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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 18, 1948)
rasas fi iy w I i! K« •' f }, , V i f ’ll . i F i'' . . 1 1 ’ii if-, jUf! 1 ' 1/ : : . I I ' r • i m; ; / r : ■ h v; i i / A ,V ■ i HITCfl* KXRRCItHlili «|| m rlxM) i»r»* Kmw Hn# Mni MIujin liiHl.'twf JolHiM of lillKi'Wnnfl. ^ Xmcx Exhibition Drill Ml ' Memhcrshiii|i Hy JOHN tAl’IaEY Drii tluliiiK 'fchrite ibw I The Freshman ]j!xhH>itin f team ha» been tu’isilly iro into sliiine for tne|. past weeks. The orijrinalllarjj'a |t . shTp bus been cut (b>Wjl tb atdunu 55 men. i |i Richard Inpels, | drill, di |i cto ■( has been introducififc jie lions and drills to 5 ,the t team has been able* to djril rifles only once, but plans :: made secure irntia Drill Team offiefers luiv 01 hi(vi | \~ ,1 I tlfi KELLEY ■ ■ - i* ■- • Im j $1.00 SEA pc Cock/ML ' ! f Fri&t. Trout M :I . cik^l • 3 ffcdj/ 95c t of i he Antonio,.Jack ilMht> Anthony -f-f rim t THe witi ;b b< -i dril beeh mM iimtil (>:()( antiimw to. Kyt hibitions as irnliKinu proirram at the Annex fl . inwii in Kneelinic (left to Noti of (illmer. and Miirahnll Cfourh of Hlunket, I of \\feimar, Don Ileal of I'eterNhufit, and (iuylon unlfiirm for the liKhtf Ihin been ulv« it mjm,e. A cniiiti working on Krmtp; also, tienlto solooilif ftutjlmt for thf mihkiintr. All be i preaented soon as ijship are coin The drill teujn rfteet!s for (kill eviiijy week d*y |»ftett retreat, work- 1 " .m. Members seem [into shape for ex- lotjn u$ possible. earn ii still In the those plans ;w!ll tf thi meinbers ns arid member- >l«|te. ! ' ; rieets for Wealhelr} Postpones Flag Presentation BSul weathejr u|cd| Monday reyilew at th( tation of the rr SPECIALS 00 PLATTpR S $1.00 (\lclb Cancelled the sched- tjvoninK regimental 4 n nest. The presen-' ne{\v btreshman Regi- |mehlt flag hi sijlieertj postponed to a later date. — jf |f! Leltjfce ik iff" Stuffed fried SI: &*>' m PLATT i\rf C olden- lh < fed Chicken m ■ r • fiiiM fideil P.ofit/oi'f. Island Dies sin J:: STlfAK PLATE ;; Clud r ' #& '[ "GfQp f§ Ral of Of ] Siacy j'«t> ■Si’ • . •f ■■ I [ • • '■k 1 f'r! t i 1 iL i i C°mf| an Capti\|atin i- - -ErsO Glam G 0 VVN S '1 Cre Iwarm quiltfedl Robes black satin Kobe$ . ijjouf Lounging Pi ijimas . 11 B L A BLOUSE lift S KIB TS „ |[Li(Wi Ms rffir-. ullet\ or Club ilud \ - Ij:. h fries offee THAT'S rifp ]. tr|/ 95c , Owner Newton Elected Me 1 r President Of , Newspaper Club by A. C. MARG01TTA . j i The election of officers of the journalism dub took place Wed nesday, October 27. Fish G. F. “Fig” Nekton ! of Anson, Texas w.as elected presi dent. lit* was a reporter for the senior class paper and is; taking liberal arts in preparation .for journalism. Fish A. C. Margoitta of Marlin,! Texas was elected vice-president. He was a reporter on a school jpa-j per and has held many class . of fices. His course of study is lib eral arts in preparation for law. | Fish W. W. Aldridge of Wirns-j boro, Texas was elected secrett ry-' treasurer. He has been advei tis-j ing man for his school paper,i sports editor, and was selected Iforj work on the annual. His coursq of study’ is mechanical engineering. Fine Set For Late Fees Today will be the last day for tht thin! fiscal payment, K. F| TrCal- eck, I fiscal office manager at the Annex, has announced. A fine of $1 per day wil be charged for Jute payments, and after five dpys the student will be dropped from ItHd college rolls. ] j. This payment amounts to $!IH. If>. and will last through Ibjedmbijr 15, Trealeck said. j ’ 1 I .;/L r.ii / IM 'll! . i lj. THURSDAY, NO' / Armistict Ceremony Held Page 't :.n' • ir'.-i m V r : A brief ny was held lives in eremo- ix last Thursday the Aggies who lost both World Wars At 5i20 p.mi the Freshman Reg iment marchetl to the Brea between the chapel and the Administration Building on Avenue Di. Regimental Commander Rich ard Ingels placed a wreath at the base of the flagpole! then Roy heTournCbu, chaplain of the freshman regiment, led the freshmen in prayer. Silver Tajps was sounded by the buglers, and the national anthem was played by the frjishmah hand. A constant drizzling rain almost cancelled the] ceremony, but in rain-coats and helmet-ljinorH, the freshmen paid tribute to Those Ag gies and to all others who hud giv en their lives in th« tivo World Wars.: ]!! I; • , 1 Another Phone Is Available far Fish Another tolaphona | Is available to Amiex sludvlnts, l.dke Harrison, dean of ipen at the| Anna*,,-, an- nminced In a menmyandimi last week, j The telephone Is located lain pay station in the hospitjal mid, staff airea. Therefore the students using tliis phone are requested to ijemnin very (juiet. J To !^*nch the statioh, walk down 7th ,St,, the street kouth ■. |)f the i less hall, approaching AVc. E, running in front of the staff area. At that intersection is! a sign point-, ing towards the telephone. Circle Barracks T-05$ to the right, turn left again and; the pky station is in sight. Pleasg follovl- these direc tions for getting toj the phone, Luke asked, so not toj cut through any of the quarters, j In the meantime, arrangements are still trying to be ipade to place another telephone ip the cadet corps vicinity. I . T Work on Bonfire ! 1 * 1 •• 1 ‘ f- ' j '! j ' ' j J Started at Annex The! Annex [freshmen have al ready begun work on ithe 1948 bon fire, starting With telephone poles at" the Annex groundjs. Organized work will not begin in earhek until this Weekend, when most of the wood-Collecting will take place. Thd project will he su pervised for the freshmen by Luke Harrison, dean of mein at the An nex, and Col. Robert L. Melcher, commandant at the Annex. The large number j of telephone IK)Ies along the westj road of the Annex have been donated by the army and arc* now being discon nected by the [ freshmen. Several otheT contacts, have Iheen made, f } Band Attends Fish-Blue Bolt Football Came .N un- The Freshman Band, der the direction of LL Cbl E. V. Adams, band, director, followed the Aggie fish team to Houston last week for the Fish-Rice Blue Bolts game. The members of the tyand -were transported in several army itfu^ks and one bus, leaving the Annex at 10 a.m. Friday. The convoy, foL ! . ."ar rived in Houston shortly aftail 11:00 P* m * j, | j Permission to make the trip was granted by Lt. Col. T I.. Melrher, commandant ill ipe Annex, and Dr. J; P. Abbott, dean of the college for the nex. Announcement of plans folr the Houston trip was made at u rial bund meeting at 12ii”0 p.m. Thursday, when the memjbefi met with Col, Adams and Ool,ji Melcher. Thn trip was on a voluntary hnsis, hut was unanimously agreed upon hy the hand freshmen.; The freshman hand constituted the majority of the yell section for the Aggies, hut a large number of supporters arrived Juit More game time and during the first quarter, Junior Yell-leader i Glenn Rothman arrived just at' game time to save the day, when tty jtyll- leader was available. / >.f . •I. - i M Sports at Little Rain Slows Flag Right 9 Awaits ‘B’ f i m r rt '(■'.[•j. i MM k i "' :1 b ill ■j •■ • m ir i/ ■y- i ■y I 11 By FRANK N. MA Rain has slowed up the few final football play at the Annex. Irt Le pany 2 defeated! Company 8, by p The final score was 13-13, bm forty-yard penetration awarded the g; a game that was rough all the waiy.*' " This win makes Company 2 the ig ti,* likely team to ptyy the strong and confident Veter|in« in the; “B” League playoff. The playoff winner will (hen meet members of Flight 9, [who have already pinched The League “A” title. The only other gam* played'last week was betweea Company 3 and Company 6, with Company 3 winning, 7-S. TM* was the initial win of the yrpr for the victors. The Company 2—Company 8 game was one of the best ptaydd and best officiated flag at Li) if Editor . . v . . Miinmcim; Editor Si>i>rtH Editor. Koaturr^Filitor New* Editor, i Keporton, columnist* Chid>f 1’hotoBrapher Make-up I fRKi HMAN STAKE \ i Doan Reeil O. Tiedt Kritnk N| Manitr.H* "W Newton ^ ; j ; j. .,. i.A. C. Murgoittai .Jtljhn 1 Tapley, Bill Thompson, Zane Martin, Jack SUliN, M. G. Smathera. payid IJahcr, David Rice,! )l«!r( Byncs. Jerry Houser, Vf. W. Aldriiluo, M.; Cork Ju« Creiifh'lon, jR. A.; Moreland J™ i. 1 j LjHank Cede R. A. Moreland, Bill Thiimiison, Jack' Skile* H ' JL Tlie Krejihman Pukc. newspaper of this Texas A. & M. Annex freshtnen. Is published each .Thursday as an inside page off tlje BATTALION, and is sponsored by Bam Southwell, faculty advisor. I iJ ! • News contributions may be made at the Freshman BATTALION office in the Student Center at the Annex. 1 • • 1 Suggestion Boxes Placed at Annex '■ ■ ' ’V Ifi The Freshman Battalion Has ob tained and will soon locatje two suggestion boxes. These boxes will be centrally situated at the Annex, and are to be used in any Corres pondence with the paper. ![.' The two locations will probably be in the mess hall and tlty post office. Students are urged tjo drop their notes and letters by ithe of- five in the Student Center, or in either of the suggestion bqges. i l Contributed by Luke Harrison, dean of men at the Annex, the boxes will he emptied arty read daily. -j j All readers arc urged to take advantage of these boxes, contrib uting to any of the columns or just a suggestion. All [Tetters should be signed, also giviqg your company; each will be hety confi dential if not published. Certain types of suggestions or letters will not be Tit for publication, but any thing not slanderous or libelous will be printed. ! IT. S. scientists estimate [that at least one-third of the fertilfe U. S. top soil in the nation bus been washed away and lost simty white men came to America. M f football events held at Little Aggirlurid this season. Company 8 set the trace In the first half with Redmiy East setting up the first tmichtlown for his team with a forty-yard run to Company 2 v i» one yard Ilrty. 1 On the next play, East httnd«|d off to teammate John Conliddce On • mane that scored the T.D. The conversion kick was low and out side. Company 8 then led 0*0 In the first few plays of the gnnty. Company 2 struck buA with u twenty-yard return of the next kickoff. On the| next play Cuulldge Intercepted a puss, runnihg it hack 15 yards before being hutted. East then threw a heautiful forty yard pass to Jerry Coates, who handed off to Coolidge. j Mi Coolidge romped across the goal line to score Compand 8’s second touchdown of the game. The try for extra point was suc cessful, and Company 8 led A&ty as the half ended.! • / j This game could Well have been termed “East meets West,;’ for Rp2 West tossed a forty-yard pity to Walter Delange^ which spt^Up Company 2’s first touchdown.; W r eft later completed a pass to; Greg Dickinson for the touchdown., Dan ny “Rough-house” Waddle failed to convert the extra point Stop ping a scoring threat by Company •X of schedi twenty-yard e to CompU, r “ i' ■r-l 1 8, the of pass Waddle, Btai , m *il my 2 boys, by* a ‘j West aml ruN completed The H ' r' h then convei the Mityi, 11*13. Witl few plays remaining, H tried to penetrate 2'x twenly and score, I nal whiatle Mew, with company boys winning narrow penetration mity, Two matches wore sch id week in Uttle Aggiehtyl play, but (Kith were ci tho Inclement weather. “K 1 . , 1 . , , . j XlH ney will get underway tya «- the weather clears up. . n r Homer Adams REAL ESTATE insurance loans 1 Block East pf North Gate Ph. 4-12X7 *i ; ! S A L E : l Shop earljf f6r; rour) 1 Christmas clfti. Take advantage of these tremendous savings, Use our tjsasy Lay-Aw;jy Plan. ROBESJ • t *tton and Jlerjsey*—Long or Short Sleeves. Tearosei 1 $(5.98 Values . NOW $3.99 L.IP S — and Satin -I- (Lace; trim. Mi i A: ‘ life' at HOR1 SWEATED Dad’s^ -HP fei' mill: ' I >« I ivi !i:i ||m: . $15.00 $10.00 $15.00 Were $4.98 in -- iL.ace trnyi. N (j)W $1.99 il H ji [ ' III i !! .. | I • i I . | . ■ ton and' Jersey—Long or Short Sleeves. vine* to $«.»« NOW 82.99 M 1' ne, Strutter, Crepes ofi Novelty Check. tJJSfi find r f ™**T M- 'i Hi t erm for ytiir little boy _or girl. Size 3 to 6. ! \ i : j; !m rflf i. ind Knit, 100’; Wool sleeve 3 !’ m Blue, Red, Yellow, Beige:; i-Jj ( 1 tM i ij ■ nnS! mwm Campus Thea iA-'A iiy ess 'LM Mliwt tmmmttunUt , .y m .il vJiV't ih I ;[/*'!• ■ CLEANING - PRESSING ALTERATIONS JJT AT THEIR BEST — AT li M CAMPUS CLEANERS , Over The Exchange Store Rivoli Annoi Movie Schedut The ochcdule ftf moVl Rivoli tjhcutpr at tho , thik wty*ki*nd haw been L.... by Toihj Puddy, theater muttygm Tho ucHWulo Ih prlntod ^ •8 a 1 a rda y, Nowntbcr “Drfk PaMMage,” atarllng ,au ren vRarnll and llumfjhrcy Kart, i Sunday. N o v.e m b “DrumjH along the With . [Claudette Coll Henry Fopda. t There will be no; shkiw a Rivoli Wednesday, Novembe since t|he Thanksgiving ho will start at that tlme.| An effort is being nuule to “We’ve Never Been, litckcd movie made on the catypus A&W several years ago.. Anne merit for showings of “ Ve’vp gr Been Licked” will 1 L “ soon as definite arran be made. / 3 |r 1 yida . t udn • I ft B. M| fthi IF:’ nfcreiK^of tl F Ass J'jb: mp Coi ndele; taj T& nneg an irra *«* Tt»«! X’t man 1 meeting her 1 * for utter d' th i prence irt, T *xas. tion W 11 leave No\ embe vpresi ntati i Bill •lye* <>f .the Y» CA ,a|nd id coriwhtion vill Ire n : Texna aam Sam I le Tench UeTenc-hers Ch Council eve- on of onal 'Chris- eld at Fresh- tudent 111 h k The F resn- iVO' the Att- imber 1 li, at 3 ; ntattye" of thoj * Dglston,;; A. B. H. M. Corl. J. % Mil- y, 8 1). Htyiady, and I ' -!, WiM that 1 will Ih? j rvneo will ho llr'ge, D/ iresent raaen* WCA. ended outyon verxity f Texas, Ban Mated* Statty Teach-, m ColtefaJUnlVuMllty nif HoiwUm, Ixiu Saaur) Uilveraity, Cornua ChiratVcijUrge, SitytfwcapTn llnl* eralty, Trinity Ifniveraltyi Tlllot- Drilvlgrtyty, i ml I'raltjo View « '»K,| The: dlaeiljijdon h; |m*r; xlo» group* w i nt eveitty and fliiittynt p am will (tonal* n^r I': and ♦ 4 h ,0 the: ! III conaltR o will alt; iM : ■ I; II I of dta* dy ctir- . ohlomi, j! Ur ftrrimi-'' tMjf tif 19 ID* 3?hiiil*Uan Aa* I to (hfoint the nation* e a* to the d 'Min* ‘of , Jkityh *tt idrnt. Th *ie ulll 1.1*0 he n 'hrugf urV of rebieathui l»iiil;.('hrtylliin fe|hrw«h|p. 'M Iffle) ' lottom Of,the Ingle •led ijtl ftlty; front Thoyjmaty? theirf first th lay, reafahej? 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