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Page 2 The Battalion Wednesday Afternoon, April 3, 1946 Eight Straight—Aggies Record . . . First eight straight—that's a good record in anyone's statistical table. And that's the record the Aggie foaseballers have chalked up so far this season. True, it wasn't against Conference teams, but these victories, and the team's per formance in winning, indicate that the Aggies are top- notch college baseballers. The thought that is uppermost in the minds of these hard-working, tobacco-chewing sluggers is winning the Southwest Conference baseball crown. The thought that should be uppermost in the minds of all Aggies is “We're going to help them do it!" Every one of us wants to be able to point with pride at the Conference pennant flying above the Kyle Field base ball stands. Thursday afternoon, the Conference race begins with a contest against TCU here on our home grounds. This will be an opportunity for the cadet corps and the veteran Ag gies to show that they are solidly behind Lil Dimmitt’s stellar nine. Come on out, ole Army! Fill those stand to overflowing, start the old chatter passing back and forth. Learn all the players, their habits, their strong points, and their weak points. Follow the team, and cheer them on to a Southwest Conference championship! LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Sir: . Please accept my congratulations for your very clever “tea-sippers” news item in today’s Batt. My husband and I enjoyed it very much. While we are on the subject of T. u., may I bring this to your attention ? When did one of those “tea-sippers” creep in and plant orange flowers all over the Aggie campus? Are our faces red!?! Yours very truly, Mrs. U. V. Johnston. / ainptiA Opens 1:00 p.m. — 4-1181 WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY Paramount presents -^ Joan Tontciine Rrturo^e Cor^ov*; •* . in FreMCHM plus Merrie Melodies Cartoon LAST DAY “BEWITCHED” THURSDAY ONLY /y OISEN £ JOHNSON BARGAIN DAY - - - Two for one! To the Editor: It’s true that Chad is here and Kilroy at Forty Acres, but it wasn’t always that way. Or how do you account for such blackboard scribblings as “Kilroy busted Eco here,” or “Kilroy flunked Analyt here”? Could it be that Kilroy flunked out at A. & M. and is now a tea- sipper ? (signed) CHAD Texas Too Fur South Fur Mink, Says F & G Dept. FEATURES Dear Editor: I humbly submit a question (in very bad verse) which I think should be answered. Sbisa Does it rhyme with the way a New Yorker says kisser? Do you say it to sound like the Tower of Pisa? Is the “S” silent? the “B”? The spelling suggests: That you sneeze when you say it. Who knows which is best? Answers are varied to my cur ious query. Fish say they don’t know, but seniors can’t hear me. You’ll cure our insomnia; our grades will be better. Thousands await your reply to this letter. Sincerely, Glen Haley. In 1911, A. G. McGallin, estab lished the aviation industry in Dal las building planes in his back | yard, on Ervay street. Prospects for profits to be de rived from mink farming in Texas are not bright, according to Dr. Walter P. Taylor of the Fish and Game department. Veterans had asked for information. Dr. Taylor said. “Unfortunately we cannot give | the prospective fur raisers very much encouragement in the mat- I ter of mink raising or other forms of fur farming in Texas,” Dr. Tay- I lor said. “We really have too warm a climate for the best results with mink and other furs of that type. In the United States most of the ranch raised minks are produced either in the northern half of the country or elsewhere at high al titudes. Seemingly the colder cli mate tends to a better develop ment of fur. There once was a mink farm out in the El Paso re gion but that has been sold out.” A number ot bulletins on mink raising have been prepared by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the U. S. Department of the Interior and are available from the Texas Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit at A. & M. College. Aggie House—M arms (EDITOR’S NOTE: Presented herewith is the sixth of a series of thumbnail sketches on the house masters in charge of the non-military dormitories on the campus.) B. F. (BILLY) BOLTON is 25 years old, from Sulphur Springs, Texas. Received B. S. in 1942, and is now taking pre-medical work. Entered service in May, 1942, as 2nd Lieutenant, separated in Jan uary, 1946, as Caotain. Served 10 months with 15th Air Force in M. T. O. Flew 26 missions before being shot down over Augsburg, was prisoner of war for two months. Received E. T. O. ribbon with three campaign stars, Air Medal with two clusters, and Unit Citation. Housemaster for Dorm 12, and lives in Room 218. 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