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TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 12, 1943 THE BATTALION PAGE 3 Aggies Remain Undefeated By Blasting L S. U. 28-13 Turner,Flanagan,Hallmark Carry Team to Victory Sat. Two Undefeated Teams, Ags and T. C. U. Bid For Conference Lead Sat. at Ft. Worth On Saturday, October 9, the Aggie team went to L.S.U. and trimmed the Tigers to a score of 28-13. With this victory A. & M. is one of the two undefeated teams in the conference. Next Saturday the Aggies will clash with T.C.U. at Fort Worth—a battle between the un defeated teams of the Southwest Conference. At Baton Rouge the Aggies jumped in and hit L. S. U. in the latter part of the first quarter with Babe Hallmark going over for the touchdown and Bing Tur ner converting the extra point. When L. S. U. woke up to the fact that it had a hard-fighting game on its hands, A. & M. had the game in the bag. Hallmark led the Ag gie charge with two touchdowns, and Turner’s other two touch downs and four conversions com pleted the scoring. The Aggie eleven really showed its speed, Aggie spirit, and fight ing ability in the Louisiana game. Turner now leads the conference in high scoring with a total of 33 points to his credit. Hallmark ranks fourth with 18 points. Mar ion Flanagan was exceptionally quite a player at safety position. Once during the game a quick kick went over his head, but still he returned it almost the distance of the kick. In the line Goble Bryant and Monte Moncrief were outstanding, always ready to pounce on opponent fumbles. Dick Wright as center played a wonder ful game, and as the Houston Post states it, “Wright is a replica of Tommy Vaughn, star of the 1939- 40 Aggie team.” The day’s outstanding conference tilt will be with T. C. U., come October 16. This game will elim inate one of the two undefeated teams of the confernece. Which will it be: A. & M. or T. C. U. ? SPEED-UP PROGRAM NOT FOR PEACETIME Since the beginning of the acce lerated war program of education throughout the country, there has been some speculation as to its merits during peacetime. Many educators believe that after the war we should continue to crowd four years of college education in to 32 months and thus give men an earlier part in industry and bu siness. Again, it would give those who wish to do graduate work a chance to go further before ha ving to start work. This would produce, according to those who advocate the accelerated program, a greater number of men and wo men with higher degrees. To decide such a question, how ever, it is first necessary to review the effect of our present speed-up Attention! AGGIES and All SERVICE MEN Here is an opportunity for you to really save money on all kinds of regulation Army Insig nia and Chevrons. For a short time only we are selling our entire stock of Army regulation in signia at greatly reduced prices. Come in and get your supply NOW. WIMBERLEY-STONE- W7L37.L7 CLOCKIERS College and Bryan Consolidated High Runs Over Bedias Frida yafternoon, October 8, the Consolidated High Tigers, coach ed by Damon Tasos, smothered the Bedia ’Gators on Tiger Field to the tune of 78-12. As the score indicates, it was Consolidated’s ball game from the start; the only doubt was just how much the C. H. S. team would trounce the ’Gators. The C. H. S. team showed power on the offense and their strong line held the ’Ga tors to a minimum of yardage. The Tigers have a strong passing game which they used for the ma jority of their conuters. The first blood was drawn by Jimmy Cushion fo rthe Tigers on their second play from scrimmage. A few seconds later Cushion in tercepted a ’Gator forward and ran 18 yards fo rthe second touchdown. On the kickoff the ’Gator’s allow ed the ball to go across the goal line and was covered by Carroll for the third counter. The Gators first counter was made by Dumoise from the 22 in th esecond period. In the third period Cushion started the ball rolling by taking the ball from the 22 for the Tigers fifth score. A few minutes later Dumoise ran the bal over fro mthe 18 for the ’Gators second an dlast mark er. Later in the third period Cush ion passed to Shaeffer for a Tiger marker. In the fourth period Cush ion passed to Shaeffer again for another marker. Bobby Carroll took the bal olver from the 18 for another Tiger touchdown. The last touchdown for the Tigers was made by Marshall by a pass from Gab ion. Outstanding for the Tigers was Cushion, Marshall,^ and Carroll, and Dumoise sparked the ’Gators all the way. The Tigers show great promise for a successful season and have a better than good chance for the District championship. program. Has it at Tech, for exam ple, promoted the cause of techni cal education or has it resulted in an indifference to studies and a relaxing of interest ? Tech began the war-time pro gram in the spring of ’42, being one of the first schools in the country to do so. Our administration fore saw the responsibilities it had to shoulder and took immediate steps to prepare for the change. Until summer came, though the change was unnoticeable. But, when it came, it was apparent not only to the faculty but also to the stu dents. Interest dropped,and with the drop in interest appeared a new restlessness among students. The Tech’s high standards natural ly helped to forestall a dangerous let-down at this time, but grades were dropping. Speculation had it that school would “pick-up” with winter and that studying would re sume its previous tempo. Such was not the case. Probably it might have been if students had been given a definite status in re gard to the draft. Months of con fusion followed until the ERG was called and the Navy announced its program this spring. At last things could return to normal. But they didn’t. The stu dents who were still here had been in school since September, 1941, and were sick of books. “Back to normal” was an impossibility. Un der Army and Navy influences, the servicemen at Tech are doing some studying. Our civilians had one month’s vacation and so they too have picked up in interest. But we are far from that degree of ef ficiency in studying that once pre vailed at Tech. Tech’s experinece shows that edu cation cannot be hurried and still be thorough. Those months during the summer when students usually get jobs back home have a balan cing effect. Here the student can apply what has been learned and will come beck ready for more. Studies become interesting instead of a grind. The basic reason be hind our scholastic troubles is mo notony. Big Three of Aggie-L.S.U. Game IK ' i i m 'iiiiiiiiiif 11 DON FLANAGAN BABE HALLMARK Pre-season football experts had a lot to say about the Aggies’ “glo rified high school football team” .... some just wondering what Coach Norton would do with a bunch of inexperienced boys . . . . and some wondering what the 1943 Aggies would do compared to the heavy, powerful teams of other days. There were even a few that made a few slight cracks about the com parisons that would arise—but now that the Aggies have played three games, and have not been defeated, it is becoming evident that the spi rit of Aggieland lives on in the 1943 team—rather gloriously too. The Aggies rate high in the foot ball tabulations of the nation, ac cording to press association obser vations based on the first two games of the season. A perennial exponent of the forward pass, the Aggies have travelled via the air route to a 169.5 average, next best to the Missouri’s squad’s 155, rank ing in the top brackets with such pace setters as Duke, Arkansas, Southern Methodist, Great Lakes, Princeton, Iowa State and Oklaho ma Aggies. National experts have long re cognized the Aggies as defensive standout in the Southwest and fre quently at the top nationally in re cent season, and this year, as in seasons past, the locals have step ped out in the phase of the game and limited its opponents of the first two games of the season to a combined total gain of 61 yards, and to earn the distinction of being at the top of the nation’s collegiate register. Actually the Aggies have GAINED two yards at the expense of their rival’s rushing efforts, be cause the A. & M. forward wall has held the opposition to a minus 2 yards. The Aggies also lead the nation in pass defense, and so hold an unusual corner in defens ive rankings. The personnel of the Aggie team comes in for some national recog nition in the October 5 tabulation of national leadership on the 1943 gridirons. In total offense Hall mark of the Aggies stands fif teenth, having played in one com plete game, taking part in 62 plays and gained a total of 270 yards. In forward passing offense, the Aggie’s heavy passing arm ranks thirteenth, having played two games, attempted 17 passes and completed 9, had only one inter cepted with any percentage of completions set at .629 and a total yardage gained of 136. In punting, Turner of the Aggies ranks sixth in the nation. Having punted 12 times in the first two games of the season with an average yard age of 39,40 per punt. In team leadership the Aggies rate 14th in the nation in total offense, having made 123 plays in the first two games, gaining a total of 686 yards with a game average of 293 yards. In total de fense the Aggies rate first in the nation, their opponents having made only 96 plays in the first two games and gaining only 61 BING TURNER yards, an average of 25.5 per game. In rushing defense, the Aggies also take the first place in the national line-up with 62 rushes in the two games tabulated, forcing their op ponents to a minus two loss. In forward passing the Aggies are second in the national line-up, with only the Army team outrank ing them. In the first two games the Aggies have attempted 51 passes, completed 19, had only 6 intercepted, gained a total yardage of 339 in the air, with a game average of 169.5 yards gained and a percentage of completions set at .373. In forward pass defense the Ag gies again take the national lead with their opponents in the first two games attempting to pass 34 times and completing only 7 and gaining only 53 yards. In puntjng the Aggies rank seventh with 13 punts averaging 39.31 yards to the punt. The results of last Saturday’s victory over L.S.U. at Baton Rouge have not been tabulated into these figures, but definitely will strengthen and perhaps even raise the Aggies’ standing in the na tional standings. So even those who had their tongue in their cheeks at the first of the season have decided that the incomparable coaching of Hom er Norton coupled with the in vincible spirit of Aggieland will triumph wherever and whenever the thump of the pigskin is heard on the fall Saturday afternoons of any year, war or no war. The A. S. T. P. TUNE TO THE “OLD GREY MARK” Anonymous Verse We don’t have to fight like the Infantry, Shoot like the Artillery, Ride like the Cavalry, We don’t have to fly over Germany We’re in the QMC. Chorus We’re in the QMC. We’re in the QMC. We don’t have to worry like the other three— We’re in the QMC. About one-fifth of the nation’s 30,000,000 school children returned to new teachers this September, according to an estimate by Dr. Alonzo M. Myers, chairman of the department of higher education of New York University. Aggie “B” Team Downs Hearne, 19-0 Coach Lil Dimmit’s “Catfish,” the Aggie “B” team, chalked up its first victory against the Camp Heame Warriors, 19-0, Saturday night at Wood Field in Hearne. The Catfish showed plenty of hustle when they won against the heavier and more experienced Hearnites. R. E. Callender starred in the backfield. While the A. & M. pass ing attack clicked, end arounds made most of the Cadets’ yardage. Corp. W. Harris of Ponca City, Oklahoma chalked up most of the Warriors’ 89 yards gained. Dr. Myers asserted that a high percentage of teachers who are working in war plants did not re turn to their former teaching jobs this fall. More than 100,000 of the 250,000 teachers hired this summer have sub-standard qualifications, he sead, and received employment on ly because of the shortage of teachers. One of every five male teachers has left his job since Pearl Har bor, sand Dr. Ivan A. 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