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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1961
Number 1>0-
Broussard, Stanley Twins, Qualls Lead Aggies Fast Tech
Broussard Fires Hook Shot
. . . another standout, Don Stanley, awaits rebound
wo Native Texans Included
Among RE Week Speakers
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uidantf R ev< Robert B. Langham, Jr.
nsistoR an d Rev. W. Carroll Fancher, Jr.
peersi^iu conduct forum and discussion
to briit',
at Br- ;
■groups in Leggett Hall, Dorm 2
and Dorm 4 during Religious Em-
1 i ea ''phasis Week beginning Feb. 20.
Rev. Langham was born in Nu
eces County, Tex., graduating
al, initofrom Overton High School in 1935.
i phy^The following fall he attended Lon
F of ""'Morris College in Jacksonville as
' 0rWt j«a ministerial student, having been
irie Ccbicenses to preach in August of
s w'Hhat year.
i the M m i n i s t er graduated from
^^Stephen F. Austin State Teacher’s
> .iCollege, Nacogdoches, Tex. in 1939
'JUand attended Perkins School of
^ Theology in Dallas following his
graduation.
jyjtm In 1936, Rev. Langham was ap
pointed pastor of the Palestine
Circuit and has served in the
Methodist ministry since that
time. Other pastorates have in
cluded New Boston, Cedar Street
Methodist Church, Tyler; Trinity
Methodist Church, Port Arthur;
La Marque Methodist Church, and
presently pastor of the First Meth
odist Church, Jacksonville, Texas.
During World War II, the min
ister served as a Chaplain in the
Air Force, one year at Richmond
Virginia Air Force Base, one year
at Charleston, South Carolina Air
Base, and seven months overseas
at Hickam Field and Saipan.
Serving in another capacity,
Rev. Langham has been camp di
rector for youth camps at Lake-
view Methodist Assembly. Also,
Idale, N
City,®
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World Wrap-Up
By The Associated Press
IJ.S.S.R. Demands Hammarskjold’s Dismissal
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.—The Soviet Union demanded
Tuesday night that the Security Council fire Secretary-Gen
eral Dag Hammarskjold and stop all U.N. Congo operations
within one month. It called Hammarskjold the “organizer
of violence” against the slain Patrice Lumumba.
The demands were in a resolution announced for intro
duction in the council Wednesday morning.
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New Space Probe Slated
, WASHINGTON—The space agency has banned news
men from Wallops Island, Va., this week for what may be the
first S. U. satellite launching outside Florida and California.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration re
fused requests from newsmen and television crews for the
same privileges they had during a launch attempt last Dec. 4.
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Parimutuel Betting Debated For Texas
? AUSTIN—Rep. V. E. Red Berry said jubilantly yester
day night that it “looks like the horses are off 20 lengths in
the lead” on his proposal to legalize parimutuel betting at
race tracks in. Texas.
He opened a committee hearing on his local option •con
stitutional amendment by asking those in the crowd who
favored his plan to stand. About two-thirds of the audience
that jammed the balconies and floor of the House came to
their feet applauding.
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Castro Militamen To Return To Homes
HAVANA—A government spokesman said Tuesday that
thousands of Castro militiamen trying to smash insurgents
in the Escambray Mountains expect to be home soon.
Castro propagandist Jose Pardo Llada made the state
ment while broadcasting Valentine messages from the militia
men to their sweethearts and wives.
he served for four years as dis
trict secretary of evangelism in
the Galveston District and is pres
ently the secretary of evangelism
in the Galveston District and is
presently the secretary of the Tex
as Conference Board of Evange
lism.
Rev. Langham will live in Leg
gett Hall and will conduct the
forums and discussion groups for
Leggett and the top two floors of
Mitchell Hall. These meetings will
be held in the lounge of Leggett
Hall.
Rev. Carroll Fancher, Jr., Pas
tor of. the Glenbrook Methodist
Church, Houston, Tex., will be
conducting the forum and discus
sion groups An Dormatories 2 and
4, meeting in the Music Hall next
week.
Born in San Antonio and reared
in Moscow, Texas, Rev. Carroll
graduated from Corrigan High
School in 1946, and attended Lon
Morris College and received his
B.A. degree from Southwestern
University in August, 1949. In
1952, he was awarded the B.D. de
gree at Perkins School of Theol
ogy, Southern Methodist Univer
sity, Dallas, Texas.
His former pastorates include
the Dew Circuit in Frestone
County, Holmes Chapel in Pales
tine, and in Crosby, Texas. He
aided in organizing the Glenbrook
Methodist Church in Houston, of
which he now serves as pastor.
The minister is also presently
serving on the Houston Methodist
Board of Missions, the Board of
Missions of the Texas Conference,
and the Board of the Wesley Foun
dation of the University of Hous
ton.
Leading the forum and discus
sion groups for Dormitory 9 will
be Father Edward A. Sheridan, of
the Manresa House of Retreats
Convent, La.
Father Sheridan is of the Jesuit
order, and is presently director of
the Manrea House of Retreats in
New Orleans. The father receiv
ed his A.B. Licentiate in Philo
sophy and Theology degrees from
St. Louis University and has done
graduate work at the University
of London.
Father Sheridan was here in
1956 for Religious Emphasis Week,
and is returning to the campus
for the second time next week.
ITS Talent Committee
Nears End Of Auditioning
Rangerettes
Already Signed
The Intercollegiate Talent Show Talent Committee visited
Texas University Monday night as the final round of audi
tions for the annual show rapidly approaches.
The group only last Saturday night completed a tour
of southern universities in search of the nine remaining open
ings left for acts in the annual performance.
The Kilgore College Rangerettes have already been con
tracted for the opening and closing acts, a position they have
filled in past years to the obvious delight of Aggie watchers.
The total 6f ten acts is experted to represent 14 different
schools.
Tomorrow the Talent Committee will leave on its last
tour as it previews acts at six 4-
schools in the northern section
of the state.
These institutions include
TCU, SMU, North Texas, Tex
as Woman’s University, Okla
homa State and the University
of Arkansas. Acts from Texas
Tech will also be viewed at the
TCU stop.
The tour completed Saturday
night took the committee to Rice
University, Louisiana State and
Southwestern Louisiana Institute.
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Acts from Baylor University
were screened before the begin
ning of the southern tour.
Members
Members of the committee are
Ed Latta, John German, Richard
Hopper and Miss Julia Terry, stu
dent programs advisor at the Me
morial Student Center. Bill Mc
Clain is the director of the show.
One of the main features of this
year’s show, slated Mar. 10 in G.
Rollie White Coliseum, promises
to be the special stereo stage set
up that will be used by the Aggie-
land Orchestra for show music.
The system, according to re
ports, is similar to the one used
here recently in a Town Hall per
formance by the Ray Conniff Or
chestra.
The final announcement of acts
for the show is due sometime in
the next three weeks. As of now
an mecee has not been officially
contacted although several are un
der consideration.
Noted Surgeon
Due To Speak
Here Tonight
Dr. Truman G. Blocker, Chair
man of the Department of Sur
gery at The University of Texas
Medical Branch in Galveston, will
speak here today.
The subject of the lecture, which
will be given in the Biological Sci
ences Lecture Room at 8 p.m., is
“Basic Problems in the Healing
and Repair of Burn Injuries.”
Blocker is recognized as one of
the outstanding plastic surgeons
with wide experience in the treat
ment of serious burns. His re
search work is known internation
ally for its application of the basic
sientific principles to the study
of medicine.
Most of his studies have been
in the fields of histochemistry,
histopathology and in the applied
areas of surgery and medicine.
Blocker is also noted for his in
terest in medical history.
The speaker received his train
ing at Austin College, The Uni
versity of Texas Medical Branch,
The University of Pennsylvania
and The John Sealy Hospital in
Galveston. Blocker has also been
awarded the honorary degree of
Doctor of Science by the Austin
College of Sherman, Tex.
He has authored or co-authored
more than 125 publications, many
of which are based on his work in
plastic surgery and the repair of
burn injuries.
The lecture is sponsored by the
Sigma Xi Society, and all inter
ested persons are urged to attend.
PERFORMED ‘IN THE ROUND’
Tourposters’ Well Done
Despite Many Difficulties
By TOMMY HOLBEIN
Opening night for “The Four-
poster,” Aggie Players production
performed in the Lower Level of
the Memorial Student Center last
night, was marked by an over-all
well done show in face of several
impending difficulties.
The comedy, concerning the
trials and tribulations of married
life, from the wedding night
through 25 years of marital hiss
and bliss, was performed “in the
round,” with the audience sur
rounding the stage on three sides.
This style of theater is basically
difficult, because of the problems
incurred in getting one’s lines
heard throughout the audience, and
keeping in view the audience at
all times. •
Grand Entrance
Harry Gooding, playing the part
of the constantly Frustrated hus
band, with Reggie Lundergan as
his spouse, makes a grand en
trance in the opening scene as he
bears his bride into their bed
chamber for the first night of
marital bliss.
From this moment on, the
scenes carry the audience on with
the problems arising between the
couple, as many of the spectators
recognize situations similar to
ones they have endured at one’
time or another.
The movements and expressions
of those on stage improved as the
play progressed, with slightly
noticeable nervousness turning to
realization of full character, cre
ating better performance during
the latter part of the play.
In face of difficulty in making
their lines understood, the hus
band and wife began enunciating
much better after their first scene
on stage, which is a period of ad
justment for any actor. How
ever, the opening scene was well
designed to cope with this adjust
ment, since the predominating at
mosphere was one of^nervousness
between newly-weds.
Biggest Hit
In scene two, the' action takes
place a few hours before the ar
rival of their first child, and in
last night’s performance, this
scene totally captured the audi
ence from start to finish.
Another scene which also brought
uproars of laughter occures in the
second act, when the disciplining
father discovers what shows all
signs of being a bottle of bour
bon in his son’s dresser—and thus
emerges the setting for a session
of “Mom and Dad” sitting up at
4 a.m. waiting for their son’s re
turn from a night on the town.
Blending humor and pathos,
“The Fourposter” provided excel
lent entertainment for the few
who saw it last night; the show
will be playing each night through
Friday, starting at 8 p.m., and
lasting until 9:30.
The hour and a half of enter
tainment is filled with comedy,
good dramatics and spiced with
music between scenes and acts,
and in another tribute to the Ag
gie Players, who have maintained
a standing reputation for produc
ing good theater.
RY’s End Duties
At Mardi Gras
Yesterday was the big day—and quite possibly the big
night—as the 130-man Ross Volunteer Company led the Rex
Parade and then attended the last night’s Rex Ball and Ban
quet at Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans.
From all reports the entire city 4 •
was a mass of celebrating, mad
cap fun-lovers as 'the annual cele
bration was officially concluded
after a lengthy stay.
As the Associated Press report
ed, “They danced in the streets.
They laughed at keep off the grass
signs and ignored no-parking rules.
They tossed empty beer cans in
the gutters. They climbed street
poles and packed outside balcon
ies. They yelled, ’Throw me some
thing mister.’ ”
And the RV’s were right in the
middle of everything. The honor
company of juniors and seniors
led the four-mile parade as the of
ficial honor guard for King Rex,
himself, and were honor guests at
the Rex Ball and Banquet last
night.
Crowds estimated as ‘in the
thousands’ turned out yesterday
morning to watch six parades
winding through the city.
The Negro Zulu parade, toss
ing coconuts instead of beads,
started the string of processions
early in the morning. Rex got
rolling before noon with 22 floats
depicting the ‘magic of music’ in
song. Other parade units follow
ed with beautifully decorated
floats.
The Mystic Krewe of Comus
paraded at nightfall last night
through the streets to wind up the
processions.
In the last two carnival balls
of the year, Rex and Comus toasted
one another at midnight, marking
the start of the solemn season of
Lent which ends Easter Sunday.
More than 60 masked balls and
two dozen parades have been stag
ed since the carnival officially
opened with the ball of the Twelfth
Night ReVelers Jan. 6.
Babcock Contest
Title Announced
OK boys, get out your pencils and oil up your type
writers. The topic for the annual Babcock essay contest has
been released, and that $250 is just waiting for some Aggie
to claim it.
Beaumont insurance man C. L.
Babcock, ’20 sponsors the search
for the outstanding composition of
some phase of A&M.
The subject for this year is Ed
ucational Assets I Find at Texas
A&M.
The essays will be screened by
members of The Battalion staff
and final judging will be done by
a committee to be named by Presi
dent Earl Rudder.
Previous winners of the contest
have had their selections reprinted
in publications throughout the
state and in the Congressional
In additioon to the $250 prize
there will be 10 certificates given
to runner-ups.
First prize and the certificates
will be presented to winners at
the annual Student Publications
Banquet on May 4.
Apr. 14 is the deadline for en
tries in the contest. Entries should
be prepared in regular manuscript
form, double spaced with an orig
inal and two carbon copies and
turned in to The Battalion office
on the ground floor of the YMCA
Building. Manuscripts should be
no less than 250 words nor more
than 1,000 words in length.
Criteria used in judging the en
tries, as set by Babcock, are ‘Is
it the Truth?,” “Is it Fair?,”
“Will it Build Good Will?,” and
“Will it Be Beneficial?”
Any full time student currently
enrolled in A&M except members
of The Battalion staff is eligible
to submit an essay.
Expectant Child Creates Difficulties
. . . second act crowd-pleaser