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Local |p-m. in Students id Vene- their re- NTION; <?nt. Cal ship will I begin at side! will 7 p.m.in obots/a 1 Zachry. at Lake erformat >fFice. la dhouse. icert, "A ctures in Women were once imported to participate Cotton Pageant sees many changes nes in its main And there r for a si r violators, eterrent to e to others, a lot to you it much to •ch31,Uni- d $303,355 rease of 28 r’s total of me period, been writ- the reason is not fewer i. sed to issue iarate viola- violations ame ticket, ut monthly er of tickets those tick le number class sche- 5 olice sche- By DIANA SULTENFUSS Battalion Reporter In 1932, cotton cost 5 cents a ouml and it took about 300 man- ourstoproduceabale. And there iere no female students at the ■cultural and Mechanical Col- ige of Texas. In 1981, cotton costs 8 cents a ouml and a bale takes about 15 tan-hours to produce. And now here are 11,412 women at Texas i&M University. pBut through the years, the igronomy Society at Texas A&M liversity has held the annual lotion Pageant, even though the ■cant has undergone a major hange. In the beginning, it was Ressary to import all the women torn other colleges and the local mnmunity for the pageant. Now, laddition to those sources, Bale students at the University icipate. he first Cotton Pageant was in 1932 and was one of the est social events of the year, ley would just about transport ras Women’s University down e for the pageant,” said [mond D. Staten, associate lessor of agronomy. [The women from TWU were feted by a visiting group of as A&M students. Texas A&M thers’ Clubs and A&M Clubs nsored entry for women in the nt. Southwest Conference uni- iities also sent participants, iow, women are sponsored by ras A&M organizations and tzech Club to produce hi-fi classic A production of “R.U.R.” (Ros- tims Universal Robots) will be Irformed Friday and Saturday at f p,m. in 102 Zachry. This produc- isn <if Kurd Capek’s classic scien- jfiction play is sponsored by the fexas A&M Czech Club in con- Iction with local theater arts ta- ent. fTickets are $2 and a 50 percent pscount is being offered to people ifiCzech ancestry and teachers md students of the Czech lan- Ige. he performance will be in En- Texas A&M Mothers’Clubs. Each organization must pay a $35 entry fee. The pageant originated under Dr. J.S. “Cotton Joe” Mogford. “The reason it was always such a - Zachry major event was because cotton “This is played a major role in this state,” Mogford said. Mogford is retired from the De partment of Soil and Crop Scien ces and lives in Bryan. Originally, profits from the pageant paid expenses for several agronomy students to take a world cotton tour and see the process of cotton manufacturing from har vest to market. Now the pageant earnings are used for Agronomy Society field trip expenses. Tickets for the first and second pageant were 50 cents a person for the banquet and $1.50 a couple for the pageant. The first few pageants were held in Duncan Di ning Hall. Admission for the 47th Cotton Pageant to be held Saturday in Rudder Auditorium is $2 for stu dents and $3 for non-students. Tickets for the Cotton Ball, with music provided by the Aggieland Dance Band, are $6 a couple. All tickets may be purchased in Rud der Box Office. King Cotton and eight dukes are elected prior to the pageant by members of the Agronomy Socie ty. Ricky Rice, a senior agronomy major from Wilson, has been elected the 47th King Cotton. He is also president and social secret ary of the club, which has 55 mem bers. Approximately 80 duchesses and their escorts will attend a square dance Friday night at Engineering Center, just an informal get- together,” Staten said. The women will be interviewed by three judges at a tea and recep tion Saturday. Queen Cotton and eight prin cesses will be selected at the pageant. The Revellers, directed by Robert L. Boone, will provide entertainment. The women are presented as if in a fashion show rather than a traditional competition-style show. They are presented in for mal dress and are not judged on talent. Dr. R.C. Potts, who is retired from the College of Agriculture, is the master of ceremonies for the pageant. For the first pageant, the Na tional Cotton Technical Institute furnished dresses to be modeled. In the next few years, dresses were also supplied by a dress manufacturing company in Kansas City and department stores in Houston. Finally, too many stores became interested in supplying dresses, so now the women purch ase their own dresses. Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson attended the pageant in 1933 to witness 100 women participate and more than 1,000 people watched. Staten expects about 700 Friday,” ke is a heavy heavy class month to lecemheri's almost no- i is a heavy when we ie reports. ish. jTliere will be a reception after ie performance for those in- irested in discussing the play, [/one interested in attending le reception should notify lody Smith of the Department fModern Languages. IEN HI >5 ^6714 )S” 15 Don’t forget YOUR Aggieland ’80 Available Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Room 216, Reed McDonald Building Bring your ID card iOOOOO. -9:50 VW7 Breatest Name / InDo-Nuts I Acoiffii / (Offer goodTJorT^Fri. only thru April 17, 1981) DO-NUT SHOD 6 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon.-Sat. • Drive-Thru 7a.m.-1 p.m. Sun. JANIE’S NOON SPECIAL FREE FRENCH FRIES with order of our BAR-B-QUE SANDWICH $ I M 3310 S. College Avenue, Bryan Just South of Villa Maria (rector enpM Thurs. f April 9 7:30 & 9:45 Rudder Theatre $1.25 MSC Cepheid Variable ooooo people to attend the pageant on Saturday. It snowed at 3 p.m. on April 7 before one of the early pageants, Mogford recalled. “Gas stoves were strung up all over the old gym,” he said. “When you hear the phrase ‘picking violets out of the snow,’ that describes what those women looked like that day ... just beautiful.” Due to World War II there was no pageant for a couple of years because most Texas A&M stu dents were fighting in the war. Judson E. Loupot, owner of Loupot’s bookstore, was the third King Cotton. The second Queen Cotton was Phyllis Matlock, presi dent of the student body at the Texas State College of Industrial Arts for Women (now TWU) and the third was Anne Staude. No information is available which gives the names of the first King and Queen Cotton. Mogford said the first King Cotton selected his own Queen and later married her. Last year’s winner was Carol Briggs, a senior bioengineering major from Paris, Texas. King Cotton was Brian Weiss, a senior agronomy major from Pfluger- ville. The winner receives only the title as reward for her efforts. “In the past, there has been some dis cussion of trying to get a hook-up between the Cotton Pageant and the Miss Texas contest,” Staten said. “At this time, no connection is possible. We would have to fol low the rules and regulations of the Miss Texas contest, which may not coincide with our own rules and regulations.” THE BATTALION Page 9 THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1981 SPECIAL FREE LARGE SOFT DRINK WITH PURCHASE OF WESTERN OR MEXICAN SPUD (with coupon) GOOD THRU 4-18-81 775-4775 WE ALSO SERVE DELICIOUS SALADS AND 3 DIFFERENT SUPER SANDWICHESI 10 DIFFERENT SUPER POTATOES AND 4 KINDS OF NACHOSI NOTHING OVER $2,691 OPEN I I AM-9 PM MON.-SAT. CLOSED SUN. LOCATED AT 408 VILLA MARIA — 1 BL. WEST OF TEXAS AVE. 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