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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1945)
Page 2 THE BATTALION THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 4, 1945 ] I l l I The Battalion STUDENT WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Office, Room 5, Administration Building, Telephone 4-5444 Texas A. & M. College The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station is published weekly, and circulated on Thursday afternoon. Member PlssocKoted Colle&iote Press Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at College Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1870. Subscription rate S3.00 per school year. Advertising rates upon request. Represented nationally by National Advertising Service, Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Back to Normal . . . The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas is slowly swinging back into the well-established lines of the old Aggieland. Aged traditions which had been discontinued because of the war are becoming more apparent in the lives of the cadets as each day passes. Perhaps the most obvious change is the return to com plete military organizations, with seniors, juniors, sopho mores, and freshmen living and working together for the benefit of the unit. The Office of Student Affairs has given the senior class assurance that these outfits will not be shuffled and reshuffled as has been the case in the last three years. Freshmen in an organization now will con tinue to be a part of it through their four normal years here until they graduate. Any Aggie of the old school will tell you that most of his training in meeting and dealing with people, in prep aration for his later social life and business activities, came from living in a military organization and dealing with his fellow Aggies for four years. While a man is a member of an outfit at this college, his mind is well trained to per form instantaneous decisions; after he is gone, his mental celerity remains to assist him to make a place for himself in the post-college world. Cooperation is the keystone on which this institution is made to stand. Therefore, it is up to every Aggie who wants to see A. & M. regain its old glory to cooperate with the rest of the corps, his outfit, and his classmates. BACKWASH Backwash: “An agitation resulting from some action or occurence.”—Webster. By The Collaborators What a game and what a time. That’s about the best way to de scribe the past weekend in San Antonio without being censored all over the place. Naturally in a town as large as San Antonio plenty could and did happen. When we, the Colla borators, got to the big town it was buzzing with activity and al most everyone was in a holiday spirit and we mean spirits. The in side of the Gunter Hotel was full of Aggies, but not quite as full as it was last year. Have you tried driving in San Antonio lately? What a mess. Every street eventu ally winds up in a one way alley with everybody trying to go the wrong way. No, we didn’t have a car but we could see a few. We never did find out why or where about yell practice except that there wasn’t one. This should not happen again. With the rain and the bad weather it was evidently quite a temptation for a good many Aggies to stay home prob ably with their one and only and listen to the game over the radio because a lot of them did. “Old Army”, we have all got to get on the road and give that team some backing because they are really going places. Your fun just begins when you go to an A. & M. foot ball game out of town. Just ask some of the veterans of two or three years of out of town football games. So you freshmen, sopho mores, and everybody save up two or three dollars, pack that grip and we’d like to say cut those old classes if necessary but they wouldn’t like that much probably so we won’t say it. Anyway get to the games one way or the other. There’s lots of traffic on the roads nowadays and they’re going a good piece. Immediately alter the game the big Aggie dance started in the municipal auditorium. The music was strictly hot and sweet and what really looked good again was to see the Aggieland Orchestra in Tux edos. When we walked up the or chestra was giving out with the beautiful and haunting melody called “Stardust” featuring the one and only Bill Turner on his sweet trumpet. Upon looking in side and seeing an orchestra on the stage in Tuxedos someone re marked “I thought the Aggieland was playing for this.” Of course they were slightly under the wea ther. The music was wonderful and lots and lots of girls were there and what was so amazing was that there were practically no bird-dogs present. Dates were just too plen tiful. You can mark it down in your little book that a good time was had by all. Well nearly all. 0 Freshmen! Upperclassmen don’t carry cigarettes to chew. So let us LET US ALTER YOUR BLOUSE LAUTERSTEIN’S PHONE 4-4444 not hear of any uperclassman who has to stand around with an unlit fag in his mouth for half an hour fore he finds a freshman with a match. 0 The faucet leaks. The windows stick. The door won’t close, Cause the catch won’t click. The mattress feels like It’s stuffed with stones, Just built to torture Weary bones. As for the shower, It’s all in vain, No hot, no cold, All drip, no drain, The toilet frustrates The most noble mission. And the papers gone, The whole edition. The closet won’t hold Enough for one, And with two in a room, Just think of the fun. But this overall size Of the room we mention Is what defies All modern convention. It’s but half the size Of a holiday minute, All all the junk That’s crowded in it. A fellow can’t help But wonder in awe, And proclaim to himself, “There should be a law.” By now, you should know Of what room I write, It’s E 12 Hart, Second door to your right. 0 Student Affairs has definitely said that no passes will be given to freshmen for thirty days. This will make it impossible for them to attend the Oklahoma game and the Louisiana game. Strike one. 0 “Welcome back”. Backwash is mighty glad to see all you men of ’46, ’45, ’44, ’43 etc. back on the campus. Its been a. long time for you and it has been a long time for those of us who have tried to preserve the old school traditions during the war years. But try as we did the school has changed a lot—some for the better, some for the worse. Now there is a lot to be done to get A. & M. back up to prewar level. Backwash speaks for the student body in hoping that you all will be in there helping to lead the way. 0 Yell practice Tuesday night was mighty similar to those in years gone by. Except, of course, not as much noise as befoi’e. It really looked good to see all those fresh men in there humping it and who could help but get the spirit in a big way as we get into this, the best season of the year. Let’s beat the (censored) out of Oklahoma U. EVERY WEEKEND POPULAR BRANDS Cigarettes Pkg Carton SCOTT OR NORTHERN ROLL PAPER TOWELS K .„ 12c SO-WHITE BLEACH Quart 10c JAM PURE STRAWBERRY 16-oz. Jar (limit) NBC SHREDDED WHEAT ,> kg 12c l-LB. PEGS. BULK FANCY CREST COOKIES OREO COOKIES DEVIL’S FOOD SQUARES OATMEAL COOKIES (Limit, One Pkg 1 ., Your Choice) NO. ‘/2 GRATED, BEST BUY TUNA 3,rJl $100 12-OZ. CANS RATH’S SPICED LUNCHEON MEAT 3ca„ s $1.00 No Points QUART — 56^ VALUE SOILOFF Each 43c 1 LB. OLD ENGLISH PASTE WAX ,xv.,.,53c METAL SPONGES lit Seller 10C FRESH PRODUCE ATTRACTIVE PRICES AND A FULL VARIETY OF FRESH THINGS In appreciation of five pleasant years of serving you, we have tried to as semble a variety of scarce food items which, together with a goodly num ber of real bargains, we now are hap py to offer our old friends and those just coming into our community. CRISCO Limit One 3 Lb. Jar . C During the war years, our retail prices, while on the whole compared favorably with those of similar stores of the county, have mostly been at ceiling prices. For just a little while longer, this will still be true. We have gladly paid ceiling prices to oUr sup pliers in order to gain a little better share of short items. We felt this pro cedure best fitted the needs and con venience of our customers during gas rationing. Soon we will have a “Buy er’s Market” again, and we plan to make the most of it. 12 pts. per pound ALSO SOME MRS. TUCKER’S, SNOWDRIFT, JEWEL, RATH’S SCOTT TISSUE 3 Rolls (limit) SCOTT’S FACIAL TISSUE Quality Roll Tissue SOFTWEVE roh (umit) 9c SANKA OR KAFFEE HAG COFFEE Jar 36c LIMITED STOCKS OF: Hershey Pineapple Fruit Bars Juice Cocktail AMMUNITION I 12-gauge and 22 long rifle SHELLS Let’s AH Turn Out This Friday Night at the Bronco Stadium in Bry an to Root for the A. & M. Consolidated Tigers Against Buffalo! K. & B. 43^ Oz. Tomato Puree 7 Cans 25c Empson’s CATSUP 14-oz. Battle 21c 16-oz. Log Cabin SYRUP Each 23c No. 2 Cans Pictsweet LITTLE PEAS 20^ Value, can 1.7C Quite a Stock NBC’s COOKIES 2 Pkgs 11 Lemon, Ginger, Marshmallow, Etc. Standard TOMATOES No. 2 Cans llC Case of 24 cans $2.55 Slices or Halves PEACHES In Syrup, 2 , /2 Cans Each 28C IN OUR MARKET SOME HAMS - SOME BACON PLENTY OF FRYERS, HENS, LAMB AND VEAL LIMIT ONE OF ANY ITEM, BUT YOU MAY BUY ANY TWO OF THESE ITEMS: PURE BLACK PEPPER Hershey’s Baking Chocolate CHOCOLATE CHIPS COCONUT — DURKEE’S GIANT HERSHEY BARS EAGLE BRAND MILK DYNO CORN SUGAR NONESUCH MINCEMEAT KLEENEX SUNSHINE KRISPY KRACKERS h^box 18c LARGE SIZE BOXES Soap Powders 25c eacl1 Choice of 2 of Duz, Oxydol, Supersuds or Ivory (or of Ivory Soap) JUST RECEIVED A STOCK OF CELLU DIETETIC FOODS WELCOME AGGIES We don’t have much except a wel come to offer the unmarried Ag gies, as those things we used to toll you in with—cookies, gum, and can dy—are still short. But to the mar ried Aggies keeping house, we in vite you over to shop with us. We think our variety generally is above average. Specials for Friday and Saturday, October 5 and 6 Southside Food Market TWO BLOCKS DUE SOUTH OF KYLE FIELD FOOTBALL STADIUM New Store Hours —■ Weekdays: 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturdays, 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. 4 i < % *