SGT. G. B. DAVIS, new member of the Annex Military Science
Department, is shown instructing on the rifle range.
Freshman’s Angus Calf Places
First at Houston Stock Show
Alton Oehler, Aggie freshman
from Fredericksburg, made him
self known to the public at the re
cent Houston Fat Stock Show and
.Livestock Exposition.
In 1948, Alton caught an Angus
calf in the popular Calf Scramble
of the Houston Show. The calf’s
sponsor, Ernest Coker, is owner
"of one of Houston’s restaurants,
Ye Old College Inn. Alton fed this
Angus calf, brought it back to the
show this year, and started win
ning prizes.
The Angus won first place in
the Heavyweight Angus Class
of the Boy’s Livestock Show,
second in the Angus division of
the Scramble Calves, and sec
ond m the combined Scramble
division. These prize winnings
brought in a total of $99 pre-
^ mium money. Alton later re-
* ceived another $10 award for
ring showmanship.
Placing second in the combined
scramble division won Alton an
‘all-expense paid trip to the Purina
Mills and Experiment Farm at St.
Louis and Gray Summit, Missouri.
He also won another calf, a Here
ford, to feed and show at the
I960 show. The second place rib
bon gave Alton a chance to ap
pear for a personal interview be-
Consult
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fore E. E. McQuillen, head of the
A&M Development Fund; Minor
Huffman, Boy Scout director of
the Houston area, and Gen. R. C.
Kuldell.
The personal interview was giv
en to the boys who owned the top
10 Scramble Calves to determine
the winner of the A&M scholar
ship. The scholarship, $500 a year
for four years, was presented to
the Champion Scramble boy by
Jim Tucker, Houston insurance
man.
On February 4, a special Ag
gie detail went to Houston and
officially welcomed the new
scholarship winner to A&M. The
special detail was composed of
Cadet Colonel of the Corps Bob
McClure; freshmen James Taylor
and L. O. Tiedt, winners of sim
ilar scholarships in 1947 and
1948; junior flag bearers and
color guards; a sophomore bu
gler; and Colonel H. L. Boatner.
President F. C. Bolton was also
present for the ceremony.
During the course of the rodeo,
the special detail, stock show of
ficials, and the scholarship win
ner, aided by Tony Martin’s ar
rangement of the Aggie War
Hymn, marched into the center of
the arena. It was there that Wil
liam Huffman of Longview was
officially presented the scholar
ship by Jim Tucker, the donor.
| Huffman was welcomed to A&M
| by President Bolton and after be-
; ing duly congratulated, McClure,
| Taylor, and Tiedt took him into
i ranks with them. Together they
marched out of the arena to the
Spirit of Aggieland.
1281 Annex Students Register
* * * *
Rules Announced for Class Elections
1 .! - a-.W J '
Class Voting
To Be Held
February 14
A committee composed of the
Annex student senators met Mon
day with Luke Harrison and Ben
nie Zinn of the Dean of Men’s of
fice to make plans for the coming
election of class officers for the
freshmen.
Present for the meeting were
N. L. Leatherwood, senator for
the second battalion, G. L. Small
wood of the first battalion, Dan
Davis, representing the squadron,
and John Geiger, veteran senator.
The election will be held Mon
day, February 14, at retreat for
mation. Ballots will be collected
and turned in to the Dean of Men’s
office not later than 8 p.m. that
night, Leatherwood said.
All classmen who were not nom
inated at the first class meeting
who wish to run for any one office
may put in his, or a classmate’s,
application for this office in the
Dean of Men’s Annex office or at
the main campus office.
In case a man is nominated
for two offices, he must strike
off one. A visible chart will be
provided to post all nominees.
After the first nomination, bal
lots will be passed out by com
panies. A run-off election for the
top five men for each office will
be held until a majority is reach
ed.
Deadline for nomination will be
7 p.m. Friday, February 11. Quali
fications for nomination are listed
below:
“Any student who enrolled at
A&M in September, 1948, with
no hours or grade point credit,
will be qualified to run for any
one freshman office.’’
Nominations were made at the
meeting for a president, Corps
vice-president, veteran vice-presi
dent, campus vice-president, sec
retary and social secretary.
Several other offices are entire
ly open, since the meeting was
dismissed before nominations could
be made for these offices. Among
these are parliamentarian and ser
geant-at-arms.
FRESHMEN
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10,1949
Page 3
Editorials
Paging Copy Writers . . .
Attention, there, all frogs with the slightest trace of printers-ink
in your veins. The freshman Battalion staff can use you.
Official newspaper for the Annex students is the Freshman Batt,
published as an inside page of the Battalion on Thursdays. The staff
for this publication has been short throughout the last semester, and
we are even shorter now.
Apprenticeship on the freshman page will lead to better jobs and
positions on the daily Battalion when our class moves to the campus.
The freshman staff has its office in the Student Center, open to
visitors, recruits, kibitzers and all. If you are interested in working
with us, drop in.
Aside from the regular staff, the fish workers have founded a
“Deadliner’s’’ Club, sponsored by the paper for the benefit of the
staff members.
You will meet the men behind the publication of the daily Batt,
who frequently visit us. D. D. Burchard, head of the Journalism
Department for the college, and Otis Miller, journalism instructor,
also have made appearances.
This invitation is not limited to our frog classmates, so if any
freshman wishes to make a belated attempt at the hardest-working
lazy man’s job, come see us.
How About a Freshman Sweetheart?...
With election plans for freshman class officers again being made,
and with the date of March 4 set for the annual Freshman Ball, another
question is brought to our mind. How about choosing a Freshman
Sweetheart ?
This was done last year, and proved quite successful. For each
of the big “outfit’’ balls on the campus, a sweetheai’t is chosen. We
have been queried several times lately by eager cadets with this
question, so we will now go on record as being all for it.
A coronation ceremony of this sort would add much color to
the Freshman Ball. Pretty color, too. It is another old tradition of
A&M that freshmen have the most beautiful girls. Who are we to
stop this great tradition? This could surely be proven by choosing
a sweetheart.
Perhaps, also, the selection might help to better Aggie-Tessie
relations. For even if a Tessie were not chosen, it would indeed be a
Venus who could win without Denton competition.
This is all food for thought, so let us know your ideas on this
proposal. Better still, tell your class officers after their election.
About 12 per cent of the 250,000
cases of total blindness in the Uni
ted States are due to the eye dis
ease glaucoma.
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Courses Added
In Psychology
And Economics
New and returning students
totaled 1281 freshmen, ac
cording to the latest report
from the Annex registrar’s
office. One hundred and thir
ty-three new students regis
tered last week, while 1048 old
students returned.
The new students started drift
ing back during the last of Jan
uary, preparing for official reg
istration on January 31. Old stu
dents who were on scholastic pro
bation returned on that day for
special conferences with appointed
advisors. All returning students
registered February 1. Registra
tion for both groups took place in
the Annex gymnasium.
An official count of Annex
corps members has not been an
nounced, but it is expected soon,
said Mrs. R. H. Jones, secretary
in the commandant’s office at
the Annex.
All proposed additional courses
to the Annex curricula have been
established, Dr. J. P. Abbott, dean
of the college at the Annex, an
nounced. These include courses in
psychology, Shakesperian Eng
lish, rural sociology, agricultural
economics, geography, education,
and several courses being repeat
ed.
These additions have necessitat
ed the start of several new depart
ments. G. W. Schlesselman heads
the Geography Department and in
structs the only class, teaching
course 201.
M. S. Kavanaugh is in charge
of department for Education and
Psychology, also instructing both
classes. Heading the Agricultural
Economics Department at the An
nex is L. S. Paine, while Dan R.
Davis is in charge of the Rural
Sociology Department here.
Mrs. C. B. Johnson is now in
charge of department for His
tory, following the switch of Dr.
Plaul J. Woods to the campus.
Several new members have been
added to the Annex faculty, Dr.
Abbott said, but a full list has not
yet been made.
The Physical Education Depart
ment has obtained several new
part-time instructors from the
campus to aid in the advanced
specialized program for freshmen.
Among these new instructors is
H. B. Segrest, charge of the de
partment. Segrest will teach the
boxing classes.
Reverend Grady Hardin, asso
ciate pastor of the First Metho
dist Church of Houston, will con
duct Religious Services at the
Annex next week. Rev. Hardin
was Religious Emphasis Week
speaker on the campus last year.
Frosh Regiment
To Parade Feb. 12
The freshmen regiment of the
Annex will take part in the corps
parade to be held Saturday at the
campus, Lt. Col. Robert L. Mel-
cher, Annex commandant, has an
nounced.
The review will be staged for
guests of the cadet corps for the
annual Military Ball, to be held
Saturday night in Sbisa Hall.
MAJ. GEN. K. L. BERRY, adjutant-general of the state of
Texas, second from the left, reviewed the freshman, regiment in the
last Annex parade of the first semester.
Pictured above are Lt. Col. Robert L. Melcher, annex Com
mandant, General Berry, Colonel H. L. Boatner, commandant of the
college, and Col. John W. Mayo, president of the Texas Department
of the Reserve Officer’s Association.
Sports at Little Aggieland . . .
Flight 12 Defeats Flight 9
To Become Basketball Champs
By FRANK MANITZAS
Flight 12 defeated Flight 9 by a score of 29-25 last week
to become the intramural basketball champion of Little Ag
gieland. The cagers of Flight 12 won with the/ use of free
shots, making 13 out of the 18 charity shots attempted.
Weldon Bond from Pasadena,
playing with Flight 12, pushed
his team to victory by his fast
work under the basket.
Q. L. Bledsoe of Flight 9 was
high score man of the game with
twelve points. Both teams played
a good game and specialized in a
tight defense which kept the score
down and the fouling high.
BOX SCORE
Flight 12
G
F
P
P
F. Griffin
....2
0
2
4
J. Hillman
...1
0
1
2
L. J. Sexton ...
....3
3
2
9
V. B. Riley ...
...1
0
0
2
W. Bond
....0
5
0
5
W. Mallina
....1
5
1
7
Totals
...8
13
6
29
Flight 9
G
F
P
P
Q. L. Bledsoe
....6
0
5
12
D. E. Coke
....2
2
1
6
J. H. Bemis ...
....0
0
5
0
M. W. Uechi ...
...1
1
3
3
D. L. Glidden .
....1
2
4
4
Totals
.10
5
18
25
Speedball and ping-pong be
gan at Little Aggieland this
week. Speedball will continue
for the ensuing four weeks. Ta
ble tennis will be composed of a
five man team that will play
single matches against opposing
teams. This intramural event
will be held in the gymnasium.
Boxing, volleyball, weight train
ing, and gymnastics are being
taught to second semester fresh
men at Little Aggieland.
The instructors in charge of
these physical tortures are H. B.
Segrest, boxing; N. A. Ponthieux,
boxing, volleyball, and gymnastics;
J. R. Hill, volleyball, gymnastics,
and conditioning; C. W. Landis,
volleyball; and E. Mamaliga,
weight training.
Mittel and Hinton
Named Custodians
Of Radio Club
The Annex Radio Club held an
organizational meeting Wednes
day, January 19. Henry Mittel
was elected Custodian and Don
Hinton was elected assistant Cus
todian. These positions are com
parable to the usual offices of
president and vice-president.
Present at the initial meeting
were Texas Kennedy (W7MIH/6)
Bob Knellinger (W5MVX), Bob
Chapman, B. R. Doggett (W5iiS),
David Sutherland and Don Hinton.
The club was organized to pro
mote interest in “ham” radio
among the freshmen, and to pro
vide a forum for organized dis
cussion of the latest equipment
and techniques.
Regular classes in code and the
ory will be held for unlicensed
members. Goal of the club is a
license for every member.
Tex Kennedy, group sponsor, in
vites all interested freshmen to
attend meetings on Wednesday
nights at 6:45 in Building 702,
across from the M.S. building. The
only requirement is a genuine in
terest in radio and a desire to
learn.
Equipment of the club now in
cludes three transmitters, four re
ceivers, one handie-talkie, and
numerous items of test equipment.
FOR EYE EXAMINATION
AND GLASSES
Consult
DR. J. W. PAYNE ‘
Optometrist
109 South Main St.
Bryan, Texas
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 Locasts
News Editor A. C. Margoitta
Chief Photographer. Hank Colt
Military Editor John TapleJ
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 Saa
Southwell, faculty advisor.
News contributions may be made at the Freshman BATTALION office in thl
Student Center at the Annex.
Hardin Named
Annex Religion
Week Speaker
H. Grady Hardin, associate
pastor of the First Methodist
Church of Houston, will con
duct Religious Week Services
at the Annex beginning Mon
day, Gordon Gay, YMCA sec
retary, has announced. He
was the Religious Emphasis
week speaker at A&M last
year, also.
Pastor Hardin will conduct
services at the Annex chapel Mon
day at 9 a.m., Tuesday and Wed
nesday at 10 a.m., Thursday and
Friday at 11 a.m. Services will
be held each night at 6:45, while
the regular Sunday schedule will
be followed. He will be available
for students at all times during the
week.
Mr. Hardin, educated at Duke
University, has had pastorates
in North Carolina since 1936, at
Durham, Mount Airmy, Win-
stom-Salem, and Black Moun
tain.
Since May, 1947, he has held
his position in Houston. Formerly
a part-time Bible teacher at Ashe
ville College and Black Mountain
College, he has taught in training
school for a number of years and
has spoken in schools and colleges
in North and South Carolina and
Georgia.
He is married and the father of
two daughters. He and his Tamils
reside in Houston.
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