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Home My WebLink About1939 TAMU Scrapbooki ENTY -FIFTH YEAR WITH ALL -TIME RECORD OF STUDENT PARTICIPATION By E. C. Oates, Jr. If one could go back 25 years and look at the intramural depart- ment he would not see the things happening then that are taking place in this organization today. Intramurals really were started during the last year of the 1800 series of years, but it was not until 1911 that department began to function like an organized group. A student's athletic council was organized in 1911 and all disput- es and protests were brought to that council for settlement. In 1918 Mr. A. K. Driven put be- fore the Athletic Council a plan which woud engage practically ev- ery student in some kind of ath- letics for a period during each day. this plan was the actual starting of the intramural department as we know it today. The most recent change in the department was when the sports were split up into two divisions; one for freshmen getting credit for their P.E., and the other for upperclassmen. Each division is di- vided into leagues with seven or eight teams in each league. At the end of the season in each sport the league champions play a round - robin series to determine the cam- pus champions. The only exception to this is in such sports as those where there is no team competition, in which case the individual is fighting against every other mem- ber of the campus. There are sixteen different sports offered during the course of a year. Basketball, speedball, rifle shooting, cross country running, and touch football are offered dur- ing the fall. In the winter months handball, football, horseshoe pitch- ing, and volleyball are given. The last few months of the year fea- tures boxing, wrestling, golf, play- ground ball, swimming, tennis, and. track. In all this department offers sports the year around for every- one. Although the school enrollment has increased with every year the participation in intramural has. in- creased with a larger proportion. Thanks for this must go to Wal- ter Lee Penberthy, Director of In- tramural Athletics, and to his staff of student managers. Senior man - angers this year were "Spike" Spiker, C. W. Hahn and W. A. Ruhmann. These men will receive gold watches from the Department in appreciation of their untiring work. 4 u #standing Staff Member of Reagan Pape Is Chosen Eugene Oates, 19, 907 Woodland, has been declared the most valu- able member of the Reagan States- man staff. The Statesman is the student newspaper of Reagan .t3igh School. Young Oates was sports editor of the paper and of the school annual. He was one of Reagan•s represent- atives in the recent State Inter test sc holastic Leag a ue Journalism con- est at Austin. He graduated from Reagan, a.nd i will' enter Tex C llege as A. and M. o I In September, where he will spe- ciailze in mechanical engineering an Journa___ Iism__ qv 1920 and 1921, and later from 1926 Igo in for football on a large scale through 1933, relinquishing it only and hired A. N. (Bo) McMillan, 1 to come to Texas A. & M. in 1934. three -time All- American back of the "Playing Colonels" of Centre FOUR -SPORT MAN College, as head coach. During his playing days Norton When "Bo" accepted the offer, was a four -sport man, winning let- Norton stepped down and served ters in baseball, football, basket- 'in coach during his three - ball and track in high school and Year regime. The school found no repeating the feat in college. In fault with Norton's work and only 1915 he captained his football and the feeling that a big name was baseball teams, and in 1916 his needed caused him to be replaced a4 senior year, he was awarded a chief -of- staff. edal as the best all- around ath- ete in the Southwest and was When McMillan left to accept more lucrative offer at the close o amed as an all- conference back. the 1924 season, Norton was of Ports writers said at the time he fered his old 'l as the best all -round athlete ever Post but declined it and continued as assistant under play in the Southwest and one Earl Davis for the 1925 season. ost likely to reach high spots as The followin professional. g year he was pre- vailed upon to become head coach Prior to Norton's goinf to Cen- again, which job he took and held I the school had ne- er played until he came to Texas A. & M. in otball as an intercollegiate sport. 1934. pHIIIiNiIIIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIIIIIINIiIIIIHIIINIIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIIIIIiIIIIIHIINIIIINNIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIitllll� I T. C. U. Staa. ON KYLE FIELD BY E. C- "JEEP" OATE,$ Battalion Sports Editor nIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINIIIII! fIIIIIIIIIIIIIIfIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINIIIIilllt llllllll911111111iillllllllllllll They are singing the blues up at the Frog haunts this week and ;rightly so. In the past three games ;they have gained more yardage than their opponents, and only seven points have kept them from winning all three contests. Here is where the blues come in. The Aggies will be in Fort Worth Saturday to outgain them and lick them before their entire student body as well as before Amon Carter, himself. It has been many a long year since the Cadets registered a win in Cowtown, but there has always got to be a be-I ginning, and there is no year like the present. It has not been this column's pol- icy to attempt to pick winners this year, but then it can't do worse than some of the high - priced pickers. "Rock" Audish says I am a jinx so I will just pick them the opposite way. Here they ARE: T. C. U. 13; A. & M. 7. Baylor 15; Nebraska 10. Sam Houston 20; Rice 6, Marquette 14; S. M. U. Arkansas 13; Texas 12. This is the way they a guy who is a jinx. 6. look to A. & M. students leave by all methods just preceding football games but by far the most popular is the "thumb" method. Above . are shown an aggregation of Aggies leaving for Fort Worth for the ' First Aggie corps trip of the season. Earle Clark, senior left half, is the lad Coach Dutch Meyer depends upon when his Horned Frogs need to go places. Clark is the leading ground gainer (6.25 yards per try last year), the leading pass catcher (27 out of 43 for 476 yards and six touchdowns in '38), and the best blocker in the Frog backfield. Coach Meyer says he is the best all- around player on the T.C.U. club. Earle won let- ters in both his sophomore and junior years. And now back to the trip to Frisco. Many letters have been received from people who rode the same train with the players and from hotel managers and traveling passenger agents for the railroads. They all have much praise for the way the Aggie players acted on the trip. They conducted them- selves as any mother would want her boy to. They are boys who give the school a good name over the coun- try as well as many of the cadets. The first college gymnasium in the U. S. was erected in 1860 at Amherst College. Off For Fort Worth } �w .rye X'�s , 5 83 F� 2 c X'�s , i TRSDAY MORIN tNG, MARCH 7, 1940 Contest Will Close From `Gas Mask' to `Hairless Joe' They're Human SOME PICTORIAL HIGHLIGHTS OF AGGIELAND'S FIRST "UGLY BOY" CONTEST -(Top) Field Artillery Band junior Roy Chappell, who came out third in the primary of The Battalion's "Ugly Boy" contest, is shown being paraded around the mess hall by enthusiastic "supporters " —Aggie Band `fish'. Say the signs: "If you think I'm ugly —You ought to see Chappell!" (Lower left) Jack "Gas Mask" Fugate, senior of Second Headquarters Field and another strong :ontender in the primary, is seen at a happy moment with campaign manager Jimmie Cokinos, who did ;ome good "barking" in Jack's behalf. (Right) Jack shakes hands with rival Eddie "Alley Oop" Hall, :ompany A Infantry senior who came in first in the primary. This was just following a soapbox speech tnd a hillbilly serenade for Hall. SECRET F'RA TS 1 A freshman now attending A. & M. who is a ' good athlete told us the other day that he and the other athlete freshmen had been informed of the 1 disastrous effect secret fraternities have had in past rei years on Aggie athletics. He told us that he and sonke other freshmen, upon learning of the trouble caused s by the secret frats, had said they would never join 's one. r3' His statement that they had said they wouldn't !c' join one was very encouraging to us. It 'means, we ,r believe, a New Deal in student attitude down here.1 Mind you, the freshmen had not been asked to !, V. V swear not to join; they had merely come to th.i conclusion, of their own free will and accord, that secret fraternities such as the True Texans and . ; Swistikas operate to the very detriment of Texas I A. &M. -( And these freshmen, who are refusing to core - sider joining in order to better athletics here, are acting intelligently. What possible gain is to be had out of joining; e a secret frat? The Battalion is unable to see any at' r all. In the first place, the frats do not control cam- pus politics any more, although they are victorious in elections every now and then if the student body isn't on guard. In the past it may have paid a student to join the secret brotherhoods for political rea- sons; such is not the case now. In the second place, membership in a secret frat sets an individual apart from the Aggie corps. Soon- er or later the fact that a student belongs will be learned by his fellow students. When that happens, the break may not come to the surface immediately but eventually the member will learn that his pres,� tige, his friendships, his place in the student both; have all suffered tremendously because he had tha desire :to be a member of the Junior -Ku- Klux -Klan, It is the opinion of The Battalion that t , authorities of the college should remove the blot C secret fraternities from A. & M., but until that done by the proper authorities, it is the duty of t student body to oppose the organization in every w - possible. THE STUDENT FORUM TO THE BATTALION: A lot of complaints have been made about the present telephone situation. As a partial answer to those complaints we write this open letter. We were interested in the former situation in regard to campus communications, and supported whole- heartedly the recent fight to secure telephones in our dormitories to effect better local and long - distance communication. Now that many organiza- tions have their telephones, we sincerely agree with the boys who have been making complaints about our telephone system, that there is too much noise and confusion in the halls hindering telephone con- versation when the phones are right out in the halls (as they are), and that we need facilities for making long - distance calls from the dormitories. But on the other hand, we also feel that in such a case as this one, more patience is required tha some of the boys have shown. The company Bryan went to considerable trouble and expense ! install new telephone lines for us, and at preset n the company feels not yet justified in putting expensive phone booths. We have been informe however, by the district manager of the company that next term we will have phone booths witl facilities for carrying on private conversations ur disturbed, and for making long- distance calls. TI new dormitories wil also have phone booths in they Getting dormitory phone service was our fi, step; perfecting it is the next. It is too much to Field, Artillery - for action millionaires, 'co wboys, ern nghei wa250 A:;� &,] Practi be for e s eason's fi ga me �r,'. \\ \ aa}�� \�: R: 'PROGRESSIVENESS ' TO THE BATTALION: The inertia evident in the great mass of our student body is truly deplorable. I am referring to the fact that, whenever there is a chance to effect' an improvement in conditions of this school, it is so hard to arouse and maintain the interest of the students and the leadership of those who should lead us. It has taken us years to effect the much - needed and long- desired reduction in tailoring prices here. And now that we have the best chance we have ever had to get the telephones we need in our dor mitories, it seems we are not taking the interest or initiative we should. Some of the organizations, more progressive than the rest in this matter, have applied for phones already. A couple of phones have already been installed, and from all reports are doing good service. The others that were applied for will be put in as soon as possible. The new dormitories will have telephones. Are the majority .,of our organizations going to lag behind the more progressive ones, behind the new dormitories, and behind all other collegiate institutions in securing • convenience we have needed here for forty years, • facility known and used by civilized people every- where ? But this is not my point. There are many, many more things we need here (and probably will ac- quire eventually) such as a union building, a small park with a bandstand where our band and others can give concerts, fountains and rest rooms in many halls and older class buildings in which-their lack is a great inconvenience, and innumerable other things. My point is this: If we as a whole show the same inertia, disinterest, unprogressiveness, and lack of leadership generally shown in this matter of securing telephones (which is just one of the for- ward steps we should take to improve our school to the standards it should attain) then it will be years before we ever get the other additions, con- veniences, and improvements we need so badly here —if we ever, through good fortune, get them at all. As one of the first steps in this progressive I upbuilding of our great school, I wish to urge once again that we act now to get the rest of the tele- phones we need —and then, more important, keep the same forward- moving spirit in order to succeed in getting as soon as we can the rest of the improve- ments we need. If we do we will leave the school a much better one than we found it, and we will be doing future generations of Aggies a big favor. BILL MURRAY, Band Junior ARMISTICE DAY TO THE BATTALION: Last Friday it was indeed fitting that the cadet corps of A. & M. College observe Armistice Day — that memorial day when twenty years ago the powers of the world agreed to cease the war of all wars that was to make the world safe for democracy. Today, we stand on the threshold of another great international disput! Just how can we account for thpc existing state of affairs —is it because we have forgotten or is it because men no longer trust one another? Perhaps both of these factors have con- tributed to those bloody conflicts which are now in progress on the face of the earth. Therefore, it should be the aim of the present generation to con- stantly remind the people of the world of that idly blot on humanity and civilization that was result of a world at war. It should furthermore the aim of this modern generation, and especially -4 uth of the world, to create peace and friend- 119 men. ng evidence of the fact that these two of this present generation are being at V carried out could have readily been seen -iday at noon. It is true that the ceremonies we conducted here were held in all sini. cerity, but I doubt that a majority of the corps realized the significance of our tribute to those men who gave their lives for us. If my assumption is true, I would contribute the fact to the poor man- ner in which the ceremonies were conducted. They were very rough,, and they could have been improved one hundred percent if a few words of explanation could have been given prior to the reading of the names of those deserving men. Perhaps, any wordy of explanation were omitted because of the lack of time at our noon formation. If this was the reason for the omission of the words of explanation, it certainly is a reflection upon the cadet corps. Is thas patriotism? Surely we don't consider ten oY fifteen minutes of our time as a just observance of Armistice Day, nor neither a just tribute to those men who gave their lives in order that we might reap the benefits of a free nation —a nation which is a blessing to humanity. A STUDENZ ON NATIONAL 91191HS BY DR. R. P. LUDLUM The Elecl ions —At Last Mr. R. L .Doss, the hard - driving editor, chided me for not discussing the elections in this column last week. In fact, he went so far as to say I had disappointed him. Naturally, I hasten to assuage his disappointment by discussing them this week. Just to keep the record straight, however, this column is written on Tuesday or Wednesday each week, and last week that was too early to know in detail how the elections had come out. In trying to get at the significance of last week's voting, we should remember several funda- mental facts about American politics. One is that this country normally is conservative. In practice, that has meant the country has been attached to the Republican party far more often than to the Democratic party, in the years since 1860. For ex- ample, up to the end of Mr. Roosevelt's second term in 1941, eighty years will have passed since 1861. ` Democrats will have held the presidency during only twenty -four out of those eighty, or for six terms out of twenty. Since 1889, the Republicans will have controlled the House of Representatives for 16 terms, or 32 years, and the Democrats will have controlled it only 10 times, or 20 years —still counting to 1941. We should remember, also, a point that has be- come almost an axiom in politics. The party in power almost invariably loses seats in Congress in the off -year elections like the one last week. A loss for the party in power is normal. If the loss of seats is so large, however, that the party in power loses con- trol of the House of Representatives, then the party in 'power is quite likely to lose the presidential election two years later. Thus the Democrats elected Cleveland in 1892, lost control of the House in the election of 1894, and lost the presidency in 1896. The Republicans elected Taft in 1908, lost control of the House in the election of 1910, and lost the presiden -' cy in 1912. The situation was a little unusual dur- ing Wilson's terms, inasmuch as he was re- elected in 1916, at a time when the Republicans obtained a minute margin over his party in the House. The Republicans increased the margin greatly in 1918, however, and practically following the axiom, they won the presidency in 1920. The Republicans elected Hoover in 1928, lost control of the House by a slight margin in 1930, and lost the presidency in 1 1932. Because Mr. Roosevelt has had such a hold over the imaginations of the voters, or for some other reason, the rule has not been strictly followed since 1932. In the normal course of events, there 'should have been some falling off in the Democratic strength in the House in 1934, but instead, the Demo- crats actually gained. In 1936, they . -L lined still UP in th' ?Io'se, so t!� pa rvr it was 75 to 17, also for the Democrats.) Of the 335 Democrats elected to the House in 1936, about eighty were elected in districts normal- ly Republican, and had margins over their Republi- can opponents of less than two per cent of the votes. It was therefore to be expected that the Demo- crats would lose those eighty seats this year. About the same situation, in proportion, obtained in the 1 Senate. Sure enough, the Democrats have lost just '. about eighty seats in the House, and eight seats in the Senate. Of course, the Democrats still have control of both houses by wide margins -69 to 23 1 in the Senate, and 261 to 170 in the House, not . counting scattered independents in elthel' hou9e. Thus the Republicans have not won control of the House, and our political axiom gives them no cer- tainty whatever of success in the presidential race of 1940. DR. JOHN ASHTON, JOURNALISM PROF, ONE OF A. & M5 MOST DISTINGUISHED FACULTY MEMBERS BY BILL LAWSON A man with enough experience for a dozen men is Dr. John Ash- ton, professor of agricultural jour- nalism at A. & M. A distinguished journalist and fictionist, recipient of honors from the Crown of Bel- gium, world war veteran of the allied armies, recipient of the Merite Agricole of France, editor, publisher, father, husband, dilet- tante, student and instructor —that, in part, describes Dr. Ashton. Born in Hyde, England, in 1880, he went to high school in England but attended college at Texas A. & M. He was in the class of '06. Dr. Ashton was a true Aggie and still is; there is never a ball game of any kind that he does not at- tend. He can tell you just exactly how they did it in the old days as well as the present. In 1924, Dr. Ashton obtained his master's degree from the Univer- sity of Missouri and his Ph.D. in 1929 from the same school. He has written several publica- tions. Among them are History of Hogs and Pork Production in Mis- souri, History of Shorthorns Prior to the Civil War, and Historic Rav- enwood. He collaborated with Walt Williams in Missouri, Mother of the West; with A. H. Sanders and Wayne Dinesmore in History of the Percheron Horse and the World's Food Supply; and with Bel- lows in Book of Rural Life. H f bl with the Allies. He was decorated with a General Service Medal and a Medaille Commemoratif (French). After the actual war was over he spent seven months on the Rhine as a military interpreter during the Armistice. Dr. Ashton is a member of the Alpha Chi honorary agricultural fraternity and has been in the' American Who's Who since 1922. He is now working on a history of the development of the livestock industry in Texas. Last summer he worked in the library of the Uni- versity of Texas collecting data for the completion of this history. This was done at the request of Dean Kyle, who is interested in the completion of the publication. He was formerly associate edi- for of the Breeders' Gazette, lec- turer on agricultural problems for the Missouri State Board of Agri- culture, and editor and publisher for seven years of the Valley Farm- er, an agricultural publication of the lower Rio Grande Valley. In 1925 and 1934, he spent six months in the rural districts of Western Europe without the use of an interpreter. A working know - ledege of French, Spanish, and Italian makes such expeditions as this possible for him. Besides these three languages, Dr. Ashton He speaks Chinese and German. e Dr Ashton married Miss Maria was also author o mnumera articles on American an dforeign Arneri. To them were born two agriculture. children, Jacquelline Maria and At the beginning of the World Estelle Angelina, both of whom War, he was in France, and join- finished high school in Corpus ed the French Army. He spent four Christi with highest honors. They years and 77 days as a volunteer both studied here at A. & M. last summer and will finish their four —�b courses at the University of Texas him out. Wherever the Aggie in three years. teams play, you will always find Dr. Ashton returned to A. & M., "Dr. John." in August of 1937 as an instructor Meeting him is not like meeting in agricultural journalism. His re- the average professor; one time is turn marked the beginning of two enough for Dr. Ashton —he will call courses in journalism at A. & M. you by name the next time he sees which were the first courses of you. this nature ever to be offered at - this institution. As far as hobbies are cancer i just any kind of sport will ,K. ; x� ,ik.. E....{yaY R Student workersin A. & Learning to pick champions by.practice judging Ahe Animal Industries Intramural Baseball —one of the 15 intramural at A& M. At the Senior Ring Dance "Wildcat! Be fore thebig game .:re on tl according y issued from tl — c.rars's Office. This include � 196,000 to 1 Forgive a Slip When you pick up your copy of The Battalion did it ever occur to you that there were over 196,000 chances to make a mistake in it? Those concerned with writing, editing, and setting in type the stories of The Battalion strive ! earnestly to avoid error in fact and expression. How- ever, odds are against the reporter in many cases and it is not always possible to play a perfect game without a. single slip. When creative work is done under pressure by Cl' reporters the chance of error is multiplied and in ornany cases a time schedule prevents correction. A reporter must have a thorough knowledge of words .and must know in what sequence they will be most cfff_ec 'Copy - readers on The Battalion are the reporter's Trotection. These readers should have ,a very thor- ough knowledge of the stylebook. These readers edit , the copy,.cmcect, anv , ;s{.; �conformt c .,,,_ •ua, The story then has a fifty -fifty chance of get - ng into the pages free of errors if the copy- readers 7 their work perfectly. From there tlw story is sent to the Linotype �erator who sets it in type. If you think there is >> excuse for this operator making an error just 1t down at a typewriter some day and try to type ickly a lengthy manuscript without making a stake. The proof of type js then sent- to the proof - .der and, when he finishes with it, it should be e from error. This, though, requires the coopera- n of the makeup printer whose job it is to insert a corrected line in place of the old one. Several years ago the Pacific Printer published a list of requirements for the perfect proofreader. The list is as follows: "He must have some knowledge of current literature, and for the purposes of quotation he must be a student of the Bible, of Shakespeare and of Cervantes. "He must be up to the minute on the current German, French, Spanish, Hebrew, and Scandinavian tongues; of physics, astronomy, geology, mathe- matics, law, geography, mythology, music, art, drama; of the occult, of heraldry, of metaphysics, and of the folklore, fashions and fads; also the fourth dimension, the differential calculus, and the effect of the aurora borealis on stewed prunes. "He must be up to the minute on the current events of the day — political gossip from Washington, what the college of cardinals is doing, and the rela- tive value of peanuts in Posey County, Indiana, and in Timbuctoo." So, when you see a handful of errors in The Battalion don't charge it to incompetence. Consider a four -page paper, 28 columns, 1,000 words to the column, seven letters to the word - 196,000 chance: to make a mistake, and many more than that, wher we have a paper of six or more pages! So if you se( an error, you will know that the mistakes wert reduced to a minimum, but the odds were agains us. "Study in Bed, Make Better Grades," Advised "Study in bed and get good grades." That's the conclusion of Colum- bia University's instructor in Irish culture, Collins Healy, after a long and detailed study of Irish methods of study, which revealed that the students of the Emerald Isle did their studying while in a lying, reclining or horizontal posture. "The vision of schools equipped with reclining and sleeping accom- modations may seem fantastic and far removed from what we cur- rently consider good educational practice, but psychological investi- gations accredit the horizontal pos- ture during study as sound," Mr. Healy says. According to Edmund Campion who wrote his history of Ireland in 1571, Mr. Healy continues, it was a common sight to see students i "groveling upon couches of straw, their books at their noses, them - selves lying flatte prostrate, and so to chaunte out their lessons by peace - meale, being the most part lustie fellowes of twenty -fi and upwards." Mr. Healy cited another ogist, who said: "Invest: seem to indicate rather dt a large number of writers, science, ministers, statesm those who have become disti ed in various lines, chose pr ly the horizontal position V most careful intellectual w, BATTALION Soil Conservation Chief To Lecture Here on The Effect of Soil Erosion The School of Agriculture, through Dean E. J. Kyle, announc- ed today that it is bringing to Col- lege Station one of the world's 'foremost authorities on man's age - old struggle with soil erosion to present an illustrated discussion of "Soil Erosion and Civilization." The speaker is Dr. W. C. Lowder- milk, Washington, D. C., assistant chief of the Soil Conservation Ser- vice. The address, open to the public, will be held at 7:30 p. m. March 29, in Guion Hall. "We are very fortunate to ob- tain Dr. Lowdermilk for an ad- dress here," said Dean Kyle. "He has just completed a 15 months' survey in the Old World for the United States Department of Agri- culture. His discussion and the 100 colored slides he will present are based on his findings in this survey, which dealt with the use of the land as it relates to soil erosion, soil and water conserva- tion, and torrential flood control. What Dr. Lowdermilk has found Mistakes in the older countries will be of University of Nanking, China. In great help in solving our own soil 1 933, Dr. Lowdermilk was named When a plumber makes a mistake, mi stake charges twice and land use problems." ice for it. When a lawyer makes a m, o it p vice - director f the Soil Erosion is just what he wanted, because he has a chance Service of the United States De- to try the case all over again. When a carpenter partment of the Interior, and when makes a mistake, it is just what he expected. When that organization was renamed the a judge makes a mistake, it becomes the law of the Soil Conservation Service and be—land. When a preacher makes a mistake, nobody came a part o the United States knows the difference. BUT, when an editor makes �— a mistake— heaven help him] Dr. Lowdermilk's survey took him to England, Scotland, Holland, France, Italy, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Lybia, Trans - Jordan, Pal- • Right Attitude We like the attitude of John Alex Kimbrough toward his job, which happens to be toting a foot - ball in the fall of the year. New Year's Day John Alec, who is just a kid of 22 years for all his ferocity on the gridiron, ran wild in the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans. The critics say he won the football classic al- most single- handed, but when the yelling was over and John sat in the dressing room, nursing bruised and tired muscles, he summed up the afternoon in a few words: "All I can say is that I was following ten good men out there." Another young fellow who completed an amaz- ing feat back in 1927 said about the same thing. "We, my plane and I, flew the Atlantic," said Charles A. Lindbergh, who at that time was not a colonel, a scientist, a society man or a political figure, but only a humble mechanic with a taste for adventure. In these times when the first person is used so freely, by unworthy men, it is refreshing to find a hard - hitting, square shooting young fellow like John Alec Kimbrough using the editorial "we" and giving credit to others. We need more of that spirit in the world, as an antidote for the Hitlers and Stalins who send Young fellows like John Alec out to die on battle- fields and then boast about how "I" whipped 'em.— From Houston paper, He has served as a forest ran- ger, district research officer, and research project leader for the United States Forest Service and as a research professor in the .away ex.pecti, ,,,L". & 1�I y service we have needed at A. . for thirty t once. . B should be brought to perfection all a the need for a better phone service than we no have is obvious, and we certainly hope that we cai get it sooner than next term. If getting it very soon proves impossible, we will just have to wait as patiently n possible until it can be given us• And when it is givell us fill we will have a system then fill our needs. that will entirely and satisfactorily We ask that that be soo(Signed), Bill Murray (Band) Cecil Hood (Band) Geo. Haltom (G Inf) j. J. Irvin (G Inf ) J. B. Leftwich (G Inf) One of i Here's a new kind of strike at college. those ungraceful cows browsed in the Kenyon Col- @ legs library. The swimming nt to chapel. No, it wasn't an pool was covered with v ducks. And a pig wei- c u, day, but merely a means of the students to pro e ma l test a faculty decision deferring Christmas vacation Said D until Wednesday before the 26th. Dean ' +1 oag, Its just the Christmas spirit, I g .a.,,y expect, "..ate A &lei. for thirty yet service we have needed at • should be brought to perfection all at once. * B the need f or a better phone service than we no h certainly hope that we cac have is obvious, and we get it sooner than next term. If getting t very soon proves impossible, we will just have to wait as patiently rn possible until it can be given us• And when it is giver, us we will have a system then that will entirely and satisfactorily fill our needs. We ask that that be soonsigned), Bill Murray (Band) Cecil Hood (Band) Geo. Haltom (G Inf) J. J. Irvin (G Inf) J. B. Leftwich (G Inf) Here's a new kind of strike at college. One of 1 those ungraceful cows browsed in the Kenyon Col- g I library. The swimming pool was covered with v uc to chapel. No, it wasn't an'- c dks. And a Pig went uc day, but merely a means of the students to pro- e mal test a faculty decision deferring Christmas vacation until Wednesday before the 26th. Said D G. T. oag, .. Its just the Christmas spirit, I guess. COLL S TATI O N, TEXA URDAY MORNING, JAN. 13, 1940 Rulers of Athletic Destiny Above is pictured in a recent meeting, the Athletic Council of Texas A. & M. College, the governing rdy of athletics. The members are (standing, left to right) Walemon "Cotton" Price, Aggie football star, represent- ' g the student body; Melvin J. Miller, representing the Association of Former Students; and Prof. C. Crawford, head of the Mechanical Engineering Department, representing the faculty; (seated, left right) Head Coach Homer Hill Norton; Dean E. J. Kyle of the School of Agriculture, chairman of e Athletic Council; E. W. Hooker of the Athletic Office, secretary of the Council; Registrar E. J. )well; and Joe Wessendorph, representing the Former Students Association. PEARED HERE LAST WEEKEND •ankie Masters, above (left) brought his orchestra to A. & M. last weekend to play for "the Field vmen and for the corps dance Saturday night. Masters and his orchestra passed all eapeatations lelightful rhythms and dance music, as did Marian Francis; above (right) who held down the side as vocalist for the band. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, DEC. 19, 1939 ere We Co e The eyes of football fans all over the nation will be turned toward New Vrieans new sear S L6 J , .._'.. ..... e - - -o and the Tulane Green Wave play in, according to many sports writers, the major bowl game of the nation. Above is shown the Tulane University stadium as it will look on January 1, 1940, with additions completed by the New Orleans Mid - Winter Sports Association for the sixth annual Sugar Bowl classic. Capacity of the stadium is 70,000 seats. Herbert A. Benson, president of the Association, was also architect of the stadium. Seven .' ggie seniors will play their last game in the Sugar Bowl. The seniors are (bottom row, left to right) Bill Duncan, Bill E Audish, Frank wood, Joe White, and Walemon Price; (inset, left) Herb Smith, and (right) Joe Boyd. i Here Seven Seniors Will Play Their Last IN THIS ISSUE THUMBNAIL SKETCHES Of Your AUTHORS and ARTISTS • Bill Murray .. . Battalion editor - in -chief . . . Ar- tillery Band . . . Managing editor last year . . . Liberal arts stu- dent from Eagle Pass . . . Editor of college's first summer school newspaper during summer just end- ed ... Reached voting age last month. . . . Graduates in June . . . Looks forward to teaching or possibly jour- nalistic work after getting his M. A. • George Fuer- mann . . . The Mag's junior edi- tor Also one of newspaper ju- nior eds . . . In- fantryman hail- ing from San An- tonio and Laredo; a_ can't make up his mind which . Managing editor of 1939 Summer Battalion; also Summer Press Club prexy . . . Hopes to do newspaper work or enter the American Foreign Seivice when be graduates. • E. C. "Jeep" Oates . . . He's been called "Jeep" so long he's al- most forgotten his other names. Now in his second consecu- t.ive year as hearl of Battalion sports staff . . . Really knows what he's writing nbout because he played many high - schcol spirts himself ... Well -known on other Southwest campuses . . . "Columns" for a couple of Texas' big - city papers. 42 Larry Wehrle ... Advertising man- -V, ager for the Bat- talion newspaper and magazine ):. His home is in far away Iowa ... Studying ag ad- ministration . . . Infantry bands- man who takes on three buttons this September . . . Already engaged to a very attractive girl. Says it will "stick." • John J. Mose- ley ... "J. J." to all you guys and gals . . . Calls, Quanah his home : town .. Now m his fourth year on art staff and second consecu- tive year as art editor Has been a bandsman the past f o u r years . . . Landscape architecture major; also a pretty fair artist, we think . . . Will do most of the mag's covers this year ... Has a fine staff of capable assistants. • Pete Tumlinson ... One of art as- w . sistants . a, Draws professio- nally and studies; - art each summer in Chicago r� Will graduate in three years with liberal arts de- gree, but he in- tends to follow professional art work as a career A Bryan pro- duct who wouldn't need to be a fine artist to be popular in the corps. • Bob Nisbet ... One of newspaper junior eds . Movie editor of magazine, movie columnist for the paper ... Bands- man from nearby Bryan ... Study- ing to learn them engineering . . . "Y" Cabinet member ... Says he cares nought for women, but no one believes him . . . Hasn't decided what he'll do after graduation in '41. PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATIONS ON THE GENTLE ART OF CIGARETTE MOOCHING I The "Forgetful" Method "Say, I'm just in the mood for a smoke.... Can't get along without a cigarette after meals, you know. .. . (Rummaging around noisily in pock- ets.) . . . That's funny . . I'd swear that I had a pack with me.... Hell! I remember now .... Must have left them in my other suit. . . . Well, it serves me right for being so forget- ful.... Just have to get along without my usual smoke tonight.... No, no, Bill, I couldn't take one of yours.... Please don't ask me.... Well, if you insist, I'll take one, although I really shouldn't. . . ." 2 The "Empty Pack" Method "Have a cigarette, Bill? ... Okay? ... Just a minute until I get my pack out of my jacket. . . . Here it is. .. . Well, what do you know about that! ... The pack is empty! ... My God, I just bought a new pack today, and I've gone through the whole damned thing already. . . . It's sure costing me money, but I can't get along with- out a smoke. . . . What's that? . . . Please, Bill, don't buy cigarettes on account of me.... I won't let you.... 3 The Tough Method (To be used only when the prospect is smaller than you.) ". . . Hya, Billy, old timer, how's tricks ?. . . Say, kid, got an extra cig on ya ? . . . I'm dying for a smoke. Why don't I buy my own? . That's a laugh. . . . Why should I waste good money on cigarettes when I can get poor suckers like you to fork one over any time I want one! Nov don't get sore, pal. . . . I was only spoofing you. . . . Keep your shirt on! . . . What does one cigarette more or less mean to you? ... Don't be a cheapskate.... I don't like cheapskaes, see? . . . Thanks pal, I knew you were only kidding. ... Gimme a light.... Well, so -long Bill, and listen, the next time you buy cigarettes, remember that I like cork tips. ." —Punch Bowl 11 - COLLITCH SCHEDULE Gloomy Sunday Blue Monday Tuesday I can't study Wednesday I flunk Thursday I'm sorry Friday I get drunk Headache Saturday. THE BATTALION COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, DEC. 16, 1939 A. & Al. went on the air for the people of Texas last Saturday morning, in a half -hour program relayed from college radio station WTAW over station WBAP of Dallas. In the top photo Battalion sports editor E. C. "Jeep" Oates (in the sweater) is seen interviewing Aggie food;: it star Joe Boyd. Below are shown the A. & M. Glee Club, led by Dr. J. J. Ww?lket, and Tommie Littlejoirit - s Aggieland Orchestra,' both of which were featured. WTAW managing director John Rosser supervised and announced the pro- gram. As the Aggies Go On the Air By E. C. "Jeep" Oates Battalion Sports Editor He's a grand old man and will be missed by hundreds of Aggie athletes and former athletes when he leaves September 1 after put- ting in many years in the equip- ment room at the athletic field. They call him "Sarge ", but his real name is James T. Carroll, and he can say that during his long stay at A. & M. he has never made an enemy of a ball player. "Sarge" came to A. & M. in September, 1922, and took charge of Bizzell and Goodwin Halls. The - following year ,he opgned the first student post office, the one which is now known as the faculty ex- change. During the years of 1924- 25-26 he was a day and night ser- geant on the campus. In 1927 Coach Dana Bible asked Sarge to take charge of the equip- ment room, and he has been there ever since. His first year there he was with a conference champion. He saw Bible leave and Matty Bell struggle through some lean years before Matty went to S. M. U. He saw Co Homer Norton strive But His Real -- Retired By 4 Leaving A. & M. He enlisted in the army in Apri'r 1898, at Salem, Mass. and wa shipped to the Phillipine Islands i May of '99. He entered the servic for the Spanish American War an stayed in. He was with the 19t Infantry till May, 1902. Durin that time he was engaged in F fights. In July, 1905, he went i Mindeaftou and stayed till 1907, r( turning then to the States whet he served in Washington and W� oming till 1910. In 1910 he returi ed to the Phillipines to stay unt 1912 when he came back to the t S. for a couple of years. Durin 1914 -15 he was in Vera Cruz, Mel ico and then came back to th States to wait until America er tered the World War. In 1917 h was with the 1st Division in Franc He stayed there until Sept., 191', From then until 1921 he was ste tioned in Ohio and was retired i that year. His rank at that tim was master sgt. During the Worlt War he was a 1st lieutenant an( temporary captain. In 1900 Sarge was wounded it service. The duty he was on when in bringing the Aggies from the depths to their present position atop the football world. He came in with a conference champion and he is leaving with a national cham- pion. He has seen the student en- rollment grow from a handful to over 6,000. His long stay at A, & M. came only after he had put in enough years to be retired from the army. He put in enough time for retire- ment from the army, and has put in 18 years at A. & M., and is still only 63 years old. injured made him eligible for mem bership in the Order of the Purpl Heart, but because of an over sight of the War Department h went through his remaining year in the army without receiving thi honor. In 1936, 36 years later, th War Department found their ei ror and sent him the beautiful gol, medal. "Gimme a towel, Sarge ". "Well, I just gave you a towel what did you do with it ?" Goodluck Sarge, we will all mis- you. They Call Him "Sarge ", Name Is James T. Carroll The Army 18 Years Before Bill "Big Dog" Dawson Elected Captain Of Basketball Team by Cage Lettermen By Gene Oates The basketball season came to an end Monday night when Coach and Mrs. H. R. McQuillan enter- tained the team with a supper at their home. During the evening the nine lettermen elected Bill "Big Dog" Dawson captain for the 1940 -41 season. Lettermen for the past season are Bill Henderson, Jude Smith, J. T. Lang, Harold Duncan, Billy Joe Adams, Woody Varner, Tom- mie Tinker, Charlie Stevenson and Dawson. These men have not been official- ly lettered, but they were the ones who cast votes and only letter- men are allowed to vote. All of these men have played the re- quired number of minutes to let- ter. Dawson could not make a speech after his election, but the grip of his hand as he was congratulated did his talking for him. Those attending the banquet were Dawson, Henderson, Lang, Steven- son, B. J. Adam R. C. Adams, • Couch, Tinker, Varner, Mr. and Mrs. Jude Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Byron Winstead, Mr. and Mrs. Lil Dimmitt, Coach, and Mrs. Homer Norton, E. C. Oates and the hosts Coach and Mrs. McQuillan. -.4'e have noticed that Joe Routt, ie twice All- American Aggie „uard, has given up his job with an oil company to give professional boxing a fling. He will fight his first match at the Benbow Olympiad in Houston Tuesday night. Joe was always a rough and ready man while in college. He held the boxing title here until he gave' it up. He set out to be known as the "roughest man in Texas" dur- ing his last year here and really gleaned the title. We are sorry to see Joe go•into this business. He is 23 years old and that is too old for a 'man to start into the fight game. If he doesn't go over in a big way we hope to see him quit before he turns out to be just a pug. As it is, Joe is a wide awake and edu- cated fellow who can go over wel: in the business world. Del Courtney, leader of the nationally -known orchestra whose "Candid Camera Shots in Music" will delight dancers at the Field Artillery Ball Friday night and the corps dance Saturday. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, DEC. 7, 1939 2725 .hat rec- *ed by MEET TULAN IN SUGAR BOWL Houston Symphony Orchestra To Visit Aggieland Tuesday ,u_ to The Houston Symphony Orchestra, famed in musical circles, will present a concert of the most popular semiclassical selections on the A. & M. Town Hall here next Tuesday night. This will be the second appearance of the orchestra at Aggieland, where it was greeted enthusiastically by the Aggies last year. Do Aggies Life Classical Music? -- Past Houston Symphony Reception Says 'Yes' h Reappearing for its second visit at Texas A. & M., the Houston Symphony Orchestra will present a concert of best -known classical and semiclassical selections in Guion Hall for the third program of A. & M.'s 1939 -40 Town Hall series, next Tuesday night, December 12, in Guion Hall. Ernest Hoffman, whose distin- guished performances during his past three seasons caused him to be named permanent conductor of the orchestra, will conduct. This season Htioffiiaw leads 7. musical group strengthened in, many ways, with promise of great -; er accomplishments than ever be= fore. The one hour and forty- five -min, (Continued on page 4) E L I T KYLE FIELD By E. C. "Jeep" Oates Battalion Sports Editor Referee Harry Viner Threatened To l Penalize Aggies For Yelling So Loud Referee Harry Viner threatened' to penalize the Aggies Saturday for unsportsmanlike yelling. A penalty like that is for 15 yards. Harry had asked Bodie Pearce to get the Corps to quit yelling when Baylor was in the huddle and call- ing signals. Bodie did try to stop it a little, but then that is just the opposite of his job. A few minutes later the Baylor team again complained and Harry told Bodie he would have to pen- alize the Cadets if they didn't stop yelling when Baylor was on the offense. Bodie complained that he had no right to do so and said that Baylor was yelling when the Aggies were on offense. Harry said they were not making too much noise. In other words, the Cadets won on the field and in the stands _too. Really it was a compliment to the j Cadet yelling body. It is true that the referee has this power, but it will probably not come up again. He does not work here again until the game with Texas and you can yell un- til ... freezes over. Juniors Sitting in Senior Section Are Running Risk of Jaws of Senior Court Many complaints about juniors and other underclassmen sitting in the senior section at football games have reached this column. Several of the offenders will be called before Senior Court this week. The senior section consists of the rows from the band to the top of the stands and the top rows on down to the goal line. The juniors wanted to know where they were to sit and said that the sophomores and freshmen would not move. Well, what have you learned after being here for three years? Where there 'is a will there is a way. Villanova beat Arkansas 7 to 0 and Santa Clara beat Purdue.. The Aggies beat both of the win- ners of that pair of games and it shows that the Aggies have not been beating "easy" teams as some of our friend sports writers have stated. Some of the scribes want to call those two games as upsets. Prob- ably because they picked the wrong teams to win and want an excuse for their predictions. Paul Wil- liamson, daddy of the Williamson Rating System, might profit if he would read this and pay some at- tention to it. Many of these "pickers" should see a team play before they say they are easy teams. Santa Clara has proven with victories over St. Mary's and pur- due that they are tough. r rkansas Is Tough Opponent in Ozarks; - Aggies Have Tough Row Yet To Hoe Coach Norton will leave here Thursday for Arkansas where his charges will attempt to win a game over Coach Thompsen's oft - trodden Razorbacks. You can lose more ball games and more money playing in Arkansas than any other place in the world. A- kansas continues to have the Bard luck of losing a ball game ir_ the last minute after having romp- ed all over the field. Texas' Jack Crain raced about 80 yards to trim the Porkers in the last minute two weeks ago and Villinova shook a man loose for a long touchdown run Saturday to win. Kay Eakin, star Hog junior, is as good a passer, runner. and punter as can be found in the Southwest. He has two of the tallest ends in the country to shoot passes to and they know where to' run when they get the ball. By the way, that Arkansas is another one of these jinx bunches to bowl over.. The two teams start- ed their battles in ]9(13, but it was not until 1934 that they began playing every year. The teams have met 12 times with the Pork- ers winning seven games and the Aggies four. One game in 1934 ended in a 7 to 7 draw. Arkansas was one of the favor -' ed team to win the conference tbis year and with that material thh.y ICadets Kimbrough, 'Moser And Smith Star By "Jeep" Oates Another jinx, as well as a good fighting Baylor team, went down in defeat before the powerful Ag- gie eleven Saturday afternoon be- fore some 21,000 spectators as Smith, John Kimbrough, and Moser tallied touchdowns and Price add - ed two extra points. The odd play of the game came when Herb Smith took the ball away from Wilson when he was back to pass and ran 29 yards for a touchdown to put the Aggies ahead 6 to 0 before the game was a minute old. The 20 to 0 defeat for the Bearsj was the same as the one Nebraska plastered on them last week. Baylor came over with a good ball club, one that refused to be pushed around during the first half. Their line was as good as any that will be found in the, Southwest, and that is the reason the Cadets looked ragged during the first half. Statistics at the half showed each team with three first downs and Baylor leading in running plays with the Cadets holding the lead in yardage on passes. But the second half of the fray offered a different picture. The Cadets had been humiliated by having their running attack halted during the first 30 minutes and they came out raging. The Bruin j forward wall had worn down some during that first half and they had no capable reserves to throw into the breach. After the Aggies kicked off in the third quarter, they got the ball when Grumbles was hit so hard that it flew out of his hands, whereupon Thomason grabbed it. Moser, Price and Kimbrough start- led eating up the ground behind some great line plays and neat blocking. They carried down to the Bruin two and "Jarrin' John" crashed through to pay dirt. Price added the extra point and Baylor was out of the ball game. In the last period the Aggies rolled up six first downs to the Bruin's one, that one coming as the result of a penalty. The Cadets rolled up 78 yards rushing and 59 yards passing during the last quarter. They lost 13 yards rush- ing when Spivey and Pugh were thrown for losses. The Bears made wo vgrd_s_ rus and none pa ss- ing, and lost 18 yards on attempt& rushes during the last period. Moser completed the scoring it the last period when he rac& around the Cadet left end as Kim- brough faked a plunge into the line. Nelson at center was the out- ; standing player for Baylor throughout the game. Others look- ed good during the first part, but could not last. The Aggies used 36 players in all and they all showed up well. Jack Lummus, Baylor end, said after the game, "The Aggies are the best team we have played against counting Nebraska; and Kimbrough, Thomason, Pugh, Rob - nett, Boyd and Pannell are the best I have ever seen." Wilson, explaining how Herb Smith took the ball away from him said, "My shirt was wet and I had the ball in my hands to keep it from getting wet when all of a sudden the little .. took it before I knew it was gone." Statistics show the Aggies net- ting 239 yards to 37 for the Bears. Grumbles of Baylor and Conat- ser, Moser and .Thomason of A. & M. put on a kicking demonstra- tion. 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That is a- ING TO ME CAN START SPEAK - week. �� 1 if it was in a box ING AGAIN NOW! • Go peaking, if it did no- the nam brought the College magazin e to the poll to vote probably d do. In the last elec- name m here only 104 votes show shF• } time there were 478. TOES:' of difference. girl so derson will no doubt Broa « I ellent mayor and the la y ollege Station are to ase y nted on their choice real good her 12 people told me ,t they had voted er where those other My roomie told me guys had told him ;ed for him in the star, j Gil n I ,' M Starting today there will be sports of all kinds for the r of the week. The baseball to plays today, Friday and Saturda The pistol team has a match wi the Department of Public Safe Friday and Saturday. The ri team will shoot a shoulder -t shoulder match with the gir from C. I. A. The polo team wi play some undecided team i Frid and Sunday. The Boxing Club w box the University of Texas Bo mg , Club Saturday night. T swimming team will compete in th conference swimming meet Fr and Saturday nights. The to day nis team is due to meet someon Saturday, probably Sam Housto The golf team will have a mate And if that is not enough this th will be some fencing. Add the INFANTRY B on , always big big blowout, and y er weekend of fun. It looks like "Barra" Smith is just the thing the doctor ordered for the dash division of the Aggie track team. He ran a 9.4- second 100 -yard dash the other day- Of c ourse he had a strong wind with him, but that is still breezing a- long. He was several yards ahead of Red Cecil at the finish and Red can step fast enough to out- run a cop. ;q n cinch to * - - _w First Min A. & M,, T. C. U. TO PLAY 2-GAME SERIES HERE Today's Game To Start At 1:00 P. M. Because Of Cadet Military Review By Eugene Oates The Aggie baseball team will meet T. C. U. here this afternoon in the first of the two -game stand with the fray being called at 1:00 o'clock on account of the mil- itary review. Coach Marty Karow has indicat- ed that he will start Charlie Stev- enson on the mound for the cadets. Stevenson won the opening game against Rice here last week. The teams will play their second game here Friday afternoon, start- ing at 3:30, the regular time for games other than Saturday frays. I The Houston Buffaloes of the Tex- as League will be here for a game Saturday. T. C. U. has a veteran ball club and Coach Karow expects them to be tough. A recent new release from T. C. U. indicated that the Frogs are figuring on second place this season, and if that is the caae they can't afford to lose these games. It is expected that Woodrow Duckworth will be the pitcher the Frogs will use in the opening game with Durward Horner being saved for the following day. The Frogs have batting strengtl in Abney Dennis, and Ralph Tank- ersley, Don Looney, and Mac West. It is to be remembered that the Frogs gave the cadets much trou- ble in their game last season. Karow has shifted Jeffrey to the outfield in hopes of getting more batting strength. That leaves Pugh on first. Last week T. C. U. opened its conference season with a brace of games against S. M. U. The teams split the series, but little could be told from them as the strength; of S. M. U. is not known, and then I. too it was the first conference 4 games for both teams. E. Could Kyle's Talk Have Been the Match That Helped Set Off Championship Bomb? Following is the talk that Dean E. J. Kyle, Athletic Council chair - man, made to the football team on September 8 when the team re- ported for early fall practice. The boys went through the sea - son showing the same spirit that is mentioned in his talk. This column feels that it is fit- ting and proper to reprint this at the present: "I want to talk this morning from the depth of my heart to the members of the football squad and the coaches about our athletic situation. "In 1903, I became Chairman of the Athletic Council. I served un- til 1911, when I resigned. As a matter of fact, I resigned in 1910 but agreed to remain an additional year after the entire student body had signed a petition making that request. "I went back on the Council in 1925 upon request of President Bizzell and Ike Ashburn, primar- ily to assist in pacifying the form- er students on account of the few unsuccessful seasons that Coach Bible had had. "I became Chairman of the Council in 1932 and directed nego- tiations that brought Homer Nor- ton to this institution in 1934. I resigned from the Council that fall when I became a Director in the Federal Land Bank. "I again went back on the Coun- cil during the football season of 1937 over the bitter opposition of the members of my family, not that they were not interested in athletics, but because they knew of the heavy responsibilities that rested on the Chairman of Athlet- ics, when he took his duties ser- iously. "I came back on the Council or one definite purpose —that was helping bring to this "Old Army," hip team. i men realize team would College? It ution upside ing, in my needs more it team. -ht what a Id mean to football squad. Everybody knows that we have that. "3. That isn't all. Every mem- ber of the team and coaching staff must have the desire and will to win. "4. Every member of this or- ganization must be willing to give everything he has to accomplish that end. "5. In addition to all of this, every member of this squad must have complete faith and confidence in the coaching staff. "I attended a luncheon this spring in Memphis, Tennessee, given by the Shriners to the Mem- phis baseball team and Connie Mack and his Athletics on their way up North. Connie Mack was called on for a talk and he gave this experience that I will never forget and which I hope will have its influence on the members of this club. "He had won four world cham- pionships and his ambition was to win his fifth. In the last game of the season when it was decided that his club would represent his league in the World Series, Con- nie Mack decided that he would not use any of his three great pitchers. He walked into the dressing room and told Howard Empky, only an average pitcher but a man who always gave every- thing he had when he was in the box, that he wanted to see him in the next room. When they were alone, Connie Mack said: `Howard, I am sorry, but it looks like we have come to the parting of the ways. I do not see how I can use you after today.' Empky's face fell for a moment, then he raised his chin, looked Connie Mack square in the face and said: `Mr. Mack, I have been in the big league for sixteen years. My one hope and ambition has-been-to play in a World Series' game. I want you to know that I still have a World Series' championship victory stor- ed away in my right arm and I dare you to give me a chance to show it.' Connie Mack replied: `Howard, that is what I wanted to hear you say. You are going to pitch the first game and no one is to know that but you and I un- til the game starts.' , "On the day of the game, after Connie Mack had called from the bull pen the last of his three great pitchers, one of his greatest play- ers who was sitting next to him turned and said: `Connie, are you going to pitch Howard Empky to- day?' Connie Mack replied: `Yes. Don't you like it ?' This great player then said: `Connie, if you like it, I like it.' Jo4o White Elected Prexy Of `T' Club Bill Duncan, Durward Varner, and Bill Dawson Fill Other Club Offices Thursday night at a meeting of all athletes who have won the coveted "T" in major sports, Jo -Jo White was elected president, Bill Duncan, vice president, Durward Varner, secretary and treasurer, and Bill Dawson, sergeant -at -arms of the "T" Club for this year. White, Duncan and Dawson are football lettermen with Dawson also having won his spurs in basketball. Varner is from the basketball team. k Plans for the annual "T" Club I dance and sports day were brought up and the date set for the dance is March 15 and it will be held in the banquet room of the mess hall. "This is conflicting with the Engi- neer's ball, but the conflict will hurt neither organization and should aid in making the corps dance better the following night," said Duncan. Bowl Pictures Sunday j White announced that the techni -' color pictures of the Sugar Bowl game will be shown to the student body Sunday afternoon at three) o'clock in the assembly hall. The admission charge will be fifteen cents. This film includes many feet on the crowd, the bands, the scenes from atop the stadium, and the complete game. The proceeds from this picture will go to finance the "T" Club dance. White also announced that if everyone could not get in to see it at this time they will have an- other show. 20,000 Shirts a Week The photograph above is the interior of the A. & M. College Laundry, showing several thousand freshly laundered shirts ready to be checked and sent out to the students. The laundry sends out about 20,000 such shirts each week, which with other articles of clothing runs the total up to more than 180,000 pieces every seven days. To take care of this volume of business the plant operates a day and a night shift, employing 147 persons. Of these, eight are student laundry distributors, and 14 are wives of A. & M. students. Toward the back of the picture stands G. P. Ayers, manager of the laundry, who first became associated with the establishment in January of 1913, and who over this period of 27 years has witnessed A. & M. grow from a mere 1,100 to its present quota of 6,000. Aggies Have Definite Likes As Well As Dislikes, Quiz on Reactions Shows Aggies like: "G" men, practical education, poetry, R.O.T.C., horse - racing, Franklin D. Roosevelt, professional athletes, appropriation for defence, culture, the Supreme Court, cooperative marketing, thf, New Deal, realism, science, glamor girls, a big navy, industrial exi, pansion, liberty, federal relief, fortification of Hawaii, and Aggi School Spirit. "I want to say, in conclusion Some of the things Aggies don't 1 my young friends, that if that samc like: General Franco, Germany's [t his irit can prevail on this club' - year, no team can stop you." I VOL. 39 PHONE 4 -5444 COLLEGE STATIO T TUE A MO NOV. 23, 1939 Aggieland Set For Thf nksgivir lie le 0 It eh- ne- ;er, ,tie haze _.,m the nietvre_ Dormitories To Be Dedicated Thursday Morning Around the World 15 Times DIRECTS DRILLS WORLD CITIZEN: Dr. Sherwood Eddy, 70, one of the most widely known men in the world today, has been giving a series of lectures at A. & M. during the past several days. Sunday night he spoke for the public on the subject "Can Re- ligion Build a New World ?" and Monday night on "The Crisis in Europe and America's Responsibilities ". He also addressed the Cos- mopolitan Club, Dan Russell's sociology classes in Marriage and Family Relations, Dr. C. H. Winkler's psychology classes, and other groups. His lecture series was sponsored by the College Y. M. C. A. Dr. Eddy gained his education at Yale and other outstanding Ameri- Sen10rS Must Order can universities. Starting to col- lege as an engineer, he decided his. Rings by April 15 For work should be, instead, `human Annual Ring Dance engineering." For fifteen years Homer H. Norton • Aggle Coach Began His Sports Career on High School Baseball-Team he was secretary of the Y. M. C. Seniors who have not ordered BY H. B. McELROY A. for all of Asia. He was in their class rings and who wish to' Aggie Sports Writer India many years. A millionaire, receive them before the Senior he learned there to so pity the that Ring Dance must do so by April unfortunate among humanity he gave his entire fortune to a 15 to assure delivery in time for trust fund whose interest goes to the senior function, according to help the poor of India. E. J. Howell, Registrar, whose Dr. Eddy is one of the principal office is in charge of ordering the men in the world's Y. M. C. A., rings. and has been acclaimed one of the 25 best speakers in the nation, The majority of the seniors to as well as one of the 25 most in- graduate in June have already or- ' fluential men in the world today dered and received their rings, but exclusive of politicians and dic- there are a few who have not made tators. He has been around the the purchase yet. The rings, if world fifteen times, has led an ordered by April 15, will be de- American Seminar of writers and livered May 1. Orders are mail - 'speakers through the countries of ed on the 1st and 15th of each (Continued on page 4) month. Known primarily as a football coach, Homer Hill Norton, head coach and athletic- director at A. & M., made his first bid for fame as a baseball player, patroling the outfield at Birmingham High School in Alabama. Later he did such an outstanding baseball job with the Birmingham- Southern College nine that he was signed by the Birming- ham Barons in the Southern Association when he was graduated from college in 1916. I After a brief stay with the In his first year , i;r did play a Barons he landed with the Greens- few other college teams'.,,AC boro N. C., club in the Piedmont is no record in the books as to the League. His next stop was Lake- results. The only record found for land, Fla., in the Million Dollar cir- that year is an item in the "Shreve- cuit and at the end of an excep- port Times" which shows that the i tionally good year in 1919, Colum- Gents took a 13 -0 defeat from Mar- , bus, Ohio, in the American Asso- shall. ciation bought his contract. Right then Norton forsook professional GENTS ORGANIZED f baseball to begin his career as a In 1921, the first year they football coach. n went on base- played a regular schedule and for ball's voluntarily retired list and which records are compie.E, the accepted the post of head football team won four games and lost } __ thrnp_ Rpfnrp the next �paann I es Come and Go, Isut a Little Dog Sill Rules► A.s q ueen, Still Beloved by Cadets After Nine Years t equirem. Has Been At a. He t College for and . ce 1931 with his unusual .1* McElroy year. STATION, Jan. 20.— b. i 'black and white non - success and she's not as A. & "' ;ed to be, but there seme �� ob Aggie cadets who tion 1 1;be spur of the mo- c`� nyone hurts their be- mascot,' Reveille. is she is better known, female at the college olled as a student, but , never takes any class- she can never receive egree from Texas A. & M. ;eille came to the Aggie cam - back in 1931, or so the story when some Aggies had made irney down the road toward aota and on their way home at night in their model T, in over a small puppy. They .tope , , ed the jalopy and went back to see if they had killed the dog, but when it stood on its feet and wagged its little tail, the Aggies put it in the car and brought it back to the dormitory. Then they discovered it was a hale and took a more kindly to her. She had no name then, although the quartet h: d her all suggested all sorts monickers for her. One was )me Brew" and that seemed a good idea that night. k when the reveille bu- .-Ile..he next morning she se? "Oela howl that showed clear - t t hat she, too, disliked that call ;Pr t4e finders promptly dubbed -F Ceveille." She made mess formation that morning and got her little stomach filled before one of the waiters spotted her and was about to toss her out the door when her four ' )ster- parents rose up and almost 1 :hrew the waiter out instead. Prom then on "Rev" had the run f the mess hall and made all meal amations with some in- between Jals on the side. she was an instant hit when she le the first formation with the ie Band on Kyle Field and red in front of the drum major though the whole show was d for her benefit. That set -p as the gfficial mascot and her her first blanket. Since she has had a new one each ar, but frankly, she has no lik- g for them. In the past two ars she has learned the trick of , imbing out of them and as soon as she had done a bit of action for the football fans she retires to the sidelines and in a few wiggles and jerks she is rid of the para- phernalia that she is not accus- tomed to. Likewise, she has no a collar or harness and those as ~'y as \1R head yell - leader, felt that she might get lost. there and that would never do. No one looks after her when she is on the campus, so she may show up anywhere on the 4,000 acres at College Station. Before any special event she is gener- ally rounded up in some room so she can be dressed for the occa- sion, but beyond that she is as free as the air. The head yell - leader looks after supplying the yearly blanket and sees to it that she is properly attired when she prances out on the field. Her favorite playmate is Joe College, the black bear mascot from Baylor, for they have quite a time every two years when he pays her a visit. She would rath- er bark at Joe than take a ride in a Model T, sans top or windshield, and that is saying a lot. It must be that she recalls her arrival on the campus in such an automobile, for she will get out of a closed car any time to ride in the old Ford. Her second choice of visiting mascots is Peruna, the S. M. U. pony. However, the tiny Mustang did not come down with the team last year, so Rev staged the whole show all by herself. Back in 1934 when the Aggies thought she might be aging they adopted another dog that looked like it might be her son and named him Retreat. However, Rev did not take to him any too well so it was not long until Re- treat decided that food and quar- ters were better elsewhere than on any 4,000 acres with a jealous woman. The polo team has a mascot that resembles Rev quite a bit and be- ing a lady Rev has taken the new understudy under her wing and shown the new lady all about where the best food may be found. The new arrival is not enrolled and will not be registered until such time as Rev decides that she has done her job well and passes on to that land of fresh hambur- ger meat and ice cream, or wher- ever good little dogs go when they' are through with this world. She has lived a mighty hard 10 years keeping her Aggies in line, but seemed to get a great big kick out of the fact that the Aggies had the No. 1 football team of Ameri- ca this year. She made every nightly yell practice and acted as traffic cop before the cadets would arrive in front of the Y. M. C. A. to test out their lung power. When her time comes, and all Aggies hope that it will be in the long -off future, she can look for- ward to a funeral befitting her rank as the Aggies' No. 1 girl student. sne feels like it, w nen sleep overtakes her she wanders into any dormitory and hunts an open door. Once locatod she calmly walks in d jumps into the low er bunk. Tradition has it that an the owner of that bunk shall not dislodge her and if she chooses to spend the night there the put owner the shall sleep on the floor or p desks together and bunk there. On trips she rates a fall seat to herself so she can stretch out and be comfortable. On one occasion when the train was so crowded that passengers were standing in the aisles, the conductor came through and spotting Rev with a seat all to herself, said, "Get that damn dog off that seat and let some passenger sit down." That was all he had a chance to say be- fore about 10 Aggies were on him and ready to toss him off his own train for talking that way to Rev, who rode out the rest of the trip at ease while many stood. In the past two years she has slowed down considerably and for the first time in her long career as an Aggie mascot she missed the Texas Aggie -Texas Longhorn foot- ball game last Thanksgiving. She had been in the college Veterin- ary Hospital for about two weeks and probably felt that the inclem- ent weather that day would not be good for her. She was not taken on the Sugar Bowl trip to New Orleans, as Bodie Pierce, Page 4 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1973 XEROX COPIES 5c EACH OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK Monday thru Friday 9 a. m. - 10 p. m. Saturday & Sunday 10 a. m. - 10 p. m. MSC BROWSING LIBRARY 2nd Floor New MSC Batt Newa Sum Mary By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS State AUSTIN —An assistant to Sec- retary of State Mark White has used stationery from that office to urge lawyers to vote on a pro- posed increase in State Bar dues. White said Monday he saw nothing wrong with the letter. A copy of the letter, from As- sistant Secretary of State iltuce Hughes to a state official, was given to the Associated Press by another state official who said he considered it improper. The second official asked that neither name be used. AUSTIN' — A lawyer tried to save Dist. Judge David Brown's legal career Monday, telling the Texas Supreme Court that charges against Brown were "po- litically motivated." The State Judicial Qualifica- tions Commission has recommend- ed that the Supreme Court re- move Brown —a Sherman judge who lost a 1970 race for attor- ney general —from office. National WASHINGTON — Edward M. Kennedy Jr. was reported in good spirits Monday and making a good recovery from surgery to rid his body of bone cancer. The 12- year -old son of Sen. Ed- ward M. Kennedy underwent surgery at Georgetown Universi- ty Hospital on Saturday in which his right leg was amputated just above the knee. A family spokesman said the boy was in good spirits and said the senator was "encouraged about the way he is bouncing back." IF YOU WANT TO VOTE ABSENTEE FOR FRED MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Republicans are deluding themselves if they think that Watergate won't have an effect on the 1974 elections, pollster George Gallup told GOP governors. Asked during a panel discussion at the Republican Governors Con- ference what he thought about Republicans who have downgrad- ed the importance of Watergate, he replied: "Wishful thinking." Gallup said, however, the public tends to forget issues once they leave the front page. "It de- pends on how long it goes on," he said. WASHINGTON —The Supreme Court agreed to consider for a second time whether federal courts may reach into the sub- urbs to desegregate predominant- ly black inner city schools. It also agreed to decide wheth- er whites are discriminated against by a University of Wash- ington law school policy that gives preference to minority members. However, the court declined to hear arguments by policewomen in Nassau County, N.Y., claim- ing they are denied an equal thence at promotions. International TEL AVIV —David Ben - Gurion, the elder statesman hailed as the architect of Israel, showed signs of improvement Monday but re- mained in critical condition after a stroke, his physician said. Dr. Boleslaw Goldman said Ben- Gurion's pulse and blood pressure were returning to nor- mal and the 86- year -old former premier had no fever. Ben- Gurion was hospitalized Sunday with a blood clot in the left side of his brain that left the right side of his body paralyzed, Goldman said. Asked about the chances for a complete recovery, Goldman re- plied: "It's hard to say." NEW OCEANOGRAPHIC VESSEL —The R/V Gyre, TAMU's new oceanographic reserch vessel shown here dur- ing a trial run near New Orleans, sails Wednesday for G.il- veston, which will be home port for the 1.74 -foot ship pro- vided by the Navy. The Oceanography Department will use the ship in a variety of research projects in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. The Gyre is scheduled to arrive in Galveston Friday. Million Dollar Ship Heads For Home The R/V Gyre, new ocean- versity's Mitchell Campus on ographic research vessel being Pelican Island. provided to TAMU by the Navy, The ship has not yet been out - will depart New Orleans Wednes- fitted with the equipment and day, Nov. 21, for Galveston, electronic instruments required which will become home port for for various types of oceanogra- the 174 -foot ship. phic studies. Installation will re- Capt. T. K. Treadwell of the quire approximately two months, Oceanographic Department said meaning the ship will go into the $1.8 million ship is scheduled service after the first of the year, to arrive Friday at the Uni- Treadwell said. FOR BEST RESULTS TRY BATTALION CLASSIF ED YOU MUST 00 THE FOLLOWING: 1. Complete the absentee ballot request form below. 2. Mail the request form and your voter registration certificate to the City Secretary (Although the deadline for requesting an absentee ballot is November 30, you should do this as early as possible to be sure that you have enough time to complete the entire balloting process before December 4. ) 3. You will receive the absentee ballot by return mail. Mark the ballot and sign it in the presence of a notary uP blic. 4. Mail the marked and notarized ballot to the City Secretary. It must be received in Houston by 12:00 PM on December 4. --------------------------------------- (Clip Here) I ABSENTEE REOUEST FORM I I I I City Secretary 1 I I I am registered to vote in Houston, Texas, but I am now absent from I the county. I expect to be absent from Harris County on election day, December 4, and would like to vote by absentee ballot. Please send an I absentee ballot to me at the address below. My voter registration I certificate showing my permanent address in Houston, Texas is enclosed. I Name Address I Cite State Z ip! i Dat e Signature ' MAI L TO.: Anna Russell, City Secretary i P.O. Box 1562 Houston, Texas 77001 I L -- - - - - -- ----------------------- - - - - -J FUNNY, ISN'T IT, HOW A NATIONAL DAY OF THANKSGIVING IS SET ASIDE SO THAT WE CAN STAY AWAY FROM SCHOOL AND WORK AND. FORGET ABOUT GOD FOR A DAY!!! THE DAY WAS ORIGINALLY MEANT TO BE A DAY FOR GIVING THANKS, AND WE INVITE YOU TO DO JUST THAT WITH US AT A SPECIAL SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING ON THURSDAY MORNING AT 9:30 A. M. WHY NOT BRING YOUR DATE TO WORSHIP AND THEN TO THE GAME ?! ?! THAT'S DIFFERENT... BUT IT'S DIFFERENT IN A POSITIVE AND GOOD WAY. JOIN US FOR PRAISE AND ADORATION OF A GOD WHO HAS POURED OUT HIS GOODNESS OVER OUR LIVES. 9:30 A.M. GIVES YOU LOTS OF TIME BETWEEN THE SERVICES AND THE GAME. Offer -unto UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL 315 N. Main — 846 -6687 Hubert Beck, Pastor IF YOU'RE AROUND... JOIN US AGAIN SUNDAY AT THE REGULAR TIMES OF WORSHIP ... 10:45 A.M. AND 6 P.M. (Bible Class: 9:30 a.m.) PENISTON CAFETERIA OPEN SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY BREAKFAST COFFEE 8, PASTRY 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Featuring Klechka's Kolaches each morning — A dining treat from old Europe you will never forget. DINNER 11:00 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. SUPPER 4:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. "QUALITY FIRST" w Battalion SP orts The Aggie nine has had goo( luck against conference competition at home, winning two games eact from Rice and T. C. U., but to-- day they start their northern se- ries. Today and tomorrow they meet S. M. U. at Dallas - and Sat- urday they move over to Fort Worth for their final tussle with T. C. U. The Cadets have not proved that they can win away from home and it is lucky that they meet "weak sisters" on their first swing. It will accustom them to the howls of a hostile group of fans and they will be ready for the stronger teams, Baylor and Texas, when they meet them in Waco and Austin. If the Cadets play the brand of ball against these teams that they did against Houston here Monday, they should have no trouble in taking all three games, however it is to be remembered that it was this northern swing a year ago that took them out of the conference race. A. & M. is going to have to get better hitting if they are to be formidable contenders against Bay- lor and Texas. In conference games to date only Stevenson, Alsobrook and Rice are hitting above the .300 mark. Stevenson, being a pitcher, cannot be counted on accept in the 5 � _ ate I I Behind The Scenes Fgames he is pitching. Alsobrook is hitting .357 and Rice .429. "Red" Ballow, at shortstop, is playing great ball. He is not get- ting any hits, but he is getting on base and scoring runs, and he is covering that number six position like one Honus Wagner. The game against Houston was the best contest this writer has seen played at College Station, ex- cept the Cleveland -New York game a couple of years ago. It was fast and smooth and wasn't filled with errors, parades of pitchers, pinch hitters, and sorry umpiring. Stein - graph, a Texas League umpire, is the best ump that has ever done the guessing here. Ole Diz Dean is still keeping the boys wondering. St. Louis sold him to Chicago a few years ago after he paid off the mortgages on the Cards, Red Birds and Buffs. He drew enough fans into the Chicago park to pay for himself, even after his arm was gone. Chicago was about ready to get rid of him when he sat the New York Yanks down for eight innings in the World Se- ries a couple of years back and the Cubs decided to keep him. Last year he didn't go so good, but every now and then he would step out on the mound and make suck - ers out of the opponent batters. He was a holdout this spring and no one seemed to mind. Now he comes along end sits the St. Louis Browns down for five innings with two scratch hits, the best pitching shown by any pitcher so far this year in spring training. all N uml-I THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1940 l / vo S, Above are shown a few scenes from A. & M.'s first Minor Sports Festival, which was held here last weekend. It proved a great success, and helped further the proper recognition of minor sports. Upper left; The State Department of Public Safety Team defeats the Aggie Pistol Team in the first TROUBLE Calls MANY SAILORS WANT TO event of the First Minor Sports Festival. C. A. Lewis, D. L. Chance of the S.D.P.S., Aggie W. E. Lewis, ENTER HOUSTON REGATTA and Don Lawrence of the S.D.P.S., high -point man of the meet, are shown. for Iran anotice in this column last Top right: Coach Art Adamson congratulates Harold Hensley on his winning first place in the 100 - Expert Attention time stating that the Houston yard freestyle. Yacht Club wanted some A. & M. Lower left: Teeing off as the Bryan team sets the Aggies back in another tournament on the Bryan students to sail in their races in Club Course. Call for June and yesterday I was swamped Lower Right: Texas State College for Women rifle team defeats the Aggies in a 40 -point handicap STUDENT CO -OP with applicants, match especially arranged by the Aggie team as a gallant gesture to their fair visitors: This gesture Sailing is one of the best sports have been the start of a fine friendship for A. & M. with movie star Ann Sheridan, who telegraphed may the North Gate that this writer knows of and it is boys her congratulations on their gallantry. not surprising that so many boys I would like to participate in the contended that physical education -- races. During the last few years `Is the victim of some sort of in- ARD PROF FLAYS the people who live around the fantile paralysis, contracted per - CA ,L EDUCATION Texas coast have really gone in haps through no fault of its own " at I an article in the San for water sports. For years there but through an extreme suscept- ight the other day in Americans ", he continued, con- ' , were only a few who really took ibility to the malady which is e. Earnest Hooton, Har- Sider themselves a sports - loving advantage of our water, but now destroying man —an avid pursuit of r us anthropologist, took nation. But vicarious exercise —of the people are as enthusiastic as culture with an almost total dis- h Physical education. It th e rt so one gets by watching g a the people in the East and North - west. regard of-his animal organism'." - as follows: football game - -is not beneficial at h Hooton charged the crowd with H before more than all. It induces in the spectator a "playing checkers in the firehouse ` , of physical education continuous state of nervous excite- ment while a conflagration of human evo- ' GLOB E i on last night, Hooton and muscular contraction (Continued on page 6) lution and human civilization is raging all around. t /ENV lot ' f I `` '►: PAGE 5 Apple Knockers On Northern Trip; Will Play S.M.U. Twice and T.C.U. Once A. & M.'s First Minor Sports Festival. mmumumuumuuuuum muuuummuuunuunini � uuuamm�uumnnmuum�nn ON K YLE FIELD BY E. C. "JEEP" OATES Battalion Sports Editor Out at the Basso airport race track Sunday afternoon, Owen Cook drove his model A Ford sport roadsters to victory in the class B race and then came back to win the Novelty race and placed sec- ond in the free - for -all. Cook is an Aggie freshman. W. T. Guy has been elected cap- tain of the rifle team for the com- ing year. The rifle team ended up among the top college teams this season. Bob Williams, likable Aggie first baseman for the past three years, has signed a contract to play with the Chicago White Six of the American league. He will report to the team as soon as school is out. Dave Alsobrook, captain elect of the baseball team, played with the Waco Dons Sunday and collected three hits out of three trips up as the Dons beat the Grand Prize team of Houston 8 to 7. Also - brook will play for the Dons this summer. Johnny Morrow, former Aggie great is manag- ing the Dons. It looks like Dizzy Dean is back in form again. He set the Boston Bees down Sunday with three scratch hits as the Cubs won 4 to 0. People in this section still re- member when Dizzy and Paur were pitching for Houston and Elmer was selling peanuts. Elmer got a couple of tryouts with Hous- ton, but he always ended up sell- ing "gubbers ". Melvin Deutsch held the Aggies to six hits when the Steers won the second game at Brenham last week. It was the third time of the year that Deutsch had turned the Aggie tide. Incidently Clarence LaRoche, sports editor of the Daily Texan, picks the entire Texas team for All- Conference and adds in Chub- by Nolen for utility infielder, Dave Alsobrook for utility outfielder, Tommy Fine and Billy Dewell for extra pitchers. They say that Ernie Lain is down to 218 pounds and is rarin' to go next fall. That is about 20 pounds less than he weighed last fall. "THROUGH DIXIE TO THE FAIR" WILL BE ARCHITECTS SUMMER TRIP A summer architectural tour will again be sponsored by the Archi- tectural Department this year. Titled "Through Dixie to the Fair," the trip will be similar to the one sponsored by the department through Mexico last summer. A study will be made by the students on the trip of Colonial and Modern Architecture, and the production of building materials and the design of the production plants. The tour will offer six hours credit to those taking the trip. Two subjects will be given, "The De- velopment of American Architec- ture from Colonial to Modern Times" will be under Professor C. J. Finney, and "Building Materi- als and Methods of Production" will be under Professor J. M. Miller. A maximum of 22 students may make the trip; 15 have already signed. Total cost will be $177.50, including board, room, and transportation. The transportation is being fur- nished by the Aggie Bus Company. Leaving College Station on July 17, the group will go by way of Beaumont to New Orleans, where they will study the old French Quarter. Then to Baton Rouge to see the Military Barracks, and on to Neches, where they will study the old Southern mansions and Colonial Gardens. Next to Birming- ham, Alabama, to visit the iron and steel mills, and on to Atlanta, Georgia, to . study the Government Housing Project, and the old Colonial homes. From there the tour proceeds through Athens, where the students will visit the University of Georgia, to Charles- ton, South Carolina, where they will visit Ft. Sumter. From Charleston, the tour pro- ceeds through North Carolina up to Norfolk, Virginia. There the stu- dents will visit the U. S. Navy Yards, and spend a few days on Chespeake Bay. Then on to Balti- more, Maryland, where Old Ft. Henry and John Hopkins Hospital and University will be visited. Next stop is at Philadelphia, and the University of Pennsylvania. Then to New York for eight days, be- tween August 4 and 12. Besides the fair, the students will visit the various architectural firms, Green- wich Village, Chinatown, and other sections of architectural interest. While in New York, they will stay in a boys' camp just outside of the city. Leaving New York on August 12, the group will proceed to Al- toona, Pennsylvania, to see the railroad industrial center, and then to Pittsburg to see the iron, steel, paint, and glass factories. Next to Newport, Virginia, to visit the shipyards and docks, and Langley Field, the largest experimental air- port in the world. Then to Mt. Vernon, where the home and burial place of George and Martha Wash- ington is located. From there to Washington, D. C., where the group will spend several days in seeing the Lincoln Monument, the Smith- sonian Institute and Library, the government buildings and offices, the congressional library, and the Greenbelt Community, which is a government model town and hous- ing project. From Washington, the tour will go to Parkersburg, West Virginia, to visit the Libby -Owens Glass Factory, and then on to Norris, Tennessee, to study the T. V. A. Project, and the government model town of Norris. The group will have as a guide one of the officials of the T. V. A. From there to the University of Tennessee at Knox- ville, and on to Memphis, where the big saw mills will be studied. From Memphis, the group will go to Tex- arkana and down to College Sta- tion. They will arrive at College on August 26. Opinion seems to point in the direction of T. C. U. to re- peat next fall on the grid, Texas on the diamond and Rice on the track. Arkansas seems to be the choice in basketball. It looks like this writer is going to have to write society for the re- maining three issues now that all college sports are over. I will re- ceive all pictures and will grant interviews to all good looking girls during the remainder of the year. The athletic council will probab- ly meet this week to approve the lettermen in major and minor sports for the spring term. Royalty Visits America 1 y- + ^ r "/r n '-- - FRESHMEN "BATHE" SULLY At rail of their liner, King George and Queen Elizabeth get a glimpse of Canada as the Empress of Australia noses through the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Quebec, bedecked in festive garb, bestowed riotous welcome on the British monarchs, first to set foot upon Ameri- can soil. Above are some of the many freshmen giving "Sully " — statue of fromer A. & M. President Lawrence Sullivan Ross —its annual bath.— Lost: A Thumb At least there is one group in the world not opposed to the hitch - hiker, we are happy to hear.. According to a survey conducted not so long ago by the Student Opinion Surveys of America, 80 per cent of the collegians go on record against hitch - hiking laws. Ask the average hitch - hiker, and he will tell you that the whole world is against him, especially that part of the world that rides around in automo- biles —with empty back seats. A few unfortunate incidents and the wide pub- lication of them have well nigh ruined the hit ^h - ' hiking trade. There was a time, when automobiles did not zip by so fast, that one wave of the thumb would secure a "hop." Nowadays, however, the average motorist is afraid to pick up a thumb - thrower, and that seems a shame. The majority of hitch- hikers are harmless. Many are college boys, innocent of anti - social act or mot: ,e. New ertheless, many car drivers won't take a chance, and if the present attitude continues, per- haps the art of hitch - hiking will take its place alongside ,,he Egyptian skill of embalming its mummies — Clipped. f s f W C e t What Should a Sports Writer Do When The Teams Are Playing At Deadline? What am I doing? Well, I am sitting here trying to kill time and fill up space while our Aggie cag- ers, varsity and freshmen, are over at Austin playing the Uni- versity of Texas basketeers. I can't rush the game up so I can get it in this paper and I can't say that Texas won, because I tried a stunt like that once and the other team won, and it would be my luck for the Aggies to win if I said Texas won. Maybe the best thing to do is take Jack Littlejohn's advice and go down to Ed's and drown my woes, or something. It looks like Marty Karow is on the outside for the Kansas Col- lege head coaching job. They have invited three prospects to visit the ;ouncil and Marty was not listed. Rice stepped out Monday and Tuesday nights and really took) "Jo -Jo" White has asked that all major T men go to the studio and have their pictures made this week. The pictures are to be made with maroon slipover sweaters on. Arkansas for a real country clean ing. During the last couple o years the other conference teams have lost their respect for the tall Porkers from the Ozarks in both football and basketball. LOTS OF CREDIT DUE TUMBLING TEAM FOR THEIR CLEVER SHOWS At all home conference basket- ball games, the tumbling team pro- vides fine entertainment between the halves. If they get a good hand they are proud and that is all they get for all their hard work. These boys go down to the gym most every afternoon and work long and hard so that they might give the fans a good show during the short time between halves. Saturday afternoon the four spring training teams will have another game scrimmage. Coach Norton has invited the public to come out and watch these practice games. We have noticed that no one man is hogging the basketball Aggies of 1940 Are Tennessee Vols Of 1939, Say Many Sports Writers Now Many of the sports writers of this part of the country are call- ing the cadets the "Texas Volun- teers." They say that the Aggies will play only one big game next fall and that will be against U. C. L. A. It is true that at this time the Aggies have only eight games on their schedule and have an open date right at the start. That open date will be filled if a good team can be scheduled and the Aggies will not have to travel to Germany, Russia or Boston. Some are griping about the Ag- gies passing up Ohio State. It so happens that the Aggies wanted that game, but the only date they could get was the week before they play U. C. L. A. The UCLAN game had already been scheduled and nothing could be done about Fthat. To play the Buckeyes nn that date would mean the Aggies would have to leave here the Wed- nesday before, play in Columbus on Saturday and leave out for Los Angeles Sunday, stopping on the way for a couple of practice ses- sions. In other words they would be away from school for 14 days and be traveling all the time. After that they would face six conference teams and not a weak one of the list. Texas, S. M. U and Baylor to be played away from Kyle Field and yeah, that one to be played at Memorial Stadium. Does that look like a Tennessee schedule? "Texan" sports writer LaMotte, don't you think your Longhorns had all they wanted from confer- ence teams last year? Rice is the only team that failed to give every team all they wanted. Ohio People Did Not Want Any of Aggies; We Want None of Their 13 Below Zero, Either Here is a steal from Eddie But- r reason for such a program— espec- ler's column from the Akron, Ohio T Tally not if things wouldn't work SUGAR BOWL TICKETS ON SALE THIS MORNING ' By E. C. "Jeep" Oates Battalion Sports Editor E. W. Hooker, ticket manager of the Athletic Department, has announced that tickets for the Sugar Bowl game will go on sale at eight o'clock Tuesday morning, but added than only the $2.75 tickets were left. "A student may purchase a $2.75 ticket for $1.75 if he presents Separated Seven a coupon book, and will be allowed Years; Brothers to buy two other tickets at the last. regular price so long as they Discover Themselves To buy more than this number, Neighbors At A. &M. student will have to present a let- ter from his home or from the peo- After being separated for seven ple who want them," stated Hook - years two brothers recently met er. Dean E. J. Kyle, Chairman of the o n the A. & M. campus as broth- Athletic Council, stated that the er Aggies. That's the story of Council would bear the one - dollar Harry P. and Charles H. Neuhardt. reduction in tickets to coupon -book To start from the beginning, the holders to aid the students and en- story goes this way. Both Harry courage more of them to go to and Charles were born in Sister- the game. Dean Kyle, Head Coach Homer Norton, Joe Utay of the ville, West Virginia. Harry was Board of Directors and Hooker born in 1919, and his brother in made the trip to New Orleans a 1921. Seven years ago Harry few days ago to make arrange - moved to Amarillo with his par- ments for the game, tickets, hotels, ents, but brother Charles stayed and other things that present in Sisterville and lived with an themselves. They came back with aunt. Last year Harry came to reports that the Athletic Depart - A. & M. and was a fish in 'A' ment would take the Band to the Field Artillery. This summer game and that the Sugar Bowl Charles also decided to come to A. would give the band game tickets. & M. Harry heard about it, but This is the first time the Bowl wasn't able to find out what hall Association has ever consented to or organization his brother would give away tickets to anyone. be in. The giant stadium costing close At the first of school both were to one million dollars, was built busy registering and didn't have after selling bonds. The bond - holders have the privilege of pur- time to look each other up. How- chasing a certain number of tickets ever, after school had been going and they have most of the choice a week they still hadn't seen each seats. Dean Kyle stated that the other. The unusual side to the way the stadium is built every situation is that both were living seat in it is a good seat. in the same hall, dorm No. 10, but He also stated that all students just hadn't run across each other. must have their tickets before go- , Harry was still in `A' FA, and to New Orleans as none will Cfiarles was in 1st Headquarters b b - 4 available there. Battery. Some 11,500 tickets have been al- Then one day it happened. Both lotted to the Aggies and their A Battery and Headquarters de- friends. All the choice seats of tided to do a little moving. When this group are scattered over the the moving had ceased Harry had stadium, and only the end zone a room on the third stoop and de- seats are all together. cided to look around and see who The Tulane student body will his new neighbors were. The sit in one end zone and the Aggies first place he looked was the room will have the other. across the hall from him. On the Anyone wanting hotel acct` door he saw the schedule card odations should write to the Ho° of his younger brother. Association in New Orleans. Tow' outside of the city have announ ed that they will do everythi* possible to accomodate the peo unable to secure lodging in Orleans. The Sugar Bowl people a, ing to do anything within to aid the visitors and ay everything possible for th tainment. Aggies Drop To Fourth Place In Track In Conference They Once Controlled There was once a day when the Aggies were the kings of the track meets in this section of the coun- try, but that day is gone. Satur- day Coach Rollin's proteges fell to fourth place, lower than S.M.U. Ed Dreiss failed to place in the 120 high hurdles, but that was only one point lost. He was running the first leg on the mile relay and passed out on the last curve to knock the Aggies out of the race. Ed was running a fast * race until he played out. The two hurdle races and his attempt in the high jump had just taken too much ou t of him. "Barra" Smith couldn't get i t through his head that he was t o take second in the 100 dash an second in the 220 and as a resul t he ran fourth in both. "Barra" wa running in his first conference meet and maybe by next year he will have the confidence he needs. Terry of Texas ran over in his lane in the 100 -yd. dash and bumped him just as Smith was getting ready to pass the Texas boy. After it was over Terry offered an excuse that he stepped on a rock or clinker or something, but the excuse was very thin and he should have been dis- qualified: Thomason, who was conference champion in the shot put last year, got fourth in the event this sea- son. It is a funny thing about this shot putting. Two years ago Cook won it for T.C.U. as a soph and then fell behind Thomason who d won it last year as a first -year man. This year Jack Wilson comes s along to win it as a sophomore. r• lwlwT•.► r . -. ON KYLE FIELD By E. C. "Jeep" Oates Battalion Sports Editor There were two boys streaking time it comes out. The Ponies are for the goal line at the same time in bad shape if reports from there Saturday. Crain of Texas and are t lViallou Preston their Johnson leading Conatser of A. & M. were both on Ray , jaunts for over 80 yards towards backs, are in the hospital. Mallouf and across the goal line of Arkan- is out for the season and Johnson sas and T.C.U. respectively. has been advised to play under John Kimbrough was not oper- no conditions for two weeks and, ated on Saturday night as was better still, not to play again this planned. He is in the local hos- year. pital undergoing treatment for an injured leg, but it was not neees- The Mustangs are rated the sary to lance the wound. He will highest by Williamson, although be ready to go against Baylor and they have lost one and tied one, will be out for practice in a cou- things likeAssociated are and p ooks t a t ple of days. Fred Shook has much more re- Aggies for the top team in the spect for Kimbrough and Robnett Southwest and one of the leading this week than he did last. teams of the country. Bill Conatser is just as danger- ous a runner as Crain of Texas. He has raced for touchdowns in every game except the one against Santa Clara. Some of his long runs have been called back, but the fact remains that he has made them just the same. Th Aggies have the will to win this season and it is that little extra push that they get from it that is making them the feared team of the Southwest. S. M. U. Rated Leading Team S.M.U. is the leading team in the conference according to the Williamson Rating System, which is looking more like "Bull" every BY E. C. "JEEP" OATES Battalion Sports Editor We can't see how the lettermen on the baseball team were picked this season. Looking back to last fall we see that there were 31 football awards made. Certainly there were not 31 men who played enough time to earn a letter. However, there were 31 given and no gripes were heard.', In basketball we find that two or three men were lettered who did not have the required playing time in. There were 18 men lettered in track and yet the Aggies finished third in the conference. All of the aforementioned men deserved their letters even though some of them did not come up to the set line. Here in baseball we find that the letters were given to Thrift, Alsobrook, Stone, Bass, Peden, Cooper, Jack Lindsey, Ralph Lindsey, Doran, Karch- er, Williams, Nolen, Kirkpat- rick, Jeffrey and Pugh. But why were letters not given to Hal Welch, a man who won a conference game; Polanovich, one of the leading pitchers dur- ing the entire season; Rice, an outfielder who played 29 inn- ings and was directly respon- sible for winning the first Bay- lor game; Timmerman, another senior who played in all of the pre- season games and part of Athletic Council Announces Awards The Athletic Council closed out the year by awarding 33 varisty letters in rack and baseball, 34 minor sports varsity letters in pis- tol, rifle, golf, tennis, polo, and fencing, making a total of 67 var- sity letters approved. Thirty fresh- men numerals were awarded in track and baseball. The letters awarded and the sports in which they were given included: Track 18; baseball, 15, pistol, 7; rifle, 7; golf, 5; tennis, 5; polo, 5; and fencing, 5, Eighteen freshmen numerals were for track and 12 for baseball. VARSITY TRACK Those receiving the "T" in track were "Red" Cecil, Bill Conatser, Pelly Dittman, Ed Dreiss, Jerry Faubion, J. M. Harbison, Micky Hogan, John McLean, Ralph Mos- er, Henry Potthast, Marshall Rob - nett, R. E. Schiller, Bruno Schroe- der, Jude Smith, Harry Storms, Claud Strother, Jim Thomason and Dick Todd. FRESHMAN TRACK Numerals were given to the fol- lowing in track: Roy Bueek, Bob Cooper, H. E. Cowley, Junior Dar- by, D. H. Duckworth, R. F. Finley, Bill Henderson, Pete Henry, Chas. Johnston, Gus Laney, Bob Mans- field, H. McKnight, K. M. McPhail, Derace Moser, A. R. Nye, G. L. Siebert, Ken Stallings, and Ed W ilmeth. BASEBALL AWARDS Those getting letters in varsity baseball included Dave Alsobrook, Bob Stone, Sam Bass, Roy Peden, (Jack Cooper, Jack Lindsey, Ralph Lindsey, Jack Doran, Al Karcher, Bob Williams, Chubby Nolen, Red Kirkpatrick, Marland Jeffrey, Ma- rion Pugh, and David Thrift. Those geting freshman numerals in baseball were Bama Smith, Char- lie Smith, Bill Henderson, Tom Bowdre, Cecil Ballow, Jack Will- iams, Ray Adams, Bill Wilson, Marvin Martin, Cullen Rogers, Dick Ross and Bill Polanovich. PISTOL CHAMPS Seven members of the national champion pistol team were award- ed letters. They were Bob Shiels,. Gene Shiels, L. C. Kennemer, C. the conference games; and Cohn, another senior pitcher who was thought well enough of to start against Texas in their first game here this year? We notice that Joe Routt has got back his watch, class ring and wal- let. The watch was one that Kate Smith gave him when she selected him for All - American. Some Mex- ican boys were caught with them. U. S. Air Corps Students and Teachers A. & 31. men as instructors and students in the U. S. Air Corps Advanced Flying School, Kelly Field, San Antonio, are shown in the above picture. In the group, left to right —back row, are: T. H. Watkins, of Phillips Field, Maryland; Captain Leroy Hudson, '27, Kelly Field; First Lieutenant W. L. "Jerry" Lee, '27, Kelly Field; Milford F. Itz, '38, son of Felix Itz, '11, of Osage, Kansas. In the front row are: James C. Barham, '36, Moody; Walter S. Rector, '39, Houston; and Charles E. Gregory, '38, Houston. Captain Hudson is engineering officer of Kelly Field and First Lieutenant Lee is an instructor in addi- tion to his other duties. The remainder of the group are flying cadets who were scheduled to graduate from the Air Corps Training Center yesterday. Commissioned as Second Lieutenants on graduation, they were detailed to extended active duty with the regular Army Air Corps for a period of three or more years. After their three -year active duty, they have the option and privilege of continuing on active duty for an additional two years in the grade of First Lieutenant. Upon expiration of a minimum of three years active duty, each man will receive a cash bonus of $500. Army trained pilots are in great demand from commercial aviation organizations who usually absorb all such men leaving active army service. A yone who is z be here during the summer any wants to May soft -ball in the Twilight lea - ue should get in touch with some 'of the local merchants. Several concerns here are going to sponsor teams and they are interested in getting their teams in order. Any concern wanting to enter a team in the league should get in touch with this writer before June 3. Ed Dreiss and John McLean were elected co- captains of the track team for next season at a meeting - )f the team Monday. "Aggie Grid Team Tops Nation in 1940" Says Grantland Rice, Sports Writer DeLuxe Grantland Rice, in his column Thursday, took a look into the fu- ture and found the Texas A. & M. football team to finish as the best team in the nation. Tulane, Duke, Cornell, U. S. C. were a few of the other teams he picks as strong and close to the Aggies. He says the hotbed of football will again be found in the South in the South- west and Southeastern conferences. That all reads very well and sounds good to the ears, but it reads better and listens better af- ter it is accomplished. I still re- member that the writers gave Rice the big team in the spring the past two years, especially in 1938, but we all can still remember that T. C. U. won in '38 and the Aggies in 1 39. We still remember that Rice had lots of trouble winning a sin- gle ball game last fall. Rice has looked at the football teams as purely mechanical units and if a piece breaks or wears out you can put in another. He has overlooked the human angle and psychology. Coach Art Adamson has announc- ed that the swimming team has elected Nick Pontieux captain for the 1940 -41 season. Nicky will be a senior then and has put in two years of outstanding swimming for the team. Dizzy Dean came through with another of those games Wednes- day. He set Paul Derringer and the Cincinnati Reds down with five hits and two runs. Manager Gab- by Hartnett, with whom Dizzy has had many run -ins, was the first to congratulate him on his perform- ance. About the biggest contest that is going on at the present time is in Europe. The Allies and the Ger- mans are squared off but are cer- tainly not square. It looks like the Germans kicked off and recovered the ball and are sending John Kim - brough over the weak side of the Allied line. Well, they always say the English lose all but the last battle. Keep your eye on Italy though —they usually end up on the right side. U. S. Will Stage Olympic Games Now That War Has Taken It From Finland A streamlined all -star all -Amer- ican Olympic probably will be held at the Olympic Stadium in Los Angeles July 4. These games will be in the na- ture of a consolation prize for the athletes who were disappointed when Finland was forced to cancel the games scheduled for Helsinki. Uniforms and medals will be dis- tributed and a team selected just as if the games were to be held in Finland. Philadelphia and Minneapolis have put in bids for the games, but but from an authentic source it was learned that Los Angeles has the inside track. The national A. A. U. track and field championships will be held at Fresno, June 28 and 29, and this meet will be used as a qualifying test for the Olympics the follow- ing week. A ggie Tis, BAYLOR, A. & M. VARSITIES PLAY IN WACO TODAY Coach. Harry Faulkner's Aggie freshman nine will play the Baylor University freshmen this afternoon on Kyle Field starting at 2:30 o'clock. The Baylor and A. & M. Varsity teams will be playing their second game at Waco at the same time their freshmen are battling here. In early games the Texas fresh- men beat both the Fish and the Cubs by large scores and on a comparative basis it appears that the two teams should be well matched. Coach Faulkner has indicated that he will start Clayton Atkins at short, Milt Sims at second, Boots Simmons at third, Jamie Wilson in center, Les Peden in left, Wil- lie Zapalac at first, Marvin Mitch- ell in right, Keath Aldrich behind the plate and probably Kamper- man on the mound. Kamperman has more stuff on the ball than any of the freshman pitchers, but when he gets on the mound he tightens up. In games to date the Aggie first year men have won games from Somerville and lost to Texas, Al- len Academy and Austin High School. The Baylor Cubs have lost to Texas and have won from several sandlot clubs in and around Waco. The athletic department has in- dicated that there will be no charge for the contest. Sugar Bowl Pictures Are Bringing In "Buttons" For The Athletic Club Dance "Jo Jo" White, president of the "T" Club informed this corner that in two showings of the Sugar Bowl pictures they had made around $180. If they have a good crowd at the annual field day pro- gram they will make enough money to put on what will prob- ably be the greatest dance in the history of the club. Every member of the "T" Club has done a great piece of work and they are entitled to enough income to put on a great dance. It is un= derstood that if enough is made from the pictures and field day that non - lettermen will be allowed to make the hop free. In past years squadmen have had to pay and and it is hoped by this corner that enough will be made so that those "Blue Boys" won't have to put out their own money. 1940 Football Schedule Should Be Out Soon; Nothing Is Definite At This Time Many writers have been having the Aggies playing everyone ex- cept Slippery Rock in 1940, but as yet the only games that are def- inite are U. C. L. A. and the six conference frays. The cadets have been offered a game by Ohio State, and we have a date open at that time. It is hoped by this column that this game can become a reality. The game with U. S. C. is out. There may be a game played at San Antonio next fall to make up for the one that has been played in Tyler in recent years. There will only be nine games played, it is understood. Aggies Only Team With Claim To Greatness Says New Orleans Writer Not long ago Fred Digby, prom- inent New Orleans sports writer, was discussing Tennessee's flop in the Rose Bowl and the outstand- ing teams of the country in gen- eral. He concludes, "The Trojans and Volunteers of 1939 were good teams. So were Tulane and Cor- nell and Georgia Tech, among oth- ers, but ONLY THE TEXAS AG- GIES HAVE A CLAIM TO GREATNESS." Quail season closed Tuesday, and anyone caught hunting them now is in for trouble . . . Art Adamson, swimming coach, is still in the market for a good goalie for his water polo team that makes a trip through the mid -west next month . . . George Smith, editor of the Longhorn, informs us that eight extra pages on the Sugar Bowl are being added to the annual . . . "Rock" Audish and Bill Dawson, the two football playing roomies, have agreed to write this column in the near future .. . They call Audish "Grantland Rice" since he scribbled a masterpiece for Bruce "Bunny" Layer earlier in the year ... Jinx Tucker says he had rather go to the Sugar Bowl than the Rose Bowl. Yeah, it is not so far to hitch hike, if necessary, on the way back . . . The Quarter- back Club had its last meeting Tuesday evening.... The Houston A. & M. Club is urging Dean E. J. Kyle to serve another year as Rice Owls Threaten To Down Aggies A. & M. Must Win In Order To Remain Conference Leader By E. C. "Jeep" Oates A double feature in the form of two basketball games will be play- ed here tonight beginning at 6:30 when the freshman and varsity teams of Rice and A. & M. tangle in the first meeting between the two teams for the present season. Rice will be riding the crest so far as a favored team is con- cerned. They have been beaten once this year, but that was at the In Carswell, Gomez, and Kin- ney, the Owls have three of the top flight players of the confer- ence and they can all hit the bas- ket from anywhere. The Aggies have hopes of mak- ing enough points from the middle of the court to run their score up and they also have hopes of cling- ing to the Owl stars so close that they will not be ably to get set for a shot. Bill Henderson, only sophomore in the Aggie starting lineup, is in fine shape. Captain Woody Var- ner, Jude Smith, "Frog" Duncan, Charlie Stevenson, Billy Joe Adams and Tom Tinker have been showing improvement with every practice session. J. T. Lang, who has been on the injury list for several weeks, is about ready to go again and may be able to see some service tonight. Coach Hub McQuillan has indi- cated that the team is in as good shape as can be expected at this time of the season. Captain Var- ner said, "We will ask no quarter from any team that we meet dur- ing the remainder of the year." Fish Play First Coach Manning Smith's fresh- men will play their first game of the year tonight starting at 6:30. Scholastic difficulties are stand- ing in the way of several of his best players, but he says that he will have a team, or at least five men on the floor. , The Rice Slimes are doped to take this game with little trouble. Rice is a school that goes out and gets a bunch of basketball play- ers every year and the fighting Fish will not have much chance to win over the feathered flock. Country Boy Goes To Town and Comes Back a Broke But Much Wiser Farmer "I was robbed," says Coach Homer Norton. No, he was not talking about the Rice -A. & M. game in 1937. He was in Dallas a few days ago. When he went down to pay his hotel bill the next morning he reached for his wallet. Yeah, the wallet was there, but the wallet was bare. Someone had gotten in his room and bor- rowed all the money, but they did put his wallet back in his pocket. These city slickers sure take advantage 'of a poor old farmer boy from the sticks just EAST of the BRAZOS where the fun flows. Following is a sign that appear- ed in the Commons over at the University of Texas the other day. It was the advertisement of the day's "special." "AGGIE SPEC- IAL." —For 5 cents you can pur- chase A CUP OF TEA. Final Exams Could Wreck Aggie Hopes For Basketball and Football Teams The Aggies traveled far and wide last fall in winning the na- tional title in football. They were away from their classes for many li days and now it looks as if the boys will have to pay the damages. The boys have to pass some 11 to 13 hours of work and there are several who are going to have to look in the grass, under bridges and everywhere else for that many hours. Some of those football play- ers are the mainstays of the bas - getball team and if they go out the basketball team will be wreck- ed at mid -term. Tonight and this afternoon will be a highlight in the lives of all Aggies now in school. This after- noon the famous SUGAR BOWL and the gold Sugar Bowl footballs will be presented to the school and to the football players. Tonight at the football banquet the other I awards will be presented to the football players who have brought the school into the limelight of the entire nation. Footballs, watches, tie clasps, jackets, medals, bars, blankets, luggage and other things will make up the awards. Up until this year A. & M. was just another college sitting here in no place. All of the people in this part of the country knew about it as did a few in other parts.- Now A. & M. is known wherever there is a radio. A prof can go anywhere in the United States and say he teaches at A. & M. and the people will look up at him. Until this time when they were away and men- tioned A. & M. the people thought he was at a hick school. There were 52 boys who brought about this change and they are due a lot of credit. They did more for the school in one year than any other group has done since the founding. Some of the other groups built the school up, but it was this foot- ball team that has brought it the recognition it truly deserves. 3 t t c f I Ags. Look 0. K. In Preparation For Bear Contest BY "CUEBALL" DOSS Battalion Editor -in -Chief The Aggies look good now —very good —from my exceedingly biased point of view. I've watched them work out all this week, and I know they're set to go. As one observer puts it, the T. C. U. calamity was just one of those things which almost every team has to get off its chest once a year. I think the Aggies have the !, stuff, the spirit, and the fight, and I don't think they're going to keep it to themselves Saturday. Monday fit the description of "blue Monday" better than any I've ever seen. The sky was blue, and the sky was leaking. The Aggies were blue about the game, and so were the coaches. And yet workouts went on as usual. Within the last two days, how- ever, the sky has become brighter, Saturday has been forgotten, and every man on the team has got de- termination in him. Somebody told Major Dittman the other day that Baylor students, including the Baylor team, had got religion at a revival that was going on. The "Maje" said it would take more than prayer meet- ings to beat the Aggies Saturday. The team came through the T. C. U. mess with only slight injur- ies. Dawson has had a bum knee, but he'll be O. K. by Saturday. "Slick" has had a charley -horse which is gone now. A few scratches and bruises here and there are about all that's left. S Right after Bill Conatser was 1 , graduated from Denison High School, his coach, Logan Stollen - werck, former S. M. U. grid star, told me Bill would be the greatest kicker in the Southwest. "Stolly" must have had something there. The Aggies will take Baylor. (Even without the "twin wiggle. ") T. C. U. will stomp Marquette badly. S. M. U. couldn't down Pitt if the Mustangs were give a 14 -point handicap. Texas and Rice will battle hard, but I'll put my guess on the Texas side just for a long shot. _ice — +„ +! - Lo +e - .will I BATTALI SPORTS OCTOBER 21, 1938 PAGE 3 Aggies, T. C. U. And Pittsburg Picked to Win BY E. C. "JEEP" OATES Battalion Sports Editor For two straight weeks your scribe has crawled out on the well known limb, and for two straight weeks that limb has broken off. Last week the darn limb broke and then fell on top of me, but here goes another shot at the scores. The Aggies will take Baylor at Waco after a hard fight. Pittsburgh will stomp S. M. U. with ease. Rice will win over the lowly Tex- as Steers. Santa Clara is too strong for Arkansas. Texas Christian will ruin Mar- quette. Do I hear that limb cracking? After digging through statistics on Baylor, we find that the Cadets have score 78 points in their four games and their opponents have scored 41, thanks to T. C. U. Bay- lor has scored 76 against 12 for the opposition in their four games. Baylor has kicked seven extra points out of 11 tries. The Aggies have converted six times out of 12 tries. A. & M. has made 47 first downs while their opponents have made 38. Baylor leads their opponents in this department with 58 to 30. Baylor has made 626 yards rush- ing while the Aggies have made 631. Net gain on rushing and passing shows A. & M. with 931 yards against 1035 for Baylor. Baylor has completed 21 out of 69 passes for 464 yards. A. & M. has com- pleted 26 out of 81 for 327 yards. That yardage is net. The Aggies have punted 27 times for an average of 36.7 yards. Bay- lor has punted 25 times for an av- erage of 40.1 yards. Baylor has re- turned 17 punts for an average of 12.46 yards. The Cadets have 24 punts for an average of 11.37 yards. A. & M. has returned 9 kick- offs for an average of 24.8 yards. Baylor has returned one for 15 yards. The scout dope on Baylor, as well as the pictures of last year's game, show that the Bears send only two men out after passes. Cer- tainly four backs and two line- backers from the line can cover two men. Baylor has a weak run- ning attack. A. & M. can run with that ball and this corner would like to see them do lots more of it. John Kimbrough is a man that plenty is going to be heard about before the end of the season and for two years after that. He is a coach's dream, and when he gets • little more experience, he will be • dream come true. Euel Wesson, big 235 pounds freshman end, is being changed to center and should develop into a great one. He is big and fast, and can handle himself. He has lots of fire and chatter. At Temple high school, he played fullback on of- fense and tackle on defense, and that training together with what he has received as an end should make him a great center. Man Boots Kitty— That's News! Its news when a man bites a dog, and its also news when a man boots a polecat. This unforeseen incident occurred on the night of the recent "airing- out ", and caused nothing less than a virtual abondonement of some portions of Hart Hall, that being the part occupied by "H" Company Infan- try. It seems that Fish Jose Barrantes, in search of refuge from the bloody sophomores, had reached a somewhat open piece of ground at the south of the campus, wherein he spied a small black and white animal quite unfamiliar to the country of Costa Rica, home of said fish. He chased the pretty animal for quite some ways before he was able to give the pussy a kick on its striped tail. What happened next, to use Fist Barrantes own words; "He spray me from head to foot." ON KYLE FIELD BY E. C. "JEEP" OATES Battalion Sports Editor IIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIi1111111111111111hNlllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllitlllllllllllllillllllllllllllllll Coach Art. Adamson's swimmers lost a close meet over at Baton Rouge last week. The truth of the matter is that they lost it by six inches in one of the races. Friday night he takes his team to Waco where they will compete with teams from S.M.U. and Bay- lor. A new angle has been add - to the Thanksgiving football game here next fall between the Aggies and Texas Univer- sity. It has been announced that the game will be dedicated to Jesse H. Jones of Houston and Chairman of the Recon- struction Finance Corporation. Jones played a big part in getting the new dormitories for A. & M. and it is fitting that this game, the game of games for the Aggies, should be dedicated to him. Hal Welsh looked very good pitching Saturday. In his other trips to the slak this year he has been wild and has been belted hard, but Saturday he had the baj smoking and showed good contro The Aggie twirlers have bee — rather slow in rounding into shape but it seems that they are about. ready to go now. The nine is shaping into a smooth unit now after appearing very rough in their first few games. Marshall Robnett meets McMill- an and Loril meets Carson in I heavyweight fights tomorrow night. Robnet is representing L Inf., McMillan A C.W.S., Loril B Coast, and Carson A C.W.S. Robnett won the heavyweight class as a freshman last year and will be favored to take the upper - class title. "Rob" was strutting a- round with a cute little girl by the name of Betty from Arkansas at the Infantry hop. It is understood that Roy Young,/ fine Aggie tackle of '37, has wit. drawn from school and is workin- for the Bellow's Construction Cc on the new dormitories. Rice pulled a nice stunt re- cently. They were going to meet the Aggies in a dual i meet in Houston. A match be- tween the two teams would no doubt go the the Cadets be- cause of their better balanced team. Rice has since invited North Texas Teachers and Ok- lahoma A. & M. to the meet. These two teams will win some of the events that would have gone to the Cadets and will leave Rice's individual stars ` enough events to take first I I place. The Rice stars will still win their specialties, in which they are as good as any in the United States, but the other teams will cut heavily into other events that would have aided the Aggie's score. Capt. Phil Enslow's pistol team will have their benefit show in the Assembly Hall Thursday and Fri- day night. The picture is "If II were King" and is rated as a top picture. Ronald Coleman is starred. The pistol team got a scare in one of their recent matches. They won by only four points. V NOV 1, 1938 AGGIE AND ARKANSAS "Stock" Rogers, Aggie quarter- back, is shown in the picture at the right being pulled down by two Razorbacks. Ralph Atwood, 160 pound Ark— ansas backfield flash, shown below carrying the ball around end, after one of his team-mates has stopped an oncoming Aggie. k Kimbrough OFFENSIVES With Less Than a Minute to Play BY E. C. "JEEP" OATES Battalion Sports Editor Although the Aggie passing as Whew! I hope I don't have to sit whole was very poor, they did out through another game like that one pass the Arkansas team which i with Arkansas for a long time. noted over the nation for its heaF Thanks to John Kimbrough, he ing. Kay Eakin, star Hog passe pulled that one out of the fire with and ball carrier, had his averag less than a minute to go. for carrying and passing injure( It was a hard game for the Rai- Cole and Atwood were the out zorbacks to lose, but it would have standing Hog backs. been a harder one for the Aggies to lose, if they had. The Aggies All of the games in the confer had the better ball club and should ence went true to form this wee] have won long before they did, but except the Rice - Auburn fray. Let' it seems that someone can't realize hope that the Owls are not going that a ball game can be played to start that winning streak tha without throwing the air full of they enjoyed last year when the: footballs. Passing has hurt our lucked out and won the champion ball club for several years, and ship. why it is used when our ground game is going is more than many Only three games remain on th( of us can understand. Cadet schedule. They are game: The sports writers in the box with S. M. U. at Dallas next Sat were warm in their praise for that urday, Rice at College the follow. crashing back, John Kimbrough. ing week and Texas at Austir They all wanted to see the Aggies Thursday, Nov. 24. They will hav( win and during the last quarter to win all of their remaining game< they were all yelling, "Give t they- -- expect to finish second. It ball to Kimbrough". They were not they win their remaining contests the only ones that were yelling they will finish with the same av- that. The entire crowd was yelling erage that Rice did last year. the same thing. The writers, before the game, though that Kimbrough's S. M. U. will be no snap for the I showing last week at Waco might Cadets Saturday. They always like have been just luck, but when the to donate their win over the Aggies gun fired Saturday evening, they to their coach, Matty Bell. For the all agreed that he was the best last two years A. & M. has won r, , mming and blocking back they rather handily, but that beating e seen this year. John averaged that the Ponies gave us in 1935 yards per carry in that game. will long be remembered. Bobby Wilson and his Rose Bowl bound Dick ,Todd looked to be at his mates ran up and down that mud best on ,his tquchdowm gallop. He soaked Kyle Field at will that rainy went by tithe ''dine almost on his afternoon. � own. He stEff aimed one man and fed the othAr a'hip which he took We wish to commend the yell away from him 'when he went to leaders and the cadet corps on their ` grab it. Todd pyed a very nice work Saturday. That constant yell - E game, although e a was not of the ing really sounded eood across the PAGE 3 A. & M. TO MEET S. M. U. FOR 21ST TIME SATURDAY With the score in games stand- ing 8 to 9 in favor of the Southern Methodist Mustangs, and with three tie games on the books, Coach Homer Norton's Texas Ag- gies will be out to even the score when they meet Coach Matty Bell's Ponies at Ownby Stadium Satur- day, Nov. 5, in their twenty -first meeting. The schools began their rivalry back in 1916, the year S.M.U. was admitted to the Southwest Confer- ence. The first game went to the Aggies, 63 -0 and then they did not meet again until 1919, but since that time 'have met annually. The record to date is as follows: Year 1916 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 L935 1936 L937 Total Aggies 63 16 3 13 6 0 7 7 7 39 19 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 22 13 229 - , _ , ry Tir 7 NIL Mustangs 0 0 0 0 17 10 7 0 9 13 19 12 13 8 0 19 28 24 6 0 165 Commandant To Leave (;ommandant To Be Sent to Hawaii At End of 1940 Tern Leaves After Three Years at Alma Mater Colonel George F. Moore, Com- mandant of A. & M. College, and Professor of Military Science and Tactics, has been informed by the United States War Department, through President T. O. Walton, that he will be transferred from College Station at the end of this school year, in order to take up some other important work away from the college. What his new work will be has not been definitely assigned as yet, but it is expected that he will be transferred to Hawaii. Colonel Moore's successor has not been decided upon, and will probably not be announced until late in the summer. For three years Colonel Moore has served as an able and most efficient Commandant of the col- lege from which he graduated in 1908 as a civil engineer. i • Colonel Moore was born in Aus- tin on July 21, 1887, and in 1904 entered A. & M. College. For two years he played as a substi- tute on the football team. During 1906 and 1907 he made the team and was a regular guard and tackle. He also took part in many other school activities. In 1908, when he graduated, he intended to start out on a career of civil engineering; however, with his appointment as a second lieu- tenant in the Army in 1912, he turned to a military life. In 1917 he was appointed captain, in 1920 a major, in 1934 a lieutenant - colonel, and in 1939 was made a r colonel. 11�ontinued on page 4) Colonel George F. Moore, Commandant and Professor of Military Science and Tactics of Tefcas A. & M. College, has been advised by *" 3 United States Department of War that he is to be transferred e end of this session to service in Hawaii. Aggie Cagers Are Impressive in 43 to 41 Win Over Sam Houston State Teachers The Aggie basketeers looked mighty good Wednesday night when they outlasted the Sam Houston Bearkats in a fast game to win 43 to 41. Sam Houston has a better than average team, but they had to play second fiddle to the Aggies who were led in point- making by Bill Henderson, a sophomore. Woody Varner, Tom Tinker, Jude Smith, J. T. Lang and the rest of the boys looked plenty good. Between halves the S. H. S. T. C. band and girl cheer - leaders put on a show that was plenty good to look at. They really go in for basketball and entertainment over Huntsville way. It looks like the basketeers have gotten the fever of winning from the football team. Band Will Be Taken to Sugar Bowl Game; Southern Pacific Offers Best Route It has been announced that the Aggie 210 -piece band will be sent to the Sugar Bowl. This will add greatly to the color of the mid- winter sports show. Students will all sit together at the game and they may purchase tickets for $1.75 plils slip from coupon book. The Athletic De- partment is absorbing part of tb cost of the tickets so that mor students may make the trip. We do not know what railroac will be selected to carry the band, but we do know that the South- ern Pacific offers the best route. They have a direct line from here to Houston and from Houston to New Orleans. It is their main line. Letter Comes in Praising Dick Todd; Notes on Sports From Here and There Garrison Smith, formerly of the class of '40 and now a resident of Alfred, New York, sends us a clipping on the Washington Red- skin -New York Giant champion- ship game. Here are some quotes from the paper. "Dick Todd, more slippery than a cake of soap, ran back a punt for 30 yards and a first down on the 47. Todd returned Strong's kick 36 yards to the 47. Twice Filchock passed to Todd in the flat, and that elusive little back, sidestepping tackler after tackler, went up to the 25. . . . For the Redskins, the backfield stars were Filchock and Todd. Al- though Anvil Andy Farkes was hurt early it is hard to conceive how he could have been as good as Todd. Friday after the Texas game, Wilbur Evans, striving sports writ- er for the Austin American, pop- ped off about the sorry play of The Athletic Council has given the Aggies. He made some re- its word that the Aggie players marks about Kimbrough not look - will be given proper awards for ing so good and about the Ag- their Sugar Bowl game besides gies not having a team 20 points their awards for being conference better than Texas. He thinks that champions. Texas would like to play the Marshall Robnett has stepped Cadets again and from the way into the All- American picture. The his story reads, he thinks Texas United Press named Kimbrough, Boyd and Robnett on three of their teams. This writer will interview Joe Boyd this morning at nine o'clock. The program will be over radio station WBAP. might beat the Aggies, etc. Mr. Evans just showed how lit- tle he knows about this game of football. He just couldn't take the licking that Texas had to take. Here is one point we would like to make clear. JACK CRAIN IS A SWELL BALL PLAYER AND FROM WHAT THE PLAYERS TELL ME HE WAS THE BEST BOY ON THE TEXAS TEAM. He did play clean football and not that stuff that the rest of them played. Joe Boyd and John Kimbrough both made Kate Smith's All -Amer- ican team. They will both be giv- en watches for this honor. Kim - brough is leaving today for St. Louis where he will be named on the All- American Football Board's All- American team. f riangular I the other enougn to d u th s the other teams cut t e each o th er ' s throats. Tuesday afternoon Jude Smith stepped out and tossed the javelin 205 feet and six inches, the best toss he has ever made in meets for A. & M. Before coming to A. & M. he tossed the spear around 213 feet at John Tarleton. The Aggies have had good jave- lin throwers since time began in their track world. In 1917 J. T. L. McNew (now a civil engineering prof), set the record of 155 feet, five inches. But John Kimbrough tossed it farther than that his first toss. The last ,Aggie to hold the record was Walter Skripka. In 1936 he threw it 206 feet, 3 inches. Coach Brunson of Rice, just be- fore the track meet, looked over at Dough Rollins and said, "Dough, if you hadn't invited a third school to this meet, you would beat us today." Rollins didn't say any- thing, but his boys went out and proceeded to beat the Owls any- way. If "Bama" Smith learns to run the 220 dash before the confer- ence meet he will be the cham- pion. He is crowding some good time and some good men by just running as fast as he can for as far as he can. Was talking to a gal from Kan- sas the other night and she said the people in Texas are crude and like a bunch of hillbillies. She said he didn't see how the Aggies ever beat an out -of -state football team because if the players on the cadet team were Texans they couldn't act and think fast enough. Well, I don't know anything about Kansas but I do know that we were getting along pretty good before that Kansas soil started blowing down here. I haven't heard of Kansas wanting to play the Aggies either. RAMBLINGS Looks like Chubby Dean has the right number on the New York Yankees —Diz Dean was knocked out of the box, but he filled the stadium with paid customers . . . Texas U.'s baseball team is of class A calibre. . Moser did a neat job of boxing in Howard Panye's 440 man until they hit the back stretch . . . Was in Bryan the other night and it look- ed awfully quiet — looked like the show closed pretty early too! IT'S "COLONEL" HARRISON NOW Dr. R. Henry Harrison, '20, has received his promotion from major to lieutenant - colonel of the Medical Corps Reserve of the Eighth Corps Area. Dr. Harrison was command- ing officer of the 13th Medical Reg- iment of the Reserves prior to his promotion. Harrison is a physician in Bryan, Texas, where he and Mrs. Harrison, and their two children, Dick and Gloria, make their home. After receiving his degree from A. & M. in veterinary medicine in 1920 he became assistant state vet- erinarian, where he served for four years. He then attended Baylor Medical School, Dallas, for four years, receiving his M. D. in 1928. Dr. Harrison was signally honored in being selected to attend the School of Medical Aviation at Brooks Field as flight surgeon for the month's tenure. Known to his classmates at A. & M. as "Doc," he was captain of Company C Infantry, manager of The Battalion, 1919 -20; a member of the varsity football team in 1917- 18-19, and a member of the "T" Club, Ross Volunteers, Y. M. C. A. Cabinet, and participated in many other campus activities. WOLCOTT OF RICE' HIGH POINT MAN WITH 3 FIRSTS Track Team Leaves After Meet for Des Moines And The Annual Drake Relays By Gene Oates Earl "Bama" Smith and John Kimbrough proved to be the sur- prises in the triangular meet which the Aggies won over Rice and Howard Payne here Tuesday aft- ernoon. "Barra," running in the second meet of his life, put plenty of fear in Fred Wolcott in the 100 -yard dash and came back in a few minutes to take second in the 220 with a photo finish. Smith surged into the tape with Charlie Marshall, but the judges gave the race to Marshall, saying that he was the one that put the most tension in the string. Kimbrough, throwing in his first meet, took second place be- hind Jude Smith in the javelin try. Coach Rollins' proteges took the lead in the third event by taking all four places in the high jump. Bill Conatser, Ed Dreiss and Bob Finley all tied for first at 5:11. That gave them 11 points in one even and from there on they gradually added to the lead. Fred Wolcott of Rice was high in points with 16 1/4, taking firsts in the 100, both hurdles and run- ning a leg on the winning sprint relay team. Dreiss was second with 10 1/12, just ahead of Guarrnero of Howard Payne who won both the mile and two mile runs. Rice ran away with first places, winning the pole vault, the 100 - yard dash, both hurdles, the 880 run, the sprint relay and the broad jump. Howard Payne took first in five events, the 440, mile, and two mile runs, mile relay, and 220 dash. A. & M. took firsts in the high jump, shot put, discus and javelin. It was the Aggies' ability to take the seconds and thirds in nearly all events that gave them their mar- gin of victory. A. & M. tallied 75 points while Rice was collect- ing 53 and Howard Payne 41. James Thomason, in winning the Shot put, tossed it farther than he has this year in meets. His heave was 'good for 47 feet six and one -half inches. Kimbrough beat Robnett with the javelin by the width of a chalked line on the football field. Right after the meet Coach Rollins, Jude Smith, Roy Bucek, "Red" Cecil, "Barra" Smith, and Ed Dreiss left for Des Moines, Iowa, where they will enter the Drake Relays. Rice has a track team that is at a loss in dual and triangular meets. Th.... L,�oo � fem nrnnh firct_nlart ' JUDE SMITH HEAVES JAVELIN 205.5 FEET IN HIS LAST MEET ON KYLE FIELD SOD