>p;. iif ■‘h ! i i I LL Ini: i 7 1 ■y 1 ■: / / 7 w- \ II A A?! i. & /; • >/ /L / yXL.y m ^—T~rr % x. /■ x- . •; •f , 1 4 Mr Mid-Semester Gr X; ATTALIGN /• !A y v ; . j. ./• !¥<■ *1 FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1949 i I! T ■•A :nsion Wt • • lit coi were |l' the back half of the rracks at the Annex. This is the home colorfuj ‘‘Ipeutemen,” zhembers of the infantry Corn- One simple reason lies behind this n of the company is missing. This is it instance of the year where an outfit’s their hands, but it is the first where jn found or returned after days, ember of Company 2 and freshman hnder of the |First Battalion*, says, “If our guidon nailed .atop thii gym or flying from some latrine, we would classify it as ( ‘good bull’ and let it go at that, but it’s just pissing. We faiijt find it.” | Now, fellows, ti guidoji, if you,don’t know, is not very - large, and it takes Jio great skill to keep one hidden. The men )n the t)quccj eompahy realize that, and now seem to except the, Battalion classified ads. : During 4 Ta^hpo^’period, they mass their company - , and strategically inspect certain suspected barracks for their . ^ company’s standard^ put all to no avaiU if the guidon id ndt returned shortly or found, no doubt the Ihfantrymin nave to reach deep into their pockets .••'"to purchase another ope. This would necessitate the loss of several valuableiWebks without a guidon, without which . 9^ a company looks b^re (during a parade or review. The Deucemen ?were further irked this wepk, when they i ^..thought, afteriMonday's pass-by review, that they would be .’ disqualified as^rei^ult of the loss of thejr standard. Broad- * -. minded staff officials, however, disregarded this in their ratings of the review. This may have foiled the plans of some individjumior^tpup of individuals for revenge on the Wo men, but we don’t thinks so. , If the ajtely taken from its station, we don’t .. tl it ; Wa& for any purpose other than souvenir hunting, for Aggie* just don’t operate that way. The leaders iof the men with the lost guidon say that they, aren’t interested in who took the standard, but only in i ffettlncr it haek. I We hope, that by the time our editorial idon has been returned to its proper .‘".Qwner, and that, be (ither such incident will occur, whereby company must! be without its insignia for days. Mid-semester grade be due Thursday at 1 _ should be mailed by the middle of next week, said Mrs. G, W. Fu qua, secretary in J. P. Abbott, de for the Annex, This grade, ak the one the middle of the last are only to let a student how well he has done up to point, Mrs. Fuqua said. The will be used to determine the {aca demic record of the company of the Annex ca the outstanding cadet of man regiment, and the oi cadet of each company or she added. I . > in/ •|: ! . 7 J , ki If a student on probation is f his prdte- meeting the terms of Us tion, he will mitted to continue tion. A student who is at on probation, and is net the terms of his naturally be per- tinue without qnee- t who is at proseat the tournament tra practicing right here; Hi ' ■ ' lil' nex. Approximate]] Major Wf B. Traylor,^ and Captain' t the a on this preliminary grade lupsrt will be (ranted a personal inter view before any action to tak en,” announced Dr. Abbott. “I it looks as though he has s gi chanee to make his probation the end of the semester, ho n! be permitted to continae,”. he said. ' , ~ ' \}i ^ f realm bj course ;-7v ’ ! : * • • 1 [r y // T. A. CLOUD, Annex Postinaster, In niton n planing I how* Important let tern from home in the boxes. Eighth Wonder of World... ven l|| Spring Arriving, ’ rill Must Go On, Says Byncs Hi IYNES / Lj . A fJJlfOii 1..J .. I tow hours before C.Q., ^o-drive on * Tjhrough the wmd, ai d blinding ! fain, the pitter-pgtter? of tiny feet are (heard keeping! time to cadence. With the sound '.ojf ‘ |;h)e wind is heard a cry, '{T'catij, ff io further; -'leave me behind.”! |A|nd as the **" companies fight theti ikfty to the armory, the quantity of the units J- -are lessened by thd^ciild fatigue »i and frost 'the men as field. Yet, drH bite; thp s they ; be free! Free to run and play for 2' , |j ajccompanies heydross the drill iling their Way| along the icy , thq companies ifind their to the jjto>r$ t of the black building, bamy yislifeto against the dark, jSisty, winte’/dk c But drill muat/go on; And frjos’ they are ready for the ti’eafmAnt. With the M-jl rifles parch'id 111 non their shbulders, the cOmBtln ds proceed to: majfch aerosii t li hch of ice, stopping occasion* lyjifhr « ntunuul of anna. With numh feiit» ihLOompanM . of h honrw .. mi 11. -. i:;;.: i Ul£l! i.i.. |> . mimmmmmmu — imu.'ifiimj.i. JDV6a ftiV* *.!:»![. t« 0, TMNH .At. .41 jrlililili , .0/ i, "Pig" -NawHffl . ...idtotK' MMM 4i.:•••• ml.......Ml.u.Mii.)...i..............i...,..,.. j~.£ ...i,..,.4, Jphft I H J) 1.‘V H.n.1 Cole 1 >. ..t 141.44 . .'Ailil*,*#. ...j- to. W.- Neuver, Hul, Pflee, l)«vld Klee, K. A. Miifeleetl. BUI ThornPttnri, Airrea/Thortie L D- >fl» The Kmhman P*#e, p«*»p»per of the Tmm A. A M. Annex frethtoen, U pabllxtH >hl«« P«Be of the BATTALION, end le eponeored hr Sea >• ■' hi 7 *y rr* w, W. Aldrldne. X.borl KyncH, Willie Devli. rld|i . Zane Martin, toimny Martinet *V be made at tha Freehman BATTALION offlea la tbt tex. like cream hair tonics? contains Viratol*' 14- A,- :r f] -i 1 1 • AjF/ gives your hair that ?j ust-combedV look—all day long! /.■HI / V 'b // / j h yj If if hN-J NEW POKMULA WITH VIHATOl* works wonders In the . ‘ looks of your hair. It looks natural.;, .it feels natural...and it stays in place! TryTbotHe. mw M ' I. U' r~ ■ * I'M* tess >. 4 j ¥r ,*! yftr ajtofjia |i - 4r . visiting a chemistry lab session, and by animal husbandry barn or the rifle- range. Tripod’s favorite haunts, how ever, seem to be the small class- jrooius, where he is often seen snoozing happily until awakened by a noisy lecturt uf (he instruc tor, He then grunts disronteiti- eillv and stalks, nr hnlddes, away, seeking a quieler almusphere, This eighth wnpder of the wdBld, #a h« Is mlleil hy many, pndmldy ileserlve* an award for having f'tit less rinsses than any cadet at the Anneia, The insli’uetnrs have fnund it halzurdnus to Insist that he be ftmuiVed from the classroom, and hnw seem to accept hint an another day Student. Trlfwal has no worries alaiul wherp his next meal will come —l —-— i—' the Wheelbarrows have been count ed, the report is taken and the remainder of the companies marclr to position of their dismissal on the. Steaming pavement east of the drill field. And when “dismissed” is finally given, the companies fade like melting ice into the black buildings and surrounding shady spots for the pause that refreshes. Yet, drill must go on. , from, as do many of his canine though he is appropriately tag- mates/ He choose^ a cOiTain com- | ged and licensed. His master, or pany/to fall out with at each meal) rather his former master, since formation, and the members of that the corps seems to have adopted company seem to. have an unsworn i him as “Frog Tripod,” has taken Vow to feed him fit the following fine care of him, for he has been shorn completely around the am putated limb. .1 • j With due consideration having been given to all factors involved, | it looks like Tripod and tjhe Class j of ’52 have officially adopted each Other. even 18-65, or if the student is cadet colonel of the corps, he - >t get off probation at mhl-sei r,’ r said Mrs. Fuqua, In saswsr to tha dosem of students who have been requesting information on the length of probation. ' . r' 7\*\ v; Class Fuads Will Net $700-■ Luke, The Class of ’52 will probably net about six or seven hundred dollars for their class fund this year, said Luke Harrison, dean of men at the Annex, after con ferring with Ted Stephens, class treasurer. Most of this profit was derived from the Freshman Ball, Harrison said, with another part of it com ing from the coke maphine fund. their f X:- : " meal. Cadets have wearily followed Tripod all day, heipiog to see him go home to his' master, but as yet, he seems to? have none, al- ‘f " Band Again In Top Position After Review MITCHI M RELEASED AS SENTENCE ENDS ! LOS ANGELES, March 31 —UP> Movie Hero Robert Mitchum was released from the county jail Wed nesday after serving 50 days on his conviction of. conspiring to possess marijuana. I j I “This has been a milestone in Company One, tile fresh- my life,” Mitchum drawled as he man band, regained 1 top headed for a taxicab, .1. place in the regimental «tand-j Mitchum said he has his eye ten be away down by the tog* at the Annex early this , on another career-writing. L 1.1 • FOR A HOME - LIKE MEAL AWAY FROM HOME COLLEGE INN BRYAN Min, cers <* ange haurd of III its id en! Buai- ■c. Dto- of ex- lilto fo- bolls. The I Milt to mger be ouree of afforded by sheltering r - f; tjie wir We. The might j^ptain who vc *■11 go\t\t their practice deairing lea- tp contact eith- Captavn WiL completed exte live reaearch Power Golf.’’' enl . •v. '< -j- IL p'.Jd ■ - " i m DeLUXE CAFE SERVES THE BEST ^ IN FOOD The Bryan Home / of the Texas Aggies X week by placing first in the review Monday eVening. said Ser geant J. C. Thomas of the Annex j Military Science deparitment. The! band, who hud beijn out! of the top [ posit ion for several weeks, receiv ed Hl,2(1 V4 perfeelton in their rat* j ings, said TbflRU*l in InU bulletin «f the review ounpoitivj, Heemnl plpee in thej ire view, nt'- 4'ttrdinu to the hqtilaliiif was token! by Company H, wUhtWiS aeore, Fltirht (l was third (with while Flighl 12 was iftoirth with KB,MG, |] ]| Flight II I* M#>nd !l|n the rouL mental Mandlngs, while Company 2, (Hhclnit aeventh in the Mnndiy review, dropped It' a tie with Com pany B for third njitee. Company 2 was previously the number one com pany, rj ,!( Fourth place hi the regimental standings belongs to Flight 12. Texas Worid scenes from the neiF movi Hall Saturday night. Itt tlf who reform* and conies '■■■*—4~ 1, which will -phy Is school, iy shown in two of these prevued at Guldt' wlW y oungster ; vv 1 i IK ■ ' 'oH iM The Largest ... ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE STORE 11 In Bryao— Come in and see us for large or small appliances: RADIOS . . ELECTRIC IRONS STUDENT LAMPS FLOOR LAMPS Requires cotta* KELVINATOR . . HOT POINT —and many other usefuls— UNITED \ APPLIANCES FARM ft HOME STORE ft AGGIE RADIO ' t Phone 2-1496 r - P DOUG’S CAFE \ College and 27tb a ; if - - ’ ■ m t The eoet of providing telephone service he* steadily* present construction costs h«ve l in meny instance*-, mo during the past few years. Telephone rates, being subject to'regulptions by orities, lag far behind the increased cost of mate | • i . I V ' • . 1 ;? : - As a result tha present high costs of operatiori* make it increasingly hard to stretch rajtes based ot to “do the joV’ necessary to furnish telephone good crease telephone facilities." 1 ■ « - '-j ■ ]: . U : d • le are, however, moving fast with our construct]! program hoping that ratae can be adjusted to meet- [ \ ; ! ' !'! ' 1 1 ''ill - r- • . -j ’ • ' d| nr \ S.rving T,x.(.Arkantci,.Oklahom,.ioi i-i until dOubJed M ifl : tionn itions ■ ! :‘ i : Specializing In nMEXICAN. DISHES CHICKEN FRIED STEAK DINNERS ' -'/i / 'heSouthwestern States telephone l \k AGGIES ALWAYS WELCOME TT , ' X k • . • ' r ■ ■ i -Xu >7/