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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1946
I Take the Heat Off...
One of the most frequent complaints from freshmen in
the Cadet Corps is that competition with older, experienced
veterans, also freshmen, is so terrific that they have a hard
■■ time passing, and an even harder time sweating out C’s or
B’s.
Cadet fish are a class all to themselves. High school
c graduation is not very far behind them, and during their
r high school days they were taught in a system that was, as
C a rule, woefully inadequate because of the war. Most of
^ these freshmen are either sixteen or seventeen, and threat-
( ening induction into the army meant that many were pam-
C pered. To come suddenly into college classes in the com
pany of veterans, toughened and schooled in life, has left
^ its bewildering and disheartening effect on many. They get
a the idea that they aren’t good enough to pass college work,
e although their entrance exams show that they are. A great
1 many have already left the college, shaking their heads and
T saying it’s just too hard for them.
With plans for spring registration under way, it might
e be a good plan to put all Corps freshmen in separate sections,
i: thereby enabling the instructor to deal with them according
® to their emotional, intellectual, and age level. Such a plan
t would undoubtedly make the classes more homogeneous, and
l might enable these bewildered and confused young men to
t discover their true capabilities.
; What About Houston?.. .
t.
In the letters-to-the-editor column of this issue is a
c provocative document, a letter sent by Aggie Lee Thomp
son, Jr. to the Houston Post and the Houston Chamber of
Commerce. Thompson, a Houstonian, feels that the news
papers and police officials of the metropolis of the Gulf are
antagonistic toward Aggies, despite the fact that more Ag
gies come from Houston than from any other city.
The Batt does not feel that the situation is quite so bad
as it seems to Thompson. Although all the Houston papers
printed front-page pictures of shaved-head Aggies who had
been caught raiding the Rice campus, on other occasions
they have shown themselves most friendly to A. and M. It
is unfortunate that we have no big-city papers close enough
to College Station to “adopt” us as their own, but we recog
nize that the Houston papers have to beat the drums for Rice
and the University of Houston as well as for us.
There has been quite a deterioration in relations be
tween this school and Rice Institute, as high-lighted by the
hostilities during the week before the football game this
year. Yell practices in Houston have not gone off as well
as those in Dallas or Fort Worth, where Aggies have always
been welcome. Maybe Houston police feel that their city
is now too big to be disturbed by college capers—although
this writer has seen much bigger cities give warm welcome
to college visitors.
A. and M. has many important friends in Houston, and
a potent Exes club operates there, so there is every reason
to suppose that any unpleasantness can be cleared up, once
the source is recognized. As for Rice, we suggest that some
student interschool committee be set up, to keep our rela
tions on a plane of good-natured, rather than nasty, rivalry.
Field House or Gym?. ..
While we’re in a mood for discussing possible improve
ments at A. & M., we might point out the lack of a true gym
nasium on this campus. Some gymnastic work is carried
on in DeWare Field House, and some in the little white lean-
to down by the railroad tracks that is known as the intra
mural gymnasium. But most of our athletic program for
students is carried on outdoors.
It is no doubt impressive to say to visitors that we build
our Aggie muscles in nature’s own gymnasium, and that
we want no roof over our head while exercising. But such
a plan does not take into account the vagaries of Texas
weather, which is nowhere more unpredictable than in these
Brazos bottoms.
DeWare Field House is sometimes pointed out as a gym
nasium, but that is hardly accurate. The Field House is
a basketball court and athletic center, but hardly a gym
nasium in the usual sense of the word as used in America.
(In Europe the word is applied to something corresponding
to our high school or junior college, and has no athletic
connotations.)
DeWare Field House is now too small for basketball
crowds, so maybe we should construct a new and larger
arena for basketball. Then we could rip the concrete seats
out of DeWare and convert it into a real gymnasium, for
the use of all students and not just the teams. So we would
preserve DeWare’s noble Romanesque arches, and yet gain
a real gymnasium.
A Real North Gate?...
Every afternoon at five o’clock, our North Gate entrance
gets blocked as effectively as if the Germans had put drag
ons’ teeth across it. The traffic jam, as buses and cars
struggle through the bottleneck, is worse than those at Ak-
ard and Commerce in Dallas, or Houston and St. Marys in
San Antonio.
We have magnificent entrances at East Gate and West
Gate. Why not fix up the entry through which most of our
traffic passes?
The Batt suggests that the present street in front of
the Post Office be kept, but as part of a divided entrance,
the other half to be where our main street would run if it
kept straight as it passes Walton Hall.
This would leave a small island between the two lanes,
and some of the present shrubs could be left growing there.
By doing this, we would gain at one stroke a solution
to a traffic headache, and a real “North Gate” of which we
could be proud.
Billy Bob Griffitts, staff writer for the East Texas, remarked
that things were awfully dull around East, Texas State Teachers’
College.
“I
wish something would happen to give us some news,” he
declared.
It happened 48 hours later. A twister hit Griffitts’ airport two
miles west of the campus, blowing away two hangars and two planes.
Greatest Negro Choir, ‘Wings
Over Jordan’, in Bryan Monday
dan”, will appear with the group
as narrator.
Two performances will be made
on Monday evening; the first show
commences at 7 p. m. for children
and their parents, and the second
at 8:45 p. m. for adults. Dr. I. A.-
Carter, publicity chairman, a n -
nounced that a section will be re
served for the white audience.
Tickets are now on sale at var
ious places in Bryan and College
Station, and prices are 85c for
children and $1.20 for adults. At
the door tickets will sell for $1.00
and $1.50, children and adults re
spectively.
“Wings Over Jordan”, the
greatest Negro choir, will appear
at the Kemp High School auditor
ium in Bryan, Monday evening,
December 9.
This mixed choir of twenty
voices is now in its ninth year of
coast-to-coast broadcasts, winning
fame throughout the country in
its presentation of of Negro spir
ituals. It completed a 10-month
overseas jaunt with USO in March
of this year, receiving for their
work the highest possible citation.
Rev. Glenn T. Settle, originator
and director of “Wings Over Jor-
: Letters to the Editor :
HOUSTON HOSPITALITY
Dear Editor:
Enclosed is a copy of a letter
I have sent to the Houston Post
and the Houston Chamber of Com
merce:
The article which I read in to
days Post, concerning the ostra
cizing of certain Rice girls for
having dates with Aggies, has
released all of my pent up thoughts
regarding Rice Institute and the
City of Houston.
Although the annual contest be
tween Texas University and Texas
A.&M. will never be equalled in
the Southwest conference for spir
ited rivalry and sportsmanship,
the tension between A.&M. and
Rice is mounting steadily. And
for various reasons this rivalry
that is growing up between Rice
and A.&M. is on a much lower
plane than the one between us
and T.U. Year by year, and I
think that I am paralleling the
thoughts of a large majority of
the students when I express my
opinions here, Rice Institute and
Houston are becoming the most
despised places in the South in
the eyes of the Texas Aggies.
I have lived in Houston all of
my life, but I am ashamed to men
tion it when football season rolls
around. Texas A.&M. is a large
school, and if all of the students
carry their present opinions (they
aren’t high) of Lower-Slobbovia-
on-the-Buffalo to other parts of
the state, the consequences, to say
the least, will not add materially
to the fame and fortune of Hous
ton.
Specific examples of what agi
tates the Aggies are (1) The news
papers of Houston seem to form
their editorial policies around the
idea that every reader of Houston
newspapers is a 100% died-in-the-
wool Rice fan whenever a contro
versy or football game involving
Rice is treated. There are more
students from Houston at A.&M.
than from any other city in Texas,
and there may be more Houston
boys at A.&M. than there are at
Rice—these boy’s family’s read
the Houston papers too. (2) The
police officers and proprietors of
hotels, night clubs (the scrawney
few that Houston has) and cafes
take it for granted that all Aggies
are potential rioters and trouble
makers. They never seem to think
that resentment, caused by their
own attitudes, may have something
to do with any “rowdyness’ which
might occur. And finally (3) The
city has the uncanny ability to
cover itself with a blanket of un
friendliness whenever the Aggies
come into tqwn.
I am very anxious to see con
ditions between the Aggies and
Rice improve, and I think the peo
ple of Houston and the newspa
pers can help (particularly the
newspapers). I’m sure that the
Aggies would be willing to meet
Houston half way if Houston will
be a little more friendly toward
us.
Sincerely,
Lee W. Thompson, Jr. ’48.
SCOTT VOLUNTEERS
Dear editor:
I quite agree with your editorial
about reestablishing the Ross Vol
unteers, but hoW' about giving
some credit to the founder of the
outfit ?
The RV’s were not established
by “Sully” Ross, but by the then
commandant of the college, Col.
Scott, according to the official
Bulletin of Information. Originally
the organization was known as the
Scott Volunteers. Later the name
was changed to Ross Volunteers,
and as other presidents took over
the college, the unit was renamed
each time. President»Bizzell, how
ever, suggested that the name
Ross Volunteers be revived and
made permanent.
Wick van Keuenhoven
What’s Cooking
FRIDAY, December 6
7:00 p. m. Houston County A&M
Club.
7:30 p. m. Business Society.
6:45 p. m. Newman Club execu
tive council, St. Mary’s Chapel.
SATURDAY, December 7
6:30-7:00 p. m. Confessions, St.
Mary’s Chapel.
SUNDAY, December 8
8:30 a. m. & 10:30 a. m. Catho
lic Mass, St. Mary’s Chapel.
3:30 p. m. Diaper and Doll Pa
rade, Assembly Hall. Tickets on
sale at door.
TUESDAY, December 10
7:30 p. m. Biology Club, Confer
ence Room, Ag. Experiment Sta
tion. Film on child delivery.
7:30 p. m. Agronomy Society,
AI Lecture Room. Speaker, Dr. R.
F. Chandler, Professor of Forest
Soli Cornell, University.
7:30 p. m. Saddle and Sirloin
Club, Room 115, AI Bldg.
7:30 p. m. Marketing and Fin
ance Club, Room 312, Ag. Bldg.
Speaker and discussion of party
plans.
7:30 p. m. Foods Group, Aggie
Wives Club, Sbisa.
7:30 p. m. Reserve Officer’s As
sociation, Geology Lecture Room.
Business meeting. All members
urged to attend.
7:30 p. m. Sociology Club, Room
203, Ag. Bldg. Guest speakers on
juvenile delinquency and Texas
Prison system.
7:30 p. m. Accounting Society,
Ag. Engineering Lecture Room.
Speaker, Edwin Heinen, of the of
fice of Ernst and Ernst.
7:30 p. m. Business Society,
YMCA.
Art Exhibit Closes
This Evening at 10
Today is the second and last day
of the Art Exhibit, sponsored by
the Bryan-College Station Art
Club and being held at the Annex
of the First Baptist Church in
Bryan.
The exhibit, which is free to all
persons, remains on display to the
public until 10 p. m. this evening.
Pictures shown are the works of
members of the Art Club, and
include water colors, pastels, and
oils.
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Annex-ations
IKE ASHBURN, JR.
ABOUT THE DANCE to be held
December 14—one thing that will
be needed is more women than
have been at the previous dances.
Why don’t you Don Juans start
writing the gals of your night
mares to come down or come up
for the brawl ?
Don’t know if you fellows ever
heard of one MOM CLAGHORNE.
Well, she’s the head nurse at Dr.
Marsh’s pill emporium and known
to all Aggies from 19—(it’s been
a long time anyway.) She easily
doubles as chaplain, advisor to the
lovelorn, and doctor of homesick
ness. The walls of her room are
covered with pictures ranging
from her football boys to just
plain guys who know and love
MOM.
HATS OFF to the Vets’ Club
and their idea of a guest speaker
at their meetings.
Soups to Nuts Department: The
fellows in the Corps who journey
ed to Rice and were caught are
wondering when they will hear the
last of it ... . Only 17 more shop
ping days ’til Xmas ... It looks
like Mrs. HILLIARD is planning
a Christmas party in the lounge.
, . . Those good-natured SKIPS
on our bus run. . . . Why not put
that cowbell in the trophy case?
. . . . Wonder who borrowed my
cowboy boots about a month ago?
(Editor’s Note: Ashburn, use the
Classified section at 3c per word.)
. . Some guys have been using
“Lower Slobbovia” as a return ad
dress. (No wonder the Post Office
is complaining!)
PENNY’S SERENADE
By W. L. Penberthy
The Veterans Administration
has obtained an additional 1,600,-
000 books from the United States
Armed Forces Institute to add to
the 600,000 other surplus books
still available to schools and c o 1 -
leges for their veteran-students,
VA announced this week.
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In watching the outstanding
performers in the different sports,
I am continually impressed by one
thing; namely, that these men, to
the casual observer, seem to be
executing the skill in the same
manner as other performers. How
ever, when the performance of
these experts is closely analyzed,
it is always found that they are
doing a little something extra that
isn’t done by the average perform
ers. I have spent many hours
watching outstanding coaches dis-
c u s s their method of teaching
skills, and they invariably go into
very minute detail in explaining
Hedgpeth Named
Assistant A. & M.
Business Manager
Kenneth D. Hedgepeth has been
appointed assistant business man
ager of A. & M. College, effective
December 1, it was announced by
E. N. Holmgreen, business man
ager. He was transferred from the
Fiscal department where he had
been assistant auditor.
A native of Gatesville, Hedg-
peth attended Baylor University
and North Texas State Teachers
College prior to his coming to the
College in 1938.
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these little extras. <■ The ability to
add a little something extra gives
me a big thrill, because it is this
ability that permits one to become
great in a sport.
The same ability can give us ad
ditional pleasure in our every day
lives. It is the little extra things
we do, “beyond the call of duty”
that give us a real thrill by mak
ing our fellow man a little hap
pier. This is mighty well brought
out by the following verses by
Sydney J. Burgoyne:
The thing that really matters is the
“something else” you do,
Besides the getting dollars all your
whole life through.
It’s just the touch you’re giving to
others day by day,
The sunshine that you scatter all
along your way.
The kindly deeds you’re doing when
someone needs a friend:
The service that you render, the
helping hand you lend.
It brings the joy that’s lasting
which money cannot do—
To know that someone’s gladness
is just because of you!
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Thursday—LAST DAY
Jane Russell
— In —
“YOUNG WIDOW”
FRIDAY arid SATURDAY
“Ghost Breakers”
_ With —
Bob Hope
Paulette Goddard
SATURDAY PREVIEW
SUNDAY and MONDAY
“BREAKFAST IN
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(A First-Run Picture)
— Plus —
Disney Cartoon — News
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SUNDAY-MONDAY
and TUESDAY
Randolph Scott
— IN —
“HOME SWEET
HOMICIDE”
BRYAN, TEXAS
PREVIEW SAT. NIGHT, SUN.,
MON., TUBS., WED., and
THURSDAY
Ingrid Bergman and
Gary Grant in
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FRI. and SAT.
Gary Cooper
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“PURSUIT TO
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_ With —
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and
Nigel Bruce
“RIDERSOF THE
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