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TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1944
THE BATTALION
Page S
By Harold Borofaky
Battalion Sparta
Ags Bow to Longhorns Sat;
Chip Routt Visits Campus
Once more it was a story of
to* much height as the Texas
Ljonghorns took the Aggie cagers
in tow last Saturday night to the
tune of 77-40. Slater Martin of
the Longhorns, who leaves school
jshortly to join the Navy, tossed
jn the basket that enabled Texas
to break the scoring record of 75
points made in 1940 by Arkansas
against S. M. U.
The Ags were badly outclassed
all the way but kept pounding at
the Longhorn defense and never
stopped their lightning maneuv
ering until the final gun, racking
up a total of 40 points... High
point men for the Ags were Max
Mohnke and Don Deere with elev
en points each. Also outstanding
for the Cadets were Salibo, Ekas,
Wright and King.
A thrilling ending to the Rice-
Arkansas first game was the
week-end’s most talked about
topic. In the last seconds of play
the Owls went ahead on a free
shot 41-40. With four seconds re
maining in the game the Porkers
took the ball out of bounds at mid-
court. The ball was passed to
Nichols who shot from the center.
The gun sounded as the ball was
sailing through the ari, but the
basket seemed to be waiting there
when Nichols shot came flying
through, and Arkansas won 42-41.
The Owls evened the series up
the next night with a 67-41 win.
Here’s orchids to all the boys
who lettered for the Ags in this
season’s football race. The boys
deserve all the praise we can give
them. Let’s not forget those boys
who did not letter, but whose work
formed the backbone of the team
and will prove to be the stuff the
Aggie team is made of when the
’44 grid season rolls around.
For some reason there has been
an influx of Exes on the campus
in the last few days, and one of
them whom we noticed was “Chip”
Routt, famous Aggie tackle. Chip
and his brother Joe, who played
guard will long be remembered at
Aggieland. Chip was on the
mighty Aggie eleven of 1939
which, with “Jarrin John” Kim
brough at its head, took the na
tional title.
Marion Flanagan reports that
his knee is feeling much better
and that he hopes to play foot
ball again wherever the Navy
sends him, Texas University ex
cluded. Marion, as you know, is
in the V-12 program and is
scheduled to leave Aggieland at
the end of this semester.
In other cage games of the
week T. C. U. took Baylor by a
score of 47-38. S. M. U. remained
idle.
SPORTS REVIEW
By R. L. Weatherly
By R. L. Weatherly
-We are being ribbed endlessly
hy a certain Baylor sports editor
about the defeat that A. & M. suf
fered at the hands of Baylor; but
the game must be looked at from
all points... In the first place, A.
& M.’s basketball team, as was
so with the football team, is play
ing an all-civilian quint whereas
Baylor University is playing men
of the Armed Forces. Then too,
Baylor’s basketeers are boasted
by Marlin Hicks, a letterman
back from last year, while A. &
M. is playing games with not a
letterman on the team. Conse
quently, we wish that Carl Hoop
er would stop bellowing about the
great quint that Baylor has. After
all, Baylor could not put eleven
men on the gridiron whereas the
Aggies did alright with their all
civilian team.
Wednesday night the Baylor
bears will be host to Texas U.
This game should not be hard to
pick, for Baylor fell to Texas
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earlier in the season and guess
that history will repeat itself.
Friday night will find SMU in
Fayetteville to tangle with the
Arkansas Razorback®. Both of
these teams have lost a game to
the Rice Owls, but Arkansas is
known for its outstanding basket
ball quints and everything points
toward an Arkansas victory.
A. & M. will entertain Rice here
Saturday night in a game due to
be a thriller. Incidentally, Rice
boasts a fine player in Bill Henry,
elongated center for the Owls, who
is the leading scorer in the Con
ference. Texas will play T. C. U.
in Austin Saturday night in a
game that Texans should walk off
the victor.
TODAYS ETIKET LESSUN
(From Duffy's First Reader,
by Archie)
At a wed
ding it is im
polite to kiss
the bride more
than twice un
less you hap
pen to be (a)
(b) bigger than
the groom, or
the groom.
“The Western Conference is
happy because football fans insist
that the game be continued in 1944,
but this is something like asking
a confirmed toper if he wants a
drink.”
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Editor-in-Chief Pat Bradley
Press Culb Kep. Marvin Kaff
A RIVER FOR LIVING AND DEAD 1
Owen D. Baker
River of life, whose yellow tides
rush down rock strewn slopes;
River of death, whose powers have
crushed men’s hopes;
List’ to the voice of the trackers
on your yellow shore,
“Chor, Cor, Ai-yak, Chor.” 2
Oh river, whose waters gather
in highest hills
And change to torrents from
yellow rills
Hear the voice of the helpless
as arms widely fling,
“Chiu Ming, Chiu Ming!” 3
But you, Oh river, rush on
toward a murky sea.
Heedless and careless of each
man’s plea,
You smother them as on your pour,
and through yellow teeth say,
“More, More, give me more!”
That cry, though oft’ given
by the men of that land
Is smothered and crushed
by a gigantic hand,
The hand of the river; and
then a great laugh,
“I’ve killed, I’ve killed you—at last!”
Then down chasms with rocks
holding your tides,
O’er cataracts and falls
or with fields on your sides
They tried to crush you, but
they’ve only begun.
In the end you’ll say, “I won, I won.’
1 Yangtze River, China.
2 Chant of Chinese on shore who pull boats up the river with ropes.
3 Chiu Ming—“Save my life.”
At Ease., by Martin
By Martin
With only about eleven more
school days left to amend our sin
ful lives, the A. S. T. P. beavers
are really sharpening their teeth
and spanking their tales with
great gusto in preparation for the
final drive to pull the averages up.
Now, a beaver as translated from
the Air Corps vocabulary is meant
to mean any lad that bones over
the books and trys to hit the “A”
range in all courses. This type
of beaver should not be confused
with the A. S. T. P. specie. Our
beaver is any E. M. who dares to
get any mark about a 65% in an
exam. Our beaver sometimes even
gets so bold, he commits the un
forgivable sin of opening a text
book during a study period. The
A. S. T. P. beaver is always sym
bolized by his ever present coin—
helpful in flipping out answers on
true and false tests. While the
Have a “Coke” = Come, be blessed and be happy
.. .from Idaho to Iceland
Have a u Coke", says the American soldier in Iceland, and in three
words he has made a friend. It works in Reykjavic as it does in
Rochester. Be sure you have Coca-Cola in your icebox at home.
•Round the globe, Coca-Cola stands for the pause that refreshes
—has become the ice-breaker between kindly-minded strangers.
BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY
BRYAN COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY
Air Corps beaver is bucking for
“A” grades, our beaver is buck-
in gto stay off “A” deck of the
troop transport.
With the permission of the army
censors, I’d like to take a little
space to thank the lad that re
turned my identification bracelet
to the Sgt.’s table in the mess
hall. The loss of the bracelet was
of great concern to me and its re
turn was greatly appreciated.
Weighed and Found
To Be Wanting
Here we go grinding out another
batch for the good old A. S. T. P.
We should take time out to give
‘Doc’ Kelty a bouquet for writing
our column for Saturdays Batt.
Your columnist has just heard a
very favorable rumor that involv
es all of us in 2nd Co., so the least
we can do is sit tight and do the
best job of soldiering that we can.
Where have I heard something
about poor soldiering? . . . The
exams are being assigned thick
and fast for these last few weeks
of school. The least we can do
It Can Happen Here
Once in a great while the pro
verbial “worm” turns. Day after
day and class after class the Pro
fessor always seems to be one
step ahead of the students. You
just sit and stare at the black
board as if it were perfectly blank
even though it is crammed with
formulas and problems. Blindly
we copy word for word and in the
evening we puzzle out the mean
ing of our pages of notes.
In a certain Mechanics class
Saturday morning the teacher
struted proudly through the en
trance with the look of “the cat
that swallowed the canary”. The
room was so quiet you could hear
a snowflake hit the earth—if it
were snowing. We braced our
selves as the tension mounted. The
teacher’s voice cut the silence as
a dagger tearing through paper
on its way to the target. “Today
we shall take up variable forces
which you were lucky enough to
have omitted from your last exam.”
He rose from his throne, beaming
with contentment, and proceeded
to write some fantastic equation
when suddenly W. J. H. struck
with our most potent weapon—
The Assignment Sheet. To the
pleasant surprise of all—that one
paragraph was to be omitted
from our daily assignment. The
shock was too much for our teach
er so he again seated himself and
told us to do the homework for
next time. Yes, the class unani
mously agreed to present him with
a new T. S. card. It may happen
only once a term, but it is one
occurance that remains in our
minds for a long time to come,
apd it gives us plenty of laughs.
is ‘bone it’ until the axe falls and
then let it fall where it will. Never
say die. . . . Somebody has just
said something about Sinatra over
the radio. That did it! That is
the reason this stuff is stale. He
contaminates the air waves. It
has been suggested that a blood
plasma bank be organized so that
some of the fellows could get a
shot after the week-ends, but so
far no forward steps have been
taken. . . . More about plasma at
Barkley. . . . Sweet looking group
of femmes here for the dance last
Saturday night. life isn’t so dull
when a guy has a date once in a
while. By the way Deets . . . .
what kind of a date did you have
anyway?. . . . Isn’t it hacking
when you have a beautiful day for
pictures and a whole roll of film;
the pictures are taken with their
various poses then finally after
number eight has been taken you
discover that the camera had not
been working properly. For sale:
one camera—J. A. ‘Honet John’
Hennessy. . . . Taps for now.
AMERICAN HEROES
BY LEFF
“Coke”= Coca-Cola
It’s natural for popular names
to acquire friendly abbrevia
tions. That’s why you hear
Coca-Cola called “Coke”.
As our guns groped blindly for vital enemy targets in Tunisia,
Sergeant Donald V. Peterson of South Minneapolis crept beyond our
lines. Snipers and machine guns raked the ground, but he pushed on,
snaked forward into view of our targets. Sheltered from withering
fire by one small hush, he radioed fire command?^ and our guns bat
tered the enemy. His country recognized Peterson’s bravery with the
Silver Star. You can recognize it with another War Bond.
U. S, Trtasury Deportment
Colleges of Nation
Report Losses of
30.5 Per Cent Total
Medical and Military
Schools Show an All-
Time High in Students
As of November, full-time civil
ian students in 674 approved col
leges and universities totaled 460,-
849 as against last year’s 750,233;
and grand totals of students, in
cluding part-time and summer ses
sion attendance, in 671 institutions
were 746,831 in contrast to last
year’s 1,074,983, Dr. Raymond
Walters, president of the Universi
ty of Cincinnati, announced in his
twenty-third annual survey of
college attendance in America.
These losses, amounting to 38.6
per cent in full-time attendance and
30.5 in grand totals, would be much
greater if women had not flocked
to colleges and universities in un
usual numbers this fall, he point
ed out. In full-time enrollments in
representative types of institutions,
67 per cent of civilian students are
women, practically two out of ev
ery three.
“In five broad fields—arts and
sciences, engineering, commerce,
agriculture and teachers college—
there are 92,240 freshman women
in representative institutions as
compared with 86,234 in 1942, a
gain of 6.5 per cent; whereas there
are only 48,609 freshman men in
these fields as compared with 130,-
143 a year ago, a loss of 62.6 per
cent,” he stated.
Dr. Walters’ figures showed that
graduate schools, law schools, and
teachers colleges show decreases
whereas medical schools, with
their civilian and military students,
report an all-time high.
“Considering sodier and sailor
students aggregating approximate
ly 300,000 in the nation as a
whole, these men in uniform and
the large attendance of women
serve to keep the United States
full-time enrollment up to approx
imately the diminished level of
1942,” he said.
In civilian full-time totals, the
University of California, with all
branches, continues as the nation’s
largest, with 11,245 men and wom
en, and Columbia University, New
York City, has jumped from last
year’s sixth place to second with
9,236 students. Other's among the
25 largest in full-time attendance
are, in this diminishing order; Uni
versity of Minnesota, 7,288; New
York University, 6,874; Ohio State
University, 6,445; Univei’sity of Il
linois, 6,159; University of Michi
gan, 6,031; Hunter College, 5,636;
University of Texas, 5,548; Uni
versity of Wisconsin, 5,264; Brook
lyn College, 5,167; College of the
City of New York, 5,164; Wayne
University, 4,765; University of
Washington, 4,090; Louisiana State
University, 3,930; Northwestern
University, 3,772; Temple Univer
sity, 3,763; University of Pitts
burgh, 3,716; Boston University,
3,657; Syracuse University, 3,622;
University of Chicago, 3,504; Penn
sylvania State College, 3,270; Cor
nell University, 3,168; Indiana Un
iversity, 3,141; United States Naval
Academy, 3,043.
In his analysis of full-time civil
ian enrollment by geographical
areas, Dr. Walters noted the small
est loss among the 116 institutions
OFFICIAL NOTICES
Classified
LOST—A large bunch of key
tra large tool box, key attach
please bring to Student Activities Office
key attacl
rge tool
rinp
or to Carpenter Shop. Reward.
with an
ed. Finder
LOST—Slide Rule 954566 (4081-3 Log
Dectrig Duplex. T. B. Roxburgh, Room
423, No. 16. Left in Aggieland Pharmacy
Wednesday afternoon at 3:00. Reward.
LOST—Wrist watch with crystal broken
it, winder bent, and has light brown
leather stiffened band without buckle. Was
out, winder bent, and has
left in the telephone booth of Aggieland
Pharmacy, Saturday afternoon, Jan. 15,
1944, around five o’clock. Has high senti
mental value. Finder please return it to
G-14 Walton or write to Box 1397. Re
ward will be given. George J. Mellina.
FOR SALE—Diamond. Suitable for Sen
ior ring. See Dillon, A-9 Walton.
LOST-—Small Round Pickard wrist watch
with brown leather band. Reward. K. W.
Hendricks, Room 12, Milne r Hall.
$50 — WAR BOND REWARD — $50
Taken from the front of the Physics
Building Tuesday, Jan. 11, 1944, one man’s
bicycle painted red (not maroon) and
trimmed in white, 26x2.125 tires look like
new, narrow chrome finish, sweephack
handle bar with pointed black rubbergrips.
pt
single fork welded at shouldi
part unpainted at weld, white plastic
chainguard, broken at rear support, new
unpainted Jiffystand, place on
broken and patched with whit'
cash reward for information leading
the return of this bicycle, or a $50.00 ■
bond reward given for return of bicycle
and the apprehension of the person taking
the bicycle. Phone 4-7979.
rear tire
e tap. $10
Announcements
SENIOR RINGS: The January order of
senior rings has arrived and those stu
dents who expect a ring in this ship
ment may get it at the Registrar’s Of
fice.
H. L. Heaton, Registrar.
The New Comers Club will meet at the
Red Cross Rooms on Wednesday at 2:30
to make surgical dressings.
of the South Atlantic division
(Delaware, Maryland, District of
Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia,
North and South Carolina, Georgia
and Florida, where the 63,685 stu
dents are 30.4 less than last year.
The largest loss was among the
43 institutions reporting in the six
New England states, (Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massa
chusetts, Rhode Island and Con
necticut,) where the 31,893 stu
dents represent a drop of 45.6 per
cent.
FEATl RED ON WTAW.
All roads lead to the BLUE Net
work’s Su. day night “Radio Hall
of Fame.” The eagle-eyed scouts,
who hear all and see all, even
tually land tlie best entertainers
on this sprightly full-hour pro
gram. For instance, Ginny
Simms, the young lady at the top
of this caption.
The Blackland Praries comprise
11 million acres of dark soils in
eastern Texas.
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a Fair Trade
The Bryan Banks will be closed Wednesday, Jan.
19, in observance of the birthday of Robert E. Lee,
a legal holiday.
CITY NATIONAL BANK
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JANUARY 22, 1944