Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1949)
wi" ’ :■ ■ v •'*L •'l? 1 .t* v 1. - ' 7. * *)♦ 1‘ •" Kfitiiti Mamed E^onor Company; compa 1 view at tiv J. W. ner, sign Cadet Ri lab. was anai cadet of in the I tu InR] the Ai nami Firat of tl J, A. Gnlc C prison, ■cuadron aMrard for Outstanding Cadet Irawlif nP ^ Band, Company T, was selected the hon- Annex Regiment at the Parents’ Day re- Sunday morning. The band, commanded of Texarkana, Texas, received a blue ban- .11 ( first-place company of the regiment. I Ii glea, of Dal- 1 “ m,t * t * T1 ^ in0 ’ the Military Science department, with Captain Gay Campbell read ing the name* and making the presentation*. The outstanding ca- dots, along with the outstanding company, were selected by a com mittee composed of Lt. Col. Robert jmpany louston. Winners ||ii Were R. S. Le Who is now re at the Annex, Company " ^ lettsville, I mendorf, 7; Kennei ustine, of Outstam on las, y dent of tl standing i; of Taylor, .Waskom, Owen, of Fd: In 'additidAl U> Jived medals* d. lets who did ent! rating Ip Awards, yet wfto Dutstandi jartraent.ljwd t. B. Andersi *®de°|e, R. I all, E. T. Ci t on re A F -.T H ^l ei ton, A. J. Cra p '* ■ III" Others wei J. R. .Fife M. D. FOlm w in, J, J. )weh Ncf: ’hilllps, C T. D. Ree lussek, .choettlin,i[M. ton, D. P. and Kola named. outstanding sjn Regiment’’ ;lj s, who is ca- the Freshman t ip first regi- 0 | tbs Annex, with a blue ijjwis present ir son. ort Arthur, cadet ox tstahding (ktalion was !. Eric W. nd .present eived the ding cadet of these mted with cadeta were tiding cadets, company and eg.; Donald L, was f the ompany l; y, Company m LaGrange, (phapman, of nd Battalion eiu, Longview, it i\ commander r ding cadet of duvar, of Hal- E. A. EU lio, Company jOf San Aug- in the Third Chandler, of j vice-presi- Aii Class, oui- ijR. J. Eineigl, C. L. Ray, .Ij; and D. C. drtjh, Flight 12. ived silver med- len who re- ijrge group of have a suffi- n ceive similar re re considered le military de- 11 (d. They Were Bain, Q. L. jy, !E. Camp- 0. L. Cham- (j, D. D. Clin- iind J. W. Dals- D. Edwards, L. Farrell, G. M. Fox, Green, E. W. spn, and J. L. J. I. McMil- E. Moglia, eWstrom, J. W. R. Redwinu, teedy, V. B. ih nidt, ; C, E. a Iwood, F. W." OjnuH, W. A. aiighn, J. C. , D. E. Wals- R. Wamack, were also L. Melchtr, Major H. B. i Greer, Major W. B. Wood, Captain Campbell, Captain Charles ood, Captain Gay m* U> Tie recipients M tie awards said Captain Taylor, were se lected by a very carefully plan ned snd Involved process. Schol arship, military standing, lead ership, initiative, extracurricular activities, and other factors were all taken into consideration, he added. I ' i..';’ For the outstanding company, the selection was made on schol arship, military ratings, conduct ratings, and intramural athletics, said Lt. Col. Melcher. ■'■wmww j&js. ; v./ wv. P /M- sw R.L | JEWELER ■I V- RTY GATE Biologists Plan Picnic Saturday The Biology Club will hold its first picnic Saturday night, May 14. It was decided at the last meeting, May 5, said T. M. Fergu son, club sponsor. The picnic will be held behind the home of 1 Dr. Charles LaMotte in Colleeg Hills, said Ferguson. Members may secure tickets from Haydon Jenkins, club president, or Boone Gower, j club treasurer, he said. (i - | 1 ' v -r . . After the picnic, a film on “Af rican Expedition” will be shown, said Ferguson. Transportation will leave the Annex about 4:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon for the picnic grounds. Members' are requested by Mr. Ferguson to check on this time with members of the Annex Bi ology Department staff or With him Friday. The next meeting of the d| u h, which will be the final meeting of the year, will be held Thursday night, May 19, in the regular meeting place, the Biology Lecture Room at the!. Annex, said Fergu son. The meeting will be used to discuss current business of the club and to make aomngements for establishing the enm actively on the campus this fall, he con cluded. Talent Contest To Be May 20 ■ / | ••/J p . 1' ■ ~ An announcement has come from the office of the Annex Dean of Men, Luke Harrison, that the 1949 Freshman Talent Contest will be held on Friday night, May 20. Tha show will be held at 6:$0 p. m. in tha Annex gymnasium. “We know that talont Is abun dant hara at tha Annex, but is wtil-hlddtn deep in tha individual ill well-hidden deep in tha individual companies," said Luka. “This talant can be used, however, not only to bring individual prizes to the par ticipants but to bring a little mare glory to their company,” All types of talent will be eligi ble for the show, said Luke, with only a few necessary regulations. A group of cadets will be selected as judges, and the judging will be done on a very impartial basis, he promised. Entries must be in Luke Harri son’s office by 5 p. m. Monday May 16. A number of entries have already been received, said Luke. Three prizes will be awarded, he said, for the first three all-around best acts. The original idea of awarding separate prizes to each class or division has met with much opposition and will not be used, he said. The Student Acti vities department, Luke announced has allotted a large sum of money to be used for prizes for the con test. I Page 3 J I ’ Tha Freslmm ware really swimming Ilka tha fish they ire tha n|ght before Federal Inspection, while they mopped tha larrae! be taking life easy, however, No Curtain Calk? Curtain Falls On Last Act Off Freshman Drill Team Bag Lost in Aggie Line Friday Morn C. W. Albright, of Barracks T* 166 at the Annex lost a large, overnight bag in the Dallas line in front of the College Avenue Baptist Church in Bryan last Fri day morning. The bag, a brown, rubberized one, was left in line early Friday morning, said Albright, and must have disappeared between 9 a.m. and 2 p. m. It was evidently taken by error, said Albright, who hopes that it can be returned as soon as ^possible. There was no name on the out side of the bag. The bag contained a pair of boots, a khaki uniform, and other articles, said Albright. Fendley Collins, Michigan State College, wrestling coach, hai de veloped eleven national wrestling champions since 1936. Editorials Boys With Faces of Tan . ;. By JOHN TAPLEY Sunday Was a big^ day for all Mothers, e$pecially for those at A&M. Yet it was a big day for others, too, | including the members of the Freshman Drill Team at the Annex. The group drilled in an exhibition for visitors Sunday af ternoon, drilling for the last time as a unit. The Freshman Drill Team was organized in October, 1948, and was cut down from an original number of 300 applicants to the now 38 members, mostly by com petitive drill. Elected officers of the team last fall werq Richard A. Ingles, commander of the group, Brian Hull, D. E. Vandenbefg, Ernest Rubsamen, and Roland Za pata, assistant drill directors. John Tapley was elected publicity direc tor. The constitution, which was written by these officers, has been followed by the team since then. J . J ■ Freshman Crops Contest to Be Friday Night; 300 May Enter Lgronomy With the last comniand given by Drill Team Commander Richard Ingles at the exhibition on Moth er’s Day, the team reached the, end of a short, but most success ful, journey. This command signi fied the last time these cadets would drill together as a group, as the Freshnian Drill Team. No cadet at the Annex has ever looked on this group in the even ings while he was entering the mess hall without thinking,, per haps subconsciously, “it takes a lot of spirit, real Aggie spirit, along with plenty of initiative and pride, to just drill, drill, DRILL every afternoon like these guys do!” No cadet looked at the without silently saluting the group of freshmen, who, perhaps more than any other organization, did more this year to help maintain the Aggie reputation of excellence. Ingles, along with his several assistants, have done a marvelous job with a group which began as just green, but willing, freshman. The group 'itself, however, de serves the majority of the praise. The thirty-eight men who finished the year as members were the men who made .the Freshman Drill Team what it has been, and were those who helped stamp the num erals, 1952, on the minds of many. Annex Talent Show Official Entry Blank Name.t Type of Talent- Entries must be turned in to Luke Harrison’s office in the Annex Administration Building before 5 p.m. Monday, May 16. ATTENTION f* ■ Ate You Willing to Invest In the Future? Learn Auctioneering from America’s Foremost Auctioneers Term begins July 18 and runs through August 6— To be held on the Campus of Alton Military Academy —20 instructors in every field of Auctioneering — Accepting limited enrollment Write: National Auction Institute Box 88 College Station, Texas By V. Z. MARTIN The Freshman Crops Contest will be held on Friday, May 13, at 7:00 p. m. | in itoom 7 of building T-180 at the Annex. The contest is open to some 300 agricultural students who will attempt to iden tify and judge crops and plants se lected by the Annex Ai Department. The contest consists of the fol lowing paries (1) identification of, crops and weeds (including speci-' mens of seeds and Heads), (2) iden tification pf green plants, taken from this Vicinity, andi .(3) judging of seeds ofi field crops for planting purposes. A possible total of 1000 points may be i scored by a con testant with 70 identifications counting 7(1Q! points and the throe judging Samples counting 100 points eadk j ' . The Agronomy lab has been open during the' past week for the ben efit of thoijie who have wanted ad ditional tijme in preparation for this contesjt. AH crop^ and plants which are; to' be identified and judged in > the contest have been made available to the contestants by T. E. MbAfee and Paul Bennett, who have been working nightly with the students. Prizes to be awarded to winning contestants will be, for first place, a gold medal with the Aggie seal, surrounded by a wreath of crop products; for second place, a silver medal wit^ the same design; and for the, tpird, fourth, and fifth places, brdrize medals. .» Displayed Pictures On Sale by Photographer Copies of all pictures which were on display! in the FrCshman Batt office over the Parents’ Day week end may be purchased from Fresh man photographer Hank Cole in Barracks 853, just north of the Chemistry Building, Cole announ ced this vieek. TpP TACKLING NEW YORK — UP) — Only six punts were returned for touch downs during the 1948 National Football League season. The ten teams kicked 396 times.. The Chi cago Cardinals lugged back four for TDs,' with Charley Trippi and Jerome Davis carrying back two apiece. George McAfee of the Chi cago Bears and Bosh Pritchard of the Philadelphia Eagles each scor ed one. Davis’ 70 yard return was the longest of the season. D. C. Wilcutt, flashy ace of the 1948 St. Louis U. Five, is playing for the St. Louis Bombers in the Basketball Association of America. Three players from Cuba, one from Carjada and another from Vera Cruz, Mexico, are among the rookies reporting to American League bqseball camps. RECORDS • RADIOS School * Office Supplies ALL YOUR NEEDS Drill Team, Band, Color Guard At ROTC Meeting The Freshman Drill Team, Regi mental Color Guard, and Band par ticipated in ceremonies for the final review of the Houston ROTC high school cadets there May 6. The review, an annual affair, was held by the seven Houston high school ROTC battalions. Guests of the Houston A&M club, the groups left Aggieland by bus at 1 p. m. and returned that nigbt. The Band played several march es before the review began, being introduced by Colonel Robert L. Melcher, Annex commandant, to the Houston crowd by the public address system. Immediately after the review, the Drill Team and Color Guard took the field, the former putting on a fifteen-minute demonstration drill. Thev were fol lowed by the Cullen Rifles, a drill unit from the University of Hous ton. Drilling every evening after the retreat Ceremonies and sonietimes postponing the evening meal for hours, they often drilled on the Saturdays which all Aggies reserve as a day of leisure. The team practiced diligently throughout the long and cold winter months, be coming quite skilled in their pre cision movements. That skill has finally paid off during the past few weeks, however, as the team has met with favorable acclaim at many performances. The team was organized, drilled and commanded by freshman ca dets, who also originated many of the unique drills the team now uses. The Military Department has sponsored the Drill Team and has aided in securing for them parts of their uniform and their rifles. First exhibition performed by the team was for Major General K. L. Berry, adjutant-general of the State of Texas, and his staff on January 20. The exhibition was put on following a review of the Freshman Regiment at the south drill field grounds. The next important appearance for the Drill Team was in the Night Illuminated Parade on April 23 in San Antonio, an event cli maxing the week’s celebration of the Fiesta de San Jacinto. From that time on, the group has drilled almost constantly. The Federal In spection on April 29 was the next event, followed closely by a per formance honoring the faculty of the school on May 2. Houston, Texas’ largest city, got its first sight of the Fresh* man Drill team from the world's largest military college, in an exhibition following ROTC day ceremonies there on May 6. Then the last performance was given Sunday at the Annex, honoring the parents of all Aggies. The team has been quite suc cessful in all its exhibitions and has been called, at times, “one of the world-famous drill groups,” “best in the south,” and has re ceived many other equally compli mentary praises. Winners o: tion were anno| Friday, May 6.] “ Annex, presid Dean of Engi '' n Cooper 1 A, the th and receive instruments. Oaks B, the de divliripn, was won ‘ o received line. - Class. C, the fi contest, was won who ntcelve< Ing machine Claes D, frec\hn pictorial skctc! Addickos, Jr. A'. small portable dri Dean Barlow awards in behailf magazine, The tides written fo contest and selectH Winners of the ^ Sick, first place; sel, second; and third. Sick and Yai prizes from edij gineer, Don Bro respectively, wh presented with ') The three cad from a large grejt papers to instrui lish department cooperation with i N MAY 12, heId yawing Competi- ie Annex theater . ie college at the i ’. H- W. Barlow, jtojm hit «P >: liege Su Judges'fo iiffi illjaway,' rtment; r V r 'S' f. Sick and to on “Why I Want Ctroleurh Kngino#<v” : i of 1 wanted “to bo a engineer." begun at ,2 Urulaunr, of.italic ujerrt'rp, Consulting Diiitas, uddroesing “The Engineer ing kudo Toward Draft- dricai background of iif Drawing Compe- i ion by 7 Dr. W. W. j rf the Engineering itmcnt. T * f f the-E. D. confpetl- ' <f L. K. Stark, M, K. Mullins express- iatibh to the com- 1 ' ng the prizes, to the. rogrnm participants wspapers. >f the prizes were* 1 Metageh Co., NeV Frederick Post -Co., Student, Oo-op Store, look Store, both of on. /v t ie contest were Dr,' , Texas Engineering- lti ition; Professor Bob :iiiu engineering de- jjahii Professor T. J. >g < department. .. The Freshman ■ / :• ri: Editor Managing Editor.. Feature Editor.— Sports Editor Military Editor Photographer Staff Writer* Feature Writer*... FRESHMAN STAFF ..Dean Reed L; L. Q. Tiedt G. F. "Fig" Newton —j Charles Sebesta ..John Tapley 1 ...Huik ..E. W. Neuvar, Bob Price, David Rice, R. A. More Bill Thompson, Alfred Thorpe .... W* W. Aldridge, Robert Bynes, Willie Davi*. Zane Martin, Tommy Martinez ^ F L , The Freshman Page, newspaper of the Texas A. A M. Annex freshmen, ta published each Thursday aa an inaide page of the BATTALION, and la aponaored by Sag Southwell, faculty adviaor.- 1 i Newa contribution* may be made at the Freshman BATTALION office in Un Student Center at the Annex. Your Bryan Headquarters For COLUMBIA LONG PLAY RECORDS — is — I • > Better Homes j ! Appliance Center " 314 N. Main // L * Phone 2*1642 Visit Them Today MO* HARRY FRANKL XAVIER MS M< • 1 'eld n Dance Music ill by the Bp rtf rhat a tingle IP Rtcordl L | . / f S.|0 8 great full-length P Record thul plays up |er such nurveljius |r records!j incil.) FUK/t r ENE KRW ELLINOTOI Ii L‘ 1* i k! 7. \A j . i j '■ - • I i V; II EpTION TODAY ying Records P; j >