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Town Hall chairman explains difficulties of getting music r gumer; finals j. a raise as one! 1 servitt aises ^ age we ; emploji ’ cent, n increase; offered ressmsj on to stj ay plat blem site service botton officials !s for ves at 8 are bosse same pit THE BATTALION THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1974 Page 3 KT By COLLINS CROZIER y f Have you been disappointed J ; with Town Hall performances this year? Before criticizing too heav- °t polif, ily, think of some of the problems that the selection of popular en tertainment involves. Doug Thorpe, Town Hall chair man for next year, will head the new Town Hall selection com mittee of student representatives. The Memorial Student Center Council, Student Senate, Corps, residence halls and other organ izations will be represented on the committee. “The residence halls will have the largest number of representa tives,” says Thorpe. Applications for the 1974-75 committee are available in the Student Programs Office. They must be in by 5 p. m. on March 1. Interviews will be held the fol lowing week. Town Hall is seeking those interested in public rela tions, advertising and art. The committee will have its first meeting at the end of March, after the new Town Hall members have been chosen. All applicants will be asked to survey 200 stu dents and find out what groups I aid the y want - "We believe this will give us an Ml’USSD over all view of the groups pre- was w ferred by the students,” explains Board d Thorpe. “The applicants will have : at-lugi) the spring break to organize their i. At-larjij i by the KENTUCKY CENTRAL HAS THE PLAN University Key Division C.S. 846-8701 Tpfnamba Eddie Dominguez ’(i(i || jTTTk Joe Arciniega’74 ' 3 ntry Cenlei THE GRAPEVINE 315 Texas Avenue, C.S. Across From Sands Motel Sandwiches Fine Cheese Wine Beer On Draught OPEN: Mon. thru Thurs. 10 a. m. - 6 p. m. Friday - Saturday 10 a. m. - 1 a. m. THE AGGIE CINEMA presents 'SURIDER I An American Odyssey starring PETER FONDA • DENNIS HOPPER JACK NICHOLSON directed by Dennis Hopper, written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, produced by Peter Fonda, Executive Producer Bert Schneider CANNES FILM FESTIVAL WINNER “BEST FILM by a NEW DIRECTOR” SATURDAY, MARCH 2 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. UNIVERSITY CENTER THEATER Admission 50d Corps history brought up to mid ’60s surveys, and then a week of school to poll the students. It is from these surveys and not from the personal opinions of the commit tee that groups will be chosen.” “The big problem is not choos ing the groups, but getting the groups we choose to come here” continues Thorpe. “Last year for Bonfire the committee named five groups as possibilities. Because of schedule conflicts we were turned down by Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Logging and Messina, America and Blood, Sweat and Tears. We finally got Billy Pres ton, but then he cancelled.” H. W. Gaines, Student Program Coordinator, also feels schedul ing is the hardest part of getting good groups. “Our fall program next year is built around five home football games and Bonfire. If we can’t get the groups we want, when we want them, then we can’t use them. We just can’t afford any additional concerts, and the stu dents get tired of so many,” says Gaines. “Our spring program this year is built around Military Weekend, RHA Weekend and one special attraction. Any other concerts seem to conflict with other inter ests,” explains Gaines. “Last spring we brought in Elton John and lost money. Believe me, it’s hard to blow an Elton John con cert, but we were just competing with too many other interests. We have to keep the business side of this in view. We need to keep in the black.” Gaines, who has been working with Town Hall for nine years, has only seen the organization go in the red two years. “Last year we lost $1,600. That means that we had $1,600 less to start out with this year. Town Hall received $32,500 this year from student fee supports. With this money we run a $200,000 pro gram, which is one of the largest in the country. The rest of the money comes from ticket sales or underwrites from various groups,” explains Gaines. The new Rudder Complex may help improve the variety of groups next year. “A&M is a large school and no matter who we bring for shows, not everyone is going to be pleased,” says Thorpe. “However, next year we are going to try something new. We have two nice auditoriums in the Rudder Com plex, and we could have smaller concerts in them. We intend to get people like B. W. Stephenson, Michael Murphy and others who are popular, but would not draw a large enough crowd to fill G. Rollie. We would charge just enough money to cover the ex penses. This would improve the quality and variety of talent that visits our campus.” By SALLY HAMILTON Tomorrow is the final install ment of a four part history of the Corps run by the Batt to show the significance of Military Week end—ed. The end of World War II mark ed the beginning of an era of great changes for the Corps of Cadets. An explosion in size of the stu dent body caused Bryan airfield to be changed to “the Annex,” housing the overflow of students. The Gibb Gilchrist administration said moving the entire freshman class to the Annex would simplify teaching and provide a solution to an old problem, hazing. The other classes were housed on the campus 12 miles away while the freshmen were content with their new environment; the upperclassmen were angered. A typical sophomore considered that he had traded his one year of slavery and being hazed for three years of the reverse. Incidents of protest began. A few unknown persons turned a fire hose onto the Dean of Men’s house while he and his wife were there. Trouble increased and Pres. Gilchrist suggested Mrs. Gilchrist leave the campus, but she refused. On the night of Jan. 28, 1947, President Gilchrist was awaken ed by a knock on the door. He opened the door to a seething mass of man power and a spokes man told him all commissions re ceived under his administration were being returned. Gilchrist replied he would re ceive the commissions with pro found regret but if the students were determined, he’d accept them. These commissions had been earned the hard way but they were returned. At the end of the meeting the Aggie Band played the “Spirit of Aggieland.” It was not until the administra tion of Dr. H. H. Harrington in 1950 that freshmen returned to the campus. Thus, the classes that had been hazed were all graduat ed. Batt review ‘Rain’ performed competently, smoothly By TED BORISKIE W. Somerset Maugham’s classic heroine Sadie Thompson, springs to life in the Aggie Players’ pro duction of “Rain.” Skillfully directed by Robert Wenck, “Rain” transcends the aura one would expect of a college stage production in the the play ers handle the characters with an incredibly empathetic feel. Ailee Wenck and Paul Bleau are masterful in the lead roles of Sadie Thompson and Rev. David son. Both have a history of par ticipation in the Aggie Players dating back to the middle ’60’s. Bleau uses his wonderfully rich voice to bring out the best of the fanatical missionary while Wenck’s Miss Thompson would probably have brought tears of recognition to Somerset Maugham. The most relaxed members of the cast, the scenes which feature just the two of them are the high lights of the night. Holly Faison is jolly and in nocent enough as the Polynesian Ameena, Jim Marks Dennis turns in a professional performance in his role of Marine Sgt. O’Hara and Fran E. Beckett, the only Campus Briefs Student radio Student Government Radio will be on the cable seven days a week now, according to John Herndon, station manager-program direc tor. The cable-cast radio, on Mid west Video Cable, operates from 2 p.m. until 2 a.m. at FM 107.5. The programing is mostly pro gressive rock, with Sunday’s hav ing progressive jazz from 5 to 8 and classical music from 8 to 10, and “leftover radio” Wednes days from 5 to 8. Herndon said the station has a “new, clean sound.” Country concert Country musician Roy Clark and The Sound Generation will perform in G. Rollie White Coli seum Friday at 7:30 p.m. General admission is free to TAMU students with activity card, date tickets $2.50, and $3 for the general public. Reserved seat tickets are $3 for TAMU student and date, and $5 for the public. Tickets are on sale now at the University Center Box Office be tween 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Aggie parents Parent(s) of the Year nomina tion forms may be picked up in the Student Government office, Larry McRoberts, campus proj ects chairman, said yesterday. Students may nominate any Ag gie’s parent(s) until the April 1 deadline. The award is an adapted form of the traditional Aggie Mother of the Year. Government openings . Five senate and two judicial board positions are open for filing in the Student Government. The five seats include at-large senators from the colleges of edu cation, engineering and geosci ences. A seat is open for one sophomore from the college of Agriculture and one for an off- campus graduate student. Both of the Judicial Board posi tions are graduate positions. Applications are available in the Student Government office on the second floor of the MSC. Fil ing for all positions will close at 5 p.m. Thursday. All positions re quire a 2.25 grade point ratio. Rummage sale A rummage sale to benefit girls’ clubs in both Bryan and Col lege Station will be held this weekend. The Officers’ Wives Club hosts the sale, at the Old Woolworth Bldg, at 204 N. Main St. in Bry- (S) mm HARRY DISHMAN Sales & Service 603 Texas Ave. C.S. across from campus — 846-3316 ARTS FILM SERIES PRESENTS “BEST PICTURE” “best screYnpTay”. ,NGMAR BERGMAN’S ' BE ?i^ia Ess " CRIESAND WHISPERS Thurs., Feb. 28 — 7:30 & 10:00 UNIVERSITY CENTER THEATRE $1.00 freshman in the cast, is so plain in her portrayal of the colorless Mrs. MacPhail as to be totally un appreciated for her efforts. Lynn Lawhon plays Dr. Mac Phail, Davidson’s aesthetic op posite, with an easygoing, doctor- ly finesse. He turns in far and away the best performance apart from the two leads. Robert Hulett fits perfectly in to the role of the slovenly cynical Trader Horn but suffers from forced and mechanical movements on stage. Julia Jones is prim and proper in her portrayal of Mrs. David son. She manages to convey the loneliness of the sexually repress ed woman tthroughou the play, only rarely breaking character. Overall, “Rain” is a very im pressive production. All parts are performed competently and the players work well with each other, never disrupting the flow of the script. The Aggie Players are rapidly becoming a theater troupe of far greater stature than the limited Theater Arts department would seem to produce. This production can compare favorably with al most anything some of the more respected drama departments around the state could turn out. In 1947 the freshman class be gan its own drill team led by offi cers elected by its members. They simply decided to call themselves the First Drill Team. The Corps awarded its only known honorary 1 Colonelcy of the Corps to the most decorated in fantryman of World War II, Au- die Murphy, in 1949. In 1953, the Legislature began persuading Board of Directors to accept coeducation. On April 27, 1963, the board voted to allow coeds to attend A&M on a full time, day student basis. Petitions went through the Corps against the resolution. The cadets felt coeducation would de stroy many of the traditions, mas culinity and military character of A&M. Squadron 11 fish shaved their heads in protest. Tomorrow: A&M in the modern world. The Clothes Horse jr. shop 3801 E. 29th — 846-2940 SALE 20% OFF Cotton Quilted Purses XT To . (?UlLT TiM£S , gi8^£. STuDV, w iTsj£SS im<2j , ?PAYiW& „ -.. „ r Just domV iwt TTmE. f-o£- "SfuPF TAKE TIME! WORSHIP THIS SUN DAY. IF YOU DON’T HAVE A CHURCH HOME, WE’D BE PLEASED TO HAVE YOU WITH US. IT’S TRUE ... IT TAKES TIME. BUT MAYBE THAT’S WHERE IT ALL COMES OUT. WHATEVER IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH FOR US TO TAKE TIME FOR IS INDICATIVE OF WHAT WE THINK LIFE IS ALL ABOUT. WHAT DO YOU THINK LIFE IS ALL ABOUT? UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL 315 N. Main — 846-6687 Hubert Beck, Pastor SUNDAY 10:45 a. m. and 6 p. m. BIBLE CLASS 9:30 a. m. an, Thursday and Friday form 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Items on sale include cloth ing, appliances, some furniture, baby items, craft items and orig inal art. ARTS FILM SERIES—ARTS FILM SERIES—ARTS FILM SERIES TM« WITCH OF FOSITAMO Directed by Sheldon Rochlin; Produced by George Plimpton. First Prize—Best Social Documentary, Mannheim Film Festival; Film as Art Award, San Francisco Film Festival; New York Film Festival; New International Cinema; Museum of Modern Art, (N.Y.C.) When the Museum of Modern Art chose Sheldon t £ Rochlin’s VAVI to be one of two American films n •# representing New Cinema, they selected a re- 1 markable documentary that has sparked critical acclaim around the world. A document of the true life of one of the most far-out witches in the Western World. “The acid-age Heidi” (San Francisco FilmFestival). MIDNITE Friday March 1 UNIVERSITY CENTER THEATRE