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What About Other 98 Percent? . ..
Last Thursday night at yell practice, a group of so-called
Aggies joined in the cry, "Drown out the two percenters," when
themselves were doing almost as bad, if not worse.
The Freshman Batt will never defend the bookworm, the two
percenter, who can’t give less than an hour each Week to yell and
sing for his school. But almost equally as bad, in our eyes, are the
freshmen who do go to yell practice, but yell weakly, keep up a
constant chatter, disobey the yell leaders, and in addition, maHe a'
nuisance ^f/themselves. -
The Aggie yell practice is one of the oldest, most loved traditions
pf Aggieland. Let’s all pull together, and improve our class by mak
ing the sessions “the best what ever wuz."
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E. J. McKinney.
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A. K. Pengelly, Kjenneth Williams, Kenneth Monroe. Stanley Wood,
' LeBlanc, E. Thomas Lewis, J|r., John Kelley, Schmidt, Blanchette.
Acting Editor
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Reporters
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March Saturday
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Corps trip, according to
$att today,
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Fish Band,
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Drill
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Strong Teams Throw Weight Dance Scheduled in Annex Gym
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By Schmidt and LeBtanc
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The stronger teams in each in
tramural league threw their weight
around last w;eek and gave indica
tions of their power. There were
however, two;upsets.
League leading Company 8 Kept
its winning Ways as it subdued
a fighting Company 4 line, 7-0.
Behind a stout Co. 8 line, Tur
ney, Moore, and Donaldson con
sistently ate up yardage both on
the ground and through the air
lanes.
Early in the first quarter, a Tur
ney to. Moore aerial netted the
first penetration on T the 19 yard
line. Woody through left tackle,
lugged the pigskin to th£ 10. Tur
ney faded back deep and fired]an
accurate heave to Muller in the
end zone, j - j
On the extra;, point Co. 8 drew
a 15-yard penalty and' Donaldson
calmly stepped back to the 17 and
booted the ball through the up
rights.
The game might have ended in
a tie if Garcia’s long 40 yard run
of an offside infraction. Co. 4
had not been called back because
netted a penetration on a pass
from Hargett to Dtlramee. Tlusee
unsuccessful passes and a line
buck bogged the C'u. 4 attack: 9
yards from the double stripe.
Donaldson, Moore, Woody, Mul
ler^ and Turney stood out for the
winners. Co. 4 receiVed fine play
from
Love.
Garcia,
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Marget,
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“Darn It Smudley,
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I told You Not to Sneew*.”
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Col. R. L. Melcher announced
this week that the Fieshman Regi
ment would not manh in the pre-
SMU game parade on Kyle Field
Saturday. The cause for such ac
tion is due to insufficient transpor
tation, he said.
In a statement to the Freshmen
Batt, Melcher said, “With five
busses carrying forty in each bus,
200 students going by car, 100
by hitch-hiking or other means;
500 freshmen would still have no
way to get to the stadium in time
to fall dut at 12:35 fdr the parade."
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Company 7 Upset
Company 3 made its initial ap
pearance of the season by upset-
ing the first place Company 7 of
league A, 0-0, 2-1 penetrations. A
ground attack with Trahan) and
Snyder alternating in the ball
handling for Co. 7, carried to the
Co. 3’s 15 yard line. An intercep
tion by Lively stopped the thrust.
Co. 3 started its march op the
40, with Ledlow flinging success
ful passes to Peacock and Sjterns.
The attack bogged down on the
18. Lively interecepted a Bristol
pass, which had been partially
blocked by Lindsay, and carried
to the 5. Co. 7 dug in and held
for four plays.
Waggoner); Ledlow, M a 1 q o 1 nil,
Stearns, Petile, and Pedon stood
out for the victors. Co. 7 got out
standing plaiy from Snyder, Purvis,
Trahan, Harmon, Minturn, a n'd
Dunn.
Flight 10 Wins
Flight 10 powered a 12-0 vic
tory over a punchless Fit. 12 nine.
Fit. 10 started its drive on an end
run by Hanson who carried 18
yards to the 5. Fletcher took the
pighide over for a score. On a
statue of liberty play, Fletcher
took a hand off from Hanson and
slipped 25 yards for Fit. 10’s second
touchdown. |
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Little, Tanner, Raymond, Reed,
tyarkey, Noyes, and Doty stood
ut for Fit. 12. The winners got
aggressive play from Helms, Flet-
tier, Hanson, Johnson, and Ed-
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Vets Surprise Co. 8 .
In one of the week’s upsets, the
\|ets surprsied 1st place Co. 8 in
6-6, 2-1 penertation battle.
Co. 8 scored first on Moore’s
ejnd run from the 10. The veterans
matched the score on a freak punt.
Kicking from behind his goal,
rmey of Co. 8 booted an end
ver end that hit on the 35 and
[ook a crazy bounce back to the
0. The vets took possession at
his point with Flores throwing to
eehan in the end zone.
Walker,! Reeves, McDonald,
Jones, Holt, Skeen, and Collins
were the outstanding veterans.
The losers of Co. 8 got good sup
port from Pruett, Welch, Wooden,
Muller, Viclf, and Mdore.
4 Wins 25-0
Company 4 raked Co. 2 with an
isasy 25-0 victory. Hargett tossed
o Fosseh early in the game to get
he scoring parade underway. 01-
;en and Bums carried the ball to
;he 15 from which point Olsen
; an it over. Bell added to the mis
ery of Co. 2 when he collected a
itray pass and ran for a touch-
lown. ' He also converted.
Co. 2 was further stymied by
Johnson’s interception of a pass off
he arm of Drenen.
The final counter was made by
Olsen when he took a pass from
riargett and ran the remaining
distance. j
Olsen, Hargett, Bell, Johnson,
ind Jackson were the Co. 4 big
guns. Co. 2 depended on Clark,
Drenen, and Sexton to block the
Do. 4’s efforts.
Co. 7 Makes Amends
Co. 7 made amends for their
earlier upset by completely dom
inating the game against Fit. 13.
Bristol passed to Trahan, then to
Gorman and Co. 7 had six points.
Snyder ran over the conversion
try. The scoring ^for the after
noon had ended but t-he score does
not nearly indicate the superiority
of Co. 7. The airmen tried but
they were up against too much
class.
Time and again Snyder ran the
ends on reverse plays or Bristol
pitched to Trahan, Goetz, or Min-
tunr, keeping the Fit. 13 second
ary back on its heels.
Whenever Co. 7 came too close
to its goal line, Fit. 13 managed
to tighten or Co. 7 had difficulty
finding the handles on balls drop
ped into their hands.
The game ended with Snyder
taking a hand off from Trahan
and scooting to the 5 before he
was stopped.
Fit. 13 found its greatest diffi
culty was securing possession of
the ball. They had it for only 10
plays.
E. A. Scott, Ritter, Sikes, Robin,
The Fish-,
vember 19 will not be a
Freshman
have ajpp:
earn, and Color Guard only asi
le College on the trip. .]
Plans for the affair were completed 'at a meeting of
college officials and representatives of the 'Ben Hur Shrine
Temple in Austin this week. 1 The. Band, drill team and color
guard were extended an invitation to attehd at the meeting.
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and Wilson were Fit. 13’s main
stays. p y .
; I Co. 7 “Hot”
Snyder, Trahan, Minturn, Ham-
mon, Goetz, tand Haddad sparked
the hot Co. 7 boys.
Fit. 9 utilized two papses from
Eaton, ione to Barber and the sec
ond to Barnard for their first
touchdown. Rigney’s pass to Bar
nard aiccounted for the second TD.
Early in the second half he gave
am qncore performance and the
score was 18-0.
Barnard then took charge as he
intercepted Holbrook’s pass, com
pleted a throw to Carlisle, and
tossedj a touchdown pass to Bog-
gie in quick succession. Gillan
caught Eaton’s pass fqr the con-
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Eaton, Barber, Barnard, and
Brookhiiller carried the load for
Fit. 9.
Fit 11 stood behind Holt, Dit-
mer, Holbrook, and Rigney in their
losing; effort.
Co, S Loses
Co. i 3 succumber 7-6 to a late
scoring thrust by Co. 1 and a con-
versiejn by Co. 1. / 1
Co. 3 got the jufmp when Hol
land made an outstanding 65 yd.
winding run for a score. They kept
Little Aggieland’s Social calendar
will be opened this season by an
all Frqshman dahe^ to be heid
November 23, afte^ the Thanks
giving Day bonfire.
J. C. Wallace, regimental com
mander, has announced that this
dance will parallel t{he dance being
Hall
on the main
and
main campus
held in Sbisa
campus.
Home games, co^ps trips,
name bands on ,thf
have delayed the dance up to this
time. Another main reason for not
having it sooner is that no one was
interested enough in having a dance
to inquire about getting one under
way,
“Little Aggieland dances have
never been put on by the faculty,
but by the students themselves,”
stated Mrs. -Ann Hilliard, Direc
tor of the Student Center. Mrs.
Hilliard added, however, that
she is always avjailable to as
sist students in making prepara
tions for such affairs.
The Bonfire Dance will be held
in the gymnasium from 10:30 p. m.
until 1:30 a. m. 4 Housing accom
modations will be
for the dates in thfe
Found It, Phoned It
made available
hospital area,
Plans for serving dinner at 11
a. m. had been discussed by the ad
ministration at the Annex, but it
was finally decided that even
such a thing was done, the cade
could not be transported into Col
lege Station in time to fall out. |
Last year the problem of getting
the fish into the main campus
wasn’t so great. Twelve army
trucks were used along with the
busses and other means of trans
portation, but such a practice has
been deemed impracticable due to
the amount of responsibility placed
upon the army. Game time is also
thirty minutes earlier this year,
adding to the hardship of getting
the fish to Kyle Field in time for
the parade.
“With approximately 1,700 more
corps members on the roster than
were here last year, it is imperi-’
live the parade begins at 12:40 p.
m. in order to clear the field in
time for the teams to warm up,”
Melcher added.
Abbott, Gibbs Talk
To Santone Moms
college,
Antonio
Dr. J. P. Abbott, assistant
to the dean of the coll
spoke to the San
A&M Mother’s Club Tuesday
in their first meeting of the
year.
In speaking to the organization,
which has been dubbed one of the
most active clubs of its kind in
the state, Dr. Abbott told about
the work of the freshman students
at the annex and the problems that’
confront them as they proceed
through school.
Accompanying Dr. Abbott on
the trip was Robert Gibbs, winner
of the opportunity award spon
sored by the mothers of San An^
tonio.
Gibbs, who an outstanding stu
dent at Thomas Jefferson High
School in San Antonio last year,
is the second opportunity award
student sponsored by this club,
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Aggie Billfold Returned
By Honest Milano Citizens
Austin Named
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Freshman Page
Joel Austin 18-year-old bus
iness major from Alice was
chosen editor of The Battal
ion freshman page, John D.
McQuigg business major from.
San Antonio, was chosen associate
editor, and Allen ! Pengelly was
named feature editor last night by
a four-man selection group repre
senting student publications ami
the Journalism Department.
Other freshman page staff mem
bers, named by the newly selected
editor and his associate, are sports
editor Pat LeBlanc, managing edi
tor' Edmun McKinney,, copy pditqr
Bob Williams, news editor Stanley
Wood, and assistant ^sports editor
Joe Blanchette.
Selection of Austin and McQuigg
was made by the five man corap
mittee of C. C. Munroe and Bill
Billingsley, co-editors: of The Bat
talion; Roland Bing, | manager of
student publications, (Sam South--
well, annex faculty sponsor of fhq
Freshman page; and D. E. New
som, of the Journalism depart
ment.
With the selection of a perma
nent staff, all of the work of ediU
ing the Freshman page tyill be
shifted to the annex group, the co
editor said.
While the , present advertising
schedules prevail, they 1 ; added, the
Freshman page will be published
in Friday's Battalion. j ■ .
Following the custom ojf past
years, the freshman editor and as
sociate editor were nahied :by the
selection board and the two work
ed jointly to name their staff.
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• The Toronto Maple ; Leafs, by
winning their third straight Stan
ley Cup in 1948-49, becaine the
first hockey team ever to do so.
Nels Stewart of the Montreal
Maroons scored two gcials in four
seconds against the Boston Bruins
in 1931 in Montreal.
iuled,
the
the freshman
crippled qhi|dren’s fund, j promises
to make the) event Oris year one of
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expected! to take part in build-
le bonfire which is due to
ednesday night, November
■«. ir.ose Istudents having free
periods iate <|>n the Saturday mom-
of th^ game will be able to at-
ndjif they,obtain approved passes
from Colonel Melcher. I
The Ben Hur Shrine Temple, d
Which signed a three-year contract
with the twb schools in I94[7 as a
means of rqising money for, their
the most colorful and exerting per
formances t|ie freshman Of the two
schools haye displayed in the
Shriner’s three years of\ sponsor
ship, ] \
Disappointment
The announcement will probab
ly ibe a disappointment to most
freshmen who have been looking
forward to (the occasion as a pc
But in a ptatement to The FFes-
map Batt, pr. Abbot, assistant to
the dean of the college j reminded
the students, "We have t\ivo obllga-
tiohs to ffii on the same jiate. Jt IS
fitting, therefore, that the band
and drill tepm represent the fresh
man class at the ball game and the
rest of the fish help gather wood
for the traditional bonfire which
is to be held the night before the
Thanksgiving game.
The ban<jl, drill team, and color
guard will make the, trip to Aus
tin in chartered busses.
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Fish Tumblers
Headed by Sims #
The freshman tumbling team got
off to a flying start this week with
thp election of Officers. Bob Sims
wis made! president with Sheet
Cimeron to hold the vice-presi
dent’s chair. ‘
N. A. Ppnthieux, whojis sponsor,
iplans to coach the teain through
;two meets. One is to pe held ip
Ahstin, arid the other i|r an A. A.
;Ui meet In Dallas. The dates of
;these are I unknown, noW but the
:eyents wiljl probably take place
'during the latter part of this-
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; jPresiderit Sims said the boys
were starting from scratch and
Would woij-k out every Monday and
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| BY JOEL AUSTIN
Stories are still being told about
some of the exerting experiences
Aggiqs had on the Fort Worth
corps trip, but Jerry Nickerson
from Baytown is jusit a little leery
about whether or not his discour
aging, yet heartening experience
is a reality. /
Like most Aggies, Jerry Was
quite worried about how he was
going to get to the “Cowtown"
for the big parade and game. He
was eager enough when the op
portunity came to ride on the back
of a pi c k- u P truck, as most Aggies
who had sweated out a long wait
in the “Aggie-Line” would be.
Jeny proceeded on his merry
way, unaware of the fact that, as
he i passed through the outskirts
of Milona, his wallet, containing
all hiS money, identification, and
otheP important papers, found its
way out of his pocket and down
to the side of the road.
Upon arriving in Fort Worth,
Jerry discovered his loss and
it was all he and his buddies
could do to foot the expenses
that/arose while they were there.
Back in Milano, the wallet, which
was nestled in ths grass on the
xie of the highway, was found
y several negro children playing
in that vicinity. Like most child
ren, they thought they had struck
|t rich as they glanced through the
pocket book and siw all the mon
ey it contained.
Realizing the importance of their
discovery, the youpgsters were at
a loss as to what to do with the
wallet. Finally thky decided that
it might be best to take their find
ing home and sjee what “papa”
would have to sayj
Their father, whose name is
John Williams, looked over the
pocket book and decided that it
must be returned to its rightful
owner. The only way in which Wil
liams knew to get in touch with
the unfortunate Ipser was to call
him.
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Not knowing how to operate
a telephone, he went to the local
telephone office, showed the op
erator what his children had
found, and told her that he didn't
know how to use a 'phone. Would
she please call the person to
whom it belonged? he asked, j
After calling several places, the
operator finally traced Nickerson to
the Annex and left a message for
him which he found upon his arl-
rival back at the annex. Nickerson
called immediately, and the wallet
was mailed to him.
Jerry was plenty happy as he
went about the task of writing a
letter of thanks to John Williams.
Included in the letter was also a
handsome reward for the outstand
ing bit of honesty displayed by
Williams.
So impressed -was Col, R. L.
Melcher from this little incident,
that he wrote a letter of thanka
and congratulations to Williams for
his small but helpful and deserv
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