The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, June 10, 1940, Image 3

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Lighted Tennis Courts Are Needed Here;
Summer Sports Program Would Be Helped
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MONDAY, JUNE 10,
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Mkhiraa dispro^d Um old tkury
achoUrship god aUMltiea
voal nui hjr oorninf « B avorago
I Hi ring the past
tea boon uary tktla
to do m tie way
TWro aro oory trm \
of tWm tome at
thorod This eohnati thinks there ia a
dents great need far tightmg the taoaiu
n , eoorta, o#ee«ally thoae day eoorU
moat oa the north aide of the gym If
day thoae eomrta ware lighted it would
whan the ehidenta and fnemlty «re provide rorvantioa of a high type
haay with their rleaeae, papera, kg aad at a time when it wouldn't
Quit Worrying
Fellows
LET 08 TAKE
( ARE OP
YOIR CAR
THIS SI MMER.
GO THE HCMBLE
ROITE
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HUMBLE
Service Station
Kant (iale
Thie column would like to eet
the L*nd». apt- Art Dapartaaent or
the Guiding and Orounde Depart-
meat, di both, provide the lights
for theee tennis courts This
ehoukd bo dune as
ble aa they die a
needed badly
It to thought that this could he
done with ealy a nnaH oast attach-
01
hpH will got andor
full and hare next Monday, ar
I Id L«Aa Harrioon, hand
rf the mmmer aports pragmas.
It has been decided that the
rules far thie year wfll be the
same aa those used hi past ten
■one here The aaaae rules as ap
ply to kneebal will prevail ac
cept that the pitcher will be al
lowed to balk
It was ale# annoanced that
gamos will be started at six
e'clock, aad tVr will bo as von
inning tilto. Harrison aaid, **11
looks like we will have aa eight
South'»
Pool
ed aa eWctrieity ia right to team loagae, agd we Will figure an
the sonrts, and the hwfcdUng of playing either |wo or Mnwc
lights and paloa should nm
a grunt deni. Mr Ashford has
informed ua that he has some ve
fleckers and equipnmnt that could
be aaad and this woald help de
fray the coat.
There ia comparatively fettle ac
tivity here In the
The Commercial League ef try
an has eet their invitation tourna
ment early this year so that teams
from A. A M. can enter if they
wish The exact dates will be aa-
noudued at a later date It ia
ind understood that an entrance foe ef
the! $1.00 wHJ he rha
especially at tight, bat at tho|$soo »Kj he charged for
same time thorn aro some 1,000 team entering this tournament
MAMMi Mi IMMl hMdrad pm- ^ Th* season ypually ends with the
feamm who would like to have K ^ n o( ^Iga playing the
something te do at night Tennis itop pby#rt ((f Bn4 |t h
exported that this game will be
played again this seaaon
ia om of the favorite games in
the summer and with lighted
court*, tits colump ia aura that it
t would create a great deal of inter-
Utt
If any of tie teams are inter
ested they c|n schedule game*
, with the Bryal teams and pipy at
When the atudenta are gimn , nifht ^ ^ ^ ^
are on tap
something to do they will not be
found at some of the other places
to which they go to have their
fun
We don't think it would hurt
anyone in any way as we advo
cate setting a time of say 10
o'clock, or 10 SO, for turning
them off. During the sammei
months it ie too hot to go to bed
before this hour and the court*
P. L DOWNS NATATORIUM Wfll BE
OPEN FOR STUDENTS THIS SUMMER
The P L Down* N state Hum or bers of the Intramural Depart
the Aggie swimming hole, ie the merit for their swimming cards
The pool will open this afternoon
at five bells (three o’clock) and
from then until August SI it will
be splash day five hours each day
ECENT
ECORD
ELEASES
“KEEP COOL”
Electric Fans
$1.39 up
Aggie Polo Shirts
63c
Summer Trousers
$1.00
Swimming Cap*
KV & 23c
CAMPUS VARIETY
NORTH GATE
STORE
most up to-date and must modern
swimming pool in the entire South
would not conflict with any of the This pool will be open to the
residents ef th$t vicinity, but would students and faculty and their fam
give those people something to do. I iliea fills summer during the hours — .—
All of the courts need to be light-1 from thm* till six and frsm seven
ed. but at leapt those clay courts ’ till nine. It ia the best place in IjOiir Hours of Work
should be lighted y soon as pus Brstos county to go and cool off. ^|||| PlnfHIIHR HRVR
»ible. j It is the best place on the campus ._ . s * A s « f>i i
This writer |as talked with many to go and drown your aerrows— aaWPCfl AtHl®tlC ■ Iftllt j n ’*
of the student#, faculty, ami other ; yes. drown your sorrows, you
college employees in addition to I can’t drown yourself cause the
some of the eferutive officers anil lifeguard won’t let you
every one of them is highly in
favor of the idea
It is hoped that this matter will
be looked inte as soon as possible
land in,
( ant pus
people should
SECOHD HMID BOOKS
FOR SALE
WE CAN SUPPLY YOU WITH YOUR
SUMMER NEEDS.
... COME BY ...
STUDENT CO-OP
NORTH GATE
The bay* at the R.O.T.C camps
are dauholes* having a ’Time"
now They are prababii iearniai
ta "fall ia” dad 'Tall ndt," jamp
• hea the whistle Maws every five
mmates. take their "daily doten "
rail tent flap# up and daw a. peel
»pnds. and th« like.
ATM EDI LE OK EVENTS
Was talking to Luke Harriaon, , _ . . . .
i the Judge Landis of aports for the j
summer, and he comes up with
some pretty fair stuff.
lAike tells Us that softball will
start next Monday evening To be
eligible to plgy in this league all
the person Has to do it to be
connected with the college in some
say or live ip this vicinity Play
ers from BiySn will not be allow
ed to play with any of the Twi
light team*
Beauty is the thing that is want
ing during this age. and the Ath-
Swimminf in th, l.mt indoor lrt " K-P-nn-nt of A * SI » no
pool m the South is sonwthiag or **f*P**o*» Thousands of dollars
other This pool it 100 feet long and thousands of man hours are
and til) feet wide It will aroom spent each year in conditioning and
modate all who wish to take a beautifying Kyle Field, the home of
dip. the Texas Aggies
In addition to the water within At one time, not so many grid eM < n ti*||y * psper man
Tommy Dorsey, individually, and
his orchaatra, aa an tnsemble. seem
to ranch a naw high with record
2«Ml IMAGINATION, a compo
sit ion of Jimmy Van Heuaen and
Johnny Burke, is a medium "sweet
tempo song of great beauty Tom-
s muted tromliotie solo is so
smooth and glowing that it seem*
to transcend all the imaginable
possibilities of this instrument The
orchestra's ensemble is organ like
in ite mellowness (’HARMING
LITTLE FAKER, in contrast, is a
swing song. “The Pied Pipers"
handle the vocal business and Tisqi
my hrtf^k* us out with some hot
trombone just to prove he is not
The en
the pool there are sprmgbowrds Mars afpi, Kyle Field was more of
for thoae who like to take a high • sand pile than a sodded turf Then
jump and then there are boards G. F Ashford began bis meentiQg
for those who rather stay close and work on the field. He carrwM
to the wet stuff and hope to m many yards of sandy loam to
semble kicks with Bunny Berigin's
lead trumpet responsible for much
of the punch
Be C-o-o-l
Be Comfortable..
Wear
“LA PLAY A”
Sportswear
You’ll enjoy the cool
comfort »nd smart styl
ing in I-* Play a Sport
Clothra. Meah weave*
and sheer weight* of cot
ton or apun rayon in a
large aelection of color*
to chooae from.
Sport Shirts
$1.00 to $2.93
Slack Suits
$2.93 to $7.,30
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CLOCMCRS
"BRYAN”
Dr. I). W. Andres
To Open Practice
Dr Dwight W Andres of Rose
bud, Texas, has announced his in
tention to practice modicin# and
surgery at College Station. In
conjunction with I>r Andres’ medi
cal practice, G. E Msdeley of
Navaaota, Texas, will operate a
drug store with a prescription de
partment They will be located
in the Burgeaa Casey Building
Dr. Andres did his premedies!
work at Baylor University in
, . . Waco. He obtained has medical
receipts with them to the poo for n u._
training at t)Mk_JL.arversity of
Arkansas at Fayetteville, serving
The hours the pool will be op*n ^ |I|Urn „ hl|
are from thr«r till six m the after
SWIM 1*001. OPEN
The swimming pool is open now
and everyone connected with the
college may use it Students
should take their aummrt school
WELC01E
SU11ER AGGIES
BACK TO
OLD AGGIELAND and
BULLOCK & AKIN
THE FRIENDLY STORE FOR MEN
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. . . wk«rt ytm will Hud high glyM gwality weiring
apparel it gnnMty prk*. . .
Run over and let us say Hello—
Bullock & Akin
noon, and fr#m seven till nine at
night -»
The tennis courts art available
at all times and nets will bt up
Just take ypur -bat" and balls
down ami start playing
DANCM BAtl EDAY
Yes, the first dance will be Sat
urday evening It will be held
in the banquet room of the eld
mess hall
W L. Pedberthy ia building s
new bouse peer at HOOEEE-
VILLE, yeah, H is named after
K. W. Hnslpr, and “Dew Drop”
Hoke, Lake Harriaoa. All-Ameri
can E. W Pannell, "I ain’t no Eng-
ItshaMn" Adgmson, your scribe, and
a few otherg are planning on giv
ing R a Mpisewarming when he
finiahea.
“Curley*' %’instead, the ace direc
tor of the feurrau of Information
Hospital Fr
Mr. Madei
at Freeport Charity
rt. La
obtained his taper-
in drug work at NavaaoU
where he was connected with one
of the local firms His phanaateu-
tical work eras done in fart
Worth, and has been a registered
pharmacist for P years.
A formal opening is being plan
ned for the new store which will
be about June 20
raise grass.
In the spring when the grid-iron
gladiators are butting heads on the
practice field, Ashford is working
the soil on the main lot. He ploughs
the turtle-backed grid, harrows it.
sows seed and then keep* it water
ed By the time of the first game
each year the field resembles a
huge grassy rug
Just a few springs ago. the foot
ball field was encircled by a track
of Mack cinders. Then track coach
"Dough*' Rollins decided be would
arid some color to set off the huge
concrete stadium and the green
turf, so he imported some “red
dog” to cover the track. “Red dog”
ia s material of slag and slate. 1
along with some coal, that is the
residue left when the material is
burned, after being set off %y
spontaneous combustion
It is the material that makes the
fastest tracks in tbs country In
l»3ft Chink Wallender of Texas tied
the 100-yard dash record of 91
a»d established a new record of
M S in the 2M dash This was on
the old cinder track here
With the green field, the red
truck and the white three-quarter
ovtl stadium, the Aggies have one
of the best looking plants ia the
DINE “WHERE GOOD FOOD IS BETTER”
. . . and enjoy the pleasant atmosphere
of a place built for your enjoyment.
We Specialize in Chicken, Sea Food
and Steak Dinners
DINE and DANCE at
WILLOWOOD
located on Highway No. 6
Between Bryan and College
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and CoHufu Publics terns, is n
sporting a new ear. Yeah, R is
on* of thoae new rad, jobs, “Flam
inf Mamie” they cdll it
Couch Harry Faulkner is almost
sold on a little stone house over
in the Estate* Maybe rapid has
but the “bee" on Harry
Wonder what Coorh Dough Roll
ms has been doing during the last
few days? He's been flitting
around like be bad something on
BRYAN
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DO YOU SEE WELL?
It’* smart to take car* of your eve*
at it t* wiadom to take care of your teeth i
cxercifee a proper care in all matter* affecting
visit he!
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H.vai.^sn.-mteu-w
J. W. PA’
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SUMMER SCHOOL STUDENTS
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