TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1941-
THE BATTALION -f
Summer Sports Program
Proves of Interest to All
By Jerry Gleason
The summer recreational pro
gram which was sponsored by the
Intramural Department was a
source of much pleasure and en
joyment for many students here
at school. The program consisted
of a softball league, tennis tourna
ments in both singles and doubles,
ping pong tournaments, and bad
minton.
The sports which had the great
er number of participants and the
largest following was, of course,
softball. A league was organized
for both the summer sessions and
each league had six good ball clubs
playing. The Campus Cleaners,
behind the excellent pitching of
Rudy Rutherford, walked away
with the honors the first term but
they found the going a little
rough during the second session.
In league competition they dropped
only three games, all these during
the last term. At the conclusion
of the regular league play, a dou
ble elimination play-off was held
between the top four teams. Those
teams getting in this play-off for
the second semester were the Fac
ulty, Campus Cleaners, Aggie
Cleaners, and Seaboard Life. The
Faculty won the play-off by de
feating the Campus Cleaners 1 to
0 in the final game. Other teams
which participated in the league
were North Gate Project House
and Campus Theater.
When it comes to the tennis
tournaments, it looks as though
one man had a monopoly on the
championships. R. B. Gillette won
the ping pong tournament, the ten
nis singles tournament, and was
a member of the winning tennis
doubles team. His partner in the
doubles play was Sam Levine. Gil
lette defeated Levine in the finals
of the tennis singles play and
bested 0. R. Williams in the finals
of the ping pong tournament. In
the tennis doubles play, Levine
and Gillette defeated Walker and
McCorquodale for the champion
ship.
Open also during the summer
was the swimming pool. *This was
a source of cool and refreshing fun
for many. The pool was open
Minkler, Loving
Leave A & M to Go
To Illinois Institute
H. L. Minkler and R. 0. Loving,
’36, instructors in the engineering
drawing department, have resigned
their positions with the college, ef
fective at the close of the summer
school and will join the engineering
drawing department of the Illinois
Institute of Technology.
They will be under H. C. Spencer,
formerly head of the engineering
drawing department here and now
head of the engineering drawing
department at Illinois Tech. Loving
will be an assistant professor in
the department and Minkler will
be an instructor.
every day except Sunday and was
usually found to be very much in
use.
Slightly out of the line of sports
but still included in the recreation
al program were the Juke Box
Proms held each Saturday night in
Sbisa Hall. A large number of
students found these to be a very
enjoyable place to spend their time
and at a minimum of expense.
Pannell Shines In
Recent All-Star Go
Southwest Conference football
stars showed up well in the annual
college and professional game at
Chicago even though the All-Stars
were beaten by a score of 37-13.
The pro Bears were too much of
a team for the college players, but
at that the All-Stars prevented a
duplication of the beating that
the Bears gave the Washington
Redskins for the pro championship,
which was a 73-0 walloping.
There were a number of South
west players that saw service in
the game. From this section the
Aggies had the most representa
tives. James Thomason, Marion
Pugh, Chip Routt, and Ernie Pan
nell were elected by fans to par
ticipate, but only Pannell, Routt,
and Thomason got in the game.
John was tied up in Hollywood and
Pugh was kept out because of an
injury. Pannell and Fred Hart
man of Rice divided time at the left
tackle post with Pannell starting
and seeing the most service. Ernie
was a stand-out on defense, and
received much favorable comment
in the Chicago papers. Routt and
Thomason also broke into the line
up, but for only a short time. Thom
ason played well on the defense,
but was never allowed to show
his running abiilty.
Other stars from the* Southwest
were Ken Whitlow of Rice and Rob
ert Neslon of Baylor. These two
centers were giving Rudy Mucha
of Washington, the starting center,
quite a race until Nelson hurt his
foot in a practice scrimmage.
Whitlow was given most of the
credit for helping to stop the
Bears’ famed running attack and
forcing them to take to the air.
Nelson along with Pugh was un
able to see any service because
of an injury.
Outstanding individual plays
were turned in by Jack Robinson
of U. C. L. A., Tom Harmon of
Michigan, and Ernie Pannell. Pan
nell was credited with blocking one
of the trys for extra point after
a Bear touchdown, and Robinson
made a beautiful catch of a pass
for one of the college touchdowns.
Harmon ran up a total of 43
yards in one drive against the huge
Bear forward wall.
Cracked ice will emit glows and
flashes of light if it is cold enough.
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“Pettycoat
Politics”
With
ROSCOE KARNES
and
RUTH DONNELLY
Plus Cartoon
“FIGHTING 69th'/ 2 ”
WED. & THURS.
“Rookies On
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With
BOB CROSBY
RUTH TERRY
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In
“PLL NEVER HEIL
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Dean Kyle Views Mexico
Page 5
E. J. Kyle, dean of the school of agriculture, flew to Mexico
City on his goodwill tour of the Americas and is shown here as
he arrived at the airport. He was greeted by the Secretary of the
City Civic Department and a delegation of the Ministry of Agri
culture. He plans to continue his trip to the other republics of
Central America by air. The object of his trip is to study the
agricultural conditions of this section of Latin America. During
his absence Professor D. W. Williams has been appointed acting
dean.
Registrar Howell
Now on Active Duty
In Washington, D.C.
Morale Branch Acquires
Services of Major From
Presidio, California Post
E. J. Howell, Registrar at A. &
M. since 1932, was ordered to
active duty in the United States
Army on June 30. Howell, who
is a major in the Infantry reserve,
was first sent to Presidio, Califor
nia, but is now stationed in Wash
ington, D. C., at the office of the
chief of the Morale Branch.
In 1922 Howell received his de
gree of bachelor of science in chem
ical engineering from A. & M. He
did gradutae work at Baylor Uni
versity one summer term and then
received his master of science de
gree from his alma mater in 1932.
After graduation Howell served
as chemical engineer for the Gulf
On Leave with Army
E. J. Howell
Refining Company at Port Arthur
for one year before accepting the
post of associate professor of
chemistry at John Tarleton Agri
cultural College, Stephenville. He
held that position for one year and
in 1924 became commandant and
registrar at John Tarleton, hold
ing both positions until 1930 when
he came to A. & M. as assistant
registrar. Two years later, he
became registrar.
During the past few years the
honorary posts that he has held
include, president of the Associa
tion of Texas Colleges, 1934-1935;
president of the Texas Associa
tion of Collegiate Registrars, 1929-
1930; vice-president of the Ameri
can Association of Collegiate Reg
istrars, 1938-1939; president of the
same organization for 1941-1942;
president of the Bryan Lions Club,
1938-1939, president of the Texas
Department, Reserve Officers As
sociation, 1938-1939. He also has
served as member of the commit
tee on Classified and Associated
Schools of Texas; president of the
School Board, Texas A. & M. Con
solidated School District; member
of the Brazos-Bryan Chamber of
Commerce; member of the Com
mittee On Standards, Association
of Texas Colleges; Past Master,
A. F. & A. M.; and Past High
Priest, R. A. M.
Howell is listed in “Leaders in
Education,” “Who’s Who in Engi
neering,” and “America’s Young
Men.”
The first Aggie yearbook was
published in 1898.
Governor Appoints Drug Store Cowboy Finds
General, Two Exes
To Board Vacancies
H. J. Brees, D. S.
Buchanan and John C.
Burns Assume Positions
A. & M. will begin this school
year with three new members on
the board of directors. Appointed
by the governor and confirmed by
the Senate during the summer, the
new members are General H. J.
Brees, San Antonio, recently retir
ed as commanding officer of the
Eighth Corps Area; John C.
Burns, ’04, Fort Worth, trustee and
general manager of the S. B. Bur
nett estate; and D. S. Buchanan,
’17, manager of the Keep farm in
terests at Buda.
Another vacancy exists on the
board because of the death of
Edwin J. Kiest, three-time mem
ber of the board of directors.
Kiest died on August 11, having
been a member of the board for
14 years.
F. M. Law, ’95, of Houston, was :
appointed and confirmed to fill the
unexpired term of the late Henry
Schuhmacher, ’92.
Burns and Brees were appointed
after the Senate had refused con
firmation of Joe Utay, ’08, Dallas,
and Fred Felty, San Antonio. Utay
had been a member of the board
for the past six years.
Law has served on the board
for almost a quarter of a century
and has been chairman for his
past several terms. All the new
appointments are for six years ex
cept Law’s. Veteran member
Walter G. Lacy, ’96, Waco bank
er, was not reappointed by the gov
ernor.
Other members of the board in
clude A. H. Demke, Stephenville;
R. W. Briggs, ’17, San Antonio;
G. R. White, ’95, Brady; and H.
L. Kokernot, Jr., Alpine.
His Spot-The Marble Machine
By David Cofer
And now, members of the sport
ing world, here is some news. The
far-famed drug store cowboy has
actually found his sport—not one
which he only talks about but one
in which he actually participates.
Whether you are in Maine or
California these new players are
sweating it out, playing one of the
roughest of sports. But this new
game, if you call it such, is a fun
ny thing. You play against your
self, it costs like the devil to play,
and it is darn near impossible to
win. Here are that odds that you
face.
You want to play? Well, let’s
go find one of these tables with
an all familiar slot. If you want,
we can dril loil, sail around the
world, drink Seven-Up, or Four
Roses if you like it stronger. Now
slip your hard earned nickel in and
watch the lights come on.
You’ve got five shots or trys to
beat this blame machine -that will
get very sensitive and tilt if you
get rough; so take it easy until
you get on to the art of making
the ball hit what you want it too.
The main object, of course, is
to beat the machine into giving you
some extra games. Free games
are given sometimes when you top
certain score or turn on all of the
lights of a given color. But you
have already gone through the
half dollar, and have not won a
game. Beginners’ luck—there just
ain’t none for this game.
The best thing now is for you to
ally with a professional of this
new art; there are plenty hang
ing around, and they know exact
ly the shot for you to make so
as to win. The main thing is to
get some one else to help you feed
this hungry animal with nickles.
Now you have a partner and
with a little luck you might play
the rest of the day. But be care
ful that your legs don’t give way,
Because standing on them for five
straight hours will not help those
fallen arches.
It was against college regula
tions to smoke cigarettes on the
A. & M. campus until 1920. How
ever it was not against regula
tions to smoke a pipe, cigars, or
chew tobacco.
Gus Mistrol, one of the many
ex-Aggies, was graduated from the
C. E. Department in 1928 at the
age of seventeen.
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