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HAYDON JENKINS was elected veteran vice-president of the Freshman class last week at the Annex. | Eight-balls And Bridg es Listed Among Missing . By ROBERT BYNES Have you ever tried playing pool with two cue-balls or with two eight-balls? This is quite popular with the pool addicts in the Annex Student Center. They’ll be about half-way through a game and then discover that they have been knocking two seven balls about on the table. Or try playing with nine balls, as is sometimes the case, after various pool balls dis appear from the table. The other night we started a game with some friends. (It was after C.Q., and of course, we re ceived eight rams before finishing the game). It was interesting to note the different things that can happen while you wait to place a phone call. There we were, minding our own game of rotation and our peaceful session at the pool table was begun with the customary eight rams. It ended with nothing more, except for our loss of the game. With the cue we all had to play with, we couldn’t have pos sibly won. These cues, though, have since been replaced with tips. Noticing the chalk on the cues, we decided to trace its source. It didn’t come from the usual powder can, but from a hole in the wall of celotex, using the in gredients for smoothing the per formance of the stick. Oh, well —sweet misery of life. Life on the Annex wouldn’t be complete without a few laughs, and in this case, the laugh is when V you start to cross a bridge and jf titsre is no bridge. This is even ll funnier after a rain, when the o water is freely flowing, and you f. have a handful of books. You pro- Ij ceed to the spot where the bridges ! have been collected, which is usu- ■ ally near some hostile barracks. "SOtOIES* • A bold strike for style- smart Ghillie loops, rawhide laeo, thick brown robber sole. Come in for a pair, today. $9.95 BRYAN • — ^ The Freshman THE BATTALION THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1949 Page 3 Editorials Arriving on the Parents’ Day Special... We have just recalled a suggestion, one of the best we have heard since our trek to the Annex, of Colonel Robert Melcher. This man is usually hatching some idea to better the freshmen under his supervision, but this suggestion seems to exceed any other he may have. Below are our remembrances of our conversation. “What do you boys think of having a special guest family here for our Parents’ Day Program? Here’s how we might work it. Pick some outstanding cadet from each battalion or squadron, one who deserves to be with his parents on this day, but whose parents cannot afford the trip to visit with him. The Freshman Regiment would secretly bring these families to the A&M Annex, proudly place them on the reviewing stand, and later call the bewildered, surprised cadet forward to greet his folks.” “The costs of such an undertaking would be very slight in comparison with the happiness it would extend to these cadets and to their families. With over 1,000 men aiding this plan, the cost would be very, very light per man.” “The entire program would have to be done undercover to re tain the element of surprise for the cadet,” the Colonel said. “His family would have to keep the secret, also, but it would really be a fine thing for the fish regiment to sponsor such a program. Most of the cadet’s families will be able to come, if they desire to, but there are undoubtedly several youths who would give anything to have their parents here then, but who just cannot afford the cost.” Colonel, we think this is really and truly a wonderful idea, and we are sure that we’re expressing the sentiment of each and every Annex freshman. Open Letter to Tom Puddy . . . Well, Tom, the general opinion around the Annex lately seems to be pretty low about our Rivoli Theater. Really the grade of these so-called motion pictures we have been shown during the past few weeks is unclassified—neither B, C, nor lower. For example, we attended a showing out here last month on a Saturday night. For our twenty-five cents, we were subjected to three films—“Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome,” “Bambi,” and “The Big Fix.” We believe that nearly anyone would have been willing to have traded all of ’em for just one fair feature. We’re sure that you have your problems in securing shows for us, in addition to Guion, but there should be some method of getting better ones. In fact, before these shows are shown, it might be better to go back into the movies made several years ago, yet of a higher caliber. Or even send the shows out here after they have played a run at Guion Hall. Two bits is no fortune, but it really deserves more than the few hours of visual torture endured lately at the Rivoli. Taking a Turn for the Nurse . . . Clinic at Annex is Prepared To Cure All Your Minor Ills By JOE MARTINEZ Stomach aching? Go to the clinic and let Mesdames D. H. Ar- enburg and D. B. Bishop fix you up. These ladies are there to serve you daily from 8-12 a.m. and 2-6 p.m., and at any other time you suddenly become ill. “Do not let those little pains go without treatment—they may be come serious,” is the warning they give. Our Annex clinic has enough equipment to take care of minor injuries, and all serious cases are taken to the campus hospital. On Wednesday and Friday afternoons, the college physician, Dr. J. E. March, comes to the clinic to check patients who are not in need of hospital care. All X-rays, blood counts and laboratory work are done in the campus hospital. If you are taken there, you will remain until you are completely recovered. There you will see the familiar smile of Mrs. P. P. Pyle, who has been with the staff since September of 1946. Mrs. Pyle comes to the Annex to relieve the two local nurses on their evenings off. Mrs. Arenburg, one of the An nex nurses, graduated from Wash ington University in Missouri. Her husband is a student at the cam pus. Mrs. Arenburg .likes to tell about the frog who came to the clinic a few days ago. “He asked if we had a nursery, too, for he saw my daughter and then heard Mrs. Bishop’s baby crying!” she says. Mrs. Bishop, a graduate of Scott and White in Temple, also is married to an A&M student. Both nurses are new here, start ing only early this month. If you go to the clinic during the night, please ring the door bell, the nurses urge. Do not bang on the door. There is a bell at tached above each of the nurses’ beds, and the noise they make is irritating enough to chase them out of bed. If you cannot get to the clinic during the day, see your company executive officer, who will give you medicine, the nurses said. Then come to the clinic as soon as possible. The husbands of the nurses take the boys to the campus hos pital each morning at 7 o’clock. If you need hospital care and do not have a ride, they will gladly take you in the morn ings. As in every field of work, there is humor present. Mrs. Pyle, the campus hospital nurse, tells of several things the students usu ally try to pull. The boys will try to get out of quizzes by faking headaches, upset stomachs, and blaming bad food. Of course, there would be no use to try that here, for we have no bad food—it says here. So, if you want to miss classes—and if you can afford to get behind—all you have to do is go to the hospital, lie in bed, and your name will be put on the sick list. You are given three meals a day there, and, here at the An nex clinic, you receive fruit juices if you stay only a few hours. Crutches and canes are available for those who need and desire them, but a deposit must be paid for them. This will be refunded on their return. The most frequent treatments are for colds, upset stomachs, and sore feet, in that order. You have all of these services here, so use them—don’t spread diseases, our clinic staff warns. T WiUDistribute Books on POW’s M. L. Cushion of the YMCA has announced that he has' a supply of “The Yankee Kriegies,” a slick- sheet booklet published by the ‘Y’ and written by Col. C. Ross Green ing and Sergeant Angelo M. Spin- elli. FRESHMAN STAFF Editor - Dean Reed Managing Editor L. 0. 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 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 thi Student Center at the Annex. Pardon My Piano . . . Little Aggieland Orchestra One of Annex Highlights By WILLIE DAVIS Probably one of our biggest as sets at the Annex this year is our “Little Aggieland” dance orches tra. This is the orchestra’s second year in existance, and this year’s group seems to be improving with every rehearsal. Naturally, when some boys get together with extra-ordinary talent they want to band together. This is exactly what happened among these men. Haskell “Hack” Moth- eral sparked the flame when he brought out some of his own vei’- sions of popular music which he had for his own high school or chestra. Other enthusiastic musicians were quick to respond to his call for volunteers. Among these were Bob Biegler and Gene Kennedy on the trumpet, David Winder, Ches ter Donlin, and Motheral, saxoph onists; Charles Rowin and Tommy Bailey on trombones; Jim Rogers drummer; Jimmy Kidd, pianist; J. R. Gottlob, bass; and Ted Stephens on the baritone sax. By mid-semester they had al ready succeeded in making an or chestra of 15 pieces—five saxes, three rhythms, three trombones, Air Reserve Camp Slated for Texas Air reservists may have an op portunity for active duty at Air ROTC summer camp, Lt. Col. John H. Kelly, Air Commandant, an nounced today. Camp will be held somewhere in Texas during the period which overlaps the first and second sum mer terms. Officers wishing to apply for duty during all or part of camp period should submit let ters of application to Kelly by Sat urday. Letters should set forth previous service, primary and secondary MOS efficiency rating, and dates between which officer will be available, Kelly said. Further information can be ob tained from W. F. McCulley, AF Liaison Representative, Room 220 Academic Building, Colonel Kelly said. -GOLD FOR SONJA NEW YORK —UP)—Sonja Henie wears a costume of solid gold in the opening numbers of the cur rent edition of her Hollywood Ice Revue. The costume is made en tirely of 14-karat gold mesh, is valued at $5,000 and was put to gether by a jeweler. Ty Cobb won the American Lea gue batting championship 12 out of 13 seasons between 1907-1919. and four trumpets. They made their first Annex appearance at the Christmas party in the Student Center. There they stole the show, and the boys just couldn’t get enough of it. After this, they were of fered many engagements, among them being several at the Bryan Country Club. This semester it was necessary to cut the orchestra considerably for a good balance, since some of the key members had been lost. At present, Motheral, Bailey, Kennedy Winder, Donlin, Gottlob, Rogers, and Kidd comprise the musical or ganization. The group holds rehearsals each Wednesday night, and they extend an open invitation to anyone to drop down to T-159, their practice room, and listen to some good, hot music. 1050 Students Now In Fish Regiment The Freshman Regiment now numbers 1050 cadets, according to the Commandant’s office at the Annex. Of these, 109 cadets are “frogs.” The Second Infantry Battalion is now in majority with 360 ca dets. This is because more frogs were assigned to that Battalion than were assigned to either of the other two. The Second Battalion acquired forty-two frogs at the beginning of this semester. The Third Squadron runs a close second with 355 cadets, but it has the greatest number of fish—322. The remaining thirty-three are frogs. The First Battalion is the small est on the Annex. There are 335 cadets in the First Battalion, 34 of which are frogs. Company 5, of the Second Bat talion, is the largest unit on the Annex. They have a total of 96 cadets, 13 of which are frogs. Company 3 and Company 8 both have the most frogs assigned to any unit—16. The following is a list of the Annex outfits and their strengths: Company 1 (Band) 79 Company 2 80 Company 3 90 Company 4 .....86 Company 5 96 Company 6 88 Company 7 90 Company 8 86 Flight 9 94 Flight 10 90 Flight 11 95 Flight 12 76 One barracks, T-161, has only 10 occupants, the smallest number on the Annex. Bonanza or Broke? Bonanza! This woman’s future is secure. Is your wife’s? Be sure. Take out life insurance. Billie Mitchell, ’42 State Farm Insurance Companies PHONE 4-7269 (Above Aggieland Pharmacy) AUTO — LIFE — FIRE VETERANS’ WIVES TAKE NOTE! fou’ll love the way your precious ingora, Shetland and wool sweaters tome back to you, looking fluffy and >right as new .... CAMPUS CLEANERS "Over The Exchange Store” Committee for Ball Named; ‘Sweetheart’ Contest Begins By L. O. TIEDT Distinguished Student List Totals 123 One hundred and twenty- three of the 1,214 students who completed the first se mester at the Annex made the grade of “distinguished” stu dents”, said Dr. J. P. Abbott, dean of the college at the Annex Mon day. “Of the 1,214 students, 18.4% made an average grade of ‘B’ or better” he added. This information was received by Dr. Abbott through a report made by Mrs. E. G. Batte of the Regis trar’s office, he said. Mrs. Batte has been working on the disting uished list for several weeks, but has only now completed it. A complete list of these students will be placed in each barracks as soon as possible ,Dr. Abbott said. Distinguished Student cards and the ribbons for members of the corps will also be available soon, he said. Additions to Fish Batt Staff Made Several new additions and re placements for the Freshman Batt staff have been announced by Dean Reed, editor of the Freshman page. Phillip Stern, mid-term entrant from Lufkin, has been added to the staff, and also Joe Martinez, Rob ert Bynes, and Charles Sebesta. Stem, former editor of the Luf kin high school paper, joins the staff as a staff writer, while Mar tinez and Bynes will do feature writing, Reed said. Sebesta will collaborate with Jim LoCaste in handling the Annex sports depart ment. The sports department was left one man shy when Frank Manit- zas, sports editor for the first se mester, moved to the campus. No sports editor will be appointed for a time yet, Reed said, and both LoCaste and Sebesta will do the sports reporting. Any other stu dents at the Annex interested in writing sports are urged to come by the Freshman Batt office in the Student Center and talk to Reed. A. C. Margoitta, news editor, has resigned, due to an excess of academic work, Reed also announc ed. His position will probably be filled soon by one of the other staff reporters. Theer are still several good po sitions open on the staff, which will probably lead to positions on the daily Battalion of the campus next fall, Reed said. Government Plans Meterology Exams An examination for the position of Meteorological Aid has been announced by the U. S. Civil Ser vice Commission. These positions are mostly lo cated in Washington, D. C. and vicinity, but a few positions in Alaska and in foreign countries are to be filled. Plans for the annual Freshman Ball are beginning to take shape. Freshmen Class President Ralph Rowe reveal ed Monday that he had appointed chairmen to head the var ious committees necessary to make the Fish Ball a reality. ‘‘Committees and committee chairmen,” Rowe said, “are David M. Yeager, pictured above, was elected campus vice- president of the Freshman class. Yeager is a physical education major from Houston and is liv ing in Hart Hall. Texas Stations Will Air Muster The Aggie Muster will be broad cast April 21 over WTAW and re broadcast over five Texas stations the A&M Information Service has announced. The re-broadcast will be over KPRC (Houston), WOAI (San Antonio), WFAA (Dallas), KRIS (Corpus Christi) and KVAL of (Brownsville). The broadcast schedules for the muster are 8:30 to 9 p. m. over KPRC and WOAI; 9 to 9:30 p. m. over, WFAA; 10:30 to 11 p. in. over KRIS and KVAL. Radio Editor And Assistant Attend Directors Meeting Miss Frances Arnold, assistant radio editoi’, and Ed Langley, stu dent assistant of the editorial of fice of the Extension Service, at tended a meeting of the South western Radio Farm Directors in Dallas recently. The purpose of the meeting, sponsored by radio station WFAA was to discuss problems, compare programs of work, and combine efforts in disseminating agricul tural news. Interviews with agri cultural specialists and ways to bring up to date information of interest to farm people were dis cussed. The Texas Farm and Home Pro gram, a local program, was broad cast from WFAA during the two- day meeting. ■♦■transportation, Don Dees, P&ME major from Carthage; orchestra, William Bennett, EE major from Alvin; invitations, Lloyd Reedy, Vet. Med. major from Dallas; sweetheart, William Sears, Ag. ma jor from Houston; refreshments, Robert Hinton, E&MAN E major from Baytown; James Arnold, Arch, major from Houston; pub licity, L. O. Tiedt, Ag. Ed. major from La Grange; guests, George Grupe, BA major from San Angelo; and social secretary, Alvie Burk- halter, Eng. major from Houston.” The date of the Fish Ball was postponed from March 4 to March 12 by the majority vote of the Freshman Class. Grady Elms and Roy Blanton, who attended the first meeting of the committee chairmen, offered their aid and support in making the ball a success. At this meeting the committee chairmen made the primary plans for the ball. The Freshman Ball will be held in Sbisa Hall on March 12. Danc ing will begin at 8:30 p.m. with the Aggieland Orchestra fur nishing the music. Following the standard policy of the college, the ball is scheduled to end at midnight. Price of tickets has been set at $2.50 per couple. This price includes hat-check service, free refreshments and cookies. Tables and chairs will also be provided. All funds left over after the ball costs have been deducted will be placed in the Freshmen class treasury. Invitations will be sent to special guests of the Freshmen class, the committee chairmen decided. It was also decided that Seniors with dates and members of the Ross Volunteei’s with dates be permitted to attend the Ball as paying guests. Freshmen student’s “buddies” with dates will also be permitted to en ter as paying guests; however, this is restricted to “buddies” not en rolled in A&M, Rowe said. Special attraction of the ball will be the presentation of the Freshmen Class Sweetheart. The first six contestants will be selected by two pictures, one portrait and one full-length shot. Freshmen who wish to enter their dates in the contest must have the two pictures in the office of Luke Harrison on or before Wed nesday, March 9. The six final sweetheart con testants will make a personal ap pearance before the judging com mittee the night of the ball. It is by this person appearance that a winner will be selected to be Fresh man Sweetheart of the Class of ’52. Plans are being made for busses to meet all trains and busses ar riving in Bryan apd College Sta tion on March 12 to pick up all dates that may be arriving, Rowe said. Busses will also be sent to and from Sbisa Hall on the night of the ball for those students who do not have other transportation. Rowe requested that students who have cars share them with theil fellow students. A defenseman has never won the Lady Byng trophy, awarded to the National Hockey League player who combines “gentlemanly con duct” with ability. & e> & «> 8> 8> e> e> &> & 8» 8> & & fr & I I &> fr S» & I c> mUtM "Columbia Records CRUISING DOWN THE RIVER Frankie Carle FAR AWAY PLACES Dina Shore BUTTONS AND BOWS Dina Shore SUNFLOWER Frank Sinatra YOU WAS Doris Day ROSEWOOD SPINET Dina Shore THE MONEY SONG Buddy Clark SEPTEMBER SONG Harry James Better Homes Appliance Center 314 N. 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