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Editorial This, America, is the Aggie “T”, famous as a symbol of the fighting manpower of Aggies; smybol of the spirit for which the entire nation, in a broader sense, is fighting. The “T” is the Aggie Twelfth Man’s trademark, and al most the entire corps goes onto the field to form it. We have special school yells, given only inthe “T” forma tion. Everyman in the Corps of Cadets, except the seniors, join in these yells. The seniors take this salute from their fellow Aggies; for three years they helped create the “T”, and in their last year they are honored to watch it. Pictured below is the Aggie “T” as executed by the Corps last fall for the Walter Wanger production. “We’ve Never Been Licked”. Athletic Department Keeps Up Aggie Morale For All Those Who Participate There’s something which has come to the attention of this cor ner which should not be overlook ed in writing sports. That some thing adds a great deal of morale to the athletic teams of any in- stitutioh. ] [. The Athletic Department of Ag- gieland has gone out of its way to give the boys who participate in Aggie sports something for their time and labor. The boys who I am talking about are those who you don’t see on the line-up or in action—they are the re serves. By going out of their way, the department takes with them on athletic trips as many boys as they possibly can. On the base ball trip during the past season, the traveling list included approx imately twenty-five boys, which is somewhere around two and a half teams. In baseball reserves are not a major factor in the team’s strength, or anyway, a team and a half of reserves is not. Not only in baseball, but this is done in all other sports where there is the least possibility. This is done to give the boys who never see action something for their ef forts and interests. This school awarded fifty-four varsity letters, while other schools awarded far less. Texas Univer sity has announced its varsity let- termen, who number twenty-six. This is a fair contrast to the spirit of the Athletic Department of Ag- gieland. As long as the A & M Athletic Department’s spirit is kept going, the morale of the Ag gie athletics will remain at the LOUPOT IS STILL IN BUSINESS PROVIDING YOU WITH BETTER BARGAINS He needs Lamps, Drawing Boards and T-Squares Will Pay Wholesale Prices for Books LOUPOT’S TRADING POST J. E. Loupot, ’32 Watkins May Go To New Orleans and New York For AAU Track Competition Credentials In Process Now. AAU Selects Nation’s Top Athletes, Pays Round-trip Expenses. Meets May20, 30 Pete Watkins may go to the AAU Southern track meet in New Orleans, May 20, and the National AAU meet in New York, May 30, according to Coach Lil Dimmitt. Letters and papers are in the mail now, said Dimmitt yesterday, and the AAU board will notify Watkins in a few days as to whether or not he can compete. It is customary for the AAU to finance the participating athletes’ trip to the from the meet; there fore the board chooses only the cream of the crop—only those athletes who are very outstanding throughout the nation. Athletes from the southern and southwestern states will compete in New Orleans, May 20, and those who meet! certain qualifications will go to Hie finals in New York ten days lijiter, May 30. Watkins I will very likely be in OCS May 30, and should he be accepted by the AAU board and also get by the New Orleans meet, he would have to get Army special permission to go to New York. Dimmitt said he hoped Watkins’ commanding officer will be sports- minded enough to let him make the trip. INTRAMURALS By John Stoat WEDNESDAY, DEADLINE ON ALL MAKEUPS Wednesday, tomorrow, is the ab solute deadline for all makeups for both Intramural Games and P. E. Classes 300. Don’t forget that these classes and games made are the major part of ^^^^Slyour P.E. grades. After tomorrow f I night the books i will be closed at * j the Department i and no other man Si will be allowed to ' j m a k e up any ! more games and j classes. No P. E. John stont classes will be held after Wednesday. Wins Volleyball Crown A Rep. Center won the volleyball crown from a fighting A Inf team late yesterday afternoon in a three game series. A RC took the first game 15-1. A Inf took the second game 16-14, but the RC boys came back to cinch the title by winning the last game. In the quarterfinals and semi finals both teams had won four games to their opponents none, with A Infantry’s opponents scor ing the least amount of points. In the Quarterfinals A Infantry beat M Infantry 15-2 and 15-1, while A RC played in the quarterfinals and beat 1st CHQ 15-13 and 15-12. In the semifinals A Infantry beat C CWS 15-2 and 15-4. A RC de feated E Infantry 2-0 in their semifinal match. E Coast in Horseshoe Finals E Coast with a win of 2-0 over C Engineers won a place in the height which it now has. I am sure all the Aggie ath letes fully appreciate the kind and thoughtful consideration by the Athletic Department. finals. C Cav who defeated H Coast in the quarterfinals will play in the other semifinal game C Sig nal who defeated E Signal in a quarterfinal matcii. E Coast will play either C Cav or C Sig, ac cording to which one will win in the semifinal game. Four Teams Left in Softball There are four teams that are left in the playoffs in Class A Softball. They are Infantry Band, who won their place in the semi finals over a week ago, C Cav who defeated B Infantry 4-3 in their quarterfinals game, B QMC who stopped 2nd Hq Field 4-3 in their quarterfinal match. D Infantry was the other team to place in the semifinals after stopping M In fantry in the last inning with a four run rally to bring the score up to 5-3. M Infantry made all of their three points in the first in ning, while D Infantry made four of their five runs in the last in ning. Lloyd, Anderson, Billingsley, and Hogan were responsible for the entry of E Coast into the Horse shoe finals when they won two games out of three played by their team from C Engineers. C Engi neers had nine men present but this time quality proved better than quantity for E Coast only had six men to play. New Comers Club To Meet Tomorrow, 2:30 The New Comers Club will meet at the home of Mrs. L. D. Boone, North Oakwood, tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. Despite withdrawal of Harvard and Yale because of wartime sports curtailments, the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball league is playing a full schedule of 20 games. Battalion Sports Tuesday Morning', May 18, 1943 Page 3 Brackenridge High Takes Swim Meet Tolar, Westkaemper, Scott Lead Eagles To State High Meet; Highland Park Second Paced by Dickie Westkaemper, Frank Scott, and Jack Tolar, the Brackenridge High School Eagles of San Antonio racked up 38 points to annex the State High School swimming title in the meet held here Saturday at Downs Na- torium. < Highland Park of Dallas, co favorites with Brackenridge to take the title, were second with 32 points. Following were the La mar Redskins of Houston with 30 points, Stephen F. Austin of Houston and Thomas Jefferson of San Antonio tied for fourth, with A. & M. Consolidated last with seven. The race see-sawed back and forth between the two favorites until the Brackenridge swimmers took the 180 yard medlay relay event to surg into a lead, needing only a place in the final relay to take the meet. This relay team of Scott, Westkaemper, and Tolar set a new record to start the pa rade of records broken. Others broken were the 100 yard breast stroke and the 100 yard back stroke. Scott really opened up in the breaststroke to take it in 1:1.25, while Smoot of Highland Park, who has never been defeat ed in his specialty, set the back stroke record with a 1:05.3 time. Frankie Campbell, Lamar’s star tanker, was high point man with 12 points, made with firsts in the 50 and 100 yard free styles, bare ly nosing out Smoot, who got a se cond in the free style, besides his first in the backstroke. The fine diving performance turned in by Brackenridge’s Tolar was a high light of the meet, as his superb grace and form put him in a class all by himself. The most diffi- Simmons college has announced an intensive program in dietetics for college graduates, to be offered for the first time with the opening of the summer session in July. cult dive is made simple by this star, and his presence on the team helped balance this great team. Scott and Westkaemper . are stars in their own right, as their ex cellent performances show. Former Student Now Assistant to Chief Of Staff at Randolph Lieutenant Colonel Gerthold E. Nowotny, has been appointed Ad ministrative Assistant to the Chief of Staff at Randolph Field, head quarters of the Army Air Forces Gulf Coast Training Center. Colonel Nowotny is a graduate of A. & M. where he was awarded a Master of Science degree in 1932. He was commissioned as an In fantry officer in May of 1931. Col. Nowotny’s recent appointment marks his fifth important assign ment from early in 1941 to date. He served for a time as a squadron commander at Randolph Field, was appointed to serve as post adjutant of Foster Field and later became executive officer there. In January of this year, he be came director of the College Training Program for Dallas head quarters and served in that capac ity until his appointment as ad ministrative assistant to the Chief of Staff. His new assignment makes him an important figure in the administration of an area covering one third of the United States. Enrollment of students for cor respondence work through the Uni versity of Texas extension teach ing bureau this year totals 1,555, as compared with 1,398 last year. Dr. N. B. McNutt DENTMT Office in Parker Banding Over Canady’* Pharmacy Phone 1-1447 Bryan, Texas Aggie Tracksters Check T. U. Threat By Ruben Costas It took Coach Lil Dimmitt’s track team to break the winning spell of the Longhorns when they were threatening to cop all the Conference championships for 1943. Before the Stears met the Cadets in Houston in the South west Conference track meet they were big favorites to carry away the track meet, and thus annex their last conference champion ship this season, making it a com plete Texas sweep, something which no other school in the Southwest had ever accomplished. The Aggie track team’s victory over the Longhorns derailed Tex as’ dreams for a very successful season and an outstanding one in the Southwest Conference. Coach Dimmitt accomplished what other track coaches failed to achieve in the past few years— to make a championship team from a group of boys riddled by Army inductions. This did not stop the Aggie coach. With pa tience and devotion he started pol ishing his cinder team, mending the holes that were left after the army took away several of the main stars in the Aggie team. The team lost such stars as Stallings, sprinter; Ricks, pole vaulter and high jumper; Tope, hurdle man; Anderson, sprint man; Ziegler, conference champion in the two- mile event, and many other cin der men upon whom Dimmitt was counting to bring enough points. Coach Lil Dimmitt brought to Aggieland their first Track cham pionship in thirteen years, and thus broke the dreams of Texas to make a complete sweep in sports this semester. With this victory Dimmitt makes two straight championships in two tries. lllilIIIII!llllllllllllllll!lllll!lllil!ll!llllllllllllllllllllllllllUlllllllllllllllllll!llllllllllllllllllllllll!llll!IIIIIIIIM^ ON THE STALE f: i B »l Hi FOR THE FIRST TIME THE SMaUit ARRAY OF MUSICAL TALENT EVER ASSEMBLED! 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