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Page 2 THE BATTALION Wednesday, September 22, 1954 DramaGroupGives Satire for AAUW Cadet Slouch by James Earle A one-act play, a satire on the companiohate marriage idea of the 20’s, was presented by the drama group for the American Associa tion of University Women Monday AAUP Will Meet Tonight At MSC The local chapter of the Ameri can Association of University Pro fessors will hold its annual open 1 rouse fellowship tonight in the ball x-oom of the Memorial Student Center at 7:30. Dr. David H. Morgan, president of A&M College, will be speaker. Tonight’s informal meeting is the first of the 1954-55 school year for the faculty members and re search workers of the chapter. W. F. Adams is president. Social Whirl Thursday 9 a.m. Group leadership course for new leaders of Girl Scout and Brownie troops will begin at the Girl Scout little house. New lead ers are needed for beginning troops at Ben Milam and Bowie schools. Friday 3 p.m. College Women’s Social Club honors new members with a tea in the ball room of the Memo rial Student Center. night at the organization’s first meeting of the season. The meeting was held at the Me morial Student Center. Cast for the play included Mrs. F. E. McFarland, Mrs. Arthur Melloh, Mrs. J. B. Page, Mrs. Tom King, and Mrs. George Huebner. Mrs. MiltOn Nance was musician. The play was under the direction of Mrs. R. V. Andrews. Mrs. James Potter, membership chairman, introduced 11 new mem bers. They are Mrs. Morris Gar ber, Mrs. Eula J. Newman, Mrs. Floyd Beanblossom, Mrs. R. L. At kinson, Mrs. Arthur Prince, Mrs. Thomas Ferguson, Mrs. J. M. Pres cott, Mrs. Allan Madeley, Mrs. D. O. Skovlin, Miss Inez Brentner, Mrs. William Elliott. Hostesses for the meeting were Mrs. R. O. Berry, chairman, Mrs. W. L. Russell, Mrs. George Potter, Mrs. A. D. Folweiler, Mrs. C. W. Simmons, Mrs. I. V. Boughton and Mrs. O. E. Sperry. Mrs. Eugene Rush, president, presided over the meeting. What’s Cooking WEDNESDAY 7:15—The Aggie Christian Fel lowship will meet in the YMCA cabinet room. 7:30—Opening meeting for new and old members of Hillel Founda tion will be held in the MSC, rooms 2-3 and 2-D. THURSDAY 7:00—The Grayson County home tdwn club meets in room 3C of the MSC to organize for this year. 8:00—The Table Tennis club will meet in the MSC game room. f it#! taritta'AI ■■■■■■■ ■kHiaHkiH ri'l'fe. ■ IN Ik I Off the Press New Gun Digest HILLCREST HARDWARE L ■ *1» ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ it« ■ ■ j ■ ■ j ■ i» Bridge Club Plans Formation A meeting of local persons in terested in forming a bridge club will be held in room 2-D of the Memorial Student Center at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. ALL. T14 OTW6K. SEWlOeS OT Tt4' EASV JO«>S, BUT 1 GIT TW' OKIE WITH AL.L. ITU” EElSPOklSlBIUTV. - . WUI STL El JOCK f SO0t III. SCHOOL By BETSY BURCHARD Battalion Correspondent (Editor’s Note: Miss Burch- ard, who is editor of A&M Con solidated’s Round-Up, will be The Battalion’s CHS correspon dent this year. She will write this weekly column, and other stories about the school.) Two former employees of A&M have joined their wives on the teaching staff of A&M Consolidat ed high school. A. R. Orr, who was with the mechanical engineering department for 11 years, is now teaching phy sics and algebra and also sponsors the Slide Rule club. A dormitory counselor for three years, C. L. Byrd is initiating a vocational agriculture course and FFA chapter. Two other new faculty members are F. A. Knapp, who teaches Eng lish and directs the Public Speak ing and Sharpshooters clubs, and W. R. Miller, who sponsors the school paper in addition to in structing history and typing. A half day holiday and a handful of nickles rewarded homeroom 11-2 for collecting the most money in activity ticket sales. The students sold $141 worth edging out the sophomores in 10-1 who had $131. Seven hundred seventy-two dol lars have been turned in but all the tickets ax^e not accouxxted for yet. Sale of the 1955 community birthday calendars was begun this week by Consolidated students axxd members of the Band Boosters club, undejr the dii'ection of Mrs. Walter A. Vaxwel. Pi-oceeds fi-om this sale will be used for new band uniforms. The junior class sponsored a vic tory dance after the Madisonville football game last Friday night. The dance was held in the gymna sium and about 75 pei’sons attend ed. Consolidated students have been invited to visit Bryan air force base this Saturday for a tour sponsox-ed by the Kiwanis club. Sharon Patterson was eelcted juxxior yell leader for the Kitten team. She x-eplaces Bonnie Wat son who moved out of town. On Campus faith . MixShuImaJi {Author of “Barefoot Boy With Cheek,'* etc.) U.S. Seeks For 2 Red HEIDELBERG, Germany, Sept. 22—7 (A 5 ) —American authorities in Washington and Germany were negotiating today for the x’elease of two U. S. soldiers seized by Communist Czech guax-ds with snarling dogs along the Czech- German border Friday. The Army identified the Ameri cans as 1st Lt. Richai'd H. Dries, 30, son of Mi - , and Mi’s. Henry E. Dries of St. Albany, Long Island, N. Y., and Pfc. George Pisk,' 22, son of Dr. and Mrs, Paul A. Pisk, of Austin, Tex. Di\ Pisk is a pro fessor of musicology at the Uni versity of Texas and an interna tionally known composer. The Army said Di’ies and Pisk REGISTRATIONS BEING ACCEPTED The Oaks Nursery School 601 Maryem St. — College Station BALANCED PROGRAM Qualified Teachers — Transportation Available Separate Rooms For Rest and Play LARGE SHADED PLAY AREA Hours 9-12 — 8-5 F or Appointment Phone 4-8179 Release Prisoners were cruising along the boi’der un officially to “see what they could see’ and wei’e grabbed by the Czechs on West German territoxy.. The Red Czech government deliv- ei’ed a protest last night to the U. S. Embassy in Pi’ague, chax-ging the Americans were taken on Czech territoxy “while photographing military installations and carxying out obsexwations with f i eld glasses.” The Army denied the two werq spying. In Austin, Pisk’s mother said he wrote x'eccntly he had been trans ferred to a place near the bordei’. “I’m too upset to talk about it,” she added. Girl Scout Board Meets on Tuesday Directors board meeting of the Bxyan-College Station Gix’l Scout area Was held Tuesday morning at the Gill Scout little house, Mrs. R. E. Patterson, presiding. New members who wei’e pi’esent wex-e Mi’s. Geox-ge Adams, chair- man of the program committee; Mrs. Clifton C. Cai’tei’, chairman of the organization committee, Mrs. Henry Miller chairman of the staff and office committee, and Mrs. Archie Kahan, chairman of public relations committee. This year gii’l scouts in Bryan and College Station will participate in the United Fund drive x’ather than making a separate drive fox- money as in the past it was decid ed. The Battalion The Editorial Policy of The Battalion A Represents the Views of the Student Editors The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechan ical College of Texas, is published by students four times a week, during the regular school year. During the summer terms, and examination and vacation periods. The Battalion is published twice a week. Days of publications are Tuesday through Friday for the regular school year, and Tuesday and Thursday during examination and vacation periods and the summer terms. Subscription rates $9.00 per year or $ .75 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. Entered as second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas Under the Act of Con gress of March 3, 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented’nationally by National Advertising Services, Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Fran cisco. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republi cation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444 or 4-7604) or at the editorial office room, 202 Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities Office, Room 209 Goodwin Hall. BOB BORtSKIE, HARRI BAKER. Co-Editors Jon Kinslow.. Managing Editor Jei’i'y Wizig Sports Editor Ralph Cole, Don Shepard-.. News Editox-s Noi’a Bui’ge j Woman’s Editor Kerstin Ekfelt Assistant Woman’s Editor Betsy Burchard ... A&M Consolidated Correspondent Maurice Olian A&M Consolidated Sports Correspondent John Huber Advertising Manager Larry Lightfoot .Circulation Manager Tom Syler, Russell Reed, Ken Livingston Circulation Staff Morg an (Continued from Page 1) dents was their ability to accept responsibility, and that the x’espon- sibility of x-unning the coi’ps was on the cadet officers. “Any group that can perform the magnificant engineering feat of building the world’s biggest bon- fix-e can certainly build the world’s best corps,” he said. Yesterday’s ceremony, at which the cadet officers foimally took their officei’’s oath, was the first of its type held. It will be an annual affair from eorriED under authority of the coca-coia company by THE BRYAN COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY “Coke" is a registered trade-mark. © 1954, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY FOOTBALL THROUGH THE AGES The football frenzy is upon us. But let us, in the midst of this pandemonium, call time. Let us pause for a moment of tranquil reflection. What is this game called football? What is its history? Its origins? Its traditions? These are not idle questions, for when we have the answers we will appreciate even more fully, enjoy even more deeply, this great American game of football. First of all, to call football an American game is somewhat mis leading. True, the game is now played almost exclusively in America, but it comes to us from a land far away and a civilization long dead. Football was first played in ancient Rome. Introduced by Julius .. Caesar, it became one of the most popular Roman sports by the time f of Nero’s reign. The eminent historian Sigafoos reports a crowd of MMCLDDXVIII people at the Colosseum one Saturday afternoon to see the Christians play the Lions. With the decline of the Roman empire football fell into disuse. The barbaric Huns axxd Goths preferred canasta. However, by the Twelfth Century A.D. football had emerged from its twilight and risen to its rightfxxl place in the firmament of European pastimes. The eminent historian Sigafoos reports that the whole continent was in the grip of wild excitement in the year 1192 when the Crusaders, under Freddie Barbarossa, journeyed all the way to Damascus to play the Saracens in the Fig Bowl game. The Crusaders squeaked through, 23 to 21, on a field goal by Dick Coeur de Lion in the closing seconds of the game. October 21, 1512, will ever remain a red letter day in the history of football. On that day Leonardo da Vinci, who has often been called “The Renaissance Man” because of his proficiency in a hundred arts and sciences, was painting a picture of a Florentine lady named Mona Lisa Schultz. “Listen, Mona baby,” he said as she struck a pose for her portrait, “I keep telling you—don’t smile. Just relax and look natural.” “But I’m not smiling,” she replied. “Well, what do you call it?” he said. “Gee, I don’t know,” said Mrs. Schultz. “It’s just an expression, , kind of.” “Well, cut it out,” said The Renaissance Man. “I’ll try,” she promised. And try she did, but without success, for a moment later the artist was saying to her, “Look, Mona kid, I’m not gonna ask you again. * Wipe that silly grin off your face.” t “Honest to goodness, The Renaissance Man,” said she to him, “it’s no grin. It’s just the way I look.” “Well, just stop it,” said Leonard testily and turned away to mix his pigments. When he turned back to Mona Lisa and saw the smile still on her face, he became so enraged that he seized the nearest object — a casava melon, as it happened — gnd hurled it at her with all his strength. Showing great presence of mind, she caught the melon and ran with it from the studio until The Renaissance Man’s tempex should cool. This was, of course, the first completed forward pass. Another date dear to the hearts of all football fans is September 29, 1442. It was on this date, accoi’ding to the eminent historian Sigafoos, that a sixteen year old lad named Christopher Columbus tried out for the football team at Genoa Tech. He failed to make the team because he was too light. (He weighed at that time only 12 pounds.) And why, you ask, is this date — September 29, 1442 — so dear to the hearts of all football fans? Because young Columbus was so heartbroken at not making the team that he ran away to sea. And if that hadn’t happened, he never would have discovered America. And if Columbus hadn’t discovered America, the world never would have discovered tobacco. And if the world hadn’t discovered tobacco, football fans never would have discovered Philip Morris — which, as evei'y fan knows, is the perfect coxnpanion to football. As Sigafoos, the eminent historian, says, “Land’s sakes, I can’t even imagine football without Philip Morris. I’d sooner go to a game without my raccoon coat than without my neat, rich tobacco-brown snap-open pack of mild vintage Philip Morris Cigarettes which come in regular or king-size at prices young and old can afford. Land’s sakes!” The end of football in Europe came with the notorious “Black ToX Scandal” of 1587, in which Ed Machiavelli, one of the Pisa mob, paid off the University of Heidelberg Sabres to throw the champion ship ganxe to the Chartres A. and M. Gophers. It was a mortal blow to football on the continent. But the game took hold in the American colonies and thrived as it had never thrived before. Which brings us to another date that remains evergreen in the hearts of football lovers: December 16,1771. On that date a British packet loaded with tea sailed into Boston - harbor. The colonies had long been smarting under the English king’s " tax on tea. “Taxation without representation,” they called it, and feelings ran high. When on December 16, 1771, the British ship docked at Boston, a semi-pro football team called the Nonpareil Tigers, coached by Samuel (Swifty) Adams, was scrimmaging near the harbor. “Come, lads,” cried Swifty, seeing the ship.“Let’s dump the tea in the ocean!” With many a laugh and cheer the Nonpareil Tigers followed Swifty aboard and proceeded to dump the cai’go overboard in a wild, dis organized and abandoned manner. “Hex-e now!” called Swifty sharply. “That’s no way to dump tea overboard. Let’s get into some kind of formation.” And that, fans, is how the “T” formation was born. ©Max Shultnan. 1954 This column is brought to you by the makers of PHILIP MORRIS who think you would enjoy their cigarette. Church Is Holding Saturday Services Special sei’vices are being held each Saturday duxing September at 7:30 p.m. at the Rock Pi’aii’ie Bap tist Chui’ch. The Rev. Claude Allen, pastor of the church conducts the sei’vices. Hubers’ Child Born A 7-pound 5-ounce baby boy was born Tuesday night to Mi’, and Mi’s. John Hubei', Battalion advex*- tising manager, at St. Joseph’s hospital. Mi’s. Huber and the ba by, Joseph Bernard, were both do ing well Tuesday night. LI’L ABNER By A1 Capp P O G O By Walt Kelly