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FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 2, 1945
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A Teasipper . . . But a Real Soldier
By Dick Goad
We are reprinting a letter written by a former Texas u.
student to the sports editor of the Austin American-States-
man which appeared in Wednesday’s issue of the Houston
Post. The former student is Pfc. Barrett H. Wyont who
is now serving in Germany with the United States forces.
His letter was dated January 4.
“I have a little story to tell you about the Texas Aggies
and the Texas Longhorns.
“I attended T. U. for three years prior to my enlist
ment in the army and during that time 1 was very closely
connected with the Longhorn football team. This naturally
made me as bitter an enemy of the ‘Farmers’ as they had.
Then I reported for basic training at Camp Maxey.
“The inevitable happened. Half of the company were
Texas Aggies and the other half were from Texas. Of course
we were bitter at first and fought to beat the others—so
much that the company turned out to be the best one in
camp.
“During our infantry training we became closer together
and that carried on to six months of training in the A. S. T.
P. at Ohio State university. As soon as this group of Texans
got away from Texas, the bond became tighter than ever
and it was no longer ‘Farmers’ and ‘Teasippers’ but just
Texans.
“From our training there we were shipped to an infantry
division training camp at Camp Swift and very shortly to
combat in Germany.
“Even if we couldn’t see or hear the annual Aggie-Long
horn game, we did the best we could and wagered a few small
bets. I won’t be able to collect some of those bets now, be
cause some of MY BUDDIES are no longer with us.
“Yes, they were my buddies ana cney were Aggies. I
may be condemned for that by some staunch Texas support
er, but when and if I get back to U. T., every Thanks-
game I attend I will face west and salute some of the best
friends I ever had. ’Gig ’Em Aggies.’
“PFC. BARRETT H. WYONT.”
I doubt if Pfc. Barrett will have to worry about some
staunch Texas u. supporter being childish enough to hold his
heartfelt confession against him. I don’t believe he even con
sidered the thought seriously when he wrote the words. Pfc.
Barrett probably didn’t care. The treasure he had found
was far greater than any staunch Texas u. supporter. He
had found life’s greatest treasure in a group of men who
were his friends, loyal and true as only real men can be;
as only real Aggies can be. Who could ask for more?
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Man, Your Manners
By I. Sherwood
This column is intended for the
students at A. & M. It tries faith
fully to give you rules on manners
that are practical for young men.
If you will read it regularly over
a period of months you will have a
reasonable knowledge of social
usage as it deals with introduc
tions, table manners, dates, man
ners in public, extending and re
ceiving courtesies, travel in war
time, etiquette for the groom-to-be,
and personal appearance.
The aim of all etiquette or rules
on manners should be the develop
ment of a kindly interest in and
consideration for others.
A leading woman’s magazine has
come out recently with a column
entitled “Manners and the Man.”
It deals with the same questions
young men ask of “Man, Your
Manners” column, but from the
girls’ viewpoint.
“Man, Your Manners” belongs to
you and questions will be answered
gladly, either through the column
or by mail, if an address is given.
The author feels that you young
men sincerely try and want to do
the correct thing socially and per
sonally and it is the hope of the
writer of this column that it will
be a simple and useful guide for
you.
PENNY’S SERENADE
By W. L. Penberthy
Saturday will see the end of
another semester in the speeded-
up program adopted by the college
at the start of the war. All of us
will want to take
stock so that we
; can evaluate what
; we have accom-
| plished. As the
' j result of this
^ i] check-up some of
\ 11 us will feel that
A ^ we did a good job
/ while others of us
' 4' will feel that we
, j fell below the
illicit goal we had set
m f 0 r ourselves.
Penberthy Th °se of us who
did poorly will have some ex
cuses for our failure to do better
but these excuses may not be good
reasons because all of us have
probably labored under some
handicaps.
No doubt all of us made some
mistakes during the term—I know
I did—but these should not bother
us too much if we are determined
to profit by them and not keep
on making the same mistakes.
As we face the new term we
will want to be mindful of our
previous weaknesses and try to
correct them. We will want to get
off to a good start which in my
opinion is half of the battle. We
will also want to develop the
habit of being dependable in our
every dealing and to make it a
habit to perform our every task
to the very best of our ability.
I have known many individuals
who performed well only those
duties in which they were inter
ested. Doing our best at all times
is a habit and personally I can
think of no finer compliment that
can be paid a young man than to
have it said that “A job assigned
him will be done and done right.”
Something to Read
By Edna B. Woods
The Bay of Silence
by Eduardo Mallea
Translated by Stuart E.
Grummon.
Modern Central and South Amer
ican novels are being translated
and published in the United States
in increasing numbers. Literary
prizes of various kinds are offered
to stimulate good writing. This
more subtle attempt to foster bet
ter relations with our “neighbors
to the South,” in my opinion, is
quite effective. For the fiction of
any generation is more reflective
of the life and ideas of its people
than is any other form of writing.
Understanding is the most desir
able goal.
Martin Tregua, the fictional hero
of the Bay of Silence, tells enough
of the story of Argentina, during
the thirteen years immediately pre
ceding the outbreak, of the present
World War, to make Argentina’s
actions since that time seem logical.
Martin Tregua’s story is of a
group of young intellectuals who
join together to publish a journal.
These young men, without political
or personal ambition, wrote to de
cry and protest the evils which
they believed to be permeating
their native land-the evils of poli
ticians, of money grabers, and of
the buyers and sellers of the hu
man integrity of the Argentines.
Yet even the journalistic staff was
not immuned from these evils, and
the entire project had to be aban
doned to prevent the Journal’s mis
use.
Most of Martin Tregua’s friends
are concerned more with ideas
than they are with things, con
sequently the characters of the
Bay of Silence are highly individu
alistic. His two best friends were
Anselmi and Jimenez. Jimenez,
restless and taut, worked at one
of the ministeries. Anselmi, a fel
low law student, more deliberate
and slow, was proportionately more
vital than Jimenez. For the most
part, the women who claimed Mar
tin Tregua’s acquaintance were
sophisticated careerist attempting
to overcome boredom. However,
the unhappy and disinterested Glo
ria Barbil deserves mention, since
with her Martin more closely ap
proached reality. The beautiful
unnamed wife of evil Senor Carde
nas, a daughter of one of Argen
tine’s old, aristocratic families, is
the’person to whom Martin addres
ses his entire story and this line,
as he writes: “You represented
the culmination of my deep aspira
tions for our countrymen; such
dignity, integrity, faith in the
nobler quality of an older Argen
tina, and scorn for the parvenue.”
This lady, of course, parallels
Eduardo Mallea’s hope for the
Argentina he loves and writes of.
Buenos Aires, the New York of
South America, is the scene of
most of the story. Its cosmopolitan
population, art life, society, great
wealth and utter poverty, its wa
ter front and post midnight ac
tivity create the atmosphere in
which these and other characters
express themselves. Eduardo Mal
lea portrays Buenos Aires con
vincingly and with real feeling.
This is the life of South American
intellect, of sophistication almost
French in essence. The Bay of
Silence retains even translation a
literacy much above average and
an actuality that carries the reader
with the characters within their
world. The Bay of Silence is well
, written and thoughtful. Its story
is important and full of meaning.
It is one of the best of the modern
South American novels.
Books Received By
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Literature:
Dictionary of World Literature;
criticism,—forms—technique, edi
ted by Joseph T. Shipley.
What are Masterpieces, by Ger
trude Stein.
The Poems of Alice Meynell.
Early Victorian Novelists, by
Lord D. Cecil.
Blood for a Stranger, by Ran
dall Jarrell.
Shakespeare’s Problem Come
dies; in this book Professor Law
rence has emphasized the impor
tance for an understanding of
Shakespeare’s plays, by William
W. Lawrence.
The Novels of Turgenev.
Religion:
The Great Century in Enrope and
the United States of America; a
history of the expansion of Christ
ianity, by Kenneth S. Latourette.
The Oxford Book of Christian
Verse, chosen and edited by Lord
D. Cecil.
Introduction to the Old Testa
ment; the only modem introduc
tion which combines a study of the
history and literature of the Old
Testament, by Robert H. Pfeiffer.
Sociology of Religion, by Joach
im Wach.
The Babylonian Talmud; edited
and translated from the original
Hebrew and Aramaic, by Leo Auer
bach.
Were You There When They
Crucified My Lord? by Allan R.
Crite.
Education:
The Role of Higher Education
in War and After, by J. Hillis Mil
ler and Dorothy V. N. Brooks.
Thirty Schools Tell Their Story.
Exploring the Curriculum, by
H. H. Giles, S. P. McCutchen and
A. N. Zechiel.
Appraising and Recording Stu
dent Progress, by Engene R. Smith,
Ralph W. Tyler.
Did They Succeed in College?
by Dean Chamberlin, Enid S. Cham
berlin, Neal E. Drought and Wil
liam E. Scott.
Sciences:
The Role of Scientific Societies
in the Seventeenth Century; third
edition, by Martha Ornstein.
The Chemistry of Cellulose, a
compendium and critical digest,
with due consideration of the mi
croscopic and submicroscopic struc
ture of the cellulose fiber, by Emil
Heuser.
The Vitamins in Medicine, by
Franklin Bicknell and Frederick
Prescott.
Electron-Optics, by Paul Hat-
schek.
Pressure Gauges ludicators,
Thermometers Pyrometers, by
James Smith.
Substitutes; a handbook of sub
stitutes and alternatives for chem
icals, metals, fibres and other com
mercial products, including a plan
for choosing proper substitutes, by
H. Bennett.
Biography:
J. Pierpont Morgan; an intimate
portrait, by Herbert L. Satterlee.
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Aggie Slanguage; Duties In Mess
Hall Explained to New Freshmen
By the time you read this you
will probably already have eaten
once or twice in the mess hall. If
you have, you must have noticed
that in order to get something to
eat, you have to learn the names
of various foods in “Aggie Slan
guage.” However, that is not all
you need to know about the mess
hall traditions.
When someone comes to your ta
ble to talk to an upperclassman,
get up and meet him. He may not
remember all the names at first,
but it won’t take long for him to
get to know you. Also, you should
always know everyone at your ta
ble. If someone who doesn’t usually
sit at your table happens to come
there, meet him, if he doesn’t beat
you to the draw.
The announcements in the mess
hall are made for your convenience.
Remember this, and don’t talk
while they are being made. It is
an upperclassman’s privilege to
not come to attention when they
are read.
Sometimes visitors will sit at
your table. When they do, always
learn their names; if they are la
dies, their escorts should introduce
them to everyone at the table.
Some of our names for food are a
little strong for outsiders, so call
the bull-neck “meat,” and the blood
“ketchup,” while you have visitors.
We only use “Slanguage” among
ourselves.
Always ask a sophomore for
your cush, if there is one at your
table. Also, when you want to
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leave, ask an upperclassman if you
may be excused. These are just
small things, but it will be good
for you to remember them.
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food first. When they are served,
pass the bowls around the table so
that everyone will get something
to eat. If you don’t do this, some
one usually ends up with a plate
full, and someone with nothing.
After you are the one with the
empty plate once or twice, you will
undoubtedly like this system.
These are the important rules of
the mess hall. You will probably
find others you must observe, but
these are the ones you cannot for
get. Obey these rules and everyone
will get more to eat, and you won’t
get into many arguments.
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