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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."