The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, April 07, 1949, Image 3

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■ie and sports has beep l
ufal boxing matches
nex gym Monday
nights. Judging b;
of | th« i crowd, we ventu:
t ijs will prove tb be
laijof any intramur;
> JHarrison, intramu
with us whoi«h
thin, adding that it
response from th<
g Interests annual
:Adtion, fast and diem
Was the key word wh
lx sounded the fir^
g his year’s figl
tsianding boxers ifere:
in IV onday night's perf<
fong.them R. W. f‘CI
(era in and F. W. Snydei
sent ng Companies 2 ani
spectively. Anderson defebi
ent, W. D. 1
it 9, by exhibiting!
which caught Bedford iki
times, resulting 1 in a thii
id knockdown, whjch.i '
tomjse, wins the fight, under ii
i ramural rules. . |, T|111}
Sn rder was well-n&atcfiedi with
J F Hillman of Flight 12,' but
prow d too much for him with In-
othei knockdown. " j
Orje of the most crowcf-;
les of the evening
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ml Boxing Undertvay Her?;
rowds Watch Large Field
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writing with one of a regular
:ten by one, by ho means. Charles
writer, is ailing, and we are mak-
yoti the Annex sport news while
and here goes. j j J
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Flight 10| aijdj
. is
er flying for three
tesJ never coming uj) for
tie final bell sounded
io i went to Stripling.
Si ice we have drifted
149 Hb. class,- we’)l s^ay
dthejr of the most evenij
was between' C.
11, and Lowell Hoi
any 1, with Holmes yrjhning
^decision. The Hplrties-Strip-
winner will meet W. sG. pRollo-
Flight 12, who defeated L] I*,
guez, Company 7, ih h toiaitch
y night. Dominguez sieemed
ire quickly in thd third round,
giving HollbweU iUioj much
trovble and enabling hitn to get
the decision. . i "'T |• J. ; ,
Twenty-two bouts art slat
for Friday night, which
the quarterfinals of thei tol
ment. Then the following
day night, April 11, t|n
fit ala will take platje, ajijl
13, Wednesday night, the
in each of the weight div
I ere are some more Hsiilts of
Moiday night's initial bbutft: ji39
lb. class—D. S. Curtiss, | J, li;i}htll2,
de« fated W. W. LoOkrlfliM|fC<>m»
pany 5. In the 149 pbundttbj H S.
defiuftttd to
:7. ; J. W.
Phjllips of Company 2\ topic
i over D.
ijr y« in vuv
Colomun, Company Hj, de
J. jM. Schaefer, Comimnj
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while WjA.iCs
eaiy decision
of Company 1,
toi k another default
Ncsl of Company 7. :
V. A. Topperweirt,
took another easy one
Btjrda df Company 1,
nders defeated J. P.
ipany 3.
another of thd
ink category, W. H.
(J< mpany 2 won ovei'
of Flight 9. Delangd wil
w nner of the Toppem
dtrs match, on Friday ;ri
No fights took plao
jiight in the 159 lb. i clan
ti in is slated to get
Here soon. JC. p. Pad ,
G ilden Glover and prid j .c
pany 7, took a default c
Davis, Flight 11, dnd
I liter.
h anaging Editor.^..
F eature Editor.™
Shorts Editor....
I ilitary Editor....
F hotographer...
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11 meet
J. D. Carter of Company 4 on Fri
day night. This night will also
find R. D. Kirk and C. E. Meyer
scrapping it out, while the winner
of. the J. D. HeacoCk-E. R. Hen
dricks match will meet J. D. Mor
ton of Company 1. E. B, Rubsamen,
another Company 7 man, will meet
the E. N. Swirsky, Flight 10-N. E.
Welch, Flight 11 victor on Friday
night also. 1 - j
Going up into the heavier boys,
the 169 lb. group, the D. ( E.
Scott-M. T. Rarris winner will
meet the top man betweem D. L.
Glidden and R. T. Nicosia on
Friday night. W. B. Tate of
“Company 3 will meet (he C. S.
Davis-D. M. Brown winner, H. D.
Gant of Flight 11 and M. R.
Ammons of Company 5 will
meet Ammons took a forfeit
from - B. T. Hardman, Company
2, while Gant defeated C. L.
Geraghty of Flight 10.
Friday night will also find the
first 179 pounders imaking their
debut, when C. F. Parr, Flight
12, "takes on the winner between
A. S. Johnson, Company 1, and
W. C. Holmes, Company 7.
. R. N. jReed, Company 4, and B.
W.i Wilson, Company 8, WM tangle
to decide the opponent for R. B.
Johnson, Company 3. H, B. Mel-
lina will take on the winner of
the J, JL Peeler, veterans—A. G.
Stell, Flight 10, scrap.
Now come the big boys, the
heavyweights. They, too, will take
their first turn in the local ring
Friday night, when C. W. Spruiell,
Company 7, and J. Ri Gottlob,
Company 2, meet. Then r Monday
night, W. O. Jacobs, Company 7,
and N. W. Naugle, Flight 10, will
tangle. Another Friday night
match will pitch D. R. Siebarth,
Company 3, against D. D. Cregg,
Company 8.
A complete schedule of the
fights is posted in the gymnasium
on the bulletin board.
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Boxing, though it is p o W in the
limelight, is not the only in^ra*-
mural activity underway ^ at the
Annex. Volleyball is daily attract:
ing many spectators, with games
being played as often as the
weftther permits at the * courts
south of the Annex gymnasium,
Only about four more volleyball
games remain, said Luke Harrison
Tuesday; afternoon, before the
champiojnship series can be play
ed between the two league chumps.
By just taking a quick look at the
records,jit seems that either Com
pany 1 hr Flight 11 will rijpresetn
League "B,” 'while it could go to
any of three teams in League "A,”
with Company 8 taking our vote.
Incidentally, the boys are talk
ing it ub pretty much down in the
bund boirracks area abobt their po
tential champion volleyball team.
This is the first team which has
gotten out of the loser’s column,
and may be the one which will
go all the way. Tnis isn’t purely
company loyalty, and if you don’t
believe us, take a look at the sex
tet. Sparked by Sam Beck, G. C.
Ellisar, and others!, they may be
the tealm to beat.
The Freshman
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THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1949
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Idle Crew Dreads Up Question
Of the Week; Ffeh Air Views
tennis is progressing like the
proverbial turtle, according to N. A.
Ponthieux’s bulletin board post
ing^. In the doubles matches, C. K.
Taylor and Bruce McDaniels; have
advanced, and will meet the R. D.
Grimes-B. Chapman team. Ischy
F eature W ri t era..;—j
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The Freehman Page, newspaper o
Thursday ae an Intide page of
louthwell, faculty advisor, j fT] il
Newt contribution* may; be mad e
I tadent Center at the Annex. r
IHMAN STAFF
.....Dean Reed
L. 0. Tiedt
G. F. “Fig” Newton
Charles Sebeeta
John Tapley
Hank Cole
tfeuvar, Bob Price, David Rice, R. A. Moreland,
impsoo, Alfred Thorpe ; i .
W. W. Aldridge. Robert Bynea, Willie Davia.
Zane Martin, Tommy Martinez
the Total A. A M. Annex freahmen, is publiahH
1 the BATTALION, and is sponsored by Sag
at the Freehman BATTALION office In tht
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See Us For
GARDENIAS
ORCHIDS
CAMELLIAS
By BILL THOMPSON
The atmosphere around the
Freshman Bait office has been so
dreamy the last few weeks that
this department just couldn’t stay
awake long enough to think of
ideas for this column. We were
sleeping, reclined, in the editor’s
big easy chair, when said person
angrily interrupted our snooze
with a vociferous “If you don’t get
out and work up that story. I'm
going to (censored)!! And that’s
final—get out!”
Note to editor. “Dear Editor:
Will you please forgive and forget
for we’ve hit upon a subject ati
last!” v
Our question of the week for
this week interns the new ap- j
pearance of the corps in the j
khaki summer uniforms and the j
various reactions of the cadets
and members of the Annex per- j
sonnel. ' ]
It had been so long since we had
gone on a tour of questioning that
we hardly knew where to begin.
After finally deciding jus£ to wanr
der around the Annex, visiting
horse-shoe games, card games,
meandering among the cadets wat
ching the poor unfortunates drill,
we finally wound up in the Ad
ministration Building.
Cadet W. H. Dickens, Company
2, said, “I like our going back
into khaki. Thisuuniform will
be much cooler, even though it
doesn’t look as good. Another
disadvantage is that it's harder
to k^ep clean.” /
C., F. Stallings, Company 5 look
ed up from his card game and said
“I Can’t wait to get into those
khaki*. They are really going (o
feel good after wearing serge for
so long-”
“It doesn’t make too much dif
ference to me,” said Joe Mack
Johnson, of Company 1. “It’s ju]
getting too hot for serge, so
only 'logical to enter the kl
uniform.” ’’ i [i •
M. B. Burton, a veteran, saty
“Since it naturally doesn't af
fect me, I really don’t care. Kha
kis will give the Annex that sea
sonal affect that cornea out with
the warmer weather, however.?'
The tactical officer of the Fi^st
Battalion, Major W. B. Wood, ttjld
us,j “I don't think that the khdki
unijform meets the serge stamiarils
in appearance. The cadets will
have to pay more attention (to
brass now, because belt buckl|es,
uu-
Mack
jukt
) it’s
(haki
especially, will make a ‘break’ in
the uniform. Well polished brass
can make a cadet look very nice,
but a dirty belt buckle can make
an otherwise neat uniform look
sloppy. However, I think that the
comfort and coolness of khakis will
outweigh the extra time and work
put in polishing brass.”
We ended our tour in Dr. J. I\
Abbott’s office, and of course it
was after 5 p. m., forcing the„
good doctor to remain a few
minutes after hours. Dr. Abbot
said, “Khakis will look very neat
when they are dean, and they
are much easier to clean than
serge. I envy the cool look of
the khaki uniform. I can assure
you they are much more com
fortable than any suit,”
And so ended our opinions for
this week. If we haven’t met favor
with the editor, maybe our name
will remain on the freshman staff
anyway.
and Griffin will meet Morris and
Blockman in another of the doubJes
matches to be held soon.
In the singles events, Loiyell
Holmes took a forfeit game oVer
J. R. Nail, and 1 will. meet A. I A,
Hayes, who defeated J. H. Wilnn.
R. D. Grimes ibeat Joe Mazjzu,
while C, K. Tayjor won over Sjam
Vester in other matches. Gripies
and Taylor will! meet soon, with
the winner playing the Holir|es-
Hayes victor for the singles title.
, Tennis’ little brother, intramural
ping-pong, was finished in a re
cent tournament, with the Haii-
Barry combination taking the
double^ crown.
★
The Annex track team, coached
by J. R. Hill, P. E. instructor, tied
the Allen Academy thinly-cjads
again in a dual meet held last Sat
urday in Bryan. This was the sec
ond time that the Annexites tied
the strong Allen group in two con
secutive matches. We have not been
able to get the complete results
of the meet from Mr. Hill, but
these will be published as soon as
possible. Our congratulations to a
spirited bunch of tracksters!
Speaking of track, we have to
turn again (o intranhurals to men
tion the tentative open meet to be
held on Kyle Field sometime in the
middle of May, according to Luke
Harrison. This will be another in
tramural event, said Luke, and will
cover most of the usual track and
field events. There will be; the
440 yard dash, the 100 yard
the 880 dash, the 120 low
(the usual hurdle race
220 low or 110 high—this will com
bine the two, with the hurdles be-
ing spaced as in the 110 thigh
hurdle event). Others will include
the shot-put, broadjump, high-
jump, and the pole-vault.
Another item before closing, the
final speedball game will take
place Thursday evening at 5 p.m.
Gonzales Gets His
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Judge Fine Reason
SAN ANTONIO —MP>- Juan
Gonzales, a little man with ner
vous hands, stood before the judge
twisting an old felt hat out of
shape, while his eyes grew bright
with^worry and fear.
Jhan was facing an 18-month
prison term assessed by a jury
following his conviction on an as
sault to murder indictment.
-Judge W. W. McCrory, of CrU
minal District court, cleared his
throat and surveyed the little mtfn,
and then turned to the attorneys.
"Why do you think he deserves
probation,” the judge asked. “As
sault to murder is a pretty serious
offense, you know.”: j
“It’s this way, judge,” one of the
attorneys began, and then, as if
realizing the futility of words,
turned to the little inan.
"Get ’em in here, Juan,” he di
rected.
Presently, through the courtroom
door a parade came trooping.
“Uno, dos, tres, quatrd, cinco,
seis, siete” Juan intoned. He turn
ed triumphantly to the judge.
“Eh todo,” he exclaimed. Los
hijos lined up in front of/the
judge, solemn and pnblinking, like
a row of owls.
“Mi familia,” Juan said.
The judge grinned:
“Probation granted,” he said.
“Those are seven good reasons for
probation.
GOETHE CONGRESS PLANNED
| ./FRANKFURT der., — <*>> —
More than 200 scientists from the
United States, South America and
West Europe have been invited
to come here next August to hon
or the memory of; Johann Wolf
gang Goethe, German poet.
Celebrating the 200th anniver
sary of the birth of Goethe, the
city has arranged gn international
scientists’ congress to debate “Goe
the’s influence upon the thinkihg
of the present day world.”
The congress will meet here Aug.
24 to 26. It will be the climax of
the “Goethe Festival Year” be
ginning in March and ending in
October.
Goethe was bom here August
28, 1749, and died : at Weimer at
the age of 73.
The festival program includes
gala performances of Goethe’s dra
matic works including “Dr. Faus-
tus.”
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BABE HAS FALL;
DAD GOES TO HOSPITAL
HOUSTON, —(A*)— A 5-month
old baby fell froni a bed last night.
The youngster’s; father went to
the hospital.
J. M. Proctor Jr,, 80, was taking
a bath when he heard a “thud"
and a cry from his son’s bedroom.
In rushing to! the child’s aid, the
father slipped onthe |citchen floor.
He grabbed the family refrigerator
ripping the door off its hinges and
toppling the 200-pound box over
on him.
The child was not injured.
You must be a male ci
sically sound, and ha
to paaa the equivalent
viewing team). Both ijjng!
Mother’s Day
Program For
Annex Planned
A tentative schedule of events
for the Mother’s Day activities was
announced Tuesday by Dr. J. P.
Abbott, dean of men at the An-
nex. Dr. Abbott said, “Though
Mother’s Day is a month away, I
would like to urge all freshmen
students to begin making plans for
having their parents and friends
attend our Annex ceremonies.”
The program, which has become
traditional at A&M, will be high
lighted by a parade by the Fresh
man Regiment at the Annex 1 , an
nounced Dr. Abbott.
-The student committee for the
day’s activities has been appointed,
said Dr. Abbott. The committee
consists of J. W. Rogers, company
commander of the freshman band;
Richard Ingles, director of the
freshman Drill Team; J. W. Dais-
ton, of the YMCA; Paul H. Moth-
eral, leader of the Little Aggielapd
Orchestra; Roy LeTourneau, fresh-
man regimental commander; and
R. W. Rowe, freshman class presi
dent.
Discussed in the tentative sche
dule were, said Dr. Abbott, de
partmental exhibits in the student
center, an informal dance the
night on the night of May 7, a
general assembly and morning
player Sunday, with the presenta
tion of flowers to the cadets.
The parade will be held Sunday
afternoon, and will be high-lighted
by the presentation of the outstan
ding company and outstanding ca
dets, said Dr. Abbott.
Engineering Cent
Freshmen To Be
Library Cures
All Ills; Aids
Failing Cadets
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By BOB PRICE
Dr. Doak to Speak
To Biology Club
At Annex Tonight
Dr. C. C. Doak, head of the bi
ology department at A&M, will
speak to the A&M Annex Biology
Club in their meeting Thursday
night, said Bill Thompson, vice-
president of the' club and chairman
of the program committee. Dr.
Doak’s topic will be “Evolution.”
The meeting will be held in the
biology lecture room at the An
nex, starting at about 6:15, said
T. M. Ferguson, biology instruc
tor at the Annex and sponsor of
the club.
Lee Gruhlkey, chairman of a
committee named to select a duch
ess to represent the Biojlogy Club
at the Cotton Ball and Pageant,
has announced that the duchess
has been selected. She is Miss Bar
bara Tucker, a freshman TSCW
student from Laredo. Miss Tucker
was selected by the committee, af
ter being entered by Bill Powell,
Annex freshman from Laredo.
Annex Freshman, do you have
trouble studying lately, do you
feel bad and are your grades simi
lar to your health? If your answer
is “yes” to this question, here is
the solution. The ^Abnex library
offers a cure-all for your study
problems. Studying, surrounded by
this myriad of knowledge, will cer
tainly have a soothing effect on
your grades.
The Annex library is really the
very place to get your studying'
done. This building of great know
ledge contains over 1,000 volumes
of fiction, non-fiction and research
works. You will likely find the
answer to any question here. The
library also has all the required
reading books for English 103 and
104. Quiet surroundings, conducive
to study are always available at
the library, open from 8 to 12 a.m.
1 to 5 p. m., and 6 to 9 p. m. for
the convenience of the students. If
it is a good book you are seeking,
once again the library provides
the solution. A book may be check
ed out fot two weeks, with a two
weeks renewal available if so de
sired.
Daily newspapers and weekly
and monthly magazines are always
available for the students to read
at any time. Mrs. Mildred Pryor
and Mrs. Elsie Peeler, the librar
ians, are also on hand to assist
the student wi(h any of his read
ing or study problems.
Mrs. Pryor Says that if the li
brary doesn’t have any of the ma
terial that the student wants, she
will be glad to secure the desired
book or information from the main
library at the campus. When asked
about the popularity of the library,
Mrs. Pryor said that the library
is full most of the time with “in
dustrious scholars.” She says that
on the whole her job is a most
pleasant one. She would appreciate
it, however, if the boys would be
sure to sign a check card when
they checked out books.
So at last you have found the
solution of that old study woe, too
many distractions. Make a trip to
the library when you have some
studying to do. Your grades are
sure to rise with your spirits when
at last you are able to study-
peace and solitude.
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Bj W. W. ALM
The Annual Engineer’s
tion, a freshman engineerin
ing contest, will be held t
on April 23, said B. F. K.
instructor in the Annex
ing department. The co:
begin at 1 p. m. and end ji
at 5 p, m. on that Satui
id. ,
The contest will consist
classes of drawing^said
These will be (1) workingVd
ings ‘with instruments, (:
Biology G
Sends Duche|s
To Cotton B "
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ie commi
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m Ford, Ed
:h con
said Mulliihi
idges, Dr.
ay, and
iow | whose
a fi ee-1
or.
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ome worth
it the final sej
by
ipartmt
w.
three
tihis con- -i
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Parker]
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< ohventfon,
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Vrith three
for the
division.
An ; invitation to s<
duchess to the Cotton
he hold on April 29
campus, has been receb
the Annex Biology Ch
nounced Haydon . Jenkins,
dent of the club, at the
Thursday, March 24. The
the club’s duchess and heV)|e8<!prt
will be announced late thi
said Jenkins. ,
A committee to handle
of the duchess was appoint
Jenkins, requesting that all
bers of the club who would;;liki
enter their girl in the grout) fromS
which the duchess will be Selected;
to contact either Lee Grulji)kej or
Charles Eyestei in barracks: T451to
or L. W. Buriiey in T-168.J
A short business sessioh was
held at the beginning d the
club’s meeting, with a motion
being passed to delay final pay
ment of club dues until t) e and i
... Ahrill 1
The club treasurer,
er, said that he will accept pay-
Drawi
be Frida
elve pri
of d
| places V
ented.
.itestaht, HdllJns
' winner or
iward for pp
, inill be don
Du em :| Dletzgen
ifijcturlri of engin
affer’s Booko Stort
ttipn, and (fie Stu
of College} ptption.
Dual contest -wits origi-
934, and was,a< national .
fore the war Bob Gallo- />,
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ijirst; iqntifs in natiougi icom:
ud ilje enrolled at -AltM
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of the next meeting, on Abril! 7. pn pari if] ifor
Boon* Gow- ^ ' - •
Fr;shinja(t ! Drill
Tulcsd^y-evening that
five at
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announced
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ifances in
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ment of dues anytime befewe thei
next meeting, and then a wiring:
it, also.
T. M. Ferguson, sponsoifjbf j th<t
club and biology instructor'- at th :
Annex, showed two movies? to th
group, “The Life Cycle of tile Mos
quite,” and ‘tin the Begijnnihg.
Plans are being formed to havi
Dr. C. C. Doak, head of Kite piol
ogy department at A&M, speak a
the next meeting, said Bill Tho
son, vice-president of the CjJ
head of the program comrti}
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A LOT OF HAY;!
NEW YORK %iiee
pari-mutuel harness racing^! trick
in seven eastern states will^is
ute approximately 24,189iw
ff.
he tjeum will perforin before the
corps and faculty on
the Buitlk' ! of Flowers
toijjo oln f April 21, at
1 is pec tic
held oi
toi) fer
IWIff) ,
lemqrs of
tit ing |>d drill
April 11, at
ni San) An-
federal
lother’s Day, a id at
ceremonies
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to be l elr
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prac-
formal
during
team ^
Wed- ‘
of Vpol. |The
hap rpspuipd. drill praqt cq on
ter sehejhd weeks during which
io pr u tic t tvas held jw ltha( day.
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