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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1948)
it deal of talk abp )rps Seniors who tunjt the Sweetheart of tbil was not selected to During the past \ reek there has been ittee oi of expk r people who have asl If 1 „ WJ ,, ,,, has been the policy ih the past, the diue these ions. | J fi year select^ the senio *8 to picl| t(ie sw.eet*j cial Coramjttee of the Stjudent Senate S Social Secretary qf yiear s heart. ‘ ^ • .,i,j • t ] j| , !}.? When his choice vvasiaimounced, how ever, a great deal of dissatisfaction expressed, both from |C!|T / men. .. Members of the Sti. sent at the meeting felt not a fair representa dpn ji asked fox a disqupiiifin Senate Executive Coi^ The Executive C Corps who argued that already been made for members of |the arrangements racjj _ n , f , W to pick? tv (elve Corps men t > go and also that there s, and why she> w(iuld not be endtgh time to revise the ijejpiekntj the entire; committee to injcludje non-Corps students. 1 fh T ( 1 !, I'i- i }■ After some pet he Swio^ tplass this! group raaintai imojijiu l*. j ..-Al-JI ‘ c i|g|^j|lpp would be responsibjle fori the selection of an Aggie Sweetheart. on wasj The 12 Corps Seniors went to TSCW antt imn-CorpSf Saturday to select a Sweetheart of the I M '! j Corps. This Tessfe will represent the t Innate, pre-| Corps at the SMU-A&M game and at any haiiheb was- other functions of the Corps. The title, •thp group and: Sweetheart of the Corps, was decided up- Tatu&l cjussions from Corps nh< The non-Corps asked | i six non-Corps stpdentls TSCW and select, ar Aggie |- This proposal, hov evpf, w SIR. „ , tee]; heard disil “nClorps men 4 Just AitQtJier ?Wcek . tip forget, r - ■ ;;JI The week from C c obe. "bisahlefl Veterans \ nek Abqut the other rtpecijj ( ti ^iake the standard i irases, "one we have little to s ty. Most of us in' son e v ml' Hensel Gets Every once in a v ijlc to the editorial offii :e oi someone that desert e f Wm-\ If « Early lastrJulie ^igihjted | Coips and ike] the jtrip to icart. protested nr mm iwith ibf te over the matter, the ittee decided that it had Executive Commuqee uecjqeu umi n itau no Jurisdiction love ^ the proposed tpip to TSCW by the| Ij2 Corps students. The 'however, that the So on since the girl was picked by, and would represent the Corpi. This girl, in addition to being Sweet heart of the Corps is eligible also, to be the Aggie Sweetheart at the discretion of me Social Committee of the Student Sen ate. Whether this h qr is blot done will be leijt up to thp Socia Committee. WNIWNIK*'* known to ftian. Th»* oft fi|F'' the liblie H ft inning of the p»rty ial etectioi) y«sar. whci clp^noring f«(r strong federal govern t nuiy be quotcc live the centra ; we tnust preOerve tnn the oth^r mumI in states! riihts are the fourJegRed topi of tho I may be fbund wavinj mg probiscis from th*_| vor of “Freed u* »* : T 18%-19«5 Period By CHUCK .MAISEC (Ed's tibtf: This ih the a prisine ‘iuniora climbed to the top of the building aadjlet fly with three huckets-fulf of water on the poxing fish. By the next year, this was an “old tradition” and steps were made to re-enact the drowh-out. I “National M oi* some i • ; |irii|th|9 year is stkltj, or nav. We have a friend definite knowledge ■T . ,,, , r t : ' |j J j '-i: j of disabled veterans, or relative who came back from At is Iasi world war not quite able to compete eve ily with the rest of jis. pi, and eaten, close to Practically ev^ry designated by spine idea tional group as a kp< claj “Ffre Prcventlo i \ W Dog Week,” “State '? Wepfe,J* or some) Oivwe may have sl Tr .„ Uthei* pame is atiacli(fetji» se||pn days to[ and shared the feelings | of someone for a make tis more awarebf spmetpiUg \ye temll couple of years who wirtn'tliquite as luck.y ^ it f |rrr r ] ■ | atS vve were . ^ , j|] ; 7!; 3 |p|rbu|Bh d isj We don’t havp to be told what \ye Owe these men or what we should do for them. pies we can oh thi.s| We only have tq keep from forgetting built soutfi |6f the U’ly J clearing the grounds; t wib n seven or eight trees t|o 1t> f i , Instead of draggi i; jurning them, F. W ndscape Art Depf ?y be stacked nei j at times that wha |ave a very never be repaid “Well Dime’’ ! 1' ! ford trickles in- a dped done b>f n(]||'|pdgiementj 'Ji r 4 oftball dia rove.j Whil Scessary fo ' pi®4* they have given can scapeman Hensel. And while we are passing out bouquets’ a rarity ih the editoriaf column, thanks to thbse who are saving the trees and scrap lumber accumulating in the construction iter for the bon fire. this help us; we only aii fijom a prairie outpost; of 1 Ipurning, 1 where wild animals and wilder stu- (ftuts roartifrd »t will, to one of the largest Inititutions of itp kind in j - 11] ' Ju j ; New ImiMings roared their bends 4lhc* Old Mem Hull, the Assembly ijulii Foatbr, Scienee jHijl (ongi- rmlly th<* Agriculture Budding), tpe Old Ohemistry Building (tho most modem structure Min Toxas tied) «t»d the first. MtE. Shops.*' i uolther spot, now vanished, tyro the stage coach ajmtidn. The twit men who wcip most r4* ! hjionsible for the coming of ag« of the school died during this period. Sully Kos#, founder of AtffM Itb- iwtio.ns, pair led on in ISySand h. L. Foster, hi# successor, I .was buried mi luoij jin! the Old College Coroe- fery whorp the New Aren now , dpuwls. u i The niew president; wias David Houston. tMl resigned; iii 190|iiuto ibjpcome Secretary of Agrieultuvo iu Teddy Bposjtvelt’s cabineti I “Homcj ; : 6a the Range” was written on the A&M campus. AU i; though tf o men dispute the au* ihorship. both did their compos* ing at Aggieland. One was John 1 A. bomax, later the fambps ballad hunter,” then an English stump of. disapproval on the pro coedings, so, instead of the prig-]i inal plan,!the juntors postOd ji no tice tbut. no freshman would be ullowad to furry la cahe past the bandstand* after Glp.m. April First, j The fish accepted the challenge and surrounded! their champion^ who cnri&'d thg cane, gt j the up. pointed hour. They were rushed by the jpnioij and . sdphomoijq claMOp and a battle royal ensued. The up- pcrciasamfn ending the victors. Every year after (his the “Cpne Rush" todk place on Apfii First until tho iTwmiics when author!, tics of the school put Uio quietus on the affiair. i As a. substitute, the annual oHho toi ting tales as to the stories ai has it fhat the idea cam T. Barnum, the note m famous fori capitalizini ry situation. It see; Barnum, yfho niay or ma; v «v -ave beenf a.Republican, hea thatjthe party was in search of a emblem in which ft m jpbt embody all tlie illustrious traditions of thy Repiblican Partyi ? I-.’ 1/ Seeing a chance for a bit o; free advertising fof his “Creates* Shod 1 on Eartnlf which was cur rent^y pouring the country, he conj vinefd the leaders of the imrt that i non-focgetful beast of thp jungle The seniors at the time put their > . 1h ‘,' “. ,Piff&h v 8y u^ 0 i ® umr, nf r /liumvOr ival rtn 1 kn nun. StTCl gth 80(1 ( i]fit ICIKiy. HoitS 0. arc* repr P. T kidnapping of the! toastmaster of the junior banquet by the sophs had its beginning and lasted to the mid-Thirtlcs. This too Was prof, and David ■■■i ^ other was Ua Guion. son of John Guion lor of our Student Cei Not only does pp - ? i halve to move the scraps across the street,, ' tt'vay but the constructio i firm saves transpor- ead of thq tiition costsj of moving the scraps else-^ ’fed that where. In something like this everybody and! laved for profits fltofrj j From the looks rtibn towarc this years bonfire ’ to Land-i pyromony. II \,[ of the stacks piling up, should be a peak in jr our Turkey it wa^ the fip this yqaFs bon ^irp. f¥ p ““s| ’fie Greek arnHi'pii . , o Communist guerfilli^f |n th| ! northen A the Staff’s Infantr r school. They had ha|i . gii weeks .of bask trainiiig.—^The Asso ciated Press. ! If Basic Trainilng is like it was four mountains with tactijcs i|i«ed;|by United Sf ftfAa- Vnvnml !| w'M S ! 'll I i i A I attack tlu \ platoons of about States 3 Forces, r / I For the first ti I; came to iirtesj' whom Guioq Hall wa|''hamed. The ten; year era saw* student publications hs we now know them get their start. The Long Horn (two words); first appeared ufjder. a8 i t should be’'T|ic date changed that name in 1903. A monthly to Apdl 2l, but this was the first newspaper called the Battalion! was Aggie Muster ^ver to be held. io‘r banquet t beginning a i-TblrticH. T frowned upon by. the college, and again the form wax changed making the sbphpmorcs the vic tims. : ; . ?! r ( . Tjl Another: event impotAant to Ag gie Tiadition happened in 1908. This was‘ the Corps revolt which brought about the now famous Ag gie Muster. lyhen tho bandmas ter failed to sbmuli recall after call to classes* on Texas Independence : Day, Marqh 2nd (pot April 21 as j is commonly thought), the Corps I rose in anger as they were suppos ed to have a holiday. Thpy Van to the drill fjeld and conducted a war dance. • j \ jil: • I : : . j... : ■' . ’i After raising)iinuch cane, they stormed Prexy’# home where Hous ton told them tj> celebrate the day the elephant, a powerfu would be u p.'rfeet symbol q:! L-. ». lir ing n piWfits from jthis «hrew( bit <f pronotion even : today, —iSii 1 ■ i--j il-—- *"• 's fortune are reported! Rdserye Officers Wanted for Active Duty i n Air Force Tdn thou Hand Air Ifhrce Rcservi) qnd Ajr Rational (iaard Officer* v'' * S h #nt being offenod an opportunity „(!•„, „ ., A . Iso return o extended uct|ve dut3 7°^ ®’j n n k ev the Ifni ted StatOH Air Force, ivt Vandenij(>rir unnoun, da J lights OUt qf< an tli Others maintained * thht ,the idea grew out of the !fac:t that Whig,, which wa« it ho original name of-It he party,' IfWLW Armenian word Rwninlg *!«• phapt, j explaining IU origin ; Another :#torjy cluim»i tha* the plqphani was tile incvitrtblo Choice, alnco: the iprominent Hnaiir, • i»nd oversized ears of the, baiat are ideally suited for feti’etilpg out nullity storlba. uholit oppioWhgMcan- Th« drub truth of tko!; matter,’ hoMQVcr, revea s that ope, Thomas S&i ^ Imal from ajr old legend. ^ ^ !)«, JOHN*!sfc'ALUWKl.L ew»w'« 0 jl>m<>f illOo 1 Bryl" the which L*leii)h|rt’ whoi ftiJ'h ■'"“"i iSSKSSKPSi' i he req ilrements of the peace* • ky ’« c kpt >h»t fjo; finie expat ding Air Force call for ' the nwstory ii . an additio ml 5,000; of these offU Mdpt ohof»se the olcphhntMUmtead ^ci*s by tl4 ertd of tbc|year, ho exi of the foJft ^°. r . Pfl.rft ..nT % ^,l,i <n. ..I ur.l ...if 1,,,.*-.n non i... „,.v4 li 11 i'ti IncW. I)t‘W('V nuirh wcv niiirht, thlls mill ed on a \toluntary basis. General arlrido a beautiful silver fox, list ^undenberr emphasised, pointing vesting the, votes Of cnviOUs Wh put that tHe' U§AF is recalling mi mop from Maine to Caliifoftito. ;| [;;. PALACE Br^an 2‘ff&79 "SAT” m ino nits m me (HI ■i ■K 3ft to 40 men each to born a few years earlier. When the Class of ’03 graduated, they found they had automatically tn rexas. [^,j t/owna, Pinky, was vice-president, ' ' ‘ 1 * 1 -WMi its Wm and ‘tho college Ihttcr wnd ‘C rather than T. ' The ’02 team waa dubbed “ChampiOnb of the South” and in that year A&M scored its firat touchdown! against the hated Varsity of that school in Austin. The mun: who did the honor Was George Hope, a freshman. The end of ftr 4, *“* ,J —' The cadet vocabulary ran something like thin: axle grease for buttiir; bull tics, the turn of the century version of bull-text; butts, the word now called ‘shorts,; cash, the freshman dream; regulator, shortened to day to ‘rcgYand ah expression yes, thnl had Umir version of sir raids .too each time the lights in the mess hall I Would go out during the mining rtbal. Did they have Khzjnjj? Wall, if rcHerve officers to duty without ^heir consent. ! j ^ Vacancids exist in a wide range pf profess onal, technical and ad- inistratiye fields for officers un- ^hrough coJonel. - Most needed are second licuten gnts who are college graduates, such as:graduates from Air ROTCi These mep, he said, will nave, an gxceptid.mil opportunity to’ obtain regular Air Force commissions dur ing their tour oif active duty. £ Only o: ficer.i commissioned in! Hie Air Force Reserve or the Air National puard of the United! States arq eligible to apply. | ■Im: ■ Ii I i ■' ■ ii ir you would! call St hazing, they had a favorite: stunt which wijs pulled on all incbniing freshmen, It con sisted of tying a hapless fiib to the score INO. 1 , WJ ' the msxt teaekj •ii i # The nert year T.U. was attain OW Arfny Was codtuig but of lii I its Shell. ... Pfff- ^SiTT Ameriican methods c|f jiffarttJy chmbttij tteretofore the British jh i(i $cwc All th«| tralnfiitf. Thp Greek gene I Buttalion l; off!' Associat to it or Righ I EntenjJ *$ ueeond rice at College ti I' » Act <4 Congrtai wb contiri! t Hall. G! Room 209, G !»' Morgun .w. Cherry. Jo iMunroo. Car , , Andy D»vl.„ ! *laB On*- Keuiu/Ui M« rale j Sum J ” VxanV Vtaleb i..... Qlucjf Cabuuiae,: Chur mi Guerrillas had better give up while they still have a chan they could threaten Guerillas through Basic.- j. , j i to lion 1 and Mechaifica ! Coll week and circulated e *■ During thu a senption rate Texas and tho onday through meb The Bat- per school e use for repubjlicatnJW of all news dispatches origin publiUi- perand local newi attqr herein are alijo ated Press B^pr^smU-d Mi ing Service Ihc Im Angdw, hH Art, Hdwnrd Ovn Engciking b'ab"S*ck * N« d Son FraneUco. ......Co-Editors Itirt, anSf 1 SddJ^ mH ucIitU Cl 0 tou goc Mi— ua. bsnir OeorgeTchi rlton. Z,a^i of 27-6. •ihc Aggies were then «f The Gadol Corps of the time dumbered! one battalioni and; had us its couunandcr a ropjor rat* than a colonel. The bam) aver Ik pieces for the ten years, hi was as jammt.4 then througjhput the state a# the band ton Rifles was tho tho Ross Volunteers, changed pack to KOr dufing Pr ion’s adn inistration Some of the r campus werd: ( tssJt member'nf the Hoard rti Dlm- tors wMm so » Ijkter to be- imfeir jMrtmcnt; R. K Marstcller, 1 ! Dean' Emeritus ; of the jvet |PilIL»« i u ih i ™ - 1 " 1L - 1 Sis Slunk of (Hub “The Ijprd is my shepherd INalht 2$ ' A • shepherd ' net only knows where to itakc his sheep io water and food, hut he also pirotecla them so that they are cpntent and will ir. hikowipc, shc^p, f dpmmoi not hoVc reason to (fear God proUjcts us, hi# all the fertrs which alt <# man. (Read Psalm 28) »« from n to *•** *53!&. I £c. rl ~ CSPevirg UaWAiti i Cwlty sad U, C. WUiioa-SUlf Bcpartcts Writer^, Bnii Cwkjr -H Hand made — fai# hoot^ . . BOOTS! Across;from Fold Motor Co ESS»h25mMM59HNnflnMMill**i!ftnrw4 ^aw —»«|W* a—WmnaWMMai mbmuwri