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The Battalion
Monday Afternoon, May 13, 1946
Class of 47's History Includes
Rev \s Death, Return of Outfits
We are the Class of ’47, and this
is our story. It begins on Septem
ber 20, 1943 when we first arrived
on this campus to enter college. We
• were green, dumb, and scared, but
we still felt terribly important, a
hangover from our high school
days. The feeling was quickly cut
short when upperclassmen with
their biting remarks and strange
desires filtered into our midst. We
didn’t like them at first, but later
w'e began to look to them for their
guidance and advice. We learned
much that first semester—more
outside the classroom than inside.
We think back now over that first
winter with great feeling and pride.
Never shall we forget those long |
hours of humping at yell practice,
the “Kiddie Korps” which lost only
one football game, the building of
the bonfire of which we were so
proud, Silver Taps on Thanksgiv
ing Day, and the Christmas Carols
we sang on cold, crisp nights. On
January 17, 1944, the most beloved
character of Aggie history passed
away. We buried Reveille with
full military honors and saw our
juniors and seniors shed shameless
tears. With heavy hearts, we left
Kyle Field that day realizing for
the first time what a truly great,
living thing that the Spirit of
A.ggieland was. After Rev’s death,
fnany ex-Aggies said that the last
of the old A. & M. had disappear
ed. Aggieland had definitely chang
ed greatly because of the war, but
we knew that it wasn’t dead. Tho’
we had been here only four months
we became as determined as any
class that ever entered A. & M. to
bring back the power, and the glo
ry, and the splendor that Aggie
land had once possessed.
In February, the second half of
our class joined us and we took on
our duties together. The Corps
was very ^discontented; to us, it
seemed that the administration was
doing everything within its power
to destroy completely Aggieland
traditions and everything they
stood for. The unrest grew until
finally toward the end of our fresh
man year the climax was reached
and a small but determined Corps
burst forth in an open rebellion
which accomplished little, but
whoch proved that the Spirit of
Aggieland was far from being
LAST TIME TODAY
THE HARVEY GIRLS
— with —
Judy Garland
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY
“LADY ON A TRAIN”
— with —
Deanna Durbin
dead.
We became sophomores and
changed our handles from Fish to
Mister. We moved over to the Dun
can Hall area to spend the swelter
ing summer of 1944. The halls of
old Dorm 9 echoed with a strange
popping noise the entire summer,
and that which we had missed
during our freshman year was ade
quately made up for in our first
sophomore semester. That Septem
ber saw the return of outfits and
we moved in with freshmen. Our
chests swelled; we now felt re
sponsibilities, new duties. We put
on our corporal stripes and went to
work on the freshmen. We drilled
them, taught them and became
proud of them. Another football
season, unforgettable Corps trips,
another bonfire, and Silver Taps
at Memorial Stadium in which Ad
miral Bible and the Navy defeated
a fighting Aggie team.
Our sophomore year drew to a
close and we donned our serge a-
long with our stripes. We took over
our new positions in outfits and be
came more serious and worked
harder than ever to keep Aggie
traditions alive. Our Junior Prom
rolled around and we saw how
small our class had become. Only
one-fourth of the original number
remained. We began to realize how
much we had grown to love Aggie
land and those things for which it
stands. We knew then what it
meant to be a member of the great
est fraternity on earth—the Aggie
fraternity. The war ended; things
began to look brighter for A. &
M".. At the end of our junior year
it was agreed that the first class
of 1947 and the second class of
’47 should combine in order that
there might be a large senior class
for the following year.
We became seniors in September
of 1945. We put on our boots and
pinks, and took over our new out
fits. We have worked hard to keep
the old A.& M. alive and to bring
Air-Conditioned
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Last Day
“Perilous Holiday”
Tuesday and Wednesday
Revival of a Great Picture
“Northwest Mounted
"""""Police”
Gary Cooper
Paulette Goddard
Madeline Carroll
Preston Foster
Robert Preston
QUALITY - COURTEOUS
DRY CLEANING SERVICE
Owned and Operated by the
Former Students Association
Campus Cleaners
Over the Exchange — Substation Near George’s
Man, Your Manners
By I. Sherwood
“The air force taught me some
flying which I can use on my
ranch. I’m majoring in animal hus
bandry here at Texas A. & M.
under four years of G. I. Bill of
Rights time. My wife is here to
help me study it too,” said Army
Veteran Wallace L. Locke, whose
parents* Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Locke
reside at Miami, Texas. His wife
is the former Moselle Briggs of
Canadian, Texas.
Locke was a pilot instructor for
the army air forces at Lockburn
Army Air Field, Columbus, Ohio.
He was discharged in September,
1945.
back as much of it as possible. We
are proud because we have done
our job well, under the circum
stances now existing.
Tonight we have come to the
greatest event of an Aggie’s col
lege career—the Senior Ring
Dance. We are happy, for we know
that our efforts to keep Aggie tra
dition alive have not been in vain.
Also we know that though tradi
tions come and go, those things
which Aggie tradition stands for—
honor, courage, and loyalty—shall
always be here and the Spirit of
Aggieland shall live forever.
—Chester Reed
At the dance
“Is it proper to ask a girl to
dance while she is sitting out a
dance, with another man?”
A man should not ask a girl to
dance who is obviously sitting out
a dance wtih another man. He
should not break up any animated
conversations, but is quite proper
to ask for a dance from a girl who
is seated in a group.
Rule number one says anyone
who accepts an invitation to a
dance must be able to dance the
modern dances. However, if you
are particularly agile and adept in
the intricate steps, it is unfair to
try them on a partner whose abil
ity on the dance floor is routine.
She is certain to appear awkward
and, if you instruct her during the
dance, you will both be conspicu
ous.
Typical “Mom” and “Pop” Are Presented
At Sunday Ceremony in Guion Hall
The typical Mom and Pop of the
Texas Aggies were presented at
the Mother’s Day program Sun
day morning in Guion Hall.
Driscoll Henkhaus, Corps Exe
cutive officers, presented “Mom”
Claghorn to the visiting parents.
The Corps of Cadets gave her, in
appreciation for her helpfulness,
a string of pearls and a bouquet.
Chester J. Reed, commander of
GERMAN POW’s DONATE
$257,000, TO *Y. M. C. A.
German prisoners of war in Am
erican camps made voluntary con
tributions of $257,000 to War Pris
oners Aid of the YMCA during the
past 15 months, M. L. Cashion,
general secretary of the Texas A.
& M. YMCA revealed today.
The funds, contributed from the
80 cents a day paid the prisoners
for their work in fields and factor
ies, are being used to aid former
war prisoners and displaced per
sons in Europe, Cashion said. Many
of the individual gifts were the
equivalent of two to three months’
payments at the 80 cents a day
rate.
B troop Cavalry, and general chair
man of the week-end, introduced
as the typical Aggie father Major
J. E. “Pop” Breland. He was given
a gold watch and chain from the
cadet corps.
The rest of the Mother’s Day
program was a welcome from the
cadets by Eli F. Barker, Cadet Col
onel; a welcome from the veterans
by Raymond Parrish, president of
the Ex-Servicemen’s Club; a wel
come from the college by E. L.
Angell, assistant to the presi
dent; a program by the Singing
Cadets. The invocation was deliv
ered by Martin Vick, Lt. Col.,
commander of the second regi-
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Highlights of the afternoon were
the inspection of the cadet dorms
by the parents, the reception at
the president’s home, and the Ag
gie Band concert on the president’s
lawn.
The weather was threatening all
week-end, but everything went ac
cording to plan, stated Chester
Reed, program chairman.
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