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Paqe 6 THE BATTALION ^ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1978 Efforts to revive Czech culture lead to program “The Czechs in Texas, a three- day symposium on Czechoslovakian culture, will be held Oct. 27-29 in Temple. The program will feature lectures and discussions by humanist scholars and community leaders who have an interest in the Czech culture. The main speakers will be Antonin Robek, director of the Institute of Ethnography and Folklore at the Czechoslovak Academy of Science in Season tickets now at MSC Box Office the AGGIE PLAYERS the TAMU Theater Arts Program present THE 1978 - 1979 SEASON OCTOBER 4-S-6-7 RUDDER CENTER THEATER fTinnr, of the Putitzer Priz MOLlfeRE*S Comody tARtuffe ARCHIBALD MacLEISH NOVEMBER 13-14-15-16-17-18 RUDDER CENTER FORUM FEBRUARY 20-21-22-23-24 RUDDER CENTER THEATER THE THREEPENNY OPERA APRIL 11-12-13-14; 18-19-20-21 RUDDER CENTER FORUM EQUUS By PETER SHAFFER SAVE 25% WITH SEASON SUBSCRIPTIONS MSC AGGIE CINEMA ■Sherlock Holmes Festival The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Wednesday, Oct. 4 Baskervilles - 8 p.m. Adventures of - 9:45 p.m. MSC 201 MSC At Last Year’s Price, You Will Be Pleased With These Carefully Prepared and Taste Tempting Foods. Each Daily Special Only $1.69 Plus Tax. “Open Daily” Dining: 11 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. — 4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. MONDAY EVENING SPECIAL Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy Whipped Potatoes Your Choice of One Vegetable Roll or Corn Bread and Butter Coffee or Tea '■ 1 ■ ■ '■ TUESDAY EVENING SPECIAL Mexican Fiesta Dinner Two Cheese and Onion Enchiladas w/chili Mexican Rice Patio Style Pinto Beans Tostadas Coffee or Tea One Corn Bread and Butter WEDNESDAY EVENING SPECIAL Chicken Fried Steak w/cream Gravy Whipped Potatoes and Choice of one other Vegetable Roll or Corn Bread and Butter Coffee or Tea THURSDAY EVENING SPECIAL Italian Candle Light Spaghetti Dinner (if PH ) 5 ) SERVED WITH SPICED MEAT BALLS AND SAUCE (ZDlfbr) Parmesan Cheese - Tossed Green Salad Choice of Salad Dressing - Hot Garlic Bread Tea or Coffee FRIDAY EVENING SPECIAL BREADED FISH FILET w/TARTAR SAUCE Cole Slaw Hush Puppies Choice of one vegetable Roll or Corn Bread & Butter Tea or Coffee SATURDAY NOON and EVENING SPECIAL Chicken & Dumplings Tossed Salad Choice of one vegetable Roll or Corn Bread & Butter Tea or Coffee SUNDAY SPECIAL NOON and EVENING ROAST TURKEY DINNER Served with Cranberry Sauce Cornbread Dressing Roll or Corn Bread - Butter - Coffee or Tea Giblet Gravy And your choice of any One vegetable mmmm “Quality First” Pyramid^ no long .er Prage, and State Hep. Dan Kubiak. “The overall theme of the sym posium is the apparent decline of Czech ethnic quality in Texas and the possible responses to the prob lem,” explained Dr. Clinton Machann, symposium director and Texas A&M University assistant pro- , fessor of English. “Although Czechs are one of the largest ethnic groups in Texas and the language is the third most spo ken in the state, the history, sociol ogy and language of these people have not been sufficiently studied. “The general public and members of the academic community, espe cially those of Czech extraction, have expressed a great deal of interest in the issue,” he said. “This symposium is an attempt to gather these people together for a public discussion and learning experience.” Symposium activities will begin at 2 p.m. Oct. 27, at the S.P.J.S.T. Su preme Lodge, 520 N. Main, Tem ple. Registration will continue at 7:30 a.m. Oct. 28 at the Temple Junior College Auditorium. The project is being sponsored by the Department of English at Texas A&M. Dr. Henry Pope, director of continuing education for the College of Liberal Arts, will be university coordinator. The program is funded by the Texas Committee for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The preregistration fee for the three-day session is $1 for students and $3 for the public. More informa tion about the Texas Czech Sym posium can be obtained by writing: Dr. Clinton Machann, Director, Texas Czech Symposium, Depart ment of English, Texas A&M Uni versity, College Station, Texas 77843.' \ Brown I MF ap|] latic lancer] V \ Robert Boone, Singing Cadets director for 18 years, shows members of the group how it s done during practice for Student Life Battalion photo by Lynn Blanco weekend. The group will perform from 10- 10:30 a.m. in the Memorial Student Center lounge. Singing Cadets perform for Student Life weekend The Singing Cadets will partici pate in the Student Life weekend Saturday from 10-10:30 p.m. in the Memorial Student Center lounge. Robert Boone, director of the .singers, said this weekend’s concert will be very informal. The group will sing about 13 songs rang ing from pop music to church spirituals. Try-outs for the Cadets are held each semester. It is not required that the men be in the Corps. Boone gives each candidate a vocal audi tion, then a non-formal interview is held “to see if they will blend in with the group,” said Larry Reibenstein, president of the Singing Cadets. Reibenstein said fall is the time for the Cadets to learn the music be cause most tours are held in the spring. Each year, the group puts on 40 - 50 concerts. “We travel about 400 miles on two Greyhound buses,” said C. B. Hoshall, publicity man ager. • - '5464,714 1 *46-115! UNIVERSITY square shopring center iMntheatmokoupsalES'icius *'U»€»<CEPU0 ■ TAMU MSC TOWN HALL SERIES ATTRACTION #2 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20 8:00 P.M. G. ROLLIE WHITE COLISEUM A&M Student Non- Student Date General Public General Admission FREE w/ticket 3.00 4.00 Reserved 4.00/ 4.50 4.00/ 4.50 ’ 6.00/ 6.50 Tickets and Info: L MSC Box Office 845-291 OPENS ’ t was the Deltas g.45 against the rules... SHOWS the rules lost! 7;3 5 & NATIONAL 945 LAMP##Bf s ANIMAL UOU9E {RJ-ji- TLS 6:45 a universal pictuiv technicolor TO 7:15 wondrou United Press International |R0 V Of the Seven Ancient Wond t! l 0 S ist the World, only the pyramid* 111 * | Egypt have survived the ravajM chla time and man. ■turn It’s a puzzlement, then, wliyl noriT centuries-old structures — Jh 6 have attracted millions oftravel 1 ^ 6 ’ Egypt from throughout the »■* use over the years — did not makfr' 5 ' 5 ' recently selected World HtrP* 1 ^ List of top wonders of the ir,# 1 *' world when a salt mine in Polar 3X515 some American Indian ruinsdii In fact, the pyramids were even nominated for the list, wkij intended to provide “special int] tional recognition of natural and] tural areas of outstanding, unive value” in countries around! world, said a recent release from Department of the Interior. Twelve sites in seven count were selected — eight cultural,! natural. The selections included!- each in the United States, Cam Poland, Ecuador and Ethiopia, one each in West Germany Senegal. Not approved was on Tunisia. The cultural sites included POLAND: The Wieliczka mines, in operation since the 15th century; and the historicce of Cracow, dating hack to the century, with the 16th centuiyi castle of Wawel. UNITED STATES: Mesa V National Park in Colorado,™ served cliff dwellings and othem* of the Puebloan culture wH flourished during the ninth toll centuries. CANADA: LA use aux MeaJ in Newfoundland, site oftheoM known European settlement ill New World and the only Morsel found in North America. ECU A DOR: The old city ofQil largest and best presened hisl center in South America, orighol in the Spanish settlement of 15ll ETHIOPIA: The rock hJ churches of Lalibela, monuiral arch itect oral achievements I sociated with the Queen of Ski and King Solomon. WEST GERMANY: The al dral of Aachen, one of the fill examples of early artistic archil tore in Europe, dating back tol eighth century when Charlemal built the Palace Chapel. SENEGAL: The island of Col a central transit point in theAfrl slave trade for hundreds of yel with many buildings of consideral architectural interest. The natural sites included: I UNITED STATES: Yellowsl National Park in Wyoming, the I national park in the world, esl lished in 1872. CANADA: Nahanni, a natiol park in the Northwest Territol containing abundant wildlife I magnificient natural scenery. I ECUADOR: Galapagos Islandsi the Pacific Ocean, made famous! Charles Darwin’s expedition that! spired his theory of evolution. I ETHIOPIA: Simien, a natil park which includes a mass! mountainous area known as theft! of Africa and. the habitat of sevl rare species of animals. TAMU MSC TOWN HALL SPECIAL ATTRACTION Friday, October 6 8:00 p.m. G. Rollie White Coliseum Tickets and information at MSC Box Office 845-2916 ■HU