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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1956)
PAGE 8 Thursday, August 23, 1956 The Battalion .... College Station (Brazos County), Texas September 7 Opening' Day - New Student Week 14 Regisration of New Students 15 Registration all other Students 17 Classes Begin College Night 20 All-Aggie Rodeo Athletic Officers 21 All-Aggie Rodeo 22 Villanova Football-here All College Dance All-Aggie Rodeo 24 Entries close-Intr. football, basketball, tennis, horseshoes, swimming, pingpong,. bowling 25 Town Hall Staff Steak Fry 26 Non-student Town Hall ticket sales 27 Employees Dinner-dance 28 Entries close-Intr. open hand ball 29 LSU Football-there-night October 1 Begin Filing-General Elections Inti - . Swim Prelims Arts and Sciences Council Engineers Council Alpha Zeta 2 Inter. Swim Prelims Saddle & Sirloin Fall Bar-b-que Student Publications Board AAUP Smoker 3 Intr. Swim Prelims 4 Intr. Swimming 5 Intr. Swimming 6 Texas Tech Football - Dallas- night 8 Close Filings - General Elections MSC Council Ag. Council 9 MSC Council & Directorate Picnic 11 Civilian Student Council 13 U of H Football - three - night 14 Banquet - Student Delegates to National AVMA Convention 15 Alpha Zeta 17 General Elections 18 Student Senate Employee’s Dinner Dance 19 Former Student Reunion , Rue Pinalle 20 TCU Football - here All College Dance, Ralph Marterie & Orchestra. 27 Baylor Football - there - night 29 Town Hall-Fred Waring Show November 1 Student Senate Begin filing - Freshman Class Elections ' 2 Air Force Ball Rue Pinalle 3 Arkansas Football - here - night Fall Military Day MSC Midnight in New Oi'leans Dance 5 Arts and Sciences Council Engineers Council Alpha Zeta AAUP 6 Town Hall - Fujiwara Opera Co.—“The Mikado” Student Publications Board 7 Begin Ordering-Graduation An nouncements 8 Close Fillings-Freshman Class Elections Civilian Student Council 10 SMU 'Football - there - holiday- Corps Trip 12 Mid-Semester Grades MSC Council Agr. Council 13 MSC Directorate 14 Freshman Class Elections 15 Student Senate Employee’s Dinner Dance 16 Rue Pinalle 17 Rice Football - here - All Col lege Dance - Frankie Carle & Orchestra 19 Range & Forestry*Turket Shoot Alpha Zeta 20 R. V. Initiation Banquet 22 Phi Eta Sigma Initiation Smoker 27 Bonfire i 28 Thanksgiving Recess Begins 5 p. m. BSU International Thanksgiving Breakfast 29 University of Texas Football- Austin 30 Holiday. December 1 Holiday Centenary BasketbalL-there 3 Classes Begin-8 a. m. St. Mary’s Basketball-here Arts and Sciences Council Engineers Council Alpha Zeta 4 Freshman Open House 5 Sam Houston Basketball-there Deadline-Ordering Graduation Announcements 6 Intr. Class A Cross-Country Student Senate 7 Trinity Basketball-here Intr. Class B-cross country 10’ Loyola Basketball-New Oi'leans Agr. Council MSC Council. AAUP 11 Tau Beta Pi Initiation & Ban quet. MSC Directoi'ate 12 Student Conference on National Affairs Miss Southern Basketball- there 13 Student Conference on National Affairs Civilian Student Council Florida State basketball-there 14 Aggie Talent Show Student Conference on National Affairs 15 Student Conference on National Affairs Georgia Tech basketball-there 17 Alpha Zeta 18 12th Man Bowl Miami Basketball-there 19 Begin Christmas Recess - 5 p. m. 27-29 Southwestern Conference Basketball Tournament- Hous ton January 2 Rice basketball-Houston-Varsity 3 End of Christmas Recess-8 a. m. 5 Arkansas Basketball-here 7 Arts and Sciences Council Engineers Council Alpha Zeta 8 SMU Basketball-here' 10 Student Senate Civilian Student Council 14 Agr. Council MSC Council 15 Baylor Basketball - there: MSC Directorate 21-26 Semester Examinations 30 Opening Day - New Student Week February 1 Registration-New Basic Division Students 2 Registration-All other students TCU Basketball-there, Varsity 4 Classes Begin Arts and Science Council Engineers Council Alpha Zeta 5 UT Basketball-here, Varsity & Fish Student Publications Board 6 Town Hall - Boston Pops Orchestra 7 Athletic Officers Student Senate 9 Arkansas Basketball-there TJ of H Fish Basketball—there Last day for enrolling or adding courses 11 Entries Close - Intr. Wrestling, Handball Agr. Council MSC Council 12 TCU Basketball-here; Varsity & Fish Intr. Wrestlers Weight-in MSC Directorate 13 Begin Ordering Graduation An nouncements Intr. Wi'estlers Weight-in 14 Civilian Student Council 16 Baylor Basketball-here; Varsity & Fish Last Day for dropping courses 18 Religious Emphasis Week 19 R. E. Week SMU Basketball-there 20 R. E. Week 21 R. E. Week 22 R. E. Week Harlem Globetrotters 23 Consolidated Band Dance UT Basketball-there-Varsity & Fish 27 Town Hall - Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 28 Student Senate Employee’s Dinner Dance March 1 Rice-Basketball - here; Varsity and Fish Entries Close-Intr. Rifle, Soft- ball, Golf, and Volleyball 2 High School Day Sports Day Freshman Ball Track Meet-UT, UH & A&M- Houston 4 Arts and Sciences Council Engineers Council Alpha Zeta 5 Student Publications Board 7 Student Senate 8 Ecumenical Conference 9 Ecumenical Conference Bolder Olympics—Laredo 10 Ecumenical Conference 11 Agr. Council MSC Council 12 Phi Eta Sigma Initiation MSC Directorate 13 Deadline - Ordering Graduation Announcements 14 Civilian Student Council 15 Combat Ball Intercollegiate Talent Show Rue Pinalle AAUP annual banquet 16 Military Ball Spring Military Day Track Meet-Rice, UT, A&M,- here 18 Begin Filing-Class Elections Alpha Zeta 21 Student Senate Employee’s Dinner Dance Southwest Joui'nalism Congress 22 UT Baseball-here Southwest Journalism Con ference 23 UT Baseball-here Track-LSU, Rice, A&M-Hous- ton ASABAB Ball 27 Close Filings-Class Elections 29 Baylor Baseball-there Rue Pinalle 30 Jr. Prom & Banquet Baylor Baseball-there April 1 Mid-semester grades Arts & Sciences Council Engineers Council Alpha Zeta 2 Student Publications Board 4 NIRA Rodeo Student Senate 5 NIRA Rodeo TCU Baseball-there Texas Relays-Austin 6 TCU Baseball-there Texas Relays - Austin AVMA Banquet and Ball BSU Annual Banquet 8 Agr. Council MSC Council. 9 MSC Directorate 10 Class Elections 11 Civilian Student Council 12 Cotton Pageant and Ball SMU Baseball-here 13 SMU Baseball-here Hillel Ball Singing Cadet Banquet Traok-SMU, Rice, A&M- Dal las 15 Alpha Zeta 16 Run-off - Class Elections 17 Begin Spring Recess, 5 p. m. 18 Track-USC, SMU, Texas, A&M Dallas Holiday 23 Spring Recess Ends, 8 a. m. 24 Entries Close, - Intr. Track 25 MSC Council & Directorate Ban quet Student Senate 26 Rice Baseball-there 27 R. V. Ball Sophomore Ball Spring Dairy Show Rice Baseball-there 30 SMU Baseball-there Tau Beta Pi Initiation & Ban quet May 2 Student Senate Phi Eta Sigma Banquet Track-UT, Rice, A&M - Austin 3 Rice Baseball-here 4 Civilian Student Weekend BSU Spring Picnic 6 Arts and Sciences Council Engineers Council Alpha Zeta Banquet 7 Baylor Baseball - here Sigma Student Publications Board 8 Athletic Officers Bar-b-que 9 Former Students Bar-b-que for Senioi'S 10 TCU Baseball-here Cattleman’s Ball Saddle & Sirloin Club Spring Bar-b-que Aggie Follies 11 Open House Aggie Follies All College Dance Little Southwestern Livestock Show Conference Meet - Austin 12 Parents Day 13 Intr. Track Agr. Council Bar-b-que MSC Council 14 Intr. Track UT Baseball-there MSC Directorate 15 Intr. Track ASABAB’s Banquet 16 Student Senate Banquet Intr. Track Phi Kappa Initiation Banquet 17 Intr. Track Press Club Banquet Wesley Foundation Spring Bar- b-que Rue Pinalle 1# Ring Dance and Banquet 22 Hillel Banquet 24 Baccalaureate and Commence! ment 25 Final Review 27 Semester Examinations To you who have already enrolled at A&M, and you who plan to —we want to say “Greetings and Welcome to Aggieland.” We cordially invite you to visit us when you arrive at College Station. Ask your Dad or any other Aggie about WALDROP’S — we’ve been Aggie headquarters since 1896. Aggie Jewelry ★ Pennats and Stickers ★ Novelties of All Kinds ★ Aggie T-Shirts ★ Underwear and Socks ★ Army Footlockers ★ Towels ★ Collar Insignia ★ Ties ★ Webb Belts ★ Fatigues SLACKS Hi-back 8.2 Cotton Hi-back Green Elastique Hi-back Pink Elastique CAPS Dress or Overseas Cotton Khaki Green Elastique KHAKI SHIRTS SHOES & POLISH Mufti Poplin 8.2 Cramerton Military Tennis Dress We have been serving Texas. 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