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The Battalion
Monday Afternoon, April 22, 1946
Victory - - -
The end of the latest global war was officially declared
by thousands of Aggie-exes this past weekend. The victory
was won, and the Aggies were celebrating as only Aggies
know how to celebrate.
The victory was helped along by the present of General
of the Army Dwight Eisenhower, and thirteen generals who
graduated from Aggieland. The presentation of the honor
ary Doctor or Laws degree to all of them showed that the
college fully understood and appreciated the part that Ag
gies played in the winning of world war two.
Homecoming' . . .
“Well ril be darned, you old so-and-so, you” ... “I
thought you were dead ten years ago” . . . “No, we haven’t
seen each other since Final Review in ’24.”
These and many other expressions of greeting and
happiness were to be heard almost anywhere on the campus
from Friday morning to late Sunday night. Aggies who had
never forgotten their old classmates felt the years roll off
their shoulders as another one was seen.
Sbisa Hall was full of reunions, with much backslapping
and shaking of hands.. Odd bits of information could be
heard floating back and forth ‘between the members of a
group concerning wives, children, jobs, travels, the war,
classmates who had passed on, classmates who hadn’t and
were reliving their days here on the campus.
The old-timers couldn’t quite get used to the fact that
the college had expanded so. They knew the campus when
their Ross Hall was brand new, and in the latest style, and
the College Chapel was still standing.
The Aggie bull flowed deep and fast.
Muster . . .
The Aggie Muster met in prayer this year; solemn
reverent prayer for the more than eight hundred Aggies
who had paid the price for fighting the “war to end all
wars”, and the war that brought in the Atomic Age.
The 1946 Muster on Kyle Field was short, solemn, and
Platter Chatter
By Ferd English
Move over, Andrew Sisters. Three
lovely young ladies who go by the
name of the Denning Sisters have
climbed from the National Barn
Dance right up to the top with you.
Capitol has released an octagon
album featuring them that is a
dilly. The eight sides are composed
of some of the finest songs of the
last two decades. Included are
“PLEASE DON’T TALK ABOUT
ME WHEN I’M GONE”, “SENTI
MENTAL GENTLEMAN FROM
GEORGIA”, “BRAZIL”, “THE
WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT”.
“AUNT HAGER’S BLUES”,
“WHERE OR WHEN”, “ONCE
IN A WHILE”, and “YOU’RE A
CHARACTER, DEAR”. In spite of
what the critics have said about
three voices not being able to at
tain full harmony, the Denning
Sisters do this album up in reet
style. Jack Fascinate and ork back
them up. Caitol album BD-7.
The Harry James ork has come
through with another fine cutting
that has just hit the dealers shelf.
On the “A” side is a ballad en
titled “THE WONDER OF YOU”,
with lyrics along the line of those
of “I Can’t Get Started With You”.
Cute little Kitty Kallen chirps
this one like it should be chirped.
There’s lots of fine J.ames trumpet
featured with a steady six back
ground. Turning over we find “I’M
IN LOVE WITH TWO SWEET
HEARTS” which is a musical con
fession of a guy with two women
in his life, his mother and his gal.
Buddy Di Vito does the vocal hon-
impressive. Aggies heard the roll
call with memories of happy days
gone by that would never come a-
gain for their buddies who had gone
to greater glory. Silver Taps never
seemed more beautiful or embodied
more significance than when played
yesterday morning.
The Aggies mustered, remem
bered, ana left while a feeling of
joy and sadness intermingled in
their hearts.
FOURAKER WILL RETURN
TO COLLEGE IN JULY
L. L. Fouraker, associate pro
fessor of electrical engineering at
Texas A. & M. College, will not
return to his teaching duties un
til July, it was learned today.
Fouraker, who recently finished
a tour as instructor at the Amer
ican or “G. I.” University at Biar
ritz, France, has begun a lecture
tour in Europe under sponsorship
of the Army Information and Ed
ucation division.
NAVY, MARINE FLYERS
INVITED TO MEETING
All marine and naval aviators of
World War II are invited to at
tend a meeting to be held tonight
at 7:15 p.m. in the Y. M. C. A.
(Chapel.
LAST DAY TODAY
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Bob Eberly and Carmen Caval
laro have gotten together to cut
two very sweet ballads destined to
shoot to the top. “COME CLOSER
TO ME” from the MGM flicker
‘“Easy to Wed” has beautiful lyr
ics and just a dash of Latin tempo.
“FULL MOON AND EMPTY
ARMS” is based on Rachmaninoff’s
Piano Concerto in C Minor. The
voice of Eberly makes the sad
LISTEN TO THIS!"
"The things I find myself buying! . . .
‘‘Enough paper clips in a year to fill a freight car . . .
telephone poles by the hundreds of thousands . . . tons and
tons and tons of paper for your telephone directories . . .
“You see, I’m the ‘shopper’ for the country’s Bell
Telephone companies. I’m a careful buyer...study markets
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by buying in large quantities from all sections of the country.
“That’s one reason why our nation’s telephone service
is the world’s most economical as well as the world’s best.
“I’m the manufacturer for the Bell System, too. I distribute
the telephone apparatus I make, and all manner of supplies
that I buy, to the telephone companies. To top it off, I
install central office equipment.
“Remember my name . . .It’s Western Electric."
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