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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 11, 1945
The Battalion
STUDENT WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
Office, Room 5, Administration Building, Telephone 4-5444
Texas A. & M. College
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of
Texas and the City of College Station is published weekly, and circulated on Thursday
Member
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the Act of Congress of March 3, 1870.
Subscription rate $3.00 per school year. Advertising rates upon request.
Represented nationally by National Advertising Service, Inc., at New York City,
Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
BACKWASH
Backwash: “An agitation resulting from some action or occurence.”—Webster.
Hospitality at 0. U. . . .
Hospitality is, according to Webster, “the practice of
entertaining visitors with kindness and courtesy”.
There are different types of hospitality, including that
which is accorded to strangers, friends, business acquaint
ances, and people with whom one is not openly hostile.
The consideration given to Texas A&M by Oklahoma
University did not touch on a one of these. In short, it was
noticeable to an extreme that there was no consideration.
During football season, there is a type of friendly hos
tility existing among rival schools. The hostility is usually
limited to the two opposing teams who battle it out on the
playing field. The friendly part is usually observed by the
host school in providing a place for the visitors to stay, and
at the contest, a special section for the visitors to yell for
housing or a section allotted for the benefit of Agiges and
their supporters.
There are only three possible solutions of this prob
lem, and two of them are extremely drastic.
First, obtain complete assurances that allow
ances will be made for our feasible requests, as well
as our traditions.
Second, cease athletic contests with the Okla
homans if they will not give us these assurances.
Third, take the Cadet Corps to Norman next
year and prove that the old adage “in unity there
is strength” can work both ways.
Study Facilities In the Library . . .
New students, or old students, who haven’t yet found
the proper study atmosphere are welcome at Cushing Me
morial Library.
The large Reference room on the second floor, furnish
ed with thirty ample tables and one hundred eighty com
fortable chairs, where dictionaries, atlases, encyclopedias,
etc. are within easy reach, is quiet and conductive to concen
trated study. The Reference librarian will help you find
additional information or facts on any subject in which you
are interested.
A little less formal is the Browsing Room on the third
floor, with overstuffed chairs and smoking stands. Reserve
books and books for required reading in the various courses
are on the third floor.
The Library is open from 8 a.m.-lO p.m., Monday
through Friday, from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, and from
6 p.m.-10 p.m. on Sunday.
By The Collaborators
Backwash will now attempt to
pass on a few pointers to you on
the subject of invading “Cajun
Country” this weekend, and also
solicit a few helpful suggest
ions along that line, but it is hoped
that by the time that this article
reaches you that you will have
already infiltrated several miles
into the interior of Louisiana and
established a suitable beachhead
on some ground floor of a good
deal. Heres a little tip! Stay away
from the Bayou in Baton Rouge.
The Bayou itself isn’t so danger
ous, but the big “Cajun” women
which inhabit the inner sanctums
of the swamp are dangerous and
harmful, especially when aided
and abetted by the influence of
the peculiar brand of “Korn Lik-
ker” brewed in the deep, dark re
cesses of the swampland. In
short, be wary of all, well nearly
all, untimely temptations.
One other thing and you are
ready for your jouirhey. Don’t
make the mistake of asking some
young female citizen of Louisiana
to pull off her shoes so you can
see if she has web feet or not.
You’ll never get anywhere that
way. Well “Ole Army”, Let’s
beat the (censored) out of L.S.U.
successful dance in the hospitable
city of Forth Worth. Another thing
which has been brought to our
attention is that the corp trip to
Fort Worth is to be something in
the nature of a test trip. With
good behavior we will be allowed
to have another for the Rice game.
Lets hope that the results of the
trip to Fort Worth aren’t too morti
fying.
BACKWASH hears that last
week was “Hello week” at T.U.
Good for the sippers. Glad to see
the boys and girls of the forty
acres whipping out, but why stop
at a week. A “Hello Year” over
there wouldn’t hurt the place a bit.
According to “The Skiff”, T.C.
U’s student publication, their band
is to carry a large purple and
white banner with the lettering
Horned Frog Band” for the first
time on the day of their game
with us. It must be a huge thing
because it is going to take three
sweet young things to carry it.
This should serve to make their
band very colorful.
Have you met Gertrude? If you
haven’t, you should, but watch
your step. Gertrude is mighty fast
for one her age. You see, she is
sixteen years old, which is rather
young for some things, but rather
old for an automobile, apd Ger
trude is Jimmie Vaughn’s Model A
Ford. But age didn’t stop Gertrude
when it came to the O.U. football
game this past week-end. She went
up there and back at over 50
miles per .hour which isn’t bad for
an old gal that’s only hitting on
three cylinders. Besides that, from
Dallas to Norman there was such a
heavy fog on the ground Gertrude
could hardly see her bumper in
front of her headlights. But it
takes more than fog or rain to
stop Gertrude, and she made the
trip without mishap.
By Edna B. Woods
Libraries are operated in order
that many people may have the ad
vantage of using and enjoying
books, newspapers, pamphlets, and
recorded music. To ignore this op
portunity is to deny yourself a
privilege of great financial wealth
and at the same time to shun the
weath of knowledge and pleasure
that can be yours through the use
of the library. The College library
not only offers the key to individual
development; it cooperates with
the various departments of the
College by putting books on the
Reserve Book and Required Read
ing shelves to aid in the prepara
tion of your assignments.
The idea of shelves, stacks, and
floors filled with books may be
terrifying, but a visit to the A.
& M. College library will soon dis
pel that terror. Attractive reading
rooms, carefully selected collec-
ions, and staff members on hand
to answer your questions give the
Library an atmosphere of com
fortable vitality.
For instance, on the first floor
is the Newspaper Room, furnished
with comfortable chairs and con
venient tables. The Library sub
scribes to more than thirty news-
,Good Neighbors
Dominican Republic-Haiti — Neighbor Republics
BACKWASH has just been noti
fied that there will be a large
dance in the Texas Hotel after the
football game with T.C.U. October
the 20th. with the Aggieland
orchestra playing. Since this is to
be one of the official Corp trips of
the season this should be a highly
At O.U. this past week-end
BACKWASH saw the Aggies treat
ed with the least courtesy ever ac
corded by a host school to cadets of
this school. Here’s hoping that the
corps will never again let itself be
so poorly represented that it will
have to take a similar insult.
corp trip' since 1941 in order that
they may attend the T.C.U. game
in Ft. Worth this year. Backwash,
as well as the rest of the Aggie
Corp, is really glad to hear this.
With the dance and everything in
Fort Worth that weekend it should
be one of the outstanding highlights
of the current social season.
POEM?
Good News ! ! ! The students of
our sister school TSCW will be al
lowed to have their first official
By Ruben R. Caro-Costas
Hispaniola was the first name
given to the island which is shared
by the Dominican Republic and
the Republic of Haiti located deep
in the Caribbean Sea, southeast
of the republic of Cuba and west
of the island of Puerto Rico.
These two countries, along with
Cuba and Puerto Rico, compose
today what is known as the Great
er Antilles of the group of islands
known as West Indies.
Although sharing the same is
land each republic speaks differ
ent language, the Dominican Re
public speaking Spanish and Haiti
having the French language as
the official tongue. This island
was previously a possession of
Spain, but the western third of
the island was granted to France;
thus Haiti became a French colony
and therefore adopted French as
the official language.
Spain’s First Colony
The Dominican Republic was
Spain’s first new world colony and
for a long while this island was
a port of call for every important
expedition sent out by the Span
ish crown.
The republic of Santo Domingo
occupies two-thirds of the eastern
part of the island. It is .bounded
by Haiti in the Western part; the
Mona Passage in the east; the
Atlantic Ocean in, the north, and
the Caribbean Sea on the south.
Geographically it can be divid
ed into coastal plains and interior
mountains and valleys. The great
est concentration of population is
found in the plains where the most
important crops are grown—tobac
co, sugar cane and coffee.
In the mountain and valley
region logging and cattle raising
are the big industries. Cattle,
horses and sugar cane were intro
duced early and since then these
products have occupied a very
prominent paid in the economic
situation of this country.
The republic of Santo Domingo
achieved its final independence
after several years of fighting.
Before this the country changed
hands from Spain to France, and
also was conquered by Haiti right
after this country got her first
taste of freedom.
Scenery is Beautiful
A country of mountains, the
Dominican Republic is famous for
its magnificient scenery. Swept by
fresh winds from the sea, the is
land enjoys a delightful climate;
the days are hot while the nights
are cool. The greater percentage
of her coastline is protected by
coral reefs.
Ciudad Trujillo, the capital of
the Dominican Republic, is a
modern metropolis where the old
and the new mingle giving the city
an impressive aspect. Here, still
standing, is the first' hemisphere
cathedral. In it are buried' the
bones of Columbus. Here too are
the oldest church and the first
university, built in 1538. Wander
ing around the city one an ob
serve the sharp contrasts between
the old Spanish buildings such as
the massive squares, stone build
ings and the heavy stone wall for
tifications against the modern
buildings and parks. Life is mod
ern but in remote sections of the
country the people, self-sufficient
and proud of their Spanish inheri
tance, live much as they have for
centuries.
Santiago, Puerto Plata and San
Pedro are the remaining import
ant cities and each one follows
the same pattern of Ciudad Tru
jillo..
Transportation Improving
Methods of transportation are not
well developed, the country having
only 900 miles of motor roads. The
most important and longest high
way connects Cuidad Trujillo with
Port Au Prince, the capital of
Haiti. A modern and well develop
ed system of airplane transporta
tion is available linking the Do
minican republic with South Amer
ica, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the United
States and Haiti.
Education is free and compul
sory for all children, and there
are a great number of elementary
and high schools distributed
throughout the island. The Univer
sity of Santo Domingo, which is
also free, has facilities for % the
study of engineering, law, art,
agriculture and education.
Chief Industries
Sugar processing is the chief
manufacturing industry and com
prises four-fifths of all industrial
capital investment. In order to
diversify agriculture the govern
ment has encouraged new farms,
developed irrigation and intro
duced agricultural courses in the
schools.
Led only by Brazil, she is the
second largest hemisphere produc
er of cac|o. Coffee, the third
—A&M
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and Mechanical College of Tex
as, but in behalf of the State of
Texas and all her people ask
that you come and live with and
be one of us, and make your
home and resting place, after a
long and eventful public service,
among a people who will never
cease to love and honor you.
Nor are we entirely unselfish in
making this request. We desire
to build ‘up the Agricultural and
Mechanical College, an institu
tion which shall be a prominent
feature in the educational sys
tem of the great State which
founds it, and worthy of her
pride and fostering care, and we
know of no living man whose
name and efforts can do so much
as yours towards accomplishing
that purpose. The duties to be
performed by the President of
the College have not yet been
defined, and will not be until
you are heard from, and, should
you accept, as we trust you will,
your wishes will be consulted in
fixing them.
It is hardly necessary for me
to assure you that it gives me
great pleasure personally, to be
the medium through which this
communication is made.
Hoping to hear from you at
your convenience, I am
Most respectfully and truly
yours,
RICHARD COKE,
Governor of Texas and ex-
officio President, Board of Di
rectors, Agricultural and Me
chanical College.
Davis replied as follows:
Memphis, Tenn.
July 8, 1875
His Excellency Governor Coke
My Dear Sir:
With sincere gratitude I ac
knowledge the honor tendered me
by the Directors of the Agricul
tural and Mechanical College of
Beware, Beware,
Of the “Cajun” in her lair.
She’s a mighty dangerous critter.
So wine her and dine her,
But stay just behind her,
For she’ll do you dirt if you let
her.
largest export, was sold to Europe
before the war, but since then has
been shipped to the United States.
Rice, com, plantains, and yucca
are other products of importance
to this island. During the past
few years she has undertaken to
supply corn, rice, peanuts, live
cattle, butter, eggs, fresh vegeta
bles and fruits—chiefly to Puerto
Rico.
The republic declared war on
Japan the day after Pearl Harbor,
and on Germany and Italy three
days later. Planes of the United
Nations guarding the Caribbean
fly over her mountains, and their
ships use her harbors.
NEXT WEEK—HAITI.
Texas, as set forth in your let
ter of the 14th ult.
No occupation would be more
acceptable to me than that which
would enable me to co-operate
with you in the organization of
a system for the instruction of
the youth of our country, in the
two important branches to which i
the colleges at Bryan are to be I
specially devoted.
I cannot too fully thank you |
for the generous confidence |
manifested in offering me the
presidency of those colleges, and
it is but a fair return that I
should cordially confess that you
have overrated my ability and in
the consciousness that I could
not satisfactorily perform the
duties of the office, decline to
accept it. As soon as my private
affairs will permit, I hope to re
visit Texas at more leisure than
when last among you, and will
be glad then to confer with you
on the subject of an educational
system for Texas; and as a vol
unteer, to render such service as
my small acquirements and shat
tered constitution may allow.
With best wishes for the di
rectors personally and for your
self specially, I am, with re
newed expression of thankful
ness, respectfully and truly
Your friend,
JEFFERSON DAVIS
The second meeting of the Board
was held in Austin July 15, 1876,
and in the “Proceedings” of that
session the following statement is
recorded:
“The President of the Board,
Governor Coke, then announced,
that, having corresponded with
Ex-President Jefferson Davis in
regard to his acceptance of the
presidency of the College, he had
respectfully declined, and pro
ceeded to declare nominations
for that and other offices in
order.
“The Office of Secretary was
first in order, when William Fal
coner of Bryan was elected for
one year, at a salary of five
hundred dollars.
“The Secretary was then di
rected to read over the list of
applicants for the presidency,
and after full and respectful
consideration of their separate
claims, the Board proceeded to
vote by ballot, and on the sec
ond ballot Thomas S. Gathright,
receiving the majority of votes,
was declared elected.”
By so close a margin, then, did
Texas A. & M. miss having as its
first president the man who had
guided the destinies of the South
ern Confederacy through the tur
bulent period of secession and the
Civil War.
But if you’re looking for fun
She’s just the one
To show you the places to find it.
And when she is through
With the things she can do,
If she does you dirt you won’t
mind it.
papers, most of them Texas pa
pers, which are placed on wooden
racks daily and which may be read
at any time a student has a few
minutes to stop in the Library. The
Library is open from 8 A. M. un
til 10 P. M.—Monday through Fri
day; on Saturday it is open from
8 A. M. until 4 P. M., and on
Sunday, the Library is open from
6 P. M. until 10 P. M.
Also on the first floor is the
Periodical Room in which are kept
the current issues of more than one
thousand magazines. Located as
it is, close to the door on the
ground floor, this is an ideal place
to spend a few minutes or hours
each week. Here are your old
Favorites—TIME, LIFE, READ
ERS DIGEST, and ESQUIRE, and
here also are some excellent maga
zines with discussions of more seri
ous problems—NEW REPUBLIC,
NATION, and THE ATLANTIC;
they suggest excellent subjects for
speeches and for term papers. Oth
er than the general reading maga
zines, however, there are technical
magazines on practically every
course taught — ENGINEERING
NEWS RECORD, AVIATION,
VETERINARY JOURNAL, and
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEER
ING.
Most of the 122,000 volumes in
the Library’s collection are avail
able at the Main Loan Desk on the
second floor. Display cases near
by contain books of special interest;
one of them, kept up to the times,
contains books on national and
international problems. On the sec
ond floor also is the Reference
Room where one way go to find
information or facts about any
thing in which he is interested.
The Browsing Room on the third
floor furnishes comfort in the form
of easy chairs and smoking stands,
and furnishes pleasurable reading
in the form of three thousand books
located on the open shelves which
line its walls. Recent popular books
on scientific subjects, books on
radio, travel, and medicine, besides
all the fiction books which the li
brary owns are here. You may
browse as long as you wish, with
out interruption. You may read
here, or you may take your choice
to read in your dorm by charging
it out at the Reserve Book Desk
in the adjacent room.
In 1937, the Carnegie Corpora
tion gave the A. & M. Library a
remote control phonograph, a small
collection of records, and several
hundred books (some of them
scores) about music and musicians.
The present collection of about 1100
classical records with the catalog
of records is kept at the Reserve
Book Desk. The music of almost
a hundred different composers may
be played in the adjoining Music
Room. Without exception, Beet
hoven and Tchaikowsky have been
more popular than any other com
posers in the past three years.
The A. & M. College Library is
your Library; its staff is here to
serve you and to help you get
the most from your college years.
Library rules and regulations are
necessary to protect you as well
as to protect Aggies of future
years.
Use the Library, respect its pro
perty, and suggest books and re
cords that you would like to have
added to the collection.
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50,000 RADARS
>'T~'WO years before Pearl Harbor the Govern-
A ment asked Bell Telephone Laboratories to
help perfect radar as a military instrument. The
Bell System, through the Western Electric Com
pany, its manufacturing branch, became the na
tion’s largest supplier of radar systems.
Bell scientists designed and developed many
different types of radars —each for a specific job.
One particular type was standard for B-29s in
the Pacific for navigation, target location and
high altitude bombing. Another directed all Navy
guns over five inches.
This is not surprising, for radar development
and production stem from the same roots that
produced and continue to nourish this country’s
telephone system.
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