THE BATTALION
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 8, 1945
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What It Is . . .
Big doings are on this week-end at the campus of dear
ole’ Texas A & MC. Years have flown by since the Aggies
enjoyed such a weekend; one so chockful of fun and danc
ing and football that it will slow down anybody, even some of
you rough, tough, Aggies.
Things start jumping at 8:00 Friday night when the
Aggie corps, visitors, students from S. M. U., and almost
everybody around will be treated to an opera, “The Bohem
ian Girl” at Guion Hall. Admission will be free to S. M. U.
students, while A&M students will obtain entrance on their
Town Hall Tickets, and other persons’ fees will be nominal.
“The Bohemian Girl”, with a cast of 53, has shown to
marked advantage in six Texas towns recently. Immediate
ly after Town Hall, a dance in honor of SMU will be given
at Sbisa Hall. There will likewise be no charge for this dance
and everybody is invited to the bargain twirl. It will last
until 1 o’clock Friday night.
Saturday, with the campus over-flowing with visitors,
the Aggies will take on the Southern Methodist University
Mustangs m an important Southwest Conference tilt which
will see the loser all but mathematically eliminated from
the pennant chase. Saturday night, after we are quite
through with the Mustang riding, the Senior Class will
present a gala Corps Ball, which will be informal. Admis
sion prices are $1.50 per couple and it will be well worth the
price just to listen to the sweet music of the Aggieland
Orchestra, which will play both nights of the dual-dance
program.
Visitors who would like to stay overnight at one of the
dormitories to be used for that purpose this weekend, may
obtain reservations at the Student Placement Office in Good
win Hall. Charged for this will be $1.00 per person per
night. Visitors will eat, if they choose, in Duncan Hall, and
no extra charge will be made.
Sunday, November 11, the churches of Bryan, College
Station, and surrounding areas will be opened to all persons,
and a special invitation has been extended to all visitors to
the campus, and to all the regular churchgoers of the com
munity. Careful plans have been made at each church to
care for a large congregation. Morning services will start
at 9:00 and 11:00 o’clock.
This is a big weekend, Aggies, so make the most of it.
BACKWASH
Backwash: “An agitation resulting from some action or occurence.”—Webster.
By The Collaborators
Three cheers for the Office of
Student Affairs. Backwash is sure
that it speaks for all the students
involved when it takes this oppor
tunity to thank the members of
that office for acquiescing to the
wishes of the students on the prob
lem of moving which arose last
week. By letting the men decide
their own fate the Office of Stu
dent Affairs has broken a long
standing precedent.
Former Dean Edwin J. Kyle,
now ambassador to Guatemala,
went down to one of the picture
studios in the capital of that coun
try to check over a number of mo
tion pictures he had taken. In the
course of the' discussion with the
man in charge Dean Kyle discov
ered that they had on hand a film
of Texas A. & M. To quote Dean
Kyle, “He then, to my amazement,
showed me a full reel picture of
A. & M. in all its glory. It was
wonderful.
“I asked him if he did not have
a picture of the University of Tex
as. He said, ‘No, we have never
heard of that institution down
here’.”
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in pure undefiled state.
Physical Properties:
(1) Extremely active in the pre
sence of man. (2) Great affinity
for gold, silver, and other precious
metals, and valuable stones. (3)
Able to absorb fats, proteins, min
eral matter and especially carbo
hydrates in highly refined form
at any time. (4) Turns green when
replaced by a better specimen. (5)
Reactions usually unpredictable.
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temperature • when handled ex
cessively. (7) Highly explosive and
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—AIN'T SCIENCE GRAND?
“Sleepy”
One more bloody day’s exam
Only one blooming night to cram
Ain’t half through . . . Don’t
give a D - - -
I’m sleepy
Two more hours would load me
well
As it stands I haven’t a smell
Diploma? ? ? Let it go to H
I’m sleepy.
And Why It is . . .
This weekend will be as wonderful as it is, not because
of any one person or group of persons working separately
but because the whole College pulled together in the best
spirit of cooperation that could be obtained. The Senior class
is sponsoring the three day activities with the rest of the
Corps backing it up wholeheartedly.
Cadet leaders went to Dallas this last Wednesday to
personally invite the S.M.U. student body to be the guests
of the Aggie Corps. While there, they were met with gen
erous hospitality and friendliness. It is up to us to show
the Mustangs that we can be as good or better hosts than
they by putting everything that we can in to making this Was This Hitler’s Secret Weapon?
weekend one long to be remembered by everyone concerned.
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thing. It shows that when Aggies want to do anything that *
all that is required is everyone pulling together all of the
time, and that thing is.done, and done well.
Lets smear SMU on the playing field, Army, and treat
’em right the rest of the time.
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF
WOMAN
Symbol: Woe
Atomic Weight: 120 (varies from
Kay was the star guest of honor
at the mammoth Baptist rally
which was held at the good ol’ Ag
gie Campus this past weekend.
“Everything was simply wonder
ful,” said Kay, who as yet has
not made a single meeting of the
B.S.U.’ers. It fs thought that no
doubt she had reference to the
rather chilly night that she spent
in and around the Ad Building with
an unidentified Aggie. Maybe Kay
was cold, or maybe she really was
sleepy, who knows the real reason
that she used this unidentified Ag
gie’s shoulder for a pillow. At any
rate, she did, and let us hope that
the dreams that she had were
pleasant ones. Though she claimed
that that same shoulder had no
doubt been used to support many
ather sleepy heads, according to
Kay, she just was too tired to
care. So, as far as we know, she
and the Aggie are still down there.
If anyone finds same, please turn
them in to the Lost and Found
Office at Goodwin, as both parties
must eventually be accounted for.
. Good Neighbors \
HONDURAS
Land of Bananas
Hitler’s threat to give Japan his
“most secret vengeance weapon”
caused the United States to in
tensify the perfection of the
Atomic Bomb and to hasten its
use, reports Major Donald Keyhoe,
in the November issue of True,
The Man’s Magazine.
By Ruben R. Caro-Costas
The story of Honduras is largely
one of a common table fruit, the
banana. With an area of 45,000
square miles and a population of
one million people, the country has
prospered for a good many years
on a one-crop economy based on
the production of this popular
fruit.
At one time Honduras was a re
latively wealthy country because
of her rich gold, silver and copper
mines, but these were so heavily
worked that after several years
they were out of production. Ba
nanas now comprise two-thirds of
the country’s exports, with tobac
co, sugar, coffee, and rice making
up the bulk of her remaining pro
ducts. Mahogany, rubber, and rose
wood are furnished to the world
market from the Honduran forests,
while copper, silver, lead and anti
mony still play a secondary role
in the nation’s economic life. Un
der way at the present time is a
project of providing more food for
home consumption.
Morazan Was Honduran
Honduras achieved her inde
pendence in 1821 along with the
other Central American countries,
and was a member of the Central
American Federation until it was
disbanded in 1838. Francisco Mora
zan, one of the outstanding fig
ures in Latin American history, was
a native of Honduras, serving not
only as president of the Federa
tion but also as president of his
country and of Costa Rica; he
was executed in 1842.
Spanish is the predominant and
official language of Honduras, with
English taught as an advanced
study in the educational system.
Education is free and compulsory
in the primary grades. The Cen
tral University, located in the cap
ital, offers facilities for the study
of medicine, law, politics, phar
macy, dentistry, and engineering.
Colonial Air Prevails
Tegucigalpa, the capital of Hon
duras, is a city of pleasing con
trasts, with colonial streets and
residences set against a back
ground of modem commercial build
ings. The city’s population of about
70,000 people is connected by plane
with the rest of the country and
with the outside world. Near
Tegucigalpa is located Comayagua,
the original capital city, which re
tains still more of the colonial
flavor with her white stucco houses,
cobbled streets, and the ever
present Catholic churches which are
an integral part of her people.
One of the most perfectly preserv
ed cities in Honduras, it is the place
of residence of most of the old
families of the country. Other
cities deserving mention are Tru
jillo, La Ceiba, Choluteca, Na-
caome, and San Pedro Sula.
Airplane Is Important
Transportation facilities over the
country are well developed, with
the airplane playing the major
role in the system. Practically ev
ery town of consequence has its
air strip with regularly scheduled
stops, and most food supplies and
machinery are flown in. The rail
roads are concentrated along the
Caribbean seacoast and in the
northern part of the country. The
Pan American Highway connects
motor travel with Tegucigalpa.
Jap scientists had worked on the
Atomic Bomb research in Germany
with Nazi technicians, knowing
that the perfection of it was the
prize for which warring nations
had been desperately striving.
“These scientists could have reach
ed Japan by U-boat, taking with
them heavy water, uranium, and
plans for their almost completed
bomb. It was not likely, but it was
possible,” continued Keyhoe.
There was evidence that the
Japs were as far advanced on this
research as Germany and that they
might have had the Nazis’ secret
formula which had produced an
atomic bomb for testing purposes.
At this same time, an authentic
report of a weirdly devastated area
in the heart of a German forest
proved that the Germans had
brought the Atom Bomb to a test-
By Edna B. Woods
(Readers’ Adviser for the
College Library)
CANNERY ROW
by John Steinbeck
CANNERY ROW, another Stein
beck masterpiece of American
folklore, was published early in
1945. For those already familiar
with John Steinbeck’s books, little
introduction is needed. He is, with
out doubt, one of the foremost
modern American writers, unex
celled in the field of sociological
fiction.
Steinbeck’s widespread popu
larity is not due to his fine writing
alone but to the fact that his three
most important books were made
into movies and were thus brought
to the attention of the Motion
picture public.
TORTILLA FLAT is the story
of a tumble-down section of Mon
terey, California. Danny, the cen
tral character, came back from
the World War to discover that he
had inherited two houses. He and
his friends, all paisanos, live a
carefree life, gay and pathetic in
turn,
OF MICE AND MEN is the story
of George and Lennie, two wander
ing ranch hands, who dream of
owning some “land of their own.”
Lennie is awkward and dull-witted,
but perfectly docile under George’s
control. However when physical
strength and a poor memory over
come his timidity, trouble ensues.
THE GRAPES OF WRATH,
which was the most talked of novel
of 1939 and which is the best known
of all of Steinbeck’s books, is the
story of the Oklahoma dust-bowl
farmers who struck out for Cali
fornia to make fortunes in the
fruit-picking industries of that
state. When the Joads started out
in their ancient car, made into a
truck, they were thirteen in num
ber. Death of the Grandfather and
the Grandmother decreased their
ing stage.
A wireless station, operated by
the F. B. I., played a big part in
the Atomic Bomb race. The five
Nazi spies, who were landed on
our Atlantic Coast to seek Atomic
Bomb information, agreed to trans
mit misleading reports to Hans
Blum, the spy chief who had sent
them. Shortly after this station
was put in operation in early ’45,
it was bombarded with questions:
“What is the material used for a
coating and what is its strength?”
Apparently the Nazis had split the
uranium atom but could not con
trol the blast.
number, and the fortunes reaped
by these simple but courageous
people were mostly misery and
disillusionment.
CANNERY ROW is more like
TORTILLA FLAT than any other
Steinbeck novel, because of the
simplicity of the town in which it
is set and because its atmosphere
is colorful and distinctively dif
ferent. The story centers around
Doc—who runs a marine laboratory
and collects marine fauna, tomcats,
and rattlesnakes, which he sup
plies to the laboratories for ex
perimental purposes. Doc adminis
ters to all the unhappy and un
settled souls and is adored by the
whole community. CANNERY
ROW is told with warmth and
understanding and a brilliant grasp
of human values. When Mack and
the boys gather specimens to raise
funds to give a party for Doc, the
story approaches hilarity.
Persons who criticize Steinbeck
usually do so by saying that he is
too realistic or that his plots are
not exciting. John Steinbeck’s in
herent honesty refutes both of
these accusations. He writes of
what he knows, exactly as it is,
and the stories he tells are those
which he takes from everyday
living, whether he is writing about
the Mexican paisanos, the dust
bowl farmers, or the workers in
the fisheries in Cannery Row. He
is a master of the art of creating
scenes, people, and situations with
what might be called a scarcity of
words, but fords combined so skill
fully that they produce a final
effect of near perfection.
Tales from Tessieland
Just read the letter the Lass-0
received from an Aggie concerning
the A&M-TSCW spirit and such.
It really helped our morals, too.
The letter stated that this Aggie
was glad to see the relationship
up to par once more and that with
cooperation between both schools
the spirit would continue.
It was a congratulatory letter,
and we who read it certainly
okehed this Aggie. Although he did
not give his name, he expressed a
thought we hope all you Aggies
hold.
***
This weekend you’ll be judging
the Yearbook beauties, and be
lieve me, if you’re half as enthu
siastic as they are, then this A&M-
TSCW partnership is strictly o. k.
The group will arrive Friday eve
ning and will be on the Campus
until Sunday around noon. So, all
this time, you’ll have the chance
to pick your choice for class beauty.
More cheers for the Aggie team.
In fact, this past Saturday’s news
concerning the A&M-Arkansas
game was just about the best
heard up this way in ages. Predic
tions are going around on the
campus (as well as whole-hearted
hopes) that the team will beat
SMU.
We missed Bill’s corresponding
column this week—guess the week
end was just too much. It couldn’t
have had anything to do with the
Baylor game, could it? After read
ing the ‘Backwash” one draws his
own conclusions about the situation.
All kidding aside, we did miss
your column, Bill.
***
Just rambling .... Aggie
Sweetheart Mary Ann Barrier has
been receiving fan mail, but plenty,
as a result of her recent honor.
One Navy man wrote that he had
heard much about the beauty of
Texas women, but until he saw her
picture as Aggie Sweetheart, he
had never believed it. This must
be a good example of Aggie judg
ment.
♦♦♦
From news via the grapevine,
I’ve heard that a good majority of
Tessies will be on the campus this
weekend for the game, dance, and
other events.
Sue Jones
TSCW correspondent.
BRING YOUR GIRL
For the crowning- climax to a perfect
Saturday afternoon, bring your girl or
other friends by after the ball game.
We have those just right sandwiches
and those delicious fountain drinks that
will whip up your flagging energy and
put you in the groove for the Aggieland
Corps Dance.
GEORGE’S CONFECTIONERY
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ANNOUNCING
THE RE-OPENING OF
HRDLICKA’S PLACE
Under New Management
on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10th
• DELICIOUS BARBECUE
• PLENTY OF COLD BEER
• EXCELLENT DANCE FLOOR
ON OLD NAVASOTA HIGHWAY
—CONFERENCE—
(Continued From Page 1)
Mr. R. E. Callender, Game Man
agement Specialist, Extension Serv
ice.
Dr. C. C. Doak, Head of the De
partment of Biology, is serving as
Councillor of the Collegiate Divi
sion of the Academy. Professor F.
A. Burt, Acting Head, Department
of Geology, is a member of the
Constitution and Judiciary Board.
Dr. S. W. Bilsing, Head of the De
partment of Entomology, is Chair
man of the Library Committee and
a member of the special Committee
on Finance and Publication.
The meeting will give pointed
attention to a number of matters
of outstanding scientific interest.
Membership in the Academy is
open to anyone interested in the
romotion of science. The annual
membership fee is $2.00; student
membership, $1.00. A considerable
delegation of students and faculty
men from A. & M. College will
make the trip to the Waco meeting,
which began at 3 o’clock on Thurs
day afternoon, November 8, and
will continue through Saturday,
November 10.
WED. - THURS. - FRI. - SAT.
Joan Leslie
— in —
“RHAPSODY IN
BLUE’’
HEADS GOT
TOGETHER
PREVIEW SAT. NIGHT
SUN. - MON. - TUBS.
Bette Davis
— in —
“THE CORN IS
GREEN”
RESULT: MORE TRANSCONTINENTAL
TELEPHONE CIRCUITS
With wire scarce and wartime calls increasing,
telephone engineers made existing pairs of long
distance wires carry nearly four times as many
calls as before. This was done through installa
tion of additional carrier equipment, requiring
closer spacing of the wires on the line and trans
positions at shorter intervals.
Three pairs on the Southern Transcontinental
Route were rearranged, and in a 430-mile section
this had to be done while keeping the urgently
needed wires in service all the time. To do this,
new tools and new methods had to he devised
in the laboratories and on the job.
This is another among many examples of how
Bell System teamwork and engineering skills
maintained telephone service under wartime
conditions.
BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM fS