Sports at Little Aggieland . 1 . T
Shuttle Finals Rained Out;
Deuce Company vs. A QMC?
By FRANK MANITZAS
Finals of the intramural shuttle
run were cancelled at Little Aggie
land because of rain. Endurance
men in the finals of this run are
Robert McArthur, Dick Anderson,
James Terry, Reg West, and John
Christner. The first three to fin
ish in the race will receive intra
mural medals.
Bruce Hagee, an Annex veteran,
was defeated in the first round of
the local Golden Gloves boxing
tourney by Charles Knight, sopho
more in “A” Quartermaster. Bill
A. Rivenbark, freshman from Wich
ita Falls, entered the tourney with
the same results.
The basketball game schedul
ed to be held at the Annex gym
last Monday night was postponed
when rain warped the gymnas
ium floor. This game was to
have been between the All-An
nex fish team and the campus
freshman team. The campus
lads should win this game, when
it is played, by a large score.
,We believed at the first of the
season that the Annex team might
have played the Hart Hall fresh
men a close game, but after watch
ing the latter quintet in action
against the Rice frosh in Houston
last week, whew! We pick the
campus boys by twenty points, and
only if Jewell McDowell and the
other starters do not play the en
tire game. The Annex lads, how
ever, have been getting set for
this game for almost four weeks.
A fast-breaking team will be ready
for the campus five-some when
they meet in the near future.
Reg West, captain of the Com
pany 2 intramural Annex flag
football champs, has the follow
ing to say to the “A” QMC team
from the campus.
“We saw in the Batt where “A”
Quartermaster was termed the
“Champions of the Corps”. We
would like to challenge them for
this title in flag football.” Long
season, isn’t it?
When the intramural basket
ball championship in both areas
is decided, the Annex winners
may wish to challenge the cam
pus victors for another “Cham
pion of the Corps” title.
This game would prove more
evenly matched than the scheduled
All-Annex fish game with the Ag
gie fish team. We hope that all
champs in the campus corps could
meet our fish in mythical corps
championship games.
Cage Finals
Scheduled In
Gym Tonight
By JIM LOCASTE
Regardless of the final score,
the Air Force will win the Little
Aggieland intramural basketball
championship, to be played tonight
in the Annex gymnasium. Oppon
ents for the game will be the teams
of Flight 9 and Flight 12.
Flight 12 clinched first place
place in League “A” with two
wins last week, thus ending their
regular schedule u n defeated.
They defeated Company 2, 30-22
Flight 10, 37-20. The game with
the infantry company was nip-
and tuck all the way, with the
free throws determining the out
come. Their victory over Flight
10 was, as the score indicates,
an easy one.
Cinching top honors in League
B, Flight 9 defeated Company 6,
41-25. Because of a slow start, the
flyboys held only a two-point lead
at the half. During the last period,
Company 6 was smothered by
Flight 9’s offense, featured by the
sharp shooting of right guard,
Wendell Uechi.
Uechi, with 17 points, was lead
ing scorer for the night. Preston
Lockridge of Company 6 was sec
ond with 13 points to his credit.
In other games last week, Flight
10 beat Company 5 by a 28-15
count, while Company 7 lost a
heartbreaker to Flight 10, 21-24.
Company 4 pounced on Compay 1
nfor a 30-12 victory and Flight 11
lost a 23-24 thriller to Flight 9.
Harrison Finds Each Possible
Job for Student Workers Here
By W. W. ALDRIDGE
The backbone of the Student La
bor organization at the Annex,
Luke Harrison, could probably find
jobs in a Utopia, but he has ex
hausted his resources here at the
Annex.
Some of the usual and unusual
occupations Harrison finds for
the students are motion picture
projectionists, doormen and im-
tramural managers.
If your “sugar reports” from
home are not coming in regularly
enough, your best chance to see
what is wrong is to ask either E.
L. Moglia or Miller, both em
ployees of the post-office. Don’t be
downhearted about not exempting
your military science final. Just
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drag out P. J. Arhelger and M. G.
Smathers.
Perhaps a buddy received rams
for having telegrams strewn on his
bunk. This little trick can be blam
ed on one of these lads: Jack Hel
ton, J. E. Bankston, J. B. Jenkins,
E. W. Neuvar, Smith, or Jackson.
Then there is always the peeve
originated in the Rivoli, our local
theater. Enjoying the show is one
thing, but the unpardonable sin is
the failulre of the projectionist to
get the correct reel in the correct
sequence. Either B. G. Ingram, C.
L. Ray, Mitchell, Johnson or Cal-
dus is responsible.
For the athletic-minded men
on the campus, there are Myers,
Hodges and Griffin, intramural
managers. R. D. Sowders, R. L.
Way, and W. E. Kilborn are in
the gym equipment room. T. J.
Tomczesyn handles the records
for that department.
When you go to the Engineering
drawing department to see Mr.
Ransdell, you can expect to be
greeted by a handsome red-head,
probably by a handsome red-head,
it may be a fancy of yours to trav
el. If there is enough for a bus
load, you will see either, H. J. Jen
kins, Buford McManners, M. S.
Lodge, C. F. Price, R. L. Ashcraft,
David Darter, W. E. Kilborn, O. R.
Medlin, or J. D. Stuart at the
controls.
Each time you break a coke
bottle, you endanger the safety
of E. J. Sandoval, W. P. Hutson,
and H. M. Corl’s jobs. When hot
weather rolls around again,
there will be no need of being
frightened at the swimming
pool. On hand to protect you
will be J. W. Dalston, G. S. Nein-
ast, Robert Yaeger, and J. R.
Brock. Whether or not these boys
have the required golden tan or
can swim remains to be seen.
Last, but long from least, comes
perhaps the most envied lad on
the Annex campus. J. N. Carpen
ter is the inside man at the Ex
change Store. Need I say more?
And We Bid a Fond Farewell
• • •
P. E. Conditioning Course Ends At
Annex; Fish Will Long Remember It
Exams Will Begin Saturday,
Registration on January 31
t Official Schedule of Classes
Available in Dean’s Office
By FRED STANLEY
The grunts and groans of the
last Aggie test have died out at
Little Aggieland. We, the class
of ’52, are finished with out pre
conditioning ordeal — and do we
care? Ha!
It all started so innocently last
fall when, in the middle of Texas’
hottest dog days, we ran our first
shuttle. Remember how we used
to look behind us about the time
we finished the third lap to See if
our legs were still coming?
After we were through with our
run, we would walk as far as our
rubbery underpinnings could carry
us (which usually meant until we
made the fatal mistake of picking
up the left leg while the right one
was still in the air), then we would
sit for a while and watch our fel
low fish suffer.
Remember the guys that ran
themselves down on the first few
laps? About the time they made
their fourth turn, they would start
weaving like a torpedoed ship,
trip, fall, and lie there in the hot,
sticky, dust, completely discour
aged, and thoroughly too hot to
care. It was about this time that
someone painted a sign on his bar
racks—“Hades, eight feet down!”
(The sign, by the way, hung nine
feet above the level of the shuttle
course.)
Remember the cadet from the
Air Corps who would run until
he was completely exhausted,
then walk back to the barracks
and faint before he could even
open the screen? This got to be
such a habit that his barracks
buddies began putting his mat
tress outside for him to fall on.
He used it fairly consistently,
too, for a while.
But now we’re through with the
shuttle and the chin and the sit-
up. We’re through, wondering what
good these weeks of “blood, sweat,
and tears” have been. Here is the
way the statistics stack up:
First and foremost, the average
Aggie fish can now cover the hat
ed shuttle course in about one and
one-half seconds less time than it
took him at the first of the year,
and he can do it without that
rubber-legged feeling he had to
begin with. Of course, there are
those who have cut as much as
three seconds off their time, and
others who have added one-fourth
second.
Our Air Corps Cadet has put
his mattress back on his bed and
trimmed his run down to a
flashy 51 seconds.
The average fish is now % inch
taller than he was in September,
and about 8 pounds heavier. Again,
however, we have the black sheep.
Fish Orth, for instance, has grown
1% inches and gained goodness
only knows how many pounds dur
ing the four months he has been
at Aggieland. And 3 luckless fel
lows have lost inch somehow,
somewhere. (The instructors ex
plain this by saying that a man
is taller in the morning than he
would be later the same day, be
cause his bones settle in the course
of a day’s work.)
So, in spite of much loud grip
ing on the part of nearly everyone
concerned, the P.E. program thus
far has been worthwhile. And it
should have been, for it’s been
training Aggies for better than
22 years—ever since the present
Dean Penberthy graduated from
Ohio State University and came
down to A&M College in the fall of
1926 to virtually “start” its phys
ical and intramural programs.
Dean Penberthy was followed as
Athletic Director by the well
known “Spike” White, and together
they are greatly responsible for
molding Aggieland’s P.E. Depart
ment into its present proportions.
Their wisdom in making the
shuttle run a part of this program
is testified to by the Aggie Track
Team, which is tops in the South
west nearly every year. Some of
those Aggie tracksters probably
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got their start in the A&M P.E.
Department.
Next comes the good part; now
that the freshmen are in such good
(?) shape, what is in store for
them during the next 18 weeks?
Briefly, here it is:
Gymnastics
Just the fundamentals will be
taught here, in preparation for the
advanced courses on the main cam
pus. To satisfy their ancestral
“monkey blood,” fish taking this
course will work out on the high
bar, parallel bars, mat (it had bet
ter be thick), and rings. They will
develop a lot of co-ordination as
well as the “good right arm.”
Weight Training
Especially to develop one speci
fic part of the body, such as the
arms, back, legs, or neck.
Volley Ball
For Aggies who are looking for
a lot of fun at a game that re
quires more skill than meets the
eye.
Boxing
Here’s one for the “manly are
of self defense” enthusiasts, as
well as the fellows who want to
take boxing seriously. The big-
gloves do away with the “Great
John L. (blood and guts) Sullivan”
type of fighting and put in its
place the cool, calculated, scienti
fic methods—just as fast and a
whole lot more fun.
A repeat course will also be giv
en in P.E. 101 for the frogs. This
Question of Week . . •
Annex Students Disagree On
Mess-Hall Food Betterments
Thirty-Six New
Members Enlist In
Reserves at Annex
By E. W. NEUVAR
Thirty-six Annex Freshmen join
ed the Enlisted Reserve Corps
Wednesday, January 12, at a meet
ing of interested parties at the mil
itary science building. Major O.
D. Butler of the 352nd Field Ar
tillery unit adminstered the oath
after explaining the ERC and ans
wering questions of general inter
est.
“Being in the ERC does not in
crease an individual’s chance of
being drafted into the armed for
ces,” Major Butler stated, “but
those who may someday have to
serve as a reserve officer or en
listed men will be benefitted by
lonevity pay, amounting to 5% in
crease in base pay for each three
years active membership in the
Enlisted Reserve Corps.”
Meetings of the ERC will be
held at the Annex twice monthly,
on Wednesday evenings from 6:30
to 8:30, so that they will not in
terfere with “call to quarters.”
The weapon used for training will
be an M4 tank stripped of armor
and mounted with a 105 MM Ho
witzer, also known as the M7. For
each two-hour training period, the
reservist will be paid a salary
equal to that received by a regular
soldier for a day’s work, the pay
varying, with rating.
“M'embers of the ERC will also
be required to attend a two-weeks
summer camp, which will probably
be held at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
this year,” Major Butler added.
“However, regular army salary
will be paid for the two weeks,
plus traveling expenses.”
Those who are interested in the
ERC, but haven’t yet enlisted, are
asked to contact Captain Charles
H. Taylor at the Annex.
By BILL THOMPSON
This department is back on the
touchy subject of food again and is
inclined to think that we, like Tom
Carter and Kenneth Bond, are
“sticking our neck out.” Neverthe
less, here are the statistics.
Question of the Week: “Do you
think the food situation at the
Annex has improved?”
A. B. Crownover, Company 2, as
he reclined on his bunk with his
face buried in a magazine, said
“It has improved a little, but there
is still plenty of room for more im
provement. The ‘choice of vege
tables’ system is good, but they
need better vegetables.”
M. B. Burton, a freshman veter
an, made his statement with en
thusiasm. “The quality of the food
has gone down since the so-called
investigation was held. The choice
of vegetables is okay, and the des
sert is good, too, but the potatoes
and the meat are not prepared as
well as they could be.”
E. E. Oglethorpe, Company 1,
one of the weary cadets waiting
in the long telephone line at the
Student Center, stated, “It has
definitely improved. The quality
of the food has increased, and it
is being prepared better. The
system of choice of vegetables is
good, too.”
G. W. Mayes, of Company 8, who
gave a few minutes from reading
his magazine, said, “It has im
proved a little. I like the choice of
vegetables. The food here is prob
ably as good as it will get.”
W. R. Boyles, Company 2, was
very affirmative in his state
ment about the Annex food. He
said, “I think it’s a great im
provement over what we did
have to eat. I think the meat is
being prepared better, and the
toast at breakfast is not so hard
as it used to be. I also like the
vegetable choice system now be
ing used.”
As usual, we picked up some in
formation around the pool tables
in the Center. J. M. Corbett said,
“It has improved some, but it does
not measure up to the food on the
campus. We should have two bott
les of milk at meals, and I would
like to have a little more meat on
the tray.”
should be interesting to the reg
ular fish.
Then, late in the spring, all
freshmen will take a swimming
test to determine who will be re
quired to take a course in swim
ming next year.
A&M is fortunate in having a
nationally known swimming coach,
Art Adamson. So even those who
cannot swim already would do well
to take a course under him.
As far as that goes, Little Ag
gieland has a mighty good set of
instructors itself.
N .A. Ponthieux, head of the
freshman P.E. department, was
captain of A&M’s swimming team
just a few years ago. J. R. Hill,
also an Aggie and now an Annex
instructor, took a lot of points
away from T.U. as a broad jump
er during his student days here.
Emil Mamaliga, popularly known
as “Mammy,” attended Ohio State
University. (Mamaliga is now
A&M diving coach). When asked
if he did anything outstanding at
Ohio State, he replied with a bril
liant, “Yeah, I graduated!”
M. S. Department
Gets New Sergeant
Newest addition to the Military
Science department of the Annex
is Sgt. G. B. Davis, who has re
placed Sgt. James W. Cannon.
Sgt. Cannon has re-enlisted in
the Air Force at Randolph Field in
San Antonio. He is now stationed
at the Bryan Air Base under the
command of Lieut. Dennis.
Sgt. Davis was transferred to
A&M from Camp Hood, Texas, and
is signed for a two-year period.
He is 23 years old, married, and
has one daughter. He and his fami
ly now live in the Bryan Field Vil
lage.
Drafted into the U. S. Army in
January, 1944, Sgt. Davis says, “I
didn’t see any reason for getting
out.”
He is from Houston and attended
Galena Park High School.
Final examinations will be held
for Annex freshmen according to
the following schedule, Dr. J. P.
Abbott, dean of the college at the
Annex, has announced.
Saturday, January 22
8-11 a.m. Animal Husbandry 107,
Chemistry Lecture Room. Lan
guage 101, 103, 105, 205, Biology
Lecture Room.
1-4 p.m. English 103—all sec
tions of Messr. Allen, Esten, and
Sauer, in the Biology Lecture
Room.
Sections of Messr. Cox, Cres-
well, Hierth, Morgan, Thomas, in
the Chemistry lecture room.
All of Mr. Wretlind’s sections—
Military Science Classroom.
All others—gymnasium.
Monday, January 24
8-11 a.m. Mathematics 101 and
111—gymnasium; 1-4 p.m. Ac
counting 101, Building 260; Archi
tecture 101, Building 16; Biology
101, Biology Lecture Room; Biol
ogy 105, Biology Lecture Room;
Mathematics 103—gymnasium.
Tuesday, January 25
8-11 a.m. Biology 107, Biology
Lecture Room; History 105, Chem
istry Lecture Room; I. Ed. 204,
Building 707.
1-4 p.m. Military Science 121—
Battalion 1, Chemistry Lecture;
Battalion 2 and Flight 9, gymna
sium; Flights 10, 11, 12, Biology
Lecture Room.
Wednesday, January 26
8-11 a.m. Biology 115, Biology
Lecture Room; Chemistry 101, all
sections of Messrs. Cauthen, Dow
ney, Medbury—Chemistry Lecture
Room; All others—gymnasium.
1-4 p.m. Agriculture 105—Biol
ogy lecture room; Biology 111, Mil
itary Science Classroom; Engineer
ing Drawing 127, Building 707;
Mechanical Engineering 101, gym
nasium.
Thursday, January 27
8-11 a.m. Mathematics 102, gym
nasium; Poultry Husbandry 201,
Military Science classroom.
All students will be informed of
their exemptions by Friday, Jan
uary 21, Dr. Abbott said.
Registration Jan. 31, Feb. 1
New students will register Mon
day, January 31, 1949. Old stu
dents will register Tuesday, Feb
ruary 1. All registration will take
place in the gym, with the follow
ing schedule to apply for old stu
dents.
Tuesday, February 1, 1949
8:00 to 9:00—All whose sur
names begin with G, H, I, J, K.
9:00 to 10:00—All whose sur
names begin with A, B.
10:00 to 11:00—All whose sur
names begin with T, U, V, W, X,
y, z.
1:00 to 2:00 — All whose sur
names begin with L, M, N, O.
2:00 to 3:00 — All whose sur
names begin with P, Q, R, S.
3:00 to 4:00 — All whose sui’-
names begin with C, D, E, F.
Other details of registration may
be obtained from the official sched
ule of classes and directions for
registration bulletin, now avail
able in the Annex administration
building.
Several new courses will be of
fered at the Annex for the second
semester, Dr. Abbott announced.
These will include agricultural ed
ucation, psychology, education,
Shakespeare English, geography
and rural sociology.
NOTICE
For more news of the A&M An
nex see page 4 of this issue.
FRESHMAN STAFF
Editor Dean Reed
Managing Editor L. O. Tiedt
Feature Editor — G. F. “Fig” Newton
Sports Editor Frank N. Manitzas
Assistant Sports Editor Jim Locaste
News Editor A. C. Margoitta
Chief Photographer Han'k Coll
Military Editor John Tapley
Club Editor : H. M. Corl
Feature Writers W. W. Aldridge, Joe Creighton, Zane Martin, Fred Stanley
Staff Reporters R. A. Moreland, E. W. Neuvar, David Rice, Bill
Thompson, Alfred Thorpe.
The Freshman Page, newspaper of the Texas A. & M. Annex freshmen, is published
each Thursday as an inside page of the BATTALION, and is sponsored by San
Southwell, faculty advisor.
News contributions may be made at the Freshman BATTALION office in thla
Student Center at the Annex.
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