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THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 23, 1945
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REPORTERS
Clyde C. Crittenden, M. C. Kury, R. W. Simms, B. W. Cantrell, R. G. Reese,
H. A. Pate, F. D. Baca, R. M. Wren, Ed Brandt.
A Tribute and a Resolve . . .
The war is over—and the American people are begin
ning to recover from their first immediate reaction of un
constrained celebration. There is an aftermath of serious
thought that is sure to follow, during which we will all be
gin to think of the problem of insuring permanent peace and
to count up our losses suffered during that terrible conflict.
To us at Texas A. & M. the loss of so many of our fra
ternity has been a staggering blow. The brotherhood of Texas
Aggiss is more than a legend to us; it is a very real and
tangible relationship which binds us all together regardless
of personal acquaintance. This sentiment was illustrated time
after time as Texas Aggies met one another in the midst of
the holocaust of war, and we who are still at home know that
it is real as we are saddened by our reflection upon those
who will not return.
We know that they loved A. & M„ and we believe that
they would have been keenly interested in seeing the Ag
gie Corps awaken in the post-war era with a new determi
nation to make the school the finest in the world.
So, this is our tribute and our resolve: To erect to their
memory an A. & M. College that will be surpassed in no de
partment; to lay aside our petty prejudices and selfish in
terests and make the Aggie Corps again united in the spirit
of the Twelfth Man; and in that spirit to carry the principles
of the Aggie brotherhood to all parts of the world in every
conceivable fashion that it can be carried, in the firm belief
that those Aggies who have made A. & M. famous on battle-
fronts all over the world have also proved without doubt the
fundamental truth of the Aggie way of life.
I BACKWASH
Backwash: “An agitation resulting from some actioi
action or occurence.”—Webster.
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Aggieland Looks Ahead . . .
Since the world-wide war has had probably more tell
ing effects on Texas A. & M. than on any other institution
in the country, the cessation of hostilities abroad has more
than given the cadets, ex-students, and everyone with Ag-
gieland’s interest primary in his mind, reason to look
ahead to the post-war years for a greater and mightier school
than even in former days. During the pasi four years with
morale at its lowest ebb, academic standards lowered, se
mesters continuous, and so forth, the fond hopes of every
one for a brighter future have suffered a similar fall. But
now there is good reason to look for a great future.
The more settled conditions that will come in the post
war years should bring with them a rebuilding of the old
Aggie activities and a new program for the activities that
have too long been neglected. The time will come soon for
the correction of such longstanding omissions.
The cadet corps likewise should have “new blood” in
jected, and have, as before, a corps of over six thousand
cadets. With the return of such a corps, many customs and
traditions now cast aside should be immediately resumed.
And, in due time, Aggieland should be able, once
again, to offer the commissions that were so cherished back
in 1941 and 1942. Soon A. & M. will, by all rights, produce
again army officers of the highest calibre—men who will
hold their own and excel the highest competition.
The Aggie gridiron, too, should feel new thrills and
power equal to what the cadets were able to produce in those
years immediately prior to the war. Yes, A. & M. turned
out some amazing war-time teams, but the new strength
given by incoming freshmen will bring unexcelled football
fame. Once again will our rivals and the public be amazed
by our ingenious plays, sportsmanship, and ^ the school
spirit backing our team one hundred percent. Again, the
nation will know of A. & M.’s football greatness.
These things are but a few of the items that every
Aggie and Aggie admirer looks to the post-war years for,
and will find. What a fond thought it is for those who love
Aggieland for its past days of glory to look ahead to a
future real corps, with all that the A. & M. corps stood for.
Now all can make plans for the future, a future that can
now become ours.
Latin-American Week . . .
The culmination of the A. & M. Latin-American Club’s
week of activity, designed to build a basis for better friend
ship between all Aggies, will be a formal dance in The
Grove Saturday evening to which all Aggies bringing dates
will be admitted free. A gala floor show has been planned
for the intermission.
To the United States of America, a friendly relation
ship with her neighbors to the south has always been of
paramount importance. Of the states, Texas, standing at the
crossroads of the hemispheres, should lead all in the regard
for friendly nations southward. In Texas perhaps no other
institution has so great a stake in the Latin-American
world as Texas A. & M. for it is to this institution that large
sections of the lands below the Rio Grande look for scien
tific and agricultural leadership and guidance in the great
postwar era. More and more the leading scholars of Latin-
America are turning to Texas A. M.; more and more high
state positions in the governments of the Latin-American
countries are being filled by men trained in this institution.
The values of continued friendly relationships are mani
fold—increased enrollments in Texas A. & M., growing op
portunities for A. & M. graduates in the business and eco
nomic development southward, valuable cultural ties that
enhance the prestige of A. & M. men wherever they may be
found.
The dance Saturday night is an opportunity for an
enjoyable evening. The objective of the Latin-American
Club’s program this week can not but help add to the im
proved relationship desired between all groups on the cam
pus.
By The Collaborators
During the past two weeks there
have been held on the steps of
Goodwin Hall two yell practices. In
reality they were yell practices in
name only, for in the opinion of
BACKWASH the vast majority of
the freshman did not know the
yells well enough to practice them.
In the fall of 1941 the fi’eshman
had three days to learn the yells;
in the fall of 1942 the freshman had
ten days. The present freshmen
have had ten weeks. Where does the
blame for the poor showing of the
freshmen rest? Maybe individual
company yell practices under the
close supervision of the company
officers would remedy the exist
ing situation. But if something
isn’t done soon, the Corps can well
expect to come out second best in
the show of school spirit at the
football games this fall.
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If there is one place where they
really have the spirit, it’s at
T.S.C.W. The following “Tessyite”
version of “I’d Rather Be a Texas
Aggie” was sent in by some inter
esting young woman, who said
that it had become quite popular
there.
I’D RATHER BE A TEXAS
TESSIE
I’d rather be a Texas Tessie, a sau
cy southern gal,
Than to be from any other school
from New York to Cal.
I’d rather take off to DeGeorge’s,
Abe and Pappy’s too,
Than to have Van Johnson and
Sinatra too.
I’ll be true to the colors of red
and white,
But when the weekend comes, I’d
say Big D’s all right,
And if I’m blue ole pal, you’ll hear
me say,
“Let’s go down to Mac’s and drink
our cares away.”
I’d rather be out on a corp trip,
see an Aggie game,
Down Kyle Field way and then
late date the same.
Tessie,
I’ll always be a Texas
though Denton is dry,
I guess I’ll always be a Tessie til
the day I die.
From all that we can gather, a
big time was had in Denton a few
days ago, with women all over
the place and very few Aggies to
be found. This sort of thing should
not go on. With all those good-
looking females in one place cer
tainly we can represent ourselves
better.
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J. B. Kearby had a very thrilling
and exciting experience at Little
field Dormitory at T. U. last
weekend. It seems that he had
already taken the little woman in
when she decided it would be nice
to have another goodnight kiss
through the window, which was a
little too high for J. B. to reach.
She suggested that it would be
handy to have a suitcase for him
to stand on and promptly handed
one out the window to him. He
stood on the end of it and it still
wasn’t quite high enough so he
chinned humself up and promptly
smacked her a luscious kiss. In the
meantime the suit case had toppled
over and as J. B. started to let
himself down he fell in the shrub
bery at the same time the House
Councilor happened up on the
scene only to take in the part
where J. B .was apparently falling
or jumping out the window. This
could be very embarassing couldn’t
it, J. B.?
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The “fish” have requested that
it be made known to the “frogs”
that the money taken in from the
Freshman Ball of two weeks past
is now in safe keeping with the
Student Activities Office and that
they have not absconcfed with the
said funds as they are rumored to
have done. They, the “fish”, have
also requested that it be declared
that the past Freshman Ball in
cluded their class and not just the
“frogs” as the Battalion repre
sented.
•.Good Neighbors
BETTER RELATIONS
OUR LATIN AMERICAN
NEIGHBORS
By Paul S. Ballance
With the large number of books
being written about Latin Amer
ica in general, and the great num
ber of books about the various in
dividual countries South of us, it
is very difficult to choose what
one may call the best.
One of the more recent books
that interests and fascinates me, is
the publication edited by German
Arciniegas, entitled “The Green
Continent”; this volume was pub
lished last year by Knopf. It is a
selection of writings of more than
thirty Latin-American authors—
historians, biographers, novelists,
and essayists. This collection pre
sents the most comprehensive pic
ture of the lands and peoples be
low the Rio Grande that has been
written in recent years. The editor
has chosen the articles and has
written his own introductions with
one end in view—to reveal fully
to North Americans what our
southward neighbors are; the phy
sical landscapes they inhabit, their
racial antecedents and interming-
lings, their history and culture,
their great men, and their aspira
tions for today and the future.
The result of this anthology is a
fascinating pageant of mountain
and jungle and plain, of armored
Conquistador and Creole Aristocrat
and Indian peon, of ancient church
es and busy modern harbors, of
honored scholars, of bloody dic
tators and the simple everyday
working folk who, in Latin Amer
ica as elsewhere, are the vast
bulk of the people.
The backbone of any country is
its economic stability. Seymour E.
Harris has edited a very inter
esting and informative volume, en
titled Economic problems of Latin
America, published in 1944 by Mc
Graw-Hill. This volume contains
18 chapters on Latin American
economics, war and postwar, each
written by an authority. Most of
the contributors are or have been
employees of the Federal Govern
ment, and each has devoted much
time and thought to studying the
problems upon which he writes.
The economics, economic history
and prospects of these countries
are presented, answering some of
the following perplexing questions:
What accounts for a low per capita
income of $100.00 or less ? Why
are the rates of interest so high
in Latin America? Why has the
advance of inflation been so rapid?
How much inflation is necessary?
What have been the main effects
of the United States war effort
on Latin America? What are the
prospects for price control? These
and many other questions are an
swered by the staff of experts who
have contributed to this volume.
Henry Albert Phillips has writ
ten a most interesting volume, en
titled Argentina, pivot of Pan-
American peace. Argentina is no
doubt the most talked-about coun
try in South America. The author
of this volume states that most
of the talking has been done by
the North Americans, and that the
talk is not only one-sided but defi
nitely lopsided. This is all because
very few North Americans know
what made Argentina what she is
today. The big question with the
Argentians was not one of Neu
trality, but of Wheat, Corn and
Beef. The author of this volume
has for many years observed and
lived in South and Central America,
Mexico, and Spain, and he tells us
about Argentina, its background,
history, economics, the way its
people think and why—a great
many things undreamed of by us.
Francis Violich has written a
volume that should appeal to every
one interested in Latin America.
Mr. Violich’s book is entitled Cities
Your City
By F. R. Brison
Tenth of a Series
By Ruben R. Caro Costas
The pan-American “Good Neigh
bor” policy is a system which
makes of the spirit of cooperation
the keystone for better and closer
rtelations among the twenty-one
American republics. Peaceful col
laboration among the nations is
conducive to an understanding of
one another’s problems as well as
of the problems common to all.
This better understanding in turn
makes possible a suitable basis for
solving international controversies.
In order to obtain close coopera
tion from all the American repub
lics, each one of them must estab
lish a policy of mutual assistance
and reciprocal cooperation. By close
collaboration each country can
make available for the use of the
others certain things which they
have and at the same time receive
things they do not have. By this
policy they benefit themselves and
contribute to the welfare of the
others.
Economic, cultural, and social
welfare—working together for all
these are contributing to the
strengthening of the friendly ties
among the American republics.
This tying together is known as
interdependence. Taking up the
cultural interdependence of the
Americas, one finds that it has
manifested itself in every field of
history, geography, sanitation, and
public welfare. All these are com
mon ties which link us closer to
gether.
Music is a universal language.
Through music, countries very of
ten attain great popularity outside
their own borders, thus serving as
an introduction of one country to
another. Take the Brazilian Zamba,
the Cuban Rumba, the Argentine
Tango—all these have attained im
mense popularity outside their own
borders. They have helped to bring
peoples of those countries closer
together, interested in each other
and the country in itself.
Peace is by far greater than just
absolute absence of war. In order
to achieve peace, each country
should and must cooperate positive
ly and assist others in the solution
of the economic and social prob
lems confronting them. We must
respect each other, no matter how
great we are. Both big and small
countries should respect each other
for this respect is the main guar
antee of the weak against the op
pression of the strong. We should
not ask for privileges and rights
that will hinder the economic and
social standing of another country.
We must work together by helping
each other in building a lasting
peace by becoming all together
stronger and greater. We must
preserve good faith and trust one
another, keeping faith in treaties
and the ideals for which they
stand.
Mutual benefit is our prime goal,
but in order to succeed in achieving
this goal we must cooperate with
each other. Learn about one an
other’s ideals, ideas, traditions and
customs, and the more we know
about one another the easier it
will be to understand and to link
our bonds of friendship closer to
gether, in our aspiration for a
better world and a happier family
of nations.
PENNY’S SERENADE
— By W. L. Penberthy
In sports, one of the most im
portant things in the success of an
individual or team is timing. By
timing we mean
the execution of a
| skill by the indi
vidual at the ex
act time. When
3 we speak of the
timing of a team,
H we mean each and
Wery player be-
fi '' ing at the most
|^advantage-
ous spot, and car
rying out his as
signment at the
Penberthy time that it will
be the most effective. Coaches
spend a great deal of time per
fecting timing because they real
ize that the play that is not timed
does not click. Lack of timing or
loss of timing is often given as the
reason for many defeats. At dances
we see individuals lose their timing
and get out of step. In the earlier
stages of the war lack of timing
was described by the phrase “too
little and too late”.
Good timing is often a split sec
ond proposition, and it can’t be
too early or too late. However, I
think I am safe in saying that if
we are going to err it is better
DUTIES OF A BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
Each year three resident proper
ty owners and qualified voters
have the privilege of serving on
the Board of Equalization of the
City of College Station by appoint
ment from the City Council. It has
been the policy to have one man ap
pointed each year who has served
the previous year. -
Principal duties of the Board of
Equalization are: (1) to examine
the rendition rolls of all property;
(2) to correct any errors; (3) to
include property that may have
been omitted, and (4) to revise
rendition values of property so
that they may represent a true,
normal, and market value of the
property in question.
The first three duties are sim
ple and easy to perform. The fourth
is not simple or easy. The work
of the Board of Equalization is
made difficult by the fact that so
many different kinds of property
are included, ranging from live
stock to railroad equipment. Actual
ly in making “revisions” the ren
dition value may be lowered or
raised. Property owners seldom
object or complain if the rendition
value of their property is lowered.
They are usually concerned, and
sometimes exercised, when the ren
dition value is raised. This con
cern arises from the fact that
renditions are frequently increased
progressively from year to year
and seldom lowered. Inasmuch as
the amount for wjiich the property
is rendered determines the amount
of taxes which must be paid, the
Board of Equalization becomes a
tax-fixing agency. It sometimes
comes to enjoy the same sort of
“esteem”, enjoyed by the despised
tax-gatherers of biblical times.
Actually those who serve as
members of a Board of Equaliza
tion have an unusual privilege. It
to be too early than too late.
Man^r of us who have good tim
ing in sports do -not carry this
quality into our daily life and are
prone to regard as unimportant the
necessity of being on time for
meetings and appointments. We all
know of people who are habitually
tardy regardless of the time set
for the appointment. These people
bother us because we are always
in doubt—we know they will be
late, but we never know how late.
Whenever we have an appointment
it is awfully nice to know that the
one who we are to meet will not
only know we will be there, but
that we will be there a little early.
is their privilege to equalize proper
ty values so that the rendition
will conform to some common
standard. The factors that give
property value are extremely vari
able—cost, improvements, loca
tion. Because of these, the “true”
normal, and market “value” of
property is not easy to determine.
Some cities follow a rule of ac
cepting renditions which are ad
mittedly not that, but instead are
valuations of some arbritary per
centage of the real value. In Col
lege Station, for example, our valu
ations for rendition are roughly
considered to be 50 per cent of the
real value. Until the present time
most of the property in College
Station has been rendered low for
county and state taxes, somewhat
higher for city taxes, and higher
still for school taxes. In the fu
ture, property will be rendered the
same for city and school taxes.
The Board of Equalization may
invite property owners for a con
ference regarding renditions prior
to a decision as to the value for
which property should be rendered.
This practice, however, is seldom
followed. Probably better under
standing would prevail if Boards
adopted a policy of consultation
with property owners before
making even a tentative decision
on the value to be placed on the
property. Finally, the property
owner is usually notified, as re
quired by law, to appear and show
why his property value for taxes
should not be changed.
After such a public hearing the
Board then sets the value of the
property in question, and its action
is final. Neither the city secretary
nor the city council is privileged
to make changes in the tax rolls
after they have been finally ap
proved by the Board of Equaliza
tion.
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cellent photographs with which this
volume is illustrated were made
by the author, who is considered
an outstanding young architect and
city planner. The material for this
volume was gathered under the
sponsorship of the Columbia Foun
dation of San Francisco. This vol
ume was intended primarily to
bring city planners of both con
tinents closer together through a
better comprehension of each oth
er’s problems. Informed people
everywhere in the Western hemis
phere who are eager to understand
the point of view, living condi
tions and social psychology of oth
er members of the Pan-American
Union can do no better than to
read this interesting and enlighten
ing volume.
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