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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1950)
^ i 1 The Freshman Page THE BATTALION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1950 Editorials 5^' i A Choice for Your Future . . .. Next week, Annex freshmen will be asked to choose the branch of service they intend to belong to for the next three years. K tv It is impossible to put too much emphasis on the im portance of this decision. The greatest part of a freshman’s career at A&M is dependent upon the organization he enters &nd the eagerness he shows in his study of the Military Sci- nce curricula it offers. ) ■ Not only is the cadet’s near future dependent on his or ganization selection, but the possibility of service in the armed forces should be taken into careful consideration be fore the final decision is made. The basic purpose for the ROTC would be defeated if men were trained in organizations which they are not qualified for. ~ ‘ Clear thinking and careful reasoning—individually— is the best way to hit upon the solution to the problem of which outfit to join. 1 , * ' The Military Department is trying this new means or or ganization placement in order to cut down the number of transfers and changes men make because of improper se lections in their sophomore year. . Military officers and student officers: will be at the An nex Monday and Thursday evenings to conduct meetings for mep interested in the various branAes of service. Thursday night a rooster of the freshman regiment will be read in the order of hour-grade point ratios and men will be given the opportunity to join the unit of their choice—as long as there is an opening in that company. Think twice, it is a big decision and could mean a lot Verily 1 Say Unto Y< ! (Ed. Note—The i following fea ture was submitted by a reader who wishes to remain anono- In the beginning he cometh to the college with many doubts ^nd mufti confusion of mind. He fiM- mself delivered unto . Sad Plight Face th Unwarned Fish FRESHMAN . _ ' . [ : \ S T A F F ! -U , • Toel Justin •)... - JElwood Schmidt Managing Editor Alien Pengelly — • Feature Editor Pat LeBlanc — - - : Sports Editor Joe Blanchette ? Asaiatant Sport* Editor Freshmen Hear Col. Boatner j • |j ; r Colonel H. L. Boatner, cojm- mandant of the college, spoke to Annex freshmen Tuesday night concerning their select tion of organization for next year. | Freshmen will choose their units in a manner different from that of the| past, Col. Boatner s^iid. The first year men will be given an opportunity Monday night to discuss life in tlie various out fits with military and cadet .of ficers pf the respective branches of the service on the campus. | Thursday night, roll will be called Of the entire fish regimerjt in order of grade point rai ios and the men will answer v ith the name of the unit t ley wish tij> join. Col Boatner; stress ed the | fact that a limited number of openings were available in niost Organisations and the men ' v ith the best grades will get the f rst choice. Militjary officers from each Of the branches of the service repre sented at A&M spoke to the fresh men after Col. Boatner’s address and gave information concerning that nplitary unit. Farm Radio Program Conducted by F.F.A. “Today in Agriculture”, the ture * Farmers of ^America radio program will be heard over tion WTAW at 12:45 p. m. ehet Thursday, ^ according to Gene Graves, chairman of the Ip radio program. Graves ask that any mem interested in this phase of train should contoct him FRESHMEN ' On this big occasion chdbse . . . - " ’ - ‘ YOUR CORSAGES rom our complete line k Beautiful Flowers WILSON | I Floral Co. Phone 2-8822 or 2-6265 Referee Beware! Intramural Managers Under Constant Threat »y JOE BLANCHETTE “Throw him out. the bum!’' "He’S: blind us a bat!” Such verbal darts as these are vigorously thrown each day at that tireless and fear less group of freshmen known as the intramural managers* As these remarks are hurled at the guilty parties in question, the managers retort simply with, “I call ’em the way I see ’em and if you don’t shut up, you’re going out of this game pronto!” While thp managers are cowering behind the quips, they are thinking' to themselves, “Why, tell me,, do I have to take all of this simply to win a sweater I can buy in a department store?” I r Even with this convincing ar gument in their favor, they wouldn’t trade places with the President. Every day, come hell ~6r exams, they take, to the field or court .to officiate games I known to most people as t freshman Aggie*. The i intramural managers, spite t^eir many so-called “ha caps”, kpow one important thpnp. They pre subject—at all timis-- to all types of slanderous remarks upon I their integrity, constant jthreat of life, liberty, and the nur- suit pf happiness, and above ail, they pre subject to the constant loss: of friends. The | list which follows contains the names of the fellows who c aily risk life and limb and reserve our everlasting gratitude, our friend- , ship, and above all, our respect: Louis jRunge, T. E. Bailey, W. |L. Baker, R. W. Collins, A. W. Don aldson, Frank Fejtik, W. G. Gar rison, James Koontz, T. W.j Lja- them, Jack C. Malone, B. F. Mea dor, Rj. J. Winke, Ellis Holt, | and Robert George. Ten Spot Contributed Chicago——The Collector bf Internal Revenue here received a letter that said: ; "I have gone Ibver the enclosed tax form. No tax due this year. Nevertheless I think I should jkick jin something. So: here's ten bticks, and let’s build a bigger and better A-bomb than the one Joe Stalin is cooking up for?us.” hands of the college officials by his parents who say, “Lo! Here is my son. Take him unto yourselves and make of him a man.” He bringeth forth his raiment to deposit in hjs assigned t lodg ing area. Here he findeth himself associated with diverse charac ters and he sayeth/unto himself, “Behold! What manner of ihen are ihese ?” He is commanded “Hit a brace, wipe it off, and many other strange sayings”;and he knoweth not what goes ah. He wondereth at the power of a many possessed by a wet head. ; He reareth strange tales con cerning the Tactical Officer. He knoweth only in the beginning that a ram is a goat but he soon learneth. He asketh his old lady, “What manner of men are these that go out unto the highways and by-ways and seek out the evil doers?” He remembereth after jt is too late that his Tactical Of ficer spoke many parables unto him saying, “Take heed that ye speak no untruths, that ye seek not that which belongs to others, that ye cheat not while amongst jus. Know ye that to partake of idistilled waters is likely to bring ;the wrath of the Assistant Corh- mandant down Upon you”. In the wee hours of the morning he heareth the bugle sound and he ‘Mural Boxing Finals Scheduled Tomorrow By PAT LeBLANC and JOE BLANCHETTE The finals of the Intramural Boxing Program will begin tomor row afternoon at 4:00 in the An nex; Gymnasium. Co. 4 will have four fighters to crawl through the ropes to do battle against their foes. Co. 7 will send three warriors seeking the “happy hunting grounds.” A crowd equal to that of the initial night of the tournament was supplemented by even more rabid boxing fans who sat on tem porary structures of boxes, pain ter’s seaffords, and ticket cages. Some 50 enthusists were perched high in the rafters of the gym while some sat on basketball back- boards and parallel bars at the Wednesday night fights. Co. 4 was there en mass with its boos ter section to let its five erf- trants, who had advanced into the semi-finals, know they had a good backing. Olsen vs. Boyd Don Olsen Co. 4 and B. K. Boyd, Co. 7, emerged from nine teen other entrants to tangle in the finals of the 149 pound class. Olsen has defeated Travis, Com pany 1 and Snyder of Company 7, while Luce, Company 6 and Highsmith of Flight 11 have been subdued by Boyd. Two of Company 4*s entries will battle in the finals of 159 lb. division. J. E. Hall has looked good in defeating Tanner of Flight 12 and Gayle of Flight 9 by the TKO route and decisioning Fred Musgrove, Flight 12. The other finalist, R. E. Insall, has put by the wavside such men as Mapes of the Band, Ehl of Fit. 12, and R. J. Pruitt, Company 8 in the semi-finals. In the 169-lb. division, M. T. Cain, Company; 7, will face R. E. Doak Speaks To Fish Biology Club Dr. C. C. DoqJc, Professor of Biology and Head of. Dept., spoke to the Annex BiM 0 ^ Club Thurs day night on thte benefits of the Texas Collegiate Academy of Sci ence on the campus. “The Opportunities of Science,” was the subject Doak conveyed to the biologist. He explained what; we as students now, and scien-1 tists later, could expect in fields! of science. \ Invitations were extended to those present at this meeting to become members and participate: in one or both of these clubs. The club holds a party or banquet near the end of the semester, which is made possible by dues from each memger. Students in the club may contact L. A. Ste wart tof barrack T-355. McCarley of Company 8. Cain has eliminated Stoddard ini a slug- fest. East of Fit. 10, and Elwood Schmidt of Company 6. McCarley has defeated Manqs of Company 7 and J. R. Bell: by default. Powell to Fight Company 3’s J. L. Powell will slug it out with McReynolds, Co. [8 in the finals of the 1391 ilb. class. Powell was advanced to the finals by downing Bradley. In this lone battle the little fighter show ed his aggressiveness by shower ing a barrage of body blows on his opponent. McReynolds defeat ed Roberts of Company One in his only bout. Company 7’s long-armed B. E. Black will oppose J. P. Juvenal of “Fightin’ 4” in the concluding match of the 179 lb. class. “Lef- !ty” Black has jabbed Heath and Company 2’s Grantom into sub mission. Juvenal holds his only tournament victory over James Sykora of Company 3. Finals at Four In the heavyweight finals M. E. Beck of Fit. II will contend with W. G. Crane of “Lucky 7”. Beck’s only victory is over Com pany 8’s Stafford while Crane has beaten. J. F. Muller. The 119 lb. class will present C. A. Roper of Company 3 and F. M. Foster of Fit. 10. Roper drew a bye while Foster floored Vantyne of “Fightin’ 4” four times in defeating him. WTAW - 9-.30A. M. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY Coming to the Palace Theater i v <c-.xt> ■ .-sir* m .m | jsC^'iv $ Peck stars la Darryl F. Zanuck’s thrill packed new "12 O’clock High,’’ " “ " night; prevue at 11 doming to Palace Theater, New Mexican Coal Near Rio Grande Mexico City, Feb. 24—OPt— A new bed of coal has been found on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande northwest and southeast of Laredo, the bed also is said to contain oil and gas. The bank of Mexico’s Industrial Investigations Department dis closed the discovery today. It sug gested the Mexican government can use the coal to increase the country’s production of coke, need ed for the industrialization pro gram. The new find stretches from Hi dalgo, Coahuila State^ to Guer rero, Tamaulipas—roughly an 80 mile stretch from a point oppo site Zapata, upstream to about 30 miles northwest of Laredo. The bank said the bed ranges from 12 to 30 miles wide. Mexico now imports about 50,000 tons of coke a year. The bank said the coal bed is estimated to hold enought coal to make 1,200,- 000,000 tons of coke. ^ The bank’s report said it seem ed probable coal deposits may exist around Juarez and other points. Duchess Contest Deadline Saturday All pictures to be entered in the Business Society’s Cotton Ball Duchess contest must be in the office of T. W. Inland in Building A before Saturday at noon, Cecil Huey, president of the society said today. Only one print should be turned in and it should be clearly identi fied on the back, “Huey concluded. wonderth if the voice of Satan could; be more tormenting. He findeth himself an hour late and a dollar short on getting to for mation; be beggeth his squad lead er for mercy but he showeth none. His company commander cometh unto him and sayeth, “Behold, thy name appeareth on the “Bull Ring”, and there' is great weeping and Wailing and gnashing of teeth. The sky becometh darkened and the vjery bowels of the: earth seemeth to mourn. And he sayeth unto his kinsmen, “Syreley the mere dropping of a bucket of wat er op my brother at j midnight raeriteth pot such action”. But tnosej that hear say unta him, “Wasi it not written that these thingijs should not be dojne?” And after being spoken to thusly he goeth to his Tactical Officer and testeth for slack but there is none to be! fouhd. And again the sky beconjeth dark and the bowels of thq ear^h rumbleth and despair grippeth his soul. He findeth not .encouragement at thq Post Office. He wondereth about the strange wajts of the damsel thqt had promised to write faithfully and he sayeth unto oth ers “What goeth on?” Hath some wolf in shpep’s clothing taken her unto pimseilf while I taste the very iniquity hell?” But he goeth back to hjs sanctuary and com- forteth hiijnself . reading “Fear less Fosdick.” He ;reclineth briefly on the sack during inspection and when his friend reproveth him he saith, “Fear: not! Knoweth thou not that the bulls meeteth each morning and take Soffep unto themselves until an hour inter than this!” He re- clineth more yet but heareth chow call and gathered* himself togeth er and proceedeth to Plant’s Para dise. There he findeth chicken, dressing, potatoes and gravy, sal ad, mild hot holls, and pie. His cup runneth over and he sayeth to his budd “What giveth?” But he is sorely grived when he is awakened from his dream for he findeth by his bed Jthe inspecting officer. And he crieth for mercy and prick- eth his body and asketh for sack cloth _and ashes for he knoweth he will walk four more hours. And be asketh of himself, “What makes me! to foul up so much?’.’ He findeth himself at the close of the year miraculously passing. The authorities say pnto him, “Take! heed that in thy pophomore year ye become a better student.” And he promiseth that he will. And he taketh courage anew and in his mind planneth many dates for the summer and dreameth of tormeht for the lowly Fish to re port rtext! year. Fish Ball Sbisa Saturday at 8:30p An estimated crowd of 500 teer decorators to go ovi an. orrow i night 1 gets under- i Hall. freshmen and their dance to the music of land Orchestra tom as the Freshman Ball way at 8:30 in Sbisa Feature attractions of the even ing will be the selection Pf class sweetheart and a short concert by the Modern Choir from TSCW. The sweetheart is due to be chosen from six finalists in the contest which began a month ago. The six beauties will be presented at the first intermission |and will be judged by a group of dignitpr4 ies selected at the dance.) ; / Tbe Modern Choir from TSCW is currently being featured in Guion Hall and will comb over to sing in Sbisa after their perform ance there.- T: 1 i! Decorations will" be of a semi- military, theme carried out; by the traditional colors of maroon and white. Corky Anderson, decorations chairman, issued a call for yolun- Mary Katherine Wilkie is !Ron- ie Kaskep’s choice for Fresh man N^weetheart. Miss Wilkie is a freshman at North Texas State College in Denton. ! Tickets Available For Military Ball ! Tickets for the Military Ball may now be purchased from Mrs. Ann Hilliard in her office. !in the Student Center. : Admission to the ball,. .. said to be one of the liari its kind in the South, is . which is .argbst of $80 A: u - Ransdell Reports On Annex Student Losses--Only 11.2 A report on Student Losses from Assistant Dean of the College, C. H. Ransdell, this week showed that enrollment: at the Annex had decreased only 11.2% since school started in September. ! , According to the report, 1,164 freshmen are now en rolled at the Annex compared to that 1,311 began school at the first semester.’ j Probation students numbered 235 or about 20.3% This compared favorably with the 23.5% on probation at' mid semester. Originally Enrolled Before and of Agri. Arts & Sci. Engin. Whole Grp. 367 •278 666 1311 |[ Semester At end of 46 ! 20 32 I 08 Semester 45 i 38 63 146 Total 91 58 95 244 j Percentage Completed the 24.8 20.8 14.3 ' ''i 1 ■ I Semester Registered Spring 321 1 258 634 1213 Seinester 319 300 545 1164 rators to go over to Sbisa tonight and Saturday morning. Freshmbn interested may contact Mrs. Ann Hilliard in the Student Center. !' j' The guest list includes school officials and officers of the re spective dassesJ H. B. Purvis, guest Committee chairman, re ported a few yjsiting officers had been invited to attend the affair. Preliminary , judging of the sweetheart sayy a group of 77 candidates limited down to only six. The tedious job, which was done Monday Uftemoon, was cap ably handled by a committee com posed of Col. R. L. Melcher, com mandant; at the Annex; W.. G. Breazealb, Annex dean of students; C. H. Ransdell, dean of the An nex; Major H, R-Greer, Annex PMS&T; and Mrs^Ann Hilliard, director of the Student Center.') Mrs. Hilliard urged freshman who have not yet picked up their pictures to do sp as soon ns possi ble. About half* of them aro still in her office. , i ‘ . j : j J—^ fH 1-4- - r Group Pictures Scheduled Soon Company and flight pictures of the Freshman Regiment * wilt be made March 4 and 11, Lt, Col. R. L. Mblcher, Commandant' of the Annex, announced. ' j Attendance foj- the company pic tures is compulsory and only emer gency passes will be'issued to ca dets ; on the date scheduled for their picturb Col Melcher said, The pictures will be take^i on the main campus. Buses will) be pro vided for transportation I both to and from campus, Col. j Melcher paid. / ' Companies 1 through 0 will have their pictures taken on the 4th and the remainder of the cbmpanjes and the flights will haye theirs made on the 11th. H 0 T A R D ’ S Cafeteria «=51Ot3*0 SUGGESTS TODAY BAKED REDFISH Louisiana Style with Flakey Steamed Rice Fresh Green Peas, A Bowl of GARDEN SALAD 1890 Dressing Hot French Bread Apple Pte * j French Dripped Coffee with real cream o=sa-4>»o OR IF YOU PREFER Make your own choice from: French Fried Shrimp, jRemou- lade; Breaded Beef Tenderloin, Spaghetti, Choice Beef Rib Roast au Jus, Broiled' Ribeye Steak, Fried Spring' Chicken, Gravy; Curried Lamb, Sumatra and Steamed Rice. A variety of Fresh Vegetables', Crisp Salads and Chef Bllleter's Famous Pastries. ! Newcomers Entertain With Card Party in Y Col! and Mrs. W. F. Lewis cap tured i honors in bridge and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wesley received canasta prizes at the Washington Birthday party given Wednesday evening at the YMCA bjr members of Newcomers club for their hus bands) More than sixty iguests at tended the affair for which clpb officer's served as hostesses. AGGIES come k, a xapuitepec BRYAN’S NEWEST MEXICAN RESTAURANT ■ !■ ! ! FRESHMEN—We hope we can make your Big Weekend more enjoyable! WE SPECIALIZE IN EXQUISITE MEXICAN Dr“ CHAPULTEPEC •1313 College Rd. Ph. 3-2002 m. Monday Nitc*, February 27-8 P. M. "sTU DENTS—70c ■ .1 ■ — ADI ADULTS — $1.00 (Tax Includi