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ROOM 5 ADMINISTRATION BLDG.—2275 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, FEB. 19, 1944. VOLUME 43—NUMBER 102
Philadelphia Gpera Company On Guion Stage Monday★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Junior And Sophomore Class Officers Elected WednesdayPlans Being Made for Prom to be Held In April and Soph Ball Last of larch
Meeting’s of the sophomore and^f the first and second semester junior classes were held in various places on the campus last Wednesday night at 7 o’clock. By mutual consent of the junior class, which is divided into two sections, their meetings were held separately, but will work together when social functions are scheduled. Because o fthe few number of men in the second semester sophomore class, they joined with the first semester sophs to make a larger class.
At the second semester junior class held in the lounge of Sbisa Hall, Bill Terrell was elected president, succeeding C. Sumner Hunter, past president. Terrell is again taking charge, having missed last semester being president; he was president of his class during the summer. Dick Overly was elected vice-president with Leon Bollard as secretary-treasurer and Harold Borofsky as historian.
Gerald Manley was re-elected to his position as president of the first semester junior class with Bob Cherry, Manley’s runner-up for the president’s post, put in as vice-president by acclamation. Martin Luker went in office as secretary and Cameron English elected
flip of t^eawrer.,-rAt the combined meeting of the first and second semester sophomore classes, Charles R. West was re-elected president, the position that he has held since his class has been on the campus. The vice- president elected is Vance Porter with George McAllister as secretary and Barton Wallace put in as treasurer.
Dance committees were appointed by the various presidents to plan for the coming social activities. The junior class is planning a Junior Banquet and Prom for sometime in April while the Soph Ball will be near the last of March. More information about these plans will be released at a later date.
Registered Cattle Sold at Auctioji in Livestock Pavilion
Bulls Sold at Average Of $248; Average for Seven Females At $319Fifty-six registered Hereford
bulls and females were sold at auction by the Mid-South Texas Hereford Association in the Livestock pavilion of A. & M. Thursday for a general average of $257, with 49 bulls averaging $248, and seven females selling for an average of $319.
John Arhopulos, Bryan restaurant owner, topped the sale when he bought Helena, five-year-old cow and bull calf, from E. H. Noach, Rockdale, on a bid of $630. Top bull was Royal Gwen, consigned by Silver Crest Farm, Fort Worth, which went to Vernon Stegall, Franklin, at $500.
Three bulls brought $400 each: A. S. Fletcher, Hemstead, taking Joe Stanway 3d at this figure from K. A. Allen, McGregor; Domino Stanway 30th, consigned by C. A. Hering, McGregor, going at this
Battalion Staff Is Short on Manpower
Reporters are needed for the Battalion newspaper. This is a student publication and any student interested in journalism either as a hobby or a vocation can gain valuable experience with a minimum of time. The Battalion, understaffed as it is, is unable to cover the entire campus for news^ Anyone interested should contact H. Sylvester Boone or report to room 3 in the Administration Building on Monday, Wednesday, or Friday afternoons. Opportunities are unlimited.
Mexican Scholars Get Ph. D. Degrees
Five eminent Mexico scholars, including the president of the National University of Mexico, will be awarded honarary doctor’s degrees at the University of New Mexico’s commencement, Feb. 25, announces President James F. Zimmerman of UNM.
Personally invited at Mexico City, by Dean G. P. Hammond of the University of New Mexico Graduate School on a trip there early in January, the five professors will be on the commencement platform with ISO graduating seniors and 25 who are scheduled to receive the master’s degree.
The men to receive the honorary degrees are Licenciado Rodulfo Brito Foucher, president of the National University, who will be given the degree of doctor of laws; Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexico’s minister of public education, doctor of letters; Alfonso Caso, director of the National Institute of Anthropology and History, doctor of science; Pablo Martinez del Rio, dean of the summer school of the National University, doctor of letters, and Francisco Villagran Prado, dean of the baccalaureate college of the National University, doctor of laws.
Arrangements for the ceremonies are being completed by the university with the assistance from the United States embassy at Mexico City.
If we ourselves dig up “buried hatchets” as soon as the war is over, we can scarcely expect our enemies to forever bury their swords.
pi’ice to Wes S. Buller, Brookshire, and W. H. Long, Crockett, receiving $400 for Real Silver Domino 17th from Jim Hering, McGregor.
The 56 head sold were not highly fitted, showing the general effect of the feed and labor shortage. Some were less than a year old.
Buyers included: Dr. J. H. Bin- ney, A. & M. Mathematics Department, one bull at $215; R. B. Hick- erson, Extension Servcie, one bull, $235; M. W. »ims, Bryan, one bull and three heifers at $205, $200, $200 and $170; Mooring & Wimberly, Bryan, one heifer, $250; E. H. Astin, Bryan, one bull, $275; Frank Sims, Bryan, one Polled bull, $225, and John O’Connor, Bryan, one bull, $165. E. O. Routt, Chapel Hill, father of Joe and Chip Routt of Texas A. & M. football fame, bought two bulls in the auction.
Main officers of the Mid South Texas Hereford Association are Dr. W. J. Jinkins, Normangee, president, and Ward Mooring, Bryan, secretary-treasurer.
The will to pull together. That’s the tie that binds free people— stronger than mere bonds of common danger—or the leading strings of “planned society”—or the chains of a dictatorship.
PreviewRecordings Of Opera, “The Bat”
Principal Music Of Opera Presented in German Not English
Recordings of the principal songs and choruses from Johann Strauss’ “The Bat” will be played over WTAW tomorrow morning from ten to eleven, on the program known as “Music by Master Composers.” The program wilf begin with the overture, and continue with Alfred’s serenade, Adele’s niz, the -Advocate Terzetto, the Eisenstein-Falke duet, and the finale, all rfom Act I. From Act II the opening chorus, Orlofsky’s air, Adele’s couplet, the Czardas, and the finale will be heard, and from Act III, Adele’s couplet, a terzetto, and the finale.
The records are loaned for the program by Di. C. B. Campbell of the Foreign Language Department of A. & M., and although they are in German, while the performnace of “The Bat” to be given on Monday night in Guion Hall by the Philadelphia Opera Company is to be in English, yet the records will give a preview of the music to be heard on Monday night. A synopsis of the story will accompany the playing of the records, so that listeners can follow what is going on.
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PHILADELPHIA OPERA TRO UPE—Pictured above is the cast that will be seen on the stage of Guion Hall under the auspices of Town Hall Monday night, February 21, at 8 o’clock.
Committee Maps Plans for Group
Dr. Alonzo F. Myers, chairman of the higher education department of New York university school of education, is chairman of a special commission to study and prepare plans for an international education organization.
Three different speed-up plans for students who will enter the armed forces have been made available at the University of Omaha.
Strauss’ “Cavalier Of The Rose” To Be Today’s Opera
Richard Strauss’ “Der Rosen- kavalier” (“The Cavalier of the Rose”) will be broadcast this afternoon at one o’clock by WTAW. A Blue Network program sponsored by the Texas Company, the performance will be brought direct from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House.
“Der Rosenkavalier” was composed in 1911, and although Richard Strauss called it a “comedy in music,” its story, like the plots of Strauss’ other operas, can scarcely be considered elevating. Laid in Vienna in the eighteenth century, the story is concerned with the thwarting of the libertine Baron Ochs von Lerchenau. The opera gets its name from the old custom of a lover’s making known his suit by appointing someone to bear to the lady of his choice a silver rose, the bearer of the favor becoming known as the “cavalier of the rose”.
In the complicated plot, the impoverished Baron wishes to marry the heiress Sophie, and is prevailed upon to appoint one Octavian, a stranger to him, as the rose bearer. But Sophie takes a dislike to the Baron, and she and Octavian fall in love. When the Baron tries to force his attentions upon her, Octavian wounds him in the arm. The rest of the opera is devoted to Octavian’s plans for exposing the Baron as a libertine, so that Octavian can win the consent of Sophie’s father, and marry the girl himself, thus ending everything very happily.
One bit of music from the opera, the “Rosenkavalier Waltzes,” is familiar to concert audiences, and the score as a whole is familiar and pleasing. Today’s cast will include Emanuel List, Jarmila Novotna, Nadine Conner, and Thelma Votipka.
Hillel to Hear Mayo Speak in Lounge of Sbisa Sunday, 7 PM
Librarian’s Talk Will Be Straight’s “Make Thhathe Last War”Sun weni^g at 7 o’clock Df.
T. F. i/xiiyu speak on- Hre book “Make This the, Last War”, written by Michael Straight according to an announcement made by Harold Borofosky, president of the Hillel Club. The meeting will be held in the Lounge room of Sbisa Hall and everyone, members or not, are invited to be present at this open meeting in the Lounge room. All of those interested in this subject should find it extremely interesting.'
The author of the book that Dr. Mayo will discuss is Michael Straight, now an aviation cadet in the U. S. Army Air Corps, who has travelled through all the countries at war and speaks with a knowledge derived from first hand observation. His plea is for a new economic world which will eliminate the dangers of further wars. Previous to his joining the Air Corps, Michael Straight was an assistant to the National Power policy Committee as one of President Roosevelt’s Economic Advisors.
This book, however, is a young man’s book full of militancy backed by knowledge and wisdom of his own experience. It is somewhat difficult reading, but Dr. Mayo’s analysis and interpretation will help make clear Straight’s vivid and interesting blue prints of the world of tomorrow.
Although the talk will be at 7 o’clock, the regular part of the meeting will begin promptly at 6:30. At this time before Dr. Mayo’s speech a very important business meeting will be held and all members are requested to be present. Plans will be discussed and made for a coming dance to be given by the Hillel club. Everyone is urged to stay and hear the talk on Michael Straight’s book, “Make This the Last War!
Devotional Service In Episcopal Chapel In Lent Observance
Special services at St. Thomas Episcopal Church start Wednesday, Feb. 23 in observance of Ash Wednesday and Lent. Lenten devotional services will be held each Wednesday evening at 7:15 in the Chapel and will consist of Litany and prayers followed by instruction.
Reverend J. Hugh R. Farrell will present some of the history of the early Protestant Episcopal church. Those interested in being presented for Confirmation as well as visitors are urged to attend the services Rev. Farrell stated.
Garbage Cans Not Used By Residents As City Requested
In accordance with garbage regulations for the city of College Station a circular letter was sent to citizens with their utility statement relative to garbage collections. Lloyd D. Smith, business manager asserted that many of the residents are cooperating in this drive, but some were still lacking garbage cans and using boxes, barrels etc. which one man cannot lift, besides being very clumsy and unsanitary, causing delay and trouble to the collectors. For several months garbage cans of standard style could not be purchased, however Parker-Austin Hardware in Bryan stocks these cans. Since now that the cans can be purchased, Smith urges everyone who does not have one already to get one as soon as possible.
Smith also stated that after March 1, 1944 the city collectors will be unable to handle the residents garbage unless a garbage can is provided. These cans must be placed outside and not in garages, storerooms, etc. If dogs trouble the metal cans by overturning them, Smith suggested that steel pipes or poles be driven into the ground through slip handles so that they extend about 6 inches above the can. Everyone is urged to help cooperate with the city on the above points.
Production Is Modern In Costume And Drama
Comedy to Be Given in English Instead Of Original German as First Writen
Snug entirely in English the Town Hall presentation of “The Bat” (Die Fledermaus) by the Philadelphia Opera Company Monday evening on the stage of Guion Hall promises to be one of the outstanding attractions of the season. The curtain will rise on the first act of the three act operatic- comedy at promptly eight o’clock it was announced. ------------------------------------------------^ “Die Fledermaus”, which has
Assessment NoticeThe City of College Station
is now assessing taxes for the current year. If you have property in city limits, including personal and automobile, subject to taxes, please call at city offices and render same according to the law. Unless you do this you surrender your right to participate in fixing value. ,
Claude W. Rodgers City Tax Collector.
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College Residents Offered Chance to Empty Septic Tank
Non-Profit Service Available for Only Charge of $10.00In reply to numerous requests
for pumping out septic tanks, the City of College Station announced yesterday that a contractor can be had to pump out these tanks. Some months back the city employed this same contractor to pump out septic tanks within the city limits of College Station. A large percent of the residents have already taken advantage of having this work done. The job is nearing completion. If any residents would like to avail themselves of this opportunity while the contractor is here please call the city office and place your respective order. The charge for this service is $10.00. The city is receiving no revenue as this is the price the contractor charges the city. With shortage of labor and sanitary methods this offer seems to be an excellent opportunity.
People who put on airs have no reason to be put out when others put them off.
been retitled “The Bat” upon its translation into English, is one of the outstanding lighter works of Johann Strauss. It achieved world-wide fame in operatice circles over a period of many years, having been sung in both hemispheres in the original German and, translated into Italian and French for consumption in Latin speaking areas. Recently an English version of the opera was staged on Broadway under the name of Rosalinda, as a musical comedy. This New York presentation of the Strauss score in English was scheduled for only a few weeks engagement, but to the public demands made on it, the comedy ran for over a year.
In bringing this opera to., the Town Tiall sta< - p.m.‘; gctloge, 'die Philadelphia Opc^iT company has modernized the production, making good dramatics and modern costuming of equal importance with good music and good singing. The fact that this lovely old opera has been translated into modern, understandable English will afford its patrons in College Station and vicinity an opportunity to enjoy the clever amusing story that is carried on with the inimitable and incomparable beauty of the charming Strauss music.
Tickets for the opera are on sale at the Student Activities office in Room Three of the Administration Building. General admission to the auditorium is $1.00. Reserved seats are $2.00. The Student Activities office phone number is 4-5324.
Tickets will be on sale, also, at the box office of Guion Hall immediately prior to the curtain opening, it was announced, for the convenience of those who did not secure their tickets in advance.
The Philadelphia Opera Company is one of the most unique organizations of its type in the
( See OPERA, Page 2)
“Young Texans Will Determine Place Of Texas InPostwarWorld, ’’Chevalier Says OverWTA W
The place of Texas in the postwar world will be determined by the resources of the State and what the present young Texans do with them, Col. Willard Chevalier, editor of Business Week and consultant in engineering education of the Texas A. & M. College, told the high school students of Texas Thursday on the Jobs Ahead program over the Texas Quality Network.
“Texas does not lack for material resources,” he said. “The incalculable wealth of her soil will remain, always, the bulwark of her economic strength. But to that natural wealth, science, now has added enormously, and the trained young Texan of tomorrow will be able to multiply many fold the age-old wealth that resides in the soil handed down to him by his fathers.”
Through science and technology we are finding new uses for mineral and agricultural products, it was pointed out. And through them manpower contrives to multiply the resources left by nature and put them to cemmercial use. The knowledge and skill acquired
by the coming generation of Texans will make the resources and industries stimulated by war demands available for peacetime uses.
With her vast resources, including the ability and intelligence of her people, “Texas is well fixed to have a balanced economy,” Col. Chevalier said.
“These young Texans, who will write the next chapter in the story of their beloved state now are preparing for their task,” he said. “Some of them are being tested in battle on far-off fighting fronts . . . Others are in the high schools, preparing themselves for the further training that will fit them to take their parts in the job to come. The future of Texas will depend on how clearly they can see that job, on how wisely they approach it, on how devotedly they work at it.”
Col. Chevalier was introduced to the high school radio audience by Gibb Gilchrist, dean of the Texas A. & M. School of Engineering. Paying tribute to the service Col. Chevalier had rendered the College in the past several years,
Dean Gilchrist pointed out that he spends a week on the campus each year, “during which time he consults with students, lectures to the College, confers with staff members, and brings to the College a wealth of experience and the wisdom of years as an engineer.”
Jobs Ahead is the general subject for 27 radio broadcasts of the current series of the Texas School of the Air, carried in cooperation with the State Department of Education. This broadcast was the 18th. The first 11 programs were sponsored by the Texas A. & M. School of Agriculture, while the last 16 programs are sponsored by the School of Engineering. They are heard each Thursday at 11:15 a. m. over the Texas Quality Network.
The program for Feb. 24 will present a discussion of the shipbuilding industry of Texas, and the speaker will be Col. Ike Ash- burn, director of personnel and public relations of the Houston Shipbuilding Corporation, and former executive assistant to the president of the Texas A. & M. College.
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