I Zi \ ;rv The Freshman •S I' ‘ •: . f ■ V THE BATTALION FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18,194J •T Editorials Make It Hot For TU ' ■ i 1 . : J j ] Every year the freshman of A&M have an obligation to t{he entire corps, as well as the A&M ex-students. This is the building of the thanksgiving Day Bonfire, an Aggie tradition since the Tjeias A&M - Texas University age-old rivalry. Tradition holds that the bonfire is burned at a yell practice the night before the Turkey Day game. Freshman classes each year con test the proceeding class in building a larger bonfire. This is done during the weekend and three days proceeding the game. Guards are posted around the bonfire!area to keep out all p; maniacs and gremlins anxious in seeing it blaze before the sched time. Such an incident took place last year when several aliens t: to ignite it with containers of gasoline. The main purpose of the bonfire! is to make Kyle Field so hot the Longhorns that^hey won't have an easy time trying tio oppose the mighty Twelfth Man. . j . jV,,’ ' j Don’t Cry Joe... J • ' 1 j- ! j I y ’ I " Arrangements have been made for certain freshmen to go holme during the next week. The men going homo won’t have to apply for passe’s. In fact, the freshmen making the Journey probably wpn't even want to go.' The tickets will read "One-way only," The travel ers will be the men who have "busted out" and received their walking papers. ' • j M " ; • Relatively few yotihg men get in college unless they ar^ capable of passing the courses. In almost every case, a little more study w^uld have lengthened the school days of these hapless flunkers. Once out of A&M, the odds are that no other college, will accept them for en rollment. Most of them will have reached the end of their education, ' for the men who "bust out" seldom return. It Is already too late for many students to start studying. The fact that one is not on probation doesn't mean too much, for grades often fall Just when "A’s” and “B’sj’ are needed. The best time to study is during "C. Q." or call to 'quarters. C. Q. runs from 7:30 to 10:40 P. M.^ but not everyone makes full use of these valuable hours. Too many man hours are lost in pursuits •I ‘ ■ 1 ^ ' Filing Deadline P a & e ^ Officers of the Freshman i I • • • Nove Clasl m • i -)■ m if T- - -f I r29Is ■ fficer Class will be elected the first week in December, Dean of Students at the Annex W. G. Breazeale announced today. A preliminary ballot will be taken and the run-off election will fol low immediately after. Studentsj desiring to run for any of the offices of the class must file in Brejazeale's office not later than 5 p.m. Tuesday, November 29. Hart |Hall freshmen may file for the positions with Grady Elms in the Student; Activity Depart ment in Goodwin Hall on the same date. • \\ _ ft vice-president from the freshman Fish Marching Un At Freshman-Shorthorn I 'I •!'.,• . . | i | | , i ■ _ ■ ; ! | I ' ’ If • | dUIt ate. " j | I . . j | . Offices tb be filled are president; ice-president from the freshman regiment, vice-president from the veterans at the Annex and vice- president from Hart Hall fresh-' men; secretary-treasurer; parlia mentarian; and! sergeont-at-arms. Breazeale pejinted out that it would be to the advantage of the freshmen students to encourage capable men to file for th$ posi tions of leadership In the class. Annex Fir eaters Douse Grass Fire The Bryan F: eld fire department was called out check a small field south of sorely need to catch fall other than homework at this time.} Men who up with such subjects as biology, math, chemistry, or English, even farther behind when they induilge in bull sessions or read mag azines. . To keep better order during C. Q., a man is detailed from each bi .racks to serve as charge of quartets for one week. It is his job t warn noisy people who may be keeping someone else from studying, . and to report those who do not heed the warning. There is a disadvantage to thjs system. When the charge of quarters performs his required duties, he is often referred to as "chicken.” Recently, a charge of quarters was called before Senior Court because he failed to perform his duties correctly. Do as a barracks / C. Q. says when he warns you. He has no choice in this matter; it is a case of his neck or yours. There are many things that can be done to keep grades high. Study is the principal thing. Mountains of hard work lie ahead, but one-way trips home may mean the difference between success and failure in later life. i : ’ I • I- FRESHMAN STAFF Joel Austin v I ^ Hditor John McQuigg ,.... ...Associate Editor TTMH t a > \r Eddie McKinney Stanley Wood. .. Allen Pcngelly,. Pat LeBlanc.... Joe Blanchette..’ Elwood Schmidt, i j. . .intramural Editor Bob William*...: .Copy Editor Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Monroe, (Tommy Kelley, Thomas Levels, Jr....... Reporters Managing Editor News Editor ....; Feature Editor Sports Editor ...Assistant Sports Editor Tuesday night to grass fire in the |the Annex. Jack Bowden, who lives in Bar racks T-152, -eported the blaze when he happened to notice It from his Barracks, ^hich is adjacent to the field. [ Firemen Stephens said that the only possible v-ay a thing such as that could happen is through the careless discard of a cigaret or match. Several othejr alarms were sent out later on, cjue to the boilers in the hangers getting too hot, thus setting off t|h alarms. 20 Bands The Freshman Band, Drill Team, and Color Guard will journey to Austin Saturday morning to officially represent the Freshman Regiment at thO annual Fish-Shorthorn ganjie and EjfiSrte. featuring these organizations' * ~*a band from the University of * i and 20 high school bands heduled to move down Congrt Lvenuejto the i Capitol at 10:30 | turday mornirig. t . r. [ Under; the leadership of. J. C. | allace,! the Drill Team will p>cr- J orm at ^he half-time intermission, pedal maneuvers, verbal cad^n- First Place In hf* w tn H Freshman pand - p CROP MOVES IN TEXAS—Governor Allan Shivers, honorary chairman of tha Christian Rural^Ovarsaa*; calling on the people of Texas to slfare With their less fortunate neighbors overseas in Asia, Europe, and the Middle, East. CROP is a church sponsored program which collects commodities and cash in lieu of commodities for the distribution to the needy overseas of food and fiber commodities. This distribution is made by established church relief agencies to those who need it most irrespective of race or creed. Every one is invited to give to help fill carloads for the Texas Friendship Food and Fiber Train. Tfith the Gov ernor as he signed the official memorandum were seated^ left to right, Carj^R. Key of Durham L North Carolina, southern regional representative tie automatic fire AI Higgins to Lead Annex BSU Group Al Higgins was elected presi dent of the Baptist Student Union in an organizational meeting Wed nesday night ijn the chapel. Vice presidents elected were Robert Havptrd. stewardship; Ralph Shanahan, devotion; Robert Jones, enlistment;' Taylor Chandler, so cial; and Gordon Carr, missions. Other officers elected were J. S. Peterson, secretary and J. J. Bar ker, publicity director. Freshman Batt To Select AlU ’Mural Football Team ki Photog May Take Naked Pictures Paris, bP)—You cun Take all the Pictures you want of nude women In France as long as lt ! s really artistic. ; ‘v A Paris court ruled today: "The photographic artist has the some right to make studies of the harmonic forms of the human body as the painter, sculptor or engrav- er, ns long as they are done, with out an intent of immorality or obscenity." - CORSAGES... the • BIG DANCE Made in our distinctive, beautiful style . . Sure to please her. Those lush, vibrant Mums LIdeal for the game. .V At AGGIELAND Flo wer Shop >■ Next to Campua Theater Council Discussed At Tuesday Meet William A. Klnbunde, described the Engineering Council ns u go- between for the engineering stu dents and the school at the regular fleeting of the Institute of Aero nautical Sciences at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday in the Petroleum lecture Room, Alma Floyd, secretary of the organization,, said today.! Klabumie wasi chairman of the meeting. He related a few of the accomplishments of the council, in cluding the Texas A&M Engineer magazine and Engineer’s Hay, (now known as All College Day). The film “Power by Wright” was shown after the j completion of business. It was filmed by the Wright Aeronautical Corporation and tells the complete story of the birth of the Wright Cyclone engine. The film gave in detail the various operations for manufactur ing the different parts of this en gine. Scenes from the foundry demonstrated the making of a sand mold for casting a cylinder head and machine shop operations for manufacturing other parts. Los Angeles Penguins LOS ANGELES—(A*!— Penguin- like birds which could not fly sWam around the Los Angeles area 3,000,- 000 years ago, sayj Dr. Loye Mil ler of the University of Los Ai- geles. | Enough fossil remains have been found to give a good picture oi the Los Angeles penguins. Today, the only wild penguins are in the Ant arctic. New Grants Given i*' I Development Fund A total of $18,898.90 in new gifts apd grants have been made to the college, E). E. McQuillen, executive director, ; Development Fund, an nounces. They are, two scholarships by the Bandera A&M Club; fftur-year scholarship by the American Gen eral Life Insurance Company of Houston;) scholarship, Dr. J. R. Reagan, additional; four-year scholarship, Ralph McCullough, Houston; four-year scholarship, Everett jMcCullough, Wichita Falls; four-ycar scholarship, Charles A. Sprnggips, Wichita Fulls. Graduate fellowship, Tennessee Gas Transmission Company, addi tional; four-year scholarship, L. E. Cow ing, Houston^ four-year scholarship, Burke Baker, Houston, award, Fort Worth A&M Mothers Club; endowed scholarship fund, Texas Chapter, Tuu Beta Pi; es say prike on military history of the Alamo, San Antonio A&M Club; simior award, Brazos Coun ty A&;M Mothers Club; student loan fund, Harry Hedges and Sons, Houston; senior scholarship, Texas Foundries^ Lufkin; bequest, A&M library,!Col. Clarence Owlsey, and three four-year scholarships, by W. P. and Bula Luse Foundation, Dallas additional. Orr jwill Be Guest Pastbr at Annex Len prr, sophomore student at. Austin! Presbyterian Theological Seminary, will be guest pastor Sunday morning at the A&M An nex Chapel, he announced in Austin today. Orr in a 1948 graduate of the Col lege of the Ozarks and spent last summer as student pastor of the Alabama Presbyterian Church in Choudrmt, La.j • r . A native of Lubbock, he is a veteran of three years’ service in the Air Force, with duty in the South Pacific. ; , He js currently seeking a de gree of Bachelor of Divinity from Austin Seminary. : , By SCHMIDT and T^BLANC An all-intramural flag football team will be picked by the sports- writers of the Freshman Battalion next week. The closeness of the grid races in the football leagues'point to strong competition for all positions on the squad. The outstanding players for this mythical team will be judged by the sports staff of the Freshman Battalion, and keen competition makes it necessary for the selection of a second team to accomodate all the outstanding gridsters who have showri prom ise. j In the backfield, Holland of Co. 3 and Co. 6’s Shoemaker look par ticularly good. Other strong backfield candidates are Snyder, Trahan, and Bristol of Co.! 7. Flet- ’Mural Standings The following arc the standings of the Intramural football teams at the annex as of Wednesday after noon, Nov. 10. Intmtniirai Flag Football league A Name VV. Company 3 Company 7 Flight 9 ... Company 1 Flight 11 . Company 5 Flight 13 .. •il 4 4 4 3 2 0 0 I,. 1 1 1 1 4 4 r» Tied 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Pet. .800 .800 .800 .700 ;333 .125 .100 Intramural Flag Footlmll League B Name W.l L. Tied Pet. Flight 10 U 6 0 Veterans . ..J.!..... 3 2 Company 6 ..lu... 2 4 Flight 12 3 4 Company 8 ..i.j 4 6 Company 4 1 5 Company 2 J,.... 0 8 0 1.000 0 .600 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .427 .400 .166 .000 ' , •j r v. Di\ Powers to Give Genetics Lecture Dr. LeRoy Powers will give a lecture on genetics, which jis open to the general public, Tuesday, Nov. 22, Dr. Slyvia Cover, secre tary-treasurer, said today. , The lecture is sponsored by j the Sigma Xi fraternity. Dr. Powers is the senior gene ticist at the USD A horticultural field station, Cheyenne, Wydming. He is at A&M as a distinguished professor in genetics, and will give a series of lectureil College Stfti FUR STORAGE HATTERS or lean EH jpresentative — Loupot’s Trading Post cher and Ehl of Fit. 10; Eaton of Fit. 9; McElroy and Schenkel of Co. 5, Wilson and Scott of Fit. 13; Ledlow and Peacock of Co. 3; Tur ney and Moore of Co. 8, and Reeves of the Veterans. Most of these men stand out as both accurate passers and constant ground gain ers. Candidates for this all ’mural line are especially strong at the guard and end slots. Lindsay of Co. 3 arid Co. 8’s Donaldson have shown agressive play as guards. Other players who also have been Consistent at the guard slots are Harper of the Vets, Malcolm of Co. 3; and Fit. ll’s Highsmith and Dittmar. ill ; I . At the terminals Mintrum of Co. 7 and Peden of Co. 3 are stand outs. Equally fine ends who have looked good both on the defense and offense are Markey of Fit 12, Austin of the musiemakers, Mee han of the Vets, and Robin and Sweeney of Fit. 13. The weakest position is at cen ter. Haddar of Co. 6; Stegall of Fit. 13; Edwards of Fit. 10, and Simmons pf the Band seemed to have the inside lane for this cen ter selection. , Announcement of the teams se lection will appear in the Fresh man Page’s next issue. 1 ■ 1 ‘ ■ 1 ■ 1 The Fish Bowl By KENNETH WILLIAMS The newest sport around the Annex is depriving our buddies of their sleep. From the dark pages of the Sleeper’s Almanac come two stories that were made for each other. Mlko Mooney, one of our student senators, went to sleep early one night, expecting to get up early to catch up on some studies. He had a tall stack of books to wade through when he woke up. When tatoo blew, Mike was ly ing on his bed asleep. His bar- tjacks-buddies knew a good op portunity when they saw it. So they decided to play a joke on him. One of the boys woke up and told him that first call had just sounded. Mike couldn’t tell whether the boys were getting up Or going to bed, so he got up and started dressing. Mike went to bed at taps. ! Just a little more than an hour later, some boys on the other side of the barracks area from where Mooney lives pulled a similar trick on Frank Hardcastle. He asked to be awakened at 5:00 the next morning so he could do some sudy- ing. The boys must have felt sorry folr Frank, because they waited until midnight to wake him up. He got up and dressed, then he Went out to the sudy hall. How- iever, he returned in a few minutes when he found out what time It Uad. * f . . Edgar GlUess seems to get a thrill out of drowning himself out. It seems that while he was in the mess hall ho took a pitcher of wat er In ono hand and reached for the handle with the other hand. Before ho could get his other hand over there the pitcher had fallen to the table and the water had spilled down the front of his uni form. « If anyopc goes in for big game hunting, they might see Roland Pruett. Roland needs only two things for one of his big game hunts: a baseball bgt and a mouse, Lyle Wolfskin, Guy Warren, Jerry Nickerson, and Tommy Bo- lieu had just arrived at the area following; a visit to Houston. They were thifsty, so they stopped for some drinks. They would soon get the drinks when they saw them on the counter. To say the least, they were slightly disappointed when the beaver board ceiling and the heavy insu lating material fell down along the counter an(i the booth where they were sittiing. Not only did It ruin the drinks, but the Insulating material didn’t help the . serge uniforms they had on at the time, .j . - . Once more I ask you to look me up if anything happens to you or any of your buddies. 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