ill Hr j i - ! 1 I ThSLlfS f For thirteen „ football ilettermen | A?pie coach's first t practice , that year;| l to bring fame to coaches. anaHtho Thrpe of the ~ J y eametl two" sport at A&M, f E. S. “WoodMw” V ed hie last letter ^ 1 iekving school for . had returned to it ■ i'l team; J Two other hers, Gougei* and * I i; had missed the HI 11 ' I ; [matoh alone. The* •\ Wan were the other [ letes. ib 1 f 1 Assisting Bible V. “Tubby" G toitored the .1018 through u dovitn I marred only by o, 0-V . In 19i7 thew tw#L. turned out tho alb; Into «ler iior A&M, an dnfl* 1 ttwl,;unscorod upol ’ h- i a-'. m Wntl 9 Sores 270 Poin ■■HluMM f: ' . p. j i 11 j ;U • MIMIMIIIWilln—Hi lilTi' 111 IIMT'IWinwr 1 iTWiiiiiiiiiinnrmifli iiiin n n in iiniwiiiin iim— i mu ¥ 111 17 : ■w hi- t tallied 270 points <1 U> the Honthwott plonship. f Even with the aiiiterlnl roach ilhnnd, few suapeetc record was to only by a few pacjh Marcos and Sam Houston Noj- j |PjCp mala.” a quote from Longhorn gays. Hah, t i old story, a breather for the game of the season—wait a utie, v that statement Midi > double-deader!” And a do header lit was with two com Aggie geams trouncing ponents. jiJ A&M, 28^ San Marcos, 0, A&M, 775 Sam Houston. Such )a fcht as a doubled on the sjrridijron might lead suspect j tha| the physical oF tho rl9 Aggies far su: their m(jntal|accoinpli8hmen could hardly be the oaSje ’20 yea»-boc|t points out! “Thorp wgs a.tinjie in tho ath tic histpry Sbf this College [whjen the main aim almost only qualifi cation nleccBtary to become nfi nth* lote was siw coUpled with Ip those! ancfcnt days few n Hcientioasly '^trained . . .1; Tho av>* leto was regarded ns being dchd wood in[ the pass room. .-J Therh is a radical dilferei I'l be athlete has eoito in its the best class legi%i . . Two undefea footbalt Havens and an und at the 28; Okla. ?avier Oklahomans gain- a littlo ground through but whenever the ball came near the untouched goal line, our defense tightened, and: tho vis itors Wefe helpless” What’s this— Untouched goal line^—sixth game and still unscored oufrieiu? Shades of 191.71 Incidentally, the Still- wateivCbwpokos from Sooner A&.M .Weye member*; of the Southwest Conference brethren until 1923. AIM; 10; Baylor, 0. / Not content with a header during the eampai Aggie-f offered more . , their, stamina. “ .. , the Aggies made nSTimbstitutionB, keeping the Hattio eleven upon ;the; field for the whole gamr.’*. .Higgin botham was the spark in this liia.VBrrt.ZTrn ;l0 . yard f leld |lg for the tnuch* It ? t smile Mi 1.11 fPP IT, i&m gave him.” 0. i fall war- bard which ute to Ma- tain, E. S. into the l in)flight by 1 tooting overl a lU itilT other lettermen iwlj Aggie Hall of Famq ball prowesf Five of the ten during the ’19 canq ference schools. Of ference teamsi plaj ‘defeated by more downs and only Tcxi gics to ns little as] b:' win. Both Howard i Pajme • 412-01 and Southwestern 1' *01 gij'yite the Maroon eleven trotil|k‘i blit j] it is doubtful: if either c » OdJ haMe done so at nrfy other sp< i ifi|d time. - |i The 1919 Bchedti might have been a little less ! fireijuouB thaii the ’17 foray, but t ie |’19 combi* pation scored fiv<: nmire : ;|pointi against their foe9*tmE of ’17. Few_ indeed <£|re| the[|iteamB : rious season during Tyhich! they iNkeibtill quintet with irs are ample olden ureftfa oh the lurrison also xtir if the lascn one „ ‘yp' ditf thalt hqiitteams which can 1 boast of 'ap alli-vieto- : rious season during: Which they t have scored 275 poih ;s fwhiliej holdl*. ihg their challengers , sforeli|ss. | ‘The Texas Agg oi Inaudura,!-;; cd the most suededb ulii seadon qf; I their gridiron canfej^ by pijiying 11 M ■if !» T J; 1 i. ,1n the 40 yard illncj.'’ Hmijntinjj it seems that this remark was ciou Inuojisly appearing jn the '19 Agg e gapic accounts. Itjbca|rs look jig into,'! • A iT‘,ei ithuslastic A&M re wro'e o| th©J.-performances 1 first twVi players Jn a late-s contJest, “Mahan put up of tie most wonderful demopstri-. dioni on backfield playing i ever seen in the .South. . » big “tVood- row” Wilson j* . . was to the lire what 'Mahan, was to the backfield ” Alt’ML 12; HowaiM Paynle, 0 ‘The Brown wood boys threw a real scare into thd Aggie rank; by proung qn unexpectedly hart combination jto break.” TchJ' tch could it be that the Maroons! mis took Howard Payne for some op ponent ; of Iqftier ranking? The Fantieijs even waited until It he fourth iquarter to break the ice and |scibife their points. !*. A&M, 42; Trinitjs 0. “The, toaih played almost ifaull|- less football, and from tho first kick-off j luntil the final whistle • uuic TaIk 4#s tcu, ». Purely you’ve heard: of glory bedkoning. Well . , . “tn the ab* m-iico of Mahan, the doughty IIig- giidiotham felt called upon to star and the A&M speed merchant pro ceeded to score threw touchdowns and hick six out of seven goals.” See what I mean? A&M 7; Southwestern, 0. “In, ttin i poorest tame of tho aeiMoh,. tho Houthwcsttra Pirates were barely defeated." The Aggie coaches may have been holding out on the Piirates, however, A candid reihark |s madb by the yearbook historian, i “A certain TdXns couch who also watched the game smil ed, nfid incidentally that was, the p&Si it It was thia last •ought thej highest ban and the team Woodrow I Wilson-, Student |relations with the Steers, though fired jwith school gg^ying- to es of the xas eleven y a Long- in the high- nship that .ed ta brso- nnd White.” Corps must quiet of een- lled the 1919 ight (shucks, re using the i'thfe Aggie fought as horn team m spirit IUil the Agg ieffife ciate with the Om The roar; from have rockwi c-ven trail Texas iw th Version of Farmers ' thought we ip! r ihal ih that, too «jnl ey y m Farmers Fight 1 Farmers Fight! Fight! Fight! Fig nil Fight! light! V Fight!!! umtereawa, uutiuuj unscorod up- tin | 275 points scored to 0 fur ten opponents. ;S<> ends the chronicle m' th.. 1019 Maroon ami Wbit. eleven., M'IN WHICH IH KKLAT- Kl) HOW THE AjltllEH CAME TO BE S0liTHWE™nN CHAM* PlONH.” + l *""T FIT the Tigers n^ver had a chjanco. Just in j case convince! that quoted Obove anyone is hard the sports toritlp iin knew his bu|inei t) r sljA'Sr STYX Is STMAS CARDS if iT 1 1 ( : T]f ■ ■ we) are different . . . coulters ih Bryan • : !. i llilj Bugler Sounds Taps to Begin Corps’ Battle of The Benches By T. G. SMITH ' 4 F 1 Life for the student body has begun to assume its old ? amiliar pattern at laat^ In,the corps, Call to Quarters has Jlamped a firm hand on much of ;the night life so much in evidence at the beginning of the semester. ^Naturally, the luniors and Seniors, whje in the ways of higher learning, need no prompting to hit their > books at every opportunity. “Con- cienciOUB application” is their mot to. (Boy, this sUre sounds good at any febi),'. j I F, t- The night life AFTER Cal! to Quarters seems to be picking up. however. It seems that some of the benches in the New Area were; unduely congregated in front' of Dorm 2. It was just a short time ago that several hun dred! Aggies fell out of! their dorms before the notes of Taps had scarcely died away, and set out to “liberate" their respective ibencfeoL ! n |j' ! 1 | 1, Tho resulting^ confusion was in- deed a thing of wonderment The OD and tlie OG, amid the unsym- 'pathetic cries of “OD; save 1 my child" and “Help, OD, I’m drown ing in the showers" sought to bring peace and serenity to | the Icene, hut: ; it was not until after tlie ar rival of Capt. Stiles that things re«l|y got ridiculous. However, the cold Work oi the OD and OG fi nally restored order aijd quiet to the [area. ^ Tno . final outcome, ,6n morn- ing’s examination, showed that all but' thr^e t>r four ef the benches had been returned to their “right ful’! place*. Thu dead had been removed during the nlgjbf. Th| most pronounced cl|ange ron- ' dared; in the last twol wepje*, how ever, has come about through the imuunre of those form-njUnf “Ha- vlUm Tan” twill unlfarm*. Of cqurm*, only those In tho (bmps have been fortunate enough to ben- efil jn duch a manner. It la indeed an Inspring pig hi to see (lie Corps marrhing by resplendent In their full uni forms. Of course, there lire the few individuals tripping and stumbling around in ranks, but *ft?l all. a ISO lb. man wanting $ 11-3$ shirt and ,3244 pair of pants is apt to have a few dif ficulties getting all of his uni form to move at the same time in the same direction. It might be noted also thait the new seniors keep their caps care fully tucked in their belts as long fe they are outdoors, but jeram them on their heads the! minute they cross the door into the moss nail. ,Oh well, after all, that’s a privilege, meant, men). offense Starting ; fj j; Lighting MAJOR J. L. WILSON. JR., 1926 graduate of A&M who has recently been assigned a* Chief of th t > Engineering Branch of A-4 Division of Far East Air FUrces in Tokyo. Perfect for ..n Desired; Stoj (Kd, Not*; An arttel* fe tK no,ll«.ten public! that the Democrat* hnvo meted tho Donkey nymbol for 1 reason alpne Tnlw nrejOdlreil o| aeiwcrs idtate that tfe aniniql wi Chosen bocuuse hi« intelligortoc 1c' 01 is on a par with the party’a. Such a he cannot continue; Nc ihe Democrats must deffedi the iroudest noBnessidn—^theii* bylovi onkey. l .is reputation has dragged through, the mud too His bad qualitie* are known by his good by only a limited ftw. ; Consult ng Webster (na all g< reporters do when stuck for cop; teservi Inf a H wot l.' tolfpj , 0 G all of,. ,t fevo com: vision. s the ^ tfe I 1 • At tfe ptwent-ittaM the divl is authorized a total of j]ljWl[ . the preae ithorized t tied men to the - division’s litician an 1 there fore for a political party. His powerful, if somewhat coarse, tone could well summon lion to the atatement h« to make. at ten- wishes Perhaps the donkey: says little (when ha Qraylng, b(tt that oan Students Foun ! nTT^ll [fl ir By H. C. MICHALAK “There!is no doubt about th student loan funds being a ve: good think,” said G. A. Long, a ministrator for the Lucy Jam Breazeale and the ErnieistincjGBbe Loan Funds, hi .1 f [1 ! “We attempt,” Long said, make as many small, shoi^ loans as we possibly c|h ip ! ordef! tudentsas possibl 1 year that ! I hav< job> we have iibt 1 A penny."; Two sojurcesi iOf loans fqr stu dents are available. The first is the fund administered by Ldiig and (he other is thp Ex-Studenit! Asso ciation loan fund administered by L. B. Lbcke. The Lucy Jane Breazeale Loan und was originated in April 1948, y Breezy Breazeale, class; of ’35, femployed i by the Dean or - Men’s Office. \Vhon his mother’s! death seemed evident, he requested that the department not send iloweni when hIu* passcsl away, bpt take the intended eOntributiop for flow ito mkd t Reclamation Dept. iSoi Needs Soil Expert There Is a iMmltibn oimn with the Beelnmillli 'c'firdlitg l gg. regllimali director I Civil Hcrvi ■m.! .v ■ ' '' (ui'eau of Reclamation ns Soil cientlst, I acctfmllng to Paul H, Flgg, regibnalj director of the Unl ted Htatit* Civil Hervlee Comml* life Exnmitiiitioas for this position are to bn given at some future (late. The entrance Rglary for this position vnrit-s from *3727 to *6,- 236. ; The states in which the position Will be ope(« are Oregon, Wash ington, California, Arizona, Neva da,. Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Col orado, Now Mexico, | Utah, North Dakota, 1 louth Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, Application forms and addition al infortiation may be obtained from Roger'W. Jackson, post Of fice, College Station, Taxas. STARTERS — G BATTERIES —1 11 - - . . . . -^!]iv Tj Specialized Service pn i[ IRATORS Ignition m ato: ITRE'I Bl/RETORS Bruner Battery & Electri 113 East 28t|i Street — Bryan Using Parts From Origir al Equip " ' : . • I | | |>)' •’’d CLEANING f PRESSING ALTERATIONS 1 BEST-AT LEAH iho. intended cuntribut|od f(ip flow- H J. Owned by a Texas SlS when fere the v Tfe atifedT* hid* in vary *ym. l^olic too. It $ifpresont« th* impon- treble exti-rior <>n« need*. Thl* pro- nored whl^pol: „ ears are iracteristlc j of Is, Thl* pro- 1* for op- rs to D« dan happl- jLway. conspldous Democrat’s vacancies wU> feSftT 5 * few after tfe u to mobnlz*. Wfen 1 sudden fl' retlremtnt Ml Iin the orgi Muljr dufi' celve promo lowwl under iaation that i,un 1 nucleus Th* be tfe itekr n th* r contln € • . ! 1 emblem. No party could function without It’s listening; posts, of ich the ears are symbolic, With out knowing of what the other par ty’s campaign platform consisted a politician would be lost. He might even have to decide for him- lf what he should be Austin unit* of th* Austin. for his 1 feature ■ ,I I ioaximuSk of act 'in hade could well apply to a public servant. It would be unheard of to have anything but a plodder in th* capacity of pub- The % r- ephonta Rebel flag^ ! : i? ta hare indeed an f a political party, publicans have their el- Dixie-crats have their , ,hnd th* Progressive tomatoes. The Democrat ifcir m—the don- Ivo* f[. eliu**d *m ral Wat it waa cii on that Mw«m tlv* In a] that 7t lata will Mte! : Major Harry Hauge, orgap- l*ed reserve corps Instructor fbr the Austin [Area, »*ld that tfo 90th art located i l ilt: l 1 Ajcie Green, wife of John Gi Detroit Liona of ue, 1 torney II fed for the National Football League, la •ratticing colrjioration attor j NEW YORK g I ' 1 tSl — Ad tiri, comhiisKio fife pro; football nee predicts an increase 250,00(F to 800,000 paid idd ionia over the 2,000,000 hi league' drew last ylciar in its games, six oxbibitiqjU'and.c piotiship content The 1947 Wail 600,000 itnore than the drew In its first segOon, 1946 CITY OF COIijEGE STATION f[;• Ch>)leg»;iftaa$ - Jj 1 ]jfJ; M [ASSETS; UJ 8. SaVinifB Bond AS SETS m M ■ r. s \ 1 $ ?1,1K0.7i1 ..^41. . . 740.00 Adrei^^jri^ 71,920.74 t — Dal* Oonatruc* TOTAL CURRENT AMIfrft.,..*' 1 i-T? 1 1 ' i 7T r- r ' rTT} 11 B I i ClptW.Oti OTHER ASSETS; t; £*« ,, c ,. lmr*fefii.. r , d uh^plrfelifeurtncf It '■til. ‘ ! (■ j ' i. FIXED ABSET8: Work]In Progress City Hall Wafthoui Electrical Equipment 4 ' 10$|fl$.B S.r..... A. 1 ,,.$ su»e and Equipment Water fed S*w*r!8yatem..4 Cemetery—Office Equipment 1,154.37 40, r28.6p 24,108 ' jdeprecl- V; . ipp[.j:ui ‘aJl net fixed ASSETS ‘ • Opment expense^. .,.11 00*1 L M 1$174,7B0.SH 34, lETS $140.148.45 16,173.66 INABILITIES A STOPL1 LIABILITIES: | ‘ 2.06 \ ■ W WarranU if ■ ■ i 'l J*. ;T. CURRENT 1 {^fe , g4 'ili ishsife «*■**! ble $ 19,^06.00 T~”ti 1 IH ; ,034.9$ 4 ;r i- 157,622,1:. $253,737.6: 8? e Condensed Statement of tile the City own* and that which p our detail audit report on fil M 30, 1948, and is avail&bl* to City of Coll I and I90*cta '-of the Maydr and \ i! aty II 20,691.24 r 130,630.51' 102,415.80 ,73f.6 V .VV, f »i •i? ’ : »r III; if