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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1940)
“Life" Comes to A AM. For Shots of GHdston BF M Mftre -U." mcmMi wor» on tlto A A M compos Sob doy to toko picture* of member* •f the f*etb*H teem In oddHto* to Jtoi Thomaaon. Tommy ViufKn. Jim Storitof. nnd Meriee Puck, who or* ottondtef summer school. BUI Cenotaer, Charlie Henke. John kimbroufh. Deruc* Momt. Ernie PuaneU, Kiris Simmons, Bom* Smith. Joke Webster, end Poppo Wesson erere on bond for the oc- Photocmpher Bemord Hoffman end mtemewfr Don fork*—«r- com ponied by Charlie DeWare, will moke the circuit of points where the remainder of the boys or* spending the summer to get shots el the gndeters while working or In their mention artirttioe September 9 has been set aside a* photographers day oa Use Ag gie Campua. and H ia at thin time that news snappers and ether in terested parties will be gissn op portunity to bring the A. A M grants into focus. 1110 football play ers will be on Kyle Field at the designated time Campus Theater Team Takes Lead fur the Deqneene gum# Turkey Day Ducats Are Cooing Fast ^ ’ p j Fifty yard line Ucheto far the Taane-A A M. game this year will net go begging as they Ad just? before game time Inst Thanhs- firing Report* from Austin show that the boat available seats toft for the annual affair are on the goal line and end tom Although the South teem came out second best in the All-star game to Austin last week. A. A M.'a pro*peels all looked good and gave a perfoiamnr* representative of the school that they will play for to years to come The players com mg to join the Aggies are Leo Daniels. Bryan, who will play to the backfield; Truman Cox, Donna. Mid; Ruaaell Wilkens. Odessa, guard; and A. J Murrer, Temple, center Ag Cleaners And Sob Station Boys Lag By Half Game %BfT*r Pltefctt Om Of dMMa'p Baal Gamua Campua Theater blasted Aggie toad Pharmacy M to take a half game lend emr the idle Buk Station Cleaners and the Aggie Cleaner*, who defeated the Campua Cleaners 7-0. The only other game was play ed between Lipscomb end Faculty, the game going to th* Pharmacists, 4 1 Several of the games war* rained out and will he reochedntod THURSDAY. AUGUST II. 1M0 PAGE 8 Many Coaches and Athletes Expected Here for 11th Annual Short Course Fun Is Mixed With Effort In ttrwntiff Mur Everything from a dag paddle to a smooth rythnmtk stroke of th* expert swimmer gave the crowd • good show down at the old swim- ng kale Tuesday u|fkt when th* Team To Fly To Cal For U.C.LA. (tome Returning from Austin where he was instructor of th* Texas High Srheei Conches' school. Athletic Behind Rutherford's fine two hit i Ihrertor Homer Norton of the pitching, the Campus Theater ran Texas Aggies busied himself iron their undefee ted stretch to three «"« out final detail# for the Kiev straight (ilooser, Pharmacy pit Aanual Short Court* far cher. gave ap on « hits, but 5 walks Ceuchoa and Athlete# to he held kept him in trouble Coktoee. Wood Ker * from August 1H-S4 The school ham, and Ogdee scored two run* “ free and all coachoa and athletes ■ piece for the winners ' »re cordially invited to attend, ac- Spurger of the Aggie Cleaner* T D Brooks of turned to what was probably the lht Sfhooi * ArU tn<l heat pitched game of the entire Cmmm •* ^ 1,1 fo °^ summer as the Aggie Cleaners i basket be 11. track, ha as be II, trounced the Campus Cleaners 9-0 | Prevention and treatment of ath Yielding only I hit and 2 walks. ‘• t * Spurger had only 1 man reach mtr * murml aA4itie third base In the meanwhile his foatb * 11 'nterprwUtKWi Re*dy mates were working on Wilke*, Accord inf to tradition. Reveille ( *">pu* pitcher, for 9 hits, toclud i« getting another new blanket this '"I 2 komenin* and two doubles year and will be ready to take her Hough with 2 doubles and a home place with the band and make as n * n > William* with a single much noise as two Aggies. Bustei • home run, led the Aggie With football just over th* hor- ison, plans are being completed to Keeton, bead yell leader says that ( 'l«*n*r* with two runs each tend th* team to California for ^ Wl |] make all of th# trip* with the U. C. L. A game via Amer- ^ team when they play in Texas lean aitlme* The flight will take , eight hour* and will be made in the daytime TEXAS FARMERS AAA PROGRAM Although the Aggies will oot be BENEFIT FROM the first football team to lake to the sir for transportation, they will to pioneer* to the Southwest ( (inference and second in the Booth Ue#( only to T*»«s Tech * Red -1 Lipscomb Pharmacy moved into second place by edging out a last minute 4-1 virtary over the Faculty Going into the last half of the last 1 'if tied 1 and I, t arden. Pur 1 , and Clark scored to provide the margin of victory Th* Teacheis out hit the Pharmacists Xd but Texas farmare in 1M9 benef.tied n,, ‘ bunch ,h *u. Although to th* tun* «.f more than five mil- um,r ' * r '* ,,n, W F U * n,,m * ,hf Uon dollar* under th# provision in ""imally last only ft in- Here Next Week Tennis Tournev Nears End; Now In Quarter-final Play th# AAA program Which increases ’'Nr*- th '' fame went to the U*t Wtlh the term half ■mall payments All payments of less than ||0ii are subject to iiKreaaea ranging from less than one dollar to a* much a* 114 For example, a pay men! imounting in the regular pro cedure to •« would be tncreaaed the ** *° U ’ l,,Ul ^ 4t); * r * * tennis tournament is shaping itaelf k* rd 11 AW) to total |7l Wl Pn.ptw increases are granted of the seventh before the Pha ma< 1st* were able to push ovei th* Exes Now Able To Use Coupon Books for the finish fight Bad weather Interrupted the playing for a whjle, **” 1 '** t i all payment* of leas than I2<l0 nn Extension to A 9 M ex-stu Football courses will be eoadect ed by Coach Norton. J. V. "Bbf Sikes, end coach at University of Georgia; T F •‘Puny" Wilson of Sam Houston State Teacher* Col lege; and J. G Keyes, coach of the State rhampiofiahip Lubbock High School teem J W “Dough" Rollins. Aggie track mentor, will be the pnn cipal speaker .»n track and field *v-nu jJarty karnw. roach of the Aggie baaeb*." U-am, will lecture on that subject H. R “Hab" Mc Quillan. Aggie haskctbeU coach, will conduct «lasses in tn. hard board sport Lil J IMmmitt, Afg>* training factotum, will handle lac tures on the subject of athletic ec- I cident prevention and treatment j , Physical education and intr* mural sports artupa will come under the able direction of W L. "Penny" Penlierthy, genial Aggie directoi of physical education, who has built up one of the strongest pro gram* in the nation of Aggteland Harry Viner of Houston, prom mem football tufk'ial In the South west Conference for many year* 1 *nd a memiiei of the Southwest tlj); Men’s fro* «4yW, flmt JWa- m$ Davit, second Bob CaakrnB, tklrd Bntoe Vineent (Ume, 11.7); Wemsei’i back atraka. flret, Am SMMllk PMi Florence Hol- Itaffakeed (Mm* ttJ); Womee'i free etyle, first. Florence HnUiag- ibead, second. Am Karwodle, third, Ella France* ('ofor (time. tLi){ Dag paddle. flnA, Cyatkto Lm» cMtor and Carrol McFadden. sec. and, Ann Kemodl* (tt«a. ».7)| Intennediate boy* fraa style, first, Bobby Scofield, second. Bob Davie (Ume MA); Intermediate girls free style, first, Cyatkto Lancaster, second, Carrel McFadden (time 20 1); Junior beys free style, first. J was held to bring to a do** weeks of training by tbs contest ants Th* meet was divktod into In- tormodtete beys, intermedtoto girls. Van junior boys, jvnior girts, men's, and Wayne Long, third. Bobby Potter women's divisions Jimmy Davis (time 1U>; Junior girls free style, won top honors in both the men's first, Betty Hale, second, Rue See* back stroke and men's free style fisld, third, Mary Ana Bonnsn to place firat to the meet. On the | (time 11.7); Diving, first, Roland woman’s aide, Ann Kemodl* won Nnnn, second. Bob Cockrell, third, first piece in the back stroke and Nsrwal Baker, fourth, Mike CokL second in free style and dog peddle nee, fifth, Frank Fiekty to become Queen of the frolic | A grand ftoale to the meet took One of the high lights of the night place to the form of an unschedulad took place amid a mixture of cheer-1 relay race af team* made up of tog, yelling, and booing when W 8 MrCnlley of the mathematics de partment accepted Bob Taylor’s challenge to a medley swim Taylor took suck an aarly lead in the firat leg of the race that McTulley could n’t make up and th* crowd’s favor ite went down in defeat when Bob crossed the finish line a good erven yards ahead of the professor. Individual events and the win ners included Men’s back stroke, first, Jimmy Davis, second, Sam Gammon, third. Bob Cockrell (time, Footlmll Prospects Favorable With All mi" Hike*, farmer .tadent Three Deei) of A. A M and farmer foot ha II and * Saseball ruark far th* school re- Football prospects for tin- com- tara* this week to aid Homer Nar- ] mg season look plenty good m to* to kla ( aachee Short (oars* black and white with all positions Hikes is now coaching at Georgia < xcept right guard and fullback contestants, and officials M-m ASSKAXIiLY HALL dents of th# privilege of buying I CMiferettoe Football Officials As hand to display the newst equip ment. and motion picture* on the fundamentals of football, baseball, basketball and track will be shown Aggie sthlrtes m School this summer will be used by the various but when the sun came out again, . so did the players Because of Reports of the AAA in College • th *eG<- coupon books ha* been | MctatiMl, will discuss foolball rule* conflicts with other activities. It ^•Gon reveal that M7.4IW pay- W * n * unc * J h > Athletic < #ua j iB d interpretation is difficult to schedule the games "sento were increased under this 1 *" • n ‘ 1 ^ Athletic Department ; Representative* of the various to the sattafaction of all players I P rt,v '•* 0, '• ^ "wraases totaling **** of athletic tickets in this | ,pot i mg g.Hrt* firm* will he on concerned, and they are urged to **1*47 <>n the other hand, de >" the past ha* been restrict, get in touch with their opponent* <*'*<*'»«•'» totaling flMJIX were to members of the faculty and and arrange a more convenient time "»•*• un<1<, r the pravsion that no •«'»l residents, as soon as possible payment to aa> individual, part Under the new plan, A * M Two teams have dropped out of n *r*hip or estate can exceed f 10.- men and other friends of the CoL the mixed doubles, and the re- leg* may purchas. at one time an mainmg three will play a round These increase- are made in an admission to every athletic contest rahin match, with the winner de effort to give the small farmer sponsored by the Uollege held at termmed on a percentage basis In added purchasing power which he Kyle Field during the year th* men's single*, second round, are badly needs. GeOtge Slaughter. | price of the year - admission will Robert* vs Campbell, Owen vs chairman of the state AAA com ! be |* 2ft Oiat, Kennedy vs Henael. Boud-(mittoe. pointed out. Another provi- Purchasers will receive ticket* raaux vs Cummings. Swim vs | sioti of the program siding the for th# (t>ur football r . m „ Burch Terrell vs Parkensm. and small farmer is that the minimum p| ayr ,f by the Aggie* this fall Barber V. Langford Coilghl.n de- soil-buOMag allowance for any vKtch t) cket. purchased md.vid- feated Overbeck to get in the farm shall be $20. an amount W((U | (j ^^ ^ quarterfinal* And in the quarter-^ which permit* the small farmer to finals of the men's doubles are accomplish soil-building work wkich Robert* and Bledsoe. Swam and he otherwise would be unable to Overheck, and Barker and Taylor do I alverstty , Well Anchored Pont* Are (rood Foundation Well b'vced and anchored corner post* are u> A /rnc* what B gmul founds Uon is to fe building If the end post* of * line of fence are not well hrired so that th* wire can it# strrtcbed tight much of the efficiency of the fence is lost Where wires run to s deadman burled at least eight feet bark of a corner post will not he in the way, this method af anchoring a corner poat Is recomended by M. R. Bentley, agricultural engineer of the Texas A A M Extension Service The most important thing is to lecturer* to demonstrate the fun- xnfhor a poat so that it will not over three deep These two notches have three apiece and are well fortified In addition to playing si I (docking half harks, Webster and /.apalar are coming out of ■ sue jeessful freshman jreat to under I study John Ktmhmpgh at the full I back position The fact that th* Aggies won the NaUmia' Uhanipiossn.p tost year with a team losing only six lettermen and still having twenty I four rvturning this season does not necessarily mean that A A M has s cinch on irpeatlng the South- j west conference or divamier still! the National crown In fart in this conference anything can happen and probably will with all of the opposition waiting for a chance to Blitxkruqf the maroon and whites The players have ahown that they are ready for the season to start by coming to the Campus and pftoMisruj SAT.. AlTi. 17 • 7;*U) damental* of the game, and a A cross bar 1(1 to 24 inches * oin « out U> ** ,w4d of b * t * complete motion picture library of long, nailed to the bottom of th# and looking " Farer, sotoe of Hmm In add) tion they will receive a card #n titling them to entrance to the Rice-Aggies Freshman Football game sad to all other Freshman the Aggies' past games will be post on the aide opposite the brace, open to view of any coach or ath- will keep the post from rising ver- let* interested in seeing them tieally Another cross bar near the Arrangements have been made surface will give greater hearing for visitors to room in a college surface on the post dormitory and eat in the college Teats have shown that it is bet- dining hall at minimum rate# Reg ter to anchor a comer poat down miration will start Sunday and with s cross bar than to depend ^ will begin Monday morn- are even getti^d the kmks out by taking a few laps around the track To put it in Homer Norton's words, they sre in his mental state of mind and “ready to put the ball on the ground and start practicing ” A probable starting line-up for 1940 season Will include John ~ *• W ' , ' h, *" "“"-’T Kimbrnuirti. fuljbwk. Jim” Tvirni heavy poat or a rough poat with rocks packed around it. /Men’s Fine SINES |.9> Swing tote summar KNOWING vovr (Hoes ewe gbt in auoMy « wwl « rfyiel Farted ft, aacaf »ho*(. tot your mbs •'V* but tali low- PM M RMftp •to# ft ft Pat 0«. and Varsity Kyle Fipld Contests in jpj^» ^ lUW ( Ollujjft* ^Confers 8J DegrcoH During the rlosing exercises of son, right half; Derace Moser or Bill Conatser. left half; Dookie Bentley said the most common Pugh, quarterback; Buck Buchanan, errwr found in bracing posts is that r|fht ^ |^tt or Ruby, right missions to all events, purchased at the gate, would cost a total of $20 00 Extension of this privilege will offer a saving to all Aggie follow ers who see all home football game* and will gtvr them practi cally free admission to other ath letic contests at Kyle Field These annual tickets are transferable. tackle; Tommy Vaughn, renter; Marshall Robnett, left guard; Char lie Henke, right guard; Pamtell or the braces are not long enough These should be nine feet or long er, and of 4 by 4 inch treated lum the thirtieth annual summer school ^ or that ^ uivalw , t in .trength H . uw , r , #ft ^ and j Su , comemncement tor Prain. View ^ dor ^ lhty other j Mt ^ Stott Calafft Dr. W. K. Kinks, The most effective brace* slope I — principal, ^mferred decree, on 91 fr9ffl ^ of th€ semora. repraaenUng the five divi- po* dowT1 ^ rroun d on siona of the college The degrees ^ brace post conferred were awarded as fallows _________ Bachelor of science in agriculture In announcing th# new plan, the *>; bachelor of arts 6; bachelor of {feyes Graduate* Athletic Council said. ' W* are 1 *™** »" «*ucat»an 11; bachelor Kelly Field; i science in of science in home economics 26. happy to extend this privilege of |— ■«* " D .i, ' purchasing annual ticket, to *11, bachelor of science m industrial KeCelVeS HlS W lllfffl Kple Field Athlettr Contests span sored by the College, to A A M men and foilowsrs of the Ag gies wherever they might be." Those interested in purchasing the annual blinkrt admission, may do so at this time by making ap plication, accompanied by a check of $8.2$. to E W Hooker. Sacra tary of th* Athletic Department. CWIeg* Station, Texas education 3; master of petono* 4. _ , , ^ , _ 1 . Having graduated from the Ad u . rr *‘ri n,™, ac^i(.», Vi., auu C^I^.... SssM ■■ rMJ T , m ^ w „, ^ '"V" . >*• Al-ta. V FUfM, ha. W Tk. folk^ln, f~. ..W^U .( ^ , ^ tk. xr-rfuaU -ho-l »— Alr-RM.rT« .nd .«(, th. .f m..w, .1 to u» JOUt Bomh.rtlm.nt S^md. ftilliam Loanard Davis, prwicipa a unit of the 19th Bombard ^rTohr^to lf Go^r 1 ’orafra i"**" 1 Grw,p (wmry) ' ^ y* tM, John Edna Gooden, prafes qkq Air Force, stationed at March •or of science, Jack Yate. high Ptokl Caigoraia, for a on. year school. Houston; Charlotte Marie ^ (zUn< ud ^rra duty I yx w ( ampus Thaatag t Campus Sub (leaner* t Aggie Clsansrs 2 Lipscomb t Campus Clsatiers 1 Aggie Pharmacy 0 Faculty 0 U Fct. 0 1000 Mayfield, principal M. R Woad high school. Sugar Land; and Wil- I lit La* Williams, Hag*. Okto. The baccalaureate sermon was delivered by Rev L B. Laud of Kingsville and the commencement ■ i*ns* by Prufaaaac 0. Anders on Fuller ed Prain* View State Col lege Music for the commencement exercise* was prseentsd by the cal t lag* choir, directed by Professor V L Gerren. aaateted by Mtoe N. i Constance Alien. k. m hft Lieutenant M_ -X- M DMcnrifr ui A. A M. to 1929 While to cotloge he wna a member of the Scholar- strip Honor Society and the ROTC unit for foor year* H* entered th* Primary Flying School at Randolph PWd. Texas, to begin hie eoarm ed flying tostraettoa to May, 1918 The moment of receiving his “wtogg" marks the proudaat day to the career of the flying As intense course of instnsetton. the far advanced phases of flying has been succeasfully completed in one of the finest schools of ite kind in existence and under th* most competent instructor* that aviation circles offer Vacancies created by the recent expansion program have placed before many young Americana the opportunity to obtain, at the coat of the gov ernment and with full salary, an education in a field that the rapid development* of science has made one of th* moat intftoating and profitable a young man with th* noceaeary qualifications could hop* to pursue Th* DOth Bombardment Squad ron, of which Beys# is now a mam- la equipped with the formid able B-1SA Douglas twin-engtood bomber* and th* giant Boeing type B-17B “Dying fortress** which he will not only got I flying train mg but will receive in struction to air navigation, angl ing. radio, and MON. TI ES. • AUG. II 20 7:30 VIVIEN LEIGH ,* b., | first kit siwoe V T W.“ . , . aa4 Rokt TayW. tkeifl ingly togetkerl the bank a*d many jorto which he r will have the op portunity to asocial too to. Ft time to time competitive exa: nations are hoM for raeerra officers eligible far ragular Army eoma •ions, aa Lieutenant Keyes may m, look forpRid to th* proopocto for of a ponaahMt military career V lucik WATSON . Virginia HtlD Marla C. Aubrey OUSPENSKAVA • SMITH A Mai»ss U rUybvAM L WED. - TH( RS. • AUG. 11-S 7:50 ,1- j >7 &- )