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Page 2 The Battalion Friday Afternoon March 29, 1946 Athletes Can Be Smart Too... Letters to the Editor FEATURES Every so often the cry is raised on the outside that athletics and scholarship are incompatible; that a boy who can play rugged football or swim like a fish or bat a ball out of sight must be otherwise stupid. The Distinguished students list for last semester is sharp proof to the contrary. Alan Self, captain of the Aggie swimming team, show ed up as one of the 12 students who turned in perfect 3.00 records. All major teams were represented in the list. Football contributed John Ballentine, (2.60) ; Dean Denton, (2.25); and Bill Yeoman, (2.41). Yeoman also let tered in basketball proving that an athlete can compete in two sports and still make good grades. Baseball had Bill Bradley, (2.36) ; and Burton French, (2.42). Basketball turned up with Yeoman; Bill Underwood, (2.52) ; and Dick Goad, (2.75). Track came through with but one man in Ed Hodges, with a mark of 2.42. Many of the athletes now on the teams did not enter school until this semester and therefore could not have made the current list but reports coming in to the athletic department show that several more can be expected to be on the next list released in June. PENNY’S SERENADE By W. L. Penberthy Monday night the finals of the Intramural Boxing Tournament were held at the DeWare Field House. Fourteen bouts were staged and they were mighty interesting and the competition was keen. It takes a lot of courage for a man to crawl through those ropes and face an opponent, especially Penberthy when he knows from having watched that op ponent that he will probably be defeated as well as having to take some physical punish ment. I have watched many matches here at A. & M. and my heart al ways goes out to those youngsters who get in there and give the best they have wheth er they win or Aggie House—Marms (EDITOR’S NOTE: Presented herewith is the fourth of a series of thumbnail sketches on the house masters in charge of the non-military dormitories, on the campus.) T. C. (TOM) HOWARD is 21 years old, from Dallas, taking Ae ronautical Engineering. He entered the service as an aviation cadet in February, 1943 and was separated in August, 1945, as a 1st. Lt. Served 10 months in the European Theatre with the 9th Air Force as a pilot and flew 52 missions. Re ceived ETO ribbon with three cam paign stars and Air Medal with nine clusters. Housemaster for Biz- zell Hall and lives in Room 206. (Next issue: T. C. Brennan) Battalion STUDENT TRI-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 three times weekly, and circulated on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday aft ernoons. Member (Associated Gpllebiate 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 3.00 per school year. Advertising rates upon request. Represented nationally by National Ad vertising Service, Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Sam Nixon Editor Marion Pugh Sports Editor Charlie Weinbaum As. Sports. Editor Wendell McClure Adver. Manager Staff for This Issue Vick Lindley Managing Editor Paul Martin Reporter John R. Harris Reporter T. D. Prater Reporter lose and here at our school, when a man has given his best, he gets a hand regardless of the outcome of the match. It takes a lot of training and ex perience to become a finished box er because to be a good boxer one must develop perfect timing. In addition one must be able to make himself do the very unnatural thing of watching the blows come and either guarding or taking them without turning away or flinch ing, because this leaves one whole- ly unprotected. Monday night we saw men who could do this and we saw them take hard blows on the chin but they were looking right at their opponents when the blows landed—they weren’t turned away and so were able to retaliate. Boxing is gooa training for life in that it teaches us to face our opponents whatever they may be. We all have a certain number of problems and a certain amount of trouble. Often the easy solution seems to be to turn away or to dodge the issue but invariably the best solution is to face our prob lems and troubles as they come, and if we cannot guard against them be looking ahead when the blows land. This is the sign of true character. 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Prob ably the paper he was asked to sign was a canvass to secure in formation on the percentage of pros and cons. If the writer had attended the March 4 meeting of the Club, he would have had no reason to ask “why.” He states that “no one seems willing to set down in black and white what is supposed to be wrong with the short sessions that a long session will cure.” At the above-mentioned meeting, mimeo graphed sheets were passed out to all who attended, giving an item ized list of the reasons for this movement. In addition, the subject was fully discussed. The following statement from March 22 Battalion has left us somewheat puzzled: “The dean’s office has sworn that no one’s grad uation will be retarded by the short terms that would have been speeded by a long-term.” In view of the fact that many courses re quire as many as twenty hours per semester, and that no more than sixteen hours may be taken under the school’s short summer session plan, it seems that the student’s graduation will be somewhat re tarded. We will remain puzzled until the Executive Committee’s explanation how under two regular semester and summer school, a stu dent can graduate in two years and eight months? With regard to the writer’s “be low-the-belt” remark about secrets being whispered but not printed, the Club’s committee for j a full summer semester has prepared a statement for this issue, stating in full the favorable points of a long semester. It seems that the writer’s noble defense of the faculty is a bit premature, as no one has yet started throwing bricks, as far as we know. Quoting again from the March 22 edition of the Battalion: “A. & M. College is a unit com posed of students, faculty, and ad ministration.” Can all concerned be positive that each of the ele ments listed above has been con sulted concerning a full semester this summer? The writer of this editorial has implied that the Ex-Servicemen’s Club is voicing the opinions of the minority group. It has been brought out by the Club that a veteran who wished his views to be heard should attend the meetings and voice them on the floor. How ever, in this important issue we have gone further, and have taken a poll on the controversy. Edward C. Buntyn. (This answer is what we were fishing for—Ed.) Points Presented To The Ex-Serv icemen’s Club And The Executive Committee Concerning A Full.Se mester This Summer. 1. Under the accelerated plan with a full semester in the sum mer, it is possible for a person to graduate in a four year course in two years and eight months. We feel that since our education was interrupted by being in the serv ice that we are entitled to this op portunity. 2. Under the two six weeks plan, you can take 14 or possibly 16 hours, whereas you need 18 or 20 hours to complete a semester work. Where are these other hours coming from? Won’t this retard our graduation ? 3. From the above point it seems that you will be using about 4 months of your G.I. time (a limit- continued on Page 4) NOW AT NORTH GATE READY TO SERVE YOU AGGIES WITH CORSAGES for the FRESHMAN BALL FRIDAY NIGHT and the CORPS DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT Bring 1 your date to Lou to have her personal taste satisfied while you wait, By J. Coulter Smith, Bryan Florist LOUPOT’S TRADING POST Open Until 8:00 o'clock