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ygars on the Timber Street cam-
pus. But unlike his older siblings,
Bill Lancaster was never an
eighth -grader.
In the summer of 1941, public
s(;hools were extended from 11 to
12 grades. Those who had started
school before then, however,
weren't required to stay an extra
year, Bill Lancaster said. Instead,
they simply skipped a grade. Bill
Lancaster and his fellow seventh -
graders, then, were automatically
promoted to ninth grade, he said.
;And the school was basically
void of a second grade — a "bub-
b$e" that moved up a grade for
each progressive year, he said.
'Most of Bill Lancaster's male
classmates were drafted into the
military service immediately
after their graduation, although
World War II was almost over and
fdw saw combat, he said. But Bill
Lancaster was a bit younger than
h1s classmates, and the draft bill
died two weeks before his 18th
birthday.
"Shorthorn" yearbook dedica-
tions from the early 1940s,
however, attest to the number of
those affiliated with A&M Consol-
idated who were fighting in the
war, killed or missing in action.
Bill Lancaster's class ring is
another testament to the era. He
baught the ring for $5, but be-
cause of the war, gold was scarce.
His is part gold and part silver.
Douglass Lancaster and Paine
said they remember several
pranks that occurred while they
Were students at A&M Consoli-
dated. A donkey was left on the
second floor, a snake was put in a
substitute teacher's desk and a ge-
latin capsule of hydrogen sulfide
,has left on top of a steam heater,
resulting in a strong odor of rot-
ten eggs.
• Although they grinned mis-
c�ievously, both men claimed ig-
norance as to the culprits' identi-
ties.
Douglass Lancaster said the
football rivalry with Bryan High
School was just as strong when he
Was in school as it is today. But in
triose days, College Station rarely
meat them, he said.
Both men, however, bragged
about the excellence of the A&M
Consolidated Symphonic Orches-
tira. Douglass Lancaster said his
sister, Cynthia Cooper, Class of
'41, played the harp in the orches-
tra and has continued playing
since. She has even been asked on
several occasion to play with the
Aouston Symphony, he said.
The men said other classmates
ave also reached prominence.
"There were some graduates of
$his school that made something
of themselves," Paine said. "The
rest of us have enjoyed our-
selves."
ygars on the Timber Street cam-
pus. But unlike his older siblings,
Bill Lancaster was never an
eighth-grader.
In the summer of 1941, public
schools were extended from 11 to
12 grades. Those who had started
school before then, however,
weren't required to stay an extra
year, Bill Lancaster said. Instead,
they simply skipped a grade. Bill
Lancaster and his fellow seventh-
gxaders, then, were automatically
promoted to ninth grade, he said.
;And the school was basically
void of a second grade — a "bub-
bte" that moved up a grade for
each progressive year, he said.
'Most of Bill Lancaster's male
classmates were drafted into the
military service immediately
alter their graduation, although
World War II was almost over and
fdw saw combat, he said. But Bill
Lancaster was a bit younger than
his classmates, and the draft bill
died two weeks before his 18th
birthday.
."Shorthorn" yearbook dedica-
tions from the early 1940s,
however, attest to the number of
those affiliated with A&M Consol-
idated who were fighting in the
War, killed or missing in action.
Bill Lancaster's class ring is
another testament to the era. He
bought the ring for $5, but be-
cause of the war, gold was scarce.
Its is part gold and part silver.
Douglass Lancaster and Paine
said they remember several
punks that occurred while they
Were students at A&M Consoli-
dated. A donkey was left on the
second floor, a snake was put in a
substitute teacher's desk and a ge-
latin capsule of hydrogen sulfide
was left on top of a steam heater,
resulting in a strong odor of rot-
ten eggs.
- Although they grinned mis-
ckiievously, both men claimed ig-
norance as to the culprits' identi-
ties.
d Douglass Lancaster said the
football rivalry with Bryan High
School was just as strong when he
*as in school as it is today. But in
those days, College Station rarely
Feat them, he said.
Both men, however, bragged
about the excellence of the A&M
Consolidated Symphonic Orches-
tra. Douglass Lancaster said his
sister, Cynthia Cooper, Class of
'41, played the harp in the orches-
tra and has continued playing
since. She has even been asked on
several occasion to play with the
Houston Symphony, he said.
The men said other classmates
4ave also reached prominence.
t "There were some graduates of
chis school that made something
of themselves," Paine said. "The
rest of us have enjoyed our-
selves."