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THE BATTALION THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1949 Page 3 Sports at Little Aggieland . . . Company 2 Holds Three Wins For Lead in Annex Speedball Intramural speedball is now well under way at the Annex, with Company 2 apparently fielding the team to heat. On Thursday of last week, the Deuce company boys swamped Company 5, 21-14. Murray and Averett scored two points each within the first minute of play, and, with this as an example, their team-4—— —— — mates followed suit. Hardin s Sermons On the same afternoon, Com pany 7 pounded out a 19-4 win over Company 8. This game fea tured numerous passes, with Co. 7. scoring 18 of their 19 points via the air route. Earlier last week, Plight 12 trounced Company 1 by the one-sided score of 22-6. Company 1 then lost another game the next day to Company 6. This game was much closer however, with the final score being 13-12 •for the infantrymen. Good old Company 1, the band, is keeping up its tradition of not winning an intramural game in any sport. By taking two con secutive losses last week, they are probably approaching or es tablishing a new record for the most games lost. The closest call for a band win was a tie last fall in intramural football. In other words, you name it and the band will lose it. In League “A” of Intramural speedball, there is now a tie for the lead, with Flight 9 and Flight 12 each having two wins. In .League “B,” Company 2 is lead ing the pack with three wins and no losses. Last Monday evening there was a meeting of all athletic of ficers and managers. Various sports were discussed and there were several suggestions con cerning open tournaments in tennis, ping pong, and horse shoes. To have these tournaments, we must have the interest of all stu dents here at the Annex, so if you have any Questions or sugges tions about these or any other "sports, contact your athletic of ficer or talk to N. A. Fonthieux of the P.E. department. Religious Week Ends at Annex Religious Emphasis Week on the Annex ended Friday night in the chapel, with Reverend Grady Har din’s final sermon. Reverend Har din’s morning talk followed a se ries, which “showed the place of Christ in a man’s daily life.” His evening sermons • were chosen to bring out the important Christian aspects in a student’s life, he said. Of Last Week Are Reviewed by Rice (Editor’s Note: As a final touch on Re ligious Emphasis Week, we have had David Rice write a summary of Reverend Har din’s sermons, which appears below.) By J. D. RICE In a series of excellent ser mons, Reverend Grady Hardin brought new light to the minds of the many freshmen who heard him speak to the Annex crowds. Students were taught how to have Christ in their everyday lives, and how to carry Him with them at all times. Monday morning, Grady Har din spoke on “Education for Work.” He emphasized the de velopment of character and per sonal magnetism in a student’s education. He explained that a man’s life could never be com plete if he did not have room for religion in his everyday life. It was shown, in his Tuesday talk, that a Christian must be on the job in his life’s work, even though he may be studying in college. Reverend Hardin also not ed that any job is worth doing well. Wednesday morning, Reverend Hardin talked about “Doing the Dirty Work” for Christianity. He showed that a man hurts only him self when he refuses to do the hard work of life. The subject for the Thursday morning service was “The Pay Check.” This sermon showed that work never goes unpaid, and the best pay of any job is content ment. Mr. Hardin stated that a man can be happy in his work, only if he is satisfied with it. No matter what a man’s salary may be. Reverend Hardin said, a man is paid only for what he gives. In Friday morning’s sermon, “When Day is Done,” Rev. Hardin spoke on the part of the day which is not spent working. The value of hobbies and self-education were considered at this time. Reverend Hardin said that time wasted here costs a man as much as time wast ed in one’s job does. Hospitality That All America Understands Jsk for it either way ... both trade-marks mean the same thing. BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY BRYAN COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. © 1949, The Coca-Cola Company Freshman Ball Slated For March 12-Harrison Drill Team Hobls V° te Conducted by Student Senators Exhibition For Shows Most Fish Students Favor Date General Berry “Tex” Kennedy, sponsor of the Freshmen Ham Radio Operators Club, is shown here with his “Powerful Little Four Watter” with which he has contacted 30 foreign countries. t Aided in 37,500 Mile Contact Sponsor of Annex ‘Hams 9 Has Contacted 30 Nations By G. F. “FIG” NEWTON Craig B. Kennedy, the first ham radio operator in 20 years to broadcast from the Portuguese side of the Island of Timor after the war, is now the backbone of the Amateur Radio Club for the Annex. Kennedy, along with three students, have sent their charter to the Dean of Men and have ap plied for official recognition. A member of the class of 1945, Kennedy is completing his undergraduate work now, since the war interrupted his studies at A&M. He is an electrical en gineering major. During the war, Kennedy was ah officer in the Army Signal Corps, where he spent some time in New Guinea, Australia and the Philippines. After release from active duty in 1946, he stayed in the Philippines as chief engineer and vice-president of the Bolinao Electronics Corporation. One year later he built the ra dio station, KZOK, and became engineering advisor for Philippines Broadcasting Corporation. There he had time for his ham work be cause of the executive work he was engaged in. When he was on an engineer ing survey trip in the Dutch East Indies and operating as CR10CB, Kennedy accomplish ed his first-broadcast-in-20- years deed. At one time in Manila, Kennedy had one of the largest ham radio stations in the world. He was married in the Philippines, where his wife had been a language pro fessor at the University of the Philippines. She is also an ama teur radio fan. Kennedy and his wife now live in the Annex trailer camp and have a two-year-old son. Kennedy is presently employed by the elec trical engineering department in a part-time job designing, building, and maintaining laboratory equip ment. Even in his car, he has a two- way ham radio set with which Distinguished List Still Incomplete The distinguished student list for the first semester has not been completed, said Mrs. E. G. Batte of the Annex Registrar’s office. The list is being compiled of the hours and grade points earned by each student and is being recorded in the permanent record files, but until this list is completed, no in formation will be available as to the number of official distinctions. he has talked all over the world. He has another two-way radio in his trailer. He says “Actual ly, we are radio-poor!” His present call letters are CR10CB, KA3CB, and KA1CB, the latter of which has been recently changed to DU1CB, the new prefix for the Philippines. Kennedy has contacted stations all around the world, and has “worked” all the continents and about 30 foreign countries. At present he is experimenting with low-power transmitters. He was born in Kernes, Texas, on August 10, 1924. He claims to have been interested in ham radio as long as he can remember. The longest contact he knows of was the time W5YF in Dallas (S.M.U.) contacted W5ENE (Dallas) by means of an auto matic relay through Kennedy in Manila. The signal was beamed over a total distance of 37,500 miles. The distance between the two stations was actually around 800 yards. The Annex club, which Kennedy started when attending campus meetings became difficult, re ceives and transmits messages both in Morse code and by voice. Since most interest is in radio, Biologists Will Meet Tonight All students interested in the formation of an Annex biology club will meet tonight at 6:15 in the Biology Lecture Room for the second meeting of the club, said T. M. Ferguson, one of the club’s sponsors. The club held an intro ductory meeting two weeks ago. At tonight’s meeting, a film ask ed for by many of the students, one on a delicate heart operation, has been secured and will be shown, Ferguson said. The film will use most of the time alloted for the meeting. Sixtey-five students attended the first meeting, and more are ex pected tonight, Ferguson said, since a campus basketball game kept many interested persons away from the initial meeting. The official organization of the group and the election of officers has been postponed until the next meeting, Ferguson said. It was originally scheduled for tonight, but the film is borrowed for only one day, and must be shown to night. Ferguson emphasized that the club is open to all students inter ested in the subject and not just those now enrolled in the biology courses here. All who did not get to attend the first meeting are also invited, he said. FRESHMAN STAFF Editor •••• Dean R eed Managing Editor L. O. Tiedt Feature Editor - G. F. “Fig Newton Sports Writers Jim LoCaste, Charles Sebesta Military Editor John Tapley Photographer Hank Cole Staff Writers R. A. Moreland, E. W. Neuvar, David Rice, Phillip Stern, Bill Thompson, Alfred Thorpe Feature Writers Weldon Aldridge, Willie Davis, Robert Bynes, Zane Martin, Joe Martinez The Freshman Page, newspaper of the Texas A. & M. Annex freshmen, is publishei 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 thi Student Center at the Annex. Spots Before Your r es? Ey< Recipe for relief .... our spot removing service. Makes food, lipstick, grease, rust and ink spots disappear like magic. . . without injuring the fabric. Campus Cleaners “Over The Exchange Store” By JOHN TAPLEY Members of the Annex’s drill team voted on a new name for the team last month, changing to “Freshman Drill Team.” The for mer name, “Freshman Volunteers,” was dropped after consideration by tifye members. The group held its first large exhibition of the year for Major General K. L. Berry, adjutant- general of the state of Texas, President F. C. Bolton, and Colonel H. L. Boatner, commandant of the college, shortly before the end of last semester. Richard Ingles, drill director, lat er received a letter of congratu lation from President Bolton. Bol ton commended the team for a fine performance in the exhibition. Part of the new uniforms—white helmets and gloves — were worn during the drill, held immediately after a pass-by review of the freshman regiment. Complete uniforms have now been secured and are being issued to the members. When the team met after mid-tei’m, its number had reduced to about 32. Ingles an nounced six openings for new members. Several prospective members are trying to secure places on the team. An official invitation to the Battle of the Flowers in San An tonio has been received by the team. Other exhibitions are also being planned. The Freshfnan Ball received its second postponement of the year Tuesday when Luke Harrison, Dean of Men at the Annex, announced that it will now be held on March 12. This date was selected after a survey vote of Annex students, he said. The vote was decided upon in a meeting yesterday of the Annex student senators, Class4- President Ralph Rowe, Class So cial Secretary A. C. Burkhalter, and Harrison. It was suggested and decided that the student sen ators would hold an election by barracks in their respective areas, and would give their results to Harrison the following morning. The vote was 504 in favor of holding the ball on Saturday night, March 12, immediately after Sports Day, to 437 desiring it to remain on March 4. The latter was the original date and was also the original date scheduled for Sports Day. Committees to plan the dance —music, publicity, decorations, refreshments, tickets, invita tions, and many others—are now being appointed by President most conversation in the club meetings is on that subject. At each meeting, one of the licensed members conducts classes in ra dio code and theory. Kennedy was formerly the Section Communications man ager and Emergency Radio Co ordinator for the Philippine sec tion of the American Radio Re lay league. This is a world-fa mous organization of amateurs, he said. Kennedy, known as “Tex” to his intimates, plans to continue his nounced Tuesday. Flight 11 placed studies at A&M for a doctorate, seventh in the entire corps. Flight 11 Leads In Corps Parade Flight 11 was the outstanding freshman unit in the corps parade held on February 12, the Annex Military Science Department an- iliftli, RALPH W. ROWE, a pre-vet student from Texas City, was elected president of the Fresh man class in the elections last week. Rowe, assisted by Burkhalter, Harrison said. Classes will be conducted as usual on this day, he added. Mrs. Ann Hilliard, Annex Stu dent Center hostess, has requested that all reservations for dates’ housing be made in her office March 7 and 8. A number of ap plications have already been made, she said, but these will be accept ed. “If there are any changes in your reservation plans,” said Mrs. Hilliard, “please let me know in the Student Center Of fice.” Private homes in Bryan may be secured to house dates also, Mrs. Hilliard said. ERC Group Hear Mayfield Lecture Major Henry D. Mayfield, Jr., of the 352nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion Headquarters, gave a lecture on elementary field artil lery gunnery Wednesday evening, February 16, at a meeting of ERC members at the Annex. Major Mayfield illustrated how mathe matics, especially trigonometry, is applied in the firing of field ar tillery pieces. Major O. D. 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