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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1950)
Tiger Band Consolidated High School Bandsmen, some thirty- Richard J. Dunn, was one of the high school five strong, pose for the cameraman on Tiger bands which paraded on Kyle Field during half- Field during an afternoon drill. The group, under time activities last Saturday, the leadership of former Aggie band master Col. War Brides--Not Dope Make Coffee Counter Busy Spot By WAYNE DAVIS The Coffee Shop in the Mem orial Student Center is becoming , one of the most popular spots on the campus for cosmopolitan-mind ed Aggies and Modern Language professors desiring to polish up their German accents. Cause of all the popularity, which centers around the coffee t counter, may be ascribed to the truly cosmopolitan atmosphere now pervading the place in the presence of blonde, blue-eyed Louise Schirmer, formerly in Dink- * elsbuhl in southern Bavaria, and brunette, brown-eyed Irma May- ben, late of Frankfurt-am-Main, „ in Germany. Louise is the wife of Bill Schrimer, EE major from Deni son. They were married in 1948 - while Bill was on duty with the Air Force at a Direction-finding Station on Mount Hesselberg. Before that, Louise was drafted at the age of fourteen she put in a year’s service in the (Land Army on a farm, where she swung a scythe and developed large pow erful muscles and a cordial hatred of rural life. She survived the unique exper- „ lence of having a RAF bombardier lay a stick of ten incendiaries across her house one night—none worked, fortunately, she says. Irma, on the other hand— now married to Leroy Mayben, Ag Ed major from Lometa— was always a city girl. During the war she stayed in Frankfurt, going to high school and having the front of her house blown in by a bomb at the same time another bomb, halfway down the block, killed seventeen people tak ing shelter in a basement. But things are less exciting, now, in the coffee shop, where Irma and Louise serve coffee to hundreds of Aggies a day who ask Louise “Are you Swedish?” and Irma “Are you a Yankee?” (or “Canadian?”) Other questions popular with soc- ially-conscious Aggies are “Howja meetcher husband?”, “What was it like during the war?”, and “Whaddaya think of Aggies?” As it happened, Louise met her husband on top of a moun tain. She was on her way to a farmer’s house to buy some eggs, and was resting a moment before going on across the mountain. Bill, out for a breath of moun tain air, happened along, and struck up a conversation. Bill liked Louise, Louise liked Bill, and—but take it from there yourself. Leroy, though, dialed the wrong telephone number one afternoon in Frankfurt and Irma answered. With commendable directness he WmUS TODAY thru SATURDAY FIRST RUN —Features Start— 1:10 - 2:56 - 4:42 - 6:28 - 8:14 10:00 THURSDAY & FRIDAY TODAY <k MAN AGAINST THE 8%E KELLY-? asked for a date, and kept calling back until he got it. A few months of red tape later, and Irma was on her way to America as Mrs. Leroy. As for Aggies, the girls are frankly amazed. “They’re already having dates,” said Irma. “Why, in Germany boys and girls would n’t think of dating until they were much older!” Any of you wolves want to move to Germany? Keys to Happiness Study Club Theme The general theme of the pro grams for Campus Study Club this year is Keys to Happiness. One of these keys is culture, represented by literature, art and music. It was fitting therefore to have as speaker for the first program of the year Dr. John Q. Hayes of A&M English faculty who spoke on “The Influence of Women in Mark Twain’s Yife.” In the business meeting Dorothy Bates, a senior at Consolidated high School told of her experiences at Girl’s State in Austin. She was sponsored by the Campus Study Club. She found that actually tak ing part in government as state commissioner of agriculture was a very effective way of studying it. The club voted to ask each mem ber to contribute twenty five cents to help defray expenses of Nation al Federation Meeting in Houston in November. Because of a conflict in dates the Nov. 28 and Oct. 31 meetings will be interchanged. At the next meet ing foreign students will speak on “Happiness in Other Lands.” It will be held in the Student Memor ial Union and guests may be in vited. College Employees Attend Safety Meet E. C. Martin, state program leader and chairman of the State Farm Safety Committee in Texas, and W. L. Ulrich, extension agri cultural engineer, appeared on the program of the 38th National Safety Congress and Exposition in Chicago Oct. 17 and 18. Martin discussed work being done by the Texas Extension Ser vice for furthering farm safety, and Ulrich participated in sessions dealing with farm safety as it relates to modern farmNnachinery usage. Dames Club Schedules Tea in YMCA Sunday The Dames Club of A&M Col lege will be hostesses at a tea in the South Solarium of the YMCA, Sunday, October 22 from 4 til 5 p. m. All wives of A&M students are invited to attend the tea to get acquainted with the club and its activities. DIANA CHARLES LYNN ' COBURN —in— “PEGGY” Expressed in Verse . . . Student Wife’s View of College (Editor’s note: The following is a letter received in our office which we think should be passed along to our readers.) Editor, The Battalion: Being one of the many Veterans wives, and feeling that we all get down in the dumps at least every once in a while, I would like to submit this little poem to your widely read paper. Probably the Veterans and their wives would be the only people that would appre ciate and understand the moral to this poem, but we would like the jublic to know that we would “do it again.” That phrase is explained in the poem. The Life of a Student’s Wife Sometimes you get so downhearted That you sit right down and cry, For it seems that life is hopeless No matter how hard you try. You wonder what would be real good To have for the evening meal, When all the time you’re figuring how To save on the grocery bill. Then you relax and think how nice It would be to own a Mint, When suddenly you’re struck with a horrible thought “It’s time to pay the rent.” And then there is the little one Who says he’s a “Farmer” too, And completely ruins his brand new shoes Playing ball like the AGGIES do. And now and then you gripe a bit Cause you think its so unfair, For your husband’s always studying And you never go anywhere. And then there’s times when you ask him If he loves you anymore, And a glance up from his studies says “Go way, you’re such a bore.” But when you get to thinking About the situation, You know how awfully grand it’ll be The Day of Graduation. You’ll be proud of your Aggie Grad And all the blessings that you’ve had, You’ll know if you had another life You’d want to be a Student’s Wife. —Bonnie Maddox Battalion City News - Society THUR., OCT. 19, 1950 Page 3 Newlyweds Move To College Area Mr. and Mrs. Victor Charles Takacs are now making their home in College Station since their marriage Saturday morning in St. Christopher’s church in Houston. Rev. Paul Takacs and Rev. John Jones officiated in the double ring ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Jones, 8316 Con cord, Houston, and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Takacs of 3707 Colgate. Both fam ilies reside in Houston. Mr. Takacs is attending A&M College and his bride attended the University of Houston. Fellowship Group Meet at Bass Home The Woman’s Fellowship of the A&M Christian Church met in regular session Monday afternoon in the home of Mrs. J. H. Bass in North Oakwood. Mrs. Dean Cheno- weth of San Angelo gave the open ing prayer. Mrs. E. E. Vezey presided, and called for committee reports and discussion of old and new business. The group voted to send a gift of apples to the Juliette Fowler Home in Dallas this month, and to send one box of cookies and one of clothing in November. Mrs. E. B. Middleton, program chairman, presented Mrs. L. J. Young who reviewed the fifth chapter of “Jesus, a Friend of Sin ners,” taken from the book, “Strong Son of G'od.” Announcement was made that the next meeting would be a cov ered dish luncheon at the church, Monday, Nov. 6. Refreshments of frosted punch, sandwiches and other dainties were served to 17 members and Mrs. Chenoweth, who is here from her home in San Angelo for a visit with her son Bob. AAUW Meets in Potter Home The American Association of University Women held their first meeting of the year Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. J. G. Potter. Dr. J. M. Nance, of the History Department was guest speaker. He spoke on “History of United Nations.” After a short business meeting it was decided to hold regular monthly meetings on the first Thursday of each month. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. A. E. Sales in College Hills. ‘Brigadiers’ Get More Coal Dug Berlin, Oct.—IjTI—The Commun ist German News Agency ADN said today Soviet zone coal mines in Saxony-Anhalt have decided to do like they do in Russia and call their foremen brigadeers. As a result, the news agency said, individual work production jumped 70 per cent the fh’st day. Grader Will Head Fort Worth Aggies Jerry Grader, senior business major, was elected president of the Ft. Worth Club at a meeting re cently. Donald Owen, junior chemistry major was elected vice - presi dent, and Tom Poynor, junior pet roleum engineering major was chosen as secretary. Wallace Hooper was named treasurer, and Lament Lane was elected social secretary. Plans were discussed for a “get acquainted” party to be held in the next few weeks. Lane was asked to give the details of the party at the next club meeting. Extension Chib Meets The Extension Service Club will meet at 3 p. m. Thursday in the Memorial Student Center, accord ing to Mrs. J. A. Deer, reporter. The guest speaker will be Mrs. Ruth Mudgett of Bryan and host esses for the afternoon will be Mesdames W. S. Allen, E. L. Wed- dington, G. G'. Gibson, A. M. Meekma, Floyd Lynch and Miss Helen Swift. mmIf Specials for Friday & Saturday - Oct. 20th & 21st Raths eet Kimbells Flour Tuckers—New Can Shortening . . ij Lilly’s Melln Kream . . Pint 25c 5 lbs. 38c . 3 lbs. 75c y, gal. 59c My—8 Oz. BAR-B-Q Sauce 29c Meadow Gold Sweet Cream Butter. Ih. 69c Dixie Colored Margarine lb. 25c Small Wheaties-Kix-Cheerios, 14c 303 Size Rotel Kraut ... 2 cans 15c Durkees—4 Oz. Cocoanut 2 for 23c Famous Star—303 Size Cream Peas ... 2 cans 25c Kraft’s Salad Oil. . 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