THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 13, 1945
THE BATTALION
Page 3
Norton Looks at “Dark Side of
Ledger 7 in Estimating ’45 Aggies
jSeventh Co. Finishes Intramural
Track Meet Full 17 Points Ahead
Coach Homer Norton described
himself as “looking on the dark
side of the ledger” Tuesday as he
presented an informal picture of
the 1945 Texas Aggie football team
at the weekly meeting of the Ki-
wanis Club.
A. & M. may be able to throw
one team on the field which will
compare favorably with last year’s
Aggies, Norton stated, as he urged
the public not to misinterpret the
fact that the 1945 Aggies will
have a few more letterman back
than in recent years. Other South
west Conference teams are better
equipped with manpower than his
Aggies, said Norton, due to the
training programs in progress at
other Conference schools and the
longer time required for most Ag
gies who are commissioned Army
officers to obtain discharges.
“We have to remind ourselves
that we are dealing with seven
teen-year-old boys here at A. &
M.,” Norton remarked. “With only
one experienced quarter-back, we
can expect some errors in field
generalship during the season.”
He went on to comment that there
are few things so disagreeable to
a coach or his players as the
popular sport of “grandstand quar
terbacking” and called attention
to the many factors which must
enter into a quarterback’s choice
of plays.
The coach labled as “great pros
pects” the two new members of
his starting backfield, ^Pewee”
Smith, Bryan High ace of last year,
and Robert Goode, of Bastrop, and
predicted that these speed merch
ants will get away for long runs
during the coming season of play.
Tom Daniels was described as a
smart quarterback, and Bob But-
chofsky was named as the fourth
member of the probable starting
backfield quartet.
Norton also introduced the mem
bers of his coaching staff who were
present—Holloway Hughes, Bill
James, Johnnie Franke, Botchey
Koch, Lil Dimmitt, and Frank An
derson—and briefly outlined the
duties of each. He pledged the ut
most efforts of himself, his staff,
and the players to keep A. & M.’s
football record fairly successful
for another year.
Coach Norton called attention
to the fact that he had received a
certain amount of criticism for the
Athletic Department’s policy of
emphasizing football above all
other sports in past years. The pur
pose for this policy has been ac
complished, tne coach stated, and
in the future Texas A. & M. in
tends to place a strong team on
the field in all sports.
With 49 big points, 7th Co. walk
ed away with 1st plase honors in
the intramural track and field
meet held the week-end of Sept.
8. Not too far behind with 32
points was 1st Co. and next was
5th Co. with 27. Fourth and fifth
places went to 3rd Co. with 20
and 4th Co. with 16%.
Jack Simpson won first places in
the high jump, pole vault, and 120
yd. low hurdles.
Summary of Events:
300 yd. dash—First, Andrews,
7th Co.; second, Koenig, 4th Co.;
third, McKenzie, 2nd Co. Time 34.3.
Mile Run—First, Menger, 5th
Co.; second, Roach, 1st Co.; thh’d,
Baker, 5th Co. Time 5.33.
100 yd. dash—First, Busch, 1st
Co.; second, Demopulos, B Co.;
third, Russell, 1st Co. Time 11.
880 yd. dash—First, Lomax, 4th
Co.; second, Stode, 7th Co,; third,
Dibrell, 3rd Co. Time 2.12.6.
120 yd. low hurdles—First, Simp
son, 7th Co.; second, Kearby, M
Co.; third, Metcalfe, 5th Co. Time
14.3.
440 yd. relay—First, 1st Co.;
second, 4th Co.; third, 7th Co.
Time 46.5.
1.7 mile run—First, Hayes, 7th
Co.; second, Degan, 3rd Co.; third,
Groon, 7th Co. Time 9.19.
Mile relay—First, 7th Co.; second,
6th Co.; third, 3rd Co. Time 3.49.
High jump—First, Simpson, 7th
Co.; second, Gee and Summers, 5th
Co. Height 5.9".
Shot put—First, Bosca, 1st Co.;
second, Johnson, A Co.; third,
Grossenbacke, 3rd Co. Distance
40’ 4y 2 ".
Broad jump—First, Marble, M
Co.; second, Griffith, 3rd Co.; third,
Woods, 6th Co. Distance 18’ 5 3/8".
Pole vault—First, Simpson, 7th
Co.; second, Sellers, 5th Co.; third,
Junda, 6th Co. Height 10’ 8".
Dimmitt Placed On Executive Committee
Of Baseball Coaches Association
Lil Dimmitt, baseball coach for
the Texas Aggies, has been named
on the executive committee of the
American Association of College
Baseball Coaches formed recently
in New York City.
This organization was formed
after a questionnaire sent to some
600 colleges and universities field
ing baseball teams showed almost
unanimous desire for organizing
baseball directors for the general
welfare of the game, not only in
institutfons of higher education but
also protecting the high school
level, Dimmitt said.
President of the baseball coaches’
association is Epp Barnes, coach at
Colgate; Ray Fisher, University of
Michigan; Clintftn Evans, Univer
sity of California, and Red Rolfe,
Yale, are vice-presidents, and Lefty
tfrainer tDiPipiitt
&
James, coach at Cornell, is seci'e-
tary-treasurer.
Admission Is Free to All Students
For Opening Game With Ellington
Admission to the first football
game of the season, Ellington
Field versus the Fighting Aggies
on September 22, will be granted
all Aggies who presently are en
rolled in school, or who present evi
dence of having attended during
the school year 1944-45 or who can
show evidence of intentions of
entering A. & M. for the fall
semester, according to an announce
ment from the athletic office.
This arrangement is being made
to accomodate those who ordinarily
would have student coupon books
for the first game. The athletic
department hopes thereby to in
sure that no Aggie who normally
will purchase the full season’s cou
pon book will be penalized by
having to pay extra for the first
game of the season.
All Aggies and dates should use
the student gate, it was stated,
where gatemen will be able to
identify them. This will also pre
vent confusion at the main gate,
it was stated.
Regular coupon books will be
on sale during registration and
can be obtained by all those who
pay the Student Activities fee
which includes both athletic cou
pon book and the student publica
tion-activities fee, it was stated.
Tickets for the A. & M.-Texas
Tech game in San Antonio on Sep
tember 29th can now be purchased
at the athletic office, according
to an announcement by Pete Jones,
business manager of athletics, who
urged Aggies to purchase their
tickets here in order to avoid rush
and confusion at the heavily at
tended game in the Alamo City.
The price to Texas Aggies will
be 60<^, Jones stated. A limited
number of seats are available, he
said.
Directors Provide Student Fund
Continued from Page 1
Conversion of Walton Hall into
apartments for retuimed service
men and their families.
Erection of two duplex apart-
•ment houses at Prairie View Univ
ersity, and plans for a new girls’
dormitory at that branch institu
tion.
Application for Frequency Mod
ulation broadcast license, looking
toward establishment of a state
wide 1 radio educational network
which will enable greatly expanded
radio education facilities of the
college and its branches.
The next meeting of the board
will be a joint meeting with the
University of Texas regents on
November 28, 1945.
Coincident with the creation of
the new post of Dean of Men, the
Board of Directors announced a
new basic policy governing student
life and staff-student relationships
on the campus. The full text of
this policy is printed elsewhere
in the Battalion together with a
declaration unanimously passed by
the Board, implementing the basic
policy.
Highlights of the basic policy in
clude: extending the term “college”
to include not only the adminis
tration but the student body, the
former students, and the worthy
traditions of the institution; pro
viding a statement of a student’s
basic responsibilities and his basic
rights; and making it the duty
of every person employed by Tex
as A. & M. to conform to the
policy and cooperate in carrying
out its provisions.
The declaration sets forth the
findings of the Board of Directors
that “the system of student con
trol that has been practiced over
a number of years has been inves
tigated by the Board of Directors
and found unsatisfactory and not
in the best interest of the College.”
The basic policy was ordered put
into effect immediately and all
persons connected with A. & M.
including faculty, staff, and stu
dent body, were enjoined to give it
obedience.
The action of the Board, coming
after a study by a committee,
members of which are all Ex-Ag
gies, and adopted by a unanimous
vote with all members present,
places student welfare and life on
a plane of equal importance with
the direction of his scholastic af
fairs.
That cadet officers will carry
great responsibilities in the future
of the College was emphasized in
the statement of the Board that
“the cadet system has many desir
able advantages ... it cannot be
successful unless the responsibility
is accepted by every person con
nected with the A. & M. College
and the entire student body.” Cadet
officers will be carefully chosen on
the basis of scholarship, ability,
leadership and loyalty. They will
execute an oath of office pledging
faithful performance of duty.
The sum of $70,000 was set aside
by the Board for immediate needs
in the way of recreation and en
tertainment facilities and on an
expanded program of leisure time
attractions for the cadets.
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Co. Wins Again
This intramural competition is
getting monotonous. Third Com
pany won its fourth championship
of the summer last week when
Luker, Presival, Busch, Fergus,
Hodges, and Golden coasted to a
16-11 win over B Company in the
basketball playoff.
Third Company has won champ
ionships previously in softball,
tennis, and volleyball, and is far
ahead in points on the intramural
pennant.
B Company was represented in
the basketball playoff by Bell,
Webber, Hawes, LaRue, and Beck
er.
A&M Consolidated
Schools Opens for
1945-46 Session
The 1945-46 session of the A. &
M. Consolidated Schools opened
Monday with an enrollment of 514
students. 368 pupils were enrolled
in the elementary school and 146
in the high school.
The school has four new teach
ers: Mrs. Ruth Mitchell, a B. A.
graduate of North Texas State
Teachers College, who will teach
fifth-grade work; Miss Gloria Neel
ey, a B. S. graduate of Texas State
College for Women, who will teach
in the elementary grades; Miss
Bettyle Nelson, a B. A. graduate of
East Texas State Teachers College,
slated for English and social stud
ies in the high school; and Mrs.
Jack Hudson, who will do ele
mentary teaching.
Football practice at the Consoli
dated School has also gotten under
way, with coaching being furnish
ed by Daniel Crum and R. B. Rid
dle, who are attending Texas A.
& M. under the Servicemen’s Re
adjustment Act. The Tiger squad
has seven lettermen including four
linemen and three backfield players.
The first scheduled game is with
the Brenham Cubs on Sept. 21.
L0INU5
WHERE YOU ALWAYS GET
A FAIR TRADE
Aggie of the Week . . .
Fount Ray, of Brownsville
By Clyde C. Crittenden
A native of Alexandria, Louis
iana is Charles Fontaine Ray, the
choice of this week’s Aggie. Born
on May 13, 1927, Fount, as he is
labeled, was not long in moving
to Texas to make his home.
Graduating from grade school
with honors, Fount continued with
his good scholastic standards and
became prominent in high school
in the sports of baseball and foot
ball. He likewise shone in other
fields, being editor of his high-
school paper and president of the
Junior Class.
Fount considers himself an old
Cavalry man, although this semes
ter he is second in command of
Second Company, which is the
band organization.
Along musicax lines, Fount pre
fers Tommy Dorsey to all other
name bands. His T. Dorsey favor
ite is “Begin the Beguine”. Fount
declares that it is especially fitting
when applied to a certain brunette
Houstonian.
Charles Fontaine Ray
★ ★★★★★★★
Upon his graduation from A. &
M. in the school of economics,
Fount plans to enter medical school
somewhere in the Southwest.
A&M Staff Lists Many Newcomers
The growing A. & M. family has
seen several new additions, a re
port from the college administra
tion reveals.
Newcomers on the college staff
include: Roy E. Bucek, assistant
director, Student Affairs; Mary
Lou Falschinsky, secretary, Con
struction Office; Betty Nell Adkis-
son, Francis Amerlia Barton, Lena
Emagene Sansom, Mary Kathryn
Cook, Vineta H. Fitts, Mrs. Rose
Allie McCleery, and Reece Mell
Wilson, assistant home demonstra
tion agents; Laura O. Underwood
and Dawn Delight Neal, home
demonstration agents; Ethelyne
Brown, stenographer Pet. Eng. De
partment; Sybil Smith, cashier,
Student Activities; Coleman A.
O’Brien, acting instructor, AH De
partment; Mrs. Mildred H. Ferreri,
secretary Aero. Eng. Department;
Mrs. Gloria Busey, stenographer,
Experiment Station; Dr. George T.
Dugan (effective October) instruc
tor in Vet. Hygiene and meat in
spection at Meats Lab.; Betty Ann
McCartney, stenographer M. & S.
E. Dept.; Melba Ruth White,
stenographer, Extension Service;
R. A. Bartlett, acting instructor in
History; Mrs. Evelyn Bukowski,
supervisor in laundry; Edgar Al-
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fred Guest, Extension Service; H.
K. Buechner, Biology; Mrs. Jessie
K. Bodenhamer, Extension Serv
ice; Hobert M. Smith, Fish and
Game Dept, as Associate Profes
sor; Cyril M. Sykes, assistant Man
ager of Aggieland Inn; Robert E.
Roach, assistant forest engineer,
Texas Forest Service.
Experiment Station
The following additions have
been reported recently in the Ex
periment Station: Marjorie A. Dav
idson, stenographer; J. D. Bank
ston, resident assistant; Alice
Klinworth, lab assistant; Mrs. Bes
sie Lou Smith, lab assistant; Frank
Varva, grass nurseryman; Betty
Ruth Haskel, stenographer;
Charles Powell, clerk; Jesse W.
Collier, agronomist; Mrs. Lelia E.
Sproles, lab assistant; Helen L.
Merka, dark; Mima Leah Curry,
clerk; Rachel Reyes, clerk; Mary
Ruth Thompson, stenographer;
Betty Butler, lab assistant; Olive
Mosely, assistant; Esther M. Dil
eaver, assistant; Douglas R. Roy-
der, field assistant.
PENNY’S SERENADE
By W. L. Penberthy
As we go through life I am afraid
that too often we are prone to
magnify and criticize the short
comings of our
fellowmen while
his good deeds go
unnoticed or we
just don’t get
around to giving
him the much de
served “pat on
the back”. Before
I let myself be
guilty of such an
oversight I want
to give some
“flowers to the
living”.
amount of space
available I want to express my ap
preciation to each of you for your
splendid attitude, fine cooperation
and sportsmanlike participation in
Penberthy
In the small
Extension Service
Issues Bulletin
On Farm Purchases
A new bulletin “Buying a Texas
Farm” has been issued by the Tex
as A. & M. College Extension Serv
ice for the benefit of prospective
purchasers of farms and ranches.
Authors of the bulletin are Joe
Matthews, Extension assistant in
agricultural planning, and Dr. H.
E. Hampton, associate professor
of agronomy for the college. The
publication should be specially
helpful to war veterans who ex
pect to buy farm and ranch prop
erties within the next few years,
they believe.
Manufactured ice and condensed
milk had their origin in Texas.
the Intramural sports program
sponsored during the current se
mester. You men who have served
your organizations as athletic of
ficers have done a grand job, and
we hope that the experience gained
will prove of value to you now
and in later life. You who have
assisted the program in the way of
reporting and officiating have al
so done much to insure its suc
cess. You who have been spectators
have conducted yourselves as gen
tlemen and you who have partici
pated have certainly made the jobs
of those of us responsible for the
conducting of the program a very
enjoyable one.
In 1870, Baron Perre de Courbe-
tin, founder of the Modern Olym
pics made the statement that “the
important thing is not winning
but taking part . . . the essential
thing is not conquering, but fight
ing well”. We have adopted this
as our' slogan and you men, by
your life conduct, have carried it
out because, although you played
to win, by your every action you
put the playing above the winning.
It has been a real privilege and
pleasure to work with you and we
hope you will always have the
same fine attitude you now have.
We also hope that as you think
back over this summer the thing
that will linger in your memory is
not that you won or lost but that
you took part.
DR. N. B. McNUTT
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