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THE BATTALION
“The End” Not the End for Egyptian
Mummy in Francis Hall Collections
“This is the end!”
It would be interestnig indeed to
know how many times these words
had been penned by young- and dis
illusioned poets—youngsters who us
ually think they have lived life when
in reality they probably have made
but a start on the great adventure.
But they should go over to Francis
hall—one flight up to the big room
in the right wing—to see the relic of
an Egyptian mummy on display there.
Perhaps this mummy too once had
an idea that the end had come. Per
haps he too once laughed and scowled,
sang and mumbled. Perhaps he reach
ed the height that few men ever at
tain—the ruler of men. And perhaps
he too committed that folly which is
the bane of mankind and fell in love.
But perhaps, for there is no one to
know, our mummy wasn’t a “he” af
ter all.
But for the mummy there is no end.
Long years after his compatriots had
lain him to rest in his pyramid if he
was king, and in his common grave
if he wasn’t, prying hands came ruth
lessly to tear away the veil of the
grave. Eager fingers tore open the
intricate and beautifully designed
mummy case to see if there were trea
sures to be found within. Whether the
riches were found is a matter of con
jecture, for even the story of the mum
my is lost.
The mummy came to College Sta
tion from Wichita Falls where Dr.
Mark Francis once bought the entire
stock of a museum there. At first
visitors were allowed to gather around
the relic and to touch it here and
there, but the great American pest,
the souvenir hunter, plucked a piece of
fabric here and attempted to chip off
a piece of the wooden case there. The
mummy’s toes were broken off, and
now lie forlornly on top of some of
the wrappings. The mummy, lying in
half of his case, now is protected from
the public’s reach by an array of dis
play cases, and visitors can come with
in only about four or five feet of the
remains.
The mummy case by itself would
make a very interesting exhibit. Light
wooden pegs instead of nails are used
to hold the parts together, and traces
of the hieroglyphics and other beauti
ful art work still can be seen on the
top despite stains of time and of wear.
There are other things of interest
too in the Francis hall museum if only
the casual visitor were to take the
time to see them. In the same room
with the mummy there are facial
masks of approximately fifty types
of human beings, probably the most
interesting of which is that of a burly
Welsh miner. At first glance one would
think it to be the reproduction of the
most savage of apes. The skeleton of
Leo, once inhabitant of the defunct
Aggieland zoo, also stands in state
in this room, not farm from two hu
man skeletons draped from the ceil
ing.
Downstairs can be found mounted
remains of calves who died from the
same disease from which many girls
and boys suffer—swelled head. One of
the three exhibits of two-headed calves
bears the placard:
“Two minds with but a single
thought.
Two hearts that beat as one.”
Mounted remains of mastodons can
be found in almost every room—tusks,
teeth, heads. Last summer an expert
pieced together parts of a mastodon
skeleton found near Waco and now
the entire skull of the beast is on dis
play.
The Francis hall museum usually is
open to sightseers during both the
morning and afternoon hours.
Criticizes Wisconsin
Experimental College
MADISON, Wis.—As plans were be
ing made here to investigate the re
sults thus far of Experimental college
at the University of Wisconsin with
a view either to abandonment or ex
tension of the experiment, The Nation,
New York weekly, on March 25 pub
lished an article of criticism of the
college by Eliseo Vivas, of the Univer
sity of Wisconsin, along with a re
joinder by Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn,
who began the experiment in the fall
of 1927.
The import, briefly, of Vivas’ ar
ticle is that the Experimental college
thus far as proved capable of giving
only a more or less superficial edu
cation to its students. Dr. Meikle
john replies that now, when the uni
versity is attempting to find out what
has been done thus far, is no time for
criticism of the college by a professor
who is not entirely familiar with its
workings or results.
Described briefly, the plan of the
Experimental college is as follows
(keeping in mind that it is experimen
tal and subject to what even changes
the administration believes advisable):
It is a two-year course, to which
only students of the right type are
admitted, taking up the first two
years of college. The course of study is
based on two great civilizations— that
of the Greeks, and that of the modern
United States. All other study hinges
about this.
Vivas contends in his article in
The Nation, that it has been demon
strated that the students in the col
lege are inclined to lack experience
in that sort of study which demands
decipline, that the teachers, because
■they are rather young, are not spe-
-cialists in their subjects, and chat dis
cussions by the students are apt to be
a superficial means of obtaining an
education.
Dr. Meiklejohn replies, that while
he is not entering into a debate as to
the merits of the criticism, the stu
dent discussions are only a part of the
course of study, that frequent re
ports are required on outside reading.
LUMBER LECTURE
All engineering and architectural
junior and senior students were ex
cused from ten o’clock classes on Tues
day, March 31, for the purpose of at
tending' a lecture on “Lumber and Its
Uses,” by D. R. Brewster, lumber util
ization engineer to the National Lum
ber Manufacturers’ Association. Mr.
Brewster spoke to students in petro
leum engineering earlier in th emorn-
ing on “Uses of Lumber in the Oil
Industry.”
TECHNOSCOPE
Third issue of the year of the Tech
noscope, engineering school student
quarterly magazine, will be published
the latter part of the week. The final
number for the school year will appear
just before the Second Annual Engi
neering Day scheduled for May 9.
April 5
Is Easter!—
Drop in and let us
show you our line of
Straws—
Dobbs and
Townsend Grace
$2.00 to $8.50
Sailors, Yachts and
Panamas
T. K* Lawrence Inc.
Bryan, Texas
Itain Causes Delay in
Choral Club Departure
Jupiter Pluvius, erractic old gentle
man who refuses to rain on Tuesdays
and Thursdays, redeemed himself in
part for part of the cadet corps Mon
day when his efforts on dirt roads be
tween College Station and Belton
caused the Baylor Belton Choral club
to remain overnight on the campus
Monday. The group left here for
their home station about eight o'clock
Tuesday morning a special Greyhound
bus.
The Choral club presented their con
cert at the Assembly hall Monday
night, thus bringing a ten day road
trip to a close. Their itinerary includ
ed Austin, San Antonio, Sinton, Cor
pus Christi, Alice, Robstown, Goliad,
Galveston, Freeport, Houston (short
broadcast over radio station KPRC),
and College Station.
It was the eighteenth annual tour
of the Choral club, but also was the
first time in several years that a per
formance had been given at A and
M. The college Y M C A, sponsors of
the Choral club visit here, entertain
ed the young ladies with a reception
following the performance.
Abandonment of prohibition in favor
of a system holding liquor dealers re
sponsible for damage done by their
patrons while under the influence of
liquor is advocated by Dr. Robert C.
Binkley, professor of history at Flora
Stone Mather college of Western Re
serve university.
Shylock Not Usurer,
Lefkowitz Points Out
Shakespeare, in his play “The Mer
chant of Venice,” erred considerably
in portraying Shylock as the money
lender, and Ludwig Lewissohn proved
it in his book, “The Last Days of
Shylock,” Dr. David Lef kowitz, Tem
ple Emanuel rabbi of Dallas, told mem
bers of the Hillel club Sunday night
while reviewing Lewissohn’s work. In
reality, Dr. Lefkowitz pointed out, Shy
lock was the victim and a Christian
was the money lender.
Dr. Lefkowitz founded the Hillel
Club here and expressed surprise over
the growth and the work of that or
ganization.
The Spring’
Round-up
A special spring round-up at
the Methodist Church, last
ing just five evenings, from
Wednesday April 1 through
Easter Sunday, April 5.
Rev. F. E. Few of Hunts
ville will do the preaching.
Services each evening at
6:45.
CEASE FIRING!
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STEPPBIMG i WTO A fViOOER.IV WORLD
Striking a balance
for a H,000,000,000 industry
**On a large scale” describes account-
ingin the Bell System, whose properties
cost more than $4,000,000,000.
On the outgo side are, for example,
four or five hundred million dollars
annually for new construction; vast
sums for keeping telephone equipment
in good order; a payroll running into
hundreds of millions a year. Under in
come are such diverse items as a few
cents for a local telephone call, or thirty
dollars and upward for a call to a city
across the Atlantic.
The men responsible for this phase of
the telephone business have worked out
scientific methods of control—but their
effort to refine old practices and devise
new ones goes on. The opportunity is there!
A NATION-WIDE
BELL SYSTEM
SYSTEM
INTER-CONNECTING
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