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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1940)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1940- THE BATTALION * M £ 4 i <? * 4 25 Outstanding High School Graduates Receive First “Opportunity Awards” Association of Former Students Institutes New Assistance Program Established Last Spring Twenty-five outstanding high school graduates have been named winners of the 25 Opportunity A- wards establised last spring by the Association of Former Stu dents with the cooperation of the A. & M. College. The 25 boys who are given an opportunity for a complete college education, will be the first such group of boys to enter school at A. & M. The new plan carries the approval of the Board of Directors and officials of the College. Each of the 25 award holders graduated in the top 25 per cent of his class and demonstrated in high school outstnding character- PAGE 11 fistics of leadership, personality, and character. In addition each carries the endorsement of the A. & M. Club of his community. In the absense of an active club, the student is endorsed by from five to ten A. & M. men. The award holders are given a student job by the Student Labor Office through which they can earn $150 a year. Included in the award is the $100 loan each year from the loan funds of the association. This money, with the student’s own financial participation, provides a complete financial program. Out of the 25 five boys chosen for the initial awards this fall, five WELCOME, AGGIES! How’s Your Uniform? If You Want The Most of the Best For The Less VISIT . . . ROSS TAILORS Opposite Woolworth’s - Bryan TEXAS A. & M. GRILL THE AGGIES’ CHOICE North Gate MEAL TICKETS $5.50 for $5.00 $11.00 for $10.00 Regular Meals - 25^ A REAL MEAL IS A REAL TREAT GREATER PALACE Glad To See You Back, Aggies! Two More Days To See It . . . TODAY - WEDNESDAY ADMISSION PRICES on “BOOM TOWN’ Mat. 40^ — Nights 500 - inch tax Promotion List— (Continued From Page 2) Second Squadron Headquarters Major Pinson, J. W. Squadron Commander Troop C Captain Taylor, G. C. Troop Commander First Lieutenant Drotherton, R. R. Second In Command Acting First Sergeant Shelton, I). S. Troop D Captain Crotch, J. H. Troop Commander First Lieutenant Wanner, J. M. Second In Command Acting First Sergeant Mostyn, T. E. ENGINEER REGIMENT Lieutenant Colonel Appelt, L. L. Regimental Commander Major Executive First Battalion Headquarters Major Potts, P. S. Battalion Commander Captain Drumwright, H. E. Executive Company A Captain Yarbrough, D. D. Company Commander First Lieutenant Carnes, G. K. Second In Command Acting First Sergeant King, T. S. Company B Captain Martin, J. E. Derrick, H. A. Company Commander First Lieutenant Second In Command Acting First Sergeant Earley, D. M. Company C Captain Stanley, V. B. Company Commander Second In Command First Lieutenant Kepit, J. E. Acting First Sergeant Evans, A. D. Major Captain Captain First Lieutenant Acting First Sergeant Captain First Lieutenant Acting First Sergeant Captain First Lieutenant Evans, Second Battalion Byrd, E. E. McAnally, E. C. Company D DeVilbiss, C. F. Keith, B. G. Hardie, B. Ill Company E Cook, B. Ball, J. Blessington, H. L. Company F Wright, P. C. Crawford, G. G. Headquarters Battalion Commander Executive Company Commander Second In Command Company Commander Second In Command ay Second In Command Acting First Sergeant McCutchan, G. C. COAST ARTILLERY REGIMENT Lieutenant Colonel Hagood, T. M., Jr. Regimental Commander Major Dodd, C. L Executive First Battalion Headquarters Major Kennemer, L. C. Battalion Commander Captain Laird, O. J. Battery A Executive Captain First Lieutenant Stovell, T. H. Battery Commander Watkins, L. E. Second In Command Acting First Sergeant Cyrd, C. L. Battery B Captain Newman, A. R Battery Commander First Lieutenant Trotter, G. P., Jr. Second In Command Acting First Sergeant King, G. R., Jr. Battery C Captain Reynolds, G. H. Battery Commander First Lieutenant Galt, R. D. Second In Command Acting First Sergeant Smither, J. M. Battery D Captain Slicker, J. A. Battery Commander First Lieutenant Jordan, G. R. Second In Command Acting First Sergeant Moore, L. Ill Second Battalion Headquarters Major Sanders, G. H., Jr. Battalion Commander Captain Taylor, S. R. Battery E Executive Captain Hill, T. D Battery Commander First Lieutenant Hendon, W. L., Jr. Second In Command Acting First Sergeant Skidmore, R. G. Battery F Captain Little, R. D. Angell, D. S. Battery Commander First Lieutenant Second In Command Acting First Sergeant Walvoord, J. G. Battery G Captain Keese, C J., Jr. Battery Commander Captain First LieutenantLewis, C. A. Second In Command Acting First Sergeant Flynn, C. J.; Jr. Battery H Captain First LieutenantBullard, A. L. Battery Commander First Lieutenant Price, W. M. Second In Command Acting First Sergeant DuBose, L. A. COMPOSITE REGIMENT Lieutenant Colonel Hamilton, A. V Regimental Commander Major Hoff, R. S. First (Signal Corps) Battalioi Executive I Major Grasshoff, L. H. Battalion Commander Captain Wheeler, E. C. Headquarters Company Executive Captain Windsor, J. K. Company Commander First Lieutenant Noyes, G. W. Second In Command Acting First Sergeant Cupples, J. J. Company A Captain Oliver, W. M. Company Commander First Lieutenant Hernandez, H. A. Second In Command Acting First Sergeant Haltom, G. W. Company B Nichols, F. K. Company Commander First Lieutenant Memitz, J. C. Second In Command Acting First Sergeant Miller, M. A SECOND (CHEMICAL WARFARE SERVICE) BATTALION Major Ivey, E. H. Battalion Commander Captain Neuson, W. R. Company A Executive Captain Warnke, H. F. Company Commander First Lieutenant Hausman, H. L. Second In Command Acting First Sergeant Terrell, K. V. Company B Captain Lewis, F. R. Company Commander First Lieutenant Davis, R. M. Second In Command Acting First Sergeant Seeley, J. F. Company C Captain McMillan, W. D. Company Commander First Lieutenant Sweeney, R. L., Jr. Second In Command Acting First Sergeant Powell, R. G. were class valedictorians, the top ranking students of their graduat ing classes. All were student lead ers in some phase of high school activities. Two of the group of 25 will be candidates for the Aggie football team this fall. Opportunity award holders will be required to maintain complete records of their personal financial standings and to make reports at the end of each term to the A. & M. club or A. & M. men who have endorsed and are sponsoring them. Winners of the first awards in clude the following: Aaron Allbert, Gonzales; Harold A. Berry and William E. Holland, Dallas; George Bolen, Ennis; Clifford Estes, Here ford; W. H. 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A. & M. representatives met the plane and they drove to Aggieland where sev eral of the gridmen were working on construction jobs or attending school. Many pictures were taken of the boys in and around A. & M. at the various occupations in which they were engaged for the past summer. Some of the boys were studying during the summer ses sion of school, and others were scattered throughout the state. Dairy work, roughneck work in the oil fields, boys’ camps, and other manual labor jobs occupied the 1939 National Football Champions summer vacation. Chip Routt, a cowpuncher of no mean ability, had some great action pictures used. John Kimbrough, the All-Amer ican fullback, was busy at Camp Stewart, near Hunt, Texas. Bill James, Aggie coach, is the director of the camp. The photography was taken care of by Hoffman of Chicago, while Burke of New York undertook the writing responsibilities. Life came to Aggieland and surrounding ter ritory and found the Texas Aggies getting in great shape for the 1940 gridiron wars. COLLEGE HAS AN ENVIABLE RECORD IN WAR It often has been said that Texas A. & M. College makes men out of boys and a glance at the military record of the college bears this out. Since the day the doors of the institution first opened in 1876, military science and tactics has been a required course of study. During'the Spanish-American War the government found many grad uates and students prepared to answer the call. When the Mexican Border trouble arose in 1914, again Texas A. & M. men were on hand. In World War I, A. & M. men flocked to the colors in such numbers that a sur vey showed 2,200 students and grad uates of Texas A. & M. had served in the armed forces of their coun try. Of the 2,200 Texas Aggies in the last war, the vast majority of them served as commissioned officers and most of those who were not commissioned were non-commis sioned officers. Since 1918 approx imately 4,600 graduates of Texas A. & M. College have received re serve commissions for completion of the four-year course in military science and all of them who heed their country’s call will have com mands in the army-to-be. E. Hearne, Perryton; Thomas R. Jones, Breckenridge; James R. Jenkins, San Antonio; Russel B. Latimer, Fort Worth; Earl Meyer, Ellinger; Marvin K. Monk, Fa- bens; John M. Mullins, Carrizo Springs; F. J. Spacek, Jr., Luling; Dellie R. Voelkel, Yoakum; Alvin Caudle, Odessa; Lloyd Bailey, Wa co; Milton Beerwinkle, Moody; Truman R. Daniel, Paris; Julian P. Leathers, Oakwood, H. J. Baker, Gober; Franklin Johnson, Brady; Claude H. Ritchey, Austin; and Edwin T. Brown, Harlinger. WELCOME AGGIES PARKER-ASTIN IS GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK You’ll Find What You Want Here... Regulation 28 inches tall $2.49 Indirect Study Lamps with 100 Watt G.E. Mazda Bulb Alarm Clock Safe and Dependable 98? Tackle Box for Drawing Instruments 65? Waste Baskets 19? Brooms 25? 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