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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 4, 1945
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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.
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Freshmen! Upperclassmen don’t
carry cigarettes to chew. So let us
LET US ALTER
YOUR BLOUSE
LAUTERSTEIN’S
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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.
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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.
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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.
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“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.
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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 .
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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.
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