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Page 8
The Battalion
Friday, November 11,1988
Author explains evolution
of A&M throughout historjBn
By Sharon Maberry
Staff Writer
Texas A&M College was just another
place that educated farmers and mechan
ics until the Aggies’ participation in
World War I gained national attention.
Deborah Lynn Balliew, author of
“College Station, Texas, 1938-1988,”
spoke about the effects of the world wars
on A&M Thursday as a part of College
Station’s 50th anniversary celebration.
Balliew said A&M’s enrollment in
creased from six in 1876 to between 800
and 900 at the start of World War I. In
1917, A&M was a military school that
focused on agriculture and engineering.
A&M’s faculty anticipated the war
and offered the college’s facilities and
equipment to the government before the
United States entered the war, Balliew
said. A&M was the first college in the
nation to join the war effort.
In the next two years, A&M mobilized
for war, and the academic emphasis de
creased, she said.
An ROTC program professionalized
the military training at the college and
mandated freshman and sophomore par
ticipation, she said. Juniors and seniors
continuing the program received small
wages and officer status.
Other programs included the signal
corps, which taught electrical engineers
how to communicate during the war and
an automechanics course, which trained
students to operate and repair wartime
vehicles, she said.
World War I caused a massive in
crease in enrollment, she said. By Sep
tember 1918, 4,000 soldiers had been
trained at A&M. In fact, they were
forced to seek additional housing, as 80
tents were set up in front of the YMCA
Building.
A&M’s participation in World War I
brought it national fame as a military
school and it became known as the
“West Point of the Southwest,” Balliew
said. The New York Times said that
more A&M graduates fought in the war
than any other school in the nation.
Upon the advent of World War II,
A&M again offered its services to the
government before the United States en
tered the war, Balliew said. Once again,
academic studies gave way to intense
military training, and students were able
to earn degrees in a shorter time period.
During World War II, 50,000 military
men came through A&M and were
trained in engineering, science, war
management and war operations she
said.
“In January 1943, almost every able-
bodied man went to war and within 48
hours, 1,000 upperclassmen vacated the
campus,” Balliew said.
Graphic by Kelly Morgan
Men from A&M fought on every bat
tlefield, and 950 Aggies died, she said.
A&M also participated in a war propa
ganda program that focused on a Holly
wood movie filmed on campus, she said.
The film, “We’ve Never Been Licked,”
stressed the spirit of Aggies and their
dedication to winning the war.
World War II had a very different ef
fect on A&M than World War I because
the military success of its students dis
couraged growth after the war, she said.
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and feeling for the tradition of if
lege and resisted change," shesaiis
practices of the early corps becsil
alized, including yell practice at:; Two games, j
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for Veterans Day
By Scot Walker
Staff Writer
cans had worn a military unifomi
the "War to end all wars."
To commemorate the sacrifices
It’s
An American soldier, buried in Ar
lington National Cemetery in 1921, "his
name known but to God,” serves as a
symbol of reverence for its veterans. To
day, President Reagan will place a
wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Sol
dier to commemorate Veterans Day.
Col. Donald “Buck” Henderson, dep
uty assistant commandant of the Corps of
Cadets, said the Corps is scheduled to
proceed with its traditional observance
today with the laying of a wreath at the
Westgate Memorial near Albritton
Tower.
Cadet Col. Todd Reichert, com
mander of the Corps, said the Corps also
is planning a short wreath-laying cere
mony during its morning formation at the
War Memorial on the Quadrangle plaza.
The specific time and day chosen for
Veterans Day memorial activities — the
eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the
eleventh month — were chosen to com
memorate the cessation of the hostilities
of World War I and the signing of the
Armistice by the Allies and Germany at
11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918.
Almost five million Americans took
part in World War I, and 116,000 of
them died. One out of every 22 Ameri-
hy so many Americans, Cory. ^ c n t | ic ,
1926 designated Nov. II as An n y way ’ to t h c i a
Da y • )eeii to a footba
Hail W oi KI W ar I lived up(oiI>:.j 0 ’|j e (oygi, t0 [j,
as "the War to end all wars,’’ \ x>wdiness and o
might still be known as Amii-:.... @f course, l’\
But shortly attei the hokJa} -o jjjy [ n the frien
claimed in 1938. the United StaftM|]i c white Cc
came involved in World WarII Reunion
After the war. Rep. Koun K • Conference basl
Kansas made a proposal to charge : .s|ot in their n
stice Day to Veterans Day, totao i’ m not worri
those who have served America Rouge, La. It ca
According to “About VeteransDu So me sports £
fact sheet published by the hanging their o'
i I'ex as i (iazette. two more untJqjq^ainers. But
American wat dead were brougNliBever been v
United States from overseas aidr^wUinlir beven
in Arlington Cemetery beside the::;—were actually
rade ti om World War I on M. get in.
1958. One of them had died in 1 And I survive
War II. the other in Korea. Cajuns probably
A law passed in 1973 provided! on Aggies that r
interment of an unknown Amencr'had done it all e
lost his life in Southeast Asia duns Texas A&M
Vietnam era. For several yearc,noi«||orbacks, an
ilxmg icmains were found, so JfiSituation. Lucki
was placed m the Memorial Dstonfines ot the
Room at Arlington On Memorial agoing to be abo
1984, the Unknown Serviceman the guise of imp
that conflict was I inally placed "“SO.OOO (in the g
ored glory" alongside his country® Actually, I h;
fans. They give
“Pirates of Penzance” offers
plenty of laughs for patrons
By Chuck Lovejoy
Staff Writer
Laughs are assured for those who see
the Aggie Players’ season-opening pro
duction of Gilbert & Sullivan’s operetta
“The Pirates of Penzance.”
The musical, a lighthearted satire of
Victorian morality and melodrama, has
its first performance tonight at 8:00 p.m.
in Rudder Theater.
The comedy tells the story of the or
phan Frederic, an apprentice to a bum
bling band of pirates. By a twist of fate,
Frederic meets Mable, daughter of the
imperious General Stanley, and they fall
immediately in love, despite the objec
tions and actions of General Stanley and
the local police force. In the meantime,
the pirates set their eyes on the rest of
Gen. Stanley’s daughters and pursue
them heavily.
Kris Longwell, a senior Theater Arts
major, is enjoyable as Frederic. Long-
well’s clear, resonant voice carries well
throughout the hall.
The role of Mabel is played by Debo
rah Lard, a part-time student. Lard’s vo
cal range is stunning. From her very first
entrance in the musical, she captivates
the audience with a wonderful perfor
mance.
Other notable performances are given
by David Roberto, perhaps the best actor
in the lot, as the Pirate King, and Susan
Satterwhite as the pirate nursemaid Ruth.
Steve McCauley steals the show as the
nervous General Stanley.
Attractive costumes and a picturesque
set aided the musical, although a loud
booming noise made by the actors as
they frolic across the stage sometimes in
terferes with the dialogue.
Despite this problem, the show is not
hampered as a whole because it is funny.
The humor is derived from spoken lines
and gestures and movements.
Performance dates for musical, to
night’s show included, are Nov. 11, 12,
17, 18 and 19. Tickets are available at
the Rudder Box Office at prices of $5 for
student and $7.50 for the general public.
Photo by Phelan M. Ebenfe
Susan Satterwhite sings to pirate
“Mystery of Edwin Drood”
proves terrific combination
By Shane Hall
Staff Writer
“The Mystery of Edwin Drood” is a
magnificent production combining com
edy, drama and music in a most interest
ing fashion. MSC-OPAS presented the
performance of Rupert Holmes’ Tony
Award-winning musical, which played
Thursday night in Rudder Auditorium.
Holmes’ “musical with dramatic inter
ludes” is actually a play within a play in
which the stage is transformed into the
the Music Hall Royale of Victorian-age
England. The cast assumes the roles of
the Royale’s players, who in turn are de
buting a presentation of the play based
on Charles Dickens’ unfinished mystery
novel.
The cast’s portrayal of actors playing
the the play’s characters makes for the
show’s most fascinating element, and
something of a challenge: being convinc
ing as both an English thespian and his or
her respective character.
The cast of “The Mystery of Edwin
Drood” accomplished this task with fly
ing colors. At one moment they are on
the stage hamming it up like Vaudevil-
lians and then instantly slipping into their
characters, all drawn from the Dickens
novel.
The performances here were com
mendable, from the leading characters to
the minor parts. With his maniacal ex
pressions and villanous appearance,
C.M. Yates was impressive as Royale
player Clive Paget, who plays John Jas
per, the uncle of young Edwin Drood.
Also worthy of mention are Michelle
Rios as the Royale’s Miss Janet Conover
who played the Ceylon-born Helena
Landless with radiance and Karlah Ham
ilton who, through the Royale’s Angela
Prysock, shines as the Princess Puffer, a
bawdy opium den owner.
Adding to the delightful nature of this
show was the coaxing of the audience to
participate as well, hissing the villainous
John Jasper and of course, voting on the
play’s final outcome.
Add to this the spectacular singing and
choreography of the play’s musical num
bers. From Hamilton’s humorous rendi
tion of “The Wages of Sin” to the highly
dramatic “The Name of Love,” “The
Mystery of Edwin Drood” is a splendid
night for all.
Photo by Mike C. Mulv*!
C.M. Yates and Marie-Laurencf
Danvers