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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1948)
nt Election ■■ ■! -*i/iv--*■ -f-Rir 'UP ted at Aanex tors representing the Annex Freshman 'riday evening to plan coming class elec tions, according to Luke Harrison, dean of men at the Annex. The meeting will be held in Harrison’s office in the admin istration building at 5 p.m. • • Student Claes will . , _ , the dass election will be made at thin The senators will de- the elecUon ▼es or will ap election comm ttee. Tentative dale for the balloting is Tuesday, December 14. All members of the class of 1952 will be given an obportunity to vote. This! will include thi dents, both corps non-corps, day ’students, and fresh man athletes living on the main campus. Many |>f the latter groups r» wui tie- i procedure appoint an ity to he Annex stu- ihembers and have been excluded from previous class balloting,' but they will def- the election, class balloting,; but they ' be allowed to participate in irrison emphasized. items to be tak> spring. «! en np at th* senator meeting Friday night will be campaign ing, methods of voting, nomina* tions, run-offs, and others. The number of officers to be elected will also be discussed. The ballot will probably call for election of at least four officers, and possibly more. These will be the class president, vice-president, secretary-treasurer, «nd public re lations or social secretary. Outstanding on the list of duties awaiting the new officers will be the appointment of committees, es pecially, the social affairs commit tee. The latter will be in charge of the Freshman Ball to be given next Sports at Little Aggieland and John Tapsly, repoittoi THR NftWMAN ;CMTH nt the Annex In pictured above. The club has • much larger membership, but only these were present when thd picture trah taken laat week. An organlxatlwn for Catholic stu dents, the Newman < Itib has been very active Uni religious work at the Annex. Kidd Fiii<b Choir Good, Box RentSttM^tAMex i Hear ye! Hear yd! Td whom it may concern, plus ajll the prospec tive politicians of the freshman class—class elections are in the making. Yep, the freshpien h|ive voting privileges, and officers will be elected just hefore the Chrigt- mas holidays, according to the ht- est report from our;undeTcover lie- porter, A. Nonny l^ussili Nonny also comes tip with a compliment to the mefea. hall bri gade. TwaS mighty Mgbpd fpod there just before thife Turkey Days, Stranger. Now, please don’t lapse back into- the former meals. 0 Comes word from the kee of-receipts (Yes, . *' ‘ ; ' :i that the post office be requesting more P. O. box sometime tlfis mont w wi " Stumbling around ^lib Center, Nonny f|nds Mira; Ann Hard, hostejts ifor the Annex, is already prdpaaing for the big Christmas fjarty to be given just before the embarkation for home om December 1& And from all the elaborate piaits being made, it should be jmdst successful. And for jthe i more athletically- minded, flag football is almost history. But watch. the tennis tour ney, while .’the basketball! sfeason will also gejt Underway soon. ; Just before the holidays, the Rivoli Theater finally showed the fiamous “jVVC’ve Never Been Ilicked.” tjsiually the source of —what’s ijhaiwing today, Fish Smith?—tjiej:movie is still in spiring, despite it’s age and changes inj A&M. It is eetiiLa[dd there are still at least 2,000 Covered bridges in the United Statj Harrison To Help ' ■ •.! !|1 ;» ; | In Forming Clubs “All students at the Annex in terested in forming hometown clubs will receive my full support,” Luke Harrison, dean of men at the Annex, said today. This statement has been made in response to many questions as to how to start a hometown or some -other club. Before forming . new organiza tions, freshmen should visit Har rison’s office in the Administration Building for details on formation. Thompson Polls Intramural Basketball Begins At Annex; Flag Football Ends Fla? football at the Annex will finish Wednesday with Fifik OniniOII ftf Kht t) fisrhilnir It out with Company 2 for Littli Aggieland 1 ® -Fr; i 1 ya oh this years intramural champions. f i,,, t/jLii, J^ Intramural basketball started at the Annex Wednesday LddV V ISltOFS three teams participating. Company 2 met Flight 12, J Company 7 met Company 3,4— By BILL THOMPS Freshman Wins 4-H Cluh Crop Contest Edward Hill, Freshman Band member, is bidding for national honors in the 4-H Club’s field crop contest. Hill has won more than 110 ribbons for his livestock and soil conservation projects un der 4-H Club sponsorship. Assistant County Agent Tom Roof said that the boy’s record had been sent to Chicago to be judged along with other outstand ing records of '4hH Club members from throughout the nation. / i 1 , . j . I . | / j The winner of the cohtest will be announced during the 4 r H Club Congress fo Washington, D.C. late this month. Hill and 28 other Tept- ans attended the Washington con gress. V LOVE’S SYMBOL ; j Make her hoppinen complete with a genu- ine registered Keeptake Diamond Ring ... the gift that is precious .. personal ... and everlasting. Prittl flK/vd* t«« with three while Compan., Company 0 rounded oUt activities, playing Flight; 11., Final rounds in Flag Football at the Annex saw Company 8 defeating Company 1, 20-0. League “B” finals saw Company 2 beating the Veterans, 13-0. Com pany 2 was spurred on to victory by the expert passing of Reg West, assisted by Boone Gower and John Corbett on the;receiving ends. The game was clean-fought with very few penalties ; being called. For the. Veterans, ’ John Harris and Walter Kilboitie were the out standing players. Company 2 en tered the Vet!game With a 14-0 defeat of Coiwpahy 1 under their belts, rj- Luke Harrison, intramural sponsor at the Annex, announc ed that intramural tennis will begin soon, followed by cross country runs and the three- hundred yard; shuttle. Record time; for the. Shuttle in the P. E. classes has been made by E. B. Shaw, who ran it in 45 seconds. Winders in this event will be awarded intramural med als. N . ' f i J.. We expected locks as they -y'OUR TELEPHONE . must take X come—and go on working. To make suft^k can, we test samples cjf each day’s pro duction and puttelephoftw,through the equivalent of years of service in a few hours or days. For example: we drop handsets into their cradles 22,000 times—ieqjual to 4 years’ normal use. And hot just onceJkut from jl6‘different posi tions, we drop ;iitmple telephones froimj dtek-cop height onto a hardwood surface. We even check tfoeir feet to be certain they^ority scratch your table. ; j Here at Western Electric, we’ve been ina|ing Bell tele phones since 1882. But telephones themselves are only about 6% Of the; equipment used in your jjertice. The other liwirt, cable, switchboards, cricks, poles, tools, mildings, wc hojitipeople Jour Bell tele- lecttic helps tp 94% includes jwtfk* cable,Switchboards, office equipment With the exceptior make or supply.glmost everything Bell use—and test it with utmost care. FfcNWlOC 01 I > . ■•/ , ;! J | T T mmwm MMitm 1 Keepsake D I A M O N D RING Sankcy Par] JEWELRS Bryan - .1 ; \ .• : jiiijj \ 4 Assistantship Jobs Open With US Civil Service Four exapiinjatioriH have been an nounced byHh# U. S. Civil Service Comniiaaion fo|’ ixiraona intereated in obtaining RWIeral employment. Th« joba to| l>e filled by theae exumiiintiona lire in various Fed eral Hgenelea in Waahingfohi B. C.. and Other imHa of the country. The beginning! awlury ia $2JI74 n year, i The noaltloni to be filled by ex am imit Iona are!) Junior Profowahmal Aaalatant— natroaomer, hacterldlogikt, chamtat, econoiniat, gebgrkpher, payeholo- giat, imd atatMtieian. Junior Manitgement Aaalatant— general admin}Ntrntive , aaNlatant, budget HHaiatant, and peraonnei aa- aiatuht. Junior Agrieultural AaaiHtant—■ all fielda that; pertain to agricul ture:; biologist; and zoologist. Balt Will Carry Election Results The Freshman Battalion page will carry the official raaulta of the dasa election in the is sue of Thursday, December 16. This will be the first announce ment of the official results. History Students Defeat Dr. Gallup Freshmen history students, if they had been eligible to vote in the presidential election, would have voted very much like the na tional vote. In a straw vote conducted by students of Dr. Paul J. Woods’ history classes, the following poll was made: 1/ » Truman—55, Dewey—32, Thur mond—7, Wallace—1. 1PW III? : ttlf Hr ■BSUl Hi •ft. iTW Xxm iv J FRE8HM Duane Vi Blatant dli ,AnT F itr”i?i P BKk RUSSIANS IN CHINA DROP RED RIGHTS I SHANGHAI, —More than 1,000 Russians in China have re nounced the Soviet citizenship they recently obtained, the China Press says. < j They took out the new citizen ship papers when Moscow anpoun* ced by-gones would be by-gones and these Russians who fled the Communist regime more than two decades ago should be welcome back home, -i' Of the 1,000, at least 700 live in Shanghai, the rest in north China citieii. Apparently they don’t like stories of the hard life In BILL THOMPSON This department is open for sug gestions about questions that the Freshmen would like to have poll ed. If you want your question an swered by the Freshmen themsel ves, address it to “The Question of the Week,” sign your name barracks number, and put it in of the Freshman Bait suggestion boxes. !. t ' « • } *. The question of the week: What is your opinion of the girls who have visited the Annex Campus this semester. Fish Bill Dalston of barracks T-165 was doing his weekly chore of polishing his brass when we wandered around to quiz him. He offered this remark: “The n’t enough girls here. I hardly saw them. The cadets .who had ’em guarded ’em well.” I Hull, and itmnj Jr., as- IMS Page 3 ' iranH:^ ^ .< 9 • • • • . . . . ^.4®4^ f 4 •••••• •ikt»*«v*44* rolumnliU. X .... 4.• 4114....444.-4.4- ««44*4«.4^«L| •h«4.« |.SS.44*^|n |l Photographer.. ...John , mu* t w -•wtl 144e.4s. *• ..sttsatti Tarfey. Jllil Tl M, 0. Smat .1 . The Freehman Page, each Thuradoy as an Southwell, faculty adv Newt contributions Student Center at the Annex. ..."Pig" Newton t.jc. MargoItU Zt ic 1 lartin, Jank r Darld Klee,* V. Aldridge, Ma|reland r: -IlMkCoU npaon. Jack Rkllea 'U men; la publiahej uRsdred by Baa ! tUON office- In th4 iere were- tht> Kuxn who ftlmu! KumhIh nvoping bark from those ly have ton the origliml 14,000 White RuMtans rone home. Of In Shanghai, only 4,000 remain. The rest either were repatriated or emigrated to North and Mouth Ainerk'a. Junior Scientist—mathematician, etuilurgist, and physicist. To qualify for the JPA JMA ex aminations, competitors must pass a written test and, in addition, must have hud appropriate educa tion or experience. SANTA IS HERE! 1 L ' - Mh Bring your children in to tell Sajita, in person, what they want for j i Christmas. Si . 1 i ' ' 1 I / , ■ ! ; YOU CAN SEE SANTA: Wednesday .... 3-5 p.m. Tnarsday ..... 3-5 p.m. Friday.... 3-5 p.m. Saturday . . . . 3-5 p.m. FREE STICK CANDY 1 -A# ' J BALLOONS JOYCE’S TOGS ’N TOYS ’’Bean’s Mo«t Complete Children’e Store” 608 So. College Ave. i 1 ; v Phone 2-2864 Fish Joe Mazzoo of barracks T-162, who we met on our daily trip to the post office, said; “The girls were really sweet, in my opinion, and most of them impressed me favorably.” Fish Craig McDarrah, another one of those tired cadets waiting in the telephone line, informed us: “I didn’t see very many of them. Those that I did see, however, were nice and very pretty.” We made our usual round at the pool tables and obtained this statement from Fish J. K. Miller of Barracks T-163: “I Uke the idea of having girls oa the An nex Campus. I think they im prove the morale of U»e Frenh- man very much.” ’ Fish W. R. Warnack of barracks T-830, poor fellow, was trying to study in the student center when we sauntered up to him. He stated: “For the most part th«; girls were swell; they w«|re really nlca/Ahd it's my opinion that they would Improve the morale of the Fresh man if they wijre brought out here every weekend;” PRE-INVENTORY ON AU. 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