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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
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" 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
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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
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vice-president from the freshman
Fish Marching Un
At Freshman-Shorthorn
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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
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FRESHMAN STAFF
Joel Austin v I ^ Hditor
John McQuigg ,.... ...Associate Editor
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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CORSAGES...
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Made in our distinctive,
beautiful style . . Sure
to please her.
Those lush, vibrant
Mums LIdeal for
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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Company 3
Company 7
Flight 9 ...
Company 1
Flight 11 .
Company 5
Flight 13 ..
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.700
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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. Remember
you make the news that appears
in this column; I Just write it.
You may be lucky enough to find
me in barracks T-230.
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The first four companies to
place in the recent Houston corps
trip panjde ini the Freshman Reg
iment w^re In) <he order that they
marched according to an order
published by (the Military Depart
ment. "As a whole, the regiment
looked better than spme main
campus Units,[’ Lt. Col. j R. L. Mel-
cher, commandant at the annex,
said in an address to jthe Fresh
man Regimen
The senior (officers and the mil
itary officer^ on the! reviewing
Stand agreed that the Fish Bund
took Drift in the parade by u wjde
majority. Company 2 tied with
Company 3 frir second place. Com
pany 4 held a strong rpurth place
With Cqmpaijy 5 tying Flight 11
for the (fifth slot.
Junior R.O.T.C. officers from
tha seven Houston high schools
were highly impressed with the
performance Of the Freshman Reg
iment, realizing the faot that most
of the unit was made qp of cadets
their ovfn age not having previous
military training prior; to entering
A&M. M an yJ high city! officials a i_
so comjmendled the regiment on
their fine performance,*
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BANGKOK— —An American
visitor who purchased; two silver-
mounted opium pipes as’curios) was
fined 40 balft ($2) the other day
and thf pipes, costing 2,000 bahti
($100), were) confiscated.
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I Fish (Band PJ
The Freshman' Band will
he athef bands; attending
ame In a pre-game forpiation [of;
.he field; of the ;TU stadium
theY play the "Star Spa
per” as a massed band. This sf
tacle will be directed by Colopbl
Hurt, the flhiversltjy of Tex
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: Busses will leuv«| the Amiex Sf
urday mofning nt 7 in order
ket| these groups tf Austin In fl
for the parade, j
i Special busses have bfsen
(ranged for to take students
firing la see the gjauu*, Cflonel
[L. Meichei*. commandant at then
nief, announced today. These h
(ses will; leave at ,10:30 aim. jSat-J
turday arid,leave Memorial Stadium
‘thirty minutes alter the game la
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Hold Prfetlen
The (wo marchlrlg unfts miik
The trip held a shojrt praqticq
sion on the air Strip Tueaday bi-
ternoon for the benefit of C
H. L, Boatner, Commandant i na
PMS&T r and other , college mlll-
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The drill team made its; firlst Ap
pearance ip its hiewly acquired
uniforms qt the session. wbit<
leggins, white belts, and !.wl
helmets, blend with the colon
the tan and serge to make
these (uniforms.
Special cpmmendatior
en to both upiffi by lj>r.
dean of; the Annex;
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The tourist was charged—to his? standing work they hi
surprise—wi th. possession of qpium;|are doing for the sqh<
pipes without a license
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