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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1985)
11 * Pickin' Cotton Saturday It used to be the only way to get girls on campus. And they came from all over just to be named the Cotton Queen. The Agronomy Society is car rying on one of the older tradi tions at AfcM by sponsoring the 57th Annual Cotton Pag eant today and Saturday. There are 58 Cotton Queen contestants who are sponsored by Aggie Mother's Clubs and community organizations around Texas and other states. They range in ages thorn 18-21 years. A queen and eight prin cesses will be named. Within the society there is an election for the Cotton King. John Walker will reign over this year’s contest. Walker is a se nior Agronomy major from De- Soto and is president of the Agronomy Society. At the beginning of the pag- Litmus eant Walker will be crowned by the society’s sweetheart, Patrice Koranek, a senior jour nalism major. The King does not receive a scholarship, but the position is one of honor be cause it is based on acheive- ment and effort within the so ciety. He in turn has the honor of crowning the queen. Eight dukes are elected from within the society also to escort the eight princesses. Tonight, the public is invited to a square dance to start the pageant off with a reel. The dance will begin at 7 p.m. in the Pavilion and costs $1. The caller for the dance is Manning Smith, a national square dance caller. Saturday morning the con testants will attend a tea and reception with the judges. This begins the judging with an op portunity for the girls to talk with the judges in a five minute interview. Beauty, poise and grace are taken into account when selecting the Cotton Queen. Saturday night the pageant will begin at 7 p.m. in Rudder Auditorium. Following the pageant there will be a dance at the Hall of Fame. The Cotton Queen and Cotton King will reign over the Cotton Ball. Tickets for all activities are available at a booth set in the MSC corridor and in 213 Soil and Crop Sciences building. Pageant tickets cost $2 for stu dents and $3 for all others and are on sale today and at the door. Tickets for the dance are $2.50 when bought from an Agronomy member or $3.50 at the door. \ Arts run is tomorrow MSC OPAS and the TAMU Roadru oners are having a mo for their money. The two organizations am spon soring the 3rd annual Run for the Arts Saturday, March 30. file starting line is at G. RolBe White Coliseum and the runners may begin lin ing up-just before the gun at 8:30 a.m. Five kilometers later those who sunwe will end up back at the coliseum. The route will be on the campus. Winners will receive a tro phy for first place all- around in male and female categories. Trophies will also be awarded in age cat egories: 12 team and under, 13-16, 17-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, and 50 years and over. Money generated by the race will be funneled back into the two organizations, MSC OPAS and TAMU ftoa- drunners. MSC OPAS spon sors cultural performances on the campus and the race is an effort to bring these events here at a reasonable price for students. Last year the race day was in conflict with another, event in the community, hampering the chances to make a profit. Doug McDougal of the Roadrunners says that spe cial care was taken with scheduling this year and the race should go fine. Pre-registrafion for the race will continue today in the MSC corridor for $6. On Saturday the cost is $8 and runners should arrive at G. Roliie around 8 a.m. to reg ister if they havn’t already done so. \ the campus,” Stewart says. Litmus will sell for $2 per copy. Although the exact publi cation date has not been set, you can pick up your copy in the MSC sometime in the mid dle of April. There is a plan to sell yearly subscriptions to the magazine. “At the moment, we’re shooting for yearly subscrip tions,” Stewart says. “It’s cost prohibitive for us to put out an 80-page magazine more than once a year,” he said. The magazine will not have advertising, but a list of con tributors will be included. Bv the submission deadline for poems and stories, there were almost 300 poems to choose from, 25 short stories, and about 12 graphic arts. The students on the commit tee were responsible for select ing the works that were pub- lished. Although the committee has faculty advi sors, they are mostly responsi ble for teaching the committee the editing process. “I thought in working with this magazine that I could leave part of myself behind,” Stewart says. “We wanted to involve people who are inter ested in creating art for their peers■ ‘T do think we have art in this magazine." Directed By GENE SAKS Presented by MSC Town Hall Broadway April 15,1985 Brighton Beach Memoirs 8:00 p.m. April 18,1985 Gigi 8:00 p.m. Rudder Auditorium: 845-1234 Visa/Mastercard Buy tickets to both performances and receive a special discount