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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1939)
m •1 ll;: i,I FI I! ni Of 1M IfLLS fIBOin . .. r f <»• ^ | ; i !l ) r ‘ i li ■fi .ifins I ;IP Q| \ nV! ,: } fi Ww 1 nauquia oy fosifo m ‘b ni Many are no doubt wondering what happened in Austin during the five hour inauguration ceremony and the part played by the Roes Volunteers and Band from dear 'ole Aggieland. So with g great deal of effort and an unforgettable memory of nearly i Breezn ^ to death ii| a thin piece of “white duck" 1 will attempt to ex pound oa the subject. Whata time! We left here oa a special at six ia the morning which seemed like the middle of the night to most of as and arrived in Austin around nine. National Guard trucks met us at the station. Jaat so it might not seem a little it*) i^ >sl it might be added | sfara meettJdr auary train coming into Austin for something like ntaa[ other trams came in about the same time we did bringing some of the eighty odd other bands which yiMIM for the ceremony, la fact khaki-colored trucks were everywhere we looked. The Rosa Volunteers boarded sev eral of these trucks aad were rapidly rushed to the.stadfcMi *4 aa smax- speed of twenty indies aa hour. I*' summer camp, eh gays? | ed a little later in and were lost track of for. aa hour or so by this writer until they entered the stadium to pass In review. We farmed in a column of squads and marched u^ to the stadium en trance with everyone staring at us as if they thought we were the men from mars or something. Halting at' the entrance for a[MHbl|c pnild “hula session'' and also to await our turn to enter, we were informed briefly of what was expected of us. It all sound ed very incoherent but no one seem ed to worry much about it excel* Staples, who, I think, acquired a fern’ grey hairs before K was all over. A signal came from somewhere aan we marched into the stadium in a column of twos and around the tracK to the lane formed on the football field by the reviewing / stand and inaugural “stage. From the opposite end of the field an announcer's voice cracked out that tiba white-clad Ross Volunteers from the'Agricultural and Mechanical Collage were coming on the field to be Guards of Honor to the Governor. , ‘ j* t .\ s r JSoon after we formed a lane to the reviewing stand tbfc Governor-elect and his party entered the stadium la a long line of automobiles and stopped. On command the R. V.'a did “present sabres" add Governor-elect O’Daniel with his dahgbtcr. Molly, on his left passed throisprh to the review ing stand followed by Mrs. O'Daniel escorted by Pat and’ Mike and Legis lators and other Stale Officials.. They all 1 took places in g>*eaeryed section . in the football field facing the stage. We were then matched to beats on each side of the revfew ing stand and ( the parade of high achool bands con- ' Mwald.' Many photographers, report- l ers, friends’ and fathers crowded v around the k family in the corpdor talking, i linghing, shaking hands and taking pictures. They had to be cleared away |ach time a band passed." much to State 4 Police and dressed to resemble )rolling west. (A cadiauflage is often deceiving-) At ten o'clock tho^military, college, and university b*n<Jk began passing the reviewing stand. Several Nation al Guard and other military hands pasted before the denounced boomed forth that tKe fa , waa entering the laigest band on tbeRieid that day. True to form, wt|h every man in step, every line straight, and playing perfectly the Aggie^Band passed th<> reviewing. stand >n grand military form which outclassed all the other bands. Several teamenU to that ef fect were heard ia l&th the reviewing stand and the reserved section. While a massed Vhorus of school children sang "T and ‘ The Eyes of end ol the stands teem, formed s *ir distress, T.* students iwboys from the Aggie Band dd and was thi> is. Our Texas," i** in the Borth , Ross Volun- i % the review. JANUARY, 1939 H it j- jfi t i 5 .'i“ ri . :-4 / a ing stand to the stage. At the con* elusion of the last piece the Governor* elect, his family and the official group passed. under the crossed sabres of the R. V.’s to the stage, j When Mr. O'Daniel was halfway through the crosseci h4^mv[ ^iorma.toti some wiser racking “twerp 1 * from the vicinity of the Longhorn Band ed off with. “Well, Texas has. beca under six flags and now [ guess it's a flour sack,’* however it seemed to go unnoticed and everyone smilingly continued to |bdif' seat* on the stage. We then marched back to our seats by the reviewing stand and the In augural Ceremony got under way. Molly, seated behind and a little to the left of Governor 0'Daniel, seem ed very excited and had >quite a lot to say to her brother Mike who was on her left. Pat seethed be* I it all as a matter of courw and ed intently to the speeches of the out going official f I . When the Governor-elei kin been administered the loeth by th4 Chief Justice, James nf. Allred, retiring Governor, spoke for a whUe and then ; introduced Governor O'Daniel. The en tire throng in the packed stadium glistened closely to Go^rinor O'Den- iel’s speech, except for a few of the Ross Volunteers who b; f this Jfane were well on th^ir way t >wand being an ieiele in spitr of the long flanncN. We again farmed a lake from the stage to the corridor for i be Governor to walk through to his II OTI ill r i 1 t before he Governor ( in singing one joined ii billy Band, the “Star- program and new fmift the stage led t te assembly lutiful Te tas.** Evety- with him j nd the Hill- Aggie I land played iOgled Bann tr.” and Ute While p lotographers crowded around the r, Molly slij iped out the back way t^ the car. Covernor and Mrs. O’Dantkl then warned through the lane we did.“i ikiy *\ monies. by theii party while | sabres.*^ * t‘ | i the inauguration cere- ; I n I'M 17 \