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A MAGAZINE OF Hl’MOR FOR TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE’S 4i0OO AGGIES
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Brooks Cefer, Editor-ij
John Hojman, Magazini
L. B. Tennison, Associate
PHIL BIBLE ^
JAMES MIMMS
TANNER FREEMAN, JR.
NELSON KARBACH
‘Deadline Doodling . . .
MOST FIRST ISSUES of the
Battalion Magazine have been
concerned with but two things—
freshmen and football. This year
we can still bull with the fish,
but thanks to the Japs, we are
a little out of season for football.
We hope we’ve made this de
ficiency up in other ways, and
we hope that even though it is
as hot as grandma’s red draw
ers, you can still grin a. little
when perusing this magazine.
During the past two years, and
especially this past year, there
have been some long and loud
bleeds about how sorry the maga^
zine was getting. The main rea
sons given by those doing the
squawking were that the stories
were too silly, and the jokes too
stale. Well, we’ve set our hearts
to correcting those ills. We will
try to give you something enjoy
able to read in the way of stories
and articles, and something with
a little of the spice of life in it
down the line of jokes. If that
isn’t sufficient, we’ll try some-
—'L. Art
.. Art Assdstant
Senior Assistant
Junior Editor
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AL RAMIREZ
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thing else. Naturally, all writers
and humor men are fools, but
maybe rwe can keep our copy
from just plain stinking. If you
don’t agree with us. and have
suggestions or complaints, Jot
them down on a post-card or in
a letter and send them to Maga
zine Editor, Battalion office, and
don’t think they won’t be read.
Also, we : want to urge anyone
who Would like to join our staff
either; td send in his contribur
tions Or come around some blis
tering night.
Not* for the business at hand.
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The cover drawing Is the work
of Bible, whose work has
v earned him the chair of the art
editor. Pete Tumlinson. last
yeatfs editor, and now serving
Uncle S&m, left an appreciated
supply of drawings and cartoons,
among which are some Tumlin
son? boys which will be used In
later issues. A1 Raniirez and
Tanner Freemanj deserve a pat
on the back, and someone un-
rtirfing
umor
Assistant
Editor
knownito us but trave Infe under
the name of Fancy Nt n£y dust
ed off‘the Cavalry .bo; s pn good
style. Jack Ashworth,.1 ing a Batt
staffman, left “Dr. H; clup and
Mr. Jive” lying arouf)d| so we
picked'-it up. We got 1 from no
where,; and we have sontytt back
to nowhere.
Speaking of nothing H*om th$
dusty files in the Bat office we
dug this little bit of poetry to
end all bits of poetry. F -om the
September, 1939, Batt .11 >n Mag
azine,: comes:
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I think !
That ink
/t Does blot
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The natural comeback
a classical germ was:
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I think
You stin
Or worse
In verse.
better let sckn
to such
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Contents . . .
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FANTASTIC. INDEED!
FROM A BARRACKS BULL-SESSIOH ,
NO HARD FEELINGS. WE HOPE . |.
ODE TO THE.CAVALRY I.... 1 ' -
DR. HYCKUP AND MR. JIVE .1 .
HOtV TO RfcAD THE BATT NEWSPAPER!
EIGHT TYPES OF FRESHMEN t
ON A GIRDLfe -f. f:.—
The Battalion, publiahad monthly by th« Student PuMlaatkm. Dffk« o* the A,rtc«ltutml and Maehanleal ColWce of Teaaa. Kntorcd aa aaeond^laa.
matter at the Poat Offic*' at Colleje Station. T**aa. ,«nder tha net of Conrrau. March I. 1*7». Subscription rate ll.O* par y«nr or 1« p*r
Advcrtiaing rate* upon request. Repreaented nationally by W. B. Bradbury Company. New York City. Magaalp* off»®« 1"
Building. Telephone 4-6444. Reprint righta with proper credit, afe hereby granted to all regular publicationa. AU atones or article* tul
liration must be typewritten, double-spaced, and mailed to The Battalion Msgaxine, College Station. Texa*
| „ Tanner Frfee|nan, Jr.
—i i A jRamirez
Yehudi, iToitunately
Fahey Nancy
Jacl^ A.shworth
. The News|>aij>er Staff
Pete Tumlinson, Rili Murray
Edmunfl Waller
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