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"Fish Sergeant," Book About
A. &M., To Be Published Soon
Virginia Military Institute has"fDepartment,
its “Biother Rat,” Culver has its Aggie
“Tom Brown,” and now the largest
military school of its kind in the
•world is coming into its own with
a book concerning activities be
hind its walls.
Although not a novel, the book
is composed of letters that any
member of the “Fish” class might
write home to friends and par
ents during the year, bringing in
the traditions of the school as well
as a chronological history of this
school year.
The very appropriate title of
“Fish Sergeant” has been select
ed for the book by its author,
John O. Pasco, a graduate assist
ant in the Mechanical Engineering
for the
Pasco, who is not an
except by adoption, hails
from Kentucky, and there’s a very
curious tale as to why he came
to Texas A. & M. and also why
he wrote the book.
This past summer Pasco was
working at the New York World’s
Fair demonstrating an automatic
coal stoker, when he and several
friends noticed that most of the
good-looking girls who visited their
exhibit were from Texas. “Good-
loodiing girls up East are a rarity,
and you notice any that are beau
tiful,” Pasco relates. He had made
application in March for a posi
tion at Texas A. & M., and one
day going home on the subway he
had the opportunity to talk to a
Texas girl and find out about the
place. On the subway were a
group of Southern belles, members
of some delegation from Texas,
who had on boots and typical
Texas regalia. In answer to his
questions about the school, Pasco
was told that all he needed to
rate in Texas was to be a gradu
ate of Texas A. & M.
That was enough to satisfy him.
Next day he mailed the five months
delayed application. Result: he’s
teaching in the Mechanical Engi
neering Department now and likes
the school so well he has written
and is publishing a book concern
ing it. The book is going to the
printers this week apd should be
be available before the end of
school. The selling price will de
pend up the number published, but
will in no case exceed $1.00 per
copy.
“Fish Sergeant” concerns a fish
who enrolled in Texas A. & M. in
September, 1939, and follows his
activities by letters from that time
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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1940
Models Help Flying Cadets Gain Aviation Knowledge
Exact model airplanes of the full-size basic training planes are often employed in teaching military
aviation to new classes of Flying Cadets at Randolph Field, Texas, home of the Army Air Corps Primary
Flying School.
The models simplify the course of flying training and eliminate the loss of many precious minutes in
the air when a student pilot fails to understand the principles involved in any particular gyration.
Qualified young Americans between the ages of 20 and 27 make up the corps of Flying Cadets at
Randolph Field, the “West Point of the Air”. While in training each Flying Cadet receives $75 per
month, uniform, board and lodging, medical care and all other necessary services.
Movies Misrepresent True College
Life Showing Only Frivolous Side
Stage and screen versions of col-'f
lege life are largely responsible for
the many illusions about college
which are acquired by high school
students.
Naturally, movie producers in
clude in their productions only
those phases of college life which
appeal to movie fans.
They play up spectacular football
games, proms, bull sessions, mis
chievous escapades, and “boy meets
girl” episodes. Dramatized class
room scenes show students sleep
ing or writing letters while eccen
tric professors expatiate upon bor
ing subjects.
Picture and stage products no
ticeably ignore the book reports
and themes and notebooks which
are always due, the hours which
must be spent in the library poring
over research books and diction
aries, the close attention which
must be given to professors in the
classroom, the sleepless nights of
studying before exams, and the
anxious waiting for the 10-hour
list to be posted.
through the year. The compila
tion of letters not only tells the
traditions of A. & M. as they im
press the freshman, but because of
its form, is also a chronological
history of the activities of this
year. Elmer Hook, “Fish” Hook
to Aggies, writes about his first
night on the campus, his election
to the “honored” position of fish
sergeant, the resulting scraps in
which he is involved, the corps
trip to Fort Worth, and the Band
trip to Arkansas. “Fish” Hook
is remarkably impressed by the
Armistice Day ceremony and a trip
to Denton. He tells in his letters
about football games, the Sugar
Bowl Game and New Orleans, the
Bonfire, Christmas Party, Corps
Dances, Final Review, and numer
ous other incidents and traditions
of the college. The book makes a
good history of this year’s activi
ties for any Aggie, and into the
history is woven the traditions and
atmosphere which makes A. & M.
the school it is. It will make read
ing for all Aggies, and would be
a good guide to friends and non-
Aggies.
Pasco based the events related in
his book on some of the activities
reported to him by his freshman
mechanical engineers and on var
ious news items appearing in The
Battalion and other publications.
He has thus succeeded in captur
ing the spirit of A. & M. in this
manner, as actually presented by
freshmen and student publications.
Pasco hails from Kentucky,
where he got his B. S. degree in
M. E. in the University of Ken
tucky. Since then he has worked
for the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
way, as an engineer, until the
summer of 1939. Last summer he
worked at the World’s Fair and
decided to come to Texas after
the incident related. The military
part of A. & M. is not entirely
new to Pasco, as he holds a com
mission received upon graduation
from Kentucky.
The book will contain 125 pages
with 10 illustrations by Gertrude
Babcock, the artist who painted
the murals recently completed in
the Agricultural Engineering Build
ing.
Aggie True Story
Contest Progressing
The contest recently announced
by Walter Sullivan is reported to
be progressing as favorably as can
be expected. The idea behind the
contest, as was stated in the pre
vious announcement, is to gather
material for a book to be entitled
“Interesting Experiences of Texas
Aggies”. Essentially the stories
must be true, and the experience
must have occurred since the stu
dent’s first matriculation at A. &
M.
Any type of experience can be
considered as eligible, and all will
be judged by an impartial commit
tee solely on genuine interest.
All experiences should be turned
in to Sullivan (Box 764, campus),
who is offering $10.00 and $5.00
for the first and second best as
judged by the committee.
At present many students of the
English Department are entering
the contest; Sullivan wants it
known that all Aggies (present
and “ex”) are welcome to become
contestants.
The contest closes May 10.
Men Who Are Men
Is What Gals Want
PORTALES, N. M.—(AGP)—
Whether or not it is true, as some
one has written, that “women are
making gigolos, lounge lizzards
and dress-maker models of men,” it
is one hundred per cent true that
both men and women at Eastern
New Mexico College prefer men
who are mannerly. This is the
conclusion drawn from personality
survey of likes and dislikes of
students enrolled in general psy
chology courses conducted by Mrs.
Lou Berkness.
Each student checked 30 person
ality traits of a person liked and
disliked, both of their own and the
opposite sex. Women voted one
hundred per cent for men who were
friendly, honest, and intelligent.
Cheerfulness is a necessary trait
for men and women, too, if the
vote of the men students is an in
dicator of preference; and cer
tainly the “beautiful but dumb”
maid is not the popular one for
the men.
Eighty-five per cent of the men
like an intelligent girl and fifty
per cent admit that THE best girl
is not beautiful.
Men are almost unanimous in
their choice of the girl who is en
tertaining, generous, and loyal.
While men prefer women who are
cheerful, they also demand the
same quality among friends of
their own sex. Women demand one
hundred per cent loyalty from their
sex.
Neither men nor women like one
who is rude, the survey showed.
West Virginia University will
have 21 visiting instructors from
as many colleges at its summer ses
sions.
First atom-smasher at a wom
an’s college is being installed at
Smith.
Heads Permian
Basin Aggies
A. B. Knickerbocker, ’21
Arthur B. Knickerbocker, ’21, of
Odessa, is president of the Permian.
Basin A. & M. Club in that area,
and in his spare time owner of
the Knickerbocker Construction
Company. He and Mrs. Knicker
bocker and their two children have
recently completed a beautiful new
home in Odessa.
The Permian Basin A. & M. Club
takes in enough territory in that
part of Texas to comprise a state
of its own and meets monthly. Oth
er officers include E. A. Crites, ’22,
of Crane; Steve Debnam, ’26, of
Midland, vice presidents; and Del-
vin Brockett, ’34, Odessa, secretary-
treasurer.
The following men are directors
of the club and represent the club
in their respective localities: E. V.
Spence, ’ll, Big Spring; W. B.
Harkrider, .’20, Midland; T. J.
Dwyer, ’12, Odessa; R. G. Holley,
’33, Crane; J. M. Orman, ’32, Iraan;
D. B. Courville, ’27, Wickett; L.
G. Winder, ’28, Wink; P. C. Shands,
’35, Kermit; N. C. Simpson, ’33,
Goldsmith.
President Knickerbocker is still
remembered as one of the greatest
quarterbacks in Southwest Confer
ence history
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North Gate
Southwestern Sheep, Goat Raisers
To Meet Here First Time in October
For the first time in the history-f-college plant and equipment, es
pecially in regard to animal hus-
of A. & M. College the directors
of the Southwestern Sheep and
Goat Raisers’ Association, which
is composed of nearly 10,000 ranch
men, will visit A. & M. in a group
as guests of the college. The meet
ing will be held October 17, 18 and
19. While here the association will
hold its regular quarterly bus
iness meeting.
More than 100 directors with
their wives, of the 150 directors of
the association, are expected to be
on hand for the three-day pro
gram. President T. O. Walton and
Col. Ike Ashburn will act as hosts
for the college.
The primary reason for the visit
of the directors to A. & M. College
is to inspect the new wool scour
ing plant which is being installed
on the second floor of the Textile
Building. The association has al
ways maintained a keen interest
in the scouring plant at A. & M.
College and fostered the movement
to form the new wool scouring
plant and to obtain the expensive
equipment for it. The new plant,
as was the old, is under the man
agement of S. P. Davis, range ani
mal husbandryman of the • Texas
Experiment Station.
The directors are expected to ar
rive on Thursday, October 17, and
will be entertained with a program
that night. The business session of
the club will be held Friday morn
ing and the afternoon and evening
will be taken up with a tour of the
campus and an inspection of the
bandry. Entertainment for the wiv
es of the directors will include
garden club lectures, greenhouse
visits, and other activities. The
visit will close Saturday with a
meeting of the directors. Most of
the directors are expected to re
main on the campus for the T. C.
U.-A. & M. football game to be
held that afternoon on Kyle Field.
The Southwestern Sheep and
Goat Raisers’ Association is the
largest livestock association in Tex
as and the Southwest and is prob
ably the largest association of its
kind in the United States.
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