REMEMBER TEXAS U AND
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STUDENT TRI WEEKLY
NEWSPAPER OF
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion
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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
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122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. VOLUME 41
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 27, 1941
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NUMBER 35
Aggies Defend Tradition Against Longhorns Today
These Men to Play Last Conference Game Today
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Annual Elephant
Walk Takes Place
This Morning at 9
Eleven Lettermen Make Last Appearance
On Kyle Field After Third SWC Victory
Water on Wheels
Is Latest Step In
Modernizing the Team
One of the events long awaited
by the seniors is the Annual Ele
phant Walk which will be held
this morning. Symbolizing that
their usefulness to the football
team is coming to an end, the Se
niors will lay aside their dignity
and pull their shirttails out and
do the Elephant Walk to -the
mournful playing of a piccolo and
a bass horn.
The seniors will form a long
line that will zig-zag across mili
tary walk in the fashion of the
dying elephant when he goes to
his death. The seniors will form
a long line, one behind another,
placing their hands on one another’s
hips and will zig-zag up and down
the military walk.
It does not make any differ
ence whether the senior is senior
only in the number of years hav
ing been at A. & M., or whether
he is cadet colonel, he will take
part in the Elephant Walk. Two
members of the band will lead the
Walk, playing a tune commonly
known as the “Graveyard Song”
and will go down Military Walk
to Legett hall and back past Hart
hall to Guion hall. Then it will
return to the flag pole in front
of the Academic building.
Out of 29 Starts
Seniors Have Seen
Only One Game Lost
By Mike Mann
Senior Sports Assistant
As everyone is eagerly looking
forward to this afternoon’s clash
of the Texas Aggies and the Tex
as Longhorns, let us look back upon
the football career of those eleven
stouthearted Aggies who today will
be playing their last game on Kyle
Field for the Maroon and White.
In ’38 they were members of the
hard-working freshman squad who
spent practically all of their time
scrimmaging and very little time
in actual games. They were the
boys who took the hard knocks in
scrimmages with the varsity—run
ning plays of opposing teams so
the varsity could devise ways of
breaking up their opponents.
Little did those members of the
freshman squad of ’38 who were
to continue as varsity players re
alize that they would make foot
ball history at A. & M. as it has
never been made before. They
dreamed of giving their all for the
Maroon and White but none had
the slightest idea that they would
set one of the most brilliant rec
ords in the history of collegiate
football in the nation.
The seniors who will be playing
their last game on Kyle Field to
day have heard the mournful strain
of “Taps” only one time in their
varsity careers. They have won 28
out of 29 games and have played
in two post-season bowl games,
both of which were victories for
the Cadets.
When today’s seniors were soph
omores the Aggies met the Tulane
Green Wave in the Sugar Bowl
on New Year’s Day, 1940, and de
feated them 14 to 13. The 1939 Ag
gies were Southwest Conference
Champions and the Nation’s Num
ber One team.
In 1940 the Cadet team tied
the Southern Methodist Mustangs
for the Southwest Conference
crown and were invited to the Cot
ton Bowl. On New Years Day, 1941
the Aggies defeated the Fordham
Earns by a score of 13 to 12 in the
Cotton Bowl at Dallas.
The seniors’ last year in college
football was heralded as a sour
year by the majority of the sports
scribes. However, the Texas Ag
gies proved to be one of the sur
prise teams of the nation and in
eight games are undefeated and
untied—one of the few remaining
such teams in the country. The
Cadets have piled up a total of
Two Bowl Games
To Their Credit,
Another is Possible
253 points to their opponents 23
and have proved to be one of the
stingiest teams in the nations—be
ing one of the leading defensive
teams in college football.
A brief sketch is given of each
of the eleven seniors who make
their final appearance on Kyle
Field today when the Cadets clash
with the Texas Longhorns.
Eoy Bucek of Schulenburg, Tex
as, plays a guard position and un
derstudied All-America Marshall
Robnett for the past two years.
This year he has been a mainstay
in the left side of the Maroon
line. Despite Roy’s large size, he
is the fastest hurdler in the South
west Conference and is fourth high
nationally. During his time at A.
& M. he has earned two varsity
letters in both football and track in
addition to winning a freshman
numeral in each of the two sports.
Bucek was voted the Most Valuable
man on the track team of 1941 and
is captain-elect of the 1942 cin
der team.
Harold Cowley, who hails from
Freer, Texas, has had the unfortu-
(See SENIOR PLAYERS, Page 6)
Making its initial appearance at
the game today will be the Ag
gies latest addition to the foot
ball team—the new maroon and
white water wagon.
The new water carrier is a gift
to the Aggies from the Duncan
Coffee Company of Houston. It will
be presented by Herschel Dun
can, president of the company, and
accepted by Coach Homer Norton
in a brief ceremony preceding the
game.
Students Benefited
By Taking IQ Tests
In general, students are benefit-
ted rather than retarded by being
informed of their mental ability
test scores, research by Dean R.
K. Comptin of the general science
division at South Dakota State
college indicates.
Dr. Comptin, who also heads the
college psychology department, re
cently completed a survey involving
1,331 students from 27 different
colleges.
Knowledge of the scores result
ed in possible detrimental attitudes
jin only four to six per cent of the
i students tested.
Cadets Expect to Let
Loose With Aerial Attack
Longhorns Pin All Hopes On Crain And
Lay den; Gates Will Open at Noon Today
By Mike Haikin
Battalion Sports Editor
The lid is off!
For one whole'year Coach Homer Norton’s Texas Aggies
have waited for the day when they could tangle with the
Texas Longhorns, and today’s the day.
Before 40,000 frenzied fans, some of whom have been
on the campus three or four days, the Aggies will clash with
Coach Dana X. Bible’s polished team this afternoon at 2:00
o’clock. Gates will be open at noon, and patrons are urged to
come in as soon as possible in order to avoid the rush.
Only T U In The Way
Going through a schedule of
nine games, the Aggies have been
undefeated and untied and have
gained the honor of conference
champions. Only Texas university
stays in the way of an undefeated
conference season, and the Aggies
are ever determined to jump that
hurdle.
To accomplish this feat Coach
Norton has in Derace Moser one of
the most dangerous players in the
Southwest Conference. As accurate
a passer as they have in the league,
Moser has also gained himself the
recognition of being one of the
deadliest punters in the conference.
It may be remembered that it was
solely on his kicking that the Ag
gies defeated S. M. U. 21-10, after
trailing at halftime, '10-7. Moser
suffered a slight injury in that
game, but is reported to be in top
shape for today’s tilt. With the
triple-threat Stephenville star in
top shape the Aggies are certain
to open up their famed “aerial
circus” full blast. The combination
of Moser and Spivey has clicked
throughout the whole year and is
expected to hold more than water
this afternoon. Should Spivey be
covered and watched, there is still
Bill Henderson, one of the greatest
pass snagging ends in the nation,
Cullen Rogers, only second to Jack
Crain in scoring, Jim Sterling, sen
sational blocking and pass receiv
ing end, and Boots Simmons, un
derstudy for Henderson.
Maples for Richardson
As for the Aggie forward wall,
which has one of the best defensive
(See FOOTBALL, Page 6)
Game Today Is
Dedicated to Men
In Armed Services
Ceremonies to Begin
At 1:45 on Kyle Field,
Governor of Texas Speaks
Dedication ceremonies in honor
of all men from A. & M. and Tex
as university who are in the armed
services will begin today at 1:45
on Kyle Field.
The program will begin with the
massed colors of the regiments of
A. & M. and the two navel R.O.T.C.
units of Texas university march
ing to the north goal line of the
field.
The Texas university band will
play while this group marches the
length of the field and forms a
semi-circle under the scoreboard.
Immediately after the colors pass
the Governor’s box the Governor’s
party will follow and take their
places in the semi-circle.
The Governor’s party will con
sist of Coke Stevenson, Colonel
Maurice Welty, Cadet Colonel Tom
Gillis and Fred Nieman, president
of the University student body.
Following this group will be Dr.
Homer P. Rainey, president of Tex
as university; Dr. T. O. Walton,
president of A. & M.; F. M. Law,
president of the A. & M. Board
of Directors; and Leslie Waggoner,
president of the Board of Regents
at Texas university.
College Furnishes General Plan To
Handle Thousands Who Come To Game
In order to provide facilities for
handling the thousands of visitors
who will be here for the game
today the college has arranged a
general plan as follows:
Meals
Meals will be served at both din
ing halls to students, guests of
students and visitors. Meals will
be served from eleven o’clock un
til two o’clock and there will be
no meal formation. Visitors will
be charged 35 cents in order to
cover the expense caused by the
unusually large crowd.
Information Booths
An information booth will be
located in front of the Assembly
hall and are equipped with a tele
phone directory, student directory
and other printed material that
will be helpful to visitors. Infor
mation booths are located at the
East and West gates and have
the same information as the one
in front of the Assembly hall.
Headquarters for Visitors
The Assembly hall will serve as
the headquarters for the Univer
sity visitors. Signs have been
erected to guide visitors to the
headquarters.
Former A. & M. Students’
Headquarters
Ex-students of A. & M. will have
headquarters in the old Y. M. C. A.
all day today. A registration desk
will be maintained in connection
with the information desk.
Lounges and Wash Rooms
Wash rooms for women have
been designated as follows:
1. First three ramps of Law hall
2. First three ramps of Puryear
hall.
3. Y. M. C. A.
4. Kiest Lounge
5. Y.M.C.A. Annex (both sides)
6. Academic Building
7. Gymnasium and Athletic
Field.
Arrangements have been made
for maids to be in attendance at
Law and Puryear halls.
Drinking Water
Kegs of drinking water are dis
tributed throughout the campus and
will be maintained by the Build
ings and College Utilities depart
ment.
First Aid Station
A first aid station is established
near the stadium on Clark street.
This street is directly in front of
the entrance to the stadium.
Parking Areas
Visitors will be allowed free
parking in all the parking areas
on the campus. Signs have been
erected to guide drivers to the
parking lots, and mounted guards
have been provided to supervise
the parking.
In case of rain the B. & C. U.
department will provide trucks,
tractors and operators to pull visi
tors’ cars out of the mud.
Check Rooms
Check rooms have been located
at the Y. M. C. A. and the Asaem-
bly hall. There will be a charge
of 10 cents for each article that is
checked.
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