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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1946)
■ " ~ Page 2 The Battalion Wednesday Afternoon, April 10, 1946 Kyle Field Improvements . . . Present interest in sports events and increased en rollment points toward an over-crowded situation in the- athletic plant of the college when the next fall and winter conference competition rolls around. Surprisingly, only four and a half months remain be fore the football season begins, and shortly after that the basketball race begins. Everyone who attended the the basketball games this spring knows of the crowded condition in the gymnasium. Many were turned away, and many of those who got inside were forced to stand. If there is going to be any construction or remodeling work done on the gym, it should begin in the near future in order not to interfere with fall intramurals. The seating capacity will have to be enlarged to around 7,000, or double its present number of seats. Last fall the Battalion advocated construction of a new scoreboard on Kyle Field. We have heard that plans have been held up because of a reluctance on the part of the Ath letic Council to lay out money now when building prices are high. Perhaps they are high at the present, but large gate receipts promised for this fall could more than pay for an excellent electric scoreboard. No need is more pressing for the football field. The athletic facilities of A. & M. should grow in con junction with large enrollment and increased interest in sports. Kind Words for T. u. . . . Its not often that the Batt has a chance to say kind words about Texas u., but the forty-six page Round-up is sue of the Daily Texan was a lulu. Congrats. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Orange Painting Makes Two Aggies See Red Dear Sirs, In our years at A. & M. we have developed a rather intense dislike for the color orange. From this dislike this bleed was born. We spend most of our week-ends at Austin sweating out the T. u. women, therefore all weekend we see nothing but orange, orange busses .... orange street signs; they even have orange fireplugs (that’s to fool the dogs). In the past, Aggieland has been our haven, our retreat from the color orange. Of course, occasionally a frat boy from T. u. would venture down from tealand and spread a bit of orange and of course we sent him back clean shaven. But this is no longer the case. Military Walk now looks as though some teahound tried to paint it orange. All the streets in the old area look Tennis Racquets Nylon Strings with 6 ply. Frams $6.75 Hot Plates $2.49 KENYON AUTO STORE Joe Faulk South Side Across from Project Houses S/ULfE B.CLAkK man who made a million IN SPAGHETTI,CERTAINLY USED HIS NOODLE. A 6 M ADVERTISING CO A^M GRILL SPECIALIZING IN STEAKS ^^HOME COOKED FOODS MSSSAUK 3. C/JiPr.OWHfft NORTH GATE- about the same as Military Walk. Evidently, the B. & C. U. depart ment must have hired some T. u. PENNY’S SERENADE By W. L. Pen berthy In this life of ours all of us are seeking happiness and in my opin ion one of the greatest sources of real happiness is our friends. One of the best ways to have friends is to look at the good in them, and love them in spite of the few faults §§11 they may have. The follow ing poem expresses it far better than I: Penberthy Wouldn’t this old world be bet ter graduate to paint the streets. If the entire city of Austin can get be hind the T. u. orange, it seems as though A. & M. could paint maroon or just any color besides orange. Orange streets are not going to look very good to the exes come April 21. Darrell J. Manley, ’46 Marvin L. Russell, ’46. Dear Editor: Why not re-print the words of all Aggie songs in the Battalion . . . . especially the Aggie War Hymn? Some of us do not know them and would like to sing along with the rest at the baseball games, etc. Surely, this would increase the cheering spirit at these sports events. Thanks, Dorothy Johnston. Your lady will be delighted BRING HER TO OUR STORE. Show her our display of - - - - Costume Jewelry Aggie Souvenirs Pennants and Stickers Elastic Bracelets Gold or Silver Compacts Pens and Lockets Now On Our Shelves a New Small Size SANDS “WIPES” A soft cellulose tissue 5x9 size. Convenient, economi cal. Disposable facial tissue. THE EXCHANGE STORE SERVING TEXAS AGGIS If folks we* meet would say; I know something good about you, And then treat us just that way ? Wouldn’t it be fine and dandy If each handclasp, fond and true Carried with it this assurance “I know something good about you!” Wouldn’t life be lots more happy If the good that’s in us all, Were the only things about us That folks bothered to recall? Wouldn’t life be lots more happy If we praised the good we see, For there’s such a lot of goodness In the worst of you and me! Wouldn’t it be nice to practice That fine way of thinking too ? You know something good about me; “I know something good about you.” (Author unknown). AIEE MEETS THURSDAY IN LECTURE ROOM The American Institute of Elec trical Engineers will meet Thurs day night at 7:10 in the Electrical Engineering lecture room. FEATURES Aggie House—Marms (EDITOR’S NOTE- Presented herewith is the ninth of a series of thumbnail sketches on the house masters in charge of the non-military dormitories on the campus.) G. R. (BOB) PAGE is 28 years old, from Houston, taking Physi cal Education. Entered service as private in 1941 and was separated in January, 1946, as a captain. Was commanding officer for Company C, 739th Tank Battalion. Served 14 months in European Theatre and received ETO ribbon with three campaign stars. Housemaster for Dorm 3 and lives in Room 218. (Next issue: E. F. Howard) Mrs. C. D. Newsome B. S. in Business Administration Public Stenographer Over Aggieland Studio - N. Gate Hours 9-5 Laboratory in a Birch Thicket This thicket of birch trees is one of the Bell System’s scientific work shops. Here our scientists have strung telephone wires through the crowded branches to learn just how much tree rubbing and abuse the protective coverings and insulation on new types of wire will stand. Important? With more than fifteen million insulated "drop wires” con necting home and business telephones to nearby poles, we’ve got to be sure that the wire we use is the very best that can be produced. This is but one small example of hundreds of experiments and research projects carried on constantly by Bell Laboratories to make Bell Telephone Service more dependable, more useful, to more people.