip
Bonsai was recalled to Washington a few weeks ago.
Senate Endorses
Sports Movement
The first step in what appears to be a long fight to
recognize eight minor sports as varsity activities began
Thursday night when the Student Senate agreed to support
the minor sports committee in its effort to get the sports
recognized by the Athletic Council.
The senators agreed to endorse
the movement by submitting a
letter which the minor sports com
mittee will use as one of its argu
ments in a coming meeting with
the Athletic Council.
Mickey McDonald, committee
chairman, explained his group’s
aims to the senators and cited
wrestling, gymnastics, rifle, pistol,
soccer, fencing, water polo and
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Dismal Weather Brewing
As Bonfire Work Nears
Map of Bonfire Working Area
. . . dismal weather brewing again
Sam Byer Out For TU Game—Page 4
By RONNIE BOOKMAN
With the sharpening of axes,
the gnashing of teeth, and perhaps
a shot of some liquid fortifier, the
men of Aggieland prepare to build
the world’s largest bonfire.
The U.S. Weather Bureau fore
cast typical bonfire weather to
make veterans of the operation feel
at home.
Sonny Todd, bonfire chief, said
that breakfast will be served at 5
a.m. tomorrow, Sunday and Mon
day so that actual cutting and
hauling can get underway as early
as possible.
“We have two big problems
right now,” Todd said.
, “We need trucks very bad, and
the roads are in such bad condi
tion we may have to walk into the
cutting area from the cattleguard,”
he added.
Todd said that Company H-l had
reworked the bridge to forestall
possible trouble with heavy log
trucks.
“Parts of companies E-l, F-l
and H-l will maintain road condi
tions, while Squadrons 3, 5, 6 and
9 will handle the loading of logs
in the cutting area,” Todd con
tinued.
He also said that five new Bolens
chain saws arrived yesterday far
use in bonfire work.
This year stacking will be done
New Student
Directories
Now Available
The 1960-61 Student Directories,
enclosed in a new bright blue
cover, were released yestei’day.
The directories, as always, con
tain the names and college and
home addresses of all staff mem
bers and students.
They will be made available to
students shortly.
by companies C-2, D-2, F-2 and
the band. The bonfire will be
double stacked.
The center pole for the blaze
will go up this aftei-noon. The
main shaft is 66 feet long, but a
35 foot extension will be spliced
on. The pole will be sunk 15 feet
into the ground.
Todd said that the fueling phase
of the bonfire will be about the
same as it was last year. About
500 gallons of kerosene will be
sprayed over the stack. Fueling
will be under the direction of
Robert L. Whiting, head of the
Department of Petroleum Engi
neering.
There are other sides to the
opex-ation in addition to cutting,
hauling and stacking the logs. First
aid stations and communication
posts have to be manned. All of the
workers on the job have to be fed
also.
The bonfire will be ignited Tues
day at 8 p.m.
badminton as the present sports
desiring college sanction and aid
as varsity sports.
He added the amount that will
be asked by the group from the
college will be used to pay trip
expenses, equipment costs and
other general unavoidable ex
penses.
The entire group currently re
ceives $1,500 annually from tha
Exchange Store Fund.
In other senate business, Dec.
14-15 was announced as the data
for the Aggie Campus Chest Drive
among students and faculty and
staf members on campus.
Richard Vander Stucken, chaii’-
man of the Student Welfare Com
mittee, told the senators a goal
of $3,000 has been established.
Collections will be handled on
campus through Corps outfits, ci
vilian dorm presidents and scat
tered collection plates on campus.
A kick-off dinner for the drive
will most likely be held either Dec.
12 or 13, Vander Stucken said.
Sixty per cent of the funds col
lected go to Aggies in financial
aid, while the other 40 per cent
goes to several area agencies.
Installment
Fees Due
By Monday
A reminder was issued yester
day that third installment fees
must be paid by Monday.
They are payable in the Fiscal
Office in the Richard Coke Build
ing, with 5 p.m. the deadline Mon
day.