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The Battalion
Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1961
Number 113
Visitors Flock To Campus
For Parents’ Day W eekend
Address By Brown
Ends Senate Year
Reagan V. Brown, extension ru
ral sociologist, last night outlined
a four-point program to members
of the Student Senate on “what
would we like to buy back?”
Brown was the principal speaker
at the annual Student Senate Ban
quet in the Assembly Room of the
Memorial -Student Center.
He listed a need for enthusiasm,
freedom from alibis, a need for
an appreciation for America and
Funeral Rites
Scheduled For
E. D. Parnell
Edward D. Parnell, 60, a pro
fessor in the Department of Poul
try Science since 1938, died yes
terday in a Bryan hospital.
Parnell suffered a heart attack
shortly after midnight Thursday
morning and was taken to St. Jo
seph’s Hospital. He died there
about 10:30 a.m. ,
This was his second attack
within the past several months.
Services' ’ are scheduled for 2
p.m. Saturday at the Hillier Fu
neral Home Chapel. Burial will
he in the College Station City
Cemetery.
Born. Jan. 1, 1901, Parnell re
sided with his wife Velma at 406
Walton Dr. E. in College Station.
Parnell graduated from A&M in
1923 and received his Master’s de
gree here in 1934. He joined the
college staff in 1938.
Other colleges Parnell attended
included Colorado A&M College
and Tarleton State College.
He coached the poultry judging
team and was in charge of most
short course work in the Depart
ment of Poultry Science.
He had authored one book,
“Profitable Poultry Production,”
and numerous scientific and pop
ular articles.
Parnell was a member of the
Masonic Lodge.
In addition to his wife, Parnell
is survived by a son, John E.
Parnell of Dallas; a daughter,
Mrs. Kathleen Barron of Bryan,
and a brother, D. M. Parnell of
Waco.
reflecting the life of Jesus Christ
as his four main points.
Brown also challenged the sen
ators to “be the salt of A&M,”
“be the light of leadership” and
“be able to say you have done all
that could have been done.”
The well-known sociologist
praised the senators for their
work of the year and added “Pm
glad to be on your side.”
Out-going Senate President Ro
land Dommert expressed his ap
preciation to the Senate members
for their efforts as he distributed
Student Senate keys to the sen
ators.
Words of praise were also of
fered for the two Senate advisors,
W. D. (Pete) Hardesty and Wayne
Smith.
In-coming President Malcolm
Hall was introduced to the Sen
ate and, in turn, introduced the
members of his executive commit
tee that will take office next
Thursday.
The new executive committee
will consist of Ed Sartain, vice
president; Frank Kiolbassa, re
cording secretary; Cecil Bailey,
parliamentarian; Jimmy Carter,
public relations chairman; Bill
Sneed, issues chairman; John An-
this, student welfare chairman,
and Ken Joyce, student life chair
man.
Keys were given to Norris Gil
breath, vice president; Frank Mc
Farland, parliamentarian; Jimmy
Johnson, recording secretary; Bob
Bower, public relations chairman;
Roger Ratcliff, issues chairman;,
Billy Bob Hutson, student life
chairman; Clayton LaGrone, stu
dent welfare chairman.
John Abbott, Carter, Jim Crouch,
Warren Dillard, David Ellison,
Johnny Fenley, Ernie Figari, Lee
Griggs, Ben Johnston, Douglas
Kent, John Kirk, Jerry Lackey,
Brantley Laycock, Tim Pixley, Ar-
land Schneider, Mike Schneider,
James Smith, Bill Sprayberry,
George Wieredaenders and Dom
mert.
Dommert was also presented a
gavel by the senators.
The out-going president remind
ed the members of next Thurs
day’s called meeting in the Senate
Room of the MSC, where the new
officers and members of next
year’s Senate will be officially in
stalled.
17 Students
In Architecture
Win Awards
Scholarships and awards have
been made to 17 students in ar
chitecture at A&M.
Seventeen scholarships and
awards were made at the annual
architecture banquet May 9.
Nathaniel Curtis, architect, mem
ber of the widely known firm of
Curtis and Davis, architects, of
New Orleans, was guest speaker.
Theo R. Holleman, professor and
Head of the Division of Archi
tecture, presided at the awards
ceremony.
The outstanding freshman fac
ulty awards went to Edward Hunt,
Dallas; outstanding sophomore
faculty award to Donald R. Simp
son of Houston and the outstand
ing junior “faculty award went to
Lloyd Kleypas, of Temple.
The Tile Council of America
Competition was won by Fred P.
Ostmann, of Omaha, Nebr. A
Tile Council of America Scholar
ship went to William D. Wray of
Houston.
The J. R. Rodney Tabor Com
petition was won by Edgar Mar
shall of San Antonio and Steve
Vaught, Port Arthur. The Texas
Concrete Masonry Association
Competition was won by Dan
Brents of Dallas.
The Davidson Fellowship in De
sign went to David L. Alexander
of Houston and the Davidson Fel
lowship in Construction went to
Melvin Jackson of Alvarado. The
K. Frank Robinson Memorial went
to Kenneth Bobo of Harlingen.
The A.G.C. Medal went to James
Cox of North Fort Dodge, Iowa.
The Langford Award, Construc
tion, went to Robert J. Under
wood of Fort Worth and the Lang
ford Award, Design, went to Mar
vin E. Boland, Jr. of Lindale. The
Alpha Chi Rho Medal was won
by Jimmie Ray Patterson of Sea-
goville.
The A.I.A. Medal went to E.
Wayne Schmidt of Temple. Run
ner-up was C. H. Lundy of Dallas.
Mothers ’ Meeting
Begins Activities
Thousands of parents and friends from throughout Tex
as, began flocking to the A&M campus today in lieu of the
annual Parents’ Day ceremonies.
Scheduled events began today at 1 p. m. with a board
meeting of the Federation of A&M Mother’ Clubs in the
Memorial Student Center and end at 4 p. m. Sunday with
the closing of the “open house” in the dorm areas.
Activities planned for those visitors who will arrive on
campus before Mothers’ Day Sunday will include two
performances of the “Aggie Follies,” both tonight and to
morrow at 8 p. m. in Gunion Hall. In addition the annual 12th
Man Bowl will be held tonight at 7:30 p. m. on Kyle Field.
Sunday’s activities will be
gin at 8 a. m. with the pinning
of flowers on cadets in each
unit' by the mother of the
commander of that unit. This
has been one of A&M’s most color
ful Mothers’ Day traditions for
many years.
Following the flower pinning
ceremony will be the presentation
of awards to the best drilled
sophomore and freshman in each
outfit along with the corps units
presentations to the commanding
officers at 8:30.
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday
7:30 p.m. 12th Man Bowl;
Kyle Field
8:00 p.m. “Aggie Follies”;
Guion Hall
Saturday
8:40 a.m. Coffee and meeting for
the State Federation
of A&M Mothers’
Clubs; Memorial
Student Center
5:30 7:30 p.m. Smorgasborg;
Dining Room of
MSC
8:00 p.m. “Aggie Follies”;
Guion Hall
Sunday
8:00 a.m. Flower pinning cere
mony, and unit a-
wards in front of ca
det dormitories
9:00 a.m. Corps of Cadets re
view and Mothers’
..Day awards presen
tation; main drill
field field in front of
♦ MSC
Hig-hlight of the morning will be
the Corps of Cadets review and
the awarding of Mother’ Day Hon
ors. Two drill demonstrations, one
by the freshman drill team and
one by the Ross Volunteers, and
a Student Senate program will
fill out the day’s events.
Honor guest at the Mothers’ Day
activities is Mrs. Hilma S. Huitt of
Bay City, “Aggie Mother of the
Year.” Mrs. Huitt, is the mother of
Larry Huitt, senior architectural
construction and civil engineering
major.
10:40 a.m. Precision drill by
freshmen drill team;
main drill field in
front of MSC
11:00 a.m. Student Senate Par
ents’ Day program;
Guion Hall
12:30 p.m. Mothers’ Day dinner*;
Sbisa and Duncan
Dining Halls
1:00-4:00 p.m. Free pictures by
MSC Camera Com
mittee, MSC front
terrace. Open house
in dormitories; both
dorm areas
2:00 p.m. Special drill by Ross
Volunteers; on main
drill field in front of
MSC.
New Members
Introduced
At CSC Meet
Representatives for next year’s
Civilian Student Council have
been elected in the majority of
the civilian dorms and the win
ners were introduced last night
to this year’s Council.
The new Council for, next year
will formally take office Thursday,
May 25. At that time they will
elect their council officers for the
coming year.
Mrs. Hilma Huitt
. . . Aggie Mother of the Year
Fully Devoted Mom:
Mrs. Hilma S. Huitt
By TOMMY HOLBEIN
Battalion Managing Editor
The word “Mother” means a
great many things to all Aggies,
but to Larry Huitt it means some
thing really extra-special; because
of this, his mother has been select
ed Aggie Mother of the Year.
Mrs. Hilma S. Huitt had always
been a wonderful mother, hut when
her husband, father of four sons,
was accidentally killed in 1946, the
large responsibility of rearing her
boys, nursing them through the
tender years of grade school up
into high school and through col
lege, fell totally on her shoulders.
“My father, Earl M. Huitt, was
a rice farmer, and when he died,
we did have a little money; Mom
had already studied one year in
college, at Sam Houston State
Teachers College, so she immedi
ately re-enrolled, this time in
Wharton Junior College to take
business courses that would enable
her to get a good job to support
us,” said Huitt.
“Upon completion of the courses,
Mom started as a sales lady in an
order office; in the next six years
she climbed from sales lady to
sales manager, all the while man
aging to rear four boys and be a
perfect mother to us.
“Eventually, she became county
tax deputy, and after a large
amount of encouragement, finally
ran for county clerk of Matagorda
County, and was elected. All of us
boys really worked, helping her
campaign, and this was a high
light of my life, being 13 at the
time,” said Huitt.
“Of course, after she won the
election, she didn’t take any credit,
and attributed it all to us—she’s
always been that way; nothing for
herself, everything she’s ever done
has been for us. She’s really been
dedicated,” said Huitt.
The four sons include Fred, 28,
who graduated from the Univer
sity of Texas, and is now in the
insurance business; Earl Huitt, Jr.,
who graduated from A&M in 1957,
and is now in law. school at the
University of Texas; Billy Mack
Huitt, who atten4ed A&M and is
presently foreman of a ranch near
Bay City, and Larry Huitt, who is
a senior architectural construction
and civil engineering major here
at A&M.
“I would conservatively estimate
that Mom has provided over 50 per
cent of all finances for us since
we’ve been in college,” said Huitt.
“And she’s been a dedicated Ag
gie Mother; she never missed a
Mother’s Day here Since Earl en
tered college in 1953; of course,
this year it is really a special one
for her; she’s really thrilled over
the honor,” he added.
Southwestern
Little Livestock
Show To Open
Many hours of training and
grooming will pay off tomorrow
with the beginning of the annual
Little Southwestern Showmanship
Contest.
The event, which this year will
hold its 21st annual meet, is pat
terned after the major livestock
shows in the nation and provides
agriculture students an opportun
ity to demonstrate their showman
ship ability.
Four outstanding men in the
field of agriculture will serve as
the judging committee. They are:
Mr. LqRue Douglas of the Hudg
ins Ranch in Hungerford; Mr.
George Garretson, vocational agri
culture teacher at Mason; Mr. R.
A. Hanson, of §an Angelo, and
Mr. Lloyd Joyce, of the Brazos
County Producers’ Assn.
The Swdne Show will begin at
8 a.m. in the Swine Center followed
by the Horse Show at Garrigan
Stables and by the Cattle Show
which will start at 10 a.m. in the
Beef Cattle Center.
At 1 p.m., the Ham Auction will
begin with the proceeds of this
sale going to help finance trips
for the judging teams next year.
The hams sold ai’e “superior” in
meatiness and tenderness. After
the Ham Sales, the Sheep Show
will begin in the Animal Indus
tries Pavilion at 3 p.m., followed
by the selection of the Grand
Champion Showunan.
Miss Annette Adams
... Follies Vocalist
TWO NIGHTS OF ENIERTAINMENT^
Aggie Follies Opening Tonight
Aggie Follies, 1961, featuring a
full two hours’ entertainment load
ed with variety talent, drama, and
artistry, will open tonight in Guion
Hall at 8 p.m.
Among the many appealing seg
ments of this year’s Follies will be
dancing girls, acrobats, magicians,
musicians, vocalists, and an au
thentic melodrama in three acts to
be performed by the Aggie Play
ers.
Based around a “traveling medi
cine show” theme, the production,
hosting a cast of over 30, will pre
sent various entra acts in conjunc
tion with the drama.
Kickoff will begin with a grand
entree of all members of the cast,
led by Col. Philpot, (Ray Sim
mons), who is head man in the
pseudo medicine show; following
the entrance is introduction of dis
tinguished citizens, including the
mayor, sheriff and banker of the
town.
The musical portion of the Fol
lies will begin with the Sacred
Heart Golden Jubilee Gospel Sing
ing Five, with their “pickin and
grinning’ style of Mountaineer
music, accompanied by banjo, gui
tar and rope-tub-bass.
This group of “authentic” hill
billy singers include Jim Hudson,
Butch Edwards, Olin Brown and
Hugh Magers. Fifth member of
the group is “Luke”, but he can’t
play in the Follies, since he’s al
ways drunk, according to the other
four.
Songs included in their itinerary
are “That Good 01’ Mountain
Dew,” “She’ll Be Coming Round
The Mountain,” and “Quit Kick
ing My Dog,” plus others.
Second on the night’s program
agenda are the Flying Tramps, a
trampoline artist team specializing
in aerial gymnastics, accompanied
by the drums of Dave Woodard.
The “Tramps” include Daryl
Good, Charlie Teas, Henry Walton
and David Groves; they have be
come popular as halftime perform
ers at basketball games in G. Rol-
lie White coliseum, and are A&M’s
outstanding gymnastic experts.
Featuring 15 minutes of thrills
in the air, combined with comedy
in action, the Tramps won’t fail to
amaze all members of the audience
with their feats above the Guion
Hall Stage.
Miss Annette Adams of Stephen
F. Austin High School will also
perform as vocalist, providing the
third entra act of the evening; her
selections will include “Summer
time” and other popular favorites.
An unbelievable demonstration
of the prowess of Col. Philpot’s
elixier (snake oil) will follow Miss
Adam’s act, as the potion is ped
dled on stage.
This introduces the first act of
“She Was Only A Farmer’s Daugh
ter,” melodrama by the Aggie
Players. The play has all neces
sary elements, including villain,
hero, hei’oine and nagging rela
tives.
Miss Millie Spivers will be
played by Marlene Rushing, and
her hero, Osgood Smithers is Ray
Simmons. Others in the cast in
clude Aunt Sallie Smithers, played
by Reggie Lundergan, and the nag
ging mother, Ellas Smithers,
played by Jackie Semmelorgge.
The disappointed parents, Lydia
and Harvey Smith, are played by
Libby Alexander and Sam Cely,
and their adventurous daughter,
Alice, is played by Sharon Garri
son. Most despised and hateful of
all the cast is Mulberry Foxhall,
wily villain, played by Bob Hipp.
Between first and second acts of
the drama, Dave Woodard and Jex - -
rel Fletcher will present a few mo
ments of magic, accompanied by
string bass.
Outstanding feature before the
second act of the Drama will be
the Bengal Belles, girls’ drill team
from Consolidated High School
who will perform to “Ragtime
Cowboy Joe” on stage. Ten beau
ties will represent an organization
which has acquired a high reputa
tion for half-time performances at
sports events, both for their high
school and college events.
Members of the group include
Sondi'a Covey, Judith McCorvey,
Blair Perryman, Nancy Beamer,
(See FOLLIES on Page 3)
Only A Farmer’s Daughter
. . . Aggie Players Follies Drama