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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
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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
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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
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Judson E. Loupot, owner of
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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.”
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