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THE BATTALION Page 3 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1980 Local to a freeze, H dii’t even be a| lit, there theyti nan ofmydreait i the time I mill eturn home loot iorse that’s hah ex kitten. When anything way and handei lon’t expect the! lid. me? In the plot r splashed on th minds of men, in. I’m confideil nen are going! •e out what I'n horse who low YoucanharJi Staff photo by Greg Gammon %- Mrs. Laura Partridge (Sharon Barrow) questions T. John Blessington (Sid Catlett) about the duties of the chairman of the board of General Products Corp. in Texas A&M Universi ty Theater Arts’ production of “The Solid Gold Cadillac.” The show will run tonight and Saturday night at 8, as well as next Thursday through Saturday nights. Cadillac’ needs minor tune-up By BECKY SWANSON Battalion Staff “The Solid Gold Cadillac” had a hard time getting cranked up Thursday night. But after a slow start, the Texas A&M Theater Arts performance picked up speed and had some funny moments in the middle scenes; finally coming together at the end. The fairy-tale farce is set in the New York business and Washington political scenes. Mrs. Laura Partridge (played by Sharon Barrow), a 10-share stock holder in a giant corporation, speaks out at a stockholders’ meeting which begins her battle against “the system” of big business politics. Partridge, a stage actresss has-been, is hired by General Products Corp. as director of stockholder realtions, in hopes of appeasing her objection to large salary increases for the board of directors. With no previous business experience, Partridge plays havoc with previously-passive systems of operation by corresponding with thousands of small stockholders. The four corporate executives who control General Products, Bles sington, Metcalfe, Gillie and Snell (played by Sid Catlett, David Review 'bill ► uld meantrt could boostl on’s head. I®' with the Baf -ny outstandii! and wine in! brought opf points broiifl 1 - d senators. Tb , so there isrf £ hope this aate decisions Tilte, Chains ^ice Chair#' =nt Committfi editorial mitti' words in leap 77ie editorial stt 1 ~d length, fold I ’-"itent. Eac/i/fttf sne number of lit zxme, and are ai tiers. Address t I Idle Battalion, $ allege Station, 3 -nination periods 333.25 per scto> fijmished on re ■Donald BuittW rim. ■sively to the i* =d to it. RudiS 8 —ved. an. TX 77843. Troxell, Kyle Owen and Matthew McClung, respectively), spend much of their time — not to mention the better part of their stomach linings — trying to stop Partridge. Partridge is sent to Washington to persuade Edward L. McKeever (Terry Martin) — formerly the chairman of the board of General Products — that the company needs government contracts. Instead, Partridge convinces McKeever that he doesn’t need his government position as much as his old company needs him, and he hurriedly resigns and leaves suddenly with Partridge, creating a stir in the media and gossip circles. McKeever’s theatric recitation in his Washington office is one of the funniest scenes in the play. The audience had many a chuckle during this school-boy effort at Shakespeare. McKeever’s reception at General Products is anything but warm, and the plot thickens ... However, frequent set changes between short scenes caused the play to drag and the audience to become restless. The play will run for five more shows: tonight, Saturday and next Thursday through Saturday. All shows begin at 8 p.m. in Rudder Forum. FOLKS AT SOUND WAVES HAVE GONE LUNNIESH 00 Concord HPL-505 Reg. 399 00 SALE latest state ot the art — only at Sound Waves! 295 MEB 1200 Equatizer/Booster 120 Watts/Less than 1% distortion Super LOW LOW! 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The 200-member service organi zation will hold its 6th annual Nuts and Bolts of Engineering conference for high school students Jan. 30-31. Registration deadline is Dec. 1. The two-day conference will in clude a banquet, tours of the Univer sity and panel discussions featuring college students and professional en gineers. Two scholarships will also be awarded. Handsel said the conference is de signed to give students interested in math and science a firsthand look at the opportunities available in en gineering. “We want them to have an inside look of what it’s all about, ” Handsel said. She said a panel of Texas A&M University students in engineering will answer questions concerning en gineering and Aggie life. “The professional panel discussion will give the high school student the opportunities available by having an engineering degree,” Handsel said. Handsel said the tours of the diffe rent departments will aid a student as he begins to decide what aspect of engineering is suitable. “By letting them see each type of engineering, it will help them decide if they want to work in that particular field,” Handsel said. “If they think they want to major in computer sci ence, we’ll show them the key punch machines, terminals, and compu ters. Then they might decide that’s jj l u^j l n,(F n .u,ii,u,i),t},a F Li r Lir CWENSEN’C ^COOL WEATHER FAVORITES: • Hot Sandwiches & Hamburgers • French Onion Soup & Quiche Lorraine • Hot Coffee, Hot Chocolate, Hot Tea s-< W • Hot Apple, Hot Carmel, Hot Fudge Sundaes Culpepper Plaza • College Station ■“Vi Tvn n n r rr v rrr vn r i f i r! mM nM/o.—^ ROADTRIP TO MARDI GRAS FEB. 27-MARCH 1 MSC TRAVEL 845-1515 / not what they would like to do. 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