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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1946)
Page 2 The Battalion Wednesday Afternoon, May 1, 1946 Every Mother’s Son . . . We all know the familiar saying, “a boy's best friend is his mother." But many of us are inclined to forget how much our mothers are interested in us after we leave for college. We give little thought to the fact that they eagerly await our letters from here at school, and look forward anx iously to our arrival on those few weekends that we manage to go home. Our mothers become increasingly concerned when they must delegate the formation of our characters to unknown college professors and new associates. There is, perhaps, a twinge of fear in their hearts that by being separated from their guidance and influence we may adopt conduct out of keeping with early training. They are afraid that in our new college environment we may forget the importance of the home and the mother as character builders. Many of our mothers have never seen the campus here at A. & M., have never had an opportunity to talk to our professors and deans, have never viewed the beauty of the grounds in the spring, have never met the all-important friends that we have made since arriving here. They have never fully understood just what their sons do, besides spend large amounts of money and post grades which are sent home twice each semester. x This year, for the first time since prewar days, the Mother’s Day festivities will be renewed. Extensive plans, including sight-seeing, entertainment, and a review of the cadet corps, are now being laid. The A. & M. Mothers Clubs in the cities of the state are already planning to visit the campus as a body. Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 12, is only one weekend away. Write now to your mother, tell her how much you want her to see the college if she has not seen it, or tell her how much it has changed since last time she was here. Invite her down for the entire weekend to see you and the school. Make it possible for her to come in contact with the great spirit we have. Let her see for herself the frank and unashamed friendliness of everyone connected with A&M. Let the facts impress upon her that she has not sent her boy to the wrong school, but to an institution of higher learning with a brilliant record of graduates trained in the traditions and modern methods of the foremost school in the state, and with a student body of the highest possible type of American boys. SENIOR LIFESAVERS NUMBER SEVENTY-TWO The first four of eighteen prac tice periods have been completed in the Red Cross Senior Lifesaving course now being taught each night from 6 to 7 by Victor Countz, phy sical education instructor. Seventy- two aspirants for the senior, life saving badge have been attending regularly and learning the funda mentals of water safety. Two very brave, and ambitious young ladies, Bernyce Jensen and Lillian Klipple, of College Station, are practicing approaches, hair carries, and other means of rescue along with thirty five times their number of Aggies. Countz, in commenting on the size of the class, stated “Yes, it's large, and rather difficult to teach, but if we. save even one life be cause of our water safety pro gram, that one life will justify our entire nation-wide instruction plan.” THE TIME IS SHORT - - - Today is the day to turn in your photo with hundreds of others for the Brazos A. & M. Service Book. Lets Put the Texas Army on the Record I AIN'T GOT A JEALOUS BONE IN MV BODY BUT IF FREDDY DON'T STOP CHINNING JULIE, ME ANO HIM'S GOING TO HAVE IT OUT WHEN I GET MAD I COUNT TEN AND THEN LOOK OUT 1 Amateur Photographers 9 Check Our Supply Stock Your pictures will turn out better with proper usage of the best materials A. & M. PHOTO SHOP North Gate PENNY’S SERENADE By W. Li. Penberthy On Saturday, May 11, we are hosts to the Southwest Conference Track Meet. In our Conference the Conference Meet decides every thing and the places of each school in Track is determined by its show ing in this meet, so the competi tion will be keen. There are many fine performers in the conference this year and we have a treat in store for us. On casual observ ation in many of the events it will be difficult for us to notice any particular differ ence in the form of the contest ants, but the win ners of several events will have a little something extra that the others in the event do not have. This may be in the posi tion of their feet Penberthy or body, or the way they hold the weight of their timing or the way they follow through, but it will be something. I am of the opinion that the difference between good perform ers and fine performers is that the fine performers have develop ed through study, .diligence and hard work, a few little extras that the good performers have not acquired. If we will but observe I think we will find this true with other things just as it is in sports. The truly successful person is the one who has, slangily speaking, a little something extra on the ball and when the competition is keen, as it always is in life as in sports, it is the difference. Many of us are prone to pay little heed to the little things in life, but the longer I live the more I am convinced of the importance of their part in our success in whatever our field of endeavor. AIEE HOLDS MEETING THURSDAY NIGHT The American Institute of Elec trical Engineers will be presented with a Code of Ethics for adoption by the local chapter. All members, and anyone interested in becoming a member, are urged to attend this important meetiiuc. The club meets at 7:10 p. m. tomorrow night in the EE build ing. Aggie Linksters Lose 6-1 to T. u. The Texas A. & M. golf team dropped a 6-1 decision to Texas university Monday at Austin, winning only one match, the No. 5 singles. Harold Harwood defeated Gene Kennedy, 1 up, on the twentieth hole, to give the Cadets their only triumph. The best golf of the day was shot by Sterling Browning, Long horn No. 3 man, who fired a sub- par 69 in trimming Don Rutan, 5 and 4. Browning teamed with Barney Barnard to defeat Rutan and Mel vin Johnson, 5 and 4. Barnard won over Johnson, 3 and 2. Bob Watson won the No. 1 sin gles from Bill Washington, 3 and 2, shooting a 72 to Washington's 78. Bill Roden, No. 2, shot a 71 to beat Warren Quarles, 3 and 2, and collaborated with Watson in a 5-and-4 decision over Washington and Quarles. MATAGORDA COUNTY CLUB MEETS TONIGHT There will be a meeting of the Matagorda County A. & M. Club Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in the E. E. Building. 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