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The Battalioa
Friday Afternoon, April 5, 1946
A Wildcat for the Band . . .
Summer School In
Is the Aggie Band being taken too much for granted,
like the housewife in the kitchen who slaves over a big
Sunday dinner and never gets a “thank-you ? ,,
There was a time when, if the band paraded down by
the corps, the cadets would wildcat for the musicians. Why
not? The Aggie band was—and is—one of the finest in the
country. Lately it seems as if the corps ignores the band
except when the War Hymn is being played.
That band is not a natural resource, nor is it sent to
A. & M. free of charge from some indulgent angel. It is
composed of Aggies who spend at least four hours a week
in regular band practice, in addition to all the hours that
every horn-tooter and drummer has to put into individual
practice, in order to play up to standards. All this, while
many other cadets are out playing catch or lolling on the
grass.
Nothing typifies the Aggie spirit better than the band.
Who hasn’t thrilled when they marched out on the playing
field a hundred strong? Who hasn’t had the chills run up
his backbone when they played “The Spirit of Aggieland?”
The spirit of that band has begun to sag and its not
the fault of the members. Somehow they are beginning to
feel that the corps is not with them.
We can’t afford to let the band slip downward, just
because we are a little careless and fail to show our ap
preciation. How about it, fellows—lets have a big wildcat
whenever the band goes by!
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
TRAILERVILLE IS PROUD, NO CLOSED SEASON ON
NOT APOLOGETIC FISHING IN TEXAS
Guatemala Beckons
Footloose Aggies
Several Aggies may attend the
University of Houston Interna
tional Study Centers in Guate
mala and Mexico this summer. The
trip to Guatemala is to be from
June 3-July 2 and the trip to
Aggie
House—Marms
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Presented herewith
is the seventh of a series of thumbnail
sketches on the house masters in charge
of the non-military dormitories on the
campus.)
O. J. (OTIS) BOLTON is 26
years old, from New Baden, Tex
as, taking Mechanical Engineer
ing. Entered service in January,
1943 as a private and was sepa
rated in November, 1945 as a Cap
tain in the Air Corps. Served 18
months in M. T. O. with 15th Air
Force. Received Bronze Star, E. T.
O. ribbon with 10 campaign stars,
and Unit Citation with cluster.
Housemaster for Dorm 1 and lives
in Room 218.
(Next issue: A. F. Kasch)
To the editor:
Not long ago the Battalion car
ried a short article ‘Please don’t
pity us, request the veterans in the
trailer camp.” It seems we didn’t
make ourselves quite clear.
It’s the little things that make
us love living in the trailer camp,
and we’re sure you would too. I
can’t put my finger on it, but it
could be the pride of possession,
our flower and vegetable gardens,
trees, lawn chairs or the children
that no one objects to.
Trailerville plans to have an
open house as soon as arrange
ments can be made. No refresh
ments can be served, because,
frankly, we don’t have the facili
ties. But we will welcome all who
are interested or merely curious
as we think we have something of
importance to prove to you.
Though even the largest trailer
is small, it is efficient, compact
and homey. We feel that we have
a satisfactory solution to some of
the major problems of the day.
Dotty Abbey
A. &. M. Trailer Camp.
WASH
and
GREASE
BOTH ^
ONLY $
$1.50
75#
This is a real bargain in a double
feature because both are as good as
money can buy. Drive in today,
or let us call for and deliver your
car.
Aggieland Service
Station
“At the East Gate”
Your Friendly
MAGNOLIA DEALER
To the editor:
Reading your paper (a very
good one, I think) this afternoon,
I came upon a mistake regarding
game-fish season laws. Many peo
ple are totally ignorant of our
present, newest law that has been
passed regarding game fish here in
our own state “There shall
be no closed season or period of
time when it shall be unlawful to
take, catch or retain fresh water
fish by the qse of ordinary hook
and line or artificial lures” . . . .
except that it shall be unlawful to
take and retain “any large-mouth
black bass, small mouth black bass,
spotted bass, or any subspecies of
above mentioned fish, that is less
than (7) inches in length.”
There are other laws but the
above mentioned should be known
by all who intend to spend their
spare time on some fishing lake.
Houston Burkhart,
Game Warden School, A. & M.
>4 £05
Offers
A New Two-Day Dry Cleaning Service
with the affiliation of
LOUPOT’S TRADING POST
North Gate
J. E. Loupot, ’32
PAINT
ANY MAKE OR MODEL
«Qq00 Z
SERVICE
COMPLETE ENGINE TUNE-UP
BRAKES ADJUSTED and RELINED
BODY and FENDER REPAIRS
WASH
and
GREASE
BRYAN MOTOR CO.
415 N. MAIN ST.
BRYAN, TEXAS
Mexico from July 16-August 24.
Aggies who make the trip will
have the opportunity to visit E.
J. Kyle, U. S. Ambassador to Guat
emala, former Dean of the A. &
M. College.
Any student who makes the trip
will be able to earn six credit
hours in Sociology or History. The
cost of either trip will be about
$300 exclusive of tuition. Any one
FEATURES
Captain Merrill Smith, ’40, now
of the U. S. Army, is on terminal
leave and is spending a few days
in College Station. He spent four
years in the Southwest Pacific.
wishing to make the trip should
contact the University of Houston.
THE EXCHANGE STORE
SERVING TEXAS AGGIES
DOKEY’S SPRING CARNIVAL
Greater United Shows
♦ •
Showing All This Week
Saturday, April 6 Last Performance
BRYAN — END OF SOUTH MAIN STREET
THRILLING RIDES—NEW SHOWS
Announcing the Purchase of
Bullard’s
Gift Shop
By Frank C. Coulter
The Shop Will be Known as
COULTER’S
Featuring Gifts and Novelties
The staff and policies
of our store have not
been changed.
Drop by and see us at 114 South Main