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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1955
Happening vs. Caused
Nobody likes to have accidents happen,
either to themselves or to anyone else.
And everybody is quick to speak up when
they see something that eould cause an acci
dent, like an open manhole or a frayed elec
tric wire.
But they just won’t speak up in the right
place.
The college’s Accident Prevention com
mittee has arranged a reporting system that
would allow everyone to report accident haz
ards with a minimum of trouble.
Because of department safety advisors
and cadet officers and members of the ac
cident committee, someone who has reporting
forms and knows how to use them is within
the reach of everyone, student and faculty.
After these reports are turned in to the
accident committee, they are compiled and
turned over to the proper college department
for correction of the hazard.
The head of the accident committee said
at its meeting this week that correction of
the hazards was always prompt, “if we know
about them. We have to have the reports.”
The report is a simple thing, yet it could
save someone a bad accident some day.
IS'ews of the World
By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON—The long-suppressed Yalta papers were
released last night by the State department. The Yalta
meeting was held in February, 1945, bringing together Jo
seph Stalin, British Prime Minister Churchill and then-Pres-
ident Franklin D. Roosevelt. Among disclosures of the pa
pers was that Stalin told Roosevelt that sweeping concessions
in the Far East were needed by him in order to explain to
the Soviet people why Russia had entered the war against
Japan. It was at Yalta that Russia agreed to enter the war
against Japan.
★ ★ ★
. LONDON—The British government expressed
its view last night that making’ public the Yalta
papers is undesirable. A foreign office spokesman
gave that view after the documents were released
by the State department.
LONDON—The British leftwing laborite leader, Aneurin
Bevan, was kicked out of the Labor party ranks in Parlia
ment. He is still a laborite outside of Parliament, but a party
move is under way to deprive him of that status, too. He
had challenged the moderate Labor party leadership of Clem
ent Atlee.
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of Student Publications <;:07 Goodwin,
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through Friday) at or before the deadline
of 1 p.m. of the day preceding publica
tion.—Manager.
Identification cards which were made in
connection with registration of February
4, 5, for the current semester are now
ready for distribution in the Registrar’s
Office, College Administration Building.
They should be claimed in person imme
diately.
H. L. Heaton
Registrar 79t4
All currently enrolled pre-veterinary med
icine studen.ts~wfto "expgcT to qualify as ap
plicants for admission into the Sctiool of
Veterinary Medicine in September, 1955,
should file their application in. the Regis
trar’s Office not later than April 1.
Forms to be used in making application
for admission to the School of Veterinary
Medicine are available at the information
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Recreation Group
Plans Volleyball
The College Station Recreation
council has reactivated its men’s
vollyball league.
Plans call for at least eight
teams to meet once a week at A&M
Consolidated high school to com
pete for the city championship.
Anyone interested in forming a
team or joining one may contact
J. F. Miller at 6-6484 or 6-1363.
Led lire Planned
Dr. Pierre Grabar, chief immuno
chemical division, Pasteur institute,
Paris, France, will discuss “The
Use of Immuno-chemical Methods
in Protein Studies” in the biological
sciences lecture room at 8 p.m.
Friday. The public is invited, said
Dean Ide P. Trotter of he Graduate
School.
Most of the world’s inhabitants
live below the 600-foot level.
NOT INTERESTED—This sheep doesn’t seem the least bit interested in the fact that
these men are admiring - his superior qualities. This type of sheep is supposed to thrive
better because it has less wool around its eyes, thereby improving his eyesight. Look
ing him over are, left to right, Ernest Williams, executive secretary of the Texas Sheep
and Goat association, R. W. Hodges, president, and Dr. Tom Watkins, sheep and goat
specialist in the animal husbandry department.
At Polgar Show
Hypnotic Spell Described
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By WELTON JONES
Have you ever wondered what
it’s like to be hypnotized ?
I know, because it happened to
me recently in Guion hall during
the Polgar show titled “Miracles
of the Mind.”
This Polgar had announced he
would perform such feats as meet
ing 50 people and remembering
their names, finding objects hid
den about the auditorium — and
hypnotism.
I confess I was a confirmed
skeptic about hypnotism since
once before I had volunteered to
be hypnotized and the man got
nowhere with me. Therefore, when
Polg’ar called for volunteers from
the audience, I merely sat and
watched the others offer to be
come assistants. Finally, he ex
plained a simple test to reveal
whether one might be a good sub
ject (and 1 saw no harm in trying.
After we were on the stage, Pol
gar told us to clasp our hands, re
lax and try to picture a peaceful
summer scene. As I watched the
short, graying, rather plump and
normal looking man, it was hard
to believe he could, at will, make
me follow his every command. But
he could.
He handed us small cards which
told us to gaze at two dots cover-
.ed with semi-circles. He said to
pretend they were his eyes and we
would become very sleepy, drop
ping the cards as we dozed off.
With his voice in the background
and the fascination of the two per
iods, it seemed the most natural
thing to go to sleep.
Events of the next two hours
seem like a mixed-up dream now.
With the help of friends, I can re
call several thoughts that flashed
through my mind and some of the
actions I performed during this
time.
I recall Polgar handing me some
eyeglasses and telling me that
some electronic discovery would
enable me to see through all cloth
with them. I put them on and the
audience seemed completely devoid
of clothing. I could detect some
faint color but no clothes.
Needless to say, I was quite as
tonished, but Polgar approached
and shook my hand and once more
I was asleep. And so it went.
At one time I was watching a
movie with Charlie Chaplin and
then in an airplane looking down.
These things were completely real
to me and I was not at all aston
ished at the rapid changes.
When Polgar finally awakened
us, I wondered what had become
of the time but when I started to
rise from my chair to shake his
hand, I was attached to the chair.
Try as I might, I couldn’t get up
until he clapped his hands and we
were all free.
Then as we prepared to leave
the stage, someone remembered
it was Polgar’s birthday, so we
gathered around the microphone
and sang a chorus of “Happy
Birthday.” No one could explain
where we learned about the birth
day;/we just knew.
After returning to my room, I
took down my math book and did
more constructive studying in one
hour than I usually do in three.
This was a result of one of his
commands, I am told.
The whole experience was some
thing like falling asleep and dream
ing. It was altogether pleasant
and I felt no bad after effects at
all.
I would do it again right now,
too.
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