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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 15, 1945
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STUDENT WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
Office, Room 6, Administration Building, Telephone 4-54444
Texas A. & 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
afternoon.
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Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
Sam A. Nixon, Jr Editor-in-Chief
Bill Withers — Corresponding Editor
Ed Brandt Sports Editor
EDITORIAL STAFF I SPORTS STAFF
Mark Kury, James Davis, J. A. Anderson, H. A. Pate, R. B. Cawthon, Harold Borifs-
T. S. Turner. I ky.
Here We Go Again . . .
We now have the best proof possible that the Fort
Worth Corps Trip was a good one on all points. This proof
is the fact that all Aggies will be pulling out of here from
Friday noon on—headed for Houston.
Yes, this weekend we have another official Corps Trip,
this time to stage a review for Admiral Halsey on Saturday
morning, and that afternoon everyone will be on hand at
Rice Stadium watching the Owls feathers fly.
This trip shows that when the Corps gives its word that
it will do something, it does it. Fort Worth proved that with
out a doubt. Now, we have our Corps trip to Rice, which fact
should be taken as a compliment to our integrity, and re
ceived as an honor. Another honor in store for the Corps
is the fact that Admiral Halsey will be on the reviewing stand
while the Cadets parade by. He is also to sit with us for
half of the rice harvest that afternoon.
Houston hospitality can be good as Fort Worth’s was,
in all probability, but it is easier to get people to disliking
you than to overlook a few small bad points. Aggies have
long been known and respected for taking over the hardest
of tasks and completing them in the best of order. The
keeping of order and the conducting of oneself properly
while away from home has always been difficult.
It is a well known fact that the Corps will return from
big “H” covered with glory and proud of itself for a job
well done. Let’s eat rice this weekend Army, and follow
it up on the twenty-eighth with a steak dinner.
Aggie Facts . . .
A. & M. opened her doors for the first time on October
4, 1876.
Observe These Sections!
BACKWASH
Backwash: “An agitation resulting from some action or occurence.”—Webster.
By The Collaborators
Dear Pop,
I do not know where you got
the story about me splashing
around the swimming-pool in my
tux on a rubber horse in the mid
dle of the night but I am here to
say right now that it is a vicious
misrepresentation of actual facts
and undoubtedly done to irritate
both you and me. I cannot under
stand why anyone should want to
spread such a malicious story. Any
way, there is no necessity for me
to refute this dastardly story since
it is false on its very face.
In the first place my tux is in
ho—that is to say I have loaned
it to a friend. In the second place
I have never ridden a rubber
horse, despite the fact that you
claim you have a bill for five dol
lars from the riding academy; this
scurrilous document was no doubt
concocted by someone here at
school with a poor sense of humor.
I cannot understand this ten dol
lar liquor bill you say you have.
Dad, I have drunk nothing strong
er than beer for almsot two months
now. As for riding across the pool
in the middle of the night—it is
outrageous. Why, I spend all my
time in classes or studying and
have been getting very good
grades. I cannot send my exam
inations at the present date since
the professor has been holding
them longer than usual because of
the stimulating thought therein.
Besides, there is a law against
rubber animals on the campus. The
citation received from the Police
Department was one for prolonged
parking.
I trust that I have completely
cleared this matter up to your sat
isfaction and mine. By the way, I
wonder if I can have my allow
ance a little earlier than usual this
month. I pledged Damma Phi No
which made quite a dent in last
month’s allowance.
As ever, your son,
Jerry
(Thanks to El Burro, Texas Col
lege of Mines.)
Notice: This is to inform all
Bobby-soxers that no matter how
much Gene Howard resembles Van
Johnson he is not Van Johnson.
Also Gene doesn’t like for them to
run up and say “Oh Van”, and
swoon at his feet while asking for
his autograph. He says that he is
going to have to start going around
the campus incognito if this sort of
thing doesn’t stop. Just last week
he was up at the North Gate wait
ing for the bus and one of the local
“swooners” ran up and asked him
for his autograph just before she
saw he really wasn’t Van. P. S.
She got his autograph any way.
Resembling “Van” might not be
so bad after all.
Theres quite a program in line
this weekend down at Big “H”. The
town will probably be so crowded
that everybody will have to wear
name plates with your address on
them to keep from getting lost in
the crowd which is sure to contain
a bevy of females. So just latch
on (preferably to a dame with
money and a car) and blow your
respective tops. This is an official
corps trip and all roads lead to
Houston. Get ready “Army” and
lets go down to Houston and give
the much improved Rice Owls the
severest set-back of their young
lives.
By Edna B. Woods
(Readers’ Adviser for the
College Library)
THEY CHANGE THEIR SKIES
by Letitia Osborne
Novels of Honduras are scarce,
but such a book as Letitia Osborne’s
THEY CHANGE THEIR SKI^
is worth waiting for.
Dona Elena’s established board
ing house, known as the Casa
Lopez, is home for some of the
most interesting people in Tegu-
sigalpa—an Amercian girl, who
works in the Embassy, a British
consul, four German-Jewish refu
gees, an aristocratic Hondurian
and his two attractive daughters,
and Armando Lopez, now a doctor
who is having an annual visit with
his mother. These persons, their
friends, and the servants at the
Casa Lopez are brought together
in a good story—colorful, charm
ing, and lively.
Ralph Hewitt, First Secretary at
the American Legation, loves Isa
bel Gresham, the American girl.
But while Miss Gresham is trying
to decide how she herself feels
abont the matter, Pepita falls in
love with the American. The main
plot of the story hinges on this
situation.
The more serious part of the
story is concerned with German-
Jewish refugees who luckily es
caped Germany in 1941, but who
are attempting to gain entrance in
to the United States. Their make
shift jobs, their renewed disap
pointment with each letter from
the States, and their humble hopes
are impressively told and are con
vincing to the disposition of com
fort.
Actually, THEY CHANGE
THEIR SKIES is rich with humor.
Dolores Sanchez, the Mexican, car
ries his fighter cock, Pancho Villa
with him always, and courts Maria,
the cook at the Cast Lopez. How
ever, the Mexican plans to marry
another, Inocencia, because some
day she will inherit a somewhat
dilapidated tavern. Having Maria’s
interest at heart, Dona Elena is
worried. So she makes her plans,
asserts herself, and handles the
situation adroitly to the satisfac
tion of Maria and the Mexican, and
to the genuine entertainment of
the reader. This episode approaches
hilarity.
The plot of THEY CHANGE
THEIR SKIES is simple, but the
atmosphere of Honduras is present
on every page. The Cast Lopez, the
village, the old cathedral, even the
flower-filled patio of the Ameri
can Legation are skillfully created.
Humor is subtle but abundant. Mrs.
Osborne’s philosophic reflections
are well-placed, and the characters
are excellent. Like a short visit
to Tegucigalpa, capital of Hon
duras, THEY CHANGE THEIR
SKIES is delightful.
. Good Neighbors \
GUATEMALA .... Picturesque Land
We see by the pulp sheet from
Baylor that they are still “mealy-
mouthing” around about the de
feat which we handed them a
couple of weeks back. Instead
of “yapping” about it, why don’t
accept the inevitable and feel
thankful that they were spared
the humiliating defeat which would
have been theirs in ’43 and ’44.
This is a conversation heard
while drinking in one of the local
“Pubs”.
He: Horn many beers does it take
to make you dizzy?
She: About four or five, but
don’t call me “Dizzy”.
Tales from Tessieland
The Corps of Cadets
Texas A. & M. College
College Station, Texas
Dear Aggies:
Thanks for your cooperation in
judging the Daedalian Beauties of
TSCW. You made it a swell week
end for us all, and we feel this
year’s choice of class beauties will
be tops.
Thanks to all who helped in the
preparation of the weekend, to Bill
Turner and his Aggieland Orches
tra, and to you Aggies in general.
So, in behalf of the TSCW
group, we want to say, thanks a
million.
Sincerely,
The Daedalian Staff.
Pictured above is a diagram of Guion Hall. It has long been the
practice for class sections to be observed as in the diagram. The Sen
ior class seats are in the center section, from row 12 to row 27. Al
though not marked, the Junior section is directly behind row 27.
Sophomores and freshmen sections are either side of the center sec
tions.
Gosh, it was a wonderful week
end. We got back to Denton just
dead tired, but we knew the mean
ing of Aggieland, class spirit, and
everything that goes with it. We
sang all the way back, even the
songs Vick, Goose, Al, Sam, and
Scott, and the other entertained
us with just before leaving Aggie
land Sunday morning. However,
we spent all our time trying to
remember all those verses of
“Shame on You.”
Even though we arrived late
Friday night in Aggieland, tables
in the Mess Hall were still waiting,
and after that we rushed back to
get ready for the dance. The
dance? Well, nothing like that
happens at dances in Tessieland.
We inspected freshmen spurs, lis
tened to those wonderful yells and
above all witnessed one of those
much talked about midnight yell
practices.
Any one of the activities planned
for the weekend would have been
a weekend in itself, but to have
them all together at once, was
just a group of ingredients that
spelled s-w-e-1-1.
Saturday morning we got up
about 10 o’clock. (After all, what
can you expect, half the night was
spent after we got back to the
dorm, just discussing things in gen
eral, which all added up to the
fact that we got to bed about 3
o’clock in the morning.) Anyway,
we ate breakfast here and there,
and then looked over the campus.
We jumped off Gathright Hall,
and also counted the windows in it,
By Ruben R. Caro-Costas
An agricultural country par ex
cellence, Guatemala is one of the
most prosperous and picturesque
countries in Central America.
Bordered by Mexico on the north,
British Houduras and the Atlan
tic Ocean on the east, the Pacific
Ocean on the west, and El Salvador
and Honduras on the south, Guate
mala contains one third of the en
tire population of Central America,
making her the most populous re
public of the Central American
family of nations.
Three Geographical Regions
With an area of 45,000 square
miles and a population of 3,280,000
Guatemala can be divided into three
geographical regions: the rich and
after which we walked and walked
and finally arrived at the Mess
Hall. Before going to eat, the band
played the Aggie War Hymn and
again we were glad we were for the
Aggies.
Then the game that afternoon.
Well, we won .anyway, and that
Aggie “T”, just what we’d been
waiting for. After that the Victory
yell practice, but fun. In fact, all
this was just about the most fun
in ages.
That night rush, rush again, to
get ready for the presentation at
the Jamboree and the dance. Ex
citement back stage ran high, then
the presentation and the dance.
The thing about it was that never
a dull moment or should I say a
restful moment could be found.
That’s what made it fun and what
made things tick. We were always
rushing from one thing to another,
but fun.
Then, all of a sudden it was Sun
day and time to leave. This was a
weekend in Aggieland, and we left
to the strains of “beat the h out
of Rice’ ’and “Goodbye to Tex
as” ......
* * * *
And now, you want to know
what happened at TSCW this past
week? Well, most of us were down
in Aggieland, and the rest were
wishing they were.
Till later,
Sue Jones
TSCW correspondent.
fertile lowlands of the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts, the volcanic high
lands of the “Sierras”, and the low
lands of “El Peten” on the north.
The lowlands, comprising both the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts, hold
the richest and most fertile soil of
the republic where the most impor
tant crops are grown—such as ba
nanas, sugar cane, and cotton. Al
so the cattle industry is located
here. In the Central Highlands are
the tallest peaks in Central Amer
ica and it is here that some of the
world’s best coffee is grown. This
region gives Guatemala in itself
a picturesque view. The third and
last of Guatemala’s regions is the
lowlands of El Peten in the north
ern part of the country. Here, cov
ering one third of the entire repub
lic, is found a dense jungle area,
rich but undeveloped.
Climate Is Tropical
Her climate, entirely tropical, en
ables the raising of such crops as
bananas, coffee, sugar cane, and
cotton, with coffee and bananas
constituting 85 per cent of her
total expoi'ts. Under this two-crop
economy she has become a very
prosperous country. Still lying un
touched and undeveloped are vast
and rich deposits of mineral wealth.
Became Independent in 1847
With the collapse of the United
Provinces of Central America of
which she was a member, Guate
mala arose as the Republic of Gua
temala in 1847, and since then has
become one of the most prosperous
republics of Central America. Im
mediately after becoming an in
dependent country she outlawed
slavery and instituted free educa
tion.
Guatemala City, the capital, is
a picturesque and prosperous city
and one of the healthiest cities in
this hemisphere. Having a popula
tion of about 170,000 it is a city
of striking characteristics where
the charm and color of colorful In
dian life mingle with the modern
istic. Coban, San Jose, Zacapa, Que-
zeltenango, Puerto Barrios, and
Ocos are other important cities in
that thriving republic.
Transportation Highly Developed
Means of transportation in Gua
temala are highly developed with
excellent roads and railways con
necting the different cities and ad
joining neighbor republics. Guate
mala’s section of the Pan Ameri
can Highway was one of the first
to be completed and connects her
to two of her neighboring countries
—Mexicon and El Salvador. Water
and air transportation are also
available.
College Station Cotton Laboratory
Provides Newest Testing Facilities
Testing facilities at College Sta
tion make it possible now to de
termine precisely the fiber quality
and spinning performance of sam
ples of raw cotton, according to the
September issue of “Marketing Ac
tivities”, a publication of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture.
Tests or measurements can be
made of such physical properties
of cotton fibers as tensile strength,
fiber length, length variability,
fineness and maturity. These tests
are variously useful. Cotton breed
ers use them as a basis for devel
oping improved varieties and
strains. Planters use them in se
lecting the right varieties for plant
ing in various farming communi
ties. Manufacturers and merchants
use them in selecting the cotton
best suited for specific purposes.
Research workers use them for de
termining the effects upon cotton
quality of different cultural pro
duction practices and of different
methods of harvesting, condition
ing ginning and packaging.
Other laboratories are located
at Washington, D. C., Stoneville,
Miss., and Clemson, S. C. The test
ing laboratory at College Station
is operated cooperatively by the
Texas A. & M. College and the
Production and Marketing Adminis
tration of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
The first American woman to
own and operate a flying school
was Katherine Stinson, of San An
tonio, Texas, in 1915.
Attention Veterans
It has recently come to our atten
tion there is an erroneous story
being circulated to the effect stu
dents attending the College un
der the GI Bill of Rights are not
eligible for participation in the
store’s Profit Sharing Plan.
Veterans, as well as all other
students of the College, are elig
ible to participate on their own
purchases. Obviously they cannot
participate on purchases made
for them by the Veterans Admin
istration, but on all personal pur
chases are urged to use this priv
ilege.
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