The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, June 28, 1945, Image 3

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    THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 28, 1945
THE BATTALION
Page 3
The Indiscriminate Thumb Has No
Place in Aggie Hitch-Hiking Code
For the benefit of the new stu
dents and those old students who
have yet to adapt themselves to
the Aggie method of hitch-hiking.
The Battalion presents this article
on hitch-hiking procedure. The
rules are very simple and the
method is fair to everyone trying
to catch a ride. This subject is
brought up each semester to in
form new students and remind old
ones. It is especially important
this semester because many will
be hitch-hiking on week-ends due
to the lack of entertainment offer
ed during the summer on the cam
pus. hese rules of thumbing hold
true in any place that an Aggie
may go.
The first and main law is court
esy. A hitch-hiker meets everyone
in the line if the line is not too
large, or everybody near him in
case it is a large line. He intro
duces himself to all the people in
the car which picks him up, and
in case there is motor trouble or
tire trouble, the Aggie is required
to offer his assistance. Above all,
he must NOT desert the members
of the car in case of some diffi
culty. When leaving the car, he
thanks the driver and reminds the
other passengers of the pleasure
of having met them; in each event,
calling everyone by his name.
On Aggie corners, a line of bags
is formed in the order that the
hitch-hikers arrive. The leading
man, who is the first in line, should
be the only one on the edge of
the pavement to thumb. All the
others will remain away from the
highway, if possible and wait for
a car to stoy. When one does stop,
the leading man asks the driver
where he is going and how many
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riders he can accommodate. This
information is then relayed to the
others and the next man in line
gets the chance for the ride. If
one of these men should not ac
cept the ride, the next successive
man gets the same chance.
The worst and most frequent
violation of hitch-hiking rules is
upstreaming. Upstreaming is the
act of thumbing above the legiti
mate line. It is unfair to those
who -are in the line because the
driver will naturally pick up first
the thumbers who present them
selves to him ahead of the others.
However, there are no restrictions
on going downstream to solicit a
ride. Downstream means that a
person can go to any place be
yond the line and thumb a ride;
for example, cadets may down
stream the Houston line at the East
Gate by walking on down toward
Navasota.
The Aggie line ior uallas, Fort
Worth, and points north, is in
Bryan at the North corner of the
courthouse on the curbing of the
Baptist Church. The Houston line
and points south is at the South
fork of the road at the East Gate.
For information concerning Ag
gie lines in various other cities,
upper-classmen should be con
sulted.
The impression that is made by
an Aggie upon the host who picks
him up, may or may not insure
future rides for other Aggies, so
every effort should be made to
create a favorable impression of
A. & M. and the cadets. Attention
is brought to the fact that an
Aggie should watch his language,
and every courtesy should be ex
tended to the passengers, especial
ly the ladies. Do not smoke with
out asking permission, and in case
it is granted, be prepared to offer
each fellow passenger a cigarette.
This system of hitch-hiking was
inaugurated a number of years ago
when the Aggie corps was around
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seven thousand. With so many
cadets seeking rides out of this
vicinity on week-ends, congestion
was at its peak; and so the only
solution lay in this system. With
automobiles so scarce at the pres
ent time, the same old system is
even more desirable in order to
assure everyone a ride as quickly
as possible.
—BOOKS—
(Continued From Page 2)
atrocities which the Germans in
flicted on them and in doing so,
eventually broke down the entire
unit of occupation sent there from
Germany.
FROSSIA, which was published
also in 1944, is more like the typi
cal Russian novel. Edith Almedin-
gen, the author, 46 years of age,
was born in St. Petersburg, Rus
sia, and escaped from there to
Italy in 1923, along with other
White Russians who fled when the
Revolution broke out.
Unlike our author, the heroine
of FROSSIA (nickname for Eu-
phrosynia Pavlovna) returns to
Petrograd, the city of her birth
and youth, to become a part of
the Post-Revolutionary society.
Her family had fled to Kiev and
she with them. There, her Grand
mother, who acted as head of the
family, decided that life was hope
less for them in Red Russia and
proceeded to destroy the family
painlessly but permanently. Her
plan worked successfully, except
for Frossia, who obsessed with the
will to live at any price, escaped
her grandmother. Eventually Fros
sia managed to return to Petro
grad.
A love for Russia more powerful
than all other emotions keeps Fros
sia alive and fighting in a city
which remains ’ a mere graveyard
of the city she knew in her child
hood. Frossia’s friends, the Pami-
kovs, a couple of old-guard aristo
crats, lived on the meagre rations
they could obtain by relinquishing
their personal possessions, one by
one. Supposedly the State had con
fiscated all articles of value with
the onset of the Revolution, but
it was not unusual for very rare
jewels and precious heirlooms to
turn up from time to time. The
Parnikovs held themselves aloof.
They gave Frossia shelter on her
second night (the first one was
spent on the ground in the shat
tered summerhouse, in the ruins
of her family home) in the city of
her birth, but they were disgusted
when they learned that Frossia in
tended to work. Accusingly they
told her that she would be helping
the Revolution, if she did such a
thing. Frossia went to live with
another friend, Anna von Packen,
almost as aloof but less condemn
ing than the Parnikovs.
Edith Almedingen tells a good
story. She tells of Frossia’s ill-
fortune in job after job, describes
the inadequate clothes and the de
plorable sanitary conditions, and
presents the constant struggle to
obtain enough food to stave off
starvation. Revolutionary Russia
was a country of poverty and fam
ine. Frossia, well-educated and re
fined, in her loyalty to th,e country
she loved, becomes the symbol of
Russia—struggling, fumbling, awk
ward in its mistakes, yet big in
soul, holding tenaciously to its
lofty purposes, victorious. The au
thor has no illusions about Red
Russia and certainly doesn’t at
tempt to sugar-coat the drastic
and fierce movements during its
birth. Without condemnation or
prejudice which might be expected
from one of her background, Mrs.
Almedingen pictures the New Rus
sia as a different, more coura
geous, but never a lesser nation
than that of the Czarist regime.
FROSSIA was written in Eng
lish originally, and is not a trans
lation.
—BONDS—
Continued from Page 1
ning ability to toot a mean trumpet.
Her associates were equally gift
ed.
The show closed with the usual
“Spirit of Aggieland” and “Aggie
War Hymn” followed by a wildcat
that shook the new foundations be
ing poured under Guion.
Although Guion Hall will not be
able to show moving pictures for
some 60 to 90 days, Turner is plan
ning to continue his Wednesday
night stage shows. The coming
week will, feature a Fourth of July
motif and Turner says it will be
“bigger and better than ever.”
44 Swimmers Yankees Will Meet Military Staff To
Open College Station Softball League
Report for
Cadet Team
Last week Coach Art Adamson
issued a call for all men who were
interested in joining the swimming
team to meet him at the P. L.
Downs Jr. Natatorium. Forty-four
men answered this call, but of this
group, only two have been on the
swimming team previously.
John Heeman and Alan Self,
captain of last year’s championship
team and winner of the 440 yard
free style honors in the meet last
year are the only members of last
year’s team back this year, how
ever Coach Adamson expects four
or five more of the men of that
group back when the winter term
begins. Among the newcomers,
Gene Summers of Bryan, Jimmy
Allen of Houston, and Jim Walker
of San Antonio are exhibiting very
good form.
Coach Adamson says that the
lack of tried material is really noth
ing unusual, for in the past all of
our teams have been built up from
scratch. At present, the members
of last year’s team and the more
experienced newcomers are swim
ming about a mile and a quarter
a day, while the remaining men
are attending special sessions in
the evening, learning the finer
points of competitive swimming.
This year’s summer practice may
be unauthorized but it will be run
along the same lines as regular
fall and winter practices have been
run in the past.
Although most of the men try
ing out at present are novices
in competition swimming, Coach
Adamson feels confident that by
the time the Southwestern Ath
letic Conference swimming meet
takes place in March; he will have
another good team to live up to the
traditions which our swimming
teams of former years have made.
Faculty Members
Contribute Work to
EngineeringMagazine
The May issue of the Journal of
Engineering Drawing, published in
the interest of teachers of engi
neering drawing and related sub
jects, has contributions from four
Texas A. & M. College faculty
members, and is edited by W. E.
Street, head of the A. & M. engi
neering drawing department.
The frontispiece, a nature scene,
illustrates a Coleridge poem, and
was done by Prof. E. H. Brock.
Prof. J. George H. Thompson
contributed an article on job an
alysis for dimensioning drawings.
Orthographic projection and the
close fitting “bladd box” is an ar
ticle upon which Prof. J. G. Mc
Guire and B. M. Gallaway collab
orated.
The publication is issued in Feb
ruary, May and November by the
Division of engineering drawing
and descriptive geometry of the
Society for the Promotion of En
gineering Education.
Forest fires destroy lumber, in
jure labor, kill industry, rob the
community, and increase taxes.
PENNY’S SERENADE
By W. L. Penberthy
In the running of short distance
races there are three distinct parts
—the start, the stride, and the fin
ish. In order to run a race well,
the runner must do well all three
of the things mentioned, that is,
he must get a
good start, then
stride thru the
middle of the race
and finish strong.
Some runners
handicap them
selves with a poor
start. Others do
not hit a good
stride and still
others do not
seem to be able
to make a strong
Penberthy finish. Failure to
do well any one of the parts throws
undue burden on the others and
few men can overcome this burden
to the extent that they can win
the race.
As far as our semester’s work
goes the start has been made. If
we made a good one we have a
fine advantage—if we didn’t we
are handicapped. Now is the time
for us to get down to business and
hit our stride. If we made a poor
start it will be a little hard but
by hard work we can neutralize
the disadvantage of the bad start
and be in position so that with a
strong finish we can run a good
race—one of which we will be
proud. Those of us who got off to
a good start will find the stride
much easief.
Up to now the weather has been
kind—some hot days but not bad
for this time of the year. It will
get hotter and drier and we won’t
feel like doing anything—most of
all studying—but I have observed
that the folks who won’t go when
the conditions are unfavorable
won’t go when they are favorable.
And the folks who seem to mind
hot weather the least are those
who stay busy.
A six-team softball league com
posed of players of all ages in
College Station will swing into
action on next Thursday, July 5,
with Manager Frank Anderson’s
Yankees squaring off against the
A. & M. Military Staff. The league
opener will take place at the Col
lege playground at the end of Fair-
view at 7:00 p. m. Tommy Terrell’s
Pirates will tangle with Ray Perry
man’s Tigers in the second game
scheduled for Friday, July 6, at the
same hour and place.
Six teams are entered in the
league, With Manager Ray Oden’s
Orioles and Bill Manning’s Indians
filling the other two slots. Rosters
for the six teams were filled by
drawing names from a hat, accord
ing to C .E. Tishler, director of the
College Station recreational pro
gram, and it is probable that all
potential players were not included
in the drawing. Accordingly, all
persons who wish to play in the
competition but who have not been
notified by a team manager of his
team affiliation, are urged to con
tact Director Tishler.
Guion Hall Will
Close Sunday for
Foundation Repairs
Elaborate foundation repair work
now underway will require discon
tinuing moving picture operations
in Guion Hall for a period of some
60 to 90 days but will not other
wise prevent Guion’s use for such
evening programs as Bill Turner’s
Jamborees, it was announced today
by the Student Activities office.
Sunday will be the last show
until repairs have been completed,
it was stated. T. R. Spence, engi
neer and manager of the construc
tion program for the college, sug
gested the closing because of the
interference and inconvenience to
his operations. Tom Puddy, Guion
Hall manager, stated numerous op
erational difficulties would result
in any effort to keep the pictures
going during the period required
for the repairs.
The repairs are in the nature of
extensive foundation strengthening
to prevent the total collapse of
Guion’s south end, already showing
wide crevices from top to bottom.
Once these repairs have been com
pleted many innovations, repairs
and attractive clean-up features
will be added to Guion, according
to plans now underway between the
Student Activities office and the
college administration.
First-run pictures from Warner
Bros, have just been secured and
contracts signed with that com
pany, it was stated. Guion Hall
now has first-run privileges with
Birth of Twin Boys
Husky twin boys were bom to
First Lieut, and Mrs. Robert L.
Gulley on June 27 at Brooke Gen
eral Hospital, Fort Sam Houston,
Texas. Lieut. Gulley was a mem
ber of the Class of 1942, and is
now stationed in Germany. The
twins are expected to enroll at
A. & M. in the year of 1963.
the nation’s two leading film pro
ducers, MGM and Warner Bros.
There is some talk that Guion
Hall soon will be replaced as a
theater house by a modern air-
conditioned show house equipped
with upholstered seats, modern
lobby and all the trim demanded
by modern theater audiences. In
that event Guion would be re
equipped and redecorated for as
semblies, Town Hall, stage shows
and other programs. It would like
ly be headquarters for all college
musical activities.
A forest without young growth
is like a community of old peo
ple; it will die out.
—NEIGHBORS—
(Continued From Page 2)
in railroads of any country in
South America. Wide and modern
highways are found throughout
the country.
Loves Freedom And Peace
Since 1903, when the first steps
to unify the country were taken
by the president, Uruguay has
developed into one of the most
progressive and peaceful countries
in the world. Her love for freedom
and respect for others has made
her one of the strongest democra
tic countries not only in South
America, but in the world.
Her contribution to the war ef
fort of the Americas has been
great and extensive. She signed
a reciprocal agreement with the
United States in which she is fur
nishing her wool to the United
States for the uniforms worn by
the soldiers of that country. Along
with Brazil she is patrolling the
waters around the eastern part
of South America.
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THE BATTALION
To ease that summer thirst, come
in for a long, cold drink
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