THE BATTALION
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BABYLONIAN GODS
GIVEN TO SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT
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SIKES AND HUNT
RETURN FROM TRIP
TO CALIFORNIA
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elusive hotels in the West. The rest
of the day was spent in seeing the
Golden Gate City, with its many
sights for the traveler.
On Sunday, Christmas day, the rest
of the members of the Western team
arrived, and they had a light workout
in the morning. The afternoon and
evening were given over to sight see
ing and entertainment. The players
were also presented their sweaters at
this time.
The members of the team were en
tertained at the Olympic Club, the
second oldest athletic club in America,
and were given the use of that club’s
equipment during their stay. All of
their expenses were paid by their
hosts, the Shriners, and the entire city
was open to them.
After the game, in which the Texas
men took an outstanding part, they
were entertained at a banquet given
for the teams of the East and the
West at the Olympic Country Club.
Afterward the party returned to the
Mark Hopkins Hotel for further en
tertainment.
On the return trip Hunt and Sikes
spent two days in Los Angeles, visit
ing Hollywood and seeing the sights
of that movie center in general.
Reaching El Paso Friday, December
30, they were met by Ox Deiterich and
other friends. Stopping in El Paso
for three days, they visited friends
and relatives and took in the sights of
the border city, spending New Years
Eve in Jaurez, Mexico. They reached
College Station January 3, 1928, just
twenty days after their starting date.
During their journey Hunt and
Sikes saw the canyons and peaks of
Colorado, the Salt Lake of Utah, and
the wonderful scenery of California.
Their route took them over the high
est point in the United States while
they were going to San Francisco and
through the lowest, Death Valley, on
their return.
The trophies brought back as gifts
of the Shriners of San Francisco in
cluded sweaters, jerseys, blankets,
socks and rings. The sweaters are
white, with stripes of blue and bear
ing the insignia of their team. The
blankets are the official Shrine blank
ets. The rings are heavy gold, hand
engraved, and bearing a setting of
Russian amethyst, with the inscrip
tion, “East-West Football 1927” on
the outer surface and “Presented by
Islam Temple, San Francisco,” on the
inner side. The jerseys and socks
were those worn in the game.
Gift to Department Made by Famous
Archaeologist.
Three ancient Babylonian gods have
recently been procured for the College
Museum by Dr. O. M. Ball, Professor
of Biology of the A. and M. College of
Texas. These statutes, dating from
as far back as 2400 B. C., were ob
tained through Professor Edgar
James Banks, of Eustis, Florida, well
known Assyriologist, who has spent
his life in studying the archaeology
of Babylonia.
Professor Banks states that these
gods were all found in, the ruins of
the temple of the Goddess Ishtar in
Warka, the ancient Biblical city of
Erech, and he guarantees them to be
originals. Waraka was the center of
the worship of Ishtar, and in con
nection with her temple was a manu
factory of statues of the gods. They
were made by the temple priests and
sold to the people who placed them in
their homes for worship. These gods
are identical with those Rachel stole
from her father, Laban, Gen. XXXI,
19:34. To steal them was punishable
by death, according to the code of
Hammurabi.
These three statuettes are of the
Goddess Ishtar; one shows her with
an elaborate headdress, the costume
of the middle Babylonian empire. In
her left arm she is holding a monkey;
statues of monkeys have frequently
been found and seem to have been
used as gods. In another, the god
dess is in a reclining position and
holds a cup in her hand. The third
is a beautifully formed, nude figure
with a vase in her hands. All of them
bear the marks of time.
WALTONS HOSTS TO SENIORS
AT RECEPTION.
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The Aggieland Orchestra furnished
music that lent greatly to the en
joyment of all. Sandwiches, tea,
olives, nuts, and fruit cake were
served to all those present. From the
number of sandwiches consumed by
some of the fellows, one might have
taken the reception to have been an
informal feed instead of an informal
reception, but it really didn’t matter
for any cadet is the same as at home
while in the home of Dr. and Mrs.
Walton.
This is the first occasion in which
the Seniors have had the pleasure of
being the guests of Prexy and it was
the unanimous vote of all that it was
one of the best receptions any of them
have been to during their sojourn
here.
MY GIRL
I love her wind-blown boyish tresses,
Her short and most audacious dresses;
The naughty, naughty way she talks,
The way she dances and the way she
walks;
The way she rolls her filmy hose
And dabs the powder on her nose;
The angle of her cigarettes,
The devil in her when she pets;
For behind the rouge and paint
She is wistful, young and quaint;
Doesn’t guess it, wouldn’t care,
But I know my dear is there.
Absurdest slippers, latest curl,
I wouldn’t change her—she’s my girl.