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"WHERE TO PUT THEM
Dormant for several years, the
old, old problem of student housing
once more faces the authorities of
Texas A. & M. That problem in
“the past brought forth the develop-
ment of the famed “Tent Row”,
and more recently the picturesque
settlement of “Hollywood.” How
it can be solved again is bringing
furrows to the brows of College
Directors and Faculty authorities.
“Should next year’s freshman
class equal the le stgong
group O ew students, and a nor-
mal return of old students prevail,
the 1935-36 enrollment will be
somewhere around the 3500 mark.
Only 2000 students can be housed
in existing dormitories. with two
men to the room. Out of the cur-
rent year’s student body some 750
men are living off the campus, and
many others are badly crowded
with three to the room.
It is unlikely that the Legisla-
ture will ever appropriate money
for any additional dormitories at
A. & M. or at any other state edu-
cational institution. Where to put
its students is a problem that must
be solved by the A. & M. College
itself.
There seem to be two avenues
of approach, nither entirely sat-
isfaccory. Amuother shack colony
might be built, but that is expen-
sive and such living conditions are
far from satisfactory. The other
solution might be to depend upon
private capital and private homes
to furnish living quarters adjacent
to the campus or in Bryan. This
however, would mean that almost
50 per cent of the student body
would be classified as “Day Stu-
dents.” Under such a condition the
present system of student military
government could not long endure.
The whole make-up of the Col-
lege, as far as its student life is
concerned, is tied up in the housing
situation. Without dormitory ac-
comodations for at least seventy-
five per cent of the student body,
the present military aspect of the
institution must eventually change.
That would be a greater change in
Texas A. & M. than the growth
from Gathright Hall to the present
magnificent physical plant. Its a
nice, knotty problem for the Di-
rectors of the College and the Fac-
ulty to solve.
THE LAST CORPS TRIP
It is with a feeling of regret,
tempered by the knowledge that
such changes must inevitably come,
that THE AGGIE predicts the re-
cent Thanksgiving Day Corps
Trip and Parade in Austin will be
the last of this distinctive brand
of A. & M. College life. The Corps
Trip ceased to be a simple, volun-
tary student enterprise when var-
ious cities began to offer induce-
ments to the students to get them
to make their pilgrimages. Year
by year the task of making the
students attend the Corps Trips
has become more difficult. Indeed,
it almost became necessary for
the College to force sufficient stu-
dents to make the trip to insure
its success. :
Under those conditions .it is
natural and inevitable that the
“Corps Trip”, as understood by so
many A. & M. men, should pass
into the realm of the “Good Old
Days”. Certainly such a trip, with
its attendant parade, should not be
attempted unless it has the whole-
hearted support and participation
of a very large part of the Cadet
Corps.
The AGGIE salutes those stu-
dents whose efforts made the
Thanksgiving Day Corps Trip and
Parade a success. If this is the
iast of the old custom it at least
went down in a glow of success.
ker reside at 1325 Milby St., Hous-
ton, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross B. Jenkins,
’33, are happy over the arrival of
their second son, born October 7.
He has been named Willard Dean.
Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins make their
home in Baird, Texas, where Ross
is County Agent.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Much, ’18,
are the proud parents of a fine
boy on October 20. “Smokey” re-
ports that he believes he really has
a football player for A. & M. Mr.
and Mrs. Munch reside in Kauf-
man, Texas, where “Smokey” is
County Agricultural Agent.
News comes to us of the birth
of a child to Mr. and Mrs. R. M.
Bacher, ’27, 1406 Vermont, Hous-
ton, Texas. :
WEDDINGS
Day - Hackley
Announcement has been made of
the wedding of Mr. John Frank
Day, ’30, to Miss Lucille Hackley,
of Bonham, at the First Baptist
Church, on November 22, at Bon-
ham, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Day
will make their home in Bonham.
Smith - Foster
News has just reached this. of-
fice of the marriage of Mr. S. C.
Smith, ’32, to Miss Mary Lois Fos-
ter on July 24, 1934. Mr. and Mrs.
Smith get their mail at Box 142,
Smackover, Arkansas.
Ledbetter - Tetens
The wedding of Miss Helen Tet-
ens and Allen Ledbetter, 21, of
Brady, was soleniized on November
3, 1934 at the First Presbyterian
Church. After a delightful wed-
ding trip to Monterrey, Mr. and
Mrs. Ledbetter are at home at
Pasche, where Ledbetter is in the
ranching business.
Conrad - McLamore
Miss Lorene McLamore, of Hous-.
ton, recently became the bride of
Mr. Fred W. Conrad, ’32, of Hous-
ton. Mr. an T'S. ad are at
home at 606 West Gray Avenue,
Houston, Texas.
Ploeger - McBride
The wedding of Miss Williben
McBride to Mr. Marcus Ploeger
29 recently took place. Mr. and
Mrs. Ploeger will make their home
in San Antonio where Ploeger is
employed by the Tappan Whole-
sale Co.
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| Luker - Moore
| News comes to us of the wedding
of J. B. Luker, ’34, and Miss Bennie
Moore, of Gustine. Mr. and Mrs.
Luker will make their home in
Fort Worth, where Luker is em-
ploved with the Southwest Dairy
Products Co.
McDonald - Cole
Announcement has been made of
the marriage of Miss Grace Cole,
of El Paso, to Mr. James Collie
McDonald, ’32, of El Paso. Mr.
and Mrs. McDonald will make their
home in El Paso, where McDonald
is connected with the El Paso
Laundry.
Harris - Walker
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Walker an-
nounce the marriage of their
daughter, Jennie Lynn, to Mr.
Grady W. Harris, 22, on Novem-
ber 29, at Amarillo, Texas. Mr.
and Mrs. Harris are at home at
Mobeetie, Texas.
BIRTHS
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Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Ballard, ’22,
are receiving congratulations from
their many friends over the birth
of a fine son, W. L. “Bill” Ballard,
Jr., on October 10. Mr. and Mrs.
Ballard make their home in Jack-
sonville. Mr. Ballard represents
Briggs-Weaver Machinery Com-
pany, of Dallas.
News comes to us of the arrival
of a son to Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
“Bob” Carruthers, 22, of Tyler,
Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Crocker, ’29,
are delighted over the birth of a
fine boy on November 27, 1934.
He has been given the name of
James Byrd. Mr. and Mrs. Croc-
by a LIBERAL”,
THOMAS MAYO---
HIS COLUMN
DON’T BE A LIBERAL THESE
DAYS. Be a REACTIONARY, be
a CONSERVATIVE, be a RADI-
CAL if you like, but don’t be a
LIBERAL. The whole intellectual
and emotional climate of the 1930’s
is inhospitable to him—and he’s a
goofy old bird anyway.
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In case someone should ask at
this point: “Just what do you mean
perhaps you
won’t mind considering a few
home-made definitions by way of
introduction to the question.
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There seem to be, roughly, four
possible attitudes: A REACTION-
ARY is one who advocates a re-
turn to earlier custims or poli-
cies. A CONSERVATIVE is -one
who resists any important change,
either backward or forward. A
LIBERAL is one who advocates
profound changes, but wishes them
to be made GRADUALLY. A
RADICAL is one who advocates
profound changes made RAPIDLY
—AT ONCE.
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object to some or all of these def-
initions, but, after all, we must
have some sort of definitions if
we are to discuss anything intelli-
gently. These have at least the vir-
tue of not overlapping each other.)
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You will notice that the LIBER-
AL agrees with the RADICAL
that PROFOUND CHANGES ARE
NECESSARY. He differs from his
fiery cousin in THE SPEED WITH
WHICH HE THINKS THEY
SHOULD BE MADE. Now, even
a confirmed Liberal can see a
good deal of sense in the Radical’s
plea for making the necessary
changes RIGHT NOW: “For,”
says the Radical, a trifle impa-
tiently, “if you try to move for-
ward slowly, the forces of RE-
ACTION will be able to pull you
back faster than you adv
ing opinions a fair hearing. Vol-
taire’s famous remark about never
agreeing with his opponent, but
being willing to die in defense of
his opponent’s right to speak his
mind, is a good expression of this
part of the Liberal creed.
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Here again it is possible for
even a Liberal to see some sense
in this anti-toleration argument of
the Radical, who points out rather
convincingly that EFFECTIVE
ACTION DEPENDS UPON CON-
CENTRATION AND DRIVE, and
that these are destroyed by long-
winded disputations and bickerings
over right and wrong. Therefore,
says the true Radical, it is quite
right and necessary, in times of
crisis (and all times are critical)
to suppress all opinions except the
*right’’ one.
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It is only fair to point out here
that the Radical is not the only
type who is given to dogmatism
and intolerance. Most CONSERVA-
TIVES are just as ready as any
Radical to silence “dangerous”
views—and to feel righteous about
doing it, too. And whoever heard
of a REACTIONARY who, in order
to bring back “THE GOOD OLD
DAYS”, would object to crowning
a few wild-eyed Liberals or Rad-
icals with a good stout hickory
club?
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So the poor LIBERAL, in this
day of crisis, finds himself set
upon by all the rest. The Reaction-
ary and the Conservative dislike
his desire for FUNDAMENTAL
CHANGES. The Radical pours
scorn on his sissy OBJECTION TO
DRASTIC AND VIOLENT AC-
| TION. All three, at the bottom of
their hearts, despise his OPEN-
MINDEDNESS, which they call
mental cowardice, and his TOL-
ERANCE, which they take for
weakness. (Can it be that they are
right?)
So in 1934 the Liberal is having
a thin time. Never has the Radical
been more impatient of gradual
change—and the poor open-minded
Liberal is forced to admit some
reason for the impatience. Never
was the Conservative so nervous
-and- consequently so ready to shoot
at sight. And here again the un-
fortunate Liberal is all too capa-
ble of understanding the feelings
of his assailant.
And when you add to all these
woes the fact that the Liberal,
pledged as he is to the support of
INDIVIDUALITY, finds it ex-
tremely hard to merge himself in
any group of like-minded Liberals
(there aren’t any!), you will be-
gin to understand the warning at
the head of this column.
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If you want to be COMFORT-
ABLE, young man, DON'T BE A
LIBERAL. Be a REACTIONARY
and take shelter under the deeply-
grounded human respect for that
which is ancient. Be a CONSER-
VATIVE and join the great ma-
jority made up of the prosperous
ance. If | and the mentally timid and the
one is to get great and necessary | mentally lazy. Be a RADICAL, and
changes made at all, one must do
it suddenly—even at the cost of
VIOLENCE.”
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Everyone must admit that there
is something in this argument.
-{ But the Liberal’s reply (or, any-
how, ONE Liberal’s reply) is some-
thing like this: “Sudden change
is impossible without VIOLENCE.
Violence is essentially undiscri-
minating and unjust. Violence de-
moralizes, brutalizes, and embit-
ters a whole generation of men and
women. Violence, moreover, breed-
ing an opposing violence, too often
brings about a fatal reaction which
destroys the very values in whose
name violence was originally in-
voked.”
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(All this sounds very cool and
reasonable. But the REAL reason
why most Liberals are not Radi-
cals is probably deeper: and less
rational than the points we bring
out in argument. It is simply that
Liberals are THE KIND OF PEO-
PLE to whom violence is tempera-
mentally impossible.)
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Another point of difference be-
tween the two camps is that the
Radical is SO SURE OF THE
RIGHTNESS OF HIS VIEWS that
he may feel it his duty to SI-
LENCE ALL WRONG (i.e. oppos-
ing!) VIEWS; while the Liberal
feels in honor bound to admit the
possibility that he MAY be wrong,
and, consequently, to give oppos-
think and act in straight lines,
sealing your mind firmly against
contradictory views.
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If you don’t want EVERYBODY
taking pot shots at you; if you
don’t want the strain of trying to
be fair to opinions which you de-
test; if you don’t want the lone-
some sensation of finding no one
who thoroughly agrees with you;
if you don’t want to discover for
yourself the Biblical truth that:
‘Hope deferred maketh the heart
sick”—
DON’T BE A LIBERAL!
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Ira D. Clarke, ’27, is with the
State Highway Dept., at Athens.
Jesse B. Rawls, ’34, is doing
Geophysical work for the Texas
Co. and gets his mail at Box 188,
Morgan City, La. He reports that
he is living on a house-boat most
of the time but that its not exactly
like the yachts and house-boats as
portrayed in the movies.
H. M. Wingren, ’31, has been
with the Western Union Tel. Co.
since his graduation. At present
he is living in Wichita Falls. He
plans to see the Thanksgiving
Game,
Wm. H. Hickey, Jr., 34, is with
the General Electric Co., in the
Test Dept., and lives at 2615 S.
66th. St., Philadelphia.
(This column hopes to serve as a ciearing house for the opinions, the ideas and the
suggestions of A. and M. men.
rhe writer given.
All communications must be signed and the address of
Thev must be free from libel, personal abuse or critical personalities,
and preferably short. Readers of THE AGGIE are invited to express their views upon
Odyssey of a Scientist
307 Comstock Hall
Cornell University,
Ithaca, N. Y.
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Your letter of November 2nd was
forwarded to me here at Ithaca
and it makes me ashamed of the
way I have ignored your kindness
in trying to keep track of me all
these years. I shall therefore at-
tempt to give you a resume of my
wanderings since I left A. & M.
in 1928, so settle yourself in a
comfortable chair and light your
pipe.
As you know, I entered the em-
ploy of the U. S. Bureau of Ento-
mology at that time, and was im-
mediately sent to Florida to make
a survey of the pestiferous mos-
quitoes of that state. This work
occupied my time until the spring
of 1929, when I was sent to Menard,
Texas to work on screw worm flies
which cause so much damage to
livestock. In the spring of 1930 I
was assigned to the project deal-
ing with the insect parasites of the
reindeer in Alaska.
This part of my work with the
Bureau proved to be a very unus-
val and interesting experience. The
6000 mile trip to my field of oper-
ations took me by train from Men-
ard to Seattle; thence by boat to
Seward, Alaska, where we again
took the train to Fairbanks. On
our arrival in Fairbanks we found
the country still frozen in and it
became necessary to travel 500
miles over the snow-clad wastes
of western Alaska to Golovin (90
miles east of Nome) by plane, fol-
lowing the Youkon River most of
the way. The last Tap of our jour=
ney was the most thrilling exper-
ience of the whole trip and was
an experience which I shall never
forget. After purchasing a month’s
supply of food and the necessary
clothing and loading them on two
dog sleds, we piled ourselves on
top of these and set out behind an
eager team of eleven huskies. Af-
ter a drive of one and a half hours,
we arrived at the one-room log
cabin which was to be our home
for the next seven months.
The working season in Alaska
is so short, due to the long periods
of darkness, that my work de-
manded long hours and steady
thought. However, I enjoyed it be-
cause it brought me in touch with
a new country and a new people.
In the summer, since all ice and
snow is melted, if a point cannot
be reached directly by water, it is
necessary to go as far as possible
task for one has to carry the
way. Walking is a very strenuous
by boat, then walk the rest of the
necessary food, bedding and extra
clothing on his back and trek
across tundra. Large clumps of
course grass, spongy at the roots
(called ‘“niggerheads”) make up
the tundra and if one does not
tread squarely upon each head, the
thing turns and throws him into
the seapy moss immediately sur-
rounding each head. In the winter
traveling is much more comfortable
and rapid, being accomplished en-
tirely by dogteam.
The Eskimos are a very inter-
esting race, but not nearly so prim-
itive as one usually supposes, due,
of course, to their contact with
white men in recent years. They
are short and stocky, the women
quite robust, with very round dark
faces, shining’ slant black eyes,
and straight black hair. They live
in log cabins with built-in bunks
covered with reindeer hides for
beds. Their clothing is mostly of
native make, from reindeer or oth-
er fur-bearing animals. Their food
is like our own, if there is work
for which they receive money to
buy the food; however, since the
depression they have been com-
pelled to return to their natural
diet for the most part; fish, seal
oil, blubber, native greens and ber-
ries. As a race, they are not very
industrious and the women do most
of the work done.
As winter came on and the bay
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began to freeze over, we moved up
to the village of Golovin. There we
had a 3-room house which was
fairly comfortable, in spite of the
low temperatures. Of course we
had to live from cans, including
milk, for the most part, though
the quality of canned goods is sup-
erior. Oranges, apples, potatoes,
eggs and the like, had to be kept
in warm storage, though the hind-
quarter of a cow which we bought
for our winter meat supply, hung
in our cache (small back porch) all
winter. When we wanted meat, it
was necessary that I use a cross-
cut saw to cut off a steak or roast.
In the spring fish and wild birds
which stop in that vicinity both
as they go south and again as they
go north, make a welcome change
in diet. After 7 months of such
food, the first boats in spring (ar-
riving about the middle of June)
are occasions for real joy, for they
always carry fresh fruit and veg-
etables. Our first fresh salad in
the spring of 1931 cost $1.50 for
the two of us, and not such large
portions at that. But it was well
worth the price; as are canteloupes
at 75¢ each, watermelons at $2
each, plums at $2 a basket, celery
at 75¢ a stalk, tomatoes at 80¢ a
pounds, cucumbers at 50¢ each, etec.,
ete.
That spring we had a most ter-
rible experience. The whole coast
of the Seward Peninsula, from the
mouth of the Youkon to Point Bar-
row was swept by an epidemic of
influenze. In our village of 149
souls, the white missionary and my
wife were the only ones who were
not ill, all at the same time. The
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only ,gedicine we had was aspirin #&
and castor oil. The nearest doctor
was at Nome (90 miles) and the
nearest nurse was at White
mountain (15 miles), both worked
to death in their own villages.
However, the nurse proved a life-
saver to us, for we could have her
advice and help daily by telephone.
We lost 10% of our population,
burying six of them in one grave
because no person was able to
dig a separate grave for each.
Altogether, it was a very edu-
cational 16 months we spent in
Alaska and when our home-bound
boat came in September of 1931,
it was with no little regret that
we left that country of the mid-
night sun, and began our journey
toward Seattle, via the Aleutian
Islands and the wide Pacific.
Upon our return to the States,
I was again sent to Menard to
work on the same project I had
begun there in 1929.
Feeling the necessity for doing
more school work, I decided to
study at the Liverpool School of
Tropical Medicine. After securing
a furlough from the Bureau, we
went to Liverpool in September
of 1933, where I studied for four
months, specializing in medical en-
tomology and human parasitology.
Before returning to the United
States in January of this year, we
went down to London and over to
Paris, just to see the sights.
After ten weeks in Washington
D. C, I returned to west Texas for
the third time, to the Ranch Ex-
periment Station at Sonora this
time, to work on screw worm flies.
The urge to go to school was not
satisfied with those four monts in
Liverpool, so I find myself enroll-
ed for a full school year here at
Cornell, hoping to complete work
for my Ph.D. degree in that time.
This is a beautiful section of the
country, Cornell is a splendid
school, the professors are most
kind and helpful, the people are
friendly, and we feel we shall
thoroughly enjoy our stay here. I
should be glad to see any of the
Exes who may be up this way. My
address is 373 Comstock Hall (En-
tomology Building). -
Well, Mc, I hope I have made up,
in a measure, for failing to answer
your several letters.
Sincerely.
Emory, C. Cushing
B.S. Sci., ’23, M.S. "28
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