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14 THE BATTALION DROP-DICKS (Continued from Page 13) now we will not be allowed to see the 50 purple and white clad girls in their jaunty bell-hop uniforms per form. * * * With their first and only practice tilt tucked safely under their belts, the Aggie warriors are now on a hard grind which will last through the October games and which if successfully completed will leave the cadets as the premier team in the Southwest. The Tulane game is now the uppermost thought of Matty Bell’s chimes; Kansas, T. C. U., and Arkansas receiving consideration in their turn. Concentrate on each suc ceeding tilt and let every man on the squad know you are behind them whether they play at home or abroad. * * * Just as in years past the Aggies have seldom been pre-season favor ites, but after the first game they are always named as one of the most serious conference crown con tenders. Monday the Aggies’ were mentioned along with Baylor and T. C. U. as possible winners. Don’t Happy TFlQmenbs You spot a pair ofFlorsheim Shoes rvith just the snappy note of style you admire. Then you try them on — and you feel like purring — they’re so comfortable. And mister—when you’re told the price—/ Say that’s a SURE ENOUGH happy moment! T. K. LAWRENCE, INC. “Outfitters for Young Men And Men Who Stay Young.” let the scores influence you. It has come to a pass around these parts that when a sports v/riter predicts something, this whole crew decides everything is settled. That was one of the prime troubles last year. Let’s fight with that team till the last whistle blows Thanksgiving. Hop and Company did very well Satur day, it being the first game. The other day down at Kyle Field Colonel Nelson was commenting on he fact that more of the students should come down to Kyle Field and watch our players in their daily practices. The Colonel is one of the strongest backers the Aggies have and as this edition goes to press he still has a practice session to miss and he has been here three years. It is going to take much back ing and encouragement from the Corps if the team pulls through their cough schedule. If the students take an interest in the practice, the play ers and new coaches will feel that their efforts are for something and Anil work that much harder. The following is a part of Col. Nelson’s advice that the students should heed, < cpecially the new ones. Meet the players and know them. “During the World’s War one of the greatest incentives to win in oattle, in the American soldier, was the fact that he knew rhat the pop ulation of his country was behind him. He was fighting for a cause that he thought was right, and that the people back home thought was right, and were willing to make any sacrifice to enable him to win. It has often occurred to me that at every college every student should have the same spirit that the Amer ican people had in 1917 and 1918, with regard to our athletic teams, stock judging teams, and others who represent the college in competition with other institutions.” This year we begin our football season with a new coach and what will be a more or less new team. I feel that every student at A. and M. College should make it his busi ness to visit the football field as of ten as possible to give encourage-, ment to the team and to the coaches by showing that they are vitally in terested in the team. We hear a great deal of the AGGIE SPIRIT and I sincerely hope to see that spirit practically demonstrated by the in terest of the entire student body in our football and other teams this session. Every upperclassman should make it his duty to instill the sup port of the team in the new students and see that they visit the athletic field as often as their studies and work will permit. While I am a graduate of another college, I feel that I am one of A. & M. College, and my love for all athletic sports finds me arranging every day, to so handle my work, as to enable me to be present at evex-y practice. I have missed very few since I came to A. and M. College and I am a busy man. It is not a sacrifice on my part but a pleasure I daily look forward to. It is hoped that every student can get my point of view, and, win or lose, stick to our teams and to our coaches. A good sport is a good loser as well as a good winner. We are going to win a lot of competi tions and may lose some, but if we have given all we have, as do the boys actively engaged in the game we have nothing to regret if we have made a game fight. Some teams lave to win or lose. Right now I think it is up to the student body of this college to get out and yell, yell, fight!” ^1 * FORT WORTH TRIP (Continued from Page e2) with Casual cards will be admitted to the dance. 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