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So concerned this week have most 6f us
been over other campus matters th^it we
have given little thought tathe Son
Conference contest coming up tomorrow
afternoon on Kyle Field. Our stake in
that game is as great as any during the
season, and a victory would help out con
siderably here at A&M.
and this have been and are
west lean yekrs, victorywise. We have been at
the
turn u !
When the words “SMU-A&l
game
to last
are heard our memories reflec
year’s game in the Cotton Bowl where an
underdog Aggie team almost upset the
highly favored Mustangs. And we recall
the game two years ago on Kyle Field
when the Aggie team tightened up and
made SMU’s great star that afternoon
just anotheriWalker named Doak.
Again tomorrow the Maroon and White
will take the field as underdogs. Again
parley cards aregivfbg A&M three touch
downs. Again we expect to sees the Aggie
team confound dopesters and play to win,
not to just hold: down the score of the
Walker-Rote-McKissack touchdown and
AY, NOVEMBER 4, 1949
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bottom or a curve that promises to
upward soon. Perhaps Saturday will
mark tie upswing of A&M’s football for
tunes, £nd tbj road ahead will be paved
with many wins and few losses.
Apalrt from the things we have learned
on the gridiron, this Aggie student body
has lea
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med sbmethmg else which, in the
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than vibtories We have learned that oth
er studjent bodies appreciate and will re-
te our friendliness and sportsman-
extra point combination. Victory is never J i " 16 0£t . u numuerb 01 C5MU
so sweet as when it comes over the strong- ® tu< ^ en ! s ^ oh jthe barppus. They will
est opposition — opposition who, on the
surface is fiVored to win.
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Our support of the Aggie team has
would
they
..continue to play as gallantly as they jhave?
not in the least slackened. Who
Cease to support them as long as
be welcome tp attend our social functions
and enjoy whatever facilities of the col
lege they desirp to use.
Last year they accorded Aggies sincere
hospitality that made us feel genuinely
welcome to their campus. This year, we
want them to return to Dallas talking
The football spirits of many Aggies may about Aggie hospjtality, Aggie friendli-
be low, but their loyalty toward the Ma- ness, Aggie sportsmanship and Aggie
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Few Fusses, They Have Their Buses
Buses seem to be in the limelight in ed doWntown after the parade, trying fu-
tWo of our nation’s largest cities. tiley tb thumb a ride from the corner of
In Houston, the metropolis of the Gulf Main knd Texas to the Rice Stadium.
Coast, transportation was at a virtual ■ Houston—^always a city for quick ac-
standstill when the bus drivers caflled a tion—relieved our fears though, when they
strike Thursday morning. Within a few settled their problbm. Perhaps more in
hours afterward, hbwever, labor and man- dustri^s, companies, unions, and arbitra-
agement had once again agreed, and the ,tion boards would hasten their settlements
buse's operated. * ( j if they could see how quick and how suc-
Washington, D.C., alsp is having its cessful the few-hour-strike in Houston
trouble with the bus problem. Although was.. The bus drivers received a thirteen
ithey are not deciding ^to strike or not to . cent wage boost, after requesting thirty
strike,” the controversy in our nation’s cents. Probably after weeks of arguing,
capitol is ^interesting. Sunday they will ; compromising, and cursing they would
decide whether or not to have music on have arrived at the same figure,
their busses and trolleys. i Nevertheless, we are happy, since we
The eastern situation did not alkrm us just pould not see walking to Rice Sta-
nearly so much as the Houston strike., dium. The bus drivers should be content,
With the/coming corps trip, imagine the. and the corqpany^-well, they could have
hundreds of Aggies who would be Strand- been ljut for more.
Wary Had a Prize Winning Theme . . . I
The following theme was submitted to
a ninth-grade English, class of Highland
Park School, in Dallas, by 13-year-old
Mary Rejebian. It was written under the
assigned title of ‘‘My Favorite Map in the
Sports World”, Mary’s Brother is a for
mer A&M student. $ f
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“My favorite man in the sports world
is quite unusual. He is that twelfth man
on the A&M team. If you have ney$r heard
of him I should like to tell you about him.
He’s not a person but all the wonderful
boys that go to A&M who help keep the
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"Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentt <
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
year..
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have demonstrated to them and
elves hat sports competition can'
should be conducted on sportsman
like bases. We were repaid in Fort Worth
this year by |he friendliness Of TCU stu
dents assisting Aggies whenever possible
for the generous welcome A&M gave TCU
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(All letter* to the editor which are signed by a etudent or employee of the
college and which do not contain obecene or libelous material will be published. Per
sons wishing to have thetr names withheld fronr publication may request such action
and these names will not, without the consent of pie writer, be divulged to any persona
other than the editors.)
WHISTLING AND DRUM
BEATING
Editor, The Batalion:
Perhaps a w^oman should fear
to tread in an area so dominantly
masculine an express her opiniop
on thijligs that happen at this
college, but I have a complaint that
pertairis not only to Aggie audi
ences but to audiences in general.
During the war many men dev
eloped; the habitLof whistling at the
artists whom they enjoyed. This
may ijtave been a good outlet for
their j?motions when everyone was
more or less living for the moment,
but nqw that we are back to nor
mal, 1 wish this annoying habit
could ;he abolished. I have always
disliked it, but at the Victor Borge
concert I had occasion to dislike it
more jbecause one of those offen
sive Characters sat right beside
me add whistled in my car. I am
sure tne people front of him didn’t
enjoy U either. There are not mahy
"whistlers” left now, but I will be
glad when the specie* becomes ex
tinct. Applause should sufficiently
prove to the performing artist that
he is appreciated.
. Whilb I am writing, I would like
to add that several of my friends
have rjemarked about the lack of
publicity given some events fea
tured On the campus and the abun
dance [given to others. Burl Ives
was advertised all summer and sev
eral c^iys a week while we saw
practi<jAlly nothing about Victor
Borge. You might be surprised at
the number of people who never
heard j of Mr. Borge and they
missed an evening of laughs, not to
mention that the artist himself
seemed rather chagrined at the
size ot his audience.
Man[y busy subscribers of this
publication do not have time to read
it vqry often and fail to see
the notice of a coming attraction.
The first thing that catches my
eye it | a picture and I saw none
news was more than suffi-
cieht. We.„attempted to give
Borge all the publicity we could
in view of the abundant campus
news cf great interest. Perhaps
our judgement of reader interest
erred this time, We’ll try to do
better next time.)
MISTAKE REALIZED
Editor, The Battalion:
We, the undersigned, offer this
letter as an apology to the Student
Seating Commitjtee in regard to
the; letter which appeared in last
Friday’s Batt. We signed the pro-
viojus letter while in doubt as to
the proper seating arrangement.
Later we realized after having
out mistake pointed out to us,
that we were wrong.
Yet it is our belief that there
aru many others who do not know
the proper seating order for foot
ball games; therefore, wc would
appreciate it Very much if you
would publish the correct seating
arijangement fojr’Kyle Field.
Sincerely,
Richard Van Court '51
Billy G; Neal ’51
Patt Patterson ’51
Jim S. Williams '51
Russ Hagens '51
K. E. Reel '51
Ralph (iorman '51
D. J. Wichman '51
(Editor’s Note—We are over
whelmed. Please see map <(T
stating arrangement in this is-
stie.)
AND ON THE RIGHT . .
Editor, The Battalion:
We enjoy your publication and
loqk forward to the news and hum-
orj In your issue of October 26th
yoju included a picture of a pre
sentation from the Texas Foun
dries of Lufkin, Texas, of a schol-
archip. You would no doubt be
interested to know that Scott Say-
er^, personnel manager at the ex
treme right of the picture is > an
of Mr. Borge until the night before. A&M man and past president
playeiis’ spirft up.
“Have yo|u ever seen an A&M game? If
not y^u havq missed a rare thrill. To hear
those boys, yelling with their deep voiced
vhat their players have done,
send a thrill through you.
losing or winning that
on the A&M team makes the
team proud they are Aggies
bllege ? ’.
an A on her theme in High-
ark. Wc think she would have got-
nuch t letter grade in College Station.
Duringa the summer The Bat-
Subscription rate $4.30 per school
the corjeert. A picture and an ac
companying article about him sev
eral tinlies before the concert might
have resulted in a full house. These
same friends remarked that the
shows they have enjoyed the most
were (die least advertised, so <1
hope the Battalion staff is not at
fault ahd that we can blame it on
the prqss agents of the artists.
A student wife.
Gloria Martin.
(Editor’s Note — Whistling,
we agree, is out of place at
Guion Hall performances. How
ever, we are of the opinion that
a whistle does have its own part
icular uses and, issued at the
right time by ah experienced
whLst)er, has been known to
accomplish thjnks a formal in
troduction cannot do. So we say
this: Consider the 4>ccasion be
fore you whistle, but if the oo-
casion deems a whistle, carry on,
and niay the best whistler win.
(We hope we were not the
cause for the slim audience at
Victor! Borge’s concert. Our pre-
preformance publicity is deter
mined by the amount of space we
have available and the character
of other news in the paper. Dur
ing the summer when Burl Ives
received his drum beating the
news around the campus was
scarce and we were able to give
Ives plenty of space.
(Prior to the Borge concert
you may have noticed that cam-
thfe East Tex^s A&M Club
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Cordially yours,
A. Ed Caraway ’34 i
Vice-President
Former Students
Association
(Editor’s Note—Many thanks
for the information. Sorry we
didn’t know it at the time the pic
ture was print
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BANK HOLIDAY
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November
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK
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COLLEGE STATION STATE BANK.
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BY HERMAN C.’ GOLLOB
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! Once more we are called upon to
bestow that much sought-after
symbol of journalUtis merit and
achievement—the Order .of the
[Golden Space Bar—upon a student
publications staff.
At the first of the year the cre
ators of the Commentator were
[fortunate enough to, be thusly
honored. Now it is the Aggieland
;’49 staff, straw-bossed by co-edi
tors Truman Martin and Earl Rose,
[who may wear with pride this cher-
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ished token of a job well done.;
For this years’ annual, to be
jj distributed Tuesday, is what we
consider the best of the multitude
: issued to date. Formerly, and
. paradoxically, tabbed the ‘‘Long-
: horn,” it has been changed by
popular vote to “Agieland.” Apd
as its name would indicate, the
I Aggieland captures the essence of
AftM {campus life as reflected
- in the activities of the previous
.year, j ' > ' ; .
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ing yearbooks we have ever had
ent lack bf skill:
the pleasure of scanning, A*gfc-^-Wight and b)e«d and lay me doon
jand is fronted by a maroon"ano\ to rest at bit, j • L h i
•rrev mvpr tho tit.lp written at the N . and then I rise to fight again.
jrey cover, the title written at the
top in the maroon across a grey
background while just below the
Center a maroon bar bearing the
iyords Texas A&M is thrust through
fen enlarged replica of the Senior
Ring. Eleven sections comprise the
body of the Aggieland, each intro
ductory page bearing a color p
(ograph appropriate to the field
activity depicted in that section.
Of the eleven, divisions,
we
were impressed bj( the ‘Aggie
Teams” section. S icrts Editfer
Chuck Cabanlss Las achieved
in layout and content a form
which should serve as a model
for future Aggielards. His open
letter to the ’48 fish gridmen,
who achieved the be<t fish record
since 1947, is a singularly deft
and clever In touch j !.
Far more different and much
more pleasing than the brawn qI
the ballplayer dlspUyed in Sports
is the beauty of tie babes pic
tured In Vanity Fa r. Bandleader
Vaughn Monroe, Cadet selecting
Committee, and the Senior Class,
are to be congratu ated on their
good taste in his choic^ Of the
delectable damsels vhose pictures
constitute this section. ’ j I
This department wraps around
its suffering self a toga made of
burlap bags and dons a crown of
ash—the badge of penance.
Well are we deserving of this
fate, since we arc one of those
.who winced each time alumnae
of a different school chided and
chafed us on our team’s great
lack of victory. We cringed and
shrank and found some poor
excuse while inside we Vented
our hatred upon our losing team
for all its faults and its appar-
Official Notice
Each candidate who expects to complete
the requirements for the Master’s Degree
at the end of the current semester should
file application for the degree with the
Dean of the Graduate School and with
the Registrar not later than December 1.
Dr. Ide P. Trotter
Dean, Graduate School
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Bryan Z‘SS79
Prevue Tonight 11 P. M.
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Then we awokq to the daihni
ault that is ours. For a while '
snugly stood in the stands cu
when the team didn’t come
we failed to “see”
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the bruising fight upon the field
where bruising linemen would not
yield. j T i
the helpless battle 'gainst a|l the
odds
the guts and courage of the
Gods.
the aches the bumps the [bat
tered ears,
the backs full wrenched the tearg
the heartbreaks hurts and pajmi
that
do attendance to a first down’s
gains •
yet the team | though prostrate
does always ris&—
for Aggie Spirit Never Djes!
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„ How blind we were, not to have
seen that the greatest fighter is
the one who can pull himself
off the flour, time an'd time fegaim
It was a Bonne! Scotsman, iye bfet
lieve, who wrote this hero’s tine:
was lost, apparently;/but
had faith that did kot foi
And when at
fortune lashed tl
er$ well with her
- and again at Go
was gone jn all 1:
of; few, it! burned
of; Genera) Sam an
and us to victory.
To we dq our penan
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cether. Shall we?
rise to fight again.
There’s courage there, and for
titude. j;
It takes the guts and the courage
of the Gods to go out every week
and fight against overwhelming
odds and strike for victory. It'
takes Men!
How 4*sy it is to praise a
winner, how easy to lose .’faith
Extra Equipment <
OTTAWA, Canada, (Ab Mrs.
Fred Browne stopped and got out
when she heard a clanging noise
under her brand new car. :
The car seemed to be running
all right without the big steel diiT
lying on the road but she decii*
to take it home for her husbnn
look at. ; ' j, | ! jnjj
Hubble took; one look arid sug
gested she take the manhole cover
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