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M. D. FOLZENLOGEN, chem ical engineering student from Dallas, was top man in the an nual slide rule contest held re cently. Folzenlogen won a large plaque and a slide rule. Basketball Playoffs Continue “A” Infantry staved off a last minute rally by “A” Field to win a position in Intramural Basket- v ball quarter final playoffs Tuesday night in the DeWare Field House. Final score was 24 to 23. The first quarter was an even affair but the Infantry five found that they couldn’t break “A” Bat tery’s defense so they started long shots. It paid off and they lead 12 to 6 at half and 20 to 10 at third quarter. Then the Artillerymen tried the same tactics plus aggressive de fense work and kept the ball in their opponents’ end of the court. Several free throws helped them "catch up. As the final whistle blew . “A” Company was having a hard ■ time freezing the ball for the last I few seconds. 1 tjoi/t the Muchof dimes : J || I] ill 111 3 4 5 6 111 8 ’ 9 10 iiil It?: m 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 111 V ‘Commercialized’ Bowl Games Draw Wrath of CAA President SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6 (A>>— Bowl games that “commercialize” college football teams yesterday drew the ire of the president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. President Karl Leib of the Uni versity of Iowa spoke out against some of the bowls, but did not name them, as the NCAA and af filiated groups settled down to the business of their 1949 conventions. A move to curb the growing ten dency toward postseason games is probable when a committee headed by Victor 0. Schmidt, Pacific coast conference committee, reports on a survey of the bowls Friday. Dr. Leib told a news confer ence he was in favor of “bowl games operated under the same Clifton Pfeil was “A” Field’s captain and best player. His ag gressive style helped his team to come back in the last period. Pfeil dropped in 16 points. Bill Beatty captained the “A” Infantry team. However his team mate Art Gorman proved to be the games best player. Scoring only 10 points. Gorman was effective on his long shots but better still on ball handling and defense. This win will put “A” Infantry against “A” ASA next week. Tonight “C” Infantry and “B” Athletic will playoff their game for the quarter finals. Game time is 7 p. m. Volleyball champs of Veteran Leagues will be decided tonight. Dorm 3 meets Mitchell in the Little Gym at 7 p. m., each hav ing won their league title. Quar ter finals in tennis will get un derway this afternoon. The cold weather helped to keep action at a minimum Tuesday af ternoon. ASCE downed Waco Mc- Lennon Club in flag football on penetrations; ASCE had two 40- yard pushes to Waco Club’s one. Gabert and Buckner sparked the ASCE while Sullivan and Earles were standouts for Waco. In another Flag Football game, Rio Grande Club set down Range and Forestry Club, 13 to 0. Austin Club forfeited to El Campo Club in football. AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS ‘NONE TOO BRIGHT’ AUSTIN, Tex., Jan. 6 (£>)—The U. S. Department of Agriculture yesterday said prospects were “none too bright” for Texas farm ers and i-anchers in 1949. Even the areas favored by De cember rains got only temporary relief, the USDA’s review for the week ending Jan. 3 found. Subsoil moisture is low almost everywhere in Texas. Livestock continued to lose flesh despite heavy supplemental feed ing, with pasture grasses generally short. Bill Doherty, Villanova’s 155- pound football quarterback, receiv ed a special award as outstanding back in the Philadelphia district last season. conditions as the Rose, Cotton, Sugar and Orange Bowls,” and included the Shrine’s East-West charity game in the same class. The convention runs through Saturday. It is slated also to dis cuss the NCAA “sanity” code, deal ing with eligibility of athletes, and a committee report on television as related to college football. The American Football Coaches’ Association, meeting concurrently, is expected to debate the pros and cons of the new “platoon” system of football substitutions, probably the most controversial feature of the season just ended. It was geenrally predicted that nothing much would come of any argument and that the rule, per mitting unlimited substitutions, would go unchanged. Officials of the coaches’ associa tion advance automatically through the various offices, bringing L. R. (Dutch) Meyer of Texas Chris tian to the presidency this year. Journalists Get New Name For Club at Meeting The “Deadliner’s Club” was chosen as the official name of the Journalism Club at their last meeting of 1948, G. F. Newton, president of the An nex club, has announced. Meeting in the Student Center Batt office, a vote was taken among the members to select the name. Also on the agenda for that night was the reading of the newly- formed constitution of the club, which was unanimously approved. The constitution was written by Newton and W. E. Neuvar. The constitution listed the club’s purpose, membership eligi bility, officers, and several other points in its ten articles. A. C. Margoitta, vice-president of the club, received the duties of social chairman and reporter from the constitution. The constitution was signed by Newton and W. W. Aldridge, club secretary-treasurer. Christmas decorations are shown above in the Annex Student Center. The Center is sponsored by Mrs. Ann Hilliard, Annex hostess, who is shown) at the left. Sports at Little Aggieland . . • MOLLY O’DANIEL MARRIES IN LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6 (#)— Miss Molly O’Daniel was married here last night to Harold J. Mof- fatt, Los Angeles stock broker. It was the third marriage for the daughter of W. Lee O’Daniel, for mer U. S. Senator from Texas. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Leo C. Kline of Westwood Community Church, in the home of the bride’s brother, Mike O’Dan iel. Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey Mar shall were the witnesses and a group of friends attended. The couple planned a brief hon eymoon, then will make their home in the Brentwood section here. J. A. Terry Wins in Annex Intramural Cross - Country By FRANK N. MANITZAS, SPORTS EDITOR The Intramural Cross-country run at the Annex was won by J. A. Terry of Company 4 with a time of 6:31.6 minutes. Ralph Gay of Flight 11 was second with a time of 6:32.3 minutes, and John Howells of Company 6 was third with a time of 6:35.5 minutes. Fifty-one freshman ran the cross'* - country run of one and three tenths miles. The team standings of the first seven teams were Flight 12, Company 3, Flight 9, Company 5, Company 2, Veterans, and Com pany 4, respectively. The first ten men to finish in their respective order were Terry of Company 4, Gay of Flight 11, of Company 3, Duke of Company Howells of Company 6, McArthur 5, _ Sears of Flight 12, Stell of Flight 10, Stephens of Company 2, Harris of the Veterans, and Garrod of Flight 11. An open intramural shuttle run will be held at Little Aggieland this coming weekend, with weather permitting, as was announced by the head of the intramural activi ties, Luke Harrison. There will not be a limit to the number of entries from each com pany. In the preliminaries each heat will consist of nine men which will be seeded according to the time shown by each man in the physical education classes. * The fastest six times to be run in the preliminaries by the runners will be in the finals. The preliminaries will be held Sunday at 2 and the finals will JANUARY CLEARANCE Our Bryan and College Station stores are full of opportunities for you to save money!!! Men’s Clothing and Furnishings Boys Wear Ladies Sports Wear and Accessories All Reduced!! GJaficbwp & Co. MENS CLOTHING SINCE I8<I6 BRYAN COLLEGE STATION be held Monday afternoon at 5. All entries should be in to Luke Harrison by 5 Friday afternoon so that the seedings can be made. Medals will be awarded to the first three places. ★ In intramural basketball at the Annex the standings are as fol lows: Games League “A” won Flight 9 2 Company 8 1 Flight 11 1 Company 4 1 Company 6 0 Company 1 i 0 Games League “B” won Company 2 2 Flight 12 1 Company 5 2 Company 7 2 Flight 10 1 Veterans 0 Company 3 0 First round in intramural ten nis must be completed by Sunday, January 9, said Harrison, tourna ment sponsor. Games lost 0 0 0 1 2 2 Games lost 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 Busses Will Take Fish to Town Hall Transportation will be provided, as is customary, to the Town Hall Program Monday night when the San Antonio Symphony orchestra will appear, Luke Harrison, dean of men at the Annex, announced yesterday. “The symphony will play music especially adapted to college stu dents,” Harrison said. Busses will leave from the An nex at 7, departing from the gym nasium. Matt Zunic, court star in prewar days for George Washington Uni versity, has returned to Washing ton, D. C., as a member of the pro Washington Capitols. Annex Photo Schedule Announced By Martin Individual pictures for the freshman class section of the ’49 Longhorn will be taken between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the Annex Student Center, Truman Martin, co-editor, has announced. The following schedule will be followed in taking pictures: January 5-6—Second Company -f- January 7-10—First Company January 11-12—Third Company January 13-14—Fourth Company January 17-18—Ninth Company January 19-20—Fifth Company January 21-24—Sixth Company January 25-26—Tenth Company January 27-28-Seventh Company January 31-February 1 — Elev enth Company February 2-3—Eight Company February 4-7—Twelfth Company Cadets should wear number one uniform with ties and blouses, Mar tin said, and non-military students should wear coats and ties. Company pictures will be made on the campus Saturday afternoons according to the following sched ule: January 8—Companies 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. January 15—Companies 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 On January 8 and 15 busses will load at 12:30 p.m. with the first two companies. At 1:45 the second two companies should be ready to load, Martin said. The last two companies will board the busses at approximately 3 p.m. Men de siring to retum to the Annex may board busses as soon as pictures are finished and busses return. In case of inclement weather on either of these days, Martin said the picture would be postponed until January 22. Four Men on Duty At Fire Station Noto Heads Group By G. F. “Fig” NEWTON Chief Sam Noto is the head of the Bryan Field fire station, an organization composed of 14 men. In the squad are six federal em ployees, four enlisted men, and four others employed by the col lege. When asked if he considered the Annex tar-paper barracks a fire hazard, Chief Noto said “No, I don’t believe they are, but if one of them ever catches, it won’t take long for it to burn down. It would take only about seven min utes for one to be reduced to a pile of warm ashes.” The largest fire reported at the Annex since the college took over was during the last term, but it was burned intentionally. A Chem ical Warfare laboratory was burn ed because it was reported to have contained mustard gas. Chief Note’s station is equipped with two 500-gallon pumpers and one class 110 crash truck, which uses foam and carbon dioxide. An average of four men are at the station at all times. “At one time a crew of 52 men, four crash trucks, and two fire- stations were located at the field. Even though the department has decreased in size and manpower, it is still well-equipped to cope with anything from a match-box fire to a four alarm blaze.” CUTTING TEETH AT 84 ORANGE, Tex., Jan. 6 (A’)—At 84, Thomas (Pop) Hayes, Orange cafe worker, is teething for the third time. With five new grinders in and 27 to go, Hayes is leading what he terms a “satisfying yet annoy ing existence.” It is estimated that all the dia monds in the world are worth about 16 billion dollars. FRESHMAN STAFF Editor - Managing Editor Feature Editor Sports Editor News Editor Reporters, Columnists.. Chief Photographer.. Military Editor Club Editor Dean Reed L. O. Tiedt G. F. “Fig” Newton ! Frank N. Manitzas A. C. Margoitta ..Bill Thompson, Zane Martin, Weldon Aldridge, David Rice, Alfred Thorpe, E. W. Neuvar, Fred Stanley, Jack Skiles, Lynn Houser, Joe Creighton, R. A. Moreland, David Darter, Jerry Houser Hank Cole John Tapley H. M. Corl The Freshman Page, newspaper of the Texas A. ft M. Annex freshmen, is published each Thursday as an inside page of the BATTALION, and is sponsored by Saa Southwell, faculty advisor. , News contributions may be made at the Freshman BATTALION office in tin Student Center at the Annex. RADIATOR TROUBLE ? ? ? Efficient One Day Service Dishman Pontiac Co. 100 N. Parker Bryan Phone 2-1685 Editorials Last Year At a Glance . . . The year, 1948, has now joined its ancestors, but it has left many events which will linger long with the Annex freshmen. Early in September of that year, the largest Freshman Class to register for the Bryan Field Annex arrived. They came by cars, trains, busses, planes—just to get to college. Many knew they would be housed at the Annex, but others didn’t. They were quite surprised, expecting better accom modations, but accepting these without malice. The first week was rugged. Freshman Week found everyone trying to pay fees, buy books, get uniforms, all at the same time. It went by quickly, though, and College Night came early the next week. Over a thousand impressed fish held their first yell practice that night, led by the cam pus yell-leaders. The Annex military department organized their fresh man regiment rapidly, and the first general order placed Richard Ingles as acting regimental commander for the freshmen. With football season beginning, five freshman yell- leaders were chosen to lead the Annex yell-practice. After a few sessions, the yell-leaders were getting perfect coopera tion .and producing noise, plenty of it. A short time later, after the Student Senators on the campus were elected, Little Aggieland saw her second cam paign of the season for student positions. A cadet from each of the three battalions and one veteran representative were chosen. The first opportunity for most freshmen to see the 1948 fish footballers came on Thursday, October 14, at Kyle Field. There they witnessed the defeat of the Bartosh-led TCU Polliwogs, featured by the sparkling play of Glenn Lippman. Another first came along two days later when the fish, or most of them, got their first glimpse of the varsity team on Kyle Field in the TCU game. Social life blossomed forth at the Annex when the Star light Ball was held on October 30, the night after the Rice game. Held in the gymnasium, which was decorated with the current Halloween theme, a large number attended this, the first dance sponsored by the Class of ’52. November 6 meant the Dallas corps trip, still another first, with the Freshman regiment winding up the corps parade. Football was still in the air, especially fish football, on November 12. On that date, the freshman band followed their team to Houston, when the powerful fish defeated the Rice Blue Bolts. The next two incidents of interest were within a few- days of each other. First was another fish game, but this time against the favored Texas University gentlemen, pow ered by the fabulous Lord Byron (Townsend). Second was the erection of that monument to Aggie muscle, our bonfire. At the burning of the bonfire the night of November 23, the fish first realized the true meaning and purpose of this great event in an Aggie’s life. When the Turkey Day sun set, a happier group of fresh men had not been seen in years. They had just been privi leged to see a Texas Aggie team “defeat” the TU team, 14-14. Returning from the Thanksgiving holidays, one of the first events was the promotion of the acting officers for the regiment. Roland Zapata took the reins from Ingles as regi mental commanding officer. The Christmas season arrived and was highlighted by the Student Center party sponsored by the Student Activities office and directed by Mrs. Ann Hilliard, Annex hostess. A few nights later all Annex freshmen were in their own homes, or at least they weren’t at Bryan Field. Now 1949 is here, another year in which to conquer or be conquered. 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