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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1950)
r THE BAT FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 3950 l A ' ■»,„ taTToIT Page Editorials It’s Great to Be a Member vw • Z- ' ■ . *•* ' ! * We went to San Antonio last waek-end to take part •the activities of the annual San Jacinto Festival along with other members of the freshman units making the trip, was an experience which will be hard to forget. Walking down the streets of San Antonio no one could tell v^hether or not you were an Aggie because of the great numbe\of military men in uriform, but,when our group got together and marched down the street, people cheered and that good old “gig ’um Aggies” could be heard quite frequently. r r i It was good to know that rinen more than twice our still have enough of that Aggie spirit ^instilled in thepi to stand up and cheer a freshman unit as it marches by. v The Aggie ihusters had 5 been; held the night before the parade and more than likely the words of speeches made at the j|atheri»gs were still Xresh in their minds. A&M was well represented in the Fiesta celebration. Maybe not as well as TU or some of the smaller schools of this area, but we can guarantee you that the people of San Antonio and thousands of othetjs on hand to see the parade that didn’t know about our college on the Brazos, have) a good idea of what A wonderful thinf It la to be an Aggie because of the ovation our Rose Volunteers, Freshman Dri Team, and Band received during their performances. '"f 1 PREHUMAN i ■ I:. thwl Aimlin MIwihm} iehmldt mtritnr IMII iiiMuiiiiiMiiunmmutiiittiiiriiiimmitiir.mt astii IMP# IHMiOTIIH luinmmiimiitiuitiiiiimiii iimumiiTimmii A Poll Of Opinions And Attitudes ^ T At The Annex . The action taken by the Texas Intercollegiate Student’s Associa tipn last week at Baylor is the bapis behind out? question for this At this! conference ^it was vot^d to table the bill tfiat as serts, “Rights to membership to TISA not be denied to any col lege. .because^ of race or creed,” and it was also decided to hold next year’s conference here at A&M. ■ TISA, composed of seventy state schools of junior college level and sixteen colleges scattered through out the statC; is an organization of student ‘governments where stu dents problems are discussed and solutions from other schools con sidered, | f \ ' . Deciding to discover what the reaction of. the Annex freshmen would be if TISA had approved the measure which would allow By ALLEN PENGELLY Negro delegates to attend next NOLAN HUFF ’49 > F0RI) SALESMAN ’ USED CAR AND TRUCK > HEADQUARTER^ ■ r ] 1 I ' Specials 1948 FORD — Two Door Super DeLuxe |— Radio . i '^Heater — White -Side- walls — Clean .. . $1195 > ( ■ . t ./ ■: .-r ; ' ! - 1947 STUDEBAKER Club Coupe —^BesStei' Ov- drive — Plastic Seat '! , Covers. Like new :. $1195 1948 JEEP . . . . $795 - .•■"v' : . ■a- : ■! ' Bryan Motor Co. 415 N* Main 2-1507 year’s conference, this office con fronted Annexites with the qiies- tion, “Should Negroes, hie I *1-1 lowed to attend the IIS feeence next year at A&..„. | Leading off in favor of | alloyi ng/Negro college delegates! to at- nd TISA is Davis Bottom, ja usiness' administration studtent rom Dallas. Said Davis, “Since the ■Jegi-o colleges have problems which will have to be solved soon er or later, I think that jf they were allowed to attend the meet ing their problems eoidd be] solved inore quickly and effeltivjilyt. “If a Negro has enough lintjestl- hal fortitude to, go after a co|lege education, I can’t understand why anyone would want to laijnper him from receiving solution^ to his many problems by depriving nim of the privilege of airing his problems before such an organ ization as TTSA.” I ' Agreeing with Davis in Bee Francis, chemical engineering major from Houston, who sgys, “If a Negro college sn:h as Prairie View 'is allowed i o be long to the A&M System, then see no reason why such leges shouldn't, be allowed to tend the conference. Since A is willing^ to provide spepi coaviences such as dorms commisaries for the'Negri d gatea, I can’t underatand 1 anyone would complain as their being housed and fed the eampiiM." Kvert Kiekette, Michigan »usi leas nmlnlatratUtn student,| U n favor of the proposal for N epieaentatlon in tne orgat ’l have gone to senodl dayetf ; fpothhll with N e. niudehts and t am In favor «f 111 (See OPINIONS, l*a«e]|) f o'! In Federal ^ shman Band stands before the television aenp.in the path of the Illuminated Night trade Which climaxed the annual San Jacinto stival held in San Antonio last Saturday night. to finish a short exhibition in front of viewing stand just around the corner bef suming their march. Annex Sports . Company ’Mural By PAT LeBLANC pany four, piloted by the hurling of Howell came from l>ehirid to beat the musicians of Company one, 9-5 Wednesday it) An lex intrarnunjd baseball. In ror-i tudded game, the com- fouif boy* Collected eight ff Long and employed the f|v« eh’oni made by the band to get their dne tallye. The burnt, with creditable pitch- ing from ,l,ong, got only four hits off ojf Jfloweil, Company four amreil frriit early in the Initial flame by two paaaea from Long and lonarcutlve alnglea by WIL llama ami Tabh, The'hand went ahead In the aecond Inning with single * hy Shafer and Swarla and two aalkal to put the hand out lit front h*4. The ''flighting four” rallied In the Inat two Innlnga on hlta by Wlllltims, Compton, and Childress, nod supolrinented by three boots by the band players to raise the score to 9j6. Tahb n|nd Williams were the Company four big-guns by getting two ior three, and two for four respectively. Swartz slammed out two 1 its Of the bands total four to ta ce the swatting honors for Como my one. Fljjfht II beat Flight 13, 7-4 and Comb my 6 bested' Company 2 by a scoi’e of L3-2. '' Ten Netters Play Only ten netters saw action pri or to Wednesday in this weeks’ An- 4 Winner Softball nex Open Tennis Tourney. Dur able little L. H. Runge outlasted Billy Bristow in the best perform ance of the week as a good size crowd of tennis fans watched on. Runge was flawless in bis corner- aceurute serve ami played a very steady court gamje in defeating Bristow, fi-4, (1-0, Bristow showed a good backhand but was u little weak with bis usually strong fore hand In returning ijnmn of Ruuge's haul smashes. W, T, Hlmmomi won a hard- fought match over itlimmie Willson, k U, Willson toaklihe first game, and was well ahead in the second until fireball Him'imms began lo hit the range, Hlinmons look the second game atal then swung nut 7 more wins in a row to sweep the match front Willson. ,1. ,1, Martin was; at ease In w I li lting over C. tt, t'nrglll, <M, (I t, Martin had hi* swift service work ing smoothly, whiji'h aided by his fine net play was too much for the hustling, hut tired |Cargill. I. E. Keller slashed:a win ov?r B. A. Vacdiman py tbe count of 8-1. Keller lookeltL itjiprcsslve In every department iof tennis tactics in this easy win over Vnrdlman. O. W. Boyd advanced in the tennis meet by a default front J. E. Wild er. In the^ only gatfie of the conso lation bracket, Tommy Murchison slipped by R. T. Childress, 8-6. Doubles Scheduled The doubles of I (See ANNE: My Aching Feet ten Tennis ;e C) ED Contest Set For Tomorrow Freshman engineers swing into action tomorrow after noon when the annual engin eering drawing contest gets underway at 1 p. m. in build ing T-387 at the Annex and in Anchor Hall on the Campus. Over tftO ED student had signed up for the contest by Wednesday afternoon, according to R, F. K. Mullins,“associate profes sor of engineering drawing and chairman of the contesl, , Competition will be Meld In in- strumentnl working drifting, free hand pictorial drawing,, and the striving of a practical descriptive geometry problem, Knjtfies in the contest division for frwhand let tering have been t unit'd In from more than fifty of the ni(<n entered In that division,, 11 /. Miilllns said judglag tvlll he done iW’Ml week ami awaidsl |jare to be made Frltlay, May 111, In a pro gram In (he I healer ],tinder the leadership of t^. It. Itniiidell, dean of the Annex, with prises to be awarded by Dean II, W. Barlow, dean of engineering. | Married Students Given Pool Time The Annex swimming pool will be open to married couples' and their families from 6 until 0 p.m. next week according to W. Breazealc, dean of Annex stu- dents. ’ ll l ease:alq said these new- hours will be tried for a week tond i# sat isfactory results are obtained the hour set aside for married Annex students will be made prertianent. In San Antonio Festivities By JOEL AUSTIN Th<f Fijeshman Drill Team and are [still telling stories about the (-ay tjime they had last week- a- San Antonio where they part] in the annual San Ja- Fesfival activities. Not only did they enjoy taking part in the celebi atiojn of Texas’ independence with the] hundreds of thousands other people present, but they also had their [share of the gaieties and fun found only in such a gather- ing. ! Tho streets of the Alamo City were lined with cars until the wee hour* of] the morning, and side- wniki wore plagued with visitors and i itixens of the town crowding the dAwiitown area all hours of the- 4 ay#* The Aggie uniform blended in nice y with those of tha thous- smdi of Air Force csdels and KOTC students from Han An- Tbe uniforms were «o Intermingled In the very often It was hard Hi-way 6 So. 2-1333 BAPTIST PAINTING and Dl ^ 3200 Highway 6 — South * Xr rr.T7i- it » A BRYAN, to tell whether [you were on a street in College Station or San Antonio. After 1 all the i stragglers had been rounded up,! the drill team finally got together abc)ut 12 noon Saturday out atj San Antonio’s big new Coliseuni to j practice for their performance irt : the same place that afternbon. j pelmet lin ers [were donned [and! ijifles lifted to right shouldersi and !the contin gent made its way into the arena of the enormous puildhjig where a rodeo was currently b.*ing held. Although the terrain was not what the team hail behri accustom ed to marching jin, they dodged their way In and out 11 the path of the speedy little t|r»etor which was engaged In j the process of smoothing off the <|iit floor of the coliseum and Wept through their routine without much trouble, The marching unit looked sharp ns it put on u ftfitijeu minute drill for the dlsijnpoinjlltig crowd that turned nut for the matinee show of the Jaycee Rodeo which featured the , popular , westerner Tex Ritter. By 5 p. m. the streets of San Antonio were already crowded with anxious spectators looking for seats to view the two hour long Illuminated Night Pa rade which got underway at 7:30. A&M’s Fish Drill Team enter tained the onlookers irt the area of the Alamo before the parade began with several short drills along Alamo Plaza where (em- u porary grandstands had been constructed. Gorgeous flots containing every thing from a replica ofjn Bible to a beer bottle, made their way down the six mile length of the night march, High school bgixI’H army hands, college bunds (did even a musical group composed of young sters in khgkl avdragini six years of age added color to The parade, The Aggie marching unit* oc cupied the nlnce of tmitor by es- (Him I'AltABE, I'ggo 5) to the Baptists of Bryan and College Station on your beatuiful new Bap tist Student Center’s dedi cation. We are happy to have done the electrical and lighting work. ; ,'v -if Frank Seale Electric Co. Bryan, Texas BMBWI Units : V! «■, ‘'/in! 1 ' ‘r 1. \ ••j, 1 ' !'•! K ' J , J r ; .r if - i " : . j''* 1 \J V / 1 ] 1 - l \ eviewe By ELWOOD SCHMI Federal inspection at hex was climaxed thti _ when the Freshman regimbBt pass ed in review before the inspecting officers headed , Vlbert A. Horner, head of I inspecting team, and Col. A'. Sullivan, head of the Air Force nspecting team. The review brought to . webk full of flying mops dust cloths which werp wield ed by cadets anxious to spic and span barracks to present ihe mul* titudes of inspecting officers. Bunks, desks, and foot T went out of the barracks buckets of water came in to doilse the floor Monday afternoon everyone pitched in to prepare for the inspection held Tuesday moan ing. , At 6:15 a. m. when the offi of tbs' military jscienlce de[ meat made their tours through tne barracks, the ing by their be»ts expecting worse. Their fears were allayed, however, when the found that we main criticism levelled Summer School Sign-Up Announced for Freshmen Plans for early registration, and room assignment for the first sum mer semester were released this morning by W. G. Breazeajle, dean of students at the Anne: Fees for. the ; first lijk-weeks term including matriculation, room, hospftal, student active .ijes, etc expenses—will be $39.99 zealq said. Me/^ on the C. L Bjll will be to pay $20.50, he added e Annex fiscal offiei payments of fees ir en attending school Jfll ~ Newman Fish Plan For Bingo Party Thu Annan Newman (Tub met last fruestlay in the I'hsm sjtry Lec ture! Kuom to plan a da w e to be held May (I, Thu localim of the daaiu was not decided, but the (•atliullc aiuinhucs of this club will aunUunce the uxw/j ulacu s nnutliac lie (it week, . All Aggies^ whether Unlhollr* or/not, wlir be (wflcomp to allend. r Kathar Fuchs, the] itrineM* stieakcr at the meeting,: loild tbe Knlijtbts of Columbus w l| hold a bingo party this Hunda;: at itiOO p.m. at the K.C. Hull In; Bryan. Admission aRI be $1 fot men and twenty-five writs for tht Indies. Arnold Pfeiffer, presid srtt of the Annex Newinnn Club, .si ailed that Dick Morrow would represent the club in the annual Newman Club Union in Kingsville ort Muj/ 29 and 30. Morrow was chosen by the members to attend this n eeting on “Catholic Marriages and Morals.” them Was , and foot loci Army enjoyed a spections Wednesd day found the Ann ence classes visited ing officers. The drill period especially scrutinized by the cers. i i u Morning classes were d smissed >day to give cadets time to pre- pite from in- but Thurai military sci- the jmspect-j from 8 a. m. Monday morning un til 2 p. m. Wednesday aftertioon, the Dean of Students said. The Housing office will alio start mak ing roc m assignments to men hav ing pajid . their fees Tuesday and Wednesday. No assignments will be made after 6 p. nt-' Wednesday and students wilt be required to wait uhtil June to register. Brea- zeale skid dorms 14, 15, 16, 17, and Walton and Milner Halls will lie available- f°r quarters this sum mer. Mcnlwho pay their fees and get their bousing assignment* (early will be permitted to go to the campus Thursday afternoon be tween .’i and 5 p. m. to registor fur coursek, the Annex official said. June 5 from 8-12 a. p. will no the only tl|me registrgUrta.can he! dints for the first summer sesstop, tot added.; f PjL 1 ^ ifr i Brertwcale alsii reminded; stu dents on the (),]L Pill In serum fee waver allpa from his office hefom payiiig fees at the fiscal offleel ! ,0 ■ i-.'i today •ere” 8t«n[d-^’P* re an <? participate In a re- 1 view. The time between l a. pj» and 9 a. m. was allowed fo»* ( pre- paring for inspection. Fron 9 un til 9:30 was used i|n inspection tof the barracks by the inipecting team. , Inspection of theicadets n ranks oh the'-air strip was held frpm 9:30 to 10:|.5. This inspect ion pre- oeded an exhibition of « formal guard mount by the Freshman Drill Team and the Fresh: Band which was followed b; performance of exhibition . Irill pat terns. AH the troops them got in the act as they passed iA for review to end the inspection at Annex except for more visits soim- doled to be paid ! to mililary ence classrooi urns this afl ernooh. Debate Team Bliiin JC De The Annex Dqbnto host Idat Monday nftemo teams'flrom Blinn Juplor One of [the Bljim f iosed of two co-eds, wan mshmen Charles LaRue f las and Itobeyt nuffhifin HrerWnarldge. Whh'h have defi<ati<d«k Hllan trinn p at Bilim. /Th» cu mis ha< flrmutlve, The ut her llllitit team by Huy Wells and Mnh Travis fVunt dnm was rnouti to two boll ege, leans, fli mei e front Pi itoi Which had Ihc ufflimallvh of second cncmmler; IT’N THE . . . TALK OF THE TOM i r • •: • \... | r j ; ' t • THE ONE AND ONLY For CJood Food and Popular Prlcea ■ i - 1 ' 1 1 ''I m TALK OF TftE TOWN will It you cut « telephone cable in two, you’d tee that it wat fu wires—a hundred. This cable will carry 50 eortverintiona at < >ncs, i aach taking two wires. r: Fifty pain of wirot, serving fifty telephones. 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