The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, August 15, 1940, Image 3

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    “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
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